Pool Wars - Reggae

EXT. UNDERWATER RAINBOW PARADISE -  DAY

Dan drifts, slowly, to the ocean floor.

Two naked Mermaids riding twirling giggling dolphins swoop behind Dan. They push him to an underwater stage.

Turbo Dog hops from a rock outcrop, playing tag with two sea otters and an octopus.

EXT. UNDERWATER RAINBOW AMPHITHEATER - DAY

The dolphins swim Dan to the stage, releasing him just above a seashell throne on to which Dan gently settles.
 

DAN
(dreamily)
Hey ladies, thanks for the lift.
 

REGGAE MUSICIANS finish setting up on a stage. Their dreadlocks float around their heads and rasta beanies.

An assemblage of sea creatures gathers for the concert.

Dan's GRANDPA, Rastafarian-ized, steps from behind a podium and raises a baton.

Grandpa turns to Dan and silently asks permission to begin.
 

DAN (CONT'D)
Grandpa?


Dan waves hello, OK.

The concert begins with a wonderful REGGAE BEAT.

Dan taps his shoeless feat along to the beat.

Grandpa floats some bongos over to Dan.
 

DAN (CONT'D)
Me?

GRANDPA
(Jamaican accent)
Yes Mon.

DAN
Are you sure? I don't really know what I'm doing.

GRANDPA
It will be irie. Find your voice, add it to our jam mon.
 

Dan concentrates, tuning in to the rhythm.

Dan tentatively TAPS a bongo beat with the rising musical sounds. It sounds good.

Dan plays more confidently. It sounds good.

The sea animals are bopping to the beat.

Dan gets up from the throne, bongo boogie walks to join the other musicians

The MUSIC is JAMMING!
 

DAN
This is jamming!

DAN (CONT'D)
Hey mon!
 

A crocodile on the surface darkens the "sky" from high above.

The musicians cast wary glances upward.

Dan is oblivious, monkey BANGING on his bongo DRUMS.

The crocodile passes again, darker and closer.

The animal audience scatters.

The musicians fade off the stage, into nooks and crannies.

Dan's throne comes to life, splinters in to individual animals, who quickly hide.

Dan bops away. His BEAT is off, not right at all. Dan is alone on stage. Grandpa floats above.

The water starts swirling. Dan is in the middle of underwater rainbow tornado.
 

DAN (CONT'D)
Grandpa! No, I need your help!

GRANDPA
Not my help Mon! I be dead.

DAN
NO!
 

Grandpa maniacally morphs into the crocodile. He dives, heading straight for Dan.

The grandpa / crocodile mouth opens, the vortex grows. Rainbow rocks, coral, sand - all swirling. Some of the rocks look like lettuce and other ingredients of partially digested tofu tacos.

The grandpa / crocodile mouth opens wider. A TOILET FLUSHES.

In a sudden shift of perspective we
 

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INT. DAN'S TOILET BOWL - EVENING

Dan hangs his head over the toilet bowl. He vomits again. His hand drops from the flush handle.
A vomitus underwater rainbow paradise swirls down the drain.
 

DAN
Grandpa...