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The sea monkeys are everywhere. They even emerge from a

man hole and chase Bob’s Mom through the stalls.

Victor’s Mom and Dad try to battle off the approaching

sea monkeys but there are too many of them. Mom grabs Dad

by the arm and pulls him into a nearby phone booth.

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MOM:

This way! In here.

They slam the door just as a sea monkey flies into it and

slides down the glass.

DAD:

Whoa!

Suddenly another sea monkey smashes into the glass

followed by another and then another. Mom and Dad are

surrounded. Just as it appears they are going to be

overwhelmed -

THE TURTLE MONSTER arrives.

His huge hand bears down on the phone box ripping it from

the ground. Mom and Dad make their move and run to find

safety as the turtle monster chomps down on the phone box

and the sea monkeys scurry off.

EDGE OF THE SQUARE

Victor, Toshiaki and Bob arrive at the town square. They

see the turtle monster in the centre of town. There are

Sea Monkeys everywhere.

WIPE TO:

Nassor, drunk with power, commands the Mummy Hamster to

take on the turtle monster and show him who is mightier.

NASSOR:

Go Colossus! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Kill!

The Mummy Hamster gets ready to attack, when, in one

large step, the Turtle Monster’s giant foot lands

directly on the Mummy Hamster and squashes him flat.

NASSOR:

Collosus?

The angry turtle roars in Nassor’s face knocking him

clear across the square.

Nassor flies with such velocity that he gets tangled up

in the banners and bunting that festoon the street and he

lands in an upright display of Russian nesting dolls.

As he smashes into the case we see that now he too is

wrapped up like a mummy. His scowling eyes are all that

is visible as the lid closes like a sarcophagus and

collapses to the ground.

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EXT. TOWN SQUARE

E flees the sea monkeys and runs straight into the

Wererat who is still howling at the foot of the gym

teacher’s pole.

E:

Ah! Get away from me! Get away

from me! Ah!

The Wererat immediately turns his attentions to E and

chases him past a beer stall were the sea monkeys

continue to cause havoc at a beer stall, spilling beer

everywhere.

One of the sea monkeys grabs a carton of pop corn and

devours it in one bite. No sooner has he swallowed, when

he begins to fizz and expand and suddenly explodes splattering

goop everywhere.

Victor and Bob are watching from behind a stall and

Victor gets an idea.

VICTOR:

Your sea monkeys, were they

freshwater or saltwater?

Bob knows this -

BOB:

Freshwater!

VICTOR:

Freshwater animals can’t tolerate

salt.

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EXT. TOWN SQUARE - POPCORN TENT - NIGHT

Victor empties a sack of pop corn kernels into a pop corn

machine in the pop corn tent. Bob adds the salt. Victor

turns the machine on.

The boys try and lure the sea monkeys into the tent by

waving popcorn.

VICTOR:

Hey over here!

The sea monkeys follow them and start to gorge themselves

on the freshly made popcorn.

Victor, Bob and Sparky zip up the tent and stand by the

beer stall to see what happens.

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The sea monkeys greedily consume the popcorn with

feverish abandon and the boys watch in amazement as the

tent stretches and grows. The canvas sides stretch and

strain from the pressure.

Victor and Sparky duck behind a nearby keg just as tent

suddenly explodes splashing pop corn (and sea monkey

parts) all over the street.

BOB:

Cool!

Bob haughtily celebrates a little too quickly and gets

completely drenched in pop corn goop

E (O.S.)

*screams*

Victor and Sparky look over to see that ...

CUT TO:

EXT. TOWN / VARIOUS

Elsa, Persephone and E are being attacked by the Wererat.

ELSA:

Help!

Elsa is using a stick to fight him off but the stick

breaks in half and the Wererat seems ready to pounce. E

is no help at all and takes this moment to for his life

leaving Elsa and Persephone completely helpless.

ELSA:

Get back! Stay away from us!

Victor and Sparky come running to the rescue. Sparky

leaps in front of Elsa and takes on the Wererat himself.

They battle ferociously, Sparky can holding his own

against the much bigger Wererat.

Then in the scuffle, the Wererat bites down on Sparky’s

neck but instead of landing a fatal blow, he bites into

the bolts on Sparky’s neck and gets a ZAP of electricity.

The Wererat instantly collapses down to a normal size rat

and lands in the street.

VICTOR:

Sparky!

Victor races over to make sure Sparky is not hurt and

suddenly they hear an almighty roar

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EXT. THE FERRIS WHEEL - CONTINUOUS

The turtle monster is drawn to the lights on the ferris

wheel. The broken beer barrels continue to flow and the

square beneath his massive feet is almost flooded.

Toshiaki has climbed into one of the ferris wheel

carriages and has been filming the chaos from high above

the square.

He laughs maniacally at the power of his creation when he

suddenly finds himself face to face with the monster

himself. The Turtle roars with anger and Toshiaki starts

to panic. He tries to climb out of the carriage and avoid

the Turtle’s sharp teeth but it is too late.

TOSHIAKI:

Aaaaah!

The turtle monster grabs Toshiaki by the pants and lifts

him up into the air.

TOSHIAKI:

No, no, no! Stop you put me down-

I gave you life!

EXT. THE FERRIS WHEEL

Toshiaki dangles from the monster’s jaws as the turtle

steps back smashing an electrical fuse box with his tail.

Sparks fly everywhere.

TOSHIAKI:

Victor! Victor I need help please.

Victor sees the wires from the fuse box hissing and

sparking near the puddle of beer and gets an idea.

He remembers from his science class that water conducts

electricity and the turtle monster is still standing in

the center of the flooded square.

Victor grabs the wire and throws it into the puddle

sending sparks and current up the Turtle’s leg.

The impact of the jolt causes the turtle monster to drop

Toshiaki who smashes into a tulip stall. Undeterred,

Toshiaki continues to try and film the proceedings but he

is too late.

Just as he puts the camera to his eye, the turtle

explodes and all that is left is reduced to a tiny shell

which falls to the ground at Toshiaki’s feet.

TOSHIAKI:

(solemnly)

Shelley.

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EXT. TOWN / VARIOUS

Elsa comforts Persephone after their ordeal with the

Wererat.

ELSA:

Persephone, are you ok?

Sparky runs over to join them and make sure that

Persephone is ok when they hear the Weird Girl calling

out for her cat. She stands at the base of a souvenir

stall beckoning to the Vampire cat who completely ignores

her.

WEIRD GIRL:

Here Mr Whiskers! Here kitty kitty

Mr Whiskers.

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