Beach Party

[Open Int. Beach]

(The Crystal Gems gets blown away by a giant pufferfish, making Amethyst and Steven fall on the sand, while Garnet and Pearl and on their feet.)

Amethyst: *offscreen* Aaaaaah!

Steven: *offscreen* Whoaaaaa!

Pearl: You okay, Steven?

Steven: *lying on his stomach on a boogie board* I've seen better days.

Amethyst: *innocently* Pearl, I got a boo-boo.

Pearl: Oh, walk it off!

Garnet: Here it comes! (Watermelon Tourmaline, resembling a pufferfish, rises out of the ocean and blows a strong wind.) You all distract it! *jumps off*

Pearl: *to Steven and Amethyst* Let's show this thing what we're made of, guys!

Amethyst: What do you think we've been doing for the past hour?

(Pearl lunges her spear at the pufferfish but the pufferfish blows it back to them.)

Pearl: Duck! (Pearl ducks as it flies towards Amethyst.)

Amethyst: *looks around* Man, I don't see any duc— (She finally sees the spear and ducks, but some of her hair gets chopped off.) Quack!

Steven: Steven's turn! (He throws the boogie board and it gets stuck to the one of the pufferfish's spikes.) Yup, it's got spikes.

Amethyst: It's okay, *puts her arm around him and rests it on his shoulder* here comes Garnet! (Garnet drops down over the pufferfish.)

Steven: *yells* Smash that puff!

(Garnet tries to smash it, but the pufferfish blows even stronger. She then goes flying through the sky and crashes on a building on the boardwalk.)

Steven: *looks over to boardwalk* Aw, man! We blew it!

Amethyst: Ugh, whatever! (She runs up to the pufferfish, shapeshifts into a baseball bat, and smacks the fish far into the ocean.)

Pearl: Amethyst! Smacking it really far away doesn't solve anything! We needed to destroy it. Now it's just gonna come back later.

Amethyst: Yeah, so we'll deal with it later.

Pearl: Ugh!

Steven: Let's get Garnet. She landed by the boardwalk. (The rest of the Gems walk to the boardwalk.)

[Trans. Ext. Fish Stew Pizza]

(Garnet is calmly lying on the wrecked sign of Fish Stew Pizza while Kiki and Kofi Pizza look up at her.)

Kofi: Would you answer me?! You've wrecked my sign, and now you're just sitting up there! Are we engaged in a secret staring contest?!? (The other Gems arrive.)

Steven: Garnet! Are you okay? (Garnet hops down.)

Garnet: I'm fine.

Kiki: Hi, Steven. (The Gems look at the sign.)

Amethyst: *laughing* This place is wrecked! Gimme one down low! (She puts her hand up for high-five, but Pearl shoves her hand down.)

Pearl: No accolades for you, Amethyst! *to Garnet* She knocked the pufferfish back out into the ocean!

Amethyst: Narc!

Garnet: Let's regroup back at the temple. (The Gems jump into the sky.)

Kofi: Where are you going? What about my sign? Steven! What is wrong with your friends? One of them busted up my sign, then they all just jump into the sky like some circus act, without even offering to help!

Steven: But, Mr. Pizza! (Jenny comes out of the shop.)

Jenny: Da-ad, pipe down!

Kofi: Ohhh! Did I interrupt your beauty sleep?

Jenny: *yawns* I don't need sleep to look pretty.

Kofi: Now you listen here, young woman-!

(Nanefua comes out of the shop holding a dead fish.)

Nanefua: Kofi, you are going to wake this fish from the dead with all the noise you're keeping. Oh, too late. *pretending to be fish* Kofi, you so loud! Aaaahh! *sticks tongue out* Bleeeeeh.

Jenny: Gunga, you're so funny.

Kofi: Mooom! Quit joking around! (Nanefua comes to the front of the shop.) Look what they did to my sign!

Nanefua: *looks at the sign* Cheese on bread.

Kofi: Can you believe it? You're such a nice boy, Steven. Why do you hang out with those animals?

Steven: They're not animals! They're the Crystal Gems, and they protect humanity—

Kofi: I've heard enough! (Nanefua glances from side to side, nervously.)

Nanefua: Hey, girls, I think I hear all of our cellphones ringing.

Jenny: *plays along* Gunga, your hearing is so good! (The three girls walk into the shop.)

Kofi: Steven, you can tell your friends that they are officially banned from Fish Stew Pizza!

Steven: Wait, what?! (Kofi walks into the shop.) Kofi, that's not fair! (Kofi flips the store's sign to "closed".) This was just an accident! *walks away in despair*

[Trans. Int. Steven's Kitchen]

(The Gems are all gathered around the kitchen counter.)

Amethyst: Why don't we just, like, let it roam free?

Garnet: That's not an option. (Steven walks up to them.)

Amethyst: Hey, Steven!

Steven: I've got bad news, everyone. You've all been banned from Fish Stew Pizza.

Pearl: Oh, uhhh, that's okay.

Amethyst: That pizza wasn't even good.

Steven: Aren't you guys upset about this?

Garnet: Not at all.

Steven: But these are our neighbors!

Garnet: There's nothing we can do about that now.

Pearl: Right now we have to figure out a way to take care of that pufferfish.

Steven: What's the point of saving people if they're just gonna ban you from their pizza shops?

Garnet: We don't do it for thanks.

Steven: Yeah, see! *nods* That's so nice of you, the Pizzas don't even know! If they got to spend some time with you they'd see how fun, [Camera focuses on Amethyst] and smart, [Camera pans to Pearl] and mysterious you are! [Camera pans to Garnet]

Garnet: *chuckles* Hah, mysterious.

Steven: Hmm... *gasp* I know! I'll throw a little party on the beach in front of the temple! Just us and the Pizzas.

Amethyst: I don't know, Steven. I mean...

Steven: Don't worry! I'll take care of everything!

[Trans. Ext. Crystal Temple]

(Steven is cooking hot dogs and hamburgers on a barbecue grill.)

Steven: Man, this is gonna be so good. *sniffs food and giggles*

Amethyst: Hey, Steven.

Steven: Hey!

Pearl: Got everything ready for your little party?

Steven: Yeah, and there's one more thing. (He hands them a magazine reading "Foine Summer Special" and Garnet grabs it.)

Amethyst: What's this for?

Steven: I was thinking you guys could change your outfits.

Pearl: What's wrong with what we have on now?

Steven: Nothing. I just thought it would be nice to go kinda casual.

Nanefua: Is this the right address? (Pizza family walks onto the beach.)

Jenny: I've never seen this side of the beach before.

Steven: Oh man, they're here! Hurry up and change. *walks to the Pizza family* Over here everyone!

Steven: Hi!

Jenny & Kiki: Hey, Steven!

Nanefua: Hello.

Steven: How are you all doing today?

Kofi: The shop is closed today, because it's broken! (His family looks around nervously.)

Steven: *sweating* Oh, uh, that sounds, uh...

Nanefua: Hey! Do I smell hot dogs? Show me where the hot dogs are.

Steven: Oh, right this way, everyone. *leads them toward the Gems* First, let me introduce—

Garnet: We are the Crystal Gems! Garnet! *changes into beachwear*

Amethyst: Amethyst! *changes into beachwear*

Pearl: Pearl! *changes into beachwear*

Steven: *pops in* And Steven! But you already knew my name...

Nanefua: Oh, you're all so talented.

Kofi: So, you are a circus act.

Pearl: Circus act?

Steven: *nervously* Hey, let's eat!

(Amethyst lifts burger off table and loudly takes a large bite.)

Kiki: Everything came out great!

Steven: Thanks, Kiki.

Nanefua: Aren't you girls hungry? You've barely touched your food.

Garnet: We don't need to eat.

Nanefua: Oh, you young people and your experimental diets.

Garnet: I am much older than you.

Kofi: So, you all live in that tiny house up on that hill?

Garnet: *waves sparkling hand* We inhabit the inner sanctums, only accessible through magical extra dimensional doors.

Kofi: What is wrong with your hand?

Jenny: And why does this place look like it's falling apart?

Pearl: Well, the temple has been here for thousands of years—

Kofi: Oh! I see how it is, when something breaks around here, you just leave it alone. JUST LIKE THE SIGN AT MY SHOP!

Steven: Um... who wants to play volleyball?

(Steven draws a line in the sand for the volleyball court.)

Steven: Okay, everyone, the court is all set. Now to get into our teams.

Pearl: But, Steven, won't our abilities give us an unfair advantage?

Steven: That's why I'm picking the teams. Amethyst and Jenny! Pearl and Kiki! Garnet and Kofi! And last, but not least, yours truly and Nanefua!

Nanefua: I haven't played in ages but I bet I could whoop all your butts.

Steven: That's the spirit. You guys ready? Let's play!

Amethyst: Oh-ho! Hope you're ready to lose, Pearl.

Pearl: There is no way I'd lose to someone like you!

Amethyst: Here we come! *hits the ball*

Kiki: Uh... hah! *hits the ball up*

Pearl: Nice one, Kiki!

Kiki: Aaand... pow!

(Amethyst and Jenny miss the ball.)

Steven: Amethyst! No kicking!

Amethyst: What kind of game is this?

Pearl: Nicely done, Kiki! (Pearl and Kiki high five, Kiki laughs.)

Steven: Try and stick to the rules, Amethyst!

Nanefua: Try harder, Jenny!

Kiki: Here it comes! *hits the ball* (Jenny pulls on the net, making it wobble.) Come on, Jenny!

Jenny: What? I'm not doing anything.

Amethyst: My move! (Amethyst shapeshifts into a tennis racket.)

Jenny: Aw, yes!

Pearl: That was uncalled for, Amethyst!

Jenny: You afraid of getting a little sand in your hair, Kiki?

Kiki: No, just trying to keep tidy.

Pearl: There's nothing wrong with trying to keep tidy.

Nanefua: So exciting!

Steven: Yeah!

Kofi: Our turn.

Garnet: I'm ready.

Jenny: I got this one.

Kofi: Jennifer! You touch that ball, you're grounded!

Jenny: Whoa! Daddy, you cheatin'!

Kofi: HA-HA-HA! The look on your face! Hahaha!

Garnet: This is going to be easy.

Nanefua: It'd be nice if they stuck to the basics.

Amethyst: Take this, Garnet! Yeeeee-ha! (Amethyst hits the ball high up in the air.)

Garnet: *jumps into the air* Haaaghh! Ah! *hits the ball hard*

Jenny: (The ball is coming full speed at Amethyst and Jenny.) We should probably move, huh?

Amethyst: Yeah... we should. (Both Amethyst and Jenny move away.)

Kofi: Hahaha! You're all running like wild chickens! Hahahaha!

Amethyst & Jenny: Woaaaaah!

Nanefua: Did you know that when sand is super heated it turns into glass?

Steven: I did not know that.

Amethyst: (Amethyst takes the glass heated by the ball and throws it into the ocean, grunting.) Let's play!

(Jenny slides in the sand, grunting. Amethyst kicks the ball.)

Pearl: Amethyst! (Kiki hits the ball, grunting.) Aah... (Pearl summons five Holo-Pearls.) *with Holo-Pearls* Over here, Amethyst! Over here!

(Garnet and Amethyst each hit the ball.)

Kofi: Kofi time! *hits the ball*

Jenny: Jenny time!

Kofi: You can't use the car for a month!

Jenny: *screams* Daddy!

Amethyst: Why you cheatin' so much?

Garnet: You cheated first.

Jenny: That is not true. (Gems, Kiki, Kofi, and Jenny continue to argue in the background.)

Nanefua: This is getting out of hand.

Steven: *sigh* I'll run and get the ball. (Suddenly a strong gust of wind blows.) Hey, why is it getting so... WINDY!? (Watermelon Tourmaline turns the corner.) Ah, no! It's back! Pufferfish monster's back!

Nanefua: What's all the—

Steven: Nanefua! Ruuuunnn!!!

(Gems, Kiki, Kofi, and Jenny still arguing.)

Amethyst: We should win 'cause we're the best.

Kiki: Y'all cheated!

Garnet: You are lying.

Pearl: Cheaters!

Kofi: Everyone is grounded here!

Steven: Garrneeeet!

Garnet: Steven! Oh, no! Gems! Protect the Pizzas! (The Gems grab the Pizzas and jump away to safety.)

Kofi: Hey!? What is going on!?

Steven: This is terrible. I was trying to get everyone together, but now everyone's in danger.

Nanefua: I'm not afraid of that thing! Lets see if you can keep up with me!

Steven: Of course I can! (They run towards the pufferfish.)

Nanefua: Oh! Oh! Over here!

Steven: No! Over here! Come on! (Nanefua and Steven run in circles distracting the monster.)

Pearl: Oh my gosh! Steven!

Kiki: What are they doing?

Steven: Everybody! Get ready!

Kofi: Mom, you are crazy!

Garnet: Not crazy... brave.

Jenny: Gunga! Careful with your back!

Steven: Amethyst! Turn yourself into a ball!

Amethyst: Okay! *shapeshifts into a ball*

Nanefua: Jenny! Roll Amethyst to the net and then hold on!

Jenny: Sure thing!

Nanefua: Pearl! Head over to Jenny and Amethyst!

Pearl: Yes, ma'am! *jumps over to the net*

Nanefua: Hit Amethyst into the air as hard as you can!

Pearl: *cracks knuckles* With pleasure. *hits Amethyst high into the air*

Nanefua: Kofi! Kiki! Get over to the net!

Steven: Garnet, spike the beach!

Garnet: I understand! (Garnet equips her gauntlets.)

Amethyst: (Garnet grabs Amethyst.) Be gentle.

Garnet: I'll try!

(Garnet hits Amethyst. Amethyst grunts as she gradually sets aflame. Amethyst lands on the sand, creating a huge spike of glass.)

Nanefua: Here comes the tricky part!

Steven: I'm ready!

Nanefua: Everyone take the net to the other side of the court!

Steven: Okay, everyone, pull the net into its face!

(Everyone pushes the net onto the monster's face.)

Nanefua: It's not enough!

Steven: Don't worry, here comes Garnet!

(Garnet punches the monster into the spiky glass. A cloud of sand covers the screen.)

Kofi: Thanks for your hospitality. (Nanefua lightly punches his stomach.)

Nanefua: And?

Kofi: And, for saving my family, you are all officially un-banned from my shop.

Steven: Aw, thank you so much, Kofi! We really appreciate it, right, guys?

Garnet: Okay, yes, thanks.

Steven: Aaaand?

Pearl: What were we banned from again?

Steven: *laughs nervously*

[END]