Costume Quest (2019) s01e03 Episode Script

1 [clock tower chiming.]
[humming.]
Huh? Hey, Reynold.
- How's it going, Woodrow? - Oh, fine, fine.
Say, have you been prepping for next week's Trivia Challenge? Oh, you were a real champ last time.
Aw, thanks.
Did you know that during the Age of Exploration, nougat was used as natural deodorant? - [groans.]
- How do those two know each other again? They're on the same local history trivia team, The Knowledgeable Nougateers.
REYNOLD and WOODROW: All for trivia, and trivia for all.
Anyway, the upside is the dude lets us in before the park opens.
Yeah, Woodsman is the best.
I think it's Woodrow.
Um, that doesn't sound right.
You kids be safe in there.
Thanks, Woodsman.
Sure thing, Elliott.
[Lucy giggles.]
[turnstile clicks.]
All right, dudes.
If we're gonna last one more minute against this whole town of monsters, we got to get a handle on these costumes' fighting powers.
Um, do you think it's safe to power up in here? - Someone could be watching.
- [Wren scoffs.]
Safe as we'll ever be.
[grunts.]
Hi-yah.
Me next, me next.
Check this out.
Beep, bop, boop.
Boop, bop, beep.
- Bworp.
- Smooth, Everett.
Give me some up top.
Guess I'll go.
Become the jellyfish.
There is no Lucy.
There is only jellyfish.
I am a creature of pure, gelatinous, fishy Goo.
Huh? Come on, Reynold.
[grunts.]
Go for it, buddy.
You can do it.
[grunts.]
All you have to do is try.
Everyone believes in you.
- [grunts.]
- Hurry up.
Whoa.
Looks like we're powered up.
Yeah.
Took you two long enough.
Now let's get moving.
I guess we'll walk.
[grunting.]
All right.
First things first.
You can't whack a monster if you can't Whack-A-Noug.
The higher you score, the less likely a monster will eat you next time.
So, who's whacking first? Ooh, me, me, me, me, me.
- Let's see your stuff, Wonderbot.
- Yes.
- Wow.
No one's topping that.
- We'll see.
Step aside, big guy.
Four score and seven seconds from now, you little nougs will be burnt toast.
Wait for it.
- Way to go, mama.
- No one's topping that.
Probably right.
A little abracadabra.
And ta-da.
Hey, it worked.
Whoa.
Where'd they all go? I made them disappear.
You know, like magic.
Okay, so, that was cool.
But you're supposed to whack 'em.
You got exactly zero points.
[game buzzes.]
What? No points for pizzazz? Pizzazz won't save you from a snarling monster, brohan.
Well, that's okay, 'cause the real trick is bringing them back.
Next.
Please forgive me for my cruelty.
[grunts.]
Huh? Only one point? - Hey, at least you got a point.
- Okay.
Time to enter part two of training day.
Tag team sparring match.
For my partner, I choose Everett.
Ooh.
Huh? Ooh.
[laughs.]
Nougat.
Round one.
Everett the Robo-Titan versus Reynold the Magi-Boy.
He's a titan, and I'm just a boy? [grunts.]
[panting.]
[screams.]
[panting.]
[gasps, screams.]
[coughs.]
- Ha ha.
- Show 'em what you got, partner.
Okay.
Let's just start slow.
No mercy.
- [grunts.]
- Whoa.
[coughs.]
Well, what do you know? The kitten has claws.
But I'm a jellyfish.
Beware the hairs of my chinny-chin-chin.
[coughs.]
- Aha.
- [whoops.]
Clearly we need a strategy here.
Maybe we've got to be tougher.
And, like, meaner, and punch more, like them.
Uh, right.
Yeah.
Grr.
Ha.
Final round.
Two versus two.
- Let's get 'em, Luce.
- No mercy.
[Reynold and Lucy growl.]
- Whoa! - Whoa! - Pretty slick moves, Wren.
- You, too, my robo-friend.
Nice try, guys.
Really.
Hey, Wren, victory lap? Oh, f'sho.
After all - We earned it! - We earned it! [sighs.]
You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'? Not usually, no.
[sighs.]
We don't have what it takes to be monster fighters.
[deep breath.]
Yeah.
I'm invincible! Robo-Titan for the win! [Wren and Everett laughing.]
Come on, guys.
There's no shame in being a sidekick.
- Sidekick? - [Everett laughs.]
Or, if that's too tough, you could be lookouts.
Lookouts? My heart.
Guys, we were talking, and, well We don't know if we're cut out to be fighters like you two.
We think it's best if we step down as - Huh? - [rustling nearby.]
Hey, you lousy brats.
Gimme them costumes.
Uh, are we supposed to be scared of that little guy? [laughs.]
[munches, gulps.]
[growls.]
- Uh, I'm scared now.
- Ditto.
[roars.]
Costumes.
Now.
Give them to me.
You sidekicks stay safe here.
We'll handle this.
[spitting noises.]
[grunts.]
Sounds good.
You with me, partner? In it to win it, partner.
Man, they're really good at fighting.
We're doing good at hiding.
Oh, yeah.
This'll be a piece of cake.
Watch and learn, y'all You're making it too easy, man.
[scoffs.]
Take a shot.
I'm wide op [grunts.]
Ah.
Gross.
Everett, I'm stuck.
I got you, Wren.
I.
Love.
Lasers! [spitting noises.]
[grunts.]
Somebody help us! Someone else help us! Woodsman? Save me, Woodsman! [humming.]
[snarls.]
Lucy, we're not warriors.
We don't have a chance at stopping that thing.
But what if what if the best offense is a good defense? That's a thing sports people say, right? Maybe Maybe we're exactly the right ones to clobber this monster.
Hey! - You gooey arachnid.
- Huh? - Over here.
- [growls.]
Gimme those costumes.
[spitting noises.]
[shrieks.]
[grunts.]
[muffled straining, spitting noises.]
[gags.]
[Lucy squeaks.]
Get ready, offense.
[grunting.]
Forgive me for my cruelty.
[muffled grunting.]
Take him down, guys! [screaming.]
[grunting.]
Go on.
Get.
[whimpering.]
- [laughing.]
- Hey, partner, not bad for a sidekick.
Same to you, Mr.
Lookout.
Hey, uh Sorry, guys.
We may have gotten a tad carried away before.
Yeah.
You guys are way more than just lookouts.
[whispering.]
Yes.
Apology accepted.
Now, let's get out of these goopy costumes.
I'm starting to get rashy.
- - Ah.
This is the life.
Yup.
Another monster Grubbinized, and the team is stronger than ever.
Look out.
A goop-ball, Wren.
Lucy-style defense mode.
Ow.
[laughs.]
It was cooler when she did it.
Yeah, I know.
- Here you go! - [laughter.]
[laughter continues.]
WREN: Stop.
Lucy.
[laughing.]
Huh? [laughing.]
Our costumes! Let's go get 'em, team.
[all grunting.]
Thief! Give us back our costumes! [grunts.]
There's no escape.
[grunting.]
[panting.]
[grunting.]
[grunts.]
[screams.]
Ow! [panting.]
[screams.]
This is hopeless without our costumes.
[laughs.]
Run, run, run as fast as you can.
You can't catch me.
I'm Jerry.
[giggling.]
Jerry? Jerry! - [Wren grunts.]
- [cackling.]
- Wren.
- Are you okay, mama? Abe Lincoln, Jr.
would've caught him.
Look.
[grunts.]
Where is it? Where is it? There you are.
[laughs.]
Yes.
Whoa.
REYNOLD: Wren, wait.
Hurry up.
We've got him cornered.
What is this place? Looks like an old 19th-century nougat mine, a vital part of Auburn Hollow's early economy, but super dangerous.
We should turn around.
How are we even debating this? Look, we need those costumes back.
Without their powers, we're powerless.
I can't go back to that.
Not in the middle of a full-blown monster conspiracy.
REYNOLD: Um, devil's advocate.
We already have powers besides our magical costumes, like uh knowing neat facts.
I see your point.
- I don't like this.
- [Everett swallows.]
[Reynold whimpers.]
Maybe Reynold was right.
Come on! [echoing.]
Come on, come on, come on.
- Come on, come on - Hmm.
I, uh, can't believe these old mines have held up so well.
Or not.
- [clanging, clattering nearby.]
- [gasps.]
- What's that? - WREN: Hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide! Wren, what did you do? Get in the cart.
- LUCY: Ah.
- [Reynold grunts.]
[grunts.]
Nougat? A lifetime supply.
Get some and get down.
GRUBBIN: Yeah, but when I floss, my gums bleed.
Maybe 'cause you're not flossing enough.
Now that doesn't make any sense.
I don't know.
Talk to Kevin.
He's the dentist.
Huh, yeah, "dentist.
" Give me some pliers and a mouth, and I'm a dentist, too.
Now help me out with this.
- [grunts.]
- Yep, that's it.
Uh-huh Hold on.
Hmm? Let's eat one.
- GRUBBIN 2: Eat one? - GRUBBIN: Yeah, why not? They won't notice a missing nougat.
Or ten.
But what if the boss finds out? [stammers.]
Boss? Fine.
Let's just get this over with.
[children screaming.]
EVERETT: Awesome! Oof.
Good call on the helmets.
[indistinct shouting.]
EVERETT: Look, it's the guidance counselor, Mr.
Wriglesworth.
REYNOLD: And Ms.
McClure from the bank! She opened my savings account.
You guys.
LUCY: The mail lady? [grunts.]
I got to get out of this thing.
I knew it.
Yeah.
We saw her at the meeting.
[unzipping.]
Ooh.
[grunts.]
Yeah, that's the stuff.
- [groaning.]
- Ugh, lady.
- Helen.
- Kevin.
You gonna stay crammed in that thing? Oh, yeah.
Bad hair day.
Oh, I feel ya.
So, we want to get out of here, right? That's the closest exit.
First chance we get, we go.
- - ANNOUNCER: Ladies and monster-faces, your boss and mine, Bob Dickerson! [cheering.]
BOB: Let me hear you! [cheering, screaming.]
How you doin'? Yes, Bob, yes! How does he do that? And who is he? Who da monster? You da monster! [whoops.]
Get down.
Who's hungry for nougat? - [cheering.]
- I am! Say it! Who's hungry for nougat?! [cheering.]
Here it comes! [whoops.]
Awesome! BOB: Take that in! [whooping.]
[giggling.]
BOB: Yeah! I like it.
Check this out.
Stop.
Look! - Mm-hmm.
There you go.
- [squawks.]
LUCY: [gasps.]
Our costumes.
We can't leave now.
Wren, don't be crazy.
We got to get out of here.
We can find ways to fight without them.
Who knows? Maybe Norm's back from his fishing trip.
We can get new costumes.
Look, we all know Norm isn't "fishing.
" And what if he never comes back? I'm not leaving without those costumes.
What are you doing? Going undercover.
It's too big for you.
So I'll roll up the sleeves.
[dings.]
[in Helen's voice.]
: Ew! This thing smells like a foot.
Hey, cool! [chuckles.]
My voice.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
[clears throat.]
Eh, pardon me.
Excuse me.
Uh, sorry I'm late.
I, uh, had to, uh deliver the new phone books.
[chuckles.]
Why do we even have those anymore? [whistles.]
Settle down, you monsters.
I have a stellar progress report.
You are going to love it.
Jerry, would you step forward, please? [laughter.]
Hey, Jerry! What, did you trip over your tail and Grubbinize yourself? - [laughter.]
- [laughs nervously.]
[air horn blares.]
Need I remind you that we are at war? The costumed warrior children have returned.
That's us.
[grunts.]
And what have any of you done to stop them? Now rise.
Rise and honor Jerry, for Jerry is a hero Grubbinized in the line of duty.
He defeated the children in battle and stole their costumes! [gasping.]
And for Jerry's hard work, he's earned his very first human suit.
[gasping.]
Here, have some nougat.
You'll need it to fill out that shiny new suit.
Thank you, sir.
[chomping.]
[grunting.]
Mamma mia.
- [growls.]
- Jerry, would you like to do the honors and destroy the children's costumes? - [gasps.]
- MONSTER: Oh, oh! I've got a question! Um, why don't we just eat the children? A great question, Chad.
Did you all hear him? Could you hear Chad? No? Why don't you come up here, Chad, and ask your question so everyone can hear it.
[gasps.]
Wow! 'Scuse me.
Pardon me.
[muttering.]
- H-Hi.
- Go on and ask your question, Chad, so everyone can hear.
Oh, I asked why we don't just Chad, you're going to have to project louder than that.
Why don't we just eat the children?! [thunder cracks.]
[groaning.]
- Oh, no! - Grubbinized! Missing children equals upset parents equals angry town.
The last thing we need right now is a mob with pitchforks and torches.
So, keep your cool, keep your cover, trust the process.
And come Halloween night, every ounce of this town's precious nougat will be ours! [cheering, whooping.]
Um, I would like the honor of destroying the children's costumes! I can't watch this.
I like your initiative, Helen.
Come on down and do the honors.
[exhales.]
WREN: Come on, Wren.
You can do this.
[exhales.]
Hey! That's my human suit! [indistinct chatter.]
Silence, you freaks.
Who's in Helen's suit? Um, uh, I-I, uh Hey, guys, look! An all-you-can-eat nougat buffet! - Nougat buffet? - Nougat buffet? Nougat buffet?! Run! Now! It's the kids! Seize them! [shouting.]
Jerry, you're not getting that human suit until you stop those little brats! Yes, boss.
[grunts.]
BOB: Get 'em! - Nyah! - [monsters grunting.]
Come on, you stinking beard.
[grunts.]
- Wren! - What do we do? Hey, do you guys still have that nougat? Yeah, pockets full of it.
Of course! Throw it to the monsters! Genius! Leave my sister alone! I'm coming for you, Wren! [grunting.]
[growling.]
[grunting, shouting.]
Now's our chance! Come on, Wren! [screams.]
[shouts.]
[grunts.]
My costume! Wait.
Go back down.
[grunting.]
Just another inch.
- Let 'em go! There's no time! - [snarling.]
Without those costumes, we're just a bunch of helpless kids.
Helpless? We just kicked monster butt.
We don't need costumes.
But they're so close.
[Jerry snarls.]
[gasps.]
Nougat! Now! [grunts.]
Hey, Jerry.
Dance on this! [chomps.]
Oh, hey, thanks! [grunts.]
[shouting.]
[grunting.]
Don't you dare do that to me again.
[sighs.]
You were right, guys.
Costumes or not, no one is stopping us.
We have everything we need right here.
Plus, we also got Reynold's neat facts.
- [chuckling.]
- Hey, you won't be laughing when we're saved because I knew that nougat floats.
WREN: I'll still laugh.
[children laughing.]
Punks.