So, I have no idea how many people are going to read this, but if you do, I'd love to hear what you think of it and if it should continue. I've always wondered how Undertale could be made into an actual feature length movie. People online seem to have declared that it 'wouldn't work' or it 'shouldn't happen'. So, why not give it a try? Also, I have also decided to write in a bit of a mix between a script and a screenplay, so it would look like a movie story instead of a novel story. Now, let's get this started.
SCENE 1
We see darkness fill the screen with only a small dim light casting off from the top, such as a spotlight. The camera pans down slowly to see a very antique-looking book as a piano begins to play. The book is entitled 'UNDERTALE'. The book flips open to the first page. Imagine something along the lines of the opening of Shrek, for example.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (V.O.)
Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: Humans and Monsters.
The two pages show a calligraphy-like design across the edges, with the page on the left having a bunch of humans with medieval to renaissance type clothing and the page on the right filled with strange monsters including humanoid-like creatures, skeletons, tentacle monsters, and things like that. The page flips again.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (V.O.)
One day, war broke out between the two races.
Pages show a large figure with horns holding a large trident and a human bearing a sword facing each other as an army appears on each side. The book once again flips the page.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (V.O.)
After a long battle, the humans were victorious.
We get close up to the left page as it shows seven humans using magical weapons to shoot out some form of magic lightning power out of them to the other page.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (V.O.)
They sealed the monsters underground with a magic spell.
As she speaks, we pan over to the page on the right, following the streaks of magic from the humans until we see a group of monsters, including the bulky one with the trident.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (V.O.)
Some say that not all the monsters were sealed, however, and when the clock hits midnight, they come looking for little kids to feast on and-
Again, as she speaks, we pan up the page to see a curved drawing of a mountain above the locked monsters. We get closer to the mountain.
CHILD (V.O.)
Yeah, right!
SCENE 2
INT. THE EBOTT ORPHANAGE - LIVING ROOM - BEDTIME
The book is quickly swiped down off the screen, and where the drawing of the mountain once was is now the actual mountain, peering through a window. We then cut to a wide shot of a heavy-set short lady wearing a night dress sitting in a chair holding the book she was just reading. To her left is a turned on lamp -explaining that magical spotlight from earlier- and to her right is a cabinet full of books.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
(annoyed)
What do you mean, "yeah, right"?
We then see a blonde haired smug looking type of kid. Around him are a group of about 10 or more kids sitting on a violet carpet listening to the story in a small yellow living room with no light except for the lamp.
KID
Well, I've been up until midnight and I've never seen a monster out on the streets looking for children.
The other kids begin to laugh as the old lady places the book on top of the cabinet and picks up the kid by the back of his shirt and pulls him in the air and points at him.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
You are suppose to be asleep by that time, boy!
She is the type of person who would use a paddle if the law did not count it as child abuse.
KID
Whatever. And besides, if I did run into a monster at night, I could totally take them on!
The kid begins to act like he's punching and making noises as the lady looks annoyed. Another kid, a girl, who has there hair up in pigtails, stands up.
OTHER KID
I'd like to see you try, pipsqueak!
The blonde child drops off the lady's hand and faces the other kid.
KID
(confidently)
Bring it, Sis!
Kid and Other Kid begin to wrestle each other, making grunting noises. The Orphanage Director tries to separate them as the rest of the kids start wrestling to.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Demons! DEMONS! Stop it now, this is my orphanage! Stop, or I'll..I'll- oooAAAAHHH!
One of the kids grabs the lady and pulls her onto the floor like it is a zombie invasion. We see the entire pile of kids jumping all over the place in a pile. Suddenly, the lady shoots up like the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
SILENCE!
The kids fly in a bunch of directions like a grenade went off in the pile.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Go to bed, now!
The Orphanage Director grabs some of the kids- one of which landed on one of the wings of the fan above- and all of them go down a hallway as she turns the lights off. You can hear faint children laughing and old lady nagging as it fades away, leaving the room dark with the only light coming from the shine of the moon from the window, where we can see a mountain.
Then we slowly pan over to a table nearby the entrance to the hallway. From the bottom of the table, a head of one of the children pops out, checking to see if everyone has left. The kid has brown hair, a striped sweater, and boots on. Their name is Frisk, a 9-year old orphan. Frisk crawls out of from under the table and proceeds to run over to the cabinet, eyeballing the book at the top of the cabinet, determined to get it. They begin to look back and forth for something to use. They see the chair beside them on the other wall where the old lady was sitting. Frisk starts getting warmed up and then runs at the chair, jumps on top of it, jumps backwards to the cabinet, and completely misses the book and falls on their face. They get back holding their head, and then comes up with a better idea. They grab the chair and drag it across the floor in front of the cabinet and gets the book.
SCENE 3
INT. EBOTT ORPHANAGE - MOMENTS LATER - NIGHT
We see Frisk laying down underneath the moonlit window, with the mountain in the distance as they are drawing with crayons on a piece of paper. We see they're drawing the monsters from the book. The big guy with the trident, the one- eyed monsters, the rabbits, and such. They also draw a skeleton and them beside it as you hear the kids in their rooms laughing and being loud in the distance..
FRISK (O.S.)
(giggling)
The skeleton is my friend.
TIME LAPSE:
Time flies by as Frisk gets in different positions drawing, reading the book- mostly the pictures- and doing handstands. They also crawl around with a spider on the floor. Soon enough they doze off underneath the window.
SCENE 4
INT. EBOTT ORPHANAGE - THE NEXT DAY - DAWN
We open on the outside of the orphanage house, which is darkly colored- as if it was rotting- as the sun rises behind it. Frisk lies asleep underneath the window until a light comes on.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (O.S.)
(does the 'Ahem' cough)
Frisk wakes up and wipes their eyes to see the Orphanage Director by the light-switch, placed beside the kitchen door.
FRISK
(shyly)
Oh, sorry, I-I-
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Don't give me one of those dumb excuses. Now. Go do your chores child!
Frisk gets up and takes the drawings and stuffs them in the book and walks to the kitchen. The old lady steps in the way however.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
My book?
The child, reluctantly, hands over the book and heads into the kitchen. The old lady puts the book a nearby table and walks away. A small hand off-screen grabs the book back stealthily.
INT./EXT. - THROUGHOUT THE ORPHANAGE AND IN THE LAWN - MORNING
MONTAGE:
We see the old lady boss Frisk around by forcing them to complete certain chores through a series of cuts.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Clean the dishes! Scrub the floor! Mow the lawn! Move this couch! Take out the trash! Clean the windows!
As Frisk cleans the window, they have a brief moment of silence as they look at the mountain. The Orphanage Director pulls Frisk off-screen.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (O.S.)
No character development!
Frisk continues doing random and odd chores.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (O.S.)
Clean this! Clean that! Clean! Clean! Clean! Clean! EAT!
Montage suddenly slows down as Frisk is at the table. The old lady throws a piece of strange food on their plate.
FRISK
...What is this?
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Broccoli Pie.
FRISK
(gags)
Ew~ don't we have, like, cinnamon pie.. Or butterscotch-
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Eat!
SCENE 5
INT. EBOTT ORPHANAGE - BEDROOM - AFTERNOON
Frisk opens the bedroom door exhausted (it is unknown if the room is for boys or girls, obviously). The room has 3-4 bunk beds in it, and Frisk lays down on the bottom bunk of the one nearest to the other wall. They then take out their book about the monsters from underneath their bed and pulls out the drawings, sticking them to the wall beside them, admiring the works of crayon. A brief beat of silence begins.
FRISK
(sotto voce)
.. If there is a whole other world out there with you guys.. I'd probably fit in..
Off-screen, the door to the bedroom opens.
KID (O.S.)
(sarcastic)
Hey, monster boy.
The child turns around to see the blonde kid and the pigtail girl come in through the door.
OTHER KID
What do you got there on the wall?
Frisk looks back and forth hesitantly and then places their hands over there drawing.
FRISK
W-What are you talking about?
KID
Ooh, drawing! I love drawing!
The two shove Frisk to the side (not off the bed) and the book as they look at the drawings.
OTHER KID
.. What is that suppose to be?
FRISK
.. A skeleton..
KID
(laughs)
That's not how you draw a skeleton. This is how~
The Kid grabs a nearby marker from a table and begins to draw a semi-realistic skeleton all over Frisk's drawing. The Other Kid joins in by drawing some on the other sheets of paper.
FRISK
(gasp)
No! Stop! Please!
Frisk tries to pull the kids away but the damage is already done. The child, however, manages to pull both kids off the bed and on to the floor. This makes a lot of noise as they start wrestling, and the Orphanage Director barges into the room.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
What on Earth is going on here?!
The three kids see the old lady and gets on their feet immediately. They then all start talking at once. The Orphanage Director then looks up to see the drawings pinned to the wall.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
And what are these suppose to be?
She grabs one with the skull and looks at it, only to notice the marker bled through and stained the wall.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
(gasp)
My wall! .. You three are in so. Much. Trouble!
The three kids begin backing away, apologizing and begging.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
You two!
(points at Kid and Other Kid)
Leave and finish your work! I'll handle you two in a second.
The Kid and the Other Kid flees out the bedroom.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
And you! You've caused me a lot of trouble lately!
FRISK
B-But it wasn't me-
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Not only have you been drawing when you should have been doing your chores and stained my wall, but you keep on stealing my book- my property! Well, no more child!
The Orphanage Director grabs the book from off the bed.
FRISK
Wait-
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
If this book is becoming a problem for both of us, I'll go ahead and solve it!
She puts both hands by the spine of the book and rips it in half.
FRISK
(gasp)
No!
She continues to rip it up into pieces.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Now, be a good child and go clean the toilet for me, ok?
There's a beat of silence. Then Frisk, on the verge of tears, runs through the hallway and to the door.
EXT. EBOTT - ORPHANAGE YARD - AFTERNOON
Frisk, sobbing, runs out of the orphanage, being chased down by the old lady. She stops by the door.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Fine, run! Who needs you anyway!
The child continues to run down the street.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR (O.S)
You're in an orphanage because no one even wanted you in the first place!
We cut back to the Orphanage Director as she grabs the phone.
ORPHANAGE DIRECTOR
Hello? Police? We have a runaway child.
SCENE 6
EXT. EBOTT - THROUGH THE STREETS - AFTERNOON
Frisk continues to run down the street, crying.
FRISK
I don't.. need.. anyone.. I hate everything!
Frisk hears sirens coming from behind. In the police cruiser there is two cops. The one driving grabs his microphone.
POLICE OFFICER 1
(through microphone)
Kid, stop! We are here to help.
The child ignores this and cuts through an alley way. On the other side, they see their destination: The mountain. The kid continues to run towards it as the police follow, in pursuit until Frisk sees a sign 'MT. EBOTT - DO NOT ENTER' Frisk disobeys this and runs in, jumping over caution tape placed at the trees.
POLICE OFFICER 1 (O.S.)
They went into the mountain.
POLICE OFFICER 2 (O.S.)
I'm not going in there!
EXT. MT. EBOTT - AFTERNOON
Frisk continues to run until they realize they are no longer being chased. The mountain's trees are enormous, making it easy to hide. They sit down on a fallen tree nearby and look at the ground, still teary eyed. Then, suddenly in a fit of anger, they grab a stick and start smacking the ground with it, yelling. After they did that enough times, they sit back down with the stick. Silence hisses across the mountain.
FRISK
Please.. I don't to be here anymore.. I don't want this life anymore..
MYSTERIOUS VOICE (V.O.)
That can be arranged...
A high-pitched voice echoes across the forest. Frisk jumps up, startled.
FRISK
Is someone here?
MYSTERIOUS VOICE (V.O.)
Not in your world, friend, not in your world...
A giggle could be heard from the voice.
MYSTERIOUS VOICE (V.O.)
But, I can bring you to my world. I can make sure you don't have your current life anymore..
FRISK
.. Really?
MYSTERIOUS VOICE (V.O.)
Indeed, my kind-soul friend. Just follow my voice and you will find my world..
The voice begins to hum an quiet odd tune as Frisk follows the voice through the forest, until they see a cave. Frisk enters the cave and sees a gigantic pit at in the center. Frisk walks slowly over.
FRISK
Is this it?
MYSTERIOUS VOICE (V.O.)
Yes, that's it buddy.. Welcome to my world..
As Frisk walks closer to the pit, a vine at the child's feet bends upward on it's own, causing Frisk to trip and fall into the pit.
Well dang, I wonder who the mysterious voice is... But anyway, thank you for reading this! This may seem way to long of a prologue for a movie, but I think it came together nicely. Especially with the fact that I had to create my own backstory for Frisk! So, please, tell me what you thought about this first piece and if I should continue this. From this point forward it should not be that hard to write since I will have a reference to go by. So, leave a review, and stay determined!
