21 Means Twenties Fun

**21 Means Twenties Fun** is the first episode of Season 1 of Totally Twenties.

## Synopsis

Katiella Millington is celebrating her 21st birthday at Shake N' Smash, a café at New York City's Solar Star Eco Mall, with the rest of the Twenties Gang. Just as she's doing a Sweet Little Ponies quiz, an annoying teenager named Josh Connen drops by and is soon followed by his parents, who don't think the Twenties Gang match their image of proper adults. After Josh and his parents leave, the Twenties Gang leave the mall to avoid running into them again. But before too long, the Twenties Gang find themselves relocating the party all across New York, and the grouchy older people they meet never leave them alone!

## Transcript

[Opens outside the Solar Star Eco Mall and cuts into Shake N’ Smash]

[Katiella, Abhinav, Zhong, Freya, Harriet and Rick (the Twenties Gang) are sitting at a table with a cake with candles of the number 21]

Katiella: \*sips strawberry milkshake\* You know what’s the only thing in the world I like more than strawberry milkshakes?

Zhong: Unicorns?

[Shows the unicorn on Katiella’s shirt]

Katiella: Well, yeah, but you know what else?

Freya: The colour pink?

[Shows Katiella's pink shoes]

Katiella: Depends on the context, you know. Like, there are pink gas stations in Japan, but that doesn't change the fact that they're still selling fossil fuels - blegh!

Zhong: That's the spirit.

Abhinav: Anyway, what is the only thing you like more than strawberry milkshakes?

Katiella: Parties! Thanks again for coming to my birthday, everyone!

Freya: Och, we would nae miss it for the world, Katiella! But I’ve still no given you my present! \*hands it to Katiella\*

[The present has Sweet Little Ponies wrapping paper]

Katiella: \*unwraps it carefully, making sure not to tear\* Almost all the Sweet Little Ponies cliparts on this wrapping paper were originally concept art by Laura Foster, the show’s creator, so I’m not gonna rip it.

Zhong: Good, because that will also mean you can reuse it.

Katiella: \*finishes opening\* \*gasps\* OMG - the official Sweet Little Ponies trivia card pack! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Freya!

Freya: It was a pleasure.

Katiella: There’s just one problem, though.

Rick: You’re too old for it?

Katiella: No, Rick, if I’ve got to read them out, I won’t be able to play!

Freya: I know what to do about this - I’ll read them out!

Rick: Y’all know Katiella’s gonna win, right?

Freya: Rick, it’s her birthday! Besides, I thought you Texans loved horses.

Rick: Not that kind of horse.

Freya: Okay, Rick, but if you know the answer, you're more than welcome to join! Alright, let’s start - I’ll keep the scores on my phone. \*gets her phone out\* Now, which pony's parents were first to be seen in an episode?

Katiella: Bright Spark's.

Freya: \*notes her score on her phone\* Och aye! And how many different types of pony are there?

Abhinav: Um... I know this. Do you mind if I join?

Katiella: Sure!

Abhinav: Four, right? I mean, I haven’t seen much Sweet Little Ponies, but I have seen the episode where the horses, pegasi and unicorns met the ocean ponies for the first time!

Freya: One point for you, Abhinav! \*types it down on her phone\*

[A teenager named Josh is skateboarding by]

Josh: Don’t listen to him - I bet he watches it every single day. What a sissy.

Harriet: Oh, it's you, Josh - you're the teenager who lives in our apartment block with your parents.

Katiella: SLP is the best show ever, Josh!

Josh: Uhh, SLP?

Freya: That’s what Sweet Little Ponies fans call it for short!

Katiella: Don’t tell me you’ve never seen SLP!

Josh: Nah, I’m a real man!

Harriet: More like a real 90s teenager!

Josh: How'd you know I was going for a 90s look?

Harriet: Well, your cap's backwards

Josh: Well, the 90s were the peak decade of teenagerism, so why shouldn’t I try to bring ‘em back?

Bill (offscreen): JOSHUA!

Josh: Ugh, here come my parents.

[Katiella and Freya giggle at each other]

Bill: Joshua, how many times do I have to tell you that you can’t wear something like that to your school’s business week! You’re coming with me to Daniel’s Businesswear to help choose the right suit and tie to hire!

Josh: How many times do I have to tell YOU my name’s JOSH?

Belle: You're very lucky we came to this eco mall just so you could boast about it to that hippy girl you like! And you wouldn’t want those friends of yours there to see you turn up to business week in that scruffy streetwear, would you?

Josh: They don't go to school with me! Look, they've got birthday candles of the number 21!

Bill: Oh, well I can barely tell the difference between teenagers and twentysomethings these days...

Harriet: Don’t worry, Katiella. You’re nothing like a teenager.

Rick: Yeah, you’re more like a little girl, since you like them ponies so much!

Harriet: Well, Rick, you’re even more like a little kid, since that even matters to you.

[Harriet and Katiella high five]

Rick: You know, Katiella, my parents had me when they was in their twenties, so if you did that, you could watch all the Sweet Little Ponies you wanted and not be judged!

Katiella: I haven’t really been thinking about kids right now...

Harriet: You tell him, Katiella. Besides, you’d probably like those ponies a lot less when you became the one picking them up off the floor for your kids, just sayin’.

Bill: Don’t you six think it’s time for you to start acting like proper adults?

Katiella: What?

Belle: Well, I can spend the rest of the day teaching you how to become that, you know!

Harriet: Oh, gimme a break. Do you really think we’d blindly follow your orders just because you’re older than us?

Bill: Why won’t you?

Harriet: Because we can think for ourselves! That's what makes us proper adults!

Belle: But look at the way you’re all dressed!

Freya: Surely your priority right now should be the fact that Josh just got away, though!

[Josh is skateboarding through the mall hallway]

Bill: Oh, that scoundrel! Come on, Belle, let’s get him.

[Bill and Belle leave]

Bill (offscreen): Joshua! JOSHUA!

Harriet: Come on, guys. Let’s get away before those weirdos come back.

Katiella: We've gotta get to Coney Island now anyway.

Freya: Och aye - let's get the subway!

Katiella: But not before I finish this! \*drinks her whole strawberry milkshake\*

At the subway station...

[The Twenties Gang come down the stairs]

Freya: Hang on, where's Rick? I know what to do about this - I'll call him. \*calls Rick on her smartphone\*

Rick (over the phone): Howdy, Freya!

Freya: Hi, Rick. We're about to catch the subway, where are you?

[Cuts to the food court to reveal Rick talking to Freya on his phone]

Rick: Right here in the food court! Oh, you meant the subway TRAIN? Right, right, right. I'm on my way! \*hangs up\*

[Cuts back to the subway station]

Harriet: You know, I bet that teenager will be done shopping by the time Rick's back.

[Bill, Belle and Josh come down the stairs]

Rick: \*comes down the stairs\* Howdy, y'all!

Katiella: Hi, Rick. So, you ready for Coney Island?

Rick: You're darn tootin'!

Josh (eavesdropping nearby, excited): Coney Island?

Katiella: And does everyone still want to go to the dance club at Times Square tonight?

Harriet, Abhinav, Zhong, Freya and Rick: Yeah!

Josh (thinking while listening nearby): The dance club at Times Square?

Harriet: What time's it gonna be again?

Katiella: 6:30.

Josh (thinking while listening nearby): 6:30?

Bill: What are you so excited about, Josh?

Josh: Nothing.

[The subway arrives and blows its horn]

[The Twenties Gang get on board]

[The subway leaves the station]

[The subway is shown going over a bridge]

[The subway pulls into Coney Island and blows its horn]

[The Twenties Gang get out]

At the rollercoaster...

[The Twenties Gang's friend Meg is collecting tickets when they arrive]

[Katiella is still carrying her party bag]

Katiella: \*gasps\* Hi, Meg!

Meg: Woah, hey Katiella, Harriet, Freya, Zhong, Abhinav and Rick! Isn't it your birthday, Katiella?

Katiella: It sure is!

Meg: Well, happy birthday, Katiella! You got tickets?

Katiella: Oh yeah, we got 'em online! \*shows Meg the tickets on her phone\*

Meg: Super!

Abhinav: \*looks up\* Oh my... \*starts to shake\* It's awfully high and there's even a loop!

Katiella: I know, right?

Harriet: It's gonna be awesome!

Abhinav: I might sit this one out.

Harriet: Well, Katiella paid for it!

Katiella: Abhinav, Meg, do you two want to trade places?

Meg: Well, uh... normally I wouldn't, but I'll do it for a friend. Besides, when else am I gonna get to come on the roller coaster with you, Katiella?

Katiella: I know, right?

Abhinav: Well, I'll stay behind in the booth collecting tickets.

Meg: Deal! \*comes out of the booth\* \*hands Abhinav the hat from her uniform\* And Katiella, you can leave your party bag with me!

Katiella: Thanks! \*gives her party bag to Abhinav\*

[The rollercoaster stops]

Meg: Abhinav, this is when you say 'all aboard'.

Abhinav: All aboard!

Meg: So you just press the big green button to start the rollercoaster, and the red one to make it stop once we've been all the way around! Got it?

Abhinav: Got it - easy-peasy.

Meg: Super!

[Harriet, Katiella, Zhong, Freya, Rick, Meg and numerous background characters get on]

Abhinav: \*presses the button\*

[The rollercoaster starts speeding along the track]

[Everyone on board wails with joy]

Rick: Yeehaw!

Katiella: There’s the loop!

[The rollercoaster goes up the loop]

[Freya and Rick’s hats fall off and land on their opposite heads when the rollercoaster finishes the loop]

[Freya and Rick look at each other in mild confusion]

[A sharp rise on the track knocks their hats back into place]

[The rollercoaster goes over a very high rise before reaching a smooth stretch of track]

Freya: Woah… I wonder how Abhinav’s doing.

Back at the ticket booth…

[Abhinav is wearing Meg's hat, with his beret on the desk]

Meg's boss: Where’s Meg and who the heck are you?

Abhinav: Well, my name’s Abhinav, and my friends and I bought tickets online for this rollercoaster, but when I saw it, I thought ‘nope’, and so I switched places with Meg.

Meg's boss: You mean MEG’s on the ROLLERCOASTER?

[The rollercoaster stops and everyone, including Meg, gets out]

Abhinav: Well, not anymore…

Meg’s boss: MEG! You're normally so trustworthy! Don't tell me you're fobbing your job off to park customers?

Meg: He was more scared of the look of the rollercoaster than he thought he'd be.

Meg's boss: Nice try, he’s a grown man!

Abhinav: I WAS scared! …A little bit.

Freya: While moving rapidly along a continuous set of steep climbs and descents can definitely make for a thrilling experience, I can also see why it might be off-putting for some.

Rick: Was it off-putting for YOU, Freya?

Freya: Well, it was a wee bit wild, but I enjoyed myself.

Rick: A bit wild, huh? Y'all Scots are supposed to be brave!

Freya: \*rolls eyes\*

Meg: \*goes back in the ticket stand\* I'd better get back to work.

Abhinav: \*gives Meg's hat back\*

Meg's boss: Don't do that again, Meg, and don't none of you six take her job again! \*storms away\* You've gotta go, Abhinav!

Abhinav: I'm not leaving if my friends want to stay!

Meg's boss: Then all of you scram!

Katiella: Sounds like you could use a roller coaster ride. Want to join us for one more?

[Harriet, Abhinav, Zhong, Freya, Rick and Meg gasp]

Meg's boss: You know what? A rollercoaster ride sounds awesome! I run this joint, so we don't gotta bother lining up.

Katiella: You are the best!

Abhinav: I think I'll still stay off.

Meg's boss: The tickets are on me. Six, please, Meg.

Meg: \*gives her boss the tickets\*

Meg's boss: \*pays\*

Meg: All aboard!

[Harriet, Katiella, Zhong, Freya, Rick and Meg's boss get on the rollercoaster]

[The rollercoaster goes]

Harriet, Katiella, Zhong, Freya, Rick and Meg's boss: Wooooah!

After the ride, back at the station...

Meg's boss: That was a blast!

Katiella: Really?

Meg's boss: Yeah! Now get the heck out of my theme park! Go on, I don't want you guys causin' any more trouble.

[The Twenties Gang look at him in disappointment and start walking towards the subway station]

Katiella: Uhh, you guys want to go somewhere else?

Zhong: \*looks at the sky\* Well, you can't beat Central Park on a day like this!

At Central Park...

[The Twenties Gang are sitting at a picnic table]

Freya: Och aye, this is more like it.

Harriet: Yeah, no more pesky boomers telling us what to do!

Katiella: Okay, I think we can have some of my cake now. Anybody got a knife and some plates?

Rick: They've probably got some plastic ones at that there hot dog stand. I'll go get some there!

Zhong: Plastic? No, Rick!

Katiella: Like, thanks for the offer, Rick, but I'd rather wait 'till we get home than use plastic cutlery.

Freya: \*sniffs\* Hey, there's something smelly around here!

Katiella: Eww, you're right!

Zhong: That trash can fell over. I'll go sort it out.

Katiella: Wait for me!

[Zhong and Katiella walk to the trash can]

Zhong: \*picks up a newspaper and puts in the adjacent recycling bin\* Sheesh! Can you believe some people don't even bother recycling sometimes?

Katiella: \*picks up some cardboard\* Ugh, I know! This cardboard's TOTALLY clean!

Raccoon: \*scampers out of the trash\* \*jumps onto a bench\* \*snatches Park Officer Pete's hot dog and eats it\* \*runs away\*

Park Officer Pete: Woah! Did you see that raccoon?

[Katiella and Zhong have stood the trash can back up and are separating the landfill from the recyclables]

Non-binary park officer: \*looks at Katiella and Zhong picking up trash\* Those two nice young people there must have let it out of the trash!

Park Officer Pete: That raccoon ate my hot dog! I'll have to go talk to those two. \*walks to Katiella and Zhong\* Alright, they call me Park Officer Pete. Did you two knock the trash can over to let that raccoon out?

Zhong: Actually, it had already fallen over, but it's a good thing the poor guy didn't get stuck!

Park Officer Pete: Well, if you ask me, it should have stayed stuck 'till I'd finished my hotdog, so it couldn't have jumped up and eaten it!

Zhong: Good point - hot dogs probably aren't very good for raccoons.

Katiella: Still probably better than the other stuff in the trash, though.

Park Officer Pete: Anyway, I can tell you two care deeply about nature from the way you're pickin' up that trash.

Katiella: Well, Zhong over here's the real eco expert.

Park Officer Pete: But you didn't care deeply about my hotdog! I hadn't eaten since breakfast, and that raccoon you two released grabbed my hotdog! Get out of the park!

Katiella: But there's still...

Park Officer Pete: I said get out of the park!

Zhong: You know we're on the Central Park green team, right?

Park Officer Pete: Really?

Chief park officer: \*arrives\* Yes, really.

Park Officer Pete: Didn't see you there, boss!

Chief park officer: Katiella and Zhong are two of the Green Team's best members!

Katiella: And we were just cleaning up some trash before he stopped us!

Chief park officer: Is that so, Pete?

Park Officer Pete: Well, my hotdog got eaten by a raccoon that they let out of the trash!

Chief park officer (pleased): You two let a raccoon out of the trash?

Katiella: Actually, the raccoon just got out while we were sorting everything out.

Park Officer Pete: Oh, they did so let that raccoon out!

Chief park officer: Picking up trash and letting an animal out of it! Zhong, Katiella, you two really know how to take care of Central Park!

Zhong: Thanks so much!

Katiella: Yeah! Now let's get back to sorting that trash out!

[Katiella and Zhong go back to the trash can and start putting things back in, while putting the recyclables in the recycling bin instead]

Katiella: We're done!

Back at the table...

[Katiella and Zhong go back to the table and sit down]

Katiella: Hey guys!

[The Delacorte Clock can be heard striking 6pm]

Freya: Ah... Dong, dong, do you hear it? That must be the Delacorte Clock striking 6pm. It was first unveiled on the 24th of June, 1965, when...

Harriet: 6pm? We gotta be at the dance club in half an hour! Come on - we gotta get on the train!

[Cuts to the Twenties Gang on the subway]

Katiella: \*chews some bubblegum and blows it before it pops and she sucks it back in\*

Middle-aged passenger: Hey, put that gum away!

Katiella: I'll do that when I find a trash can. \*blows the gum again\*

Middle-aged passenger: \*points left to the next wagon\* Well, there's one in the next car, if you're wondering.

Katiella: \*rolls eyes\* \*walks to the next carriage\* \*spits her gum into the trash can\*

Josh: \*skateboards past\*

Katiella: Woah!

Passenger: Watch it, kid!

Rick: Howdy, Josh!

Josh: \*stops skateboarding\* Woah, you're the twentysomethings I saw at the mall earlier!

Rick: That's us! I'm Rick, you remember me?

Josh: Aren't you guys on the way to the dance club at Times Square?

Katiella: \*comes back in\* We totally are.

Josh: Wicked! I'm comin' too.

[Bill and Belle come through the crowd]

Bill: Oh no you're not, Josh!

Josh: N... Not what, Dad?

Belle: Going to the same dance club as that wild bunch of twentysomethings!

Josh: Come on! Don't I deserve a reward for getting a better result than ever before on my last exam?

Bill: It was a C-.

Josh: I know - I'm, like, killer smart, man! And if you ask me, I've also earnt myself a pizza! Come on, I'll give you each a slice!

Bill: Well, I am kinda hungry.

Josh: And you each get two slices if you let me into the dance club!

Belle: Well, I've been preparing a salad for the three of us all afternoon, so no pizza for you, Josh!

Josh: You guys are so lame! Ugh!

[The Twenties Gang walk into the next carriage]

Josh: \*follows them\* Oh my gosh, just listen to those old farts!

Harriet: You said it - boomers really can be lame sometimes.

Josh: Tell me about it! They'll never let me into the dance club! They won't even let me get a pizza afterwards, even though I said I'd give them some!

Freya: But bribing does nae work, and even when it might seem to work, it does nae stay that way. You've always got to give people a reason that's already there.

Josh: I did - I reminded them about my last exam results!

Josh: You know what? I'm goin' whether they like it or not.

Katiella: That's the spirit, Josh, and you know what? I'm gonna go right back where I was and start on another gumball! \*walks into the other carriage\* \*puts the gum in her mouth before chewing and blowing a bubble\*

Middle-aged passenger: You and your gum again?

Katiella: \*blows the bubble bigger\*

Middle-aged passenger: Put that away.

Katiella: \*blows the bubble bigger until it bursts all over her face\*

Katiella (muffled by gum in mouth): That would have been a good idea. I won't be able to go to the dance club looking like this!

Josh: Or sounding like that. I guess boomers can be right sometimes after all.

Bill: You convinced him! You actually convinced him!

[The rest of the Twenties Gang come in]

Josh: That doesn't mean you two were right this time, mom and dad!

[A large group of people start getting off the train]

Josh: \*starts skateboarding to the exit\* I'm goin' to the dance club!

Bill: Josh, what did I tell you about skateboarding on the subway?

Josh: \*trips\* Woah!

[People stop getting off the train]

[The doors close and the train starts moving]

[The Times Square station sign is seen going out of sight from the window]

Josh: Bummer - we missed the stop! Oh well, you never know - maybe I'll be glad I listened to you boomers. Probably not, but maybe.

Harriet: I'm sorry we missed the stop for the dance club, Katiella.

Katiella: I've got a better idea.

At Katiella and Freya's apartment...

[The Twenties Gang are gathered around Katiella and Freya's kitchen table]

[Katiella's presents from Harriet, Abhinav, Zhong and Freya are arranged on the table]

Rick: And here's my present! \*passes her his present\*

Katiella: \*unwraps it, revealing a Metal Morphers DVD\* I could give this Metal Morphers movie a watch!

Rick: Yeah - Metal Morphers is my kind of movie! Now you'll have somethin' to talk about to people that ain't babyish!

Katiella: I bet the best part's gonna be that Metal Morphers and Sweet Little Ponies are both owned by the same company - Hughco!

Freya: Och aye - that's a toy company.

Harriet: Anyway, Katiella, I still don't get why you didn't mind missing out on the dance club.

Katiella: Okay, I'll tell you why. \*stands up\* The dance club wouldn't have had this! \*turns her music player on\*

Music: I can feel the magic coming over me! And I'm ready for anything, you know, with my unicorn horn, just watch it glow!

[Katiella, Harriet, Abhinav, Zhong and Freya start dancing]

Music: Well, I'm a pony who lives in a land of flowers, sunshine and blue skies! And so much magic, you gotta stay ready for any kind of surprise!

Rick \*joins in dance, smiling shyly\*

Music: And that surprise might just be something that gives you a bit of a scare! But when I'm with all my pony friends, there's nothing we could never bear!