Root Beer

"Root Beer" is a The Plankton Family episode from season 1. In this episode, the Plankton family has a yard sale to earn money towards buying root beer.
== Transcript ==
(The episode begins with an outside shot of the plankton village)
(The sun is shining heavily above the water)
(Clem, who is roaming through the tiny, plankton-sized streets, is sweating)
(Clem takes off his hat and wipes the sweat off his forehead)
Clem: Wooey, it’s a hot one today!
Rainchild: You got that right! There’s gotta be something to cool this place off.
Clem: Yeah Rainchild, like a real cold root beer.
All Plankton: Root beer!
Rainchild: That’s a great idea, Clem! I’ll head into town and get some.
Doug: Can you get some for me?
Fletcher McGee: What about me?
Enis: Can you get me some?
All Plankton: What about us?
Rainchild: I can’t buy all of ya root beer. I only have enough money for myself.
Doug: How about we put all our money together to buy some root beer?
Clem: We can’t do that, Doug! Then we’ll all be broker than my grandpa’s back!
Zeke: How about we start a plankton family business to earn some money?
(All the Plankton cheer)
Clem: Zeke, you’re a genius! But what are we supposed to sell?
Julio: How ‘bout we sell some clothes?
Fletcher McGee: I have some rags!
Clem: One problem y’all: no one else in the ocean is small enough to fit into the clothes we make.
Julio: Barnacles.
Clem: Maybe we can start a restaurant. Cousin Sheldon has one.
Zeke: How much money has he made off of it?
Clem: I dunno, maybe a buck or two.
Rainchild: Well that won’t cut it. That’s only enough to buy a single root beer!
Rufus: Instead of starting up a business, how about we do a yard sale?
Clem: Hmm, I guess I do have some things to get rid of. Who’s for it? (The whole village cheers) Well, I’ll take that as a yes.
(The scene cuts to show tables with a ton of random plankton-sized things on it)
Nat Peterson: (Picks up tiny dentures) Who would ever need these?
Clem: Oh, trust me. You never know when you might need them.
(Nat sets down the dentures and walks away)
(The shot cuts to a zoomed out shot of the tables which nobody is at)
Rainchild: Well this hasn’t been too successful so far. We’ve been out here for a half hour and he’s the only one that’s even stopped to look.
Clem: That makes no sense! I mean who wouldn’t want this whole ounce of gasoline from 67 years ago? (The bottle of gasoline explodes leaving Clem in ashes) Ah, phooey!
(The scene transitions to Rainchild in the city holding a sign saying “Go west for da yard sail”)
Rainchild: Make sure to check out the plankton family yard sale, to the west!
(It is revealed that Rainchild’s sign is too tiny to be seen)
(Fred and Tom are talking without even noticing Rainchild)
Fred: You hear something?
Tom: That small squeaky sound?
Fred: Yeah, what is that?
Tom: Probably the pipes.
(Fred and Tom keep walking)
(Fred steps on Rainchild)
Fred: Eh, what was that?
(Fred lifts his foot up and the shot zooms in to show Rainchild squished on the ground)
(The scene cuts to Rainchild limping back to the yard sale)
Clem: So, anyone coming?
Rainchild: Nope. Nothing more happened than me getting stepped upon.
Clem: Hmm, seems like we need a better effort to get fish to come and buy some stuff. We need something that those youngsters are into. Something hip and cool. Like a song! (Rainchild groans) (The scene cuts to Rainchild playing the harmonica and Clem playing the banjo in the city) ♪Oooooooooh, come on down to plankton family yard sale. There’s lots of stuff that y’all find really coooool.♪
Harold: Can you please stop that you obnoxious little bugs?
Clem: ♪Make sure to head over to west!♪
Harold: Why? Is that where I can get away from you?
Clem: No! ♪It’s where you can go to yard saaaaaaaaaale!♪
(Clem takes a bow)
(Harold squishes Clem into the ground)
Rainchild: It wasn’t me this ti-
(Harold steps on Rainchild)
(The scene cuts back to the yard sale)
Enis: I’m dying for some root beer. Have we made any sales?
Clem: Unfortunately not. Nothing is really working. We might have to resort to a last ditch effort. Like selling Doug or something. He’s not all too useful. In fact let me go do that right now.
Enis: Wait! How about we not sell him.
Clem: Why not?
Enis: Because Billy Jim exists.
Billy Jim: Aw man.
(The scene cuts to Clem and Rainchild sitting on one of the yard sale tables)
(Rainchild is asleep)
Clem: (Gasps) Rainchild wake up!
Rainchild: What?
Clem: Someone’s coming! (Clem points to Scooter)
Scooter: Whatcha got here, dudes?
Clem: It’s a yard sale! You wanna buy something?
Scooter: (Holding up a jar of snot that’s for sale) Well, uh, it’s interesting.
Clem: I’ll take that as a yes.
Scooter: (Sets the jar down) No thank you, please.
(Scooter starts to walk away)
Clem: Not on my watch! (Clem jumps down from the table holding a bow and arrow)
Rainchild: (Jumps down) What are you doing Clem?!
Clem: Ah, you’re right. I probably shouldn’t kill someone just because the won’t buy anything. (Clem sets down the bow and arrow) I still don’t understand why no one wants to buy anything! We even have a pretty neat setup. (One of the tables collapses) Nevermind. We better go back to the village. We’ll never get any root beer at this pace! Not even Billy Jim would sell!
Rufus: I know! Who the barnacles came up with this stupid idea?
Rainchild: You did.
Rufus: Fishpaste!
Clem: Ok, let’s pack up the stuff.
(The shot cuts to a fisherman above water who’s boat is flooding)
Fisherman: I gotta get rid of some weight or she’s going down!
(The fisherman throws a 12 pack of root beer into the water)
(The shot cuts back the plankton packing up their stuff)
(All of the sudden the 12 pack of root beer hits the bottom of the ocean)
All Plankton: Root Beer!
Clem: Oh my! It’s a pack of giant root beer! This is enough to last us years! (The shot cuts to show Doug chugging a can of root beer while multiple plankton chant) Well, maybe not.
(The episode ends)
== Production ==
* This episode underwent production from July 10 to July 15, 2022.
*The episode was announced on July 18, 2022. 
Category:Fan-made Episodes