Punky Brewster (1984) s02e01 Episode Script

Maybe the world is blind.
Or just a little unkind.
Don't know.
Seems you can't be sure of anything anymore.
Although you may be lonely and then one day you're smiling again.
Every time I turn around, I see the girl who turns my world around standing there.
Every time I turn around, her spirit's lifting me right off the ground.
What's gonna be? Guess we'll just wait and see.
-Class, how many of you read Chapter Four in your health books last night? Good.
Because I have some questions.
Now who wants to go first? -Thanks, Allen.
Now can you tell me, what is the name of the human body's largest organ? - The Wurlitzer? -No.
It's the only organ in the body that gets goosebumps.
-The skin! -That's right.
So the skin does a lot more than just keep your insides in.
-Excuse me.
Class! Class, we have a very special visitor! --Wow! -A world famous celebrity.
-Whoa! - Wow! -Tell us who it is, Howard! Youthful scholars, let's welcome a man whose pugilistic prowess has enabled him to become, pound for pound, the finest boxer in the world.
The middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler! -Hi, all right.
Hi, kids! -Hello, Mr.
Hagler.
-You don't have to call me Mr.
Hagler.
Sounds too formal.
Call me Marvelous.
--Hello, Mr.
Marvelous.
- Marvelous, has anyone ever told you that you look marvelous? -Yes, they have.
-Well, you do look marvelous and it's marvelous to have you here.
-I'm glad to be here, Mike.
I'm glad to be anywhere where people aren't throwing punches at me.
- Sorry.
Class, Marvin is in town training for his next fight.
-Wow! -Wow! -Does anyone have any questions for me? -What was your toughest fight? -When I told my mother that I wanted to become a boxer.
-Where's your championship belt? -I never leave home without it.
-I'd like to be a boxer someday, just like you.
-If you want to train to become a boxer, train your mind as well as your body.
And if you want to make it later on in life, stay in school and get a good education.
-Marvelous, would you say that you're the greatest boxer in history? -Well, my mother taught me never to tell a lie.
Yes, I am.
- Hold on, now.
Just hold on.
Everybody knows that I am greatest.
'Cause I float like a butterfly and I sting like a bee.
Marvelous, you're in trouble if you mess with pretty Ali.
Hoo! -Yah! -Hey Marvelous! Hey, come on, man.
I'll treat you to some lunch in the cafeteria.
-That sounds like a threat.
Hey, it's all right.
-Boy, he's a great guy.
-He is.
-What do you think? Think I could make it as a boxer? - Only in a supermarket.
There's Moose McGurk.
She's an awful bully.
- Here she comes! - -Act casual! -All right, you hog warts.
Lunch inspection.
Get 'em out, and I mean now! What's this? -Peanut butter and pickle sandwich.
-That's disgusting.
-Sorry, Moose.
-What did you call me? -Miss Moose, ma'am.
-That's better.
Now beat it! - -What have you got, Goldilocks? -It's quiche day.
Spinach and mushrooms with just a dash of nutmeg.
-Skip the recipe.
What about this chocolate pudding? -It's mousse, Moose.
-What are you? Some kind of twosy good shoes? -Don't you mean goody two-shoes? -Beat it! -Hey, this bag is empty! -See, I sorta got hungry on the way to school and-- bye! -What have you got, Flunky? -That's Punky, and all I have is a old regular sandwich.
-What kind? -Plain old boring baloney and cheese.
-That's my favorite.
-Mine too! -Gimme it! -Listen, how 'bout if I give you half and I take half, and we both sit down and have a nice lunch together? -I've got a better idea.
How 'bout I take the whole thing and you watch me eat it? -Listen, you should take people's lunches.
You have no right! -I've got a great right.
And my left is even better! -Look, this is my sandwich.
It's not nice to steal.
- It's not nice to steal.
-Stop copying me! -Stop copying me! -Moose is a jerk! -Moose is a jerk! Hey! You think you're smart, don't you? -Leave me alone! -Yeah? Who's gonna make me? -Stop it! -What's the matter? Chicken? -Am not! -Are too! -Am not, you big bully! -You just made the biggest mistake of your life, Gunky.
No! I can't marry you, dear.
Since I regained my memory, I've forgotten how to love.
Come on, Henry.
Shake a leg.
Hi, Brandon.
I could have sworn I heard that TV.
Henry, you there? -Next time, either we play fewer holes or I carry fewer clubs.
-I told you to spring for a caddy.
-I don't throw my money around like some people I know.
You could have played for half price if you'd admitted you were a senior citizen.
-Forget it.
I'm not telling anybody my age for a lousy $3.
-Hello? -Mike, why aren't you in school? -There's been a little incident.
- Lord, it's Cherie.
Lord, lord, lord! -It's not Cherie.
-Thank you, lord! -Then it's Punky! -Now calm down, Henry.
She's just been in a little fight.
-A little fight? -You think I look bad, get a load of my sandwich.
-Punky, are you all right? -I've had better days.
-Who did this to you? -Moose.
-You were attacked by a moose? -Moose McGurk.
Actually her name is Melanie, but her friends call her Moose.
-What friends? - She's been taking the kids' lunches.
Now I tried to call her parents about it, but they were up in Alaska for survival training.
-I've seen her mother.
She looks like Rambo.
-Now I'm gonna talk to the principal and see what steps we can take to prevent this from happening again.
Because I will not teach at a school that allows fighting.
Not without combat pay.
-Let me take a look at you, honey.
- My heavens, what is it? -A black eye.
-Punky.
-Take it easy, Henry.
I've raised three kids and every one of them got into schoolyard scrapes.
-Punky, you know I don't approve of fighting.
-But Moose started it.
-Still, you didn't have to go along with it.
-I couldn't help it! She took my sandwich and threw it in the trash can.
-Why didn't you just walk away? -'Cause I was still holding the sandwich.
-This Moose person sounds like a animal.
-Henry, she challenged me to another fight this Saturday.
-Punky, I don't want you fighting anymore.
-But Henry, I can't back down.
-I don't want to hear another word about it.
No more fighting.
-But Henry-- -I forbid it! -But-- -Child, go get yourself some fresh ice.
Henry, Punky is standing up for something she believes in.
If you forbid her to fight, she may lose her self esteem.
-If she fights, she may lose her teeth! -Well, what good is having all your teeth if you're ashamed to show your face? -Brandon, how am I gonna hide this awful black eye? Good idea! Punky, may I come in? -Sure, Henry.
-Is that Punky Brewster under those Foster Grants? -Yep.
It's me.
-Does your eye hurt? -No.
My eye is fine.
But the black and blue part around it is killing me.
- Punky, I panicked this afternoon when I saw you were hurt.
-That's funny.
I panicked while I was getting hurt.
-You're the most precious thing in my life.
The thought of anything bad happening to you scares me to death.
-It does? -Punky, I've been remembering a time when I had to confront a school bully.
A brute of a boy named Norbert Noodleman.
But everyone called him No-Neck.
-No-Neck Noodleman? -He was always hassling me.
He'd say, "Look who's here-- Henry Wormymouth!" - Wormymouth! -Wasn't funny then and it isn't funny now.
-Sorry.
-Finally, I realized that the only way to make No-Neck stop was to square off with him.
So I sent away for the "Charles Atlas Guide to Body Building.
" -Who's Charles Atlas? -He was the Arnold Schwarzenegger of my generation.
In two weeks, I bulked up from a 90-pound weakling to a 92-pound tower of determination.
-Holy mackanoli! -Then the next time he had the gall to call me Wormymouth, I hit him with this! Then I hit him with this! And the next thing I knew, he was running away with a bloody this.
-Way to go, Henry! You must have felt great.
-Well, it was exhilarating for a while.
But then later I felt sad.
-Why? -Because I learned that even though you may be justified, it never feels good to hurt another person.
-Moose seems to get a kick out of it.
Somebody has to stand up to her! -Yes, I know.
I just wish it didn't have to be you! -Henry, are you unforbidding me to fight? -I'm giving you the latitude to make your own decision.
If you can avoid a fight, please do.
But if you can't, give her your best shot.
-Thanks, Henry.
-Now get some sleep.
Sweet dreams.
-Henry? -Yes? -Do you still have that Charles Atlas book? -I'm afraid not.
-Just asking.
Brandon! Who needs Charles Atlas when you're personal friends with Marvelous Marvin Hagler! -Hey Marvelous! -Not now, honey.
I'm kinda busy! -I'm Punky Brewster! I met you yesterday in Mike Fulton's class.
- Yeah.
Sure.
Hold on.
Let me wrap this up.
All right.
Hey, let's take a break.
How's it going, Punky? -Not too good.
Remember yesterday when you said if we stayed in school and got a good education, it would help us in later life? -That's right.
-Well, if I stay in school, I may not have a later life.
-Why don't you step into my office? There you go.
Have a seat.
Now what's the problem? -This afternoon I'm fighting the biggest bully in school.
- You're a brave little girl.
-Yeah well, maybe could you give me a few pointers on how to box? -Sure.
What do you want to learn? -Everything there is to know about boxing.
By two o'clock.
-That's a pretty tall order.
Let's see what we can do.
Hey guys, listen up.
This little girl needs to learn how to box in three hours.
You think you guys can teach her? - No.
-You think I can teach her? - Yeah! -OK Punky, by the time we finish with you, you'll be known as the KO Kid.
-Yippee! -Step right up! It's the fight of the century! Mean Moose McGurk against Punky Power Brewster! Every seat's a ringside seat! All the action's yours for only $1! -Hey guys.
-Punky! Where have you been? -Taking boxing lessons from Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
-Wow! What did you learn? -That I can't box.
- Come on! What did Marvelous say? -He said, "Punky, you can't box.
" -Punky, don't go through with this.
-I have to, Cherie.
-But Moose will kill you! I heard she warmed up this morning by hitting sides of beef! -You mean like in "Rocky?" -Yeah.
Only this beef was still alive.
-OK, I'm here.
Let's get this slaughter on the road.
-Punky, you can still call this off.
-No way! Somebody's gotta stand up to her, or she'll keep picking on you, and you, and every other kid at our school.
-Punky's so brave.
-Yeah.
I'm really gonna miss her.
-OK Moose, I'm ready! -Don't worry.
This won't take long.
-Take my advice, twerp.
Stay down.
Before you get hurt.
-No way.
Every time you push me down, I'm gonna get back up.
And I'm gonna keep getting back up till you stop picking on people.
Every time you take somebody's lunch, you're gonna have to go through me to get it.
Now, are you willing to do that every day for the rest of your life? -Sure.
-Hold it, Moose! After you go through Punky, you're gonna have to go through me.
-OK.
-After you go through Cherie, you're gonna have to go through-- Allen! -Right! -And me too! - Yeah! -Yeah, you're gonna have to go through all of us.
-Wait, no fair! I can't fight all of ya! -That's what you're gonna have to do if you keep acting like a bully.
-What do you say, Moose? -Look! A duck! -Ladies and gentlemen, the little weight champion of the fourth grade, Punky Brewster! - Punky power! Punky power!