Earth to Echo Page #5

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- MUNCH:
Maybe he's...

maybe he's just shy.

- Ooh, can you fly?

- TUCK:
Can you do X-ray vision?

MUNCH:

How? He can't see.

ALEX (chuckles):
He doesn't

even know where to look.

TUCK:
All right, all right,

I think the question is,

what can you do?

TUCK:
Okay, so Dr. Nichols

is doing a surgical procedure

with very sophisticated

technology.

- Pen caps.

-(Tuck laughs)

Clear.

MUNCH:
Wait, I don't get it.

How is that sophisticated?

It's kind of just,

like, pen caps.

I got it.

(quiet electronic warbling)

TUCK:
Be careful.

His legs are fragile.

-(Alex laughs)

- MUNCH:
Whoa.

Get this.

Are you getting this?

- Whoa!

- Whoa!

(Tuck laughs)

TUCK:

Oh, that's crazy!

So you can't fly,

but you can float.

-(electronic chirp)

- TUCK:
That is so crazy!

(all laughing)

I saw you.

I saw you grinning, man.

Stop trying to pretend

like that wasn't cool.

- That was hot.

- This is crazy.

I mean, it's-it's just crazy.

-(electronic chirp)

- ALEX:
Whoa. Don't drop it.

Huh.

(electronic chirp,

low whirring)

(zaps)

(chirps)

- Can you see me?

-(chirping, pinging)

(Alex imitates pinging)

-(Pi"9i"9)

- TUCK:
Huh, I think he likes you.

Will you show us where you live?

-(chirps)

- All right.

Beep faster

if I'm getting close.

(beeping)

-(rapid beeping)

- Is that it, right there?

(quiet electronic warbling)

Why don't I go first.

Hi. Um, my name's Alex, and...

you're-you're in--

Munch, no--

you're in my hand right now.

You know my ringtone, which is,

like, insane and awesome.

(electronic pinging)

(whirring)

(chirping)

Okay, um...

Hi.

I'm Tuck.

What's up?

I don't even know

what to say, but, uh...

but, uh, I'm from...

I'm from New York.

Uh, this is Nevada.

I don't even know, like,

I like donuts,

-um...

- ALEX:
Donuts? Really?

Okay, can somebody else do this?

I know, I'm going.

My name's M...

My real name is Reginald,

but my friends call me Munch.

I hope we can be friends, too.

-(electronic chirping)

- Do you have a name?

Oh, we could

call him Beep.

Dude, what-what kind

of name is Beep?

Word. We got to give him a name

that's powerful, like...

like Master Blaster.

He doesn't

blast anything.

Peter. Peter.

What about Peter?

Something cool, like

Space Ninja or something.

MUNCH:
Well, how is

there a ninja in space?

He wouldn't be able

to breathe.

- All right, all right...

- Dude, you don't know that.

Have you ever been to space?

Which name do you like?

- MUNCH:
Uh, Beep. Why?

-(beeps)

There it is.

- Hello. Watch this. Watch this.

- You can't echo...

Watch this. Just...

Beep.

'See?

- Echo.

-(chirps)

That's what we should call it. Echo.

-(chirps)

- Oh, 'cause it echoes.

- Wait, I don't get it.

- Echo,Echo,Echo.

- Echo.

Your name...

is Echo.

ECHO (distorted):

Echo... Echo...

(voice distorting

unintelligibly)

ALEX:

I don't think he's supposed

to come out

of that cylinder thing.

MUNCH:

He looks... dead.

TUCK (faintly):

Echo?

TUCK (voice-over): So then we

didn't know how broken he was.

(electronic chirping)

The crash hurt him

worse than we thought.

-(weak chirp)

- ALEX:
Okay, little guy...

where do you

want us to go?

(chirps)

(electronic whirring)

(dog barks in distance)

MUNCH:

Guys?

You know this is considered

being a burglar, right?

TUCK (voice-over):

With each new piece,

he got strong.

And that's what we were

gonna do-- make him stronger.

(tone pulses briefly)

-(whispers):
Which way?

- Around.

- MUNCH:
In the house?!

- TUCK:
Dude!

(Munch groans)

MUNCH:
Maybe we should

just knock on the door and...

MAN:
We just need you

to listen, sweetheart.

- TUCK (sighs):
Oh, man.

- GIRL:
You're grounding me?

ALEX:
Tuck, what are you doing?

Munch, go.

MAN:
It's the man-- the man

should choose his dance partner.

GIRL:

It's a stupid tradition.

WOMAN:
Really,

it's about meeting new people,

and many of those

were our friends' sons.

And it's embarrassing

when you ignore them.

MEN:
And these are life skills

that we are teaching you.

- MUNCH:
Tuck, get back.

- Putting on this dress for you

doesn't change me into some

perfect little homecoming queen!

MAN:
Okay, no one's asking you

to act like a homecoming queen.

WOMAN:

It's at least three years away.

MUNCH:

Now. Go, go, go.

WOMAN:

...by the company you keep.

It's a clich for a reason.

I'm sure this all seems...

MUNCH:
Guys, what are we doing?

We're gonna be trapped up here.

TUCK:

Everybody be quiet.

-(electronic whirring)

-(woman continues indistinctly)

GIRL:

Yeah, everyone!

(woman and man

continue indistinctly)

TUCK:

You got to be kidding me.

Aw, you know what? Everyone

just follow me, all right?

Don't look at anything.

Just hurry.

- Hey, Tuck, did you see this?

- No, don't...

Dude, Tuck,

this is Mannequin Girl's house.

Now we can ask

for permission to steal stuff,

'cause, you know,

you guys are kissing buddies.

Aw, man...

TUCK:
It was

a couple of days ago.

She probably forgot

about it by now, you know?

Like, yeah, it's...

yeah, she probably forgot.

- How would she forget about it?

- I almost forgot about it...

(deep rumbling)

- TUCK:
Oh, boy, get ready.

- Uh-oh.

Close the door.

Close the door.

-(rumbling, clattering) -Guys...

- Dude, we just got to keep it

from going crazy.

It's gonna get loud.

We'll catch it in a blanket.

- What? (gasps)

- Whoa!

- Get down! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

- Stop letting it move!

MUNCH:

Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God!

GIRL:

How to unfold a napkin?!

- Who cares!

- MAN:
Fine!

GIRL:
And in no time in my life

am I gonna be somewhere

-that even plays the foxtrot!

- TUCK:
Close the door.

-(low electronic warble)

- Yo, put it away, man.

ALEX:

Shh. Be quiet.

-(door opens)

- GIRL:
What the...?

Wait, I know you.

- Hey. It's okay.

-(9a$P$)

Hey, hey, hey,

we're with Tuck.

Tuck Simms. You know?

Remember you guys kissed?

- We what?

- Yeah, what are you talking about, huh?

Why is my room

destroyed?

- Why are you filming this?

-(electronic chirping)

- And what is that?

- Um, it's a...

it's a-a car muffler.

No. I want to know what that is.

MUNCH:

It's actually a spaceship.

- Munch!

- Sorry. Uh, well,

we-we were following maps,

and it just happened

to lead here, so we were trying

to help our friend Echo--

well, he's an alien

- TUCK:
Oh, God...

-...that we're trying to get him on a ship.

See, look, it used to have six symbols,

but now it has three, so that means

we're almost there.

Crazy, right?

ALEX:
Munch,

will you shut up?

An alien came to Earth

to give you guys maps?

- ALEX:
Nope.

- TUCK:
No, no.

(Echo chirps "no")

(electronic chirping)

- You did not just see that.

- Yeah, I did.

MUNCH:

Yeah, she definitely saw it.

- GIRL:
Wait.

- Whoa, whoa.

- Hey, I want to go.

- Really? Sounds great.

ALEX:

What? No.

- Dude...

- You're not part of our group,

so why don't you

just go play

with your

super rich friends...

TUCK:

That's kind of harsh...

...and your ball gowns and just

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