The Boxtrolls Page #6

ON FISH AND SHOE where the alarm clock lands on the floor as

they tumble to a halt. Shoe grabs the clock possessively,

hisses at Fish, and runs away laughing. He has his treasure.

Fish shrugs it off and rights himself, raising a hand to his

mouth.

FISH:

(gurgled question)

“Eggs?”

REVEAL THE CAVERN, the hub of the boxtroll world. It’s full

of workshops, interconnected machines and a constellation of

lights that make it look like a subterranean Coney Island

amusement park. Fish stands in front of a large STALAGMITE,

around which the mechanical underground city is built.

FISH (CONT’D)

(gurgled question)

“Eggs?”

WHEELS - a boxtroll riding a unicycle - zooms quickly past,

humming.

FISH (CONT’D)

(to Wheels)

“You see Eggs?”

Wheels shrugs his shoulders and rides away as OIL CAN - the

smallest boxtroll - tumbles from the conveyor belt and rights

himself with a squeak. Oil Can pulls, well, an OIL CAN from

inside of his box and scurries off.

Fish makes his way to the base of a waterwheel made from

scraps of metal.

High overhead, the boxtroll KNICKERS - a picture of

underpants adorning the front of it’s box - struggles with an

armful of light bulbs while swinging from a rope. Two small

boxtrolls hold the rope steady below.

13.

SPARKY, a boxtroll wearing welding goggles, and a small

boxtroll named BUCKET work side by side on an electrical

generator, fitting dinner forks into a toaster as makeshift

fuses.

FISH (CONT’D)

(gurgled question)

“Eggs?”

Sparky and Bucket look up from their work and give Fish

directions to find Eggs.

SPARKY AND BUCKET

(gurgled in unison)

“Over there!”

In the background, Oil Can climbs down a pipe to grease up

the generator and then scrambles back up the pipe.

Fish heads off as Sparky and Bucket turn on the toaster and

get ZAPPED! They jerk and squirm as electricity courses

through their boxes and they collapse on the ground. The

strands of light bulbs flicker and light up.

Sparky and Bucket smile and beat their boxes in delight -

they fixed the generator. The two boxtrolls holding the rope

let go and beat their boxes. Knickers falls to the ground.

KNICKERS:

AHHH!!!!

INT. BOXTROLL CAVERN - GARDEN - CONTINUOUS

Fish arrives at a SUBTERRANEAN GARDEN where boxtrolls sit

among huge cabbages eating ladybugs and slugs. Fish stops in

front of FRAGILE, a giant, slow moving, dim-witted boxtroll.

Fragile slowly mists a seedling plant.

FISH:

(gurgled)

“Eggs?”

Fragile just stares at Fish until Fish gets frustrated and

leaves. Fragile slowly points, in the direction opposite

Fish’s path.

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