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Cats With Thumbs in: Space

Conner H
November 28, 2021

Cats With Thumbs in: Space

Cats with Thumbs is a personal concept centered around 4 cats and a cat-roomba surviving in a spaceship after their humans mysteriously perished.

Conner H

November 28, 2021
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  1. Scene 1 Duration 15:00 Panel 1 Duration 13:00 Action Notes

    [Start wide on a galaxy. Settle on a cat, asleep on the skeletons lap]
  2. Scene 5 Duration 02:12 Panel 2 Duration 00:18 Dialog SOCKS:

    Alright. Keep the seat warm for me, chief
  3. Scene 5 Duration 02:12 Panel 3 Duration 00:18 Dialog SOCKS:

    Alright. Keep the seat warm for me, chief
  4. Scene 1 Duration 14:03 Panel 1 Duration 01:12 Action Notes

    [POV shot with Sock's paws bobbing in the foreground]
  5. Scene 1 Duration 14:03 Panel 11 Duration 02:05 Dialog SOCKS:

    Good morning Tippy, Action Notes [Tippy looks up from scratching at a door]
  6. Scene 2 Duration 20:04 Panel 1 Duration 02:05 Dialog 783:

    You're still not pronouncing it right!
  7. Scene 2 Duration 20:04 Panel 3 Duration 01:21 Dialog 783:

    Yeah but the humans always started it with a "haa" sound.
  8. Scene 2 Duration 20:04 Panel 4 Duration 00:13 Dialog 783:

    Yeah but the humans always started it with a "haa" sound.
  9. Scene 2 Duration 20:04 Panel 5 Duration 01:20 Dialog 783:

    Yeah but the humans always started it with a "haa" sound.
  10. Scene 2 Duration 20:04 Panel 10 Duration 05:07 Dialog TIPPY:

    Oh ew! 783, can you NOT make barf sounds before breakfast?
  11. Scene 2 Duration 20:04 Panel 11 Duration 01:21 Dialog 783:

    Fine-- As soon as Socks admits she's reading wrong!
  12. Scene 3 Duration 04:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:12 Action Notes

    [Cont. dialog in the distance as a set of paws drop into frame]
  13. Scene 3 Duration 04:00 Panel 2 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [Cont. dialog in the distance as a set of paws drop into frame]
  14. Scene 5 Duration 32:12 Panel 1 Duration 03:18 Dialog MUFFIN:

    I'm not sharing my food with the bottom feeder today.
  15. Scene 5 Duration 32:12 Panel 2 Duration 02:00 Dialog TIPPY:

    Aw, but Muffin! Isn't it sad how it cleans up all our scraps after we eat? It's not Purrbot's fault that there's only ever four sets of food and five of us stuck in here.
  16. Scene 5 Duration 32:12 Panel 3 Duration 03:14 Dialog TIPPY:

    Aw, but Muffin! Isn't it sad how it cleans up all our scraps after we eat? It's not Purrbot's fault that there's only ever four sets of food and five of us stuck in here.
  17. Scene 5 Duration 32:12 Panel 4 Duration 05:00 Dialog TIPPY:

    Aw, but Muffin! Isn't it sad how it cleans up all our scraps after we eat? It's not Purrbot's fault that there's only ever four sets of food and five of us stuck in here.
  18. Scene 5 Duration 32:12 Panel 5 Duration 05:00 Dialog MUFFIN:

    Then feed it more of yours. I'm almost twice your size, Tippy.
  19. Scene 5 Duration 32:12 Panel 6 Duration 03:15 Dialog TIPPY:

    You're just saying that because you think Purrbot's weird, aren't you. Action Notes [Socks takes a breath in]
  20. Scene 5 Duration 32:12 Panel 7 Duration 07:01 Dialog SOCKS:

    Everyone gives Purrbot a little bit because it's fair. That's how it's always been and it doesn't need to change now.
  21. Scene 7 Duration 14:08 Panel 2 Duration 01:18 Action Notes

    [A roomba emerges from the skinny cat flap at the bottom of the door
  22. Scene 7 Duration 14:08 Panel 5 Duration 02:06 Dialog SOCKS:

    and good morning to you, Purrbot. Action Notes [Purrbot rolls through the room as the camera begins to slowly pull out]
  23. Scene 8 Duration 13:00 Panel 1 Duration 02:00 Action Notes

    [Socks sits patiently in front of the machine]
  24. Scene 8 Duration 13:00 Panel 2 Duration 00:04 Action Notes

    [Socks sits patiently in front of the machine]
  25. Scene 8 Duration 13:00 Panel 3 Duration 00:06 Action Notes

    [A mass of wet, pink good is dispensed]
  26. Scene 8 Duration 13:00 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [A mass of wet, pink good is dispensed]
  27. Scene 8 Duration 13:00 Panel 7 Duration 01:18 Action Notes

    [783 Looks surprised as a pile of dry pellets is dispensed]
  28. Scene 8 Duration 13:00 Panel 11 Duration 01:20 Action Notes

    [On Muffin for a disappointed reaction as well]
  29. Scene 9 Duration 11:20 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Medium on the group reactions. Continuous pan towards left begins]
  30. Scene 9 Duration 11:20 Panel 4 Duration 00:18 Action Notes

    [Muffin leans in for a bite of the brown pellets]
  31. Scene 10 Duration 10:08 Panel 1 Duration 01:12 Action Notes

    [Closeup on Muffin trying the new food]
  32. Scene 10 Duration 10:08 Panel 5 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Muffin opens his mouth and lets the pellets fall out haphazardly]
  33. Scene 11 Duration 05:22 Panel 2 Duration 04:17 Dialog 783:

    Where's the flavor? The tenderness?! I can feel the shine leaving my fur already!!
  34. Scene 12 Duration 10:06 Panel 1 Duration 02:01 Dialog SOCKS:

    Everyone stop caterwauling! I'm sure this is--
  35. Scene 12 Duration 10:06 Panel 3 Duration 03:21 Dialog SOCKS:

    Tippy, you're smart. Do you have any theories?
  36. Scene 13 Duration 04:17 Panel 3 Duration 02:17 Dialog TIPPY:

    Maybe the ship ran out of the good food? Action Notes [783 looks horrified]
  37. Scene 14 Duration 05:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [The group is quiet for a beat. Purrbot rolls around.]
  38. Scene 14 Duration 05:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Purrbot audibly vacuums up the loose pellets on the floor around Muffin]
  39. Scene 14 Duration 05:00 Panel 5 Duration 00:12 Dialog 783:

    We're going to STARVE!! Action Notes [Punch in on 783 and everyone's reaction]
  40. Scene 16 Duration 06:01 Panel 3 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [She ducks low as she approaches the scratched up door]
  41. Scene 16 Duration 06:01 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Tippy Crams her head into the roomba flap]
  42. Scene 16 Duration 06:01 Panel 5 Duration 01:12 Dialog TIPPY:

    I want the humans to let us out like the used to!!
  43. Scene 15 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [Muffin crams his muzzle up into the auto-feeder]
  44. Scene 17 Duration 03:21 Panel 1 Duration 02:13 Dialog 783:

    I'm so hungry, I'm gonna turn inside out!
  45. Scene 19 Duration 11:14 Panel 2 Duration 00:12 Dialog SOCKS:

    Team! Action Notes [Punch into an extreme closeup]
  46. Scene 19 Duration 11:14 Panel 3 Duration 00:22 Dialog SOCKS:

    Team! Action Notes [Punch into an extreme closeup]
  47. Scene 19 Duration 11:14 Panel 5 Duration 00:12 Dialog SOCKS:

    Everyone!!! Action Notes [Truck out to a wide on all the chaos]
  48. Scene 19 Duration 11:14 Panel 8 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [A wet slurping noise is audible under the silence]
  49. Scene 19 Duration 11:14 Panel 12 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [Punch in on Purrbot, who is vacuuming up the single serving of wet food
  50. Scene 19 Duration 11:14 Panel 14 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [Punch in on Purrbot, who is vacuuming up the single serving of wet food
  51. Scene 20 Duration 06:06 Panel 1 Duration 01:12 Dialog 783/MUFFIN/TIPPY:

    Nooooo!!! Action Notes [Graphical split-screen medium close up on the team reactions, minus Socks]
  52. Scene 20 Duration 06:06 Panel 3 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [Graphic border dissolves as Muffin and 783 spring into action]
  53. Scene 20 Duration 06:06 Panel 5 Duration 00:18 Dialog MUFFIN/783:

    Hrrng! Action Notes [They pull against the roomba]
  54. Scene 20 Duration 06:06 Panel 6 Duration 00:12 Dialog MUFFIN/783:

    Hrrng! Action Notes [Tippy leaps from the background]
  55. Scene 20 Duration 06:06 Panel 7 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [She drops the peoples elbow between the wet food and purrbot]
  56. Scene 20 Duration 06:06 Panel 8 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Tippy lands between the Roomba and the wet food, grabbing an armful of what's left]
  57. Scene 21 Duration 07:02 Panel 3 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [She scruffs Tippy and moves back with both her and the pawful of wet food]
  58. Scene 21 Duration 07:02 Panel 4 Duration 00:08 Action Notes

    [She scruffs Tippy and moves back with both her and the pawful of wet food]
  59. Scene 21 Duration 07:02 Panel 5 Duration 00:18 Action Notes

    [She scruffs Tippy and moves back with both her and the pawful of wet food]
  60. Scene 21 Duration 07:02 Panel 7 Duration 01:00 Dialog TIPPY:

    Well... Action Notes [The others enter frame to look]
  61. Scene 23 Duration 08:22 Panel 2 Duration 07:22 Dialog MUFFIN:

    Well. Are we splitting this evenly too, all knowing leader? Or should we just give it all to Purrbot?!
  62. Scene 24 Duration 04:12 Panel 1 Duration 04:00 Dialog SOCKS:

    Look, we're all hungry, but acting like We'd give it all to Purrbot is-!
  63. Scene 25 Duration 03:12 Panel 2 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [Pan down to the floor, where Purrbot is still puttering about]
  64. Scene 25 Duration 03:12 Panel 4 Duration 01:12 Action Notes

    [Purrbot continues to clean food up off the floor]
  65. Scene 26 Duration 06:17 Panel 1 Duration 06:17 Dialog SOCKS:

    Actually, yeah. Yes! We should give to to Purrbot.
  66. Scene 28 Duration 03:10 Panel 1 Duration 03:10 Dialog SOCKS:

    Purrbot always responds to food. We can USE this!
  67. Scene 29 Duration 08:18 Panel 1 Duration 05:22 Dialog MUFFIN:

    This is ridiculous! You're going to waste the rest of our good food on the useless bottom feeder.
  68. Scene 29 Duration 08:18 Panel 2 Duration 02:20 Dialog TIPPY:

    Oh, ooh, I have an idea! Action Notes [Tippy slides into frame from the floor]
  69. Scene 30 Duration 15:16 Panel 1 Duration 06:15 Dialog TIPPY:

    when I ran into the door, I noticed that it was on a fulcrum! Maybe we can use Purrbot to hold it open for us at the bottom? Action Notes [Mathematics abstractly fill Tippy's thinking space]
  70. Scene 30 Duration 15:16 Panel 2 Duration 02:23 Dialog TIPPY:

    That way there'll be a gap on the sides for us to slip through!
  71. Scene 30 Duration 15:16 Panel 3 Duration 04:05 Dialog 783:

    Yeah but it's so heavy, how'd we lift it enough to even get Purrbot under it??
  72. Scene 32 Duration 06:05 Panel 2 Duration 03:00 Dialog SOCKS:

    We can just turn off the ships gravity.
  73. Scene 33 Duration 06:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:12 Dialog TIPPY:

    Oh you bet we can do that! Action Notes [The scene slowly pushes out as the group follows Socks, isolating Muffin]
  74. Scene 1 Duration 05:15 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Transition pulls out to a worms eye view of 783]
  75. Scene 2 Duration 07:00 Panel 3 Duration 00:18 Dialog PURRBOT:

    Meow. Meow. Action Notes [Pan slows on Socks]
  76. Scene 2 Duration 07:00 Panel 6 Duration 00:12 Dialog SOCKS:

    Gravity, in 3... Action Notes [Pan speeds back up to a whip]
  77. Scene 3 Duration 10:06 Panel 6 Duration 00:18 Action Notes

    [Tippy's back end lifts back into frame as the skeleton shifts]
  78. Scene 4 Duration 03:18 Panel 3 Duration 00:18 Action Notes

    [Heturns towards the middle of the room]
  79. Scene 4 Duration 03:18 Panel 4 Duration 01:12 Action Notes

    [The door lifts with a metallic creak]
  80. Scene 7 Duration 07:08 Panel 1 Duration 02:00 Action Notes

    [Purrbot kicks into motion as Socks and 783 meet]
  81. Scene 7 Duration 07:08 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog 783:

    MRRPH!! Action Notes [His collar flips over]
  82. Scene 7 Duration 07:08 Panel 4 Duration 02:00 Dialog 783:

    MRRPH!! Action Notes [His collar flips over]
  83. Scene 8 Duration 12:14 Panel 5 Duration 03:00 Dialog JALAPENO9(783):

    That's the sound the humans used for my name!!
  84. Scene 10 Duration 03:12 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog JALAPENO:

    WEE- Action Notes [Jalapeno is spinning]
  85. Scene 10 Duration 03:12 Panel 3 Duration 01:12 Dialog [they

    both look as Action Notes they both look as there is a wet slurping noise]
  86. Scene 11 Duration 02:12 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Purrbot is vaccuuming up the wet food]
  87. Scene 13 Duration 06:20 Panel 2 Duration 00:18 Dialog TIPPY:

    Hrrmf!! Action Notes [Tippy faux swims in the air]
  88. Scene 13 Duration 06:20 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog TIPPY:

    Hrrrmgh!! Action Notes [She gets her paws on the ground]
  89. Scene 14 Duration 02:07 Panel 2 Duration 00:12 Dialog JALAPENO:

    WRREOW! Action Notes [Jalapeno drops out of frame]
  90. Scene 15 Duration 06:18 Panel 5 Duration 01:00 Dialog PURRBOT:

    Meow. Meow. Action Notes [Punch out even further!]
  91. Scene 15 Duration 06:18 Panel 6 Duration 00:06 Dialog PURRBOT:

    Meow. Meow. Action Notes [Punch out even further!]
  92. Scene 15 Duration 06:18 Panel 7 Duration 01:12 Dialog PURRBOT:

    Me- me- me- me- me- Action Notes [The door drops onto Purrbot]
  93. Scene 16 Duration 05:18 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Tippy scampers into frame from the cockpit]
  94. Scene 16 Duration 05:18 Panel 4 Duration 02:00 Action Notes

    [Tippy joins Socks and Jalapeno at the door]
  95. Scene 17 Duration 13:09 Panel 1 Duration 04:22 Dialog JALAPENO:

    the gap's uh, not as big as I thought it'd be.
  96. Scene 17 Duration 13:09 Panel 3 Duration 02:12 Dialog SOCKS:

    Tippy,you're small. Can you fit in there?
  97. Scene 18 Duration 01:15 Panel 1 Duration 01:15 Dialog TIPPY:

    if only so Purrbot doesn't have to keep holding the door.
  98. Scene 19 Duration 08:06 Panel 2 Duration 01:12 Action Notes

    [Tippy peers into the sliver of the door]
  99. Scene 19 Duration 08:06 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [she starts wedging her muzzle into the opening]
  100. Scene 19 Duration 08:06 Panel 5 Duration 03:18 Dialog TIPPY:

    Oh gosh. You guys-! Action Notes [Pop!]
  101. Scene 20 Duration 02:02 Panel 1 Duration 02:02 Dialog TIPPY:

    I think they put a hazard lock on the door from this side!
  102. Scene 21 Duration 05:21 Panel 2 Duration 03:16 Dialog SOCKS:

    Never mind, let's just focus on getting in there!
  103. Scene 22 Duration 03:08 Panel 1 Duration 02:08 Dialog TIPPY:

    Ok, once I get in I just need to pull out the key ca-- Action Notes [Tippy begins pulling her shoulders through]
  104. Scene 22 Duration 03:08 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog TIPPY:

    Ok, once I get in I just need to pull out the key ca-- Action Notes [Tippy begins pulling her shoulders through]
  105. Scene 23 Duration 01:20 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog PURRBOT:

    Mememememe Action Notes [The roomba creaks]
  106. Scene 23 Duration 01:20 Panel 3 Duration 00:08 Dialog PURRBOT:

    --Ow. Action Notes [Purrbot slams flush with the floor]
  107. Scene 24 Duration 01:08 Panel 1 Duration 00:08 Dialog TIPPY:

    Ok, once I get in I just need to pull out the key ca-- Action Notes [Tippy begins pulling her shoulders through]
  108. Scene 24 Duration 01:08 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog TIPPY:

    --eep!! Action Notes [The door pinches into Tippy's side]
  109. Scene 26 Duration 03:08 Panel 3 Duration 01:12 Action Notes

    [We pan as they heave against the door]
  110. Scene 27 Duration 03:00 Panel 3 Duration 00:12 Dialog PURRBOT:

    Meow. Action Notes [Purrbot rolls forwards to vacuum up the rest of the wet food]
  111. Scene 28 Duration 02:09 Panel 1 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [They continue to strain against the door]
  112. Scene 30 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog SOCKS:

    You Traitor! Action Notes [Shot of the gap]
  113. Scene 31 Duration 02:22 Panel 1 Duration 01:14 Dialog TIPPY:

    No! Nonono!! Action Notes [Tippy claws frantically]
  114. Scene 31 Duration 02:22 Panel 2 Duration 01:08 Dialog TIPPY:

    //i don't want to be half a cat!! Action Notes [The gap continues to tighten]
  115. Scene 32 Duration 04:15 Panel 1 Duration 04:15 Dialog JALAPENO:

    I'm Sorry! I'm so sorry Tippy, we haven't even had breakfast!!
  116. Scene 33 Duration 01:12 Panel 2 Duration 00:18 Action Notes

    [Socks and Jalapeno lose more ground]
  117. Scene 35 Duration 03:12 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Slow pan out as the gap gets tighter and tighter]
  118. Scene 35 Duration 03:12 Panel 4 Duration 00:12 Action Notes

    [the door is HEAVED open by a good jew inches]
  119. Scene 36 Duration 01:14 Panel 1 Duration 00:08 Dialog TIPPY:

    No! Nonono!! Action Notes [Tippy claws frantically]
  120. Scene 37 Duration 02:02 Panel 1 Duration 02:02 Dialog MUFFIN:

    I don't think you're doing THAT bad of a job.
  121. Scene 40 Duration 07:00 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Truck out as the door lifts itself above the cats paws]
  122. Scene 40 Duration 07:00 Panel 7 Duration 01:00 Dialog TIPPY:

    Plehh! Action Notes [Tippy drops the lanyard]
  123. Scene 41 Duration 03:03 Panel 1 Duration 02:03 Dialog TIPPY:

    You guys are gonna want to see this...
  124. Scene 42 Duration 04:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [Tippy gets ready to hop off of the boxes]
  125. Scene 42 Duration 04:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Action Notes

    [The scene rotates to reveal the engine room as most of the crew heads in to investigate]
  126. Scene 43 Duration 06:22 Panel 2 Duration 02:22 Dialog JALAPENO:

    Do you... think they were fighting with each other? Action Notes [Jalapeno sniffs at the shriveled hand]
  127. Scene 45 Duration 09:06 Panel 1 Duration 07:12 Dialog JALAPENO:

    Yeah... They were a lot like us, weren't they. Selfish. hungry. Good at petting.
  128. Scene 45 Duration 09:06 Panel 2 Duration 01:18 Dialog JALAPENO:

    I miss them. Action Notes [He nuzzles against the cadavers hand]
  129. Scene 46 Duration 06:19 Panel 1 Duration 06:19 Dialog MUFFIN:

    Yeah, y'know. I kinda regret eating the ones in the hub when they bit the dust and all that.
  130. Scene 47 Duration 08:00 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Dialog TIPPY:

    Nothing looks broken, and the engine is warming up fine! Action Notes [Tippy pops out, spotted with grease and dust]
  131. Scene 48 Duration 06:12 Panel 1 Duration 06:12 Dialog TIPPY:

    We should be able to jump to the next planet system no problem!
  132. Scene 1 Duration 23:00 Panel 5 Duration 01:12 Dialog SOCKS:

    Lets go get brunch. Action Notes [The M.E.O.W. spaceshuttle fires into life]