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towards the New World.

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UGGA:

Grug?

GRUG:

Just go! Go! Go!

The Croods run towards the precipice with the Bear Owl

closing in.

They reach the edge. The Bear Owl dives.

The Croods LEAP. They hang for a moment and begin

tumbling down a steep jungle hill.

CUT TO:

SEQ. 776 - NEW WORLD

EXT. NEW WORLD. DAY

The Croods tumble through a twisty mess of giant roots

and strange plants and land in a heap. They all lie ontheir backs, disoriented, but momentarily calm.

Grug sits up first. He turns to the high, high, cliffabove them -- to the top, where they have lived all theirlives up to this moment. A few loose pebbles continue to

tumble down. There is no sign of the BEAR OWL.

The others stand up, and they take in this new place.

Grug takes a deep breath and then quickly counts:

GRUG:

One, two, three, four, five -

BEAT. Grug smiles.

Gran lands in a heap behind him.

GRUG (CONT’D)

(defeated)

Six.

GRAN:

(winces in pain)

Oh... Where are we?

GRUG:

I don’t know, I’m not sure. Down. In a

lower place. One thing’s for sure, we

can’t go back the way we came.

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The Croods SIT UP. They are disoriented.

ON SANDY:

SANDY:

*Sniff sniff sniff*

*Grrrrrrrrrrr.....*

UGGA:

(hushed, urgent)

Sandy? What is it?

Sandy LUNGES at something almost disappearing into a

bush.

Grug BARELY catches Sandy by her leg. Grug PULLS her back

like a dog on a leash.

GRUG:

No, no! Come back, Sandy!

Sandy has a MOUSEPHANT in her mouth. Grug knocks it from

Sandy’s mouth. A gaggle of mousephants run out from the

bush and scurry away.

GRUG (CONT’D)

(tense whisper)

We can’t be out in the open like this.

We need a cave. Now step where I step.

They start moving.

GRUG (CONT’D)

(whispers)

Okay. Stay quiet. Hopefully nothing big

knows we’re here yet.

PULL BACK - a huge colorful predator, THE MACAWNIVOREsenses something. He SITS UP and STALKS OFF.

ON THE CROODS moving fitfully through the strange forest.

GRUG (CONT’D)

Wait. Okay. Wait. Okay. Wait. Okay.

The Croods cautiously move in fits and stops through the

middle of this thick, pre-historic rainforest.

THUNK:

(rambling)

So Dad, just to be clear, are we looking

for the exact same cave?

(MORE)

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THUNK (CONT'D)

If it was me, I’m just throwing this out

there, if it was me choosing the cave, I

would go with a smaller cave.

As they trek, strange creatures (BEAR PEARS, PUNCHMONKEYS) watch these foreigners.

In the front of the line, Grug is freaked out. But in

the back Eep is taking in the wonders. They pass througha curtain of hefty hanging pears. After they pass the

“pears” all turn to watch the Croods.

A leaf FLUTTERS down.

GRUG:

Wait.

Eep and Grug LOOK UP.

WE PULL BACK TO REVEAL THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY PUNCH

MONKEYS.

THUNK:

Dad?

GRUG:

I’ll take care of this.

Grug launches into his Threat Display -

GRUG (CONT’D)

WWAAAAaaarrgghhaarrraaaarrgghhh!!

He flails his arms around and jumps about in front of the

nearest Punch Monkey. No reaction from the Punch Monkey.

Grug stops, confused… The Punch Monkey now breaks into a

BROAD GRIN… Then hauls off and - THUD - Punches Grug in

the face! Grug reels back, surprised - turns… Right into

another Punch Monkey. It winds up and - THUD! - it hits

Grug - Grug reels back - into another Monkey - THUD!

THUNK:

Alright dad, go get ‘em! Oh, oh, now you

got em-- Now they’re really hitting you.

Dad I got it, just stop running into

their fists.

Gran joins in and punches Grug in the nose.

GRAN:

Hah, I’m loving this.

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UGGA:

Grug, when you’re done, we should get

going.

Wide shot:
Grug is being bounced back and forth like apinball from one punch Monkey to the next. The Punch

Monkeys are whooping and hollering - this is great fun!

The Punch Monkeys let go of Grug and begin running awayfor no apparent reason.

Grug staggers backwards into the family.

GRUG:

That’s right! You can’t get past this!

CHUNKY:

ROOOAR!

A colorful 'bush' rears up - it's not a bush, it's aMACAWNIVORE! The Croods react, terrified

Grug throws a rock at it. The Macawnivore catches the

rock and SPRINGS! -

CROODS:

*gasps*

GRUG:

Climb! Climb! Climb!

Grug pushes and forces the Croods up a huge tree then as

it steps away-- it is actually a giant animal.

GRUG'S POV:
A cave!

GRUG (CONT’D)

CAVE! GO! GO!

The Croods jump off the bird leg in hopes of getting to

the cave.

GRUG (CONT’D)

Come on! Hurry up, let’s go! Come on!

The Croods all RUN LIKE CRAZY in the direction Grug

pointed. They step inside the “cave.” SLAM! The front

of the cave comes down. The Croods have jumped inside

the MOUTH of a LAND WHALE!

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THUNK:

Hey look! This cave has a tongue.

Awesome!

CUT TO:

SEQ. 1250 - GUY TO THE RESCUE

The Land Whale stands up and then SPITS the Croods outthrough its blow hole. The Croods land in a heap.

GRUG:

Okay, that’s one, two, three, four,

five... six...

GRAN:

And seven... if we’re counting Chunky the

Death Cat.

CHUNKY:

Grrrrrrrrr.

The Macawnivore appears from behind some nearby grass.

It looks at the Croods with delight. Suddenly, the

shadow of the setting sky passes over the Macawnivore.

It freaks out and retreats into the forest.

THUNK:

Hah! It’s scared of the dark... wait...

we’re scared of the dark.

And for good reason, because as the SHADOW from thesetting sun falls across the Croods.

Suddenly, thousands of PIRANHA OWLS BURST from thegrasses around the Croods and form a huge undulating

cloud above them. It’s a beautiful sight.

The cloud of Piranha Owls then SETTLE on a massive LAND

WHALE.

Moments later, they fly back into the air - the whale is

SKELETONIZED. It CRUMPLES to the ground.

GRUG:

Kill circle!

The Croods form their defensive circle, brandishing

rocks.

Eep spies a SKULL lying in the sand. She SPRINTS for it.

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GRUG (CONT’D)

Eep! Eeeep!

Eep breaks a horn from the skull and BLOWS on it loud andlong.

ON GUY hearing the horn. He is happy to hear the sound,

knowing it’s Eep calling him.

Then as Guy begins walking towards the sound, Guy noticesthe circling birds in the sky. Alarmed, he DASHES off.

Guy appears at the treeline. He spots Eep standing alone

in the clearing. He sees the birds heading towards her.

He runs and leaps off a ROCK OUTCROPPING jumping right

over the CROODS who are huddled near the ROCK.

Guy lands and in one fluid motion knocking the horn out

of Eep’s hand to stop the noise then STRIKES a spark with

two STONES. The birds close in, blotting out the

remaining light. All goes BLACK.

Then, a tiny leaf of flame FLUTTERS to life before Guy.

He THROWS two more handfuls of grass on it, and it FLARES

UP! The light SPLITS the onrushing red tide of birds

like a knife. For a few moments the Croods are inside a

TORNADO of the tiny monsters. The mass PASSES.

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