THE WORLD AFTER THE FALL

In darkness, a huge blast is hear and a cry of pain and then a huge crash like something hit the ground.
Lights come up on a small crater with a superhero lying in the middle of it. People rush out to see. A
shocked lady is standing with half a leash next to the crater.

•VINNY
What in the holy high heck happened here?
•ELI
Is that?
•Vinny
It is!
•JAY
That super hero guy? The one we keep hearing about in the news?
•JAY
My... my...(She burst out crying.)
•VINNY
Did he land on your dog?
•JAY
Uh-huh.
•VINNY
You poor thing.
•JAY
My... my Boopsie!(Gem hugs Winny.)
•ELI
He must have fallen down from pretty high to make this size crater.

•VINNY
I hear he's strong. Maybe it's just cause he's strong that he made such a big hole.
•JAY
And crushed my Boopsie!
•ELI : I wonder what he was doing up there? (Sidekick runs in.)
•SIDEKICK
No!!!!! (Sidekick dramatically falls at superhero's side.)
•VINNY
Hey, you know what happened?
•JAY
Why did he fall on my doggy? That was a registered Chow Chow. She won prizes. But not any
more. (JAY cries)
•SIDEKICK
Have some respect lady? This was the Earth's greatest hero! Do you know how many times
he saved this planet?
•ELI
Nope... no clue.
•VINNY
Can't recall.
•SIDEKICK
You're kidding right? You don't know about the aliens?
•ELI
Aliens? Really?
•SIDEKICK
Or the asteroid?
•VINNY
Must have missed that on the news.
•ELI
You watch the news?
•VINNY
Entertainment Tonight... The Daily Show... Late Late Show... those count.
•SIDEKICK
No!
•ELI
I love the Late Late Show.
•VINNY
 That skeleton is hilarious. (HANK and GEM laugh, hold out their right arms and shake their right
hands limply.)
•SIDEKICK
What is wrong with you people?!
•JAY
Can't you see we're upset? Have you no respect? It's not easy losing a pet, is it?
•SIDEKICK
This wasn't a pet! He was the best thing that ever happened to this planet... and now... he's...
•ELI
Toast.
•VINNY
A hero pancake.
•ELI
Hero speed bump.
•SIDEKICK
Stop it!
•VINNY
Touchy touchy.
•JAY
So you're affiliated with this person?
•SIDEKICK
Yes.
•JA
Then you will be hearing from my lawyer!
•SIDEKICK
What?!
•JAY
Your associate killed my prize dog and now I demand justice.
•SIDEKICK
Why do we even bother? You people make me sick. The one person who kept you safe from all
the dangers in the universe and all you can worry about is your stupid dog! And make jokes! Why did
he even bother saving you people. You all deserve to die!
(They all look at Sidekick in shock. They are all quiet for a bit. A police officer enters in a hurry.)
•WINNY
Thank goodness, officer. You must arrest this person! (Officer points gun at Sidekick.)
•OFFICER
This the killer?
•SIDEKICK
No! I'm his sidekick.

•OFFICER
Sidekick? What's that mean? That slang for something.
(VINNY and HANK snicker. Officer smiles like he made a good joke.)
•SIDEKICK
Come on! This is serious!
•JAY
I would say so. Officer... this person killed my dog.
•OFFICER
What? Is this true?
•SIDEKICK
Isn't anyone worried about a mighty hero is dead here?
•OFFICER
Not if he killed some dog, I'm not. That's animal cruelty.
•ELI
And hunting without a license.
•VINNY
Dog-a-cide!
•SIDEKICK
No! No! No! He's the good guy. He saves people.
•OFFICER
There's no excuse for animal abuse.
•SIDEKICK
I... what?! No!
•OFFICER
You part of this?
•SIDEKICK
Me?
•JAY
That's his partner.
•OFFICER
Partner in crime?
•SIDEKICK
I can't believe this is happening. You're all a bunch of stupid, idiots!
•OFFICER
Who you calling stupid?
•SIDEKICK
That's it! I'm done being a hero! I quit!
(Sidekick rips off mask, throws it down on super person in crater and stomps away. )
•JAY
Aren't you going to arrest anyone?
•OFFICER
I don't think I can cuff that one in the crater. Not sure I see an arm left.
•JAY
What about the other one?
•OFFICER
I suppose I could.
•JAY
Quit supposing and do it!
•OFFICER
Geez lady. Fine. I'm going. (Officer exits after Sidekick)

Evil laugh is heard. Mezmero enters in a cool looking villain uniform with a helmet covering his face.
Darth Vader type breathing comes from his helmet. Hank and Gem are impressed.
•ELI
Now that's impressive.
•VINNY
Totally.

•DABI
I know.

(He flips open or removes his helmet and does an evil laugh again. Hank and Gem are so impressed they
clap).
• DABI
Please... Control yourselves.
•VINNY
Sorry... You're just so...
•DABI
Handsome? Awesome? Amazing?
•ELI
Cool!
•DABI
Of course.

(Sidekick runs in a yells.)

•DABI
You say the sweetest things.
•SIDEKICK
But good should win in the end. Evil can't win. That's impossible.
•DABI
Get used to it, kid. Can't you hear the winds of change?
(Mezmero does a heroic stance and farts. VINNY and ELI laugh. Sidekick waves hand at the smell.)

•SIDEKICK
Evil!

(Mezmero does an evil laugh.)

(Officer enters and Sidekick screams and runs away. Officer chases.)

(Vinny and Eli go up to Dabi.)

•VINNY
Can we get a picture with you?

•DABI
Certainly.

(They do silly poses with him.)

•DABI
Be sure to tag them with #toyatodorokiistheevildabi that will link it to my fan club

• ELI
Sure!
• VINNY
 Bad guys are so cool.

(Vinny and Eli exit. Mezmero stands over super dead man.)

•DABI
I finally did it. I finally beat you. And all I had to do is NOT reveal my evil plan. Why do we villains always
do that? Why do we have this strange need to tell you all our devious plots before we do them? That
always gives you time for that last minute save... That last minute effort that gets you through... Or
perhaps we reveal some flaw in our plan you are able to exploit. Not this time. This time it was kill first,
gloat later. This is so much better. I get to brag now. Bragging is so much better than revealing the plan.
Time for a victory dance on your grave!

(Mezmero does a dance around super dead mans hole in the ground. A kid, DAVID, enters.)

•DAVID
Stop that! (Dabi stops.)
•DABI
What's wrong kid?
•DAVID
Show some respect, creep.
•MEZMERO
Beat it kid. I am having a moment. You're harshing my buzz.
•DAVID
You are a bad bad person.
•DABI
Yes.
•DAVID
And you killed a very great man.

•Dabi
Great? A great pain in the asteroid.
•DAVID
 He was trying to help the world. You were trying to destroy it.
• DABI
Too late kid. No one cares. All they see is how amazing I am. It's all about appearances. No one
remembers a old hero the minute something new cool and interesting comes along. He's yesterday's
news... And tomorrow's garbage.

(Mezmero laughs at his own joke).

•DAVID
Stop that!

(DAVID sprays something at Mezmero. Mezmero coughs).

•DABI
What was that?
•DAVID
Pepper spray.
• DABI
No!
(Mezmero cough... Has asthma.)
•DABI
Where's my inhaler?
•DAVID
Not so tough now huh?

•DABI
You... You...
•DAVID
Yes?

•DABI
You're... Evil... (Mezmero dies and falls in to hole with super dead man.)
•DAVID
Never take off your helmet dude. Your only weakness. Everyone knows that. You all have a weakness
don't you. Some fatal flaw. Super dead mans was a rare Amazon frog poison that every bad guy always
seem to dig up. Yours was breathing... Yet you always take off your helmet... Talking is every bad man's
weakness. The more super you are, the harder you fall.
(Picks up Mezmero's helmet.)

•DAVID (Continuation)
Evil huh? Mezmero called me evil. Perhaps we are all a little evil... Battling the good inside us...which
side of me won... Did I do the greater good? Does the end justify the means? Or was what I did just as
evil?
(Sidekick runs in.)

•SIDEKICK
You did it! You stopped Mezmero! Way to go kid!
•DAVID
Beat it loser.
(David puts on helmet and leaves.)
•SIDEKICK
Geez. Who are you? Emo-boy? What's your power? Are you sadder than a speeding bullet? Able to
depress people in a single bound? You're like opposite that evil clown villain. Hey, you could defeat
him. That's a great idea. You should do battle. Hey! Don't you need a sidekick?
(Sidekick follows David off. Officer enters out of breath. Tries to call out after Sidekick but bends over
unable to speak. Officer sits by the hole. Finally can talk again after a bit.)
•OFFICER
What a mess. That's the problem with you supers. Always leaving a super mess for us to clean up.
Things were so much simpler before all you supers arrived. Seems like when you're all fighting, things
get a whole lot worse. Would those villains really be messing so much up if they didn't have one of you
super guys to beat? Do you supers have to break so much to get the bad guy. Good vs. evil used be
about detecting stuff and solving the mystery. Now it's about blowing things up and who can leave the
biggest hole in the ground. Give me a few good police officers any day of the week. END