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LOG-ON: LIBRARY!
GOBBLEDYGOOKE
Written by
John C. Millunzi, Jr.
Based on -
PRINCESS BASIA & THE REVOLUTIONARY SUPER CRITTERS 0F WILLOW GLEN by John C. Millunzi, Jr.
Created and Developed byJohn C. Millunzi, Jr., Gina C. Millunzi and Stephen Millunzi
25315 Twister Trail, Spring, TX 77373713.449.2002
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
EXT. STABLES - BACK PORCH - DAY
DARE opens the back door to a gust of wind and MOLLY wagging her tail.
DARE
Tell it not to rain?!
Molly takes off for the chicken coop; Dare chases.
INT. WILLOW GLEN STABLES - KITCHEN - LATER
(NOTE: Background border, live action horses.)
(NOTE: DEVICE ICONS on kitchen flat screen: MYPHONE; Seneca, swinging on porch. MYPAD; Margaret, drawing on art pad. MYPHONE; Claire, loading pickup truck with water irrigation hose. LAB COMPUTER; Timothy, entering data. CALENDAR; Cadette Daily Planner.)
SFX: TOUCH-SCREEN BEEPS
Dare places a full egg basket on the counter, then presses “CADETTE DAILY PLANNER” and sees FOUR (4) unchecked entries; “HOMEWORK”, “CHORES”, “PRACTICE” and “GUGLIELMO MARCONI”.
INT. MARGARET’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS
MARGARET is sketching MARCONI’S portrait on her art pad.
EXT. SENECA’S FRONT PORCH - CONTINUOUS
SFX: WIND GUSTS
SENECA is swinging on the porch with FOUNDER on her lap.
BACK TO KITCHEN
Dare presses “SENECA” AND “MARGARET”.
(CONTINUED)
DARE (CONT’D)
Good morning?
SENECA
Are we still practicing? I can get
rain ponchos from grandfather?
MARGARET
What does eleven minus three equal?
DARE / SENECA / MARGARET
(laughter)
DARE / SENECA / MARGARET (CONT’D)
Kid’s eleven mile in three days!
SENECA
I want to crew this time.
SFX: RADIO DIAL TUNING
MUSIC: ALA - HEADBANGER PUNK/ROCK
MARGARET
Get ready to hear Frederick’s radio
homework. Turn it down!
SENECA
I can’t even spell Marconi’s first
name.
2.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DARE
G - u - g - l - i - e - l - m - o!
EXT. WILLOW GLEN STABLES - GIFT SHOP - CONTINUOUS
CLAIRE is loading her pickup with irrigation hose.
BACK TO KITCHEN
Dare presses “MOM”.
DARE (CONT’D)
We’re still practicing after
school, mom. It’s not raining that
bad?
CLAIRE
Let’s see what its like after
school?
MOLLY
(barks)
DARE
Mom???
EXT. ADVANCED UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LAB - ESTABLISHING
A busy windsock atop a flagpole.
INT. AURL - TIMOTHY’S LAB - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: Timothy’s computer and ROGER’S myPad display circular sonar sweeping screens.)
3.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
Timothy and Roger are wearing headphones and eating cereal at Timothy’s lab counter.
SFX: HEARTBEAT
TIMOTHY
Did you hear that?
ROGER
Self-induction system sustaining
energy levels. Vitals show
distress.
BACK TO KITCHEN
Dare presses “TIMOTHY”.
TIMOTHY
We need you to go to the lake. For
Space Camp, real fast, please?
ROGER
Something’s out there?
MOLLY
(barks)
DARE
What do you want, Timothy?
TIMOTHY
By the lake! It’s energy system is
self-sustaining.
4.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
ROGER
I heard it.
DARE
We’re practicing for eleven-mile,
Timothy!
TIMOTHY
It’s really important??
EXT. WILLOW GLEN STABLES - PASTURE
BASIA grazes.
EXT. VIRTUAL SCHOOL BUS - DAY
(NOTE: Background border, live action school bus.)
(NOTE: DEVICE ICONS on bus windows: MYPHONE; Seneca, at her desk. MYPAD; Margaret, at her easel. MYPHONE; Dare, checking Basia’s feet. MYPAD; Paul, snoogling lexis-nexis. GAMETOY; Frederick, thumbing GameToy. MYPAD; Roger, sonar screen.
FREDERICK
Dudes! I get to be on the radio
today!
THE BUS CONTINUOUSLY JIGGLES
EXT. LIBRARY - ESTABLISHING
Patrons walking on the sidewalk, cars passing on street.
INT. LIBRARY - CONTINUOUS
5.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD arrives behind the book counter carrying a gift box. She hangs her purse and bicycle helmet on the coat tree.
PIXIE is scanning library book returns on her computer.
(NOTE: Book covers wipe across screen.)
#1 - “MONKEY BAR PHYSICS: UNDERSTANDING GRAVITY”
#2 - “MOMENTS IN GYM CLASS - SECONDS OF GLORY”
#3 - “CANINE CONFESSIONS: THEY DO EAT HOMEWORK!”
PIXIE
(growls)
Mrs. Sciencefeld drags her finger across her DVD rack, selects “GUGLIELMO MARCONI”.
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Good morning, boys and girls!
She opens the gift box, revealing holograph chocolate-covered turtles.
MRS. SCIENCEFELD (CONT’D)
Oh, Pixie??? Look what we have for
the kids, today???
PIXIE
(growls)
BACK TO BUS
FREDERICK
It’s the Frederick radio show,
today, live at Story Hour! How’s my
voice?
6.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
ROGER
There’s something out there. We
heard it.
FREDERICK
No noises, Chemosabi. Frederick,
your sixth grade counterpart, is
taking over the air waves!
SENECA
Dare told us. It was probably the
rain storm last night?
ROGER
No! Today?
FREDERICK
Roger? It’s not raining on the
radio?
MARGARET
It probably was just the storm. I
think Frederick was hit by
lightning.
(NOTE: BUS CEASES JIGGLING)
ROGER
Something’s out there!
7.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
BUS DOORS OPEN
DARE (O.S.)
How does it get you space camp
points?
TIMOTHY
It’s a double-blind study and both
are showing audio disturbances.
Something’s out there.
FREDERICK (O.S.)
Oooo, something’s out there???
SENECA (O.S.)
I’m calling an emergency recess
Cadette meeting!
EXT. LIBRARY - DAY
Patrons and cars pass by.
INT. LIBRARY - CONTINUOUS
Pixie is wearing a Halloween turtle mask (ALA - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), holding a sabre to the gift box. Mrs. Sciencefeld opens the gift card.
PIXIE
(growls)
8.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Turtles don’t eat turtles! Right,
boys and girls?
PIXIE(whining)
Mrs. Sciencefeld reads the gift card.
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
(feigning deep Italian
male voice)
Hey, my respect to the library, and
turtles just for the kids.
PIXIE
(growling)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
(same voice - winking
privacy)
Pixie?? You’re my assistant.
Everyone knows you’re still a kid.
PIXIE
(whining)
EXT. JALOPY LIMO - ESTABLISHING
The jalopy limo backfires and spurts across the Golden Gate Bridge.
9.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
INT. JALOPY LIMO - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: The jalopy limo flat screen shows Mrs. Sciencefeld’s Library Channel live vlogcast.)
MUSIC: ALA - “DAH-DUM” THEME FROM “JAWS”.
BIG MIKE sits in front of his dumbwaiter station watching “JAWS”. The dumbwaiter arm presents Big Mike with a bowl of cheddar cheese fish crackers.
DUMBWAITER(synthesized)
They thought they could hide them.
MAYOR BART is stretching exercise bands in the wrestling ring.
SFX: WHAM
MORTIMER is in the galley slamming the cupboard.
Big Mike is giving the cheddar cheese crackers the psycho eye.
MORTIMER
Who took them!?
Big Mike switches the limo flat screen to a live shot of himself nibbling cheddar cheese fish crackers.
SFX: WHOOSH CLANG
An exercise band snaps up Mortimer bringing him to Mayor Bart.
MORTIMER (CONT’D)
Can we please get to the library,
boss? They got books for everything
there!?!?????
SFX: KABAM KABOOM KAPOW
The flat screen wipes to live footage of Mayor Bart repeatedly body slamming Mortimer in the wrestling ring with Big Mike watching from the terrarium.
10.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
INT. LIBRARY - CONTINUOUS
Mrs. Sciencefeld is posting alarm clock icons on student profile pages wiping past her screen.
Pixie is holding a fishing net pole, staring at the turtle through her scuba diving mask, licking her lips and bobbing her eyebrows.
DREAM SEQUENCE
Pixie is swimming the backstroke in the water at the beach.
A beach umbrella covers a chocolate turtle on a beach blanket.
BACK TO SCENE
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
I think she wants her own turtle,
boys and girls? What do you think?
Pixie snaps out of it. Her fishing net pole is on her head.
PIXIE
(growling)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Pixie Doodle Poodle! You’re a
librarian assistant! You know the
rules!!!
INT. AURL - TIMOTHY’S LAB - CONTINUOUS
Timothy and Roger are in front of circulating sonar computer screens.
11.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
ROGER
See? It’s sustaining. It’s alive?
Roger’s myPad screen reveals a signature line below a NASA KIDS SPACE CAMP DAILY CHALLENGE insignia.
TIMOTHY
Sign your screen.
SFX: MOTORCYCLE ENGINE STARTING
PAUL
What’s alive?
ROGER
Heart rate and breathing are
elevated.
PAUL
What did he just sign?
SFX: MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING
Alpha pulls his space motorcycle sidecar next to Roger.
TIMOTHY
We’ll try to reconstruct when you
reach holographic vortex.
Timothy, Roger, and Alpha trade salutes.
SIDECAR
GURDEEP shows on the sidecar control console monitor.
12.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
INT. AURL - GURDEEP’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: Gurdeep’s computer screen shows Alpha backing the space motorcycle and sidecar into the Time Travel Tube and MRS. FAEBER showing in the bottom right corner of his screen.)
Gurdeep is at his desk buried in paperwork.
MRS. FAEBER
You better start thinking ahead,
Gurpy, those boys are going to be
in college any day at this rate!!
Plus they’ll need toys!
SFX: WHOOSH
The office doors slide open revealing a lab Robot delivering a bound computer printout, titled “COST ANALYSIS”, a small tea cup, and a chocolate turtle to Gurdeep’s desk.
Gurdeep’s eyes smile.
MRS. FAEBER (CONT’D)
I made those myself for Mrs.
Sciencefeld. I saved you one.
BACK TO TIMOTHY’S LAB
SFX: MOTORCYCLE ENGINE ROARING
SFX: WHOOSH ZOOM
Alpha, Roger, and the space motorcycle dematerialize. The Time Travel Tube control panel reads “TARGET DATE: 1924” and “HOLDING FOR SECURITY TEST”.
13.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
PAUL
Timothy? What’s taking them so
long? They’re still passing
security???
TIMOTHY
My dad’s in trouble over something,
I think?
BACK TO GURDEEP’S OFFICE
SFX: WHOOSH
The office doors slide open revealing Roger escorted to Gurdeep’s desk by a lab robot.
ROGER
It’s almost time for the bus, dad.
MRS. FAEBER
Not doing so is almost like taking
food from your children!
Roger approaches the desk and puts Gurdeep’s chocolate turtle in his own lunch box.
ROGER
Timothy and I are working on extra-
credit homework, Grandma?
Gurdeep’s eyes are distressed.
EXT. TEDDY’S DRIVE-IN - DAY
(NOTE: A placard next to the rear wheel well reads: “NOW PLAYING - THE REVOLUTIONARY SUPER CRITTERS OF WILLOW GLEN”.)
14.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
A cloud floats over the fender fin.
INT. TEDDY’S DRIVE-IN - CONTINUOUS
Teddy jams jazz on the piano.
Roxanne arrives waving her memory sticks.
INT. TEDDY’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
Teddy leads Roxanne through security.
SFX: BEEP BEEP
TEDDY
We’re clear.
Roxanne inserts her first memory stick into Teddy’s computer: revealing her UNN footage of Claire’s truck splashing through water past a “WILLOW GLEN LAKE” road sign.
TEDDY (CONT’D)
It did rain a lot, Roxanne?
ROXANNE
Cadettes don’t have to be afraid of
the rain! It’s in their manual!!!
Roxanne swaps memory sticks in Teddy’s computer: revealing her UNN footage of Roger placing Gurdeep’s chocolate turtle in his lunch box.
TEDDY
Into the lunch boxes of babes,
Roxanne. That could be trouble???
15.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
ROXANNE
He was only thinking ahead to snack
time!!
Roxanne swaps her last memory stick: showing the jalopy limo pulling into Izzy’s Ice Cream and Car Repair.
TEDDY
I don’t think they should try Rocky
Road, Roxanne?
ROXANNE
They’re stuck on a rocky road
because they never learned to go to
the library when they were in
school!!!
EXT. TEDDY’S DRIVE-IN - CONTINUOUS
Clouds quickly float past the fender fin.
FADE OUT.
END ACT ONE
16.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
EXT. BARN - ESTABLISHING
Gusty weather.
INT. BARN - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: Background border, live action playground.)
(NOTE: DEVICE ICONS on barn flat screen: MYPHONE; Seneca, at her desk. MYPAD; Margaret, at her easel. MYPAD; Paul, snoogling “MARCONI”. GAMETOY; Frederick, thumbing GameToy. LAB COMPUTER; Timothy, entering data, MYPAD; Roger entering data.)
SFX: FIRST RECESS BELL
Dare is cleaning Basia’s feet.
PAUL
I think you guys need to check on
the weather. The radio says it’s
going to rain?
FREDERICK
I think you need to check yourself.
My radio homework is on at Story
Hour! You’ll stay nice and dry.
SENECA
Cadettes aren’t afraid of the rain!
DARE
We’re going riding.
SFX: RADIO DIAL TUNING AND LOUD MUSIC
17.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MARGARET
We’re trying to hear it, Frederick.
Turn it down!
INT. FREDERICK’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS
Frederick is speaking to live video of himself on his computer screen.
FREDERICK
This is Frederick’s radio network,
saying today’s Willow Glen Weather,
Earthquake, Volcano Watch, forecast
is it’s going to rain as far as you
can hear my voice?
BACK TO BARN
ROGER
We’re still getting audio signal
from the lake!
FREDERICK
Did you guys dig my radio voice?
I’m calling him the Boogie Man
because the Wolf Man has left the
building!
MARGARET
It’s probably just noise from the
storm, Roger? It’s still windy?
18.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DARE
It’s hard to tell sometimes? If you
knew what it was, we’d know where
to look.
TIMOTHY
Roger’s right. I ran double-blind
refractions. It’ll count for extra
credit?
FREDERICKExtra credit’s gobblydegooke!
ROGER
And we get Space Camp. Grandma
heard it. We have to find it. No
music, please?
BACK TO FREDERICK’S ROOM
FREDERICK
(whining)
It’s my radio show!!!???
BACK TO BARN
SFX: SECOND RECESS BELL
19.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
SENECA
I know grandfather heard it! I’m
calling an emergency Cadette lunch
meeting.
ROGER
I’m getting all it’s vitals! It’s
alive!!!
EXT. ADVANCED UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LAB - LATER
Steady rain falls.
INT. AURL TIMOTHY’S LAB - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: Paul is shown on Timothy’s myPad screen.)
SFX: BEEPING
Timothy is entering data in his computer with Roger at his side, watching the screen.
ROGER
We are getting Space Camp points,
right, Timothy?
Alpha is on the space motorcycle putting his mirrored sunglasses on his face. His tape-on handlebar mustache comes loose. He sticks it back on.
TIMOTHY
Try it backwards! Try it backwards!
Try it backwards!
20.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
ROGER
Space Camp points are going to get
us?
SFX: MOTORCYCLE ENGINE STARTING
TIMOTHY
No! If there’s water everywhere
reverse the signal!
Alpha pulls his motorcycle and side car up to the Time Travel Tube.
TIMOTHY (CONT’D)
Get the signal scrambler up there
immediately and get back here for
lunch!
Roger runs past wearing large unfastened rain boots and a yellow rain slicker and cap.
Alpha and Roger exchange salutes with each other and Timothy.
Roger hops in the sidecar, Alpha backs into the Time Travel Tube.
Roger opens his lunch box and sees Gurdeep’s chocolate turtle.
TIMOTHY (CONT’D)
You better save that in case dad
gets in trouble?
PAUL
You can use it for plea bargain
points when you get grounded!
21.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
TIMOTHY
Tell the Cadettes to meet at the
lake in case we’re right!
SFX: WHOOSH ZOOM
Alpha, Roger, and the space motorcycle dematerialize.
PAUL
Timothy!!!??? What case might that
be? The Cadettes versus Timothy for
knowingly sending them out in the
pouring rain???
EXT. LIBRARY - ESTABLISHING
Cars splashing water puddles in pouring rain.
INT. LIBRARY - CONTINUOUS
Mrs. Sciencefeld is posting umbrella icons on student profile pages.
Pixie, dressed as a mariner, cruises through the stacks returning books in a tug boat library cart. She brings her boat to a sweeping stop in front of the turtles.
PIXIE
(growling)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Aye, aye, Captain Pixie??? Turtles
aren’t afraid of the rain, silly
girl!
22.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
PIXIE
(whining)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
(feigning privacy)
Apparently Pixie is afraid of not
getting a turtle, boys and girls.
A wave of water crests over Pixie.
PIXIE
(sobbing)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Somebody IM that girl before she
gets all wet!
EXT. JALOPY LIMO - ESTABLISHING
The jalopy limo is chugging into Izzy’s Ice Cream and Car Repair drive-thru lane in the pouring rain past a temporary sign that reads “ICE CREAM ONLY”.
INT. JALOPY LIMO - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: Mrs. Sciencefeld’s Library Channel shows on the limo flatscreen.)
SFX: WHAM BAM WHAM BAM
Mortimer body slams Mayor Bart in the wrestling ring.
Big Mike is enjoying a fish cracker, flashing his psycho eye in the terrarium.
SFX: BAM
Mortimer slams a thick repair book in front of Mayor Bart’s dazed face.
23.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MORTIMER
Do you turn lugs nuts to the left
or right, boss!!!??? They’re only
serving ice cream!!!
SFX: KABOOM KABANG
The dumbwaiter screen hands Big Mike an ice cream cone.
BIG MIKE
(snide snicker)
BACK TO LIBRARY
SFX: OCEAN LINER HORN BEEPING
Pixie is on the bridge of a giant holograph ocean liner in front of the turtles.
Mrs. Sciencefeld is feather-dusting the DVD rack.
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Pixarelli Princess??? I see you’ve
done your homework, again?
PIXIE
(growls)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
What do say, boys and girls, can
Pixie have her own turtle?
PIXIE
(whining)
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CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
Mrs. Sciencefeld feather dusts her computer screen as it fills with student thumbs up icons.
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
As soon as we get home.
PIXIE
(growling)
EXT. JALOPY LIMO - CONTINUOUS
Pouring rain.
INT. JALOPY LIMO - CONTINUOUS
SFX: CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG
Mayor Bart is body slamming Mortimer.
MORTIMER
Look, boss?
MAYOR BART FOLLOWING MORTIMER UP THE TERRARIUM GLASS
Big Mike is wiping his mouth (ALA - LIKE DON CORLEONE from “The Godfather”.)
MORTIMER (CONT’D)
They were real cheddar cheese fish
crackers. We could have been at the
library by now!
SFX: ZIP
The dumbwaiter lens turns to Mortimer.
POV THROUGH LEN CROSS-HAIRS
Mortimer snarls.
25.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MORTIMER (CONT’D)
Arghhh!!!!
SFX: DING
Mortimer crashes spread eagle on the limo flat screen.
BACK TO LIBRARY
Pixie is sniffing gingerly at the gift box, wagging her tail.
PIXIE
(whining)
GIFT BOX SLOWLY MOVING
Mrs. Sciencefeld is surreptitiously moving the gift box.
PIXIE (CONT’D)
(yelp)
Pixie jumps back.
PIXIE (CONT’D)
(barking)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Will Pixie get a turtle, boys and
girls?
PIXIE
(growling)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Find out at Story Hour???
26.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
EXT. LIBRARY - CONTINUOUS
Pouring rain.
EXT. STABLES - ESTABLISHING
Pouring rain.
INT. KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: Border background live action, school cafeteria.)
(NOTE: DEVICE ICONS on kitchen flat screen: MYPAD; Seneca, sitting at kitchen table. MYPHONE; Margaret, straightening her Cadette beret. MYPAD; Paul, wearing oversized rain boots. MYPAD; Frederick, snoogling himself. MYPAD; Roger, with lunch box.)
SFX: FIRST LUNCH BELL
Dare’s feeding Molly.
DARE
Mom’s all ready down at the lake.
Are you guys ready? We have to get
back.
SENECA
We’re all set. Grandfather gave us
ponchos.
FREDERICK
No way, you guys?
MARGARET
More than ready.
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(CONTINUED)
DARE
Where is Timothy?
INT. AURL - TIMOTHY’S LAB - CONTINUOUS
Timothy enters data in his computer, his screen revealing Willow Glen Lake, with reeds, choppy water, and a baby duck caught in a bush by the foot, struggling to stay above water.
BACK TO KITCHEN
PAUL
He’s found a baby duck! Trapped!
MOLLY
(whines)
DARE
Let’s go!
MOLLY
(barks)
EXT. TEDDY’S DRIVE-IN - DAY
(NOTE: A placard next to the rear wheel well reads: “NOW PLAYING - THE REVOLUTIONARY SUPER CRITTERS OF WILLOW GLEN”.)
Steady downpour.
INT. TEDDY’S DRIVE-IN - CONTINUOUS
Teddy jams jazz on the piano.
Roxanne arrives in a rain slicker and boots, waving her memory sticks, and stomping her feet.
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(CONTINUED)
INT. TEDDY’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
Teddy leads Roxanne through security.
SFX: BEEP BEEP
TEDDY
We’re clear.
Roxanne inserts her first memory stick into Teddy’s computer: revealing her UNN footage of Dare cleaning Basia’s feet.
TEDDY (CONT’D)
She has to when it’s raining,
Roxanne?
ROXANNE
That makes it even more extra-
credit!!
Roxanne swaps memory sticks: revealing Alpha’s space motorcycle and sidecar landing at the lab, followed by Marconi in horse and buggy.
TEDDY
(angst)
Roxanne? They did their
homework!!!???
ROXANNE
(ALA - JACK WEBB)
It’s a beautiful thing. Kids come
home, have a snack, do their
homework, and look to you and I to
keep them safe!
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(CONTINUED)
Roxanne swaps her final memory stick: revealing a robot (ALA - MR. FREEZE) banging in the jalopy limo’s rear window, with the rain turning to snow.
TEDDY
It’s looking awfully cold out
there???
ROXANNE
They thought they could freeze kids
out of the library!!!
Teddy’s computer screen flashes to a jpeg of Alpha, Pixie, Roxanne, Teddy, Mrs. Sciencefeld, and Many Eagles, in action poses, wearing capes in front of a yellow sunburst b.g.
MUSIC: SUPER CRITTER THEME
EXT. TEDDY’S DRIVE-IN - CONTINUOUS
A cloud floats over the fender fin. It’s drizzling.
FADE OUT.
END ACT TWO
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(CONTINUED)
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
EXT. WILLOW GLEN STABLES - BARN - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: No rain).
Molly is leading Basia, Amazing, Bandit, and the Cadettes down a wet trail to the lake.
EXT. WILLOW GLEN STABLES - IRRIGATION CHANNEL - LATER
Claire is turning a water irrigation gate.
EXT. WILLOW GLEN LAKE - CONTINUOUS
Dare is kneeling in front of Molly and a dry, fluffy, grateful baby duck with a feeding bottle. She stands places a small radio device atop a fence post. Seneca and Margaret stand holding the horses.
SFX: BABY DUCK QUACKS
DARE
They’ll find her.
SENECA
We have to get back!
Dare presses “MOM” on her myPhone.
DARE
We’re going, mom?
CLAIRE
You better get your homework done!
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(CONTINUED)
SENECA
It’s done! Marconi! Frederick’s
radio show? This was all extra-
credit homework Frederick called
gobbledygook!
MARGARET
Maybe he can interview Roger?
DARE
We want to still go riding after
school, mom?
EXT. ADVANCED UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LAB - ESTABLISHING
Light breeze and scattered white clouds.
INT. AURL - GURDEEP’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
(NOTE: Mrs. Faeber is shown on Gurdeep’s computer screen, Paul is shown on Timothy’s myPad. Marconi is wearing a “NEW YORK RADIO CITY” basketball jersey and walkman.
Gurdeep is frowning, tapping his fingers in front of the “GROUNDED” button on his desk.
SFX: WHOOSH
The office doors open to reveal two lab robots escorting Alpha, Roger, and Marconi to Gurdeep’s desk.
PAUL
Don’t do it, sir???
A Robot hands Gurdeep a spreadsheet marked FIFTY-TWO TRILLION DOLLARS for future toys.
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(CONTINUED)
PAUL (CONT’D)
Ohhh!!! Sir???? We thought, you,
were in trouble?
Alpha smirks.
Roger approaches placing the turtle in Gurdeep’s lunch box.
TIMOTHY
We did our homework, dad??
MRS. FAEBER
Gurpy?
Marconi approaches Gurdeep and places a walkman on him before stepping back and smiling.
PAUL
No, sir, we did? It can be all so
confusing, sir???
ROGER
Hi, grandma? I’m hungry?
GURDEEP
(whines)
TIMOTHY
We had to save a lost duck,
grandma?
Marconi glares at Gurdeep.
33.
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(CONTINUED)
MRS. FAEBER
Gurpy? Why don’t you just play
Roger for the turtle? How sweet of
you to save it?
Alpha bobs his eyebrows.
PAUL
No, sir??? I’m an officer of the
court??? We wanted Space Camp bonus
points so we could trade them for
an algorithm! We’re troubling you
for extra-credit, sir???!!!!
Alpha dashes to Gurdeep’s side, placing his arm around him and spinning a basketball on his fingertip.
TIMOTHY
The Cadettes need us at Story Hour,
dad?
SFX: WHOOSH
The office doors open to reveal Mrs. Faeber snarling at Gurdeep, spinning a basketball on her fingertip.
PAUL
We’ve troubled you enough, sir.
Alpha hugs Gurdeep, feigning tears.
MRS. FAEBER
Gurpy???
34.
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(CONTINUED)
TIMOTHY
We have all our homework done, dad,
and the Cadettes had to go riding
in the rain??
Alpha leaps on Gurdeep’s desk, spinning his basketball.
PAUL
Oh, sir, please??? You can’t stop
Cadettes??? Rain, snow, big
brothers???? Nothing, sir!!!
Alpha tosses the ball to the dais court, causing Gurdeep to chase after with Mrs. Faeber, Marconi, Alpha, Roger and the robot following.
PAUL (CONT’D)
(muted to Timothy)
You better have your homework done.
Roger returns to Gurdeep’s desk for the chocolate turtle and dashes back.
TIMOTHY
Thanks, dad, we’ll be right home.
EXT. LIBRARY - DAY
Mrs. Sciencefeld removes her purse from the coat tree and turns off her computer.
Pixie smiles, bobbing her eyebrows.
35.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
It’s time to say good bye and thank
you, boys and girls. Thank you Mr.
Marconi! Thank you for helping us.
Thanks for the turtles!
Pixie licks her lips, bobs her eyebrows.
MRS. SCIENCEFELD (CONT’D)
I’m telling you Pixie, we need more
like him in the library.
EXT. JALOPY LIMO - CONTINUOUS
IZZY, a large Robot (ALA - DR. FREEZE) is knocking at Mayor Bart’s window.
INT. JALOPY LIMO - CONTINUOUS
Mayor Bart and Mortimer exchange frightened looks.
Big Mike nervously eats more cheese crackers.
BACK OUTSIDE LIMO
Izzy’s antennae flashes bolts of flashing light, freezing the jalopy limo’s tires in blocks of ice.
BACK INSIDE JALOPY LIMO
MORTIMER
Can you turn the heat on, boss?
EXT. LIBRARY - CONTINUOUS
Mrs. Sciencefeld turns her key in the front door, Pixie gets jiggy with her boom box.
36.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
RADIO ANNOUNCER
That was the Revolutionary Super
Critters of Willow Glen taking us
right up to Homework Helping Time
on your favorite library channel.
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Is there any way possible to have
any more fun at the library, Pixie?
PIXIE
(barks)
MRS. SCIENCEFELD
Thank you, boys and girls. See you
at school tomorrow!
EXT. JALOPY LIMO - CONTINUOUS
Mortimer and Mayor Bart exit the rear of the limo and go running down the middle of the street.
MORTIMER
I told you to go to the library!!!
END ACT THREE
FADE OUT.
37.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
EPILOGUE
FADE IN:
INT. WILLOW GLEN STABLES - TREE HOUSE - DAY
(NOTE: DEVICE ICON on tree house flat screen: MYPAD; CLAIRE, making dinner.)
Dare, Seneca, and Margaret are gathered in a circle around Molly, drying her off, brushing her coat and attaching a ribbon.
Molly wags her tail.
DARE
Wait ‘til you see your next
mission!
CLAIRE
That would be homework.
SENECA
She’s so den mother!
Margaret straightening her Cadette beret.
MOLLY
(barks)
FADE TO BLACK.
THE END
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