Frankenstein's Monsters: Spitball Script
based on dropbox layouts
key
TIMESTAMP = CAPTION BOX W/ "HOLLOW" FONT
CHARACTER DIALOGUE IN WORD BALLOONS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
PAGE ONE
Panel 1
TIMESTAMP1: THE PLANET "AERTH".
TIMESTAMP2: A... DIFFERENT EARTH.
TIMESTAMP3: CHINA.
TIMESTAMP4: 1870.
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN1: A FULL CENTURY, ELIZABETH! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN2: IF ONLY MY OLD COHORTS COULD SEE ME NOW!
Panel 2 (KIRIN)
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN4 (CAPTION1): THE WIZENED SAGE...
Panels 3 (BIXIE)
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN5 (CAPTION2): MASTER OF THE ANCIENT CRAFT...
Panel 4 (PIXIU)
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN6 (CAPTION3): KEEPER OF LOST SECRETS.
Panel 5
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN7: OH, ELIZABETH!
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN8: HOW DARE THEY CALL ME A FAILURE?
TIMESTAMP5: TWENTY MINUTES AGO.
PAGE TWO
Panel 1
TIMESTAMP1: AERTH.
TIMESTAMP2: THE SOUTH SEAS.
TIMESTAMP3: 1870.
TIMESTAMP4: THE WEEK BEFORE.
EMPRESS NADIRA1 (OFF-PANEL): YOU'D BETTER HAVE A VERY GOOD REASON FOR SHOWING UP HERE.
EMPRESS NADIRA2 (OFF-PANEL): IT MAY TAKE THE MOON-QUEEN TIME TO ROUSE HER FORCES.
EMPRESS NADIRA3 (OFF-PANEL): BUT THIS WILL NOT ESCAPE HER NOTICE.
PAGE THREE
Panel 1
EMPRESS NADIRA1 (OFF-PANEL): SPEAK WHILE YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HEAD.
BAMBOO DANCER1: FRANKENSTEIN MADE THE BREAKTHROUGH YOU WERE HOPING FOR.
BAMBOO DANCER2: BUT, LIKE I SAID, HE'S A LUNATIC.
Panel 2 (Inset)
BAMBOO DANCER3 (CAPTION1): I HAD TO LIE TO HER.
Panel 3 (Inset)
BAMBOO DANCER4 (CAPTION2): SHE COULDN'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
Panel 1 between Panels 3 & 4
BAMBOO DANCER5: HE BUILT A GIANT MONSTER TO PROTECT IT.
Panel 5 (Inset)
BAMBOO DANCER6 (CAPTION3): HOW ELSE COULD I GET HOME?
Panel 6 (Sword Hilt)
EMPRESS NADIRA2 (CAP): THEN FRANKENSTEIN...
EMPRESS NADIRA3 (CAP): AND HIS MONSTER...
Panel 7 (Nadira & Scene)
EMPRESS NADIRA4: ...MUST DIE!!!
PAGE FOUR
Panel 1
TIMESTAMP1: AERTH'S MOON.
TIMESTAMP2: CITY OF THE MOON-FOLK.
TIMESTAMP3: 1870.
TIMESTAMP4: YESTERDAY.
INSPECTOR YI1: WE ARE NOT READY TO RELEASE HIM INTO YOUR CUSTODY YET.
MOON-QUEEN1: YOU WILL BRING ME BOTH PROTOTYPES. AND THIS VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN.
DARK STRANGER1: SURELY THIS IS MEANT FOR MY PEOPLE!
Panel 2 (Inspector Yi)
INSPECTOR YI2: MY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.
INSPECTOR YI3: THIS WAS DISCOVERED ON OUR WORLD.
Panel 3 (Moon-Queen)
MOON-QUEEN2 (CAPTION1): YOU ARE NOT THE STEWARDS OF THE PATHWAYS!
MOON-QUEEN3 (CAPTION2): THIS IS FOR THE MOON-FOLK TO SAFEGUARD.
Panel 4 (Dark Stranger)
DARK STRANGER2: HOW COULD YOU KEEP THIS FROM US?
PAGE FIVE
TIMESTAMP1: "OUR" EARTH.
TIMESTAMP2: A UNIVERSE AWAY.
TIMESTAMP3: 1970.
TIMESTAMP4: A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE FUTURE...
TIMESTAMP5: AND NOT SO LONG AGO.
Panel 1
BD1 (CAP): STEAL IT AND STUDY IT, THEY SAID.
WS1 (CAP): PRETTY TYPICAL GIG.
Panel 2
BD2 (CAP): WE WORKED TOGETHER, AS USUAL.
WS2 (CAP): REVERSE-ENGINEER THE UNEXPLAINED ARTIFACT.
Panel 3
BD3 (CAP): SUPPOSED TO HAVE "ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES".
WS3 (CAP): THE USUAL "POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE".
Panel 4
BD4 (CAP): BUT I HAD MY OWN IDEAS.
WS4 (CAP): THERE WAS POTENTIAL, ALL RIGHT.
Panel 5
BD5/WS5 (CAP): WHAT WERE WE THINKING?
Panel 6 (superpanel)
Panels 7 & 8
TIMESTAMP6: AERTH.
TIMESTAMP7: CHINA.
TIMESTAMP8: 1870.
Panel 7 (WS & MECHANISM)
TIMESTAMP9: LAST MONTH.
WS6 (CAP): WAS IT... DYING?
WS7 : I THOUGHT HE COULD SAVE IT.
WS8: ANOTHER MISTAKE.
VF1: NOW, NOW. DOCTOR WANTS TO SEE WHAT MAKES YOU TICK!
Panel 8 (BD & ORGANISM)
TIMESTAMP10: THIS MONTH.
BD6: THE POOR THING WAS SUFFERING.
BD7: I HAD NO IDEA HOW SICK HE WAS.
BD8: IT WAS... DISGUSTING.
VF2: SUCH A FUSS!
VF3: JUST A LITTLE PIECE!
PAGE SIX
Panel 1 (profile w/ skullizabeth)
TIMESTAMP1: AERTH. CHINA. 1870. FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO.
VF1: THEY ALL DOUBTED ME, ELIZABETH.
VF2: EVEN YOU, MY DEAR.
Panel 2 (toss)
VF3: YOU'RE DEAD TO ME NOW.
Panel 3 (gulp!)
VF4: I'M MARRIED TO MY WORK.
PAGE SEVEN (raWr!)
VF1 (CAP1): "VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN: MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME."
VF2 (CAP2): IT HAS A NICE RING TO IT.
VF3 (CAP3): "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VIC--
SKULLIZABETH THE MEGAKAIJU: "VICTOR!"
VF4: UH... ELIZABETH!?
PAGE EIGHT
Panel 1 (upshot, Sibley shouting down)
TIMESTAMP1: NEARBY. TEN MINUTES AGO.
SO: NO VISITORS! IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY! NO APPOINTMENTS!
WS: HE INVITED US!
IY: WE ARE GUESTS!
Panel 2 (over her shoulder)
WS: LOOK, WE'RE ALL DEAD IF YOU DON'T LET US IN RIGHT NOW!
Panel 3 (leaps off balcony)
SO: I SAID...
Panel 5 (crouch)
SO (CAP): "NO VISITORS!"
PAGE NINE
TIMESTAMP1: NOT FAR AWAY. FIVE MINUTES AGO.
Panel 1 (Alex & Waiter, surrounded by Giants, Steampunk Chicks in the mix)
AF1: I'VE TRAVELED QUITE SOME WAYS TO MEET THIS FAMOUS SAGE. THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME.
WAITER1: THIS HUMBLE PERSON KNOWS OF NO SUCH EXALTED HEALERS.
WAITER2: SARSAPARILLA?
WAITER3: KENTUCKY BOURBON?
Panel 2 (Alex under hat, shadowed eyes)
AF2: I ORDERED TEA.
A3F: FROM YOU.
AF4: I HEAR THIS WIZARD WARLORD LIVES NEARBY.
Panel 3 (Waiter & Giants try to get tough)
WAITER4: THE MISTRESS HAS DECLARED NO-ONE MAY BOTHER THE MASTER ON HIS CENTENNIAL!
Panel 4 (Steampunk Chicks all get up and call their bluff, Gothic Kestrel semi-reveal)
AF5: A PARTY? I LOVE A PARTY! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, TOO!
PAGE TEN
Panel 1
TIMESTAMP1: JUST OVER THAT HILL. TWO MINUTES AGO.
GL1: THEY SAY THAT KIRIN HAVE RETURNED TO THE GLADES OF WULIN.
SA1: SHOULD A MAN OF LEARNING REPEAT SUCH SUPERSTITIONS?
GL2: ONLY DEATH BRINGS QUIET TO THE FOREST OF THE LAWLESS.
SA2: I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE A POET OR AN IDIOT.
PAGE ELEVEN
Panel 1
GL1: THERE IS A DIFFERENCE?
PAGE TWELVE
TIMESTAMP1: HERE. NOW.
Panel 1 (establishing shot)
AF1: YOU'VE MADE QUITE A MESS, VICTOR.
AF2: BUT I'M HERE, AS USUAL, TO CLEAN IT UP.
Panel 2 (Victor overconfident)
VF1: I'M SORRY, SHOULD I KNOW YOU?
VF2: FORMER LAB ASSISTANT? VENGEFUL INVESTOR? ENRAGED SUITOR OF A SULLIED MAIDEN?
Panel 3 (Alex taking off big hat)
AF3: NO CAKE? ISN'T TODAY YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Panel 4 (Victor reaction shot)
VF3: AM I SUPPOSED TO BE IMPRES--
Panel 5 (Alex face reveal, Kestrel w/ Remote, Bamboo Dancer in rafters
AF4: IT'S MINE, TOO, VICTOR.
AF5: JUST LIKE OLD TIMES, VICTOR.
Panel 6 (Kestrel hands Remote to Alex)
AF6; YOU'VE GOT THE TOY. (Inset shot of Skullizabeth as Megakaiju?)
AF7: I'VE GOT THE REMOTE.
(REMOTE says: "Mechanism" "Organism" "Kill" "Love" on it?)
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