Split Decision

==Characters==
Nat PetersonShubieSusieAbigail-MargeSadie RechidHaroldPilarNancy Suzy FishFrankMabelLennyMartha SmithTomEvelynScooterNat's clonesBradMonicaBossEel WomanOctopus WomanOctopus Woman's kidsAnnouncer
==Transcript==
(Scene cuts to Nat leaving for work one morning) Pilar walks over to him.
Pilar: "Hey Nat! Wanna go to the arcade with me and Harold tomorrow?"
Nat: "Yeah I would love to go to the arcade with you guys tomorrow!"
Pilar: "Okay great! I'll tell Harold." Pilar walks away. Sadie walks over to Nat.
Sadie: "Hiiiiii, Nat."
Nat: "Hi Sadie!"
Sadie: "I'm hosting a pool party at my house tomorrow. It would mean ever so much to me if you could make it!"
Nat: "Well, the thing is…" Nat notices Sadie's eager face.
Sadie: "Yes, Nat?" Nat sighs.
Nat: "I'll be there!"
Sadie: "Wonderful! I'm so thrilled that my favorite neighbor will be coming to my pool party! See you tomorrow!" Sadie walks away. Shubie walks outside.
Shubie: "What did Sadie want?"
Nat: "Oh, she just invited me to go to her pool party tomorrow, but Pilar also invited me to go to the arcade with him and Harold tomorrow. Now I have to figure out which one I should go to. What do you think I should do, Shubie?"
Shubie: "Well you told them both that you couldn't go, right?"
Nat: "Uh, no. Why would I do that?"
Shubie: "Because you promised Susie that you'd go to her baseball game tomorrow! Don't tell me you forgot! You haven't gone to one of her games in weeks! She's going to be so disappointed if you don't come."
Nat: "Oh barnacles! You're right! Don't worry, Shubie. I'll tell both of them that I can't go."
Shubie: "Good. Now I'm off to the mall. Bye Nat." Shubie gets in her boat and drives away. Nat's phone rings. Nat picks up the phone.
Nat: "Hello?"
Abigail: "Hey babe! I just got the tickets for tomorrow. Aren't you excited?"
Nat: "Tickets for tomorrow?"
Abigail: "Yeah for our movie date at Reef Cinema. We planned it last week. You didn't forget, did you?"
Nat: "Oh yeah! No, I didn't forget! I'm super excited for it."
Abigail: "Great! See you then!" Abigail hangs up the phone.
Nat: "Oh boy."
(Scene cuts to Nat at work) An eel woman walks by his office.
Eel woman: "Hi Nat!"
Nat: "Oh hey! How'd the meeting go?"
Eel woman: "Pretty good. Sales are down again but I have faith that they'll pick up soon. Got any fun plans this weekend?"
Nat: "Actually I kind of made four different plans for tomorrow. Now I have to figure out what I'm going to do."
Eel woman: "Oh, that sounds like quite the pickle. My boyfriend's taking me to the 24 hour roller rink tomorrow. I told him that I can't wear skates since I'm an eel so we'll see how that goes. Well, I'd better get back to work. Good luck, Nat!"
Nat: "Thanks!" The eel woman walks away. Nat's boss walks over to his office.
Boss: "Hey Nat! Corporate just sent us a boatload of paperwork that they need back by Monday so I'm going to need you to come in tomorrow and complete it."
Nat: "What?! But it's a Saturday and I have plans! Can't I come in on Sunday instead?"
Boss: "Sorry Nat, but we're not allowed to have people come in on Sundays anymore. Company policy. That's why I need you to come in tomorrow." The boss walks away.
Nat: "Barnacles."
(Scene cuts to Nat walking over to Pilar's house after work) Nat knocks on Pilar's door.
Pilar: "Hey Nat! Come on in! Me and Harold are watching the game right now." Nat walks inside and sees Harold sitting on the couch.
Nat: "Hey guys. I just wanted to let you guys know that I can't go to the arcade tomorrow. I kind of got caught up in the middle of four different plans somehow and my boss is making me work tomorrow so we'll have to go to the arcade some other time."
Harold: "No we don't! In fact, you can do all five of those things tomorrow!"
Nat: "What? How?"
Harold: "With my cloning device! I just finished an experiment that allows someone to make infinite clones of themselves. Those clones can do whatever else you had planned while you hang with us at the arcade!"
Nat: "Really? And you've tested it out to make sure it works?"
Harold: "Yep! I've been using it to clone tubs of ice cream. Now I'll never have to buy ice cream ever again! Just come over to my place tomorrow morning and we'll create those clones."
(Scene cuts to Nat, Harold and Pilar in Harold's garage the next morning)
Harold: "Here it is guys! My cloning device! Simply step inside the machine and we can create as many clones as you would like! I'll set the multiplier to four!"
Nat: "Are you sure this is safe? How does it work exactly?"
Harold: "Yeah, it's safe. It's a very simple process. Observe! All I need to do is scan this half eaten Krabby Patty, set the multiplier to one, and turn on the machine…" Harold scans the Krabby Patty, sets the multiplier to one, and turns on the machine. The machine door opens, revealing another half eaten Krabby Patty.
Pilar: "Woah! Now there's two!"
Harold: "Precisely! Now it's your turn Nat!" Harold scans Nat and sets the multiplier to four. The machine door opens and four Nat's walk out of the machine.
Pilar: "Holy fish paste! They all look the same! I can't even tell the difference!"
Nat: "Yeah, but will they all act exactly like me?"
Harold: "Let's try it out. When is Nat's birthday?"
Clones: "May 24th."
Harold: "What company does Nat work for?"
Clones: "Snail-Po."
Harold: "What is Nat's favorite sport?"
Clones: "Football!"
Harold: "And finally, who is Nat's best friend?"
Clones: "Pilar."
Harold: "What? Seriously?! I always thought that I was your best friend!" Nat and the clones shrug.
Nat: "Alright, well it looks like these are all carbon copies of me. You'll be going to Susie's baseball game today."
Nat #2: "Yes sir!"
Nat: "You'll be going on the movie date at Reef Cinema."
Nat #3: "Sounds like fun!"
Nat: "You'll be going be going to Sadie's pool party."
Nat #4: "Roger that."
Nat: "You'll be going to work today."
Nat #5: "Okay."
Nat: "And I'll be going to the arcade!" Nat, Harold and Pilar high five.
(Scene cuts to Nat #5 walking into Snail-Po) Nat #5 walks up to the front desk.
Nat #5: "Hey, octopus lady!"
Octopus woman: "Oh, hi Nat! I left the paperwork for you on your desk. You'd better get working on it. It's probably going to take you all day to finish." Nat yawns.
Nat #5: "Nahhhhh, I don't really feel like doing work right now." Nat #5 walks into Nat's office and falls asleep.
Octopus woman: "Well, that's odd. Nat usually isn't that lazy."
(Scene cuts to Nat #3 walking towards Reef Cinema) Abigail sees Nat and walks towards him.
Abigail: "Hey babe! Aren't you excited for this romantic movie date?" Nat and Abigail walk into Reef Cinema.
Nat #3: "Yeah! I love the movies! So which comedy are we seeing?"
Abigail: "Actually, I got us tickets for the…"
Nat #3: "Ooo! The snack stand! I'll go get some popcorn!" Nat #3 runs away.
Abigail: "Romantic drama. Ok, I'll go get us some seats."
(Scene cuts to Nat #2 at Susie's baseball game)
Announcer: "And Bikini Bottom defeats Dullsville 14 to 3! The Barracudas remain undefeated!" Nat #2 and the rest of the crowd cheers. Shubie and Susie walk over to Nat #2.
Susie: "Did you see my single, Dad?"
Nat #2: "I did! That was some hit, Susie! You played really well today! And you coached one heck of a game, Shubie! Dullsville never stood a chance." Nat #2 kisses Shubie. Shubie pulls away from him.
Shubie: "Nat! You haven't kissed me like that in years!" Nat #2 pulls Shubie close to him.
Nat #2: "I know. You just look so beautiful right now, I couldn't help myself. What do you say we go on a romantic walk by the lagoon, Shubie? Just us two."
Shubie: "Nat, I don't know what's gotten into you, but I kind of like it!"
(Scene cuts to Reef Cinema) Nat #3 walks into the theater carrying a big tub of popcorn and a large soda.
Nat #3: "Hey Abigail, I got us some snacks if you want them."
Abigail: "No thanks, Nat. I'm fine." Mabel and Lenny walk past them.
Nat #3: "Hey Lenny! Hey Mabel!"
Mabel: "Hi Nat." Mabel and Lenny sit down near Nat #3 and Abigail.
Nat #3: "Hey Abigail, wanna hear a joke?"
Abigail: "Um, okay?"
Nat #3: "What do you call a bagel that's airborne?"
Abigail: "Um, I don't know. What?"
Nat #3: "A plane bagel!" Nat #3 bursts out laughing. Abigail laughs awkwardly.
Abigail: "That was a good one, Nat."
Nat #3: "Wanna hear another one?" Nancy leans over from behind them.
Nancy: "Hey, the movie's starting! Can you two be quiet please? My husband and I are trying to watch the movie!"
Nat #3: "Oh, sorry." Nat #3 starts chewing his popcorn really loudly. Evelyn gets annoyed and turns around.
Evelyn: "Can you stop chewing so loudly?! I can't hear the movie!" Nat #3 rolls his eyes.
Nat #3: "Alright fine. Hey Evelyn, where's your boyfriend? Are you dating the invisible man? Evelyn and the invisible man sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Nat #3 laughs hysterically. Evelyn scoffs.
Evelyn: "Real mature, barnacle brain!" Evelyn turns around. Nat #3 throws some popcorn at her and laughs. Evelyn gets angry.
Abigail: "Nat, could you stop please? You're disturbing the theater right now."
Nat: "Oh yeah. Sorry, Abigail." Nat #3 starts drinking his soda.
Monica (on the screen): "Brad, I have a confession to make. Your mother wasn't the one who was constipated last night. It was me." Nat spits out his soda which gets all over Evelyn.
Evelyn: "Ugh! This is disgusting!" Evelyn storms out of the theater.
(Scene cuts to Nat #5 fast asleep at Snail-Po) The octopus woman walks into his office.
Octopus woman: "Hi Nat. I'm done for the day so I'll need you to lock up the building when you're done. Here are the keys. What's this? Nat's still sleeping? Maybe I should wake him. Eh, that's his problem." The octopus woman shrugs and places the keys on Nat's desk. The octopus woman walks away.
(Scene cuts to Nat #3 and Abigail watching the movie in Reef Cinema) Nat #3 continues drinking his soda.
Brad (on the screen): "Monica, nothing will ever tear us apart."
Monica (on the screen): "Oh, Brad." Monica and Brad start kissing. 
Nancy: "Oh, Frank." Frank and Nancy start kissing behind Nat #3 and Abigail. Lenny and Mabel start kissing as well. Abigail leans in for a kiss. Nat burps in her face. Abigail leans away from Nat and gets annoyed.
(Scene cuts to Nat #2 and Shubie at Goo Lagoon) Nat #2 and Shubie laugh as they run down the beach holding hands. Martha looks up from the newspaper she's reading and sees Nat #2 and Shubie run past her and Tom.
Martha: "Why don't you ever do that with me?"
Tom: "Martha, you get exhausted after running for two minutes." Martha smacks Tom with the newspaper. Nat #2 and Shubie stop running and spin around in circles. Nat #2 and Shubie laugh. Nat #2 pulls Shubie in towards him. Nat #2 and Shubie kiss.
Shubie: "Oh, Nat. I haven't had this much fun in a long time."
(Scene cuts to Sadie standing alone in her backyard at her pool party) Sadie looks at her watch and sighs. Nat #4 walks into her backyard. Sadie notices Nat #4 and runs over to him.
Sadie: "Hi Nat. So glad you could make it!"
Nat #4: "Where is everyone?"
Sadie: "Oh they all decided to go to their kids' baseball game instead, but that's okay! As long as my favorite neighbor's here, I'm happy! Do you like my new bikini?"
Nat #4: "Uh yeah, it looks good, Sadie."
Sadie: "Really? You think it looks good?! Why don't we relax by the pool?"
Nat #4: "Okay." Nat #4 and Sadie walk over to the pool. Nat #4 and Sadie sit alongside the edge of pool with their legs in the water. Sadie looks at Nat #4.
Sadie: "Oh my. Your abs are glistening in the sun, Nat. So how's it feel to be single again?"
Nat #4: "Oh, actually I'm not-"
Sadie: "It's such a shame that you and Shubie separated two years ago. You were always too good for her though. You deserve someone better. Someone who will always be there for you, really cares about you, lives nearby, maybe right across the street even…" Sadie leans over and grabs Nat #4's fin.
Nat #4: "Are you trying to seduce me?" Sadie leans back.
Sadie: "What? No! Of course not! Don't be ridiculous! Me trying to seduce you? Ha! Good one! I mean, if you were interested though…"
Nat #4: "I gotta get out of here." Nat #4 gets up and runs away. Sadie chases after him.
Sadie: "Nat, wait! This is all a big misunderstanding!"
(Scene cuts to Nat #3 and Abigail watching the movie)
Monica (on the screen): "What's wrong, Brad?"
Brad (on the screen): "Monica, I have some terrible news. Last night, my father died." Brad and Monica hug. Nat #3 bursts out laughing. The theater gasps.
Mabel: "You're laughing over his father's death?! How deplorable! Come on, Lenny. Let's get away from these heathens." Lenny and Mabel get up and walk away.
Abigail: "Nat, how could you embarrass me like this?"
Nat #3: "Wait, that wasn't a joke? I thought this was a comedy."
Abigail: "No! It's a romantic drama! I told you that before! Maybe you would've figured that out by now on your own if you hadn't been such a nuisance this whole time and disturbed the entire theater! I was looking forward to our movie date all week and you ruined it! I don't even want to speak to you right now!" Abigail runs out of the theater.
Monica (on the screen): "I know this is a very difficult time for you, Brad. Just know that I'll be right behind you every step of the way."
Nat #3: "Heh heh. She said behind." Nat #3 laughs.
(Scene cuts to the Octopus woman taking her kids to the arcade) The Octopus woman hands her kids some tokens.
Octopus woman: "Okay kids, have fun at the arcade! Please behave yourselves. I don't want to hear any fighting." The octopus woman's kids grab the tokens and run away.
Nat: "Ha! Take that, you goons! I'm about to beat the final boss!"
Octopus woman: "Is that Nat?" The octopus woman walks over and sees Nat playing an arcade game while Pilar and Harold watch. Nat defeats the final boss.
Nat: "I win! I win!"
Pilar: "Wow Nat! You broke Bubble Bass' high score!"
Octopus woman: "Nat?" Nat turns around and sees the octopus woman.
Nat: "Oh, hi!"
Octopus woman: "What are you doing here? First you took a nap for half the day and now you're playing video games in the arcade?! Corporate is going to be fuming when they see that you don't have those reports done on Monday."
Nat: "Wait, what? Took a nap for half the day?!"
Octopus woman: "Yeah, don't you remember? You were sleeping at your desk all day today before you snuck out to the arcade."
Nat: "Uh oh. We gotta head over to Snail-Po."
(Scene cuts to Nat, Pilar and Harold in Nat's office while Nat #5 is still sleeping at the desk)
Nat: "Oh no! He didn't fill out any of these reports! My boss is going to kill me! Why didn't he do any of the work?" Harold pulls out a device and scans the clone.
Harold: "I think I have the answer to that. While on the outside these clones may appear to act exactly like Nat, it seems that they each personify a single personality trait of his. This one, for instance, personifies Nat's laziness, meaning that it is incapable of feeling any emotion outside of being lazy. That's why it napped all day instead of doing Nat's work."
Nat: "So you're telling me that all of the clones' only feel one emotion based on one of my personality traits?"
Harold: "Yep."
Nat: "Oh no! What if some of them were given my bad personality traits? Like what if they were given jealousy or anger? We have to find those clones."
Harold: "Agreed. Now let me just take care of this one." Harold pulls out a device, turns it on and points it at Nat #5. Nat #5 gets sucked into the device.
Nat: "What the barnacles was that?"
Harold: "This is my clone catcher. It transports the clones into an alternate dimension. I made it just in case one of the clones turned evil or something. Now let's go find those clones!"
(Scene cuts to Nat, Harold and Pilar leaving Snail-Po) 
Pilar: "Ok so where should we look first?" Nat #4 runs up to them.
Nat #4: "Nat! Nat! Thank Neptune I ran into you guys! There's something I need to tell you. Your neighbor, Sadie, is madly in love with you!"
Nat: "Huh?" Sadie catches up to them.
Sadie: "Nat! This is all a big misunderstanding! What a minute, there are two of you?"
Nat #4: "She was trying to seduce me at her pool party!"
Sadie: "That's not true! Don't listen to him, Nat! He's crazy!"
Nat: "Yeah, the Sadie I know would never try to seduce me. This clone must personify stupidity or something like that."
Harold: "Yep. I think he personifies your paranoid side. That's weird, my device is saying that he personifies your intelligence. Oh well, let's put him where he belongs." Nat #4 is sucked into the clone catcher.
Sadie: "Wait, so what exactly is going on here? You had a clone attend my pool party?" Nat sighs. 
Nat: "I'm sorry, Sadie. I kind of got caught in the middle of five different plans today so I used Harold's cloning machine to generate a clone of myself that would attend your pool party. You just seemed so excited yesterday and I didn't want to disappoint you by not going. Sorry again, Sadie. I should've been honest." Sadie grabs Nat's cheek and pulls on it. Sadie smiles.
Sadie: "Aw, look at this adorable face. I can't stay mad at you!" Sadie walks away.
Pilar: "So now what?"
Nat: "We need to head to Reef Cinema."
(Scene cuts to Nancy and Frank leaving Reef Cinema after the movie)
Nancy: "Nat was acting like such a nitwit during the movie! No wonder him and Shubie separated." Nat, Harold and Pilar run into Reef Cinema.
Nat: "He must still be in here!"
Pilar: "There he is!" Pilar points at Nat #3 who is talking to Scooter.
Nat #3: "Stupid says what?"
Scooter: "What?" Nat #3 starts laughing hysterically.
Harold: "Yep, this one definitely personifies your goofiness." Nat #3 is sucked into the clone catcher. Nat, Pilar and Harold leave Reef Cinema. Nat notices Abigail about to drive away in her boat.
Nat: "Excuse me for a second, guys." Nat runs over to Abigail. Abigail notices Nat.
Abigail: "You! You have a lot of nerve trying to talk to me right now! I can't believe you behaved like that during the movie! You ruined our date!"
Nat: "I know Abigail and I'm sorry for whatever happened during the movie. That's not who I am. Please just give me one more chance. Why don't we go to Fancy! next weekend? It'll be my treat. I know how much you enjoy filet mignon." Abigail smiles.
Abigail: "Well, I do love filet mignon… Alright, but there better not be any shenanigans."
Nat: "There won't be. I promise." 
Abigail: "Okay. See you next weekend, Nat." Abigail drives away.
(Scene cuts to Nat, Pilar and Harold relaxing on Nat's couch that evening)
Nat: "I can't believe it me until 10 pm to finish filling out those reports! I'm glad we resolved everything though. Thanks for the help guys."
Pilar: "No problem, Nat." 
Nat: "I wonder where Shubie is though. She never told me that she hired Debbie to babysit Susie today. Maybe she ran into one of the clones and told them." Shubie and Nat #2 walk into Nat's house holding hands.
Shubie: "I haven't had that much fun at Make-Out Reef in years! Nat, I've thought about what you said earlier, and, after a lot of thinking, I'm willing to give us a second chance!" Nat #2 and Shubie start kissing.
Harold: "See! I told you we forgot about one of the clones! I guess this one personifies Nat's passion."
Nat: "You know what to do, Harold." Harold turns on the ghost catcher and points it at Nat #2. Nat #2 is sucked into the ghost catcher.
Shubie: "What the-? Nat! My love! NOOOOOO!" Nat, Pilar and Harold high five.
Nat: "Nice one, Harold!" Shubie looks at them confused.
Shubie: "Nat, you're alive? But I just saw you get sucked into that device! What the barnacles just happened?!"
Nat: "Oh, the Nat that got sucked into the device was a clone that I had go to Susie's baseball game. I kind of got stuck in the middle of five different plans today so I had Harold make a clone of me so that Susie wouldn't be disappointed that I missed her game."
Shubie: "Oh. So you aren't interested in taking me on romantic dates and getting back together?"
Nat: "Nope." Shubie frowns.
Shubie: "I think I'm going to need a minute. Wait, so what happened to the clone when it got sucked into that device? Is he dead?"
Harold: "No, he's not dead. The device transported him to an alternate dimension."
Shubie: "Oh okay. Can you take me there?" Nat, Harold and Pilar look at each other.
(Scene ends)
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