Frankenweenie Page #6

E:

You know.

VICTOR:

No.

E:

I think I know what you know I

know.

VICTOR:

Look, I don't know what you think

I know, but I don't know it.

Mom exits the kitchen and Edgar leans in, barely able to

hide his excitement.

E:

Your dog is alive.

Victor looks shocked and checks to see if Mom has gone.

VICTOR:

That's impossible.

E:

I know. I know it is so impossible

but you did it. You did it.

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Victor stalls, trying to think of an explanation.

E:

So show me how, or I'll tell

everyone. Oh Mrs Frankenstein...

VICTOR:

Ssssh!

Mom comes back into the kitchen.

E:

.. May I have a cookie please?

MOM:

Oh- yes. Of course.

VICTOR:

Alright. Come on.

Victor reluctantly agrees and beckons Edgar to follow him

up to the attic.

INT. ATTIC WORKSHOP - DAY

Sparky and E watch as Victor draws his findings on the

chalkboard for E. It's a mess of symbols and variables,

all connected by arrows.

VICTOR:

I think the wind and the lightning

are part of the same thing, some

kind of strange force. But the

wind isn't strong enough to bring

an animal back from the dead. For

that, you need lightning.

E:

So when can I do it?

VICTOR:

You can't. This isn't an

experiment. It's my dog.

E:

Show and tell Victor: you show me

and I won't tell.

INT. PET STORE - DAY

E stares into a tank of swimming goldfish, the PET STORE

OWNER appears next to him.

PET STORE OWNER:

Can I help you young man?

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E:

I'd like to buy a fish.

PET STORE OWNER:

Certainly. Which one?

E:

This one.

He points to one floating belly-up at the top of the

tank.

INT. ATTIC WORKSHOP - NIGHT

E plops the dead fish into a small jar of water, already

attached to electrodes and the metal table.

Victor and E crank the gears, opening the roof to the

stormy night sky. The table rises into position as the

lightning rod telescopes out.

E:

What do we do now?

Victor grabs E and throws him to the floor. Sparky finds

cover behind a mirror.

CRACK! BOOM!

The table cranks back down into the attic. The roof

doors fold shut. Victor and E race over to the jar.

CLOSE ON E as he looks into the little jar.

The fish is gone.

E:

What happened to it? What did you

do?

VICTOR:

I don't know. It should have

worked.

Victor leans in to look close. Suddenly, the water

ripples. A PLOP.

Then the jar RATTLES AROUND on its rim, knocked about

from within.

Victor finds a steampunk-ish flashlight with different

lenses that spin in front of the bulb.

As he holds it close to the jar, we see what appears to

be a transperant fish skeleton swimming around.

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VICTOR:

(in wonderment)

It's invisible. It’s an invisible

goldfish.

E:

Why is it invisible?

VICTOR:

I have no idea.

Sparky growls at the jar.

EXT. FRONT DOOR - NIGHT

The nightly storm has ended. It's now just a bit of

distant RUMBLING.

E is carrying the jar with the invisible goldfish.

VICTOR:

You can't tell anyone. You

understand that, right? Not until

we figure out how it works.

E:

Okay! Okay!

VICTOR:

Promise.

E:

Promise.

We see E crossing his fingers behind his back.

CUT TO:

EXT. BOB’S GARAGE - NIGHT

Toshiaki and Bob stand in the door way of the garage

examining E's jar with healthy skepticism.

TOSHIAKI:

How are we supposed to see an

invisible goldfish?

E:

Put your finger in. You can feel

it.

Toshiaki and Bob trade a look -- this feels like a prank.

But with a shrug, Bob does.

Nothing. He swirls his finger around.

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And then...

BOB:

Aaah!

He yanks his finger out.

BOB:

It bit me.

TOSHIAKI:

Let me see it.

Toshiaki takes the jar from E. He walks over to a table

and places the jar down. He shines a table lamp through

the jar.

The invisible goldfish casts a shadow on the wall. In

the shadow, you can see it actually has Jurassic-sized

teeth. It's pretty scary.

TOSHIAKI/BOB

*GASP*

Toshiaki turns off the lamp and takes a closer look at

the jar.

E takes the jar back. Screws on the lid.

E:

It’s my science project and it's

top secret.

Toshiaki looks over to Bob and gives him a flick of the

head. Bob takes the hint and starts to push E out of the

garage.

BOB:

Yeah, well, our science fair

project is even cooler.

E:

What is it?

TOSHIAKI:

Double top secret.

Toshiaki pulls the garage door shut in Edgar’s face.

CUT TO:

INT. TOSHIAKI'S GARAGE - NIGHT

Toshiaki and Bob take a critical look at their science

fair project:
SEA MONKEYS - THE TRUTH REVEALED!

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BOB:

Sea monkeys. We gotta come up with

something better. Bigger.

TOSHIAKI:

I know.

BOB:

The science fair is in two days!

TOSHIAKI:

I know.

BOB:

You're the smart one.

TOSHIAKI:

I know!

A long beat.

Toshiaki’s eyes narrow. He stares at Bob and his gaze

then moves to the poster above Bob’s head, it’s a Rocket

Poster. Toshiaki has an idea.

TRANSITION TO:

INT. ATTIC WORKSHOP - DAY

Sparky is desperate to play with Victor in the attic.

Victor tries to quieten him down.

VICTOR:

Ok, ok, sit still. Ssssh! Sparky.

No! Sssh. No! Sssh.

Victor ties up Sparky.

VICTOR:

Sorry, boy. But we can't risk

anyone seeing you again.

Victor starts to leave, he turns at the curtain as Sparky

barks.

VICTOR:

Ssssh!

Sparky lies down, head on his paws, sad and lonely.

EXT. SCHOOL - DAY [AFTERNOON]

The school bell rings. E is leaving school with the other

kids. He nearly bumps into Nassor who is waiting for him.

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NASSOR:

Toshiaki says you have an

invisible fish.

E:

No he doesn't.

NASSOR:

So you don't?

E:

I didn't say that. Who said I

did?

NASSOR:

Toshiaki says it's your science

fair project.

E:

If it was, I couldn't tell you.

NASSOR:

So it isn't? Or it is?

E:

No. Yes. I'm confused.

NASSOR:

Do you have an invisible fish?

A beat.

E:

Okay. But you have to keep it a

secret.

He unzips his school bag, pulling out the jar of water.

Unscrews the lid.

E:

Swish your finger around. You can

feel it.

Nassor dips his finger in the water, swirling it around.

NASSOR:

It's just water. There's nothing

there.

E:

No, it's invisible?

E dips his own finger in, feeling for his toothy

goldfish. He's puzzled when he can't find it.

E:

Huh.

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PUSHING IN ominously...

NASSOR:

I don’t know what kind of game you

and Victor are playing. But that

trophy will be mine!

E:

*Gasp*

A beat.

EXT. STREET - DAY

E runs as fast as he can with his jar outstretched in

front of him, catching up to Victor. It's just the two

of them.

E:

Victor! Something's wrong with my

fish.

VICTOR:

What is it?

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