Mina's Party/transcript

''[The episode begins with a shot of a book; we then PAN up to see MINA reading the book giddily. She is sitting on the floor with her legs stretched in front of her, and her back propped up against a tree.]''

MINA

Euclid says that for any given line “L”, and a point “A,” there is exactly one line through “A” that does not intersect “L.”

[She laughs.]

I love this guy!

''[BELLO, riding a DODO, passes by the tree where MINA is sitting. RITA is following him and laughing.]''

BELLO

Yahoo-za!

RITA

Ride the Dodo!

MINA

[She looks up from her book.]

The two internal angles and long lines will meet on that side.

[Still running, riding DODOS and laughing, BELLO, RITA, and ONGO pass by MINA as she speaks.]

RITA

Yee-haw! WOOOOOOO! [She pops some bubbles with her finger.] 

MINA

[She laughs.] Internal angles, extended lines...what could be more fun?!

[She watches RITA and ONGO run past her.]

RITA

Let me try, Bello!

MINA

[Her smile turns to a frown.]

I don’t understand! What do they find so fun in those games? What’s so fun?

GOOMO

[voice only]

BUBBLES!

''[PAN over to his face. MINA squeals from shock.]''

And Dodo racing!

Maximum funness! [With a bowl of vegetables in one hand, he pops an entire piece of celery in his mouth, then sprints off the rock he had been sitting on.] Let me try, guys!

MINA

Ahh! Maximum funness!

I’ll show YOU what “maximum funness” means!

''[Her eyes narrow and she laughs squeakily. CUT to the interior of MINA’s house. BEGIN MONTAGE. Set to the instrumental of “I Love You (You’re My Friend), it features MINA looking through different books and throwing many of them on the floor out of anger. END MONTAGE.]''

Nothing!

[She slams a book down onto the table.]

Nothing is coming up!

''[One of the books falls off of the stack of books on MINA’s table. It lands right on MINA’s toes. She makes a high-pitched grunt of agony, then notices the page the book opened to - an illustration of children having fun at a party with the text “Great Party!” MINA goes over to the book, squats down, and wiggles her fingers.]''

Ahh! A great party, yes!

I shall have the funnest party Jammbo has ever seen!

''[She laughs maniacally as organ music plays and lightning strikes outside her house. FADE to the interior of MINA’s house, where party decorations are hung up on the walls. The front door swings open to reveal BELLO, ONGO, RITA and GOOMO standing outside. RITA’s eyes are twinking.]''

BELLO

Hey, Mina! We’re ready to party down!

''[The other KIDS frown and gulp as they enter. GOOMO refuses to enter.]''

RITA

Where is she?

[As the other KIDS walk into MINA’s house, apart from GOOMO, the big screen on her wall turns on to reveal MINA, stroking a balloon gently, on-screen.]

MINA

Please, sit down.

BELLO

Huh?

MINA

Everyone.

''[The KIDS all sit down on the floor. GOOMO continues watching MINA stroke the balloon on the screen and shows discomfort at the sound it makes from the doorway.]''

You too, Goomo! ♪

[GOOMO yelps and rushes to sit down on the floor.]

Welcome one and all to my party of maximum fun! ''[MINA throws the balloon as the screen shows her body zooming out. She is wearing a party hat with stripes. RITA laughs. As MINA goes over what will happen at the party, the screen shows images demonstrating the activities as well as clips of MINA dancing.]''

I have a few things to go over with you before we begin. For the party today, I’ve prepared four incredibly fun activities: nutrition, hydration, sonic stimulation and physical activation. On its own, each activity is fun, of course, but when the four activities work together, they create maximum funness! ''[MINA laughs. The other KIDS are shown on the screen. They stare at themselves depicted on the screen. A giant MINA appears on-screen and puts the kids in her hand.]'' But you might, well, be wondering: how will we know when maximum funness has been achieved, Mina?! [A second MINA appears on-screen.] By using the Fun-O-Meter, of course! It measures the fun being had at all times! Red at the bottom for zero fun, green at the top for maximum fun! [She laughs.] Sooo, what do you think, everybody?! Want to know what “maximum fun” means?!

[The other kids stare, but then they cheer and ad-lib expressions of joy such as “Yeah!” and “Woo-hoo!”]

First up...Party juice central!

''[FADE to a table in MINA’s house. MINA places a blender down.]''

Mina’s Party Juice provides optimal levels of nutrition and energy, both necessary to maximize fun. ''[MINA shows off the ingredients for the juice: vegetables and fish bones. She places them into the blender, mixes the juice, and laughs.]''

Chock-full of amino acids and molecular binding agents!

[She pours everyone cups of Party Juice.]

Who wants?

[RITA, ONGO and GOOMO step back.]

MINA

Great!

BELLO

Huh?

MINA

Bello!

BELLO

Well, uh...I’m really not that thirsty!

MINA

Come on! [She forces BELLO to drink the juice by pushing the cup as BELLO hesitantly drinks.] You’ll love it!

BELLO

Blech! Ugh…

MINA

Amazing, isn’t it?! [She laughs.] Isn’t this fun?! ''[RITA, ONGO and GOOMO are shown with their drinks by their mouths, but not drinking anything. RITA takes small sips.]'' Whoops! Time for the next activity!

''[RITA, ONGO and GOOMO’s juice cups are shown being thrown out the window of MINA’s house. FADE to the interior once more, where numerous foods such as vegetables, Jelly Apples, and sandwiches are on a table. MINA holds a bowl of vegetables.] ''

Snacktime!

[A maze made of pegs is shown, separating the snack table and MINA from the other kids.]

GOOMO

Yea-ah! ''[He runs through the maze and grabs a bowl of vegetables and a spoon. He goes to eat, but MINA stops him.]''

MINA

Wait! Before you ingest, I have a few questions regarding your snack. Are the colors A, good; B, very good; C, very, very good; D, excellent; or E, none of the above?

GOOMO

[hesitantly]

Ex...cellent?

MINA

[taking notes]

YES! [GOOMO goes to eat another spoonful, but is stopped again by MINA.]

Wait! Now, would you rate the texture of the food as A, good; B, very good; C, very, very good; D, excellent; E, none of the above?

GOOMO

[hesitantly]

Erm...Excellent?

MINA

[taking notes]

YES! ''[SFX: loud HONK sound. GOOMO is startled and lightning bolts appear around his head. BELLO, RITA and ONGO also jump from the loud noise, and they appear in front of a lightning background.]''

Oh! Oh! Time’s up! Onto our next fun phase! ''[Before GOOMO can even take a bite, MINA grabs him. He screams and his vegetables remain suspended in mid-air. FADE to another part of MINA’s house.]''

This activity combines physical activation and sonic stimulation! Daaaance to the music, and when the music stops, freeze! The wackier your position, the more fun you are having!

RITA

I love this game!

[The music starts and all the kids except MINA begin to dance.]

This is so much fun!

[MINA pushes a button on a remote to stop the music.]

MINA

C’mon, guys! We can still have even more fun! [She grabs BELLO’s arm and changes its position.] Perfect.

[She grabs ONGO’s arm and GOOMO’s leg.]

Don’t move. Hold it. Hold the position!

GOOMO

Owww!

RITA

[MINA grabs her wrist.]

Haaah!

GOOMO

[MINA grabs his head.]

Owwwww!

BELLO

[MINA grabs his back.]

Ohhh…

MINA

[She laughs.]

It’s hard to put up with such fun, eh?!

[The other kids fall to the floor.]

GOOMO

[while slowly sitting up]

Have we gotten to maximum fun yet?

MINA

Let’s check! The moment of truth. Time to see how much fun the Fun-O-Meter is capturing! ''[The FUN-O-METER calculates the amount of fun as red - zero fun. MINA gasps. Everyone’s frowns are shown on the FUN-O-METER.]''

GOOMO

We’d like to go home now.

MINA

Really? I can’t understand! Something must be wrong with the Fun-O-Meter.

BELLO

Let me help you. If people at your party would rather be at their own house, you have a problem.

MINA

But how can this be? I did everything according to plan! What went wrong?

BELLO

Well…

MINA

Maybe we need to improvise something more fun!

''[CUT to a close-up of RITA’s hands holding a connect-the-dots sheet. CUT to show everybody holding the same kind of sheets while MINA explains the next fun activity.]''

As you know, there is nothing more fun than drawing funny drawings!

RITA

But…

MINA

Shh! No talking!

Now, using the #2 pencil provided, connect the dots so you can create a beautiful drawing! [Pause.] You have 30 minutes. [She shuts the door and leaves.]

GOOMO

30 minutes?! But there are tons of dots!

MINA

[She opens the door.]

Uh-uh! No talking!

[She shuts the door and leaves again.]

GOOMO

But...But…

''[MINA appears out of nowhere, makes a yelping sound, and does the “I’m watching you” gesture to GOOMO. She leaves once more. Only RITA does the connect-the-dots. ONGO flops over and his head hits the desk. MINA returns, opening the door. She is carrying a stack of papers.]''

MINA

Okay, my friends! I have more drawings for you!

''[The background behind MINA shatters comically, and we PAN to the interior of her house, where BELLO, GOOMO, RITA and ONGO are out of their seats and dancing to music. ONGO is throwing paper airplanes and GOOMO is making weird noises with his tongue. The scene alternates between shots of MINA frowning with RITA jumping up and down to the music, GOOMO shaking his arm, and BELLO catching a paper airplane.]''

BELLO

Check it out! Fun is like an energy that comes from the inside that you can’t see, but it’s there. [He gives MINA a paper airplane and she frowns.]

MINA

The beautiful drawings...And you’ve drawn outside the dots…

This is no way to have fun…

''[MINA throws the paper airplane. It soars through the air and eventually hits MINA, but BELLO picks it up for her.]''

BELLO

See, fun is a jelly thing. You can’t measure it, you can’t force it, you can’t control it, you can’t make it happen. It just...happens.

''[MINA throws a lot of paper airplanes and screeches. She then gets up to dance to the music with her other friends, as they laugh and cheer. The FUN-O-METER displays green for maximum fun.]''

[ENDING SONG: DON’T GET ANGRY.]

No, no, don’t get angry!

No, no, don’t get angry!

Today is just tomorrow’s yesterday!

No, no, don’t get angry!

No, no, don’t get angry!

Wear a smile and in a while, everything will be okay!

We might be walking in the sun (x2)

When suddenly the rain will come (x2)

We won’t be shouting at the clouds,

''‘Cause we’ll be laughing very loud! (Hahahaha! Hahahaha!)''

As we splash around!

Maybe at night we wanna play (x2)

But in our beds we have to stay (x2)

It’s not as bad as it’ll seem

We get to dream a million dreams

As we drift away!

No, no, don’t get angry!

No, no, don’t get angry!

Today is just tomorrow’s yesterday!

No, no, don’t get angry!

No, no, don’t get angry!

Wear a smile and in a while, everything will be okay!

[The song fades out while MINA laughs.]