Cartoon Pilot
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New Cartoon Series - PILOT SCRIPTPosted November 12, 1998 TITLE SEQUENCE VO Harnessing the power of the planet to produce four great super heroes... Wet Willy... using the power of water to sculpt coastlines and nourish billions of sea creatures. Flambe' ... witness the awesome energy of fire to rejuvenate and renew. Blowhard ... from summer breezes to continent-sized hurricanes, the devastating power of the wind. Big Fuckin' Mountain ... trillions of kilotons of raw mass just sitting there. When their forces are combined, a mega-hero is created, the awesome WHO-FUCKING-CARES MAN! INTRO VO On today's episode of Who-Fucking-Cares Man, humans destroy ecosystems, unmaintainably harvest resources, and leave litter scattered on the streets of BIG CITY. SCENE 1 FADE IN INT: Police Car, day, traveling along dirty urban streets. It's a smoggy day in Big City, the sky is tan rather than blue. INSPECTOR DAN and ROOKIE JOE sip coffee from styro cups and unwrap wax paper from sandwiches. DAN Good fuckin' coffee. JOE It's okay. JOE balls up the wax paper from his sandwich and tosses it out the window, and we CUT TO EXT: City street, as Dan and Joe's police car speeds away around a corner. FX: screeching tires, giving the impression of haste and carelessness. The camera tracks the balled up wad of wax paper as it bounces once or twice and lands next to a wilted, grey-green weed poking up between the cracks in the shattered sidewalk. CAMERA LINGERS on this shot for 7:50. COMMERCIAL CAMERA CONTINUES TO LINGER on wax paper ball and wilted weed for 7:00. COMMERCIAL CAMERA CONTINUES TO LINGER on wax paper ball and wilted weed for 7:25. OFF SCREEN we hear FX:screeching tires once again, and a white plastic coffee cup lid rolls into the frame, falling down to rest next to the wax paper ball. CAMERA LINGERS on this new development for :30. FADE TO BLACK. COMMERCIAL. SCENE 2 FADE IN INT: Police Car, dusk, traveling along dirty urban streets. The windshield is grimy and streaked. INSPECTOR DAN and ROOKIE JOE sip coffee from styro cups and unwrap wax paper from sandwiches. DAN (burning tongue on too-hot coffee) Dammit! FADE TO BLACK. CREDITS PROMO FIN |