This sub-page is a transcript of The Red Button from season 1 of Lucky Fred.
| Characters Super Commander Agent Brains Fred Luckpuig Friday Robert Robeaux Roberta Robeaux |
Locations Robeaux residence Protectors' Headquarters Luckpuig residence Verdez |
| Music None |
Transcript[]
FADE IN:
1. EXT. SUPER COMMANDER’S SPACE STATION
Establish in space. A SPACESHIP flies past it.
1 SUPER COMMANDER (O.S.)
Agent Brains... ships from all over
the Galactic Union are converging
on Planet Verdus.
TILT TO INCLUDE: A GREEN PLANET in the far b.g...
2. INT. BRAINS’ LAB - CONTINUOUS
Brains pushes buttons on her console.
2 BRAINS
Yes Sir. Preparing a multi-target
missile launch awaiting your
command.
ON BRAIN’S ROOFTOP: satellite dishes and missiles focus on target.
3 SUPER COMMANDER
Actually, I would prefer if you
would just... join me?
ON SCREEN: PICTURE ADVERTISEMENT of The Protector’s Picnic. It
looks like a happy group picnic scene--but everyone’s in uniform.
4 BRAINS
(GASP) The Protector’s Family
PICNIC??
3. EXT. FRED’S HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER - DAY
Establishing.
5 BRAINS (O.S.)
I mean-- it’s so much fun! You guys
don’t even know.
4. INT. FRED’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS P2
Fred straps on JETPACK FRIDAY--shoulder belts, and X-straps...
6 FRED P2
I’ll show you fun--all strapped on,
buddy?
Imira Ent - Lucky Fred - The Red Button - POLISH - Gore/Lombard p.2.
FRIDAY
Prepare for lift off! P2
Fred & Friday shoot VERY QUICKLY up out of frame.
8 FRED
<HOWL> Ooof! P2
Then Fred drops like a wet sack to below frame.
9 FRED (CONT'D) P2
Auuuuuuwww....
Fred gets up groggily, dazed, ceiling plaster in his hair...Brains
looks upward.
10 FRED (CONT’D)
(GROGGY) Sweet corn.
11 BRAINS
(sarcastic) Gosh, that did look
like a lot more fun than our
picnic.
Fred flicks the plaster out of his hair.
12 FRED
So you and the Protectors all get
together for an afternoon of bean
bag tosses and a three-legged race?
13 BRAINS
The three-legged aliens would win
every time...it’s “Family Security
Briefings,” and “Father/Daughter
Demolitions Demonstrations.”
14 FRED
Sounds like--waaaaaauuuuhhh!!!!
Mid-sentence, Jetpack Friday fires-- and zooms Fred in a loop.... P2
15 FRIDAY
Oops! P2
16 BRAINS
(REALIZING) Wait--I’ll be gone for P2
a whole weekend! P2
17 FRED
Waaaaaaaaaahhhh!
18 BRAINS
Who’s going to watch the radar?
Who’s going to watch the home base?
Fred shoots back inside, flies right in front of Brains’ face, but
she’s preoccupied...
19 BRAINS (CONT’D)
Who’s going to protect the Earth? P2
5. EXT. BRAINS’ HOUSE - LATER
Establish...
20 BRAINS (O.S.) P2
No way, Fred!
6. INT. BRAINS’ LAB - CONTINUOUS
Fred sits at Brains’ desk, leaned back with his feet up. Friday
is back to normal.
21 FRED
Pleeeeeease? I would be so awesome
at protecting the Earth!
Brains looks relieved and <CHUCKLES>.
22 BRAINS
Oh, protecting the earth would be
okay--
23 FRED
Yes! So when should we go over how
all those thingie deals work in the
lab?
24 BRAINS
--but there’s no way I’d let you
watch my house. You’re too curious!
She reaches into frame, placing before him a SANDWICH on a plate.
25 FRED
I’m not curious...what’s this?
He lifts the top layer of bread, and something slimy bulges up,
before slapping over Fred’s mouth, like a sticky STARFISH.
26 FRED (CONT’D)
Mmmffff! P2
Fred eventually peels the creature off like a sticker. (S&P: It
must not appear to suffocate him. We should see he can breathe P2
through his nose).
27 FRED (CONT'D) P2
Mmmmmwah! Well I’ve got to be a
better choice than your fake Robot
Parents.
SWISH TO KITCHEN: Where ROBERT holds up a FLOOR BUFFER, using it
to shampoo ROBERTA’S hair, soap foam dripping down. P2
SWISH BACK:
Fred leans too far back in Brains’ desk chair. He crosses his
feet, and falls backwards onto the floor. P2
28 BRAINS
True... but--what if you pushed,
say, button Thirty-Seven...
She flips a switch, releasing an instant HAIL OF PLASMA BLASTS,
many nearly hitting them. Brains doesn’t flinch.
29 BRAINS (CONT’D)
Or worse--Button One-forty-four??
Suddenly, the room becomes a discotheque. SPINNING MIRROR BALL
effect fills the room along with the WORLD’S WORST DANCE MUSIC.
Fred clutches his ears, and they shout over the music.
30 FRED
It’s evil! Turn it off!
31 BRAINS
It’s the world’s worst dance music. P2
It can bring twelve classes of
enemy to their knees. Very
dangerous.
She turns it off.
32 FRED
But I wouldn’t be alone. I’ll have
Friday with me, right Buddy?
Friday is still into the music, dancing the “Robot” dance from the
70’s.
33 FRIDAY
Hey! I just invented a dance I call
“The Robot!” P2
Friday takes a picture of him and Fred with a DIGITAL CAMERA.
<FLASH!>
34 FRIDAY (CONT'D) P2
Brains, don’t worry. I’ll be in
charge of all your electronical
junk and stuff.
Brains looks suspiciously.
Yeah. He’ll protect you from,
y’know... me!
Brains gives in.
36 BRAINS
Okay. While I’m gone--
Fred hugs Friday--too tight.
37 FRED
Yippee!
38 FRIDAY
(strained, choked)
Circuits...snapping...coils... P2
condensing...<CHOKE>. P2
Fred lets go. P2
39 BRAINS
Friday is in charge of the console,
the radar, and communications. And
Fred--
WIPE TO:
7. INT. SAME - BLANK WALL - THE GREEN BUTTON
On a far wall of the lab, is one green button.
40 FRED
I’m in charge of watering the
plants?!?
She pushes the button.
INSERT: PLANTS GETTING WATERED. Up in the living room, a potted
ficus, a window box of flowers, and a hanging plant all get
automatically watered by a hose. <SQUIRT!>
BACK TO BRAINS AND FRED.
41 BRAINS
Just whatever you do, do NOT press P2
the Red Button. Okay? I’m gonna P2
go pack...
Fred looks intrigued... P2
8. INT. BRAINS’ LAB - MINI-LAUNCHING PAD
Brains wears “space travel clothes” and carries a suitcase into
her Mini-Rocket. Fred and Friday see her off.
Uh, before you go-- just quickly--
the red button. What does it do?
43 BRAINS
If you’re never going to push it,
what difference does it make?
Fred is about to protest, then realizes she’s got a point. P2
44 BRAINS (CONT'D) P2
See you when I get back.
9. EXT. BRAINS’ HOUSE
DOWNSHOT ON ROOFTOP: aperture portal opens, her rocket fires out
of it PASSING CAMERA.
WIDE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD, as she arcs into space...
10. INT. BRAINS’ LAB - LATER
Back in the Lab, Friday sits in Brains’ chair, RADAR is all clear.
Fred wears a Protector’s jacket over his clothes. He resembles
the Commander (or Agent Alpha One).
45 FRED
Being one of The Protectors would
be kinda cool, right?
He impersonates the Commander. P2
46 FRED (CONT’D)
(like Commander)
Agent Friday! The Tarantulabots are P2
attacking!
47 FRIDAY
Agent Fred! Save us!
48 FRED
Activating my super-explosive
spider bombs! Pchew! Pchew! Pchew!
Fred pushes the green button three times.
INSERT: UP IN THE QUIET LIVING ROOM: the plants get watered 3
times. <SQUIRT... SQUIRT ...SQUIRT>
BACK ON FRED: idly looking around the room... he wanders off
screen.
49 FRED (CONT’D)
Bop-bop-booop...doot doot doot...
ON A WALL-MOUNTED WEAPON: Fred looks up at the daunting futuristic
laser gun like he’s at an art museum.
50 FRED (CONT’D)
Wow... What do you think it does?
Friday’s robotic arm lifts Fred up by the collar and out of
frame...
51 FRIDAY (PARTIAL O.S.)
I think it blows things up. Don’t
touch.
Friday sits at the console, and drops Fred next to him. Fred is
now eye-level with a drawer under her desk... Which he opens.
52 FRED
Never noticed this drawer before.
He pulls out her MP3 Player, and instantly presses buttons on it.
53 FRED (CONT’D)
Hey, I wonder what’s on her
playlist--
A LASER BLADE instantly protrudes from the Mp3 player, which he
can hardly control.
54 FRED (CONT’D)
--Yahhhh!
Just as he’s about to damage something, Friday snatches it, turns
it off, and tosses it inside a trash-can-like panel in himself.
55 FRIDAY
No. Touch. P2
Undeterred, Fred looks around as he pulls his LUCKY DICE out of
his pocket and rolls them in his hand.
56 FRIDAY (CONT’D)
What are you looking for?
57 FRED
Nothing... I’m just wondering where
the red button IS, so that I KNOW
EXACTLY what not to touch.
Fred leans his head over the console, his head tripping a LASER
LINE, which triggers BEEPING SOUNDS, and a SQUARE PANEL on the
console to light up.
58 FRED (CONT’D)
What? Haaa? What what what???
A panel opens revealing the RED BUTTON. HARP MUSIC strums!
Fred’s eyes light up. Fred points his finger to push it, Friday P2
flies in to knock his hand away.
59 FRIDAY
WHAT?? NO!!
60 FRED
Ow! I’m KIDDING! I’m not going to
push it, I don’t WANT to push it...
61 FRIDAY
Oh REALLY. P2
Fred and Friday look down at the button, and up at each other. P2
62 FRIDAY (CONT’D)
You really want to push it don’t
you?
63 FRED
More than ANYTHING I’ve ever wanted
in my whole life. P2
TIGHT ON FRED:
64 FRED (CONT'D) P2
Maybe it opens a portal to another
world.
TIGHT ON FRIDAY:
65 FRIDAY
Maybe that world is populated by P2
gorilla-sized lobsters.
TIGHT ON FRED’S EYES:
66 FRED
Or MAYBE it puts you inside a
rubber ball and you could bounce
all over town. That would be fun.
TIGHT ON FRIDAY’S EYES:
67 FRIDAY
Maybe it makes you smell like
bananas.
TIGHT ON SIDE VIEW OF FRED AND FRIDAY FACE-TO-FACE:
68 FRED
I like bananas. What if it sends P2
you into the future?
FRIDAY
What if it sends you into the past?
70 FRED
I could be a pioneer to save
mankind.
71 FRIDAY
You could re-live fourth grade.
ON FRED, PUSHING THE GREEN BUTTON - FORLORN.
72 FRED
(HUGE SIGH)
WIPE TO:
11. INT SAME - LATER
Fred paces back and forth in front of the red button. He rubs his
LUCKY DICE between his hands... P2
73 FRED
It’s... it’s like when you have an
itch on your back that you can’t
scratch-- the more you think about
it--the worse it gets?
74 FRIDAY
Look Fred, you’re not pushing the P2
red button. And I’m going to help P2
you get through this. I have an
idea... P2
WIPE TO:
12. INT SAME - LATER
Friday has transformed into a large ball covered in RED PUSH
BUTTONS. Fred pushes button after button on Friday <click, click,
click, click, click>, but looks bored.
75 FRED
Not the same, not the same.
76 FRIDAY
Hee-hee... That one tickled...
WIPE TO:
13. INT SAME - LATER
Fred is now locked inside a CAGE BALL with Friday’s head on top.
Maybe call him “PRISON FRIDAY.” Fred can see the red button, but
can’t reach it.
I have to go! Friday, I command-- P2
78 FRIDAY
No! You can’t touch that button!
You gotta stick with this...now
c’mon, man up!
79 FRED
Right.
80 FRIDAY
Good boy.
81 FRED
But I might need to turn you into a
mop if you don’t let me go...
y’know, go go.
82 FRIDAY
Well why didn’t you just say so?
Yeesh!
The cage door pops open, Fred runs out.
14. INT. BRAINS’ HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - LATER
Fred sits on Brains’ living room couch watching TV when ROBERT and
ROBERTA approach
83 ROBERTA
Hello neighbor Fred. My name is
“Robert.” Not Robot...but Robert. P2
84 ROBERTA (CONT'D) P2
And I am not Robot either. I am
Robert-a...
They smile frozen smiles.
Fred smiles back...
85 FRED P2
I’m just trying to distract
myself...y’know, so I don’t touch
the, y’know, “red button.”
Robert and Roberta perk up.
86 ROBERT/ROBERTA
Oooohhh...
87 ROBERTA
Where is the red button?
ROBERT
I like pushing buttons.
89 FRED
No no... you don’t push it--
Robert leaves the room, Roberta follows, then Fred follows....
90 ROBERT
I want to push it. Is this it?
She pushes a button on the wall, which starts the VACUUM CLEANER.
91 FRED
No no, nobody pushes it.
92 ROBERT
I want to push it... Is this it?
He pushes a different button on the wall repeatedly, which does
something visually surprising: (like it changes the wallpaper, or
flips the table from one setting to another...). Roberta goes
into the kitchen, followed by Robert, then by Fred.... followed by
the vacuum cleaner.
15. INT. BRAINS HOUSE - KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
Fred runs into the kitchen, where Roberta clicks five buttons on a
panel. These buttons each start something: The kitchen tap, the
electric tea kettle, robotic arms which iron shirts, the central
air blows snow, the TV (which gets blown off the counter from the
wind)...it’s growing mayhem.
93 FRED
Could you turn off the vacuum...
94 ROBERTA
Weee!
95 FRED
Wait! Stop! P2
Then the Refrigerator bursts open, spilling ICE CUBES. P2
Robert is in that shot, and he pushes buttons on a WALL PANEL
causing small appliances to go on. The Blender blends! <Vrrrr!>
96 FRED (CONT'D) P2
Stop pressing buttons!
A Soup Ladle comes down by robotic arm, and spills a cup of soup
on the ground. Fred dodges by stepping backwards, just as another
robotic arm puts a slice of bread in his face, while more robotic
arms spread peanut butter all over his face
Roberta leaves the kitchen, Robert follows, Fred tries to keep
up...
16. INT. BRAINS’ HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
Roberta is at yet another panel of buttons, pushing them, which
opens a PANEL IN THE WALL exposing a STAIRCASE.
97 ROBERTA
None of these buttons are red.
She does go down, and he follows, and so does the vacuum cleaner.
98 FRED
No no! Don’t go down to the lab!
17. INT. BRAINS’ LAB
Friday sees them coming towards the main console.
99 ROBERT/ROBERTA
The Red Button! I wanna push it!
Together, they run and dive for it. ANIME STARBURST B.G. as they
fly towards camera!
ON FRED: shouting:
100 FRED
Friday! I command you to--
101 BRAINS (O.S.)
Hi...everybody.
BRAINS APPEARS ON SCEEN:
REVEAL FRIDAY AND ROBOT PARENTS: Fred snaps into a ridiculously
“casual” pose next to Friday, who hovers mid-air with his limbs
wrapped around Robert and Roberta’s middles as they hover in mid-
air, arms outstretched like Superman flying. The four of them
look at the screen with enormous smiles on their faces.
102 FRED/FRIDAY/ROBERT/ROBERTA
(calmly) Oh, hello...
103 BRAINS
How’s... everything going?
104 FRED
Good.
105 ROBERT/ROBERTA
Good.
BRAINS
Okay. Just checking in. Glad
you’re all getting along. And the
plants are all watered!
107 FRED
Yep.
108 BRAINS
And it doesn’t look like you’ve
pressed the red button. I’m
impressed!
Fred hops up onto the console in an overly confident way,
accidentally sitting on a button. He sends Brains a cocky salute.
109 FRED
Captain Trustworthy, here!
110 COMPUTER (V.O.)
Preparing for liftoff in T minus
ten, nine...
111 FRED
Oopsy.
112 BRAINS
Fred? What did you just push?
113 COMPUTER (V.O.)
...eight...seven..six...
114 FRED
Huh? Uh, nothing. P2
115 COMPUTER (V.O.)
five...four...
116 BRAINS
Put on your seat belt!
117 FRED
Seatbelt? P2
18. EXT. BRAINS HOUSE - NIGHT
118 COMPUTER (V.O.)
...two one...ignition...
Brains’ entire house shoots rapidly into space like it’s a
rocket...
119 FRED (0.S.)
Waaaaaahhhh!!!!!
INT. BRAINS’ LAB - NEXT DAY
Everything is back to normal. Brains is there with Fred and
Friday.
120 FRED
So you’re not mad?
121 BRAINS
Of course I’m mad! I had to cut my
visit short--right in the middle of
the Alien Brain Reconstruction
round robin!
122 FRED
Sorry...
123 BRAINS
But everyone enjoyed seeing the
house...and Fred, I’m proud of you. P2
124 FRED
You...what?
125 BRAINS
Accidents will happen, but I asked
you not to push the red button, and
you didn’t. And I know how much
you wanted to.
126 FRED
Oh, no, no, no, well yeah, a LITTLE
bit--
127 BRAINS
And the plants look really good.
So, as a reward-- if you want it--
you may press the red button.
128 FRED
I-- what?
129 BRAINS
You won’t like it. But if you
really really want to--
Fred giggles like a madman as he walks to the red button with
quivering hands...
130 FRED
Ahee! Ahah! Hih-hah...Hoo-hoo!
He pushes the red button, causing a series of cartoony gags: First
it <SQUIRTs> him in the face...causing him to stumble backwards
into the middle of the floor...
Where a PIE flies into his face. <SPLAT>
131 FRED (CONT’D)
Oof! Ah!
Then he falls to the ground in just the right spot for a piece of
the floor to spring up, shooting his body into the air!
IN MID-AIR: He tries to lick the pie off his face.
He drops down...
INTO A HAMMOCK that swings him around and around, flinging him
into a...
SMALL TENT,open at the top for him to go into... where we see him
in silhouette... next to a BEE HIVE. We see the silhouette of the
BEES <BUZZING> all around him.
132 FRED
Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
He UNZIPS the front of the tent, gets out and ZIPS the tent behind
him. He SLIPS on a WHEELED PLATFORM, and lands spread-eagle on
the floor, where EGGS drop from the ceiling and crack open on him.
Then LIGHTNING STRIKES HIM, frizzing his hair and cooking the
eggs. Brains calmly steps into frame and leans down to ask:
133 BRAINS
Are you glad you finally pushed the
red button?
Fred looks up dazed, then breaks into a HUGE GRIN. That was worth
it.
134 FRED
Suh-weet Corn!
WIPE TO:
20. EXT. PLANET VERDU - LATER
In a green, park-like setting, CAMERA DISCOVERS Brains and the
Super Commander, wearing protective practice gear and stocking
feet spar in hand-to-hand combat. Super Commander blocks a kick
to the face from Brains, catching her foot and tickling it.
135 BRAINS
Hya!
136 SUPER COMMANDER
Glad you could come back Agent
Brains. You solved your security
problem at home?
BRAINS
Oh yeah. I got my most trusted man
on the job.
They each exchange Judo-like jabs at each other. &P Note:
Please no head, chest, stomach or groin contact.)
138 SUPER COMMANDER
Ha! Hya! etc.
139 BRAINS
Ha! Hyyya! etc.