The Croods Page #6

Grug SLAPS at one last smoldering bird FLUTTERING past.

Grug TURNS to see Guy, HOLDING his daughter. Grug’sexpression DARKENS. He SNARLS.

GUY:

Ta-da.

EEP:

(Sigh.)

Grug pushes Eep aside and shows Guy his threat display.

GRUG:

Auughhauhhhgggh!

SMASH CUT TO:

SEQ. 1275 - FIRE GOOD, FIRE BAD

Suddenly, Guy and Eep are circled by the Croods. Theyare in defensive ape-like positions. Each doing their

threat display.

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CROODS:

Raaarr,

grOooOOOOowwllll,

ERF ERF:

GLaaabbbllllellelller!

Guy stands in front of Eep defensively.

GUY:

Cavies!

EEP:

Cavies?

GUY:

Cavemen! Stand back! They’repractically animals. See their bony,

sloping foreheads?

EEP:

Oh... yeah!

GUY:

The huge primitive teeth?

EEP:

Er... yeah...

GUY:

The excessive body hair? Oh, that one’s

got a tail...

EEP:

Uhhh... yeah...

Guy PULLS his knife.

GUY:

Close your eyes. I’m going to have to

take their lives.

EEP:

(slapping the knife away)

No. It won’t help.

(embarrassed)

They’re my family.

GUY:

What?

Eep nods toward Thunk.

THUNK:

Ah, the sun is in his hands!

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The Croods keep circling.

EEP:

No. No. It’s “fire.”

UGGA:

Where did it come from?

EEP:

(proudly)

He made it.

Grug grabs him and squeezes him tight.

GRUG:

Make some for me!

EEP:

It doesn’t come out of him.

GRUG:

Make. Make it.

POP! Guy’s ribs are cracked for the second time.

GUY:

You know, you’re a lot like your

daughter.

Guy falls in a heap.

EEP:

Great, now he’s broken.

UGGA (O.S.)

Oh, it’s a baby sun.

Grug turns to see Ugga, Thunk, Gran and Sandy are nowsitting very close around the fire, transfixed.

GRUG:

Whoa! Stay back. We don’t know what it

wants.

As Grug moves around the circle, picking up sittingCroods and placing them a safe distance from the fire, he

talks to them like a kindergarten teacher:

GRUG (CONT’D)

Now we’ll all sit here, and wait for the

sun to come back. And tomorrow we’ll

find a new cave, and pretend today never

happened.

(MORE)

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GRUG (CONT’D)

(looks at the fire)

Isn’t this fun, Eep?

Grug looks around to see that Eep is kneeling beside Guy.

GRUG (CONT’D)

Eep, don’t touch him. Goodness knows

where he’s been.

Suddenly, behind Grug, Sandy ATTACKS the torch. She

shakes it with her teeth, EMBERS FLY EVERYWHERE.

THUNK:

Dad, Sandy’s hurting fire.

Grug reaches down and scoops up Sandy. (NOTE: From this

point, Grug will hold onto Sandy, no matter how much shestruggles, kicks and bites.)

GRUG:

Sandy! No! Fire is not a play thing!

UGGA:

Aww, what a cute little guy.

GRUG:

Hey, stay back.

The Croods snatch at the embers as they dance in the air

around them.

GRUG (CONT’D)

No, no, no, wait!

One of the embers has caught onto Thunk’s tunic.

THUNK:

It likes me!

(after a beat)

Hey! IT’S BITING ME!!

Thunk takes off running like a maniac.

The flame explodes into embers, which starts more fires

in the grass around him. Grug looks at the growing fires

with utter confusion.

THUNK (CONT’D)

(screaming)

Ow! You’re not my friend. Stop, stop

touching me!

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GRUG:

Thunk! Uh, try hiding from it in the

tall dry grass!

Thunk sprints through the grass, arms flailing, as a ring

of fire blazes up.

THUNK:

(pleading with fire)

Stop please, please. I’m only nine.

Gran cackles at her grandson’s misfortune, but then she

realizes her WALKING STICK IS ON FIRE.

Angrily, Gran starts to slam the burning end of the stick

on the ground, trying to put it out.

But she only ends up making more small fires.

UGGA:

Ooh, more fire babies.

While Gran tries desperately to save her cane, Ugga

starts throwing sticks on the small fires, which begin to

grow in size.

CUT TO:

EEP AND GUY.

EEP:

Hi.

GUY:

So, your Dad, he’s trying to kill me.

EEP:

Yeah. But I won’t let him.

CUT TO:

Eep and Guy witness the FIERY MAYHEM:

GRUG (O.S.)

Hold on son, come back!

SERIES OF SHOTS:

* GRUG is chasing THUNK in circles, throwing rocks at his

flaming butt.

THUNK:

I don’t like you anymore!

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* Sandy, who is still in Grug’s arms, but facing

backwards, is now holding onto a burning stick and

lighting everything she passes on fire.

SANDY:

Weeeee!!!!

* Gran, who is still trying to put out her stick, isbatting it into every tree and bush she can hit.

GRAN:

Get out! Out!

* Ugga carries a REDWOOD above her head and then tosses

it onto the small fire.

UGGA:

Eat up, babies!

WHOOSH! Ugga ignites a massive bonfire.

The Croods appear like a bunch of violent, lunatic

pyromaniacs.

CLOSE ON GRAN:

Gran is pounding her walking stick on the ground.

PULL BACK TO REVEAL - she is standing on the edge of a

giant corn field that is slowly catching on fire.

GRAN:

Die! Die!

POOF! The fire on her cane has finally gone out.

GRAN (CONT’D)

I win!

She smiles. And then WA-POP!

The giant ear of corn explodes blasting Gran off frame

who slams into Thunk. The speeding ear picks up Ugga,

Grug.

ON EEP AND GUY:

EEP:

They’re not so scary once you get to know

them.

Eep and Guy are HIT by the speeding corn.

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GUY:

Who are you people?!

UGGA:

Oh, I’m sorry. We’re the Croooooods!

And you are?

GUY:

Uh, Guy.

CROODS:

(waving)

Hi, Guy.

The speeding ear CRASHES into a lone tree, sending Guy

and the Croods sprawling across the tundra. The flyingears ROCKET SKYWARD and BURST like colorful fireworks.

THUNK:

Wow! Looks like magic. And smells like

food.

Popcorn kernels RAIN DOWN upon the Croods. They are

BURIED.

GRUG:

Don’t eat it, it’s new.

DISSOLVE TO:

SEQ. 1425 - THE GOAL IS SET

The Croods burst out of a mountain of popcorn.

CROODS:

Still alive!

ON THE BASE OF THE POPCORN PILE

GUY (0.S.)

Come on, keep eating.

BELT:

Squirf!

Guy BURROWS out the side of the popcorn pile like a

prisoner escaping Alcatraz.

GUY:

*gasping for air*

(checks to see if he’s been

spotted)

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EEP:

Hey, where’s Guy?

Guy RUNS for the mountain. Eep POUNCES on Guy like a

tiger.

GUY:

No!

EEP:

Going somewhere?

GUY:

The mountain? High ground? End of the

world, remember?

EEP:

That already happened. It destroyed our

cave.

GUY:

(struggling)

Noooo. That was just the beginning of the

end. The end of the end is still coming.

GRUG:

(as if to a dog)

Eep. Drop it.

Eep SETS him down. Guy BOLTS but discovers Eep hasn’t

let go of his hand. Guy is YANKED backwards like he’s

been tied to a piling.

EEP:

We can’t let him go! What if we don’t

find a cave before sunset? What if it

takes a few days? What if the birds come

back?!

BEAT.

GRAN:

We need his fire, dummy!

WHOOSH! Grug grabs Guy and throws him in a log.

GRUG:

Fine. You’re staying with us till we

find a cave.

Grug hoists Guy in the log onto his shoulder.

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Grug moves out, AWAY from the mountain. The family fallsin behind Grug. Thunk is carrying a huge piece ofpopcorn that he’s snacking on.

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