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- 1. <SCREENWRIGHT(R) SCREENPLAY FORMATTING TEMPLATE V1.3 > <DELETE/REPLACE TEXT SURROUNDED BY <> ANGLE BRACKETS (DON'T REMOVE LINE BREAKS) > "The Superhero Squad" Screenplay by Molly Bufton Molly Bufton 1286 Fairway 7 Macedon NY, 14502 315-521-9594
- 2. "The Superhero Squad" FADE IN: EXT. RANDOM CITY SKYLINE – MIDDAY - ESTABLISHING INT. SUPERHERO HEADQUARTERS FUTURISTIC LOOKING BUILDING MORPHLING walks in carrying a box of some kind of take out food. MISS APPEAR, SHORTCUT, and DOCTOR THUNDER are all sitting around a round white table waiting for him. They notice him approaching and all look up with impatient faces. SHORTCUT (agitated) Took you long enough. Where did you go to get it china? MORPHLING Maybe next time you should get the dinner. You're the one who can teleport! As soon as the words fall from his mouth a metal robot claw comes crashing through the ceiling shaking the entire foundation. Morphling drops the food and the other heroes spring up with alertness. The claw breaks through the ceiling into view of the camera. It closes slightly around the chunk of ceiling and rips it off the building throwing it into the distance. MORPHLING Holy mounds of metal Thunder! Its Master Murder! DOCTOR THUNDER Everyone, split up. All the heroes run in different directions. The robot claw punches through the wall directly in front of the camera. The face/head of the robot, with Master Murder housed inside, peeks through the opening in the wall and scans side to side looking for the heroes. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS
- 3. "The Superhero Squad" 2. The robot is still looking into the headquarters and suddenly Shortcut appears on the top of his head. He telekinetically pulls a piece of re-bar from the destroyed wall to him and attempts to smash the glass dome that is protecting Master Murder. MASTER MURDER You really think you'll be able to break that? (laughs maniacally) Doctor Thunder flies out of the headquarters into the face of Master Murder's robot. Followed closely by Morphling, who has shifted into a pterodactyl, with Miss Appear riding on his back. DOCTOR THUNDER He might not be able to, but I can! Master Murder swings his robot arms rapidly trying to make Shortcut fall. He also tries to hit Doctor Thunder and Morphling to stop them from getting to him. Just as he is about hit Doctor Thunder, Miss Appear throws up a shield between the three of them and his mechanical arm. He collides with it and is flung backwards slightly. Shortcut loses his balance and starts to fall but as he heads to the ground disappears in the blink of an eye. We see him re-appear in the headquarters. MISS APPEAR Shortcut you good? SHORTCUT Never better! Lets bust this blockhead! CUT TO: INT. INSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS - CAMERA BEHIND SHORTCUT – THIRD PERSON VIEW OF FIGHT Shortcut starts to walk toward the hole in the wall to rejoin the fight when an alarm starts to blare in the headquarters. Sirens are clamoring and red lights are flashing, a huge TV drops from the ceiling to the right of hole in the wall.
- 4. "The Superhero Squad" 2. SHORTCUT Thunder! We are getting another distress call! DOCTOR THUNDER See what that is about. The TV drops down to full size and THE MAYOR, a man in his late 50s with graying hair and a faintly wrinkled complexion, speaks to Shortcut from a messy office. A commotion of some kind can be seen out the windows of his office. THE MAYOR Shortcut, you and the rest of The Superhero Squad need to get downtown as soon as possible! Master Murder's partner in crime Kid Killer is reeking havoc on our peaceful people. SHORTCUT Mayor, Master Murder is here fighting us at headquarters we can't all go there at once or he'll destroy our layer. THE MAYOR Well at least one of you has to come help us Kid Killer is kicking our keisters. We need a little... The Mayor is cut off by a smoke bomb flying through his office window. He looks at the smoke bomb then quickly back up to the camera with a face of fear right as the bomb goes off and fills the room with thick gray smoke. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE OF HEADQUARTERS – THIRD PERSON VIEW OF FIGHT WITH HEADQUARTERS IN BACKGROUND Shortcut comes running to the center of the room from the left side. SHORTCUT Holy double dual Thunder! We need to stop both Master Murder and his fiendish friend Kid Killer before its too late.
- 5. "The Superhero Squad" 2. DOCTOR THUNDER You're right Shortcut! Take Morphling and get downtown before anything gets to dramatic over there. Morphling hears this conversation and flies, while the camera follows, with Miss Appear still on his back into the building. Miss Appear steps down and walks to the hole in the wall to get as close to the action as possible. Morphling shifts back into a human and looks at Shortcut. Shortcut places his hand on Morphling's shoulder, they both nod and disappear from sight. CUT TO: EXT. DOWNTOWN CITY AREA – ROOF OVERLOOKING STREET Shortcut and Morphling appear out of thin air and run to the edge of the building to get a view of what is going on below them. The camera follows there view and we see KID KILLER riding a hover board over the street throwing smoke bombs and flash bang grenades in all directions. SHORTCUT We gotta get over there and stop him. MORPHLING Meet you there. Morphling shifts into a hawk and takes off in the direction of Kid Killer. Shortcut watches him fly for a moment with a smirk on his face then disappears. CUT TO: EXT. VIEW FROM THE STREET BELOW KID KILLER – LOOKING UP Shortcut appears below Kid Killer and is looking up at him. Kid Killer notices his appearance and speaks into a blue-tooth on his ear. KID KILLER The squad just split up and are thoroughly distracted. Finish up your part before we get mangled out here.
- 6. "The Superhero Squad" 2. CUT TO: INT. OFFICE BUILDING – IN AN EMPTY OFFICE WITH ONLY A DESK RAVEN, a girl with black hair, dark clothes and makeup, picks the lock to the office door and walks in. She has a laptop bag slung over her shoulder and a blue-tooth in her ear. RAVEN I'm working on it. Just keep them distracted for as long as you can idiot. CUT TO: EXT. DOWNTOWN CITY STREET Kid Killer looks down at Shortcut and throws a grenade right at him. It flies about halfway to Shortcut before he stops and throws it back with his mind. The grenade hurls towards Kid Killer who dodges it at the last second. Morphling is floating right above Kid Killer's head and about to shift into a rhino and drop on him when Kid Killer sees him and shoots an arrow through one of his wings. Morphling starts to fall uncontrollably. Shortcut sees this happen and disappears from view, re-appears in midday air, grabs Morphling and they both disappear once more. KID KILLER One of them is injured time to hit em where it hurts. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE SUPERHERO SQUAD HEADQUARTERS Doctor Thunder is punching the head of the robot trying to break through to Master Murder. Meanwhile Miss Appear is throwing up shields to protect Doctor Thunder from attacks by the robot arms. MASTER MURDER Time to break out the big guns. Just then the shoulders of the robot both lift revealing two rows of five missiles on each side, ten missiles in all. Miss Appear sees them first and yells to Doctor Thunder.
- 7. "The Superhero Squad" 2. MISS APPEAR Thunder! He's got missiles. MASTER MURDER That's right I do and I going to blow up the ten most populated buildings in this city! Master Murder turns and faces the city and the missiles shoot off one by one heading toward the city. DOCTOR THUNDER Miss Appear turn on the comm. System. CUT TO: INT. INSIDE HEADQUARTERS – VIEW OF FIGHT AND MISS APPEAR Miss Appear runs over to a desk and hits a green button and turns to face Doctor Thunder, she gives him a thumbs up. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS – CLOSE ON DOCTOR THUNDER Doctor Thunder puts a finger to his ear. DOCTOR THUNDER Shortcut can you hear me? Come in Shortcut. SPLIT SCREEN Doctor Thunder on one side – Shortcut on the other. Shortcut turns to face the camera and puts a finger to his ear. SHORTCUT Yes I hear you Thunder. What's up? DOCTOR THUNDER There are ten missiles headed toward the city we need to stop them. Leave Morphling to deal with Kid Killer and we will get them. SHORTCUT Roger that.
- 8. "The Superhero Squad" 2. SPLIT SCREEN ENDS Shot slides to just show Shortcut. Shortcut turns and sees Morphling with an arrow through his arm laying on the rooftop he teleported them to. SHORTCUT There are missiles headed for the city. Can you handle Kid Killer on your own while I stop them? Morphling sits up and grabs the bottom of the arrow and breaks it off. He grabs the top and pulls it out of his arm. Shortcut is looking down at him with a smirk on his face. MORPHLING Did you really think I would let a little arrow stop me?! Morphling reaches up with his good arm and Shortcut catches his hand and pulls him to his feet. Shortcut grabs his good arm and teleports him to the street then disappears just as fast. CUT TO: EXT. VIEW OF CITY FROM A DISTANCE OVER A BAY – MISSILES FLY INTO FRAME All the missiles are headed for different buildings. Doctor thunder is flying quickly behind them trying to catch up. Shortcut flashes into the frame next to a missile and grabs it. He uses telekinesis to pull another one to him and touching both missiles he disappears again and takes the two missiles with him. Doctor Thunder pushes forward and grabs one of the missiles. With his super strength he is able to redirect it into the bay below him and it explodes when it collides with the surface of the water. DOCTOR THUNDER Three down. Seven to go. Thunder flies off after another missile.
- 9. "The Superhero Squad" 2. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS Miss Appear is keeping Master Murder busy by turning invisible and putting shields up right next to him that push him the other direction. Shortcut appears behind Master Murder with the two missiles aimed right at him. As soon as he appears they both continue flying and explode in Master Murder's face. He is blown over. Shortcut looks at Miss Appear when she reappears and gives her a wink and a grin. She chuckles and looks down at Master Murder. There is only slight damage done to the dome of the robot so he stands up and goes after Shortcut but he is already gone and so is Miss Appear. That is when a force field smacks the front of his dome pushing him backward. MASTER MURDER (speaking into blue-tooth) Raven!! How much longer do you need us to keep them busy? CUT TO: INT. OFFICE WHERE RAVEN IS Raven is typing furiously on a laptop at the desk in the office. RAVEN I've broken into their server I just have to get past the internal security and wire the money to our accounts. CUT TO: EXT. DOWNTOWN STREETS Kid Killer looks confused and lost in the conversation. KID KILLER (speaking slowly confused) Okay.. so how long till the money is transferred? Kid Killer is hovering closer to the ground than before and Morphling comes flying out of nowhere in the form of a black panther. Morphling hears Kid
- 10. "The Superhero Squad" 2. Killer talking about the money transfer and after he knocks Kid Killer off his hover board shifts back into a human to tell the others. MORPHLING (with finger to ear) Guys this isn't just an attack. They're robbing someone too. CUT TO: EXT. CITY IN BACKGROUND MISSILES STILL FLYING TOWARD IT ONLY 5 NOW Doctor Thunder has just directed a third missile into the bay when he hears Morphling over the comm. DOCTOR THUNDER How do you know? CUT TO: EXT. DOWNTOWN STREETS MORPHLING I heard Kid Killer talking into his blue-tooth asking when the money would be transferred. CUT TO: INT. INSIDE HEADQUARTERS Miss Appear reappears next to the hole in the wall hiding from Master Murder's view. MISS APPEAR Well we know Master Murder isn't transferring money because he is right here. CUT TO: EXT. RANDOM BUILDING ROOF Shortcut appears out of nowhere. SHORTCUT And we know Kid Killer isn't smart enough for that so who is left?
- 11. "The Superhero Squad" 2. SPLIT SCREEN The screen is split to show all four of them at once. ALL RAVEN! CUT TO: EXT. OVER BAY - CITY IN BACKGROUND – MISSILES STILL FLYING Doctor Thunder is floating above the bay. DOCTOR THUNDER (into comm.) We need to get one of these knuckleheads to tell us where she is. CUT TO: EXT. DOWNTOWN CITY STREETS Morphling is standing over Kid Killer who is still down after Morphling knocked him off his hover board. MORPHLING (smiling devilishly) Leave that to me I'll crack this creep in an instant. Morphling looks down at Kid Killer who is looking up at him with worry in his eyes. Morphling kneels next to Kid Killer. MORPHLING Tell me what I need to know and I'll go easy on you and Raven. KID KILLER I'll never tell you anything! Morphling changes his hand into a bear claw and rests it on Kid Killer's chest. KID KILLER (panicked) Okay okay I'll tell you!
- 12. "The Superhero Squad" 2. CUT TO: INT. OFFICE WHERE RAVEN IS Raven is still typing away at her computer when Shortcut appears behind her. She doesn't see him yet. SHORTCUT Whatcha doing there Raven? Caught off guard Raven spins around to look at him and jumps up off the chair when she does. Shortcut grabs her arm and they vanish. CUT TO: INT. POLICE STATION Doctor Thunder, Morphling, and Miss Appear are already there with Master Murder and Kid Killer in cuffs. Shortcut and Raven appear next to the rest of the Superhero Squad. A cop steps forward and slaps cuffs on Raven. Another cop unlocks one of the cells and the squad pushes them all inside. DOCTOR THUNDER Good work gang. MORPHLING Can we go eat now? SHORTCUT I'll get us some food and meet you guys at headquarters. Shortcut disappears and the rest of the squad smiles and slowly walks outside. FADE OUT. THE END