AQUA OLYMPICS
                          Finisher Special

Author’s Note: Hello again everyone.  This is Robert.  As some of you 
know, the characters we use here have also appeared in scuba fights both 
in text and just in normal conversation between the three of us.  To 
give you more of an insight into what we think of these characters, we 
put together this special to explain a bit of their fighting styles and 
the finishing maneuvers we thought they’d use.  This is just a quick 
intermission, so catch your breath and relax before the Aqua Olympics 
continues.

Cubbi, from Brian

For Cubbi, his small stature represents his greatest weakness. It shows 
that his strength and actual fighting abilities are not very developed. 
However, his speed is still an asset to him, and with it, Cubbi was able 
to find a way to combat his opponent's advantages.

As you can see in these clips below of previous battles, Cubbi does a 
lot of dodging and weaving, but his actual attacks do very little 
damage. (clip changes) But watch here, as one of his dodges actually 
brought him behind his opponent. Cubbi then proceeded to pounce on the 
opponent from behind, grab their aqualung, and use the cord attached to 
it to try and choke them out.  The choke slowly took the foe out, and 
won him the match.

When asked about it later, Cubbi mentioned that the move "was purely 
done on instinct. I had just kept dodging about but I wasn't getting 
anything done myself. And then it hit me that as long as he was still 
breathing, he was gonna keep swinging at me. So when I got back there, I 
just reacted and went for his air."

Louie, from Brian

Louie has been renowned for his balanced abilities in underwater combat, 
(various clips shown of his kicks, punches and fast dodges) making him 
one of the best at this competition. However, when he devised his 
finishing technique, he knew that was a big part of what makes him such 
a dangerous foe.

"I feel that my kicks are my best weapon, and many times I've been able 
to double the other guy over with them. This leaves them open, and 
that's when I stun their oxygen supply."

Louie's Forward Stunner has proven to be just as effective as the 
reverse stunner of popular professional wrestlers. But what really stuns 
the competition is that the hit is not only quick, popping the aqualung 
and all of his opponent's air out, but that Louie has been able to pull 
it off from a number of different depths in the water. (various clips 
shown of Louie's technique from at, 3 feet above, and 6 feet above the 
ocean floor)

"I know that from seeing the move on television, it has to hit hard, and 
the most effective location for that is at the floor of the tank. But I 
know that I'm rarely going to be on the floor when I use this move. So, 
when I hit the kick to slow them down, I have to make the quick 
adjustment on my weight belt so I can sink fast and drag them down with 
me."

Tummi, from Trevor

Tummi, unlike our previous two spotlights, is renowned not for his speed 
or agility, but rather pure size and strength.  His large girth is very 
well known throughout the competition, and very feared.  His grappling 
holds, big right hands, and his thighs are highlights of his standard 
offense. (Clips from matches showing these are shown) However, he came 
up with his finisher on a chance happening one day he was with Cubbi.   
He basicially accidentally farted while they were in a small room.  But 
the thing was, this was abnormally strong, and Cubbi wound up choking 
like crazy untill he fell unconscious.  

"After things cleared up from that, I decided I had just found my 
finisher."

Tummi was the first in the junior division to use a fart as a finishing 
manuever.  It had been used in the standard adult division before, but 
Tummi was the first junior to use it in a match.  Before he actually 
hits it, he also turns weight belt to max strength, exposes his butt by 
opening the rear end of his full body swimsuit, and does a sit squash on 
his opponent's chest.

"That hurts them a lot.  Then, I edge my way up onto the opponent's 
face, and let it go!  Gets them every time, unless they're immune to 
farting altogether, which I haven't met anyone able to do yet." (Clip 
shown of Tummi doing this.)

Several junior fighters have basicially copied or made varitations on 
this. So, what's the secret of Tummi's farting power?

"3 cans of beans, 2 burritos, and anything else I can gobble down an 
hour before I hit the water.  Simple, right?", the gummi says with a 
smile.

Theodore, from Trevor

Theodore's move is basicially a fart, like Tummi's. He's not considered 
to be very strong in the competition, but he does higher than average 
strength, especailly with his weight  He came about the finish a little 
differently, of course.

"I saw it done on a fight on TV one day, and I thought I might be able 
to use it too.  So the next time we were at a league practice pool, I 
asked Alvin to let me try a move on him, not telling him exactly what it 
was, for I knew he'd never let me try what I had planned if he knew.  So 
bascially, keeping it short, I did it at the bottom, and found a finish 
for myself."

Theodore, a lot of times, doesn't use the squash and just goes right to 
the fart on the face.  So, how has the way he discovered the move 
affected his relationship with Alvin?

"He didn't appreciate it, of course, but it slid, as things always do 
between the three of us."

Alvin, from Robert

Alvin's finisher developed quite by accident one day, as he will be the 
first to claim.  "My brothers and I were out in the pool practicing some 
maneuvers when I got this real bad stomachache.  Let me tell you  
...Brittany's chili dogs and root beer, no matter how good separately, 
just do not mix.  And yes, I know someone will ask, I did wait a half 
hour after eating.  Anyway, I could feel it rolling around inside my 
stomach.  Not a pleasant feeling I might add.  Being the concerned 
brother that he is, Simon swims over and asks me what's wrong.  When I 
try to answer, a huge belch comes out of my mouth and passes through the 
regulator, forming these weird brownish bubbles in the water.  Simon, 
ever the scientist, poked at one to see what it was. That's when it 
exploded.  And boy, did it ever.  If Theo hadn't been nearby, Simon 
might've drowned that day.  But now, everyone shall fear the 'Bubble 
Blowing of Death'."  *mad scientist cackle*