Episode 7: The Grandparents

**Opening:**

(When the opening closes, the scene shows a car speeding through the city on a different shot of it. From the wheels to the windshield, you could almost say that this car is possessed by an unhealthy entity. The drivers continue to accelerate, barely braking in front of Gumball, Darwin, Carla and Cordelia. Nicole and Anna get out of the yellow car, frightened).

Nicole (screams): Kids! Where have you been? We've been looking for you for an hour!!!

Darwin (face expressing shock and fear): But... Madame Maman, we still have class.

Anna (takes the children and puts them in the car): No time to talk, it's urgent!

(And the car starts up, flames shooting out of the exhaust pipe, knocking over all the pupils who were less than 7 metres away).

Gumball (realizing that his mother is a bad driver): What are you doing? Can't you see there are pedestrians?

Nicole (depressed): It's all over...

Anna (depressed): I think it is...

(The children look at each other and are also frightened, because Nicole and Anna would NEVER let themselves be frightened like that. They finally arrive at the Watterson house, where Anaïs, Noa, Zach, Lexy and Jake are waiting outside with the door open).

Lexy (happy): You're home! I was so scared!

Nicole (whispers to her): Honey... watch out for... them!

Lexy (scared): Oh, I'm sorry, Mom.

(Inside, a familiar unpleasant voice replied, "What's with the manners?". Once inside, they saw that it was Granny Jojo who had answered in a contemptuous tone, but that wasn't all: Gumball and Darwin's grandparents were present, which explained Nicole's anger, but also Carla and Cordelia's grandparents...)

Gumball and Darwin: Granny Jojo?!

Granny Jojo: Well, aren't you going to give your grandma a kiss?

Darwin (with a big smile): Granny !!!

(Darwin kisses her.)

Gumball (about to vomit): Granny....

(Gumball kisses her, Carla laughs and laughs at Gumball.)

Granny Jojo (addressing Carla): Hey, it's rude not to greet your guests.

Carla (trembling): Oh! uh... Hi Mrs. Watterson...

(Kisses her, Cordelia does the same)

Carla (whispers to Cordelia): Ew! You're not squeamish?

Cordelia: No, she looks a lot like Granny Jaja.

Carla (disgusted): Oh, don't talk to me about that demon...

Akamandis (realizing he's just been compared to her): Hey, you're insulting me.

(Kamila taps Akamandis on the elbow as a warning not to reveal that they're not mortals).

Carla and Cordelia: You're here too!

(The latecomers just realized that Nicole, Richard, Anna and Thomas' respective parents were in the room... They understood that this story was going to end badly!)

Mamie Jaja (to Carla): Oh, Thomas junior. Come and give your favorite grandma a kiss.

Kamila (embarrassed): Um... I'm sorry... But I don't think Carla has a favorite grandma because if she did, it would be me.

Mamie Jaja: How can you say you're the favorite grandma? This is the first time I've seen you.

(While Kamila and Mamie Jaja stare at each other, Anna and Nicole try to calm the atmosphere).

Nicole (embarrassed, addressing her parents): So, Mom, Dad. This is Anna Henderson, my friend and Mr. and Mrs. Heaven's daughter (because they're from heaven, they don't have last names).

(Nicole's parents couldn't care less...)

Daniel (sarcastic): What an odd name for a family of monsters...

Akamandis (on the verge of flipping out): Excuse me?!

Mary (judging Anna up and down): What's that strange foundation color...

Anna (confused): I... I'm not wearing foundation, it's my fur, madame... I'm a tiger...

Mary (laughing): That's what I was afraid of... Let's just say I hate orange!

Nicole (grumbling): Tss, like you like blue...

Kamila, Darwin and Noa (who are orange): THAT'S RACISM !!!

Granny Jojo (scornful): I knew it was a bad idea to let my son marry into such a family...

Daniel (irritated): WHAT?!

Grandpa Louie (to Nicole): Johanna's right, you're way too weird for Richard.

Nicole (annoyed): Really?

Richard (still a little confused): Nicole, Louis is just complimenting me, don't get upset.

Anna (angry): He's insulting Nicole, not complimenting you, Richard.

Thomas (sad and optimistic): Why do you always have to be mean to other people? Next time, come with a smile!

Richard (happy): I agree!

Anna and Nicole (furious): Shut up and be men for a bit!

Grandpa Louie: See how they mistreat their husbands? Marriage isn't for women like that. They're so mean and ill-mannered!

Kamila (retorts as soon as possible): And you, you're thoughtless.

Granny Jojo: I don't agree. The weirdest are Mr. and Mrs. Heaven, who look younger than their own daughter.

Nicole (sweating): That's probably because they take good care of their skin..... (a little annoyed) Stop spewing your venom, Johanna.

Granny Jaja: I don't trust your words, little blue woman.

Anna (judging): Who are you telling, Johanna? You ARE a little blue woman.

Granny Jojo (friendly with Jeannette): I don't trust that woman either.

Granny Jaja: My heart goes out to you. Having "that woman" (Nicole) as your daughter-in-law must be very complicated.

Granny Jojo: I also think that "the other one" (Anna) is not a good daughter-in-law.

Anna and Nicole (ready to hit them): Say it again!

Mary (dry tone): Nicole, that's not a good attitude to have in front of your guests.

Nicole (holding back): But... They started it!

Daniel (glowering): Nicole...

(Apparently, Nicole learned her dissuasion skills from her father, so she calmed down quickly).

Anna (disappointed): What the hell! Daddy! Nicole: Mom! You can't let them do this!

Kamila (drinking tea): Yes, you must learn to resolve conflicts without using violence, young lady.

Anna (confused): Daddy! You won't let them do it, will you? I'm counting on you, Dad...

Akamandis (not wanting to discourage her): Well...

Kamila (cold): No way.

Anna (sulky): I knew I couldn't count on you... You abandoned me...

Kamila (heartbroken): We didn't abandon you! I've been dea...

(Kamila stops talking because she knows she's wrong and shouldn't say any more about herself).

Anna (scolds): I had to grow up with Kalia on the streets to survive!

Mamie Jaja (confused): Kalia... Kalia Chibiheart!?

Anna (angry): Yes, Kalia Chibiheart... Your adopted daughter, Jeannette... She'll always be like a sister to me.

(Kalia was in fact a close friend of Anna's when they still lived in the Kingdom of Heaven, before the advent of Karyna and the murder of Kamila. The adults fought again and again with the same mentality as before. Now we'll take a look at the children).

Carla (groans): I hate family reunions...

Lexy (stuffing her face with food): Not me!

Darwin (sulks at being left out): Every time, the adults argue and we get left out.

Anaïs: The problem is that every time they cross paths, there are deep wounds that are covered up and haunt them!

Noa: So we need to find a way to repair these wounds... Does anyone have any ideas?

Cordelia (in a wise tone): The best way to talk to your enemy is to make him your friend.

Gumball: Translation?

Cordelia: I don't know what that means... But it was very inspiring!

Jake: Zach, don't you have an idea?

Zach: Zach's always three steps ahead.

Carla (attentive): So you do have an idea?

Zach (rhetorical question): What do parents hate most in the world?

Noa (ironic): Their children?

Anaïs (idem): The danger?

Darwin (idem): Their children in danger?

Zach: Yes!

Darwin (not expecting it): Oh.

Lexy (can't follow): So what?

Zach (proud): I stole Mom's car keys. Who wants to go for a ride into town?

Carla (motivated): What a genius, this morron!

Zach (arrogant): At your service.

Gumball (disappointed and a little jealous): Okay, okay. It's nice to have the keys, but it's no use if you can't get out.

Noa: In that case, it's simple: just ask if you can get out.

Anaïs: They're so preoccupied with their family affairs that they don't pay attention.

Jake (considerate): It's better if there are two people asking them: one cute and one nice.

Darwin (ditto): Yes, but no orange! Because Grandma Mary doesn't like orange and won't let us out.

Noa (explaining): You know, she mostly said that to look down on my mother.

Darwin: ...

Noa: ...

Darwin: Oh.

Noa: Anyway, you can go, Anais and Cordelia.

Cordelia (very cute): Okay ! :D

(Anaïs and Cordelia slowly approach the adults, as if their lives -especially Cordelia's- depended on it).

Cordelia (trembling): Uh, Miss Mom? Can we...

Anna (looks darkly at Cordelia - because of the grandparents): Yes...

Nicole (ditto): Don't be too late.

Anaïs (fearful): Okay, thanks.

(And the two girls run off at full speed. They join the others to tell them they can go).

Carla (confident): All right. So, who's getting in the car?

(Everyone raises their hands except Anaïs and Noa).

Zach (mocking): Sorry, but honor to the greatest.

Cordelia and Darwin (jealous and sulky): That's not fair.

(Carla, Gumball, and Lexy are sitting in the back, Jake is in the front and Zack is driving. He's about to start when someone makes a remark).

Gumball (a little angry): Hey, I want to drive too.

Zach (showing off): Dude, that's my plan, not yours.

Lexy (behind to Jake): Move over, I want to sit in the front.

Jake (retorts): No, I was here first!

Carla (annoyed): In that case, I'll drive too and no one will sit next to me.

Gumball (angry): Who do you think you are? You think this is your mother's car?! No way, crasy girl!

Carla (shouting): Talk to me better than that, Watterson!

Zach (angry): Oh, let me drive in peace!

Lexy (shouting): I want to drive too!

Jake (shouting at Lexy): You don't want to sit in the front seat anymore! Stop changing your mind, you're annoying everyone!

Lexy (shouting at Jake): I never said I didn't want your seat anymore, I want Emma next to me!

Zach (at his limit): But Emma's not even here, Lexy !!

Lexy (childish whim): You can bring her back if you're so smart.

Anaïs (outside the car): I don't know if it was a good idea to put them inside...

Noa (to Cordelia): In the end, it was better to let you and Darwin get in.

Cordelia (taking the compliment as an insult): Maybe, but it would have been better to let you get in and drive, even though you might not be able to see anything because of your size.

Noa (dueling with Cordelia): Is that a threat?

Darwin (silent): They get along quite well, actually. Look, the car's moving a bit...

Anaïs (perplexed): But they're always arguing... and nobody's wearing a seatbelt!

Noa (frightened): They unknowingly took off the handbrake!

(But by the time Darwin, Cordelia, Noa and Anaïs told them to be careful, the car was already gone).

Cordelia (lost): What have we done?

Noa (screaming in fear): Let's go tell Mom!

Darwin (panicked): Are you crazy? If they find out, they're ALL going to kill us!

Anaïs (trembling): It's either that, or Gumball, Zack, Lexy, Jake and Carla will get hurt.

Cordelia (confident): Don't worry, our grandparents will defend us!

(So they decide to tell the adults all about it. As soon as they enter the house, they hear louder and louder voices arguing. They're terribly afraid of a big conflict breaking out, but they don't want to leave their big brothers and sisters in danger).

Noa (to Anna and Nicole): Mommy, Mrs. Watterson, help! Gumball, Carla, Lexy, Zack and Jake got in your car and left!

Anaïs (continues Noa's sentence): If we don't stop them soon, they'll hurt themselves or worse!

Anna (turns slowly and panics): What the...

Nicole (ditto, continues Anna's sentence): ...hell is this?

Thomas (frightened for the children): Let's go ! There's not a minute to lose!

Richard (to the grandparents): I'm sorry to leave you, but my children are in danger!

Mamie Jojo (retorts): What do you think? I'm coming with you, they're my grandchildren at least!

Grandpa Daniel (confident): It's time to take responsibility!

Akamandis: With us, our grandchildren will never be in danger!

Grandma Jaja (giving Akamandis a little confidence): I'm in.

Anna (on the verge of tears): Thank you...

Nicole (moved): Yes, thank you very much...

(Noa, Anaïs, Darwin and Cordelia had just noticed that their plan had worked and that they had achieved their goal of reconciling parents and grandparents. the car driven by the children is going so fast that it is not ready to stop).

Lexy (dismayed and screaming): ZAAAAAACH! BRAKE, for God’s sake!

Zach (shouts too - but because he’s angry): I CAN’T DRIVE PROPERLY! (to Carla) STOP HIDING MY EYES, I CAN’T SEE ANYTHING!

Carla (to Zach, her pendant that shines a little): I do what I can, it’s not my fault!! First tell Gumball to drop my dress!!!

Zach (very annoyed): GUMBALL, LEAVE CARLA ALONE!

Gumball (screams and bursts into tears): I don’t want to let her go, I want my mom!

Jake (also cries, hysterical): WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!

Zach (trying to calm down): At least you’re not crying, (to Lexy and look at her), isn't you?

Lexy (crying like a baby): EMMMMMMAAA!! PLEASE, COME GET ME!

Carla (furious, shining pendant): Shut your filthy faces! Gumball, get your hands off my dress!

Zach (desperate): The road could be very long...

(Suddenly, a car appears and runs at the same speed as Zach, they all apparently calmed down and preferred to focus on the car.)

Gumball (quiet): Hey, isn’t that Ms. Henderson’s car?

(Now we can see some faces in the car, grandfather Daniel was driving, Anna was next to him, in the back sitting Granny Jojo, Akamandis and Granny Jaja. They all had cold expressions, angry and determined on their faces).

Lexy (screaming right next to Zach): PLEASE, HELP UUUUUUUSSSS!

(Zach is surprised and makes disturbing turns).

Akamandis: Don’t worry, we’ll come and rescue you! Young man (speaking of Zach), try to slow down the car!

Zach (terrified): I can’t!

Akamandis (who no longer takes the situation lightly): OK, stay focused on the road, we will pick you up! (Now speaking to the passengers in Daniel’s car) They’re stuck, I’m afraid we have to take control of the car ourselves.

Granny Jojo (incomprehensible, she doesn’t have her dentures): Me and Jeannette have prepared the cable, Anna is ready to go and get them.

Granny Jaja (ditto, to Anna): Take care of my grandchildren... and you too.

Anna (confident): Thanks Jeannette (to Daniel) Get closer to their car, I’ll go in, I’ll go up, it’s less risky for them.

Daniel (serious): Hang on, it’ll shake.

(Daniel brings his car closer to Zach’s as a pro. The two cars are now stuck together without creating an accident thanks to Daniel’s technique.)

Anna (gets out of the car from the top and goes to the other car to the car): I’m on my way, kids. Zach, keep your focus. You’re doing very well.

Zach (tremor): O... Yes...

(Suddenly, Zack’s car hits a small rock and taken by the hunt, he makes the car drift with two fingers to make Anna fall behind them, on the road).

Children (terrified): KYYAAA!

Grandma Jojo (shouts in a vacuum): Anna, use the cable!

Carla (cries a little, not seeing her come up): Mom?...

(Anna manages to get up thanks to the cables made with the dentures of Johanna and Jeannette and uses them as crampons to climb. She is balanced between the two cars above the vacuum).

Anna (calms down): I... I’m fine.

Children (happy): Ms Henderson!

Carla (relieved): Mom!

Anna (children, serious): Don’t move! I’m coming to get you!

(Anna manages to get into the car agilely and takes control of it. Anna who was in front of Daniel honk who meant to the other car that she succeeded.)

Daniel (happy): That’s good! Our grandchildren are safe!

Grandparents: HURRAH!

(They returned safely escorted by the other car. Cordelia and Darwin were looking forward to their arrival...)

Nicole (running to them): Kids! You’re doing great! (She kisses them) Oh, I’m sorry I left you alone.

Gumball (still shaken by the extreme rescue of grandparents): Oh, uh... Yes!

Lexy (hug Nicole): We missed you too.

Cordelia (angry at others): What about us? We don’t get to thank you? We’re the reason you’re alive!

Anaïs (idem): You are so selfish!

Carla (snobs): With all this excitement, we really want to rest.

Grandma Jaja (cut in her exitation): Not so fast, girl.

Jake (doesn’t understand): What’s going on?

Mary (dark look): Did you really think we didn’t know?

Zach (stuttering): What are you talking about?

Kamila (cold): You may be three step ahead, Zach, but we have at least ten.

Gumball (panicked): We... We let’s explain it all!

Richard (eating a watermelon): Don’t worry, Cordelia, Darwin, Anais and Noa have already done it. You’re in trouble!

Cordelia: Uh hu! Cheh !!

Zach (trembling): So... what do we do?

(Without transition, we see Zach, Gumball, Jake, Lexy and Carla repairing Nicole’s car -she’s very messed up-)

Nicole (grandparents coming out of the house): Thank you for coming to visit. It was a pleasure, we forget the little incident...

Mary (winks at him): Whenever you want, honey.

Anna: I’m glad we could fix this, Dad, Mom... and you Jeannette, thank you...

Granny Jaja (giggling): I know, I know.

Daniel: Next time, you’ll come see us too.

Grandpa Louie: We’re going to walk our grandchildren.

Anna (somewhat impaciente): Yes, of course! And now goodbye!

(Grandparents leave and parents go home).

Nicole (inside): Richard, lock the door.

Noa (inside): I take care of blocking the windows.

Anaïs (inside): Nobody talks anymore, we act as if there was nobody.

END

**Casting:**

Carla Henderson : Miranda Taylor Cosgrove

Cordelia Henderson : Charisma Carpenter

Noa Henderson : Billy Bob Thompson

Anna Henderson : Holly Marie Combs

Thomas Henderson : Christian Delgrosso

Kamila : ???

Akamandis : ???

Gumball / Zach Watterson : Logan Parker Grove

Darwin Watterson : Terrell Ransom

Anais Watterson : Kyla Rae Kowalewski

Lexy Watterson : Celine Dion

Nicole Watterson : Teresa Gallagher

Richard Watterson : Dan Rusell

Jake Watterson : Charlie Puth

Granny Jojo/Jaja : Sandra Searles Dickinson

Gandpa Louie : Shane Rimmer

Daniel Senicourt : Clive Russell

Mary Senicourt : Liza Ross

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