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Inside Car[]
(We open the scene with the McGees in the car, they are singing their cleaning song as they had just bought cleaning supplies.)
Molly: ♪ Oh, it's the McGee's cleaning song ♪
Darryl: ♪ Everybody sing along ♪
Pete: ♪ The house is really dirty ♪
♪ So today we're intervening ♪
All: ♪ By cleaning♪ The basement!
Scratch: Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa. You've already ruined the rest of my house, now you want to ruin my precious basement, too?
Molly: (putting on gloves) Scratch, if you love the basement so much, why don't you live down there?
Scratch: Uh, ew, no. Moldy. I'm upset by the principle of the thing. How would you like it if I messed with your things?
(A bang is heard, then the car's engine stops working.)
Scratch: I understand why you think I did that, but I didn't.
The Streets[]
(The McGees are pushing the car through the streets while Scratch stays inside doing nothing. The cars behind them are honking.)
Sharon: I really hope we can afford these repairs. (grunts) Our finances are... tight.
Darryl: Don't worry, Mom. I have a no-risk business investment! Full disclosure, it requires access to cryptocurrency, frequent travel to Sweden, and, uh, a stomach for danger.
Pete: Not falling for that. Again.
Molly: Since our whole family uses the van, we should all pitch in. I will forgo my allowance. Darryl, will, too.
Darryl: What? You can't forgo me!
Pete: No forgoing! Kids, keep your allowances. It's probably just a small teeny-tiny problem that won't cost much money to fix.
Car Repair Shop[]
Lady: It's a huge problem. It's gonna cost a lot of money to fix.
Pete: I don't suppose you take an old Sub Shack punch card? It's got a free BLT!
Lady: Eh-eh.
Pete: (anxiously) Uh, spit balling here, are we sure we even need a van? We could all just stay at home, going absolutely nowhere with our lives. Forever! Doesn't that sound fun, kids? Help.
Sharon: With all the moving costs, utility bills, credit card debt, and now we have another mouth to feed. (All look at Scratch.)
Scratch: I'm a growing ghoul! (goes inside car and eat a BLT.)
Sharon: It's been a tough year for the McGee family savings account.
Pete: May it rest in peace.
Molly: (concerned) Uh, are we gonna be okay?
Sharon: Don't worry. McGees always make it work. And now that we're settled down in our forever home, it makes sense to have a second income. That's right... Mama's gettin' a job!
(The car's door breaks)
Scratch: That was also not me.
Walking Home[]
Scratch: (sitting on top of Pete's head) Why do we live so faraway?
Sharon: (gasps) I should be a meter maid. Then I get paid to tell people they're bad parkers. You know I'd love that.
Molly: Yeah, I mean, personally, I see you as a brain surgeon. Although that's not really a "starting today" thing.
Darryl: I'm telling you, Mom, reconsider nuisance lawsuits. I know a lawyer named Ramón who is not encumbered with so-called "ethics".
(Passing Sam's Diner, and Scratch spots a "help wanted" sign in the window.)
Scratch: Diner. Help wanted sign. Bang. Solved it. Like always, Scratch is the hero. Go cook.
(The McGees turn to Scratch in terror as Sharon approaches him in rage.)
Sharon: I worked in my parents' restaurant growing up, (in demonic voice) and that was enough kitchen work for a lifetime. NEVER SAY 'GO COOK' AGAIN!
Scratch: Eek (Hides behind Molly)
Molly: (Whispering) This morning I caught her glaring at the stove.
McGee Residence[]
(The McGees are in the kitchen. Sharon growls at the stove.)
Scratch: Whoa. You were not kidding.
Sharon: Well, it's still cleaning day. Pete, you and the boys go ahead and start in on the basement.
Darryl: Aw...
Scratch: What do you mean "boys"? (Molly hands Scratch the cleaning supplies.)
(Pete, Darryl, and Scratch head to the basement unenthusiastically)
Pete: ♪ It's the McGee's cleaning song ♪
Darryl: ♪ Hope it doesn't take too long ♪
Sharon: Don't worry. I'll take care of the van situation.
(The scene then switches from Sharon being positive to completely desperate. She is in the kitchen with Molly.)
Sharon: I have no idea how to take care of the van situation!
Molly: Okay...
Sharon: Where do you even find jobs anymore?
Molly: Well, we could look at--
Sharon: Or the newspaper? Do they even make newspapers anymore?
Molly: Oh, Mom. Mom! Mom! I don't know, okay? But they make apps. They make apps. (Molly takes her phone and shows Sharon an app called Gig Pig.)
Sharon: Huh. Gig Pig.
Molly: It's for odd jobs. Someone needs a job done, you do it, you get paid, Mama.
Sharon: Quick cash. Just what we need! Good thinking!
(They get a notification for a job.)
Sharon: Ooh! That was fast! Looks like I've got my first job.
Molly: I'm coming with! This is a family problem and if you're doing your part, then I'll do mine, too! What's the gig?
Sharon: "Handing out free food."
(Footsteps are heard and a door shuts loudly. Scratch then shows up.)
Scratch: Ok, fine, I'll come!
Basement[]
(While Molly, Sharon, and Scratch are off to their first job, Pete and Darryl get ready to start cleaning the basement.)
Pete: Where do we start?
(Darryl spots a centipede on the other side of the room.)
Darryl: Whoa! That's the biggest centipede I've ever seen. They say if you see one centipede, there's a thousand more you can't see. (Darryl goes on to lift a box.)
Pete: I think those are cockroaches...
(The box Darryl lifted has multiple centipedes under that are now moving around the room.)
Darryl: Nope. Centipedes, too! (All the centipedes crawl on top of Pete)
Pete: (screams) CLEAR THEM OUT!
Food Stand[]
(Sharon and Molly are giving out free snacks.)
Sharon: Free protein bars! I scream, you scream, we all scream for protein!
(Scratch shows up and takes a protein, he then spits and throws it away.)
Scratch: Gah! You know, I eat food right out of the garbage. But this... this is garbage!
Sharon: (offering tot he people walking by) Protein bar? Protein bar? (a man with Scratch's protein bar walks by annoyed) Oh, I see you already have one. Please, tell me, did we make enough money yet?
Molly: Uh...(Molly checks the app. A money meter increases a little showing the amount of money they currently have gained.) Not yet, but we have a new job!
Sharon: Thank heavens!
Scratch: (stepping out of a garbage can) I gotta cleanse my pallet (starts eating the garbage.)
Basement[]
(Pete tries to get rid of the centipedes while Darryl sits back.)
Pete: You don't belong here! (screams) Begone, you foul beasts!
Darryl: (Holding a centipede) Goochie-goo.
(As Pete tries to hit the centipedes, he ends up hitting boxes around. A few of the boxes, once removed, reveal a small metal door.)
Darryl: (gasps) Dad, I think I found something!
Pete: Hopefully not more centipedes.
Darryl: Even better! A tiny mysterious old-timey door! Can we open it?
Pete: Darryl, I'm not exaggerating when I say I've been waiting my entire life for a moment like this.100 P, we are opening it! (A centipede then crawls on top of Pete's hand making him jump in fear.)
Sidewalk[]
(Sharon and Molly are trying to walk some dogs in order to get payed but the dogs refuse to cooperate.)
Sharon: Come on, dogs! You walk, you poop, you pay us. I though we had a deal!
(Scratch shows up, eating the treats Molly is offering to the dogs. Even though he is using his invisibility powers, the dogs see him.)
Scratch: Wait, can dogs see me? I don't like it, make it stop!
(Scratch tries to run from the dogs but they chase him. Sharon and Molly are forced to follow them because of the leash.)
Opening the Tiny Door[]
(Pete and Darryl, intrigue to know what's inside, try to open the mysterious tiny door. Multiple centipedes come out of the lock and scare Pete. Before they stop trying, Pete launches himself towards the door, hitting his head.)
Darryl: Come on, door! Please open! And please have something cool inside!
Pete: (sitting up) I bet it's a secret vault where an old gangster stored his loot! (Pete starts to imagine as he speaks) Forget fixing the van, we'll be able to buy a new one! Maybe one that's electric, and drives itself, and has a cupholder...No, two cupholders!
Darryl: No, there're only one explanation to where all these centipedes came from. That door obviously leads to another world. A Centipede World! (The scene switches, showing Darryl's idea of the Centipede World.) There's a centipede mayor and a centipede school. A centipede shoe store, a centipede florist. Maybe a centipede jail filled with super-buff centipede convicts!
Centipede: Everyday is leg day!
Darryl: We'll charge admission and make millions!
Pete: Love it. Counterpoint. I don't think Centipede World is real.
Darryl: Remember when you didn't think ghosts were real?
Pete: Mm, um...Okay, you raise a good point. Either way, we need to know!
Darryl: We need to know.
Barn[]
(Sharon and Molly are in a barn. Molly is petting a buffalo while Scratch struggles to avoid the animals that can see him.)
Scratch: Buffalo can also see me!?
Sharon: Ok, next task..."Shovel buffalo patties".
Molly: What are buffalo patties--? Ugh. (Scratch passes by screaming) Do we have enough money to pay for the van repairs yet?
Sharon: (app gets notification of money received) Not nearly enough.
Molly: Mom, it's not enough...yet. Let's get gigging, piggins! (Moly takes the phone and takes another job)
(Montage of the family working on their own things and Scratch running from the animals that see him.)
Singer: ♪ She's gonna make that cash ♪
♪ She's got a family to feed ♪
♪ Doing everything she can ♪
♪ To make ends meet ♪
♪ She's giggin' ♪
Chorus: ♪ giggin' giggin' ♪
Singer: ♪ Giggin' for a livin' ♪
♪ She'll give your poodle a bath ♪
♪ Give your schnauzer a shower ♪
♪ She can steam clean your jeans ♪
♪ If you pay by the hour ♪
♪ She's plugged in ♪
♪ Giggin' for a livin' ♪
Sharon: Let's do this.
♪ She'll cater your luncheon
and skim your pool ♪
♪ A centipede world would be so cool ♪
Chorus: ♪ So many handcuffs ♪
Darryl: Whoa.
Singer: ♪ Every gig, something new ♪
♪ Ride or die for a five-star review ♪
♪ She's workin' hard, workin' hard ♪
♪ She's on a roll, roll ♪
♪ Up to her elbows in toxic mold! ♪
Sharon: Wait, what?
♪ She's giggin' ♪
Sharon: Did she say "toxic mold"?
♪ She's giggin' ♪
Scratch: Leave me alone!
♪ She's giggin' giggin' giggin' ♪
♪ She's giggin' for a livin' ♪
Sharon: Do we need to go see a doctor?
Singer: ♪ You'll be fine! ♪
Last Try[]
(The scene cuts from Sharon to Pete and Darryl who have built a machine to open the tiny door.)
Darryl: Dad, no matter what's behind this door, I will remember this moment forever.
Pete: Me, too. This is the moment where you and I, father and son, worked together to unravel a mystery beyond all imagination and save this family from financial ruin!
(Pete starts the machine engine, both then start pushing it forward.)
Darryl: Come on, Centipede World!
(The scene switches to Sharon who is exhausted from all the gigs. She sits on a bench in the park and sets a box filled with working materials down.)
Sharon: (sigh) Every...thing...hurts...
Scratch: At least you weren't viciously attacked by wild hounds! And look at my little cutie bit (Scratch signals to his hair which is munched.) Now it looks like old gum! (Animals a heard) Ahh!
Molly: How are we doing, Mom? We gotta be close to our goal by now.
(Sharon takes her phone to check the money meter which is now filled to the top.)
Sharon: We did it! We actually did it!
Molly: We did it?
(Both stand and cheer.)
Sharon: See? When we come together as a family, there's nothing we can't accomplish!
Molly: Yeah, Mom and the McGees are unstoppable!
(Sharon's phone rings, she picks up.)
Sharon: Pete, honey! Great news, we just-- (sitting down) What?
(Scene switches to show Pete on the other end of the phone. The basement is filled with water.)
Pete: Yeah, craziest thing. We were just down here cleaning, and only cleaning, and suddenly BOOM! So... (chuckles and gasps) We're gonna need a new hot water heater... Hello? H-Honey? Honey? And she hung up.
Darryl: Though Mom can never know the truth, and though it'll cost us hundreds of dollars to fix...can you really put a price on the bond between a father and his son?
Pete: No, son. No you can!-- (a centipede on top of a floating box approaches Darryl and Pete, scaring Pete once again and making him try to row himself away.)
(Back to Sharon and Molly.)
Sharon: We fix one problem, another one crops up.
Molly: I'm sorry Mom, being a grown up must be hard, but I'm proud of you! Sure there was hard work and silly costumes, and multiple types of poop, but you gave it your all to make us some money! And that's awesome!
Sharon: Aw, look at you. always finding the silver lining. You know, I liked getting out there, too! I should keep being a Gig-Pig! Our family clearly need the cash. (The new job notification goes off) Perfect timing! Let's see the job... "Help me".
(Sharon and Molly look up to find Scratch typing on Molly's phone. Scratch then tries to run as the animals get closer but he gets caught and the animals hurt him.)
Scratch: Ahh! Stop!
Molly: We should help him.
Sharon: (taking the job offer) Yeah.