THE SNOBBY FOX
by
Andrea Valentina
2C
An arrogant fox realized that his jealousy of being less popular than his good friend; Chinchilla, that brought him the idea to challenge him into a race only did him no good and made him a victim of his own trap in which he escaped later by the help of Chinchilla whom he hated.
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Date: xx Oct 2011
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
STORY / SCRIPT TITLE: The Snobby Fox
1 SENTENCE SUMMARY:
An arrogant fox realized that his jealousy of being less popular than his good friend; Chinchilla, that brought him the idea to challenge him into a race only did him no good and made him a victim of his own trap in which he escaped later by the help of Chinchilla whom he hated.
SYNOPSIS:
Fox and Chinchilla live in an animal city in the Arctic tundra. Both of them are very beautiful, and people like them because of that. The two of them became close friends after Chinchilla moved there for several months. As time goes by, people realized that Chinchilla is not only good looking, but also shares his food and he likes to help the townspeople. Because of this, the townspeople came to like Chinchilla even more than they liked the previous “star” of the town – the Fox. The Fox tries to hold his wrath, but one night, he accidentally “eavesdropped” a conversation between Peacock and Cat who actually reveals that people are starting to like Chinchilla more than him. To annoy him even more, Cat, whom the Fox fancies, thinks that Chinchilla is the better man than him. Knowing this, Fox became angrier and angrier at Chinchilla. He is jealous and he wants to be the most famous animal once more, and indirectly, prove himself in front of Cat. Thus, he decided to undermine Chinchilla although the poor Chinchilla doesn’t even feel that he is famous at all.
Fox decided to challenge Chinchilla into a race, in which he will “absolutely” win. At least he planned to. Fox came to Chinchilla’s den to challenge him into a race, in which Chinchilla accepts. The night of that fateful day, Fox literally sets a trap hole and covered them with leaves surrounding the racing track so that when Chinchilla is busy racing, he will fall into the hole instead and then automatically lose. Feeling accomplished, the Fox runs home with an utmost happiness.
At the day of the race, the Fox taunts Chinchilla a lot, but he is impervious, since he doesn’t know what Fox is trying to do to him. Fox was feeling triumphant, until he saw Cat kissed Chinchilla for good luck. By then, he became enraged and thus he forgot about the trap. He just wanted to win to make her see that he is the best. When the race started, he runs faster and faster until he toppled into the trap he set himself. When people see that, they indirectly knew Fox’ bad intentions and none of them helped Fox to get out, in order to punish him. Fox is stuck inside the hole alone for hours, until later that night when Chinchilla finally finished making a rope for Fox and fetch him out after some hours of pulling him out. As dawn breaks, Fox is finally out. But, still enraged, Fox attacks Chinchilla because he thinks that he helped him only to catch even more praises from the townspeople. The helpless Chinchilla doesn’t fight back, and he didn’t intend to, because he believes that there’s compassion in Fox’ heart, and that he’s not a bad person. Seeing Chinchilla’s sincerity, Fox’ eyes are finally opened and he fell into a deep feeling of guilt. He’s ashamed that even though Chinchilla saved him, he still attacked him. Chinchilla comforted him and tells him that it’s okay to make mistakes and that he helps him with sincere heart, because they are friends.
CHARACTER LIST (All characters)
Fox
Chinchilla
Cat
Peacock
Beaver
Hare
CHARACTER BIO (Key Characters only)
- Fox
He is an Arctic fox with snow-white fur and cobalt blue eyes. Fox is beautiful, and he has always been the popular one in town. He was number one until Chinchilla came. The Fox is not a bad person, but he can be jealous and very self-centered, which leads to his cunning actions. He is witty, but love makes him blind sometimes. Fox is blessed with agility. He thinks quickly, but he doesn’t act carefully.
- Chinchilla
Chinchilla was sort of a newcomer in the neighborhood. He has a grey furry coat and emerald green eyes. People started to praise him because he is also beautiful, just like his friend, Fox. But, he has qualities that Fox doesn’t possess. He is a shy, down to earth personality, with a kind heart. He cares about people around him, and making them happy makes him content. This polite fellow only lacks assertiveness in which he couldn’t refuse to do things he’s not sure of when being forced by his friend, like the Fox. He is just too nice, but that is his power.
- Cat
Cat doesn’t do much in the story, but she is one of the reasons why Fox wants to beat Chinchilla even further. She is a French feline with a beautiful golden coat and hazel eyes. Her long fur makes her look grand. This, and her unique way of speaking, are the things that captured Fox’ heart, thus making him to fancy her. Cat is a romantic personality who is very open with new things and new people.
3 ACT STRUCTURE:
ACT1 SETUP | ACT2 CONFRONTATION | ACT3 RESOLUTION |
Key Character(s):
Must-have Info:
| Confrontation:
| Climax (Grand Finale): Chinchilla was attacked by Fox, but he didn’t fight back because he knows that Fox has a good heart. Resolution:
|
MOTIVE: Fox wants to prove that he is better than Chinchilla and be the most popular in town once more. | TURNING POINT: Chinchilla saved the Fox. | MOTIVE RESOLVED? No, because he failed to undermine Chinchilla, and even fell into his own trap. |
Conflict/Obstacles:
| Conflict/Obstacles: Fox thinks that Chinchilla only does that to claim even more fame by acting nice to him so that everybody will notice. Up the Stakes: Fox attacks Chinchilla. | Moral of the Story if any:
|
SCRIPT
FAde In
act one
BEginning of rivalry
Scene One – Ext. Street, morning.
FOX and CHINCHILLA walk together towards a cafe. They passed BEAVER and HARE.
[Birds chirp praises as Chinchilla passed by. Fox sulks but smiles when Chinchilla shrugs at him]
Beaver
[waves at them, giving thumbs up at chinchilla]
Chinchilla! Lookin’ good today!
[Chinchilla waves it off. Beaver laughs and walks away.]
Hare
Hey fox! Hey, Chinchilla! Oh, Chin, Thanks for the chocolate cake yesterday..
[Chinchilla does a “welcome bow”. Hare laughs and walks away.]
Chinchilla
(to Hare) As long as your daughter’s happy!
FOX
[smirks back at Beaver and Hare] What was that?
Chinchilla
See what? [still looking around]
FOX
They ignored me. [heads tilted to his left side]
Chinchilla
[quickly looks towards Fox] Were they?
FOX
Isn’t that obvious? They like you better, obviously. [rolls eyes]
You know what, long before you came here, people talks to me all the time, a lot more.. [smirking pout, voice fading as they go further]
Chinchilla
Oh.. [looks down sadly]
Fox and Chinchilla walk away.
FADE TO
THE NEW FAVORITE
Scene Two – Ext. Alleyway, night.
Fox trots alone along the alleyway.
FOX
Hmph, I’m better off alone. [trots arrogantly]
[Faint gibberish heard from one of the alleys] Fox overheard some female animals talking. Fox’s face turns red as he saw CAT among them.
peacock
[Voice fades in] Did you see Chinchilla today? [British accent, blinks eyes]
CAT
Ahh yes, ze handsome fellow. [French accent, licks paw]
PEACOCK
Yes he’s the most handsome fellow there is now, savvy?
CAT
Oui, oui. But what of ze other one, un renard! The fox!
Peacock
Ah, I used to fancy him too. But he’s.. what do you say.. outdated now. Chinchilla is way better than him he shares his food, he’s funnier, he’s talented.. [fade out]
Fox walks away grunting.
FOX
What the heck was that? Grrr!
Fox walks away.
FADE TO
ACT 2
PROPOSITION
Scene Three – Ext. Chinchilla’s den, day.
[Sun shines brightly] Fox knocks on Chinchilla’s door repeatedly.
FOX
G’day mate! Open up! Chop chop!
CHINCHILLA
[opens door] Ah, what brings you here today?
FOX
I’m just bored, need to spice up the situation. [sneaky smile]
CHINCHILLA
Oh? And how might that be?
FOX
I’m challenging you [points at Chinchilla] to race me [points to himself].
CHINCHILLA
Wow, mm okay.. I guess..
Some ladies from last night in the alley passed the place.
FOX
[glanced at the ladies, increased volume of voice hyperbolically] OH NO YOU MUST! Let’s race!
PEACOCK
A race?! Oh, I can’t help but to overheard ehehehe.. You MUST certainly do it, sires!
CAT
Yes, vot a nice izeaaa!
FOX
See?
CHINCHILLA
Well, it won’t hurt, right? [shrugged]
PEACOCK
We will tell EVERYONE!
FOX
Yes, it will most certainly.. NOT. [smirks, crosses fingers behind his back].
cut TO
THe trickster
Scene Four – Ext. Race track, night.
Fox digs a very deep hole with a shovel and covered them with leaves as camouflage as a trap.
FOX
MWAHAHAHAHA, I am a born genius! [continues to cover the hole]
FADE TO
THE race
Scene Five – Ext. Race track, day.
Fox and Chinchilla are behind the starting line with everyone else cheering.
FOX
What a fine day to win!
peacock
Are you sure? I don’t think you can be faster! Haha..
cat
[goes towards Chinchilla and kisses his forehead] A charm from me, Monsieour.
Fox caught a glimpse of the kiss and he gets angry because he fancies Cat.
FOX
Grrrh! I’ll show YOU who’s the one who deserved the kiss! [speaks to himself]
The race count begins.
CROWD
Three! Two! One! GO!!
Fox and Chinchilla gained speed and ran to the finish line. Blinded by anger, Fox forgot about the trap and since he’s in the lead, he reached there first. Fox stepped on the trap.
FOX
No! [slow motion]
Fox fell down his own trap [loud thump].
crowd
Boo! Take that!
cat
Ah, what a disgrace..
Cat leaves. Everyone leaves. Fox was left alone.
FADE TO
CONTEMPLATION
Scene Six – Int. Trap hole, night.
Fox contemplates in misery. He looks at the moon.
FOX
[lies down, his tail curled] Now Cat will loathe me even more..
cut TO
ACT 3
THE rescuer
Scene Seven – Int. Trap hole, night.
Fox woke up, feeling something ticklish on his nose.
FOX
[surprised] What is that?!
CHINCHILLA
[voice only] Grab the rope!
FOX
AH!
CHINCHILLA
[voice only] Come! Hurry!
Fox and Chinchilla work together to pull Fox up and out of the trap hole.
FADE TO
TRUE FRIENDS
Scene Eight – Trees exterior, dawn.
Fox finally made it out. Fox felt really sad and embarrassed being saved by his self-appointed “enemy”. But suddenly, he realized something…
FOX
[crying] I’m sorry. Thank you for saving me.. NOT! [pins Chinchilla to the ground]
CHINCHILLA
[gasp] Ahh!
FOX
You just want the attention! Rescuing me, huh? Being the goodie boy, huh?! Way to go!
CHINCHILLA
[gasp] Ahh!
Chinchilla has no attempt to fight at all.
FOX
Might as well kill you right now! [pulls up right hand and claw]
CHINCHILLA
…
FOX
And why are you not fighting back, huh?! Huh?! [holds up right hand]
CHINCHILLA
I.. believe.. you..
FOX
[loosens grip on Chinchilla]
CHINCHILLA
-ot.. a bad.. person..
FOX
[slowly loosen his grip and lowers the right hand] What have I done.. I’m a monster..
You saved me. But I.. I’m sorry..
Fox frees Chinchilla. Chinchilla breathes for air, and then approaches Fox.
CHINCHILLA
[pats Fox on his back] There’s nothing to be sorry for, my dear Fox. It’s not a bad thing for someone to help his friend.
FOX
You are a real friend.. Thanks.. [cries]
Chinchilla hugs Fox. The sun rises, a new day begins.
FADE OUT
The End
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