Flyaway

**Flyaway** is a 2018 German animated fantasy film written and directed by To Be Continued lead singer Michael Jahre.

## Plot

### Part One

A blue cat named Gumball Watterson and a peanut with antlers named Penny Fitzgerald are acting out the final scene of their school play, *Beauty and the Beast*, Gumball as the Beast and Penny as Belle. At the final resolution, Penny announces they should kiss. Gumball fills with shock, and Penny tells him she is improvising. The play is fast drawing to a close, so Gumball attempts to kiss her but does so too quickly and inadvertently head-butts her.

In the dressing room, Gumball is upset over having fumbled on his kiss, and it turns out his unintended head-butt has caused Penny's shell to crack on her eye. She is worried, so Darwin tries to cover her crack up, to no avail. Reluctantly they all decide to face Mr. Fitzgerald, who is dismayed upon discovering the crack on his daughter's face. Gumball argues that whatever is underneath her shell is nothing to be ashamed of, but Mr. Fitzgerald prohibits him and her from seeing each other again.

At home, Gumball is too distraught to eat dinner or even discuss his problem with his family. He goes to his bedroom alone to cry, and soon Penny shows up at his window. She announces that her father is considering moving her family to another town. Shocked, Gumball protests and encourages Penny to be herself. She takes his advice, and turns into a black hole that sucks up the town. Once she is done, she then turns into a shockwave and destroys what's left.

## Transcript

### School Play

*[The movie opens on Elmore Junior High, which is showing a school play of Beauty and the Beast. Gumball Watterson, portraying the beast, hammily stumbles around the stage as though he is dying]*
**Gumball**: *[Gagging]* Oh, my heart! Oh, it is broken! Argh! I'm going! *[Strains]* I'm going! Argh! Ooh! This is the end of me! *[Groans]* Argh! My heart! *[He gurgles and babbles incoherently until abruptly stopping and falling onto the floor]*
*[The audience sighs in relief. Gumball starts gurgling again, much to their annoyance]*
**Audience**: Aaah...?
*[Gumball continues gagging off-screen]*
**Richard**: *[Whimpering]* Is the beast gonna be all right? He just wanted to be loved!
*[Anais pats Richard on the shoulder to calm him down while still reading her book]*
*[Gumball continues gurgling, before finally falling over with a death rattle. The lighting spotlights on Darwin, who is sweating with a nervous look on his face]*
**Darwin**: Uuuuuuuuhhhh...
*[Mr. Small reaches his arm on-screen and makes Darwin talk by moving his mouth]*
**Darwin**: *[Monotonously]* When Belle came to see the Beast, she realized that she had loved him all along and cried for her lost love.
*[The lighting switches back to Gumball and Penny Fitzgerald, who is crying. Suddenly, Gumball stands up, now wearing a blonde wig in place of the beast mask]*
**Gumball**: Thanks to your tears, Belle, the curse has been lifted!
**Richard**: *[Stands up]* They called him a beast, because he looked like a beast, but her love made him beautiful!
**Penny**: Yeah. Now that the fairy's curse has been lifted, we can finally seal our love, *[Whispers]* with a kiss!
*[Gumball's face lights up and the stage falls away. Penny and Gumball are floating in space once again, like they always do when they are about to kiss. Penny readies her lips for kissing]*
**Gumball**: Is this really happening?! 'Cause there was no kiss in rehearsals.
**Penny**: *[Whispering]* I kinda improvised.
**Gumball**: *[Hyperventilates]* Then how come we're not exploding?! We're in space! And why are we always in space when we're gonna kiss? Also—
**Penny**: *[Whispering]* Come on, hurry up. Everyone's looking.
*[Camera briefly cuts to the audience. A cough can be heard]*
**Penny**: *[Whispering]* Three, two, one...
*[Gumball inhales deeply and accidentally headbutts Penny. The curtains subsequently close]*
### A Small Crack

*[We cut to the dressing room. Gumball is sobbing on the floor]*
**Darwin**: Come on, I'm sure it wasn't that bad.
**Gumball**: *[Lifts his head up, with his face being melted]* Not that bad?! If I did that in a fucking cage fight, I'd be disqualified! *[Continues sobbing with his face on the floor]* This can't be happening!
**Penny**: Okay guys, don't panic. We don't know how bad it is yet. Come on, tell me how it looks.
*[Penny reveals her eye to Gumball and Darwin. They both inhale sharply]*
**Gumball**: Uhh... it's a nice scar. Gives you character, like a... beautiful warlord or an adorable Frankenstein, or something.
**Penny**: Wait, I've got a scar?!
**Darwin**: No, don't worry. It's not a scar, it's more of a crack!
**Penny**: What?! How bad is it?!
**Gumball**: *[Speaking sweetly]* Oh, no, it's cute! It's like there was a teeny-weeny really pretty earthquake in your face.
*[Penny looks at herself in the mirror and examines the crack in her eye. Something yellow sparks up within it, so she quickly covers up her eye again]*
**Gumball**: What the fuck was that?
**Penny**: Nothing!
**Gumball**: Ohh, what have I done?!
*[Gumball takes Penny's hand and slaps his face with it repeatedly]*
**Penny**: *[Sighs]* What are you doing?
**Darwin**: Hurting your head made his heart hurt, so he's hurting his head with your hand to heal his heart.
*[Gumball spins Penny in her chair, making her accidentally kick Gumball. He then takes Penny's foot and slams it against his head repeatedly]*
**Penny**: *[Sighs]* Look, if you really want to do something, just help me fix this.
**Darwin**: Hmm. Well, maybe if we put the accent on your good eye and integrate the area of discontent into the piece as a whole, no one will notice. Okay, pass me the rouge *[Applies rouge to Penny's eye]*. Okay, pass me the mascara *[Applies mascara to Penny's eye]*. Forget it, pass me the paint roller.
*[Scene cuts to the outside of the room and then to Penny with a crudely drawn eye and mouth on the right side of her face]*
**Penny**: Guys, this isn't going to work. *[Softly]* I'm going to have to tell my dad.
### Street

*[Gumball, Darwin and Penny are walking down the street at night]*
**Gumball**: Hey, so, um, you know when you were looking at your eye and there was that... mm... what was that?
**Penny**: *[Dismissively]* Don't know what you mean.
**Gumball**: You know, there was that... *[Makes a bubbly, crackling noise]*
**Penny**: I have no idea what you're talking about.
**Gumball**: You know. The... *[Babbles]*
**Penny**: I really don't know—
**Darwin**: *[Shouting]* What's in the shell, woman?!
**Penny**: *[Sighs]* Okay. It's the... It's the real me.
**Gumball**: Get outta here! Can I see?
**Penny**: No. No one can see. My dad would go nuts.
**Gumball**: Don't worry, young lady. *[Laughing]* I am the nutcracker! *[Laughs; Darwin and Penny look angry]* Oh, that's funny. 'Cause I cracked your shell, and... uh... *[Laughs nervously and then sighs]*
*[Darwin imitates a rim shot]*
### The Fitzgerald House

*[Gumball and Penny are both flapping their tongues at each other, looking angry]*
**Darwin**: Okay, I think you've done enough argument warm-up. Are you ready to tell her dad now?
*[Gumball takes the newspaper Darwin was reading and shoots his tongue through it, making several holes]*
**Gumball**: Yeah, I guess it's time. *[Inhales deeply]* No, I'm still terrified.
*[Gumball and Penny start flapping their tongues again]*
*[Penny's father, Patrick, opens the door. Penny is facing Gumball with her back towards her father, giving the appearance of the two of them French kissing]*
**Patrick**: Hey! What's going on here?!
*[Penny gasps and covers her cracked eye, moving away]*
**Patrick**: Penny! Where were you? We were worried sick!
**Gumball**: Mr. Fitzgerald! Can I call you Rob?
**Patrick**: No.
**Gumball**: Can I call you Bobby?
*[Patrick grunts]*
**Gumball**: Bobert? The Bebop? Burcher? Bobzilla? Bitch? No, wait! Trebor! *[Chuckles]* That's Robert backwards.
**Patrick**: My name is Patrick.
**Penny**: Okay Dad, before you say anything, don't get mad.
*[Penny removes her hand from her eye, revealing the crack]*
**Patrick**: What the—?! What happened?
*[Patrick steps forward]*
**Patrick**: *[To Gumball]* Were you involved in this?
**Darwin**: I wouldn't say involved, more like directly responsi—
*[Gumball grabs Darwin's tongue]*
**Gumball**: I don't see the problem. I mean, what's inside that shell that's *so scary?*
**Patrick**: Something unstable and dangerous, and we need to fix this right now!
**Gumball**: HEY!
*[Patrick drags Penny inside, Gumball and Darwin follow]*
**Penny**: What if I don't want to be fixed?!
**Patrick**: You don't know what you want, Penny. *[Turns to Gumball and Darwin, slamming his fist on a table]* **AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE MESSING WITH!**
**Gumball**: *[Slams his fist on the table as well, but starts shaking]* How would *you* know?!
**Penny**: He's right, Dad. Everyone in the family has spent their whole lives hiding from themselves!
**Patrick**: Penny, you're grounded!
**Penny**: Ugh! *[Walks away]*
**Patrick**: *[To Gumball]* Now listen, you. Penny is my daughter, AND I DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR HER!
**Gumball**: *[Suddenly stands up higher than Patrick, who staggers back]* What?! So "best" is not being herself?!
*[Camera zooms out, revealing Gumball standing on Darwin's shoulders. Unimpressed, Patrick pushes Gumball and Darwin out, slamming the door]*
**Gumball**: Hey Patrick, come on! Pat! Pat-man! Patty-cakes? Let's just go.
*[Gumball, dejected, leaves the Fitzgerald's house, riding on Darwin]*
### The Watterson House

*[Everyone is eating dinner. Anais feeds Nicole her food, Nicole feeds Darwin, and Darwin tries to feed Gumball, but he refuses to eat. Richard gapes at Gumball, silently motioning to be fed]*
**Anais**: Why are we doing this again?
**Nicole**: Because your father is always jealous of what's on his neighbor's plate.
**Anais**: But why do we all have to do it?
**Nicole**: Because he always cries when he's the first one to finish.
**Richard**: Nicole! Operation Greener Grass has failed! The chain is compromised! We are losing calories! Repeat: we are losing calories!
**Nicole**: What's wrong, Gumball, honey? Don't you like Darwin's dinner?
**Gumball**: I don't wanna talk about it.
*[Darwin stops eating]*
**Darwin**: Gumball headbutted Penny, and now he's never allowed to see her again. *[Continues eating]*
**Gumball**: I meant I don't want *anybody* to talk about it.
**Richard**: Aww, come here. *[Hugs Gumball, then licks some of his food]*
### Penny's True Form

*[Gumball walks off to his bedroom, depressed]*
**Nicole**: You okay, honey? You had nothing to eat.
**Gumball**: Pft, don't worry mom! I'm a big boy, I'll be fine.
*[Once inside his room, Gumball leaps onto his bed and cries. He stops when he hears and sees Penny knocking on the window of his room outside]*
**Gumball**: Penny?
*[Gumball lifts his head up, revealing a facial imprint on the pillow. He then opens the window and lets Penny in]*
**Penny**: Thanks. Gumball, I came to… *[Notices Gumball's eyes are red]* Have you been crying?
**Gumball**: No! I just have really sweaty eyes. Wait, that shit's disgusting. *[Sighs]* Yeah, I was crying.
**Penny**: I came to say… I'm moving to another town. Dad thinks it's for the best.
**Gumball**: *WHAT THE FUCK?!* Excuse my French, Penny, BUT THIS IS TOTAL BAGUETTE! It is *not* for the best that you're forbidden—
*[Nicole, Anais, Darwin and Richard are listening to them through the door. Richard's stomach growls]*
**Gumball**: *[Off-screen]* —to be who you really are!
**Penny**: *[Off-screen]* But there's no other way.
**Anais**: Shh!
**Darwin**: Shh!
**Nicole**: Shh!
**Richard**: Shh! *[His stomach stops growling]*
**Penny**: *[Off-screen]* What do you want me to do?
*[Scene changes back to the bedroom]*
**Gumball**: Be yourself. Come out of your shell.
**Penny**: But maybe you wouldn't like the real me.
**Gumball**: There's no way that could be true. Whatever is inside, we can deal with it together.
**Penny**: Together?
**Gumball**: Together.
**Penny**: You're right. You're right! I'm gonna do it!
**Gumball**: That's it. Break free, Penny!
**Penny**: Okay, here we go! *[Begins to glow]* I'm gonna be… *MYSELF!*
*[Penny's voice echoes and her body bursts into light as she breaks free from her shell, turns into a black hole, and sucks the whole planet into her stomach]*
**Richard, Anais, Nicole, and Darwin**: *[Break into Gumball's room]* GUMBALL! WHAT'S GOING ON?!?!?!
**Gumball**: Long story! While I was in my room, Penny showed up at my window! She announced that her father was considering moving her family to another town! Shocked, I protested and encouraged Penny to be herself! She took my advice, and HERE I AM! *[Gets sucked in]*
**Anais**: Well, we're screwed.
*[Everyone in Elmore screams as they are sucked into Penny. The planet is deconstructed and pulled into Penny. She then turns into a wave and washes over the universe, destroying it]*
### "Africa"

*[To Be Continued and Coldplay's song "Africa" plays in the background. Gumball wakes up floating in deep space. He turns to see Penny and dances towards her as she sings. The pair dance together while the two bands perform the song somewhere on a small planet]*
### The Rings

*[Cuts to a junkyard. Inside the trailer, Kid Mulligan wakes and springs out of bed. He puts on large headphones, a cape and a toed-style belt. He opens a safe on his desk]*
**Kid:** Hello, destiny!
*[Kid flies out of the trailer. He falls down since he couldn't really fly. He rushes to a seesaw, and stops as he sees some alien invaders. He pretends to beat the invaders. He celebrates in victory. He runs to his bike, which is being guided by Papa G, who is putting a card in his tires. Kid gets on it]*
**Kid:** Thanks, Papa G. I'm off to save the day!
**Papa G:** Go get 'em, Kid!
*[Kid drives off onto the road. At the Flores' house, he stumbles upon Rosa]*
**Rosa:** RAHHH, I'M A MONSTER!!
**Kid:** *[steps on the brake and goes by Rosa]* No, Rosa, No! I got important news to tell the town!
**Rosa:** Nooo, let's play!
**Kid:** Heroes don't have time to play. Besides, you're too little!
**Rosa:** *[angered, under her breath]* I'm not little.
*[After a while, Kid goes back to Rosa to keep her off the road]*
**Kid:** Not in the road. Stay safe, citizen!
*[Kid goes back to his bike, who stuggles to ride on, but then rides straightly. Rosa grumbles. Cut to the Mo's Oasis. The scene is swiped to a backdrop of Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Cairo, Hawaii, New York, Hollywood, and finally Boise. During this, a woman clears her throat offscreen. Cut to a purple haired girl named Jo, who is the one scrolling on her phone. Flo is talking to her daughter]*
**Flo:** Jo! *[points to something offscreen]* Refills.
*[Pan to a threesome of Carl, Carla and Carlos, who raise their mugs. Jo lays her head on the wall in frustration]*
**Jo:** *[groans]* Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck...
**Flo:** Don't "fuuuuuck" me! No coffee, no customers.
**Jo:** Aw, mom. Carl, Carla and Carlos aren't going anywhere. *[cut to them]* They've been in those spots since forever!
**Carla:** *[chuckles]* I don't know about that now.
**Carl:** There was that time Carlos sat over *there*.
*[The three look at an empty seat next to Carlos]*
**Carlos:** *[sighs, pats the seat]* It was a wild adventure...
**Jo:** *[slides to the counter]* You want adventure? *[raises her phone]* Look! Discount airfare to New York, Hollywood, Boise! Who wants to go tear it up in Boise?! WAHOO! *[pause, then raises the coffee jug]* Who wants refills?
**Carl, Carla and Carlos:** WAHOO!
**Jo:** *[groans]* Ugggggggghhh. *[starts pouring the coffee into Carlos' mug]*
**Flo:** Sorry, honey. That's about as wild as it get around here.
**Kid:** *[goes inside the cafe]* Fair patrons of Mo's Oasis Cafe!
**Flo:** Oh, no!
**Jo:** Oh, *yes*!
**Kid:** *[steps onto the counter]* I stumbled onto something big! *[shows off his rings to the customers]* A crashed spaceship--
**Flo:** *[fails to catch Kid]* Gotcha!
**Kid:** **AH!** *[jumps onto a table next to the Biker in Black]* -has bestowed me with five Cosmic Rings of **POWER!** *[escapes, Flo groans]* And I shall use them... to save... everybody... from evil... *[during the chase, Kid makes a mess] Alien invaderrrrrs!*
**Flo:** *You're* the invader!! *[jumps to catch Kid, but fails again]*
**Kid:** Oh, no.
*[Jo puts her phone down and looks at Kid]*
**Carla:** Hmm... Your super rings just look like rocks glued to hex nuts.
**Kid:** Aha! Good catch, Carla! *[rolls to them]* That's because they are! 'Cause it looks way cooler when I do this!
*[Jo holds up her phone and records Kid doing karate moves. Pause]*
**Carl:** Hope the glue didn't ruin their powers. *[the trio laugh]*
**Kid:** *[looks at his rings]* Oh, no. *[Jo puts her phone down and frowns. Flo and Hamburg look angry]* Oh, no! *[runs up to the cat, Tuna Sandwich, to feed him a tuna sandwich]* I know what you're thinking, Tuna Sandwich. Cosmic Rings of Power? You mean, just like in movies and comic books? Yes, exactly! But this? This is *reeeeaaal*... And I'll discover their powers. And whenever alien invaders rear their ugly heads, if they *have* heads, I'll be there! *[baby talk]* Yes, I will. Yes, I will! Yes, I **WILL!!**
*[Kid gets being held by Hamburg]*
**Flo:** Yes! Maybe a call to your grandpap will teach you not to--
*[Just then, a phone starts ringing. Fry picks it up]*
**Fry:** Mo's Oasis, "Like No Other Place Is". How can I help?
**???:** Hello, I like to make a to-go order.
**Fry:** *[whistles]* Hamburg, order up!
*[Hamburg lets Kid go and starts cooking]*
**???:** 18 short stars, 12 tall stacks...
**Flo:** What are you doing?! We got him!
*[The unknown caller is revealed to be Jo, who is standing next to the side of the wall]*
**Jo:** Four hamburgers, six burgers with cheese, not cheeseburgers, five cheeseburgers, and a trout almandine. How long does that take to make?
*[Jo gives a thumbs up to Kid and winks at him. Kid stands still, emotionless. Jo then winks again, but Kid just stands still. Jo signals Flo by tilting her head. Flo pops out, scaring Kid]*
**Flo:** **RAAAAAAAHHH!!**
**Kid:** AHHH! *[runs away, but bumps into a gumball machine and runs out of the cafe]* Never fear! *[The gumballs fall out of the machine]* Kid Cosmic is here!
*[Kid hops onto his bicycle and rides off. Flo opens the door and looks around, then looks at the mess. Pan up to Flo's face, which she is frustrated]*
**Flo:** ***JOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!***
*[Screen cuts to black. Kid then turns a camera on to film himself]*
**Kid:** People of Earth! Found some power rings from space, don't know how they work, and I'm trying to activate them so I can protect Earth from evil space alien things from space! Okay, let's do this.
*[Kid looks around for cars, and then turns some music on. Kid does his first attempt, but doesn't work. He then tries harder for the next few takes]*
**Kid:** Maybe I gotta go faster. *[rides on his bike towards the camera, and trips]* Secret code word! Activate! Go, ring, go! Do you thing, ring! *[realizes]* DUUUHH, they're from space! Talk alien talk. *[Kid goes through many different alien phrases via comic books]* Maybe it's out of juice!
*[Kid has a charger. He tries to power up the ring but shocks himself. Cut to a few hours later and wakes up]*
**Kid:** Come on! The earth is watching. What am I doing wrong? *[Kid does his 84th take]* Behold the power of the Cosmic Ring of Power! *[raises his ring up and hears an earthquake]* Yes, yes, yes! *[laughs]* It's working! IT'S WORK--!
*[Not like Kid's expectation, a truck passes by. This causes him to yell and trash the place. A few hours later, he starts to apologize]*
**Kid:** Sorry, people of Earth. It's just, sometimes things make me mad, and I just gotta remember like Papa G says. "Freakin' out? Breathe it out. Freakin' out? Breathe it out." *[Not sure to him, his ring suddenly activates on its own. This gives Kid the ability to fly]* Wh-what?! It's working! IT'S WORRRRRRRRRRRRRR...! *[he has fun in the air]* THIS IS AMAZING, AND TERRIFYING!!
*[Cuts to Jo taking out the trash]*
**Jo:** *[groans]* That dumb Kid getting caught. Dumb *Mom* making me clean up after him and pay for the dumb *food I ordered*. Well, I'll show her. I'm gonna eat this trout so hard...
*[Jo pokes her cheek with the fork. Kid then flies into the bin. This scares Jo, and looks inside]*
**Kid:** THIS ONE MAKES YOU FLY! WOOHOO!
**Jo:** *[Jo's only reaction is for the trout to drop from her mouth]* The ring is real?! *[panics]* Are there more of them?! Where did you get them?! How do they work?!
**Kid:** Yes, there's five of them. From a crashed spaceship, I don't know yet. I feel like I explained all this earlier.
**Jo:** Well... Yeah, but I kinda, sorta thought you were just being weird like always?
**Kid:** *[is saddened to this comment]* Oh. *[falls down]* So, you didn't help me at the diner to save the town from evil aliens?
**Jo:** Look, Kid--
**Kid:** *[starts levitating again]* You'd helped me just to help me? Wanna see something cool? *[Jo smiles]*