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(Printed with the demonstration version of Fade In)
A DOOR, FAR AWAY FROM THE CAMERA JUST SITS THERE AS WE GET
CLOSER. THE DOOR OPENS TO SEE
DUCK GUY APPEARS FROM THE DOOR, Duck is a dark green duck
with a yellow beak and legs. He wears a brown blazer with a
red handkerchief.
CLOSE ON THE FUNNY HOUSE, THE HOUSE HAS A FACE. EYES AND A
MOUTH.
DUCK GUY
Ho, Ho, Ho, I've lived here my whole
life! Why, It feels as if were only
a-
RED GUY CUTS IN, Red Guy is a red humanoid with red hair all
over his head.
(Printed with the demonstration version of Fade In)
2.
DUCK GUY
Yes we do!
YELLOW GUY
Ha! And it's my birthday! Yay!
DUCK GUY
Not really part of this song--
YELLOW GUY
BIRTHDAY CAKE!
YELLOW GUY
Wakey Wakey! Big Ian!
DUCK GUY
Who lives next door to our funny
house!
RED GUY
And every day when we wake you up,
You come outside and say "hello, I'm
Big Ian."
BIG IAN opens the door, Big Ian's body is completely flat.
He wears a yellow and red striped shirt and blue jeans.
BIG IAN
hello, I'm Big Ian.
DUCK GUY
Look! There he is.
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3.
YELLOW GUY
Wakey Wakey! Mrs. Grenald!
DUCK GUY
Who lives next door to Big Ian!
MRS. GRENALD
And ev'ry day I come outside! And
give you lots of cakes and pies! Good
morning!
YELLOW GUY
Ooh! Birthday Cake!
RED GUY
No. Don't eat it.
DUCK GUY
Oh, yes, we are!
YELLOW GUY
And it's my birthday...
DUCK GUY
Now onto the mayor's house!
DUCK GUY
Looks like someone's being a bit of a
sleepy head!
YELLOW GUY
Mayor Pigface?!
RED GUY
What's going on? Where's the mayor?
YELLOW GUY
Mayor Pigface?
DUCK GUY
Wakey Wakey!
YELLOW GUY
Wakey!
DUCK GUY
Wakey Wakey?
CUT TO:
POLICE OFFICER ON TV
Oh, It's very very bad. The Mayor is
gone-- He's not in his house-- And he
normally is in his house!
YELLOW GUY
Does this mean that I can't have my
birthday party?
RED GUY
I don't know. (closing his newspaper)
Everyone seems very upset about the
mayor's disappearance-- Look even our
funny house has gone sad.
OUTSIDE
INSIDE
YELLOW GUY
Awh.. But I'm already wearing my
special birthday buckles on my shoes!
(pointing) see!
DUCK GUY
Sad house? Birthday buckles? Who
cares about all that rubbish! The
town has no mayor! What are we going
to do?
YELLOW GUY
Who's gonna sing his bit of the song?
RED GUY
(holding up a missing mayor poster)
Who's gonna find him?
DUCK GUY
Who's gonna look after the town while
he's gone!?
YELLOW GUY
No, but- Who's gonna sing his bit of
the song?
RED GUY
(still holding it up) No, Who's gonna
find him?
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6.
DUCK GUY
No, Who's gonna look after the town
while he's gone?!
RED GUY
What?
VOICE
The town needs to be secure! That's
for sure!
KEY
Because security! That's the key.
DUCK GUY
Hey! It's that little metal stick
from earlier! He's turned into a boy!
KEY
I'm a key! The Key to the City!
RED GUY
Right, so do you know what happened
to the mayor?
KEY
No, but let me ask you a question. Do
you love your town?
RED GUY
What? Is he- talking to me?
DUCK GUY
I love my town! I've lived here my
whole life!
KEY
Oh, but you don't want to protect it?
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7.
DUCK GUY
How dare you!
YELLOW GUY
Protect it from what?
KEY
Well, listen.
LISTEN
YELLOW GUY
Hmm. Sounds like-
KEY
LISTEN!!!!!
KEY (SUNG)
They're creepin' 'round the corner...
Fiddlin' with your door..
DUCK GUY
Who is?
KEY
Hiding in your garden... Sleeping on
the roof!
DUCK GUY
No!
KEY
RENTING YOU A FUNCTION ROOM!
DUCK GUY
That's nice.
KEY
Stepping on your toe! (Stepping on
your toe)
YELLOW GUY
Hey!
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8.
KEY
And now you need the toilet! They're
messing with our town! Well if I
brought you a precious gem! You
wouldn't leave it laying around!
Well, you'd put it in a box! And
cover it with locks! And bury it deep
under the ground!
RED GUY
But we're looking for the mayor
YELLOW GUY
I would like a gem!
DUCK GUY
Quiet!
RED GUY
He wasn't in his house, And he's no
where to be found.
KEY
But you said that you loved your
town! But look at all the danger, any
ol' stranger! Could walk right in and
pinch you on the legs! Look inside
your lunchbox, Take out all your
front teeth! Look at this! What a
silly mess! It's not secure at all!
An uninvited guest could sneak right
in! Fiddle with the bin lids! Ruin
all our stuff!
BIG IAN
But that belongs to us!
POLICE OFFICER
Who's takin' all our stuff?
KEY
I think you need the toilet.
RED GUY
Wait look guys. Footsteps leading up
to the gate-- (clears throat) Uh-- I
know it's a song and stuff, But isn't
that the mayor?
(MORE)
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9.
RED GUY (cont'd)
Maybe we should just, look outside
here. Get a search party going.
KEY (SUNG)
But I thought you loved your town..
Don't you want to stop it, From
rotting down?
RED GUY
Yeah, but what about the mayor?
KEY (SUNG)
Yes you do, I'm sure..
RED GUY
Those are definitely his footprints.
KEY (SUNG)
And if we work together...
RED GUY
Well- I'm gonna go.
KEY (SUNG)
And we'll get this place secure...
RED GUY
(leaving) Alright, see ya.
LADDER
Wow! You and your key friend really
know what your talking about when it
comes to making Clayhill safe!
MRS. GRENALD
Yeah! Maybe you could be our new
mayor!
DUCK GUY
What? Me? The Mayor? Yes. Me. The
mayor!
DUCK GUY
There, Now everyone in town is all
locked up! All being safe! All of our
problems are over! I really am
brilliant at being the mayor!
YELLOW GUY
Well, the old mayor is still missing.
DUCK GUY
Hm..
YELLOW GUY
But! Now that the town is fixed! That
means we can FINALLY have my birthday
party! Yay!
KEY
Oh.. Yay! Birthdays are my favorite!
YELLOW GUY
Yeah!
KEY
Lucky you-- But wait! What's this?
KEY (cont'd)
Oh Phew! Look! It's melting in the
acid...
YELLOW GUY
MY PRESENT! I HATE OUR NEW MELTING
BROTHER!
KEY
I'm supposed to be a key! -- See I
told you Mr. Mayor! Danger is hiding
everywhere...
DUCK GUY
Really? I think that was a puppy--
KEY
Exactly! That's what they want you to
think. But we know the truth.. Don't
we?
DUCK GUY
Do we--
KEY
Stranger's are hiding everywhere.. Ya
see! Who's that!
DUCK GUY
What? Oh that's Paula the Postbox!
She's lived here her whole life.
KEY
But is it?
DUCK GUY
Yes.
Key takes the scope and takes a marker and writes something
on it.
KEY
But is it?
DUCK GUY
Oh my goodness! Not little Pauly the
Postbox!
KEY
Ya see? Nothing is what it seems..
FADE TO:
RED GUY
Mayor? Mayor Pigface?! Mayo-
MUD PUDDLE
Hello there! I'm the owner of this
forest! As you can see! I am a tree!
(singing) I am a tree! I love nature!
I stand in places--
RED GUY
(interrupting) Yeah I see that your
uh- A tree. Have you seen a mayor?
MUD PUDDLE
Of course I have! Right down there!
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YELLOW GUY
Blah! Bad mayor! And his little metal
stick should be called-- Melted my
present.
HA!
YELLOW GUY
Whoa! Who are you?
FIZZY MILK
Who me? I guess I'm nobody, Like you.
Which makes us one of the crazy
outcasts! This new mayor, with all
these rules! Y'know what I say to
him?
YELLOW GUY
No, What do you say to him?
FIZZY MILK
I say to him "Hey, Mr. Mayor! Take
all your rules and put them over
there! Behind Clayhill!"
YELLOW GUY
Whoa! Please teach me how to be cool!
Like you!
FIZZY MILK
No.. I don't think you have what it
takes to be as cool as me.
YELLOW GUY
No! I promise! I wanna smash the
system! Please I promise!
FIZZY MILK
Well- If you wanna be a bad boy punk.
You have to drink... FIZZY MILK!
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Red Guy looks through binoculars and sees little logs with
faces.
RED GUY
Oh no, There really are strangers
sneaking around. Maybe that rude
metal child was right.
RED GUY
Mayor Pig-
MAYOR PIGFACE
The outside world is Kind and
Peaceful! There are no troubles to
worry me.
RED GUY
I'm sorry, Mayor?
MAYOR PIGFACE
When I'm sleeping, My new friends
pinch me! They cut my legs and remove
my teeth!
RED GUY
Mayor Pigface-
MAYOR PIGFACE
They bite my lips off! And bite my
eyelids! And bite my eyelids! And bit
my fingers and my legs!
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15.
RED GUY
What are you doing?
MAYOR PIGFACE
Oh, its you! Hello. Look, twig
people! We have a new friend. You
must be tired, traveler. Would you
like to eat some of our soup?
Pigface rubs his hand in some "soup". The soup was just mud.
RED GUY
Mayor, You have to come back to
Clayhill!
MAYOR PIGFACE
I am no longer mayor of Clayhill. I
live here!
RED GUY
Mayor! None of this is even real
(real real real)
CUT TO:
RED GUY
Hello? (Hello?)
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MAYOR PIGFACE
Eh. I don't feel like going back to
Clayhill. I love it here then I did
there!
RED GUY
Mayor. My friend found the key to the
city. And they are doing BAD stuff to
Clayhill.
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16.
MAYOR PIGFACE
What? That's not the key to the city!
(pulls out a golden key) This is!
RED GUY
We gotta go!
MAYOR PIGFACE
Well, friend. Look's like we're too
late.
CUT TO:
YELLOW GUY
Oh my goodness!
FIZZY MILK
No no! Don't do any-
KEY
NO!
CUT TO:
Mayor and Red open the gates and run to Duck and Yellow.
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17.
DUCK GUY
Mayor Pigface! I am so Sorry what I
did when I was a mayor! The Key to
The City is in your office!