Script from the scene "A Change in Plans"
Gru: villainous step dad trying to win his spot back as number one villain by planning to shrink and steal the moon; he also stole Vector’s shrink ray
Dr. Nefario: Gru’s laboratory assistant
Vector: Gru’s nemesis, who is the number one villain
Minion #1: Gru’s minion
Minion #2: Gru’s minion
Minion #3: Gru’s minion
(Gru’s laboratory, near the end of play, beginning of major conflict)
(A lab counter and materials are located upstage left, and a working lab table stage left. There is also a huge platform with a testing lab table on top that takes up most of stage right and center stage. Just behind the platform is a giant flat screen located directly on the back wall of upstage right.)
Gru: How much longer until the shrink ray is all fixed up?
Dr. Nefario: It may be a couple more days by the looks of it. It could have been sooner, if you hadn’t been so clumsy and impatient. How far of a drop did you say it was when you dropped it?
Gru: Don’t look at me like that Nefario, I was the one who actually snuck into Vector’s forte unseen, defeated all his little booby traps, and took the shrink ray without any problems…
Dr. Nefario: Then you dropped it
(Gru looks away, trying to hide some embarrassment, acting like he knows what he is doing, and continues to help work on the shrink ray.)
(After a long pause, and while both men are working efficiently in the lab, Gru notices the unusual silence in the house.)
Gru: We’re actually getting work done… without any interruptions
Dr. Nefario: Yes, we are. I think the girls finally learned to preoccupy themselves without causing a huge mess.
Gru: I think I’ll go check on them, I find it a little weird that there has not been one single sound in the past hour, when three little girls and three little minions are left alone in an empty house upstairs.
Dr. Nefario: Why? It’s quiet and peaceful in the house, and like you said… we are getting work done.
(Gru stops working, paces a bit on the lab platform, ignores Nefario, and walks upstairs to check on the girls.)
(After a short period of time Gru runs back downstairs in a panic, holding Minion #1, who is tied up and has a note taped on his mouth.)
Gru: Nefario! The girls are gone! And the minions were all tied up!
Dr. Nefario: (With an indifferent expression) There’s a note
(Gru takes the note and reads it out loud)
Gru: “You thought you got away, didn’t you!? HA! I took your little girl assistants and have them locked away in my forbidden tower. And you will never see them, or use them again! MUAHAHAHA. Unless… you simply return the shrink ray, and the girls will be returned safe and sound, and we can go back to how everything used to be… Me... number one villain… you, being the fatherly weak villain… Please return the shrink ray at my forte around 10:47 p.m. sharp. BOO YA, OH YEAH. ~Vector”
Dr. Nefario: Well this is good news! You have the shrink ray, and the girls are gone, and you have nothing to distract you! You can be number one again Gru, and we can steal the moon without any problem!
(Gru has a look of uneasiness, he doesn’t know what to think or how to act. He sits in silence)
Dr. Nefario notices Gru’s look)
Dr Nefario: Don’t tell me you actually started to care for those girls, Gru… You hated the girls at first… we only needed them to help get into Vector’s forte to get the shrink ray. You got the shrink ray successfully, like you said, and the girls are no longer in need! (Nefario pauses, scratches his chin and speaks out in excitement) This is actually very good news! The girls are taken care of without us having to do anything! Gru! We are going to be number one again!
Gru: (Gru sits in silence still. From looking down to the ground, he looks up at Nefario and forces out a false agreement, sounding very unsure of himself) Yes, I suppose you are right.
Dr. Nefario: I’m going upstairs to get a quick bite to eat; you continue to work on the shrink ray.
(Dr. Nefario rolls away on his wheelchair, humming happily)
(Gru continues to work on the shrink ray, with a depressed look)
(Minion #2 and Minion #3 walk onto the laboratory platform, carrying Agnes’s stuffed pony, on the verge of crying, and stares at Gru with a puppy dog face)
(Gru looks at his minions and grabs the pony. He stares at the pony for a while. His depressed look turns into a look of determination. He looks up at the minions. Motivational song breaks out)
Gru: Minions! Gather the rest of the troops… We’re gonna get our girls back.
(Lits dim, curtains close, music fades, scene ends)
Dr. Nefario: Gru’s laboratory assistant
Vector: Gru’s nemesis, who is the number one villain
Minion #1: Gru’s minion
Minion #2: Gru’s minion
Minion #3: Gru’s minion
(Gru’s laboratory, near the end of play, beginning of major conflict)
(A lab counter and materials are located upstage left, and a working lab table stage left. There is also a huge platform with a testing lab table on top that takes up most of stage right and center stage. Just behind the platform is a giant flat screen located directly on the back wall of upstage right.)
Gru: How much longer until the shrink ray is all fixed up?
Dr. Nefario: It may be a couple more days by the looks of it. It could have been sooner, if you hadn’t been so clumsy and impatient. How far of a drop did you say it was when you dropped it?
Gru: Don’t look at me like that Nefario, I was the one who actually snuck into Vector’s forte unseen, defeated all his little booby traps, and took the shrink ray without any problems…
Dr. Nefario: Then you dropped it
(Gru looks away, trying to hide some embarrassment, acting like he knows what he is doing, and continues to help work on the shrink ray.)
(After a long pause, and while both men are working efficiently in the lab, Gru notices the unusual silence in the house.)
Gru: We’re actually getting work done… without any interruptions
Dr. Nefario: Yes, we are. I think the girls finally learned to preoccupy themselves without causing a huge mess.
Gru: I think I’ll go check on them, I find it a little weird that there has not been one single sound in the past hour, when three little girls and three little minions are left alone in an empty house upstairs.
Dr. Nefario: Why? It’s quiet and peaceful in the house, and like you said… we are getting work done.
(Gru stops working, paces a bit on the lab platform, ignores Nefario, and walks upstairs to check on the girls.)
(After a short period of time Gru runs back downstairs in a panic, holding Minion #1, who is tied up and has a note taped on his mouth.)
Gru: Nefario! The girls are gone! And the minions were all tied up!
Dr. Nefario: (With an indifferent expression) There’s a note
(Gru takes the note and reads it out loud)
Gru: “You thought you got away, didn’t you!? HA! I took your little girl assistants and have them locked away in my forbidden tower. And you will never see them, or use them again! MUAHAHAHA. Unless… you simply return the shrink ray, and the girls will be returned safe and sound, and we can go back to how everything used to be… Me... number one villain… you, being the fatherly weak villain… Please return the shrink ray at my forte around 10:47 p.m. sharp. BOO YA, OH YEAH. ~Vector”
Dr. Nefario: Well this is good news! You have the shrink ray, and the girls are gone, and you have nothing to distract you! You can be number one again Gru, and we can steal the moon without any problem!
(Gru has a look of uneasiness, he doesn’t know what to think or how to act. He sits in silence)
Dr. Nefario notices Gru’s look)
Dr Nefario: Don’t tell me you actually started to care for those girls, Gru… You hated the girls at first… we only needed them to help get into Vector’s forte to get the shrink ray. You got the shrink ray successfully, like you said, and the girls are no longer in need! (Nefario pauses, scratches his chin and speaks out in excitement) This is actually very good news! The girls are taken care of without us having to do anything! Gru! We are going to be number one again!
Gru: (Gru sits in silence still. From looking down to the ground, he looks up at Nefario and forces out a false agreement, sounding very unsure of himself) Yes, I suppose you are right.
Dr. Nefario: I’m going upstairs to get a quick bite to eat; you continue to work on the shrink ray.
(Dr. Nefario rolls away on his wheelchair, humming happily)
(Gru continues to work on the shrink ray, with a depressed look)
(Minion #2 and Minion #3 walk onto the laboratory platform, carrying Agnes’s stuffed pony, on the verge of crying, and stares at Gru with a puppy dog face)
(Gru looks at his minions and grabs the pony. He stares at the pony for a while. His depressed look turns into a look of determination. He looks up at the minions. Motivational song breaks out)
Gru: Minions! Gather the rest of the troops… We’re gonna get our girls back.
(Lits dim, curtains close, music fades, scene ends)