ACT ONE
INT. ANCIENT LIBRARY—CASTLE—NIGHT, CONT.
REESTABLISH—the various Shadowkhan creeping toward Jackie (who still
stands atop the high ladder). The ninja hand from behind the books
still hangs onto his arm. Struggling:
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JACKIE
Let go! Leggo leggo!
Jackie gets a sudden idea, quickly grabs ANOTHER book off the shelf,
hands it to the hand.
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JACKIE
Here.
The hand frees Jackie to take the wrong book, allowing Jackie to
fully shove the ARCHIVE fully into his bag—just as... the other
Shadowkhan ATTACK!
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JACKIE (CONT)
<BAA!>
QUICK SHOTS—Jackie (bag with book now slung over his back) TWISTS back
and forth on the ladder, trading BLOCKS and BLOWS with the ninjas who
attack him.
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JACKIE
<fighting efforts>
JACKIE—grabs an ANCIENT BOOK in each hand from the shelves and uses
them as blocking shields—but the moment they are struck, they <POOF-
POOF> crumble to dust in his hands and he mugs in panic.
ANGLE—Jackie (now turned completely around so his back is to the
ladder) sends TWO more attacking Shadowkhan FLYING with RAPID-FIRE
KUNG-FU, and then he momentarily forgets himself and LEAPS off the
ladder and SPLIT KICKS the last TWO SHADOWKHAN o.s. Jackie flails
in mid-air panic as he DROPS o.s.
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JACKIE
<AAAAH!>
TRACK JACKIE—Falling down beside the ladder, Jackie SPINS around,
CLAMPS his feet <SCREECH> onto the sides of the ladder and <TH-TH-
TH-TH-THUMP> tries to grab the rungs to slow himself down, but they’re
moving by too fast, and...
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JACKIE
<Ow-Ow-Ow-Ow-Ow-Ow-Ow!>
LOW ANGLE—... as Jackie slides down the tall ladder, the ENFORCERS
(FINN, RATSO, and CHOW) enter frame near the base of the ladder,
grinning smugly.
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FINN
Chan at 12 o’clock!208 Animation Writing and Development