Under New Management/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "Under New Management".
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(At Rock Hollow, Demo is doing a checklist before Val and her band’s concert.)
Demo: (Through the microphone) Check, check. The rutabaga rocked righteously. Check. (Val is seen sitting with two Rock Trolls and playing her guitar. Demo appears next to her while wearing headphones.) Heeeey, Val! Two hours till your big concert., which means it’s time or your manger to shine! Your guitar! (He takes Val’s guitar.)
Val: Hey. I was playing that-
Demo: Shh. Shh. Please don’t strain your voice your royal rockness. Rest it for the show.
Val: Demo, you don’t have to do that. (Demo covers her mouth.)
Demo: Rest. (He walks backwards.) Rest. Rest. (He turns off the light, leaving Val in complete darkness.)
Val: Ugh. (Poppy’s eyes are then seen.)
Poppy: Hey, Val! (She turns the light back on.)
Val: (Sounding sad) Hey.
Poppy: Hope you don’t mind me Poppy-ing by like this. Just thought I’d see if you needed a pre-concert BFF chat about your feelings.
Val: Ugh. Unknowingly, yes.
Poppy: (Getting off the couch) Well, you can’t blame a Troll to try… Wait, did you just say yes?
Val: It’s Demo. (sighs) He’s always been an attentive manager, but over time, I’ve just gotten tired of him… making such a fuss.
Poppy: What do you mean, “a fuss?”
Demo: All shined up, m’lady! (He shows Val’s shined guitar.)
Poppy and Val: Whoa!
Demo: Whoo! That 6th coat of wax really pops! And if you look at the back, you’ll see a certain someone left you a little encouragement note. (Val takes her guitar and reads the note.)
Val: “I see you. And I believe in you. Demo.”
Demo: (With tears in his eyes) I do… (He wipes his tears.) … and I do. (He hears a bell dinging.) Hark, your pre-concert snickerdoodles are ready! I must away! (He runs off and Val grunts.)
Poppy: OK, I see what you mean. But come on. You and Demo have had a good thing for so long! I’m sure if he is gone, you would miss him.
Demo: (Through the headset) I return! (He takes out a plate of snickerdoodles.) Care to snicker a doodle, m’liege? (Val just stares at him.) Uh-oh. (He puts down the snickerdoodles.) Val, you’ve got a little shmutz on your face. Let me just… (He licks his thumbs and rubs them against Val’s face.)
Val: OK, stop!
Demo: (Shocked) Val? What’s wrong? Did I not moisten my thumbs enough?
Val: Ew! No! (sighs) Demo, look, I appreciate all you put into being my manager. But I think it’s time for me… to rock solo. (Demo’s eyes bulge open.)
Demo: What are you saying?
Val: I don’t need a manager anymore.
Demo: (Sad) Oh. I see.
Val: But it’ll be good for you, too. Think of all the free time you’d have to try new stuff if you weren’t here. (She hears an ironing sound.) Ironing my guitar strings?
Demo: (As he stops ironing) Oh. Gee, maybe you’re right. Actually, you are right! Prepare thyself, world! For here comes a whole new Demo! (He runs away.) See ya! (Val sighs in relief, but hears Demo ironing her strings again.)
Val: Demo!
Demo: Sorry. Just a few more and… OK, I’m done. (He runs away again. Val looks at the crowd cheering for her.)
Val: Ha-ha! (She goes to her band.) No manager, no problem. Now let’s give that audience the rock of a lifetime!
All: YEAH! (They run up to the stage.)
Val: (Through the microphone) Hello! I’m… Uh… Where are the cue cards? The ones that tell me all my mouth words?!
Rock Troll #1: Yeah. Demo always wrote those.
Val: Oh. Well, no big. I’ll just wing it. Hello! (She takes out her guitar from her hair.) Are you ready to…
All: Huh?
Val: Uh… I mean, to ready rock you are?! Are you to rock ready?! Ugh. Rock to ready are you?!
Rock Troll #2: Uh, are you OK?
Val: Never mind. Let’s rock! A 2, 3, 4! (She points at one of her bandmates, but he doesn’t play the drums.)
Rock Troll #3: What song are we playing?
Rock Troll #1: Demo always wrote the set list!
Val: What?! Fine. Then I’ll just skip to the big guitar smash. (She tries to smash her guitar, but it doesn’t break when it hits the ground.)
Rock Troll #3 Demo used to pre-cut your guitars so they’d smash easier.
Val: Gah! Show’s over! Lower the curtain!
Rock Troll #1: Demo used to- (Val screams in frustration. Later, she is looking for Demo.) Demo! Demo! Demo, where are you, man?!
Poppy: Val? (She walks up to Val.) You’re looking for Demo? (gasps) ‘Cause you’re gonna ask him to be your manager again? (gasps again) ‘Cause you realize how much you miss him?
Val: No! I don’t “miss” Demo, OK, Popsqueak? I’m just checking in on him. (She looks through a bush and sees a sad Demo sitting on a log. He sighs as he throws a stick.) That said, if he’s absolutely miserable and begs me to come back, well, I could cut him a break. (She walks over to Demo.) Yo, Demo. (She sits on the log.) You seem a little bummed, man. Wanna talk about it?
Demo: (Covering Val’s mouth) Hold on, Val. I’ve almost found it. (He picks up a weed.) This one! It’s perfect!
Val: Perfect? For what?
Demo: For the new act I’m managing. Dante! (Dante appears.)
Dante: (Gasping as he takes the weed from Demo) Demo, this is just what I need for tonight’s symphony! You’ve done it again! (A group of Classical Trolls play music as he and Demo laugh. Val gets up from the log.)
Val: You’re Dante’s manager now?
Demo: Yeah! I’ve always wanted to work with other kinds of musical acts! And now thanks to you, I can!
Dante: Yes, thank you, Val. Demo, it seems in all this mucking about in the weeds, I’ve acquired a bit of shmutz on my face.
Demo: Oh, yeah. Let me just… (He licks his thumbs and rubs them on Dante’s face.
Dante: Ah, yes, that’s it. Much better. Make sure to get it all… Oh, yes!
Val: OK, well, glad to see you’re doing great. Me too! Gotta go! (She walks backwards and frowns as she walks past Poppy.)
Poppy: Val, I’m so sorry. I know how much you miss Demo and…
Val: Poppy, I told you: I don’t miss him. In fact, I’ve already moved on. For tomorrow’s show, I’m gonna find a new manager.
Poppy: Who? (The next night, a crowd of Trolls is cheering. Laguna is Val’s new manager.)
Laguna: Time for a manager update, Val. With precisely three minutes and 17 seconds before the show, I have adjusted the microphone levels to increase their epic quotient, completed through crowd surfing report and calculated the exact spot on your guitars that will yield ideal smashability.  Here. (She points to a spot and the guitar breaks.)
Val: Wow. Laguna, you’re such an efficient manager, with none of the extra fuss!
Laguna: Compliment acknowledged.
Val: Ha! See what I mean?! (Laguna gives her guitar to her.) Now let’s rock! (On the stage, she sings New Management. As she sings, she does tricks and Laguna uses stage effects.)
(Val)
I’m feelin’ good
Right where I wanna be now
I’m feeling free to rock out
And I am gonna rock
Harder
Longer
Louder, yeah!
I’m a trouble maker
Rule breaker
Risk taker
And nothing’s
Gonna get in my way
I’m gonna rock
And, oh, I’m not gonna stop
No! I’m under new management
I am headed straight
For the top
Repeat after me!
I’m under new management
Yeah!
New management, yeah
I’m under new management
H!
I am headed straight
For the top!
Ow! (At the end, Val runs toward Poppy.)
Val: Whoo!
Poppy: Val!
Val: Poppy! (She and Poppy cheer and jump up and down while holding hands.)
Poppy: That show was incredible!
Val: I know! It all went exactly how I wanted it! So how come I’m so miserable?
Poppy: Wait. Did you say “miserable”?
Val: Yeah! (She laughs and becomes sad.) I did. Laguna’s amazing, you know, but… something’s missing.
Poppy: Oh. Well, maybe it’s not a something you’re missing, but a someone.
Val: You mean Demo? No, no, that can’t be it. Laguna can do anything he can do. Laguna! (Laguna appears.)
Laguna: Yes?
Val: Hey. Um, you’re doing a good job, but Demo used to make a bit more of a fuss. Like, he’d write these notes on the back of my guitar?
Laguna: Ah, I see. Not a problem. (She writes a note on the back of Val’s guitar.)
Val: “This is a note. Laguna.”
Laguna: And I mean every word. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a show to manage. (She leaves and Val sighs.)
Val: Poppy, what should I do?
Poppy: Go to him.
Val: (gasps) Oh! Demo! (At Classical Crest, Dante is conducting music as Demo watches. As the music stops, clapping is heard.) Demo! (She runs up to him.)
Demo: Val? What are you-
Val: No, no. Just listen. There’s something I have to say to you. I have to tell you that… that… Ugh! Saying stuff was so much easier when you wrote it all for me on the cue cards. (sighs)
Demo: Well, I wondered if this might happen. So I wrote a few up. (He takes out cue cards.)
Val: (gasps) “Demo, I had a really great show tonight, a really great show. But it didn’t feel right because I didn’t have you by my side. You see, there might be a lot of managers out there, but I know now, there’s only one Demo. So I guess what I’m trying to say is… make sure to swing by the merch table and pick up a concert T-shirt while supplies last.”
Demo: Oh, man. Some of these cards got mixed up. Hold on.
Val: It’s cool. (chuckles) I think I know the rest. Demo, I miss you, man. Be my manager again? (She hits Demo and he hits her back. Then they laugh.)
Demo: Oh, wait. But if I’m your manager, what will Dante do?
Val: Actually… I have an idea for that. (Later as Dante conducts music again, Laguna gives him a drink and fixes the stage. Val and Demo are in the audience.)
Demo: Great idea, Val. Laguna’s like the best manager ever.
Val: Meh. Second best.
Demo: Wait. You got a little… (He licks his thumbs and tries to rub them on Val’s face, but she stops him.)
Val: By the way, you can never do that to my face again.
Demo: Uh-huh. Yup. I get that.
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