Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Page #12

Season #2 Episode #1

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Pa GRAPE

(nods)

Mmm hmm. But in addition to our enviably fashionable headgear, we also got a tour of Mister Twisty's factory - right here in Nineveh!

The group enters the crowded market area. Ninevites mill around... Assorted fish slapping in the background. Jonah and Khalil aren't wild about what they see.

Pa GRAPE (cont'd)

Which, despite its unseemly location, was a splendid experience!

LarRY

And, believe it or not, in this town we are famous!

LuNT

(noticing something)

Hey, look! Here comes a city official to greet us!!

Everyone looks to see a Ninevite and several guards walking aggressively toward them. They do not look happy.

Pa GRAPE

(aloof)

Hello! We were in the neighborhood, so we thought we'd -

City Official

(referring to Pirates)

These are the men! Arrest them at once!!

Everyone's in shock.

Pa GRAPE

But...

JoNAH

Excuse me. What have they done?

CITY OFFICIAL:

Thievery! High theft against the Royal City of Nineveh!

LuNT

That's ridiculous!!

CiTY OFFICIAL

Oh, is it?!?

He grabs Larry and spins him around. On his back is a small pack. The City Official pulls out a knife, and everyone gasps. He slits the bottom of Larry's pack, and 8-10 mini-sized bags of Mister Twisty's Cheese Curls fall to the floor.

LarrY

(panicked)

No! Wait! I thought they were free samples!!

CiTY OFFICIAL

Take them away!!

JoNAH

You can't do that!

The city official spins to Jonah.

CiTY OFFICIAL

I'm sorry... are you with these men?

Jonah isn't sure how to answer.

JoNAH

Well, um... yes, I suppose...

Jonah glances to the side to see a guard approaching him swiftly.

Jonah (cont'd)

Hello... What are you doing?

Jonah's POV - the guard rears back, his fish flashes through the air toward Jonah. SFX - SMACK! And simultaneous BLACKOUT.

Jonah Stops the Ninevites and Saves the Day

Cut to:

Ext. Nineveh market - latER

Tight on Jonah's head - covered by a black bag. The bag is pulled off and Jonah blinks around in the sunlight.

Cut to Jonah's POV - a good sized crowd of Ninevites stands in a circle around him, staring intently at him.

JoNAH

(encouraged)

Oh! Wonderful! It must be time for my speech!

Cut to bag coming off Pa Grape's head. He tries to move, but is tied tight.

Pa GRAPE

Hey! I can't move!

Cut to bag off Lunt's head. He pulls against ropes!

LuNT

I can't move, either!!

Cut to Larry, who's bag is off and who also can't move.

Cut to Jonah, who looks down confused and realizes that he can't move either. He looks over to Pa in his confusion and sees that...

(LS Pa) Pa can't move because he's tied back-to-back with Lunt to the front of, beneath a huge, ominously hanging metal fish held up with a rope. This doesn't look good.

Cut to Jonah's face - his eyes widen and his mouth falls.

JoNAH

[Gasp!]

Cut back to LS pa on bulls-eye. Pa looks up and notices Jonah looking at him with panic on his face.

Pa GRAPE

What? Have I got somethin' on my face?

Cut to Pa's face - he sees Jonah's situation.

Cut to LS Jonah (Pa's POV) - also, in the same situation.

Cut to Pa's face who echoes Jonah's reaction.

pa GRAPE (cont'd)

[Gasp!]

Cut to Lund, who repeats this sequence by looking at Larry's situation.

luNT

[Gasp!]

Cut to Larry, who repeats by looking at Lunt's situation.

larry

[Gasp!]

Jonah

This doesn't look good...

Cut to Larry, who feels responsible.

LarrY

(on the verge of tears)

I'm sorry guys! I thought they were free samples. They were right out there in the open... in a big bowl. Very misleading!

Pa GRAPE

Oh, don't go blamin' yourself!

Lund is cranky with Pa.

LuNT

No... blame HIM!

(gestures over shoulder to Pa)

"Let's put it all in cheese curls," he says. "No," I say, "We need a BALANCED portfolio!" A little stock, a little bonds... A little cash or cash equivalents... And THEN maybe some snacks. But no. "Put it all in cheese curls!" he says.

(to Pa)

Man, you gotta plan for the future!

Pa GRAPE

What? It got us here, didn't it?!?

Everyone stares at Pa, confused. Pa realizes what they are thinking.

Pa GRAPE (cont'd)

(gestures around)

Not "here" literally... But...

(looks off mistily)

We were somebody! We were celebrities!

LunT

(outraged)

We are going to die!

Lunt is interrupted by the City Official

CiTY OFFICIAL

People of Nineveh! These four men...

(glances toward Khalil)

... and that small... whatever-it-is...

KhALIL

(indignant)

I am a caterpillar!!

(to self)

Well, that is only half true...

City OFFICIAL

Have been found guilty of high thievery against the Royal City of Nineveh!

The crowd hisses.

City OFFICIAL (cont'd)

For their punishment... "The Slap of No Return!"

The crowd looks quizzically at the fish poles, no sure what to make of them. The pirates look up at them, not sure whether to be frightened or not. The City Official notices the lack of respect for his latest invention.

Larry

What's so funny?

CiTY OFFICIAL

Observe!

The Pirates and Jonah look on as the City Official places a large pumpkin on a small wooden platform in from of the fifth fish pole. There is a hush as he walks over to the rope, anchored to a stake in the ground, raises a curved sword high in the air, and brings it down, severing the rope

The fish falls, splattering the pumpkin to bits. Pumpkin hits Jonah's face. After a beat, the crowd starts cheering and the Pirates and Jonah start crying like little babies.

All

[No! Waaaaaaaaah! Etc.]

Cut to Khalil, who is tied with string to the backside of Jonah. He can't see anything.

KhALIL

(confused)

What is happening that is making you all cry like little babies?!?

Jonah yells over the commotion

JoNAH

Why on earth do you take snack food so SERIOUSLY?!?

The city official turns to answer, but it interrupted by a trumpet fanfare. He spins back to the crowd.

CiTY OFFICIAL

People of Nineveh! I give you... King Twistomer!!

More trumpet fanfare... Camera pans up the building facing the "condemned" to a balcony several stories overhead. 2 attendants stand on either end of the balcony. From the shadows between them emerges King Twistomer (the giant gourd from "Hi Silk Hat" - with Goliath's voice) a very large, grumpy-looking gourd, with more than a passing resemblance to the more chipper, slimmer pitchman Jonah has seen on several snack bags and billboards. The Pirates' jaws drop.

Pa GRAPE

It's "Mister Twisty"

JoNAH

Well, that explains it!

Lunt and Larry squint up at the gourd.

LarRY

He looks happier on the bag.

CiTY OFFICIAL

(to King)

Your royal gourdliness... These are the perpetrators of the heinous act against your curls of cheese!

King Twistomer scowls.

CiTY OFFICIAL (cont'd)

For their punishment... "The Slap of No Return!"

A rise from the crowd. King Twistomer smiles.

King twistomer

Proceed.

The city official spins with his sword. Jonah's eyes widen.

JoNAH

Wait!

(to King)

Won't you at least give the guilty parties the chance to speak in their own defense?!?

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