Normal speech
Thoughts
Talking aloud to self
The girls are seen walking home together from school. Jammy still looking saddened, her hair looking limp to match her downcast state. Carla is walking beside Jammy still trying to lift her mood. Sheena is beside Carla not the best in these situations but agreeing with Carla to try and show support.
Carla: Come on, Jammy. Some of the greatest inventors started as complete, hopeless failures, too.
Sheena: Yeah. Listen to her chica! She's right.
Jammy did feel a little better. Not because of what her friends were saying but knowing how much they were trying to make her happy. She wanted to let Carla know how she helped but not necessarily in the way she wanted.
Jammy: Well, thank you, Carla. I feel better, I think. (She attempts to give a smile to her friends.)
Carla: I'm glad. (Carla smiles at Jammy happy to hear her mood has shifted slightly and her attempts weren't for naught.)
Sheena: That's good. (Sheena stops walking when she notices a colorful flyer on a telephone pole.) Hey, Retroland Theme Park. Check it out. (She exclaimed in excitement. Sheena rips the flyer off the pole in order to read it better. She makes sure to hold the flyer so all three of them can see and read it. She points to her favorite attraction.) Meet Ultra Lord. Live! (She says in awe.)
Jammy takes the flyer from Sheena. She then proceeds to geek out about a ride.
Jammy: Look, it's the state-of-the-art, bone-warping gravity ride.
Sheena: I can hang out with Ultra Lord, mí héroe. (She snatches the flyer back hugging it close to her in reverence.)
Carla quickly snatches the flyer from Sheena stating her favorite attraction.
Carla: And there's a petting zoo!
Jammy takes the flyer from Carla gently smacking it with the back of her hand.
Jammy: Well, look at this.
Sheena takes it away from Jammy. Her mind blown that she can finally meet Ultra Lord in person.
Sheena: No, meet Ultra Lord live.
Carla gently grabs the flyer from Sheena, beginning to list some of the animals at the petting zoo.
Carla: Llamas and capybaras.
Jammy then reaches for the flyer one last time to actually read it over now that she'd finished geeking out.
Sheena: Who cares? Meet Ultra Lord live.
Carla: Yeah, but I'm gonna touch a llama. (She starts doing her victory dance.)
Jammy's smile falls for a moment when she sees the date on the flyer but quickly shakes it off to talk to her friends.
Jammy: Guys, we have got to go to the grand opening tonight.
Sheena: Yeah!
Carla: Yeah. (Carla's eyes widening now realizing what that meant for them.) But my folks won't let me stay out after dark.
Jammy: Well, it is a school night. (A thoughtful look came to her face, trying to come up with different scenarios in her head. Frustrated that she couldn't currently think of anything she starts to talk it out with her friends.) Pukin' Pluto, there's gotta be something we can do. It's the grand opening.
Nick skates up on his skateboard, screeching to a halt in front of the girls.
Nick: Sneak out.
Jammy, Carla, and Sheena: What? (They say at once, unsure if they heard Nick correctly.)
Nick: You heard me, dweebs, Jamicakes. (He winked in Jammy's direction causing a light blush to appear on her cheeks.) Sneak out.
Carla: Yeah, but my parents sorta told me... (She says trying to reason with Nick.)
Nick laughs obnoxiously.
Nick: Parents? What, are you guys gonna be kids forever? What your parents don't know won't hurt 'em, right? (He tries to reason with them scooting closer to Jammy slinging his arm over her shoulders. She looks away so he doesn't see her face heating up further before talking.)
Jammy: But, Nick, sneaking out is so... so... barbaric!
Nick: Whatever, Jamicakes. (He says removing his arm from her shoulders smirking at her red face.) But there's only one opening night, and anybody who matters is gonna be there. (Nick gets back on his skateboard and rides down an alleyway away from the girls.)
Sheena: What d'you think, Jammy? (She says staring after Nick, shocked by his attitude.)
Jammy: Nick has a point. There is only one opening night. Think, think, think, think, think. (She starts pacing trying to get an idea.) Well, according to the Newville Journal of Medicine, monkeys are easily influenced by positive reinforcement, e.g. the giving of a banana. And since human and monkey have similar behaviorism, and experiments can be translated to be tested on other species, the same principle should work on our parents. (Jammy smiles happily pleased with her idea.)
Carla: My dad's allergic to bananas. (She states not understanding the analogy with Sheena who is looking just as lost.)
Jammy tries to think of a better way to word it for both Carla and Sheena to understand.
Jammy: It's not the bananas. It's the principle. It's called psychology. We don't actually give our parents bananas all we have to do is butter 'em up. Give it a try. I'll call you guys later. We go to Retroland tonight!
Carla & Sheena: Yeah! (They cheer happily.)
Carla and Sheena look to Jammy and notice that her backpack straps has a flap that opened revealing a button. Jammy pushes the button activating her jetpack. Waving her friends goodbye, she shoots into the air quickly, and a somewhat shakily. Jammy is still learning to properly control her jetpack but for the most part has it mastered. Hovering over the town she looks for a certain store, once she spots it she flies down to look into the window of the towns jewelry store. On display are a few different pieces. One is a pearl necklace for $900.00, while other items like diamond rings and earrings are going for $5000.00 and $629.00. Seeing the price a new idea comes to mind.
Jammy: I know. (She jets off away from the jewelry store heading to John's oysters. When she gets there she flies straight through the store.) Excuse me, are you through with that? Thanks. (Jammy flies out of the store holding a net full of oysters.) A few oysters. (She then flies over city park where you can see a fountain in the center, and a few people lined up at an ice cream cart. Jammy zooms to the railroad track where a train can be seen driving along it.) One lump of coal coming up. (Soaring up close to the train she grabs a single piece of coal. Jammy glances at her watch and sees that she has a few moments to spare to talk to the conductor.)
Jammy: Thanks, Gus. How've you been?
Gus: Hi, Jammy. Doing well, can't complain. How have you been, dear?
Jammy: Not too bad. Finished school about 20 minutes ago. How's the Vanadium encased Stirling cycle engine treating you?
Gus: Train runs like a dream. Haven't had an issue with it since you looked at it.
Jammy: That's awesome. I just figured that by encasing your normal engine that it would allow for a higher net conversion of heat without overheating the system.
Gus: Well little lady you did me a big favor. You should be proud of what you do.
Jammy blushes from the praise, fiddling with her hands becoming a little shy.
Jammy: Aww. Thanks Gus! (She looks back at her watch and sees the time.) Well I better get going now. Mom expects me to be home in 5.
Gus: Alrighty, take care Jammy!
Jammy: You too Gus. (She waves him off before heading towards home. She takes a short cut through a person's yard grabbing a few roses from their elephant hedge.) Excuse me.
Jammy is now flying over her house with the items safely tucked away in her backpack. Right when she is 8 feet above the ground her jetpack decides to spasm and turn off resulting in her falling to the ground with a resounding thud. Jammy stands up rubbing her sore bottom.
In the garage
Judy hears the thud and comes out from under Hugh's car. Looking to see if she can see her daughter.
Judy: Jammy, is that you, dear? (She says speaking somewhat loudly in case her daughter isn't as close by as what she thought.)
In the backyard
Jammy runs to the backyard shed with her VOX 2000 attached by the door. She plucks a single hair from her head to access the inside. She yells back to her mom.
Jammy: Yeah, Mama. I'll be in in a second.
Vox: DNA match confirmed. Welcome home, Jammy.
The door automatically opens allowing Jammy to walk in. Once she's inside the door slowly shuts close. Jammy walks to the center of the circular rug that was in the shed holding both her arms up.
Jammy: Eliminate school smell.
A glass dome comes down over Jammy as a pink mist is sprayed into the dome. Jammy 'showers' in it for a second. The pink mist stops spraying as Vox starts to speak.
Vox: Normal odor restored. (Vox lifts the dome away from Jammy.)
Jammy: Thank you, Vox.
Vox: You're welcome.
Jammy walks over to a wooden circular coffee table before jumping on it. She moves to the radio installed in the wall turning a knob causing a hatch to flip open. It reveals a keyboard. Jammy types in the code to the secret entrance of her lab. The coffee table moves out of the way revealing a hole in the floor that leads to Jammy's lab. Thinking all is fine Jammy hops down the tub just as Vox makes a remark.
Vox: Warning. Entry tube closed for maintenance.
A thud is heard as Jammy crashes into the closed door.
Jammy: Thank you, Vox. (Jammy sarcastically says in pain and annoyance. She rubs her head a little.)
Vox: You're welcome. (Vox retorts in a pleased, sassy tone.)
We now see a closed door with radioactive symbols on it and a stoplight to the right glowing red. The door then slides open and the light changes to green. Jammy is shown waiting for the doors to fully open. Once open, Jammy walks 10 paces into the room dropping her backpack to the ground. She hunches over patting her knees as she calls out.)
Jammy: Here, Goddard. Here, boy. Here, Goddard. (Goddard wakes from his nap and barks happily running to his master. Goddard jumps on Jammy, knocking her to the ground. He starts licking her face greedily.) Goddard! (She giggles ruffling his head playfully.) Who's my good boy! I see you missed me. (She places a small kiss on his snout. Goddard lets Jammy get up. She reaches into her backpack to pull out something for Goddard.) Hey, look what I brought ya. (Jammy pulls out a soda can.) Aluminum. Do you want it? Do you want it? Huh? (Goddard starts prancing back and forth whining for the treat.) Sit. (Goddard sits.) Roll over. (Goddard while still sitting rotates his head in a circular motion 'rolling' over.) Play dead.
Jammy shakes the empty can. Instead of doing what most dogs do Goddard surprises Jammy. He completely explodes into many pieces leaving behind a crater. Jammy jumps back some so as to not get hit from any of the flying pieces. She rubs her chin thoughtfully.
Jammy: Mental note: Fix bug in obedience program.
Goddard then reassembles in the blink of an eye as if he didn't just destroy some of the lab. Goddard jumps to Jammy and gives a short bark.
Jammy: Good boy. (She throws the can to Goddard who happily eats the can.) OK, Goddard, let's check the experiments.
Jammy picks up her backpack then moves her hand in a 'come on' fashion Jammy and Goddard head to the main lab crossing over the suspended bridge. Beneath the bridge are many of Jammy's inventions that are in progress. Now in her main lab Jammy places her backpack down going to her inventions that are being studies and on the final stages of development. A hamster cage is shown with a water feeder, wheel, and a few toys. The cage however appears empty of any hamsters.
Jammy: The invisible hamsters are looking great... I think. (She then rotates the table to the next invention. A huge plant is now in front of her.)
Jammy: Let's see how the "boy-eating" plant is doing. (Holds up 3 pictures. The one on the left is of Carla, the middle one is an image of Sydney, and the one on the right of a random girl. The plant sniffs the photos before biting the middle photo of Sydney.
Jammy: Nice choice. As usual.
Now the "boy-eating" plant is not as it seems. The "boy-eating" plant doesn't actually eat any boys, it only scares them for pranks. The reason it eats the boy photos is so it can show proof of only going after boys and not girls She throws the half-eaten picture of Sydney into a box of similarly eaten photos. Jammy would never admit that she owns so many pictures of Sydney. That boy is the only one who frustrates and pushes her buttons like no-one else. He teases her and challenges her every day. Jammy rotates the table once more showing what looks like a supped up coffee pot that's attached to a round bottom flask with spiral tubing. She grabs the soda can from the invention.
Jammy: The latest burping-soda formula. A guaranteed one burp per sip. (She takes a drink of the soda.) *burp* (The burp knocked Jammy off her feet causing her to laugh and spilling the drink on the table. Goddard licks at the spilled soda letting off a big burp.)
Jammy: *giggles* Excuse you!
Jammy and Goddard then head over to her super computer. Jammy sits herself in the chair then begins typing on the keyboard. A message pops up on the big screen reading "MESSAGES: 0".
Jammy: You know, there's still no reply to our satellite message. (Jammy scratches the side of her head in confusion.) Jeez, it's been a whole day. You'd think we would have heard from an alien civilization by now, huh? Well, come on, Goddard we have some work to do. (She hops up from the seat waving Goddard to follow her.)
Jammy is seen at a convertor belt. She unzips her backpack, pouring the oysters onto the convertor belt. It then shows Jammy messing with two levers that moves an arm holding a feather.
Jammy: Say "Aah". (The feather tickles the oyster.)
Oyster: Aah... (The oyster opens up. The conveyor belt then moves it to the next section that shows a shoe and a golf club.)
Jammy: Add a little sand... (The golf club taps the shoe causing some sand to fall into the oysters open mouth. The conveyor belt moves the oyster further down the line.)
Jammy: And in you go.
A dustpan scoops the oyster launching it into a microwave of other oysters. Jammy closes the door and sets the timer for 4 years. We then see the inside of the microwave where the oyster mouths are popping open revealing the best pearls ever seen. Jammy puts on a welding mask before lighting a torch. She uses the torch to heat up the lump of coal.
Jammy: *singing* I'm just an old lump of coal. (Jammy places the heated coal on a huge compressor slamming it on the coal. The compressor then raises showing a perfect diamond.) But I'm gonna be a diamond someday. Oh, yeah. (Jammy does two finger guns to Goddard smiling at the success.) Mama's gonna love this.
In the house
Judy: Jammy. (Covered in grease. Judy cups her hand to her mouth as she calls up the stairs to her daughter)
While her mom is looking upstairs, Jammy walks out of the fireplace with Goddard. She drags her backpack behind her. Keeping quiet Jammy sneaks up behind her mom.
Jammy: Hi, Mama. (She gives her mom a hug from behind not caring about the oil that would get onto her while making sure the gifts remain hidden.)
Judy: Jammy, you scared the bejabbers out of me. (She turns her head to look down at her daughter.)
Jammy: Sorry about your bejabbers, Mama. (Jammy backs away slightly from her mom so that her mom can face her.) And might I add how lovely you look today. (She says batting her eyes at her mom.)
Judy: Honey, I'm covered in transmission fluid. (Judy looks her appearance up and down.)
Jammy: Exactly. And might I say, filth never looked so good. (Jammy said laying the compliments on thick. Judy bends down a little, so she is almost eye to eye with her daughter.)
Judy: Yes, well, how was "show and tell" today? (She questions curiously.)
Jammy: Was OK. (She tries to sound indifferent and not disappointed before executing her plan.) But first, happy birthday, Mama. (Jammy pulls out the bouquet of roses from behind her back, handing them to her mom.)
Judy: Jammy, these are beautiful. (Judy caressing the flowers gently touched by her daughter's surprise. She stands back up.) But, sweetie, it's not my birthday. (She asks confused as to why her daughter thought it was her birthday.)
Jammy: It's not? (Deciding to play dumb she then reaches into her backpack for the other gifts.) Well...Then whatever will I do with these lovely pearls and priceless earrings? (The pearls from before are now made into a necklace being held in one hand as the diamond she had made is now found in a set of earrings.)
Judy grabs the pearl necklace and diamond earrings from Jammy giving them a scrutinizing look seeing if they were fake and finding them to be real.
Judy: These can't possibly be real. (Judy has shock written across her face as she sets down the pearl necklace and diamond earrings on the coffee table. She's keeps a hold on the roses.)
Jammy: But they can. And they are! (She snaps fingers for Goddard to play music. His head turns into a disco ball as gameshow music begins to play. Jammy goes into game host mode.) And all these fabulous gifts and prizes could be yours if you know the correct answer to this question. (Her mom raises an eyebrow having a knowing look on her face) Please may I go to Retroland tonight? (Jammy gives her the sweetest face possible, a huge smile with her white teeth showing and raising both her eyebrows while clasping her hands together,)
Judy: No, it's a school night. (She hands Jammy the roses back and walks off towards the kitchen.)
Jammy: Thank you so much, Mother. And might I say... (Realizing what her mother just said she runs after her mom throwing the roses on a chair as she jumps on the other one. A new plan forming to change her mom's mind.)
Jammy: Did you just say no? (She questions to stop her mom from leaving.)
Judy pauses before she turns to Jammy.
Judy: Yes.
Jammy: Yes!
Judy: No.
Jammy: No?
Judy: Yes.
Jammy: Yes!
Judy: Jammy... (She scolds in a 'were not playing this game' tone.)
Jammy: But.. but all my friends are going. And anybody who matters is gonna be there, Mama. (Jammy attempts to reason with her mom.)
Judy: I matter, and your father matters, and you matter. But you're not going. Especially at night alone. It's not safe. Maybe we can go next weekend. (Judy turns to leave again.)
Jammy: Wait. (Goddard brings over Jammy's backpack. She sorts through the interior of the backpack looking for anything else to help.) I'm sure there must be something else in here to change your mind...
All of a sudden her jetpack then activates shooting Jammy around the room. Hearing her daughter's shouts, Judy comes back into the room. Jammy then starts flying towards her mom out of control.
Judy: No, Jammy! Look out! Look out, Jammy! (Jammy flies into her mom. Judy grabs onto Jammy as they both soar across the room. Judy's grip slips causing her to fall to the floor, thankfully unhurt. Seeing that her daughter is still in the air she reaches a hand out toward Jammy and speaks up.) Jammy, be careful.
As soon as the words leave her mouth, Judy hears a crash. She runs to the sound seeing Jammy's head stuck in the wall as the jetpack lays on the floor near the curtains. Fire is still coming from the end of the rockets.
Jammy: Mama, get me out! (Jammy shouts for help as she tries to unstick herself. She manages to push herself out of the wall with her butt hitting the floor. A small scratch can be seen above her right eyebrow with blood trickling from it. No one notices it as the jetpack then ignites the curtains.) I didn't do it!
Judy grabs the roses from the chair and starts hitting the curtains with it, trying to put the fire out.
Judy: Stop, drop, and roll! My goodness!
Jammy: Mama, not the roses! (Jammy calls out.) Goddard. (Goddard runs over. Jammy raises Goddard's tail and a CO2 emission is release from the installed fire extinguisher previously built into Goddard. She sprays the curtain but accidentally gets her mom too.)
Judy: OK, Jammy. That's the last straw. (Judy places a hand to her head, a headache starting to form.) We have told you time and time again about playing with rockets. (She raises Jammy's jetpack backpack up.)
Jammy sheepishly responds trying to explain herself.
Jammy: But, Mama, it's technically not a rocket. It's more of a jet-pack-type thing.
Judy: I don't care what type thing it is. You just climb those stair-type things right now. (She points to the stairs.) Your father will have a few words to say to you when he gets home. (Judy places her hand on her hip looking stern.)
Jammy: It's not a rocket. (She says looking at the floor not thinking she was heard. Obviously this was not the case since her mom responded.)
Judy: March.
Jammy: Mama... (Jammy says sadly but sees her mom's face. Jammy starts walking up the stairs tears threatening to fall. Cursing herself internally for screwing up again. No matter how hard she tries being a genius is so hard and she hated disappointing her parents. They were her inspiration and muse. Knowing that she let them down always tore her up inside.)
Jammy reached her room, pushing the door open. She jumps onto her bed curling up. She tightly closed her eyes as the tears finally fall. Goddard comes up to her whining slightly that his master is sad. He climbs into bed with her and gently licks her cheek trying to cheer her up. She sniffles a little before looking at Goddard. She pets Goddard's head gently.
Jammy: Always my good boy, trying to keep me happy. (A small smile forms on her face lifting her tearstained cheeks.) Oh Goddard, what's wrong with me? Why do I screw up like this? If I'm such a genius why is it my inventions don't work when I want them to? (She turns over and stares at her roof.) At least I have you boy. My loyal guard dog.
Goddard: *bark bark* (Goddard barks happily in agreement and licks her face playfully.)
Jammy: *giggles* Goddard, down boy, sit, heal...
Jammy's giggles continue as screen fades out.
