INT. -AUDITORIUM BACKSTAGE-DAY
All the kids that were given detention by Ms. Cowell are painting trees for the High School Musical. Ms. Cowell is walking around talking on her cell phone.
MS. COWELL
Mhmm...yeah...I know...I can so relate to that...Yeah, I know...It's so stupid I know...
Jack walks in madly.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY(MADLY)
Ms. Cowell, can I speak to you?!
Ms. Cowell, who’s still on her cell phone, sees him and rolls her eyes. She sighs.
MS. COWELL
Sorry, girlfriend, I'm gonna have to call you back.
Ms. Cowell turns her phone off and looks at Jack.
MS. COWELL (CONT’D)
What do you want, Jack?!
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Are you giving my boys detention?!
MS. COWELL
Well, they deserved it! They took out their cell phones in class! That's against the rules!
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Look, let's not fight now...let's take this to the principal like the grown up's we are.
MS. COWELL
Yeah, let's do it.
INT. -PRINCIPAL TAKI'S OFFICE-DAY
Principal Taki Tokashama is sitting behind his desk. On his desk is a plaque with his name on it and a "that was easy" button. Jack and Ms. Cowell run in like little kids trying to tattle on the principal and shouting "Mr. Principal". He sighs, annoyed at them.
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA(ANNOYED)
Oh god, not again...
Jack and Ms. Cowell point to each other like little kids tattling on each other.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY MS. COWELL
She's giving my star plays detention. He's being an idiot.
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA
What is it this time?!
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Mr. Principal, sir, she gave my star players detention because they took their cell phones out during class!
He walks toward his desk and looks at him in the eye.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Now, I don't give a crap whether it's against the rules or not...without Drake and Carter, our team is nothing! Well, it's actually two players missing but they're my best players and I can't let them miss one practice! And I'm not going to let them miss practice just so they can paint trees for the musical!
He pounces on the desk and accidently hits the "that was easy" button making it go off. After the button stops, everybody starts talking again.
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA
Ms. Cowell, can I just say something?!
MS. COWELL
Yes?
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA
How dare you give our Kickball players detention! Without them, our team will suck!
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
That's what I've been saying!
MS. COWELL
This school seems to favor sports over the theater, doesn't it?
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA
No...No, it doesn't: all cliques are equal here.
The receptionist talks to the principal through the speaker phone.
RECEPTIONIST
Um, sir, the lacrosse team's field turns out to have bugs all over it so we need to put pesticides on it...where should the lacrosse team go?
Principal Taki presses the button and talks through the speaker phone.
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA
Put them in the auditorium.
MS. COWELL
But...that's impossible: that's where the drama club meetings are held! Todays the drama club meeting!
The principal looks at her.
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA
Oh, big whoop, so you'll have to cancel one meeting.
His cell phone rings. He stops them for one second.
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA (CONT’D)
Oh, just one second please.
He takes out his cell phone and answers it.
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA (CONT’D)
Hello. Hi. You did? You got tickets to the game? Sweet! What do you mean you can't go? Oh, forget the brat's play! Let's go to the game!
He turns off his phone and looks at them.
PRINCIPAL TAKI TOKASHAMA (CONT’D)
Sorry about that: Anyway, Ms. Cowell, take Drake and Carter out of detention please because they're the two best players we have despite Drake being a 5 foot 9 white boy.
INT. -GENE KELLY HIGH GYM-DAY
The players of the Gene Kelly High crazy tigers are in the gym. There is still a line of players waiting for Ronnie to pitch the ball. Ronnie pitches the ball to Syke. Syke hits the ball causing it to hit a wire holding a chandelier that's on the wall causing the wire to break and the chandelier to fall on the floor. The players don't look happy about this. Drake and Carter walk in followed by Jack which causes the teammates to stop worrying about the chandelier and cheer. Then they run over to them.
SYKE TRAYTON
Hey Drake and Carter, you’re back, this is great!
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Okay, guys now that were back let’s do our hip-hop musical number routine for practice.
Hip-hop music comes out of nowhere and all the boys split up from one another including Drake and Carter. Then they get into a straight line and take out Kickballs. Then they spread their legs and dribble the ball like a basketball except for Drake who walks away from them and looks at the screen.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (LYP SINCHING) (CONT’D)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
The teammates stop what they are doing and crowd around him. Then they spread their legs and start dribbling the ball under their legs again.
TEAMMATES (SINGING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
Ronnie throws the ball to Drake causing Drake to kick the ball and look at the screen.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Oh yeah!
The teammates are still crowded around Drake spreading their legs and dribbling the ball.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (LYP SINCHING) (CONT’D)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
The teammates start dancing around him.
TEAMMATES (SINGING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (LYP SINCHING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
TEAMMATES (SINGING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (LYP SINCHING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
He starts to get nervous because he just referenced acting instead of Kickball.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (LYP SINCHING) (CONT’D)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
The annoying mascot, a guy in a tiger costume with cross eyes and a foam tongue sticking out, comes out of nowhere.
CRAZY TIGERS MASCOT (SINGING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
He leaves.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (LYP SINCHING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
TEAMMATES (SINGING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (LYP SINCHING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
TEAMMATES (SINGING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Yeah!
TEAMMATES (SINGING)
(Singing “Get in the Zone”)
The song continues to play in the background but everybody stops singing. The team gets into two straight lines going right to left. The first straight line consists of Drake, Carter, and Ronnie. The second straight line consists of Syke and the other two players. Everybody claps their hands together and move their arms back and forth like an egyptian dancer to the music. Their arms let go of each other and drop back down. The first line moonwalks to the back and the the second team moonwalks to the front. Everybody turns to their sides and slides back to where they were. Everybody gets back in a huddle. Drake sticks his arm out. Carter sticks him arm out next to Drake's. Syke sticks his arm out next to Carter's. Ronnie sticks his arm out next to Syke's. Kickball player#4 sticks his arm out next to Ronnie's. Kickball player#5 sticks his arm out next to Kickball player#4's. Kickball player#6 sticks his arm out next to Kickball Player#5's. As they stick their arms out, it goes along with the beat. They all look at each other.
KICKBALL PLAYERS
Crazy Tigers!
The song stops. They raise their arms up.
KICKBALL PLAYERS
Woo!
Everyone is suddenly around the gym playing Kickball again lined up waiting for Ronnie to pitch the ball. Carter and Drake are at the water fountain. Carter is bending over at the water fountain drinking from it. Drake sighs and looks at him.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Hey Carter, I was thinking about trying out for the High School Musical.
Carter looks at him with disgust and spits a whole bottle's worth of water at him. The water contains some fish inside it.
CARTER DONALDSON
Man, this water sucks! What kind of water is it, salt water?!
He looks at him because he noticed he said something but didn't hear it because he was busy drinking from the fountain.
CARTER DONALDSON
Now, what did you just say?
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
I said I was thinking about trying out for the high school musical.
Carter is holding a bucket of fried chicken to help wash away the taste of the bad water and eating a chicken leg but when he hears what Drake just said he spits parts of fried chicken all over Drake. Carter thinks Drake is crazy for wanting to try out for the high school musical because he's a jock. He walks over to Drake and looks at him straight in the eye.
CARTER DONALDSON
Are you serious?!
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Look, Carter, I know this is a little out of character but, I don't know, I just thought of maybe trying something new for once: besides, you gotta admit, Pomerian's kind of hot...in fact, sometimes when I'm alone, I take out a picture of her, take off my pants, and, well, you get the picture. But the reason I want to sing is definately not because I was forced to sing over the break...oh no!
CARTER DONALDSON
Look, dude, if god wanted athletes to sing he wouldn’t have made Kazaam. Athletes aren’t supposed to sing and dance...we’re supposed to play sports. Singing, dancing and acting is for the drama club, okay? Not the jocks. And are you an actor? No. So leave the acting roles alone.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
I know...it was just a thought.
CARTER DONALDSON
A really stupid thought.
A laugh track goes on. Coach Jack Mcprettyboy blows his whistle and looks at everybody.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Okay, everybody, practice is over!
Ronnie throws the ball to Drake and Drake catches it. All the kids start heading out towards the door including Drake and Carter. Domonique walks in through the back door and gets Drake’s attention. He throws the ball behind him and the ball starts heading towards Ronnie. Ronnie sees the ball heading towards him and screams the famous wilhelm scream.
RONNIE
Oh my god, is that really how I---?
The ball is about to hit him when Domonique jumps in, takes the ball and grabs it before the ball can hit Ronnie and goes down to the floor with the ball in her hand. Drake walks to her.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Nice catch.
Domonique gets up from the floor and looks at him holding the ball under her arm.
DOMONIQUE LOPENZIA
Thanks, Drake.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (CONT’D)
You're welcome. In fact, I have to say, if you were on the WNKA, they'd probably be alot more popular.
DOMONIQUE LOPENZIA
Thanks.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Where’d you learn to catch like that anyway? I mean Kickball’s not really your thing...
DOMONIQUE LOPENZIA
Oh, just a science project where I had to find out how far a human being can be able to throw or kick.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Oh, that’s pretty cool...anyway, what are you doing here?
DOMONIQUE LOPENZIA
I got lost.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
See why it's good to have a tour of the school?
DOMONIQUE LOPENZIA
Kinda but I'm still not going to take a tour...I really just want to figure it out all on my own.
All the kids except for Drake and Domonique are out of the gym. Jack walks in.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Hey, Drake, it’s time to go...
Drake looks at her.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Well, um, I have to go now...
DOMONIQUE LOPENZIA
Okay, see you later...
EXT. -DRAKE’S HOUSE-DAY
Drake and his dad are playing kickball outside his house which has a brown roof and a white coloring. Jack is throwing the kickball to the garage door while Drake kicks the ball. Everytime he kicks it, Jack catches it and pitches it again. This repeats over and over again as they talk.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Hey, dad, you shouldn’t blame Cowell for getting me in detention-it wasn’t her fault, it was mine!
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
But wasn’t she the person who gave you detention in the first place?
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
True but she did it because I took my cell phone out. You see, there’s this girl I saw during New Years Eve who I fell for and, as it turned out, she moved here and is going to our school and when you see a girl who you met on new years eve but has moved to your town and is going to your school, you don’t say hi to her or sit next to her, you take a picture of her on your camera phone and if you’re really popular all the students take out their phones and play with them-everyone does that!
Drake hits the ball but Jack grabs it madly because he doesn't think Drake should be paying attention to a girl thinking it will get his head out of the game.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Yeah, well I don’t think I like you hanging out with this Domonique chick: you know, girls can be foul, son, whether they mean it or not...sometimes they get you away from the game for their own needs like going to their parents house for dinner or spending time with your family.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
But, dad, the guys are always hitting on the cheerleaders and it hasn’t stopped them from getting their head in the game...Ronnie just knocked up Chelsea.
Alanna Mcprettyboytoy walks out of the house in a bathrobe looking very tired. A referee coming out of nowhere sees Allana and blows on his whistle and the game stops and fans who are sitting on stands that appear out of nowhere groan.
ALANNA MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Jack, it’s six in the morning: you and Drake have been playing all night long...Can you quit it for now so Drake can get ready for school?
Jack and Drake look at Alanna.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Oh, come on honey, can’t we play for five more minutes?
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Can’t we, mom?
Alanna sighs.
ALANNA MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Alright.
Alanna goes back inside the house. Jack looks at Drake.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
See what I mean?
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
I guess so. Hey dad, can I talk to you for a minute?
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Sure.
DRAKE MCPRETTBOYTOY
Hey dad, have you ever had a time where you had to make a rough decision in your life?
Coach Jack thinks he's coming out of the closet and gets worried.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Oh god, you're coming out of the closet, aren't you?! Domonique was just a cover for your true feelings, wasn't she?!
He takes out a samurai sword and points it to his chest.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
I knew this day was coming!
Drake quickly puts his hand on his arm worried because he's trying to kill himself.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Dad, it's not that!
Jack puts the sword down and looks at him.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Well, what is it son?
DRAKE MCPRETTBOYTOY
Well, I’ve been thinking...I think I wanna try out for the high school musical. I mean, I like Kickball and everything, but I also want to sing and find true love: mainly sing, but true love sounds fun too.
Jack can't believe what he's hearing. The referee blows his whistle madly and walks to them.
REFEREE
Ehh...fowl! You’re an athlete not an actor!
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Exactly what I was thinking: son, you’re not Zac Efron, so don’t try to be like him. You’re no singing and dancing boy, you’re a jock. I want you be the best kickball player at East High and I'm not going to let you sing and dance...I've worked hard to make sure you get where you are today: ever since you were a little kid i've been teaching you Kickball to make sure you're best...
FLASHBACK: A younger looking Jack is talking to an offscreen Drake holding a kickball in his hand. He is still outside and the house looks the same.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Okay, son, I think it's time I teach you how to play Kickball to make sure that when you grow up you get on the High School kickball team: now, let's start with the basics. In Kickball, you have to kick the ball. I will roll the ball and you will kick it, okay? Good.
He rolls the kickball. The off-screen Drake he was talking to is actually Drake as a baby. The ball hits him which causes him to cry. Jack walks to him mad because he didn't kick the ball.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Dammit Drake, I told you to kick the ball! Can't you do something as simple as that?! Now, don't you cry! You won't get anywhere with that attitude!
End Flashback.
COACH JACK MCPRETTYBOYTOY
And I'm not just going to quit now just so you can be in some goddamn musical!
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY (VERY SERIOUSLY)
Look, I like Kickball but I also wanna dance: can't I do both?
He storms off seriously. Jack looks at him wondering if he's really got a point or not.
INT. -SCHOOL HALLWAY-DAY
The school bell rings. A crowd of students walk out of their classes. Car horns honking are heard in the background.
OFF-SCREEN VOICE
Move out of the way, I gotta be in Art Class in 5 minutes or I'll be late and get detention!
Drake and Carter, who is dribbling a basketball, spring out from the crowd of kids. Drake looks at Carter.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Where'd you get the basketball from?
CARTER DONALDSON
It was in my backpack.
He looks at Drake.
CARTER DONALDSON (CONT’D)
So, dude, do you wanna go practice?
Drake sees the auditorium and it reminds him of the high school musical which he wants to try out for but is afraid to tell his friends he wants to. He looks at Carter.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Actually, I have some homework to do so I better do that.
Drake starts to leave. Carter can't believe what he's hearing.
CARTER DONALDSON
Wait a minute,---.
Carter runs up to Drake.
CARTER DONALDSON
Dude, what are you talking about? We have one to two classes a day then five off periods and it's only been 2 days since we came from break...you can't have that much Homework.
DRAKE MCPRETTYBOYTOY
Yeah, well, I do...
Drake leaves but Carter can't believe what he just heard.
CARTER DONALDSON
No, it can't be...
Drake walks to a door and goes inside the room because he's trying to get as far away from Carter as possible so he can sneek into the auditorium. He goes inside the room.
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