Frankenweenie Page #3

Realizing that he may have gone overboard...

MR. RZYKRUSKI

But is very rare to have such

incident.

Victor raises his hand.

TOSHIAKI:

But it's not rare.

Lightning happens to people all

the time here.

There's a thunderstorm almost

every night.

BOB:

My dad got hit twice.

WEIRD GIRL:

They built New Holland on an

abandoned gold mine...

TOSHIAKI:

I heard it was a cemetery.

WEIRD GIRL:

That's where they buried the

miners.

NASSOR:

It's the windmill that does it.

REVEAL a view of the windmill through the classroom

window.

We PUSH IN on Nassor, the intense look in his eyes.

NASSOR:

Turning, turning the air until the

sky itself rages against the

night.

A beat.

WEIRD GIRL:

No. Cemetery. Definitely.

EXT. BACK YARD - DAY

Sparky amusing himself while Victor is at school by

playing with a tennis ball.

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But “catch” doesn’t work too well without Victor and the

ball rolls through a broken plank in the bottom of Mr

Burgemeister’s fence.

Assuming it is lost forever, Sparky sits dejectedly

looking at the fence until he is startled to see the ball

suddenly roll back towards him.

He BARKS and goes to investigate.

Another dog BARKS BACK.

Surprised, Sparky backs off. There’s not usually a dog

next door.

He BARKS.

An ANSWERING BARK.

He SNIFFS the fence thoroughly. As he reaches the broken

plank, his nose touches ANOTHER DOG’S NOSE.

He jumps back.

Lies low in the grass to peer through.

On the other side of the fence is a similarly-sized

poodle named PERSEPHONE -- Elsa’s dog. She’s beautiful.

She drops the ball on the grass, staring back.

Sparky suddenly rolls over on his back, completely

submissive.

Persephone grabs the ball and runs away.

Sparky pops up, looking after her.

INT. CLASS - DAY

The bell RINGS. Students head for the door.

MR. RZYKRUSKI

Students on your way out, take a

permission slip for the Science

Fair.

Nassor takes a form. Reads it.

They are intrigued but don’t understand.

BOB:

(per the form)

First prize is a huge trophy!

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EXT. SCHOOL / BIKE RACKS - DAY

CLOSE ON Victor, kneeling as he locks his bike to the

rack.

A SHADOW falls across him.

He looks up to see WEIRD GIRL standing over him. She has

a fluffy white CAT in her arms, which she strokes idly

like a James Bond villain.

WEIRD GIRL:

Hello, Victor.

VICTOR:

Hi.

WEIRD GIRL:

Mr. Whiskers had a dream about you

last night.

VICTOR:

How do you know?

WEIRD GIRL:

Because this morning, he made

this.

She holds out what looks to be a small rope of dried

clay, bent in shape of a V.

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