Beach Day in the Desert/Transcript

Sad Old Man: Oh! (sighs)

Tom: I can't wait to get on this bus!

Ben: OK guys. It should be here in five... four... three... two...

(horn honking)

Surfer Driver: Fun! All aboard the Beach Bus!

Tom: Awesome, dude!

(all cheering)

Surfer Driver: Destination, beach!

(engine revving)

Ginger: OK, people! It's the last day of summer, so we have to do this beach trip right! I am not getting out of the water until I ride a whale! (laughing)

Ben: I'm excited about the jellyfish bloom at sundown.

Becca: And there is no way I am missing the end-of-summer boardwalk bike race. If anyone else wants to ride, the bus has a few extra beach bikes!

Angela: Oh, that all sounds so fun! But I'm looking forward to a romantic day with just me and Tom.

All: Boo!

Tom: Boo all you want. But me and Angela have been planning a romantic beach getaway all summer. And all we need is a beach towel and...

(all gasps)

Tom: ...an entire cooler filled with homemade ice pops! This day is gonna be (Ginger gasps) unforgetta— Hey.

Ginger: You're giving up summer fun so you can make ga-ga eyes at each other? Blegh! You'll be begging to hang with us—

(all screaming)

(brake screeches)

Becca: Did the bus just break down?

Hank: Uh, uh... Oh, no. Do we have to walk the rest of the way? I'm wearing flip-flops!

Becca: Whoa!

Ben: I don't think we're walking anywhere because we're stranded in the middle of the desert!

All: No!

(cuts to the theme song)

Aah!

[crowd cheering]

[all laughing]

Yeah, sure. This bus is busted.

But another bus can come pick us up in 12 hours.

Twelve hours?

Well, sorry, little dude. We must be like the waves and roll with it.

Huh?

-[grunting] -Hmm. Don't worry, everyone!

I, a genius, will get us moving with plenty of time to see those jellyfish.

-[humming] -What?

[screams]

-This might take a while. -Aw, man.

The only thing we can do now is eat the popsicles Tom made

and think about what might have been.

Ah, ah, ah! Guys, I see sand and sun.

All right, the desert isn't all that different from the beach!

Yeah! It's like a beach where the ocean is really, really far away!

Exactly! So I say we all have beach fun here!

[wind howling]

Angela, I believe we still have a date.

Good for you. But how am I gonna snorkel to a whale?

Oh, Ginger. You don't need a whale to have a good time.

[groans]

Hey, Tom, if you squint, the heat waves on the horizon kind of look like an ocean.

This is surprisingly nice.

[coughs] What are you doing?

We thought about what you said, Tom. And you're right.

We can have beach day fun, even without a beach!

-That's great, but we're on a date. -And it turned into a hang-out,

which is better than a date. Let's break out those ice pops, baby!

No! These are for me and Angela.

-[grunts] -But we need refreshment!

What if we die in this heat?

Well, there is bottled water at the bus. Stop being so dramatic.

-[both grunting] -[Tom laughing]

You win for now. But I won't rest until these ice pops are mine!

-Something tells me this isn't over. -[Ginger] This isn't over!

Huh?

How did this get here?

[sighs]

-[all gasping] -[drumbeat]

People of the bus!

We were meant to be having beach-y fun on this last day before the fall.

But then came the Great Breakdown.

Now we all sit, bored and hot.

All except the daters!

-They hoard frozen treats while we suffer! -[indistinct chatters]

If those daters won't give us the ice pops,

then I say we take the ice pops!

[all cheering]

[dramatic music[

Hmm.

So, I'm not saying I want to be a rapper, but I'm pretty sure I could do rapping.

-Hello? You're so distracted! -Huh?

Uh, sorry. I just don't want anyone stealing our ice pops.

Yeah, I figured that out.

But this date is about us, not the dessert. Right?

[all screaming]

Come on.

Daters! Give us the ice pops and this doesn't have to get nasty!

Oh, I'm fine with nasty. Bring it on!

[battle cry]

No! [chuckles]

[Angela] Everyone, stop!

[gasps]

Me and Tom just want to spend a day together at the beach!

Or a beach-like environment.

If the ice pops are so important to you, take them!

Angela, no!

-Aww, ha! -Ah!

-Victory is ours! To the bus! -Oh! What did you do?

Our date was being ruined by kind of-healthy desserts!

-Ice pops aren't that important. -The-- They're not just ice pops!

What?

[sighs] I wanted to get you a special end-of-the-summer present.

And I saw these beautiful earrings at the mall that reminded me of you.

But I wanted to give them to you in a cool way.

So I froze them in the ice pops

and I had planned to surprise you with them on a beach day date.

Aww, that's so sweet! But... wait. Ginger has my earrings now?

Yes! I didn't tell you because I wanted you to be surprised.

Obviously that was not smart of me.

-Well, what are you waiting for? -[bicycle bell rings]

Let's get 'em back!

Wait.

[panting] I've got to admit, for a while I was worried we were acting crazy.

-But now I see you got results. -Yeah, good job, Ginger.

You really motivated us to be our best selves.

[laughs]

Woo! Ha-ha! Ooh, yeah!

Ugh. Huh?

I got it! Let's ride, Tom!

-[both laughing] -Get them!

[all screaming]

[liquid bubbling]

[rattling]

Yes. Yes! I did it!

As if there was ever any doubt. Huh? Where did everybody go?

[relaxed, meditative sigh]

[grunts] I didn't fix this bus for nothin'. Get ready, everyone.

-[engine revving] -I'm comin' for ya!

[horn honking]

[wheels rattling]

[whimpers]

[grunting]

[Angela gasps] Whoa.

[groaning]

Uh...

[screams]

Go away, Tom! I am not towing you.

Sure thing. See ya!

-[both laughing] -[Angela grunting]

-Stop! No! -No!

[laughing]

-Let go! The ice pops are special! -All ice pops are special, dater!

[both grunting]

Out of the way! This is harder to drive than I thought!

[all screaming]

[gasps]

No! Wha...

We can still eat them. Sand makes ice pops taste better!

[grunts]

Are these the beautiful earrings that remind you of me?

Yeah, because you love pizza!

And now you get to have pizza on your ears every day!

They're great. Very cheesy.

I'm OK, folks, I'm OK!

But I don't think that bus is gonna drive us to the beach today.

How are we gonna get home?

-Hmm. -Hmm.

[Ginger grunts]

Hey, look at that! It's the first falling leaf of autumn.

Agh! Bring it on. After summer fun like this, I'm looking forward to school.

[all grunting]

[outro music playing]