VANESSA Yeah? BARRY . .
. and he says, watermelon? I thought you said Guatemalan.
VANESSA Uh huh? BARRY Why would I marry a watermelon? Barry laughs. Vanessa doesn't.
VANESSA Oh! Is that, uh, a bee joke? BARRY Yeah, that's the kind of stuff that we do. VANESSA Yeah, different.
A BEAT. VANESSA (CONT'D) So anyway.
. .
what are you going to do, Barry? "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 39. BARRY About work? I don't know.
I want to do my part for the hive, but I can't do it the way they want. VANESSA I know how you feel.
BARRY You do? VANESSA Sure, my parents wanted me to be a lawyer or doctor, but I wanted to be a florist. BARRY Really? VANESSA My only interest is flowers.
BARRY Our new queen was just elected with that same campaign slogan. VANESSA Oh.
BARRY Anyway, see there's my hive, right there. You can see it.
VANESSA Oh, you're in Sheep Meadow. BARRY (excited) Yes! You know the turtle pond? VANESSA Yes? BARRY I'm right off of that.
VANESSA Oh, no way. I know that area.
Do you know I lost a toe-ring there once? BARRY Really? "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 40. VANESSA Yes.
BARRY Why do girls put rings on their toes? VANESSA Why not? BARRY I don't know. It's like putting a hat on your knee.
VANESSA Really? Okay. A JANITOR in the background changes a LIGHTBULB.
To him, it appears that Vanessa is talking to an imaginary friend. JANITOR You all right, ma'am? VANESSA Oh, yeah, fine.
Just having two cups of coffee. BARRY Anyway, this has been great.
(wiping his mouth) Thanks for the coffee. Barry gazes at Vanessa.
VANESSA Oh yeah, it's no trouble. BARRY Sorry I couldn't finish it.
Vanessa giggles. BARRY (CONT'D) (re: coffee) If I did, I'd be up the rest of my life.
Ummm. Can I take a piece of this with me? VANESSA Sure.
Here, have a crumb. She takes a CRUMB from the plate and hands it to Barry.
"Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 41. BARRY (a little dreamy) Oh, thanks.
VANESSA Yeah. There is an awkward pause.
BARRY Alright, well then, I guess I'll see you around, or not, or. .
. VANESSA Okay Barry.
BARRY And thank you so much again, for before. VANESSA Oh that? BARRY Yeah.
VANESSA Oh, that was nothing. BARRY Well, not nothing, but, anyway.
. .
Vanessa extends her hand, and shakes Barry's gingerly. The Janitor watches.
The lightbulb shorts out. The Janitor FALLS.
CUT TO: SEQ. 1400 - "HONEX" INT.
HONEX BUILDING - NEXT DAY ANGLE ON: A TEST BEE WEARING A PARACHUTE is in a wind tunnel, hovering through increasingly heavy wind. SIGNS UNDER A FLASHING LIGHT READ: "Test In Progress" & "Hurricane Survival Test".
2 BEES IN A LAB COATS are observing behind glass. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 42.
LAB COAT BEE 1 This can't possibly work. LAB COAT BEE 2 Well, he's all set to go, we may as well try it.
(into the mic) Okay Dave, pull the chute. The test bee opens his parachute.
He's instantly blown against the rear wall. Adam and Barry ENTER.
ADAM Sounds amazing. BARRY Oh, it was amazing.
It was the scariest, happiest moment of my life. ADAM Humans! Humans! I can't believe you were with humans! Giant scary humans! What were they like? BARRY Huge and crazy.
They talk crazy, they eat crazy giant things. They drive around real crazy.
ADAM And do they try and kill you like on TV? BARRY Some of them. But some of them don't.
ADAM How'd you get back? BARRY Poodle. ADAM Look, you did it.
And I'm glad. You saw whatever you wanted to see out there, you had your "experience", and now you're back, you can pick out your job, and everything can be normal.
"Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 43. ANGLE ON: LAB BEES examining a CANDY CORN through a microscope.
BARRY Well. .
. ADAM Well? BARRY Well, I met someone.
ADAM You met someone? Was she Bee-ish? BARRY Mmm. ADAM Not a WASP? Your parents will kill you.
BARRY No, no, no, not a wasp. ADAM Spider? BARRY You know, I'm not attracted to the spiders.
I know to everyone else it's like the hottest thing with the eight legs and all. I can't get by that face.
Barry makes a spider face. ADAM So, who is she? BARRY She's a human.
ADAM Oh no, no, no, no. That didn't happen.
You didn't do that. That is a bee law.
You wouldn't break a bee law. BARRY Her name's Vanessa.
"Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 44. ADAM Oh, oh boy! BARRY She's so-o nice.
And she's a florist! ADAM Oh, no. No, no, no! You're dating a human florist? BARRY We're not dating.
ADAM You're flying outside the hive. You're talking to human beings that attack our homes with power washers and M-80's.
That's 1/8 of a stick of dynamite. BARRY She saved my life.
And she understands me. ADAM This is over.
Barry pulls out the crumb. BARRY Eat this.
Barry stuffs the crumb into Adam's face. ADAM This is not over.
What was that? BARRY They call it a crumb. ADAM That was SO STINGING STRIPEY! BARRY And that's not even what they eat.
That just falls off what they eat. Do you know what a Cinnabon is? ADAM No.
"Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 45. BARRY It's bread.
. .
ADAM Come in here! BARRY and cinnamon, ADAM Be quiet! BARRY and frosting. .
. they heat it up-- ADAM Sit down! INT.
ADAM'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS BARRY Really hot! ADAM Listen to me! We are not them. We're us.
There's us and there's them. BARRY Yes, but who can deny the heart that is yearning.
. .
Barry rolls his chair down the corridor. ADAM There's no yearning.
Stop yearning. Listen to me.
You have got to start thinking bee, my friend. ANOTHER BEE JOINS IN.
ANOTHER BEE Thinking bee. WIDER SHOT AS A 3RD BEE ENTERS, popping up over the cubicle wall.