### Act 2, Scene 4 - Ooga Booga!

- Stage: Jungle 2 (as in scene before)
- Setting:
- Section: A, B
- Puppets: Poke, Rolling Stone (Tigerseye), Oooga (Eisfuchs), Booga (Tani), Bolga (Lynard), Policeman 1 (Xan), Policeman 2 (o'wolf), Wolf (Zefiro)
- Props: crashing Tree with Poke and Parachute, Chest, music stone No. 3, Water Bottle, Speed Trap Photo, Mocha Flask, bush, Policecar (Fin Farenath)

##### MAIN DIALOGUE

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Poke: "Hello? Hello! I'm still up here! Hey, come back! hrrmm! It's always the same! Hey, you assholes! If you don't want me to be with you, why don't you just tell me? We are all grown-up people, aren't we? Hey, come on, give me a chance! I bet, I can be a good prisoner, too! Ah, shit, I got to get down here by myself then!"

0801 - struggling

Poke: "*gnn* hrrg Ah, I give up! I'm completely tangled in this fucking parachute! Shit! I'm stuck! Aaah! Lionel! Mika! Come back and get me down! Lionel? Mika? Uh - Lori? sigh How am I ever supposed to get down this fucking tree?"

0802 - stone rolling

Stone (off): "Oooooh! Out of my way! I can't stop! Aaah!"

the stone comes rolling in from section B

Stone: "Oooooh! Step aside! Incoming! (...)"

the stone disappears

0803 - Crash, wood creaking and crackling

Poke (off): "Oh oh ..."

0804 - Falling tree

Poke: "TIMBER!"

The tree falls into the scene from section A, Poke tied to a branch with the parachute, disappearing below

Poke (off): "Urrgh! Fuck ..."

Poke comes up, struggling with some leftover ropes, leaving the parachute lying on stage

Poke: "Hey, what's up with you? Have you been living in a cave? Huh ... And I thought Lori was a bad driver. Oh well, at least I am on the ground again. I mean, I like bondage but this is ridiculous!"

Poke looks around

Poke: "Okay ... Now what? These trees look all the same ... should I go this way? Or that way? Or ... what about the way back? hrsn Come on, Poke, time to think."

Poke starts walking to and fro

Poke: "Come on, Poke, you must think to find a way out! Think! Come on, think! Think! THINK! THINK!"

0806 - string snap

Poke falls to the ground

Poke: "Aaah! I must have snapped a muscle in my brain! Man, that hurts! I guess I'll just lie down here and think a little more carefully. Think ... think ... think ..."

AMB-07 - Jungle Night

slow fade to night, stars, full moon

Poke: "Think ... think ... think ..."

Ooga, Booga and Bolga run through the stage from B to A, behind Poke. Oooga and Booga are carrying a chest, Bolga a bottle

Ooga, Booga, Bolga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."

Bolga wheezes

0807 - pounding

Ooga, Booga and Bolga disappear

Poke looks after them, shaking his head

Poke: "Think ... think ... think ..."

Ooga, Booga and Bolga run through the stage again

Ooga, Booga, Bolga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."

Bolga wheezes

0807 - pounding

Ooga, Booga and Bolga disappear

Poke growls after them

Poke: "Think ... think ... think ..."

Ooga, Booga and Bolga run through the stage again

Ooga, Booga, Bolga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."

Bolga wheezes

0807 - pounding

Ooga and Booga disappear

Bolga stops at the end of stage A, breathing heavily

Poke: "Hey! Can't you see here's a genius at work? How am I supposed to think with all this Ooga-Booga stuff going on?"

Bolga (out of breath): "Hey, stop complaining! We're doing an important job! Does it look like we're running about just for fun? Who are you, anyway?"

Poke: "Hey, that's funny, I just wanted to ask you the same thing."

Bolga (important): "We are the honorable carriers of the sacred chest of the old ages! And who are you?"

Poke: "I'm Poke."

Bolga: "You're a Poke? I've never heard of a Poke. What is a Poke?"

Poke (important): "I am Poke! I am the dick in ridiculous."

0808 - fanfare

Bolga: "You're the what in the what?"

Poke: "Ah, forget about it. So you're the fucking carriers of the fucking something. What the heck are you doing?"

Bolga: "We are carrying the sacred chest of the old ages. Isn't that obvious?"

Poke: "Okay, I can see that. But what for? Why are you running around all the time?"

Bolga (ironically): "Hm ... Could it be, to make sure that nobody gets the chest?"

Poke: "O-kay ... Wouldn't it be easier to simply guard the chest? I mean, without moving?"

Bolga: "No! What a foolish idea! Everybody knows, guards can be overwhelmed!"

Poke: "Well, then ... what about locking it away? In a crypt or in a vault or something."

Bolga: "That would be an even more foolish idea! Everybody knows, locks can be broken!"

Poke: "Huh? Are you sure, you still got all marbles ..."

Bolga: "Listen! We've been doing this for two thousand years. Do you really think we never thought about all this? Okay, I'll explain it to you: Let's pretend we made all the effort of putting up guards and walls and locks and traps and stuff. This takes ages! And now some adventurer comes along and tricks the guards and breaks the locks and defeats the traps ... and in the end, only option you're left with is grabbing the artifact and run away as fast as you can! Now, if running away is your only option, what was the point in setting up all these barriers in the first place?"

Poke: "Uh, yes, but ..."

Bolga: "So the high council of Ooga-Booga has decided to save our energy for the really important matters. We skipped the whole effort and just started running away right from the start. And we've proudly been doing so for two thousand years. It's the most efficient way to protect the artifact. End of discussion!"

Ooga and Booga run through the stage

Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."

0807 - pounding

Ooga and Booga disappear

Poke: "Okay ... What's inside this chest that makes it worth running to and fro for two thousand years? And what's that pounding noise?"

Bolga: "We don't know exactly. All we do know is that it must be a very mighty artifact ... and ... well ... that it's obviously making very strange noises. The high priest gave it to us to make sure that only the chosen ones may get hold of it."

Poke: "And what's your job in this affair?"

Bolga: "I am the apprentice of the honorable chest carriers. Once I'll be grown-up, I'm going to be a chest-carrier, too! But before I can become one, I'll have to complete a highly sophisticated and challenging two-year training program."

Poke: "And what kind of highly sophisticated trainig is that? What do you have to do?"

Bolga (embarrassed): "Well, I've got to run after them and bring them water when they're thirsty."

Poke (amused): "That's all? *giggle* That's Ooga-Booga university? Ha ha ha!"

Bolga: "Hey, wait! This is not as easy as it seems! Being a chest carrier requires highly trained skills! It's very hard to run at precisely the right speed, you know? If you go too slow, someone could catch up with you and steal the artifact."

Poke: "Yes, and running too fast will make you pass out."

Bolga: "Well, uh, that's actually not the problem. The catch is, you've got to stay below the speed limit."

Poke: "What? There's a speed limit in the jungle?"

Bolga: "Hey! Think about it! This is the Brazilian rain forest. If everyone was allowed to go as fast as they wanted, there wouldn't be a single tree left."

0809 - screech, crash

Bolga: "Oh oh, there goes another one. sigh Ah ... one day, I'll be one of the honorable chest carriers ... running through the forest, swiftly like the wind, listening to the birds and the pounding in my chest."

0810 - Lionel's words: "Always remember the lines from the book! I hear a pound, pound, pounding in my chest ..."

Poke: "Wait! Wait a minute! That sound coming from that box ... I mean ... uh .... How shall I say ... uh ... I think I need that artifact!"

Bolga: "Hah! Yeah, sure! But only the chosen ones may approach the chest."

Poke: "And how can you tell if someone is the chosen one?"

Bolga: "We don't know. We're supposed to recognize them when they come."

Poke: "Here I am! I must get the chest!"

Bolga: "But you can't. You don't look like a chosen one."

Poke: "*grrr* Okay ... So let's pretend I'm not the chosen one. Would there be any other way to get the artifact?"

Bolga (thoughtful). "Mmmmh ... Maybe - maybe not."

Poke: "Come on, you can tell me! Everything will be cool! I can keep a secret!"

Bolga: "Well ... I probably could tell you if there is a way to get the artifact, but ... there is no such thing as a free lunch, if you know what I mean."

Poke: "Okay. I'll bite. What do I have to do?"

Bolga: "The carriers are thirsty, and it is my duty to bring them water. But I'm feeling pretty exhausted, you know. And I thought, maybe you could give me a hand. All you've got to do is take this bottle of water and run after them, so they can have something to drink!"

Bolga shows him the bottle

Poke: "Alright, and then you'll tell me if there is a way for me to get hold of the artifact? Well, fair enough. That sounds easy. Give me that bottle."

Bolga gives him the bottle

Ooga and Booga run through the stage

Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."

Poke: "Hey wait! Hey guys, I've got water for you!"

Poke runs after the chest carriers

0807 - pounding

Ooga, Booga and Poke disappear

Ooga and Booga run the other way through the stage

Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."

Poke runs after the chest carriers, panting hard

0807 - pounding

Ooga, Booga and Poke disappear

0811 - bottle open, hiss, slurp, gulp

Ooga, Booga: "Ooga! Booga! Aaaaah!"

Poke comes back to Bolga, panting heavily, carrying the bottle

Poke: "Man, that was more exhausting than being the guest of honor on a rabbit swinger party!"

Bolga: "I told you it's harder than it looks."

Poke: "Okay ... I carried the water for you. Now you must tell me if there is a way for me to get hold of the artifact."

Bolga: "Yes, you're right. Now I can tell you: There is no way to get hold of the artifact."

Poke: "What? But you promised-"

Bolga: "Yes, I promised to tell you, if there is a way. And there is no way. I told you, just like I promised."

Poke (angry): "What?"

Bolga: "And I just found something out about you: you are precisely as dumb as you look. He he he he! Thanks for doing my work, ferret!"

Poke starts getting more and more furious

Poke (furious): "What? Maybe I look dumb, but you can't imagine how you are gonna look after I broke your nose! I was fast enough to catch up with your Ooga-Boogas, and I'm certainly fast enough to catch up with you, too! (/more/)"

Bolga (mocking): "Well, catch me if you can! *blblblbl*"

Bolga runs away

0812 - Roadrunner: "Meep Meep!" + Racing car

Poke chases Bolga one way, then the other way over the stage

Poke (inbetween): "When I catch you I'll stick your bloddy artifact up your god-damn arse! Aaaah!"

Poke chases Bolga off stage (section B)

0813 - flash + camera motor!

red flash

Poke: "Aaargh!"

Poke comes stumbling back in

Poke: "Uuuh ... uuuh ... What was that ... A speed trap? In the middle of the jungle? What the fuck? I think I'm blind ..."

Cop 1 and Cop 2 (Ooga-Booga Policemen) come in from the other side (section A)

Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (Hey, you!)"

Poke turns around

Poke: "Who, me?"

Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (You have been going too fast!)"

Cop 1 moves a bit forward

0814 - racing car

Cop 2 mimes a camera

0813 - flash + camera motor

Cop 2 shows the speed trap photo

Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (We fine you 50 bucks!)"

0815 - ka-ching

Poke: "How much? You guys must be joking!"

Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (We're not joking!) Mmh mhh!"

Cop 2: "Ooga oga booga! (We're not joking!) Mmh mhh!"

Cop 1 and Cop 2 shake their heads

0815 - ka-ching

Poke: "But ... But ... I don't have any money! I just fell out of a plane! I don't have anything ... except for a bottle of arabian mocha. So, now what?"

Cop 1 and Cop 2 turn to each other, discussing

Cop 1: "Ooga booga!"

Cop 1 jumps and disappears down

Poke looks after him

0816 - impact/crash

Cop 1 comes back and shakes his head

Cop 2: "Uh-uh! (nope)"

Cop 2 jumps and soars slowly downstage

0817 - falling leaf

Poke looks after him

Cop 2 comes back

Cop 1: "Ah-ha! (yes!)"

Cop 2: "Ta-daa!"

Poke: "Ah! I get it! You guys want my parachute?"

Cop 1, Cop 2 (joyful): "Oooga Booga! Booga! Para-Choot! Ga!"

Poke goes over to the parachute

Poke: "Okay ... it's pretty messed up, but ... here it is ... If it makes you happy ..."

Cop 1 and Cop 2 go over to the parachute, constantly babbling, picking up the thing and leaving

0815 - ka-ching

Poke looks after them

Poke: "Have fun with the parachute!"

Poke sighs

Poke (calmer): "Ah, I can't believe that this little sucker escaped! If I ever meet that guy again ... This is getting worse and worse. Oh well ... At least, I was lucky. They took my parachute, and not my precious coffee."

Poke puts the coffee flask on the stage

Poke (singing): "There's an awful lot of coffee in Brazil."

Poke drinks a bit

0818 - gulp & caffeine bzzzzt!

Poke shivers

Poke: "Wow! Suddenly everything is so clear! Now I understand everything! My brain, it works! I can think! The powers of caffeine! I-"

0819 - empty purifier

Poke: "Oh ... shit. It's over. But... hey! I've got an idea! Now I know how to get to the chest! Ha! I'll prove those guys that I look much dumber than I really am! Ha ha!"

Ooga and Booga run through the stage

Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."

0807 - pounding

Ooga and Booga disappear

Poke looks after them

Poke (shouting): "Hello-o! Are you thirsty again? I've got something special for you! Here, Oogey-Boogey! Come on!"

Poke runs off

Ooga: "Aaah! Ooga Booga!"

0820 - glub glub caffeine bzzzzt fireworks

Ooga (high pitched): "Wo hoo! Ooga booga!"

Booga (high pitched): "Wo hoo! Ooga booga!"

Ooga and Booga run through the stage at full speed

Poke comes running in, but stops in the middle of the stage

Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."

Poke: "Okay! Everybody say 'Cheese'!"

Ooga and Booga disappear

0813 - flash + camera motor

red flash

Ooga (off) "Aaah!"

Booga (off) "Aaah!"

Poke hides at the far corner of the stage, behind a bush

Ooga and Booga come stumbling backwards on stage, stopping in the middle and putting the chest down

Ooga, Booga "*groan*"

Cop 1 and Cop 2 (Ooga-Booga Policemen) come in

Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (You have been going too fast!)"

Cop 1 moves a bit forward

0814 - racing car

Cop 2 mimes a camera

0813 - flash + camera motor

Cop 2 shows the speed trap photo of the carriers

Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (We fine you 50 bucks!)"

0815 - ka-ching!

Ooga (surprised) "Ooga Booga!?"

Booga (surprised) "Honga Tonga!?"

Cop 1 (nodding): "Uh-huh!"

0815 - ka-ching!

Ooga: "Ooga Booga!"

Ooga pretends to be the speed trap

0813 - flash + camera motor

Booga smashes Ooga

0821 - SMASH! Shatter!

Ooga, Booga: "Ha ha ha!"

Cop 1 and Cop 2 move towards the chest

Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga!"

Cop 1 points to the chest

0815 - ka-ching

The cops try to pick up the chest

Ooga and Booga push the cops away

Ooga, Booga (shaking their heads): "M-hm! Ooga!"

Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga!"

0815 - ka-ching!

The cops try to pick up the chest again

they start a melee

Cop 2 steps aside, gets out a huge whistle and blows it

0822 - whistle

Cop 2: "Ooga Booga!"

Cop 2 whistles again

0822 - whistle

Cop 2: "Ooga Booga!"

0823 - police car approach

A police car comes in from section A, a howling wolf at the steering wheel

Cop 1 and Cop 2 arrest the Ooga Boogas

0824 - handcuffs click

Cop 1 and Cop 2 pull the Ooga Boogas into (behind) the car

0825 - car door shut

police sound on

0826 - police car leaves

The car drives out

Poke looks after them and unhides

Poke: "Hello? Is everybody gone? ... He he he!"

Poke steps up to the chest

Poke: "Now look what we have here."

Poke opens the chest and looks inside

Poke: "Oooh! Shiny thing!"

lift up the musical stone

0827 - stone music 3

Poke looks at the stone

Poke: "Wow, cool! This is what we've been looking for? It's round and flashy and shiny ..."

Poke grabs the stone and sits on it

hide the stone

Poke (gollum): "It's beautiful and .. it's mine! Nobody shall have it! It's mine, mine alone! My motherfucking precious! hiss I must not let them have it! He he he!"

Poke shakes himself

0828 - caffeine buzz

Poke: "Whoa ... caffeine-flashback."

Poke gets himself ready

Poke: "All right. Lionel, here I come! Never underestimate the power of arabian mocha! Poke wins, Carrier lost! Yaay!"

Poke slides to the end of the stage

Poke (singing): "That's the way -uh hu uh hu - I like it - uh hu uh hu ..."

lights out

0813 - flash & camera motor

red flash

Poke (off): "Shit!"