Hello again, everyone! I'm back once again, and I'm back with Scene 3 of Act 1 of this brand-new Broadway musical script story of mine! During these times of this unfortunate virus outbreak, I'm using my time to help my family out with indoor and outdoor tasks, going food shopping once a week, and since its safe to do so, go out for ice cream every Saturday afternoon. And until this pandemic is finally over, I will also use this time to continue updating this story. In this scene, Pinky and Brain will make it London and will go to carry out their plan for world domination! Ready to see how it goes!? Well, what on Earth are we all just standing around for?! Let's all just sit back, relax, turn off our cellphones and other mobile devices, and begin Scene 3 of Act 1 of this brand-new Broadway musical script story of mine!
Narrator: After 13 hours have passed, with 3 of them being spent on traveling to and going through the airport, and 10 of them being spent on a plane, both Pinky and Brain finally made it to London, England. (turns page) Once in London, both mice got on a popular red double-decker bus, and took it over to Bridge Street, where the famous tower clock "Big Ben" resides. (turns page) Once at the area of "Big Ben", both Pinky and Brain got off the bus, and Brain got to work, explaining to Pinky how they were to get up to the inside of the face of "Big Ben", and how they were to stop the clock at Tea Time at 4:00pm. (turns page) By the time both mice got off the bus, it was already 3:00pm in the afternoon, and they only had one hour to pull this plan off. (exits stage left)
(As the Narrator exits stage left, the banner of the London skyline goes back up again, now revealing a set that looks like the buildings and street of Bridge Street within London. The street setting has large building facades at the far back area of the stage, some street signs, a large wide building façade set piece resembling the bottom of "Big Ben", a red telephone booth, a red mailbox, 2 lamppost, 2 benches, and a light blue sky backdrop behind the entire set at the back area of the stage. About 12 ensemble actors are dressed up as London citizens doing random things (such as walking, taking pictures, or talking to each other), and 4 more in 2 rows of 2 enter stage right, dressed up as Queen's guards in the red uniforms. As they march into view from the right, both Pinky and Brain enter stage left. Brain is wearing a black tailcoat, an aqua bowtie, and a black top hat, while Pinky is wearing an open brown suit jacket and brown bowler hat...)
Brain: Here we are, Pinky..."Big Ben"! (points to the "Big Ben" façade)
Pinky (looks up): Egad, Brain! It looks so tall! Narf!
Brain: Yes...YES! Pinky, it is VERY TALL! "Big Ben" is 316 feet tall, and is one of London's most iconic pieces of architecture to date!
Pinky: Oh, can we bungee jump off it its top, Brain?! (smiles)
Brain (rolls eyes): Oh, come now, Pinky! How would THAT help us accomplish our goal to stop the block at Tea Time?!
Pinky: Well, it wouldn't, but it would be some fun, and...
Brain (makes a fist and bops Pinky's head, interrupting Pinky)
Pinky: Hahahahahaha!
Brain: Focus, Pinky! We have a plan to complete...(looks at watch) And its 3:00pm, so we only have one hour and once chance to go through with it!
Pinky: But how do we get up there? (points to "Big Ben" façade set piece) Its so high, and I don't see a simple elevator to get up there!
Brain: Well Pinky, to get up there as mice...(pulls out regular-sized blueprint from his tail coat pocket) we will find a vent and rip it open! Once we get inside the clock tower's vent system, we will navigate through them, and climb up, making it all the way to the top!
Pinky: That's brilliant, Brain! (claps) You deserve a medal! (smiles)
Brain (rolls eyes): That's very thoughtful of you to say...(puts blueprints away) But just think...when we take over the world...(points at Pinky) Both you and me will have all of the medals we can ever want! (puts finger down)
Pinky: Oh boy! (jumps up and down) I want all of the gold ones! Oh, and some silver ones, too! And maybe a few bronze ones...and sparkling ones with glitter...and some medals made out of cookies! Oh, and do they make any medals out of chocolate!?
Brain (sighs): Pinky, if you just FOCUS on this PLAN at our hands, the clock will stop at 4:00pm, and if all goes well, we will take over the British Empire, and then the WORLD! And then, you can have all of the medals you want!
Pinky: Really?! Even ones made of...
Brain (interrupting Pinky): Especially ones made out of chocolate! (faint smile)
Pinky (hugs Brain tightly): Oh, thank you, Brain! (let's go of Brain)
Brain: Yes...now, let's focus on our plan! (turns to the "Big Ben" tower bottom façade set piece and walks over to it) First, we must get this vent grate opened up!
(Suddenly, since Pinky hasn't moved out of the center area of the stage yet, the 4 actors dressed up as the Queen's Guards marched up towards the area where Pinky was standing, and stopped right in front of him. One of the guards stomped their feet...)
Queen's Guard 1 (stomps foot): MOVE ASIDE FOR THE QUEEN'S GUARDS!
Pinky: AAAAAHHHHH! (steps forward) Sorry, sir! I-I didn't see you there!
Brain (looks over at the commotion): Pinky, stop causing a disturbance, and follow me! If you get in trouble here, we won't succeed in taking over the world!
Pinky: Oh, coming brain! (scurries over to where Brain is standing)
(The 4 Queen's Guards both marched in unison towards the left side of the stage, marching out of view. As they do, Pinky joins Brain by the front façade set piece resembling the bottom part of "Big Ben". Brain pulls out a flathead screwdriver out of his tail coat pocket, and used it to carefully pry the metal grate off of a hole in the set piece. Once the grate is off, Brain leans the grate against a random lamppost, puts the screw back into his pocket, and crawls into the whole in the façade. Pinky follows Brain's lead, and as he does, some more transitional music begins to play in the background. As it does, the lights above the center area of the stage dim, and another banner comes down in the center area of the stage, concealing the setting of the London street and the actors playing London citizens behind it. This next banner has a large painting of the middle section of " Big Ben" and the tops of the other London skyscrapers in the background on it. As this set transition begins, a spotlight shines on the left side of the stage, and the Narrator enters stage left again, standing under the spotlight. The Narrator pulls out his open book and begins to narrate to the audience some more...)
Narrator: Once inside the vents within "Big Ben", both Pinky and Brain spent about 30 minutes navigating through and climbing up the vents within the air conditioning system of "Big Ben". (turns page) It wasn't a journey for the faint of heart or the light-headed, as both of these mice could achieve it. Brain and Pinky had both been through gene splicing experiments, and were exposed to different chemicals and machinery, making them both capable of withstanding multiple scenarios that a regular and non-gene spliced mice could never do...(turns page) such as climbing through air vents. But it was still no easy when you take gusts of cold air blowing through the vents, sharp angles all around, and the risk of electrocution from exposed wiring through the entire air vent maze. Now, after 30 minutes have passed, it was 3:30pm, exactly 30 minutes before Tea Time at 4:00pm. This is where Brain's plan to stop the clock at 4:00pm would really begin...(exits stage left)
(As the Narrator exits stage left, the spotlight shining over him turns off, and the transitional music stops playing in the background. As it does, the banner of the middle section of "Big Ben" tower painted on it goes up, and the stage lights in the middle section of the stage come back on, revealing a massive set that resembles the inside of the main part of "Big Ben", complete with several large interconnecting and interacting gears of various sizes (ranging from large ones as large as a car and small ones as small as a person's wallet), a large iron bell and metal ringer/bell-tapper, and a large wall panel with the backside of the clock face on the back wall of the set, along with a large metal gear rod connecting to the hour, minute, and seconds hands on the other side of the clock face set. As the interior setting of "Big Ben" is revealed, some additional metal steampunk-like piping and red-brown slim wall panels slide into view from the left and right side of the stage. Also, some additional interconnecting gears come down overhead in the front-center area of the stage, positioning themselves high above the front-center area of the stage. Also, several full-sized metal catwalks are positioned all over the setting in between most of these massive and small operational gears, creating the full illusion of the inside of the "big Ben" clock. As the set transition completes, the sounds of the clock ticking and the gears rotating is heard all over the theater, and the next scene begins as a small trapdoor flap opens up on the far right-front side of the stage, and both Brain and Pinky climb up into view, closing the trapdoor flap behind them once they are within the set. As they close the trapdoor flap, both Pinky and Brain get back up on their feet, and the next scene begins to take place...)
Brain: Ugh, finally, we made it, Pinky! Here we are, at the top of the inside of "Big Ben"!
Pinky: Egad, Brain! It looks a lot bigger than I thought! (jumps up with excitement)
Brain: Yes...YES! Now, all we have to do is wait for it to be exactly 4:00pm, and then we shall jam the gears here with this! (opens trapdoor flap on the far front-right side of the stage and pulls out a block of wood the size of an average PC computer) And once the clock strikes 4:00pm, I'll slip this wooden block in between 2 large gears, and then we will have accomplished our goal, and we'll soon be controlling the world! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (kicks the trapdoor flap shut with left foot)
Pinky (looks concerned): Uh...Brain...I-I don't mean to be a Debbie-downer, but aren't these massive gears too strong enough to be stopped by a simple wooden block?
Brain (frowns): What do you mean?
Pinky: Well, think about it! This block is made of simple wood, but these gears are made out of metal! Don't you think that the block of wood would get crushed by something as heavy as very large metal gears?
(The entire audience laughs very loudly over Pinky's point about the problem with Brain's plan, and the laughter continues for about 30 seconds, all while Brain has a frustrated look on his face. After about 30 seconds, the loud laughter dies, and the scene continues to take place...)
Brain: Pinky, if you make another attempt to ruin my mood or sense of accomplishment like that, I shall be forced to hurt you. (turns away and climbs up onto one of the metal catwalks around the massive gear set)
Pinky: Oh, okay! Sorry, Brain! (follows Brain up the metal ladder up to the same catwalk as Brain)
(Suddenly, the ticking sound effects speed up a little, and the gears and clock hands of the clock set move very fast, speeding up the clock's time up 29 minutes before slowing down back to the normal speed again. As this minor time jump finished occurring, some suspenseful music begins to play in the background, and the Narrator enters stage left. As he does, he begins to briefly speak to the audience again...)
Narrator (enters stage left): After waiting around for 29 minutes, it came down to the last minute before 4:00pm at 3:59pm. In about 60 seconds, the clock would strike for Tea Time at 4:00pm. (turns page) As the countdown started from 60 seconds, Brain waited at the right moment to insert the wooden block between 2 of the larger gears within the clock's mechanism, and stop the clock itself! (looks up at the catwalk high above him where Pinky and Brain were standing)
Brain: Oh, this is it, Pinky! Let's make this happen! Count down with me!
Pinky: Alright, Brain! (rubs hands together)
(The suspenseful music gets more intense by the minute as the massive clock hands on the face of the clock set began to count down one minute until Tea Time at 4:00pm. As it does, Pinky, Brain, and even the Narrator begin to count down themselves...)
Brain (finds a great place to wedge the wooden block in place): 60...59...58...57...56...55...54...53...
Pinky: 52...51...50...49...48...47...46...45...44...43...
Narrator (turns page) 42...41...40...39...38...37...36...35...34...
Brain: 33...32...31...30...29...28...27...26...
Pinky: 25...24...23...22...21...20...
Narrator: 19...18...17...16...15...
Brain: 14...13...
Pinky: 12...1...
Narrator: 10...
Brain: 9...
Pinky: 8...
Narrator: 7...
Brain: 6...
Pinky: 5...
Narrator: 4...
Brain: 3...
Pinky and Brain: 2...1...
Pinky: NOW, BRAIN! NOOOOOOW!
Brain: Yes... (places wooden block between 2 large gears before they can move any more) YES!
(At this point, the suspenseful music stops playing in the background, and all of the gears stop turning as the second hand on the clock's face strikes Tea Time at 4:00pm. Then, "DING! DING! DING! DING!", the massive bell part of the set gets hit by the bell's gong 4 times...)
Narrator: And with the bell striking 4 times at 4:00pm Tea Time, the gears stopped turning, and so did the hands on the face on the clock. It seemed that Brain's plan to stop the clock at tea time worked out as planned! (exits stage left)
Brain: Yes...YES! (raises fist) Now, once Tea Time occurs for more than its usual time, the people will hear of my message that the only way for time to continue being shown on "Big Ben" is to let me take over the British Empire and than the world! (grins)
Pinky: Oh Brain, you did it! (hugs him tightly)
Brain (surprised over hug): Uh...y-y-yes I did, P-Pinky...(gives Pinky a light hug back) Now, let me go now, please.
Pinky: Oh, okay! (let's go of Brain)
Brain: Thank you. Now, let's wait up here to see if we hear any panic down below! (grins and climbs down off the catwalk)
Pinky (follows Brain off the catwalk and back onto the stage): You're so brilliant, Brain!
Narrator (enters stage left): As several minutes passed in real time, several people down below began to panic over the fact that it was STILL Tea Time at 4:00pm...(turns page) As even more minutes began to pass, the panic from down below got worse and worse...(exits stage left)
(Suddenly, the lights above the center area of the stage dim while the lights above the front part of the stage remain on. As this happens, about 3 male and 3 female ensemble actors enter stage left and stand in the center area of the stage, looking panicked as they look up, down, and all over the place...)
Male London Citizen 1: WHY WON'T THE CLOCK HANDS MOVE ANYMORE?!
Male London Citizen 2: ITS STILL TEA TIME?!
Male London Citizen 3: WHEN WILL IT BE DINNER TIME?!
Female London Citizen 1: MY KIDS ARE HUNGRY!
Female London Citizen 2: MY DOG HAS A GROOMING APPOINTMENT SOON!
Female London Citizen 3: WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO TELL TIME AGAIN!
All 6 London citizens (in unison): WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
(The 6 actors playing London citizens all rush out of view, exiting stage left. As they do, the stage lights above the center area of the stage come back on, lighting up the entire stage and clock tower interior set...)
Brain: Pinky, do you hear what I hear? (grins)
Pinky (scratches head): I-I think so, Brain...but why do the Queen's Guard's wear red?
Brain (sighs and rolls eyes; speaking sarcastically): Oh I don't know why, Pinky...maybe they LIKE to wear red. Or for all we know, it could be a fashion trend right now.
Pinky: Egad...
Brain (interrupting Pinky): But that's not important right now, Pinky! Right now, we must climb down through the air vents again, and take the next bus to Buckingham Place!
Pinky: Oh, are we goin to meet the Queen?! (looks excited)
Brain: Yes...YES! After we climb inside the palace by the air vents of course! And once we get inside, we will announce to the Queen that the only way for the "Big Ben" clock to start telling time again is to get her to give us the power of the British Empire! And then, we will succeed in taking over the world!
Pinky: Brain, you're so brilliant! (claps hands wildly)
Brain: That's because I have the enlarged head, Pinky. (points to his head) Now, let's get out of here before...
(Suddenly, just before both Pinky and Brain could walk over to the trapdoor flap on the right-front side of the stage, "CRACK!", a loud snapping noise is heard in the background, as the wooden block seems to snap into pieces, and cause some shards to fly all over the gear set. Thankfully, the shards of wood only stay within the center area of the stage and present no risks to the actors. As the wood snaps, the gears begin to turn again, and so do the clock hands. As this all occurs, Brain turns around in shock, gasping about what he sees. As he does, Pinky opens his mouth in shock but no words come out. As both mice look over in shock, the sounds of people down below cheering are heard in the background, making Brain seem very angry over the plan failing...)
Brain: What?! (clenches the sides of his head) No, no, no, no, no, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (throws down arms) But I don't understand! I...I...I...(turns around) I had everything planed down to a T! That block of wood was supposed to be strong and...
Pinky (shrugs and turns to face Brain): I told you this plan had a flaw, Bra...
Brain (interrupting Pinky; pointing at him): Pinky, don't you even DARE to THINK about mentioning that from before flaw again! (sighs)
Pinky (nods): Okay, Brain...but...what are we going to do now?
Brain: The same thing we do every night back in the lab Pinky...try to take over the world!
Pinky: But what kind of plan can we come up with now, Brain? Surely it cant be better than this one...
Brain: Oh, Pinky...you're so close-minded right there. You see, even though this plan has failed for us, that's just an opportunity for us to try to come up with an EVEN BETTER plan for taking over the world!
Pinky: Oh, it is?
Brain (facepalms himself): Yes, Pinky...it is.
(Suddenly, some happy-go-lucky music begins to the play in the background. As it does, Brain looks towards the entire audience and begins to sing another musical number of the show...)
Brain (singing): Sometimes my friend,
Things go wrong!
Things go bad,
And plans can change...
But its a part of liiiiiiiiife!
Sometimes Pinky,
Things can go very wrong,
But it's just a big part of life!
Life is full,
Of many ups and downs,
And life just continues to move on!
We plan our schemes very well,
And usually they don't work at all,
But its just a part of life,
And all we can do is,
Go and move on!
That might be hard to do,
But it is all that we can do,
As we cannot change the circumstances,
Or change the past and turn back time!
Life is like a roller coaster,
One with many ups and downs,
Not to mention inversions,
As well as loops and helixes!
And unlike a roller coaster,
You cannot simply hit an,
"Emergency Stop" button when things don't go your way!
Pinky, its just a part of life!
Failing is normal!
And it just gives us a chance,
To get better and betteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!
So as you can see, Pinky,
Life is full of twists and turns,
And we can't always come out on toooooooop!
Failure is a part of life,
A very difficult part too,
And one we cannot avoid!
Life is not perfect,
And it'll never be that way,
So, we must just,
Go with the flow!
Pinky, life is full,
Of many challenges and mistakes,
And we must just learn from them!
Pinky, don't fret now,
Life is just full of storms,
Which are all over every aspect of life!
Come on, Pinky,
We must leave the "Big Ben" clock now,
And get back down to the ground,
And then we shall find a place here in London,
To some research on a new plan,
For taking over the world!
And postpone going back to the lab,
Until we've done our research,
Or completed the plan to take over the world!
Once we take over the world,
"Acme Labs" will become our imperial palace!
But first Pinky,
We need to do some more research,
To be able to find a new plan,
And have researched information on our siiiiiiiiiiide!
And I think I know,
Just the place...
To complete that TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASK!
(The music stops playing in the background. As it does, Brain stops singing, ending the musical number. As he does, the entire audience cheers and claps very loudly for Brain's third musical number of the show. After about 30 seconds, the loud cheering and clapping from the entire audience dies down, and the scene continues to take place as normal...)
Pinky: So Brain, where can we go to get more research on a new plan?
Brain: Well Pinky, I think I know just the place...
Pinky: Oh, is it "Disneyland"?! (giggles and jumps up and down happily)
Brain (facepalms): No, Pinky. "Disneyland" is in Anaheim, California, not in London, England!
Pinky: Oh...then where are we going to go?!
Brain: That's easy, Pinky...the "London Library"!
Pinky: Oh boy, brilliant! Now, I can finally try to read "The Little Engine That Could"! (squeals happily)
Brain (sighs): Really, Pinky? That's the type of book you want to read when we have to find a new way to take over the world?
Pinky: Well, I do want to now why the train engine is being told he can't do what he says we can do! Narf!
Brain (sighs and facepalms again): Come now, Pinky. Staying here in the tower all day isn't going to help us...(walks over to the right-front area of the stage) And the library closes at 6:00pm today, so we must hustle if we want to catch the next bus and get to the library in time! (opens up trapdoor flap)
(Both Brain and Pinky climbed into the trapdoor and closed the panel. As they did, some transitional music began to play in the background. As it did, the stage lights shining over the center area of the stage dimmed and a large banner with the exterior of the "London Library" painted on it comes down in the center area of the stage, concealing the entire gear set behind it. As this banner comes down, the large gears above the front center area of the stage rise up out of view, and the steampunk-like piping, along with the red-brown wall panels side out of view from both the left and right side of the stage. As they do, the Narrator enters stage left, and begins to speak to the audience again...)
Narrator: And with Brain's idea set in motion, both he and Pinky made their way through the air vents of "Big Ben" again, heading all the way back down to the ground level. Once outside the inner workings of the air vents of "Big Ben", Brain put the grate back over the vent hole, and then he and Pinky both got on the next red double-decker bus. (turns page) Both mice then took said bus to the "London Library", which was about 8 minutes away by bus, and got off the bus when they got to said library. Once inside of the "London Library", Brain got to work in the non-fiction section in the library, reading several large books on famous inventors, electricity, chemistry, and even some books on the human mind. (turns page) And as for Pinky...well, let's just say he got himself a book to read that was less than thick...and it was a children's book...(exits stage left)
(As the Narrator exits stage left, the banner of the painting of the "London Library" goes back up and the stage lights shinning over the center area of the stage come back on, revealing a new setting resembling the inside of the non-fiction section of the "London Library", complete with a large back wall panel made up of a large bookshelf with hundreds of colorful books of assorted sizes, a metal walkway with a stairway to give visitors access to the upper half of this bookshelf, several rectangular and square tables with chairs and table lamps, and a few large framed paintings of famous writers. As the banner rises up out of view, about 6 circular lamps come down into view, positioning themselves high above the stage. All of the woodchips from the previous scene have been cleaned up. About 15 ensemble actors are spread out throughout the setting, either pretending to read books, looking for a book or two, and sitting down to relax. 2 additional ensemble actors are dressed up as library assistants, each rolling a metal car around the set, transporting books to their correct shelves and putting them in place on the shelf. Brain is seated at a table in the center of the set, with a large stack of thick books next to him on the left. He is holding up and reading a large grey book on hypnotism. As the set transition nears completion, 2 more additional bookcase side into view from both the left and right side of the front area of the stage, remaining on the sides to help expand the library setting to the front area of the stage. As the set transition finally completes, the transitional music stops playing in the background, and the next scene continues to take place...)
And that was the long-awaited conclusion of Scene 3 of Act 1 of this brand-new Broadway musical script story of mine! And it seems that despite good planning by Brain, and a successful breaking and entering, Brain's plan completely failed all due to...well...silly reasons that you all just saw for yourself! It seems that in the cartoon, Brain's plans for world domination never succeed for reasons of either Pinky noticing a legit flaw in the plan that Brain doesn't notice or due to careless and sloppy planning. Oh, and the song sung by Brain here was based off of the song called "I Know Things Now" from the very popular Broadway musical called "Into the Woods". And now, it looks like poor Brain must come up with another world domination plan! And now, let's move on to Scene 3 of Act 1 of this brand-new Broadway musical script story of mine!