Character, related characters , story and basically anything in this comic © Fabiano Cruz 2003, All Rights Reserved. "Champion" & "The Misfits" created by Fabiano Cruz.

"Freaks & Geeks"
Written by Fabiano Cruz

I can’t deny it, this is a unique view. EVEN FAR, FAR AWAY we can recognize, PATRIOT CITY, America's most splendid jewel. Dozens of MODERN LOOKING SKYSCRAPERS embellish the picture and Deep Blue ATLANTIC OCEAN as far as the eye can be seen behind it. It’s a unique view. It’s a unique town. This is PATRIOT CITY.

Seated on the Edge of the CLINTON TOWER'S Rooftop are HIGH VOLTAGE and WONDER GUY. HIGH VOLTAGE is staring at another building through some Night goggles.

WONDER GUY: “I hate stakeouts.”

HIGH VOLTAGE: “It could be worse.”

WONDER GUY: “How? How could this possible be ANY WORSE?”

HIGH VOLTAGE: “You could be here with Black Ray.”

WONDER GUY thinks.

WONDER GUY: “You're right.”

HIGH VOLTAGE smiles and then kisses WONDER GUY in the cheek.

BLACK RAY: “This is not a date!”

BLACK RAY is approaching them.

WONDER GUY (pissed off): “How long you’ve been there?”

BLACK RAY: “Long enough. (pause) He’s not there.”

WONDER GUY: “Yeah, I figured that five hours ago.”

HIGH VOLTAGE: “You found anything?”

BLACK RAY: “Zero did. She run into the three stooges and got the info out of them.”

HIGH VOLTAGE: “So?”

BLACK RAY: “He’s got the device.”

WONDER GUY: “crap!”

HIGH VOLTAGE: “Any clues on what he may do next?”

BLACK RAY: “Yeah. He’s going to meet some sorta Marxist Separatists and sell ‘em the device.”

WONDER GUY: “Gee Marxist Separatists plus Powerful Device equal my worst nightmare. (pause) Did the three stooges said where?”

BLACK RAY: “California. In a city called Sunny Valley.”

A TV IS TURNED ON. STATIC. SOMEONE CHANGES THE CHANNEL. WE’RE SEEING ALL OF THIS THROUGH A TV SCREEN.

INSERT OF CHAMP’S PICTURES.

HEATHER BARTON: “The question that is on America’s mind is: Who is Champion?”

CUT TO HEATHER BARTON:

HEATHER is seated on a chair in the midst of “THE AFTER HOURS SHOW” (a really cheesy version of the LATE SHOW).

HEATHER BARTON: “The Man. The Myth. The Champion. Tomorrow, America’s most beloved hero for the first time on TV.”

HAL’S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM-NIGHT

HAL, seated on his wheel chair, is watching TV and drinking LEMONADE. When he sees CHAMP in the TV, HAL starts to press his fingers really hard against the glass.

HAL (enraged): “I hate that guy!”

The glass breaks. HAL screams in pain.

HAL (in pain): “Mommy! I cut my hand!”

HERB’S-NIGHT.

HERB’S is the place where every SCUM and THUGS gather. If you’re a criminal this is definitely the place where everybody knows your name.

FRANKIE is seated by a small table drinking. He sees CHAMP’S picture on the TV. Like every crook in the bar FRANKIE scowls at the site.

FRANKIE: “I hate these goody-goody square jaw types! Well, I guess I'll just have to kill him...”

PROVISORY SUNNY VALLEY HIGH – DAY

ADAM is in front of his locker he opens it and reaches for a book.

HAL: “Hey, Adam!”

ADAM (turning and seeing Hal in the wheelchair): “Hey, bro. What’s up?”

HAL: “Not much.”

SILENCE.

ADAM: “It’s good to have ya back here.”

HAL: “It’s not so good to be back. (looking around) So you think we’ll be here long?”

ADAM: “Well, just until the new school building is good to go!”

HAL: “Cool.”

RAIN approaches them (her arm is still broken).

RAIN: “Hey Adam.”

ADAM: “Rain, It’s so good to see ya!”

HAL (‘cause of the wheelchair) is exactly in fron of RAIN’S breasts. He keeps staring at them.

RAIN: “I have great news! Somehow Casey Hayden decided to pay for my operation...”

ADAM (pretending to be surprised): “Really?! Gee, I wonder why he did this...”

RAIN: “I dunno either. He said something about taking responsibility and being a man...”

ADAM smiles.

ADAM: “Oh by the way, this is Hal?”

RAIN looks at HAL and notices that he’s staring at her breast.

RAIN: “Hey, I’m up here!”

HAL (staring at her breasts): “Whatever...”

RAIN: “HEY! I don’t care if you’re on a wheelchair if you don’t stop staring at my breast I WILL KICK YOUR ASS!”

HAL: “Hey, have some compassion for the handicap!”

ADAM: “Dude, equal rights remember. I believe it’s on the constitution...”

HAL (smiling): “Shut up!”

HOTEL.

FRANKIE is on the phone with somebody.

FRANKIE: “I understand! (pause) I’ll do it a test drive to show ya, the power of the TURBOMASTER 7000! (pause) Sorry ‘bout that. I got a little excited, but I’ll show ya the fire power. (pause) How? I’ll use it to kill THE MIGHTY CHAMPION! (pause) Sorry, again... You know I used to be a performer so...”

SUNNY VALLEY’S AIRPORT – DAY.

JOHNNY DOE, MILLA GLADUNKO, ANTHONY BREWSTER & TAYLOR BANNER walk through the gate.

JOHNNY: “What’s next?”

ANTHONY: “We’re going to find that psycho! (pause) I don’t care if we have to turn this town upside down!”

DINER

ADAM is seated by himself drinking CHOCOLATE MILK-SHAKE. RAIN enters in the diner. DAKOTA, BRANDI and KELLY are seated by a table in the back.

RAIN: “Hey, Adam.”

ADAM (smiles): “Hey, Rain.”

RAIN: “Can I seat here?”

ADAM: “Sure. Go ahead.”

RAIN seats. UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE.

RAIN: “Pretty pathetic, huh?”

ADAM: “What?”

RAIN: “This whole town. I mean I know it’s a school night, but come on, we should have something better to do than hang out at the diner...”

ADAM: “Until the mall is restored that’s pretty much it. There’s the arcade, but I’m banned from.”

LANCE, a bit drunk, passes by RAIN and ADAM and walks towards DAKOTA.

RAIN: “Why?”

ADAM (finishes his MILK-SHAKE): “Long story. Involves a dead rabbit, a set of teeth and condom.”

RAIN (perplexed): “What? (pause) How?”

ADAM: “Never mind. It’s not a good story anyway.”

RAIN smiles. ADAM and RAIN stare each other in the eye for a second. They share a moment.

HAL: “Hey guys!”

HAL approaches them in the wheelchair and the moment is over.

HAL: “So, What’s going on?”

ADAM: “Not much I mean, the usual...”

DAKOTA (in the back of the Diner, LOUD): “LANCE, CUT IT OUT!”

LANCE (drunk): “Just hear me out okay!”

All the kids in the diner can’t help but staring at them.

DAKOTA: “No you’re embarrassing me! Go home!”

LANCE: “Embarrassing you?! (LANCE grabs her arm) How dare you?!”

ADAM: “Look you guys, I have to go to the bathroom!”

HAL: “And miss this?! Dude, this is like Soap Opera, but with better performances! Are you nuts!”

ADAM: “Well, all I know is that I’m about to piss myself!”

ADAM stands up and goes to the bathroom. RAIN’S and HAL’S attention are draw to the argument.

DAKOTA: “LANCE YOU’RE HURTING ME! LET ME GO!”

LANCE: “No!”

CHAMPION: “LET HER GO NOW!”

All the kids are dazzled with CHAMP’S presence. Except for HAL, he scowls he sees the hero.

LANCE: “Get the crap out, freak! This is none of your business!”

CHAMPION (standing face to face with LANCE): “LET (pause) HER (pause) GO (pause) NOW!”

LANCE intimidated let of DAKOTA’S arm.

The Kids stare the situation impressed.

HAL start to breath really heavily. Enraged he stares at CHAMP.

CHAMPION: “Now, apologize!”

LANCE: “I will not...She was the one who...”

CHAMPION we see the GREEN EFFULGENCE encircling CHAMP’S body.

CHAMPION: “I DON’T LIKE TO REPEAT MYSELF!”

LANCE thinks.

LANCE: “I’m sorry!”

CHAMPION: “Good, now get the fu-- Get out! I don’t wanna see you in here again.”

LANCE leaves.

CHAMPION (to DAKOTA): “Are you okay?”

DAKOTA: “Yeah, thanks. (Pause) How did you know?”

CHAMPION: “Well, I know everything that happens in this town!”

DARK ALLEY – NIGHT

A guy is running. Out of the blue the air around him becomes solid. He’s trapped in a ICE CAGE.

BLACK RAY arrives in superspeed. Two seconds later WONDER GUY (his whole body is GLOWING a WEIRD LIGHT), HIGH VOLTAGE and ZERO, that comes skating in a ICE PLATFORM (that she creates herself).

BLACK RAY: “So, ‘bro’. I’m told that nothing goes down in Sunny Valley without you knowing about. SO YOU BETTER TALK!”

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – NIGHT

THE BRINGER is seated in front of a BONFIRE.

THE BRINGER (upset, talking to the BONFIRE): “NO! I was not wrong! The kid IS the chosen one. He may not have the way yet, but he has the heart. That’s the most impo-- (THE BRINGER’S VOICE get all scary and monster-like as he get more upset) HOW DARE YOU TO QUESTION ME?!”

WAREHOUSE – NIGHT

FRANKIE, THE FRIENDLY FERRET (wearing his purple High Tech SUIT) is in front of the TURBOMASTER 7000 (that looks like something out of any 007’S from the 70’S.)

Next to him are a bunch of THUGS. FRANKIE opening some BLUEPRINTS on a table.

FRANKIE: “It’s a simple step plan: You guys will draw Chump’s attention (points to the BLUEPRINT in which we see a really bad drawing of the THUGS shooting a bunch of PEOPLE in a BANK) You’ll enter the bank and will start killing people. Then (FRANKIE shows another BLUEPRINTS in WHICH CHAMP is arriving at the BANK) Chump will appear to face you guys, not knowing you’ll be there so (Show FRANKIE entering the BANK with the TURBOMASTER) I’ll show up with the TURBOMASTER 7000, MWAHAHAHAHA!”

All the thugs keep staring at FRANKIE.

FRANKIE (embarrassed): “Anyway. I’ll use the TURBOM-- er, the device to kill Chump! (Show a BLUEPRINT with CHAMP begging for his life) and that’s that!”

THUG: “Cool. When do we do this?”

FRANKIE: “Tomorrow!”

HAL’S HOUSE/FRONT YARD – NIGHT

HAL and ADAM are hanging in front of the house.

ADAM: “Dude, crap off! Homer is way funnier than Cartman! That fat crap is so annoying!”

HAL: “Only on your disturbed little head!”
ADAM laughs.

HAL: “So, what’s up with that Rain chick?”

ADAM: “What about her?”

HAL: “She digs you, bro.”

ADAM: “Yeah right!”

HAL: “I’m serious. I can smell love from a mile away.”

ADAM: “Yeah, you’ve said the very same thing about Mrs Nielsen, now we can’t hang out with Johnny anymore!”

HAL: “Everyone makes mistakes... sometimes. I’m telling ya. That girl likes you. Why don’t you make a move?”

ADAM: “I don’t know. It’s a hard. I think.”

HAL: “Hard? Why the girl is so cute! She’s very... (thinks) Lana Lang.”

ADAM thinks.

ADAM: “Well, Lana and Clark don’t end up together remember?”

HAL: “Oh crap, man! Forget the analogy, even ‘cause you’re no Clark Kent at all, just take a fucking chance, stop being a fucking coward! Jesus!”

SILENCE.

ADAM: “crap you, Hal!”

HAL: “crap you, Adam!”

They both laugh.

EMPIRE RECORDS STORE – NIGHT

ADAM is listening to some music in the little-music-thingy-where-people-listen-to-music-in-music-stores.

ADAM: “Hey Rain!”

RAIN: “Hi, what you’re listening to?”

ADAM: “Sunny Day Real Estate.”

RAIN is stunned.

RAIN: “OHMYGOD!!”

ADAM: “What?!”

RAIN: “Sunny Day is like, my favorite band ever!”

ADAM: “Seriously?! What is you’re favorite song?”

RAIN: “‘Eight’, what is yours?”

ADAM: “Red Elephant.”

RAIN: “It’s amazing. It’s hard to find anyone who likes something that’s not on MTV.”

ADAM: “Tell me about it. (pause) So, what about The Replacements? You know them too?”

RAIN: “Know them?! I have all their albums.”

ADAM: “GETTHEFUCKOUT!”

RAIN: “I’m serious, no one captures teen angst like The Replacements.”

ADAM: “I know. ‘Sixteen Blue’ and ‘Unsatisfied’ are the stories of my life...”

RAIN laughs. Again they share a moment.

ADAM: “So, Rain. Er... Do like, want to... You know...”

RAIN: “I would love, Adam.”

ADAM: “Cool. So what time should I pick you up?”

RAIN: “Seven.”

ADAM: “Okay. It’s a date.”

WAREHOUSE – DAY

FRANKIE is near a VAN. The THUGS are carrying weapons.

FRANKIE: “Okay, boys! It’s time!”

FRONT SAVINGS & LOANS BANK – DAY

All of suddenly the VAN parks in front of the BANK. The THUGS come out of it and enter the BANK.

INSIDE SAVINGS & LOANS BANK – DAY

There’s about fifty people inside the BANK. They’re minding their own business and they don’t pay attention to the SKI MASKED THUGS.

THUG #1: “OKAY, EVERYBODY! (Fires a WARNING SHOT in the CEILING) This is a robbery! Nobody moves!”

OUTSIDE THE EMPIRE RECORDS STORE– DAY

ADAM walks out of the EMPIRE RECORDS STORE. He sees the ARMED & MASKED THUGS INSIDE the BANK.

ADAM: “Damn, can’t I have a freakin’ day off?!”

ADAM moves in superspeed and leaves.

INSIDE SAVINGS & LOANS BANK – DAY.

One THUG is watching the door while the others are collecting the money. Suddenly the one who was watching the door is struck by something and is thrown against a wall.

CHAMPION: “Do you guys honestly thought it would be a good idea to rob a bank in my town!”

THUG #1: “KILL HIM!”

Before the could even pull the trigger CHAMP turned the guns into plastic flowers.

CHAMPION: “Oh come on. You can’t kill the Champ with regular guns!”

THUG #1: “I know but maybe we could with the... TURBOMASTER 7000!”

CHAMPION “the wha--”

A powerful LASER BEAM whacks CHAMP, he screams painfully.

Everyone in the BANK watches, scared, the hero suffering.

Suddenly the LASER BEAM stops and CHAMP falls onto the ground. The boy is seriously injured.

FRANKIE, THE FRIENDLY FERRET enters BANK bringing the TURBOMASTER 7000.

FRANKIE: “Well, well, well. Seems that the ‘mighty chmapion’ isn’t so mighty no more...”

CHAMPION (in pain, scared): “W-what do you want?”

FRANKIE: “Hmm, let me see... (demented) to kill you!”

EXPENSIVE HOTEL – DAY

TAYLOR is staring outside the window. JOHNNY walks towards her.

JOHNNY: “Hey, beautiful.”

TAYLOR: “Hey. Where is everybody?”

JOHNNY: “Sleeping. We all had a rough night.”

TAYLOR: “Yeah.”

JOHNNY: “What’s bothering, Taylor?”

TAYLOR: “It’s... Frankie. He scares me. A lot. They guy is a hazard alone, I don’t know what he’ll with a powerful de--”

JOHNNY: “Hey! Don’t worry about it. I won’t let anything happen to you!”

TAYLOR smiles. JOHNNY approaches her, they’re about to kiss.

ANTHONY enters in the bedroom.

ANTHONY: “I know where he is!”

OUTSIDE SAVINGS & LOANS BANK – DAY

CHAMPION breaks through a wall and falls in the middle of the street nearly getting hit by that CAR that miss our hero by an inch. CHAMPION is very disoriented.

FRANKIE walks out of the BANK.

FRANKIE: “Oh come on! I heard you were really tough, kid! Don’t let me down!”

FRANKIE kicks CHAMP in the chest making him fly five or six feet.

CHAMPION concentrates but doesn’t have time enough to create anything ‘cause FRANKIE start hitting him.

PEOPLE in the street watch, horrified, their hero being beat up by a grown man in a PURPLE FERRET SUIT.

FRANKIE: “Sorry, kid. It’s nothing personal but You--(CHAMP blocks FRANKIE’S PUNCH and strikes him in the chin.) Wow, good shot! Not good enough!”

FRANKIE hits CHAMP that end up crashing into a RESTAURANT.

RESTAURANT – DAY

CHAMP is trying to get up.

CHAMPION (to himself): “Gee, I’m gonna die. I’m so gonna die!”

FRANKIE kicks CHAMP in the head. CHAMP is totally stunned. FRANKIE grabs the boy’s neck.

FRANKIE: “What are your last words?”

TO BE CONTINUED.