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EXT. TREE-LINED STREET – DAY

Bright, sunny, animated in a style that’s a cross between “Ren and Stimpy” and latter Hanna-Barbera. DAVEY lopes down the sidewalk, meeting NICKY pulling KIRILL around in a RADIO FLYER WAGON.

DAVEY

Hey guys. I see you got Nicky to pull you around, again.

KIRILL

He’s no driver. He is the undertaker!

DAVEY

What does that even mean?

Nicky sighs.

NICKY

I’m just the driver.

Nicky pulls Kirill down the sidewalk. Davey heads up a manicured walkway to a little porch and rings a doorbell. The door opens and SETH opens it, his wild, unkempt curls doubling the size of his head.

SETH

Hey Davey! You’re just in time for lunch.

INT. SETH’S KITCHEN – DAY

Two giant pods sit at opposite ends of the kitchen with pipes and wires curving out of them. RONNIE, tall and pretty with big teeth taking up half her face, wears a white lab coat that matches Seth’s.

RONNIE

Hey Davey. What do you want on your pizza?

DAVEY

Oh, I guess pepperoni and kiwi.

SETH

Eww! Alright, I’ve got that.

Seth runs to the fridge and gets three kiwis and a long stick of pepperoni. He grabs a cleaver and slices them up in a blur. The pieces fly onto the top of a pizza crust.

SETH

Just six point two three seconds in the transmogrifier...

Seth puts the pizza in one pod while Ronnie stands ready at the other. He turns a dial, lights flash, smoke spits out, and a bell goes off.

RONNIE

Lunch is prepared!

Ronnie opens the second pod and...

RONNIE (CONT’D)

Eww!

SETH

What is it?

CUT TO:

Inside the pod, we see the pizza crust has been twisted into an ice cream cone. It is filled with chocolate and vanilla swirl, pieces of pepperoni and kiwi sticking out of it.

CUT TO:

Seth and Ronnie’s faces. She’s turned green and holds a finger to her mouth, her cheeks plumped out. His eyes are spinning maniacally.

SETH (CONT’D)

I’ve done it! I’ve done it!

RONNIE

That’s gross!

SETH

Quit being a baby!

RONNIE

I’m not the baby. You’re the baby.

SETH

Nuh-uh. My baby teeth have begun to fall out.

(to Davey)

The medicine cabinet is now the Brundle museum of natural history. Wanna see what else is in it?

DAVEY

Uh, no thanks. I’m gonna go now. See you guys later.

SETH

Later.

EXT. TREE-LINED STREET – DAY

Davey bumps into ELIOT and BEVERLY, the twins. They’re both wearing shorts, with long socks, white shirts, and neckties.

DAVEY

Hey guys, you wanna go to the park and play on the swings?

BEVERLY

No, we’re going over to Claire’s house to play doctor again. Wanna come?

DAVEY

Nah.

ELIOT

We haven’t played doctor with Claire before.

BEVERLY

I did yesterday.

ELIOT

Bev, you haven’t done anything until I’ve done it too. You haven’t played doctor with Claire until you’ve told me about it.

BEVERLY

Then I haven’t played doctor with Claire!

Davey keeps on walking as the twins keep on bickering. He spots JOHNNY popping a wheelie on his bike, then Johnny crashes hard. Davey runs over.

DAVEY

Johnny, are you okay?

Johnny grabs Davey’s arm and the animation around them desaturates.

JOHNNY

You’re going to have...tacos for dinner.

Johnny lets go and everything goes back to normal.

DAVEY

Yeah, I know. I told you that this morning when I asked if you wanted to come over for dinner, you freak.

JOHNNY

Oh yeah, that’s right. You wanna head over to Max’s house and watch TV? His parents put in a new satellite dish and I hear he gets all sorts of cool stuff now.

DAVEY

Sure!

Davey and Johnny walk off down the street. Behind them, Ronnie chases a giant fly with a swatter, Eliot and Beverly chase a GIRL, each holding an oversized speculum, and Nicky keeps pulling Kirill’s wagon.

BLACKOUT:

I know. SNL did a bit on The Dead Zone years ago. So sue me.