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| A dark room. | |||
| Homer bursts in and turns on the light. We see that it's Bart's room. | |||
| Bart is asleep. | |||
| Homer: | Wake up, everybody! It's World War Three!!! | ||
| Bart: | Waaauuuuuuuuugh!!!!! | ||
| The entire family rush down the hallway (Marge carries Maggie)... | |||
| Homer: | Quick! Down to the fallout shelter! The bombs are dropping! | ||
| Down the stairs. | |||
| And into a room in the basement sealed off with a huge metal door. | |||
| Homer shuts the door behind them, then pulls out a stopwatch. | |||
| Homer: | Eighteen seconds. Hmm. | ||
| Homer scolds the family by shaking his finger at them. | |||
| Homer: | If this were really a nukeeler war we'd all be dead meat by now. | ||
| A shot of the other members of the family, trembling. | |||
| Homer: | Say, you're all shivering. Are you cold, or what? | ||
| Same as before. | |||
| Homer: | Wake up, wake up! It's World War Three!! | ||
| Homer gets no reaction from Bart, who remains asleep. | |||
| Homer: | I mean it this time! No kidding around! | ||
| Bart angrily gets up. | |||
| Once again, the family head down the hallway and down the stairs to the | |||
| fallout shelter. But this time, they have annoyed expressions. | |||
| (Maggie glares at Homer the entire trip.) Once again, Homer slams | |||
| the door shut. | |||
| Homer: | Ah, here we are. | ||
| He pulls out a stopwatch. | |||
| Homer: | Hmm. Once again your timing's off. | ||
| A shot of the other members of the family, not pleased one bit. | |||
| Everyone (Maggie included) has their arms folded across their chest | |||
| and are gritting their teeth. (Except Maggie, who glowers while | |||
| sucking on her pacifier.) | |||
| Homer: | Yeesh. What a bunch of grumps. | ||
| If at first you don't succeed... | |||
| Homer: | Wake up, wake up! It's the end of the world! | ||
| Bart: | Aw, come on, man! | ||
| Homer shows the stopwatch. | |||
| Homer: | I'm timing you. If we're all fast enough, this will be our last | ||
| nukyooler war drill. | |||
| Bart: | If we're quick enough, you'll let us sleep? | ||
| Homer: | Let's go-go-go! | ||
| Once more unto the breach. Down the hall. Down the stairs. Into | |||
| the fallout shelter. (Faster this time.) Homer checks his stopwatch. | |||
| Homer: | All right everybody, back upstairs and into bed! | ||
| Bart: | [annoyed] Did we beat the clock? | ||
| Homer: | Heh heh. No, but you were pretty darn close. | ||
| Homer checks his watch. | |||
| Homer: | Next drill in three hours. | ||
| A shot of the other members of the family, drowsily angry. Maggie gives | |||
| a feeble suck on her pacifier. | |||
| Trading places. Bart wakes Homer by shouting through a makeshift megaphone. | |||
| (You can see the cellophane tape.) | |||
| Bart: | Wake up, Dad! It's World War Three! This is not a test! | ||
| Homer: | [waving his arms in panic] Yaaaaaaaaargh!!! | ||
| Homer rushes down the hall. Down the stairs. Into the shelter. | |||
| Homer pulls the door shut. Marge and Lisa help from the outside. | |||
| Maggie padlocks the door. Bart leaps into frame, alighting on the | |||
| next-to-bottom step of the stairs. | |||
| Bart: | Are you sure this is okay, Mom? | ||
| Marge: | [angrily] We'll let him out in the morning. | ||
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