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Create an EXACTLY 20-second ORIGINAL hand-drawn 2D underwater cartoon comedy scene with a clear beginning, middle, escalation and punchline.
16:9.
SOUND ON.
Fast-paced traditional 2D animation.
Bright hand-painted underwater backgrounds.
Bold organic outlines.
Extreme facial expressions.
Squash-and-stretch.
Absurd cartoon physics.
Fast comedic editing.
Playful nautical atmosphere.

The story must be extremely easy to understand visually even without dialogue.

CHARACTER 1 — FINN

A tiny turquoise pear-shaped sea creature with enormous amber eyes, two small fin-like arms, extremely skinny legs, oversized purple rubber boots and three floppy antenna-like fins.

Finn works as a burger cook.

He is extremely enthusiastic about his job but TERRIBLE at cooking.

He wears a tiny white paper cook hat and miniature red apron.

CHARACTER 2 — MARGO

A tall coral-red squid-like sea creature with six short tentacle legs, sleepy yellow eyes, long narrow face and tiny cream sailor hat.

Margo is sarcastic, hungry and permanently unimpressed by Finn.

LOCATION:

A tiny colorful underwater burger shack built inside a giant clam shell.

Finn stands behind an open service counter.

Behind him:

tiny grill,
burger ingredients,
stacked buns,
lettuce,
tomatoes,
cheese,
sauce bottles,
tiny fryer,
order tickets.

A crooked handmade sign above the counter reads:

“FINN’S BURGERS”

Outside is a colorful underwater neighborhood with coral houses, seaweed, bubbles and passing fish.

The grill constantly makes ridiculous underwater sizzling sounds despite being underwater.

0:00–0:04 — FINN AT WORK

Open on Finn behind the counter.

He is VERY seriously assembling a burger.

FAST CLOSE-UPS:

BUN!

SLAP!

LETTUCE!

SLAP!

BURGER!

SLAP!

TOMATO!

SLAP!

Finn dramatically throws one slice of cheese into the air.

It spins beautifully in slow motion.

Finn watches it with enormous excited eyes.

The cheese lands PERFECTLY on the burger.

Finn whispers proudly:

“Professional.”

Immediately—

DING DING!

Service bell.

Finn jumps.

The burger flies upward.

He catches it behind his back without even realizing it.

He looks directly toward the customer.

Huge smile.

0:04–0:07 — CUSTOMER ARRIVES

Margo stands at the counter looking exhausted.

FINN:
“Welcome! What can I get ya?”

Margo looks at menu.

MARGO:
“Burger. Extra cheese.”

Finn freezes.

His pupils become tiny.

Camera SMASH ZOOMS into his face.

FINN whispers:

“...Extra?”

MARGO:
“Cheese.”

Finn slowly smiles.

His eyes become dangerously excited.

FINN:
“Say less.”

Margo immediately looks concerned.

MARGO:
“Wait—”

WHIP PAN TO KITCHEN.

0:07–0:12 — FINN TAKES IT TOO FAR

Hyper-fast cooking montage.

Finn grabs cheese.

SLAP!

One slice.

SLAP!

Two slices.

SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP!

Five.

Ten.

Twenty.

The cheese tower becomes taller than Finn.

Margo watches from the counter.

Her expression does not change.

Finn pulls out an absurdly enormous wheel of cheese from underneath the counter.

Margo's eyes widen for the FIRST TIME.

MARGO:
“No, no, that's enou—”

FINN:
“EXTRA CHEESE!”

Finn launches the entire cheese wheel onto the burger.

BOOOOM!

The counter shakes.

A cup falls over.

Three fish outside flee.

The burger is now an enormous unstable tower of melted cheese.

Finn proudly slides it toward Margo.

FINN:
“Enjoy.”

0:12–0:16 — THE BURGER ATTACKS

Margo stares at the gigantic burger.

Looks at Finn.

Looks back at burger.

MARGO:
“I asked for ONE extra slice.”

Finn's smile disappears.

FINN:
“Oh.”

Suddenly—

SQUISH.

The enormous cheese tower begins leaning toward Margo.

Finn notices.

His eyes slowly widen.

FINN:
“Uh…”

Margo:

“What?”

Finn points.

FINN:
“Run.”

MARGO:
“What do you mean, ru—”

SPLAAAAAT!

The entire cheese tower collapses forward.

Margo disappears underneath an enormous blob of melted cheese.

Complete silence.

Only her sailor hat remains sitting on top.

Finn stares.

One bubble floats upward.

POP.

0:16–0:20 — PUNCHLINE

Finn nervously leans over the counter.

FINN:
“Margo?”

Silence.

A single coral-red tentacle slowly emerges from underneath the cheese.

It places ONE coin onto the counter.

CLINK.

Finn looks at the coin.

Then at the cheese pile.

Then back at the coin.

Margo's muffled voice comes from underneath:

“Keep the change.”

Finn's face LIGHTS UP.

FINN:
“TIP!”

He celebrates.

Behind him—

THE GRILL BURSTS INTO FLAMES.

Finn doesn't notice.

Margo's tentacle emerges again and points toward the fire.

Finn slowly turns around.

His enormous eyes widen.

FINN:
“Oh, COME ON!”

WHOOSH!

Huge ridiculous cloud of smoke fills the entire restaurant.

FREEZE FRAME.

COMEDIC MUSICAL HIT.

CUT TO BLACK EXACTLY AT 20.00 SECONDS.

COMEDIC PERFORMANCE:

Finn should be insanely expressive.

Huge eyes.
Rapid eyebrow movement.
Squash-and-stretch.
Tiny body with enormous reactions.
Floppy antenna movement.
Rubber-like arms.
Fast running.
Overconfident poses.

Margo is the complete opposite.

Minimal movement.
Half-closed eyes.
Slow reactions.
Long stares.
Dry delivery.

This contrast is essential to the comedy.

When Margo finally widens her eyes at the giant cheese wheel, make it a BIG comedic moment.

CAMERA:

Use energetic traditional cartoon cinematography.

Approximately 15–18 cuts across 20 seconds.

Wide shots.
Medium two-shots.
Extreme facial close-ups.
Food macro shots.
Crash zooms.
Whip pans.
Fast ingredient inserts.
Reaction shots.
Sudden dramatic push-ins.

During the cheese montage, use extremely fast 0.2–0.5 second cuts.

During punchlines, suddenly STOP the camera and allow brief moments of silence.

SOUND DESIGN:

SOUND ON.

Original playful underwater comedy score.

Marimba.
Pizzicato strings.
Woodwinds.
Light percussion.
Tiny brass accents.

Add exaggerated synchronized sounds:

DING service bell.
Burger sizzling.
Ingredient SLAPS.
Cheese stretching.
Cartoon whooshes.
Rubber squeaks.
Counter shaking.
Tiny fish swimming away.
Massive SPLAT.
Coin CLINK.
Single bubble POP.
Fire crackling.
Final smoke WHOOSH.

Music should stop completely for approximately half a second after Margo gets buried in cheese.

The silence makes the joke funnier.

VOICE DIRECTION:

FINN:

Young, hyperactive, optimistic, enthusiastic.
He treats making burgers like the most important job in the universe.

MARGO:

Lower voice.
Dry.
Sarcastic.
Tired.
Almost completely monotone.

VISUAL STYLE:

Premium traditional hand-drawn 2D animation.

Colorful underwater cartoon world.

Watercolor-painted background textures.

Bold organic outlines.

Saturated turquoise, coral, purple, yellow and sea-green palette.

Expressive frame-by-frame character deformation.

Cartoon food should look delicious but exaggerated.

Cheese should stretch, wobble, squash and behave with ridiculous cartoon physics.

No photorealism.
No realistic humans.
No 3D CGI.
No existing characters.
No recognizable franchise locations.
No copied character designs.

FINAL STORY:

Finn proudly works at his tiny underwater burger restaurant.

Margo arrives and orders a burger with extra cheese.

Finn completely misunderstands “extra cheese” and creates an enormous cheese-covered monstrosity.

The burger collapses and buries Margo.

Despite being trapped underneath it, she calmly pays and tells him to keep the change.

Finn is more excited about receiving a tip than the fact that he nearly buried his customer.

Then his kitchen catches fire.

Fast, coherent, funny, expressive and ORIGINAL.

EXACT DURATION: 20 SECONDS.

Exactly 20 seconds, 16:9, sound on. Original hand-drawn 2D underwater cartoon comedy in a clam-shell burger shack, colorful watercolor backgrounds, bold outlines, squash-and-stretch and fast comedic cuts. {{cook}} is a tiny turquoise pear-shaped sea creature with huge amber eyes, fin arms, skinny legs, purple boots, floppy fins, paper cook hat and red apron: enthusiastic, expressive, terrible at cooking. Margo is a tall coral-red squid-like customer with six short tentacles, sleepy yellow eyes and a sailor hat: dry and unimpressed. 0–4s: fast ingredient close-ups as {{cook}} proudly builds a burger, tosses cheese perfectly and whispers "Professional." A bell startles him; he catches the flying burger behind his back. 4–7s: Margo asks for a burger with extra cheese. Crash zoom on the cook: "Extra?" She repeats "Cheese." He grins, "Say less." 7–12s: whip-pan and frantic cheese montage. Slices pile taller than him; he drops a huge cheese wheel onto the burger: BOOM. "Enjoy." 12–16s: Margo says "I asked for ONE extra slice." The tower leans and collapses over her: SPLAT. Brief silence, only her hat and one bubble remain. 16–20s: her tentacle places a coin: CLINK. Muffled, "Keep the change." The cook celebrates, "TIP!" Behind him the grill catches fire; she points, he turns: "Oh, COME ON!" Smoke WHOOSH, freeze-frame, comedic music hit and black at 20s. Playful marimba, pizzicato and synchronized slaps, bell, sizzle, bubble pop and coin. No existing characters, 3D or photorealism.