SUNSET PARADISE - EP 1: PILOT

Sunset Paradise (Pilot Episode) is the pilot/first episode of Sunset Paradise. The episode was released on March 26, 2021.

## Sunset Paradise (Pilot Episode)

### Writer

Kevin Lerdwichagul
Jasmine Yang

## Synopsis

All Meggy Spletzer wanted was a relaxing break. Instead she found an island filled with potato bandits, cat burglars, dancing supervillains, and one very angry ice cream man, who all want to turn her peaceful vacation into a crime-fighting adventure.

## Plot

In the first scene, Meggy Spletzer is seen in her subconscious, preceding to stand up. Shadow Meggy then pops up, and the two precede to have a battle, with Meggy seemingly winning. Meggy then says "Why can't you just let me go?" and Shadow Meggy says "No matter, how much run, you'll never escape yourself", then precedes to push Meggy into the abyss.

Meggy then wakes up, looking around to see that she is still in the S. S. Tortle. Meggy then says that this is a nice change in atmosphere. She then asks an attendant that if they are nearby, but then the attendant (a turtle) spits out a remote. Meggy is then disgusted and picks up the remote. She then turns on the TV to show the guide for Port Aurora. The inhabitant then claims that Port Aurora is a wonderful location, then Meggy is then seen unimpressed and somewhat confused. The inhabitant says the the island is home to The Phoenix Festival, Meggy is then seen somewhat impressed, while the rest of the passengers are excited. The inhabitant then claims that there is no evil on the island, and then exclaims that the passengers are not permitted to exit outside the dark, someone calls the inhabitant, eventually ending the ad. Meggy is confused about this, asking about what they mean about not permitting to exit outside dark. The turtle then gets away with the TV, much to her annoyance. Afterwards, Meggy attempts to calm down saying that it's vacation.

Off-screen, she gets to the place saying that it's vacation, while the screen shows a bunch of information about her. Afterwards, multiple people are shouting in megaphones saying that some things are on sale, Meggy and the crab then move on. Meggy then claims that they should go to the beach, then she sees someone serving ice cream, and then precedes to get excited about getting ice cream. The ice cream man is seen giving ice cream to someone, the man drops the ice cream in front of the kid, making him upset. The ice cream man then makes a rude remark to Meggy under his breath, saying that each customer gets uglier then the rest. Meggy gets offended, and the man tries to change the subject saying that what ice cream she'd want. Meggy then thinks for a moment, and a customer claims she's moving up the line, and Meggy says she wants banana ice cream. The ice cream man then says that it costs 12 coins. Meggy gets shocked by this, and the man claims that "price is price". Meggy is about to yell at him, and then calms down saying that it's vacation, then she accepts it, giving him 12 coins.

The sheriff comes around and the ice cream man is annoyed by this saying "Not him again". He then says hello to the man, and the man says that he is bothering people. The sheriff then says that it is his duty to bother people, Meggy then gets weirded out, and asks if she can take her ice cream. Then the sheriff the examines the place and finds out that there's goop underneath the ice cream. The man states that it's just ice cream juice, and says that's how they made ice cream squid. The sheriff then pulls a gun, and the ice cream man states that he screams dangerous business, the sheriff then writes him a letter and says that he is unable to run an ice cream business until further notice. He then places a lock on the ice cream truck. The man says angrily that there's no ice cream for anyone, Meggy angrily says that she needs her money back, but the man says that there's no refunds. Meggy is then seen annoyed by this and asks him about if there's a lot of crime on the island. The sheriff then says yes and pulls out a booklet of infringement tickets every day. He then chastises a passenger for having a skateboard on the sidewalk. He introduces himself as Auri, the screen that claims that he doesn't know what he's doing. He then walks off and starts to chastise more people for breaking the law. It is revealed that Meggy was hiding and an inhabitant chastises her saying that if she won't buy anything then she needs to leave. She is shocked and finds a shirt, and precedes to ask how much for that.

It is later revealed that she bought it and she goes to a fruit and vegetables store, and attempts to grab an apple. Then a monkey grabs it before her, she tries to grab another one, and then the same monkey grabs another apple, much to her shock and annoyance. The monkey then mocks her, and she grabs a spiky vegetable and throws it at the monkey. The monkey then grabs a knife, much to her fear as the monkey chases after her with it. She is later seen fishing and suddenly catches a fish and a shark eats it, Meggy gets mad and precedes to beat up the shark, and is seen with a fish. Later, she is seen trying to eat ice cream, then the ice cream man rudely drops it out of her hand, much to her shock and annoyance. A boy is seen trying to aim at the cups but fails. Meggy then attempts to do it with 2 guns with her and manages to burn the entire game. She is seen holding a lot of toys.

After a long day, she is seen getting tired and says that it was not a bad first day, and the only thing she was missing was ice cream. She notices an ice cream shop, and gets excited while seeing it. She hoped that it was open, and several inhabitants closed their windows. She then asked for an ice cream, but gets surprised as the ice cream store was being robbed by the Spud Buds instead. One of the members told Meggy that she needs to go away, and claimed that it was a "private party". The Spud Buds continue robbing the store, weirding Meggy out. She then was about to speak, and the crab then says she cannot do that. Auri then returns with a unicycle with him, and one of the Spud Bud members says "there he is". Auri then exclaims that it was destruction of a dessert-based property and that they needed to be arrested immediately. He attempts to write them a ticket, but a Spud Bud member knocks it down. Auri then gets annoyed by this, and one of the Spud Bud members breaks his unicycle, much to his shock.

They claim that Auri was tardy getting them here, and Auri says that they are not allowed to use the word. The Spud Buds then try to intimidate him, but one of their members was distracted by eating ice cream. Then they try to attack him and kill him.
Auri then exclaims that they're the violent type of criminal before being brutally attacked by them. Meggy then gets concerned, and the crab claims that they need to go. She then chastises the crab, saying that Auri might get seriously hurt, showing that Meggy is concerned for his safety. Meggy then goes into the ice cream place and tries to stand up for Auri, telling them to back off. The Spud Buds tell her to stay out of it, then Meggy chastises him saying that Auri's just a kid. They claim that kids can do as easily as anyone else, and also they claim that they won't hesitate to hurt a little girl like her too. One of their members throws an ice cream at her, making her mad and not attempting to calm down unlike the last 2 times. Meggy then tries to beat them up afterwards, while the Spud Buds fight back. Meggy then uses the table as a shield to cover her. Auri attempts to fight back but the Spud Buds already got him and kicked him oustide. Meggy sees this and throws a spiky fruit at him, and it worked. This gives Auri a chance to escape. The Spud Buds attempt to use a cherry bomb to blow up the place, and Meggy escapes the place. Meggy and Auri then face the Spud Buds outside and then Auri tries to figure out a plan, but Meggy thinks about setting the flags on fire so the Spud Buds wouldn't cross. Meggy then says "Ha, is that all you boys got?". The Spud Buds realize that they got Meggy's suitcase with them too, and proceed to take the suitcase with them. Meggy gets annoyed that her suitcase was taken away by the Spud Buds, she was about to say the day was bad, but gets interrupted by Auri saying that it was amazing, he then compliments her and comments that she did something impressive with his spear and break the laws of physics. Meggy then says that he is a well-intentioned sheriff and asks for a real sheriff so that she could get her luggage. Auri claims that he is the only sheriff in town. She then says "Fine. Meet me tomorrow morning, okay?", she also says that she needs to sleep on a cardboard box since her suitcase luggage had her hotel reservation in it. Auri then offers to make her stay at his place instead, and grabs ice cream as a result. This causes Meggy to stay with him.

At Auri's house, she then preceded to eat the ice cream and thanked him for that, she also asks him if this was his place. He says that it's actually his grandfather's place. She asks him that why was he running away and that he could've gotten hurt. Auri says it's due to the Phoenix Special and that criminals have been pouring throughout the island recently and that it was threatening that town and the festival itself. This is due to the fact that most Port Aurora residents are "wimpy". Since nobody was doing it, he was trying to stop it and fill the role. Meggy then attempts to compliment him saying that it was kinda cool, but gets interrupted by Auri saying that it was past his bedtime. He then proceeds to call her "partner", but she says that she wants her suitcase back and she is not his partner, before being interrupted by Auri's snoring. Meggy then remarks to herself saying that it's going to be a long vacation for her.

We then see the Spud Buds in their hideout, they tell their boss that they stole the luggage, the boss then shouts at them, saying they needed a dead deputy. The boss then tells one of the members to come here and they then grab him hardly, and reveals himself to have a computer on their chest. The boss then gives a speech to them saying that strong leadership means strong motivation. If they don't kill the deputy (Auri), then the boss will kill them. Then he claims that it made them more motivated, and that their goal is to kill Auri for him, and one of the members suggest they try to kill Meggy as well. The boss is proud of him, and that he gets a 110%, and force them to do their task, and they shouldn't come back until they done the deed, and proceeds to shut the door silently. Eventually, he says to himself to slam the door harder, and proceeds to slam the door. The Spud Buds then try to search for Meggy afterwards.

## Characters

* Meggy Spletzer
* Auri Bori
* Shadow Meggy
* Port Aurora Inhabitants
* Spud Buds
* Mayora Bora
* Unnamed passengers
* Aziz Yousi
* Unnamed cat woman
* Monkey
* Shark
* Tourist guy

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