the adventures of jacob spreemans daydreams

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(The Adventures of

Jacob Spreemans

Daydreams)

by

(Spencer Shaffer)


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FADE IN

EXT. BASEBALL DIAMOND DAY

JACOB SPREEMAN, a 5th grader, is standing on

a pitcher's mound in the middle of a little

league game.

He thinks to himself

JACOB

We can beat these

guys. I just know I

can do it.

He wipes his brow, winds up and pitches afast ball.

The batter swings at the ball and misses.

UMPIRE

Steeeee-rike three!

The crowd roars. They're on their feet.

Jacob tosses his mit into the air.

JACOB

A no hitter! We've

won the division!

Jacob's winning team rushes out and picks him

up onto their shoulders and carry him around

the field chanting.

WINNING TEAM

We've won the

division! We've won

the division!

CU ON JACOB'S SMILING FACE

The word "division" echoes over and over in

the background

DISSOLVE TO:


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INT. 5TH GRADE CLASSROOM DAY


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PULL BACK FROM A CU SHOT OF JACOB'S FACE

Jacob is sitting in class at his desk, his

head in his hands, his math book open on his

desk with loose leaf paper and a pencil. His

teacher MRS. BURGERSNIFFER speaks to Jacob

from the front of the classroom.

MRS. BURGERSNIFFER

(O.S.)

Division. I said

Division. Mr.

Spreeman, are youdaydreaming again?

Jacob!

UPSHOT OF MRS. BURGERSNIFFER, her hands on

her hips and chalk in hand.

BACK ON JACOB

JACOB

A no-hitter. Huh? Oh,

Mrs. Burgersniffer!

Jacob is startled and knocks everything off

of his desk. Jacob's classmates all laugh.

MRS. BURGERSNIFFER

Jacob, come up to the

board, please, andsolve this division

problem.

JACOB

I...um...I don't....

MRS. BURGERSNIFFER


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I'm waiting.

Jacob sheepishly walks up to the board and

takes the chalk in hand. On the board is

written: 2,683 divided by 36.


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JACOB

Uh...um...holy cow.

Um...36...uh.... hold

the three?

The classmates laugh.

MRS. BURGERSNIFFER

Enough class.

(to

Jacob)

So, you can't do the

math.

The other classmates jeer with "Aw" and

"can't do the math."

MRS. BURGERSNIFFERSince you weren't

paying attention in

class, I am going to

assign you extra

homework.

JACOB

But...but...but...geez

e Mrs. Burgersniffer.

Mrs. Burgersniffer bends down to look Jacobin the eye.

MRS. BURGERSNIFFER

When I get done with

you, you will eat

math, you will sleep

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daydream math. Take

your seat please.

Jacob sheepishly walks back to his desk. A

classmate leans over and whispers to him.

CLASSMATE

DUH-dreamer. Duh!

Other surrounding classmates within earshot

snicker.


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ANOTHER CLASSMATE

Have fun tonight,

division-boy. Duh!

Jacob flops into his seat and puts his head

in his hands.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. JACOB'S BEDROOM EVENING

Jacob is sitting at his desk, his head in his

hands, his math book open, loose leaf paper

and a pencil and crayons.

JACOB

Oh man, way-long

division, extreme

subtraction, outta-

control multiplication

and nasty word

problems. I can't

stand it.

JACOB'S MOM (O.S.)(calling)

Jacob, finish your

homework and you can

have dessert.

JACOB

Aw mom.


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Jacob pulls out a sheet of paper, grabs his

crayons and begins to draw.

OVER THE SHOULDER

MOVE IN for a closer look at what Jacob isdrawing till we have a CLOSE UP of what is on

the loose leaf paper.

It's DETECTIVE CRIME SPREE and his assistant

LOUIE, a penguin.

Detective Crime Spree wears a hat and trench

coat and Louie wears a hat, ala Film Noire.


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From this point on in the story, the

background has light blue lines, occasional

jelly stains, finger prints and splotches and

smears, sometimes hole punches, as the story

of "Crime Spree" takes place on Jacob's loose

leaf paper, drawn in a more child-like

manner.

Jacob writes title: Crime Spree: Attack of

the Math-O-Matic

Detective Crime Spree and Louie are

picnicking in a city park.

DETECTIVE SPREE

(cell-

phone

to his

ear)Right, chief.

(hangs

up)

Headquarters says

there's a monster

robot on the loose

spitting out numbers


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and destroying the

city, a Math-O-Matic.

LOUIE

(holding a steaming mug)

Ack. I'm not finishedwith my Sardine Latt.

Ack-ack.

DETECTIVE SPREE

Duty calls, Louie.

The picnic's over. You

know what we have

here, don't you?

LOUIE

Ants?

DETECTIVE SPREE

A math problem.


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Louie looks into his mug and sees vibration

ripples like in "Jurassic Park."

SFX: A deep Thump thump shakes everything.

Detective Spree looks down at a bowl of jelly

that is shaking wildly.

DETECTIVE SPREE

What in the name of my

quivering bowl of

jelly---?

The jelly plops over and falls out of the

bowl.

Spree and Louie look around and see, coming

over the horizon of the city, the silhouette

of a giant robot that looks like Mrs.

Burgersniffer. On its chest are the letters:

M.O.M. It's the Math-O-Matic.


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The Math-O-Matic stomps on two buildings,

flattening them. It stops and looks around.

CU on the face of the Math-O-Matic.

The eyes begin to glow red.

The Math-O-Matic roars and spews out a number

from its mouth. The number lands, sprouts

arms and legs and scampers off. It kicks

over a fire hydrant sending a strong stream

of water into the air.

The Math-O-Matic spews out another number

which lands, splits in half and forms two

numbers. Both numbers sprout arms and legs

and scamper off. They start to uproot treesin the park.

The Math-O-Matic continues to spew out

numbers which divide and grow in quantity.

DETECTIVE SPREE

Good golly, Miss

Molly! It's huge!


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LOUIE

Ack-ack. There goes

my latt break. And

don't call me Molly.

DETECTIVE SPREE

Numbers are dividing.

Numbers are

multiplying

everywhere. They'reout of control.

LOUIE

This adds up to

trouble, no doubt.

Ack.


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DETECTIVE SPREE

It's time to subtract

this menace from the

city. Into the

Spreemobile. It's

Crime Spree to therescue!

Louie and Spree jump to action and collide

into each other, get up and run off. They

hop into the Spreemobile, a slick black race

car with the letter "S" on the side of it and

a flashing blue light on top.

The Spreemobile speeds off in a cloud of

dust.

SFX: Siren

EXT. CITY PARK MOMENTS LATER

Spree and Louie pull behind the Math-O-Matic

in their Spreemobile, screech to a halt and

jump out. The Math-O-Matic is busy chomping

on a tree.

They scramble over each other to get to the

trunk of the car and pop it open.


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DETECTIVE SPREE

Louie, grab some rope.

Louie leans into the trunk, pulls out rope

and walks off trailing the rope behind him.

Spree looks into the trunk. It's jam packed

with all kinds of junk and other

miscellaneous items. He half buries himself

head first in the junk reaching for

something, then pulls out a sack of

baseballs.


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LOUIE

Ack. What do you

think this is, a

picnic?

DETECTIVE SPREENo time for that.

Quick, tie that rope

to a tree and run

around the legs of the

Math-O-Matic before it

sees you.

LOUIE

Ah ha, ack. The 'ol

trip 'em up routine.

Not to worry, I'll

have that thing

surrounded in no time.

Ack.

DETECTIVE SPREE

Uh...speaking of

surrounded...

POV of Detective Spree and Louie. CAMERA

PANS

We see they are surrounded by numbers.

The numbers close in and pounce but Spree

grabs the sack of balls and he and Louie leap

up onto the roof of the car. They tie

themselves together with rope, make a loop

and toss it. The loop hooks onto a tree limb.


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The Math-O-Matic spins around, roars and also

takes off after Detective Spree and Louie.

DETECTIVE SPREE

Quick Louie. Routine

12!

Louie jumps into some bushes and waits for

the Math-O-Matic to pass by. He leaps out

and runs circles around it in a blur,

wrapping the rope around it's legs.

The Math-O-Matic trips and falls.

Spree leaps out of the way as the Math-O-

Matic lands on top of the numbers.

The numbers crawl out from under the Math-O-

Matic but now they are smaller and they are

fractions. They stagger about.

ANGLE ON LOUIE

LOUIE

(peeking out

from the

bushes)

Ack-Ack! Fractions.

They're smaller but

there's more of them.

A shadow looms over Louie. He looks up and we

see the Math-O-Matic is now standing over

him. It's looking a little damaged, with

loose springs and bent parts. It raises its

hands and roars. The eyes begin to glow red.


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DETECTIVE SPREE


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This bucket of bolts

is unstoppable. We

need a back-up.

LOUIE

We need to hit theroad!

Spree and Louie take off as the Math-O-Matic

chases them, but limping because it is

damaged. It's followed by the stream of

little fractions.

Spree talks into his cellphone as they run.

They come to a baseball diamond in the center

of the park.

ANGLE ON THE MATH-O-MATIC

The Math-O-Matic eyes glow red and it spews

out two numbers that land in front of Spree

and Louie, blocking their path. The numbers

are holding something like a banner between

them. It has a word problem written on it

that reads:

"If a detective and a penguin take 1 minute

to run a block and a robot is as big as a

block..."

The numbers flip the banner over and it

reads:

"Whose number is up?"

The numbers stick out their tongues.

DETECTIVE SPREEA word problem. I

hate nasty word

problems.

(muttering to

himself)


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Let's see, 1 minute times one

block equals...um...carry the

two...


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LOUIE

The answer is US,

Spree, US! ACK!

DETECTIVE SPREE

Not to worry, Louie.

Spree is on it.

The little fractions surround Spree and

Louie. The Math-O-Matic limps up and stops,

looming over them.

Spree reaches into the sack of balls and

starts pelting the little fractions and Math-

O-Matic with speed balls, knocking them for a

loop. He is enjoying himself and begins to

do some fancy moves while pitching balls

under a leg, behind his back and spinning

around and letting fly.

The fractions are knocked off into the tree

tops and bushes around the baseball diamond

as Spree picks them off with pitches. The

Math-O-Matic is forced back.

Louie is watching, eating some popcorn and

cheering from the baseball stands.

The Math-O-Matic turns and heads for Louie in

a rage.

Louis tosses his popcorn in the air and takes

off. He is running the bases as he is

pursued by the Math-O-Matic. It spews out

numbers as it chases him.

The numbers scamper off and start uprooting

trees.

DETECTIVE SPREE


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Atta boy, Louie. Keep

the Math-O-Matic busy.

I called the chief.

He should be on the

way with a back-up.


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LOUIE

What am I, a robot-

sitter?

DETECTIVE SPREE

Just keep that thing

busy. I'll be rightback.

Spree disappears offscreen and returns with

the rope.

DETECTIVE SPREE

Here, catch.

He tosses one end of the rope to Louie who

catches it. Spree ties the other end of the

rope to the batting cage behind home plate.

LOUIE

Ack. What am I

supposed to do with

this?

DETECTIVE SPREE

C'mon Louie. Do your

thing. Round the bases

and slide. Slide!

Louie speeds up and in a blur, rounds the

bases, which wraps the rope around the legs

of the Math-O-Matic. He then slides into

home base.

The Math-O-Matic falls, raising a cloud of

dust, its outstretched arms just short of


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reaching Louie. Cogs and parts fall off as

springs pop out of the Math-O-Matic.


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LOUIE

Another job well done.

Spree and Louie shake hands and then look

around.

The numbers had stopped tearing up the trees

and have surrounded Spree and Louie. The

little fractions are standing amongst them.

The circle of numbers start to close in.

LOUIE

Remind me to make a

note to myself to

never count my numbers

before they're

hatched.

DETECTIVE SPREE

That's chickens.

LOUIE

Ack. Whatever.

SFX: Helicopter

DETECTIVE SPREE

Chief!

LOUIE

Late as usual. Ack.

Ack. Back! Back!


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Louie takes on a marshal arts stance and is

ridiculously chopping at the air with his

hands as the numbers close in.

UPSHOT ON HELICOPTER

The helicopter flies overhead, stops and

hovers above the baseball diamond. It is

dangling a giant magnet on a rope.


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DETECTIVE SPREE

Alright you numerical

nemesis, you are about

to be subtracted.

The magnetic pull lifts the numbers and the

Math-O-Matic off the ground and affixes them

to the magnet. They all dangle from the

magnet, kicking and squirming.

CHIEF

(from the

helicopter,

talking

through a

bullhorn)

Good job Detective

Spree and Louie.

We'll run these

numbers by

headquarters.

DETECTIVE SPREE

(calling up

to Chief)

Roger, Chief.

LOUIE


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I didn't know his name

was Roger. Ack.

Spree looks at Louie like he's a dork.

CUT TO:

EXT. HEADQUARTERS DAY

The numbers are in handcuffs and the Math-O-

Matic is tied up and sitting on the ground.

Spree and Louie are standing before them.

The Math-O-Matic has its mouth taped shut

with duct tape. The fractions are in a wire

fenced area.


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DETECTIVE SPREE

(holding up a

roll of duct

tape)

I always knew this duct

tape would come in handy for

something some day.

LOUIE

How do you find

anything in that black

hole you call a car

trunk? Ack-Ack.

DETECTIVE SPREE

(to the numbers)

Alright, you guys.Line up. You're going

to get processed and

then it's off to lock-

up for you.

The numbers form a line.


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DETECTIVE SPREE

OK, you guys. You!

Single digits. Over

there on the right. A

3 stands in front.

The single digits line up.

DETECTIVE SPREE

You double digits,

over there next to

them.

He points to the left of the single digits.

The double digits line up. An 80 stands in

front.


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DETECTIVE SPREEAnd you, big guys, the

three digits. Over

there on the left.

He points and the three digits line up on the

left next to the double digits. A "600"

stands in front.

DETECTIVE SPREE

And you, loser.

You're the one andonly four digit

number. Over there.

C'mon, move it, move

it.

He points to the left of the 100. It's a

6,000.


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LOUIE

Looks like you've

sorted things out,

Spree.

DETECTIVE SPREENot just yet, Louie.

Let's have some fun.

(chuckles)

OK, you guys. Your

number's up. Divide

into 36 groups.

The numbers scramble about in confusion,

grumbling, complaining and bumping into each

other.

Spree and Louie laugh and slap hands.

CAMERA PULLS BACK as Spree and Louie continue

to laugh

The image of Spree and Louie gets smaller

till we have an over the shoulder shot of

Jacob Spreeman looking at the loose leaf

paper with his drawing of Detective Spree and

Louie, who now are still drawings.


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BACK IN JACOB'S BEDROOM

JACOB

Holy cow. I just

figured it out.

Jacob excitedly writes out the division

problem from math class: 2,683 divided by 36.He does the math and comes up with the answer

74 with a remainder of 19.

JACOB

Ha! The rest of these

problems will be a

piece of cake.


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JACOB'S MOM

Jacob, are you ready

for some pie?

JACOB

Pie? Yeah. Oh..pie.Fractions.

(groans)

FADE OUT

Copywrite 2007 Spencer Shaffer

The Adventures of JacobSpreemans Daydreams

Character bios:

Jacob Spreeman


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A very fun loving and witty 5th grader that has a mind of his own.

Jacob is also very sports oriented. He is the occasional daydreamer

always pretending to become part of his dreams.

Mrs. Burgersniffer

She is said to be the devil in disguise according to everyone in town.

To sum it all up, she is rude and crude and can change her attitude

and appearance on a dime. Mrs Burgersniffer is the teacher

everyone loves to hate.


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Darcy

A slightly odd woman but mostly normal to those who actually

know her. Darcy never stops talking once she gets started. It is all

nonsense most of the time. But one thing she does well is drive her

son Jacob completely insane.


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Maxwell

Smart, witty, crazy and stupid combined into one. Maxwell has a

little problem with split personalities. He is usually very responsible

but only when it isnt necessary.


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Alex

Known as the little thief of the neighborhood. A much too happy, off

the wall nutcase in need of some serious chill pills. This is one kid

you cant judge by what he looks like on the outside.


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Detective Spree

The great thinker of his time. A very calm and level headed little go

getter. He usually thinks backwards and somehow still ends up

catching his man.


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Louie

Spunky and smart little guy. Right by Detective Sprees side to

correct him at will. This penguin with the matching hat is fast and

furious when it comes to saving all of mankind.


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Math-O-Matic robot

The large and gruesome number spewing maniac as it is called. It is

almost unstoppable. This horrible machine will be romping and

stomping the town and putting Detective Spree and Louie to the

ultimate test.


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The Adventures of JacobSpreemans Daydreams

Episodes


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Episode 1: The secrets of Hopscotch and the

Counting Canines

Jacobs sister and some of her friends try and use mathematics to

solve the secrets of hopscotch, but come to realize that they need to

find the missing pieces of the puzzle (A.K.A.) Counting Canines.

Episode 2: The 911 Division Police


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The captain of the 911 division police must solve crimes by dividing

the number of criminals there are by how many cases he must solve.

Its a dirty job but someone has to do it.

Episode 3: Village of the X people


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The X people are having trouble trying to figure out how to multiply

their numbers and decide to call on the detective and his floppy-

footed sidekick Louie to help them find the answers.

Episode 4: The smart artcapade


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Jacob must find the correct colors and place them in the correct

areas inside of the pictures, but Jacob has a color blindness problem.

So who will he call to come to his rescue? You guessed it! As

always, the great detective spree and his right hand penguin Louie

are on the case.

Episode 5: The half a brain brother


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Jacobs brother loves to sneak into Jacobs room and take his things.

Now Jacob must figure out how many of his things are actually

missing or in the wrong places. Lucky for him, the detective and

Louie are just around the corner having breakfast at the local diner.

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