Late Night Snack/Transcript


 * (We begin with a night sky as storm clouds cover up the stars and the moon. Titles appear, Universal Pictures and Illumination present followed by Late Night Snack. The camera pans down to reveal a two-story house. Inside we hear a man and children's voices.)
 * Daddy: Good night, kids.
 * Kids: Good night, Daddy.
 * (The camera zooms in on a bedroom window. We see two boys and two girls sleeping. The camera zooms in on a digital clock which reads 8:00 p.m. The words "A few hours later" appear. The digital clock now reads 12:00 a.m. A thunderstorm is going on outside. One of the boys, David, wakes up while his stomach rumbles. The other boy, Michael, and the two girls, Amy and Jennifer wake up as well.)
 * David: I'm hungry!
 * Michael: Me too!
 * Amy: Me three!
 * Jennifer: Me four!
 * David: Let's go to the fridge for a midnight snack.
 * (The kids sneak out of their bedroom and into the hallway as lightning flashes. They pass by several pictures including themselves, Daddy, their mother, a baby boy, a dog, a cat, a parrot, and the whole family as well as family moments such as Daddy and the mother getting married, the baby being born, the family celebrating Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, and Christmas, having a picnic, going on a camping trip, and visiting a theme park, the zoo, the circus, the farm, and the beach.)
 * (They go down the stairs and past the foyer where we see four raincoats, umbrellas, and backpacks. David's raincoat, umbrella, and backpack are red, Michael's are blue, Jennifer's are yellow, and Amy's are green. On the left, we see four winter coats, winter hats, and pairs of mittens)
 * (They come into a doorway leading to the kitchen. The camera zooms across the room and stops at the fridge as light illuminates around it like a holy grail.)
 * (The kids gasp in horror.)
 * Jennifer: But look what's in our way!
 * (Illuminated by the lightning flash, they see some obstacles in the way. The obstacles include rollerblades, a baseball, a vase, the baby sleeping in a bassinet, a cuckoo clock, the dog sleeping, a tricycle, a television, the parrot sleeping in a birdcage, a picture frame, a toy keyboard, a bowl of fruit, a radio, a dish with a piece of chocolate cake, the cat sleeping, and a pile of pots and pans. In the middle of the room, Daddy is sleeping in his bed.)
 * Amy: There's Daddy!
 * David: Yeah, and he's asleep!
 * Michael (whispering): We have to be very quiet. Any one of these things could wake up Daddy!
 * (The kids tiptoe into the room.)
 * Amy: Well, so far, so GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!! (In the lightning flash, she trips over the rollerblades, hitting the floor with a THUD!)
 * Kids: Shhhh!
 * (Daddy stirs, but then goes back to sleep.)
 * Kids: Phew!
 * (Michael walks backwards and in the lightning flash, steps on the baseball, sending it flying across the room. The ball bounces off the walls and crashes through a window. Daddy doesn't stir and remains asleep.)
 * Amy: We hope Daddy has enough money to pay for the window.
 * (In the lightning flash, David bumps backward into a table the vase is on. The vase wobbles then drops to the floor with a CRASH! Daddy almost stirs, but goes back to sleep.)
 * (In a flash of lightning, Jennifer bumps backward into the baby's bassinet and nearly knocks it to the floor.)
 * Kids: (gasp) Oh, no! Tony!
 * (David, Michael, and Amy grab the left side and Jennifer grabs the right side of the bassinet just as it tilts to the side and they turn it upright before it hits the ground. Startled by the impact, Baby Tony suddenly wakes up crying loudly and kicking his feet.)
 * (David, Michael, and Jennifer try to shush him while Amy shakes a rattle.)
 * Jennifer: Please stop crying, Tony! I didn't mean to wake you!
 * Michael: Shhh! Everything's going to be okay!
 * Amy: Look at the rattle!
 * David: Hush, Tony! You'll wake up Daddy!
 * (Tony only cries louder. Daddy begins to stir.)
 * Michael: Please be quiet, Tony!
 * Amy: Oh, no! The rattle's not working and Daddy's gonna wake up!
 * David: Somebody do something!
 * Jennifer: I know! Hey, Tony, I'm going to sing you a lullaby.
 * (Jennifer quickly picks Tony up and rocks him back to sleep.)
 * Jennifer: (singing) Rock-a-bye baby on the treetop
 * When the wind blows, the cradle will rock (Tony stops crying and Daddy goes back to sleep.)
 * When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall
 * Then down will come baby, cradle and all
 * (Tony yawns and falls back to sleep.)
 * David: (whispering) Way to go, Jennifer! That certainly was a close one!
 * Amy: (whispering) That was some nice singing.
 * Michael: (whispering) Now put him inside or he'll wake up and start crying again!
 * (Jennifer puts him back into the bassinet.)
 * Jennifer: Good night, Tony, and sorry I almost knocked over your bassinet.
 * (Michael backs into the wall. In the lightning flash, the force of Michael hitting the wall sets off the cuckoo clock, which begins to chime. The chimes almost wake up Daddy, but he manages to go back to sleep.)
 * (Accompanied by the lightning flash, Jennifer trips over the dog, who begins barking loudly.)
 * Jennifer: Shhhh, Fido! Quiet, or you'll wake up Daddy!
 * (Jennifer gives Fido a bone and he stops barking. Daddy goes back to sleep.)
 * Amy: Jennifer, way to quiet Fido! (As the lightning flashes, she suddenly backs into the tricycle, sending it crashing into the wall and honking the horn on it. The sound of the trike hitting the wall and the horn honking almost wakes up Daddy, but he goes back to sleep.)
 * (As the lightning flashes, David steps on a remote control and the television turns on. A clown is shown laughing and juggling.)
 * Clown: Hey, kids! Who's your favorite clown?
 * Audience kids: Gizmo!
 * (David turns off the TV, just as Daddy goes back to sleep.)
 * (As she is walking, Jennifer bumps her head on the birdcage illuminated by the lightning flash.)
 * Jennifer: Ow!
 * (The birdcage shakes and falls to the floor, waking up the parrot.)
 * (The parrot flies around the cage, panicking and sending feathers flying.)
 * Parrot: Squawk! Who woke me up?! Squawk! You'll pay for this! Squawk!
 * Jennifer: Shhhh! Quiet, Polly, or you'll wake up Daddy!
 * (Jennfier puts the cage upright and places a cloth over Polly's cage, silencing him. Daddy goes back to sleep.)
 * Kids: Good night, Polly.
 * Jennifer: We're sorry for waking you.
 * Polly: It's okay. Good night, kids.
 * (In a flash of lightning, David backs into the wall, causing a picture frame to shake and fall to the floor with a THUD! He manages to hang the picture back up before Daddy could stir.)
 * (Accompanied by a flash of lightning, Michael steps on a toy keyboard which begins to play music.)
 * David: Turn it off before Daddy wakes up!
 * (Michael quickly turns off the keyboard.)
 * Jennifer: Whew, that was close!
 * (In the lightning flash, Amy bumps into a table the bowl of fruit is on. A pineapple, some grapes, an apple, some bananas, and an orange fall out of the bowl, but the kids manage to grab the fruit and put them back in the bowl.)
 * (As David is walking, he accidentally turns on the radio illuminated in the lightning, which plays dance music.)
 * Michael: This is no time for a dance party!
 * Amy: It's going to wake up Daddy!
 * (David shuts off the radio before Daddy could wake up.)
 * David: That was close!
 * Amy: You said it! (Accompanied by the lightning flash, she bumps into a table which has a plate with a piece of chocolate cake on it. The plate crashes to the floor.) Oops!
 * (Daddy snorts, but goes back to sleep.)
 * (As the lightning flashes, Jennifer accidentally steps on the cat's tail, making him scream in pain.)
 * Jennifer: Shhhh! Be quiet, Tiger, or you'll wake Daddy!
 * (Jennifer gives Tiger a toy mouse and he goes back to sleep just as Daddy does the same.)
 * Michael: We're almost there. (In a flash of lightning, he accidentally knocks over a pile of pots and pans, causing them to fall with a loud CRASH! Daddy nearly wakes up, but settles back down.)
 * (The kids finally make it to the refrigerator.)
 * Kids: (whispering) Hooray!
 * Jennifer: We made it to the fridge!
 * Amy: I knew we could do it!
 * David: Now we can have our midnight snack!
 * Michael: And we didn't wake Daddy!
 * (David has a banana, Michael has a chocolate chip cookie, Amy has a carrot, and Jennifer has a slice of apple pie.)
 * (The fridge door closes revealing the words The end.)