Skidamarink/script

TITLE CARD - Skidamarink (multicolored title card)

~(Song)~

(*The star-shaped iris-in shows a full view of the Plasmo residence at daytime, now fully rebuilt after the Kids’ game of tennis from the previous short “Super Starpuff Tennis”. Soft music plays. Inside, Canary and Tangelo are at the table eating a slice of cake. Helen enters the kitchen and gasps at all the dirty dishes sitting next to the sink. She gasps.*)

* **Dr. Plasmo:** (*voice over*) ♫ Skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo. ♫

(*She picks up a sponge and proceeds to wash the dishes, slowly growing exhausted as she does so.*)

* **Dr. Plasmo:** (*voice over*) ♫ I love you! ♫ (*Helen sighs.*) ♫ Skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo. ♫

(*Just as she was finished, Canary and Tangelo hover over to her with more dirty dishes. She sighs and sits it on the counter.*)

* **Dr. Plasmo:** (*voice over*) ♫ I love you! ♫

(*Dr. Plasmo appears with his own sponge and she smiles, then gives her a kiss on the cheek.*)

* **Dr. Plasmo:** ♫ I love you in the morning, and in the afternoon. ♫ (*Both wash the dishes.*) ♫ I love you in the evening, and underneath the moon! ♫
* **Dr. Plasmo, Helen:** ♫ Oh, skidamarink a dink a dink— ♫ (*Now they dry out the dishes with a rag.*) ♫ —skidamarink a doo. I love you! ♫

(*Camera cuts to Dr. Plasmo entering the living room and gasps upon seeing the mess in there. He then goes to work; putting books back on the shelves, placing pillows back on the couch, vacuuming the floor, etc.*)

* **Helen:** (*voice over*) ♫ Skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo. I love you! ♫

(*He sits down with a sigh. Sapphire and Twilight come running in, playfully chasing Parakeet, who is covered in mud and leaving mud prints all over the carpet.*)

* **Helen:** (*voice over*) ♫ Skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo. ♫ (*The chase continues out the room.*) ♫ I love you! ♫

(*Dr. Plasmo sighs, his hard work ruined. Helen shows up with broom and he smiles, then kisses him on the cheek. They both get to cleaning.*)

* **Helen:** ♫ I love you in the morning, and in the afternoon. I love you in the evening, and underneath the moon! ♫
* **Dr. Plasmo, Helen:** ♫ Oh, skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo. I love you! ♫

(*Camera cuts to the Kids — in their nightwear — entering their bedrooms and waving to their parents as they pass by. Now the tempo speeds up a bit.*)

* **Dr. Plasmo, Helen:** ♫ Skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo. I love you! ♫

(*Now it cuts to the pair outside the house sitting on a large boulder. They watch some fireflies go by over their heads.*)

* **Dr. Plasmo, Helen:** ♫ Skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo. I love you! ♫

(*Just then, they see what appears to be two spotlights on the ground. They look up and see the Kids — Scarlet and Tangelo are holding big flashlights and are aiming the light down before them. Parakeet holds up a jukebox and Canary turns it on. Sapphire and Twilight hoist their parents off the boulder and set them underneath the “spotlight”. Dr. Plasmo and Helen smile at each other before they dance slowly.*)

* **Dr. Plasmo, Helen:** ♫ I love you in the morning, and in the afternoon. I love you in the evening, and underneath the moon! Oh, skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo. I love you! ♫

(*At ‘doo’, Dr. Plasmo nearly trips and both parents laugh a bit before continuing their waltz.*)

~(Song ends)~

End of short.