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Honey, I Shrunk the Audience

By
Scott Oliverson
scottnwo@pop.digisys.net




(Story is a Disney attraction crossover of the 3D show from both DisneyLand's TomorrowLand and Walt Disney World's MGM Studios and includes both the Marshall Family and Porter Family together with Enik, Slatch "The only Sleestak that could talk", Cha-Ka and Stink the Pakuni ape-men.  In the story with both families safely returned home to Earth from the 5th Dimension known as THE LAND OF THE LOST Rick Marshall and Tom Porter are to be honored at the Institute Of Future Technology and presented the Inventor Of The Year Award by Dr. Emmett Brown "Back To The Future films, animated series and BTTF The Ride" while demostrating their new-improved shrinking-enlarging laser but something goes wrong during the test and the audience gets SHRUNK INSTEAD!!!)

 CAST OF CHARACTERS


Rick Marshall - Park Forest Ranger
Tom Porter - (I Don't Know His Background)
Jack Marshall - Rick's Brother
Kevin Porter - Tom's Son
Will Marshall - Rick's Son
Anne Porter - Tom's Daughter
Holly Marshall - Rick's Daughter
Cha-Ka - Pakuni ApeMan
Stink - Pakuni ApeMan
Enik - Altrusian Leader Of Sleestak People
Slatch - Sleestak Warrior

    Story opens at the Institute Of Future Technology in the futuristic city-town of Hill Valley (Back To The Future II and BTTF The Ride) circa 2015 of the early 21st Century in the New Millennium.  Carmen SanDiego the crimeboss spy from the animated show "Where On Earth Is Carmen SanDiego?" is doing a live interview on the air of the WNN (World News Network) talking about the upcoming ceremony at the IFT complex and the awards being given to the recipents.

CARMEN SANDIEGO


    I'm here at the Institute of Future Technology where Professor Tom Porter will be receiving the prestigous Inventor Of The Year Award together with his school classmate friend Rick Marshall.  At the moment we are trying to track down the chairman of the Institute and host of today's festivities, Doctor Emmett Brown.

    Suddenly she spots the scientist wearing his familiar white lab coat & matching pants with future visor-goggles atop his forehead and yellow rainslicker draped across his back and shoulders with the IFT logo emblazoned on the backside.  She calls to him, get his attention.

CARMEN SANDIEGO


    Oh, there he is.  Doctor Brown...


DOC BROWN


    Oh, hello SanDiego.  Welcome. <Turns to camera> Welcome to the Institute of Future Technology.  Or as I like to say around here, we don't know anything.

    He is interrupted by sound of objects falling down behind him and turns to chew out his employees & staff personnel.

DOC BROWN


    Whoohooa!  Great Scott, careful with those things you idiots.  I don't want to have to pay for damaged-broken items.
CARMEN SANDIEGO


    Ah, heh-heh.  What do you mean you don't know anything?


DOC BROWN 

<Explains>


    Oh, ah-ha, that cannot be imagined.  Our slogan: WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT CAN'T BE IMAGINED.


CARMEN SANDIEGO


    I see.  Ah, Emmett, the activities of your Institute are normally kept under lock and key.  Can you tell us why your TOP SECRET doors are open today?


DOC BROWN


    Certainly.  Each year of the New Millennium I invite the public in to help us pay tribute to the world's leading inventors, thinkers and dreamers.  Gadgets, gizmos and creations that will revolutionize the Earth and build a brighter future into the years to come.  And...<He holds up trophy plaque> I also give out The Inventor Of The Year Award to honor those brave-skilled inventors.


CARMEN SANDIEGO


    And this year's recipient is Professor Tom Porter?

    She is referring to the scientist who managed to escape from the 5th Dimension with his children a strange parallel realm where dinosaurs still live even after being extinct for 65 million years (And I Don't Mean Jurassic Park) even after the Marshall Family suceeded in finding another way home from that mysterious realm also.

DOC BROWN


    A truly remarkable man, Carmen.  Together with his classmate friend Rick Marshall and his brother Jack Marshall they always know how to change the future by coming up with radical ideas.  As Albert Einstein once said centuries ago "Imagination is more important than knowledge"


CARMEN SANDIEGO


    Yes, but didn't an accident of Tom's accidentally shrink his children?
DOC BROWN


    Whoohooa! <Startled by that comment> well...


CARMEN SANDIEGO 

<Continues>


    And didn't he also loose his tiny children Kevin & Anne, Will & Holly Marshall in the backyard of his house?


DOC BROWN


    That really isn't quite the way it...<Tries covering up>
CARMEN SANDIEGO


    And didn't the professor accidentally enlarge the Altrusian alien visitor Enik and Slatch?
DOC BROWN


    Great Scott! <Pales, eyes wide> As if I haven't forgotten that incident already.

    The look on Brown's face appears as if he has seen a ghost.  SanDiego holds up a newspaper with the FRONT PAGE story headlines in full view for the cameramen to zoom in for close-up shot.

CARMEN SANDIEGO


    These Sleestak visitors from the 5th Dimension almost destroyed San Francisco in the process before Porter and the Marshall Brothers were able to restore them both to normal size again.

    The picture on the FRONT PAGE shows the Altrusian and Sleestak warrior towering over the skyline of San Francisco looking almost like Godzilla and King Kong about to destroy the City By The Bay!!!  Quickly Emmett grabs the paper and stuffs it into a shredding machine that devours the paper in seconds before trying to change the subject to something else instead.

DOC BROWN


    Er, um.  Sorry about that folks, <Appologizes into the camera> don't want to remind you of what happened before.  And you thought martians from MARS had landed to conquer Earth reminisicent of the H.G. Wells "War Of The Worlds" 1939 radio broadcast that scared the world. <Turns back to SanDiego> And your, ah, your question is what?
CARMEN SANDIEGO


    Well, considering the accidents in the professor's past, are your guests really safe today?


DOC BROWN 

<Nervous laugh>


    Heheheheh, SanDiego, the Institute is the safest place in the world today. <Machine in the background sparks, causing static.  Emmett grabs safety mask from technician> Uh, as you can see, we ah, insist on wearing industrial density, heavy duty safety goggles around all new inventions.  And for our visitors, we offer these. <He holds up what looks like 3D glasses> They will protect you from flying debris which can occur at anytime during a demostration.

    SanDiego looks startled at this remark.  What did her school-classmate friend say???  Flying debris???  This does not sound good.

CARMEN SANDIEGO


    Excuse me.  Excuse me Doctor Brown, did I just hear you say flying debris?
DOC BROWN


    Whoohooa, did i? <Now he looks suprised> Oops, haha. <Nervous laugh> Gosh, I would love to stay and chat will you for hours but unfortunately I can see Heather calling me over...over there. <Points off camera range> I'll be right with you later.  Asta-la-vista-baby! <Quotes the Terminator>

    Then he is gone.  Carmen watches him rush off to help his girlfriend & guest relations secretary of the IFT with some problems at the moment before turning back to the camera again.

CARMEN SANDIEGO


    Well, there you have it.  Today all eyes will be on Professor Tom Porter, Rick & Jack Marshall as he, Professor Porter demostrates his new and improved Shrinking-Enlarging Laser and receives the Inventor Of The Year Award.  This is Carmen SanDiego for WNN, signing off now.

    And with that the news program goes off the air.  Seconds later the doors to the IFT are opened and the guests are escorted inside.  But were the events shown on WNN an isolated incident or were they foreshadowing of things yet to come???

 


Part 2

    Once inside the IFT auditorium guests choose a row or are ushered to their seats by Institute assistants.  The auditorium has been set up so that the seats to the back can get a good view of the award ceremony.  To the right of the stage which is covered with a blue curtain showcasing the Institute Of Future Technology logo is a Big-Screen monitor that will display close-ups taken with another of Jack Marshall's inventions the hands-free helmet-cam.  Below the screen is a podium where an IFT assistant begins safety instructions.

INSTITUTE ASSISTANT


    Ladies and Gentlemen, please put on your safety goggles now.  These will protect you from flying debris which will occur during any scientific demostration.  And once again I'd like to remind you there is no eating, drinking, videotaping, flash photography...

    Suddenly a machine from behind the curtain zaps the podium setting off a bright flash and puff of smoke.  The assistant hits the deck so to speak before peering back up to see if the coast is clear before warning the guests of another NO-NO.

INSTITUTE ASSISTANT


    And no smoking please.  Enjoy the show and good luck.

    Then he makes his exit, either stage left or right.  Lights begin to shine from behind the curtain as we can make out the shadowy form of Heather the secretary and Emmett's girlfriend making final preparations for the show to start but unfortunately the guests of honor have failed to arrive on time!

CHRISTA


    Heather, how much time do we have left?


HEATHER


    Not much. <Takes a peek behind curtains> Uh-oh.  The audience is already seated.


CHRISTA


    They are? <She too looks out> Oops, so what now boss?
HEATHER

 


    Why are you asking me? <Looks annoyed> Where's Professor Porter?
CHRISTA 

<Shrugs>


    Dunno, haven't seen him.


HEATHER 

<Peers out curtains to speak to crowd>


    Um.  Hello everybody.  We will be with you in a minute - soon as we find the guest of honor. <To herself> That is if we find him in time!

    Suddenly a whirring-buzzing sound catches the attention of the cave-woman who in reality is a 20th Century visitor who was trapped in the LAND OF THE LOST but managed to escape with the Porter Family to Earth and now works with Doc Brown and Heather at the IFT.  Looking up she reacts in suprise & alarm.

CHRISTA


    Look!  There he is!


HEATHER


    Professor Porter!!

    Screaming & yelling both women duck their heads and hit the deck to avoid being struck by the tiny object that zooms around the stage before ripping a hole in the curtain and appears in front of the audience.  It's Tom Porter himself riding his new invention a HoverPod.

TOM PORTER


    Well, hello!  As you can see, I used my shrinking laser to not only shrink my size but also my personal HoverPod.  Now I get 22 miles to the teaspoon.

    The machine wobbles & staggers in flight as Tom fights to regain control of his toy before he succeeds in doing so.  He hovers in close as though he were talking to you face to face even though he looks like a Shrinky-Dink.

TOM PORTER

 <Warns guests>


    Whoa, watch out, those blades are sharp!  Don't touch unless you risk cutting your hands or fingers.  Are we having a good time yet?  Anyway this machine combines speed, altitude and hover capabilities.  Left and Right. <Demostrates quickly> All controlled by this piece of machinery.

    He accidentally drops the control box to the floor.  Suddenly the HoverPod goes out of control like crazy catching Professor Porter totally off-guard and by suprise and crashes back through the curtains disappearing off-stage before the startled eyes of Christa and Heather who watch in disbelief.

TOM PORTER 

<Yells like George Jetson>


    Help, help!  Jane stop this crazy thing.  Help Jaaaaaaaane!!! <Disappears>
CHRISTA


    Now what do we do boss?


HEATHER


    What else? <Shrugs> Start the show!


CHRISTA


    Go! <Gives signal for music to start playing>

    With that the theme song "THE LAND OF THE LOST" begins playing over the hidden loudspeakers within the auditorium as the crowd sings along to the lyrics of the familiar 1970s live-action television show.

 THE LAND OF THE LOST
Marshall, Will and Holly.  On a routine expedition.
Met the greatest earthquake ever known.
High on the rapids, it struck their tiny raft.
And plunged them down a thousand feet below.
To the Laaaaaand of the Loooooooost!!!

Will and Holly Marshall.  As the earth beneath them trembled.
Lost their father through the door of time.
Uncle Jack went searching, and founds those kids at last.
Looking for a way to escape.
From the Laaaaaand of the Looooooost!!!

Part 3

    After the Land Of The Lost theme finishes playing several times while the crowd sings along to the lyrics spotlights shine on the curtain now showing 2 added holes in it.  As it rises Heather motions toward the backstage area as Doc Brown turns from behind a wall and walks to the podium.

HEATHER


    Ladies and Gentlemen the Chairman and Chief Inventive Officer of the Institute Of Future Technology, Dr. Emmett Brown.

    Everyone cheers & applauds as the famous genius of time-travel himself stands before the crowd waving and smiling while blushing red in the face simultanously.  He waits for the noise to calm down before addressing the assembled guests.

DOC BROWN


    Thank you.  Welcome to our annual Open House.  On this day each year we recognize our most innovative scientists.  And this year in 2002 the award is going to a true...<Hesitates before continuing> genius, like me. <That brings giggling & laughter from the crowd> Ah, at the moment he is only a little man but believe me, he has BIG ideas if you know what I mean.

    Again the audience laughs in humor at this comment.  A red neon sign sporting the IFT logo and "Inventor Of The Year 2002 Award" swings down from two cords.  It is pulled toward the audience coming to rest just above the first row of seats.

DOC BROWN


    Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you...

    He gestures to the left as spotlights shine on an empty door.  Obviously Professor Porter is still missing.  Emmett can't believe what went wrong, where is the inventor himself???  Has he failed to show up on schedule???

DOC BROWN


    Great Scott, where could he disappear to?  Oh well, let's start again shall we?  I give you...

    He gestures to the right as spotlights once again shine on another empty door.  Suddenly Porter's out-of-control HoverPod flies back onto stage, sparking.

TOM PORTER


    Anyone find my control box?


DOC BROWN


    Porter!  Watch out for the...


TOM PORTER


    Offmph! 

<Cries out on impact>


DOC BROWN


    Whoohooa, sign. <Looks mad>

    Porter's HoverPod hits the neon sign knocking out some of the letters so the sign now reads "NERD 2002"

TOM PORTER


    Sorry!  I know what you're thinking...you break it, you buy it.  I'll pay for that!


HEATHER


    Professor Porter?!!


CHRISTA


    Thomas!  Be careful!


TOM PORTER


    Whooooooooaaaaah!!! <Yells in panic>

    This time he crashes full tilt into the sign sending shattered glass raining down upon the screaming audience below.  He flies off the stage again.

TOM PORTER


    I'm OK!  No problem.  I'll be back! <Then he disappears again>

    Emmett, Heather & Christa can only watch helplessly as the scientist vanishes from sight shaking their heads in disbelief.  None of them can't imagine what they just witnessed.

DOC BROWN


    Professor certainly knows how to make an entrance.  Not to mention an exit. <He snaps to his secretary> Get that man back here immediately.


HEATHER


    Yes sir Doc. <She hurries away>


CHRISTA


    I'll help too. <Follows after her boss>


DOC BROWN


    And hurry up, we don't have the time to look for him.  Sorry folks, <He appologizes> but we seem to have technical difficulties at the moment.  Actually we have some FREE TIME on our hands so to speak so, why don't we...why don't we meet the inspiration behind the perspiration.  Let's meet the Professor's friends without whom the Professor would not be...where he is...today.  Let's meet Rick and Jack Marshall.

    Just then voices can be heard from back-stage off-camera range.  It seems as though a discussion is taking place at the moment.

RICK MARSHALL


    Will, Holly.  Sorry, I've got to go help find Tom.


JACK MARSHALL


    Don't worry kids, we'll find him I promise. <Then he adds> Enik, Slatch you watch the children, OK?


ENIK


    It will be my honor Mr. Marshall. <Bows>
SLATCH


    No harm will come to your children in our protection.
RICK MARSHALL


    Good, they're gonna need it.

    Then the park ranger and his brother emerge onto stage as the crowd cheers their entrance.  Brown steps forward to greet them.

DOC BROWN


    Hello Rick, Jack.


JACK MARSHALL


    Hello Doctor, nice to see you again.  Long time no see, eh? <Laughter comes from the audience>


RICK MARSHALL


    Good grief, <Rolls his eyes> I hate it when he does that. <To himself>


DOC BROWN


    Nice to have you join me...


RICK MARSHALL


    No time, I must find my classmate friend Tom before it's too late.


JACK MARSHALL


    Asta-la-vista-baby, <Mimics the Terminator> I'll be back.


DOC BROWN


    Whoohooa, <Suprised> wait!


RICK MARSHALL


    Here we go again. <Quickly he runs away>


JACK MARSHALL


    Right behind you bro! <Follows his sibling>

    Emmett watches the men dash off in search of Tom Porter.  Then he decides to continue on with the introductions.

DOC BROWN


    Well, ha-ha, bye Rick & Jack.  Um, why don't we meet the...the rest of the Porter and Marshall families, their children...Will, Holly, Anne & Kevin.

    Out steps the 2 girls and 2 boys to the cheers of their fans as if they are movie stars from Hollywood!  Following them are the Sleestaks Enik and Slatch and the Pakuni apemen Cha-Ka and Stink.  Suddenly Brown notices something coiled around one of the kids shoulders.

DOC BROWN


    Jumping jellybeans!  What...what is that?


KEVIN PORTER


    It's my python, Gigabyte.


DOC BROWN


    Snake!  I hate snakes and spiders. <Cringes>

    Again the audience howls in laughter from Emmett's frantic antics.

WILL MARSHALL


    Don't worry, he's non-poisonous.  He's harmless.


DOC BROWN


    Are you sure? <He still looks afraid>


KEVIN PORTER


    It's cool man.  I didn't want to leave him in the SUV.


DOC BROWN


    Why would you leave him in the SUV?  Ha-ha.  And does he also have a dangerous reptile secreted about his person?


ANNE PORTER


    He...he brought Photon.


DOC BROWN


    Not another snake I hope.


ANNE PORTER


    Nah, <Giggles from the crowd> a mouse.  Look, see? <And she holds out her palm revealing a white mouse resting calmly in her hand>


DOC BROWN


    A mouse!  Huh, ha-ha.  How cute.  Hello Photon, <Waves at the mouse> and what do you feed him?


ENIK


    Actually he eats almost anything he gets his little teeth into.


STINK


    Yeah, the usual mouse-food stuff.


DOC BROWN


    What food-stuff?


HOLLY MARSHALL


    Jellybeans, boogers and pizza.


CHA-KA


    Yah, boogers. <Makes sick face> Ack, gack.

    Again the crowd roars in hysterical laughter from this joke.  Meanwhile unseen voices can be heard coming from the backside of the auditorium.

CHRISTA


    Anyone found Porter yet, over?
HEATHER


    Not yet, over.

    Emmett cannot wait any longer for Tom to return - the show must go on no matter the outcome.  And so he decides to do just that.

DOC BROWN


    Well, ah.  If your father was here, <Speaks to Anne & Kevin> we would be demostrating his Dimensional Duplicator or Cloning Machine.


KEVIN PORTER


    I...I can do it.


DOC BROWN 

<Startled>

 

What?


ENIK


    I spent time in the lab with Professor Porter helping him in his projects whenever he needed my help.  After all I too love inventing wonderful things.


DOC BROWN 

<Not too sure>


    And why should I entrust the most expensive piece of research equipment to a young man with a snake around his neck?


WILL MARSHALL


    Cause I can turn it on.


KEVIN PORTER


    We know how to operate it.


ANNE & HOLLY


    HUMPH, BOYS KNOW EVERYTHING. <Roll their eyes, stick out tounges>


STINK


    Huh?


CHA-KA


    Wha?


SLATCH


    Don't look at me, <Shrugs> I haven't a clue what they said.


DOC BROWN


    Then why didn't you say so?  In that case bring on the Duplicator Clone Machine.

 

Part 4

    A section of the stage begins to rotate to show the Dimensional Cloner Duplicator, Professor Porter's latest invention.  Doc Brown, Will, Holly, Anne, Kevin, Stink, Cha-Ka, Slatch & Enik walk over to the machine to begin the demo.

DOC BROWN


    This, ah, Cloner Duplicator was developed right here by the Professor.  This fantastic machine can make replicas of any object at all.


DUPLICATOR


    PLEASE INSERT ITEM TO BE CLONED NOW.

    Enik, Kevin and Will turn on the machine and walk back to Emmett, Holly, Anne and Slatch.  They do not notice one of the apemen aka Stink drop Anne's pet mouse into the chamber and Cha-Ka enters 999 for the quantity.

DOC BROWN


    Now, as I understand it, Will, Kevin, all you do is you drop the object into the chamber, select the number of copies and press the START button and bingo.  It's so easy even a Pakuni or Sleestak can do it.  Ha!


SLATCH


    I resent that. <Frowns>


ENIK


    I suppose all humans have a sense of humor all the time. <To himself>


WILL MARSHALL


    But we need something to clone or copy, but what?


KEVIN PORTER


    I haven't a clue. <Shrugs>


ANNE PORTER


    Don't look at me, I dunno.


HOLLY MARSHALL


    Or me neither.


DUPLICATOR


    THANK YOU.  COMMENCING COPY MODE.


DOC BROWN


    Whoohooa!! <Startled>


ANNE PORTER


    Stink!  Cha-Ka!  Get down from there.


HOLLY MARSHALL


    Don't play on that thing it's not a toy!


STINK


    Oops, I made a blooper. <Looks guilty>


CHA-KA


    No, Photon! <Panics> He's in there.


HOLLY MARSHALL


    What?!!  My mouse is in there!


ANNE PORTER


    Nooooooo! <Looks afraid>

    Both girls run to the machine frantically trying to abort the program to save their pet before he's harmed.  Both pakuni apes back off trying to appear as though nothing happened.  Will & Kevin rush over to the Cloner to abort the program, shut it down immediately.  Smoke begins rising from it as the device overloads.

DOC BROWN


    Kevin, Will!  Turn this machine off now!


KEVIN PORTER


    I don't know how.


DOC BROWN


    Great Scott, what do you mean you don't know how?!  I thought you said you knew how to work it!


WILL MARSHALL


    Tom only showed us how to turn it on but forgot to explain how to shut it off.


ENIK


    Good grief, we're in trouble. <Throws up his hands in gesture of defeat>


SLATCH


    Wait!  Let me shut down that monster. <He goes to assist the boys>


HEATHER


    Cut the power! <She instructs the technicians in the rafters above>


DOC BROWN


    Ah!  Well, well pull the plug.


HEATHER


    Cut it!


ANNE PORTER


    There is no plug.  Or at least none I can see.


HOLLY MARSHALL


    It's under nuclear power or something.


CHA-KA & STINK


    M-WHA?!! <Shocked, suprised>


DOC BROWN


    It's nuclear what?!!

    Finally the Institute assistants cut the main power and the lights go out.  The Cloner makes that slow-whining noise of a phonograph player slowing down with the needle still on the record after the power has been turned off.  The room falls silent except for the squeaking sound of mice running about.

HEATHER 

<Curious>


    Where are all the mice going?


ENIK


    I think they are going towards the people.


DOC BROWN


    Great Scott...towards the audience. <Fear on his face>

    As the mice invade the audience section people start yelling & screaming in terror as they jump up and down in their seats.  Assistants turn the main power back online and the lights come on again.  The only way to get rid of the mice is with a cat, so Emmett Brown and company turn their attention to Rick Marshall's invention i.e. the 3D HoloPet.

STINK


    How are we going to get rid of them now?


CHA-KA


    Dunno, <Shrugs> any ideas?


ENIK 

<Thinks quickly>


    Um-hmmm, I think this would be the perfect time to demostrate Rick Marshall's No-Mess HoloPet.


HOLLY MARSHALL


    Huh?  Daddy built an invention?  I didn't know that.


ANNE PORTER


    Maybe he's as famous as my father.


WILL & KEVIN


    OH BOTHER! <Mimic Winnie The Pooh>

    The audience laughs & giggles with light humor.  The Altrusian guardian begins activating this machine carefully making last minute adjustments before pressing the START button and a 3D illusion of a kitten materalizes into view above Doc Brown's head as he talks to the crowd.  Apparently he does not notice the cat behind and above him.

DOC BROWN


    It's perfect for those who want the, uh, companionship of a pet with none of the associated mess...<Cat meows, he turns around>...or mice!  Whoohooa, where did that kitten come from?


CHA-KA & STINK


    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH! <Can't stop themselves from laughing>


SLATCH


    Heheheheheheheeh! <He too is convulsed in giggles>

    The kids however keep straight faces even though it is difficult to hold back the giggles & laughter rising inside them.  Enik meanwhile briefly glances up at the 3D image before going back to the console board.

ENIK


    A little more power should do the trick. <Makes another adjustment> There, that...Oops, oh no. <Eyes widen in horror>

    The kitten morphs into a mountain lion and opens its mouth making a snarling growl, teeth bared.

WILL & KEVIN


    AAAAAAAAUGH! <Scream like Charlie Brown>


HOLLY & ANNE


    AAAAAAAAAUGH!  <Scream like Lucy>

    All four hit the deck so to speak as the mountain lion morphs into an African lion which gives a mighty ROAR!!!  Cha-Ka & Stink shriek in terror and run across the stage to hide in the far corner as Slatch drops into a dead fainting spell facedown.  Doc Brown also hits the floor of the stage as IFT assistants run away from the sparking machine.  The lion swipes out at the terrified audience with its paws before disappearing back into the machine as the main lights flicker and go offline again.

 

Part 5

    The theater is cleared of mice, the HoloPet and Dimensional Cloner turned off.  Once the main lights turn on again we notice that Professor Porter has returned as his HoverPod flies around the stage once again.

DOC BROWN


    Professor Porter, care to drop in and join the fun?


TOM PORTER


    Don't worry, this baby stops on a dime.  Anybody got a dime? <He flies to the back of the stage> OK, get it working.  Hit it!

    Institute assistants turn on the laser to remorph Thomas back to normal size again as we hear sound effects coming from backstage.  The kids begin calling out worried that Mr. Porter will be OK.

WILL MARSHALL


    Tom!  You need some help?


KEVIN PORTER


    Dad?


ANNE PORTER


    Father, are you alright?


HOLLY MARSHALL


    Where is he?

    Then Thomas steps onto stage looking normal than he was before as shrinky-dink size.  The audience cheer & applaude his entrance.

DOC BROWN


    Is he all right?


ANNE PORTER


    He's OK, he's back to normal.


KEVIN PORTER


    Yeah, any side-effects dad?


TOM PORTER


    No...I don't feel sick or anything.


DOC BROWN


    That will do for now I guess. <Laughter from the crowd>


ANNE PORTER


    Still got some kinks?


TOM PORTER


    Got to get a couple kinks out of that thing, otherwise it flies beautiful. <Speaks to the audience> Oh, ah, sorry for the delay everybody but strange things can happen when you're the size of a cocktail weenie.  Just ask my kids Kevin and Anne, they'll tell you all about it.

    The kids make sick faces, stick out tounges, roll their eyes in despair since they do not need to remember what happened long ago.

DOC BROWN


    Professor, maybe this isn't a good day to demostrate the shrinking machine.


ENIK


    Oh, nonsense, it's a great day for it.


TOM PORTER


    Of course, now what were we going to shrink?


HEATHER


    Bring out the family.


DOC BROWN


    Whoohooa, the family?!

    Quickly the altrusian and Tom explain what the demo is really used for.

TOM PORTER


    Oh, no-no-no, just their luggage.  You see that's the amount of luggage that the average family takes on vacation.


ENIK


    But now with the help of our new, more powerful shrinking laser all that luggage is going to fit right comfortably in the palm of my hand.

    With that a volunteer family steps onto stage and deposit their carry-ons, suitcases, duffel bags, etc.  Then realizing they are the target of the laser run off the stage without looking back.  Enik begins activating the machine lining up the target-scope on the pile of luggage as Tom makes calculations to be sure the power levels are not too high or too low but normal power.

ENIK


    Ready?


TOM PORTER


    Ready.  All systems on green light.


ENIK


    Here goes nothing.

    Suddenly the laser as if it has a mind of its own tips lifting the suprised Altrusian into the air who frantically hangs onto the handle controls dangling above the floor as the laser spins, blasting holes in some walls scattering the technicians.

ENIK


    Whoooooooah! <Startled>


KEVIN PORTER


    Enik?


TOM PORTER


    Enik!  Hang on, don't let go.


ENIK


    What do you think I'm doing?! <Glares> I'm trying to stop this monster, help me!


ANNE PORTER


    Please be careful.


DOC BROWN


    Porter!  What's going on?


TOM PORTER


    Everything's under control here.


DOC BROWN


    Are you sure?


TOM PORTER


    Oh, yes.  I just have to reach the...<Gets stung> ow, oh.


ENIK


    Get me down from here! <Begins to panic>


WILL MARSHALL


    We got to help him Holly.


HOLLY MARSHALL


    Right!  Let's go.

    Both kids run over to grab the swinging altrusian's legs while he is too frightened to release his grip on the controls.  Finally they succeed in holding onto him and persuade Enik to let go to which he does.  All 3 fall to the floor while the machine continues spinning-wobbling up and down.  Meanwhile Tom instructs his children to assist him in shutting down the control board.

TOM PORTER


    There's a switch over here, Kevin.


KEVIN PORTER


    Which one?


DOC BROWN


    Turn it off now...and we'll do something else.


TOM PORTER


    The purple one.


ANNE PORTER


    Dad, they're all purple.


TOM PORTER 

<Shocked>


    They are?  Rats, nuts.  I should have painted them various rainbow colors.


KEVIN PORTER


    Oh good grief.

    Emmett Brown stands in front of the audience reminding them to make sure their safety masks are on.  Simultanously the laser stops spinning and focuses its target-sights directly on his backside.  He does not see he's about to get hit!

DOC BROWN


    Please make sure that you have your safety goggles firmly secured on your forehead.


WILL MARSHALL

 <Looks up>


    Doc!  Look out!


KEVIN PORTER


    Doc!  The laser's aimed at you, get down before it fires!


DOC BROWN


    What? <Turns around> Aaaaaaaaaaaugh!!! <Screams, throws up his hands>


ENIK


    Doctor Brown! <Runs his way>

    He, Will and Kevin throw themselves upon Emmett Brown knocking him onto the floor and out of the way just as the laser activates, fires a blue-white energy beam into both boys and altrusian!  At the same time the audience seated in their seats are also struck by the laser effects and within seconds the entire theater begins to SHRINK!!!  Once the procedure is finished the tiny theater falls to the ground.  Everything around the guests look GIANT-SIZED proportions.  Institute assistants rush over to inspect the damage but they shake the people in their seats up and down as if they are riding motion base simulator machines.

INSTITUTE ASSISTANT 1


    Get Porter.


INSTITUTE ASSISTANT 2


    Yes sir.


WILL MARSHALL


    It's OK.  Don't worry everybody.  I've been through this before.


KEVIN PORTER


    Can't believe we got zapped again, darn it.


ENIK


    Oh dear, oh goodness! <Looks at himself> I'm shrunk.


WILL & KEVIN


    DAD!  DAD!  WE'RE DOWN HERE.

    Tom drops to the floor shaking up the audience some more.  He is wearing one of Jack Marshall's inventions the Hands-Free Helmet-Cam.  Flicking on a flashlight he peers through a large magnifying glass at the tiny people below him.  When he talks his voice sounds like the Almighty.

TOM PORTER


    EVERYBODY OK IN THERE? <Laughter comes from the crowd>


WILL MARSHALL


    Down here!


KEVIN PORTER


    Dad, here I am!


TOM PORTER


    Oh, there you are Kevin, Will.  Sorry everybody, <Appologizes> the machine short-circuited, blew a fuse.  I got some more in my office...I hope.


ENIK


    Good luck Professor, you'll need it. <Gives thumbs up>


TOM PORTER


    Thanks Enik, I'll need it of course. <Grins back>

    Just then Rick Marshall and Jack Marshall arrive on the stage still searching for Thomas and are suprised to see him normal size again.

RICK MARSHALL


    Thomas, thank goodness you're all right.


JACK MARSHALL


    Is everything OK?


TOM PORTER 

<Hesitates>


    Uh, well, I ahh...<Charlie Brown's famous quote>


HOLLY MARSHALL


    Daddy, something happened.


RICK MARSHALL


    What happened dear? <Curious>


HOLLY MARSHALL


    The laser accidentally misfired and the audience was zapped.


JACK MARSHALL


    What?!! <Startled> It did what?!


ANNE PORTER


    Uh-huh...the audience got shrunk.


TOM PORTER


    That is correct. <Hangs his head in guilt> I did it.


SLATCH


    Good grief, what now?


RICK MARSHALL


    So the audience got zapped and shrunk?


JACK MARSHALL


    I can't believe it happened. <Puzzled>


TOM PORTER


    Excuse me, I'll be back.  Have to go do something.

    He runs away leaving the startled Marshall brothers, Slatch, Anne & Holly staring after him.

JACK MARSHALL


    Wait, wait, where's Will?


RICK MARSHALL


    Where is my son???


HOLLY MARSHALL


    He got shrunk by the laser.


ANNE PORTER


    And Kevin got hit also.


RICK & JACK


    WHAT-THE??? <Shocked>

    At the same time Will and Kevin notice the brothers looking for them and begin yelling and waving frantically.

WILL MARSHALL


    Father!  Hey Dad, I'm down here!


KEVIN PORTER


    Jack, Rick!  Here we are!


ENIK


    Marshall!  We're here, down here!

    Hearing the voices shouting their direction both brothers turn around and GASP!  Their eyes go wide and mouths gape open.

RICK & JACK


    HUUUUUUUUUH?!!


WILL MARSHALL


    Hi Dad, Uncle.  I got hit again.


JACK MARSHALL


    Will?  You're shrunk again, good grief.


WILL MARSHALL


    Yeah, looks that way. <Shrugs>


KEVIN PORTER


    I got hit too, shrunk again.


RICK MARSHALL


    Oh noooo, <Looks desperate> not again.


ENIK


    Excuse me Marshalls, I dropped Will's snake.  I think he might be over there.

    Unfortunately both Rick and Jack fall to the floor in dead faints.  The impact of their bodies hitting the stage floor startles the tiny audience but fortunate they avoid being hit by the brothers.  Doc Brown hurries over quickly.

DOC BROWN


    Great Scott, they didn't land on anyone, did they? <Laughter from the guests> Don't worry, they'll be fine.  Look.  Just stay in your seats ladies and gentlemen and we will blow you up as soon as possible.  You know what I mean. <Winks, smirks>

    Then he along with Heather, Christa, Slatch, Anne & Holly carry Rick and Jack away to receive medical treatment.

ENIK


    Be careful with them.  Don't drop them on anything. <Turns to the guests> You would think Rick Marshall would be used to this by now.


KEVIN PORTER


    Yes, more than I can say for Uncle Jack.


WILL MARSHALL


    Hey! <Glares> they can't help if we get shrunk into shrinky-dinks.  At least Enik was successful in restoring us to normal size again.


ENIK


    Thank you young man, <Bows> it was my honor to rescue you from danger.


KEVIN PORTER


    Good grief. <Throws up his hands, rolls his eyes>

 

Part 6

 

Suddenly the sound of footsteps can be heard and a shadow falls across the tiny audience.  Looking up Kevin and Will react in shock to see the pakuni apeboys ChaKa and Stink leering down at them.

KEVIN PORTER

Uh-oh, here comes trouble.

WILL MARSHALL

  Yegads, King Kong Junior!

CHAKA

    Ooo, little people.

STINK

    Hello, down there tiny mortals. <Waves>

    One of the apeboys aims a polaroid camera and flashes a picture of the audience in their seats.  A loud whirring sound of the photograph ejecting from the slot on the camera and flash from the sensor lens disorients everybody.

 

KEVIN PORTER

    Stink!  You'll blind us!  What are you trying to do?!

ENIK

    Stupid brat.  You should know better than that, shame on you.

STINK

    Oops, heh-heh, <Grins weakly> sorry...didn't mean it.

CHAKA

    I'm going to show the little humans to master Marshall.

    ChaKa, amused with his new toys walks around behind the miniature theater and stoops down to pick it up.

WILL MARSHALL

    Leave the little people.  Stink, Stink!

KEVIN PORTER

    No-no-no, don't pick us up! <Panics>

 

    Too late as the pakuni lifts the audience section in both arms and begins carrying it with him as he seeks out Rick and Jack Marshall.  Stink follows along, peering constantly at the tiny people, making silly faces i.e. sticking out his tounge, rolling his eyes, thumbing up his nose, waggling fingers in his ears, making the "bleblebleblebleble" sounds of flipping finger up and down his lips.

ENIK

    Whoa.  ChaKa! <Starts losing balance> Slow down.  Whoa!  Put us down now.

INSTITUTE ASSISTANT

    Easy ChaKa, easy.

KEVIN PORTER

    Give him the theater.  Give him the theater!  ChaKa!

    The pakuni walks past several IFT assistants in the hands-free helmet-cams and up to a TV monitor displaying their recordings.

WILL MARSHALL

    Hey...look we're on TV!

ENIK

    Oh, we are? <Suprised> Where's my close-up.

    Suddenly the audience swings crazily like on a white rapids rafting expedition.  Both boys and altrusian struggle to regain their footing and shouting at the same time for the pakunis to stop carrying them around and put them down.

KEVIN PORTER

    Whoa!!  Whoa, ChaKa.  Stop, stop.  Stand still, pakuni.

INSTITUTE ASSISTANT

    Interesting. <Peers at tiny people with binoculars>

HEATHER

    Go find Professor Porter.

KEVIN PORTER

    Get my father.

HEATHER

    ChaKa, just watch where you're going, OK?

WILL MARSHALL

    Stop.  Turn around.

STINK

    Don't worry, we won't drop them, honest. <Gives Abraham Lincoln salute>

    Finally the apeboys locate Anne, Holly, Rick and Jack.  Unfortunately the family members are not suprised by what they have in their hands so to speak.

CHAKA

    Hi, master.  Look what I got.

HOLLY MARSHALL

    Good grief!  What on earth, where did you get that?!

ANNE PORTER

    How did you pick up those tiny mortals?

STINK

    Easy, piece of cake.  They really look shrinky-dinks to me.

    Again he imitates more funny faces to crack up the tiny audience but both brothers stop this silly nonsense before something bad happens.

RICK MARSHALL

    Stink, ChaKa stop that now! <Looks mad> This is no time for funny jokes.

JACK MARSHALL

    You put that theater back where you found it right now.  March young men!

DOC BROWN <Panics>

    Great Scott!  And for goodness sake, don't drop them.  All right?  On the other other hand now that I think of it maybe you should just give it to me.