I Am Stephen Hillenburg

## **The Plot:**

Xavier, Yadina, Brad, and The Sharktopus travel back in time to Stephen Hillenburg.

## **Transcript:**

* (It starts off with Xavier, Brad, and Yadina hopping out of the ocean)
* Brad: Hey everyone, Welcome to the show
* Xavier: Today, We are meeting a great Cartoonist, Stephen Hillenburg
* Yadina: He is well known as the creator of,
* (Suddenly, SpongeBob appeared)
* SpongeBob: Me, SpongeBob SquarePants!
* (He laughs)
* Brad: He becomes a very popular cartoon character, Since 1999
* Yadina: He laughed the whole world, By storm!
* Mr. Krabs: SpongeBob! What are you doing in another show? Get back to work!
* SpongeBob: Oh, I gotta go, I gotta get back to make Krabby Patties. See ya
* (He leaves)
* Brad: Okay? Let's start the show!
* (Brad pushes the button)
* (The scene cuts to Brad making an animated cartoon)
* Xavier: Hey Brad, What are you doing?
* Brad: This is looking great.
* Yadina: Are you making your own cartoons again?
* Brad: Yes. I'm working on The Adventures of Bike Man!
* Xavier: Cool!
* Yadina: Can you do the trailer for it?
* Brad: Sure
* (He cleans his throats)
* Brad; (In his epic movie trailer voice) Join Bike Man, as he faces many evil bad guys, as they take over Metro City!
* (The Sharktopus suddenly appears).
* Sharktopus: Hey kids
* Yadina: Hey, Sharktopus. What's up!
* Sharktopus: Nothing.
* Xavier: Hey, You have a better idea for sending us back in time to meet Stephen Hillenburg.
* Sharktopus: Of course, I know everything about him.
* Brad: Cool.
* Sharktopus: To the Secret Museum!
* Yadina: Hey, That's my line!
* (Once they arrive at the Secret Museum)
* Sharktopus: Look, It's Nickelodeon's popular animated star, SpongeBob.
* Yadina: I wonder who he is belong to
* (It reveals to be Stephen Hillenburg)
* Brad: Stephen Hillenburg?
* Sharktopus: Yeah. He created him. Think about the laughs he's given you.
* Yadina: Yeah. In Lawton in the year 1968.
* Xavier and Brad: Woah! That's like over 52 years ago.
* Yadina: Well, let‘s go.
* Brad: Wait a minute. Don't you know that we are cartoons?
* Xavier: Don’t worry about it. Ready for adventure?
* Yadina: Yeah! Come on, Brad.
* Brad: Okay, But can we talk about it when we arrive at Lawton?
* Xavier: Sure.
* (They hold on to Berby, Which sends them back in time to the year 1968 in Lawton)
* (They arrive at Lawton)
* Yadina: So this is Lawton in 1968.
* Stephen Hillenburg: Hey everybody, So glad you came.
* Xavier, Yadina and Brad: It’s Stephen Hillenburg!
* Stephen Hillenburg: Yes, It is I, Stephen Hillenburg! Future Aspriring Cartoon creator and marine biologist! I really love these things and yearn to be them!
* Yadina: Well, JUST MAYBE you will someday! (Like she’s pretending not to know he will indeed)
* Stephen Hillenburg: Gee, Thanks a lot! You guys can help me if you want.
* Brad: yeah! I love making up things!
* Stephen Hillenburg: Yes.
* Yadina: So, How did you make great cartoons?
* Stephen Hillenburg: Well……I’ve work on some stories here and there, and they aren’t too bad!
* Brad: Wow!
* Xavier: You did very well
* Stephen Hillenburg: Thanks guys, It's just my job. Brad, Which cartoon are you working on?
* Xavier: Oh, He's working on a cartoon about Bike Man
* Brad: Yeah, It's still in production.
* Yadina: So, It might take a little bit longer
* Stephen Hillenburg: Oh, I see.
* Xavier: Thanks Stephen
* Brad: You made our day
* Stephen Hillenburg: You're welcome
* (We transition to over 30 years later)
* Brad: where are we now?
* Yadina: when are we?
* Xavier: Berby says that we are in Florida, over 30 years later!
* Yadina: look! There’s Stephen Hilenburg!
* Xavier: and look! There’s the production studio where he works on his cartoons! Nickelodeon Studios!
* Brad: let’s see what he’s been doing all this time!
* Stephen Hillenburg: hey, guys! Long time no see! I just finish working on another episode of one of the first few in the series, Spongebob Sqarepants! It just stared a few weeks ago and I am waiting to see how it’ll do!
* Brad: that’s amazing! Have you done anything else?
* Stephen Hillenburg: well, prior to Spongebob, I helped with another show for Nickelodeon called Rocko’s Modern Life in 1993. It’s good. You should see it soon! And I’m also studying some new facts and stuff about marine life!
* Xavier: wow! So see? He did become a marine biologist and cartoonist!
* Yadina: There it is guys, The animation studio!
* (sees Nickelodeon studios out in the distance)
* Brad: Can't wait to make my own Bike Man cartoon
* Xavier: Let's go in there, and make the rest of it.
* Yadina: Just by following the steps of animation.
* Stephen Hillenburg: Let's do it.
* (They arrived at the animation studio)
* Stephen Hillenburg: We're here.
* Xavier: Yeah!
* Yadina: Let’s get this animation work over with.
* Brad: Bike Man cartoon, here I come.
* Stephen: The first rule, Is to do storyboards, Like drawing little pictures
* Yadina: I love drawing, But this I gotta do
* Brad: Now, We're talking
* Xavier: Let's draw.
* (They draw some storyboards)
* Stephen Hillenburg: That's it, Keep going, You're doing so well
* Brad: Thanks, Stephen
* Yadina: Working together never gives up
* Xavier: It sure does
* Brad: And,
* Xavier, Yadina and Brad: Finished!
* Stephen Hillenburg: Hmm, This looks... Actually pretty awesome.
* Yadina: Yeah!
* Brad: Awesome!
* Xavier: Yeah!
* Stephen Hillenburg: Now, We need a team of animators.
* Yadina: What?
* (Then, Night Cap, Amelia, Junko, Marie, Florence and Sally appeared)
* Junko: We're here to animate your cartoon, Brad
* Florence: It's our first day.
* Night Cap: Hey guys.
* Sally: I'm starting it from scratch.
* Amelia: Let's animate this!
* (They working on the animation)
* Brad: You invited them?
* Stephen Hillenburg: Yeah! They are the best!
* (Hours later)
* Night Cap: We spend all day and night working on your Bike Man cartoon, And here it is.
* Brad: Yes! Thank you guys!
* Marie: You're welcome
* Stephen Hillenburg: Do you have the script?
* Brad: Yeah, And it's right here.
* Stephen Hillenburg: Good, Cause the cartoon wouldn't been complete, Without, The voices. To the recording studio!
* (They arrive at the recording studio)
* Yadina: Wow! It looks huge!
* Stephen Hillenburg: That over there, Is your voice director, Cleopatra.
* Xavier: I'll be the citizens, and the bad guy
* Yadina: I'll be the narrator, and the citizens, and Bike Man's pet sidekick
* Brad: And I'll be Bike Man.
* Stephen Hillenburg: Have fun, And I'll see you later.
* Cleopatra: Alright guys, Remember the lines.
* Brad, Yadina and Xavier: Yes.
* Cleopatra: Cause you read what's on the script.
* Brad: Okay.
* Yadina: Got it!
* Cleopatra: Okay, And, Action!
* Yadina: Metro City. Sunny skies, Singing birds, and all is calm on an warm sunny day.
* (Sound of the thunderstorm)
* Xavier and Yadina: Help, Help, Somebody help! Who will save us now!
* Xavier: Mwahahahahaha! You cannot defeat me! I am unstoppable!
* Brad: Not today, You Monster! Penny, You're ready for this?
* Yadina: Yeah, I want to help you!
* Brad: By the power of training wheels!. I, Am, Bike Man!
* Xavier: No! not him!
* Brad: You're going down.
* Xavier: Ugh! Take this!
* (The monster hits Bike Man)
* Brad: Aah!
* Yadina: Is this the end for our hero?
* (Bike Man gets up)
* Brad: The battle is just getting started. Prepare for this!
* (Bike Man hits the monster)
* Xavier: No! You have defeated me! I'll be back!
* Yadina: You did it, Bike Man!
* Brad: Thank you, Penny.
* Yadina: And so, another day is saved, Thanks to, Bike Man!
* Cleopatra: Wow, You did so well. That was actually pretty good.
* Brad: Thanks, We act out very incredible
* Xavier: And we followed the lines on the script
* Yadina: We never been voice acting before.
* Cleopatra: Glad to know guys, And I think Stephen is coming back now.
* Stephen Hillenburg: I'm back! Wow! You three are so good at voice acting!
* Brad: Yeah we did!
* Yadina: And check it out, We followed the script!
* Xavier: It was Brad's idea
* Stephen Hillenburg: Alright. Now there's one more thing that we need to do.
* Xavier: What's that?
* Stephen Hillenburg: The Sound Design Room!
* Yadina: Oh, It's a room where we get objects to make sounds for a cartoon.
* Brad: Like a balloon that goes, Pop!
* Xavier: And a car that goes, Vroom!
* Stephen Hillenburg: Yeah! We gonna need lots of sounds to make for Brad's finished cartoon.
* Brad: Yeah! Let's do this!
* Yadina: Let's make some sounds!
* Stephen Hillenburg: Here we go then
* Xavier: I'm so excited. Here Brad, Have a balloon to use for your cartoon
* Brad: Thanks, Xavier
* Yadina: Okay, We're all to add sounds to it.
* Xavier: And this will be a lot of hard works
* Stephen Hillenburg: Okay, Brad. You go first.
* Brad: Okay. I'm ready! Tell me when?
* Stephen Hillenburg: Wait for it. Now!
* (Brad popped a balloon)
* Brad: Did I do good?
* Stephen Hillenburg: Well, Yes.
* Yadina: That’s amazing!
* Xavier: It‘s like working on a test pilot.
* Stephen Hillenburg: It sure does, Is there anything else you wanna ask me about?
* Yadina: I got one for you, Stephen. Are you planning to make more cartoons in the future?
* Stephen Hillenburg: Yes, I will make some more. Don't you worry.
* Xavier, Yadina and Brad: Yes!
* (They high-five each other)
* Stephen Hillenburg: So, You wanna continue making some sounds?
* Brad: Yes, We can do this.
* (They kept on making sounds for Brad's cartoon, Then later, Stephen tells them the good news)
* Stephen Hillenburg: The cartoon is, Wait for it, Completed!
* Yadina: Yeaaaaaaaahhhhhh!
* Brad: Is Yadina all hyped again.
* Xavier: Yes. Thanks for helping us make a cartoon for Brad.
* Stephen Hillenburg: No problem, It's always a pleasure to be working with you guys.
* (Berby appears)
* Stephen Hillenburg: Berby, Take them home, I'll surprise them with something in there modern day tomorrow.
* Xavier: Bye Stephen
* (Berby takes them back to present day)
* Brad: (Yawns) I'm really tired.
* Xavier: Let's go to bed. It's getting late.
* Yadina: Good night.
* (The next morning)
* Brad: Guys, Wake up, Stephen is telling us something.
* (They run downstairs)
* Stephen Hillenburg: Hey you three, It's Saturday Morning. You know this means?
* Yadina, Brad and Xavier: Our cartoon is starting!
* Sharktopus: Pass me more of that cereal.
* Brad: Best morning ever. Thank you guys.
* Xavier: You're welcome.
* (It cuts back to white background, Where Xavier, Brad and Yadina are popping out of the red circle)
* Yadina: Isn't meeting Stephen Hillenburg amazing?
* Brad: Yeah.
* Xavier: He helped a lot of people with his episode ideas of his own.
* Yadina: And since kids love SpongeBob, He is still running today.
* Xavier: perhaps one of the most greatest remembered cartoonists ever!
* Brad: Thanks for enjoying our adventure to meet cartoonist, Stephen Hillenburg.
* Xavier: Who use to be a kid just like you and me.
* Yadina: So kids like you can change the world. I'm Yadina
* Xavier:I'm Xavier.
* Brad: I'm Brad, And I'll always make lots more cartoons, Just like Stephen Hillenburg.