Big Nate (2022) s02e10 Episode Script

[school bell rings]
Children,
my brother Ka'Brett,
a famous art critic
from New York
has come all the way
to Rackleff
to give us some pointers.
Who knows?
Maybe one of you
will be discovered.
[laughs]
He means me.
Let's give my brother
a warm PS 38 welcome.
Mm-hmm, uh, thank you, Ken.
In front of the children,
please call me Mr. Rosa.
- No.
- [groans]
Let's see
what I'm working with.
Oh, ugh, absolutely not.
Did you use a brush
or your feet?
[chuckles]
That's not paint.
- What is it?
- No idea.
[barks]
But it grows under my house,
and I know
that you can feed it.
[giggles]
It tickles.
[laughs]
Wait till he sees what I can do
compared to these hacks.
Nate here is
an extremely talented artist.
Hmm.
- Here's some advice.
- Mm.
Give up now.
Don't be discouraged.
It's just
one person's opinion, Nate.
Right, I mean, hey,
I know I'm good.
Don't worry, Mr. Rosa.
I'm fine.
[somber music]
[upbeat music]
Don't want to go
to school today ♪
The sun is red hot
and I wanna play ♪
But if I get caught
they'll make me pay ♪
Detention again ♪
Big Nate, Big Nate ♪
Math and social studies
just ain't my thing ♪
Big Nate, Big Nate ♪
Rocking with my band
is where I'm king ♪
Stealing the teacher's teeth
or bailing on a test ♪
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh,
ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
Big Nate ♪
[loud clang]
[loud crash]
Ugh, ugh!
- [chuckles]
- Nate! There you are.
How's the "Cesspool" comic
coming along for the yearbook?
- Oh, my God, ugh.
- Huh? What?
- Oh, sorry, I'll have it soon.
- Cool, no worries.
You know,
if there's anything going on
you want to talk about,
some of us have noticed
you're not your usual
"I'm awesome" self.
My awesome is fine, Francis.
I'm just having
a touch of artist's block,
which nobody's
gonna find out about
because you're going to keep
your mouth shut.
Sure, of course.
- Nate lost his awesomeness!
- Gasp!
- [gasps]
- Ugh!
You wanted to see me, chief.
Ken, come in, come in.
Ka'Brett, I thought
you'd gone back to New York.
Change of plans.
Right, big P?
Big P!
[laughs]
Oh, no, no, that is so clever.
'Cause the P
stands for principal.
Yeah, got that.
So what are you doing here?
I've been telling
this astute academic
that your art department
is a virtual gold mine.
Your wonderful brother
says he can teach the students
to make art
that actually sells,
and because they'll be
creating it on school property,
we'll get all the profits.
Cha-ching!
Is that legal?
[both laughing]
[groans angrily]
Ugh, it's useless!
Everything okay, champ?
Hey, Dad, um,
have you ever felt off,
- like you've lost your awesome?
- Lots of times.
Except in my day,
we called it mojo
or sometimes man sparkle,
but I always got it back.
So you've still got
your man sparkle?
[laughs]
Oh, heck no.
If I did,
I wouldn't be selling
my old socks
as bespoke oven mitts.
- [panting]
- Ugh, ew!
But I don't see you
having that problem, Nate.
You've got a gift,
and no one can take that away
unless you let 'em.
[tender music]
Ugh, what's going on
in my head?
Why can't I draw you?
[panting]
I'm telling you,
you've got the wrong doctor!
[grunts]
Uh, maybe I could offer you
a second opinion.
- [roars]
- [screams]
Don't waste your time trying
to "find your voice and style."
Instead,
figure out what everyone likes
and draw that.
- Ken!
- Ugh.
Each of you will receive
my soon to be best-selling
self-published workbook,
"Just Draw, Monkey,"
which will have you on your way
to your first art sale
in no time.
Workbooks are not
generally part--
Eh, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta,
ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta. Ta.
- [sighs]
- Where's Nate?
Art is his favorite class.
[snoring]
[gasps]
Nate!
- Nate!
- Huh?
See? He looks awful.
Classic case of an all-nighter.
How'd the "Cesspool"
comic come out, bro?
- Huh? What's a Cesspool?
- Huh?
Nate, he's one
of your characters,
- one of your best characters.
- Oof!
[soft dramatic music]
- [sighs]
- Look.
Okay, haha, yeah,
that's a cool drawing,
but that's not mine.
I knew I was worried
for a reason.
Nate, I think you really are
losing your awesomeness.
No, it's the end
of the world!
[bricks clatter]
Guys, I have never had
a character named Dr
- what was it? Cesspool?
- [screaming]
What if Cesspool's
not his first?
Do you remember Moe Mentum,
Hollywood stuntman?
Yes.
Luke Warm,
private investigator?
- Of course, yes.
- Ultra Nate?
Duh, he's basically me, yes.
- Dan Cupid, love consultant?
- Haha, trick question.
- Barf, no.
- [screams]
Should I have heard of him?
Maybe something really is
happening to my awesomeness.
How can I be losing
my characters?
We're all doomed!
Okay, just throwing this
out there--
aliens might be abducting you
while you sleep
- and erasing your memory.
- Nate, go home.
Lock yourself in your bedroom,
and whatever you do,
- don't fall asleep.
- [whimpers]
[eerie music]
♪
Okay, aliens
or whatever you are,
you are not getting
past me tonight.
[owl hooting]
[heavy thumping]
[screams]
[whimpering]
[smooth mysterious music]
You sure
this is the right bureau?
[sighs]
It's the only bureau.
Eyes open, Mr. Fish,
both sides.
It's the beast!
He found us!
[both screaming]
Oh, uh, wha--who are you?
Why are you trying
to steal my awesomeness?
That doesn't sound
like a beast.
[screaming]
Ugh.
- Nate, is that you, lad?
- How do you know my name?
- Because you created us.
- Don't you remember?
The summer between third
and fourth grade,
your friends
were all on vacation.
You needed a project,
so you created a comic book
detective story starring us.
We were supposed to solve
the mystery of how Ellen
could possibly be your sister
when she's so lame.
That case remains open.
Moose, Fish!
Yeah, I do remember you.
But this is insane.
How can you be here?
We came 'cause the very thing
that makes you awesome,
your art, your creativity,
well, it's in danger, son.
This bow and arrow
belonged to a friend of ours,
Dan Cupid.
You created him, Nate,
but you don't remember him
because there's a beast
living in your imagination,
and he's taking
your characters.
Huh?
We need you to help us
solve the mystery of why.
♪
Oh? Whoa!
[fireworks boom]
[bicycle bell chimes]
[car lock chirps]
[chicks chirping]
Oh.
Live from Nate's mind.
♪
- [roars]
- [roars]
Wait a minute, these all came
from my imagination?
- These and more.
- We should get going.
It's a long walk
to the Butt Forest.
There's a Butt Forest?
♪
[flatulence]
There is a Butt Forest!
I remember now.
I made this up as a joke
for Teddy and Francis
back in, like, third grade.
We found Dan Cupid's bow
and arrow not far from here
[muffled sobbing]
But no Dan!
Save the fluids, Mr. Fish,
your scales will dry out.
We need to be careful, mate.
This is Green Hat Gnome territory.
Wow, I drew comics
about Green Hat Gnomes?
No, that's the problem.
You've never drawn comics
about Green Hat Gnomes,
and they're not happy.
They've declared war
on your imagination,
so stay on your toes.
They could sneak up on us
if we're not careful.
♪
All of this
is from my imagination?
Wow, I am so creative. Cool.
Do you see anything at all
that could help us? Any clues?
No, but hey, wait,
when I created the Butt Forest,
I also created a Butt Guru
to watch over it.
We've heard tale
of the Butt Guru,
- but we've never seen him.
- I am here, Nate Wright!
[triumphant music]
I, the wise, old Butt Guru.
I would've preferred
just wise and old and no butt.
But what should I expect
from an 11-year-old boy?
You know, technically, I was
actually eight at the time.
Very advanced for my age.
This does not make
being a butt any easier.
Speak your question.
Something is trespassing
in my imagination
and stealing my characters.
We want to know why.
I sense a dark presence,
one my butt wisdom
- has never felt before.
- [gasps]
The beast!
A dark presence
that was brought here by you,
- Nate Wright!
- Me?
But why would I hurt
my own characters?
You have been given
awesomeness, Nate Wright,
and yet you squander it.
That is why the dark presence
is here.
[roars]
[ominous music]
It's here.
The beast!
[flatulence]
Heed my warning, Nate Wright.
And draw me some arms,
next time!
[flatulence]
[roars]
Stop there, evil doer!
[energetic rock music]
Ultra Nate!
Never fear, citizens!
Ultra Nate is here
to vanquish--
[screaming]
It's eating me alive!
No, not my elbows!
Not my elbows!
No!
[panting]
Oh.
[soft dramatic music]
Was it--
was it just a dream?
♪
No, Gina, the green
is not green enough.
Reread chapter eight.
Clean your brush. Start over.
Ken!
[snaps]
- Mm.
- Go ahead, clean your brush.
[whimpers]
That's it, Gina.
Really rub it in there.
- Yeah, get that green off
- Guys!
That dirty, dirty green.
[screaming and grunting]
And then I woke up,
but I know I wasn't dreaming.
I saw this beast
or whatever it is
eat Ultra Nate.
But this time, you remembered
because you were there.
Then we need
to be there too.
Since we don't know
what we're dealing with,
I had Uncle Pedro give me
a grab bag of his best
and most ridiculous
alien catching devices.
What's the plan?
We just wait?
Yeah, pretty much,
but stay alert,
and whatever you do,
don't fall asleep.
[all snoring]
[deep rumbling]
Whoa, huh? Guys?
Guys, guys,
it's happening again.
[door thuds]
Guys?
[soft dramatic music]
[door squeaks]
Hello, son.
Moose, Fish, you're okay.
[sobs]
He cares about us!
No crying!
Now, mate, a lot has happened.
Word of the beast has spread
throughout your imagination.
[gasps]
[dramatic music]
- The beast is coming!
- [screaming]
- The beast is coming!
- Oh, man, this is bad.
Uh, Nate,
there's one other thing.
Attack!
The Green Hat Gnomes
have vowed to start a civil war
unless you give 'em
a storyline.
With real plots,
not just gags and screaming,
- and a cool theme song.
- Yeah!
[energetic rock music]
[sobs]
I don't want to go this way.
- Oh!
- [grunts]
[groaning]
Now lad, run!
♪
[gulps]
Oh, no, oh, no.
Wake up! Wake up!
Wake up, you guys!
- Nate won't wake up!
- Ooh, yeah, I got this.
Nate has
extremely sensitive pits.
Tickle, tickle, tickle.
[gasps]
Oh, the Teddy Tickle Torture
didn't work?
Dios mío!
Which can only mean
one thing.
Guys, I think Nate is trapped
inside his own imagination.
[soft dramatic music]
Yes, yes, hmm, hmm,
huh, huh, I see.
It is good you came to me.
Your friend
is clearly unconscious.
We know that, Pedro,
but can you help him?
Of course I can,
boy plagued by the regrets
- of yesteryear.
- [gasps]
How does he know?
I purchased this
from the militaries,
Project Brain Ripper.
It was created to get into
the minds of enemy combatants.
What do you use it for?
Mostly to get free Wi-Fi
from the clown next-door.
[whimsical music]
This is going to work, right?
I used it many times
during my career
as a hamster therapist
with 100% success.
Except for Mr. Wiggles.
Poor, tormented soul.
Just couldn't get him
off the wheel.
Uh, okay, but how
does this work on people?
Let's find out!
[console beeping]
[energy pulsating]
[televisions humming]
♪
[screams]
♪
Huh, you know, weirdly,
this is exactly what
I pictured Nate's imagination
looking like.
Teddy, look,
it's Godfrey-Zilla!
[screaming]
Giant Elton!
Can we stay here forever?
Huh?
- Hey!
- I know you.
- Claude the Stupid Ideas Fairy.
- Please let me go.
I need to get away.
I've been flying for hours.
- You were flying in a circle.
- I was?
Where's Nate?
The Green Hat Gnomes
have taken the great creator
to the Butt Forest.
[flatulence]
There's a Butt Forest?
Sweet!
Take us there, Claude.
What about
a Western storyline
called "Gnome on the Range."
Or a comedy, "America's
Funniest Gnome Videos."
Ooh, that's catchy.
- [roars distantly]
- Ah!
[butts rumbling]
[roars]
[screams]
Run away!
[screams]
It's the beast!
- The beast is a giant snail!
- No, no, no, no!
I think, uh,
that's my band logo?
Fear the Mollusk ♪
And my friends!
This is so unsanitary.
I can't believe you guys
are in my brain.
[laughter]
- [screaming]
- The gnomes are coming back!
[all screaming]
The beast!
[dramatic music]
[roars]
- [all scream]
- [whimpers]
Ugh, ah.
♪
[roars]
[growls]
I've seen that mole before!
That's Ka'Brett!
- [screaming]
- [laughing]
[roars]
Why are you doing this?
Why are you destroying
everything I care about?
This is your world, Nate!
Fight back!
Don't doubt yourself!
Don't doubt myself.
[energetic rock music]
♪
Guys, I know how to get
my characters back!
Mr. Rosa,
you going somewhere?
Yep, I'm taking a trip
to Loserville
to reassess my life choices
and do a lot of crying.
Mr. Rosa,
I know you're leaving
because of your brother
Ka'Brett, but you can't.
Not that simple, Nate.
Okay, it is that simple.
I can't look at his man bun
one more day.
Amen, bro.
A man bun is just one step away
from a mullet.
A beast
invaded my imagination
and started eating
my characters,
and that beast is your brother.
Don't you see?
It all makes sense now.
He's doubt.
He makes me doubt myself
as a cartoonist.
He's chipping away
at my awesomeness,
and I can't stop him alone.
I need your help.
Mr. Rosa, you okay?
You know, I became a teacher
because I loved seeing kids
transformed by art.
That's what are does,
changes us.
It changed me
when I was your age,
but Ka'Brett
never understood that.
To him,
art isn't worth anything
unless there's a price tag
on it.
He came here to my school
filled with my students
and tried to ruin my dream
to make me doubt my art!
[triumphant music]
I won't let him do that to you, Nate,
or anyone else ever again.
Tell me what you need me to do.
- Yeah!
- Whoo-hoo!
♪
[all screaming]
[sobbing]
[energy whooshing]
What are you doing?
[sobs]
He came back.
- The creator.
- It really is him.
I had no idea
he was so short.
Yes, it is I, Nate Wright!
Hold your applause please.
They weren't applauding.
Your world--
that I created,
thank you so much--
is under threat from a beast
that feeds on doubt!
- This beast--
- His name is Ka'Brett.
Actually, that's not true.
His real name's Brian.
Then he changed it to Brett.
Then he added the "ka"
because he thought
it sounded more artsy,
and then--
Okay, Mr. Rosa, please,
I'm trying
to sound inspiring here.
Oh, right.
The Ka'Brett beast wants us
scared and unfocused,
creating more doubt
for him to feed on.
- But I'm scared.
- And I'm unfocused!
We need to cut off
his food source
and fight back!
[all cheering]
But do you have a plan?
[laughs]
Yeah, duh.
I just need a volunteer.
Okay, Claude, remember,
you're the bait.
Is bait the same as birthday?
Is it my birthday?
[roars]
[dramatic music]
Well, hello there.
Are you my birthday present?
[screams]
[laughs]
Hey, Ka'Brett!
I mean, hey, Brian!
You're trespassing
in my imagination!
I want my characters
and my awesomeness back!
Attack!
[all screaming]
[Royal Blood's
"Figure It Out"]
[roars]
- Whoa!
- [screams]
[truck horn blares]
You don't have the talent
to defeat me.
We'll see about that.
Battle cry!
[upbeat rock music]
Ah!
[laughs]
Ah!
Huh?
[screams]
Oh!
[groans]
[engine rumbles]
[tires squealing]
[together]
Whoa!
- Huh?
- [laughing]
[grunts]
♪
I let it go
'cause I won't see you later ♪
And we're not allowed
to talk it out ♪
[both screaming]
- [chuckles]
- [growls]
Huh?
[gnomes chomping]
Get off!
I said I'd go ♪
Yeah,
I won't see you later ♪
And we're not allowed
to figure it out ♪
Ugh!
[grunts]
[roars]
[screams]
[laughs]
[all screaming]
- [gulps]
- [roars]
Just a kid like me ♪
Trying to cut some teeth ♪
Trying to figure it out ♪
You know,
I'm no fan of Godfrey,
but in this case, go Godfrey!
Uh-oh.
[gulps]
[roars]
[chuckles]
♪
[screams]
♪
[groans]
No.
[all screaming]
[sighs]
You've got a gift,
and no one can take that away
unless you let 'em.
[dramatic music]
Everyone, stop fighting!
Lay your weapons down!
- Huh?
- What did he say?
What? Bro, have you lost
your dang mind?
Trust me,
we need to stop fighting
and walk away.
♪
Giving up already?
[chuckles]
No, see, you're my doubt,
and acknowledging you
just makes you stronger,
so you know what?
We're gonna ignore you.
That won't work.
I'm too powerful to resist.
Come back and fight me!
[grunts]
Ah, oh, my, what's happening?
[screams]
Oh, oh.
[burps]
[flatulence]
You're not talented enough
to succeed!
To succeed!
To succeed!
♪
[both grunting]
How do you feel, Nate?
I feel awesome!
One, two, three, four.
Armed only with a pencil ♪
And 8x10 lined paper ♪
He leads a life
that's awesome ♪
That's why
they call him Big Nate ♪
[upbeat rock music]
- [laughter]
- Yeah!
If you need a toilet ♪
- To detonate by lunch time
- Whoo-hoo!
Or perhaps a burrito ♪
In your teacher's pants ♪
His destiny ♪
As a god of awesomeness ♪
Is to ride
a mighty llama ♪
That probably
breathes fire ♪
And take his place ♪
Among the legendary
pranksters of yore ♪
Who will welcome him
into Valhalla ♪
This is
the Ballad of Big Nate ♪