Frankenweenie Page #10

EXT. BACKYARD POOL - NIGHT

Lightning hits the propped-up pool skimmer, then CRACKLES

across the surface of the pool.

Bob leaps back blinded by the light.

INT. CLASSROOM - NIGHT

The lightning strikes the school building, SURGING

through the power line to the electrodes on the rat. We

see the flattened sections start to balloon out.

EXT. SKY ABOVE THE CEMETERY - NIGHT

The Mylar balloons are FRIED by lightning. The balloons

burst, sending the surge hurtling down towards the

mausoleum.

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EXT. TOSHIAKI’S YARD - NIGHT

Lightning surges down from the heavens, striking the

disinterred bundle. The turtle bundle explodes. Toshiaki

ducks for cover into the garden shed.

EXT. WEIRD GIRL’S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Weird Girl looks up she sees Mr. Whiskers. His fur is

smoking but he just seems a little dazed.

WEIRD GIRL:

Mr Whiskers?

He starts licking his paws when suddenly -

GIANT BAT WINGS unfurl from his back. He looks up at the

Weird Girl and HISSES, his mouth featuring two giant

fangs.

He arches his back and we see his vertebrae multiply and

stretch. His paws extend into gnarled and pointy claws.

His color changes from white to grey to a muddy, cloudy

black. It forms a perfect vampire’s peak on his head -

Mr Whiskers has transformed into a VAMPIRE CAT.

WEIRD GIRL:

Mr Whiskers?

The VAMPIRE CAT starts to fly around the room manically

knocking into things on shelves and on the walls. He ends

up on the sky light.

WEIRD GIRL:

Mr Whiskers.

With one flap of its wings, he flies out the window and

up into the stormy night sky.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY - NIGHT

E races out of the classroom into the corridor screaming.

Hearing the commotion the gym teacher opens a different

classroom door.

GYM TEACHER:

Hello? Is someone there?

The gym teacher tentatively makes her way down the

corridor to the classroom E has just run from. She opens

the door.

A beat.

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A giant WERERAT leaps in front of the doorway with it’s

fangs revealed. The gym teacher screams.

EXT. PET CEMETERY - NIGHT

The earth around the mausoleum rumbles.

NASSOR:

Rise, colossus. Rise from your

tomb!

As Nassor continues his incantation, we see a MUMMY

HAMSTER emerge from the mausoleum. His shadow is huge.

Nassor watches with his mouth open his gaze moves down to

the ground.

It might be frightening if the Mummy Hamster weren’t just

a few inches tall.

EXT. TOSHIAKI’S YARD - NIGHT

A bottle of Miracle-Gro lies empty on the grass. Toshiaki

steps out of the garden shed and walks over to the

scorched patch of grass. He looks around the garden.

TOSHIAKI:

Shelley?

Suddenly, a massive turtle foot SMASHES down, crushing

the shed.

A GIANT TURTLE MONSTER -- bigger than a bus -- SHRIEKS to

the heavens.

Toshiaki scrambles to get away, alternately impressed and

terrified.

The turtle opens its mouth, and lets out a blood curdling

roar. Distracted by the Dutch Day lights the Turtle

monster heads to town.

EXT. BACKYARD POOL - NIGHT

An almost-translucent hand grabs the side of the pool,

pulling itself out. And it's not alone.

Dozens of SEA MONKEYS emerge: simian warriors with

shrimp-like features, some carrying bone tridents.

Bob SCREAMS and runs out of the garden followed by the

sea monkeys.

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EXT. PET CEMETERY - NIGHT

Victor stops his bike at the pet cemetery gates -

VICTOR:

Sparky? Sparky?

Victor pushes open the gate. His flashlight casts long,

scary shadows.

He is drawn towards Sparky’s grave and as his flashlight

sweeps across the tombstone, he sees Sparky’s frightened

face peeking out from behind.

Could it be...

VICTOR:

Sparky?

Sparky peers around the edge of the tombstone and

realizes that it’s Victor and hangs his head in shame.

VICTOR:

Sparky!

Sparky is nervous and confused but slowly rests his head

in Victor’s arms.

VICTOR:

Sparky it’s OK boy, it’s just me.

I thought that you were gone. I

never want to lose you. Promise

you’ll never go running off. Okay?

Victor hold him tightly and Sparky licks him happily.

VICTOR:

Come on boy.

Victor leads Sparky away through the cemetery when he

sees the open grave of Shelley and the Colossus mausoleum

door ajar.

VICTOR:

Was someone else here?

EXT. CEMETERY - CONTINUOUS

Bob runs past the pet cemetery and hides behind a mail

box to avoid the phalanx of sea monkeys who charge past

like supernatural hooligans, craving mayhem and

destructive mischief.

Panting with relief, Bob turns to see Victor in the

cemetery.

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BOB:

Victor! I need your help.

VICTOR:

Did you see those things? They

were like....

BOB:

Sea Monkeys. You know how on the

package, they're like in a happy

kingdom and everyone's smiling?

VICTOR:

Yeah.

BOB:

They're not like that at all.

Toshiaki runs up, yelling from the sidewalk.

TOSHIAKI:

Victor! I need your help!

BOB:

I asked him first!

TOSHIAKI:

My problem’s bigger!

Toshiaki points to the distance - a towering, giant

Turtle is walking past. Its a suburban Gamera. Sparky

barks defensively.

Bob has to admit -

BOB:

Yeah. He’s right.

A beat. Victor has to think fast. This is all his fault.

He looks down at Sparky and gets an idea.

VICTOR:

Ok let’s go!

Victor, Sparky and Bob rush off. Toshiaki starts to laugh

and reveals his video recorder. He is secretly quite

pleased with his science project.

EXT. TOWN SQUARE - NIGHT

Burgemeister and Elsa are still on stage as the crowd

look on applauding.

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BURGEMEISTER:

And now for our next act we have

something really big.

Suddenly, SCREAMS in the crowd.

The audience turns and sees THE GIANT TURTLE - marching

through town, crushing everything in its path.

BURGEMEISTER:

(panicked gasp)

Burgemeister flees, leaving Elsa to her own devices. He

rushes through to the back of the stage.

EXT. BACKSTAGE - NIGHT

Running franticly, Burgemeister tries to save himself.

He nearly crashes into the Gym Teacher, busy fleeing the

Wererat.

BURGEMEISTER:

*Gasp*

GYM TEACHER:

*Screams* No get away.

Desperate for a place to hide, Burgemeister spots a portapotty

and quickly ducks inside.

INT. PUBLIC RESTROOM - NIGHT

Burgemeister can hear the pandemonium escalating but,

feeling safe for the moment, sits on the toilet and

breathes a sigh of relief.

Strangely he feels something sharp poke him in the butt.

When he jumps up he sees a host of sea monkeys, jumping

out of the toilet! The door to the porta-potty bursts

open and Mr Burgemeister is trampled, as the sea monkeys

head towards the center of town.

EXT. TOWN SQUARE - NIGHT

The gym teacher races past some destructed stalls being

chased by a Wererat. She swiftly climbs up a pole were

the Wererat can not follow her.

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