aerodrive overhaul storyboards
DESCRIPTION
Another pitch I made for Frederator Studios GOCartoons program. It looks like a long read, but it's storyboards, so it doesn't take all that long to go through. It follows the crew of a rocket truck as they deal with a fender bender in an exotic locale. Who thought dealing with insurance could be this much of a hassle.TRANSCRIPT
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The rocket truck speeds over open water.
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LOGAN: I hate ocean runs! Nothing ever happens!
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Logan pushes his face into his hands. Blue wanders aimlessly into the shot.
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LOGAN: Uuuuuuuuu--
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Blue walks directly into the bulkhead with a solid bonk. Logan pulls his face down with his hands.
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LOGAN: --UUUUUUGHHHHH
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Logan continues to stretch his face. Blue recovers and changes directions.
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DAD: Logan, why don't you just watch TV like you always do?
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LOGAN: The only thing they're playing is a marathon of that stupid reality trucker show!
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Logan gestures violently towards the screen. All look towards the screen.
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ANNOUNCER: Welcome back to ROAD TO GLORY with Max Turbine!! The only show bringing you the road!!
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Show appears on TV
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LOGAN: They don't get anything right!
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Logan folds his arms.
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Logan sinks into his seat, displeased.
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DAD: Oh look!
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Dad perks up.
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DAD: Cortuna Bay! That's pretty close to us!
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Obnoxious motion graphics on the TV.
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Max Turbine winks, sending a star careening towards the camera.
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The star grows larger.
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The star turns into a garish transition.
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MAX TURBINE: Welcome to Cortuna Bay, where we're bringing it--
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Max Turbine is now standing on a beach, the back of his truck and a palm tree in the background.
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MAX TURBINE: To the MAX!! Yeah! We're delivering--
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Max flexes, bulging everywhere.
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MAX TURBINE: --These tiny bikinis--
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Max makes a pinching gesture.
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MAX TURBINE: To these chicks!
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Max points behind the camera.
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The camera spins quickly, blurring the background.
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Chicks. In bikinis.
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One squawks.
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One falls over.
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A jet of water appears in the distance, as the squawker produces squawk 2: electric boogaloo
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MAX TURBINE: Whats that? Camera, zoom in!
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The water jet grows larger.
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MAX TURBINE: A truck?
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The camera zooms in, revealing a truck as the source of the jet.
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LOGAN: Huh, that looks kinda like our truck.
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The camera zooms in again, showing Logan, Blue and Dad in the cabin watching their screen.
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They all look up into the camera.
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BLUE: THAT IS OUR TRUCK! LOGAN: BRAKE BRAKE BRAKE
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They freak out.
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The truck is shooting over the water.
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ALL: Continuous muffled screaming.
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The engines rotate forward and blast hard to brake.
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The truck slows, moving backwards in frame, but obviously still barrelling forward.
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The chicks sit calmly on the sand.
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The truck blows by, barely missing the chicks.
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The chicks remain unfazed.
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One of the chick's bikinis comes untied--
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--and falls to the ground.
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Sadface.
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The truck continues its wild braking, throwing up dust and sand.
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It sprays sand onto Max, but misses him and his truck.
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It comes to a stop, lightly bumping the palm tree--
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--Which rights itself--
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And then falls over, crushing the rear of Max's truck.
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DAD: Yeeeeeaaaahhhhhhhh...
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The crew knows they done screwed up.
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MAX: My... My...
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Max's distraught, unbelieving face is framed in the center of the shot.
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MAX: My truck--
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The camera zooms out, showing Max's pleading gesture.
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MAX: My beautiful truck--
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The camera continues to zoom out, pulling away from Max.
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MAX: It's been destroyed!
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Max throws his head back, and huge miyazaki tears stream forth.
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DAD: Well, that's unfortunate.MAX: Yuup.
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Dad and Max stand in front of the wrecked section of Max's truck. Max rubs his head with his hand.
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Dad: So, should we call insurance?
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Max: I guess we have to.
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Max drops his arm.
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DAD: I really hate those guys. MAX: Me too, my man... me too.
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The camera cuts to outer space. Floating above the planet is a space station.
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The words "YakuzaCare Insurance Headquarters" Types out next to the station. The camera slowly zooms in.
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The camera continues to zoom in.
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YAKUZACARE BOSS: The time has come. Are you ready, my child?
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The YakuzaCare Boss sits robed in darkness and shadow, his face poking out from the pitch darkness under his hat.
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YAKUZACARE REP: Yes, master.
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A single figure kneels on the ground in front of the YakuzaCare boss dressed in a business powersuit.
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YAKUZACARE REP: I will not fail you!
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Cut to the figure's face, eager to enact insurance justice.
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A drop pod is ejected from the space station.
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It ignites its boosters.
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And blasts down towards the surface.
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The empty beach is calm, the waves lapping against the shore.
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The silence is broken by the sound of a loud rocket.The drop pod slams into the beach, throwing up sand and dust.
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The dust settles.
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The door pops open.
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The YakuzaCare Rep pops out.
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YakuzaCare Rep: Ok... Truck, Tree, clearly an act of nature--
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The rep points to everything with her pen as she speaks.
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Their conversation gets cut off by a loud engine sound.
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The engine sound continues.
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A second pod drops onto the beach.
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The dust settles.
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The pod doors open.
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MYSTERIOUS REP: Stop right there!
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And out pops another insurance rep!
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MYSTERIOUS REP: Act of nature... I didn't think you'd stoop that low... Angela.
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Camera zooms into the Rep's face.
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ANGELA: You dare challenge me... Donny?
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DONNY: The honor of MafiaGroup insurance corp demands it.
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Donny raises his fist, revealing s a set of brass knuckles.
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ANGELA: Then we shall do battle. TO FIND WHO IS AT FAULT!
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[OC] ANGELA: You will fall before my might!
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Blue and Logan look on.
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[OC] DONNY: Nothing will stand between me and your end!
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They look at each other.
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LOGAN: Blue, do you want to just fix his truck ourselves?
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BLUE: Yeah that sounds more interesting than this.
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The insurance reps stand on the beach in front of the crashing waves, a blood red sun setting in the background.
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DONNY: I've got an offer for you Angela...
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Donny tightens his grip on his brass knuckles.
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DONNY: ...On some casualty insurance.
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Red fire erupts from his hands.
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ANGELA: HA! My rates are awesome already!
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Angela settles into a fighting stance.
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ANGELA: Are you interested in some life coverage!?
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Blue Plasma shoots forth from her hands.
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Cue montage music.Logan is measuring the top of the damage. Blue works on moving the tree.
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Blue shoves the tree, toppling Logan off of it.
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Logan is drawing on a tablet.
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He shows it to Blue.
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They smile.
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Plans for fixing the truck.
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Logan is holding a piece of sheet metal.
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Blue punches it, bending it into an angle, and directly into Logan's stomach.
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Logan keels over.
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The reps are now surrounded by their power. Rocks and debris fly up around them.
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Battling intensifies.
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Logan is welding. Blue paints the new side of the truck with some flames.
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They eat lunch. Blue gets knocked over by a bird landing on her head.
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Dad and Max a ways away from the battle, as the Reps continue to charge their power.
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LOGAN: Hey Dad, we fixed everything!
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Logan and Blue enter.
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LOGAN: See?
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Logan gestures off screen.
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Dad whaps Max on the shoulder.
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And then points off screen. Max turns around.
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LOGAN: All fixed!
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Cut to the truck. It's now been repaired Blue and Logan style.
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LOGAN: With 100% more rockets! BLUE: I found the lady on the internet.
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The rocket engine ignites and rumbles.
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They look expectantly towards Max.
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Max looks...
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..And starts to twitch and tear up...
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Blue and Logan make worried noises.
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MAX: It's just how I always imagined it should be.
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Max cries tears of joy.
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Logan lets out his baited breath in relief.
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ANGELA: FALL TO MY FAMILY'S SECRET TECHNIQUE SACRED LIGHTNING CUT!
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Lightning arcs wildly around Angela's hands, mixing with the flow of power all around her.
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DONNY: IT IS YOU WHO WILL FALL TO MY HIDDEN FISTS OF FIRE!
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Donny's fists burst with fire, a maelstrom of fury enveloping him.
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A cell phone tone goes off from Donny's pocket.
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DONNY: Hold on, call from the client.
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Donny raises his hand, gesturing for Angela to give him a moment.
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DONNY: They settled it internally? OK. Mhmmm.
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Donny brings out his phone.
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DONNY: Looks like we're not needed here anymore.
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Donny and Angela release their power and Donny hangs up his phone.
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DONNY: I'm goin' home.
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They start walking off. Angela puts her hair back into a bun.
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DONNY: We still on for Tuesday? ANGELA: You bet! I'll call you tonight.
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They get back into their respective pods.
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The pod hatches close.
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The engines rumble and then ignite.
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Blasting them off...
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...and out of screen.
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Leaving the beach a little charred, but otherwise empty.
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LOGAN: Aahhhh, this day was much better than I expected.
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Logan and Blue watching the pods take off.
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Logan looks to his left.
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LOGAN: Hey Max! You want to do this again sometime?
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Logan shouts over his shoulder.Blue rolls her eyes.
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MAX: Not on your life.
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Max stands, petting the chick that lost its bikini. Bikini now back in place.
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LOGAN: Fair enough... Fair enough.
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Logan turns back to the sky.
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LOGAN: You ready to roll Blue?
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BLUE: Let's go.
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The truck rumbles into the screen and Dad honks the horn.
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