Invisible Mojo/Transcripts

Part One
(Opening shot: the city skyline)

Narrator: The City of Townsville! (Cut to: Mojo's Lair) Townsville Volcano Mountain!

(Mojo and his shadow, making an evil speech...)

Mojo: I, the great and evil, Mojo Jojo, am about to build my most fiendish, most diabolical invention yet: my new Chamber of Invisibility! (He shows the Chamber of Invisibility similar to one Phineas and Ferb invented) Of course, this is only a prototype. Let’s see… I entered the chamber. (Chamber of Invisibility zapping) It works! When the door opened, the invisibility ceased shortly. (He groans loudly) That’s where this otherwise brilliant plan falls apart! (He walks to a drawing board.) I must design of my own Chamber of Invisibility.

(Cut to: Nowhere. Courage is digging in a field -- a large expanse of land with nothing around.)

CLOSER ON COURAGE

as he digs... deeper... and a look of surprise crosses his face -- and so does a glow of light from the hole!

COURAGE’S POV: HOLE IN GROUND as he dusts the remaining dirt off a beautiful glowing stone.

ANGLE ON COURAGE as he lifts the stone from the hole, examines it, turns it, wonders what it could be... then puts it in his mouth and carries it away. As Courage walks off, we linger... and PAN UP to reveal a sign reading: RESTRICTED AREA! KEEP OUT! BIG TROUBLE! (with a skull and crossbones under the lettering).

CUT TO: EXT. SPACE - SIMULTANEOUS

A satellite orbiting the Earth BEEPS and changes direction. It’s monitoring something. In a series of closer and closer shots -- CLICK CLICK CLICK -- we see Courage, walking, holding the glowing stone. The image is on a surveillance monitor.

Narrator: The Bagge Farmhouse in the middle of Nowhere.

CUT TO: INT. KITCHEN - DAY Eustace is at the stove, sipping from a spoon, sneaking a taste of something cooking in a pot. He hears MURIEL ENTER and quickly puts the spoon back into the pot, trying to act nonchalant.

MURIEL: Eustace, I’ll get t’makin’ dinner soon as I’m done cookin’ that batch of my Special Secret Recipe Blue Ribbon Dog Food.

Eustace: (spits) PTOOIE! Eustace pulls out his tongue and scrubs it with a horse brush. Muriel begins to stir the pot.

MURIEL This batch is for the County Dog Food Contest and this year no one’s stealin’ my Special Secret Recipe.

Courage enters through the back door, the stone in his mouth, the glow strong on his face. Muriel looks at Courage as she continues to stir the pot.

MURIEL (CONT’D) Courage, ya got a tan. It’s dashing. Courage shakes his head and proudly displays the stone.

MURIEL (CONT’D) Oh, how lovely. Is it for me?

COURAGE (nodding; affirmative sounds) Muriel pulls out a string and ties the stone around her neck.

MURIEL How does it look?

Eustace: Like a big ugly rock.

CUT TO: EXT. SPACE - SIMULTANEOUS

The satellite... BEEPING, locking in... Another satellite with Mojo's face on it... BEEPING.

CUT TO: INT. GOVERNMENT OBSERVATION ROOM - SIMULTANEOUS

Narrator: Top Secret Government Facility!

ANGLE ON A BIG SCREEN As before, the image pushes in -- CLICK CLICK CLICK -- getting closer, showing the hole Courage left when he dug up the stone. From O.C., we hear two OFFICIAL MILITARY VOICES.

FIRST OFFICIAL VOICE (O.C.) Sir, security has been breached. The rock has rolled. Big boy’s gone bye bye.

GENERAL (O.C.) You mean...

FIRST OFFICIAL VOICE (O.C.) Someone found where we hid the stone... and they took it away.

GENERAL (O.C.) Well, I’ll be stuffed and basted. Do we know where it went to? O n the screen, the image changes to something in the far distance. Then -- CLICK CLICK CLICK -- the image enlarges. It’s the Farmhouse.

FIRST OFFICIAL VOICE (O.C.) That house.

As we PUSH IN slowly on the image of the Farmhouse:

GENERAL (O.C.) Well I’ll be sliced and served with gravy...

CUT TO: INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Courage and Eustace are sitting at the dinner table, ready to eat.

MURIEL (O.C.) Okay, boys. Dinner’s ready.

Muriel enters, carrying a dinner tray. She’s only fifty percent visible -- she’s fading away!

Narrator: Oh my!

ANGLE ON COURAGE as he takes out a finger bowl, takes the eyes out of his head, rinses them in the finger bowl, then puts them back in his head -- and screams!

COURAGE Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!

CUT TO: INT. GOVERNMENT OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT ANGLE ON A DESKTOP

A small spotlight shines down on the desktop. An official folder is dropped onto the desk. A fly buzzes around.

GENERAL (O.C.) Here are your orders to retrieve the Invisibility Stone. They come from on high.

FIRST OFFICIAL VOICE (O.C.) You mean...

GENERAL (O.C.) That’s right: The Big Salami. Primo Domo. Papa Oo Mow Mow. He authorized billions of tax dollars spent on this project -- and he wants the stone back.

FIRST OFFICIAL VOICE (O.C.) Our national security is worth every penny.

GENERAL (O.C.) Actually, he just likes to put the thing on so he can slip out past the Mrs.

FIRST OFFICIAL VOICE (O.C.) Ah. GENERAL (O.C.) Retrieve the stone -- and anyone who has worn it.

FIRST OFFICIAL VOICE (O.C.) How will we know if someone has worn the stone?

GENERAL (O.C.) You won’t be able to see them.

FIRST OFFICIAL VOICE (O.C.) So whoever isn’t there...

GENERAL (O.C.) Bring here.

(Cut to: Mojo's Lair)

(The shadow of Mojo Jojo cast huge against the wall inside. We hear the scratching of a pencil as the camera turns down toward the floor. He is working at a drawing board that stands by itself in its particular area of the lair. A single lamp throws light onto his efforts. Zoom in on him.)

Mojo: (with mounting fervor) Yes…Yes…Yes! Yes! (stopping work, looking at design) Perfect.

(Head-on view of him and his blueprint, zooming in. The drawing shows a new version of the Chamber of Invisibility.)

Mojo: Something’s amiss. I need a power source. (The fly arrives) My spy fly! Top Secret. The Invisibility Stone. That's what I am missing!

(He scribbles a few calculations; close-up of his pencil flying on the paper.)

Mojo: (from o.c.) Oh yeah, oh yeah, ooooh, that’s it! (Back to him, triumphant.) Ha-ha! Perfect! (sliding blueprint into an envelope) Tomorrow I'll have to retrieve the stone before a government facility does. When I shall unleash...

(He seizes the pencil and writes on the front of the envelope. Cut to his perspective of it in his hands; it now bears a title in big black letters.)

Mojo: (reading) …"Mojo Jojo’s Best Invisible Theft Plan Ever!"

(Cut to him and zoom in as he laughs evilly over this soon-to-be coup de grace. Still laughing evilly, he runs off across the lair, his shadow looming over the far wall, and through a door that slides shut behind him.)

(Cut to the farmhouse in the morning)

Narrator: Next day, next day, next day...

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY - ESTABLISHING Morning, next day...

CUT TO: INT. KITCHEN - DAY

Eustace is at the table reading the newspaper. ANGLE ON COURAGE as he enters the kitchen. He looks up and sees... MURIEL serving breakfast. But she is now totally invisible! All that can be seen is her outer clothing, her glasses and the glowing stone. Muriel is acting like everything is perfectly normal.

Narrator: Muriel is invisible! I hope Mojo won't get his hands on the Invisibility Stone.

COURAGE (hysterical babble)

MURIEL Courage, I made ya a sandwich of my Special Secret Blue Ribbon Dog Food -- just the way ya like it.

Invisible Muriel brings Courage a huge, over-stuffed hero sandwich, dripping with dog food, with a decorative umbrella on top.

MURIEL (CONT’D) (while setting down sandwich) I just know I’ll win the contest with this batch. Muriel turns and walks back to the stove. Courage leaves the sandwich on the table. ANGLE ON COURAGE as he pulls out his MyPhone and dials.

ANGLE ON MURIEL She takes a bite of her breakfast; we see the bolus in her mouth as she chews. WIDER: INCLUDE EUSTACE

Eustace: Muriel! Close yer mouth when ya chew!

ANGLE ON COURAGE on his MyPhone.

COURAGE (babbling on phone)

CUT TO: INT. VINDALOO’S OFFICE - DAY - SIMULTANEOUS

Dr. Vindaloo is cradling the phone between his head and shoulder while he shaves his leg; his pants leg is rolled up.

VINDALOO (on phone) You should immediately remove the stone from the invisible one.

CUT TO: INT. KITCHEN - DAY - SIMULTANEOUS Courage yanks the stone from Invisible Muriel, and resumes babbling...

COURAGE (babbling on phone)

CUT TO: INT. VINDALOO’S OFFICE - DAY - SIMULTANEOUS

Dr. Vindaloo, shaving leg, on phone. VINDALOO (on phone) Still invisible? What’s up with that?!

COURAGE (V.O.) (babble; from Vindaloo’s phone) INVISIBLE MURIEL first draft / February 4, 2000 6.

VINDALOO You bring me the stone and I’ll run some tests. (cuts leg) Ouch! ...And dog -- bring a bandage.

CUT TO: INT. KITCHEN - DAY - SIMULTANEOUS Courage hangs up the phone. Then... DEEP RUMBLING. The sound of HELICOPTERS OUTSIDE. WIDE ON ROOM as Courage runs to grab onto Muriel, who looks around, confused. The Farmer doesn’t look up from his meal. Suddenly, several GOVERNMENT AGENTS BARREL IN ON ROPES... One through the window. One through the door. One from the ceiling. Like outtakes from The Matrix, they swiftly perform a series of thoroughly unnecessary acrobatic moves around the room -- stopping only to take a bite of toast -- then continuing. Eustace doesn’t look up from his meal. Finally, the agents grab Muriel and head back out the way they came in. But Courage takes hold of Muriel’s boot and hangs on -- resulting in a tug of war with the agents. They struggle, then Muriel POPS out of her boot... ...leaving Courage with only the boot. As quickly as they arrived, the agents are gone. Then, an AGENT sticks his head in the window.

AGENT Don’t worry, kid.

The Agent displays his ID.

AGENT (CONT’D) Federal Agent. Your mother’s working for us now, and so’s her stone.

INVISIBLE MURIEL first draft / February 4, 2000 7. (MORE) Stay in school, sleep often and practice good hygiene. The Agent pops out again. Courage is scared soundless. He takes from behind his back the glowing stone and looks at it in horror. Then...

COURAGE (screams) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

ANGLE ON Eustace not looking up from his meal.

Eustace Told ya it wuz an ugly rock.

(Cut to the hole where Courage dug out the stone. Mojo lets out a frustrated roar. He digs more)

Mojo: I know they hid the stone. I can’t find it! Where is it? Oh, where, oh, where can the invisibility stone be?!