A couple of pages out of a script written for a US kids animation
EXT. DINOCAVE. DAY
DINO (pronounced Deeno) the young dinosaur is watching his
father (his hero), FRANKIE brushing his hair in the mirror.
Dad likes what he sees.
Next to the mirror is a photo of a dinosaur who resembles
Dean Martin.
FRANKIE
Did
I ever tell you how your mom
and
I came to name you, Dino?
DINO
(to himself)
Yes,
dad it ...
FRANKIE
It
was after that great dinosaur
singer,
Dean Martinsaurus.
FRANKIE gives the photo a polish while he starts to SING.
DINO covers his ears.
FRANKIE (CONT’D)
“When the moon hits your eye like
a Jurassic sky, that’s
Dinosauria”
With the singing over, DINO takes his paws away from his
ears.
FRANKIE (CONT’D)
Ain’t
you excited? Heck! I know I
am.
Me and my son in our first
trek
into...
(Frankie sings this bit)
“ta..ta. ta.ta..the
Unknown
Forest”
FRANKIE looks at DINO.
FRANKIE (CONT’D)
Ain’t
you even the slightest bit
excited?
DINO
Sure,
dad but why do they call it
the
Unknown Forest?
FRANKIE
It’s
not the (Frankie uses rabbit
ears quotation marks with his
fingers) “Unknown Forest”. It’s
the
(Frankie starts to sing
this bit again)
“ta..ta. ta.ta..the
Unknown
Forest”
DINO
But
why, dad?
FRANKIE
Because,
it’s unknown and it’s a
forest.
DINO
But
fathers and sons go there
every
year. Don’t they know it
even
a little bit by now?
FRANKIE
Dino,
it’s not good to ask too
many
questions.
DINO
That’s
not what my teacher says.
FRANKIE
She’s
doesn’t know what she’s
talking
about, she’s just a
Microraptor.
DINO
She’s
smart.
FRANKIE
She’s
small. Small raptor, small
brain.
DINO
She
says you’re the smartest man
in
Dinosauria.
FRANKIE
She
said that?
DINO
Sure
did, dad.
FRANKIE
You
must introduce me next time.
FRANKIE looks back at the mirror and GROWLS at what he
sees.
FRANKIE (CONT’D)
You
monster!
FRANKIE winks at his reflection.
EXT.ON THE WAY TO THE UNKNOWN FOREST
DINO and FRANKIE are
trudging along a path.
DINO
Are
we there yet?
FRANKIE
We’ve
only just left.
DINO
So
we’re not there yet?
FRANKIE
No.
Patience, my son.
DINO
Are
we there yet?
FRANKIE
Can’t
you do something? What about Eye-Spy?
DINO
Dad,
that is so last ice age.
FRANKIE
Well
what about that thing you’re carrying?
DINO
Oh, okay dad.
DINO takes a large shell
he’s been carrying and puts it to his ear. DINO seems pleased.
FRANKIE
So
what is that thing?
DINO
It’s
a SyPod, dad. You can hear the sea. All the kids have got one.
FRANKIE walks on totally
amazed.
FRANKIE
What will they think of next? Jeez...
bobby stevenson 2013
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