Primer/Deleted Scenes

These are the deleted scenes from the animated film Primer where it was found on the DVD and Blu-ray release.

List of deleted scenes

Ashley in the Dream Realm

(Scene begins another night where Ashley is sleeping as the camera zooms into her eyes. She wakes up as she starts dreaming and the camera zooms out a bit to find everything completely dark with only her eyes visible.)

Ashley: Where am I? Why is it so dark in here? Hello? (looks around) Anybody here? (singsong voice) Hello?

(A light turns on the entire background to find Ashley's in a dream realm)

Ashley: Whoa! I'm in a dream realm! So cool. (sees different superheroes) OMG! There's Superman! And Wonder Woman! The Flash! Even Krypto the Superdog!

(Krpyto winks at her and she giggles. A giant piece of wood Ashley's standing on starts moving a little faster)

Ashley: Wait. Where are you taking me?

(The wood piece keeps floating towards Ashley's dream)

Ashley: Oh, no. Please don't show me this.

(Too late as the Dream Realm shows Ashley's dream of her as a kid on the night Frank gets attacked by the cop)

Frank: Kick me the gun! NOW!

(The young Ashley reluctantly complies as she kicks the gun to her father and Frank shoots the cop, to her horror)

Ashley: (quickly wakes up) Dad, no! (breathes gently, sighs) Nothing to worry about. I'm with my new foster family now. No big deal.

(She goes back to sleep as the scene ends)

Primer Saves Luke

(Scene begins at the park, a few days before Ashley's birthday, where she continues training with the superpowered body paints)

Luke: It was very awesome how you took on those medieval criminals last night.

Ashley: (while testing the tan paint, which gives her the power of mimicry) Yeah, bud, you should've been there. They were like, "We're the Night Knights!", and I was like, "Bring it on, Night Knights!", and we were battling, but I showed 'em what for.

Luke: How?

Ashley: By the yellow orange paint to grow myself big, and I was like, "Now, turn yourselves in!", and they ran all the way to jail like chickens.

Luke: Nice!

Ashley: I'll be right back, I gotta wash the paints off. (walks to the fountain to wash the paint off her arms)

Luke: Okay. (looks around the park) Man, it's beautiful out here today. (keeps looking around the area when one of Strack's robots suddenly pops out of nowhere, startling him) AAHH!! Sorry, what kind of robot are you? (The robot grabs him and flies away)

Ashley: (comes back in) Okay, Luke, let's order some food from... (finds Luke gone) Luke? Hello? (sees Luke and the robot's footsteps on the ground, indicating...) Luke's been kidnapped! I have to save him.

(Cut to Dupont Underground where Luke is being held hostage by the robot.)

Luke: If it's those paints you want, I'm not telling you where they are!

(The robot gags him with a piece of tape)

Ashley: (offscreen) Luke? Are you in there? (cut to her walking through Dupont Underground) Where are you? (looks at and admiring various pieces of art) Wow! Look at these pieces of art! This my kind of place. But I must find Luke first. (continues searching) Luke? Yoo-hoo! (sees Luke tied and gaged) Luke! What happened? Who did this? (Luke points to the robot as it stands a few feet from her while knowing she has the paints) Release my friend, you big metal tin can! We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

(The robot prepares itself in a battle stance)

Ashley: Very well. (puts on the red, red violet and light purple paints on her body, which activates the power of super strength, telekinesis and animal morphing)

(The two begin the fight as the robot shoots missiles at her, but transforms into a kitten similar to Whiskers from DC League of Super-Pets to avoid them. She then turns back to normal and the robot charges at her to punch her, but uses her super strength to lift the robot and throw it against a wall. The robot, still not giving up, tries one last time to attack by flying towards her, but Ashley uses her telekinesis to lift the robot, slamming it to the ground and ceiling several times and finally crushing it into a square. She throws it away and unties Luke)

Ashley: Luke, are you okay?

Luke: I'm fine, Ashley. Thank you for saving me. I'm so glad to have a friend like you.

Ashley: You're welcome, buddy. And me too. Now let's go get something to eat.

Luke: Good idea, I'm famished.

(They leave Dupont Underground as the scene ends)