Thread:Seacactus/@comment-3399576-20140118025210/@comment-3399576-20140118155228

An Open Season Christmas

ACT 1

The special opens to Boog's cave during winter morning as snow begins to fall in the forest and on Boog's cave. The title "An Open Season Christmas" appears, then disappears. Boog peeks out and notices all the snow.

BOOG

Dang. Look at all this snow.

Boog notices Ursa outside of his cave. She spins around gracefully, then stops and smiles, upon noticing Boog.

URSA

Hello, Boog.

Boog smiles.

BOOG

Hey, Ursa. It's kinda cold out here, ain't it?

Ursa giggles.

URSA

Not really. Would you like to dance with me, Boog?

Ursa extends her paw for Boog to hold.

BOOG

Sure, baby bear.

Boog walks over to Ursa and takes her paw. Boog smiles at Ursa, who smiles back. Then the two begin to dance romantically to the instrumental of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."

URSA

Wow, Boog. You dance very good.

BOOG

No. You dance very good.

Ursa giggles and blushes a bit.

URSA

Thank you, Boog.

Boog and Ursa continue to dance together. However, as soon as the music stops to the first "Deck!" music effect, Ursa starts to shake Boog in Elliot's voice.

URSA

Boog! Boog!

Boog looks confused as Ursa continues to shake him non-stop. The scene then cuts to Elliot trying to shake Boog awake.

ELLIOT

Boog! Boog! Wake up, man! Christmas is almost here!

Boog groans as he wakes up.

BOOG

What?

Boog stretches out.

ELLIOT

It's almost Christmas and you gotta help me and my family find a tree!

Boog groans.

BOOG

Oh, all right, Elliot. Just give me and Ursa a minute to wake up.

Boog turns to Ursa.

BOOG

Ursa, honey, time to get up.

Ursa yawns and stretches.

URSA

I know, Boog. Just hold on and I will be up.

Boog and Ursa both grunt as they get up, now fully awake.

BOOG

All right, man. What is it that you wanted?

ELLIOT

You and Ursa gotta help me, Giselle, and the kids with the Christmas tree. You comin' or not?

BOOG

Yeah, yeah. Let's go.

Boog, Elliot, and Ursa walk out of the cave together and go to Elliot's home.

The scene cuts to Gisela looking at the trees.

GISELA

Hmm... which tree should we get, Mom?

GISELLE

Just hold on, honey. Your dad will be here soon. He'll help us look for one.

The scene cuts to Boog, Elliot, and Ursa finally arriving.

ELLIOT

Okay, everybody! Who's ready to go huntin' for a Christmas tree? Gisela, Giselita, and Elvis become jubilant, upon seeing their father with their uncle and aunt.

GISELA AND GISELITA

Dad!

Gisela and Giselita run over to Elliot and hug him.

GISELA

Hi, Dad.

ELLIOT

Hey, Gisela.

Elliot smiles and hugs Gisela and Giselita back. Then Elvis runs up to hug Elliot.

ELVIS

Season's greetings, Father.

ELLIOT

Hey there, Lil' E.

Gisela, Giselita, and Elvis let go of Elliot. Then Gisela and Giselita go to hug Boog.

GISELA

Season's greetings, Uncle Boog.

BOOG

Same to you, Gisela.

Boog then chuckles. Gisela and Giselita hug Ursa next.

GISELITA

Hi, Aunt Ursa.

Ursa giggles.

URSA

Hello, Gisela and Giselita.

Gisela and Giselita let go of Ursa.

ELLIOT

All right! Who wants to go look for a tree?

Excited, Elvis raises his hoof.

ELVIS

Oh, oh! Me! Me!

Elvis points to himself and raises his hoof higher.

GISELITA

Me, too!

Giselita raises her hoof.

GISELA

So do I!

Gisela raises her hoof as well. Elliot and Giselle laugh at their children's happiness.

GISELLE

Okay, kids. Let's go.

GISELA, GISELITA, AND ELVIS

Yay!

The gang goes deep into the forest. Boog soon notices one tree.

BOOG

Aha. That one oughta be good. Yeah.

Boog walks over to the tree and whistles loudly to call McSquizzy.

BOOG

Yo, McSquizzy! Is it okay if we borrow your tree for Christmas? McSquizzy jumps up onto one of his tree's branches. The camera zooms in on him.

McSQUIZZY

What's that you say, lad?

BOOG

Me, Elliot, Giselle, and the kids need a tree for Christmas. And I was just wonderin' if we could keep this one just for now 'til the end of Christmas.

McSQUIZZY

Well, this'll be a first. You want a tree, you can borrow mine! But only because it's almost Christmas!

McSquizzy then whistles to call his clan.

McSQUIZZY

Go find another tree to stay in, ya choobs! Boog is takin' this one for Christmas!

The Furry Tail Clan pop up all together.

FURRY TAIL CLAN

Oy!

The Furry Tail Clan all jump off of the tree and scurry to another one and McSquizzy does the same. Boog then walks over to the tree and uses all his strength to lift up the tree.

BOOG

(Grunting)

Slowly, Boog carries the tree to Elliot's home. The scene flashes to Boog arriving at Elliot's home and he puts the tree down, a bit exhausted.

BOOG

Whoo!

Boog wipes his forehead.

BOOG

Man! That tree was rather heavy!

ELLIOT

Okay! Now that we got that done, who's ready to go look for somethin' to decorate the tree?

An excited Elvis raises his hoof again.

ELVIS

I am, Father! I am!

GISELA

Me, too, Dad!

GISELITA

And me!

Gisela and Giselita raise their hooves as well. Elliot chuckles.

ELLIOT

Okay, kids! Let's go!

The camera zooms in on Elliot.

ELLIOT

And I know just the place!

Elliot grins widely. The scene then cuts to the Puni Mart, which has snow on the roof and in the window sills and Christmas lights decorated above the windows, around the garage, the windows, and the logo next to the store. The gas station attendant is cleaning the windows, dressed up as Santa Claus.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

Ho, ho, ho. I just love gettin' everything set for Christmas, especially while dressed up as Santa Claus. Why, I remember when I was a little kid, I'd get up every here and there outta bed to see if Santa was around. Then my parents would always find me and scold me for tryin' to find him.

The gas station attendant chuckles at the thought and sighs happily.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

Boy, those were good Christmas times indeed.

The scene cuts to Elliot, Gisela, Giselita, and Elvis in the bushes across the street from the Puni Mart.

GISELA

Dad, are we really gonna take those decorations from the store?

ELLIOT

Sure! After all, we do need decorations for the tree.

ELVIS

Father, is that really Santa Claus?

ELLIOT

Of course it is, son! Jolly Old St. Nick has already come to work at the Puni Mart before Christmas! Cool, huh?

Smiling, Elvis nods his head.

GISELITA

Ew.

ELLIOT

What?

GISELITA

Dad, his butt is showing.

ELLIOT

Well, he's fat. What do you expect?

Elvis giggles at this.

ELVIS

That's kinda funny.

Elliot smiles at his son.

GISELA

Dad, are we gonna do this or not?

ELLIOT

Oh, yeah! Yeah! Of course! But we just gotta wait for Santa to go into the store.

The gas station attendant finishes up cleaning the windows and fixing the lights.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

There ya go, baby. All set for the holidays.

The attendant goes into the store and closes the door behind him.

ELLIOT

Okay! Now's our chance!

Elliot jumps over and Gisela, Giselita, and Elvis follow suit. However, Elliot stops short and holds out his arms for his children to stop.

ELLIOT

Wait! Look both ways first!

Elliot, Gisela, Giselita, and Elvis do so and see no cars.

ELLIOT

Good.

They quickly run across the street.

ELLIOT

Okay, kids! There are the decorations!

Elliot points to the decorations on the store.

ELLIOT

Let's go snatch 'em before Santa comes back!

Gisela, Giselita, and Elvis salute to Elliot.

GISELA, GISELITA, AND ELVIS

Yes, Dad!

Gisela and Giselita remove the lights from the garage. Gisela jumps up and removes the lights from above the windows while Elliot and Elvis remove the lights from around the windows.

ELVIS

Is that it, Father?

Elliot turns around to see the lights around the logo next to the store.

ELLIOT

Not just yet, son.

Elliot runs over to the pole and climbs up on it, grunting.

GISELA

Dad! What are you doing?!

ELLIOT

I gotta get the lights down from here!

Elliot reaches for the lights, stretching his arm out as far as he can.

GISELITA

Be careful!

ELLIOT

I will be! Just hang on!

GISELA

Try to hurry up! We have to get back before Christmas starts the next day!

Elliot struggles to reach the lights.

ELLIOT

Come on, Elliot. You can do it.

He finally manages to pull the lights off.

ELLIOT

Ha! Got it!

Elliot begins to lose his balance, shaking with the pole.

ELLIOT

Whoa, whoa!

GISELITA

This doesn't look good.

Elliot loses his grip on the pole and falls.

ELLIOT

Whoa!

As soon as Elliot hits the ground, Gisela and Giselita cringe.

GISELITA

That's gonna leave a mark.

Suddenly, the door slams open and the gas station attendant looks out.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

What is that noise?

Gisela, Giselita, and Elvis gasp in shock.

GISELA

Everyone get on all fours!

Quickly, they get on all fours. The gas station attendant looks at them.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

What are you little rascals up to?

The attendant looks at Elliot, who is still there looking dazed with the Christmas lights in his right hoof.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

Hey! What are you doin' with those lights?

Elliot finally comes to, startled.

ELLIOT

(Gasps)

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

Get back here with those lights!

Elliot looks scared.

ELLIOT

Kids, we better run!

Elliot grabs the lights, gets up, and runs away. Gisela, Giselita, and Elvis grab the other lights and take off after their father.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

You come back here!

Elvis stops and gathers the snow from the window sill and throws it at the attendant's face.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

Ow!

The attendant holds his hands against his face due to the impact. Elvis quickly gathers some other snow and runs away to join his family. Elliot, Gisela, and Giselita run back into the bushes.

ELVIS

I'm coming, Father!

Elvis runs into the bushes. The scene cuts to the gas station attendant.

GAS STATION ATTENDANT

Oh, what am I gonna do about those dang decorations now?

The attendant sadly walks back into the store, defeated. The scene cuts to Elliot, who gets up alongside Gisela and Giselita.

ELLIOT

Phew! Oh, boy! That was a close one!

Elliot, Gisela, and Giselita dust themselves off.

ELVIS

Father, I got some snow to help with the tree.

ELLIOT

Well done, Lil' E! And now that we have what we need, let's go back home to decorate the tree!

Elliot walks back home with the lights in his hooves, followed by his children.

ELVIS

Boy, I can't believe I got to meet Santa! And I even got a chance to throw snow at his face!

The scene cuts to Boog, Ursa, Giselle, Reilly, Serge, Deni, and Buddy waiting for the others.

BOOG

Giselle, when are Elliot and the kids comin' back? It's been kind of a while since they left.

GISELLE

I don't know. They should be back any minute now.

BOOG

Well, they better hurry it up.

REILLY

Yeah. I want this thing to speed up so the tree will be ready for Christmas tomorrow.

BUDDY

And I have to spend time with my wife on Christmas.

GISELLE

Oh, wait a second. I think I see them coming right now.

Boog and Ursa look to see Elliot and the children arriving.

ELLIOT

Hey, guys! We're back! And guess what? (Sing-song voice) We got the decorations!

BOOG

Thanks, Elliot! That's just what we need!

ELVIS

And I got some snow!

Elvis shows Boog the snow.

BOOG

Excellent, Elvis!

BUDDY

I love snow.

ELLIOT

Now, let's decorate the tree!

Elliot goes over to the tree and wraps the lights around it, with Gisela and Giselita helping him.

ELLIOT

Thank you, girls.

Elliot wraps another one of the lights given to him by his daughters around the tree.

ELVIS

Here! Lemme put on the snow!

Elvis throws the snow at the tree, making it a bit snowy.

ELLIOT

Looks good, son!

Elliot smiles. Elvis looks around and sees all the snow.

ELVIS

Hey, wait a minute! I got an idea! How about we use some of the other snow here to decorate the tree?

ELLIOT

That's a great idea there, Lil' E!

Elvis goes to gather some of the snow and sprinkles it on the tree, making it very snowy.

ELVIS

Ta-da!

Everyone is impressed.

GISELITA

Wow! Very pretty!

BOOG

Awesome work there, Elvis.

GISELLE

That's nice, Elvis.

REILLY

Very impressive, if I do say so myself.

SERGE

We love it, we do.

DENI

Same here. (Quacks)

ELLIOT

All righty! Now that we got all that outta the way, how's about a rabbit fight?!

Elliot looks and notices two rabbits nearby. He runs over to them and picks them up by their ears.

BOOG

No, Elliot! We can't right now!

ELLIOT

Aw, come on, Boogster! This is gonna be fun as it always has!

BOOG

Listen. We can't have a rabbit fight yet 'cause if we're not careful, somethin' could happen to the tree.

URSA

Yes. Like, we could knock it over by accident or something.

GISELA

Yeah. Dad, maybe you shouldn't start right now.

ELLIOT

Ah, it'll be fine.

Elliot throws a rabbit at Boog.

BOOG

No!

Boog catches the rabbit, trying to be careful.

ELLIOT

And since it's gonna be Christmas soon, we might as well have some fun right now!

Elliot throws another rabbit at Boog.

BOOG

Elliot!

Boog catches the rabbit.

BOOG

Stop it!

Elliot keeps throwing rabbits at Boog. One of them hits him in the stomach and makes him fall down.

URSA

Oh! Boog, are you okay?

ELLIOT

Hey, Ursa!

Ursa turns to look at Elliot.

ELLIOT

Catch!

Elliot throws another rabbit at Ursa, who manages to catch it and almost falls over. She manages to keep her balance and throws the rabbit back at Elliot.

URSA

Cut it out, Elliot! Please!

ELLIOT

Ursa, the tree will be fine! Stop worryin' and have some fun!

Elliot runs after Boog, who runs away from Elliot.

ELLIOT

You can't run from me, Boog! I'm right behind ya!

Elliot throws the rabbits at Boog's back, stunning him.

BOOG

Stop chasin' me, Elliot! You're gonna make me knock over the-- Boog bumps into the tree. Everyone gasps in fear.

BOOG

--Tree.

The tree falls down and the lights immediately shut off, broken. Everyone is shocked and then glare angrily at Elliot, who chuckles nervously and shrugs.

BOOG

Yeah, laugh all the way, Elliot. You just ruined the Christmas spirit!

ELLIOT

It was an accident, Boog! I swear! I had no idea this was gonna happen!

GISELLE

You know, Elliot, you really should always think before doing anything.

ELLIOT

I'm sorry, dear! This was an accident and I honestly had no idea I was gonna make Boog destroy the tree! You do forgive me, don't you? Elliot turns to his children.

ELLIOT

Right, kids?

Gisela and Giselita give Elliot a mad look while Elvis looks sad and disappointed.

GISELITA

Dad, I don't think we could ever forgive you.

GISELA

You've ruined the Christmas spirit for all of us.

ELVIS

Father, how could you ruin our first Christmas?

Elliot sighs sadly and kneels down to face Elvis.

ELLIOT

Listen, son. All of this wasn't meant to happen. Me, your mother, Uncle Boog, and Aunt Ursa had planned this to be your best Christmas ever. Do you forgive me?

Elvis sighs.

ELVIS

Yes. I forgive you.

ELLIOT

Thanks, Lil' E.

Smiling a bit, Elliot hugs Elvis, who hugs him back.

GISELITA

Well, we don't forgive you.

GISELA

And we never will.

The scene cuts to Boog and Ursa.

BOOG

That's it. I'm goin' home.

URSA

So am I.

Boog leaves with Ursa.

BUDDY

Me, too.

Buddy leaves.

REILLY

Me, three.

Reilly leaves with Buddy.

SERGE

Me, four.

DENI

Me, five. (Quacks)

Serge and Deni both fly away. The scene cuts to Elliot and an acorn hits the back of his head.

ELLIOT

Ow! What the...

Elliot turns around. The scene cuts to McSquizzy.

McSQUIZZY

That's for ruinin' my precious tree, ya scrawny doofus! From this moment forth, you can't use any of my trees, ever!

McSquizzy scurries off in a huff. Feeling down, Elliot sighs and hangs his head. Then he sits down on the ground. Elvis walks over to his father.

ELVIS

Don't feel bad, Father. You did what you could.

ELLIOT

Thanks for your support, son, but I can't do anything about it. I've already ruined Christmas for everyone.

Elliot sighs.

ELLIOT

I'm such a pain in the neck. I'm nothin' but an annoying, klutzy pest.

ELVIS

No, you're not a pest.

ELLIOT

Yes, I am.

ELVIS

No, you're not.

ELLIOT

Yes I am, Elvis! If I wasn't, this disaster wouldn't have ever happened!

Elliot starts to sniffle and then he starts crying. Elvis pats Elliot's back, trying to comfort him.

ELVIS

It's gonna be okay, Father.

Elliot disbelievingly shakes his head.

ELVIS

Trust me. Santa knows you've really been nice this whole year. It's Uncle Boog and the others who are gonna be on the naughty list.

ELLIOT

No. I'm the naughty one.

Elliot continues to cry. Elvis is feeling pity for his father. The scene cuts to Boog and Ursa going back to their cave.

BOOG

Dang. Elliot always has to ruin everything!

URSA

Now Boog, he doesn't ruin everything.

BOOG

Of course he does! First, he ruined my life when we first met and now, he ruined our first Christmas!

URSA

Boog, I'm a little upset over the tree getting ruined, too. But Elliot apologized and it was just an accident. You'll get over it.

BOOG

I'll never get over this. It was supposed to be the best Christmas ever and now, it's ruined because of that one-antlered freak! And now that I think of it, I'm startin' to think Elliot is the worst accident!

Shocked, Ursa gasps. Suddenly, Elvis' voice is heard.

ELVIS

What?!

Boog and Ursa turn around and see Elvis standing in front of them.

ELVIS

Uncle Boog? How could you?

BOOG

Uh... oops.

URSA

It's okay, Elvis. He didn't mean it.

BOOG

Yeah. What I meant to say was your dad is the... best accident! Boog chuckles nervously while Ursa glares at Boog.

ELVIS

How dare you say such a thing about my father like that! You just got yourself on Santa's naughty list!

Elvis turns to walk away, but stops when Boog begins to talk.

BOOG

What? Santa's naughty list? How do you know there's really such a thing as Santa?

Elvis becomes devastated and gasps, his eyes wide. He turns around to face Boog.

ELVIS

I know there's such a thing as Santa! He lives way out in the North Pole with his wife Mrs. Santa and his reindeer Flasher, Dancer, Fixen, Prancer, Conner, Q-Tip, Vomit, Goner, and Adolph!

Ursa giggles.

URSA

Elvis, I don't think that is correct.

ELVIS

Really? I could've sworn it was. That was what my father told me, anyway.

URSA

Well then, he's also incorrect.

ELVIS

Anyway, the point is I know who Santa is! And since you don't believe in him, you're definitely on his naughty list for sure!

Elvis storms off as Boog and Ursa watch him.

URSA

Well, Boog. You've certainly been a naughty bear this year.

BOOG

What?! It ain't my fault! Elliot started it, which makes him the naughty one! He even went as far as to convince Elvis that Santa exists and even has a family!

Frustrated, Ursa facepalms herself and shakes her head. The screen then fades to black.