11THE LITTLE MANA

(An ocean. Birds are flying and porpoises are swimming happily.
From the fog a ship appears crashing through the waves. On board, a lone young man named Prince Ashitaka stares emptily toward the sky.)

Ashitaka: The future is clouded as always. Should I fear what I cannot see?

(A blond young man, Odd, accompanied by a blue skinned man, Merlock Holmes, and a large sheepdog, Max, steps on deck.)

Odd: Reciting poetry again, Ashy? Heh, sorry, but I don’t think it’s really the time for it.

Holmes: Indeed, Prince Ashitaka. You must focus all of your being into this visit to Menyanna.

Ashitaka: I’ve focused all my being into all the other times I’ve met with girls, Holmes, and each and every time...I’ve been left with nothing.

Odd: You just have to stay positive, man! Being negative will only worsen your luck! Nobody likes a pessimist, you know.

(Ashitaka is staring at the sky again, apparently not listening.)

Ashitaka: An old tale says the fog keeps this world from the Netherworld...I wonder if that’s true. If it is, then I’d gladly seek help there.

Holmes: It’s only sailor superstition, Ashitaka! Don’t trouble yourself with it.

Ashitaka: You said that curses were sailor superstition as well, Holmes. But we all know that’s not true now! (laughs)

Odd: Ah, you’re happy again! Great! Keep it up and today will be the luckiest day you ever had!

(As he says this, the ship disappears through the fog. The fog closes in and the Netherworld is shown. In an arena of sorts, a small sorcerer named Jaken steps up before a large crowd.

Jaken: Ahem . . . Presenting the Law Enforcer of the Netherworld himself...The Colonel!

(Colonel enters dramatically to wild cheering.)

Jaken: And presenting the most powerful of the court magicians...the Dark Magician of fame and legend...Mahado!

(Mahado enters to wild applause.)

Colonel: I'm really looking forward to this performance, Mahado.

Mahado: Then you shall not be disappointed, Colonel. My powers have increased significantly since we last met and they are capable of leaving lawbreakers a shadow of their former selves.

Colonel: Yes, but I’m especially looking forward to see your young apprentice’s : Yes, yes, she has become most powerful. You should be impressed.

(He proceeds to podium and gives a live magic demonstration. The demonstration ends when a curtain opens to reveal...nothing!)

Colonel: Well, well, well, Mahado...I take your magic trick backfired?
Mahado: (Very angry.) Mana!

(Cut to Mana looking at a ruined temple)

Spongebob: (From distance.) Mana! Please wait up!
Mana: There it is. The ruins of the Outsiders’ Temple. Isn't it fantastic?
Spongebob: Yeah . . . sure . . .great...oh, who am I kidding? It’s a pile of rubble!
Mana: Hey! This pile of rubble is over 500 years old! It should be respected!

Spongebob: Dahahahaha! Whatever you say, Mana. Now what are we gonna do?
Mana: Well, I'm going inside. You can just stay here and - watch for monsters. (She goes inside.)
Spongebob: Fine with me. While I’m at it, I can fix some krabby patt- what? Monsters! AAAA!
(He runs after Mana)
Spongebob: Do you really think there are monsters here?

Mana: Of course not, I was just kidding!

Spongebob: This is great - I mean, I really love this! Excitement, adventure, danger lurking around every corn- YAAAAHHHHHHHH! (He sees a skull, crashes into pillar causing a mild cave in, and runs away, knocking over Mana.)
Mana: Are you okay?
Spongbob: Yeah sure, no problem, I'm okay . . .
Mana: Shhh . . . (Seeing a fork.) Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Have you ever
seen anything so wonderful in your entire life? I wonder if it’s some sort of outside weapon?
Spongebob: I bet Patrick will know what it is!

(Mana puts fork in bag. Monster appears outside.)
Spongebob: What was that? Did you hear something?
Mana: (Distracted by pipe.) Hmm, I wonder what this one is? Another weapon? Or maybe a...
Spongebob: Mana...
Mana: Spongebob, will you relax? Nothing is going to happen.
Spongebob: (Seeing Monster looming behind him.) AAHHHH! Run! Run!

(Monster chases them all around. Mana’s bag is hung up. She
goes back for it. Monster almost gets them. They head for exit. Spongebob gets knocked silly
but Mana saves him and destroys Monster with a spell from her rod.)

Spongebob: Whew! That was a close one!

Mana: Yeah, but that’s what makes these outings so good!

(At the Krusty Krab, Squidward is looking through his telescope.)
Spongebob: Squidward!

Squidward: Oh great. My two least favorite people in the Netherworld.

(Mana and Spongebob enter the building)
Mana: Heya, Squidward! Where’s Patrick?Squidward: He’s over there finishing his shift.
Spongebob: Patrick! Look, we found my outsider stuff!

Patrick: Outsider stuff? Hey, lemme see! (Picks up fork.)
Patrick: Look! It's a Giraffe! Ha ha ha ha ha!
Mana: A Giraffe...
Spongebob: What about that one?
Patrick: (Holding pipe) Ah - this I haven't seen in years. A bully bamboozler! Spongebob: Oohhh.
Patrick: This, uh...it dates back to prehistorical times, when outsiders used to...

Squidward: Used to wonder why they’re so damn lucky that they don’t have to sit around listening to IDIOTS all day!

Mana (holding out rod): Ya better watch it, Squidward! My magic has been improving!

(Mr. Krabs enters)

Krabs: Yes, and that magic should been demonstrated at the magic show an hour ago!
Mana : The magic show was today! Oh no!

Krabs: I’m afraid I’ll have to take you over to your trainer.

Mana: “Sigh”. Wish me luck, guys. I’ve gotta go face the music...

(Cut to two creatures with glowing eyes, then Yubaba in background watching magic projection of Mana being led away by Mr. Krabs.)

Yubaba: Yeeeeeees, hurry home, Mana. We wouldn't want to miss your master’s magic show now, would we? Huh! Magic indeed. Bah! In MY day, I could put on magic shows the likes the Netherworld had never seen before! And now, look at me - wasted away with age- banished and exiled and decrepid, while Mahado and the other magicians of the Royal Order celebrate. Well, I'll give 'em something to celebrate soon enough. Flotsam! Jetsam! I want you to keep an
extra close watch on this pretty little apprentice of his. She may be the key to Mahado’s undoing.

(Fade to the palace of Menyanna. Everyone on board the ship is getting off and entering the palace. Ashitaka is greeted by dark haired young girl.)

Sissy: Prince Ashitaka! Ooooh, you’re even cuter in person! Welcome to the glorious palace of Menyanna! I’m Princess Sissy!

Ashitaka: Yes...I figured as much.

Sissy: Let me show you around...

Odd: Oh! I wanna see too! They say you see one palace, you see ‘em all, but I want to prove ‘em wrong!

Sissy: Who is this sickeningly dressed, bad haired commoner?

Odd: Commoner? I’m no commoner! I’m Odd Della Robia, Ashitaka’s best friend!

Sissy: Nice try, but the gallant, noble, beautiful Prince Ashitaka of Shoreland would never be friends with a loser like you!

Ashitaka: No! He’s telling the truth.

Sissy: What!

Odd: Heh heh heh! So, you gonna give me the tour or what?

Sissy: Grrrrrrrr...Fine! But don’t mess anything up for the two of US!

(The three of them walk into the central hall. Servants are busy constructing a pillar.)

Sissy: Hey! That pillar should have been finished an hour ago!

Servant: I’m sorry, your grace! We ran into trouble and...

Sissy: No excuses! I’m going to have to tell my father that you’ve been slacking!

Servant: No, don’t tell your father please!

(Sissy coldly turns away.)

Odd: Now wait! Construction is a hard business, you royal mean-ness! Cut the guys some slack!

Sissy: You’re not one to tell me how to run a kingdom!

Odd: But you DON’T run a kingdom! You live off your daddy’s power!

Sissy (insulted): How DARE you! Ashitaka, this idiot is insulting your beloved! Punish him!

Ashitaka: Well...he does have a point about the construction...and...

(Sissy glares at him. Ashitaka gulps.)

Ashitaka: Odd, go back to the ship and draw us up a new map.

Odd: What? But you know I hate drawing maps! I ain’t no Chris Columbus!

Ashitaka: Draw us a map! That’s an order.

Odd:...Man!...Well, we can throw “the luckiest day ever” out the window...

(Odd walks away.)

Sissy: Oh, you were marvelous, Ashitaka! As strong as a prince should be for his lady!

Ashitaka: Listen, I appreciate what you’re doing, but I don’t really think this is going to work out...

Sissy: Wh-what do you mean?

Ashitaka: Well...it’s not you, It’s...um, it’s...uh...this palace. It seems a little narrow and I’m claustrophobic. So, if you don’t mind...

Sissy: Say no more, dear prince! I know exactly what to do!

(Cut to later. The ship is sailing away from Menyanna.)

Odd: Here’s the map, Ashy! We can follow it all the way home.

Ashitaka: Thank you, Odd.

Odd: Listen, I know you’re cursed with ill fate until you get married to a girl and all, but do you really need to continue with THIS girl? I mean the tour was enough, but now you let her come home with us!

(Shifts to Sissy ordering sailors around and then shifts back to them.)

Ashitaka: I know, I know. I’ll find a way to break up with her, don’t worry. But I need to find a girl soon. It’s not just for me...it’s for you and everyone else. The more I stay on the throne with this curse, the more I endanger everyone around me will ill fate.

(Max comes over and Ashitaka pets him while looking sad.)

Ashitaka: I can’t risk it...not anymore...

(Cuts to the Netherworld. Mana and Mr. Krabs are with Mahado.)

Mahado: What am I going to do with you, Mana?
Mana: Master, I'm sorry, I just forgot, I -
Mahado: As a result of your careless behaviour -
Krabs: Careless and reckless behaviour!
Mahado: My entire demonstration was ruined! And in front of the Colonel no less!
Krabs: Yes! And all because you were off playin’ hookey with my employee and investigatin’ the mystery of outsider items!

Mahado: Outsider Items! Not again! Did you go to the Temple Ruins?
Mana: Nothing - happened. . . .
Mahado: Oh, Mana, How many times must we go through this? The Emperor has outlawed anything that has do with outsiders! He thinks they are inferior...
Mana: But they’re NOT inferior!

Mahado: That’s not the case! Whether they are or they aren’t, the Emperor thinks they are and he says that he doesn’t want their taint in the Netherworld.

Mana: This isn’t about them, is it? It’s all about you! You don’t want to be kicked out of the Emperor’s Royal Court!

Mahado (angrily): Listen! I am the Master, you are the Apprentice! You will obey my rules!
Mana: But if you would just listen to what I have to...
Mahado: Not another word - and I am never, NEVER to hear of you going to the ruins again. Is that clear? (Mana leaves, crying.)

Krabs: Hm! Teenagers. . . . They think they know everything. The only good thing about ‘em is their money!
Mahado: Do you, er, think I - I was too hard on her?

Krabs: Definitely not. Why, if me daughter Pearl was as rude as Mana is, I'd show her who was boss. None of this “outsider items” and other such nonsense.

Mahado: You're absolutely right, Mr. Krabs.
Krabs: Of course.
Mahado: Mana needs constant supervision.
Krabs: Constant.
Mahado: Someone to watch over her - to keep her out of trouble.

Krabs: All the time -
Mahado: And YOU and your employees are the ones who will do it!

(Cut to Mr. Krabs, Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward walking down a corridor.)
Squidward: Great going, Mr. Krabs. Now we have to babysit the biggest rule-breaker in the Netherworld and not get any more daily money.

Krabs: Stop rubbin’ it in, Mr. Squidward! It hurts enough as it is! (Cries)

(Spongebob sees Mana sneaking off.)

Spongebob: Ummm, Mr. Krabs?

Krabs: No, lad! Don’t speak to me...it’s not the time...

Spongebob: But Mr. Krabs, Mana is sneaking off somewhere!

Krabs: Hmm? What is that girl up to?

Squidward: Something bad, no doubt.

(They follow Mana into a cave and gaze in awe at the shelves upon shelves of outsider items.)

Patrick: It’s beautiful!

Squidward: It’s criminal! She’s hoarding these things right under the Emperor’s nose!

Mana: If only I could make a difference in this universe. I just don't see why two worlds have to be separated. Is one really inferior to the other? I don’t think so. I think that they’re both the same...that they should both be one...

Look at this stuffIsn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
The girl who has ev'rything?
Look at this trove
Treasures untoldHow many wonders can one cavern hold?
Lookin' around here you'd think
Sure, she's got everything

I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
(You want thingamabobs?
I got twenty)
But who cares? No big deal I want more I wanna be where happiness is
I wanna see
Wanna see some dancin'

I wanna see a party

where everyone is invited to
Up where they walk
Up where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun Wanderin' free Wish I could be Part of that world

Spongebob: (Cries) IT’S SO SAD! WHY CAN’T WE ALL BE EQUAL?

(Squidward hits Spongebob on the head.)
Mana: Spongebob? Patrick? Squidward? Mr. Krabs?

Krabs: Well, Mana, pray tell what all this is?
Mana: It, err, it's just my - collection. . . .
Krabs: Oh. I see. Your collection. Hmmm. IF THE COLONEL KNEW ABOUT THIS PLACE HE'D -
Mana: You're not gonna tell him, are you?
Patrick: Mana, the pressure on you is high.. Come with me, let us go and have a Krabby Pattie at the Krusty... (A ship shadow passes through the fog.)
Mana: What do you suppose?. . .
Krabs: Mana! MANA! (Mana goes through a portal into the outside world.)

Spongebob: Sh-sh-she just went to...THE OUTSIDE WORLD!

Squidward: I knew this would be trouble.

(The four of them follow Mana through the portal. They are all floating in the middle of the sea. Fireworks in the sky are launched from Ashitaka’s ship. Mana looks on, amazed.)
Krabs: Mana, what - what are you-Great Barrier Reaf!

(Mana swims toward the ship)

Krabs: Mana, Mana! Please come back!

(Mana sits in the ships lifeboat and watches party until Max sniffs her out.)
Ashitaka: (Whistles.) Max, here boy. (Max runs over to Ashitaka)

Ashitaka: Good boy, Max, good boy...

(Mana sees him and is stricken.)
Spongebob: This is incredible...

Mana: Spongebob, be quiet! They'll hear you.

Spongebob: Right. This is a job for the HALL MONITOR!

(Mana pushes him backward to shut him up.)
Mana: I've never seen an outsider this close before. Oh - he's very handsome,
isn't he?
Patrick: (Looking at Max) I dunno, he looks kinda hairy and slobbery to me.

Mana: Hee hee! Not that one - the one next to it.

Holmes: Silence! Silence! It is now my honour and privilege to present our
esteemed Prince Ashitaka with a very special, very expensive, very large birthday
present.

Sissy: Yes, yes, happy birthday, my prince!
Ashitaka: Thank you, Holmes...I don’t know what to say.

Holmes: Neither do I. Happy birthday, Ashitaka! (Large, gaudy statue of Ashitaka is revealed. Max growls.)
Ashitaka: Oh...yes..thank you. It's, err, it's, err - it's really somethin'. . . .

Holmes: Yes, I commissioned it myself. Of course, I had hoped it would be a
wedding present, but . . .

Sissy: It still can be if you please, Ashitaka!

Ashitaka (shakes head): I’m sorry, Sissy...but you’re just not the right girl for me.

Sissy: WHAT! You mean...you’re dumping me? I got on this third-rate boat for nothing! Aaaaaaargh!.

Holmes: How do you know which girl is “the right girl” for you anyway, Ashitaka?

Ashitaka: Believe me, when I find her I'll know. And if not, then let me be struck by... (Lightning and thunder appear and the sky grows dark.)

Holmes: Oh my god! We’re in the Badass Triangle! How on earth did we get here! Who drew the map we used!

Odd: ...Heh heh heh...I did.

Sissy: Look what you’ve done! It’s all your fault, you peasant!

Ashitaka: No! It’s my fault...I told him to draw up the map. I fell prey to my curse once again...
Sailor: Hurricane a'commin'! Stand fast! Secure the riggin'! (Storm hits.)

Patrick: Whoa! The wind's all of a sudden on the move here! (He is blownaway.) Oh! SPONGEBOOOOOOB! (Patrick falls through the portal, and everyone except Mana follow suit)

(Ship crashes through storm. Lightning starts a fire. A rock looms ahead.)
Ashitaka: Look out!

(Ship crashes and all are thrown overboard except Max.)
Ashitaka: Max! (Goes back to save him.)

Sissy: No, Ashitaka, what are you doing! Leave the mutt behind!

Ashitaka: Jump Max! Come on boy, jump! You can do it Max.

(He saves Max but is trapped on board.)
Holmes: ASHITAKA! (Ship explodes. Mana finds Ashitaka near drowning and pulls him away.)

(On beach. Mana is sitting next to an unconscious Ashitaka. Mr. Krabs, Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward arrive through a portal.)
Mana: Is he - dead?
Patrick: (Opens Ashitaka’s eyelid.) It's hard to say. (Puts his ear against Ashitaka’s foot.) Oh, I - I can't make out a heartbeat.

(Squidward slaps his forehead.)

Mana: No, look! He's breathing. He's so...beautiful.

What would I give
To live where you are?
What would I pay
To stay here beside you?
What would I do to see you
Smiling at me?
Where would we walk?
Where would we run?
If we could stay all day in the sun? Just you and meAnd I could be Part of your world
(Max, Odd, and Holmes approach. Mana hurries away into the portal.)
Holmes:You really delight in these sadistic strains on my
blood pressure, don't you?

Ashitaka: A girl - rescued me. . . . She was - singing . . . she had the most -
beautiful voice.

Odd: Poor Ashy. He’s swallowed a bit too much seawater. We better get him to the place pronto. Come on, Max.
Krabs: We just gotta forget this whole thing ever happened. Mahado will never know. You won't tell him, I won't tell him. I will stay in one piece.
Mana: I don't know when
I don't know how
But I know something's starting right now
Watch and you'll seeSome day I'll be
Part of your world

(Flotsam and Jetsam appear. Fade to Yubaba watching from her chamber.)

Yubaba: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. I can't stand it - it's too easy. The
girl is in love with an outsider! And not just any inferior outsider - a prince! Her
master will LOVE that. Mahado’s tomboyish, lovesick apprentice would make a charming addition to my little garden. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

(The next day, in the Netherworld, Mr. Krabs is pacing outside the Krusty Krab.)
Krabs: O.K. So far, so good. I don't think anyone knows. But it will not
be easy keeping something like this a secret for long.
Mana: (Picking petals off a flower) He loves me . . . hmmm, he loves me
not. . . . He loves me! I knew it!
Squidward: Mana, would you listen to yourself? You’re talking CRAZY!

Mana: I gotta see him again - tonight!
Squidward: Mana - please! This is ridiculous!
Mana: I'll swim up to his castle. Then shoot out a magic spell to get his attention, and then with -

Krabs: ENOUGH! The NETHERWORLD is your home, little lady! Mana - listen to me. The outside world...it's a mess. Life beyond the fog is better than anything they got there!

The grass is always greener
In somebody else's plain
You dream about going over there

But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here and right now

Such wonderful darkness around you
You must appreciate it somehow!

Beyond the fog
Beyond the fog

Darling it's sicker

Down where it's wickeder

Take it from me

On the outside, they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we discreetin’

Livin’ in secret

Beyond the fog

Beyond the fog

Beyond the fog
What do they got? A lot of sand!
We got a hot villainous band
Beyond the fog!

(They discover that Mana has left with Spongebob and Patrick.)
Krabs: Mana? Mana?

Squidward: I’m telling you, Mr. Krabs...someone’s gotta bind her to the wall!
Jaken: Mr. Krabs! Mr. Krabs, I've been looking all over for you. I've got an urgent message from Mahado
Krabs: M-Mahado?
Jaken: He wants to see you right away - something about Mana.
Krabs (to Squidward): He knows!

(Fade to Mana, Spongebob, and Patrick entering cave.)

Mana: You guys, why can't you just tell me what this is all about?

Spongebob: You'll see. It's a surprise.
Mana: (Sees statue of Ashitaka) Oh, you guys are the best! it looks just like him. It even has his eyes. Ha ha ha! (Turns around and sees Mahado.) Master!
Mahado: I consider myself a reasonable Dark Magician. I set certain rules, and I
expect those rules to be obeyed.

Mana: But Master...!
Mahado: Is it true you rescued an outsider from drowing?

Mana: Master, I had to-Mahado: Contact between the outside world and the Netherworld is strictly for- bidden. Mana, you know that! Everyone knows that!
Colonel: Apparently not everyone knows it.

Mahado: C-Colonel! What are you doing here?

Colonel: I saw Mr. Krabs in a hurry and I figured something was going down. It’s a good thing I followed him. I heard the whole thing! Saving an inferior being...

Mana: He would have died-Colonel: One less TROQ to worry about!
Mana: You don't even know him!

Colonel: Know him? I don't have to know him. They're all the same. Spineless,
weak, ignorant people, incapable of any-

Mana: Shut up, I love him! Colonel: No . . . Have you lost your senses completely?
Mahado: Colonel, please! Mana meant no disrespect...

Colonel: This girl of yours has broken the law, Mahado! And she just talked back to a superior officer of the law!

Patrick: It seems we have reached an impass.

Colonel: The pink guy is right. I have to get through to her. And if this is the only way, so be it.

(Begins to blast the artifacts with a rifle.)
Mana: No . . . No, please- stop!. . . Nooo!. . . (He blasts the statue. Mana begins crying. Mahado glares at Colonel.)

Colonel: It was for her own good, Mahado.

Mahado: I’ll decide what’s for her own good. She’s my apprentice.

Colonel: Step outside and we’ll discuss it with the Emperor then.

(Mahado and Colonel walk away.)
Krabs: Mana, I . . .
Mana: (Still crying.) Just go away. (Mr. Krabs and his employees leaves and Flotsan and Jetsam appear.)

Flotsam: Poor child.
Jetsam: Poor, sweet child.

Flotsam: She has a very serious problem
Jetsam: If only there were something we could do.
Flotsam: But there is something.

Mana: Who - who are you?
Jetsam: Don't be scared.

Flotsam: We represent someone who can help you. Jetsam: Someone who could make all your dreams come true.
Flotsam and Jetsam: Just imagine. . .

Jetsam: You and your prince -
Flotsam and Jetsam: Together, forever. . . .

Mana: I don't understand.
Jetsam: Yubaba Urana has great powersMana: The exiled witch? I couldn't possibly - no! Get out of here, you creeps!
Flotsam: Suit yourself.
Jetsam: It was only a suggestion. Jetsam flicks the statue's broken face towards Mana.
Mana: Looking at the face Wait.
Flotsam and Jetsam: Yeeeeeeeeeess?

(Cut to outside of cave with the Krusty Krab workers.)

Spongebob: (snif) Poor Mana.
Krabs: I didn't mean to tell...I mean, I wouldn’t have if I had... (Mana passes by.)
Krabs: Mana - where are you going?

Squidward: And what are you doing with these weirdos?
Mana: I'm going to see Yubaba.
Spongebob: AAA! Manal, no! No, she's a demon, she's a monster!

Krabs: The lad’s right. You can’t...
Mana: Why don't you go tell my master? You're good at that.
Krabs: But . . . But, I . . . (To the others) Come on.

(They travel towards Yubaba’s cavern.)
Yubaba: Come in. Come in, my child. We mustn't lurk in doorways - it's rude.
One MIGHT question your upbringing. . . . Now, then. You're here because you have a thing for this outsider. This, er, prince fellow. Not that I blame
you - he is quite a catch, isn't he? Well, the solution to your problem is simple. The only way to get what you want - is to become an outsider yourself.
Mana: Can you DO that?
Yubaba: My dear, sweet child. That's what I do - it's what I live for. To help unfortunate folk - like yourself. Poor souls with no one else to turn to.

I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch
But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light and made a switch True? Yes

And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possessed
And here lately, please don't laugh I use it on behalfOf the miserable, lonely and depressed
(Pathetic)

Poor unfortunate souls
In pain
In need
This one longing to be thinnerThat one wants to get the girl
And do I help them?
Yes, indeed Those poor unfortunate souls
So sadSo true
They come flocking to my cauldron
Crying, "Spells, Yubaba, please!"
And I help them? Yes, I do

Now it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't pay the price
And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals
Yes, I've had the odd complaint But on the whole I've been a saint
To those poor unfortunate souls

Yubaba: Now, here's the deal. I will make you a potion that will disguise you for three days. Got that? Three days. Now listen, this is important. Before the sun sets on the third day, you've got to get that perfect hero Ashitaka to fall in love with you. That is, he's got to kiss you. Not just any kiss - the kiss of true love. If he does kiss you before the sun sets on the third day, you'll remain in your disguise permanently, but - if he doesn't, you turn back into your original form and - you will belong to me.
Krabs: No Mana! (He is silenced by Flotsam and Jetsam.)

Yubaba: Have we got a deal? Mana: If I become a permanent outsider, I'll never be able to go to the Netherworld again. I won’t be able to see my master ever again...

Yubaba: That's right. . . . But - you'll have your man. Life's full of tough choices, isn’t it? Now sign the contract here and it will be done.

Mana: Um, what’s this small print at the bottom...?

Yubaba: Oh, never mind that. It’s just tiny details, unimportant really...
(Mana signs contract.)

Yubaba: Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows, buried in the stream of time is where my powers grows.

(She laughs as Mana’s hair is turned blond, her clothes turned blue, her eyes turned green, and her skin color turned paler. Mana disappears in a flash of light, as does the Krusty Krab crew.)

(Fade to beach. Ashitaka and Max are walking near castle.)Ashitaka: (Playing flute.) That voice. I can't get it out of my head. Is this a side-effect of the curse...or not? Oh, I've looked everywhere, Max - where could she be?

(On other side of rocks Mana is washed up. The Krusty Krab crew is exausted. Mana sees her new look in the water and is amazed.)

Patrick: Hmmm...There's something different about you, Mana. Don't tell me - I got it. It's your hairdo, right?

Mana: Well...yeah, but there’s more.

Patrick: New . . . clothes?

Mana: That too, but that’s not all of it.

Patrick: Ooooh, I can't put my foot on it right now, but if I just stand here long enough I know that I'll -
Squidward: SHE'S CHANGED ALL OVER, YOU IDIOT! .

Patrick: I knew that.

Spongebob: So let me get this straight. Mana is now an outsider.. She's gotta make the prince fall in love with her, and he's gotta kiss her.

Krabs: And she's only got three days! This is a catastrophe! What would her master say? I'll tell you what her master'd say, he'd say he's gonna kill himself a crab, that's what her master’d say! I'm gonna march meself straight home right now and tell him just like I shoulda done de minute-

Mana: No! You can’t do that!

Krabs: Oh yeah? Just watch me!

Mana: No, seriously, you can’t do that. The portal’s been closed for good.

Krabs: WHAT!

Squidward: We’re stuck here...FOREVER!

Mana: Well...maybe you’ll be able to go home after the three days are up!

Krabs: You thing so? All right, all right. I'll try to help you find that
prince...Let’s just hope he has a lot of money, har har har har!

(Cut to Ashitaka and Max. Max smells Mana and gets excited.)
Ashitaka: Max? (Max runs away) Huh . . . what, Max!
(Meanwhile, Mana finally stands up and walks onto the beach.)

Mana: Aaah, I feel great!

(They hear Max. He arrives, chases Mana up on a rock, and licks her face.)
Ashitaka: Max . . . Max - Quiet Max! What the hell’s gotten into you?

(Sees Mana.) Oh . . . Oh, I see.

Mana: Oh man...I’m not ready for this...(fixes her hair up)

Ashitaka: Are you O.K., miss? I'm sorry if this knucklehead scared you.

Mana: Oh, no, no! Not at all...(pets Max)

Ashitaka:. . . you . . . seem very familiar . . . to me. Have we met?

Mana: Yeah! I’ve seen you before!
Ashitaka: Really? What's your name?

Mana: Mana! My name’s Mana!

Ashitaka: C-can you sing?

(Mana starts singing and it comes out terribly. Ashitaka, Max, and the hidden Krusty Krab crew all cringe.)

Mana: Huh?

Ashitaka: I’m sorry! I’m sorry, you don’t need to sing! I just...thought you were someone else...

(Mana and Max look frustrated.)

Mana (thinking): That ugly old witch! That small print on the contract must have stated that I wouldn’t be able to sing...and I signed it! Tiny details! Hmph!)
Ashitaka: Say, where do you come from anyway?

Mana: Uhhhh...A shipwreck! I was washed ashore in a shipwreck!

Ashitaka (concerned): You were? Oh my...we better get you someplace to stay then. Come along with me.

(Mana, Ashitaka, and Max walk away toward the castle.)

Krabs: I’m gonna follow ‘em. Wish me luck!

(Mr. Krabs follows close behind.)

Squidward: Bad luck, Mr. Krabs!

(Spongebob and Patrick stare at him.)

Squidward: What? He never specified WHAT kind of luck we should wish him.

(Cuts to Mr. Krabs at a castle door.)

Krabs: All right. Let’s see what kind of a joint this prince runs...

(He enters the door, which leads to a kitchen. He sees various fish cooking, including a crab. He faints.)

(Cut to castle dining room.)

Holmes: Oh, Ashitaka, be reasonable! Nice young ladies just don't - swim around
rescuing people in the middle of the ocean and then - flutter off into oblivion, like some -
Ashitaka: She was REAL, Holmes! I'll find that girl...and I'm gonna marry her.

Odd: OK, now you’re starting to creep me out. Hey look! Our guest is here! (Mana enters, all cleaned up. She winks at Ashitaka) Holmes: Oh, Ashitaka, isn't she a vision?
Ashitaka: You look - wonderful.
Holmes: Come come come, you must be famished. Let me help you my dear. Therewe go - ah - quite comfy?

Odd: It's not ofen that we have such a lovely dinner guest, eh Ashy?

(Mana picks up a fork.)

Mana; Wow! Nice giraffe!

Ashitaka: G-Giraffe?

Odd: Aha! I KNEW the forks in this place looked like giraffes! You owe me 25 bucks, Holmes!

Ashitaka: Ummm...Mana, that’s a fork.

Mana: Oh.
(Mana is embarrased. She sees pipe and brightens.)

Holmes: Uh, do you like it? It is rather - fine . . .

(She waves it like a wand and its contents fly into his face. Ashitaka laughs.)
Ashitaka: Ahem, so sorry Holmes..

Odd: Why, Ashy, that's the first time I've seen you that happy in weeks.
Mana: By the way, what's for dinner?
Holmes(wiping his face): Chef's been fixing his specialty...stuffed crab.

(Cut to Sebastion watching Louis cook. He is humming to himself.)

Louis:

Shoo do dee dee da do bop do wap de sap! Huh?

(Sees Mr. Krabs)
What is this? (Mr. Krabs pinches him and a battle ensues. Louis knocks over a large cabinet.)

(Cut to dining room. Huge crash is heard.)
Holmes: I think I'd better go see what Louis is up to. (Back to kitchen. Louis is trashing the place.)
Louis: Hey dude! Quit hidin’ and come out and fight like a man-cub!Holmes: Louis! What are you doing? Louis: Wha! I - I was just - er, er, I'm sorry, sir.(Holmes re-enters the dining room as Odd is talking..)

Odd: You know, Ashy, perhaps Mana might enjoy seeing some of the sights of the kingdom. Something in the way of a tour?
Mana: Oh, yeah! I’d love that!

Ashitaka: Huh? What did you say?

Odd: See, there’s your problem right there! You can't spend all your time moping about, you need to get out. Do something, have a life.

Ashitaka; Fine. Mana, would you like to join me on a tour of my kingdom tomorrow morning?Mana: I already said I’d love it!

Ashitaka: You did?

Mana: Yeah, I did.

Ashitaka: “Sigh”. Odd’s right...I’ve got to get out more.

(Fade to Mana and Eric playing fetch with Max.)
Ashitaka: Come here boy! . . .

Mana: No, pass it here, boy!

(In a corner, Odd and Sissy are watching.)

Sissy: I don’t get it! What does that dumb blonde have that I don’t?

Odd: Hmmmm...kindness, style, good looks, intellignece, a sense of humor...

Sissy: Ha ha, very funny.

Odd: Hey, I’m just telling it to you straight.

(Shifts to late at night, as Mana is getting into bed.)

Mr. Krabs: This has got to be, without a doubt, the single most humiliating day
of my life. I hope you appreciate what I go through for you, young lady.
Now - we got to make a plan to get that boy to kiss you. Tomorrow, when he
takes you for that ride, you gotta look your best. You gotta...(He sees she is asleep.) Hm. You are hopeless, me girl. You know that? Completely hopeless . . .

(Fade to Ashitaka’s bedroom. Ashitaka has a nightmare showing how he got his curse. In it, he is younger and is swinging a sword in a red background. Suddenly, a man in a robe glides over to him and wraps his robe around his body. Light surrounds him...and then he wakes up.)

Ashitaka: Dam you, Rezo...

(Morning at castle. Mana, Ashitaka, Odd, Sissy, and a hidden Mr. Krabs leave in a chariot for their tour.)

Odd: Ain’t it grand? We’re gonna spend the whole day in town!

Sissy: It may be grand to you, but going out like this makes me shudder.
Odd: Hey, if that makes you shudder, you should hear Mana’s singing!

Mana: Hey! (Hits him.)

Odd: Ow!

Sissy: Thank you, Mana, it’s about time someone hit him.

(Mr. Krabs sneaks out of the chariot and goes into a corner where the rest of the Krusty Krab crew are)
Spongebob: Have they kissed yet?

Krabs: Not yet.

Patrick: Doh! Why doesn’t Mana just tell the guy that he needs to kiss her?

Squidward: Oh, yes, that’s a good scenario: (poorly imitating Mana) “Ashitaka, if you don’t kiss me I won’t be able to be an outsider and I’ll have to go back to the Netherworld that you’re not supposed to now about, so kiss me now!”

Spongebob: Squidward’s right. These kinda things take time.

Krabs: But the only time we have is today and tomorrow. Mana had best be winning the boy’s affections soon, or else!

(In the town, both groups of four see many sights and do many things. Eventually Ashitaka and Mana are alone in a boat on a lake.)
Spongebob: Move over, Patrick! I can't see a thing.
Krabs: Nothing is happening. . . .and it’s already nightfall! This calls for drastic measures! Percussion. . . . Strings. . . . Winds. . . . Words. . . .

There you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say
But there's something about her
And you don't know why
But you're dying to try
You wanna kiss the girl
Yes, you want her
Look at her, you know you do
Possible she wants you too
There is one way to ask her It don't take a word Not a single word Go on and kiss the girl Sha la la la la la My oh my
Look like the boy too shy
Ain't gonna kiss the girlSha la la la la la Ain't that sad? Ain't it a shame?
Too bad, he gonna miss the girl

Ashitaka: Somebody is singing about me and I don’t like what they’re saying...

Mana: Maybe...they’re trying to hint you on something?

Ashitaka: I know what they’re hinting me on, but they’re basically calling me pathetic while doing so.

Mana: Oh, just ignore that! Listen to the meaning, not the lyrics!

(The song continues. Ashitaka leans over and so does Mana. They are almost about to kiss when the boat tips over.)

Ashitaka & Mana: AAAAAH!

(Flotsam and Jetsam congratulate each other.)

(Cut to Yubaba’s cavern.)
Yubaba: Nice work, boys. That was a close one. Too close. The little tramp! Oh, she's better than I thought. At this rate, he'll be kissing her by unset for sure. Well, it's time Yubaba took matters into her own wrinkled hands! Mahado’s apprentice will be mine - and then I'll make him writhe. I'll see him wriggle like a worm on a hook! (Laughing, she transforms into a younger form.)

(Fade to castle at night. Ashitaka is playing the flute and contemplating as Holmes approaches.)

Holmes: Prince Ashitaka, if I may say, far better than any dream girl, is one of flesh and blood, one warm and caring, and right before your eyes.

(He sees Mana in a window, sighs, and tosses away flute. He is distracted by Yubaba/Babayu singing with Mana’s singing voice. Light reflects from her mouth and starts shining in his eyes.)

Ashitaka: No...this singing...it’s affecting the Curse...Aaaaaaaaah!

(Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs are climbing a rope on the castle wall in the morning. They finally reach Mana’s window and jump into her room)

Spongebob: Mana! Mana, wake up! Wake up! I just heard the news. We did it!

Mana: “Yawn” Can’t this news wait ‘till later?
Krabs: Har har har har! Good one, Mana! Seriously, the whole town's buzzin' about the prince gettin' himself hitched this afternoon!

Squidward: In other words, he's getting married!

Mana: Really! Yes!

(Mana runs downstairs, only to see Eric and Babayu together.)

Holmes: Well, uh - err, Ashitaka, I-it appears that you were right and I was wrong.. This mystery maiden of yours does - in fact exist. And - and she is lovely.
Ashitaka (hypnotized voice): We wish to be married as soon as possible.
Holmes: Oh, yes - of course, Ashitaka, but, er - but these things do take time...

Ashitaka: This afternoon, Holmes. The wedding ship departs at sunset.
Holmes: Oh, oh - very well, my prince- as you wish.

(Mana runs off crying. Babayu smirks. Sissy and Odd exchange glances and glare at Babayu in complete distaste.)

(Cut to late afternoon as wedding ship starts to leave. Mana on pier crying bitterly as Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs look on.)

Mana: A jerk...he was nothing but a jerk. Maybe the Colonel was right...maybe outsiders...are just...inferior people...(Cut to Spongebob walking down the hallway of the wedding ship and humming the Spongebob Squarepants theme to himself.)

Babayu: What a lovely little bride I'll make, my dear I'll look divine
Things are working out according to my ultimate design Soon I'll have my revenge on Mahado and the Netherworld will be mine! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha!

Spongebob: (Seeing real Yubaba in mirror.) The exiled witch! Oh no . . . She's- She’s-AAAAAAAH!. . . (Runs into side of ship, jumps off and swims to the pier.)

Sponebob: MANA . I was on the wedding shop-ship- An' - I- I saw that the watch - the witch was watchin' a mirror, and she was singin' with a stolen set o' pipes! Do you hear what I'm tellin' you? THE PRINCE IS MARRYING THE EXILED WITCH YUBABA URANA IN DISGUISE!Squidward: Are you sure about this?

Spongebob: Have I ever been wrong? I mean when it's important!

Mana: “Gasp!” The curse! Ashitaka has a curse on him...of course! Yubaba’s magic powers mixed with the curse and hypnotized him! That old hag has gone too far!
(Mana jumps in water and begins swimming toward the wedding ship.)

Patrick: What are we gonna do now?

Krabs: WE GOTTA STALL THAT WEDDING! FOLLOW ME, LADS!

(The crew swims ahead of Mana toward the wedding ship.

(Cut to wedding in progress. Groom Ashitaka and bride Babayu pass. Max growls at Babayu but she kicks him. Best man Odd and flower girl Sissy pass.)

Sissy(whispering to Max): Hang in there, boy!
Odd(whispering to Max): We have a plan to stop this thing!)
Priest: Dearly beloved . . .

Odd(whispering to Sissy): All right, get ready. Once he finishes, he’ll ask if anyone is against this and ask them to speak up.

Sissy(whispering to Odd): Right! And then we’ll speak up and remind the prince of Mana. Then he’ll dump this girl and cancel this ceremony!

Priest: Yes, um, do you Prince Ashitaka, take Babayu Anaur, to be your lawfully wedded wife, for as long as you both shall live?

Ashitaka: I : Eh, and do you . . . (The Krusty crew and tons of other sea creatures jump in for attack, causing great chaos.)

(Sissy and Odd stare at what’s going on around them.)

Odd: Screw our plan, this is bloody better!

Babayu: Get away from me you slimy little- Oh, why you little

(In the struggle, Odd and Sissy release Max from his leash. He bites Babayu in the rear end, which causes her to drop the shell holding Mana’s singing voice. It breaks and the singing voice goes back to Mana, who has just arrived. Ashitaka comes out of the spell as she sings.) Ashitaka: What the...where I am I...Mana? Mana: Ashitaka!
Ashitaka: You - you can sing...you can sing good! You're the one.

Babayu: Ashitaka, get away from her!
Odd & Sissy: SHUT UP!

(They both push Babyu backwards.)

Ashitaka: It - it was you all the : I - I wanted to tell you, but...
(The two of them prepare to kiss.)

Babayu: ASHITAKA, NO!

(The sun sets and Mana transforms back into her Netherworld state.)
Babayu(transforming back into Yubaba): You're too late! You're too late!

(Yubaba grabs Mana and turns to Ashitaka.)

Yubaba: So long, loverboy.
Ashitaka: MANA! (Yubaba and Mana go overboard, and disappear into a portal.)

(In the Netherworld...)

Yubaba: Poor little sorceress - it's not you I'm after. I've a much bigger fish to -

(Mahado and Colonel appear along with the Krusty Krab crew)

Mahado: Yubaba, stop!Yubaba: Why, Mahado! And the esteemed Colonel! Ha ha ha - How ARE you?
Colonel: Let her go, by command of the law!
Yubaba: Not a chance! She's mine now. We made a deal.

Mana: A deal that YOU cheated on, you witch! Let me go!
(Colonel attacks the contract with a fierce blast from his rifile, to no avail.)
Yubaba: You see? The contract's legal, binding and completely unbreakable - and nobody’s above the law, right Colonel? Of course, I always was a girl with an eye for a bargain. The apprentice of the great Mahado is a very precious commodity. But - I might be willing to make an exchange for someone even better. . . .

(Cut to Ashitaka preparing to jump into the portal.) Holmes: Ashitaka! What are you doing?
Ashitaka: I lost her once. I'm not going to lose her again...Curse or no curse!

(He jumps through the portal.)(Back in the Netherworld.)
Yubaba: Now! Do we have a deal?

(Mahado signs contract.)

Yubaba: Ha! It's done then.
(Mana is released and Mahado explodes as Yubaba laughs.)
Mana: No...NO!

Colonel: Mahado...
Mana: Master...Yubaba: (Picks up Mahado’s staff.) At last, it's mine. Ho, Ho...the power is MINE!
Mana: You -you MONSTER! (Blasts Yubaba with a spell. Yubaba is hit and groans in agony. She turns around and points her staff at Mana.)
Yubaba: Don't fool with me you little bitch! Contract or no- AAAAHH!

(She is hit with a sword thrown by Ashitaka.)

Ashitaka: There’s plenty more where that came from, fiend!
Yubaba: After him! (Flotsam and Jetsam attack.) Mr. Krabs: Come on! (The Krusty Krab crew hold them off.)
Yubaba: Say goodbye to your sweetheart.

(She blasts a spell at Ashitaka. Mana blasts a spell at Yubaba’s spell, causing it to ricochet off from it’s targeted direction and blast Flotsam and Jetsam.)

Yubaba: Oh...oh, you’ve done it now! You’ll PAY!

Mana: Ashitaka, leave! I’ll handle her!

Ashitaka: No, I won't leave you behind!

Yubaba: (Now with magician armor.) You pitiful, insignificant, fools!
Ashitaka: Look out! (Blasts at them. Mana blasts back. The blasts are struggling against each other.)
Yubaba: Now I am the ruler of the Netheworld! The darkness obeys my every whim! Even the Dark Lord himself will bow to my power!
(A third blast appears and destroys the other two blasts. Yubaba, Mana, and Ashitaka look and see Mahado in purple magician armor.)

Mana: Master!

Yubaba: It...it can’t be!

Mahado: You thought you were enough to kill me? As much as you refuse to believe it, as much as you tell yourself otherwise...my power is greater than yours! And Mana, my apprentice, shall follow in my footsteps..by defeating you.

(Mahado blasts Mana and she transforms into her outsider form. She starts glowing and launches a huge spell at Yubaba. It rips through her body and she dies a bloody death.)

(Fade to morning in the outside world with Ashitaka, Mana, Mahado, and the Krusty Krab crew on the beach.)

Ashitaka: Holmes and the others should be here any minute. (turns to Mahado and bows.) You are Mana’s master? I thank you for all your help.

Mahado (bows): As do I, Prince Ashitaka.

Mana: Uh-oh...

(They all turn and see Colonel standing by a portal. Colonel just stands there for a moment. Then he lifts up his head, turns to Ashitaka, and salutes him. He then walks away through the portal.)

Mahado: I think he knows that I don’t plan on returning.

Mana: You don’t?

Mahado: You may have thought that it was my position in the Royal Court I cared about. But it was not that, nor was it the outsiders. All along...it was you, Mana. I cared about you. If it is your decision to stay here and be a link between the Netherworld and the Outside World, then I shall join you.

Mana: Master...(hugs Mahado.)

Ashitaka(to Krusty Krab crew): What about you guys? Are you staying with us?

Krabs: Hmmm...I can’t leave me Krusty Krab restaurant...but the outside world seems to be a great place for profit...I know! I’ll open a Krusty Krab II right here in the Outside World! Mr. Squidward and I will work at the Netherworld one and Spongebob and Patrick will work here! And then we’ll all visit each other from time to time.

Spongebob: I...I get to manage a Krusty Krab restaurant?

Squidward: I...I get to work separate from Spongebob and Patrick?

Spongebob & Squidward: YES!

Mana: Well, that leaves one last thing to do.

Ashitaka: Yes...there’s a curse that needs removing.

(They kiss which fades into kiss on wedding day. Max licks both of them. Holmes sobs in the crowd. Odd and Sissy hug each other, then quickly let go and just stand there blushing. Mr. Krabs is attacked by Louis. He beats Louis up and returns to the Netherworld.)

Krabs: Ar har har har har har har har!

Louis: Man...that is one cheapskate crab! (falls unconscious.)

(Big finale while "Part of Your World" music plays. Ship sails off as Mana and Ashitaka kiss. As they do, light shines from Ashitaka. The curse is broken.)

All: Now we can walk,
Now we can run,
Now we can stay all day in the sun.
Just you and me,
And I can be, Part of your world.
THE END