The Anteater

## Characters

* Antonio
* Arion
* Micheal
* Melody
* Melanie
* Michelle
* Miles
* Miro
* Alice
* Danny
* Logan
* Victoria
* Maya
* Jaime
* Beau

## Script

### INT. PET SHOP

Antonio, Micheal, Michelle, and Melanie walk into the pet shop. Micheal and Melanie "awe" at a few puppies and bunnies. Michelle walks to a fish tank, but the fish immediately swim away from her.

**Michelle**: Hey! Why won't anything look at me?!

**Beau**: Maybe, your too ugly! *[Cookie grabs him by the arm and yanks him off screen]* Hey! *[Michelle rolls her eyes. Antonio is looking at Lizards, bats, rabbits, snakes, and Hamsters]*

**Antonio**: Wow, they have a lot of animals here! *[Arion walks past holding a hamster]* Hey, Arion!

**Arion**: Hey, Antonio! I'm buying Rosie a hamster! Hopefully she don't kill it...

**Antonio**: Oh, good! The little guys cute- *[The hamster bites his finger]* OW!!! *[Falls back into an Anteater tank]* Aw, man! What did i just break? *[Turns around and an Anteater is on his head]*

**Arion**: Woah! Something is on your head!

**Antonio**: Huh? *[Moves it off]* No way! Its an Anteater! I love these things! *[hugs it]* I want this pet!

**Arion**: Oh, well, Girl Jaime works here. Just ask her.

**Jaime**: I heard everything! You can have him! *[Antonio gets excited and runs off]* Wait! Antonio! He likes...to eat alot...*[Looks at Micheal holding a bunny]*

**Micheal**: Can i have this bunny?

**Jaime**: Sure! *[Sees Michelle chasing a kitten across the room]*

**Michelle**: Come here! I wanna pet you! Come back and love me!

### INT. ANTONIO'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Antonio is petting his Anteater and hugs it multiple times. Melody sits by him.

**Melody**: Wow, heh. You sure love that thing!

**Antonio**: More than anything!

**Melody**: *[slightly jealous]* More than me?

**Antonio**: Huh? No! Of course not! *[Hugs the anteater tigher]* I just LOVE my new pet! *[Logan walks up]*

**Logan**: Hey, you idiots seen my- *[The Anteater's tongue extends and punches Logan]* OW

**Antonio**: Aw, cool! It has an extendo-tongue! *[Logan gets up]*

**Logan**: Ugh...why did it- *[The Anteater hits him again]* OOF!!!!

**Danny**: Logan, are you okay?

**Logan**: Huh? Yeah, I'm- *[The Anteater's tongue wraps around Logan and slams him against the ceiling and floor and eventually hits Michelle in the background]* OW!!!

### INT. ANTONIO'S HOUSE - BATHROOM

Antonio walks into the bathroom with The Anteater on his head. Logan and Michelle are in there brushing their teeth. The animal immediately punches Logan and then Michelle.

### INT. ANTONIO'S HOUSE - KITCHEN

Antonio and his family are eating with the Anteater eating from a bowl on the floor. The Anteater looks up at Logan and Michelle then down at his food a few times. He grabs Logan's chair and yanks it along with Michelle's.

### INT. ANTONIO'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - DAY

Michelle, Logan, Danny, Micheal, and Michelle are playing catch with a bouncy blue ball. The Anteater creeps up on them from a bush. The Anteater wraps its tongue around Michelle and Logan and pulls them towards it.

**Logan**: WHY DOES IT KEEP GOING FOR ME?!?! *[The Anteater eats them both and it walks off. It crawls on Antonio's head and it sleeps. Micheal and Melanie look at each other]*

**Micheal**: Okay, that thing HAS to go! NOW!!!

**Melanie**: It JUST ate Michelle and Logan! We gotta do something!

**Danny**: I don't want anything to do with this!

**Melanie**: Danny, your brother is eaten!

**Danny**: I- I'm scarred!

**Micheal**: I'll deal with it! *[Grabs a net and attemps to catch it until The Anteater screams]*

**The Anteater**: MAMA!!! i mean...DADA!!! *[Antonio looks at Micheal. He chuckles and walks off]*

**Antonio**: What's up with Micheal?! Wait, YOU CAN TALK?!?! *[Anteater smirks and smiles innocently]*

**The Anteater**: KIDDIE SCARY ME!!! *[Antonio glares at Micheal. Antonio whacks Micheal gently with a tree branch. Cut to Antonio playing fetch with it until Micheal tries to tackle it. Antonio stops Micheal]* KIDDIE SCARY ME AGAIN!!! *[Antonio smacks Micheal again. Melanie, hiding in a bush with Danny, facepalms. Micheal stops next to them. The Anteater sneaks up and eats Danny.]*

**Danny**: AHH!!!

**Melanie**: No! Not Danny! *[Antonio walks up and picks up his Anteater]* Antonio! Antonio! The Anteater keeps eating people!

**Antonio**: For real? He looks so small and innocent! Why would i believe that?

**Micheal**: Oh, come on, big bro! Its true! *[Crosses arms]* Ugh!

**Antonio**: Nothing is wrong! Please just calm down! I'm taking him to the pet park! *[Walks away with it. Micheal and Melanie follow behind]*

### **INT. TOON TOWN - PET PARK - DAY**

Antonio puts his Anteater on the ground and lets it run around with other pets. Rosie is shown playing with her hamster with Robert.

**Robert**: Rosie, your stupid hamster keeps biting me!

**Rosie**: That means he likes you!

**Robert**: Biting does NOT equal biting! *[Looks at Antonio's anteater]* Ew, what the heck is that?!

**Rosie**: It has a weird mouth!

**Robert**: Big bro, is this thing yours? *[Arion is talking to Kameron and Channon]* Big bro?

**Rosie**: *[Muffled]* ROBERT!!! HELP!!! *[Robert turns around to see Rosie has disappeared and The Anteater has gotten bigger]*

**Robert**: Uh-oh...*[Runs to Arion]* Big bro! There's a ugly rat thing eating Rosie!

**Arion**: You mean- *[Sees Antonio's anteater]* Wait, that's Antonio's Ant- Antee- Anteaturd- Ant- ah, whatever!

**Channon**: Cool! I wanna lick it! *[Dashes to it and picks it up]* Aw, cool! Its so cute and ugly! *[The Anteater begins to slowly eat Channon starting by his hand]*

**Kameron**: Uhh, Channon? Your-

**Channon**: *[Head is inside its mouth. Muffled]* Kameron, i'm talking! *[Arion and Kameron get grossed out. Most of Channon's body has been eaten up]* And so- Oh, crap! It's eating me! Cool! *[Gets swallowed up]*

**Micheal and Melanie**: *[Runs up panting]* Arion- Robert- Dangerous...Animal...*[They see The Anteater grow]*

**Arion**: GRAB IT!!! *[Everyone tackles The Anteater and try to grab it.]*

**Kameron**: WATCH FOR THE TONGUE!!!

**Melanie**: GUYS, ITS LICKING ME!!! ITS LICKING ME!!!

**Anteater**: *[Screams]* DADA *[Antonio wakes up and tackles them and stops them. Kameron and Melanie are noticeably gone and The Anteater is bigger.]*

**Antonio**: Arion! Robert! Micheal! STOP BEATING UP A DEFENSELESS ANIMAL!!!

**Arion**: But Antonio, it was eating-

**Antonio**: Zip it, Arion! *[Kicks his nose]*

**Arion**: Ow!

**Micheal**: Antonio, The thing ate Melanie! Look, its gotten bigger! *[Antonio ignores them and puts his pet down]*

**Antonio**: Shut up! *[Looks away and ties his shoes. Arion, Robert, and Micheal are heard screaming. He turns around and sees The Anteater burp and i bigger]* Uhh...i'm starting to think i should've listened to Arion... *[Nervously backs up. The Anteater starts to get hungry again]* Uh-oh...

### INT. TOON TOWN STREETS

The Anteater starts chasing Antonio. It eats buildings and gets even bigger. It eats Antonio's House, Stevie's House, Rodrick's House, The Colors Castle, and Toon School. Antonio runs inside the pet store.

**Girl Jaime**: Antonio? Your back already?

**Antonio**: *[Panting]* Anteater! Trying to eat me!

**Girl Jaime**: Wha? I warned that it was hungry alot, but how big is it?

**Antonio**: Well, its- *[The building shakes and the roof is torn off]* THE SIZE OF A BUILDING!!! *[Jaime is eaten up]* Jaime! No! *[The Anteater starts to inhale the building. Antonio grabs onto the desk, but eventually gets sucked up. He is swallowed and lands in its stomach with everyone else. Everyone glares at him]*

**Micheal**: We told you your pet was eating us!

**Michelle**: Now, we're stuck in here!

**Kameron**: The whole town is in here, Antonio! What are we gonna do, huh?!

**Antonio**: *[Cries]* I'm sorry! Its not my fault! ...okay, it is! I'm so sorry!

**Micheal**: We got it from Girl Jaime! So, how do we stop it?

**Girl Jaime**: *[Scratches her head]* Well...uhh...um...I don't know what to do...

**Everyone**: WHAT?!?! *[The Kids burst a hole through the stomach]* GET THIS MONSTER!!! *[The Kids run around beating up its internal organs. A montage begins: First Micheal, then Joy, then Rosie. then Arion, then Kameron, then Renee. Cut to the outside, The Anteater is eating more buildings until he feels himself getting beaten up from the inside]*