Feeble Force

A Screenplay By:

3’s Company Production

1 INT. BEDROOM- MORNING(PAST) 1

The Batman theme song escalates out of the alarm clock as

JOHN is wakened by the cool morning breeze blowing through

the open window. He slowly rises out of bed, stretches, and

hits the snooze button.

MOM

(O.S)

John! Get up! You’re going to be

late!

JOHN

Alright, alright I’m up! Geeze.

(Springs up. Rolls eyes. Gets

down on floor in push-up

position.)

UGH!

(Attempts to lift 10lb

dumbbells)

OOF!

(Drops dumbbell)

BOOM!

MOM

(O.S.)

What is all that commotion John?

Get your ass down here you’re going

to miss the bus!

JOHN

Mom, relax! I’m coming!

(Walking towards the

bathroom.)

MOM

Do not tell me to relax young man!

JOHN

(Looking at himself in the

mirror. Flexing biceps)

Damn. Looking good this morning.

(Walks back to room. Unzips

pajamas. Opens closet)

John picks out his outfit for the day, quickly throws it on,

and heads to the kitchen.

JOHN

(Pretending to fly down the

stairs.)

WOOOSHHHH!!!!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 2.

MOM

(Hands him lunch box and

backpack.)

Here’s your lunch. Give me a kiss.

Goodbye.

JOHN

(Sprints outside then right

back in. Sprints to the

refrigerator and grabs milk)

I almost forgot my gallon!! Bye Ma!

MOM

What!! Bring that back here!!! Now!

2 INT. SCHOOL BUS- MORNING 2

John hops on the chaotic bus. He walks down the aisle and is

instantly shoved into a seat by PETE DURHAM.

PETE DURHAM

Sit down you little shit.

JOHN

Leave me alone Pete!

PETE DURHAM

What the fuck are you wearing?

JOHN

What? This? It’s my super suit you

idiot!

PETE DURHAM

(Grabs milk.)

Super Suit my ass.

JOHN

(Grabs for milk)

Give it back! I need my protein!

PETE DURHAM

(Pours the milk on John’s

head.)

You can drink all the milk in the

world and nothing will change the

fact that you’re a little twerp.

BUS DRIVER

(Looks in the rear view

mirror.)

Break it up back there!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 3.

PETE DURHAM

It’s all good back here MRS. N.

Right, John?

JOHN

(Milk dripping down face.Puts

arm around Pete.)

Yup! Everything is fine. We’re just

joshin’.

MRS. N

You boys better behave. And clean

that damn mess up!

3 INT. APARTMENT BEDROOM- MORNING (PRESENT) 3

The Batman theme song escalates out of the alarm clock as

John is wakened by the cool morning breeze blowing through

the open window. He slowly rises out of bed, stretches, and

hits the snooze button.

JOHN

Good morning, Scooter.

SCOOTER

WOOF! WOOF!

JOHN

(Gets. out of bed and onto the

floor in a push-up position.)

Ah! Another beautiful day in

beautiful neighborhood. UGH!

(Attempts to lift 20lb

dumbbells)

OOF!

(Drops dumbbell)

BOOM!

SCOOTER

Woof! Woof!

JOHN

(Bends down to kiss Scooter.

Flexes bicep)

How am I looking today, boy?

SCOOTER

HOOOWWWWWL!

JOHN

(Walks over to closet.)

Who should I be today? Batman?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 4.

SCOOTER

GROWLS

JOHN

Okay you’re right. Superman? No.

That was last Tuesday.

SCOOTER

(Walks over towards closet.)

PANTS

JOHN

(Grabs costume and suit.)

Ninja Turtle! Great choice!

Slipping into his Ninja Turtle outfit he picks out a green

button up shirt from the left side of his closet. Being

careful to cover up all evidence of his juvenile getup, he

throws on black dress pants and a matching sport jacket.

JOHN

(Checks himself in the

mirror.Sees buttons pulling

and costume underneath

showing)

Oh shoot. Good thing I double

checked. The guys at the office

would have had a field day with

this.

4 EXT. CITY STREETS- MORNING 4

On the streets of New York John heads directly towards the

Starbucks located on the first floor of his office building

only two blocks away from his apartment.

JOHN

(Holds the door open for the

attractive Starbucks employee

behind him.)

Um, Good Afte-...I mean, I mean

morning, Jessica. Heh.

JESSICA

(Looks confused.)

Uh, thanks.

Coming back down to reality, he shakes his head and focuses

on his next move. An embarrassing display of rowdiness

motions for him to join the group at the front of the line.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 5.

PETE DURHAM

Ay buddy! Over here!

JOHN

(Scans room. Confused.)

Where?

PETE DURHAM

Hello! Wake up. Right here!

John walks up to the front of the line to join the rest of

his associates. They are all decked out in formal business

attire with brief cases in hand.

JOHN

(Motions to the other

customers waiting in line.)

Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry.

PETE DURHAM

(Gives a friendly but

aggressive punch.)

Get over here sucker. What took you

so long? You’re late.

JOHN

(Grabs his sore bicep.)

Intense workout sesh. You know the

drill.

PETE DURHAM

(Rolls his eyes at the other

co-workers)

Oh yeah? If you say so.

JOHN

These guns don’t take care of

themselves.

As the rest of the “office crew” files into the building

lobby, John is cursed with his habitual spell of awkwardness

as he attempts to deliver his daily latte order. Distracted

by Jessica’s obvious beauty, she awkwardly signals John to

hurry up and order.

JOHN

Beautiful day outside huh?

JESSICA

Huh? Oh, yeah I guess.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 6.

JOHN

(Winks.)

Not quite as beautiful as you

though.

JESSICA

(Blushes.)

Um, okay. Can I just get your order

now please? There’s a really long

line behind you in case you haven’t

noticed.

JOHN

Oh. Um. Yeah. Sorry, I’ll have a

Vente Carmel Machiatto. And load on

the milk I’m trying to get huge.

JESSICA

(Tries to hold in a laugh but

fails.)

Yeah, that’ll be $5.95.

JOHN

(Hands over his money along

with his business card.)

Thank you miss. You stay beautiful

now. Enjoy the nice weather.

5 INT. OFFICE LOBBY- MORNING 5

John exits the Starbucks into the lobby of his office

building and heads towards the elevator. He sees the geeky

ELEVATOR GUY whose rolled up comic book is sticking out of

his pocket. John approaches him and they do their secret

hand shake.

JOHN

(Stepping into the elevator)

Sup buddy? How was your weekend.

ELEVATOR GUY

(Pushing the 66th floor)

Dude! Best weekend ever! Found a

first edition of the Aquaman comic

series on EBay.

JOHN

Awesome Dude! I locked myself in

watching the Ironman series on

Cartoon Network. You know how it

goes.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 7.

ELEVATOR GUY

Sounds like my kind of weekend bro.

But you know. Like, did you do

anything "special"?

JOHN

Ahhh I almost forgot. I spent a

good portion of the weekend trying

to figure out this weird shit that

has been going on with my eyes.

ELEVATOR GUY

Oh yeah! You told me about that

last week. How’s that going?

JOHN

Yeah I’m trying to perfect it.. but

you know... keep it on the down

low.

ELEVATOR GUY

(Elbows John)

Of course bud. I gotcha.

JOHN

(Exits elevator)

I’ll catch ya later man. Take it

easy.

ELEVATOR GUY

(Waving)

See yuh at 5.

As John heads into his office, the door closes behind him.

Before we know it, the clock hanging above the office door

fast forwards to five o’clock. John’s work day is finally

over. He walks out with his co-workers.

PETE DURHAM

(Tugs on John’s collar to see

what is underneath)

Wait! Wait! What the heck is that?

CO-WORKER #1

Hold up everyone! Catch this! Who

knew we were working with Leonardo

the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?

GROUP OF CO-WORKERS

(Laugh hysterically and get

the boss from the office)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 8.

CO-WORKER #2

Look at him! Is this for real?

CO-WORKER #3

This just made my day that much

better. You can’t make this shit up

guys.

John, about to explode with embarrassment and rage, runs to

the elevator and presses the elevator down button

repeatedly. Becoming even more enraged and impatient, John

shocks his co-workers and himself when he unexpectedly yanks

the steel doors apart just in time for the elevator to

arrive on his floor.

CO-WORKERS

(Gasp and whisper in shock to

each other)

JOHN

(sprints onto elevator quickly

pressing the close button

behind him. Leans against the

wall)

What did I do to deserve this?

ELEVATOR GUY

Rough day tough guy?

JOHN

(Rubbing his eyes)

You don’t even know. Hell beyond

belief.

ELEVATOR GUY

On the bright side, I’m not gonna

make your day any worse by telling

my boss about how you just mangled

by elevator doors.Sick move by the

way.

JOHN

Yeah that’s was a new one for me.

Pretty cool nonetheless. Gonna head

over to my parents for dinner in

Jersey.

ELEVATOR GUY

Haha, your parents house.

(Looks over at John who has a

serious look on his face)

Seriously?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 9.

JOHN

(Of course! Its nice to get a home

cooked meal once a week. Plus,

tonight is my favorite, my mom’s

famous roast beef and garlic mashed

potatoes. Yumm!

(Walking out of the elevator)

Have a great night my man.

ELEVATOR GUY

(waving)

See ya tomorrow tough guy!

John leaves the building and heads to his parking garage to

get his beat up Volkswagen Beetle. We see him jamming to 3

Doors Down "Kryptonite" and singing along as he drives over

the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey territory. He

pulls into his childhood home. Getting out of the car, he

takes off his three piece suit one piece at a time and

throws it in the trunk.

6 INT. PARENT’S HOUSE- EVENING 6

JOHN

(Sprinting into the house)

Guess who’s home!!!!

MOM

(Smiling and hugging her son)

Honey! I am so glad you are here. I

have been missing you all week. I

put my entire day into this meal to

make sure that its perfect for my

baby.

DAD

(Rolls his eyes)

Hi son.

JOHN

(Heads to the couch and turns

on some Superman cartoons)

This Tivo is god.

MOM

You should be glad I got to the

clicker in time to stop your father

from deleting your shows!

DAD

(Looking annoyed he glares at

John’s outfit)

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 10.

DAD (cont’d)

So.. Did you wear that get-up to

the office today, John?

JOHN

Oh no! I always wear them

underneath my suit so I don’t get

shit from the guys in the office.

But today uh.. I wasn’t too good at

hiding it.

DAD

Hiding what?

JOHN

My identity! You know, this!

(Points at costume)

Dad, quit antagonizing me.

MOM

Boys! Dinner is ready.

Everyone’s seated around the table. Mom is at the head while

John and Dad are seated across from one another. There is a

little tension in the room.

MOM

(Grabbing the serving spoon

for the potatoes)

Here sweetheart, would you like

some mashed potatoes?

JOHN

(Smacks moms hand off of the

spoon and puts it back in the

bowl)

I can serve myself! Thanks anyway

mom.

DAD

(Grabs the bowl aggressively)

No! No! No! Here! C’mon now. Don’t

waste my time.

JOHN

(Hits the bowl out of dad’s

hands)

Let me try it! Mom! Tell him I can

try it just this once.

Dad gets up from the table and heads to the kitchen to cool

off. John kneels down to eye level with the bowl of mashed

potatoes as he tries to serve himself potatoes through

controlling the spoon with his eyes.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 11.

MOM

(Her head in her hands

unenthusiastically)

C’mon hunny. You can do it.

JOHN

(frustrated)

UGH! Dammit! I almost had it.

DAD

(Walking back into the room

and then turning back around)

I lost my appetite. Thanks John,

thanks a lot. Lovely dinner with

the family as always.

MOM

(tear rolling down her face.

sobs quietly)

Why can’t we ever just have a nice,

peaceful dinner?

DAD

(Storms back in. Slams fists

onto the table)

Maybe its because your son still

walks around in fricken Halloween

costume. Maybe its because your son

tries to use his "super powers" to

serve himself the food you slaved

over all day. Maybe its because

your son still thinks he;s in the

5th grade living on his own fricken

planet!!!

MOM

You, you stop that right this

minute! There is nothing wrong with

our son, he is just different! End

of story!!!

JOHN

(His face turns red and he

becomes enraged just as he was

earlier in the day at the

office)

I hate you dad!

Heating up and losing control of his rage and emotions, John

goes to push himself away from the dinner table and it

unexpectedly flies across the room. His parents are frozen

in awe of the incident that just unfolded in front of their

eyes. John storms out of the house and back into his car not

12.

even bothering to put his suit back on and speeds down the

residential street.

7 INT. CAR- NIGHT 7

JOHN

(face still bright red with

anger)

I can’t believe him. He’s supposed

to be my dad. He’s supposed to

support and believe in me.

As John approaches the bridge he notices a horrible bumper

to bumper traffic jam. So bad that the drivers and

passengers in the cars in front of him are parked and

standing outside trying to get a better view of the

commotion up ahead.

JOHN

(Bangs on steering wheel.

Sticks his head out the window

to try to see over the line of

cars)

UGH. What the hell is this now?!

8 EXT. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE- NIGHT 8

John angrily puts his car in park, opens the door, and gets

out to get a better view. Feeling a jolt of adrenaline rush

through his body, he is instantly aware that something is

wrong. He pushes through the crowd of people and approaches

the cop blocking off traffic.

JOHN

What’s going on!? Do you guys need

some help? I can help!

COP

(Looking confused)

Um. No I’m pretty sure we have it

under control...Leonardo?

(Giggles to himself)

Please back away from the blockade.

JOHN

(Backing away)

Jeeze alright then.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 13.

Taking a step backward, John tries to concentrate on

figuring out what the commotion is all about. All of a

sudden his eyes project a beam of light and are able to zoom

in close enough to see the face of the woman being dangled

off the edge of the George Washington bridge by a MUSCULAR

MAN.

JOHN

AHHH! Oh my god! Jessica!!!!!! I’m

coming! I’ll save you!

Without hesitation Josh sprints past the cop pushing him

aside, runs to the edge of the bridge just as he sees the

muscular man’s grip loosen finger by finger as Jessica

starts to fall into the lethal, rough waters that lay below

her. Not being able to take his eyes off of Jessica, he

jumps off to save her as if it isn’t the first time he has

done it.

JESSICA

AHHHHH! Help me!

ONLOOKER #1

Officer! He just let her go! Go

after him!

COP

I can’t fly!

ONLOOKER #2

AHHHH!

ONLOOKER #3

Someone help her!

Only a few feet from the water John swoops under Jessica and

saves her from hitting the rapid waves below.

JOHN

(Looking into Jessica’s eyes

flying up towards the bridge.

Winks.)

Hey, Beautiful.

They touch down on the bridge and the crowd starts to

applaud. John gently lays Jessica down and unexpectedly

Jessica pulls his head in for a make out session.

JOHN

(Opens his eyes)

Whoa! Wasn’t expecting that.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 14.

JESSICA

Well if that wasn’t enough. Thank

you from the bottom of my heart.

You’re my superhero.

Behind Jessica, in the distance, John notices the muscular

man being handcuffed and guided towards the police car.

JOHN

(Walks towards the police car)

You wait here my lady. I have one

more thing I have to take care of.

JESSICA

(grabs johns muscles)

I’ll be waiting hunk.

COP

Wow. Well done man. I saw your

ninja turtle suit and didn’t think

you had it in ya.

JOHN

Oh it was nothing. But there is one

more thing I need to take care of.

COP

(Nod towards muscular man.)

You mean this loser? Go, ahead be

my guest.

JOHN

(rips muscular guy out of car)

I’ve always wanted to do this.

MUSCULAR MAN

What are you doing? Don’t touch me.

(Looks at cop)

This is not legal! You can’t let

him do this to me. Let go of me!

JOHN

Let go of you? Okay, if you say so.

(John picks up the muscular man up over his head and throws

him off the bridge, what seems to be, an extraordinary

distance into the night. As the crowd hears the loud splash

of the muscular man into the river, they begin to cheer with

joy. John walks back over to Jessica and another make out

session begins. )

15.

9 INT. PRESS CONFERENCE- AFTERNOON 9

John is sitting at a long press conference table with

microphones in front of him in between Jessica and Pete

Durham. He has a huge smile on his face as the news

channels, newspapers, and paparazzi blind him with their

flashing cameras eager to take his picture.

MAYOR OF NEW YORK

(Pulls down cord attached to a

curtain to review Feeble Force

Billboard)

We are here today to award John for

his outstanding display of

citizenship, heroism, and bravery

that he exhibited last night. I am

both proud and honored to recognize

him as New York’s own Superhero

"The Feeble Force".

PETE DURHAM

(Shouts out loud to crowd and

holds John’s shoulders)

This is my best friend right here.

I always knew he had it in him!

JOHN

(Looks at Pete and gives him a

friendly but aggressive punch)

That’s right, Buddy. Here’s to

being best friends.

(Turns and gives Jessica a

kiss)

PETE DURHAM

(Grabs arm in pain)

CROWD OF REPORTERS

(Cheer. Raise hands start

jumping)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!John! John!

Hey! Over here! John! John! Look

here! Over here buddy! Johnny boy!

JOHN

(points to reporter)

Um. Okay. You.

REPORTER #1

John, what made you risk your life

to save Jessica?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 16.

JOHN

(Looks at Jessica)

Who wouldn’t want to risk their

life for this beautiful woman? The

truth is I wasn’t even aware that I

could fly...

REPORTER #2

What? What do you mean you didn’t

know you could fly?

JOHN

(his voice trails off in the

distance)

Well, you see I’ve always had this

feeling I had super powers. Ever

since I was little I just felt

different...

10 INT. PARENT’S HOUSE- AFTERNOON 10

Mom and Dad are seated on the couch in the living room

watching John’s press conference on TV.

MOM

(crying with happiness wiping

them with a tissue)

Look at our little boy! He’s so

famous! And that billboard! Oh, I’m

the proudest mother in the world!

DAD

Yeah, he is something isn’t he? I

feel terrible for the other night.

(Speaks quietly to himself

directing comments at John)

I love you, Son. I’m always proud.

You go get ’em boy.

As tears start to fall from Dad’s eyes he removes his

t-shirt and jeans and reveals that he is wearing a superman

costume underneath his clothes.