The Super Mario Bros. Movie Page #3

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CONSTRUCTION WORKER: It’s more than the storm drains can handle!

CONSTRUCTION WORKER: Come on, we gotta pump it!

[One worker attempts to hold a manhole cover over the leak.]

CONSTRUCTION WORKER: I got this.

[The worker is unfortunately launched away by a forceful spray of water.]

MARIO:
(chuckles) They're not even looking in the right place. C'mon, Lu.

[Mario finds another manhole cover and lifts it up with a crowbar.]

MARIO:
(grunts)

[The water drains into the open manhole.]

LUIGI:
You are not seriously considering--

MARIO:
(breathes in)

[Mario jumps into the draining water.]

LUIGI:
Mario! (cries out, laughs nervously, breathes in, screams, coughs)

[Inside the sewers, the brothers wade toward their destination]

MARIO:
We gotta get to that pressure valve!

LUIGI:
Mamma mia!

[Mario and Luigi climb across the pipe, as Mario tries to turn the valve before the pressure rises too high. However, it snaps off.]

MARIO:
Uh…

[The pipe snaps off too and the brothers hang on to it until they crash into a brick wall.]

LUIGI:
I knew saving Brooklyn was a bad idea.

MARIO:
Come on. (helps Luigi up, and notices something) Whoa! What is this place?

[Mario and Luigi look down and see they're in a utility tunnel and goes to explore it. They slowly climb down the stairs as they go deep underground. Once they reach the bottom, Luigi in particular notices a mysterious green pipe.]

MARIO:
Looks like nobody's been down here for years.

[A sound is heard, and Mario turns to the pipe.]

MARIO:
Luigi?

[Mario walks into the pipe, the source of the sound...]

MARIO:
Luigi, are you in there?

[He notices a wrench left behind.]

MARIO:
Luigi!

[The wrench is slipped out of his hand, pulled into the pipe.]

MARIO:
What?

[Mario yelps when he suddenly sees a bright light envelop within the pipe. He fails to keep his footing as he is sent into the pipe, screaming as he enters a dimensional zone. He sees another pipe leading to a different area.]

MARIO:
(gasps) Wow!

[Mario looks forward, hearing Luigi yelling.]

MARIO:
Luigi!

LUIGI:
Mario!

MARIO:
(goes towards him) Gimme your hand!

[Mario and Luigi reach out, grab each other's hands and begin spinning.]

MARIO:
It's all gonna be okay!

LUIGI:
How is this gonna be okay?!

MARIO:
I'm telling you; nothing can hurt us as long as we're together.

[Luigi smiles, but then he is suddenly pulled away from Mario and enters a lava-covered portal.]

LUIGI:
(cries out) Mario!

MARIO:
Luigi!

[Mario screams as he is sucked into an exit pipe. He is soon ejected from the pipe, landing on a mushroom and tumbling to the ground. Dusting himself off, he gets up and marvels at his new surroundings. He spots a blue mushroom and attempts to touch it. However...]

TOAD:
Do not touch that mushroom, you'll die! Oh, I'm sorry. (chuckles) That one's perfectly fine.

MARIO:
Th-that’s a little mushroom m-man. A little mushroom man talking to me.

TOAD:
Pleased to meet ya. I'm Toad. (walks off)

MARIO:
Uhh... Mario. (gets up and follows Toad.) So this is, uh... This is, this is not a dream?

[Toad whacks Mario's arm with his walking stick, causing him to exclaim in pain.]

TOAD:
That hurt, right?

MARIO:
Yes!

TOAD:
Definitely not a dream.

MARIO:
Then, it's... This place is...

TOAD:
The Mushroom Kingdom!

MARIO:
Mushrooms... really? Now that is a cruel twist of fate.

(Suddenly, he hears something. He turns around and spots a Bramball stooping over his head.)

MARIO:
...Hello.

(The Bramball continues walking.)

MARIO:
Yeah, I'm actually looking for somebody, uh, my brother, in fact. He looks exactly like me, but tall, and skinny, and green. See, last time I saw him, he-he was falling through a pipe. It was foggy and-and I believe there was lava...

TOAD:
(gasps) Uh, that... is not good. Umm... Your brother has landed in the Dark Lands. They're under… (whispers) Bowser's control.

MARIO:
Bowser?

TOAD:
He's the most evil, wretched creature alive.

[Toad sticks his walking stick into a mushroom and pulls himself and Mario up.]

TOAD:
I'm taking you to see the princess. She can help you. She can do anything.

MARIO:
Princess? (gasps)

[In the distance, Mario sees a magnificent white and red castle on a hill surrounded by a large town.]

TOAD:
Come on, Mario! Our big adventure begins now!

MARIO:
Hang on, Luigi.

[Mario and Toad start to jump across mushrooms, making their way to the castle. Meanwhile, we cut to the Dark Lands, where Luigi turns up and picks up the bag of tools.]

LUIGI:
Mario? Mario? Where are you? Huh?

[A branch snags him, then he stumbles near a lava stream but runs across a chunk of rock in it. He bumps into a tree, then gets attacked by bats. He grabs his flashlight then continues. As he cautiously explores, a figure is seen briefly before it disappears. Luigi yelps, getting his flashlight working just as a Dry Bones appears and attacks him. Luigi accidentally runs into a branch, sending him flying and dismantling the Dry Bones' body.]

LUIGI:
Oh. (notices the dismantled Dry Bones) Ha, ha! Yes! You just got a-Luigi'd!

[However, Luigi doesn't know the golden rule of defeating a Dry Bones - lose the head. The Dry Bones awakens and reassembles itself. Soon, more start swarming as they chase Luigi. He runs to an abandoned castle, managing to get inside before the Dry Bones army could grab him. He catches his breath and sits down, believing he's safe...until a thunderstrike reveals a group of Shy Guys waiting behind him. Luigi screams as he captured. Meanwhile, back at the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Toad arrive at the castle town.]

TOAD:
This way, Mario! The princess lives right on that hill!

(Toad tries to make a path as he leads Mario through the city.)

Excuse me, everybody, coming through. Got a big adventure happening right now. Just clear a path for us. If I could just... Excuse me...

[A Toad drops a coin and Mario picks it up. A red Toad runs to him.]

MARIO:
Here you go.

[Mario politely gives him the coin. He smiles as he as he tips his hat at the Toads, greeting them.]

TOAD:
(loudly) Excuse me, everybody, coming through! This guy's brother is going to die imminently! Out of the way, please! (normally, to Mario) Just trying to clear a path. That's all I'm doing. He's gonna be fine. Chanterelle!

CHANTERELLE:
Morning!

TOAD:
Nice to see ya, bud! (clicks)

[Toad leads Mario through the town and onto a platform.]

TOAD:
And, up we go.

MARIO:
Wait, up? (grunts)

[Mario quickly gets on the platform, which takes them up. The gate opens in front of them, Mario follows Toad on a moving platform. Toad hops onto the next platform, Mario missed the jump but grabbed onto the edge. Mario gets up and breaths heavily, before running after Toad. Toad continues running through the kingdom, and whistles to Mario, who was waving at a toad, to get his attention. Mario gets of the rising platform and follows him onto bricks that float above. Mario tries not to fall.]

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