Revenge The Dumping Ground Survival Files

Hi, guys, welcome to the Dumping Ground.

-KIDS CHEER

-Whoo!

THEY QUARREL

Help! Help!

'It's not as bad as it sounds.'

'If you're watching this, you're one of us now.'

'Relax, you're going to love it here.'

'You'll meet some amazing new friends.'

Tah-dah!

'Get to try exciting new food.'

'We promise it's an experience that you'll never forget.'

What?

-No, no, no, no, no.

-Brilliant.

'But remember, this is a place

'where random chaos can strike at any time.'

-Yah!

-Fight, fight, fight!

'So, you have to be prepared.'

My face!

'For pretty much anything.'

ALL SCREAM

'And that's why we've made this video blog.'

We've been through all this so you don't have to.

'This time, on the Dumping Ground Survival Files - revenge.

'Why people get their own back, the trouble it can cause

'and why can't everyone learn to forgive and forget?'

Let's be honest, nobody ends up in the Dumping Ground because

their life's been so easy and great, we've all got our baggage

and sometimes, well...buttons are pushed.

'And sometimes they get punched...'

'..hard.'

I'm going to kill him!

'So when it all kicks off, what d'you do?'

You owe me a new speaker.

'Turn the other cheek... or turn nasty?'

Sorry.

It's a big dilemma. Do we fight or...do we forgive?

OK, Floss, if someone did something mean to you, what would you do?

I'd smile at them, then tell them I forgive them.

Really?

Of course.

It's easier to get your own back when nobody sees it coming.

Revenge is all about reputation. Not losing face.

Only problem is, it soon gets out of control.

I wouldn't want to do a revenge

because the person I revenged on might do a revenge back,

and then I'd have to do another revenge, and then...

Yep, OK, I get the picture, thanks.

'Mo makes a good point though.

'When it comes to revenge, some people just don't know when to stop.

'Like Elektra.'

# One way or another I'm gonna find ya... #

Come on, then!

'Her policy is, make sure you get your retaliation in first.

'And then, well...keep going.

'We all knew that she used to be in a gang

'and she'd done some bad stuff in the past,

'but nobody knew her deepest, most shameful secret...

'until Liam found her hidden stash of poetry, that is.'

"Dreams are black, starless.

"I wake to green, cling to amber,

"but why does red win when all I feel is blue?"

ALL LAUGH

-Give that back!

-Whoo! Never took you for much of a poet, Elektra.

Give me it back! Liam!

-Come back here, Liam.

-All right, I'm really sorry.

-That's my private stuff, give it to me.

-All right, here we go.

-Watch, watch...

-You are so annoying.

-Oh!

I'll get you for this, Liam!

'So now Elektra was on a mission to prove she hadn't gone soft

'and that meant all of Liam's stuff taking a short downwards journey

'out of his bedroom window.'

'Oh! Well, hello, Liam. So, what d'you think?

Should we put this in a modern art exhibition?

'I guess Liam must have known that Elektra wouldn't take

'the great poetry theft lying down, but here's the thing - '

When Elektra's being mean to your face,

at least you know where you stand. But if you make her really mad

that's when you'd better watch your back. Cos she gets sneaky.

'Like when Jody arrived.

'Carmen was NOT happy about having to share a room with the new girl.

'But she wasn't happy about the way Elektra treated Jody either.'

-Jody! Have you seen our toy cupboard?

-I didn't know you had one.

-Of course we do, d'you want to go see it?

-Yeah.

-Come on.

-And I can play with anything I want?

-Mm-hm.

And you can take as much downstairs as you can carry

and then come back up for more.

Enjoy!

Job done.

Help! Help!

-What on earth did you two do to that poor girl?

-It wasn't me.

Elektra locked her in.

You snitched on me...again?!

'Elektra was furious that Carmen had grassed her up.

'So she did what Elektra does best...'

No!

'..mess with people's heads.'

'She knows exactly what will wind people up

'and get them at each other's throats.'

-What happened?

-What have you done?

-I didn't!

-You did, don't deny it!

-I swear, I never.

-You're a liar!

-Ow!

'Elektra loves nothing better than to stir things up...'

JODY YELLS All right, Jody!

'..and get everyone fighting each other.'

You've wrecked my coat!

'Then she can sit back and enjoy the show.'

-Stop! Stop! Come here.

-She ripped up all my clothes!

And look what she did, smelly little brat!

'Yep, classic Elektra.

'Killing two birds with one stone with a double revenge.'

I'm not sharing my room with that! JODY GROWLS

'Eventually, Carmen worked out who'd really done it

'and that Jody had been framed.'

I know it was Elektra.

You don't have to pretend to be nice to me.

I know you hate me really.

Jody, I don't hate you...

..but... No offence, but you stank when you got here,

you were all over my stuff and then you took my best friend's bed.

-What do you mean, "I took her bed"?

-Lily's dad...

he's an ex-alky and when they need time apart,

Lily comes and stays here.

She used to.

A social worker grabbed me. I never asked to come.

'As soon as Carmen realised Jody was completely innocent in all this,

'she tried to put things right.'

That's just what Carmen's like.

She's got a heart of gold and hates to see anyone unhappy.

I love her to bits

and she's one of the best friends you could ever have.

But you really don't want her as an enemy.

When Carmen goes after revenge, it can get kind of...explosive.

-You!

-Carmen!

He's the boy who stole all my stuff at Burnywood

and HE is the care worker who did nothing about it!

'You've got to understand...

'Carmen had a really rough time at Burnywood

'and she really didn't want to see those kids again.'

'Especially the boy who nicked all her stuff.'

-I wish Tyler had gone up in flames too.

-Carmen!

Wait until he nicks your stuff, then tell me about it.

What? If it isn't glued down, I'm telling you, he will have it.

So, when the Burnywood lot came here,

d'you think you might have overreacted at all?

No! Seeing them brought back all the memories of that place.

And Tyler did take my stuff.

Yeah, as a joke. He meant to give it back, didn't he?

Yeah, well, I know that now,

but at the time all I knew was I had to get even, whatever it took.

'Yeah...Carmen really had a problem with the Burnywood lot.'

Right, which one of you skanky Burnywooders

has stolen half of my shampoo?

-It was you, wasn't it?

-Catch me smelling like a girl?

'And you know you're going down a dark path

'when the voice of reason is coming from...Elektra.'

Somebody used your shampoo? Get a life.

It's still stealing.

You're just looking for an excuse to get back at Tyler.

So, he deserves it.

Look, Carmen, Burnywood was ages ago, just forget it.

Well, I thought I had till I saw him

and now I just can't stop thinking about it.

Come on, Elektra, can you just help me show him what it's like

to lose all your stuff? Please?

Not my fight.

'But Elektra NEVER stays reasonable for long.'

-Ha-ha, the foaming volcano!

-Little ones are the best.

No, no, no, no, no.

No-one's going to believe us if they see that lot down the bog.

Come on!

Right. In there.

You got to learn from the masters, boy.

SCREAMING What? The foam?!

SHE GROWLS

TYLER LAUGHS

-Come back here!

-No!

'Bad move, Tyler. You don't mess with Elektra.

'Cos now she wanted payback too.'

Oh, do you want me to help you get your own back on him?

'And was up for helping Carmen in any way she could.'

Right, you go through what's there and I'll go over here.

-Wait, what's Rick's and what's Tyler's?

-Who cares?

Just take anything.

'But Elektra doesn't do her own dirty work if she can help it.'

Shove it down there.

'She likes to cover her tracks by making sure it's someone else

'pulling the trigger.'

Hey, Carmen, d'you want to use this?

Elektra, we can't set fire to his stuff.

Well, you can with one of these.

-You do it then.

-I only got soaked.

You're the one who lost everything at Burnywood.

Come on, you said you'd wished he'd gone up in flames.

This is as close as you're ever going to get.

I have waited months for all this.

Carmen, get down!

CARMEN SCREAMS Elektra!

-Hide, Carmen.

-Help me, come back!

FIREWORKS POPPING AND BANGING

ELEKTRA GIGGLES

I thought I'd gone back in time and woke up in the Blitz.

Then I realised what was happening and it was WAY worse.

What have you done?!

FIREWORKS CRACKLE AND BANG

It wasn't me.

-No!

-No, it's not safe.

But my things!

How could you?!

I know why Carmen did it.

She had a really bad time at Burnywood.

I can tell she hated us all, really.

This is mine! And I thought Burnywood was bad.

Tyler, come on, move, please? It could still be dangerous.

Yeah, I lost pretty much everything.

There was some stuff in there, personal stuff.

I don't really want to talk about it.

You're grounded without TV... for having fireworks.

So, reckon Tyler's stuff went up in smoke.

You'd got your revenge, how did it feel?

I was glad I'd done it. At first, I mean.

They totally deserved it.

But then it all started to go wrong.

You mean, you began to feel guilty about what you'd done?

Um... No! THEY sabotaged my shampoo!

Who put glue in my shampoo?!

Come on, then, own up because I'm going to find out who it is...

'The problem is, revenge can lead to retaliation...'

'..and then things get worse... and worse.'

Whoa!

'Carmen was lucky - all she got was a bit of a strange hairdo.'

Or should I say, hair "don't"?

Uh, did Tyler give you that line?

Anyway, what did you learn from all this?

Um... Never leave your shampoo unguarded.

-And that's it?!

-Yeah.

No. I suppose I found out that revenge doesn't always feel as good

as you think it will

and that you might end up wishing you hadn't done it.

And that may be too late.

Revenge had led to sparks flying and one very bad hair day.

What would be the next battle in the war of Carmen and Tyler?

'Well, finally, the enemies confronted each other

'and something strange happened.'

Is that something precious?

The only birthday card I ever got from my mum.

-I'm sorry.

-Sorry it's the only one, or sorry you set fire to it?

Both...

..but more about the fire.

It...was me, the glue.

Quits?

Come on, let's dry those eyes.

When Carmen realised how much she'd hurt Tyler,

she was big enough to apologise to him.

That meant they could forgive each other

and this pointless cycle of revenge could stop.

'So what have we learnt so far about revenge

'to upload into the Dumping Ground Survival Files?

'We all know two wrongs don't make a right, but sometimes with

'some people that doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

'Especially if your name happens to be Elektra.'

'I suppose it's sort of understandable.

'When people are fed up about the way they have been treated,

'they want to do something.

'The big problem though,

'is that if that something is getting revenge,

'all you're likely to end up with

'is someone wanting to get revenge on you back.'

'And the danger then is that this tit for tat stuff

'can just go on getting worse and worse.

'What you need is someone who can step back and stop the madness

'before it's too late.

'Like Carmen did.'

So...

What's all this about?

Oh, just my bit for the blog. I'm doing revenge and forgiveness.

Well, I don't know much about that.

I was hoping you could talk about all those times

YOU'VE tried to get your own back.

Dunno what you're on about. Get my own back! Crazy, ha-ha!

'Well, how about a memory jogger?'

# This is why Why we fight.. #

'You and Liam.

'You and Elektra.

'Not to mention you and Tyler. Like on the night of the power cut?'

# This is why we fight... #

'It all started cos no-one would play pool with Johnny.'

-Nah, beating you all the time gets boring.

-Frank?

-No.

-Elektra?

-Harry?

-I can't reach.

I will, Johnny... >

'Oh, yeah...'

I'll play a game with you. >

'..and Tyler was being Tyler.'

-JOHNNY:

-Aah!

My name's Eleanor and I love you, Johnny.

-Weirdo.

-Give me a kiss.

Get off!

What did I say? Call me!

'And we all know it doesn't take much to wind Johnny up.'

-ALL:

-Fight, fight, fight!

'So to get back at Tyler, first he tried brute force.'

Stop it! Johnny!

-ALL:

-Fight, fight, fight!

-What are you doing?!

And when that didn't work, he got sneaky.

-Um, I think you mean brilliant.

-No, I know what I mean.

-Night.

-Night, girls.

-Night.

'It was one of those nights.

'As well as the power cut, someone was playing loads of scary pranks.

'And on top of that, there was an escaped convict on the loose.

'So everyone was a bit jumpy.'

Whoever's been messing about around here better watch out,

cos I will find out who it is and when I do, you're going to pay.

'It was the perfect moment for Johnny's revenge.'

-Bathroom, 20 minutes. We'll catch Elektra in the act.

-Elektra?

Why d'you think she said all that? To stop us suspecting her.

-20 minutes, are you in?

-Guess so.

'But this was a trick.

'What my brother was TRYING to do was make it look like Tyler

'was behind all the pranks by having everyone discover Tyler

'in the bathroom, which Johnny was actually trashing.'

'That was until Harry caught him in the act.'

Aah!

-Harry.

-Aah!

-Stop, stop! Listen, it's me.

Look, just go back to bed, forget you ever saw me,

and DO NOT tell Tracy.

Tracy, Tracy, Tracy!

-Well?

-Tyler started it!

That's not the point.

We're talking about revenge, and how it gets out of control

and hurts people.

I know that! I've been a victim too.

Like when Jody scammed me with that fake billionaire thing.

-Yeah, but that time you started it!

-Yeah, but...

Yeah, but...

-What's this?

-It's your memory box.

So that's what you were collecting for?

Yeah, cos Tyler doesn't have any memories of his own.

-There's a fishing thing from Frank.

-Tyler's never even been fishing.

-Oi, that's my badge!

-And my card.

-HE SIGHS

-"Happy Birthday, Harry."

You can't give someone other people's memories.

Yeah, you've got to make your own.

Jody, you're so dumb, if your brain was an atom bomb

you wouldn't even blow snot out your nose.

ALL LAUGH

-Stop laughing at me!

-Guys, that's enough.

Stop laughing at me! Stop!

Ooh!

That's the last time I do anything nice for anybody.

I wanted to help Tyler. I was trying to do a nice thing.

But then Johnny shot me down and I was gutted.

Johnny was well out of order.

Jody thought everyone was laughing at her.

Like she was stupid.

So we decided Johnny should know how it feels.

Don't listen to Johnny. You were doing something nice.

It was Carmen's idea.

I was trying to cheer you up because you said you were sad.

I know, but...

Just because I haven't got stuff, doesn't mean I haven't got memories.

I could have done anything and Johnny Taylor doesn't know that.

I know, we can show him who the dumb one is. Shall we?

I'm not saying it's right,

but if you are planning revenge, you need to put the right team together.

Tyler and Jody needed a scamming consultant.

So obviously they came straight to the top.

# I'm talking about money, money... #

And who else but the Dumping Ground's top scammer

would have a cheque for £10,000 lying around?

-£10,000!

-Wow, let me see.

Uh-ah-ah...

-Whoa!

-And it bounced.

"Pay Michael Sutton-Allan." Who's he?

-He's a recluse. One of the richest men in the world.

-Whoa.

My dad was using his name as an alias,

but the guy he was conning conned him and wrote a bad cheque.

I think we can use this.

How?

Are there any pictures of the real Michael Sutton-Allan

on the internet?

Let's have a look.

Put your hand up so it looks like you're taking the photo. Smile.

Jody, get down.

Wow, how did you do that?

It's easy, my mum and dad made fake documents all the time.

-Flippin' heck, it's him!

-Who?

Michael Sutton-Allan, the multi-billionaire!

-No way, are you sure?

-Check the photo, pin-brain.

Johnny called ME dumb?!

He's not exactly a rocket scientist himself.

Especially when it comes to money.

It's like pound signs come into his eyes

and his brain short-circuits.

-It is!

-You should get a DNA test. We'll take him to court.

You'd be rich! I want a finder's fee.

Tyler does have a better photo of him and his dad.

Well, let me see it.

Made you look, made you stare, made you wet your underwear.

Who's the dumb one now, bin lid?

See what I mean? I was totally the victim.

So, that's what you get from that?

There was three of them and one of me. Victim.

OK, so let's move on to another type of revenge.

# Ask yourself now, can you forgive her...? #

'Revenge takes many forms.

'We've seen fights, fires, framing, and internet fakery.

'But vengeance can also be horribly simple.

'Sometimes all you have to do is... nothing.'

# ..Or do you want revenge? #

Right, come on, get in.

'I'll never forget that terrible journey home after the little

'woolly mix-up we had on holiday.

'It was like I was suddenly invisible.'

'Being blanked can be the most painful payback of all.

'It really hurt me. And I still don't think I deserved it.'

'OK, so I let a flock of sheep inside the farmhouse

'and lost us our holiday.

'But everyone makes mistakes, right?'

-Get...off...my...land!

-Hurry up, come on.

-Or I'll set the pigs on you!

-Quick! There, hurry up.

Thrown out, banned! It's time whoever is responsible owned up.

Come on! Which idiot let the sheep out of the field

and into the house? Hmm?

I felt terrible. I'd wrecked everyone's holiday.

I thought they would never forgive me. I was desperate.

-Look, I wish I could do something to make it better.

-Oh, you can.

What? Anything, just tell me.

You can go away.

'Nobody would give me a chance to put things right.'

-# Who let the sheep out? ALL:

-# Who? Who? Who, who? #

Baaa!

# Ask yourself now, can you forgive her? #

'Everyone turned against me.

'And whatever I did to try to put things right backfired.'

Everyone's just down cos it's late and they're tired and hungry.

Trust me.

It'll be different when they're full of delicious home cooking.

-But no-one likes your cooking.

-True, which is why I need your help.

Go on, get chopping. There's some red peppers in the box.

How much do we need?

It doesn't matter, they're sweet, so just bung them all in.

-Here's to the cooks! Tracy...

-Ah, this one's all down to Tee.

-Thank goodness for that!

-ALL LAUGH

Thank you, Tee, chef of the day.

Oh, nice.

What?

Ah, how much chilli...

..is in this?

Um... None.

-So, what's this?

-Sweet red...pepper?

No, that's sweet pepper.

That's chilli pepper.

-Oh!

-Oh, well done, Tee(!)

First you trash our holiday, and now you're trying to poison us!

ALL COUGH

Not exactly my happiest day. They should all have known better...

Not to kick a girl when she's down.

# Forgive me for giving you such a bad time... #

'Although that's not to say I'm exactly perfect myself.

'In fact, sometimes I can be...kind of mean.

'Like when Mo first came to live here. It started out fine.

'I was just being friendly to the new kid.'

And these... are my brother Johnny's comics.

I like you, you're nice.

-I just wanted to ask...

-I know what you're asking.

-Is she going to help you?

-She's going out.

-Off you go, into bed.

I'll be up in a minute.

'Well, let's face it...'

Night, everyone. Especially, Tee.

'..Mo's a bit...unusual.'

Tee, he is driving me up the wall about this scarecrow.

-Will you give him a hand?

-I'm going to Lily's tomorrow.

Aren't I, Carmen?

Yeah, but, you can always come another time, it's fine.

There you go.

KIDS CHEER

'I did try to be kind to Mo, like helping him build that scarecrow.'

Me and Tee, come on.

'But he's just so full-on.

'It all got a bit much.'

-Say cheese! ALL:

-Cheese!

I was so happy to meet you. You're my best friend ever.

I wouldn't say that, exactly.

-What shall we play now?

-Nothing, I'm watching TV.

Mo, get off!

< Dinner's ready!

-Look, Mo, I'm really sorry.

-Sorry for what?

You know.

I want to sit next to you. Please move.

-Look, she doesn't want to sit next to you.

-Hey!

-She does.

She's my best friend.

Aw, poor, Mo. Let him sit next to his best friend!

-ALL:

-Aw(!)

-Here you go, Mo.

'Everyone thought it was hilarious.'

'Everyone except me, that is.'

-What are you doing?

-You hadn't put this up.

But you're not allowed in here and you put sticky tape on my wall.

-So, you can see us with our scarecrow.

-Get out!

'And then I finally snapped. I guess it wasn't just about Mo,

'I was angry with Johnny and the girls for taking the mick.

'And Mike and Gina for always expecting me

'to be perfect little Tee.'

Tee, don't!

Still think we're friends?! How about now? Or now?

Watch out!

'Definitely the worst moment of my life.

'He's just a little kid. And I totally let him down.'

What have I done?

Mo could have been badly hurt. And it was all my fault.

So, yeah - I guess I deserved payback.

'But I didn't get it. Cos, you know what?

'Even though I did a really bad thing,

'Mo didn't even think of trying to get revenge.

'He just forgave me.'

-You've built him again!

-I am so proud of you lot, thank you all.

Look, Mo, I'm really, really sorry about what happened.

It was an accident, I know that.

People laugh at Mo, but he taught us all a lesson that day.

You don't always have to go after people that hurt you.

When Mo forgave me, I was so relieved.

I promised myself I'd never be mean to him again.

What shall we play now?

I know. Worm hunt!

I'd love to but I've really got to finish this blog.

No problem. I'll wait outside.

You bring the jam jars, I've got loads of bait.

-Worm bait?

-Earwigs. Thousands of the fellas.

Yeah, sounds great(!)

'So what have we learned about revenge to upload

'into the Dumping Ground Survival Files?

'Well, in an ideal world, we would all be kind

'and understanding to each other all the time.

'But sadly, sometimes life doesn't always work like that

'and sometimes when people get angry they decide to get even.'

'When people do try to get their own back,

'it can take many different forms.

'Some are more obvious, like playing tricks or being sneaky.

'But others, like giving people the cold shoulder,

'can be just as hurtful.

'I can tell you that.

'Some people seem to spend their whole life getting

'their own back on someone for something or other.

'Like Elektra.

'And I don't think she's happier for it.'

'But even kind people can get carried away

'when they think someone has been mean to them.

'Like when Carmen trashed Tyler's stuff.

'All that happened was

'she felt even worse than she had done before.'

'My advice would be,

'if you are about to get your own back on someone,

'try to imagine how you would feel

'if what you were about to do was done to you.'

'If I'd just taken a second to calm down and think sensibly,

'I would never have done what I did to Mo's scarecrow.

'And I'd hate for anyone else to feel the way I did

'when he got hurt.'

'So why not try and take Mo's example?

'If we all learnt how to forgive and forget,

'we'd all be much happier, I'm sure.'

'So that's what I've learnt about revenge and forgiveness,

'safely uploaded to the Survival Files.

'Good luck. And remember...'

We've been through all this so you don't have to.

# For it's never too late to forgive

# She will fed on the love I can give

# And if we both try there's no earthly reason why

# She and I shouldn't find happiness. #