Prank Day

FORMAN BASEMEN

Eric, Hyde and Fez walk in. Kelso is waiting for them, smiling

HYDE: Hey Kelso. Well, that's a mighty big smile. What, did you get into the Play-doh?

KELSO: No. I'm happy 'cause today is Gift Day. And in honor of this special day, I got you all gifts.

ERIC: All right. Aerosmith Live! (he takes the record from Kelso)

KELSO: Yeah, for my friend who rocks.

HYDE: Oh, man. The new Rolling Stone!

KELSO: For my friend who reads.

FEZ: Ohhh Oreos!

HYDE: For my friend who snacks.

ERIC (putting on headphones and throwing them off): AAAAHH!

FEZ (eating an Oreo): Eeeuuww!

Hyde sits on the couch and we hear a farting noise

KELSO: Hahahahaaaaa... A triple-decker burn! Awesome!

ERIC: Wha...There's peanut butter on my headphones!

FEZ: These cookies are filled with toothpaste!

HYDE: All right. That noise did not come out of my butt.

KELSO: Welcome to Prank Day. That's right. It's Prank Day. Gift Day. You idiots.

HYDE: A whoopee cushion? What are you, two? (he presses the cushion, it farts. He smiles) These things are great.

OPENING CREDITS

FORMAN BASEMEN

The guys are still in the basement

ERIC: You got something in your ear, man.

KELSO: What?

ERIC (sticking his finger in Kelso's ear): Oh my goodness. It's peanut butter!

HYDE: Ha-ha. Peanut butter wet willy. Very clever. But the thing about it is, you don't have to be clever (he puts the headphones on Kelso)

KELSO: Okay! Okay! This Prank Day is over. Let's just watch TV. Hey Fez, I think there's a Nancy Drew on.

FEZ: Oh! She can solve my mystery any day. And by the way, the mystery is in my pants.

ERIC: Okay. That's it. I got a peanut in my ear.

KELSO: Yeah. I used chunky, so it might get up in your brain.

ERIC: Yeah. Ha-ha. Laugh it up now, man, 'cause fun time is over (he opens the freezer, takes a Popsicle and tries to walk away) What the hell? I'm stuck.

FEZ (trying to let go of the TV): I have been glued!

KELSO: Not glued, superglued.

HYDE: Whoa, whoa, whoa. So you covered the freezer handle and the TV knob in superglue? Knowing Forman's love for Popsicles and Fez's love for knobs!

KELSO: Yeah. I'm an evil mastermind.

Hyde gets up to give Kelso a high five, and the cushion of his chair is stuck to his butt

HYDE: Kelso, is there a cushion glued to my butt?

KELSO: No. Not glued, superglued.

HYDE: You're a dead man.

KELSO: Yeah? What are you gonna do... sit on me with your cushion-butt? It won't hurt, 'cause it's a cushion-butt (Hyde starts chasing him, and takes the chair to throttle him with it) Ooh! Oh, my goodness. Whoa! (he runs out)

THE HUB

Jackie and Donna are having fries

JACKIE: Okay. If you could be the princess in any country, what country would it be? I pick Monaco. See, I always wanted to wear my crown with a bikini. Donna, you're not listening to me! This is my life here.

DONNA: Oh. Sorry. It's just...y ou know, today would've been my parents' anniversary. But my mom's gone, my dad's with Joanne, and Casey's out of town. So it just kind of sucks.

JACKIE: You know what you need? A little Jackie magic. I am gonna dedicate my whole day to you.

DONNA: Oh, like you did last month when I had to hold your corn dog and guard the van while you and Kelso did it at the 4-H Fair?

JACKIE: Yeah. Wasn't that fun?

FORMAN KITCHEN

Eric, Hyde and Fez are cooking a big pot of oatmeal

ERIC: Man, I can't wait to see this big bucket of oatmeal landing on Kelso's big bucket of a head.

KITTY: Well good gracious, who's all this oatmeal for?

HYDE: Uh, it's for the oatmeal drive. For the Needy Oatmeal Lovers of America.

FEZ: Right, the N.O.L.O.A.

KITTY (tasting it): Oh oh, this tastes awful. You know,just because they're hoboes doesn't mean they don't respond to herbs and spices.

ERIC: You know what? That's a good point, Mom but you better leave, 'cause we don't like to do our charity work in front of other people.

KITTY: Oh, now, don't be silly. I'll help you. Where'd I put my brown sugar?

FEZ: Oh I'm right here, honey buns.

DONNA'S BEDROOM

Donna is reading on her bed, Jackie comes in

JACKIE: Okay. I'm here for our slumber party.

DONNA: Wow. When you said you were gonna dedicate your whole day to me I figured that meant only until we left The Hub.

JACKIE: No. I promised you 24 hours of Jackie time which is equal to seven days of an ugly person's time.

DONNA: Well it's just, I'm in the middle of this really good book.

JACKIE: Donna, books are for prisoners. Now, I brought tons of activities. First, some makeup for your long-overdue facial overhaul. The greatest board game ever... Mystery Date. And... Wait. Best of all... my stuffed animals so we can perform an all-unicorn rendition of Grease.

FORMAN BASEMEN

Eric is putting the bucket of oatmeal on the basement backdoor

ERIC: This is perfect. We are so gonna nail Kelso.

HYDE: I still say we should have shaved his privates. That's a burn that keeps on burnin'.

FEZ (coming down the stairs): Kelso's on his way.

ERIC: Okay gentlemen. Take your positions.

They turn and face the door

KELSO (coming up from behind them): Okay. I'm here. Where's the dead bird?

ERIC: Kelso, you're supposed to come in through the side door.

KELSO: What?

RED: Eric, I need you to take out the...(he opens the side door and the bucket pours all over him)

KELSO: You guys are so dead.

RED: What the hell is this?

HYDE: Eric did it because he hates you.

ERIC: Hyde!

HYDE: Forman, every man for himself! (he runs off to his bedroom)

ERIC: No uh, Dad, this was just a prank that's gone wrong... horribly, horribly wrong.

RED: Well, I have a prank too, one where my foot doesn't plow through your ass. Let's hope it doesn't go horribly, horribly wrong!

KITTY (coming down the stairs): Oh Red. What happened to you? That oatmeal was for the hoboes.

RED: Well, the idiots used it for a prank.

KITTY: Eric, how many times have I told you, don't poke the bear. Don't poke the bear!

FEZ: Well technically, we didn't poke the bear. We pour oatmeal on the bear.

RED: Are you correcting my wife?

FEZ: Kelso's laughing at you.

RED: Are you laughing?

KELSO: Oh, come on. You're covered in oatmeal! It's funny!

RED: That's it! (he tries to get to Kelso, but Kitty stops him)

KITTY: Oh oh, you know what you should do, Red? Forgive and forget. Turn the other cheek, like Jesus. Be like Jesus, Red!

RED: I can't even think of a punishment big enough for this. But trust me, it's going to be awful. The kind of thing that Harry Truman might order to end a war! (he and Kitty leave)

FEZ: Guys, who's Harry Truman?

KELSO: He invented electricity, dumb-ass.

DONNA'S BEDROOM

Donna is sitting at her dressing table. Jackie is standing with a jar in her hands

JACKIEL: Okay Donna. It's makeover time. Let's pack those jumbo pores.

DONNA: Um, you know what? I've thought about it, and I'm glad my mom left. More food for me.

JACKIE: Oh come on. It'll be fun.

DONNA: I doubt it. Unless... (she takes the phone and dials a number)

DONNA'S BEDROOM – THE CIRCLE

JACKIE (with a beauty mask on): You were right, Donna. Now, not only are we beautifying but we're groovifying. Hey, I just made up a word.

DONNA (also with a mask): Yeah. Who ever said you can't do two great things at once? I bet it was a one-armed, pessimistic guy.

LEO (also covered in a mask): Yeah, you just gotta stay positive, man. Like, I don't want to learn French so everyday I think positive thoughts about not learning French. And look at me. I don't know a word of French.

FORMAN DRIVEWAY

Eric, Kitty and Red are on the driveway

ERIC: Is Dad still gonna kill me?

KITTY: Eric, I put him in his Corvette tuned the radio to a hockey game and handed him a beer. I've done all I can.

ERIC (walking towards the Corvette): Dad...

RED: All right. Just tell me. What the hell did you think you were doing?

ERIC: Look, Kelso invented this stupid Prank Day thing and he superglued us, so the oatmeal thing was just to, you know, get him back. And that's when my life as I know it ended.

RED: Are you telling me, I got covered with oatmeal because you were trying to get back at Kelso which you didn't even do?

ERIC: Well, that's a bit of an oversimplification. I think if you look at the facts...

RED: You...! The facts are, you were bested by a Kelso. How could you do this to your family?

ERIC: I didn't realize the honor of our family was at stake.

RED: It always is. Hell, we've been talking about this since T-ball which you quit. I mean, what was there to be scared of? The ball just sits there. All right. Here's what I'm gonna do. Instead of punishing you, I'm gonna show you how to do this prank business right. Now, get the Three Stooges over to dinner tonight. You are going to help m get them good and scared.

ERIC: Oh well no, Dad. I don't wanna get Hyde and Fez. They're on my team.

RED: Well, your team lost. So everybody cries.

FORMAN DINING ROOM

Kelso, Eric, Hyde and Fez are sitting at the diner table.

KITTY: Well, hope you boys like lasagna.

FEZ: Oh boy, lasagna... the Italian burrito.

KELSO: Thanks for havin' us over, Mrs. Forman.

KITTY: Oh, don't thank me. It was Red's idea.

HYDE: Wait a minute. Red's coming?

ERIC: Uh, yeah. I can't believe you guys showed up.

KELSO: Wait. No. The only reason we showed up was 'cause you said Red was workin' late tonight.

ERIC: Oh, God, you know what? He's in the kitchen. Should I just get him?

FEZ: No, you should not get him, you son of a bitch.

KELSO: I'm goin' out the window.

ERIC: Guys, calm down. Look, what could he possibly do to us at dinner?

RED (coming in and handing out lasagna): Ah good. All the half-wits are here. I wanted to let you know that I'm going to get you and you won't know where, and you won't know when. But... it will hurt. And you will cry, and I will laugh, and... Did I mention it will hurt? Very good. Now, enjoy the lasagna. I added the special seasoning myself.

ERIC: Special seasoning? Uh-oh.

KELSO: All right. Maybe it's because I'm extra clever but I think that there might be somethin' wrong with the lasagna and I think maybe Red had somethin' to do with it.

RED: Kelso I wouldn't do anything to the lasagna just like I wouldn't do anything to your new sneakers that are sitting by the kitchen door.

KELSO: My Chucks!

KITTY: Why isn't anybody eating? Is there something wrong with my lasagna?

HYDE: We have reason to believe it's been tampered with.

KITTY: Is this another prank? Because I will not have this in my house. Now eat that lasagna. It's perfectly fine. I said eat it!

ERIC: Mmm. Dad, what is this special seasoning?

RED: Oh a little of this, a little of that. Which reminds me. Kitty, I cleaned out the dead moths from the porch light. If I could only remember where I put them.

KELSO: Aw, bugs?

HYDE: Sick!

FEZ: I'm out of here.

They all run off. Red smiles and takes a bite out the lasagna

DONNA'S BEDROOM

Leo, Jackie and Donna are playing Mystery Date

JACKIE: Okay, Leo. Who's your Mystery Date?

LEO: All right. The ski instructor. He's hunky.

DONNA: You know Jackie, I never thought I'd say this, but I'm actually having a good time.

The door opens and Kelso comes in

JACKIE: Wait. Michael, what are you doing here?

LEO: Yeah, man. This is girls' night.

KELSO: Jackie, I just had dinner with Red, and he totally freaked me out. So first I need you to stick your hand in my Chucks. Then I need you to hang out with me, because I'm really afraid to be alone.

JACKIE: No. No, Michael. I am spending time with Donna.

KELSO: Okay, but I was gonna take you to the mall and tell everyone you were a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader.

JACKIE: Wait, wait. You never want to do that. Okay. Let's go.

DONNA: Huh. I guess it's just you and me, Leo.

She looks at him, but he has fallen asleep with his head on the table

FORMAN KITCHEN

Red is cleaning the lasagna pan. Kitty comes in from the dining room

KITTY: A whole pan of lasagna wasted and it's a recession.

RED: Kitty, you don't understand.

KITTY: I understand that you need to start acting like a parent.

RED: But we have different responsibilities as parents. Your job is to tell him that he's cute and to clean his ears. My job is to make him a man, which he's not.

ERIC: Dad, I'm.. I'm right here.

RED: Shut up, boy. You see how he shuts up? That's not right.

KITTY: I give up (she leaves)

ERIC: Wow, she seems mad.

RED: Ah, she'll burn it off on her Exercycle.

ERIC: We really did freak out those guys tonight, huh?

RED: Hmm! Now, it's time to go after Kelso, the head dummy. And we're gonna have the junior dummies help us out.

ERIC: You know what? We make a good team. It's like I'm Batman, and you're... Er- No. You're... You're Batman.

DONNA'S BEDROOM

Donna is playing Mystery Date by herself. Jackie walks in

JACKIE: Hey, Donna? Wait. Where's Leo?

DONNA: Oh, he left. He asked if he could try on my dad's clothes, and I said no, so he left.

JACKIE: What? He left? That jerk. What a bad friend.

DONNA: Jackie, you left too.

JACKIE: I know, I know. Look, that's why I'm here. I was at the mall signing autographs for a bunch of sixth graders. You know ''Go, Cowboys. Love, Jackie.'' And then I saw this little girl crying 'cause she couldn't find her mom and she reminded me of you, so I felt bad.

DONNA: Jackie, that's so sweet. So what happened with the little girl? She find her mom?

JACKIE: You know what? I don't know. I left her with the snow-cone guy. Yeah.

She smelled like poo. Look anyways, my point is you know, since you don't have your mom around anymore you need a girl in your life to look after you, and that's gonna be me.

DONNA: Unless I smell like poo.

JACKIE: Right.

FORMAN KITCHEN

Red, Hyde and Eric are talking about their plan to prank Kelso

HYDE: So when Kelso gets here, he'll walk by the driveway which we've iced down with the hose and he'll see a nudie magazine lying there which is perfect for Kelso, because he can never resist a boob.

ERIC: Well, who among us can?

HYDE: Right. So, he'll sprint towards it, slip on the ice and slide into a giant pile of mud.

FEZ (coming in): Get ready. I hear footsteps.

They all look towards the back door. Kelso comes in from the living room

KELSO: What are we lookin' at?

ERIC: Kelso?

FEZ: Wait, wait. If you're here, then who is in the driveway?

KITTY (outside screaming): WWAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

ERIC: Oh, crap!

FORMAN DRIVEWAY

Kitty is sitting in the driveway. Red and the boys run out of the kitchen to help her

KITTY: Well, the driveway was all icy, and I fell. I think I heard a pop.

HYDE: Mrs. Forman, we are so sorry.

ERIC: Mom, are you okay?

KELSO: Okay. Fez, grab her legs.

KITTY: Ahhh!

RED: Get away from her! Eric, you're grounded for a week.

ERIC: But this prank was your idea!

RED: Fine. Two weeks!

ERIC: Wha.. ?!

RED: And the rest of you, get the hell outta here. Go on now.

The rest leaves. Red helps Kitty get up

KITTY: Well, this was another prank? See what happens when you act like a jackass?

RED: Kitty, I am so sorry and I promise: no more pranks, ever.

KITTY: Okay (she dusts off her pants and walks away) So, we're done here.

RED: Wait! You're not hurt. You were faking it.

KITTY: Oh, don't sound so surprised. I fake things plenty. Hahahaha!

END CREDITS

FORMAN LIVING ROOM

Kitty is reading a magazine. Eric is sitting next to her<

ERIC: Wait. So you're not hurt at all?

KITTY: Nope.

ERIC: Wow. You out-pranked Dad.

KITTY: No, no, no. It wasn't a prank. It was a lesson. And yes, I did.

ERIC: So, you're the best Forman. You're Batman.

KITTY: Now you know.