Transcript for Rhyme and Reason[]
PART 1[]
(Scene: The Heaslips' front yard. Violet, Becky, and Bob are there. Violet is setting up cameras on tripods.)
Narrator: It's another beautiful and craft-filled morning at Violet's house.
Becky: So... why did we set up those cameras in your garden?
Violet: Only for the best photography art project ever! These cameras are set up to take pictures every few seconds, from different angles.
Becky: Oh, wow! (pause) Why?
Violet: (walking into the house) To capture animals in their truest form: in harmony with nature! (One of the cameras is triggered. A few seconds later, a printer spits out pictures of a squirrel doing karaoke with a hairbrush on top of the bird fountain.) See? Harmony.
Becky: Huh.
Violet: (yelling to the squirrel through the window) You look so natural! (The squirrel gives a thumbs up as the camera takes more pictures.)
(Scene: The National National Bank.)
Narrator: Meanwhile at the bank, there's a new villain team in town. Exciting!
(Two costumed figures approach the bank teller.)
Reason: I'm Reason.
Rhyme: I'm Rhyme! And we lead lives of crime!
Teller: (filing her nails) So what's your whole schtick?
Reason: Ugh, here we go.
Rhyme: (slides onto the counter, startling the teller) Tada! We steal expensive stuff for our first crime. And for our second, we take something that rhymes!
Reason: Ugh!
Teller: Okay! So what are we taking today? Standard bag of cash?
Rhyme: You keep the cash, we want gold bars! Then after this, we'll steal old--
Reason: Stop, stop! Just... stop. Can I just talk to you for a second? Please? (Rhyme drops the gold bars.) Listen, Rhyme, you and I have been friends for how long?
Rhyme: Fifteen years, and still going strong!
Reason: Right. And in the past year, we've had to move how many times?
Rhyme: Twenty-eight cities, because of our crimes!
Reason: Look--
Rhyme: Took... Book... Crook... Brook...
Reason: Focus! Okay? We never get caught stealing the first thing, the valuable thing, like these gold bars.
Rhyme: Next up, old c--
Reason: Stop! That, right there, that's the problem! The second thing we try to steal, the rhyming crime, that's the crime that always gets us in trouble!
Rhyme: This time it'll be different! We'll escape on the double!
Reason: And you know I wouldn't mind, but the rhyming thing we steal is never valuable, it's always something ridiculous that no one would ever want to steal!
Rhyme: But that's our calling card! Our stamp! Our seal!
Reason: Listen, can we please just stick to stealing valuable stuff this time? Hmm? (The bank alarm goes off.) Oh, great. Here come the police.
Teller: Police? No! You must be new in town!
(Scene: Violet's house. Becky hears the alarm going off and gasps.)
Violet: You guys, this is so exciting.
(Pictures of bees square-dancing are printing. Becky gestures to Bob that they need to leave.)
Becky: (smiling) I know! Uh, so... Violet, uh, Bob and I have to, um, run out for a minute, and, uh... (Bob makes a suggestion to her) plant some corn! (pause) What?! Plant some corn?
Violet: Well, it is the best day we've had for corn planting in quite a while.
Becky: Yeah... (goes out the door with Bob)
Violet: Okay, guys! See you later then!
(Becky runs through the yard and changes into WordGirl in front of one of the cameras. The printer starts printing the images it captured.)
(Scene: The National National Bank.)
Narrator: Meanwhile, at the bank...
(Rhyme smashes the alarm, silencing it. Right after that, WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face arrive.)
WordGirl: Hold it right-- Wait. Who are you guys? (to Captain Huggy Face) Who are these guys?
Reason: I'm Reason.
Rhyme: I'm Rhyme! And we lead lives of crime!
WordGirl: Huh. Well, I'm WordGirl, nice to meet you. And I hope you still feel like rhyming when I send you to jail!
Rhyme: Well don't feel too sad when it turns out you fail!
WordGirl: Touché!
Reason: I don't think she wears a wig!
WordGirl: Uh... what?
Rhyme: (tears the bank counter from the floor) I think I'll throw something big! (throws the counter at WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face, knocking them to the ground)
Reason: The day is bright and slightly breezy!
Rhyme: So I'll attack with breath so freezy! (She takes a large breath, then blows freezing breath at the heroes. WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face are trapped in ice, with only their faces exposed.)
WordGirl: Super strength and freeze breath? These powers have nothing to do with rhyming.
Reason: I know. Personally, I wanted to call us Super-Strong Woman with Freeze Breath and Normal Guy. I would be Normal Guy.
WordGirl: Okay, so at least we're in harmony about that.
Reason: What do you mean, we're in... harmony?
WordGirl: Oh! Well, when you are in harmony with someone or something, then you have the same thoughts or feelings. You're in agreement!
Reason: Hmm. WordGirl defines words. Reasonable. I like it.
WordGirl: So wait, you don't have any powers?
Reason: Nope, we just happen to be best friends since we were kids. But if it weren't for me, she'd just steal a bunch of useless stuff that's easy to rhyme.
Rhyme: (picking up the gold bars) Woohoo!
Reason: (sighs) Welp, we should get going since you'll probably break free soon. (to Rhyme) Come on, let's get out of here.
Rhyme: One more crime before we disappear!
Reason: No, see, this is what I've been talking about. We should quit while we're ahead! We're done!
Rhyme: Oh, no! Our crime spree has just begun!
Reason: But there's nothing else we need!
Rhyme: Let's escape with super speed! (runs through the bank at super speed, breaking WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face free from the ice, then quickly grabs Reason and leaves the bank)
WordGirl: She has super speed too?! Ugh! Seriously?! (Captain Huggy Face chitters.) Okay, we have to figure out where they're going to strike next.
Teller: You know, they stole a bunch of gold bars, and I heard that Rhyme lady start to say they should steal old--
(On the street outside the bank, Rhyme and Reason are driving an old-time jalopy with gold bars loaded in the back. The engine starts smoking, and it sputters to a stop.)
WordGirl: Wow. You two are seriously about to go to jail for this?
Reason: (to Rhyme) See, even she thinks it's a bad idea! You got us into this, now you can get us out. (pause) I am not about to go to jail.
Rhyme: Here comes a delivery! (throws the car at WordGirl) Express air mail!
(WordGirl catches the car and throws it to the ground.)
WordGirl: Hey, I know I don't know you guys really well, but is there any way we could resolve this without fighting?
Reason: Sounds like you're trying to be reasonable. I like that.
Rhyme: I like chili with lots of beans!
WordGirl: Uhh... okay.
Rhyme: Can you please tell me what "resolve" means?
WordGirl: Oh! Beans, means, got it. Sure! Resolve means to come to an agreeable solution. For example, if you give back the gold bars and agree to go to jail for a short time, we can totally resolve this whole problem!
Reason: So resolving this without fighting is what you desire?
WordGirl: Uh, well, yeah!
Rhyme: But instead, I think I'll throw this tire! (She throws a tire from the car at WordGirl. It hits Captain Huggy Face instead, who chitters angrily at her. WordGirl zips over and bends the body of the wrecked auto around Rhyme and Reason, trapping both of them.)
WordGirl: Well, with you two captured, crime should decrease, so you should just sit tight and wait for the...
Rhyme: Police! Whoo!
WordGirl: (flying away) C'mon, Huggy! Now that this is resolved, we can head back to Violet's house!
(It starts raining. The scene cuts away from Rhyme and Reason, and back to Violet's house. Inside, Violet is frowning as she looks at the printer. Becky and Bob come through the door.)
Violet: Oh, hello, Bob. (in a whisper, with a frown on her face) Becky.
Becky: Hey, Violet. Uh, is everything okay?
Violet: Becky... are we friends?
Becky: Wha-- Yeah! Of course! We're best friends!
Violet: Hmm... (looking at pictures from the printer) Best... friends.
Becky: Violet, why--
Violet: Becky, are you keeping a secret from me?
Becky: What? No, of course not!
Violet: I mean, you don't keep secrets from your best friend, do you?
Becky: Uh, no!
Violet: Not... one?
Becky: Nope?
Violet: And that's the truth? The absolute truth? (turns and stares at Becky)
Becky: (pause) Yes?
Violet: (sighs) So, Becky, do you want to see some of the pictures from my garden cameras?
Becky: Wha-- Oh, um, yeah! Let's do that!
(Violet starts pinning pictures to a cork board, with somber music playing in the background.)
Becky: Oh! Look at the frog! (giggles nervously)
Violet: Yep.
Becky: Oh, wow, bumblebee...
Violet: Uh-huh.
Becky: Oh, cute, that's a good one.
Violet: Go to the next one.
Becky: Oh, that's great. I think that's my favorite.
Violet: They get better.
Becky: Aw...
(Becky looks up at a sequence of pictures that Violet just put up. The first shows Becky running by the fountain carrying Bob, the second shows a bright flash, and the third shows WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face flying off together. Becky lets out an audible gasp, and stammers incoherently with a look of horror on her face.)
(Scene: A police car in the city, which is carrying Rhyme and Reason off to jail.)
Rhyme: You know, I wish I was wrapped in fleece, not sitting here captured by the poli-
Reason: Stop it! Stop it! Stop, stop, stop it!
Rhyme: Pop it! Pop it! Pop, pop, pop it!
Reason: That's it! I've had it! You and I, we're done! I can't do this anymore!
Rhyme: What? Because we're captured? I'll just bust through the floor!
(Rhyme busts her feet through the floor of the police car, then digs her heels into the pavement, bring the car to a stop. Then she uses her super speed to break free and ties up the officer.)
Officer Jim: Hey, no fair!
(Rhyme opens the door and gets out. Reason follows her.)
Rhyme: All right, buddy, we're back in season! (Reason starts to walk away.) Look out, world, for Rhyme and-- Hey, where are you going?
Reason: I'm leaving.
Rhyme: But... But I resolved our problem! I broke us free! Now we can go back to our big crime spree!
Reason: No. (takes a friendship necklace from his pocket and discards it) I quit. This is the end.
Rhyme: But... But... you're my best friend. (She catches the discarded necklace and looks at it. Reason keeps walking away.)
(Scene: Violet's house.)
Violet: All this time, you were lying to me!
Becky: Violet, these pictures--
Violet: Of course you're WordGirl. I should've figured it out. I mean, all the sudden takeoffs, all the bad excuses...
Becky: Aw, come on, Violet, you're being ridiculous!
Violet: (sighs and sits down) Becky... you're the best friend I've ever had. Ever. And best friends don't ever lie to each other, because they don't have to.
Becky: Right. So...
Violet: I'm only going to ask you once, and whatever answer you give me, I'll believe it.
Becky: Come on, Violet.
Violet: Becky, are you WordGirl?
Becky: (stammers) Yes. I'm WordGirl. (Violet tears up and whimpers.) Violet, you don't understand! I didn't want to lie to you, I had to! It's... It's complicated!
(Violet stands up, walks back toward the board, and takes down the pictures of Becky changing into WordGirl.)
Violet: No, I know. And I want you to know that I'm not mad at you.
Becky: (breathes a sigh of relief) Violet, I've got to tell you, that is... That is a huge relief!
Violet: You and I just aren't friends anymore.
Becky: (stunned) W-wait... what?
Violet: In fact, I don't think you and I were ever really friends.
Becky: Okay, wait, wait, wait!
Violet: You're this whole other person. A person I don't really know.
Becky: Wha-- Yes you do! I'm Becky Botsford!
Violet: And WordGirl!
Becky: But--
Violet: I'm sorry, Becky. WordGirl. I wish I could believe you... but how could I? All you've ever done is lie to me.
Becky: (on the verge of tears) Violet...
Violet: Goodbye, Becky... WordGirl... (hands Becky the pictures)
Becky: Violet...
(Becky puts her hand on Violet's shoulder, but she pulls away. Quietly crying, Becky and Bob walk away. During the narrator's closing remarks, they both walk outside, and Becky's hair is soaked as she walks by Violet's front window. Violet watches her, then looks away. Becky looks at the pictures briefly, then throws them onto the ground. They are shown being drenched in a puddle of water.)
Narrator: Well, uh, this is, uh... Huh, I don't, um... I don't really know what to say, uh... so, um... stick around? Maybe? Because maybe we can resolve all this, get back to a little harmony? Hopefully? On the next episode of... WordGirl? Oh, goodness.
PART 2[]
Narrator: In the last episode of WordGirl, Rhyme and Reason burst onto the scene, then spent a lot of time committing crimes full of rhymes. Then WordGirl resolved the problem and captured them, but then they escaped. But when Rhyme and Reason escaped, they also ended their partnership and friendship! And speaking of a friendship in trouble, Violet found out that Becky is actually WordGirl, which seems to have ended their friendship too, and left Becky feeling forlorn, which is where we'll pick up part 2. (A split screen shows Becky, Rhyme, Reason, and Violet all feeling forlorn.) Uh, picking up part 2, guys! Guys? (Violet sighs.) Okay, so now that we know that everyone is still forlorn, we might as well skip ahead to...
(Scene: The school playground.)
Narrator: The next day, at the playground...
(Becky and Bob are on the swings. Becky sadly looks up at Violet, who is sitting alone on the see-saw.)
Becky: (to Bob) You know what? (stands up) This is ridiculous. Sure, I'm WordGirl, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm still me! And Violet is still my friend! My best friend! If I just talk to her, I'm positive we can resolve--
(Suddenly Exposition Guy shows up, sitting on the other end of the see-saw.)
Exposition Guy: Help! There's a girl I don't recognize, and she's wrecking stuff! Wait. Is this the police station?
Violet: (with a frown) No. This is a playground... (glares at Becky) ...of deception and betrayal. (Becky slumps over.) The police station is over there. (points)
Exposition Guy: Oh. Okay! Help!
(Exposition Guy jumps off the see-saw, sending Violet to the ground. Violet looks over at the swings and sees that Becky and Bob are gone.)
(Scene: The donut shop. Rhyme is on a rampage. She freezes some of the pavement, and then stomps on it, breaking it. She runs in circles with her super speed, making the hole deeper. WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face show up.)
WordGirl: Rhyme? Wait... How did you escape? And what's with all this chaos? And where's Reason?
Rhyme: (stops) I don't know, okay?! I don't know!
WordGirl: Whoa. You're not rhyming!
Rhyme: I know I'm not! It's too hard to rhyme all the time, I need Reason! And Reason isn't coming back! (kicks a broken piece of pavement at WordGirl, who dodges it)
WordGirl: So... you're just causing chaos instead?
Rhyme: No! Yes! I don't know! What's chaos?
WordGirl: Oh, well, chaos is complete disorder and confusion. Chaos is a total cluttered mess. (looks down at the destruction) Like this. This is chaos.
Rhyme: Yeah! I decided to make it easy on myself! See? Smash! (stomps her foot, causing large chunks of frozen pavement fly toward WordGirl and cover her and Captain Huggy Face.)
WordGirl: (flying out of the rubble) Okay, okay, stop the chaos!
(Rhyme runs into WordGirl and knocks her and Captain Huggy Face down the street into an obelisk.)
Rhyme: Nope! (knocks the obelisk over at WordGirl, who stops it with her foot) I'm not gonna stop until I pound this town right to the ground!
WordGirl: Actually more of a city than a town, but-- (Rhyme breaks a fire hydrant and freezes the water into a ramp.) Whoa!
Rhyme: Now if you'll excuse me... (runs up the ramp and jumps far into the distance)
WordGirl: (kicks the ice ramp and obelisk out of the way) Okay, Huggy, here's the plan: We find Reason and get him to talk some sense into Rhyme. So where would Reason be without Rhyme? (Captain Huggy Face points at a broken-down car stumbling down the road. WordGirl flies over to it.) Hold it right there, Reason!
Reason: Would you just let me go, WordGirl? Please!
WordGirl: Nu-uh! You have to come with me. Rhyme is really forlorn, so she's causing chaos and destroying the city! And you're the only one who can reason with her.
Reason: (looks at WordGirl for a few seconds before turning to restart his car) Not my problem any more. Sure, Rhyme and I have been best friends since we were kids, but I've had enough!
WordGirl: But Reason--
Reason: Forget it! There's nothing you can say that will make me go back with you. Nothing.
WordGirl: Actually, there's nothing I have to say. You're a wanted criminal in a stolen car, and I have super-strength and can fly. (flies under the car and picks it up)
Reason: Oh. That.
(Captain Huggy Face turns on the car radio as WordGirl flies away with the car.)
(Scene: Another part of the city. Rhyme lands hard on the pavement, surrounded by ice that has frozen in different formations from another busted hydrant.)
Rhyme: (breaking frozen objects) Slam! Bash! Punch!
WordGirl: (flying in and landing on an ice sculpture) Cut it out! I have someone who wants to talk to you.
(Rhyme looks over at the old car and sees Captain Huggy Face waving at her. She looks confused.)
WordGirl: No, not him.
(Reason pops up and waves. Rhyme looks happy for a second, then backs off.)
Rhyme: Oh, it's you! What do you want?
Reason: Me? I'd like to start up this car and drive away really... (He pauses. Rhyme turns around excitedly, wanting to complete the rhyme, but then stops herself and turns back around.) Drive away really... (pauses again) really... You're not gonna say "far"?
Rhyme: Why should I?
Reason: Because it rhymes with "car".
Rhyme: I thought you didn't like my rhymes anymore. I thought they annoyed you!
Reason: Well, yeah, kind of. Actually, it's not really the rhyming that gets to me.
Rhyme: It isn't?
Reason: No, it's just... (sighs) When our crimes are rhymes, we end up having to steal some really ridiculous stuff.
WordGirl: He does have a point.
Reason: (walking toward Rhyme) Plus, it makes us way easier to catch.
WordGirl: Also a good point!
(Rhyme zips over and breaks the ice structure that WordGirl is standing on, dropping her and Captain Huggy Face to the ground, then goes back to Reason.)
Rhyme: So, what are you saying? It's okay to rhyme, just not in our crimes?
Reason: Yeah. I mean, I just want to avoid another "jewels, mules" crime pairing. Feeding and caring for all those mules... We actually lost money on that crime.
Rhyme: If I say yes, then we can be friends? Again?
Reason: Aw, buddy. We never stopped being friends! It'd take more than a little quarrel to break up best friends! Now come in for a hug!
Rhyme: Come here, ya big lug! (They embrace.)
WordGirl: (wipes away a tear) You guys are such good friends!
Reason: (getting his friendship necklace back from Rhyme) Uh, you okay? You seem kind of forlorn.
(WordGirl nods sadly. Captain Huggy Face squeaks a question.)
WordGirl: It means really sad and lonely.
Reason: Well, hey, Rhyme, let's stop the chaos and have a snack. Or maybe you can do...
Rhyme: An ice attack!
(Rhyme blows a blast of cold air toward WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face. WordGirl avoids it, but it freezes Captain Huggy Face. When WordGirl returns to rescue Captain Huggy Face from the ice, Rhyme grabs both of them and throws them high into the air. She then zips toward them and hits them with another blast of freeze breath, encasing them in a ball of ice. They drop to the ground, creating a large crater in the pavement. Rhyme uses her freeze breath to create another ramp for herself to land. The police and the warden are keeping a large crowd of people away from the scene. In front of the crowd is Violet, looking on with concern.)
Narrator: Is this the end of WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face? Did Rhyme and Reason meet them, beat them, then totally defeat them? (Rhyme gives the heroes another blast of freeze breath, capturing them in a layer of ice.)
Reason: Well, WordGirl, we really have enjoyed our stay, but now is time to get a--
Violet: (from the edge of the hole they are in) Hey!
WordGirl: (gasps) Violet!
Violet: Stop freezing her, or she may turn... purple!
Rhyme: Oh, yeah? Well, too bad! She'll just have to, uh... Snurple? Uh... Uh... Furple!
Reason: Twurple... Twurple... Twurple?
Rhyme: Knurple?
(WordGirl starts breaking through the ice.)
Reason: There's got to be a word that rhymes with purple! (WordGirl finishes freeing herself.) Slurple?
WordGirl: Nope, not a word.
Rhyme: Furple!
WordGirl: Not a word.
Reason: Flurp-- Wait. (turns to face WordGirl) Are you free?
WordGirl: Yup!
Reason: Uh-oh.
WordGirl: Huggy! Action plan #57, subset B!
Rhyme: Wait! I can't fight back until I rhyme with purple! Nurple! Gurple! Zaburple?
WordGirl: Good to know! (carries Rhyme and Reason out of the hole)
Reason: Well, looks like we're going to jail. (WordGirl throws him and Rhyme into a police car.) But hey, silver lining: We can spend our jail time trying to find a word that rhymes with purple.
Rhyme: That sounds absolutely, uh... wurple? No. Banurple! (Reason looks tenderly at her and shakes his head, then looks at his friendship necklace.) No. Abanaba... Uh, no.
(The police car drives off, and WordGirl sees Violet still standing by the crater. She flies over to her.)
WordGirl: So, uh... thanks, Violet, for... the help.
Violet: It's okay, Word-- Beck-- girl I know by two different names.
(WordGirl picks up Violet and flies off with her. She lands on the roof of a building.)
WordGirl: So... why'd you come?
Violet: I don't know. I guess because now that I know it's you, I couldn't just sit back and watch you get hurt.
WordGirl: Violet... (takes off her helmet) see? Under this costume, it's just me. I'm still the same girl who can sit and talk and laugh with you for hours. I'm still just Becky Botsford.
Violet: But you're also much more. You're WordGirl! (walks off toward the stairway door)
WordGirl: No, I know. It's just... Can we please just go back to being friends again? Please?
Violet: I... I don't know. I have to think about it. (walks down the stairs)
(WordGirl starts crying, and drops to her knees.)
(Scene: The playground, the next day. Becky and Bob sit sadly on the swings. Suddenly, Violet walks up to them.)
Violet: Oh, hello, girl I don't know! My name is Violet! Is this swing taken? (Becky looks stunned. Bob invites Violet to sit.) Thank you, kind monkey, sir. (sits next to Becky on the empty swing)
Becky: Uh, Violet? What are you doing?
Violet: Well, I just thought maybe it would be nice if you and I started over. So... I'm Violet. What is your name?
Becky: I'm Becky! (Violet looks away, disappointed.) But sometimes, I fight crime as WordGirl!
Violet: Wow! That's some pretty amazing info to give someone you just met!
Becky: (jumping up from the swing) What can I say? I have a feeling you and I are going to be best friends!
(Violet gets up from her swing and gives Becky a big hug.)
Becky: (sighs happily) Are we really going to start our friendship over from the beginning?
Violet: Nah, but people always say that in the movies, and I just wanted to see how it sounded. (walks away with Becky, talking)
Narrator: And so, once again, chaos is averted, and our hero is no longer forlorn. (Bob joins the girls, and the narrator clears his throat.) Anyway, gather up your best friends and join us next time for another amazing, colossal adventure of... WordGirl!
(A five-headed robot shows up. On top of it are Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy, Granny May, Tobey, Dr. Two-Brains, and the Butcher. Becky looks over at Violet, and she gives her a nod. Becky changes into WordGirl and goes after the robot, and Bob moves to follow her. Violet puts her hand on his shoulder.)
Violet: Since we're coming clean, I always knew you were a monkey.