Frankenweenie Page #8

January 2012

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She tenderly kisses Persephone on the head and holds her

a little closer.

EXT. SCHOOL

Mr Rzykruski walks out of the school doors carrying a

cardboard box full of all his school things.

INT. CLASSROOM - DAY

The Gym Teacher, who is serving as substitute teacher

scrubs the board clear of Mr Rzykruski’s name.

VICTOR:

Where's Mr. Rzykruski?

GYM TEACHER:

All I know is, I'll be teaching

the class for the rest of the

semester.

She begins erasing the messy blackboard.

ELSA:

Do you know anything about

science?

GYM TEACHER:

I know more than you do.

BOB:

Mr. Rzykruski knew a lot.

GYM TEACHER:

Well, sometimes knowing too much

is the problem.

Victor looks out the window as Mr Rzykruski is packing up

the trunk of his car.

VICTOR:

What about the science fair?

GYM TEACHER:

Oh, it’s still on. But it will be

judged by someone who is not

insane -- Me!

The class look skeptical.

GYM TEACHER:

Now get cracking and may the best

person win.

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EXT. SCHOOL PARKING LOT - DAY

Mr. Rzykruski is packing his strange little car with all

his things from the classroom.

Victor races up to him in the car park.

VICTOR:

I can’t believe they let the gym

teacher be the judge. She’s not

even interested in science.

Mr. Rzykruski turns back to see his favorite student.

MR. RZYKRUSKI

Back home, everyone is scientist.

Even my plumber wins Nobel Prize.

Your country does not make enough

scientists. Always needs more.

You should be a scientist, Victor.

VICTOR:

Nobody likes scientists.

MR. RZYKRUSKI

They like what science gives them,

but not the questions, no, not the

questions that science asks.

VICTOR:

Actually I have a question.

MR. RZYKRUSKI

That is why you are scientist.

Victor smiles, a little.

VICTOR:

I was doing my experiment, my

project, and the first time it

worked great. But the next time

it didn't. I mean, it sort of

worked, but then it didn't. And I

don't know why.

MR. RZYKRUSKI

Then maybe you never really

understood it the first time.

Victor is puzzled, but intrigued.

MR. RZYKRUSKI

People think science is here...

(points to his head)

...but it is also here.

(MORE)

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MR. RZYKRUSKI (CONT'D)

(points to his heart). The first

time, did you love your

experiment?

CUT TO:

INT. ATTIC WORKSHOP - NIGHT [FLASHBACK]

Victor, defeated, hangs his head in his hands. Suddenly,

Sparky licks him. He's returned from the dead.

VICTOR (V.O.)

Yes.

MR. RZYKRUSKI (V.O.)

And the second time?

CUT TO:

INT. ATTIC WORKSHOP - NIGHT [FLASHBACK]

Victor watches as the bolt of lightning charges the jar

of water with the dead goldfish.

VICTOR (V.O.)

No. I just wanted it over.

BACK TO:

EXT. SCHOOL PARKING LOT - DAY

MR. RZYKRUSKI

Then you changed the variables.

VICTOR:

I was doing it for the wrong

reason.

MR. RZYKRUSKI

Science is not good or bad,

Victor. But it can be used both

ways. That is why you must always

be careful.

With that, he offers his hand. They shake.

Victor watches as Mr. Rzykruski drives off.

Bob and Toshiaki are still fuming about the science fair.

Nassor is preparing for Baseball practice.

BOB:

I can’t believe I broke my arm for

nothing. None of us are going to

win. E has an invisible fish.

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NASSOR:

No he doesn’t. You fell for a

parlor trick.

TOSHIAKI:

You’re saying he faked it?

Just then we hear a crash as E trips over a stack of

bats. He has been eavesdropping.

E:

*GASP*

TOSHIAKI:

That fish you showed us, was it

real?

E:

It was! And it was dead, too.

NASSOR:

You brought an animal back from

the dead?

The boys move in, circling him. He panics, but can’t get

away.

E:

No, Victor did. With lightning

and BOOM! and SSS...

TOSHIAKI:

Impossible.

E:

I swear! I mean, he already

brought back his dog.

He tries to swallow his words but the boys lean in

closer.

TOSHIAKI:

He brought back Sparky?

E nods and the boys exchange a look.

TOSHIAKI:

Hmmmm.

NASSOR:

Victor will win the science fair.

Unless we can do better. Bigger.

Toshiaki turns his steely gaze towards Edgar and a sly

smile spreads across his face.

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TOSHIAKI:

You say you know Victor’s secret.

Now is your chance to prove it.

INT. KITCHEN - DAY

Mom’s recipe book is opened to a page that reads -

-DOUBLE DUTCH CHERRY MUFFINS

MOM:

Now, where is my muffin tin?

She checks inside the oven but no muffin tin.

MOM:

(realizing)

Victor.

INT. ATTIC WORKSHOP - DAY

VICTOR'S MOM goes up into the attic to find...

Nothing out of the ordinary.

She enters, taking a look around for her missing muffin

tin. She walks over to Victor’s chalk board and sees his

diagrams for bringing Sparky back to life.

MOM:

Sparky?

Sparky walks around the curtain and stands panting next

to Mom.

She turns, startled and sees - Sparky.

His NECK BOLTS.

His STITCHES.

Mom falls backwards and onto the floor and

SCREAMS.

INT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Dad enters the house to hear Mom screaming in the attic.

INT. ATTIC WORKSHOP - CONTINUOUS

Dad runs in and see’s Sparky desperately trying to get

closer to Mom.

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MOM:

Sparky? ... Sparky’s alive!

Sparky doesn’t understand why she is screaming.

DAD:

Sparky! Hey. Come on.

Sparky is petrified, he bolts away and runs into the

mirror which splinters from the impact.

He looks up and sees his reflection - grotesque and

broken.

Victor enters around the curtain and is horrified to see

what is happening.

VICTOR:

Mom! Dad! What’s going on?

Sparky runs towards the window, desperate and frightened.

VICTOR:

Sparky! Nooooo! Sparky!

Victor and his Dad run to catch Sparky but he shoots past

them through the open window.

VICTOR:

Sparky! No! Sparky come back!

Sparky!

Victor tries to go after him but Dad holds him back.

DAD:

Hey! Hey! Just a minute.

VICTOR:

No I have to go and find Sparky.

DAD:

Victor what have you done?

VICTOR:

You said yourself: If you could

bring back Sparky, you would.

DAD:

Yes, but that was different,

because we couldn't!

It's easy to promise the

impossible. What you did was a

very serious thing. Crossing the

boundary between life and death --

reanimating a corpse -- it's

very...upsetting.

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VICTOR:

I just wanted my dog back.

Tears well up in Victor's eyes. His anguish is palpable.

Mom looks to Dad for a plan.

MOM:

Oh sweetheart, we'll help you look

for Sparky but when we get back I

think we need to have a little

talk. Understood.

VICTOR:

Yes.

Mom and Dad share a look.

DAD:

Now lets go find your dog.

EXT. TOWN SQUARE - NIGHT

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