Seriously Funny The Dumping Ground

Say something!

Well, this is just off the top of my head.

-TUNELESSLY:

-# Sometimes, I can't see the light

# Is that why it's always a fight? #

What do you think?

You're fired.

Step aside!

There's only one man for this job.

This is how it should sound.

Listen - it builds.

There! We'll need percussion. Maybe even a piano for the melody.

So what're we waiting for?

She's coming... Ready?

Three... Two... One!

It's coming!

# Always... #

TYLER!

THEY LAUGH

Right, come on!

I warned you, didn't I?

You mess with water bombs - you face the consequences.

You should've seen it fly through the air!

I don't think Tyler needs

any encouragement, do you, Mo?

It was just a joke.

Do you see anybody laughing?

Those records were very important to Rick.

We didn't break them.

It was that clumsy lump over there.

-What did you call me?

-Calm down.

Not until I've wiped that stupid grin off his face!

-Right, that's it. Trip to the cinema tomorrow is cancelled.

-What?!

For those involved in Tyler's prank.

ALL: That's not fair!

There'll be no more treats

until you learn to show some respect for other people's possessions.

-Is that it?

-I think that's punishment enough.

I'm soaked and my work is ruined!

It was a joke that backfired.

-I've got a poem for you.

-Tyler!

"Once, there was a young girl called Elektra

"Who got hit in the face with a squelcher..."

-I'm going to kill him!

-Outside now!

Tyler, this is no time for another of your silly jokes.

This isn't over.

Ooh, I'm scared(!)

I think you should go to your room and calm down.

So now I'm getting punished?

It's not a punishment.

You all right, girls? You all set?

Yeah, I think so.

Right, do you want a lift?

No, it's fine. It's only up the road, we'll walk.

-Well, have fun, yeah?

-Yeah, we will.

And don't forget to give baby Jonah a big hug from his Auntie Gina.

See you later!

What if she finds out?

She won't. Because I've got it covered.

Your sister?

Yeah, she's got a lovely place by the sea.

It'll be a bit cramped, but I'm sure we'll squeeze in.

Don't worry about me. I can go on respite, can't I?

Give you two a break.

And that means I can hang out with Carmen and Tee.

Yeah, OK.

But how did you manage to trick Gina?

That's where I came in.

A sleepover at Lily's?

Yeah, Steve said it was fine.

Then I don't see why not.

I'll just give them a call to confirm.

So, Carmen texted me, so I knew what was coming.

PHONE RINGS

Hi, Gina.

She's calling to confirm arrangements for the weekend.

Hi...

Yeah, I think Lily was hoping to spend a bit of time with the girls...

Yes, I understand. I'll be sure to tell her.

What did she say?

Tee and Carmen can't wait to see you.

So your Dad and Shannay think you're staying here?

And Gina thinks we're going for a supervised sleepover at mine.

This is going to be the best weekend ever!

Bye, Mo.

I wish I could go!

Look, I'm sorry about the water bomb. It was meant for Gina.

Stupid Elektra, with her clown feet.

You know what we should do?

We should fill a water bomb with treacle.

And then we empty a pillowcase of feathers all over her.

Then she'll look like a massive ostrich.

Everything's just a joke to you, isn't it?

Well, Elektra getting splatted is. You know that.

And what about my records?

It was a smash hit.

A record breaker?

What's wrong with you?

They were the only things my dad gave me that weren't nicked.

We used to listen to them after I came back from school.

The Jam, Squeeze, The Style Council.

I could sing to you instead!

# When it's cool for cats, it's cool for cats... #

Why can't you just grow up?

I'm starving.

Oh, they are so cute.

-That's my dad's cheese.

-He won't miss it.

And that's Shannay's ham.

Look, a little bit's not going to hurt.

But he'll know we've been here.

Carmen. Look how cute this is.

Oh, no, Tee, don't touch that.

Shannay will kill me if anything gets broken.

MUSIC: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham

Tee, I love this song! My favourite!

Oh, I know!

What did you go and do that for?

The old lady downstairs will hear us.

You know your problem, Lily? You worry too much.

MUSIC: "Cool For Cats" by Squeeze

# The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass

# The cowboys take position in the bushes and the grass

# The Squaw is with the Corporal

# She is tied against the tree

# She doesn't mind the language

# It's the beating she don't need

# She lets loose... #

Is that supposed to be funny?

I was trying to fix it.

What, by gluing them to your hands?

I was trying to get into the groove.

There you go again.

Sorry. It was just a joke.

I don't know why I bother with you.

You're clearly not right in the head.

Right, you know how to play, yeah?

Let me ask you all a question.

Who here thinks I'm funny?

You have to say that cos you're my friend.

-I think you're funny.

-Johnny?

Why are you asking?

Well, Rick says I need to grow up.

He's right. It's your fault we can't go to the cinema tomorrow.

OK, I tell a lot of jokes and play a lot of pranks,

but I can do other stuff, too.

THEY LAUGH

Why are you all laughing at me?

Because of the records.

I'm not being funny. I'm trying to be serious right now!

Stop it! Argh!

I need money.

What for?

For Rick! We are going to buy him some new records.

I know exactly what we can do!

A sponsored silence?

What do you think?

Boring.

Oh, come on, Carmen. It'll be fun.

Wait...

There's nothing in here that's going to get us into trouble, is there?

BABY CRYING

My room!

-I thought you'd packed them!

-I had my hands full with Jonah.

Oh, where do we keep them, anyway?

You know where we keep them, Steve, just hurry up.

KNOCK ON DOOR

I'm busy.

People take you seriously, right?

What do you mean?

No-one laughs at you. Even when you're saying serious stuff.

They'd know about it if they did.

So how can I be more like you?

You can get rid of those, for a start!

Come on... What have you been doing?

Nappies, Steve. It's not that hard to remember.

Yeah, well, I was distracted.

Watching the football, more like.

PHONE BEEPS

-Turn it off!

-I'm trying.

Is that yours?

No, mine's switched off.

Lily must have left her phone.

Oh, leave it, Steve. We're late enough as it is.

But we could drop it off at Elm Tree on the way.

Mike and Gina have our number.

If there are any problems, they'll call.

Phew!

The brain is the most powerful muscle in our body, you know.

In psychology, we learn ways to train it to do certain things.

Like what?

If you're a runner like me,

the worst thing you can do is be nervous before a big race.

If you tell yourself something enough times,

your brain starts to believe it.

I want to be serious.

You can be anything you want to be, Tyler.

We've all got the power to change.

Just don't do it for the wrong reasons.

My name's Tyler.

Tyler. Tyler.

That's Tyler. I have a very important job for the Government.

People take me very seriously indeed.

You're a freak. You know that, right?

Why are you talking to yourself?!

I'm not. I'm training my brain.

You know something? You're not right up here.

Don't say that.

Why? Everybody else thinks it.

EXCITED CHATTER

MUSIC: "Venus" by Bananarama

And look at the dog in that one!

What if they come back?

-They won't.

-You don't know that.

SHE TURNS MUSIC OFF

So if we can't eat anything, play any games,

and now not listen to music, what can we do?

Why don't I go and see what make-up Shannay's got?

Yes, then we can do makeovers!

You can't. Shannay doesn't like me touching her stuff.

This is the worst weekend ever!

Sorry, but you wanted to come here.

Because I thought it'd be a laugh.

-I should've gone away with my dad...

-Even Elektra's more fun than this.

-At least Jonah isn't a spoilt brat!

-Stop it!

You two are supposed to be friends!

What's in the bag?

Just some stuff I've grown out of.

How come?

Because I'm not a kid any more.

Can I see?

Take what you like.

Wow!

Wow!

Rick, I know how important those records were to you.

So, how about I try and find you a few replacements, eh?

You don't have to do that.

I'd like to.

Everything all right between you two guys now?

Right. Night, lads.

You're clearly not right in the head.

You're not right up here.

DRIPPING

DRIPPING

Watch it.

Can you hear that?

Hear what?

That dripping noise.

You really have lost it, haven't you?

From what I hear, it runs in the family.

Your mum used to hear things too, didn't she?

LOUD DRIPPING

-Are you awake?

-Yeah.

I just keep thinking about how everything's going to change.

What makes you say that?

We're not going to stay at the Dumping Ground forever, are we?

Thank goodness.

I'm going to travel the world. Maybe even go to America.

And do what?

Make a name for myself. Be somebody everyone wants to know.

Don't you just want to be Carmen?

What's the point in that? I may as well just be invisible.

What about you, Lily?

Me? I just want normal stuff.

Like what?

I don't know. A family.

Everything that me, Poppy and Rosie never had.

Is that it?

What do you mean, is that it?

It just seems a bit...well, boring!

It's not boring. We just want different things, that's all.

If I were you, Lily, I'd want to be remembered for something fun.

Elektra, could you pass the orange juice?

Did anyone else hear that?

I just want the juice.

There it is again.

Elektra...

It sounds like a dripping noise.

Drip, drip, drip, drip...

Elektra, please!

Am I really the only person who can hear this?

It's getting louder and louder.

Make it stop. Someone, please make it stop!

I can't stand it any more!

What did you go and do that for?!

You always have to take it too far, don't you?

Some people just can't take a joke.

We've got pancakes, marshmallows, chocolate sauce and sprinkles.

Cold pizza and ice cream.

All the stuff Gina never lets us eat.

Lily, you didn't have to do this.

You were right. I need to start having more fun.

So, I thought I'd get the dance mat out.

Thought we could have a competition.

What about the neighbours?

Who cares about the neighbours?

We're here to have a laugh, aren't we?

MUSIC: "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue

Lily!

Come on, guys. You were the ones who told me to have a laugh.

Fine. I'll dance with myself.

I'm worried about Tyler.

It's like he doesn't know who he is any more.

Maybe he's finally growing up.

He's not growing up. He's hurting!

Do you mind? I'm practising.

You know what, forget it!

You and Elektra are as bad as each other.

We can dig a big hole in the garden and cover it in leaves.

Then all we have to do is trick Elektra into running over it.

Just leave me alone!

Come on, Tyler, just open it!

Open it, or I'll kick it in!

Just open it, Tyler!

Just leave me alone!

Let me talk to him.

It's me. Open the door.

What's with this acting weird, freaking people out?

Just leave me alone!

Look, I know I was mad with you about the records,

but let's just forget about all that, yeah?

I don't get it.

One minute, you're throwing water bombs at Elektra, the next,

you're hiding away in here.

Look, I'll be in our room, yeah?

You come and find me when you want to talk.

This whole weekend has been a disaster.

My dad's going to ground me forever!

Then he'll have to ground me, too.

And me.

This isn't your problem.

We're best friends, aren't we?

That kind of makes it our problem.

Can I help you?

Hand it over.

What did you want with your file, Tyler?

I wanted to know what happened to my mum.

What's brought that on?

She was mad, wasn't she?

She found it difficult to cope, that's all.

If she was mad, then I'm mad too.

It doesn't work like that.

-She's got curly hair - I've got curly hair.

-Yeah.

-She's got brown eyes - I've got brown eyes.

-Yeah.

I've got all that from her. Why not this?

You're your own person, Tyler. Not everything's inherited.

Listen, go and get yourself cleaned up, eh?

Then we'll talk about this some more, when you come down.

I could just say that I knocked it.

Shannay knows how clumsy I am.

I could say I fainted.

But then they'll know we've been here.

Gina's going to kill us.

They'll never let us have another sleepover.

They never let us have this one!

I know what to do.

I'll stay here and tell Dad I came back early.

-That way, you two won't get into trouble.

-You don't have to do that.

I want to.

I'll go and get some more newspaper.

Did you really mean it, when you said I was boring?

I just miss the old Lily, you know?

Things change as we grow up.

Like...you used to be all pink and fluffy.

Fluffy?!

Now you've got all these big plans to go off and travel the world.

I wish things didn't have to change.

Dad says it's part of growing up.

Scary, though, isn't it?

It doesn't have to be.

You like reading about celebrities and I like looking after Jonah.

Yeah, just because we want different things...

doesn't mean we can't still be best friends.

I'm sorry...for being horrible.

I wanted to join in the fun...

But this is who you are now. I get that.

Will you come and visit me in my big mansion?

Of course. Only if Shadow and Jonah can come too.

Deal.

DRIPPING

Hurry up. Rick'll be down soon.

I'm the highest bidder.

Result!

Oh, no, they've done it again.

This is going to wipe us out.

Tyler!

Hey, what's the problem?

Tyler's been in there ages.

I've called him, but he won't answer.

I don't want to go in the bushes again.

You don't have to. Just go to the downstairs toilet.

Tyler, are you in there, mate?

What's going on?

Tyler's in here, but he's not answering.

With any luck, he's been sucked down the plughole.

It's not funny, Elektra.

He could have drowned!

He's not drowned.

Has he?

Tyler! Open up.

Step back! I've got this.

Nice going, tough guy!

You got any better ideas?

Didn't you hear us knocking?

-We were worried about you.

-What?

He said he was worried about you!

No need to shout. Now leave me alone.

Not until you tell us what's bothering you.

All of you - just leave me alone!

Something's definitely up with him.

Yeah, and whose fault is that?!

DRIPPING

Tyler?

I have got a voucher for free supersized fries and burgers.

Any takers?

Fine... If you don't want a burger, we can go bowling,

but I am not wearing those stupid shoes.

Come on, I'm trying to be nice here.

I've just spoken to Mike.

I've convinced him to let you off your punishment.

-It doesn't change anything.

-How doesn't it?

I'm still going mad, aren't I?

Come on. I was winding you up.

So what about the dripping noise? You say you can't hear it.

-I can't.

-There you go. So it must be in my head.

Wait. I can hear something.

This better not be another wind-up, Elektra.

No, I swear.

DRIPPING

We won't find anything.

There's your dripping tap.

Right above your bedroom and the bathroom.

So you're not going mad, Tyler.

I'll go and get Mike to fix it.

So, are we all right, then?

-Friends?

-Friends.

How's about we fill this with treacle, eh?

I don't do bombs any more.

Why not?

You were right. I need to start growing up.

Do you think Shannay's going to be mad with Lily?

No, Shannay will know Lily never meant any... Ooh!

Isn't this Tyler's?

Tee!

This is all his stuff.

Have you been going through people's rooms again?

Tyler said I could have them.

He doesn't want his treasure any more.

Rick, Mo's got all of Tyler's jokes.

-He says he dumped them.

-Yeah, it's true.

-Why would he do that?

-Because he wants to be taken seriously.

-Tyler?!

But Tyler loves playing pranks.

-Not any more, he doesn't.

-But that's not who he is.

If you try to be someone you're not, it'll end up going wrong!

Yeah. People won't take you seriously if it's all just pretend.

You need to stay true to who you are.

Be proud to be different.

You don't change just because someone tells you to.

You do it because you want to.

Will you lot quit staring at me?

We tried to buy you some new records.

To replace your mum and dad's.

Except some doughnut outbid us.

-Yeah, but he spent way too much money.

-Forget it.

I may have lost the records,

but I've still got the memories, haven't I?

So you won't be wanting these, then?

Cost me an arm and a leg.

Got into a bidding war with some numpty.

It was you?!

FK101.

HotStuff64?

Hotstuff?!

< TYLER!

Argh! What's he done now?

Don't you dare!

Tyler. I'm warning you!

Mike, you'd better do something!

Don't you dare!

Elektra, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to splatter you!

Nice shot.

CHEERING

Tyler's back, get on that table. You are in so much trouble!

ALL: Tyler, Tyler, Tyler!

No congratulations, he's in trouble!

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