Notes: (Re-edited and re-uploaded September 2010)
Guest Cast:
Mr. Osbourne: Erick Avari
Principal Krupps: Robert Gant
Jaycee: Eliza Dushku
Delbert: Shia LeBeouf
Formatting: The main differences between the way the episodes are presented here and true script format are that on this website, everything is left-justified, while script format has specific block-margins for dialog, etc., and that scripts are still traditionally printed in Courier (monospace) font. These episodes are also available on my Popular website (link is in my info) if you would like to read them as though they were printed scripts.
Legal whatchamacallit: Pre-existing "Popular" characters and situations are ©1999-2001 Touchstone Television, et al. For what it's worth, original material is ©2001-2010 by yours truly, the Wild Pikachu. Please don't steal this without asking first.
POPULAR: SENIOR YEAR
QUADRANGLE
TEASER
FADE IN:
INT. KENNEDY HIGH OFFICE - NIGHT
Actually, early morning. Even the janitorial staff has gone.
But someone has bypassed the alarm system and gained access to
the office. This room, like the others, is dark—except for
the glow from a single computer monitor. Bathed in the glow
of the monitor are two figures: one sitting at the computer,
the other standing behind, watching.
One of these intruders, the one working the computer, happens
to be a stereotypical 12-year-old geek named Delbert, who
comes complete with wire-rimmed glasses, awful plaid shirt and
pocket protector.
DELBERT
(hushed)
Wow—this is so cool. Getting to
hack into a high school system...
You don't see dinosaurs like this
everyday.
As he's talking, he's tapping the keys furiously. Now he
finishes with a flouish. With a grin, he twists his head
around and up to look at his companion.
DELBERT (CONT'D)
There you go—the master grade
file.
The other intruder—Sam—leans down and nods.
DELBERT (CONT'D)
We just type in your name, and—
But Sam shakes her head, holding out her hand to stop him.
DELBERT (CONT'D)
(confused)
Isnt' that what you want? Jack up
your GPA with some easy A's?
Instead of answering, Sam reaches for the keyboard herself.
INSERT: THE COMPUTER SCREEN
As it echoes her input: MCQUEEN, BROOKE. An instant later
Brooke's grades appear. As Sam continues to work the keyboard,
the highlighted cursor moves across the screen, and the letter
grades change one by one, A's and B's becoming C's, D's and
F's. With each change, the cummulative GPA displayed on the
right side of the screen drops, from 3.78 all the way down to
1.44.
Sam straightens up, a malevolent grin on her face.
SAM
There. THAT'S what I want.
WHITE OUT.
END OF TEASER
