D 99156
Synopsis & Script — David Gerstein
Editor — Byron Erickson
June 1999
Mickey Mouse HISTORY
RE-PETES ITSELF 12 pages
Page 1
Pic 1-4
Color dusk,
nearly full moon; slight glow from distant lightning
Mickey 1: Doggone!
This invitation’s darn troubling somehow!
Sound (lightning): RUMBLE!
Mickey 2: A
birthday’s a big day! You’re s’posed to want everyone to know it!
An’ yet…
Sign: GROG
SHOP
Pic 5
Note Letterer,
please note — the lettering on the invitation is typed (not handwritten)
Text: Dear
Mr. Mouse, you are invited to a birthday party in UTMOST SECRECY. Your presence
is all; your being essential. Do not RSVP. Just be at Ninepin
Gardens at 7:30 PM. I will see you — I know —
Pic 6
Sound (off): RUMBLE!
Mickey: Half
of me wants to turn back! But I’m too curious! Something strange draws
me on… transfixing and… interesting…
Pic 7
Sound: GLOM!
Pic 8
Pete 1: Transfixin’!
Interestin’! Ray-gun-stealin’… dat’s me!
Pete 2: I’m
also good at lyin’ — ‘specially when I write invites! My birthday’s
really two weeks away!
Mickey: Pete!!!
Sound (gun): JINGLE!
Page 2
Pic 1
Mickey: P-Pete!
What is this…
Pete: Revenge,
rat! Fer all thuh times ya’ve jailed me!
Sign (poster): ALTACRAZ 1935
Sound (gun): JINGLE!
Pic 2
Pete 1: I
heard dis scientist in a bar sobbin’ ‘bout his Temporary Youth Ray! It
makes y’ younger, an’ over two weeks ya grow back ta normal!
Pete 2: Problem
is, the ray’s too strong! Ya start th’ two weeks as a baby!
Sound (gun): JINGLE!
Pic 3
Pete 1: I
say great! Imagine you bein’ a baby, runt! An’ me usin’
them weeks ta bring you up crooked!
Pete 2: On
my birthday, yuh’ll be my partner in crime!
Pic 4
Mickey: Pete,
the cops’ll make you cry for this!
Sound (trigger): CLIK
Pic 5
Color bright
yellow ray blast
Sound (ray): SKUTTTCH!
Pete: It’s
my party! An’ I only gotta cry when I want to!
Pic 6
Color bright
yellow ray blast ricochets off mirror and hits Pete
Pete: !!!
Mickey: ?
Sound: ZONK!
Page 2 cont.
Pic 7
Sound (Pete): WAAA-AAAAH!
Mickey: >Whew!<
After that close shave, I oughtta turn Pete in and be rid of him…
Pic 8
Mickey: …but
I’m just too fascinated by that plan of his! What if I
carried it out — and brought Pete up as an honest man?
Page 3
Pic 1-2
Box: So
—
Minnie: He’s
going to grow into… Pete?
Mickey: In
two weeks, Minnie! But he won’t be a crook this time — if
we all teach him better stuff to do with his life!
Pic 3
Horace: Keen!
I’ll teach him everything about sports, Mickey!
Goofy: I’ve
been learnin’ cookery, Mick! I kin teach him whut I know!
Pic 4
Clarabelle: I
can teach him to drive! My land, when I think of all the unsafe drivers
in…
Minnie: Mickey!
Pic 5
Minnie: I
don’t know... something tells me this whole project is unsafe!
Mickey: Don’t
worry, Minnie! It won’t be — if you help me with Pete’s educational
knowledge!
Pic 6
Mickey: You
know, teaching him stuff he’d normally get at school! If we cover all
the bases, things can’t get out of control!
Pic 7-8
Color bright,
psychedelic paint mess on the walls
Mickey: >Gulp!<
Or can they?
Page 4
Pic 1
Box: Comes
the dawn, and with it new hope —
Mickey 1: The
two-week growth process has begun, Pete! You’re now about four years
old!
Mickey 2: Just
the age to appreciate the playroom I fixed up — and my old tricycle!
Pic 2
Pete: Tr…
tricycle… M-Mickey?
Mickey: Gee,
you can talk now! That’s great!
Pic 3
Mickey: But
your biking’s not great! I mean, it’s too fast!
Sound: BUMP!
Sound: THUMP!
Pic 4
Mickey (off): Slow down!!!
Pic 5
Sound (tricycle): SCREECH!
Sound (Pete taking lollipop): SNATCH!
Peggy: >WAAAH!<
Pic 6
Mickey: Sorry,
Patricia! Pete just didn’t know it was wrong!
Patricia: “Pete”?
You mean...
Pic 7
Mickey: Yeah!
He’s been turned into a kid, but he’s—
Patricia: EE-EEEK!
Pic 8
Mickey: I
don’t know why she did that — really!
Mickey 2: Gosh,
Pete… just to look at ya… who could have anything bad to say?
Pete: ---
Page 5
Pic 1
Mickey: Anyway,
here’s Minnie — your teacher! At least we know she’s on our side!
Sound: PAT
PAT
Pic 2
Minnie 1: Look!
Math, history, spelling...
Minnie 2: I’m
afraid there’s a reason school usually takes years!
Mickey: >Ulp!<
Pete: ?
Title (book): LATIN
Title (book): ENGLISH
Title (book): HISTORY
Pic 3-4
Box: Nevertheless
—
Minnie: >Sigh!<
I’ll just try to teach you as quickly as I can! Two apples minus one
apple...
Pete: You
mean — you’ll take one away, Minnie?
Mickey: Yeah!
But not for good, Pete! It’s just an example!
Pic 5
Pete: No
one takes my apples!
Minnie: >Aargh!<
Why’d I use apples as an example?
Pic 6
Minnie: Forget
math — time for handwriting! Follow me, and…
Pete: >BWAAAH!<
Sound: RRRIIIP!
Pic 7
Pete: >WAAH!<
Minnie: Mickey,
he’s trying my patience!
Page 5 cont.
Pic 8
Mickey: Aw,
look, Minnie! Take a break for a minute, if ya hafta—
Minnie: I
will! I’m still not convinced reforming Pete is a workable
plan, Mickey!
Pic 9
Pete: ---
Mickey: Aw,
Pete! I can’t be mad at you! We’ll learn this stuff, won’t we?
Page 6
Pic 1
Box: The
next day —
Mickey: You
look about ten today, Pete! Just the age to start learning some games!
Sign: BAKERY
Sound: BOUNCE
BOUNCE
Horace: First,
just try to kick the ball, Pete — then I’ll show you the real Horsecollar
technique!
Pic 2
Sound: ROLL!
Pic 3
Horace: Sufferin’
hoptoads!
Horace 2: !
Sign: offset
Sound (ball): SWAT!
Sound (window, big): CRASH!
Pic 4
Baker: You
served that up to the kid, Horsecollar! So you pay up!
Horace: >Sigh!<
Why did I choose to teach soccer?
Pic 5
Horace: Pete
would do better to learn practical jokes, to use on guys like that baker...
Mickey: Forget
it, Horace!
Pic 6
Pete: Jokes?
Like this one from TV?
Sound: SPLAT!
Pic 7
Horace 1: >Splut!<
So!
Horace 2: It’s
a bad influence if I joke, but Pete can—
Mickey: Sorry,
Horace! He didn’t mean to — and look! He’s got soccer down, now!
Page 6 cont.
Pic 8
Mickey: You’re
gaining skills, Pete! I just wish you didn’t drive everybody crazy!
Pete: ---
Page 7
Pic 1
Color red
pepper from Pete’s jar
Box: Another
day, another teacher —
Goofy: Yuh
add a pinch o’ coriander an’ plenty o’ red pepper — this here’s spicy
stuff!
Pete: If
you say so!
Sign: CHILI
CON CARNE
Sound (pepper): PLOP!
Pic 2
Goofy: Now
ta taste it…
Sound (Goofy): WAAOH!
Pic 3
Goofy: >Gurgle!<
I said spicy, but I didn’t mean…
Mickey: But
Goofy, Pete only did what ya asked for!
Pic 4
Mickey: Poor
guy! Nobody understands you’re trying to help!
Pic 5
Color orange
plastic cones
Box: The
days roll by —
Clarabelle: We’ll
pretend the cones are pedestrians, right? It’s an obstacle course — make
sure not to hit one!
Pic 6
Sound (cone): SQUASH!
Pete: ---
Pic 7
Clarabelle: >SCREECH!<
You ran over a “child”!
Pete: I
ran over a cone! I just wanted to see how you’d react!
Pic 8
Clarabelle: Bosh!
The very idea!
Mickey: Funny...
I sorta wondered how she’d react, myself!
Page 8
Pic 1
Box: Until,
as two weeks draw to a close —
Mickey: Listen,
guys! Pete’s kept growing since the lessons we gave him — and he’s
growing up right this time!
Pic 2
Mickey (whispers): I mean, it’s like I’m his big brother now! And
you can’t go wrong with a big brother to help!
Title (book): ROUSSEAU
Title (book): PROOST
Pic 3
Mickey: And
now Pete’s birthday is coming up! I’m thinking we should all go camping
to celebrate it and his new self! We—
Minnie: No,
Mickey!
Pic 4
Mickey: >Huh?<
Whaddaya mean…
Minnie: Mickey,
no! Maybe you’ve reformed Pete, but he’s still a jinx
around us!
Pic 5
Clarabelle 1: Whether he’s six or sixteen…
Goofy: Or
eighty-nine!
Clarabelle 2: Or eigh— I mean, think of the horrible
things he’s done!
Pic 6
Mickey: B-but
that was... as his old self...
Minnie: We’re
sorry, Mickey, but we just don’t trust him! And we’re afraid to
hang around you as long as he’s with you!
Pic 7
Pete: Mickey,
why didn’t the gang wanna be with us?
Mickey: Never
mind! They’ll come around! I’m sure they...
Sign (bottle): MINERAL WATER
Sign (can): TUNA
Sign (can): BEEF
Page 8 cont.
Pic 8
Mickey: >Hmpf!<
If they don’t need us, we don’t need them!
Pete: Yeah,
what’s the big deal anyway?
Page 9
Pic 1
Box: Shortly
—
Mickey: We’re
gonna go rowing on Wild River, pal — by ourselves! Maybe we’ll set a new
speed record!
Pic 2
Mickey: Heck,
you're strong enough to set a record alone!
Pic 3
Mickey: We’ll
be immortalized — right on your birthday! So let’s row faster
than anybody’s ever rowed!
Pic 4
Mickey: I
don’t know what’s around the riverbend! But we’ll only see it if we go... and go
and—
Pic 5-6
Mickey: OMIGOSH!
Pete: Mickey!
Sound (canoe): CRACK!
Pic 7
Mickey: Whoa!
That was close! Be a good guy and pull me up, huh, Pete?
Pic 8
Pete: If
I wuz a good guy — I might!
Mickey: Aw,
Pete! Don’t joke about...
Pic 9
[no dialogue]
Page 10
Pic 1
Mickey: If
y-you were a good guy?!?
Pete: I
got news for ya, punkin — I ain’t good! Never have been, never will
be!
Pic 2
Mickey: Oh,
for—!!!
Pete: Thought
yuh could re-train me from scratch, just ‘cuz I wuz a baby? Dat’s
whut I’d assumed about you!
Pic 3-4
Pete 1: But
while th’ youth ray makes yuh look young, it ain’t amnesia! Yer mind
stays adult, an’ remembers everything!
Pete 2: I
realized it th’ second I got zapped, but hey — yuh thought yuh
was bringin’ me up honest! Why spoil yer fun?
Mickey [swearing
symbols]
Pic 5
Pete: >Heh-heh!<
I’ve been real patient, just waitin’ for a chance to have my fun!
And with yer friends gone...
Pic 6
Pete: ...I
gotcha! You’ll dangle till that old rotten branch breaks, but I’m jest
gonna stand here!
Pic 7
Mickey: ---
Pic 8
Color bright
yellow light from off
Pete: And
shut my eyes, waitin’ fer my birthday wish ta come true!
Pic 9
Sound (punch): BLAM!
Pete: >WHUF!<
WOT THUH BLUE BLAZES?!
Page 11
Pic 1
Mickey: I
forgot to return the Youth Ray to the scientist you stole it from, Pete!
Good thing I brought it along...
Pete: >Gasp!<
Pic 2
Mickey 1: ...just
in case! It made the branch younger and stronger, so I could
catapult up to you on it!
Mickey 2: Now
it’s gonna make you a baby — again! Nice an’ easy to capture!
Pic 3
Pete: In
your dreams, brudder!
Sound: SMACK!
Pic 4
Mickey: !!!
Pic 5
Pete: I’m
gonna #%!* enjoy my special day, if I hafta tear you ta pieces!
Mickey: >Oof!<
Leggo, you crazy — >Ow!<
Pic 6
Pete: If
only dis moment o’ triumph could go on forever! But all good
things gotta end...
Pic 7-8
Horace: Even
birthdays, you big tub o’ lard!
Sound
(rolling pin): CLONK!
Clarabelle: The
very idea, hurting people like that!
Minnie: MICKEY!!
Mickey: ???
Page 12
Pic 1
Minnie: We
decided to go camping after all — to give Pete one more chance! We were
scared, but we couldn’t just desert you!
Pete: >Gleep!<
Goofy: So
we drove out ta surprise yuh when yuh came ’round thuh river...
Pic 2
Horace: But
I think we all got a few surprises! Didn’t we?
Mickey: I
know I did! But I’m too tired to speak for anybody else!
Pic 3
Color evening
Box: The
wheels of justice turn, the birthday boy goes to the pen, and everything drifts
into the past! Well, sort of —
Mickey: I
dunno! Would I have felt the same fondness for the big lug forever?
Goofy: Yuh
mean Pete?
Pic 4
Mickey: Yeah!
If I’d never known the truth, would I have kept on liking
him, and— ?
Goofy: Gawrsh!
You jest stop thinkin’ about it! Yuh know who yer friends are!
Pic 5
1st Voice: An’
I knows who muh enemy is! As always!
2nd Voice: Talking
to yourself again, Pete?
Sign: LEAVENWORST PRISON
Pic 6
Pete: Quiet,
ya mugs! I’m tryin’ ta make sure I’m right about somethin’! An’ it’s
givin’ me a migraine!
Page 12 cont.
Pic 7-8
Pete 1: I
hafta hate him, ‘cause if I didn’t, I might like him! #%&!*
An’ I don’t wanna like him!
Pete 2: One
day — one day I will get even!
Sound (Hawkes): Z-Z
Sound (Shyster): Z
Lettering on cake: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PETE!
End tag: THE
END
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