Chapter Two:

The trial was already underway. Caillou's parents were in the courtroom with their attorney. Caillou and Rosie were being looked after by their grandfather, the father of Caillou's daddy.

The parents claimed that the defendant Disney had caused mental distress in their children, now that they know that Disney characters are only make-believe. They did mention the robbery, but the unmasking characters were another major concern in their case.

During the trial, the evidence was given on behalf of the plaintiffs by an expert psychology professor from Harvard University, Prof. Hartley Rosenmark. He had come up to the front to explain about his theory he called "Cartoon Character Shock Syndrome," or C.C.S.S. for short. He had subjected mice to watching cartoons, and then a few days after, he would bring in an actor wearing a costume of the cartoon character they just watched.

He mentioned that he had played many Tweety cartoons for the mice, and in day three of the research after playing a couple of the films, he brought in a man wearing a Sylvester the Cat suit, whom then proceeded to remove his mask in front of the mice. Prof. Rosenmark had noticed that the mice refused to eat for days after that. He concluded that the mice had been having severe depression, and he then had to put Prozac in their food so they could return back to normal.

After the incident had occurred, a couple of days before the trial went underway, the professor had examined Caillou and Rosie.

"Yes, Cartoon Character Shock Syndrome is indeed a horrific trauma," Prof. Rosenmark concluded while at the stand, "and from what I have seen, I have no doubt that little Caillou and Rosie are traumatized for life. C.C.S.S. is generally irreversible."

A little while later, Caillou's mother had mentioned about how when she and Daddy offered to take the kids on another trip, the kids got upset again because they figured the characters there "were also phony."

One of the defense council attorneys asked the professor, "But what if the kids would see Santa Claus removing his beard and wig?"

"OBJECTION!" the parents' attorney shouted out. "That question is quite irrelevant for the case here."

The defense attorney said, "But in California we don't even HAVE a Santa Claus!"

The parents and their attorney gasped, along with the judge and half the jury.

"I suppose that guy doesn't think Rudolph even exists either," Caillou's daddy whispered to the lawyer.

…

Eventually, the verdict arrived. The court did not like the defendants' behavior throughout the trial, and they awarded damages to Caillou's family in the form of four million dollars: two million for general damages, one million for punitive damages, and another million for aggravated damages.

"YES!" the parents and attorney shouted at once.

Everyone in the audience began to cheer and applaud at Caillou's family and their victory. But Disney was not so happy. The family had been banned for life from ever stepping foot into Disneyland again.

"However, you may feel free to visit our Walt Disney World resort in Florida or sail on our cruise line, or even visit the Paris and Tokyo Disneyland parks," the Disney representative said.

…

The family was now rich! They decided to keep their nice house, but they managed to fix it up quite a bit on the inside, and Daddy was promoted to an executive at his office! Even Caillou had improved greatly; he was now usually behaving and not always being bratty. He seemed to develop more of an adventurous personality, and had thrown away his gray T-shirt in favor of some new yellow ones they bought at a fancy clothing store.

Caillou's friends Leo and Clementine had heard of the story on the news, and wanted to hear the whole thing from Caillou. They were shocked at the truth of Disney's characters, and yet amazed at how Caillou's parents managed to successfully sue Disney!

THE END

Disclaimer: The trial sequence was based off an old phony news article from 2000 involving the "Dudley" family suing Disney for the same reasons; this article can't really be found online anywhere these days.