SCRIPT FOR PAGES 1-50
Written Script/Panel Outline: Gym Class Sucks
Written by: Van Colden
Page 1 Panel 1: Setting is at a gymnastics competition. The panel shows the different disciplines and teams as is customary at gymnastics meets, with an audience in the foreground.
Page 2, Panel 2-6
P2: Vivienne is on the uneven bars.
P3: Vivienne is on the beam.
P4: Vivienne is competing vault with judges watching.
P5: Vivienne is performing her floor routine.
P6: Vivenne is on the podium in 2nd place.
Page 3, Panel 7-11
P7: Mom (Dialogue bubble to outside of panel. Viv is beaming): Wow Viv! You did great today!
P8: (Mom and Dad in the panel with Vivienne.)
Mom: We're so proud of you.
Dad: I guess those early mornings are really paying off.
P9: Mom: Right? I mean, remember when Coach first mentioned split training?
P10: Mom: You were like, “No way am I getting up before school to train.”
Dad: The car is this way.
P11: (Walking outside into the parking lot)
Mom: But you did! And all your hard work paid off.
Mom: Just look at all your hardware!
Dad: Yeah, it must feel heavy around your neck!
Dad: Way to go kiddo!
Page 4, Panels 12-18
THE NEXT DAY (Written at the top of the page)
P12 (Setting is walking to Bromly Junior High. Vivienne connects with her friend Chloe. Chloe is a mountain biker. She is wheeling her bike into the schoolyard)
Chloe: How was your weekend?
P13: Vivienne: Great! I medalled in my comp this weekend.
Chloe: Amazing!!
P14: (Shows Gold medal in beam)
P15: (Shows Gold medal in bars)
P16: (Shows Silver medal on floor)
(There is a text box below the medals that reads: “4th on the vault and 2nd overall” – this is how a gymnastic athlete is presented at the awards ceremony following a meet)
P17: Vivienne: What about your weekend?
Chloe: Yeah! Great! We did lots of riding.
P18: Vivienne: Did you go to the mountains?
Chloe: You bet! We did some biking and we did some hiking. But mostly we biked. I did a new trail!
Vivienne: That's cool.
Chloe: Yeah, it was trickier than the ones I'm used to. I fell once.
Page 5, Panels 19-24
P19: (Entering Bromly Junior High)
Chloe: What's your first class today?
Vivienne: Gym class. Ugh.
Chloe: I hate that class.
Vivienne: Me too.
P20: (Walking school hallway, along wall of lockers)
Vivienne: I'd rather go to Mrs. Penelope's class and listen to her drone on about “back in her day.”
Chloe: Yep.
P21: (Chloe and Vivienne connect with their friend Millie. Millie looks tired.)
Vivienne: Oh, hey Millie!
Chloe: You look tired.
Millie: Split day. It gets me every time.
P22: (The girls walk and talk as they approach the Girls Locker Room.)
Chloe: What does that even mean?
Millie: It's when my training days are split. I'm in the pool in the morning then again after school.
P23: Vivienne: I started that too. It’s probably what helped me podium this weekend.
Millie: That + a distance workout = tired. I love it. But I’m tired!
P24: (Vivienne heads into the girls’ locker room)
Millie: Have fun with Mr. Jenkins.
Vivienne: Ugh. Gym class. (Insert “eye roll”)
Chloe: See you at lunch.
Page 6, Panels 25-29
P25: (Mr Jenkins, the PE teacher, is blowing his whistle to get everyone's attention.)
P26: (Mr Jenkins is addressing the class.)
Mr. Jenkins: Listen up! Today is dodgeball day! We will break up into two teams.
Mr. Jenkins: Olivia! Jake! You're team captains. Start picking your teammates.
P27: (Rearview of Jake and Olivia calling out names)
Jake: Joey, Dwayne, Maeve, Ben
Olivia: Danny, Lily, Grayson, Alex
P28: (Front view: Jake and Olivia continue to call out names to build their teams)
Jake: Jonas, Laura, Jane, Levi
Olivia: Carol, Mike, Nate
P29: Mr. Jenkins: I guess that leaves Vivienne. You can join Olivia's team.
Vivienne has multiple think bubbles:
“Great! Picked last again.”
“Take me out of my misery.”
“Gawd I hate this class.”
“Dodgeball...really!?”
Page 7, Panels 30-34
P30 (The page layout has a gym court at the centre. It depicts the class playing dodgeball. There is only Vivienne left in play on her side. The person with the ball takes aim at her. She's shaking in her shoes. Four arrows shoot out to four separate panels showing Vivienne dodging the ball.)
P31: Vivienne: Whew! (She crouches out of the way)
P32: Vivienne: Eek! (She jumps over the ball)
P33: Vivienne: Umph! (She dives on the gym floor and the ball passes over her)
P34: Vivienne: Whoa! (She arches to let the ball pass behind her)
Page 8, Panels 35-42
P35: Mr. Jenkins: STOP THE GAME! (Blowing the whistle)
P36: Mr. Jenkins: Vivienne, you must try harder.
P37: Mr. Jenkins: You can’t just dodge the ball all the time. You must try catching it too.
P38: Vivienne: Mr. Jenkins! Aren’t we playing dodgeball?
P39: Vivienne: Dodge?
P40: Vivienne: Ball?
P41: Vivienne: That’s what I’m doing! I’m dodging the ball!
P42: Mr. Jenkins: If you don’t try and catch the ball, the game will go on forever with you just dodging. This may affect your participation grade. (Vivienne is visibly fuming at this remark)
Page 9, Panels 43
P43: (In this full page spread, Vivienne tries to make Mr. Jenkins see how scary it can be to have someone who is bigger than you, throw a ball at you, forcefully, from a short distance. Her imagination bubble contains a giant Vivienne taking aim at a small Mr. Jenkins.)
In the bubble: Vivienne: I’m coming for you!
Other team members call out: Take the shot! Get him! He’s an easy target! Finish him! Throw it hard!
(At the bottom of the page, Vivienne tries to explain to Mr. Jenkins.)
Vivienne: How would you like it if someone twice as big as you made you their human target from the halfway line on the gym floor? Don’t you think you’d dodge the bullet rather than try and catch it?
Vivienne: Seriously!
Page 10, Panels 44-48
P44: Mr. Jenkins: Saved by the bell.
Mr. Jenkins: Next time, a little more effort on the court Vivienne.
P45: (Vivienne exits girls locker room and heads for her locker.)
P46: Vivienne: Hey Calista!
P47: Calista: Oh, hey! You look sweaty.
Vivienne: I just had P.E. I have to grab water before my next class.
P48: Calista: How was Mr. Jenkins?
Vivienne: The usual. We played dodgeball. I hate dodgeball. Even though I dodged like a champ, it still wasn’t enough.
Calista: I’ll admit, I don’t really like that class.
Page 11, Panels- 49 & 50
P49: Calista: Check out this poster.
P50: (The poster on the wall reads: Teachers vs. Students Challenge. A larger look at the poster with details reads: ENTER YOUR TEAM AND SHOW YOUR TEACHERS WHO REALLY RULES THE SCHOOL. Info Meeting: Mr. Green’s room, April 26th.)
Vivenne: Gosh! I think I’m challenged enough by Mr. Jenkins’ PE class. EEK!
Calista: I think we could crush them!
Page 12, Panels- 51-54
P51: Calista: You shouldn’t doubt yourself like that.
P52: Calista: If the challenge was to hold a chin-up for as long as you can, I’d place my money on you over Mr. Jenkins
P53: Vivienne: See you at lunch.
Calista: You bet!
P54: Mrs. Penelope: Good morning, Vivienne.
Vivenne: Good morning.
Page 13, Panels- 55-59
P55: Mrs. Penelope: Class? Remember that all assignments must be passed in before the end of the week. I still have some missing.
P56: Mrs. Penelope: You kids nowadays, you forgot what it’s like to have a strong work ethic.
P57: Mrs. Penelope: Back in my day, if you didn’t get your work in, you got a big fat zero.
P58: Mrs. Penelope: Not anymore.
P59: Mrs. Penelope: No siree! We’re not allowed to give you zeroes. Instead, it’s letters. Goodness! They’re making your generation too soft.
Mrs. Penelope: The age of participation ribbons.
Page 14, Panels 60
This page depicts a “Mrs. Penelope rant.”
P60: Mrs. Penelope: Report cards go home next week. If you get an “NY” that means “Not Yet”
Mrs. Penelope: Not yet competent! That won’t help you in the real world, but I can’t change the greater power of the public-school empire.
Mrs. Penelope: I just follow the rules, and the rules say that’s the new way of writing BIG FAT ZERO!
Mrs. Penelope: So, if you haven’t passed your assignments in, and you see an “NY”, you’ll know it doesn’t mean “New York!” If you passed everything in but still have an “NY,” come see me for extra help. My focus is on EFFORT, so if you put in a solid effort, we can turn that “NY” into a “D”, “S”, “P”, or “E”.
Page 15, Panels- 61-66
P61: (Mrs. Penelope continues her rant. She is pointing out the board that has an explanation of the grades outlined on it)
“E” – Excellent at everything
“P” -Proficient: pretty good at everything
“S” – Satisfactory: gets it but needs more work.
“D” –Developing: Kinda gets it but not really.
“NY” -NOT YET COMPETENT: doesn’t get it.
Translation: Big Fat Zero
P61: Mrs. Penelope: In case you are as confused as I was over these letters, I wrote it out on the board for you.
P62: Vivienne (in think bubbles): Ugh, still 2 minutes until lunch
Vivienne (in think bubbles): So bored.
Vivienne (in think bubbles): I wonder what Mom is making for dinner.
P63: Mrs. Penelope: Back in my day, our letters were simpler.
Vivienne (in think bubbles): Is it over yet?
P64: Mrs. Penelope: …A, B, C, D, E, and F.
Mrs. Penelope: It just made sense.
P65: Mrs. Penelope: “F” for Fail.
Mrs. Penelope: Gone are the simple days!
P66: (Bell rings)
Mrs. Penelope: Remember, report cards go home next week.
Vivienne (in think bubble): Thank goodness it’s over.
Page 16, Panels- 67-69
P67: Chloe: Hey Viv, wait up!
P68: Vivienne: Oh, hey Chloe. Should we see if the girls got a table?
Chloe: Sounds good.
P69: Chloe: Hey ladies! Anything good on the menu today?
Millie: It’s the cafeteria, what do you think?
Calista: “SIGH!” Caf-food? Ugh! I brought my own grub.
Annie: I like when they have pizza. Not today! Today is sloppy Joe’s. Not my fave.
Page 17, Panels- 70-74
P70: Calista: Have you girls seen this poster? (Holding up poster for Teacher vs Students Challenge)
Millie: Yeah, but my first thought was that all the sporty boys would sign up, and I doubt anyone else will stand a chance. I mean…it’s not necessarily the teachers who worry me.
Vivienne: I’m the worse at sports.
P71: Calista: Maybe so, but I think we should try.
Calista: We all kind of do stuff. Even if it’s not real sports, so what?
Annie: I can hike. But that’s not a sport.
Calista: I still think we should sign up. Wouldn’t it be better than sitting in class?
P74: Vivienne: Yeah, but what if we’re the laughingstock of the whole school?
Chloe: Think of the teacher…do you really think Mr. Jenkins can run more than one length of the gym?
Page 18, Panels- 75-79
P75: Calista: Do you really think Mrs. Penelope can throw a basketball in a net?
P76: Calista: Besides, it says “Challenges.” Maybe they’re not the usual sports.
P77: Calista: We could sign up together.
Calista: I think we can give them a run for their money!
P78: Vivienne: I suppose if we’re terrible, we can still put in a “solid effort”.
P79: Millie: And at least get a “proficient”.
Vivienne: Ha! Ha! Report cards next week. I just got the Mrs. Penelope “talk”.
Page 19, Panels- 80-83
P80: Millie: Bye.
Vivienne: I’m still not convinced! Eek!
Calista: Just think about it. See you after school.
Annie: Bye.
Chloe: Later.
P81: Panel has “Later” with a time of 3:30 pm, the school bell buzzing, to signify the end of the school day.
P82: Panel has illustration of Bromly Junior High, and students exiting the school at the end of the day.
P83: Millie: I’ll catch up later. I have swim practice, and my mom is picking me up.
Chloe: Bye.
Vivienne: See ya.
Calista: Have a good swim.
Page 20, Panels- 84-88
P84: Annie: Hey! Wait up!
Calista: Oh, hey Annie!
P85: Annie: Where’s Millie?
Vivienne: She had to go. Swim practice.
P86 Millie: Do you girls have anything on tonight?
Vivienne: Gym practice for me, but not till 6.
Calista: Dryland for me.
P87: Annie: What do you do at dryland?
Calista: I’m practicing rotations and how to demonstrate them.
Calista: I can do 360s on snow, but this is how you train to do it on snow when there’s no snow. We try to do spins on the ground.
Page 21, Panels- 89
(This page has Calista explaining what she does at dryland. How they breakdown the elements required to do a 360 (one full rotation) on skis)
P89: Calista: Sometimes, we train on the trampoline. And sometimes, we even get to wear skis on the tramp.
Calista: I like that part.
Calista: But we also do lots of lunges and squats to get our legs stronger. I don’t like those as much.
Calista: Especially the wall squats. I always get the shakes on the wall squats.
Calista: If I’m going to coach someday, I need to know how to show the kids what to do.
Page 22, Panels- 90-94
P90: Calista: The idea is to practice the skills on land and then translate them to on snow.
Annie: Makes sense.
P91: Chloe: I gotta go. No training for me, but I’m biking with my dad tonight.
P92: Calista: See you tomorrow.
Vivienne: Have a good ride!
Annie: Bye Chloe!
Chloe: Catch you later!
P93: Calista: Bye! (Calista separates from Annie and Vivienne and heads home.)
P94: (Annie and Vivienne head in separate ways)
Vivienne: Bye Annie.
Annie: See ya.
Page 23, Panels- 95-98
P95: (This panel is an illustration of the school. There is no dialogue. At the top of the page is written: ONE WEEK LATER/REPORT CARD DAY)
P96: Annie: Are you worried about your report card?
Vivienne: Nah! You?
P97: Annie: I always worried about math, but I’ve been going to a tutor, so I think it went okay.
P98: School bell buzzes, intercom school announcement: “Good morning students. Please head to your homerooms. Your teachers will hand out your report cards.”
Page 24, Panels- 99-104
P99: Mr. Pebble: I will pass out your reports. You can look at them but remember to bring them home and have them signed by your parents.
P100: (Vivienne is holding her envelope.)
P101: (Vivienne opens her report. She seems happy.)
P102: (Vivenne looks confused and unsure.)
P103: (Vivienne is frustrated and angry.)
P104: (Shows the Report Card from Vivienne’s vantage)
Name: Vivienne Maloney
French: Ex- Hard worker.
Math: Ex- exceeds expectations.
English: P-Very good reader.
Drama: Ex Great…
Phys Ed (Gym): NY – Must work at becoming a team player. Skills on the floor need improvement. Will require greater effort to become active for life.
Try harder.
Art: Ex- Excellent at colour…
Page 25, Panels- 105-109
P105: Vivienne: (Think bubbles say: So mad! Gym class sucks! I hate Phys. Ed.)
Calista: Vivienne! Are you okay?
P106: Vivienne: I’m so angry!
P107: Calista: Let me guess…
P108: Calista: …Mr. Jenkins?
P109: Vivienne: This is maddening!
Vivienne: I HATE GYM CLASS!
Vivienne: Just because I can’t play the things Mr. Jenkins chooses to play in gym, that means I’m not active enough?!
Vivienne: I’d like to see him on a gymnastics beam, or doing a push up, or holding a plank…
Page 26, Panels- 110-118
P110: Vivienne: You know what? I changed my mind! Let’s put a team in!
P111: Vivienne: Let’s rise to the challenge! Teachers vs. Students!
P112: Vivienne: I need to prove my worth!
P113: Vivienne: Well, I’m a little nervous about it.
P114: Vivienne: I’m terrible at Phys. Ed…my grade says so.
P115: Vivienne: And what if the teachers choose the challenges? What if MR. JENKINS chooses?
P116: Vivienne: Surely, he’ll choose something I’m terrible at.
P117: Vivienne: Who am I kidding?
P118: Vivienne: It’s a dumb idea.
Page 27, Panels- 110-118
P119: Calista: Whoa Viv! Breathe!
Calista: Let’s just go to the meeting and see what it’s all about.
P120: Chloe: Hey Viv! Hey Calista!
Annie & Mille: Hey girls! (Ellie tells me that I use “Hey Girls” way too much. She says it’s cringe. I explained to her that the social norm is to say Hey Guys, and that’s embedded in our way of talking. If we are concerned about gender equality, we need to start using terms specific to girls and women when addressing them as a group. She tells me she understands where I’m coming from, but that’s not how people talk, and it’s still super cringe)
P121: Chloe: Everyone happy with their grades?
P122: Calista: Vivienne, not so much.
P123: Calista: Two words: “Gym” and “Class”.
Page 28, Panels- 124-126
P124: Calista: But, on a more positive note, we’re going to the Teachers vs. Students Challenge meeting.
Mille: Yeah! Let’s go check it out.
Chloe: I’m in!
Annie: Sounds good.
P125: No dialogue…girls are walking toward Mr. Green’s classroom.
P126: Mr. Green: Welcome! To the Teacher vs. Students info session.
Page 29, Panels- 127-129
P127: Mr. Green: For spirit week, your Student Council President has proposed a Teacher vs. Students Challenge, and here she is, in the flesh, to explain how it will work, your very own President, Aylie.
Aylie: Thank you, Mr. Green. For spirit week, we want to give students a chance to show the teachers what they’re made of. A chance to compete against your favourite, and maybe not so favourite instructors.
P128: Aylie: There will be 5 Challenges.
Aylie: And to enter the competition, you need to be a team of 5.
Aylie: The first 4 teams to sign up will play. Well, the first 3, because the teachers are one team.
Aylie: And everyone needs a team name!!
P129: Mr. Green: The teachers will the “The Grade Expectations.”
Aylie: Ha. Very funny Mr. Green.
Page 30, Panels- 130-137
P130: Mr. Green: I always wanted to use that name for a team. Ha! Ha!
P131: Aylie: That’s great Mr. Green. Now back to business!
Aylie: These Challenges are not your typical sports!
P132: Aylie: But don’t be fooled. There’s no pin the tail on the donkey.
P133: Aylie: Think more like Ultimate Beast Master!
P134 : Aylie: You need to bring you’re A-game!
P135: Aylie: And be able to run, hop, think quick, and work well as a team.
P136: Aylie: When you complete a Challenge, a race marshal will give you a sealed envelope.
P137: Aylie: Race marshals will be wearing purple t-shirts.
Aylie: You can find them supervising each stage.
Page 31, Panels- 138-143
P138: Aylie: Inside the sealed, colour-coded envelope
P139: Aylie: You will find instructions for your next challenge.
P140: Aylie: You will also find a puzzle piece.
P141: Aylie: In the shape of a letter.
P142: Aylie: You must collect 5 letters.
P143 : Aylie: When you get a letter, you add it to the scoreboard.
Aylie: The first team to add their final letter to the scoreboard wins the Challenge!
Page 32, Panels- 144
P144: Aylie: Here’s a summary map.
(Full page, not boxed in, with a map/diagram of the Teacher vs. Students Challenge)
Page 33, Panels- 145-149
P145: Levi: We want to sign up!
P146: Jackson: Yeah man!
Joshua: Woohoo!
Vivienne: Eek!
Annie, Chloe, and others: Of course, the sporty boys crew.
P147: Chloe: Should we really be thinking about signing up?
Vivienne: I don’t have a good feeling about this.
P148: Calista: (without hesitation) We’re in too!
P149 : Levi: Oooooo, the “Girl Crew.”
Brady: Easy win.
Jackson: No problem!
Vivienne: (eyeroll)
Calista: Whatever! We’ll see YOU at the start line.
Page 34, Panels- 150-155
P150: Mr. Green: Whoa! Whoa! Let’s save the edginess for the actual competition.
P151: Mr. Green: Boys! The girls are the least of your worries.
P152: Mr. Green: You have “The Grade Expectations” to worry about!
P153: Levi: Ha! Ha! Yeah right! We need to worry about the teachers!
Brady: Is that a joke?
Vivienne: OMG Calista! I still can’t believe you put your hand up!
Calista: Whatever! I refuse to be intimidated by the boys.
Calista: Or the teachers.
P154 : Myles: Uh…we would like to put a team in.
P155: Levi: Ha! Even better! The Nerd Herd!
Joshua: The Geek Squad.
Jackson: The Whiz Kids! Ha! Ha!
Page 35, Panels- 156-162
P156: Levi: Girls, teachers, nerds…no contest there.
P157: Aylie: Alrighty then! We have 4 teams! Let’s bring on the Challenge!
Aylie: May 4th.
P158: Mr. Green: May the 4th be with you young Jedi!
P159: Millie: People really don’t think of us as sporty. It’s so annoying.
Calista: This is our chance to prove them wrong.
Vivienne: I don’t know if I can do this.
P160: Calista: Of course you can!
P161: Calista: And whatever happens, let’s just have fun doing it.
P162: Millie: We need to think of a name.
Page 36, Panels- 163-169
P163: Millie: What about “The Dynamic Divas?”
P164: Vivienne: I’m nervous.
P165: Annie: Or “The Sisterhood Squad?”
P166: Vivienne: Is anyone else feeling a little tense? Like we’re in over our heads?
P167: Millie: Nope.
Annie: We got this.
Chloe: Go big or go home!
P168: Chloe: I like “The Queens of Quest.”
Calista: Oooo…I like that too!
P169: Calista: We are gonna crush this!
Page 37, Panels- 170-174
P170: The panel shows Chloe and Vivienne arriving at school. The panel has a heading with: TWO WEEKS LATER, TEACHER VS. STUDENTS CHALLENGE DAY (MAY 4TH)
Chloe: Hey Viv, how’s it going?
Vivienne: I am so nervous for this. Even more nervous than I get for gymnastics competitions.
P171: Vivienne: I’m dripping with sweat and we haven’t even started.
P172 Chloe: You’re over thinking it.
Annie: Hey! Are you queens ready for this?
Calista: I am so amped.
P173: Vivienne: Not really!
Calista: Viv, just get in touch with your inner beast and harness that energy!
Calista: I know there’s a beast inside you!
P174: Vivienne: Sure, there’s a beast. And it’s crying real tears…
Vivienne: Out of my armpits.
Page 38, Panels- 175-177
P175: Calista: Viv! Get a grip!
P176: Millie: We are in this together.
Calista: We don’t care if we lose.
P177: Millie: Wouldn’t it feel so good to put Mr. Jenkins in his place even it’s just one event?
Annie: Plus, I brought us some tutus to let our true colours shine. This will be fun!
Calista: And you’ll never know unless you try. So find your game face and lets do this!
Page 39, Panels- 178-182
P178: (An announcement on the intercom): Students and Teachers…Today is May 4th and you know what that means!!
P179: (Further announcements on the intercom): The Teachers vs. Students Challenge is upon us! Please make your way to the gym for the pre-challenge meeting and send off!
P180: Chloe: Let’s go!
Millie: Time to lock in!
P181: (The girls are running toward the gym when they come to a complete stop for a better peek inside Mrs. Penelope’s class. Mrs. Penelope is hardly recognizable. She is dressed in her sports attire and she’s ready to go)
Annie: Wait! What?!
P182: Chloe: She always wears dresses!?!
Millie & Vivienne: Is she wearing a headband?
Calista: Wow! She means business!
Page 40, Panels 183
P183 (This is a full-page panel. There’s a banner with “Welcome to the T&S Challenge.” Below the banner, the four teams are grouping up below their assigned colours: the green team (teachers), the blue team (the boys), the pink team (the girls), and the orange team (the nerds). Mrs. Penelope can be seen stretching. There are think bubbles over some of the team members.)
Mr. Jenkins’ think bubble: Um…the blue team could be threatening.
Brady’s think bubble: Teacher…no contest.
Calista: Eyeroll
Myles’ think bubble: Nice tutus.
Aylie: Welcome everyone! To the big event! Where we will see if the students have what it takes to prevail…to conquer…to outdo their teachers. But first, meet the teams!
Page 41, Panels 184
P184: (A full page panel with “The Teams”. Mugshots of the members and their team names)
THE GREEN TEAM: The Grade Expecations
Mr. Jenkins, Mrs. Penelope, Mrs. Somers, Mr. Green, Mr. Pebble
THE BLUE TEAM: The Jocks of All Trades
Levi, Jackson, Joshua, Nathan, Brady
THE PINK TEAM: The Queens of Quest
Calista, Vivienne, Chloe, Annie, Millie
THE ORANGE TEAM: The Underdawgs
Jolene, Henry, Myles, Alex, Lucy
Page 42, Panels 185-188
P185: Aylie: Our teams are getting ready.
P186: Aylie: Race marshals! Have your envelopes ready!
P187: Aylie: Competitors! Get your shirts on.
P188: (In this panel, the competitors are putting on their coloured team shirts.
Aylie: Now, put your hands together the the TEAMS!
Page 43, Panels 189-193
P189: Aylie: When I blow this whistle, the race marshals will give you your envelopes and go time!
P190: Aylie: On your marks…
P191: Aylie: Get set…
P192: (Aylie is blowing the whistle to start the challenge.)
P193: (In this panel, 4 colour-coded envelopes have arrows pointing to what is inside. Instructions on the first challenge.)
FOR YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE, CHOOSE ON PERSON FROM YOUR GROUP. FOLLOW THE Tvs.S MATS TO THE PLAYGROUND. COMPLETE THE OBSTACLE COURSE BY FOLLOWING THE Tvs.S MATS AND ARROWS AND FOLLOW THESE RULES:
1. DO NOT STEP ON THE GROUND, ONLY ON MATS AND OBSTACLES. EVERYTHING ELSE IS LAVA. IF YOU STEP IN LAVA, YOU RESTART.
2. COLLECT ALL 7 TOKENS AND PRESENT THEM TO YOUR RACE MARSHAL UPON COMPLETION. THE MAP IS INCLUDED.
Page 44 & 45, Panels 194-195
(This is a 2-page spread mapping out the 7 obstacles of the obstacle course. Obstacles are labelled.)
OBSTACLE 1: Shakey’s Acres – Test your agility on these moving discs. Fall off? Lava! Start over.
OBSTACLE 2: Up and Down – Climb up. Get Token. Climb down.
OBSTACLE 3: Better Balance -You better! Or lose your footing and start over!
OBSTACLE 4: Monkey Business – Hang on or hit the ground.
Ground = Lava
Lava = Start Over
OBSTACLE 5: Slippery Slope – Fall off this sucker and yo’re broken. Proceed to x-rays.
OBSTACLE 6: Pole Drop – So close.
OBSTACLE 7: Scrambler’s Summit – Your almost there. Last push to the top but then you have to get down!
Page 46, Panels 196-201
P196: Calista: Vivienne, you’re the gymnast. You should do this.
P197: Vivienne: Oh, I don’t know.
Vivienne: What if I mess it up for everyone?
P198: Chloe, Calista, Millie, Annie: WE DON’T CARE!!!
P199: Annie: Girls?
P200: Annie: Uh, we’re the last one’s in the gym!
P201: Chloe: Inner beast.
Millie: You got this!
Annie: Team queens! Woo! Hoo!
Calista: VIV! GO!
Page 47, Panels 202-206
P202: Vivienne: Okay.
Vivienne think bubble: I can do this.
P203: Vivienne: I guess it’s time for…
P204: Vivienne: GAME FACE! Grrrr.
P205: Vivienne: TO THE PLAYGROUND!!!
P206: (There are no speech bubbles in this panel. Vivienne is approaching “Shakey’s Acres” where Mrs. Penelope is still working her way across the shaking discs.)
Page 48, Panels 207-210
P207: (The girls are cheering Vivienne on.)
Millie: The boys are already at obstacle 4.
Annie: Remember to get the tokens.
Calista: Yeah Viv!
P208: (Vivienne is gaining on Mrs. Penelope on the shaking discs.)
P209: (Vivienne catches up to Mrs. Penelope who is asserts her ground and dominance as they approach the second obstacle – Up and Down)
Mrs. Penelope: Elbows out! No way you’re getting past me young lady!
P210: (Vivienne waits for Mrs. Penelope to climb up. Both have think bubbles)
Vivienne think bubble: Goodness! She’s soooooooo slow.
Mrs. Penelope think bubble: Begin with the end in mind.
Mrs. Penelope think bubble: I am power!
Mrs. Penelope think bubble: I will crush it.
Page 49, Panels 211-214
P211: (Vivienne is right behind Mrs. Penelope and tries to think of ways to get ahead of her. She asks politely.)
Vivienne: Mrs. Penelope, would you let me pass please?
Mrs. Penelope: Sorry kid. Good manners won’t work on me. I’m holding my line!
P212: Vivienne: UGH!
P213: Vivienne: Do you think you could move a little faster?
Vivienne: The boys are already at obstacle six!
(Vivienne is still behind Mrs. Penelope as they begin Obstacle 3)
P214: Vivienne stands on the end of the spring-loaded board waiting for Mrs. Penelope to advance. She’s stuck behind her.
Vivienne: (Eyeroll)
Mrs. Penelope think bubble: Safety landing! (as she lands in on her two feet with arms extended into a typical safety landing pose.
Mrs. Penelope: Sorry kid! Get in line.
Page 50, Panels 215-219
P215: (Vivienne is frustrated to be stuck behind Mrs. Penelope, who is climbing the monkey bars, the beginning of Obstacle 4)
P216: (As Vivienne watches Mrs. Penelope prepare to move across the monkey bars, she gets an idea.)
P217: (Vivienne is climbing the monkey bars)
P218: (Vivienne continues to climb up the very top of the monkey bars. Mrs. Penelope watches her from below where she is hanging on.)
Mrs. Penelope: What are you doing up there?!
P219: (Vivienne walks the rail of the monkey bars like a beam)
Vivienne think bubble: (An image of Vivienne in her gymnastics suit on a balance beam).
Vivienne: Getting past you Mrs. P.
(At the end of the monkey bars beam, Vivienne will do a front tuck and land on the mats ahead of Mrs. Penelope as the story unfolds.)