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War veteran Zuka is cleaning the room of his recently adopted son, Rocket, when he finds a stash of food from the kitchen hidden in one of his dresser drawers. Concerned this might be food hoarding behavior, he decides to ask Rocket why he’s doing this.

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2. Scene 1 Duration 00:07 Panel 1 Duration 00:07 Action Notes Zuka can be seen doing something inside. Notes EXT. OUTSIDE WINDOW OF ROCKET’S ROOM Scene 2 Duration 00:11 Panel 1 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Zuka meanders around, tidying up Rocket’s room. Notes INT. ROCKET’S ROOM Stow Away Page 1/39
3. Scene 2 Duration 00:11 Panel 2 Duration 00:06 Action Notes Zuka meanders around, tidying up Rocket’s room. Notes INT. ROCKET’S ROOM Scene 3 Duration 00:20 Panel 1 Duration 00:06 Action Notes He makes a face as he pulls a pair of underwear off one of the bedposts, sniffs it Stow Away Page 2/39
4. Scene 3 Duration 00:20 Panel 2 Duration 00:06 Action Notes He makes a face as he pulls a pair of underwear off one of the bedposts, sniffs it Stow Away Page 3/39
5. Scene 3 Duration 00:20 Panel 3 Duration 00:05 Action Notes He makes a face as he pulls a pair of underwear off one of the bedposts, sniffs it Scene 3 Duration 00:20 Panel 4 Duration 00:03 Action Notes He makes a face as he pulls a pair of underwear off one of the bedposts, sniffs it Stow Away Page 4/39
6. Scene 4 Duration 01:07 Panel 1 Duration 00:05 Action Notes then tosses it into Rocket’s hamper. Scene 4 Duration 01:07 Panel 2 Duration 00:06 Action Notes He hums in confusion as he picks up a broken baseball bat, Stow Away Page 5/39
7. Scene 4 Duration 01:07 Panel 3 Duration 00:05 Dialog ZUKA: Hm... Action Notes He hums in confusion as he picks up a broken baseball bat, Scene 4 Duration 01:07 Panel 4 Duration 00:05 Action Notes notices a folded pair of socks, Stow Away Page 6/39
8. Scene 4 Duration 01:07 Panel 5 Duration 00:05 Action Notes then sets the bat back down. Scene 4 Duration 01:07 Panel 6 Duration 00:05 Action Notes He steps up to what he assumes is a sock drawer and opens it. Stow Away Page 7/39
9. Scene 5 Duration 00:15 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Action Notes He steps up to what he assumes is a sock drawer and opens it. Scene 5 Duration 00:15 Panel 2 Duration 00:03 Action Notes He steps up to what he assumes is a sock drawer and opens it. Stow Away Page 8/39
10. Scene 5 Duration 00:15 Panel 3 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: What's this? Action Notes He reaches inside. Scene 5 Duration 00:15 Panel 4 Duration 00:04 Action Notes He pulls out a bag of chips. Stow Away Page 9/39
11. Scene 6 Duration 00:16 Panel 1 Duration 00:06 Dialog ZUKA: Is this where all the snacks were going? Scene 6 Duration 00:16 Panel 2 Duration 00:05 Dialog ZUKA: Shoot, I thought the kid was actually eating them… Action Notes He puts the bag of chips back. Stow Away Page 10/39
12. Scene 6 Duration 00:16 Panel 3 Duration 00:05 Dialog ZUKA: Shoot, I thought the kid was actually eating them… Action Notes He grabs the knob of the dresser. Scene 7 Duration 00:19 Panel 1 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Zuka closes the drawer. Stow Away Page 11/39
13. Scene 7 Duration 00:19 Panel 2 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Zuka closes the drawer. Scene 7 Duration 00:19 Panel 3 Duration 00:05 Stow Away Page 12/39
14. Scene 7 Duration 00:19 Panel 4 Duration 00:05 Scene 8 Duration 00:15 Panel 1 Duration 00:05 Action Notes He walks out of the room and closes the door behind him. Stow Away Page 13/39
15. Scene 8 Duration 00:15 Panel 2 Duration 00:05 Action Notes He walks out of the room and closes the door behind him. Scene 8 Duration 00:15 Panel 3 Duration 00:05 Action Notes He walks out of the room and closes the door behind him. Notes MATCH CUT ZUKA CLOSING DOOR WITH ROCKET OPENING DOOR Stow Away Page 14/39
16. Scene 9 Duration 00:10 Panel 1 Duration 00:05 Notes INT. LIVING ROOM MATCH CUT ZUKA CLOSING DOOR WITH ROCKET OPENING DOOR Scene 9 Duration 00:10 Panel 2 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket opens and steps through the front door. Notes MATCH CUT ZUKA CLOSING DOOR WITH ROCKET OPENING DOOR Stow Away Page 15/39
17. Scene 10 Duration 00:15 Panel 1 Duration 00:05 Dialog TV: Despite the end of the war itself, tensions and fights continue between Blackrock and Playground. Action Notes Zuka sits on the couch watching TV as Rocket walks in through the front door. Scene 10 Duration 00:15 Panel 2 Duration 00:05 Dialog TV: Despite the end of the war itself, tensions and fights continue between Blackrock and Playground. Action Notes Rocket starts closing the door with his hand, then pushes it the rest of the way with his foot. Stow Away Page 16/39
18. Scene 10 Duration 00:15 Panel 3 Duration 00:05 Dialog TV: Despite the end of the war itself, tensions and fights continue between Blackrock and Playground. Action Notes Rocket starts closing the door with his hand, then pushes it the rest of the way with his foot. Scene 11 Duration 00:09 Panel 1 Duration 00:03 Dialog TV: On Tuesday, over 100 were killed in a breakout scuffle between- Action Notes Rocket starts walking past Zuka. Stow Away Page 17/39
19. Scene 11 Duration 00:09 Panel 2 Duration 00:03 Dialog ZUKA: Hold on there, Rocket. Action Notes Rocket stops as Zuka turns off the TV. Rocket winces as it turns off. Scene 11 Duration 00:09 Panel 3 Duration 00:03 Dialog Rocket: What? What is it? Action Notes Rocket turns to Zuka. Stow Away Page 18/39
20. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 1 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Zuka pats the spot on the couch next to him. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 2 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket walks over and sits down next to him, straight as a board. He doesn’t meet Zuka’s eyes. Stow Away Page 19/39
21. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 3 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket walks over and sits down next to him, straight as a board. He doesn’t meet Zuka’s eyes. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 4 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket walks over and sits down next to him, straight as a board. He doesn’t meet Zuka’s eyes. Stow Away Page 20/39
22. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 5 Duration 00:05 Dialog ZUKA: This won’t be a short chat. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 6 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket takes off his backpack and tosses it onto the coffee table in front of him. Stow Away Page 21/39
23. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 7 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket takes off his backpack and tosses it onto the coffee table in front of him. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 8 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket takes off his backpack and tosses it onto the coffee table in front of him. Stow Away Page 22/39
24. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 9 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket takes off his backpack and tosses it onto the coffee table in front of him. Scene 12 Duration 02:02 Panel 10 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket walks over and sits down next to him, straight as a board. He doesn’t meet Zuka’s eyes. Slugging b Stow Away Page 23/39
25. Scene 13 Duration 00:15 Panel 1 Duration 00:05 Dialog ZUKA: I was cleaning your room today, since clearly you aren’t. Scene 13 Duration 00:15 Panel 2 Duration 00:05 Dialog ZUKA: Don’t worry, I was the same way when I was your age. Action Notes Rocket stiffens, which makes Zuka laugh. Slugging Zuka says the line after he laughs. Stow Away Page 24/39
26. Scene 13 Duration 00:15 Panel 3 Duration 00:05 Action Notes Rocket relaxes. Scene 14 Duration 00:04 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: I wanted to ask you about something I found. Stow Away Page 25/39
27. Scene 15 Duration 00:04 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Rocket stiffens again. Scene 16 Duration 00:04 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: I know you’ve only been living with me for two months, but I kind of hoped you’d started putting your clothes away in your drawers. I’m not mad about it, though. Stow Away Page 26/39
28. Scene 17 Duration 00:04 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Dialog ROCKET: Um… yeah… Scene 18 Duration 00:04 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: When I went to put away some socks in a drawer, though, I found it was full of food that went missing from the kitchen. Can you explain that? Stow Away Page 27/39
29. Scene 19 Duration 00:04 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Rocket is EXTREMELY tense, gripping his pants with his fists. Scene 20 Duration 00:04 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Rocket is EXTREMELY tense, gripping his pants with his fists. Stow Away Page 28/39
30. Scene 21 Duration 00:08 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Zuka notices and considers his next words carefully. Scene 21 Duration 00:08 Panel 2 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Zuka notices and considers his next words carefully. Stow Away Page 29/39
31. Scene 22 Duration 00:12 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: … I’m not mad. I just want to know. Scene 22 Duration 00:12 Panel 2 Duration 00:04 Dialog ROCKET: … I wanted to make sure I wouldn’t go hungry. Action Notes Rocket squeezes his eyes shut. After he shares this, Zuka sits up. Slugging There is a moment of silence after Rocket closes his eyes before he speaks up. Stow Away Page 30/39
32. Scene 22 Duration 00:12 Panel 3 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: Why did you think you might go hungry? Scene 23 Duration 00:04 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Dialog ROCKET: Because I-I don’t know what I’m allowed to have, and I wanted to be ready if we aren’t having dinner, o-or lunch or something. Action Notes Hearing the concern in his voice, Rocket loosens up a bit. Stow Away Page 31/39
33. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: So you were worried you wouldn’t be allowed to have food, and thought it’d be safer to steal it. Action Notes Rocket gives a stiff nod, looking scared. Zuka lets out a heavy SIGH. Slugging Rocket nods after Zuka speaks. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 2 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: If I tell you something, will you believe me? Action Notes Rocket gives another nod. Slugging Rocket nods after Zuka speaks. Stow Away Page 32/39
34. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 3 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: First: I’m never going to hurt you, even if I’m upset with you. Ever. I don’t do that, and I don’t want you doing that either. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 4 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Rocket turns and makes eye contact with Zuka for the first time. Stow Away Page 33/39
35. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 5 Duration 00:04 Action Notes After a moment he slumps down as the tension he’s been holding leaves his body. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 6 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: Second: I’m your father now, and it’s my job to take care of you. I’m never gonna let you go hungry. I know it was hard for you to get food while you were living in Playground, but it’s not like that here. If you want something from the kitchen you can just take it, you don’t even have to ask. Stow Away Page 34/39
36. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 7 Duration 00:04 Dialog ROCKET: Really? ZUKA: Of course! Did you really think I was gonna’ let you starve? Action Notes Rocket perks up at that, the tension slipping from his expression. Slugging Dialogue after Rocket jumps up. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 8 Duration 00:04 Dialog ROCKET: Yeah... ZUKA: Ah, kid... c'mere. Action Notes Rocket blushes, now embarrassed. Zuka gives him a sad look. Slugging Zuka's sad look comes after Rocket speaks. Stow Away Page 35/39
37. Scene 24 Duration 01:12 Panel 9 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Zuka pulls Rocket into a hug. Initially he’s tense. Scene 24_A Duration 00:08 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Action Notes Rocket quickly softens up and melts into the hug. Stow Away Page 36/39
38. Scene 24_A Duration 00:08 Panel 2 Duration 00:04 Dialog ROCKET: Thanks, Zuka. Action Notes Rocket quickly softens up and melts into the hug. Scene 25 Duration 00:13 Panel 1 Duration 00:04 Dialog ZUKA: Another thing: stop calling me Zuka. I didn’t go through all the work of bringing you into my home not to be called “dad.” ROCKET: Okay, okay! Thanks, dad! Action Notes Rocket LAUGHS, the GIGGLY, SNORTY kind you get after you’ve been crying, and adjusts his position. Slugging Rocket laughs after Zuka delivers his line, then Rocket delivers his own line. Stow Away Page 37/39
39. Scene 25 Duration 00:13 Panel 2 Duration 00:09 Action Notes The pair continue to embrace as the camera pulls back. Stow Away Page 38/39
40. Scene 26 Duration 00:06 Panel 1 Duration 00:06 Notes FADE OUT TO BLACK. NO PANEL Stow Away Page 39/39