Operation: D.W.!/Transcript

Operation: D.W.

Introduction

Arthur is standing in a city which is just being attacked by a Godzilla-like monster.

Arthur: Some things aren't as bad as they seem, as long as you're prepared.  

The monster lashes out at some passing helicopters and takes a bite out of a building. Bionic Bunny lands next to Arthur.

Bionic Bunny: Have no fear!

Monster: (roars)

Bionic Bunny: It's a good thing I brought my monster-shrinkervater!   

Bionic Bunny takes out a small raygun and shoots a beam at the monster. The monster looks surprises then shrinks to the size of a dog. Arthur gives Bionic Bunny a thumbs up.

Arthur and Buster are racing through a jungle in what looks like a soapbox car.

Arthur: Are you sure you know where you're going?

Buster: Yep. We just have to cross this crocodile-infested river.

Arthur: What are you doing? There's no bridge!

Buster: Relax.    He bushes a button labelled “Boat”.

Arthur: Aaah!    The car drives over the bank. The wheels inflate to form a rubber raft allowing the car to swim.      Of course there are some things you can never be prepared for.

Mr. and Mrs. Read, looking several years younger, come home with a baby girl.

Mrs. Read: Arthur, come meet your baby sister, Dora Winifred!     Four-year-old Arthur looks at the baby.

D.W.: Boo!   (giggles)     Arthur looks worried.

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The kids are playing in preschool.

Miss Morgan: It's story time. Let's put on our listening ears and come to the circle.   The kids sit in a half circle around her. D.W. continues playing.     D.W., it's story time. D.W.!    Tommy walks over to her.

Tommy: D.W.! Get on your listening ears!

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At home D.W. turns on the TV.

Mary Moo Cow: (sings:)   I can share, you can share, sharing, sharing, everywhere. It's a ton, a ton of fun, sharing toys with everyone!    D.W. keeps turning up the volume. Pal runs away. Arthur comes in.

Arthur: D.W., keep it down.    He takes the remote control.

D.W.: Hey, what are you doing?

Arthur: I'm trying to study for a math test, but the TV's too loud.

D.W.: Give it back. It's my TV time.     She reaches for the remote which Arthur holds up high. Mr. Read comes in.

Mr. Read: It is a little too loud, honey. I can hear it all the way from the kitchen.    D.W. walks up close to the screen.

Mary Moo Cow:  It's counting time. Will you help me count to ten?

D.W.: Yes, yes!     Arthur runs out of the room. Mr. Read turns down the volume.

Mr. Read: D.W., that's too close to the screen. Move back a little. 

D.W.: But I can't hear it if I'm not close.

Mr. Read: Really?

#

D.W. and Mr. Read sit in Dr. Tinnitus’ office. The doctor comes in.

Dr. Tinnitus: It's nice to meet you, D.W. I'm Dr. Tinnitus. How are you feeling?

D.W.: I'm fine. I'm only here because my brother is mean and selfish and hates Mary Moo Cow.

Mr. Read: D.W. has had several ear infections this year, one after another.

D.W.: But my ears don't hurt it all right now.      Dr. Tinnitus holds up an otoscope.

Dr. Tinnitus: Let's take a look. This is my otoscope. It helps me see inside your ears.    She looks into D.W.’s right ear.     Hmm. There's some gunky stuff trapped in the middle ear on this side.

D.W.: But I don't feel it.

Dr. Tinnitus: Even though it doesn't hurt, the fluid it is making it harder for you to hear.

D.W.: Why?     Dr. Tinnitus shows D.W. a model of a human ear.

Dr. Tinnitus: Sound travels in waves. It goes in your outer ear first.

In D.W.’s imagination she rides a green wave on a surfboard through her outer ear.

D.W.: Yahoo!

Dr. Tinnitus: It travels through the ear canal and then it bounces off the eardrum on its way to the middle ear.    D.W. falls into a pool of yellow slime in the middle ear.  But your middle ear has a lot of gunk inside, so the sound gets stuck. When the sound can't get through, you have trouble hearing.

The fantasy ends.

D.W.: But… how do I get the gunk out?

Dr. Tinnitus: The best way to get it out is to put tubes in your ears.

D.W.: You're going put tubes in my ears? But won't I look weird?

In her imagination the other preschoolers are playing on the playground in the park. D.W. comes along with long white tubes sticking out of her ears. The tubes are connected to a machine which Mr. Read is pushing.

D.W.: Come on!    She starts running.

Mr. Read: (pants)   I am, but this degunkifier is heavy!

The fantasy ends.

Dr. Tinnitus: The tubes are really tiny. Here, I'll show you.     She puts two tiny green tympanostomy tubes on her hand with tweezers and shows them to D.W.     I put them inside your ears, and the gunk drains out, simple is that.

D.W.: But, how do you get them in there?

Dr. Tinnitus: You'll need to come to the hospital, where we'll put you to sleep, put in the tubes, and then wake you up. It's a pretty simple operation.    D.W. smiles.

#

The Read family are having lunch at home.

Mr. Read: D.W.'s operation is scheduled for next week.    Arthur and D.W. reach for the last taco.

Arthur: Uh, go ahead. You should have it.     D.W. takes a bite.

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Arthur and D.W. are playing in the living room while their parents read on the couch.

Mr. Read: What movie should we see this afternoon?

Arthur: Whatever D.W. wants to see.    D.W. looks surprised.

D.W.: Okay. “Pretty Pony's Princess Adventure”.

Arthur: Sounds good.     The parents exchange looks.

#

Arthur brings cookies and milk to D.W.’s room and puts them on her nightstand. D.W. is lying in bed.

Arthur: Here you go.

D.W.: I want juice, not milk!

Arthur: Then get it your...! Okay.    He takes the glass and wants to leave.

D.W.: What is wrong with you? Why are you acting so... so nice?

Arthur: Because you're about to have an operation.

D.W.: So what?

Arthur: So it's a big deal. And you're being really brave about it.

D.W.: I am? I didn't know an operation was something I had to be brave about.

Arthur: Well, it is. And you're doing a really good job. Now let me get you some juice.  D.W. eats a cookie.

#

D.W. and Mr. Read are greeted by a nurse at the pediatric reception at the hospital. D.W. hides behind her dad's legs.

Nurse: Hi. D.W., I'm gonna give you an exam to make sure you're ready for surgery tomorrow.

D.W.: What if I'm not ready?

Nurse: Don't worry. It's our job to make sure that you are.

D.W. is weighed, measured (she stands on tiptoe), and her blood pressure is taken.

Nurse: I'm going to take some blood now. It may hurt a little, but not for very long. You can sit in your Dad's lap if you like.

D.W.: No, no, I don't need a lap.

Mr. Read: Are you sure?

D.W.: Well, if it makes you feel better...   Mr. Read takes her in his lap.   Wait! I can't look! Hold me tighter! Tighter! Not that tight! Dad, don't let go!

Mr. Read: D.W., it's over.

Nurse: You're a brave girl!

D.W.: I guess I am! Arthur would've cried like a baby.    The nurse hands D.W. a teddy bear.

Nurse: And here's a hospital bear. You can operate on him at home if you like.

D.W.: Thanks. Let's go. This operation's gonna be a piece of cake.

Nurse: Not yet, dear. You've still got some more doctors to see.

#

At night D.W. lies in bed and tells Arthur about the other examination.

D.W.: And then I saw a doctor called... an an-es-the-si-o-lo-gist. That's the longest word I've ever said.

Arthur: What does he do?

D.W.: He makes sure I'm asleep during the operation. And I have to make sure my stomach's empty, so I can't eat or drink anything after midnight.

Arthur: That doesn't sound so bad.

D.W.: Easy for you to say. You're not the one missing breakfast.     Mr. Read comes in.

Mr. Read: Time for bed, honey.     He tucks D.W. in.

D.W.: What if it doesn't work? What if I wake up before the operation is over?

Mr. Read: The doctors know exactly how much medicine to give you so that you won't wake up until it's over.

Arthur: Don't worry, D.W., everything will be fine. Just keep being brave.

D.W.: Thanks.     Mr. Read kisses D.W.

Mr. Read: Now get some rest. Sweet dreams.

Mr. Read and Arthur leave and turn off the light. D.W. goes to sleep.

#

In D.W.’s dream the Tibbles escort D.W. to a machine labelled Brave-O-Meter. Miss Morgan is dressed as a surgeon.

Miss Morgan: Ready for your "listening ears" operation?

D.W.: Um, I'm not sure.

Tommy: We'd better check her bravery levels first. Lie down in the Brave-O-Scope, D.W.

They put D.W. on a conveyor belt that takes her into the Brave-O-Meter. A picture of D.W. appears on a screen.

Miss Morgan: Oh, my!

D.W.: What? What's wrong??

Miss Morgan: I've never seen anything like it!

Timmy: She has no bravery at all, not a single speck!

D.W.: Hh!

Miss Morgan: Poor, D.W. She'll probably never be able to swim without water wings!

D.W. wakes up in the morning.

D.W.: (gasps)

#

D.W. drags her dad into the living room.

D.W.: I'm cured and I'll prove it!     She turns on the TV. A Wagnerian opera singer appears along with the word “MUTE”.      I can hear the TV loud and clear.

Mr. Read: But the sound is turned all the way down.

D.W.: Exactly! I can hear it even with the sound off. Let's cancel the operation and have pancakes.

Mr. Read: It's okay to feel scared, but you need this operation to fix the problem with your ears.    He gives D.W. a hug.     Everything's going to be all right.

#

At the hospital D.W. is sitting on a bed. The nurse who examined her brings several hospital gowns.

Nurse: Let's see, I've got Dancing Dinos, Cute Kittens, Pretty Pony.

D.W.: Pretty Pony!     The nurse gives her a gown.

#

D.W. now wears the hospital gown. The nurse takes off a blood pressure cuff.

Nurse: You are the best patient ever. Here's a "Number one patient" sticker, just for you.      She sticks the sticker to D.W.’s chest.

D.W.: Cool!

Arthur: Stick out your hand.    D.W. does and Arthur draws a line with a pencil on her hand.

D.W.: Hey!

Arthur: It's a good-luck mark from my lucky pencil.

D.W.: Oh. Okay. Just make sure you erase it with your lucky eraser with this is all over.

Dr. Tinnitus comes in wearing a surgeon’s gown.

Dr. Tinnitus: All right, I'm ready for my number-one patient.    Mr. Read is wearing a sterile gown as well.

Mr. Read: And I get to carry you in.   Arthur and Mrs. Read hug D.W.

Mrs. Read: We love you.    Mr. Read picks D.W. up. She grabs her teddy bear then they follow Dr. Tinnitus. D.W., Mrs. Read and Arthur wave to each other.

D.W.: Everybody loves me, I'm the number one patient!

#

In the operating room Mr. Read holds D.W.’s hand while she is given an anesthetic through a breathing mask.

Mr. Read: We'll see you as soon as you wake up.

D.W.: (hums “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)    Her eyelids close.

#

In D.W.’s dream a pink unicorn runs through a forest. As it stops to smell a flower a troll with a bow appears. He draws an arrow an shoots. D.W. as a superheroine with huge ears flies through the air. She dives and catches the arrow in mid-flight.

D.W.: Be gone, evil troll!

Troll: It's not fair! I was so quiet!

D.W.: No one is too quiet for Super Ear Girl! Now leave this forest at once.

The troll runs off. D.W. throws the arrow away and a rainbow appears.

Unicorn: Thank you, Super Ear Girl.    The parents' voices are heard resounding through the forest.

Mr. Read: D.W.?

Mrs. Read: D.W.?    D.W. flies into the air.

Unicorn: I'll never forget you!

#

D.W. opens her eyes and sees her parents by her hospital bed.

Mrs. Read: D.W.? Hi, dear.

D.W.: I'm... I'm ready for the operation.

Mrs. Read: It's already over. We can go home soon.

#

Dr. Tinnitus puts a “Number One Patient” sticker on a little boy.

Dr. Tinnitus: You are the best patient ever.    The boy smiles. The Read family walks past.

D.W.: Hey! She told me I was the best patient ever.

#

Arthur is on the phone at home. D.W. walks past.

Arthur: D.W.'s fine.   (whispers:) In fact, I know she's all better ‘cause she's driving me crazy again.

D.W.: I heard that!    She looks into her teddy bear’s ear with a toy otoscope.    I'm getting tired of looking at fur. Can I look in your ears?

Arthur: No.

D.W.: Please, please, please?

Arthur: Okay.

D.W.: Hi, Arthur. I'm Dr. D.W. Let's look at your ears.   She looks in his ear.    (gasps) Your ears look fine, but your brains are missing. We'll have to operate right away.

Arthur: No operations.    He runs out of the room.

D.W.: I promise you won't feel a thing! Oh, come on, what are you scared of? It's just a little brain operation!