The Shore Thing/Transcript

Arthur Read: Looking forward to something neat is always fun, especially when you end up with something that's better than what you expected. Like when Brain and I had to make dessert for a class party.

The Brain: These will be the best chocolate-banana splits ever!

Arthur: Oh, no. The ice cream melted. Now what do we do?

The Brain: Chocolate-banana shakes! What else?

Arthur: (V.O.) Or Buster's best Christmas ever.

Young Buster: Wow! Thanks, Santa! (his dad removes the white beard) Daddy! You made it home for Christmas!

Arthur: (V.O.) Or when Pal finally got his new chew-toy but had more fun with the shopping bag.

(Back to the present)

Binky Barnes: Hey! I got something!

Arthur: Wow, Binky! Real gold!

Binky: Who needs that? I found a quarter.

Arthur: See? You just never know.

(Title card)

Buster: (V.O.) The Shore Thing!

Pal: (barks)

Arthur: Hi!

(Back to the story)

Arthur: (pretending to be a shark) Grrr! Gotcha!

David Read: Arthur, what's this all about?

Arthur: What else? Aqualand.

David Read: Aqua... what?

D.W. Read: Aqualand. Come look!

Arthur: Aren't you coming?

David Read: I have to get this in the oven, Arthur.

Arthur: Dad, Aqualand! TV, Now!

D.W.: (with Arthur watching an Aqualand commercial on TV) See, Dad? That's Aqualand.

Aqualand Announcer: Fish Scallion, The Polar Coaster, Squid Scrambler, Deluxe Great White Sharkade, is Aqualand!

D.W.: (with Arthur Read) Aqualand! Can we go?

Arthur: Yeah, the rides are cool.

D.W. And they have the best souvenirs!

David Read: But it looks like just another amusement park.

Arthur: But it's not it's...

David Read: I know, I know, Aqualand. I remember a place near the ocean when I was a boy and I'll bet it was lot more fun than..

Arthur & D.W.: Aqualand?

David Read: Yes. In fact. I'll show you this weekend.

D.W.: A place more fun than Aqualand?

(At the Elwood City Public Pool with Arthur and his friends in there)

Binky Barnes: Impossible! Nothing can be more fun than Aqualand.

Buster Baxter: Yeah, Binky's right. I hear the Polar Coaster is so cool and they have to defrost it!

Arthur: That's it!

Buster: What's it?

Arthur: My dad's home movies. They have scenes of an old park by the beach.

(Arthur imagines with his parents and sister D.W. watching a home movie of an old carnival park)

Arthur: (V.O.) And, man, it have everything! Roller coasters, a fun house, even a carousel. It looks so neat!

(Back to the present)

Arthur: I think it's called Marine World. And... hey, maybe is better than Aqualand!

Buster: Maybe they have ride that goes 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Just like a Jules Verne's story!

(Buster imagines he's in the big submarine underwater with the fish)

Buster: How's the water, Captain Nemo?

(Captain Nemo's putting his thumbs up.)

(Back to the present)

Sue Ellen Armstrong: Or a Hawaiian Island Surf's Up Simulator.

(Sue Ellen imagines surfing on the Wave Tank with her surfboard and Hawaiian music playing)

Sue Ellen: Hang ten, dudes!

(Back to the present)

Binky: Ahoy, mates! They must have a pirate ride, too!

(Binky imagines dresses as a pirate with pirate music playing)

Pirate Bulldog: What took you so long, my boy? Help yourself! (hearty laughing)

Binky: (laughing)

(Back to the present)

Binky: (laughs) Oh, man. I can't wait to go to the Marine World!

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Brain and Buster stand on the beach.

Buster: Hey, let's swim across to see if Ocean Zone is on the other side.

Brain: Er...it looks kind of deep.

Buster: No. I'll show you. ''He throws a rock into the sea. It disappears. Brain gives him a look.''   Oh. Okay. Um, I'll use a bigger rock. He picks up a crab.   Whoa! ''He drops the crab. It walks off with many other crabs. Brain and Buster follow them.''

Brain: Wow! Look at them go! They come to some tide pools.    Hey, sea hares!

Buster: Sea hares? Hm. Do you think they know Bionic Bunny? Brain looks in another pool.

Brain: Sea anemones.

Buster: A starfish!

Brain: “Sea stars” is the preferred term

Buster: Wow, this place is crawling with stuff! They look in another pool.   Wow!

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Sue Ellen wades into the water while D.W. collects shells on the beach.

D.W.: These shells are neat! Aaah!''     Some kelp is wrapped around her foot. ''Help! An octopus is grabbing me!

Sue Ellen: That's just kelp, D.W.    She unwraps the kelp.

D.W.: Oh. Kelp! Kelp! Mr. Read comes running with a surfboard.

Mr. Read: (pants)  What's wrong?

D.W.: I was minding my own business and that kelp attacked me.

Mr. Read: Sue Ellen, why don’t you try looking for Ocean Zone up the beach. We'll be right here. He hands Sue Ellen the surfboard.

Sue Ellen: A surfboard? Okay! She runs off.

Mr. Read: That's quite a shell collection you have there, D.W.

D.W.: They're not just shells, they're souvenirs. ''She walks back with her dad. She drops a snail shell. A hermit crab pops out and follows them.''