COACH ALLISON BENGAL. Written by. Barbara "Nesa" Johnson

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1 COACH BENGAL Written by Barbara "Nesa" Johnson 414 Westside Avenue Indianola, MS

2 FADE IN: EXT. SEAL ACADEMY, TRACK FIELD - DAY HOLDEN (19) petite, wears a red, white and blue top with red bottoms. BENGAL (19) big, bouncy, blue eyes and deep dimples, stands at the starting line. REFEREE 1 (30) BLOWS the whistle. Allison and Shalamah race shoulder to shoulder. Shalamah sticks her foot out and trips Allison. The Referee blows the whistle. Allison tumbles and rolls to the sideline. Shalamah laughs. I won! I won! Hey! She tripped me! Don t you act like you didn t see that! Allison breathes deeply. REFEREE 1 The race is over. He raises Shalamah s hand in the air. I ll get you back, if it s the last thing I do. Bring it on! I am not scared. Allison gets in Shalamah s face. You will be sorry. I ll mop the floor with you the next time! Make sure you brush your teeth before the next race. Shalamah jumps up with the trophy. Her teammates cheer her on. Allison walks over to her teammates and pushes the whole team to the ground.

3 2. This isn t fair! COACH MILLER (40) walks up to Allison. COACH MILLER You stop it right now! You may have lost the battle, but you won the fight. You did a great job. EXT. HAWAII BEACH - DAY Allison (29) bounces up and down on the beach. She drinks a Tiki Cocktail in a Pineapple shell. She stops and gazes at the sunset. The water CRASHES against the pier. FLASHBACK - SEAL ACADEMY. TRACK FIELD - DAY Allison tumbles to the ground and hears Shalamah s laughter. END OF FLASHBACK (V.O.) Bring it on! I am not scared. You ll not get away! She crushes her pineapple shell. INT. HAWAII TIGER HIGH, S CLASSROOM - DAY Allison, (30), overweight slouchy and DIAPER BUTT (30), slow talker, sexy dresser stands in Allison s class room. Ladies, please be on time Saturday. DIAPER BUTT Yeah, girl. You know we got your back. Can I be in it? Baby Blubber puts two donuts in her mouth. She talks with her mouth full. I am going to be there 30 minutes early. Girl, what s for dinner? Allison hits her on the back.

4 3. Diaper Butt laughs. You fat monster! Are you listening? Ouch! Why did you hit me? DIAPER BUTT They re going to find you dead from a food overdose. That s not funny. You shouldn t say things like that. Shut Up! DIAPER BUTT A loud CRASH comes from the hallway. Baby Blubber and Allison run and get stuck between the door. Really! How can both of us fit through this door? INT. HALL WAY - DAY She pulls Diaper Butt backward. TWO female STUDENTS fight. She talks low. Hey. Hey. Stop that please. (CONT D) I said stop it, girls. The girls fight harder. You either beeze up or stays down. Baby Blubber, move out of my way. Allison runs into the girls. She knocks them on opposite sides of the hall. Coach Allison Bengal, you are crazy. That was funny as hell.

5 4. Allison trips over one of the Students and slides down the corridor on her chin. Baby Blubber and Diaper Butt laugh. Help me up off of this floor. Diaper Butt pulls her up. She dusts herself off. She grabs the students. The Students leave. (CONT D) Go to the office now! INT. S HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY Allison talks to her mother on the phone. She prepares plates for her guests. (V.O.) Hi mom. I know how you feel about my eating habits okay. MRS. BENGAL (V.O.) I really want you to start eating vegetables. It s for your good. (V.O.) Come on, mom. You are killing me. Okay, what kind of vegetables? MRS. BENGAL (V.O.) Well, you can start with broccoli. (V.O.) No, no, way. I can t eat baby trees, mom. That s not going to happen. Diaper Butt and Baby Blubber knock on the door. (V.O.) I have to go and answer the door. I ll talk to you later. MRS. BENGAL (V.O.) Okay, bye. Allison opens the door. Hi, girls.

6 5. I hope you re hungry. Yes, I am. Thank you for asking. Everyone stops and looks at Baby Blubber. They laugh. I m not talking to you, Baby Blubber. I m talking to Diaper Butt. You are always ready to eat. I m getting tired of you talking about me. You need to be concentrating on Shalamah. What are you talking about? Allison places their plates in front of them and sits down. I ll be back. Baby Blubber walks outside and comes back in. She gives Allison a purple wreath with a note attached to it. What the devil is this? She reads the note out loud. (V.O.) Hello, Goodyear Blimp. Don t forget to wear this for your funeral Saturday. You fat cow. Diaper Butt and Baby Blubber snicker at Allison. Allison slams her fist on the table. She knocks Diaper Butt s food in the air. It falls on Baby Blubber s head. Stop it! Stop it right now! She turns blue in the face. DIAPER BUTT Girl, are you okay? Baby Blubber that is not funny.

7 6. Allison grabs her finger and squeezes it. Diaper Butt screams and drops to her knees. She wants to play dirty. Okay. DIAPER BUTT Please turn my finger loose? Diaper Butt closes her eyes and pulls her finger free. I think we better leave. I will have her for lunch. EXT. HAWAII TIGER HIGH SCHOOL. BLEACHERS - DAY Allison stands in front of her team. I want you girls to know what happened today. I received this. She pulls a large purple wreath from behind her. She reads the note. (CONT D) The Lady Stallions head coach sent this to my home today. (CONT D) Hello, Goodyear Blimp. Don t forget to wear this to your funeral. How cruel is this? THE TEAM, a group of large teenage girls in red, blue, and white joggers with white tennis shoes. (CONT D) Let s hit it girls. We re going to make her eat this wreath. What do we want? THE TEAM We want Revenge! I can t hear you!!!

8 7. THE TEAM We want Revenge! Revenge on Whom? THE TEAM The Lady Stallions. Let s hit it girls. MUSIC PLAYS. Allison runs with the girls. They run up and down the bleachers. EXT. HAWAII HIGH TRACK FIELD - DAY STACY GROVER (17) falls to the ground. Get up! STACY GROVER I can t run anymore. I hurt my leg. Allison s eyes bulge. Stacy gets up. We don t quit. Get up! STACY GROVER Please, Coach, I can t get up. You either beeze up or stays down! The team sits on the track field drained out. (CONT D) Okay, puppies. Gather together. She blows her whistle. She writes on her pad. (CONT D) You must know how important this competition is to me. Coach Shalamah looks down on us because we are big. She cheats to win. The girls eyes narrow.

9 8. STACY GROVER Why did she do that? Because she thinks that being big is wrong. I want to show her that it doesn t matter how big you are, you can still be great. TINA HOWARD (18) team leader, stands in front of the girls. TINA HOWARD We are going to make her choke on this wreath. Allison lifts the wreath up in the air. The girls slowly get up. They gather around in a circle. TINA HOWARD (CONT D) What do we want? THE TEAM Victory! Victory! Victory! TINA HOWARD How do we want it? THE TEAM Like a sweet piece of pie. TINA HOWARD When do we want it? THE TEAM We want it right now! We want it right now! TINA HOWARD Why do we want it? THE TEAM Cause you either beeze up or stays down. Tigers, lets win that trophy. Allison grabs the wreath and tears it up. She laughs. That s the spirit. I will see you girls Saturday morning.

10 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 9. INT. S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Shalamah sits on the couch to talk with her best friend, LISA * SMITH (30), well dressed. Lisa laughs. LISA I know you must be exhausted. Yes, I am. I gave that big whale a surprise today. You know she s gained three hundred more pounds. LISA Girl, you are crazy. Oh my God! I can t believe she has a Facebook page. That s weird. LISA What s wrong with that? You have one too. I know, but I m sexy. People actually want to look at pictures of me. They laugh. The doorbell RINGS. Shalamah opens the door. Allison is disguised as a Domino s Pizza delivery girl. She wears bifocals and loud pink lipstick and a gray wig. Shalamah pays for the pizza and closes the door. KITCHEN (CONT D) Boy, she s a big grandma looking thing. I didn t order pizza, did you? LISA No, but I m hungry. Will you bring it over here? No, ma am. This is mine. Shalamah goes to the kitchen with the box and opens it. A loud BOOM! Blue ink covers Shalamah s face.

11 10. Lisa laughs. Shalamah stands with her face covered with ink. She opens her eyes and starts to scream. Allison! (CONT D) LISA Oh my goodness, girl! You look a mess. Are you okay? Get out! I am going to kill that whale. I don t believe this. EXT. WINTERVILLE HIGH. TRACK FIELD - DAY Shalamah gathers her TEAM around. The team laughs. Shalamah s face looks blue. Shalamah s voice quivers. The team snickers. Shut up! This is what happens when you let your guards down. (CONT D) The next one of you that laughs will be punished. I want you girls to do whatever is necessary to beat those fat, pie-eating contestwinning whales. Do I make myself clear? TEAM 2 YES, ma am!!! Shalamah stands in front of her team. This competition means everything to me. I want that darn trophy. TEAM 2 YES, ma am!!! Good. Now let s go home and get plenty of rest. (MORE)

12 11. (CONT'D) I want you to eat, sleep and dream about that trophy. What are we? Winners. TEAM 2 How do we win? TEAM 2 By any means necessary. EXT. BATTLE CREEK ACADEMY, TRACK FIELD - DAY The teams ready for battle stands near their coaches. Allison and Shalamah stare each other in the eyes. Shalamah walks toward Allison who is adorned with blue hair, eyebrows, and a light blue face. I should have you arrested for that pizza gimmick. What s wrong Smurfette; you lost your way home? Allison s Team laughs. Get ready to cry again, big girl. DIAPER BUTT You get ready to cry Ghost! Shalamah turns around. I don t think I m talking to you. DIAPER BUTT You re right. I don t talk to dead people. I bury them. They fight. Allison pulls them apart. You need to leave, Bean pole. The REFEREE 2 blows the whistle. REFEREE 2 Ladies, get in position.

13 12. MONTAGE: A) Twelve girls from Allison s team and twelve girls from Shalamah s team line up to start the competition. B) The teams compete in the tire race. C) The teams compete in the monkey bar race. D) The teams compete in the tug-a-war race. E) The teams compete in the swimming race. END OF MONTAGE The teams scores are the same. The final race starts. Allison s girl, TINA HOWARD (18), two hundred pounds and Shalamah s girl, ELIZABETH (18), one hundred pounds run the final 100 yards race. SERIES OF SHOTS - THE FINAL RACE A) Shalamah smiles at Allison. B) Allison s team sighs defeat. C) Baby Blubber encourages Allison s team. D) Allison hits Baby Blubber. E) Allison confronts Shalamah about the past. F) Shalamah tells her girl to cheat to win. G) The race ends. H) Allison asks for replay. I) Allison wins the race. Allison s team and the AUDIENCE cheer loud. The Hawaiian Tiger s fan run out on the field, pick Tina and Allison up with the trophy. Shalamah falls to her knees. Put me down. She walks over to Shalamah. (CONT D) Cheaters never win. Shalamah cries. Allison turns to her.

14 13. (CONT D) You either beeze up or stays down. Allison holds the trophy up and smiles. FADE OUT.