Vote for Tom!/Transcript

(Scene shows Ginger in the bathroom giving a flashback to the audience)

Ginger: Previously, Angela got a scooter and she wasn't gonna let me ride it, but I was determined to find a way!

Hank: Ginger, you can't just say what happened to you!

Ginger: I know! The CEO started running for mayor and threatened to shut down the garage, so Tom had to run for mayor too in order...

(Hank leaves.)

Ginger: ...back to the important stuff! Eventually, I got to ride Angela's scooter! Go, Ginger!

(Theme song plays)

(Scene cuts to the living room. Tom rips a poster off the wall and sighs.)

Angela: (gasps) Hey! (places poster back on wall) What are you doing?

Tom: I give up. I can't beat the CEO. If I put up a poster, he puts up a laser billboard. If I find a baby, he's already kissed it, burped it and sung it a lullaby the entire time!

Hank: So you're packing up the garage to make him think we moved to the center of the earth!

(The TV is on in the background.)

Tom: No, I'm packing up for when he becomes mayor and kicks us out of here.

Angela: Come on, don't be so dramatic!

(The CEO appears on TV.)

CEO: (on TV) Oh, I'm glad Tom's running against me! That way, when I beat him, destroying his company will be even more fun! (laughs)

Angela: Oh! (switches channels)

(The CEO appears on the other channel in front of the diner.)

CEO: (on TV) I'd say my greatest weakness is that I... have no weaknesses!

(Angela changes channels again.)

CEO: (on TV) Wow, I'm on so many channels!

Angela: (turns off TV) Ugh!

Ginger: Sounds like it's time to start playing dirty!

Angela: No! We cannot sink to the CEO's level!

Ginger: You're absolutely right! (whispering to Tom) My class voted me line-leader three weeks in a row, I can make things happen. Call me!

(Ben walks into the room with a huge screen.)

Ben: Hold on to your socks, everyone, I'm about to knock those socks off with a secret strategy to make Tom mayor! I've isolated the four secret elements that guarantee a win.

(The screen contains four icons representing a secret element.)

Ben: Hard work, charm, big ideas, and honesty! Have more of these than your opponent and you could beat anyone.

Tom: Yeah! I can show everyone that I am a hard worker... right after someone else unpacks these boxes.

(Ginger and Angela groan.)

(Scene cuts to the park. Someone is using a leafblower.)

Tom: (to man) Excuse me, sir! I see you're doing some hard work, and as a candidate for mayor, I'd like to help you.

(Tom uses karate chops to organize the leaves into three neat, separate piles.)

(The audience claps.)

(The CEO enters with a jetpack.)

CEO: CEO in the house, make way!

(The jetpack blows the leaf piles, scattering the leaves.)

Tom: No, my piles!

CEO: Oh, did I blow them away? Whoooops! These jetpacks will do that sometimes.

Angela: Hey! Tom was showing everyone what a hard worker he is, and he has a secret system now to beat you in this election!

CEO: Look at that, uhh...

Angela: There are four categories in this secret system and the first one is hard work, and then-

Tom: No, no, no, no-

Angela: I'm not telling you what they are because they are secrets!

CEO: Hard work? Nobody cares about hard work, right?

Audience: Boo!

CEO: Now hold on, I-I was kidding! I'm the best at hard work, watch this! I'll just pull this weed... out of the ground... gotta warm up...

(The CEO tries to pull the weed out, but fails and falls to the ground. The audience laughs.)

Ben: He couldn't even do it! Remember when Tom made all those nice, neat piles?

CEO: No fair! I normally pay people to de-weed my earth!

(The "hard work" section on Ben's tablet turns green. Tom's face is put over it.)

Ben: Well, you got one! Next up: charm!

(Scene cuts to a sad man walking on the streets near Jerry's.)

Tom: (to man) Hey, citizen! Nice hat you got there!

Citizen: (cheers up) Yeah!

("Charm" on Ben's tablet turns green and Tom's face is placed over it. Ben and Angela cheer.)

(Scene cuts to Tom, Ben and Angela walking by the auditorium.)

Tom: This next category is easy! Nobody has more big ideas than me!

(Tom gets a call from Hank. Tom picks it up.)

Hank: Hey, Tom? Did you hire a plumber that looks like the CEO with a fake moustache to come over and take pictures of Ben's secret strategy?

(The CEO is seen with a fake moustache taking a picture of Ben's screen. He leaves with a jetpack.)

Tom: What? No- no!

Hank: Okay so, the CEO might now know your secret strategy. But he fixed the toilet. Flushes like a dream! (flushes toilet)

Tom: Ugh! (ends call) Hey guys, uh, we may have a problem...

(The CEO enters with a jetpack and lands on a wooden crate.)

CEO: Jetpack ahoy, make way, make way, gather around citizens! I've got some big ideas to share with you! I said gather 'round!

(The audience gathers around the CEO.)

CEO: When people would say there's no room for more water slides, I say there's plenty of room! Where? Underground!

("Big Ideas" on Ben's tablet turns red and the CEO's face is places over it.)

Tom: Oh no...

(Scene cuts to the garage.)

Ben: That lout stole my secret strategy!

Tom: It's okay, we can still win Honesty.

Angela: Yeah, you're way more honest than the CEO! Everyone knows that.

(The CEO appears on TV.)

CEO: (on TV) Tom. Is he really honest? Is his business partner Ben an inventor or a mad scientist?

Ben: Hey, I'm very rigorous about my scientific ethics!

CEO: His girlfriend, Angela, wants to be a famous singer. But here she is riding on a scooter! Are you a singer or a scooter-rider?

Angela: (gasps) I'm both! I can be both!

CEO: (on TV) Hank and Ginger. They've sure spent a lot of time with Tom. What are they hiding?

Hank: (gasps) What am I hiding?

CEO: (on TV) Tom. I just don't trust him. Do you?

Angela: Oh, this is such an obvious dirty trick, there's no way it's gonna work!

Ben: Uh, it worked.

("Honesty" on Ben's tablet turns red and the CEO's face is placed over it.)

Angela: What?!

Ben: Looks like the CEO is gonna win after all.

Hank: Not necessarily. It just means it's all gonna come down to the big night!

(The MC appears onscreen.)

MC: It's all gonna come down to the big night! It's the live-on-TV Mayor Factor competition! Tune in, it's your epic duty!

Hank: Yes, TV, that's exactly what I was talkin' about!

Tom: The CEO won't get away with this.

(Scene cuts to the park at night. Tom walks by in an overcoat.)

(Ginger comes out from behind a statue.)

Ginger: So, you finally decided to come to me!

Tom: I had no choice! The CEO, he's a cheater! But I'm starting to think that I should cheat too! You know about dirty tricks, right?

Ginger: Nooo, I absolutely do not.

Tom: I have to win the election! So, even if you have to, you know, sabotage him, or play dirty, or-

Ginger: (shushes Tom) Up-up-up! Say no more. This meeting never happened.

(Ginger backs away into the fog.)

(Scene cuts to the auditorium during the Mayor Factor competition. The crowd cheers.)

MC: Democracy, y'all! Time to find out who's got that Mayor-Factor!

(A bell rings while a screen showing Tom and the CEO is shown onstage.)

MC: I'm so excited it makes me wanna move! (dances)

Angela: Listen, Tom, no matter what happens tonight, I want you to know that-

Tom: Don't worry, I'll get this guy.

Angela: That's not what I was gonna say!

Tom: Oh.

Angela: Wait, you aren't planning to play a dirty trick, are you?

Tom: No! Of course not. (walks onstage)

Angela: Hmm...

MC: G-g-g-g-give it up for your candidates!

(Tom and the CEO appear onstage. The crowd continues cheering.)

CEO: Yes, yes, thank you, thank you. (to Tom) I can't believe you're still trying to beat me.

Tom: (chuckles) I've got a few tricks up my sleeve.

MC: Tonight, you will pick the mayor, by texting in your vote! Now, as you can see from our vote-graph, the CEO has more support than Tom!

(The screen shows a bar graph depicting the votes for Tom and the CEO. The CEO has five units while Tom only has one.)

MC: But can he keep it? Does he have the... Mayor Factor?

MC and Crowd: (chants) Mayor Factor! Mayor Factor!

MC: Challenge Number One! As mayor, you'll have to juggle lots of problems, so let's see how well you can juggle!

(Tom and the CEO are given apples to juggle. They both juggle the balls effortlessly.)

Tom: Huh, huh, alright! (laughs) Yeah!

(The CEO frowns at Tom.)

Hank: Ahhh, democracy.

(Ginger throws a handful of marbles onstage where the CEO is standing. The CEO slips on the marbles.)

CEO: Argh! Oh! (falls)

Ginger: Yes!

(A replay is shown of the CEO slipping on the marbles.)

MC: Fumble! Not very mayorly.

(Tom's section on the bar graph gains two units.)

MC: Challenge Number Two! The mayor is the top of the town, so let's see who could be the first to get to the top of this wall!

(Two walls emerge from the ground. Climbing ropes fall from the ceiling.)

Tom: Okay, let's do this. (starts climbing)

(The CEO starts climbing.)

(Ginger is on the truss where the climbing rope hangs from. He cuts the CEO's rope with scissors.)

CEO: What the- (falls)

(Tom reaches the top of the wall and presses a red button, winning the competition.)

(A replay is shown of the CEO falling from the wall.)

MC: Oh! Crash and burn, CEO!

(Tom gains another unit on the bar graph.)

MC: Challenge Number Three!

(Tom gets down from the wall and laughs.)

MC: Whoever becomes mayor will have to balance the town budget, so let's see who can grab more cash in the Money Monsoon!

(Tom and the CEO are in wind chambers. A tube connected to the wind chambers blows cash into the chambers.)

(Tom and the CEO start grabbing the flying cash.)

(Ginger throws a bowl of marbles into the tube connected to the CEO's chamber.)

(Marbles fly into the CEO's chamber.)

CEO: What the- ow! Ow! Ow! What? This money is balls!

(Ginger laughs.)

Angela: Aw, you are helping Tom cheat!

Ginger: Sorry, Angela, we're in the big leagues now!

(The chambers are lifted. Tom emerges with large stacks of cash in each hand.)

Tom: Aw, yeah!

MC: Wow, Tom, you're winning over the crowd!

(Tom gains two units on the bar graph. He is behind the CEO by one unit. The CEO emerges from the chamber dizzy.)

Tom: You know, I wanna thank everyone who text-voted for me. But I wouldn't be here without the support that my girlfriend, Angela. Come on up here, Angela!

(Angela growls.)

Tom: Whoa!

(Angela walks away sadly.)

Tom: Wha- hey, I can ex- Angela? (sighs) Actually, I have to admit something.

(The crowd gasps.)

Tom: This whole night, I... have been cheating.

(The crowd, Hank, Ben and MC gasp.)

CEO: (laughs) You blew it, Tom! Right at the end, too! (laughs)

(Tom loses almost all his votes, reduced to one unit on the bar graph. The CEO gains one unit.)

(A spotlight focuses on Tom.)

Tom: I know. When I started this campaign, my girlfriend said I shouldn't try to win with dirty tricks. And you know what? She's right. If I can't beat the CEO honestly, then I don't deserve to beat him at all. I'd rather lose this election than lose the trust of the people who are important to me. So, I'm sorry that I let you down, but being honest is more important than winning. (gives the microphone to the MC and starts leaving)

(Angela starts clapping.)

Tom: Huh?

(The crowd applauds. Tom gains more units on the bar graph.)

Angela: You've got this, Tom!

CEO: Huh?

(Tom gains enough units on the bar graph to tie with the CEO.)

MC: What an inspiring and heartfelt speech from- whoa, oh, oh, oh-

(The CEO takes the microphone from Tom and pushes him aside.)

CEO: Wait, you guys like cheating?! I-I've been cheating during this entire election!

(The crowd starts booing at CEO. He starts losing votes.)

CEO: I made up lies about Tom! I stole his secret strategy! I paid robots to vote for me! After all I've done to you! Oh!

(The CEO loses all his votes on the bar graph. Tom wins the election.)

MC: Tom wins!

(The crowd cheers and confetti is shot.)

MC: Tom is the new mayor!

(Angela runs onstage and hugs Tom.)

Angela: Tom, I want you to know-

Tom: I know, you're still mad I cheated.

Angela: No, I'm proud that you admitted you were wrong and won the election! (kisses Tom)

Ben: So, my secret election strategy worked after all!

Hank: I think it was actually Tom's last-minute speech. Maybe that means people actually like integrity, admitting when you're wrong, being a good dude!

Ben: ...I think it was my thing.

(The CEO cries. Ginger jumps over him.)

(The friends stand with Tom onstage and cheer.)

(Credits roll)