Late Night Snack/Transcript


 * (We begin with a night sky with some 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. One of the boys, David, wakes up while his stomach rumbles. The other boy, Michael, and the two girls, Jennifer and Amy wake up as well while their stomaches rumble.)
 * David: I'm hungry!
 * Michael: Me too!
 * Jennifer: Me three!
 * Amy: Me four!
 * David: Let's go to the fridge for a midnight snack.
 * Jennifer: Yeah, let's go!
 * (The kids sneak out of their bedroom and into the hallway. They sing "Midnight Mission". As they sing, 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. At one point during the song, the kids' shadows come to life and play jump rope, dance, and change into different forms.)
 * (As the kids continue singing, they go down the stairs and past the foyer where we see four raincoats, umbrellas, rain hats, and rain boots. David's raincoat, umbrella, rain hat and rain boots 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, which are the same colors.)
 * (After the song ends, the kids come to 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.)
 * David: There's the fridge.
 * Michael: But the fridge is over there and we're over here.
 * Amy: Well, we'll just have to get across the room to get to the fridge.
 * Jennifer: But look what's in our way!
 * (The kids gasp in horror.)
 * (They see some obstacles in the way, including 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!
 * Jennifer: Looks like we'll have to get to the fridge without waking Daddy.
 * 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!!!! (Not looking where she's going, she trips over the rollerblades, hitting the floor with a THUD!)
 * Kids: Shhhh!
 * (Daddy stirs, but then goes back to sleep.)
 * Kids: Phew!
 * (Michael steps backwards and 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: Let's just hope Daddy has enough money to pay for the window.
 * (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.)
 * David: Don't worry. Daddy can fix the vase tomorrow.
 * Jennifer: Let's hope so.
 * (As Jennifer speaks, she bumps backward into the baby's bassinet.)
 * (The bassinet tilts to the side and crashes to the floor. Startled by the impact, Baby Tony suddenly wakes up crying loudly and kicking his feet.)
 * Kids: (gasp) Oh, no! Tony!
 * (Jennifer picks up the wailing baby while David, Michael, and Amy turn the bassinet upright. Jennifer puts Tony back inside, but he continues to cry.)
 * (David, Michael, and Jennifer try to shush him while Amy shakes a rattle.)
 * Jennifer: Don't cry, 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. As Tony continues to cry, a music box starts playing off-screen.)
 * Jennifer: (singing) Rock-a-bye baby on the treetop
 * When the wind blows, the cradle will rock (At this point, 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 gives Tony a kiss on the forehead and puts him back into the bassinet.)
 * Jennifer: Good night, Tony, and sorry I knocked over the bassinet and woke you up.
 * David: We've got to be more quiet.
 * Michael: Very quiet. (As he is speaking, he backs into the wall. The force of Michael hitting the wall sets off the cuckoo clock, which begins to chime 12:15 a.m. The chimes almost wake up Daddy, but he manages to go back to sleep.)
 * Amy: You almost woke Daddy, you crazy clock!
 * (Jennifer trips over the dog, who begins barking loudly.)
 * Jennifer: Shhhh, Fido! Be 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 she speaks, 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.)
 * (Not looking at the floor, 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 and David: Gizmo!
 * Gizmo: Want to see a balloon animal?
 * Audience kids and David: Yes!
 * Jennifer: David, turn off the TV! It'll wake Daddy!
 * (David turns off the TV, just as Daddy goes back to sleep.)
 * David: Oh, man! I really wanted to see Gizmo the Clown make balloon animals!
 * Amy: We can watch more TV tomorrow, but now, let's get to the fridge and not wake Daddy!
 * (As she is walking, Jennifer bumps her head on the birdcage.)
 * Jennifer: Ow!
 * Michael: Are you all right, Jennifer?
 * Jennifer: (rubbing her head) Sure, I'll be fine.
 * (The birdcage shakes and falls to the floor, waking up the parrot.)
 * Jennifer: Oh, no! I hit my head on the birdcage and I woke up Polly!
 * (Polly the parrot flies around the cage, panicking and sending feathers flying.)
 * Polly: Squawk! Who woke me up?! Squawk! You'll pay for this! Squawk!
 * Jennifer: Shhhh! Quiet, Polly, or you'll wake up Daddy!
 * (David and Amy put the cage upright and Jennifer places a cloth over Polly's cage, silencing him. Daddy goes back to sleep.)
 * Kids: Good night, Polly.
 * Jennifer: I'm sorry for waking you.
 * Polly: It's okay. Good night, kids.
 * David: We've got to be more careful.
 * Jennifer: Very careful.
 * (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.)
 * (As Michael walks, he steps on a toy keyboard, which begins to play music while David, Jennifer, and Amy cover their ears.)
 * Amy: That music is too loud!
 * David: Turn it off before Daddy wakes up!
 * (Michael quickly turns off the keyboard.)
 * Jennifer: Whew, that was close!
 * (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, 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! (She bumps into a table which has a plate with a piece of chocolate cake on it. The plate crashes to the floor and the cake is reduced to mush.) Oops!
 * (Daddy snorts, but goes back to sleep.)
 * David: We're getting closer to the fridge.
 * Amy: Yes, just two more obstacles to get past.
 * (As Jennifer is walking, she 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. (He bumps into a table and 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!
 * Michael: And we didn't wake Daddy!
 * Amy: I knew we could do it!
 * David: Now we can have our midnight snack!
 * (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.)
 * (After the credits, it is morning and Daddy wakes up and sees the kids' footprints on the carpet, the broken window, the shattered vase, feathers near Polly's cage, the broken dish and mushed cake, and the fallen pots and pans.)
 * Daddy: That's funny. I thought I heard the kids singing to Tony and putting Fido, Polly, and Tiger back to sleep, watching Gizmo the Clown, and listening to music last night. Guess I must have been dreaming. Oh, well. Let's just hope we have enough money to pay for that window and I will try to fix that vase.