Costume Quest (2019) s01e05 Episode Script

1 - [knocking.]
- WREN: Norm.
- LUCY: Norm.
- EVERETT: Norm.
Really? Still "gone fishin'"? Lucy, that's day three.
Write that down.
Oh, no.
How are we gonna replace our costumes now? You're killing me here, Norm.
Hold tight, everybody.
I've just got to break this code.
[gasps.]
Eureka.
Come on, Wren, you're smarter than a sign on the door.
Look at it another way, [screams.]
Let's just see what it says backwards.
"Enog nihsif"? Lucy, write that down Lucy? Great.
Everyone's enog.
Arf, arf.
That's dog for, "Lucy found a dog door.
" [grunts.]
Dog door.
Huh.
I guess sometimes not being clever is clever.
Flashlight.
Should we be in here? Relax, Rey-Nerd.
We're just gonna grab our costumes.
We'll be in and out.
[creaking.]
Maybe it's good that we're getting new costumes.
Those monsters were really scary.
I'm not a-afraid of monsters.
- [hisses.]
- Monster! [grunting.]
You guys, it's just a toy.
Roar! [chuckles.]
I call dibs on being a dragon.
Lucy, write that down.
"Wren gets dibs on a dragon costume.
" [imitates Norm.]
"Did someone say 'costumes'? I've got some of those in my secret costume closet.
" That's a good Norm.
Can't believe we've only known him a few days.
What did we ever do before fighting monsters? We rode bikes, went to the pool, night games with the neighborhood.
[sighing.]
[harmonica squeaking.]
[playing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".]
[door clicking.]
[squeals.]
- [gasps.]
- [scoffs.]
Nice security system, Norm.
[all screaming.]
[grunting, groaning.]
[clicking, clattering.]
What is that? Knock, knock.
- Norm.
- Finally.
- Our man.
Yep, it's me, good old Norm.
How's everybody doing? - We're okay.
- We fought monsters! - They're everywhere.
- Why do they want our costumes? Sorry you've been through so much, sweet babies.
Gotcha! I'm not sorry.
And I'm not really talking to you.
This is a prerecorded message welcoming you to The Fun Room.
[man screaming.]
- The Fun Room? - It's not going to be "fun" for you.
It'll be fun for me to watch later as you Repugnians pay the "ultimate price" for stealing my costumes.
What's the "ultimate price," you say? Oh, you'll find out in just 11 minutes.
So, to recap: 11 minutes, ultimate price, no way out.
- [laughs.]
- [gasps.]
What's the ultimate price? No idea.
Usually "ultimate" is good, like "the ultimate in flavor.
" Wake up.
Norm thinks we're trying to steal his costumes.
It's not gonna be a high five ultimate flavor party.
10:57, 10:56 11 minutes, ultimate price, no way out.
[clicking, clattering.]
No.
Way.
Ou-Out.
Snap out of it, Reynold.
[grunts.]
You guys are a mess.
- I'm gonna go try that door.
- Bleh.
- Make yourselves useful.
- [cat meows.]
[grunts.]
I'm gonna look for a signal.
I'll look for another way out.
If I were a signal, where would I hide whoa! In the movies, rooms like this always have a hidden panel.
Or a-a secret lever, or-or a hollow ow! Leaky pipe? Hey.
Remember that movie where the villains filled the room with water? As the good guys fight for their last breath? [gasping.]
And the water slowly covered their faces? This is where the water comes from.
Funky fudgy nut-clusters.
[grunts.]
Open! Sometimes, to break a code, you just have to break down a door.
[shouts.]
[groans.]
Hey, what's that? Guys, do you know [grunts.]
what this is? And don't say "a breeding ground for ticks and fleas.
" You know me too well.
It's a costume.
We can power up.
How do you know any of this junk is magic? How do we know it's not? How do we know it's not? Let's find some costumes.
Top Banana.
The Human Hose.
Moon Moth.
Ooh! Johnny Thundercloud! See? I told you guys this stuff was magic.
Must have fallen down from the closet over the years.
I guess it's better than nothing.
What are you talking about? These costumes are great.
I don't know, Wren.
How is a banana supposed to help us get out of here? Uh, obviously, that door doesn't stand a chance against my irresistible a-peel.
[grunting.]
Ow.
- That ain't right.
- Just watch.
- [groaning.]
- Aw, gross! I'm good.
Well.
Guess that means it's time to hose this door down! Whoa! [shouts.]
Turn it off - I can't! - Ugh.
[screams.]
Guys, we don't have time to mess around.
Do you have a better idea? Yes, I do.
[clears throat.]
Behold.
Able to pass through any portal, the mysterious, miniature Moth of the Moon.
Oh.
So you're gonna sneak through a keyhole? [scoffs.]
Good luck with that.
[sighs.]
- [electricity buzzing.]
- Hmm? Oh, it's so pretty.
Oh! Lucy! Where did the light go? Now it's dark.
We're trapped.
Trapped in the dark.
No way out.
11 minutes, ultimate price.
[screams.]
I can't handle this.
I think I'm gonna be sick.
- What'd you say? - Reynold, no.
We are all stuck in here.
[grunts.]
Wren! NORM [over video.]
: Well, with only a few minutes left until you pay the ultimate price, why don't we pass the time with a little bossa nova? I know how much you Repugnians just love the bossa nova.
Bossa nova? Full of phlegm, and dumb and ugly - [grumbles.]
- Wren, if this is the end, I just want to tell you, I forgive you for everything.
Ugh.
Cram it, Johnny Thunderklutz.
You're the reason we're stuck down here in the first place.
What? How is this my fault? Uh, let's see.
If you hadn't wasted so much time on making us listen to that lame-o Nougatown song, we would have gotten to the costume store on time, gotten our Lincoln Jr.
costumes, and none of this would have ever happened.
Not that anyone's to blame here, but I never even wanted to be Lincoln Jr.
in the first place.
I don't even like your stupid boyfriend, Roody Tootz.
He is not my boyfriend! Lucy, write that down.
You write it down.
And write this down, too: I'm not your writer-downer.
EVERETT: Come on, guys.
My mom always says "Teamwork makes the dream work.
" Really? Was it teamwork when you forced us all into Gail's obvious monster trap? At least I'm making suggestions instead of just doing whatever Wren tells me to do.
Why don't you write that down? I'll write it on your grave! - Hey, now! - [shouts.]
- Everett! - Lucy! - [panting.]
- [grunts.]
Watch where you're going.
You watch where you're going.
- Oh, please! - Stop REYNOLD: That is not true at all NORM [over video.]
: Ah! Two minutes left.
Whatever the ultimate price is, it can't be worse than being stuck with you guys forever.
[scoffs.]
Hmm.
[creaking.]
Huh? [pipes creaking.]
Guys, are you seeing what I'm seeing? One minute until the ultimate price.
All right.
If we never want to see each other again, we're going to have to work together.
Reynold, you start.
You'll be the body.
Wren, you're the tusks.
- Hey! - Sorry.
Everett, your turn.
You're the trunk.
Don't mind me.
I won't.
Now for the finishing touch.
- Ow.
- Ow.
Ow.
Why do you get to be at the top? Because I'm the ears.
I could be the ears.
- NORM: Five.
- This is it.
Be the elephant.
- Four.
- [grunting.]
- Three.
- [grunts.]
- [electricity buzzes.]
- Two.
[straining.]
[distorted.]
: One.
[trumpets.]
[grunting, groaning.]
[rapid beeping.]
[sighs.]
N-Not that I, uh, I care or anything, but are you guys okay? - Meh.
- Doesn't feel like anything's broken.
I lost my glasses.
Here.
I'm sorry I said you only do what Wren says.
If you hadn't thought of that plan We'd all be toast.
Aw, it was you guys, too.
I guess teamwork really does make the dream work.
I can't believe I just said that.
[laughter.]
Oh, boy.
- ALL [gasping.]
: Norm! - What happened? I thought I was gonna find a bunch of Repugnians down here.
A lousy Grubbin stole our costumes.
Where were you, Norm? Didn't you read the sign? Yeah.
What's "enog nihsif" mean? - What? - You know.
The code? Uh, I don't know anything about a code.
I've just been waiting for you out at the lake.
I thought it was pretty straightforward.
Sometimes not being clever is clever.
Could you tell us about that stuff now? [sighs.]
All right.
It was 100 years ago.
NORM: Since the beginning of time, monsters have crossed over into our world.
In the dead of night, portals open between our dimension and countless others.
Now, most of the monsters that come through these portals are good and only want to start a new life here on Earth.
But 100 years ago, some monsters arrived with more diabolical intentions.
The Repugnians.
They came to Auburn Hollow looking to steal every last ounce of our famous candy nougat.
Nougat transforms them, makes them more powerful.
With the nougat, they could've formed an army strong enough to take over the universe.
But four brave kids in magical costumes stepped up and stopped them.
The Repugnians were defeated and ran back home.
Some of them, however, decided to stay and complete the mission, no matter what.
[thunder crashes.]
[electricity sparks.]
The next portal to Repugnia is set to open exactly 100 years later.
This Halloween night.
[screams.]
Yeah, that's what that Bob guy was talking about in the mine.
You went into the mine? Norm, how do you know so much about this? Because my great-great-granddad made the costumes for the original four kids.
- But how? - Same way I made your costumes.
With a secret family recipe passed down from generation to generation.
- Ooh - I said secret! It allows us to infuse the costumes with magic.
But the most important part is a child's imagination.
[scoffs.]
Imagination's for toddlers and hippies.
Call it what you like, but you kids have got oodles of it.
Combine that with a little bit of my magic sauce and boom! Transformation city.
So, what now? I've been waiting a long time for kids like you.
Preparing for the coming war.
- War? - I can't do it alone.
But together, with my costumes and your imagination [groans.]
- Uh, your skills.
- [clicks tongue.]
We can save the town, the world, the whole universe! [hyperventilates.]
Universe? Now, there's no guarantee you'll survive, so if you want to think about it, um I'm in it to win it.
Those monsters are going down.
I'm also in.
And winning is preferable.
[clattering.]
NORM: Reynold? [panting.]
WREN: Where's he going? Reynold.
EVERETT: Reynold! - WREN: Reynold, wait.
- EVERETT: Reynold, stop! - WREN: Reynold, come back.
- LUCY: Reynold, please! [whimpers.]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- [panting.]
- WREN: This way.
I can hear him breathing.
He is really out of shape.
[exhales.]
Reynold? [thunder crashes.]
I'm sorry, Wren.
I can't do this.
I'm not you.
[creaks.]
Reynold, wait! Ooh - [thunder crashes.]
- [screams.]
Well, Normathan, I hope you're happy.
- Whew.
- You scared Reynold away.
"There's no guarantee you'll survive"? He won't eat bread crusts because he thinks they're a choking hazard.
What were you thinking? - I uh - Exactly.
You weren't.
Give me that.
Now help us pick out some new costumes so we can find my baby bro.
Ah.
Nothing cheers me up quite like local history.
Wow.
First chunk of nougat ever extracted from Auburn Hollow by the town founder himself, Scottopolis Auburn.
I'm sorry, Dr.
Auburn.
I wish I could protect your town, but I'm just not that kid.
Hmm.
Did you guys find anything? [sniffing.]
I don't smell him.
- [buzzing.]
- EVERETT: No ghost here.
Must be a lot of spectral interference.
Aren't you supposed to be a ghost catcher? Then why don't you deduce something? Aren't you supposed to be Sherlock Holmes? - Sherlock who? - Holmes.
Your costume? Aha! I deduced your mistake, my dear Everett.
I think you mean - Hat Detective.
- Hat Detective? The British guy with the cool hat and the magnifying glass? He's been in a ton of old movies and stuff.
Yes, and that character's name is Sherlock Holmes.
Hat Detective.
- LUCY: Hey, guys, come here.
- What is it? [sniffing.]
Nougat mothballs emotional turmoil.
We're on the right track.
Of course.
Reynold must be heading into town.
- So all we have to do is - We just got to follow the scent and we'll run right into him.
Hey, who's touching the nougat display? Huh? Hmm.
- [chuckles.]
- Um, excuse me? [grunting.]
[glass crunching.]
[chuckles.]
Well, hello.
[whimpers softly.]
What are you staring at? [screams.]
Hmm.
Now where did you go? Come out and fight me, kid! [screams.]
Hey, stop that.
[laughs.]
Why don't you make me? [shouts.]
You kicked Nougey the Miner! The mine canaries! The Nougat Rush diorama [grunts.]
No! Stop! This stuff is historic.
Stop! Please.
[chuckles.]
"Please"? Uh, please.
Oopsie.
Sorry about that.
I'll be taking this historic nougat now.
Unless you care to stop me.
Didn't think so.
Bye-bye! [laughs.]
[crying.]
[sniffing.]
Tears, regret.
He's here.
Woof, woof.
The town history exhibit.
I should've known.
Come on.
[all panting.]
Hurry up! [scraping.]
[grunts, laughs.]
Is that Denise? My mom's hairdresser? [buzzes.]
It's definitely not Reynold.
Where's my brother, freak show? [laughs.]
You'll never see him again.
What have you done? He was so young, so innocent.
What? No, no, I meant, you'll never see him again.
I don't know, he's invisible or something.
Oh, right.
His ghost costume.
Well, that was still pretty misleading, and we're still gonna fight you.
Excellent.
[roars.]
[panting.]
- [roars.]
- Lucy, Everett! We got you, Wren! [wind gusting.]
[grunting.]
Arf, arf.
- Guys! - [roars.]
[growls.]
Take this! Nuts.
[screams.]
Wren! Are you okay? Y-Yeah, yeah.
I'm good.
- Look out! - [screaming.]
Aw, yeah, final boss.
Who's a loser now, Dad? [grunting.]
I'm stuck.
Well, these costumes really are better for tracking than fighting monsters.
Duh, Everett.
Stop boysplaining, and help.
[all grunting.]
[Denise laughs.]
The first day of the tour bus.
[sniffles.]
GHOST TEARS: Ooh! - WREN [distant.]
: Help! - [gasps.]
Wren? [laughs.]
Well, at least you weaklings put up a fight.
Sure, it wasn't much of one, but still better than that scared little ghost baby.
Hey! Don't talk about my brother like that.
Only I can call him a scared little ghost baby.
So what if he's afraid of caterpillars? So what if he uses a night-light even during the day? I only said the first thing.
The rest was implied.
Hey, my ghost net.
It's going crazy! I told you that thing didn't work.
REYNOLD: It's working just fine.
Huh? REYNOLD: One thing about this old nougat.
You? It's bad for your teeth.
Yah! [groans.]
[yells.]
[grunts.]
Huh? Boo.
[gasps.]
Whoa! - [laughter.]
- Get out of here, you little Grubbin! Reynold! [laughs.]
Yeah! That's my little bro.
Boo-yah! [chuckles.]
You know, "boo.
" - 'Cause he's a ghost? - I got it.
Hey, you guys.
I shouldn't have run away.
I knew I couldn't fight for the whole town, much less the universe, but then I realized I just have to fight for [sniffs.]
my friends.
And I'm in it to win it.
[cheering.]
Super inspiring speech, bro, but you kind of stole my battle cry there at the end.
REYNOLD: How about, "I choose not to lose"? - WREN: Eh.
- "I have a thirst for first.
" WREN: Gross, Reynold.