First Day Frights Family/Transcript

== Inside dollhouse ==
(We open with Scratch relaxing in a bath. Slow music playing on radio. He bursts a bubble floating by.)
Scratch: (sigh) I'm just a puffy little bunch of bubbles...
Molly: (off-screen) Hey Scratch!
(Scratch gets sucked out of his dollhouse. He hits the wall and screams)
== Molly's room ==
Scratch: Molly, turn around please!
Molly: Oh, what's the big deal? You don't even wear clothes.
Scratch: (covering himself with a towel) Yes, but I happen to emotionally naked right now! Ahem, what's so urgent that you ripped me away from my me time?
Molly: I'm...afraid, Scratch.
Scratch: (Now interested on what Molly has to say) Now we're getting somewhere! (Pulls out pencil and paper) Be specific please.
Molly: I- I know you said that you're really popular in the Ghost World...
Scratch: (nervous laughing) Yes...yes, I am.
== Haughty Haunts ==
Ghost Bouncer: This club is only for popular ghosts (pocking Scratch) Not the worst of the worst. (Grabs Scratch and throws him out.)
== Molly's room ==
Scratch: Um, uh, yeah. I'm very popular. Like number one on the list, if there was a list, but of course there's not, or else it would hurt anyone else's feelings.
Molly: I knew it. So, you probably can't relate but... today is the first day of school and our family's moved a lot. You know, like, a lot a lot. So, trust me when I tell you that the first day of school in a new town is super important and the stakes have never been higher! (Jumps in front of Scratch) Do you realize that even one eency weency embarrassing mistake could turn me into a social outcast forever!?
Scratch: You'd be ruined...
Molly: Exactly!
Scratch: You'd have to leave Brighton.
Molly: Probably in the dead of night.
Scratch: The curse would be broken and I'd be back in this house by myself!
Molly: (starring in the mirror) You know. Actually, now that I'm talking to you about it, I hear how ridiculous all my fears sound.
Scratch: Uh, I don't think they're ridiculous at all...
Molly: (sing-song) It's gonna be fine!
Scratch: No, it's gonna be a disaster!
Molly: And I love making people happy so I'm bound to make tons of friends-
Scratch: NOT ON MY WATCH! THIS IS WILL BE THE WORST FIRST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF FIRST DAYS! I PROMISE MCGEE, YOU WON'T MAKE EVEN ONE FRIEND.
Molly: Ah, nice try Scratchy. I already re-energized my positivity. Thanks for being a sounding board, bye! (Molly leaves the attic, closing the door and accidentally pulling Scratch's face off)
Scratch: She bothers me.
== Outside Brighton Middle ==
Pete: Wow, both our kids in middle-school. They just... (sniffs) They're growing up so fast. Next, it's gonna be college, then a career, then grandkids. Oh, my gosh, I'm gonna be a grandpa! You do it!
Sharon: (takes phone) Okay, big smiles! Who's ready for a fantastic school year with minimal trips to the principal's office?
Molly: Me!
Darryl: Her!
Sharon: All right, you two, have fun!
Molly: (sing-song) You know I will!
Scratch: (sing-song) I guarantee you won't!
== Inside classroom ==
Miss Lightfoot: As I'm sure many of you have noticed, we have a new student joining us. Welcome, Molly McGee! Would you like to tell us a little about yourself?
Molly: I sure would! If you know only one thing about me is that I--
(Scratch throws goo on the floor making Molly slip. Molly tries not to fall making it look like dancing.)
Molly: Whoa, whoa!
(class gasps)
Student: What's she doing?
Molly: Okay, we got it. Whoa! We got it. Okay. (Molly gets her balance back) I, uh, like to dance?
(The class cheers for Molly. They stop as a student starts slow clapping)
Girl: Brava! (walks up to Molly) "Ahn"-drea Davenport, social influencer, future disruptor, Brighton Middle School's Official Good Will Ambassador.
(class cheers)
Andrea: It's a lot of things in one, I know. I'd be honored if you'd join me on stage this afternoon at the "New School Year Assembly".
Molly: Wow! Thanks! That would be incredible, "Ann"-drea!
(everyone gasps.)
Scratch: (eating the food of the class's pet) Oh, what's this?
Andrea: (inhales, giggles) It's actually "Ahn"-drea.
Molly: Isn't that what I just said?
Andrea: No, you said "Ann"-drea.
Molly: Oh! I'm, I'm, I'm so, so sorry!
Andrea: Oh, honey, it's fine. It's your first day. Forgive and forget!
Molly: Wow, thank you, "Anh"-drea, that's so nice of you. Oh, crud, is it "Ann"-drea? Or, wait... What was it again? Is it... Which vowel? (Andrea's face starts twitching as she loses her patience, eventually, grinding her teeth lividly) Is it E? A, E, I, O... Onn-drea? Or is there an umlaut? Is it like "Aun"-drea? Or did...
Miss Lightfoot: (clears throat) Maybe you should take a sit...before you make this even worse. (Molly walks to her seat.)
Students: Ooh...
Girl 1: Once is an innocent mistake, but twice...
Girl 2: She's a monster!
(Molly goes to the back of the room where another girl is also sitting)
Girl: Hey, in the first grade, there was a girl named Libby. She was bright-eyed and full of promise, until one day, she called "Ahn"-Drea "Ann"-drea, and from that moment on, she was an outcast, forever shunned from respectable society.
Molly: What happened to her?
Libby: Oh, she's me. I'm Libby. And don't get too close! I think I've almost got her worn down. (shouting) Looking good, "Ahn"-drea!
Scratch: (laying on the table) Well, I think we can safely call this day ruined. You wanna go home? I'll help you start packing your stuff?
Molly: Oh, come on, Scratch, it's not that big of a deal. I have the whole day. I'm bound to make at least one friend.
(Montage of Molly through her first day)
Woman: ♪ You can't judge a book by the cover ♪
♪ Some books start out slow ♪
♪ And the first time you try kombucha ♪
Andrea: (clears throat making the students move away from Molly)
♪ You might think it's gross♪
♪ Well, just like that kombucha ♪
♪ Keep on sipping and you'll see ♪
Woman: ♪ That I'm great ♪
Vocals: ♪She's really great ♪
Woman: ♪ So won't you take ♪
Vocals: ♪ Won't you take ♪
Woman: ♪ A second chance on me ♪
Vocals: ♪ Won't you take a second chance ♪
Woman: ♪ Take a second chance on me
I'm beggin' please ♪
Vocals: ♪ Won't you take a second chance ♪
Woman: ♪ Take a second chance on me ♪
♪ Just like a stinky hunk of cheese ♪
♪ On the platter of party charcuterie ♪
♪ Won't you take a second chance on me ♪
Scratch: (taking Molly's money) I'm getting soda.
== Inside the school bathroom ==
(Scene starts with Molly is facing the mirror.)
Molly: (trying to calm herself down) C'mon, pull it together, McGee! (Molly slaps herself in the face a few times) You got this!
(Scratch goes through the bathroom's mirror and inside the bathroom.)
Scratch: I got to hand it to you Mol. You ruined this day WAY better than anything I could have done! I mean, that was some primo stuff.
Molly: No, no. I can still turn this around!
Scratch: Nah... This day, like you, it's over! So, let's go home, pack up your things, I'll call a moving van and you get out of here.
Molly: There's still the assembly!
Scratch: And what do you think is going to happen in there? Some kind of miracle where suddenly everyone likes you? It's done Mol. You have no future in this school or this town.
Molly: You are right. This day has been a disaster. Things couldn't get any worse...
Scratch: (Scratch grins as he pushes Molly out) Yeah...
Molly: Therebefore... (turns around with a grin) it can only get BETTER!
Scratch: What?!
Molly: I was wrong!
Scratch: (hurriedly) No, you weren't!
Molly: It isn't about the first day!
Scratch: It's totally about the first day!
Molly: It's about EVERYday!
Scratch: NO, ITS NOT!
Molly: So, I'll just keeping being who I am, and one fine day, someone will be my friend!
Scratch: (annoyed) You got inspirational... IN A BATHROOM?!
Molly: Oh, yeah. It's my superpower. I can do it anywhere. I did it at a funeral once.
Scratch: (shapeshifts) You ARE THE MOST FRUSTRATING--!
(Andrea enters the bathroom unaware of what was happening. Scratch scares her.)
Andrea: AAAAAHHH!
(Andrea faints. Molly catches her just before hitting the floor. Scratch switches back to his normal form.)
Scratch: (guiltily) Whoops. Reflex.
Molly: Oh, no, no, no, no! Wake up Andrea!
Scratch: (Jokingly) "Ahn"-drea.
Molly: Ah! Whatever! Help me getting her into that cart.
Scratch: (pushing a janitor's cart close to Molly) Ah, Desposing of the body, right away!
Molly: What?! No! I have to get her to the nurse's office. (Molly dashes out the restroom leaving Scratch behind.)
Scratch: That lady has nothin' but Band-Aids.
== School Corridor ==
(Molly runs fast with the cart to the point she leaves flames behind her.)
Molly: Wait, I don't know where the nurse's office is!
(Scratch points her to a map that is in the corridor.)
Molly: Ah! A map!
(Molly tries stopping the cart but fails in doing so since it's going too fast. She passes the map and goes through multiple school rooms until she reaches the school stage. The cart abruptly stops, making Molly and Andrea fall into the ground, one of top of the other.)
== School Stage ==
Scratch: Ah! What an elegant bouquet of emotional and physical floundering! Ah youth!
(Molly starting dragging Andrea's body with great effort.)
Molly: No, no. I can still fix this! I have just to get "Ann"-drea...
Scratch: "Ahn"-drea..
Molly: (angrily) NOT. NOW!
Molly: I got to get her to the nurse's office before anyone notices.
Scratch: Great idea! And I'm going to raise this curtain for no particular reason.
(Curtains from the school stage are raised, allowing Molly's classmates to see that she is carrying Andrea unconscious. All the students gasp.)
Kid one: It's Molly McGee!
Kid two: What's she doing with Andrea?
Molly: (nervous) It's not what it looks like?
Scratch: Haha. Buh, Bye, Molly McGee!
Kid one: Seriously, who does she think she is?
Kid two: She's the worst of the worst!
(Camera cuts to Scratch, who is reminded on how he is treated in the ghost world after seeing how Molly is treated by the other kids.)
Flashback of Ghost Bouncer: The worst of the worst!
Scratch: Oh, no! No, come on. What’s this feeling? I won! You won! It's over! Molly McGee is as good as packed and... (straining) Can't believe I'm gonna do this.
(Kids from the audience boos Molly.)
Molly: Please! When you hear the story of what really happened... you're gonna think that I am crazy. I'm going to need a plan B...
(Feeling sorry for Molly and guiltily because of his actions, Scratch possesses Andrea's body to help Molly.)
Scratch as Andrea: Hey, Hey, gang. It's me! Andrea Davenport! Gimme that applause already. What I gotta do?
(The students applaud confused. Molly notices that's something is off with Andrea.)
Molly: Scratch?
(Scratch, while possessing Andrea, winks at Molly.)
Scratch as Andrea: Okay. Thank You. Where to start? First: I'm over the whole "Ann"-drea, "Ahn"-drea thing. I mean, believe me when I say life is too short. You can call me "Ahn"-drea, "Ann"-drea, "Or"-drea, "Au"-drea whatever. I say, go nuts with it. Let's get creative! Now I'd like to bring it down a little bit, get a little serious, because there's a girl out there having a really rough day and I think, in some small way, that's my fault. She doesn't deserve to be treated like the worst of the worst! No one does! So please, on my behalf, give a great big Brighton Middle School cheer for...
(Camera focus on Libby, who is in the audience.)
Scratch as Andrea: Libby! She's okay now, I decree it!
Libby: YES, OUTCAST NO MORE!
(Molly looks at Scratch confused.)
Scratch as Andrea: Also, Molly McGee isn't so bad either. Cut her some slack, you animals.
(Scratch and Molly briefly exchange a smile before Scratch stops controlling Andrea's body.)
Students: Anndrea! Anndrea! Anndrea!
Andrea: (who just regained consciousness) "Ann"-drea? (Andrea takes out ghost goo from inside her ear, then angrily) What happened here!?
== Outside School ==
Kid: See you tomorrow, Molly!
Kid 2: Have a great night!
Molly: Bye!
(Molly stops and pulls out Scratch from inside her school bag.)
Molly: So... You were wrong. I ended the day with a lot of friends.
Scratch: Ugh... like that's a good thing?
Molly: But you were also right. Because this day would've been a HUGE disaster if it weren't for my very bestest best friend ever. Eh?
Scratch: Who, ME? Oh, no, no, no. I am NOT your friend!
Molly: Then why'd you save my first day?
Scratch: Uh, because otherwise, you would be headed to jail, you'd drag me along and I, you know, I can't get in that kind of shape.
* Molly: Uh-huh.
Molly: You can't deny it, Scratch. We're friends, my dude. More than that! We're best friends! BESTIES!
Scratch: No! I-I don't have besties!
Molly: (sing-song) Ooohh, we're besties! We're such besties! La-La-La-La-La! (laughs) You love me! We're best friends forever!
Scratch: No, no! No, no! I was saving myself for me! I was just- throw off! I can't stand-
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