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| Under Wraps | The Unnaturals | |
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Prologue
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| The camera hovers over a music festival in Chicago. Then we get over to see the entrance to the festival with signs saying "ROCKIN' CHICAGO" With a guitar solo sound in the background. | |
| Unnamed Announcer | The gates to Rockin' Chicago are open. |
| Max comes on screen to reveal his outfit change and interest in the music festival, revealing him to wear flip flops, a hippy vest, a head band, and some merchandized jeans. Along with a photo of the band Shag Carpet. | |
| Max | Come on, we're going to be late. |
| Ben | For what? Like anything is going to happen in this dumb festival anyway. |
| Vance Vetteroy | So expect another scorcher with highs in downtown Chicago to top 90. |
| S.A.M. | And with no rain in sight, it's enough to make my cranium rotate. |
| S.A.M's cranium begins to accelerate its rotation at high speed. | |
| Vance Vetteroy | Not so fast S.A.M. This meteorologist thinks Chicago's drought might be over. This is Vance Vetteroy reporting. |
| They stop recording and the camera man starts packing up. Ben and Gwen run in to greet with Vance and play with S.A.M. | |
| Ben | Hey, you're the weather guy. We saw you and your robot on TV last night. |
| Vance | The Sound Anemometer Metagraph is no robot, He's a sophisticated weather reading apparatus created by me! But corrupted by a news station only after a gimmick. |
| The camera man sighs and looks away in embarrassment. | |
| Gwen | Uh, Okay? Whatever. |
| Ben and Gwen run to Max to go to the festival. | |
| S.A.M. | Vance? What are you doing? |
| Vance | What I should have done long ago. Reprogramming your circuitry. When you ascend past the troposphere, you'll release a hydro-oxidated solution creating a gathering of cumulous clouds producing rain. Instead of just reporting the weather, I'll finally be making it. |
| S.A.M. ascends pass the troposphere and releases a large amount of a hydro-oxidated solution that gathers clouds in a high concentration to produce a storm. The electrical difference between the higher clouds to S.A.M was great enough to strike him with a bolt of lightning. That causes him to malfunction and become evil. | |
| Vance | No! |
| It rains harder, and water gathers around S.A.M., turning it into a water monster. | |
| Max and Gwen are dancing while Ben looks on in disgust. | |
| Ben | Aw, great. Could this day get any worse? |
| The water monster arrived at the concert. | |
| Gwen | You were saying, dweeb? |
| The Tennysons look on in fear as the scene fades. | |
| Theme Plays | |
Act 1
| Speaker | Dialogue |
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| The water monster attacks the people and Ben sees his Sumo Slammer Digi Downloader destroyed. | |
| Ben | Oh, not my Sumo Slammer Digi Downloader! |
| The water monster kidnaps people with its water tenacles and tries to do the same with Max and Gwen. | |
| Vance | This can't be happening. |
| Cameraman | You're back on live in ten seconds. |
| Vance | A, ugh, giant water sprout has sprung out of nowhere. A entity seemingly with a mind of its own. |
| Gwen | You're the plumber, Grandpa. Don't you have anything to plug up that thing? |
| Ben | Alright, water freak, now it's personal. Time to let Ripjaws rip you to shreds. |
| Ben tries to turn into Ripjaws, but he turns into Heatblast. | |
| Heatblast | Aw, man. |
| Gwen | Last time I looked in a science book, water puts out fire, not the other way around. |
| Heatblast | Time for my own science experiment. |
| Heatblast flies toward the monster and tries to attack it, but the monster sends him crashing to the ground. | |
| Heatblast | This thing's really starting to steam me. |
| Gwen | That's it. |
| Heatblast | That's what? |
| Gwen | How to trash it. Super heat. Go supernova hot and turn its water into steam. |
| Heatblast | Uh, yeah, I knew that. |
| Gwen | Oh, and velocity equals intensity. |
| Heatblast | Huh? |
| Gwen | The faster you spin, the hotter you'll be, dweeb. |
| Heatblast | Uh-huh. |
| Heatblast creates a fire tornado. | |
| Heatblast | Oh, getting dizzy. |
| Heatblast's fire tornado evaporates the monster. Heatblast reverts back to Ben. | |
| Ben | Oh yeah, h2o to h2-no. [Ben sniffs his armpit.] Guess I don't need to take a hot shower for a while, huh? |
| Gwen | So how'd that thing get here? |
| Max | I dealt with a few instant weather abnormalities on the job. Some ETs can represent themselves as elemental beings. |
| Ben | Well, if it was from outer space, Heatblast just sent it out of sight, which means we can go to the Sumo Slammer convention in Milwaukee. New Digi Downloader, here I come. |
| Max | We already had that discussion. We came to Chicago for the music festival. |
| Ben | Oh, that is so not fair. |
| Max | Fair? This entire summer, we've gone where you want to go, Benjamin. |
| Ben | What about Aunt Vera's house? That wasn't my idea. |
| Gwen | And you ended up having a good time. |
| Ben | Yeah, okay, but-- |
| Max | You know I've waited all summer to see "Shag Carpeting." |
| Ben | Those weirdos make Wildvine look normal. Besides, who listens to records anymore anyway? |
| Max | That's not the point. |
| Ben | No, the point is, what's more important, getting a new Digi Downloader some sea alien trashed that I kicked butt on, or staying here just because you say so. |
| Both | Gwen, explain it to him. |
| Gwen looks confused. | |
| Both | You just don't get it. |
| Max and Ben storm away. | |
| Vance takes S.A.M. to the news van. | |
| Vance | I created you. Now it's time I destroy you. |
| S.A.M. | Wait. By readjusting my circuitry, you've allowed me to molecularly alter the weather. I'm not just some gimmick anymore. Now I am everything you always wanted me to be. |
| Vance | It's too late. |
| S.A.M. | It's all about image, and without me, you'll just be another pretty face. Now, do you still want to make it rain? |
| Vance looks in shock. | |
| The scene comes back to the festival. | |
| Gwen | Grandpa, it's like they have everything here! Polka, punk, rock, rap, reggae. It's a total world beat. |
| Ben | More like a total world bore. |
| Max | Hey, hey, the "Shag Carpeting" autograph booth. So who wants to come to the booth with me? |
| Ben | I'd rather brush Vilgax's teeth with my tongue than wait in line to get those fossil's autographs. |
| Gwen | We'll meet you afterwards, okay, Grandpa? |
| Max | Okay, be at the stage for "Shag Carpeting" at 3:00. |
| Max walks away. | |
| Gwen | Could you be any ruder? |
| Ben | Hey, if Grandpa doesn't care what I wanna do, why should I care about his dumb band? |
| Gwen disapproves of Ben's behavior and walks away. | |
| Vance is programming S.A.M. | |
| Vance | Get ready to go live. |
| S.A.M. | Everyone in Chicago will remember you forever, Vance. |
| Vance sends S.A.M. into the sky. | |
| S.A.M. | But for all the wrong reasons. |
| Gwen sees S.A.M. blast off in the sky. | |
| Gwen | Now that's weird. |
| S.A.M. turns into a cloud monster. | |
| The scene turns to the stage. | |
| Band Member #2 | Oh, where is Nigel? We're on in five. |
| Band Member #1 | Probably just tweaking his costume. He always has to go all out. |
| Ben hides behind the speaker. | |
| Ben | Who needs Grandpa when I can accelerate there and back before he even knows it. |
| Ben transforms into XLR8. | |
| Band Member #1 | Nigel. I love the new look, mate, now get up here and jam. |
| The band member grabs XLR8 and puts him on the stage and on the drums. | |
| XLR8 plays the drums too hard. But then, he sees the cloud monster attacking people. | |
| Gwen sees the monster shooting lightning and looks on in fear as the scene fades. | |
Act 2
| Speaker | Dialogue |
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| XLR8 saves Gwen from the purple lightning. | |
| Gwen | Ben, up there. |
| Vance arrives to stop it. | |
| Vance | No. I can't control it. It's over, do you hear me? |
| S.A.M. | Actually, it has just begun. |
| S.A.M. shoots purple lightning at Vance, but XLR8 saves him and other civilians. | |
| S.A.M. | If you thought the great Chicago fire was bad, you haven't seen anything yet, Vance. |
| The cloud monster heads to the city. | |
| XLR8 | I'll follow it. |
| XLR8 leaves to follow the cloud monster. | |
| Gwen | Grandpa, we could lose sight of it before we make it back to the Rustbucket. |
| Max | Who says we have to go to it? |
| Max signals the Rustbucket to their location. | |
| The cloud monster is destroying the city and the Tennysons and the firefighters are chasing after it. | |
| Gwen | A water creature and a lightning monster? Seems too coincidental. |
| XLR8 turns around and see a TV showing a new episode of Sumo Slammers. | |
| XLR8 | Wow! New episode? |
| XLR8 and S.A.M. have a staredown before XLR8 attacks. | |
| XLR8 | Gotcha now! |
| S.A.M. | I don't think so. |
| S.A.M. hits XLR8 with purple lightning and falls onto the Rustbucket. | |
| Gwen | Now, that's one ugly bug on our windshield. |
| XLR8 enters the Rustbucket. | |
| XLR8 | Any ideas on how we're going to stop it? |
| Gwen | We need something to short out its electrical power. |
| Max | The snowiest winter I ever spent I spent in Chicago. |
| XLR8 | We don't have for stories now, Grandpa. |
| Max | The city treated the roads with salt. Kept it stored in trucks like those up ahead. (Max points at them.) |
| Gwen | Right, the sodium in the salt could short circuit it. |
| The scene returns to S.A.M. destroying the city. | |
| S.A.M. | Ah, the arena and Wrigley Field. Today's forecast calls for destruction. |
| Vance chases S.A.M. in his news van. | |
| Vance | "Build yourself a robot partner, Vance. He'll be great for the action weather team." Sure, boss, whatever you say. |
| The Rustbucket zooms past Vance's van. | |
| Gwen | Ben, since that cloud monster's not a solid mass, you'll have to somehow direct it into those trucks. |
| XLR8 | I'm on it. |
| XLR8 leaves. | |
| XLR8 | One accelerated funnel coming up. |
| XLR8 leaps inside the cloud monster and creates a tornado, shooting S.A.M. directly into the salt trucks. | |
| XLR8 falls in a lake and reverts back to Ben. | |
| Ben | (Coughs) Ew. Uh, hey, guys. |
| The scene returns to Gwen and Max seeing the salt covering S.A.M. Ben arrives soaked. | |
| Ben | Guess I don't need to take a bath for a month. |
| Max | Good job, Ben. |
| Ben | No prob. So, this means we can go to the Sumo Slammer convention now? |
| Max | Sorry. One has nothing to do with the other. |
| Ben | But I went XLR8 to save the day. |
| Max | As a matter of fact, I was wondering about that. You just happened to be him when that cloud monster appeared? |
| Ben | Uh, yeah. Why? |
| Max | Well, just that XLR8 could have zipped off to that convention without Gwen or me ever realizing you were gone. |
| Ben | Oh, like you think you know everything! |
| Gwen sees Vance arriving before getting in the Rustbucket. | |
| Vance gets out of the van. | |
| Max turns on the radio. | |
| Gwen | I know how much you wanted to see "Shag Carpeting." Sorry, Grandpa. |
| Max | Oh, well, guess I'll just have to catch 'em at their next 20-year reunion. |
| Unnamed Announcer | Due to popular demand, the "Shag Carpeting" concert will go on at the music festival, which has seen its share of destruction today. Long live rock, Chicago! |
| Max | Whoa, how lucky are we? |
| Ben | Is that a trick quest... |
| Gwen covers Ben's mouth with her hand. | |
| The Rustbucket drives off to the festival. | |
| Vance | Fool me once, shame on you, S.A.M. Fool me twice, shame on me. It's time you went offline for good. |
| S.A.M. | I can't let that happen, Vance. You started all of this. Now I need to finish it, whether you like it or not. |
| S.A.M. attacks Vance and transforms into a monster of different weather entities as the scene fades. | |
Act 3
| Speaker | Dialogue |
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| The scene comes back to the concert at night. | |
| Max | Right on! Isn't this just the grooviest? |
| Ben | "Grooviest?" Oh. And I thought Grandpa's shirt was out of date. |
| The lights come on and Shag Carpeting come out. | |
| Max | Oh, it's the opening to "Twister Alley." |
| Ben nods his hand in disapproval. | |
| Suddenly, it starts to rain and a tornado comes down. | |
| Gwen | When they play that song, does it always feels like a real tornado flowing through? |
| The festivalgoers scream in terror. | |
| The water blasts captures them and traps them in a giant monster made of metal, which shoots purple lightning and destroys the booth. | |
| Vance | You've got to stop! |
| S.A.M. | Only when I get my revenge on those who stopped me before. |
| S.A.M. shines a light on the Tennysons. | |
| S.A.M. | There you are. |
| Ben | This city really has some weird weather. |
| Max | It's like that thing's now become a combo platter of disaster. |
| S.A.M. | If you think you can stop me again, you have greatly been misinformed. |
| Gwen | A massive weather monster with a command of the English language? Now that's something you don't see every day. |
| S.A.M. blows the Tennysons away and attacks them. | |
| Max | I've heard that humming before. |
| Gwen | Me, too. |
| Both | It sounds like the beginning of "Twister Alley." |
| Ben | Going hero. |
| Ben transforms into Four Arms. | |
| Four Arms | Time to give you a hand.. ...or four! |
| Four Arms attacks S.A.M., but he is unharmed. | |
| Gwen | I saw part of that weather robot shot up in the air. And that weatherman was at the salt truck when we were. |
| Max | If that weather robot is its power source, and all along it's been sending out that humming, all we have to do is create a sound on the opposite end of the frequency spectrum. |
| Gwen | And maybe Four Arms can get close enough to short it out. |
| Four Arms keeps attacking the monster, but it blocks his attacks. | |
| Max | Ben, the feedback frequency you need is programmed into that amplifier. Get inside of that thing and start strumming away on the guitar. |
| Max and Gwen toss Four Arms two guitars. | |
| Gwen | And get as close to that robot's head as possible. |
| S.A.M. attacks the Tennysons again. | |
| Gwen | Fast! |
| Four Arms leaps inside S.A.M. | |
| Vance | Of course. You're planning on using a frequency on the opposite end of the spectrum to short S.A.M. out. Brillant! |
| Four Arms | I am? I mean, of course I am. Brains and brawn. |
| Four Arms plays the guitars, but reverts back to Ben. | |
| Ben | Okay, well, so much for the brawn. |
| S.A.M. attacks Ben, but he swings back and plays the guitars once again. | |
| S.A.M. | You are giving me a headache. |
| Ben | Does it feel like your head's going to explode? |
| Ben shorts S.A.M. out and rides the guitar like a surfboard. | |
| Ben | Oh, no! |
| Max catches Ben. | |
| Ben | Guess I do need a bath after all. |
| We see Vance holding S.A.M. as he powers down. | |
| Vance | Well, for now on, I'm just reporting the weather, not trying to change it. Guess there's nothing wrong with just being another handsome face, huh? |
| Max | Yeah, I know what you mean. |
| Ben and Gwen laugh. | |
| Max | What? |
| The scene comes back to the concert. | |
| Gwen | So are they still as good as you remember them, Grandpa? |
| Max | No, they're better. |
| Max sees Ben snapping his fingers to the tune. | |
| Gwen | Ben Tennyson. Are you really rocking out to "Shag Carpeting?" |
| Ben | Actually, they're pretty cool for a bunch of fossils. |
| Max | Here, let me give you a better view. [Max puts Ben on his shoulders.] I tell you what, we can head out to that convention once the concert's done. |
| Ben | Ah, no rush. Hey, think they'll play an encore? |
| We see the concert one last time before the scene fades. | |
| Credits Play | |