Mickey's Faithful Easter at the House of Mouse/Transcript

Transcript
(The movie opens in a cemetery during winter as we see Pete walking up to a cross-shaped gravestone that has his grandmother's name on it. As he sadly looks at the grave, we transition to the title card of the movie. Soon, we fade to a bouquet of lilies being held by Lilo. We then see Mushu come talk to us.)

Mushu: [to the viewers] Happy Spring everybody. I just love spring it's when Easter comes and we all get together at the House of Mouse to celebrate. If you ask me there's no better time then to come all the way from China and celebrate the hope of Easter with everybody you see.

[Then he sees Pete walkng toward him]

Mushu: Yipe!!

[Get jumps outta the way]

Mushu: Hey! Watch where you're walking you big Palooka!

(Pete doesn't hear him Then we dolly down the main city street. Vendors on street corners hawk their wares. The tons sing of Spring and Easter.)

Everyone: We sing this tune As flowers bloom And snow melts all away For Spring has sprung And with it comes Another Easter day.

Jasmine: The church bells ring, And birdies sing A great cacophony.

Jiminy Cricket: I celebrate With tea and cake

''That's the English way for me. Aha!''

Pinocchio: I hunt and pick the colored eggs and fill my basket full.

Nani: That's my new hat You give it back Now aren't I beautiful?

(She takes back her hat and puts it on, only to get cracked eggs and egg yolk in her hair. Cut to Lilo and Stitch selling lilies to people.)

Lilo: Thank you, Poilce chief. We sure feel safe with you around!

Stitch: Yeah!

Cinderella: Good morning, Lilo and Stitch.

Stitch: Aloha!

Lilo: Buy a lily for Easter Oh buy one in delight, Just two pennies for a lily, and we'll smell them tomorrow morn. Lily for the Easter! Step right up! Buy a lily!

Stitch: Buy Lilly! Muga, muga!

Lilo: [sees Pete] Tuppeance for a lily, Pete?

Pete: How's that?

Lilo: A lily, Pete. For Easter!

Pete: This for Easter?

Lilo: Yes sir, it a symbol of a new life and-

Pete: But it's real. It wont last.

Lilo: Excuse me sir?

Pete: It'll be gone tomorrow. It's too fragile. (Shakes the flower's petals off.) See? (Takes out a plastic Easter egg.) This is what Easter is about. It's colorful, its pretty, its plastic. Now wouldn't you like this instead of your silly lily?

Lilo: Your grandmother loved flowers. She always bought a lily for Easter.

Lilo: My grandmother made Easter! (Lilo rolls her eyes and walks away and Stitch follows) Well, just a moment young lady, you forgot to pay for that egg.

Lilo: I don't have any money!

Pete: (She throws the egg at Pete) Ouch.

(We see Lilo and Stitch walking until they sees Mertle and her Friends)

Lilo: Hi, guys!

Mertle: Oh, it's Weird-Lo.

Elena, Teresa and Yuki: Hi, Lilo.

Lilo: Huh? Why did you three say hello?

Teresa: What else? It's Easter time!

Elena, Teresa and Yuki: We Love Easter!

Lilo: Me and Stitch too. Are you ready for the Easter show at the House of Mouse tomorrow?

Yuki: Yeah!

Lilo: Where you guys off to?

Elena: We're on our way to the store to buy some Easter bonnets to wear tomorrow.

Mertle: Well i have one already. And it's got a mauve Easter egg on top.

Lilo: Mauve?

Mertle: It's a dark pink color.

Lilo: Oh.

Teresa: So what are you and your dog doing Lilo?

Lilo: We're selling lilies. Want one? Well, i'm selling them for two pennies for people but you guys are my friends so you can take some for free.

Mertle: Oh, please. Those thing are not colorful.

Elena: I think they look nice. Me, Yuki and Teresa will take three.

Lilo: Here you go. I'll see you guys tomorrow at the House of Mouse.

[She and Stitch leave after that.Elsewhere at the airport Timon and Pumbaa are there waiting Timon's Ma and Uncle Max to get off the airplane they flew from Africa. They're visiting for Easter]

Timon: Ma. [hugs her] Uncle Max!

Pumbaa: So nice of you to come stay for Easter.

Timon's Ma: Oh this is so exciting! Timon, i'm so proud. I can't wait to see the Easter show tomorrow.

Uncle Max: Neither can i. But it's not gonna be exciting to relax at a show on Easter instead of digging tunnels.

Timon's Ma: Aw, come Uncle Max. You worry too much. Besides I love Easter! It's is a special Holiday

[Lilo and Stitch arrive]

Lilo: Want a lily? It will be two pennies.

Timon's Ma: Sure. [gives her two pennies and Lilo hands the lily to her] Thanks

Lilo: You're welcome. Happy Easter!

Stitch: Aloha!

[They leave after that]

Timon's Ma: See?

Uncle Max: [sighs]

[Elsewhere at the store Woody walks by to see Mike and Sulley and Pooh and Tigger]

Woody: Good Morning guys.

Mike, Sulley, Pooh and Tigger: Good Morning guys.

Woody: Where are you guys going?

Mike: Sulley and i are taking these Eggs to the House of Mouse for everybody to paint and dye for the egg hunt.

Pooh: Me and Tigger are...uh,? What are we doing?

Tigger: We're taking special grass to weave Easter basket with and barrels of lemonade to drink.

Woody: Wonderful! I'll see you both at the House of Mouse.

[Mike and Sulley and Pooh and Tigger leave Meanwhile at the House of Mouse, Mickey his nephew Ferdie, Minnie, Daisy and Pluto are setting the House up for tomorrow.]

All: We sing this tune as rainbows bloom on eggs red, green and blue.

Daisy: Like colors in the windows when the sun comes shining through.

Minnie: ''The tv here is mighty here. A precious work of science,'' But patience, Daisy will see this glass tomorrow when Easter starts.

Mickey and Ferdie: ''The hope of Easter's coming to shine forth in the morn. It is coming now to bring us the gift of life reborn!''

Ferdie: (coughs) Hey Uncle Mickey, isn't that Old Man Pete?

Mickey: Ferdie! His name is just Pete. Could you hand me an O?

Ferdie: Sure. Is he really the richest man in town?

Mickey: Oh ha ha. I don't know about that but his family has owned most of the property around this House has for generations. How about a couple of R's now? Even the land this whole house sits on.

Ferdie: Here you go. Why don't we ever seen him in the House of Mouse?

Mickey: I don't really know. I heard. he used to come when she was little His grandmother would bring him. I need an O now and W if you can find it.

Ferdie: (coughs) So why doesn't he come anymore? How about an upside-down M? Maybe he just doesn't like Easter.

Mickey: Oh, sure he does. Why he makes all of the Easter Eggs at his factory!

Ferdie: Yeah, but why doesn't he celebrate Easter with the rest of us. Doesn't he like the House of Mouse? Is he just plain mean?

Mickey: Now, Ferdie, he's never done any harm to us. Perhaps one day, he'll come to one of our shows. [gets an idea] Tell you what, Me and Pluto will go see him later and invite him ourselves to see the unveiling of the new House of Mouse Tv screen tomorrow. In the meantime, you be respectful.

Daisy: Hey, isn't that Old Man Pete?

(Mickey rolls his eyes. Meanwhile at the Factory, mechanical chickens are laying plastic eggs for the factory. The eggs are loaded onto a cart. The cart is grabbed by a claw which then puts the eggs in a bowl. Then the eggs make their way through a pipe that leads them to a plunger that pushes them into a giant metal egg. Then the cart is put back on the rails. As it goes down the ramp, we see Donald and Goofy who are working there talking to each other.)

Goofy: You ask him.

Donald: Uh no, you ask him.

Goofy: I'm not gonna ask him.

Donald: But he was in your movies.

Goofy: That doesn't mean he likes me!

Donals: Look, Goofy, we've been working for your uncle for more than a year now to help him prepare for somthing he's doing tomorrow for Easter. Right?

Goofy: Right.

Donald: And has he given us a single day off?

Goofy: No.

Donald: And it was your idea to take Easter Sunday off right?

Goofy: Right.

Donald: So we can do our jobs at the House of Mouse and see the new tv screen?

Goofy: Right!

Donald: So you should ask him.

Goofy: But..

(Before Goofy can speak, the front doors open. PETE walks into the factory.)

Donald: (clears throat)

Goofy and Donald: Morning, Mr. Pete, sir.

Pete: Goofy. Donald.

(As Pete walks toward his office, Donals gives Goofy a little push, telling him to talk to his Pete.)

Goofy: Tomorrow's the big day huh, Pete?

Pete: Not as big as it'd be if folks didn't spend the day in night clubs instead of out buying more of my eggs.

Goofy: Right. Well, see ya.

(Goofy bumps into Donald)

Donald: What was that supposed to be?

Goofy: I don't know. I panicked!

Donald: Oh, let me handle this. Would you like the morning report, sir?

Pete: Oh, let me guess.

Donald: Egg production is up.

Pete: I said I wanted to guess.

Donals: And I'd say we have eggs a-plenty.

Pete: That depends on how you look at things. Is the egg tank half-full or half-empty?

Donald: The workers are happy, though a little bit tired.

(One mechanical chicken overheats.)

Pete: Ah. The satisfying fatigue of productivity.

Donald: And there will be a beautiful show at the House of Mouse tomorrow.

Pete: You think so, wouldn't ya?

Donald: All-in-all it should be a...glorious Easter. So um, Pete?

Pete: Don't you have chickens to tend?

Donald: May I ask you a question?

Pete: Mmmm no. (He goes into his office as Donals and Goofy follow.)

Donals: Umm...Pete. What I wanted to ask you was...Well...Everything is going so well...so couldn't we...umm...close up shop...Just for Easter?

Pete: What?! Close up shop? Do you know what that would mean?

Donald: Umm...

Pete: You know when my Grandmother started this factory?

Donald: Oh no, here comes the speech again. 113 years ago. Yeah, I know, sir.

Pete: 114! She was making Easter before you were born!

(Pete opens a photo album as a song starts.)

Pete: 113 Years ago, with one chicken and a coop,

my grandma started dyeing eggs for the local girl scout troop.

She started making money, and as the business grew,

she got more hens and colors and she knew just what to do.

She built herself a factory to do what she loved best

She kept on dyeing Easter eggs, but then you know the rest...

Donald: Yes sir, she...

Pete: ...''I suppose it was bound to happen, her age she could not hide, More than 100 years of living, and then one day she died. But before she drifted off that day, she whispered in my ear, those words I never shall forget, I still hear them loud and clear...''She said, "Petey..." She always used to call me Petey. "Petey..I've taught you the family business, and with my dying breath. I say you tell every single person, Easter means no death." Now at first, this all confused me, 'til I realized ''That as long as I make Easter eggs, It's like she's still alive. (the egg-shaped music box plays a tune) She built herself a factory to do what she loved best. And I'll keep making Easter eggs, my one and only quest.'' Tomorrow the world will see how I'm gonna make Easter even bigger and better! And Grandma will live forever, just like she wanted! So you see, we can't just stop the factory. That would let Grandma down.

Cavis: But Petey, er...I mean Pete, sir, I...ah...

(There is a knock at the door. The door opens to reveal Mickey and Pluto.)

Mickey: Hello there! Mind if we come in?

Pete: That'll be all! Now get back to work.

Mickey: But I don't work here.

Pete: Well, I'm not hiring either.

Mickey: Oh, no. That's not why we're here. We came to...

Pete: Oh, it's you Mickey Mouse?

Mickey: Why, yes, it is. Yours truly.

Pete: So, why are you here?

Mickey: Well sir, I know your Grandmother used to bring you to the House of Mouse. She loved Easter so much.

Pete: Yes

Mickey: Then you'll come?

Pete: No.

Mickey: But you said...

Pete: I said, "Yes, my Grandmother loved Easter." What's not to love with the eggs and candy...?

Mickey: Oh, but Pete, we miss you at the Easter show.

Pete: If you ask me, you've got enough people locked up already! Sittin' in those chairs when they should be out buyin' more eggs!

Mickey: I'm sorry?

[Mushu shows up]

Mushu: Hey, dude! That's no way to treat a mouse! Where's your since of Easter spirit?

Pete: Who asked you to butt in Dragon?!

[Mushu backs up and falls outta the window]

Mushu: Whoa!!

Pete: Look Mickey-I know my Grandma liked that night club, but I have no idea why since i own it nowand she never told me. I need to make Easter bigger to keep her alive, and that House of Mouse is just in the way!

Mickey: What?!

Pete: And that's why I'm working on this.

(Pete brings in a model of the the House of Mouse with little figures of Mickey, Donald, Goofy and other toons.)

Everyone: OOooooooooo.

Goofy: Is that one supposed to be me? 'Cause I'm not that fat.

(Pete gives Goofy a dirty look)

Goofy: Sorry.

Pete: ''Tomorrow is my Grandma's birthday, and she has given me a job to do. So I've been savin' all my money to make her Easter dream come true''. (He shows everyone a promotional image for...) Easter World! Where Easter is forever! Ha! Don't you just love it?

Mickey: Easter World? What's that supposed to be? Is it like some kind of an amusement park or something?

Pete: Why Actually, Yes it is!

Goofy: Oooh! I love amusement parks!

(Pete shows more promotional images reading "Why wait till Spring? We got Easter!", "Egg-O-Rama Daily Hunts," and All you can eat Bunny Buffet.")

Pete: ''Well, you're really gonna love this one. I'll make Easter last all year long! We'll have Easter Egg Hunts every day to please the massive throng!''

Goofy: Throng?

Mickey: It means "lots of people."

Pete: ''Everyone will buy my eggs, And I'll give them more to munch. They'll buy my yummy chocolate bunnies for Snack time, dessert, midnight snack!'' Grandma will be proud of me for keeping her alive and dear. The club was her most favorite place, so Easter world will be right here!

(Pete puts a model of Easter World on top of the House of Mouse. Then Mickey faints)

Pete: ''She built herself a factory to do what she loved best. And so I'm building Easter World. My one and only quest!''

Donald: But that's not what she meant! You can't do that!

Pete: Of course, I'll have to build a chocolate bunny factory, too.

Goofy: You can't tear down the House of Mouse!

Pete: Don't be silly. That land has been in my family for generations. And i own the building.

Mickey: If you just came to the show, you'd realize that....

Donald: You gotta talk to him!

Goofy: Ahem-Uh, Pete Easter is a time when-

Pete: -When I am interrupted, by people buggin' me To come to the house, and buy lilles, and shut my factory! ''But early tomorrow morning a crew will start at eight, On knocking down that little house and building something great. And folks will come from miles around on trains, on bikes, on legs... And Grandma will live forever! Just like my little plastic eggs!''

(Pete pushes a button that makes the chickens work faster.)

Goofy: Come on!

Donald: Don't do it!

Goofy: Pete, you can't do that!

Mickey: We can't let you tear the church down! Have you lost your mind?!

Donald: It's a really bad idea!!!

Pluto: [growls angrily]

Pete: I don't care about your show or your tv's or your audience. I'm gonna build the world a place where Easter is a blast!

Donald: We won't let you do this!

Petw: Begone from me, naysayers! If you won't help me with my deed, get out of here and don't come back! I'll go unaccompanied!

(Hands Donald and Goofy pink slips.)

Donald: We're fired?!

Pete: Effective immediately! ''At 8:00am the house comes down! I'll show you without guilt! The world would be a better place if that house was never built!''

(The gates to the factory shut. Fade to Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Pluto are back at the House of Mouse having told Ferdie, Minnie and Daisy about what Pete is gonna do.)

Minnie: I can't believe it!

Ferdie: Old Man Pete. He cancelled Easter.

Mickey: That's Pete! And he hasn't done anything. Yet.

Donald: I knew it! I knew this was one of Pete's plots to destroy the club!

Ferdie: What are we gonna do?

Daisy: Ferdie's right Mickey we can't just let Pete tear down the house.

[Mickey thinks for a moment]

Mickey: Well, there is one think we can do. We just need to have faith. [He puts Ferdie on his shoulder] But we'll have to let the town know.

[We fade to the daily Disney the newspaper place as Donald and Goofy parted their ways with Mickey and Ferdie but Donald had a weird glint in his eye, like he was going to go something horrible, as if he was going to rob a bank... or worse.]

Mickey: I’ll be back soon, Ferdie.

[He goes inside to let them know about the House of Mouse and after a few minutes he come back out and he and Ferdie leave Then we fade to Lilo reading the newspaper outside of her hula school finding out what's gonna happen to the House of Mouse]

Lilo: [gasps]

[Mertle and her friends arrive]

Mertle: Hey, Weird-Lo.

Teresa: Why do you look so worried.

Lilo: I have tell you something. Something awful. You know Pete the big rich cat?

Mertle: Yeah?

Lilo: He’s going to tear down the House of Mouse tomorrow!

[Mertle and her friends eyes widen]

Elena: Tear down the House of Mouse?!

Stitch: Yeah!

Yuki: But... why would he do that? Doesn’t he realize that if the House of Mouse goes, so does our hula school?!

Lilo: Yeah, i know. The House of Mouse sponsors our hula school.

Mertle: Where will we go to learn hula?

Teresa: What will become of us?

Lilo: I don't know.

[She, Stitch and the Hula girls look very sad Then we fade to a lot of other Disney and Pixar characters reading about the House of Mouse and they are all worried. Even Timon, Pumbaa, Timon's Ma and Uncle Max]

Uncle Max: Well i think we all know what's gonna happen to us now.

Timon's Ma: Uncle Max! Don't start!

Uncle Max: Now everybody in town don't get to watch cartoons together again.

Timon: He has a point.

[We cut to night as Daisy is locking up the front doors to the House of Mouse. She looks up at the building and gets a little misty. when she sees Lilo and Stitch)

Daisy: Ah. You're up awfully late, Lilo and Stitch.

Lilo: Yes, Daisy. But is it true what they're saying about the House of Mouse?

Moyer: Yes, Lilo. It's true.

Lilo: But what's going to happen? What about the my hula school? What will become of us?

Daisy: (sighs) Let me see your school, Lilo.

Lilo: Well alright. Nani is suppose to be picking me up there.

(Daisy follows Lilo and Stitch to the hula school. Meanwhile, Mickey is is putting Ferdie to bed)

Mickey: Amen.

Ferdie: (coughs) Amen.

Mickey: Now, you get to sleep. It's late and we've all got a big day tomorrow.

Ferdie: Uncle Mickey?

Mickey: Yes?

Ferdie: I'm still really worried about Old Man- I mean Pete tearing down the House of Mouse. What do we do?

Mickey: Now Ferdie, as crazy as it sounds, you have to have Faith.

Ferdie: Faith? Faith for what?

Mickey: Faith that no matter what happens, God is taking care of us.

Ferdie: I guess so but...

Mickey: Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Good night, Ferdie. I love you.

Ferdie: I love you too, Uncle Mickey.

(Outside Ferdie's bedroom, Mickey feels a bit worried about Ferdie. Minnie feels the same. Meanwhile, Lilo and Stitch is taking Daisy to the hula school Then Nani arrives to pick Lilo and Stitch.)

Lilo: We'd better go. We need to let Nani know about the House of Mouse.

[They jump into Nani's budgy and they ride off as we fade back to Pete's factory where he is looking at his plans for Easterworld]

Pete [sleepily]: The concession stand will go here... and the gift shop... (pause) It's gonna be great, Grandma. You'd really like it... I'll put your picture... [yawn] right over the door...

[His head hits the back of his chair. He's out. After a pause, we hear soft snoring. A few shots of details around the room... the clock (10:45PM)... a tin-type photo of grandma... another detail... then back tight on Nezzer sleeping on his desk. The only sound in the room is his breathing and the ticking of the mantle clock. Suddenly a voice breaks the stillness.

Grandma Pete: Pete. Pete? Pete! Wake up!

Pete: Huh? Who said that? Hello?

Grandma Pete: It's me, Petey! C'mon... wake up, already!

Pete (very nervous): Huh?

Grandma Pete: Only been gone a few months... forget my voice already?!?

[Then we see his grandmother in the painting when he's not looking, Then she leans in and rather aggressively yells...]

Grandma Pete: Surprise!

Pete: Whoa!!!! Ahh! [hides behind his desk]

Grandma Pete: Petey? Don't recognize me? It's you old Grandma.

Pete: [Peek from behind the desk and looks closely] Grandma! It is you. But, you're a ghost!

Grandma Pete: Nonsense! There's no such thing as ghosts You're just having a vision.

Pete: Uh, a vision?

Grandma Pete: A vision! It's like a dream, with a point!

Pete: A point?

Grandma Pete: Which is exactly what you've missed!

Pete: Huh?

Pete: Oh, Ebby, why didn't you listen?

Pete: Wha-huh? To what?

Grandma Pete: Oh...

You didn't listen, Petey,

Pete: To What? To Who?

Grandma Pete: To what I wanted you to learn...

Pete: What? I don't remember you telling...

Grandma Pete: I'm like the guy ignored by Caesar...

Pete: Huh? Caesar?

Grandma Pete: ...Who knew that Rome was gonna burn!

Pete: What's Rome got to do with any-

Grandma Pete: You didn't listen, Petey..

Pete: Ah, yeah, you said that...

Grandma Pete: That's why my nose is out of joint!

Pete: Huh? Well, your nose looks just fine...

Grandma Pete: I know you aren't a people pleaser...

Pete: I-I guess that's true...

Grandma Pete: But you really missed the point!!

Pete: Uh...what point?

Grandma Pete: Easter! The point! Ya got it all backwards and upside down!

Pete: Whadya mean?! How's it s'posed to go?

Grandma Pete: [she opens her mouth as she was going to tell him but then she says...] I'm not going to tell you.

Pete: What?

Grandma Pete: "A lesson learned is soon returned. A lesson lived is wisdom gived."

Pete: Ah..."Gived?"

Grandma Pete: What? I'm dead! Cut me some slack! Ebnezzer- you are in for a wild ride!

Pete: Huh?

Grandma Pete: At the stroke of midnight, you will receive a second visit! Hold on tight!

(Thunder booms and lightning flashes as Pete is suddenly back in his chair. He gets up, quivers, looks up at the photograph and sighs with relief. Suddenly, he hears the sound of a trashcan being knocked down.)

Pete: Huh? Who's there? If you're the visitor, you're... you're early!

(Cut to the outside of the factory as we see Donald and Goofy dressed as burglars. Goofy had bumped into the trashcan. Also there is a spring snowstorm happening)

Donald: Would you try to keep it down?

Goofy: Sorry, I think I stepped in a gopher hole, or something.

Donald: Come on, we don't have a lot of time.

Goofy: Why do we want to break in the factory again?

Donald: (stammering) We have to get those plans! No plans, no Easterworld, no Easterlworld, and they don't have to tear down the House of Mouse! It's bad enough that the house was snowed in and taken over by villains, I'm not gonna let the house be knocked down, too!

Goofy: I still don't feel very good about stealing the plans.

Donald: Goofy, we're not stealing the plans. We're just borrowing the plans!

Goofy: Right! Well, then why are we dress as burglars then? Burglars steal things you know?.

Donald: Goofy, we've gotta save that House of Mouse! Come on now, hoist me up!

Goofy: Okay! (Hoists Donald up.) Ow! You're stepping on my... Ouch!

Donald: Just a little higher!

Goofy: Ow, you're slipping!

Donald: Well, if you could just...(Donald falls) Whoa!

Goofy: Sorry, try again?

(Cut back to Pete as he tries to sip his tea. While doing so, Mushu peeks from behind the chair)

Mushu: Boo!

Pete: Ahhh! [jumps up in his chair then falls down and looks at Mushu in annoyance]

Mushu: [laughs] You thought i was a...

Pete: Why are you still in my factory?!

Mushu: I'm still in your factory because there's this big spring snowdrift blocking the exit!

[Pete's eye widen the he facepalms]

Pete: That means i'm stuck with you till Eight in the morning!

Mushu: Look on the bright side. We can weave Easter baskets, Make Easter eggs and Chocolate bunnies and jelly beans.

Pete: I thought you said there was a bright side.

Mushu: Aww, come on! Don't want some company while you wait for you visiter?

Pete: Wait! How did you know that?

Mushu: I heard from outside of the office. Now i'm gonna go make Easter baskets. [leaves office]

Pete: Humph!

He sits back down in his chair then he notices the clock has stroke 11:59.)

Pete: Yep, I'm just gonna stay awake! Not tired at all! I'm just gonna stay, wide...

(Pete falls asleep. Cut to outside as Goofy tries to lift Donald over the wall to enter the factory.)

Donald: Just a little bit.

Goofy: I can't quite...

Donald: No, no. J-Just an inch or two!

Goofy: I'm trying as hard as I can!

Donald: Got it! Goofy?

Goofy: (gasps) Act Casual!

Donald: Goofy? Goofy?!

Millward: Shhhh!

(The Poilce chief shows up and gives Goofy a suspicious look as he hums.)

Goofy: Hello!

(Goofy whistles as the constable leaves. Donald falls down on Goofy.)

(As the clock on the wall strikes twelve, the key on the egg begins to turn. As it slowly plays its simple tune, the egg opens up revealing a little angel named Faith. The shell of the egg becomes a skirt for her. She stretches, looks around, and flies over to a sleeping Pete. She taps his head as he snores. She whacks him on the head with her key.)

Pete: Ah! What? Hey! What? It's a BUG! A BIG Bug!

Faith: Do I look like a bug to you?

Pete: Hmm? You're... you're the Visitor?

Faith: Ding ding ding! Give the man a prize! Maybe you aren't as dense as they say.

Pete: So what are you doing here?

Faith: Maybe you are. Did you hear anything your grandmother said?

Pete: Uh, something about me missing the point, or something.

Faith: Yes, Pete - you've missed the point! The point of Easter, the point of that House of Mouse over there...

Pete: Oh, I know the point of that House of Mouse! I own that building and they try to keep people cooped up all Easter so they can't buy my eggs! That's why we'll all be better off without it!

Faith: Oh, It's gonna be a long night. Come on, let's get going! We've got some ground to cover.

(Pete starts flying over town thanks to Faith.)

Pete: Easy. What are we doing up here?! Take me back!

Faith: Not so fast, big fella. I've got lots to show you.

Pete: Ah. W-well... Could ya put it in a picture book, or maybe some slides?

Faith: Nice try. Look, you're going to see many things tonight. But mostly you're going to see that you are a first-class stinker. Oh, you're not a miser or a scrooge or anything like that. You just don't see what's right in front of you.

Pete: [gasps]

(He runs into the House of Mouse sign.)

Hope: Whoa! Here we are! Pete? Pete? Would you quit clowning around? We don't have all night.

Pete: Whoo! Oh-Ah! (Pete falls down) Oh, is this place still here? This is where I'm building Easter World, you know.

Faith: So I heard. After you.

(They enter the sanctuary. Pete spies an a doorman by the door.)

Pete: What's your name anyway?

Faith: It's Faith.

Pete: Hey! You gotta help me! I've been kidnapped by a bug! (The doorman doesn't respond.) What's the matter with that guy?

Faith: You're not really here.

Pete: Hmm? Hey, it's Grandma! Grandma! You're ok! What are you doing here?! (She doesn't respond.)

Faith: She can't hear you.

Pete (shouting): Hi Grandma! You feeling okay?!

Faith: You're not really here, Pete. This is Easter Past.

Pete: Easter Past? Oh. That's Grandma, alright. But, I don't remember that funny lookin' kid.

Faith: That's you. Now hush up and listen.

Pete: Ooo! That's my first Easter basket! I remember that!

(Young Pete opens a plastic egg to find nothing inside.)

Young Pete: Hey! It's empty.

Grandma Pete: Yes, just like the tomb in the story. Now listen here, Pete. This is important!

Young Pete: But there's nothing here.

Grandma Pete: Oh look! Look!

Young Pete: Not even a jelly bean.

(Young Pete present Pete and Hope look up. The tv screen portrays a Nativity scene. Young Pete glances up for a moment.)

Young Pete: Christmas?

Pete: Christmas?

Grandma Pete: Yes, that's where the story begins. You can't have one without the other. You see, that baby boy born so long ago...

Pete: Hey, buddy. Wanna buy an Easter egg?

Pete: Boy, listen to your Grandma! She's only trying to help you, you know. (to Hope) He won't listen to anybody.

Faith: Yeah, I noticed. Come on. Nothing more to see here.

(Young Peteis shown counting coins.)

Pete: I still don't understand that Christmas thing. Sure was a pretty picture, though.

Faith: Seems a pity you're going to knock it down.

Pete: Yeah. Can I go home now?

(Pete leaves the church and enters his office. He looks and thinks that his journey is over so soon.)

Pete: Oh! Great! Well, thanks for a very lovely evening! I sure did learn a lot... but I've got a business to run, so be sure to say "hi" to your little bug friends for me, okay? (Sees his past self.) What? Huh? Well now you messed things up! I've got TWO of me!

Faith: Hang on, this is still Easter Past. A year ago. Don't you remember this day?

(Pete from one year ago sadly looks up at the photo of his grandmother.)

Past Peter: Oh, Grandma, the chickens have been slowing down since you... Um, since you... ah... But I've got a plan.

(There is a loud knock at the door. Pete, Hope and Past Pete turn. Gopher enters, carrying a strange mechanical contraption.)

Past Pete: Gopher! Thanks for coming! What's that?

Gopher : Ah! Why it's my newest invention! The Easter-ma-phonia!

Past Pete: Oooh! How's it work?

Gopher: Well, you just throw this lever and watch the fun!

(Seymour throws the lever and the contraption clacks out a strong tempo as two bunnies and lilies frolic mechanically, Pete takes a fancy to the tempo.)

Past Pete: Mmmm... I like that crazy beat!

Gopher: Yeah, ha ha ha ha! So, ah... you called for an inventor?

Past Peye: ''Why yes I did, Seymour. Ya see I got a little problem.''

Gopher: Problem?

Past Pete: Problem.

Gopher: Problem.

Past Pete: Yes I got a little problem with my chickens.

Gopher: Chickens?

Past Pete: Birds!

Gopher: Burds.

Past Pete: Birds.

''Gopher: Well, I don't know why you called me, then. I'm an inventor, and I don't know much about boids.''

Pete: Burds?

Faith: Burds.

Gopher: Yup, and I don't know nothin' much about burds.

Past Pete: ''Well, that's exactly why I called you, friend. I need a way to make eggs round the clock. Tick-tock! These real chickens always need a rest. Ya see, they don't last.''

Gopher: But where do I come in?

Past Pete: Well I hear you're a whiz when it comes to inventin'.

Gopher: Inventin'?

Past Pete: ''Inventin'. Mechanization. Industrialization.''

Gopher: Inventing things sure is fun.

Past Pete: Well, what I need my friend is a row of chickens.

Gopher: Chickens?

Past Pete: ''Chickens. Mechanical chickens as far as the eye can see.''

Gopher: Burds.

Past Peete: You catch on quick.

Gopher: But what about the eggs?

Past Pete: Eggs?

Gopher: ''Eggs! Eggs!''

Past Pete: What about the eggs?

Gopher: Can a tin chicken lay real eggs?

Past Pete: Plastic.

Gopher: Plastic?

Past Pete: ''Plastic, my friend. In whatever color you can think it.''

Gopher: Plastic.

Past Pete: Plastic.

Faith: Plastic.

Past Pete: Yes, with mechanical chickens and plastics eggs I can make Easter bigger than before.

Gopher: Easter?

Past Pete: ''Easter. Yes, Easter.''

Gopher: Wait a minute! (Closes the contraption.) You can't make Easter bigger with plastic eggs!

Past Pete: (opens up the contraption) What I said my friend is...

Seymour: (closes it again.) No no no no no no! You got it all wrong!

Past Pete: Whaddya mean?

Gopher: Easter's not about plastic eggs and bunnies and baskets!

Past Pete: But isn't Easter supposed to last forever?

Gopher: Of course!

Past Pete: And doesn't plastic last forever?

Seymour: Well yeah, but...

Past Pete: I don't see the difference!

Gopher: Well it's kinda...

Past Pete: (opens the contraption again.) Inventing things sure is fun.

Pete: How's that?

Past Pete: I said inventing things sure is fun.

Gopher: Plastic?

Past Pete: Plastic.

Faith: Plastic.

Past Pete: Chickens!

Gopher: Burds.

Past Pete: ''Chickens! Layin' eggs all night long.''

Gopher: Chickens.

Ebenezzer: Chickens.

Gopher and Past Pete: Boids!

Past Pete: Chickens!

Gopher: Chickens!

Past Pete and Gopher: Boids!

Past Pete: Mechanical chickens!

(Faith gives Present Pete a sour look.)

Pete: What?

Faith: Did you even pay him?

Pete: I gave him an annual pass to Easter World. 10% off at the gift shop.

Faith: Oh, that's generous.

Pete: You think?

Faith: Out you.

(They exit the office and end up outside the factory.)