Upside Mystery/Transcript

Here is a transcript for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated film Upside Mystery.

Part 1: Opening/The Two Detectives






FADE IN

EXT. Los Vegas

Opening credits roll

SHOW: The Los Vegas News on TV reports a mastermind planning to affect the whole metropolis with some fantastical scale, with shadow figure of Becky Brutal shown in picture

Los Vegas News Anchor: We have some reports that an unknown mastermind is planning to affect our metropolis with some weird fantastical scale. This could affect our businesses no matter what.

CUT: Hans Truman and Jason Truder's car driving around metropolis to find out what's happening)

Los Vegas News Anchor: (background in-car radio; repeating the same as he did in his news)

CUT: Truman driving his car with Truder as a passenger)

Hans Truman: Hey, this metropolis is in danger.

Jason Truder: Yeah, they called us here.

CUT: Truman stopped his car then both Truman and Truder got out of the car and went into the building of Los Vegas to find the mastermind

INT. LOS VEGAS BUILDING

Hans Truman: Hello? Anyone there? (as he is looking at what's going on)

(as Truman and Truder went inside the building, Becky Brutal activated the device to explode one of the slot machines)

Los Vegas Detective Department: (on the radio) Hans and Jason, do you copy?

(both Hans Truman and Jason Truder cough)

Hans Truman: (while walking around) Copy, sir. One of the game machines exploded. The mastermind is hiding somewhere.

(some servants look at Hans Truman and Jason Truder)

Jason Truder: Hans, where is the mastermind? I hope we can find... (gets taken by one of the servants) Aaahh!

Part 2: The Mastermind
''INT. BECKY BRUTAL'S LAIR''

Hans Truman: (confused) Jason? Jason? Man. (continues to walk around)

SHOW: Hans Truman goes to another room

Jason Truder: Hans!

Hans Truman: (hears Truder's call) Jason! (runs to find Jason Truder)

CUT: Truman sees the mastermind's servant holding Truder hostage

Hans Truman: Let him go!

Mastermind's servant: Don't move! (points at Hans while holding Truder hostage)

Hans Truman stops moving

Mastermind's servant: Take one more step, I'll throw him off the building!

CUT: Truman and Truder face each other

Jason Truder: You ready, Truman?

CUT: Hans Truman nods yes then he and Truder fight the mastermind's servants

Jason Truder throws the servant off the building; insert Wilhelm scream here

Hans Truman defeats the last servant down

Hans Truman: Whew... we made a good team!

Jason Truder: Yep!

Hans Truman and Jason Truder do a high five on each other

CUT: Becky Brutal appears and laughs in front of Hans Truman and Jason Truder)

Jason Truder: Ahhh!

Hans Truman jumps

Hans Truman: OPEN UP! Who do you think you are?

Becky Brutal: My name is Becky Brutal. I have an opportunity to control Los Vegas.

Hans Truman: Okay, would you get some attractions back to work? Los Vegas needs visitors!

Becky Brutal: Nice try smart detective, but no. (attacks Hans Truman)

Jason Truder: Truman! (Becky attacks Truder as well)

Becky Brutal: Los Vegas will be terminated and victory shall be mine! (laughs)

CUT: Hans Truman and Jason Truder get up and run to catch Becky

Hans Truman: Freeze!

Becky escapes from Truman and Truder before they catch her

CUT: Hans Truman sees Becky escaping and then sighs

Jason Truder: Hans?

Hans Truman: Let's go.

CUT: Hans Truman and Jason Truder then walk and exit the building)

Part 3: The Failure
INT. LOS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER

Hans Truman and Jason Truder go inside the Los Vegas headquarters

CUT: The chairman of Los Vegas was unhappy to see Truman and Truder

Los Vegas Chairman: HANS! JASON!

CUT: Hans Truman and Jason Truder take their seats in their meetings.

Hans Truman: I'm sorry to disappoint you, ma'am.

Los Vegas Chairman: How could you let the terrorist mastermind of Los Vegas just get away?

Jason Truder: The mastermind has gone wrong, and we know that we failed our mission to capture her.

CUT: Around the meeting

Los Vegas Chairman: As a result, both of you are going to the Detective School!

CUT: Hans Truman gets shocked

Hans Truman: Wait what?

Los Vegas Chairman: Go to the detective school! It's an important lesson to train your captures!

Hans Truman: Fine!

Hans Truman and Jason Truder exit the meeting from the Los Vegas chairman

Part 4: Detective School
EXT. LOS VEGAS

Hans and Jason walk around the streets

Jason Truder: Can't believe we are horrible at capturing the mastermind. What could possibly go wrong with detecting her?

Hans Truman: You know we almost got her.

Hans and Jason argue over not capturing Becky until they see Los Vegas Detective School

Hans Truman: Oh hey. We made it.

Jason Truder: Ah finally. This is what we are going to train for ourselves.

Hans Truman and Jason Truder walk to the Detective School and Hans pushes the doorbell

William Schubert opens the door then sees Hans Truman and Jason Truder being welcome

William Schubert: Good afternoon detectives. Can I help you?

Hans Truman: Name's Hans Truman, detective of Los Vegas.

William Schubert: Ah Mr. Truman. I heard you failed to capture the mastermind.

Hans Truman: Yeah I know. (Hans introduces Jason Truder to William Schubert) This is my friend Jason Truder.

Jason Truder: Uh, hey?

William Schubert: Mr. Truder. Glad to see you here. Come on in.

Hans Truman and Jason Truder enter the detective school

INT. LOS VEGAS DETECTIVE SCHOOL

CUT: William Schubert guides Hans Truman and Jason Truder to the training center

William Schubert: You see detectives, there were a lot of detectives that required training in order to capture bad guys like Ms. Brutal.

Jason Truder: I don't believe it!

William Schubert: Surely some don't believe it but I bet you will be able to complete your training.

CUT: William Schubert then lets Hans Truman and Jason Truder go for training.

Hans Truman: Ain't it cool?

William Schubert: You bet. Have a nice training!

William Schubert walks out so that Hans Truman and Jason Truder will begin training

CUT: Hans Truman and Jason Truder begin solving the training cases and then capture the targets

Hans Truman: Check!

Jason Truder: Anymore?

William Schubert (OS): One more time Mr. Truman and Mr. Truder. It gives you practice.

Hans Truman sighs and then goes back to solving the training cases with Jason Truder

CUT: Jason Truder solves the cases while Hans Truman captures targets again

Hans Truman: Whew...

William Schubert (OS): Congratulations! You have completed your training! Now you can find Ms. Brutal! Hope you enjoy the training!

CUT: Hans Truman and Jason Truder leave the detective school while waving byes at William Schubert

Jason Truder: Thanks for the help man!

William Schubert: No problem.

Part 5: Missing Worker / Chase
EXT. LOS VEGAS

We see Hans Truman and Jason Truder walking out from the detective school

Hans Truman's phone rings and he presses the green button

The camera zooms to Hans Truman walking while on the phone

Hans Truman: This is Mr. Truman.

William Schubert (V.O.): Oh I have one more thing to say.

Hans Truman: Are you serious, Mr. Schubert?

William Schubert (V.O.): You are given the challenge of finding a missing worker in Los Vegas. This is your challenge.

William Schubert hangs up and then cuts to Hans Truman and Jason Truder walking again

Jason Truder: Wait, we have a challenge?!

Hans Truman: Mr. Schubert gave us a challenge. He wants us to find the missing worker.

Jason Truder: Where is it?

Hans Truman takes his radar out from his pocket and he uses it

The camera zooms into Hans Truman's radar and it searches for the missing person

His radar found that it's in the fountain

Hans Truman: Oh man. It's in the fountain.

Jason Truder: Let's go!

CUT: Hans Truman and Jason Truder run to the fountain

INT. BECKY BRUTAL'S LAIR

Becky sees Hans and Jason running to the fountain to save the worker from drowning

Becky Brutal: (grins) Good luck, detectives, but I'm preparing my very own fantastical scale. (calls her guards) Guards!

Becky Brutal's guards walk for Becky's call

Becky Brutal: Bring the detectives to me while I prepare for shockwave.

Guards: Yes ma'am.

Becky Brutal's guards were ordered to capture Hans and Jason

EXT. LOS VEGAS

Hans Truman and Jason Truder saw the worker drowning in the fountain

Jason Truder: Hans!

The camera moves as Hans Truman goes and jumps inside the fountain

CUT: Hans Truman was inside the deepest fountain and sees the worker struggling to breathe underwater and saves him

Hans Truman then comes out from the fountain while saving the worker

Hans Truman: You okay, worker?

Worker #1: (coughs) Yes, thank you so much detective.

Hans Truman: No problem at all.

William Schubert (V.O.): Well done, detectives! You completed the challenge!

The fountain explodes.

Jason Truder: Woah!

Hans Truman: Seriously...

Suddenly, Becky Brutal's guards drop in to chase Hans Truman and Jason Truder.

Hans and Jason scream as they both run away from Becky Brutal's guards.

Becky Brutal's guards: After them!

Both Hans and Jason go through different ways as half of guards chase them.

''One of Becky Brutal's guards goes inside the car but failed to start the engine a few times. Hans Truman goes back to trap the guard's car with the blasting machine behind it.''

Hans Truman: You forgot your driver's license!

Hans Truman uses his device control to explode the guard's car.

Hans Truman: As car goes by.

We cut to Becky Brutal's lair as Becky was furious that Hans Truman took down one of her guards.

Becky Brutal: I'm surrounded by idiots! You'll pay for many disputes!

Then she grins.

Becky Brutal: I got some more guards to track detectives.

CUT: Jason Truder is running away from half of Becky Brutal's guards.

Jason Truder: Mercy!

Jason then hides from the guards.

Becky Brutal's guard #1: Find the target.

Becky Brutal's guards then look for Jason Truder.

Jason then sneaks to the guard's back.

Becky Brutal's guard #2: HEY!

Jason attacks some guards with his bat.

Jason Truder: How do you like that?!

Becky Brutal's guard attacks Jason Truder behind.

Jason Truder: Agh! (he attacks the guard back)

We cut back to Hans continuing to be chased by Becky's guards.

Becky Brutal's guard then trying to strangle Hans with the rope.

''Hans then kicks the guard and he escapes from the guard's rope before reaching the dead end to stop. The guards then walk slowly to arrest him.''

Becky Brutal's guard #3: This ends now.

One of Becky Brutal's guards prepare to arrest Hans Truman, but Jason Truder beats them down.

Hans Truman: Jason!

Jason Truder: I couldn't lose you, my friend.

Hans Truman and Jason Truder then see even more Becky Brutal's guards coming to arrest both of them.

Hans Truman: More?

Becky Brutal's guard #4: Detectives, by the order of Becky Brutal, you are under arrest.

Hans and Jason feel nervous while more guards were preparing to arrest both of them.

We cut to the spy agent appearing on top of the Los Vegas entrance sign in silhouette and she jumps off to take down Becky Brutal's guards.

Becky Brutal's guards: Ugh...

The spy agent then throws her bomb around Becky's guards before escaping.

Becky Brutal's guard #4: What the...

The bomb explodes, knocking all of Becky's guards down.

Jason Truder: Woah! Who's that?

Part 6: Stella Lee
EXT. PARK

The spy agent then jumps back on the street, then she turns around to Hans and Jason to introduce herself.

Hans Truman: You came to help us... Miss Agent?

Stella Lee: Agent Stella Lee at your service.

Stella Lee then shows her secret agent ID card to Hans and Jason, and Jason thinks it's cool

Jason Truder: Cool!

Stella Lee gets her secret agent ID card back to put it into a pocket.

Stella Lee: You see why I came to rescue you both?

CUT: Stella Lee's backstory

INT. STELLA LEE'S HOUSE

''Young Stella Lee doing lessons on fighting skills with a punching bag, and her parents are impressed by her parents. Her parents are in the conversation.''

Stella Lee (V.O.): When I was young, I always dreamed about becoming a spy agent. My mom and my dad were thinking about applying me as a spy agent job in the future.

INT. FBI HEADQUARTERS

Years later, Stella Lee is training her skills in action as a spy agent.

Stella Lee (V.O.; cont'd): Then I was training so hard as a spy agent when the FBI hired me, and I had a first mission to Los Vegas. Sadly, my parents are killed in an explosion.

''On the headquarters' recorded camera screen, Stella Lee's parents were killed by an explosion. Stella Lee screams and cried "NO!", then gets angry when she thinks it's the mastermind's fault.''

CUT: Back to Stella Lee finishing her backstory.

EXT. PARK

Stella Lee: That's why I want to thwart a mastermind.

Hans Truman: Oh sorry to hear that, ma'am.

Jason Truder: At least you saved our lives.

Stella Lee: I'm always here if you need me. Goodbye.

Stella Lee then runs back to her spy secret service.

More coming soon.