SKETCH-OUT" - COLD OPEN PREMIERE SCRIPT VERSION: FINAL LOCK v1.1 (NOV 29) SCENE 1: “COLD OPEN” INKY, a black and white rubber-hose golly gee character, is happily hopping down a path. He has pie-cut shaped eyes, big white gloves, and a permanent, goofy and welcoming grin. A hot, steaming, delicious PIE appears to be on the windowsill of a house. Inky's eyes turn to wide PIES and his grin gets bigger. He zips over. SOUND: Classic "BOING" sound Inky's about to grab the pie, when a giant, disembodied "Creator" HAND (drawn in a modern, sketchy style) snatches it away, the steam floating carelessly and evaporating. INKY (In a fast-paced, 1930s "radio" voice) “Hot dog! You'll have to be quicker than that, Mr. Hand!” Inky zips off, his grin wide as ever. The Hand chases him, it's a classic cartoon chase. (INSERT wacky whoop sound) The Hand SLAMS down and Inky narrowly dodges. SOUND: (cymbal and bass drum) CRASH Inky tips his "hat" (which is just part of his head) and winks at the camera, his pie cut eye closing like a black hole as he blinks. Suddenly, the Hand stops and it clenches into a fist. It PUNCHES the ground. SOUND: (a wet, digital sound, NOT a cartoon sound) SPLAT! The "punch" tears a hole in the fabric of the cartoon. The screen rips open, revealing a new "layer" underneath: a digital, sterile, "whiteboard" void. INKY (He appears dazed) “Golly gee! What a wallop!” The Hand reaches through the hole, grabs Inky, and PULLS him out of the 1930’s cartoony world. SOUND: A horrible, high-pitched "STRETCH" sound Inky is unceremoniously "pasted" onto the white void and he's flat, like a sticker. INKY (To the "audience") “ What a pal, Mr. Creator! Always knows how to start a new adventure!” Inky "pops" back into 3D, now standing in this new, empty world. SCENE 2: "BEGINNING" INT. SKETCHBOOK VOID - CONTINUOUS SOUND: Music cuts. Dead, sterile silence. This world is a blank digital canvas. We see the FAINT GRAY GRID of a drawing program. In the corner, we see the UI for a "Toolbox" (Pen, Eraser, Paint Bucket). Inky dusts himself off. INKY “Well, this is a new pickle!” The disembodied "Creator" Hand appears again, but this time it's attached to a giant, realistic computer CURSOR. The CURSOR clicks on the PEN TOOL. SOUND: "CLICK!" Inky watches, fascinated. The CURSOR moves to the middle of the screen. With a few, fast, sketchy strokes, it draws a lanky, unfinished stick-figure. It's STATIC. He's just a pencil sketch, with faint blue "construction lines" still visible. The CURSOR finishes the sketch. It draws two simple eyes. The eyes BLINK. Static looks down at his "sketchy" hands. STATIC (Groggy, medium-low voice) “...Wha?” He looks around, confused and annoyed. STATIC (Coughs) “Hello?” STATIC (Panicked) “Ah! What's... what's wrong with my...?!” “This isn't my room. Where am I? What's going on?!” “HELLO! IS ANYONE THERE?!” INKY (Walking over, still chipper) “Howdy, partner! Name's Inky! Looks like the Creator whipped us up with a brand new…” The CURSOR moves back to the TOOLBOX. It clicks on the ERASER tool. SOUND: A different, more ominous "CLICK." The CURSOR moves over to Inky. INKY (Waving at the Cursor) “Hiya, pal! Whatcha got there? A new…” The CURSOR moves down. The Eraser tool touches Inky's "foot." His foot vanishes. SOUND: A horrible, fuzzy "ERASER" sound. Inky looks at the empty space where his foot was. He looks at Static. He looks at the camera. His "pie-eyes" go wide. INKY (Gasping, terrified) “Oh, pickles. RUN!" The CURSOR rears back, ready to erase ALL of Inky. STATIC (Scared) “AAH!” Static grabs Inky's hand. [FADE TO BLACK] (END OF COLD OPEN)
