The Croods Page #9

GUY:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGHHHHH.

SMASH CUT TO:

SEQ. 1600 - CROODS GET SHOES

EXT. CORAL FIELDS - MORNING

The Croods trudge behind Grug as he cautiously makes his

way to the mountain. Grug SNIFFS, and TESTS the ground -

he moves like a man in a mine field. Meaning SLOWLY.

THE LOG:

Eep walks alongside Guy, who is still being carried by

Grug in the log.

GUY:

That was too close. It almost caught us.

GRUG:

I was watching. We were fine.

GUY:

We’ve got to move faster. Do you people

have any other speed aside from “wander?”

I’ll take a shamble at this point.

EEP:

Hey, do you have a minute? How did the

tiger fly?

GUY:

I only share when I’m outside the log.

I’m funny that way.

EEP:

(winking)

Leave this to me.

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Eep FALLS BACK behind Thunk, getting him between she and

her dad.

EEP (CONT’D)

Hey Thunk, you have a spider on your

face.

Eep SMASHES Thunk in the face, KNOCKING him into Grug,

sending Guy and the log FLYING. Grug shoots Eep an

annoyed look.

EEP (CONT’D)

(shrugging)

Oops.

Grug sees Guy has ROLLED away.

GRUG:

He’s loose!

Grug goes to retrieve Guy, and STEPS on something sharp.

GRUG (CONT’D)

Aaaaahhhhhh! Do not step on those weird,

pointy rocks!

THUNK:

You mean these rocks? Ahh owww! Do not

step on these rocks!

Thunk steps on the coral - it CRUNCHES under his feet.

GRAN:

Step aside, girls!

Gran steps out, and then SCREAMS.

GRUG:

Hello? Nobody’s listening! No one is

listening. You cannot walk on those!

Guy stands on the coral without flinching.

GRUG (CONT’D)

Arraughrragh come back here now.

GRAN:

Well, there goes our chance for survival.

THUNK:

And our log!

Grug must make the choice to go after Guy.

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GRUG:

Okay. Arraugh!

Grug cringes and bellows with every step. Guy stilllocked inside the log, hops away as fast as he can. Grug

leaps out and grabs the log only to loosen it as Guyjumps to a coral patch below.

GUY:

Ow, ow, ow.

Guy now free runs and hides behind a giant shell. He

looks back at the Croods as they try in vain to cross the

field and feels pity for Eep.

THUNK:

Ow! Jumping doesn’t help, I mean, just

briefly, but it doesn’t get better! Ow!

Do not walk on your hands, the hands do

not help at all.

Guy looks back at the stranded Croods. Then he looks

again to the tall mountain. Belt sees that Guy is having

a hard time leaving the Croods. He needs to make a

choice. Belt makes it for him.

BELT:

Eeccoomme on!

Belt walks Guy back to the Croods

HARD CUT TO:

GUY STANDS AT THE EDGE OF THE CORAL, ONLY A FEW FEET FROM

GRUG AND THE CROODS. GUY’S ARMS ARE FILLED WITH

SUPPLIES.

GUY:

I can help you, but we’re going to have

to make a few changes around here. The

log ride is over. Drop the log.

Grug grudgingly DROPS the log.

GUY (CONT’D)

Now, kick it away.

Grug BARELY NUDGES it.

GUY (CONT’D)

Farther.

Grug KICKS it a quarter-mile.

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GUY (CONT’D)

Really?

GRUG:

Okay, smart, Guy... now what?

Guy SMILES.

HARD CUT TO:

EXT. CORAL FIELDS - LATER

Everyone is now wearing “shoes” -- some made of leaves,

sponges and some are actually fish!

Ugga and Gran wobble on their new shoes.

Thunk is covering his eyes, too afraid to look down.

Thunk looks down at his horrifying fish shoes. Theyblink at him.

THUNK:

Ahhhh! Good fish.

Eep is covering her eyes.

GUY:

Okay. Now you can look.

Eep peers down at her new boots.

EEP:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh! I love

them! Where are my feet?

GUY:

They’re still there!

EEP:

Oh, okay.

Eep slips, and falls into Guy’s arms.

GUY:

Whoa. You’re really(getting crushed)

... heavy.

EEP:

Really? Thank you!

Grug walks over as the two fall to the ground.

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GRUG:

Hey, wait. Whoa. Whoa. WHOA!!

GUY:

(sweating)

Okay! She’s up. I’m good. We’re

good...

GRAN:

These shoes are great! Where do you get

these ideas?

GUY:

Ah ha.

On cue, Belt produces a piece of chalk.

Guy stands Thunk against a wall. Guy stands next to him.

Belt OUTLINES them. Guy excitedly gestures to the

silhouettes.

GUY (CONT’D)

I’m calling it, a brain. I’m pretty sure

it’s where ideas come from.

THUNK:

Dad. I don’t have a brain.

GRUG:

We’ve gotten along just fine without

brains till now. Cavemen don’t need

brains. We have these. Heeya! Haha!

(balls his mighty fists)

That’s what I’m talking about! Ideas are

for weaklings.

Grug punches at the air in front of Guy making him wince.

GRUG (CONT’D)

Now, let’s get to that mountain.

Ugga and Eep notice each other’s shoes.

UGGA/EEP

Oh wow. I love those!

THUNK:

Good fish. Don’t eat my feet.

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SEQ. 1710 - GOING GUY’S WAY

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The Croods run, slowly at first, then faster. And

faster. The shoes make the difference.

ON THE CROODS:

Grug encounters a bunch of Punch Monkeys again. He

readies himself for a fight.

Guy hands out bananas.

Grug throws his banana to the ground only to slip on it.

ON THE CROODS:

Grug sees the Macawnivore down below in the crevasse

waiting for his Croods dinner.

Grug sees Guy making something out of sticks.

Traveling by stilts over a crevasse.

The family hobbles across a canyon on their stilts. Guy

helps Eep from falling.

EEP:

So... How’d the tiger fly?

GUY:

He jumped on the sun and rode it to

tomorrow.

Grug doesn’t like seeing his daughter so close to Guy.

GRUG:

No, no, no!

The family moves across, Grug is the last to follow.

Grug spies Chunky the Death Cat below him. Grug WHACKS

Chunky in the face with a stilt.

Chunky ponders the strange sticks Grug is perched on,

then WHACKS a chunk out of them. Grug DROPS down by a

yard or so. Panicking, Grug RACES across the chasm,

losing stilt height with every SWIPE of Chunky’s paw.

Grug doesn’t make it across - SNARLING and BITING sounds

emanate from the canyon.

GRUG (CONT’D)

Ooowwwww!

The Croods stand at the top of a cliff.

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Grug tries to maneuver his way down the cliff by clinging

to the side.

Guy and the other Croods sit on a giant leaves, sledding

down the side of the canyon past Grug.

They pass Grug up as he continues to make his way down by

tiptoeing. Grug stumbles and falls down the slope.

THUNK:

Hi dad! Bye dad!

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BOOM! A FLASH POPS against the Croods. SWING THE CAMERA

AROUND to reveal A HUGE STORM hanging like a purplecurtain before them. The Croods stop dead.

The rain line BEARS DOWN on them.

Grug tries to PUNCH the drops.

ON EEP AND GUY:

GUY:

You’ve seen rain before... right?

EEP:

We don’t get out much.

Guy opens an Umbrella to cover himself from the rain.

Belt pulls Eep under the umbrella to be close to Guy.

BELT:

Hmmmmm.

Belt makes an Origami boat. He and Sandy sail across the

rain puddles.

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