Experiment #916: "Dinosaur Delirium" By Laurie LeBlanc and Kevin Farley Disclaimer: All the characters of "Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?" are copyright Dic Productions and Broderbund Software. Carmen Sandiego is a registered trademark of Broderbund Software. All the characters of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are copyright Best Brains, Inc. They're all used without permission. This is an episode of the series that we also did not like so we gave this one the MST treatment as well. As with "The Stolen Smile", please note that the script of "Dinosaur Delirium" is not complete. There are some lines omitted or paraphrased, though the general script is in tact. We also realize that this wouldn't be a full MST3K episode either. It is numbered 916 to not only put it in the ninth season but also carry on the story line of previous MSTings of "The Stolen Smile" and "The Play's the Thing." If you have not read these MSTings, we suggest you do before reading this fic. (Warning: This fic is rated PG for language.) (MST3K Theme Song. All 6 Theater Doors. Fade in to bridge of SOL. Carmen is toying with some invention. Mike enters and stands to her left.) Mike: Hey Carmen, what are you toying with? Carmen: A little device that will get us off the Satellite of Love before you know it! Mike: (eyes light up) Really?! You mean...after all these years- (Enter Tom who stands next to Carmen.) Tom: Mike! Crow just royally pissed me off! Why I'm- Mike: Tom, calm down a second here. Tom: No way! I'm gonna- (leaps towards Mike, but lands on top of Carmen's device which emits a glowing light around both Carmen and Tom.) The HELL?! (Mike steps back. Suddenly, both Carmen and Tom vanish through some type of portal. The whole screen turns purple and fades out. Fade in on the SOL bridge, but the one of the past with the Gizmonics logo on the theater doors. Carmen and Tom are thrown onto the ground in front of the desk and are out cold.) [Note: To distinguish the 2 Toms in this time frame, the Tom that came with Carmen will be denoted as F Tom (Future Tom) and the other Tom will be known as P Tom. (Past Tom.)] (P Tom enters and happens to look over the desk.) P Tom: AAAAAAAH! Help! (runs off camera) (Enter P Tom again a moment later with Joel right behind him.) Joel: What's the mat- (looks down) Whoa... (walks to the front of the desk and taps Carmen on the cheek.) Hello? Miss? (Carmen groans and slowly sits up blinking her eyes. She rubs them momentarily and then looks at Joel.) Carmen: Who...who are you? Where am I? (picks up F Tom) Hey Tom... P Tom: (looking over the desk) Joel, what's going on here?! Joel: Good question. Well, to answer yours first miss, I'm Joel Robinson and you're aboard the Satellite of Love. Carmen: The Satellite of Love? This can't be it... Joel: Huh? Carmen: (quickly) Oh! Where are my manners! I'm Carmen Sandiego. (F Tom wakes up.) F Tom: Hi Joel. (pauses and comes to a sudden realization) Joel? JOEL! Joel: Um...hi...other Tom... Wait, hold on a second. How can there be two of you? F Tom: (motions to P Tom) Cuz I'm him! Well, him from the future. Joel: Okay, so you two are from the future? Carmen: Yes. Joel: And I'm guessing because you said this can't be the Satellite of Love, it must look different? Carmen: Erm...just a tad. Joel: And why do you seem so excited to see me...uh...Future Tom? F Tom: (quickly) Well...I didn't think I'd....um....live through the force from Carmen's invention that brought us here! Joel: I see.... (Mad lights start flashing.) Joel: Oh hang on, Frick and Frack are calling. (Shot of Deep 13 with Dr. Forrester) Dr. F: Oh hello boobie! (noticing Carmen and F Tom) Who said you could have company?! (SOL) Joel: To be honest, Dr. Forrester, the company is very unexpected. Carmen: Forrester? F Tom: I'll explain later. Joel: As I was saying, unexpected and uninvited. Carmen: Well, thanks for the hospitality. (huffs) (Deep 13) Dr. F: I see somebody's not too pleased with you right now. Good. (Frank runs in) Frank: Hey Dr. F! (looks upward noticing Carmen and F Tom) Say Dr. F since when- Dr. F: They're uninvited company Frank. Frank: Well, it's just an extra Servo and a sorta familiar looking lady. Dr. F: Sorta familiar? Frank: Yeah...give me a minute and I'll figure out. Dr. F: I won't hold my breath. (looks upward towards Joel et. al) Well, while Frank's pondering who your lady friend is, why don't we just have our invention exchange, shall we? (SOL) Joel: Sure, Dr. Forrester. Why don't you start? (Deep 13) Dr. F.: Oh no, you start. I want to know that you finished your invention prior to your company's arrival. (SOL) Joel: All right. And just so you know, yes I did. (ducks down and grabs the invention from under the desk. He then places it on top of the desk. The invention appears to be a small wooden puppet stage with one Bo-Peep-like marionette hanging on a hook off stage.) My invention basically is a helper for beginning puppeteers. See, let me take my little Bo Peep here and place her on stage. (places the puppet's feet on the stage floor.) And of course, you pull the little strings and she'll move and dance and whatnot. (Demonstrates, making the puppet do a short jumpy dance. During the dance, two strings get tangled up.) Now see, the strings got crossed. If I were to simply untangle them with my fingers, I'd ruin the magic of storytelling for the kiddos. So, watch this... (takes a little hook with a tiny plush bee on it and hooks the tangled string) See> I just use the hook here and just talk about the little bee as if it were a character. The string gets untangled. (as he says this, it does get untangled). Then I just pull the hook back and let the kiddos know Mr. Bee here flew away. So, what do you think sirs? (Deep 13) Dr. F: Cute Joel. Now for a real invention. (holds up what looks like a miniature copy machine in the palm of his left hand) See, many people like to have their name on a business card. Makes them feel important, you know? So even if they don't have a business, they can make it seem like they do. Watch...I just put in this little piece of cardboard into the slot...(rotates invention so know the back is showing. It appears to be a tiny keyboard.) Now I just type in what I want the card to say...I'll just make this brief for now, so...I'll just put, "Dr. Forrester"...hit return now for the next line and then..."Mad Scientist." There, now just click the print button and...(a tiny light appears in the slot and out comes a small card with what Dr. F. typed on it. He holds it up.) See...perfect, isn't it? (SOL) Joel: Gee...either you really like to promote yourself or- (Deep 13) Dr. F: Shut up Joel. (Frank begins to jump up and down wildly and runs off for a moment.) Dr. F: Now what got into him? (Frank returns with the "Dinosaur Delirium/By a Whisker" video) Frank: Look Dr. Forrester! I knew she looked familiar! (Dr. F examines the box.) Dr. F: So...she's a cartoon character? Frank: Yeah! And that tape has a couple of her adventures on it. One not very good. Dr. F: (grins evilly) Oh really? (SOL) Carmen: Oh no... (Deep 13) Dr. F.: Oh yes girlie. Apparently, your name is...Carmen Sandiego, right? (SOL) Carmen: Correct... (Deep 13) Dr. F: I see. Well, nice to make another victim to torture. Frank! Frank: Sending the movie right now, Dr. F. Dr. F: Enjoy... (SOL) (Movie lights and sirens go off) All: WE GOT MOVIE SIIIIIIIIGN!!!! (dash off stage. Joel era theater door sequence follows. Fade in to the theater. Crow enters, followed by Joel carrying P Tom, followed by Carmen carrying F Tom. Crow, Joel and P Tom take their respective seats. Carmen sits next to P Tom and plops F Tom next to her but F Tom is upset at where P Tom is sitting.) ("Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?" theme song begins.) (A live-action boy is sitting at his computer. He moves his mouse onto an option on the screen that reads "Acme Headquarters." There is a blue flash of light and the Chief appears on the screen with a blue background behind him.) Chief: Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? F Tom (to P Tom) Or a better question- what the hell are you doing in MY seat? (Zoom in on Chief's eyeball followed by a quick zoom through the C-5 corridor which is filled with computer generated frames of various facts.) P Tom (as music plays) YOUR seat?! Carmen (as she pushes F Tom back into the seat next to her) You're the guest here, you know that? (scene comes into animation with a crowd celebrating at a Chinese festival.) Singers: Where is Carmen Sandiego Carmen Sandiego F Tom I don't care! I want MY seat! (a lady comes by with a giddy expression on her face. She's holding a sparkler in each hand.) Crow Hee hee! Look at her guys! (lady dips down and behind her and the C-5 entrance appears.) P Tom This IS MY SEAT! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!!! Singers: Where on Earth can she be? Tell me, where is Carmen Sandiego? Carmen Sandiego, Where on Earth can she be? Joel (grabs P Tom) Calm down. And other Tom, Carmen's right. Just sit over there for now. Ooh, ooh, ooh Sphinx Mona Lisa F Tom (growls) FINE!!!! Singers: Leaning Tower of Pisa London Zoo, Timbuktu P Tom (sing-song voice) Ha ha, I got my seeeeeat.... Can you help us find a clue? F Tom SHUT UP! Carmen (sighs) I hope they're not like this throughout the whole movie.... Singers: Oh, where is Carmen Sandiego? Carmen Sandiego Joel Me neither. C'mon you two, we need you both to riff. Where on Earth can she be? (show logo) P Tom and F Tom Fine... (Title screen: "Dinosaur Delirium" written by Thomas Peroutka and David Ehrman) F Tom Hey. Erh. Man. (Fade in. Pterodactyls flying about. Volcano has smoke coming out of it.) Joel Dinosaurs endorse Philip Morris. (Black clouds in background, red sky.) Crow Man, the weather on Earth used to suck! (Subtitles read: Late Cretaceous Period, 70 Million Years Ago.) P Tom Or in dog years, 490 million. F Tom Six years ago, I wasn't funny. P Tom (turns towards F Tom) Hey! Shut up! F Tom (leans toward P Tom) Make me! Ha! Joel and Carmen Guys, enough! (Servos get back to their respective seats.) (On Screen Carmen's car zooms past.) Crow Whoa! Sports cars evolved from clusters of cells! (A T-Rex attacks a weak dinosaur.) Joel They're fighting over the remote control. (Camera shifts to a close up on On Screen Carmen's face.) F Tom Our heroine, ladies, gentlemen and robots. (Shot of the back of the license plate which reads 'Carmen.') Crow Carmen, you have a vanity plate! Carmen Yes, but I'm not vain. (Shot of gate guarded by two men.) Joel Okay movie, when are you? (Car door opens up, close up on On Screen Carmen's leg and the wheel of her car.) Crow (whistles) Joel and Carmen Crow... Crow What? She's got nice wheels. Joel and Carmen Sure... (On Screen Carmen get out of her car and punctures her tire with a pin. She then holds the pin up to her eye and it glitters.) P Tom Ding! (The guards notice On Screen Carmen's flat tire and speak to her. The subtitles translate what the two guards say-- basically, they are offering to help On Screen Carmen.) Crow I wanna help too! On Screen Carmen: (translated) I don't know how this happened. All Sure... (Close up of On Screen Carmen's Henchman with a remote.) Joel See, I told you they were fighting over the remote. (Shot of helicopters. Then, nameless henchmen drive up in a van, stop and then dash off screen. Fade back to guards fixing On Screen Carmen's car. On Screen Carmen is looking over their shoulders. Sound of helicopters is heard. Guards look up and see them flying away.) One guard: (translated) Somebody's stealing the helicopters! Joel Wow, tight national security they have here. (An arched bar rises up on the roof of On Screen Carmen's car.) Crow Carmen's car is a Transformer. (One helicopter lowers a hook and picks up the car.) P Tom Wheeeeeee! One guard: (translated) It's Carmen Sandiego! F Tom Thank you Commander Obvious. (Shot of On Screen Carmen in her car. She presses a button and a dinosaur movie appears on a small TV. The dinosaurs roar.) Crow Gee, Carmen's tapping into the writers' frustration. Joel Or ours. All (snicker) (Fade into the Player's computer screen.) On Screen Carmen: Sorry you weren't in on all the fun Player. Player: The fun's just begun Carmen. I know I can catch you this time. F Tom Yeah like all the other 20 times you caught her, right? Carmen (gives F Tom a thumbs up and chuckles lightly) On Screen Carmen: Not if I gave you a 200 million year head start. Crow The time it takes for the Player to form a complete thought. (Fade out for commercial break. Fade back into to the Player's room. He clicks a bunch of keys and reaches for the mouse.) Crow Powered by Microshaft. (Player selects the "Acme Detective Agency" icon on his screen. Fade into Ivy doing some serious training. She's running, climbing ropes and doing flips.) F Tom (Jackie Chan) I do my own stuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnt! (Shift view to Zack holding a stopwatch eating a sandwich.) Joel Zack snacks while Ivy burns. (Ivy finishes her training and walks over to Zack who looks at the stopwatch.) Zack: Not a bad time. Ivy: Not a bad time?! If you did this work out, I'd put my money on the dummy. (Flash to Zack leaning on training dummy.) Zack: (to dummy) What do you say to that? Crow (dummy) I'd say she's right. (Chief's com sound heard.) Zack: Go ahead Chief. (Ivy begins to punch a large punching bag. The Chief happens to appear right where Ivy is punching and gets hit about three times shouting, "Ow! Hey!") P Tom She's hitting her boss! Joel Every employee's dream. Ivy: (grabs the punching bag and looks sheepish) Sorry about that. Zack: What's up Chief? Chief: (lull) Oh...hopefully not my medical coverages.... F Tom (Sly Stalone) Adriennnnnne! Chief: Last night Carmen stole four MI Russian helicopters. All (sing) ....and a partridge in a pear tree. Zack: What's that? Some new vitamin? Ivy: Try the world's strongest helicopter, Zack. I got to fly one at Acme's Worldwide International training program. Crow Why didn't Wily E. Coyote think of this? Carmen Wrong Acme. Chief: Only if you're traveling to India P Tom Holy cow! They were last seen refueling near New Delhi. (Big question mark appears on the screen) Crow (Riddler) Riddle me this, Batman! Ivy: They could be anywhere in this 500 mile radius. Chief: And Carmen's henchman, Clayton Duree was spotted in a refueling station in New Delhi. (Shot of Clayton) Crow Nanu Nanu! I will fly your helicopter! Zack: Hmm...home base, Agra India. Ivy: Zack, look at this map. Agra is only 100 miles from New Delhi. (Shot of map. City dot blinking wildly) P Tom And it's BLINKING! (C-5 appears.) Chief: (voice-over) You're on your way from San Francisco to Agra. Pack the anti-perspiring- the BIG can Joel Bring enough for everyone. Chief: Cuz you're heading South to where the temperature can get [very hot.] (Shot of inside of the C-5 corridor) Carmen Matrix-esque. Joel, P Tom and Crow HUH?! Carmen Oops... Chief: You'll see the incredible Taj Mahal. (Shot of Taj on final C-5 screen.) Crow That's just a postcard! (Shot of massive crowd in a river.) Zack: (voice-over) You weren't kidding about the heat Chief! People don't even take off their clothes to go swimming! P Tom Oh, they're just lazy. Chief: Actually, bathing is a religious ceremony. Joel One they practice rarely. Carmen Hey... Joel What? Chief: The population of India is like taking the population of the US (US map appears to the right of a map of India that appears. Little stick figures quickly cover the whole US, then two more US maps appear full of people.) and then dumping them (One map dumps all its people into India) All AAAH! (a second map dumps its people into India) All AAAAH! into India. (third dump, but his time some people fall off the India map.) Crow Good-bye cruel world! (C-5 opens up in a market place. Shot of cow follows.) F Tom MOOOOOO! Shotu: (addresses them) Ivy: Uh... All UUUUUUUHHHHHHH... Sorry...I don't speak Hindi. Shotu: I speak English as well. My name is Shotu. Joel Bless you. Ivy: Hey! Zack: Listen! (Helicopters fly by) Crow The plane boss...the...uh...helicopter... (Shot of Shotu from the torso up that takes up much of the screen.) P Tom I'm huge! (Shotu takes out postcards of the Taj Mahal.) Crow See, I told ya it was a postcard! Shotu: In that direction is the Taj Mahal. (Zack and Ivy run in the direction the helicopters are heading. Shotu stops in front of them with bike with a passenger wagon in the back.) Shotu: I know all the shortcuts. Zack: What do we got to lose? Put your feet to the street, Shotu! Joel Flintstone style! (Shot of cow in front of Shotu and detectives.) F Tom MOOOOO! P Tom HIT IT! Crow RUN IT OVER! Shotu: Sorry, I can't disturb this cow. We always give them the right of way. Joel We don't give cripples the right of way! Zack: Great, held hostage by 1,200 pounds of hamburger! (Shot of Shotu's face.) Crow (Shotu) Prick. Shotu: I said I knew all the shortcuts, did I not? (Shotu peddles) Crow Buckle up! We're about to reach speeds of three! (Shotu runs into one person on the street, knocks the packages out his hands.) P Tom Dickweed. (Shotu does the same to a second person) F Tom Jack off. (Shot of Taj. Helicopters, Shotu and detectives arrive at the same time.) Crow Speeds of 3,000, that is! P Tom Wow, those were some shortcuts! (Detectives and Shotu run inside the Taj.) Zack: This place is a tomb! What could Carmen be after? (Shotu rubs his hands up and down the wall.) Joel Shotu, making out with the wall... Shotu: Perhaps the semi-precious stones in the wall- (Whole place begins to shake, roof begins to get ripped off.) Zack: She's not after the walls; she's after the roof! Joel and 'bots WHY?! Carmen (meekly) Well... (Shotu dashes off exclaiming as he leaves.) Shotu: I'll be sending you a bill for the petticab ride! Crow While saving my own ass! (Shot of helicopters and cables. Zack grabs one, grunts and wiggles back and forth.) F Tom Oh right, a KIDS' show! Zack: I'm stuck! (Shot of Ivy, nearby who has safely grabbed onto a cable.) Ivy: I'm coming! The 'bots Ooh baby! Carmen (groans) Oh GOD... (Ivy jumps up and grabs the Taj's roof and heads toward Zack.) F Tom (Jackie Chan) I still do my own stuunnnnnnnt! Clayton: Ah, Acme detectives.... Crow I, Mork, will take care of 'em! (Clayton and four henchmen head towards the detectives. Clayton climbs down, the henchmen repel down.) Joel and 'bots (as each henchmen hits the roof) HUZZAH! (Shot of Zack and Ivy together) Zack: Ivy, I don't think I'm having fun! Carmen Oh and we are? Joel and 'bots (snicker) (Fade out, Quiz question appears on the screen.) Question: Can you name a river hundreds of Indian bath in and believe to be sacred? Crow A very dirty one. Joel, Carmen and 'bots (mock laughter) (All exit theater) To be continued...