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.