"Zen Pranks and Paw-Tucket Shenanigans"

**Title: “Trick or Treats and Trances”**

**COLD OPEN**

[The Littlest Pet Street is busy as usual. Trip Hamston is pacing back and forth, legs twitching with excitement. Roxie and Jade are chatting nearby. Bev races past on her skateboard. Edie and Quincy lounge beneath a tree.]

**TRIP** (to himself, grinning slyly):
Today’s the day, Trip, my man! The day you become a legend… The Hypno-Prankster of Paw-Tucket!

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**ACT ONE**

[Trip barrels into the center of his friend group.]

**TRIP**:
Hey, hey, pets! Gather ‘round! Got somethin’ AMAZING to show ya!

**EDIE** (twirls her tail):
Ooh! Is it a special performance? Am I the star?

**TRIP** (brandishing a swirling disc):
Nope! Feast your peepers! The Amazing Tripno Disc, guaranteed to make you do anything. Just stare at the swirls...

**QUINCY** (dubiously):
Where’d you get that, Trip?

**TRIP**:
From BaaBelline the sheep, straight from the back room at Flea-Bay. C’mon, it’ll be fun!

**ROXIE** (suspicious):
Fun for who?

**TRIP** (waves disc):
Lemme show ya. Just relax, watch, and...Tripno-ti-zzzze!

[The pets, curious, stare at the disc. Spirals dance. Their eyes glaze over for a moment.]

**TRIP**:
Okay… Let’s test this baby:

*(Steps to Jade)*

Jade, from now on, you think you’re…a DOG! Big, wriggly, tail-wagging, tongue-flopping.

*(Snaps)*

**JADE** (suddenly on all fours, panting):
Bark! Golly gee, it smells so…stinky out here! Did I just say “stinky?” Ooh, what’s this? (sniffs a nearby stick) BEST. THING. EVER.

**TRIP** (giggling):
Oh, this is good.

*(Turns to Roxie)*

And you, Roxie. When you hear the word “fetch,” you’ll freeze in place. When you hear “tennis ball,” you’ll unfreeze and act normal!

**ROXIE** (smiling):
That trick won’t—!

**TRIP**:
Fetch!

[Roxie immediately freezes, statue-like, mid-sentence.]

**TRIP** (snickers):
Classic!

**BEV** and **EDIE** (watching, a little wary):

**TRIP**:
You two—switcharoo! Bev, you think you’re Edie. Edie, you think you’re Bev!

*(snaps)*

**BEV-as-EDIE** (strikes a dramatic ballet pose):
Dah-ling! I simply cannot be seen with this unflattering shell. Also, I crave seed snacks.

**EDIE-as-BEV** (dashes in circles):
Whoa, let’s juggle things with my mind and shell skills—oh wow, being a turtle is totally radical! Look how slow I am! Wheeeee!

*(Trip turns to Quincy with a mischievous grin)*

You… When I say “adventure time,” you’ll have the bravest daredevil urge ever and do something wild!

**QUINCY**:
Uhhh... What?

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**ACT TWO**

[Montage of chaos in Paw-Tucket:]

1. **Jade** chases her own tail, tries to bark up a squirrel, and buries a bone in the flower beds.
2. **Bev-as-Edie** puts on dramatically silly shows, faints at a feather, complains about scuffed claws.
3. **Edie-as-Bev** slides on her back, attempts “shell tricks,” and tries to skateboard, all while wearing a frilly scarf.
4. **Quincy** (after Trip shouts “adventure time!”) swings from laundry wires, leaps into a fountain, and climbs the Tall Tail playground slide, baa-ing like a mountain goat.
5. **Roxie** is repeatedly frozen by Trip loudly declaring “fetch!” while he poses her in goofy positions—mid high-five, balancing a donut on her nose.
6. Surrounding pets ogle, snicker, and film with their phones.

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**ACT THREE**

[Bev-as-Edie and Edie-as-Bev meet behind Bless You Spa, foggy-headed but starting to piece together that something is up. Jade-dog approaches, carrying a stick, whining as if she’s unsettled.]

**JADE**:
I feel like...I know I should like water bowls? But lasers seem more important somehow…

**BEV-as-EDIE** (fanning herself):
This is simply undignified! Whatever’s gotten into us?

**EDIE-as-BEV** (sluggishly):
Trip’s up to something. I feel as slow as my Uncle Tortellini.

[Jade’s eyes flash—cat intelligence peeking through.]

**JADE**:
Wait! Trip waved that swirly disc at us!

**BEV-as-EDIE**:
He must’ve hypnotized us! We have to break the spell.

[A sudden “TENNIS BALL!” is heard. Roxie unfreezes, falls to the ground, dazed. The group quickly gathers, explaining Trip’s trickery.]

**ROXIE**:
That’s it! I’m gonna get my paws on his precious disc and show Trip how it feels to be the butt of a prank.

[Quincy drops from the top of the slide, shakes off, and joins the huddle.]

**QUINCY**:
Can we prank him with, like, bouncy castles and kale smoothies?

**EDIE-as-BEV**:
I want my feathers back!

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**ACT FOUR**

[Our heroes scheme. Jade (cat-mind briefly in dog-body) sniffs out Trip at the park, where he’s basking in the attention of a crowd.]

**TRIP** (to the crowd):
Behold! The pet whisperer!

[Roxie (hidden behind a bush) tosses a “bacon treat” prop on a string to distract Trip. Jade pounces, snags the Hypno Disc, and tosses it to Quincy, who, in an “adventurous” move, flips it to Edie-as-Bev.]

**EDIE-as-BEV**:
Let’s try this! Watch the disc, Trip!

**TRIP** (protesting):
Hey, hey, hey! That’s for professionals only! Ah—wait, my eyes!

[The group twirls the disc in front of Trip’s eyes. Quickly, Roxie whispers:]

**ROXIE**:
Trip, from now on, you think you’re the most responsible, sensible, never-ever-play-a-prank-again pet in all of Paw-Tucket. Oh and you LOVE cleaning up messes.

*(snap!)*

**TRIP** (suddenly earnest):
Oh dear! These flower beds need replanting, and the pet playground is unsanitary! I must find a mop immediately!

**JADE** (grinning):
Now...let’s undo our own trances.

[They work together, recalling Trip’s words. Jade grabs a toy mouse, which returns her to her cat self; Roxie says “tennis ball;” Bev and Edie shout each other’s names and shake paws; Quincy repeats “No more adventure time!” and sits down to meditate.]

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**TAG:**

[Trip, still “responsible,” busily polishes the entrance sign as his friends giggle nearby.]

**BEV**:
What a trip! (winks)

**ROXIE**:
Should we tell him the effect wears off after an hour?

**EDIE**:
Let’s just enjoy the peace and quiet.

[The crew laughs together, ready to face their next wacky adventure.]

**END**

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