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Of Tests and Trials; That Test Ep
Topic Started: Oct 27 2008, 06:33 PM (187 Views)
ceig13	Oct 27 2008, 06:33 PM Post #1
The Right Reverend Cosmopolitan of Bampton Underhoop Posts: 580 Group: Members Member #38 Joined: February 18, 2006 Favorite cartoon Rugrats: All Grown Up	Hi again, this is my characterisically short fragment of a beginning for the episode I promised Sunday. (Creative drought is behind the delay.) All characters owned by KC and Nick, except for Chloe, owned by Acepilot, and Schwerin and ROon, owned by me. OF TESTS AND TRIALS SCENE: Packed auditorium (Schwerin enters left of the stage, steps onto podium, casting glances on the audience) SCHWERIN Good morning students and faculty of SF High. As is custom in school I welcome to this general assembly, dealing with the Special Admissions tests. Unfortunately Principal Roon is unable to drop by today due to his annual “surprise inspections”, this time in Fremont Hall. Thus I am left to do this talk about the coming SAT exams. (audience murmurs as he continues) Our school, you see, has been one of the top 10 in the entire school district in terms of averages with this test, and while this can be very uplifting for our school, I believe that we are in a tight pinch the past 3 years. Just last year, we only managed to have 8th place, which for you may not be a big deal until you realize there are only 18 high schools in the district. We do not aspire to become first place – I know firsthand what happens if you drive someone to overexcel – but at the very least please, just please, take this seriously. Mediocrity in our studentry is getting our public school system a bad name, as if faculty incompetence and the low quality of facilities aren’t doing that to us already . I insist that you show your parents that you are worth the sweat and taxes they pay for an opportunity for you (points finger at students) to study here. That is why we in the faculty have used the privilege of having access to last years’ old SATs to come up with simulated SATs taking up questions in which the students seem to have much difficulty. Thus, we will be suspending club activity hour every second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, as well as the early Friday dismissals, in favor of review sessions, in conjunction with your usual subjects. (students groan) In 2 months time, we will be testing you on what you’ve learned with these mock-up SATs. (even bigger groans) So then, questions? MALE STUDENT (smart-alecky) Uh, what happens if, uhmmm, we say, we skip those review sessions? SCHWERIN Then you get detention with school service for 8 hours for a week, just like the normal penalty for playing hooky. Any further questions? (to frightened studentry on the seats) Well then, I guess I’ll have to take them up with you some other time. Assembly dismissed! (exits right as students file out the auditorium. Pan out to Harold, Susie and Ange) ANGELICA Man, somebody ought to be checking out his food these days… SUSIE For once I agree… Schwerin’s no Estus C. M. Pangborn, that’s for sure. HAROLD Yeah… he tends to be quite, uhmmm, what’s the word… ANGELICA Strict? HAROLD Naw, not quite that… SUSIE Professional? HAROLD Nuh-uh… ANGELICA (deadpan glare) Then what exactly do you want to describe him as? HAROLD Sorry Angelica, the word escapes me right now… (looks at watch) Hey, I think it’s biology time-can’t keep Mr. Davitian waiting! (runs left as Angelica and Susie look at each other) SUSIE (puzzled) Ummm…if you don’t mind me asking… aren’t we seniors supposed to be taking up physics now? *** SCENE: Benches outside high school (The Boys are gathered on the bench, hearing out Dil’s latest plans for, well, whatever) TOMMY So you’re planning to, uhh, ‘liberate’ the frogs of the biology lab from dissection WHEN? DIL In a week or two… In the still of the night, (stands on table, strikes a pose and spreads right arm in the direction of the science labs building) when no one expects it… CHUCKIE (weakly) I’m not quite sure about this thing you’re planning on doing, Dil… If we’re caught Schwerin will give us detentions… with latrine duty! PHIL (brooding) Misbegotten crusade to free the frogs from the dissecting table, risking janitorial detention duty in the process? (brightens up) Mah kind of job… TOMMY (wearily) Really now… All that just to free a bunch of purposefully bred frogs for dissection? DIL Bred by the thousands by a cabal of frog farms across the Third World? TOMMY No, we breed them from a pond… Now the point is, we just can’t go around proclaiming liberty to the frogs just because we find it rather reprehensible to split them open for… Though I’m certain that if we get caught, Schwerin won’t go so far as have us doing the custodian’s job… CHUCKIE (sighs relief) Oh, thank heavens someone agrees with me… *** SCENE: Nighttime, school grounds (Chuckie is in same pose as the previous scene, but now wearing dark turtleneck and bonnet, sighing in consternation) CHUCKIE (sarcastically whispering) I’m so glad I’ve been suckered into this again. TOMMY (just behind him, whispering sarcastically too) Gee, me too. I wonder where Dil gets his persuasive charisma. (at this point, the Boys plus Chloe are attempting to break into the biology labs. Chloe, ahead of them and holding a hairpin, gives them hands signals) TOMMY (quizzically) Phil, why did Chloe come with us again? PHIL She’s an expert in picking locks… Saw her once flawlessly open Savannah’s when Savannah lost her keys. Also she seems to believe everything Dil says… TOMMY No, I believe it’s the other way around - Dil isn’t this stupid to actually think of coming up with this - DIL Shhh!!!!! Quiet there! Chloe says she’ll open up the lab windows for us so we can get in… CHUCKIE Why can’t we just use the door? DIL Too much footprints. (Chloe picks lock, gets in. Boys wait nervously under the lab window) CHUCKIE If we don’t make it alive, tell Dad I’m in a better place now, tell Mom my thanks for being in every step of the way, and tell Kimi to repair and sell Wa-wa at a charity auction… (Phil chuckles at Chuckie’s mention of the stuffed bear) TOMMY (to Chuckie) You still have that old thing? CHUCKIE (indignant) Well, since I’m gonna face Schwerin’s wrath if we get caught, I might as well admit it, Mr. I-have-no-attachment-except-to-a-toy-screwdriver- TOMMY All right, enough… Chloe seems to have snuck in the lab and has just opened the window. Come on in… (The drum music marking a transition plays)
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acepilot	Oct 31 2008, 11:30 PM Post #2
Lieutenant of Fan Fiction Posts: 373 Group: Members Member #41 Joined: February 23, 2006 Favorite cartoon Rugrats	I like it...the acceptance of Chloe into the group, the well written OCs, and the gang all together again...it's a great start to an ep.
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chuckierulz55	Nov 3 2008, 03:59 PM Post #3
Respect the Sharingun!! Posts: 6,934 Group: Members Member #93 Joined: July 22, 2006	acepilot Oct 31 2008, 11:30 PM I like it...the acceptance of Chloe into the group, the well written OCs, and the gang all together again...it's a great start to an ep. Whoa, no way! Nice to see you around again Ace! Will we be seeing more of you for the next little while? Anyway, I too thought this was a pretty decent start for this new episode. A nice touch of sarcasm between the various characters is this script's biggest strength so far. Keep it coming Ceig. :nod:
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ceig13	Dec 7 2008, 06:01 AM Post #4
The Right Reverend Cosmopolitan of Bampton Underhoop Posts: 580 Group: Members Member #38 Joined: February 18, 2006 Favorite cartoon Rugrats: All Grown Up	SCENE: Susie’s bedroom, earlier in the day (Harold, Susie and Angelica seem to be enjoyng themselves… reviewing. Susie’s down on the bed, Angelica is on the floor, and Harold on the table) ANGELICA (frustrated) Oh, darn it! I keep repeating the cosine formula for this one and it still comes out wrongly! SUSIE (exhausted) Ain’t in a position to help you, girl-I’m too totally whacked out… Try Harold for a change… ANGELICA Harold’s incapacitated… He’s rather not himself today, what with his reviewing his science subjects an all… (cut to left shot where Harold is mumbling formulas to himself) SUSIE Well then, you’re on your own – I’m pooped out by the academics this year as it is, and these SATs are just piling up the problems I have! (sighs in frustration) ANGELICA All that for a test we’ll be taking for two and a half hours? With you, you’ll certainly pass it with ease… SUSIE Actually, that’s four hours, and as far as I know, it’s not whether you pass, but whether you make it to the percentage level asked for by some college you’re taking. Didn’t you hear the teachers a while ago? ANGELICA Eh, I did, but I was just noting your typically high-strung attitude to everything academic. Or you didn’t learn anything from that bus ride thingy we did years back? SUSIE Me? High-strung? How about you, with your cavalier attitude towards studying and almost everything else in your life? I know where I have problems; you seem not to notice them at all! Why… (notes time and her rising voice) Nah, never mind, I got better fish to fry… ANGELICA Well, me too… maybe I could wing this test with a shotgun style… SUSIE Right minus wrong system, Ange… ANGELICA (gentle snarl) Really had to burst my bubble there, didn’t you? SUSIE Hmmm… maybe? ANGELICA But of course… Now which part of the review are you in? SUSIE I’m working on trigonometry too-tangents and all that… ANGELICA What a coincidence! Let’s get a-workin’ and save our collective butts, what with common interests, enemy of my enemy and all that… SUSIE Eh, why not? (joins in as Angelica explains her cosine predicament) ***** SCENE: Lab interior, near window ledge, night (Dil enters the lab first, followed by his brother, Phil and Chuckie. As Chuckie enters, he is greeted by the lab skeleton.) CHUCKIE AAAH!-(muffled by Tommy) TOMMY Don’t worry, it’s just Ernie. Do that again, though, and Wa-wa goes to the auction as you said it will, comprende? (Chuckie simply nods, at which point Tommy releases him. They then head to the assistant’s shop, empty at the time, and notices the mother lode: a sack of sleeping frogs. They begin to drag out the sack to a table) DIL There, there, my amphibian comrades… liberation shall soon be yours… PHIL So these are the ones we’re gonna be gutting up come Friday… CHUCKIE (looks at sack, gets a little of a panic attack) F-f-Friday…W-w-we-we’ll g-g-gut these things come F-f-f-Friday, huh? TOMMY Uh-oh… Dil, tell Chloe to set him aside for a while… He’s prone to throw up if he does something he doesn’t like when Angelica’s not involved… (Dil motions to Chloe about Chuckie’s condition. Chloe, running to the entrance, does not notice, because she signals a different message altogether) DIL Uh, guys, it’s Thorvald the janitor… (all eyes dilate like saucers as they begin, as silently as possible, to hide under the tables. Dil takes out a small mirror to check out Thorvald.) TOMMY Where is he? DIL Thorvald’s taking a good look in here-so far so good… TOMMY No! Chuckie! Where is he! DIL I dunno! (Phil suddenly taps Tommy’s shoulder and points towards the shop. All the others silently cover their mouths. Transition to Chuckie and Chloe inside the shop) CHUCKIE (nervously) He gone? (Chloe checks out the window of the shop and replies in the negative. Chuckie is still tense and awaits a new response, which comes in the form of a thumbs up. He then leans back and stretches his arms. The left arm surreptitiously enters something wet and slimy.) CHUCKIE GAAAKH!!! (Tries to scramble away, but ends up kicking the bag. Frogs wake up and begin croaking en masse, hopping out of the tipped bag into the laboratory. Hearing this, Thorvald rushes into the lab) THORVALD Who’s there, yah? (flashes light into a bunch of frogs hopping everywhere, some even escaping. He also catches the kids, now awkwardly smiling at him.) Edited by ceig13, Dec 7 2008, 06:02 AM.
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acepilot	Dec 9 2008, 09:04 AM Post #5
Lieutenant of Fan Fiction Posts: 373 Group: Members Member #41 Joined: February 23, 2006 Favorite cartoon Rugrats	I'm intrigued...this is really turning out great. I can't wait to see how it goes...you've got the characterisations down pat.
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chuckierulz55	Dec 19 2008, 02:38 AM Post #6
Respect the Sharingun!! Posts: 6,934 Group: Members Member #93 Joined: July 22, 2006	I thought it was a pretty decent addition to the episode. Definately helps to build the plot and reach a mini climax of sorts when the get caught. The only wierd thing for me was not seeing Chloe get any lines so far. Perhaps get her speaking a little bit more? :confused: Other than that, keep it coming. I like what I see. :nod:
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ceig13	Mar 29 2009, 07:00 AM Post #7
The Right Reverend Cosmopolitan of Bampton Underhoop Posts: 580 Group: Members Member #38 Joined: February 18, 2006 Favorite cartoon Rugrats: All Grown Up	Author's note: Sorry I'm late for this one... Before I leave for summer camp I would like to leave this update for you. Also, I am establishing a hint to a future episode idea (if time allows) in this episode. Guess what it is and... well, I got nothing. SCENE: Outdoor benches of school (Again, Angelica, Harold and Susie are studying, this time on the benches in front of the main building, studying) ANGELICA (leans back on bench) (sighs long and hard) This… is… MIND-NUMBING!!!! English grammar and comprehension? WHY DO THEY TORTURE ME SO?!!! SUSIE (sets aside book angrily) WILL YOU STOP BEING MELODRAMATIC? I’m trying to read here… ANGELICA All right then, shutting up! Geez, this is really getting soooo radically ridiculous for a test-I mean, c’mon! WE’RE ALL A- (Susie points her finger to a SILENCE AT ALL TIMES CLASSES ARE GOING ON sign.) (whispers)-we’re all a bunch of Anglophobes here! HAROLD Uhmmm, Angelica, I think you mean Anglophones… (Angelica simply nods her head in abject resignation) ANGELICA Look, the point is, they’re putting us under the knife with a battery of mock tests for subjects we have learned for, what, our entire young lives? Besides, entering is the easy part-none of this will be applicable once we get in… SUSIE Well, any ideas on your part there, girl? ANGELICA (changes subject) Why are we out here anyway? HAROLD Because there was a frog infestation a while back? SUSIE (sets aside book) I wouldn’t say it was a frog infestation-it’s more of someone letting loose all the frogs from the biology lab… (Sudden transition to) SCENE: Principal’s office Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Dil and Chloe find themselves seated on a sofa in front of the Principal’s desk, where ROON is seated, wearing a HAZMAT suit, with Schwerin slowly pacing to and fro, holding a clipboard) SCHWERIN (reads out a report) “…Which in turn toppled some chemicals in the chemistry laboratory, setting off an explosion which killed about a few dozen of them. The laboratories were only moderately damaged by the said explosion, but the bad odors reeking out is causing more of a problem.” (turns to the Five) Am I to assume that the explosion is accidental? DIL You can be assured of that, Your Excellency… SCHWERIN No need to flatter me, Dylan Prescott, I am content with an honest answers. (turns to Principal Roon) Mr. Roon, I can assure you, the air is not that stuffy enough-you may remove the suit… ROON But Jason, isn’t the air- SCHWERIN Mr. Principal, if the air was indeed poisonous, we would not be holding the disciplinary hearing here in your office. ROON You really s-s-sure ‘bout that? SCHWERIN (slaps forehead) Herr in Himmel… Fine! Jarvis, at the very least you can just use that gas mask inside… (The five giggle at the mention of the Principal’s name, and stop at Schwerin’s glare) … Or even a surgical mask will do. (To the Five) Well, I’ve had Mrs. Solana of the accounting office calculate the expenses, and the expenses will amount to, (reads the report) $856.23 all in all. Anyone of you wish to say a word in your defense? DIL I would like to make a statement… SCHWERIN Not you-I’ve heard enough about Frog Liberation for a day to justify the ruckus. Anyone else? CHUCKIE (points finger at Dil) It’s HIS fault sir! H-h-he c-c-convinced me to help him-I didn’t do anything! CHLOE (indignantly speaking) THAT’S A LIE SIR! ‘EE (points to Chuckie) GOT TOO JUMPY WITH THE FROGS AND KICKED ’EM! SCHWERIN (partly signing some of his queries) Well, Miss Ellis, that explains the reason why the frogs got loose in the labs, but what got you involved in the first place? CHLOE The frogs are raised by a cartel of international syndicates? SCHWERIN I see… apparently conspiracy theories and (air parenthesis) “Frog Liberation” has gotten you enthralled as well… And you, Mr. Tommy Pickles? What got you involved? TOMMY I…I… Sir, I have no defense forthcoming sir. SCHWERIN Understandable. PHIL Hey, how about me? SCHWERIN I’ve ceased to be surprised at your antics after poring over your records from Jim Jr. High, Mr. DeVille. Pangborn’s warned me about some students coming over, and I guess he was right… however hard it might be for me to admit that. ROON Well, now that that’s settled, why don’t we pass on judgment? I don’t think detaining them any longer here will help matters… SCHWERIN I agree, Mr. Roon. I don’t think we need to keep them further, since the offense is clear. Ordinarily, we could have called your parents here and asked them to talk among themselves on how they’ll divide the payment while we assign you to do the job of cleaning up the mess… (the Five gasp in fear and shock) SCHWERIN …but since the laboratories were due for a renovation anyway-in fact, you may have saved us money by clearing up the ceiling of the chemistry lab-I’ll recommend that you spend twelve hours of school service doing clerical and secretarial work. I will expect you either between or after classes in the School Staff, and I expect you to do such things such as helping me draft circulars, graph budgets, and what have you. I do not care how long you stay, as long as you each complete 12 hours. Failure to report will earn you detention for that same period. CHUCKIE And the alternatives? SCHWERIN You get detention for 12 hours spread out over 6 days each, and you go on probation. (puts down his clipboard) You know, I am offering you a chance to redeem yourselves here. This penalty is somewhat novel for a secondary educational institution, and I want you to realize that running a school is not a power trip, however hard for you to believe that. Should you complete your 12 hours in service, you get away with little more than a warning; if you choose the old methods, you get something on your permanent record, and heavens know how many SF High students have ended up with that. You may go now, but tell us if you’ll take this chance. TOMMY Can we meet for a moment and check out what to make of this? ROON (waves his hand as if to dismiss them) By all means (The Five huddle together to consider their options, speaking in hushed tones) DIL You mean we’re free to go? No firing squad? No toilet cleaning? Just 12 hours of clerical work? CHUCKIE Hey, why not? That isn’t so bad after all… (gulps and looks around nervously) Isn’t it? PHIL Nah, what’s so difficult about office work? Just stamping papers and making coffee wouldn’t be too difficult… TOMMY I dunno… something’s fishy with the proposition… (Chloe motions something to Tommy) DIL She says you’re right, but at least we actually get to do something instead of staring out the window… Could even be fun… CHUCKIE (laughs nervously) Heh… fun… TOMMY Good point. (circle breaks up) DIL (raises his hand) Sir! We’ll take up your offer. SCHWERIN Good! I hope to meet you after classes at 3:40 in my office beginning tomorrow, every Tuesday and Thursday. Remember, you may come and go as you please, but you must complete all 12 hours or else. Dismissed. (they stand up, bow in courtesy and shake Schwerin’s hand. Roon removes a glove from his right hand then remembers why he put on the suit) ROON Oy gevalt! What am I doing? (puts glove back on and rushes to the restroom to the right of his table) SCHWERIN (slightly embarrassed) Oh, and what goes on in this room concerning the principal, stays in this room. Verstandet? (all five nod as they depart. Fade to black.)
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