"PITCH PERFECT" (2012)

Pitch Perfect

by

Kay Cannon

Revision by Jeff Roda Revision Date: 10/04/11

Date: 10/21/11

Based on the Book:

"Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Capella Glory"

By

Micky Rapkin

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OVER BLACK: We hear the sound of a pitch pipe.

VOICE One, two, three, four --

As the Universal logo appears on screen, we hear Universal’s theme song sung a cappella.

FADE IN:

On stage, the Barden Treblemakers, an all-male a cappella group dressed in matching smoking jackets, conclude singing Universal’s theme song.

The audience cheers. Then, the Trebles begin Rihanna’s, “Don’t Stop The Music,” and the place goes apeshit.

CREDITS ROLL as a gorgeous girl, CHLOE (20), dressed like a 1970’s flight attendant, frantically rummages through a swanky dressing room.

Chloe stops, reaches into her jacket pocket, and pulls out a red scarf. Relieved, she DASHES out of the room.

As the BU Treblemakers sing, we WIDEN TO REVEAL: A sold out audience at Lincoln Center. The atmosphere is reminiscent of an American Idol finale. PROUD PARENTS, COEDS, and A CAPPELLA FANATICS hold up signs: “I HEART BELLAS”, “I’LL TREBLE 4 YA!”, and “A CAPPELLA IS MY CO-PILOT!”

A winded Chloe runs up a set of stairs, clumsily wrapping the scarf around her neck.

GAIL and JOHN, a cappella alums, color-commentate.

ANGLE ON: The Barden Treblemakers. The guys are crushing it.

A TREBLE steps forward to solo the next lyric.

On the word, “Away”, he goes flat.

GAIL/JOHN Whoa!/Boom!

Chloe runs past a variety of A CAPPELLA GROUPS readying themselves to compete, stopping at the all-female Bellas: A group of model-esque ladies dressed exactly like her.Chloe lifts up her scarf and comes face to face with Alice.

On stage the BU Treblemakers continue singing.

ALICE, the aggressive leader, undoes Chloe's scarf and then methodically re-ties it.

Alice pushes the knot up to Chloe's throat. Chloe winces. Then, Alice turns to address both Chloe and AUBREY, an exceptionally focused girl standing next to her.

Alice gets right up in Aubrey’s face.

The Trebles end their performance to wild applause.

BACKSTAGE: The Trebles brush past the Bellas. BUMPER, the Trebles outspoken ringleader, stops to address them.

Bumper crosses away. An infuriated Alice turns to the ladies.

Alice puts her fist out. Nine others meet hers.

The ladies run out on stage and take their position.Alice steps up to the microphone.

ON STAGE: Alice blows the pitch pipe. It’s red with a large cursive “B” on it.

They begin the arrangement and choreography to Ace of Base’s, ‘The Sign’. The performance is over-polished and safe.

“The Sign” rendition has lulled the audience into a coma-like state. One JUDGE even yawns.

John and Gail wince. Aubrey steps up to solo.

Aubrey projectile PUKES and we FREEZE. The puke hangs there frozen in mid-air.

TITLE CARD: PITCH PERFECT. END OPENING CREDITS.

We hear Kansas’s, “Carry On Wayward Son” as a Prius travels down the highway, passing a sign: “Barden Univ., Next Exit.”

TITLE CARD: FOUR MONTHS LATER.

Move-In Day. GREETERS in polo shirts direct traffic.A taxi pulls up carrying BECA MITCHELL, a pretty freshman with heavy eyeliner. Beca listens to a dub step remix of Sia’s “Titanium” on a pair of DJ-style headphones.

Beca takes off her headphones.

The Greeter pulls out a map.

The Prius pulls into BU. A MOM drives and a DAD sits shotgun. JESSE, a confident underdog with boyish good looks sits in the back and sings “Wayward” out the window.

The Prius pulls right along side Beca’s taxi, near the greeters. Beca turns to see Jesse singing in the backseat. They lock eyes. You think he’ll stop singing. He doesn’t.

Beca stares in confused wonderment as Jesse continues to sing. After a beat, the Prius pulls away. The Greeter’s voice snaps Beca back to reality.

Beca reluctantly takes the whistle as the taxi pulls away.

On the lawn, FRAT GUYS use numbered paddles to rate the Freshmen girls as they walk by. A GAY COUPLE helps their SON unload IKEA-like furniture from a mini-van. Beca takes it all in, not looking particularly enthused.

A11 OMIT A11

Beca’s shy, KOREAN ROOMMATE is already there. She sits at the edge of her bed, silent.

KIMMY JIN just stares back. Awkward.

Jesse stands outside the Prius with two large duffel bags. His mom won’t release him from a long embrace.

Mom lets go. Dad hugs him just as hard.

Kimmy Jin hasn’t moved. Beca nervously talks as she unzips her suitcase, pulling out a set of turn-tables and assorted deejay equipment.

Kimmy Jin just stares. Beca tries to read her for a moment.

Jesse opens the door to find BENJI APPLEBAUM hanging a Tie- Fighter mobile over his bed. Benji’s a benevolent nerd who makes Jesse look studly by comparison.

WIDEN TO REVEAL: A room decorated with huge amounts of sci-fi memorabilia: A life-sized Darth Vader, a twenty-sided die chair, a Battlestar tribute wall, and a big box with swords sticking through it. A beat, as Jesse and Benji take it in.

Benji pulls a hamster out of his sleeve.

Benji nods, “I’m pretty good.” Then:

Beca finishes converting her desk into a musical workstation. (Turntables, keyboard, laptop). There’s a KNOCK on the door. A MAN speaks in falsetto.

Beca opens the door to reveal DR. FRANCIS MITCHELL, (49), a sweet-faced man with JFK hair and a corduroy blazer.

Dr. Mitchell enters. Kimmy Jin is still sitting there.

There’s no response. Dr Mitchell turns back to Beca.

Dr. Mitchell forces a hug on Beca. Beca doesn't hug back. *

BECA * Well, that’s what happens when you * leave your wife and daughter and * move 3000 miles away for some * hooker. *

DR. MITCHELL * (to Kimmy) * Sheila’s a pharmaceutical sales * rep. That’s very different than a * hooker. So, you been on the quad * yet? * (MORE)

10A.

There’s an awkward beat of silence.

She speaks. Beca is surprised but seizes the opportunity.

Beca grabs her bag and they exit, leaving Dr. Mitchell.

A series of recruiting booths are set up throughout the quad. Anything and everything is represented: One booth reads, “F- Word: A Collection of Feminist Voices,” another says, “Barden Newspaper,” another reads “Dudes With Ponytails. Est. 1988.”

Beca, headphones around her neck, and Kimmy Jin are at the booth: “RIAC: Running in a Circle.” Two REPRESENTATIVES give Beca the hard sell.

RIAC REPRESENTATIVE #1 Basically what we do is we join arms in a large ring and we run clockwise and sometimes we’ll do variations on that.

RIAC REPRESENTATIVE #2 It’s really about movement and, health, circulation, mimicking the earth’s orbit around the sun.

RIAC REPRESENTATIVE #1 And so can you.

He holds out a pen for Beca to sign up.

RIAC REPRESENTATIVE #2 -- Around!

RIAC REPRESENTATIVE #1 You would do so well here.

Kimmy Jin spots the “Korean Students Association” booth and makes a beeline for it. The KOREAN STUDENTS welcome her with open arms. Beca, now alone, puts her headphones on.

ACROSS THE FAIR: Jesse and Benji stride through, stopping at the gratuitously rowdy Sigma Beta Theta FRAT booth. Good- looking, bare-chested, beefy GUYS party and chant.

NEEDLE DROP: A HEAVY GUITAR LICK kicks in as the camera FLIES over the fair, table after table, finally landing on...

THE Barden Treblemakers: A motley crew of eight confident nerds sitting under a tree: DONALD, a cool dude with black glasses, UNICYCLE, a guy always astride a unicycle, a few other thin, unathletic DWEEBS, and BUMPER, the outspoken ringleader.

Jesse and Benji stand nearby. Benji gestures to the guys.

Bumper blows an iPhone pitch pipe. The Trebles suddenly rise and sing the gayest version of The Dazz Band’s “Let It Whip.” Amazingly, a HANDFUL OF PRETTY GIRLS gather around to listen.

Jesse joins the Trebles in “Let It Whip.” Benji’s impressed.

Aubrey and Chloe stand in front of their tiny “Bellas” booth handing out flyers. Aubrey scoffs at the Trebles.

A homely girl, BARB, walks up.

Chloe tries to hand her a flier but Barb won’t take it.

Barb puts her hands on her hips. Her cardigan is pulled back, revealing two huge, baloney-like areolas beneath her t-shirt.

Barb leaves. Chloe looks a tad shaken.

A PACK OF HOT GIRLS walk by. Aubrey offers a flyer. They PUSH her away and keep walking. Aubrey dons her “game face.”

A chubby GIRL walks up and takes a flier from Chloe.

CHLOE (CONT’D) CHUBBY GIRL

Hi! Can you sing? Yep. Can you read music? Yep. Can you match pitch?

Chloe sings three notes. The girl matches them, perfectly.

Fat Amy walks away.

ANGLE ON: Beca, who has now stopped at a booth called “CAMPUS DJ’S”. She excitedly picks up a flier. It reads: “BARDEN DJ’s (”Deaf Jews. A Club For The Hearing Impaired Children of Israel.”) Beca reacts, bummed. Fat Amy walks up as a JEWISH STUDENT signs and mumbles excitedly.

Beca continues on, passing near the Bella booth. Chloe sees Beca and points her out to Aubrey.

Ignoring her, Chloe hands Beca a flyer. Beca takes off her headphones.

Beca eyes the flier, then Chloe and Aubrey.

Beca reacts, “Wow.”

ANGLE ON: THE BU HARMONICS BOOTH: A CO-ED GROUP where HOMELY GIRLS, including Barb, give back rubs to GUYS who don’t know they’re gay yet.

ANGLE ON: THE HIGH NOTES: A GROUP that’s always high.A couple of them laugh too hard. Three or four fall over.

ANGLE ON: The Treblemaker’s big finish.

Beca watches as The Trebles bow to applause. In the distance, she spots Jesse and recognizes him as the “Singing guy in the Prius.” Just then, a stray football hits Uni in the head, knocking him to the ground. BACK TO the ladies...

Beca grabs the flier, revealing a tattoo: A preying manthus. Chloe sees this.

Beca reacts,”O...kay.”

Hearing this, Aubrey steps up to Beca.

Beca reacts, “Settle.” Chloe plays peacekeeper.

Beca walks away. Aubrey starts to lose it.

Benji and Jesse walk towards The Trebles.

Benji approaches Bumper and the gang.

He firmly shakes Bumper’s hand.

Uni throws the ball back like a little girl, loses his balance, and once again falls to the ground, hard.

Benji stuffs a red scarf into his fist, and then holds up his empty hands. A little piece of the scarf protrudes from Benji’s enormous fake thumb. He fails the trick a couple of times. Bumper just stares.

Jesse grabs Benji and hurries him away.

BACK ON: Beca at the CAMPUS INTERN booth. She grabs an application for the “Campus Radio Station,” puts on her headphones and we DISSOLVE TO:

OMIT 20 - 26

A27 EXT. CAMPUS RADIO STATION - DAY A27

Beca crosses a street and enters the campus radio station.

A hot MASHUP-STYLE REMIX pumps as we’re tight on Beca, her eyes transfixed. BECA’S POV: Inside the deejay booth is LUKE, the smoking-hot, tattooed Station Manager. Beca’s smitten. The guy, the music... Everything.

After a beat, Luke turns, catching Beca staring. He smiles, lowers the volume, and opens the deejay booth door.

She awkwardly approaches the booth. Luke stands, official.

He steps out and extends his hand. She shakes it like a nerd.

Jesse enters, in a rush.

Jesse turns to Beca. A look of realization crosses his face.

Luke points to several crates of CD’s.

Luke exits back into the booth. Beca watches him, then exhales heavily.

Ignoring him, Beca starts stacking CD’s. He follows suit. Beca steals a glance at Luke. Jesse clocks this.

Beca, frustrated, plops down behind the desk.

Beca reacts, “Who is this guy?”

Beca sits alone, eating. She scans the quad, noticing the SBT guys happily playing ultimate frisbee. Next to them, a group of SCIENCE NERDS enjoy studying. Then, the “Running in a Circle” group literally runs in a circle and loves it. [SLOW MOTION] Feeling the pangs of loneliness, Beca puts her headphones on, lies down, and finds solace in Sia.

FADE TO BLACK. Over black, we hear -

FADE IN:

Beca is in bed, asleep. ANGLE ON: A hand, unplugging the headphones plugged into her computer. Once unplugged, the music plays loudly (TITANIUM). Beca JOLTS awake. REVEAL: Dr. Mitchell, trying to turn the music off. He can’t. Beca, unamused, gets out of bed and does it for him.

Beca sits down, and fiddles with some equipment. *

REVEAL: Kimmy Jin, quietly studying in a corner.

BECA * I just got a job at the radio * station *

DR. MITCHELL * I’ve seen that place. It’s dark and * dirty and has what? Three weirdos * working there? *

BECA * Well, four, now. *

DR. MITCHELL * Beca, this is the time in your life * to try new things, explore. Not be * so fixated on this DJ thing. *

He points to the audition flier on her desk. *

Beca lingers on the audition notice. She grabs a towel and * her toiletries basket and heads into the...

25A.

In one stall, we see two pairs of feet. There’s whispering.

Beca walks in, holding a shower caddy and singing Sia’s “Titanium.” She looks upbeat in a way we haven’t seen before. The feet freeze.

Beca doesn’t notice them, gets into another stall, and turns the water on. As she waits for the water to warm, the camera pans over Beca’s shoulder. REVEAL: Chloe, listening, all- smiles. Then:

Beca SCREAMS and attempts to cover her bits with her loofa.

Beca grabs a shampoo bottle and holds it over her chest.

Beca closes the curtain. Chloe opens it again.

Beca rolls her eyes. Then, reluctantly starts singing.

Chloe jumps in, harmonizing.

BECA/CHLOE BRICK OF SHAME TAKE YOUR AIM/FIRE AWAY, FIRE AWAY/YOU SHOOT ME DOWN BUT I WON’T FALL/I AM TITANIUM/YOU SHOOT ME DOWN BUT I WON’T FALL/I AM TITANIUM.

They sound awesome. Beca finds herself unexpectedly moved. There’s a long beat of them looking at each other, naked.

Chloe hands Beca a towel. Then, Tom pops into frame.

An awkward moment. Chloe pulls Tom out. Beca stands there stunned. PUSH IN ON Beca, smiling, a look of realization crosses her face. We move TIGHTER on Beca, and PRE-LAP...

Audition day. In the hallway outside the auditorium, a long line of CO-ED’S warm up their voices. TOMMY MARTIN and his sidekick JUSTIN, a cappella super-fans address the group.

28A.

All four a cappella groups are there. The Trebles sit in back. Aubrey and Chloe sit in front.

The rest of the Trebles snicker. Donald does a “too slow” slap to himself. Aubrey braces herself, then stands to address the room.

Tommy steps in, getting down to business.

He presents CYNTHIA ROSE, a butch looking girl wearing a leather jacket and boots.

ANGLE ON: Donald, reacting, “Oops.”

BEGIN “AMERICAN IDOL”-TYPE AUDITION MONTAGE:

-- We see QUICK POPS of AUDITIONERS. Some good, some bad.

-- A smart-looking plain-faced girl wearing Tina-Fey glasses introduces herself as MARY ELISE. She has an adequate voice.

-- More AUDITIONERS.

-- Jesse nails his audition.

-- More AUDITIONERS. Sprinkled in, we meet four quirky, awkward ladies named JESSICA, ASHLEY, DENISE, and KORI.

-- Fat Amy walks on stage and takes the mic. She’s crazy loud, but great.

-- A beautiful girl walks up to the mic. Chloe and Aubrey perk up. She looks like a “Bella.”

When Stacie sings, she closes her eyes and makes a strange, “Jessica Simpson” weird singing face. It’s disturbing. For everybody.

-- More pops of PEOPLE, including LILLY, a very shy girl who is often inaudible when speaking.

The groups react, “What did she say?”

-- Benji auditions. He’s Sinatra-good and a crowd favorite.

-- More AUDITIONERS. KOLIO, a cute hispanic guy, sings and sounds exactly like Aaron Neville. It works on him.

-- We see QUICK POPS of audition highs and lows until we land back on Fat Amy. As she walks off stage, we hear...

END MONTAGE.

Chloe hears the exit door OPEN and sees Beca peeking in.

Chloe excitedly WAVES her in. Beca walks up on stage.

Beca sings a kick-ass version of “MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE,” while playing the cups.

Applause. REVEAL: Jesse, in the wings, loving it.

33 OMIT 33 33

A series of red hoods are pulled off ten girls. Aubrey reads off the name of each girl as her hood comes off.

As Beca’s hood is pulled off, she looks totally disoriented.

FROM BECA'S POV: The ladies stand in a room lit by a hazardous amount of candles.

On a table rests a chalice of wine and ten red scarves. Aubrey and Chloe stand before them in Bella attire. Aubrey blows the pitch pipe.

Chloe grabs the chalice and presents it to Beca.

Beca takes the chalice, barely taking a sip.

Brown hoods are removed from the heads of Jesse and Kolio. JESSE’S POV: The Trebles sit around in smoking jackets.A hot tub sits in the middle of the room. Bumper approaches.

Jesse looks around.

Donald crosses over and hands Jesse a smoking jacket.

Chloe and Aubrey demonstrate with their scarves.

They look around to each other, struggling to repeat it.

All but Beca erupt in cheers. Chloe turns to Aubrey.

The Trebles stand in front of a van whose license plate reads “TNHNGRS.” On the side of the van, there’s a magnetic decal of four guys: professional, elder-statesmen of a cappella (Ed Helms-types). Jesse and Kolio spray paint the van a neon blue color while chugging beers.

Uni unicycles into frame.

The “Hood Night” party. Justin mans the kegs as the aca- groups and their new recruits all file in. The Bellas, led by Aubrey, walk up together. Beca, Fat Amy, and Stacie bring up the rear.

The ladies, react, “huh.”

Stacie WHIPS off her top exposing a smokin’ body. Jesse, drunk, stumbles up to Beca.

Jesse wipes his eyes and makes sqeaking noises.

Beca does something physical to Jesse. (i.e. Punches him.)

Beca shakes her head and laughs. Aubrey clocks this. A tipsy Chloe gives Beca a big hug and puts her face right up- close.

ANGLE ON: Cynthia Rose and Stacie, talking.

ANGLE ON: Bumper and Donald filling their cups at the keg.

NEEDLEDROP: Andy Grammer’s “Keep Your Head Up” comes on and everybody SCREAMS! They all sing along.

Fat Amy walks up.

A beat.

Fat Amy reacts, “Not in a million years” and walks away. Donald laughs. Bumper shoots him a look and elbows him in the ribs.

Benji, still wide-awake and fully clothed, lays on his bed. Hearing the music from a distance, he sadly sings.

40 BACK TO THE PARTY, 40

Bumper, Donald, and Uni sing directly to a group of HOT GIRLS. Kori makes eyes at Donald. Donald breaks off and dances with her. Fat Amy comically dances in the middle of a circle of Bella ladies. Outside the circle, Jesse dances wildly. Beca barely moves.

Jesse hands Beca a red cup.

We PULL BACK from Beca to an aerial view of campus: The party is a tiny speck on the campus grid compared to the frat surrounding it. TIME LAPSE: We transition to MORNING...

OMIT 41-44

The Bellas are assembled in a classroom/rehearsal space.Fat Amy and Cynthia Rose peruse the framed photos of past Bellas groups hanging on a wall.

Aubrey writes the words “NEW BELLAS” on a whiteboard.Beca casually strolls into the room. Aubrey, still facing the board, freezes, and then writes Beca’s name on the board with a tally mark next to it. Beca rolls her eyes.

Aubrey moves toward Mary Elise.

Mary Elise crumbles under the pressure and nods, yes.

Aubrey doesn’t waver. Mary Elise stands up to leave, very slowly. Every few steps, she looks back, desperately wanting to be stopped. She grabs a chair and drags it across the floor. She finally leaves, crying loudly through the hall.

A beat, “What did she say?” Then:

FLASHBACK: a grainy image of Aubrey as she projectile pukes straight into camera while the audience gasps in horror.

We PULL BACK to reveal Lilly holding up her ipad while the new Bellas watch in awe. Aubrey’s grief-stricken by the memory. Stacie leans into Lilly.

Aubrey pulls up a screen to reveal a really complicated flow chart on another dry erase board. It’s pretty intense.

She “Beatboxes.” It’s not great. There’s a lot of spit involved. ANGLE ON: Lilly watching her intently.

They wait for her to stop. She doesn’t

As she continues, jaws drop and eyes gape. At some point, Fat Amy starts applauding. Others join her.

BECA AUBREY

Holy shit! YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Done making her point and as if nothing happened, Aubrey distributes papers.

Beca looks disdainfully at the list.

46 REHEARSAL MONTAGE BEGINS. (SPECIFICS OF MONTAGE MAY CHANGE)46

- Mic technique

- All but Fat Amy run the stairs.

- Teaching moments to learn how to make instrument sounds with their mouths.

- Learn how to dance in heals.

-- Dr. Mitchell looks through the rehearsal door’s window. He smiles, pleased.

- Rehearsal of beatboxing. Failing miserably.

- Choreography of each person trying to do a specific step.

- Dealing with Stacie’s bad singing face.

END MONTAGE.

The “New Bellas” look exhausted.

Aubrey puts her fist out. The ladies stare at her.

They all sloppily put their hands in.

AUBREY (CONT’D) HALF THE LADIES

AHHH! AHHH!

It’s a mess. As they shuffle out...

Beca spins around.

Beca heads for the door. Aubrey calls after her.

Beca exits.

OMIT AA48

A48 EXT. SIGMA BETA THETA HOUSE - BACKYARD - A WEEK LATER A48

A well-decorated garden packed with FRAT GUYS AND SORORITY GIRLS. QUICK POPS of Bellas, in unmatched outfits and red scarves, singing “Turn The Beat Around”. It is decidedlynot awesome.

FAT AMY THE BELLAS

LOVE TO HEAR THE TURN IT AROUND, TURN IT PERCUSSION... AROUND...

QUICK CUTS of party-goers.

The girls mercifully finish the song to dead silence.CLOSE ON SBT’s president, HOWIE, standing in the front row, shakes his head.

B48 EXT. SIGMA BETA THETA HOUSE - FRONT PORCH - MOMENTS LATERB48

Howie herds the girls to the front door.

B48 CONTINUED: B48

Howie escorts the girls out. CLOSE ON Aubrey, fuming.

C48 EXT. SIGMA BETA THETA HOUSE - STREET - MOMENTS LATER C48

An angry Aubrey leads the Bellas down the sidewalk. Chloe’s mind is elsewhere.

The Bellas gang mutters ‘Sorry’, etc.

Aubrey stops, taking in this hot mess of ladies.

Chloe stares off into space.

The ladies all turn to Chloe. A beat.

C48 CONTINUED: C48

D48 EXT. ON THE GREENS - A WEEK LATER D48

Beca sits on the grass, working on her laptop. Jesse walks up, carrying a duffle bag. He takes a seat and makes himself at home. He lays down a bath towel. On it, he puts two juice boxes, an ugly candle, and a can of Pringles.

D48 CONTINUED: D48

Jesse pulls out a stack of dvd’s from his duffle.

Beca’s interest is piqued.

Beca looks through the dvd’s and furrows her brow.

D48 CONTINUED: (2) D48

Beca shrugs. Jesse is beside himself.

Jesse puts his DVD’s back into his duffle.

Beca smiles, pretty pleased with herself.

D48 CONTINUED: (3) D48

OMIT 48, A49, 49 & 50

We PAN OVER an empty swimming pool filled with Barden’s a cappella groups, partying. The Trebles hold court.

A crowd of fans have formed around the pool. STUDENTS scale ladders to get into the pool area.

Across the pool, Jesse joins Benji.

Benji climbs out. Aubrey leads the Bellas to their corner.

To get everyone’s attention, The BU Harmonics make police siren noises. Justin stands next to a huge pinwheel.

ON THE WHEEL: A handful of varied musical categories.“Songs About Sex”, “Ugly Lead Singers”, “Ladies Of The 80s”, “Hair Bands”, “Christian Rock.” Justin addresses the room.

The crowd goes nuts.

More people clap with Justin.

JUSTIN/SOME PEEPS Cut off.

Everyone claps twice.

Jesse waves to Beca. Then, he mouths and gestures:

Beca mouths back, “I don’t care.”

Bumper steps up and spins the wheel.

Justin abruptly stops the wheel. It’s landed on “Ladies Of The 80s.” Everyone cheers! Bumper immediately starts singing Toni Basil’s, “Mickey.” The Trebles join him.

The song is quickly stolen by Barb and the BU Harmonics who sing Madonna’s, “Like A Virgin.”

Aubrey steals with Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.”

A MEMBER from The High Notes steals with Roxette’s “Must Have Been Love.” He/She can’t help laughing.

The CROWD boos.

JUSTIN ALL

The negative effects of medicinal marijuana, folks. You are... (claps twice) (claps twice) Cut off! Cut off!

Justin spins the wheel. This time it lands on “Christian Rock.” Barb, baloney boobs a bouncin’, jumps in with “ONE DAY.”

The crowd boos.

53A.

The wheel spins and lands on “Songs About Sex.” Chloe immediately starts to scream sing, Rihanna’s, “S&M.”

Bumper sings, Salt n Pepa’s, “Let’s Talk About Sex.”

Stacie steps up singing BOYZ II MEN’S, “I’ll Make Love To You.” ANGLE ON: Everyone’s reaction.

Jesse steals with Foreigner’s, “Feels Like The First Time.” He sings to Beca. Aubrey rolls her eyes.

CLOSE ON Beca, locked in, focused in a way we haven’t seen her around a cappella. She begins mouthing words to the song.

Beca jumps in, LOUD, rapping Blackstreet’s “No Diggity.”

Stunned by Beca’s performance, no one moves. Beca goes deeper into the song...

Fat Amy joins her.

BECA/FAT AMY/ALL I LIKE THE WAY YOU WORK IT I LIKE THE WAY YOU WORK IT NO DIGGITY, I GOT TO BAG IT UP, BAG IT UP/HEY YO HEY YO HEY YO HEY...

A beat. The ladies look at each other, “That was awesome.” Then, the crowd boos.

Justin raises Jesse’s hand.

The crowd applauds as the boys pick up their prize. Then, Bumper steps up to Fat Amy.

As he walks away,

Beca turns to this rag-tag group of girls.

Aubrey puts her hand out, interrupting Beca.

CYNTHIA ROSE FAT AMY

On three. After three.

This debate continues as we TRANSITION to...

Beca’s at her desk with her headphones on, working on her computer. Jesse’s right there, watching her work.

Jesse nods.

Jesse takes the headphones and listens to Beca’s “mash-up.” His eyes light up, clearly impressed.

Beca smiles. Jesse takes off the headphones.

Beca shrugs. Jesse holds up a DVD.

Jesse inserts a DVD into his computer and turns off the lights. Beca and Jesse are now lit by the screen.

57A.

Jesse playfully puts a couple of his fingers on Beca’s mouth.

Jesse cues it to the end where Simple Minds’s “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” plays.

ON THE SCREEN: We see each character getting picked up, and as the song crescendos, John Bender raises a defiant, joyful fist. Jesse, so into it, can’t help but do a smaller version of it, too. Beca looks at him, more amused by what he’s doing than the movie. He turns to her.

Inches away from each other’s faces, Jesse makes a move. Freaked out, Beca shuts the laptop.

The lights come on. ANGLE ON: Kimmy Jin and several Koreans at the door, holding take-out.

Jesse hangs his head.

As he leaves...

Jesse exits with several “excuse me’s” as he makes his way past all of the Koreans. In leaving abruptly, he forgot his DVD. Beca reacts, shaking “what just happened” off.

BEGIN TIME LAPSE MONTAGE/SINGING TELEGRAMS SEQUENCE:

A dorm room with a skeleton on it, opens, revealing Cynthia Rose, dressed as COUNT CHOCULA.

ANGLE ON: A couple of STUDENTS, staring at her blank-faced.

A door opens, revealing Lilly, dressed in an oversized PILGRIM costume.

Her Pilgrim hat-buckle begins to droop over her face.

A WREATHED door opens, revealing Stacie, in a barely-there, sexy REINDEER costume, with snow falling around her.

ANGLE ON: STUDENTS, not knowing what to think.

A door opens, revealing Fat Amy, bursting out of a too-small pink CUPID’S costume. Beca, also in costume, awkwardly holds a bow and arrow. REVERSE REVEAL: It’s for Benji and Jesse.

FAT AMY/BECA (singing) LYRICS TBD LYRICS TBD

END TIME LAPSE MONTAGE/SINGING TELEGRAMS SEQUENCE.

The Bellas rehearse “Turn The Beat Around.” Chloe solos.

Chloe misses a high note. Aubrey winces as they hit their final pose. The ladies look exhausted.

CHLOE (CONT’D) ALL

My nodes. Your nodes.

All but Aubrey agree with, “Yeah!” and “Do it, Bec!”

A direct challenge to Aubrey. The girls shift, uneasy.

Fat Amy fist pumps, “Yes!” then pulls an “air didgeridoo” out from behind her back and plays it.

Jesse and Beca are stacking cd’s. Luke’s in the booth.We see a PHYSICAL CAT & MOUSE GAME: THE STACKING OF CD’S.JESSE TRYING TO MAKE BECA LAUGH. Luke shakes his head, “What dummy’s.” After a while -

Luke enters from the booth.

Luke lifts his shirt.

Jesse looks Luke in the eyes.

Jesse reluctantly goes. Beca grabs a memory stick off the desk and hands it to Luke.

OMIT 56 - 57

Beca, already dressed, stands in front of her mirror.With less make-up on and the jacket covering her tattoos, she looks like a “Bella.” She removes the spike from her ear. A beat. WIDEN TO REVEAL: Kimmy Jin and a room full of Koreans watching a movie with 3-D glasses on.

Bumper, Donald, and UNI, wearing show jackets, exit with big ass burritos and pile into Donald’s car.

DONALD/UNI You do. Jinx, bitch! Double jinx! Buy me a coke! Holy crap! Call Guinness! Shit! Oh my God!!

63A.

Donald’s car pulls up. Guys load onto the Trebles “tricked out” bus. Some Trebles, including Jesse, are already inside when Benji jumps on board.

The Trebles just stare at Benji. After a beat, Jesse gets up and gently escorts Benji off the bus.

Benji walks away. Jesse shakes his head, “Poor guy.”

Fat Amy fills up the Bella’s van, while Lilly, Cynthia Rose, and Beca keep warm inside.

We INTERCUT with The Treble’s bus cruising toward the gas station. Bumper sees Fat Amy at the pump.

Bumper lowers his window and sticks his body halfway out.He holds a wrapped burrito in his hand.

Bumper WHIPS the burrito at Fat Amy. It PEGS her, hard. Fat Amy FALLS up against the van and SLIDES down its side.She GRABS at her stomach.

The ladies JUMP out of the van to tend to Fat Amy. The guys react, “Aw, shit!” Beca turns to find Cynthia Rose trying to give Fat Amy mouth to mouth.

Fat Amy looks down at the mess, smells it, then takes a bite.

Lilly puts the gas pump back. They barely put in six bucks.

61 Scene 61 has been shot and completed. Editorially it 61 has been changed to now reflect 59C

THE GUYS APPLAUD BUMPER’S TAKE-DOWN.

The Bellas’s van drives down the highway, now with all the ladies packed tightly inside. Fat Amy drives. Aubrey sits shotgun, nervously playing with the pitch pipe. Beca, sitting directly behind Fat Amy, notices a little guacamole stuck in Fat Amy’s ear. Beca leans forward and wipes it off.

Beca laughs, goes to put her headphones on, but stops short to enjoy the ride. From the back of the van, Chloe, on earbuds, sings Miley Cyrus’s, “Party In The USA.”

Instinctively, Cynthia Rose joins her.

CHLOE/CYNTHIA ROSE WELCOME TO THE LAND OF FAME EXCESS

CHLOE/CYNTHIA ROSE/FAT AMY AM I GONNA FIT IN?

ANGLE ON: Beca, “This is lame.”

The girls sing to Beca, nudging her to join.

Beca can’t help but join in at the cheesy song. It’s just one of those moments. All the girls sing together, momentarily forgetting their problems.

Suddenly, the van starts to putter.

Fat Amy looks down at the fuel gauge.

67-68.

The van comes to a stop.

OMIT 63 - 65

Everyone is silent. The Trebles sit on one side of the bus, the Bellas on the other. Lilly sits behind Donald, leaning in to him.

Jesse motions to Beca to come sit next to him by patting his seat. She shakes her head, no, and motions to her girls.

ANGLE ON: Bumper in the back of the bus.

Bumper stands, blows the pitch pipe, and sings to Fat Amy...

A beat. Fat Amy sings back to Bumper in scales.

All on the bus stare at her.

Bumper and The Trebles jump back into singing their “Balls” warm-up, alternating with the Bellas singing “Ass.” They try to out warm-up each other as the bus pulls into...

The bus screeches into the parking lot, skidding to a halt.

70A.

A68 INT. CAROLINA UNIV. PERFORMING ARTS CENTER - CONTINUOUS A68

Face-painted BARDEN FANS hold signs. Benji’s already there, hoisting a big foam musical note. The entry doors open and the Trebles and Bellas run in, late, and stand in the back.

A68 CONTINUED: A68

ON STAGE: The SOCKAPELLAS perform Lilly Allen with sock puppets. At a table, Gail and John talk to camera.

The Bellas wait in the back of the theatre, watching the Sockapellas.

The Bellas sloppily puts their hands in.

MOST LADIES/FAT AMY/STACIE AHHH!/All of us?/On three.

Aubrey reacts, “I give up.”

A68 CONTINUED: (2) A68

The Bellas runs onstage. John and Gail react, shocked.

ON STAGE: Aubrey, at the mic, blows the pitch pipe and counts off. Bellas begins “The Sign” with Chloe stepping forward.

Aubrey takes over the mic, and the solo.

A68 CONTINUED: (3) A68

QUICK TO: Back of theatre. Jesse pulls back the curtain and watches Beca. Bumper taps him on the shoulder.

Aubrey stays at the mic, and the ladies TRANSITION to The Bangles, “Eternal Flame.” They sound very pretty, but there’s still no “wow” factor.

BACKSTAGE with Donald and Uni...

The Bellas TRANSITIONS to their final song. The now familiar “Turn The Beat Around” kicks in. Fat Amy takes the solo.

Fat Amy sings strongly, while the rest of the girls back her up. The girls dancing is a little cheesy but they sell it.

A68 CONTINUED: (4) A68

The performance seems like its peaked, until Fat Amy suddenly lets loose, dancing her ass off, playing with the crowd.The song ends and everyone loves it. As Bellas hits their final pose, even Aubrey can’t help a little smile.

The Bellas runs off stage. Back to Gail and John.

The lights go all the way down. IN BLACK: The Trebles start their arrangement to Flo Rida’s, “Right Round.”

The choreography is ridiculously silly. Beca looks on, amused at Jesse’s performance. Aubrey clocks this, again.

Benji, in the audience, is enthralled.

75-78.

A68 CONTINUED: (5) A68

68 OMIT 68

Patrons filter out of the theatre while the Tone’s sing T- Pain’s “Bootywork.”

The Trebles bursting onto the scene. Bumper is holding the 1st place trophy over his head. The Bellas are not far behind. The Trebles are loud and celebratory and ultimately interrupt the Tones’ performance.

FAISON faces off with Donald.

ANGLE ON: Just outside the lobby, the Tone van is parked in the street. It’s been turned into the Scooby-Doo “Mystery Machine.”

75-78A.

Bumper hands the trophy over to Jesse. The Bellas and members of other groups gather to watch this unfold.

Bumper goes to “punch” Jason but stops just short of actually hitting him.

Jason does the same “near-miss” swing at Bumper’s head.

ANGLE ON: JOE, taunting Jesse.

DONALD FAISON steps to Donald and pokes him in the shoulder.

75-78B.

Donald pokes him back.

ANGLE ON: HAR MAR steps up to Stacie.

He lifts up his shirt and rubs his belly.

ANGLE ON: Fat Amy watching it all go down. She is desperately trying not to jump in on the action.

Chloe puts her hand on Fat Amy, “You’re not going anywhere.”

ANGLE ON: The two Donalds. Not wanting to actually fight, they just grapple with each other, moving back and forth. It looks like intense dancing.

75-78C.

They continue. Jason takes Bumper down in a head lock. Joe gets in Jesse’s face. UNI rides around in circles. Gail interviews socks.It’s chaos.

ANGLE ON: The Bellas, watching. Some in horror. Some confused.

Fat Amy makes her way to JOE.

JOE, really starting to lose it, taunts Jesse, Uni, Kolio, and any of the other Trebles to go after him.

Back with Bumper and JASON, now wrestling on the ground.

Back with HAR MAR and Stacie:

75-78D.

Har Mar puts Stacie’s hand on his belly. Stacie smiles.

HAR MAR just sticks his tongue out suggestively. After a beat, Stacie makes tongue swirls as well.

ANGLE ON: JOE ripping open his shirt.

To settle him down, Jesse finally half-punches Joe.

JOE, loving it, grabs the Treble trophy and whips it around like an obsessed man.

Jesse stands there, speechless. Fat Amy, unable to help herself, CHARGES at JOE and grabs the trophy. Beca goes after her.

She goes to hit JOE with the trophy. Beca lunges for her, grabbing part of the trophy.

Beca and Fat Amy push and pull on the trophy. Finally Fat Amy lets go. By doing so, Beca can’t help but jerk the trophy back. A piece of it flies off, smashing the lobby window! Everyone looks on, stunned.

A police officer happens to be ticketing the Tone van right outside. When the window smashes, he looks up, right at Beca.

75-78E.

Beca is standing there red-handed. Everyone else comically darts in every direction.

A proud Beca walks down the steps of the Police Station. Jesse is there, waiting with arms wide open.

Jesse stops, gesturing down the way. ANGLE ON: DR. MITCHELL, standing outside of his car. Beca does a 180.

Jesse reacts, stunned.

Beca starts walking toward Dr. Mitchell. Jesse follows.

Beca shoots Jesse daggers.

71 OMIT 71

The Bellas and Kimmy Jin are already there when a defeated Beca enters.

ANGLE ON: Beca, clearly moved by this gesture.

Kimmy Jin exits. Aubrey blows the pitch pipe.

Beca rolls her eyes as the girls gather.

Subtle nods can be seen amongst the girls as Beca moves to her workstation and turns on her computer, keyboard, etc...

She starts playing the keyboard, and multi-tasking with her equipment. The music plays and the song gets more and more layered.

The rest react, intriqued. Finally, Aubrey SNAPS BECA’S COMPUTER SCREEN SHUT.

Cynthia Rose reacts, confused.

Aubrey holds up the ‘Zip it’ gesture. Chloe cowers.

Aubrey marches out the door. The rest of the ladies follow her out. Beca just stands there, frustrated.

Luke is in the booth. Jesse is busy, working on the second level. Over the PA, we can hear Beca’s music. Beca, dressed in her performance attire, RUNS in, super-psyched!

Luke, unable to hear her, steps out of the booth.

Beca and Luke loop up to Jesse on the second level. Then:

83A.

Luke takes in Beca’s outfit.

Jesse gets up and walks past Beca.

ON STAGE: The Co-ed group, THE FOOTNOTES, are on stage, in vests. A pint-sized freshman prodigy, TIMOTHY, has the mic and rocks out to The Jackson 5’s, “Blame It On The Boogie.”

The Bellas watch from the wings next to Benji, who wears a P.A.’s headset and a Barden Performing Arts Center jacket.

The ladies are captivated by Timothy’s performance.

Aubrey turns to Beca, who looks like she’s hatching a plan. She rallies the troops.

As The Footnotes finish performing, TIMOTHY BOWS SEVERAL TIMES. BACKSTAGE: The ladies circle up to do “Hands in.” It’s still a struggle.

As the Bellas takes the stage, ANGLE ON: Beca, looking out into the audience. The ladies begin “The Sign.”

Beca’s eyes bounce from the low-energy audience, to the judges, to the audience. Finally, she makes a decision. From the back of the line andmuch to the Bellas’s surprise, Beca pipes in with La Roux’s, “Bulletproof.” It matches perfectly. Aubrey shoots her a look.

JOHN/GAIL Whoa./Boom!

Beca’s “mash-up” revitalizes the audience. The judges lean forward. ANGLE ON: Luke, impressed. It’s awesome, until flustered, Aubrey flubs up a little choreography.

The Trebles sit around, goofing off, as the next group can be heard on stage. A beat. An obviously upset Aubrey flings the backstage door open. The rest of the Bellas amble in behind her.

The Trebles, including Jesse, stop to listen.

The gang shuffles awkwardly for a beat, saying nothing.

The other girls mumble reluctant agreement.

Hearing his name, Jesse crosses over and chimes in.

Jesse throws his hands up in the air, “I’m done.” Benji enters from backstage.

The Trebles head for the door, save for Bumper. Beca looks at Aubrey and the ladies. There’s a sense that it’s them versus her.

Beca tears off her scarf and goes. ANGLE ON: Bumper, who starts a slow movie-clap.

An upset Beca blows past Benji.

Benji starts to follow but stops when he notices TIMOTHY being picked up by his mom. Benji clocks the mom’s tote bag that reads: MY CHILD IS AN HONOR STUDENT AT JFK HIGH SCHOOL.

Beca, still dressed as a Bella, enters to find a bunch of Koreans playing Wii on Kimmy’s bed.

She catches sight of herself in her closet mirror, and makes a decision. She takes out her phone and sends a text, CLOSING her closet door.

The closet door OPENS to REVEAL Beca, now dressed to the nines. Behind her, even more Koreans play animated Wii in the middle of her room. Beca ducks around them and out the door.

Luke is there waiting with a BOUNCER.

Luke nods, then turns to the bouncer.

Luke and Beca stand close to each other, holding beers.

Luke picks up on Beca’s energy and realizes he needs to say something He leads Beca across the floor and waves up to DJ CJ who flirts back.

89A.

They take seats in the lounge, off the dance floor. Beca’s deflated. Luke takes this in. Then:

A beat.

An awkward beat between them.

Beca takes this in, “Jesse.”

89B.

Luke heads for the booth where he kisses DJ CJ. PUSH IN on Beca, once again all alone.

79 OMIT 79

A80 INT. REHEARSAL SPACE - BARDEN UNIVERSITY - CONTINUOUS A80

Aubrey, stone-faced, eyes the “Finals Rehearsal Plan” that hangs on the wall. A beat. Then, she rips it down, hits the lights and exits, slamming the door behind her.

B80 INT. BECA’S DORM ROOM: B80

Kimmy Jin exits with beach gear. Beca watches out her window as cars pull away for Spring Break. Kimmy Jin gets in one with a bunch of friends and drives off, leaving Beca by herself.

C80 EXT. BARDEN UNIVERSITY - VARIOUS - SPRING BREAK C80

Empty shots of campus. The school is deserted.

D80 EXT. RADIO STATION: D80

Beca arrives to an empty station.

80 RADIO STATION BOOTH: 80

Beca enters the booth and sits at the console.

81 A CAPPELLA HEADQUARTERS: 81

Benji, envelope in hand, knocks on a door marked “I.C.C.A.: International Championship of Collegiate A Capella.”

OMIT 82 & 83

84 JESSE’S CHILDHOOD HOME: 84

Jesse enters to his parent’s embrace, Regionals trophy in hand. Jesse looks clearly depressed. They won’t let go.

85 RADIO STATION BOOTH: 85

Beca’s alone at the console, surprisingly unsatisfied.She thumbs through a binder full of CD’s and lands on the soundtrack to “The Breakfast Club.” CLOSE ON Beca, the wheels turning.

Beca, fighting back tears, wears her headphones. ANGLE ON: Her computer. It’s the ending to “The Breakfast Club.”

Timothy, from The Footnotes, enters. His jaw drops. From TIMOTHY’S POV: Gail, looking authoritative, sits next to Timothy’s mother. CLOSE ON: Timothy. Oh, shit.

Aubrey works out and reads, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” Her cell rings. She answers it.

Aubrey gets the good news and remains poised.

She hangs up and then jumps up and down.

89 CLOSE UP 89

On a cell phone buzzing. A hand picks it up. We see Chloe lying in a hospital bed, reading a text. She cries like she’s at a funeral. The heart monitor she’s connected to beeps faster.

90 CLOSE UP 90

On a vibrating cell phone in the arm of an inflatable pool raft. A hand picks it up. WIDE TO REVEAL: Fat Amy, lying on the raft, totally chilled, surrounded by HOT GUYS and GIRLS in a clearly exotic locale.

91 OMIT 91

92 CLOSE UP 92

On a cell phone being pulled out of a pair of tight jeans. REVEAL: Lilly, in a parking garage, watching a “Rap Battle.” She puts her finger to her ear to listen.

93 CLOSE UP 93

On a vibrating cell phone resting on a poker table. REVEAL: Cynthia Rose playing poker in an underground poker game.She reads the text, then moves a large pile of chips.

94 CLOSE UP 94

On a text coming through on Beca’s cell phone. We see Beca with her headphones on, surrounded by all the movies Jesse has mentioned.

The ladies slap high fives and give congratulations.Fat Amy picks everyone up, squeezing each girl a little too hard.

The ladies react, sensing the tension.

Aubrey blows the pitch pipe and we CUT TO:

Beca knocks on the door.

A97 EXT. JESSE AND BENJI’S DORM - SAME TIME A97

Jesse, alone, lays on his bed, watching a movie.

He begrudgingly gets up and opens the door.

A97 CONTINUED: A97

An awkward beat.

Beca reacts, hurt, but takes this in.

Jesse closes the door on Beca, leaving her in the hall.Just then, Benji comes out of a box full of swords. Jesse grabs his jacket.

The Trebles are there, hanging out in the hot tub. It’s a tight fit and not gay in any way.

Bumper enters.

Jesse enters.

Bumper strides out. Unicycle gets worked up.

Jesse gets an idea.

Benji stands in front of his mirror. He SNAPS his fingers and makes a dove appear from underneath a handkerchief. Jesse enters, all smiles, and holds up a brown hood.It stops Benji in his tracks.

Benji’s eyes well up with tears.

The dove lands on his shoulder.

A99 OMIT A99

The ladies look frustrated and tired. Aubrey is on a tear.

Jessica and Ashley, who we’ve barely seen, look at each other and shrug.

A100 EXT. DR. MITCHELL’S HOUSE - NEXT MORNING A100

Beca knocks on a door. It opens, revealing Dr. Mitchell.

He smiles. We JUMP CUT TO:

Dr. Mitchell gets up to freshen his coffee.

A beat.

Dr. Mitchell smiles. She’s letting him in.

This hits Beca.

Beca puts her head in her hands.

Beca nods, “Okay.”

A beat.

They hug. Beca, grateful to have her dad uses BOTH ARMS.

The ladies are still in the middle of a heated argument.

Aubrey recoils and covers her mouth.

Aubrey puts her hand on her stomach and digs deep.

Aubrey HURLS all over the floor. A beat of shock.

The hurling lasts for a crazy long period of time, most of it dry. Aubrey’s body convulses. A beat. Then, Chloe LUNGES for the pitch pipe in Aubrey’s hands.

Fat Amy tries to break them up by picking up Aubrey.

Fat Amy manhandles Aubrey. Lilly JUMPS on Fat Amy’s back and mumbles. Cynthia Rose turns to Stacie.

She puts her hand directly on Stacie’s breast. Stacie PULLS out her Barden rape whistle and blows it.

Cynthia Rose tackles Stacie, trying to pull the whistle from her mouth. The rest of the ladies jump in, wrestling without hitting. It’s complete mayhem.

They all FREEZE then turn to find Beca standing at the door.

Beca steps in the room as the ladies regroup.

All eyes on a stone-faced Aubrey. Beca turns to leave, then looks back. Nothing. As she walks, she GRABS a chair and SCRAPES it across the floor. Right before she exits...

Beca turns around.

The ladies react, “that’s rough.”

The ladies looks around, “Do we?” Stacie stands.

Everyone perks up, interested.

Cynthia Rose stands.

They all react, pretty sure they heard her but pretending they didn’t.

The ladies applaud. Aubrey stands, closes her eyes and blurts out --

Aubrey nods, sits next to Chloe and mouths, “I’m sorry.”

Aubrey looks around the room.

Aubrey hands Beca the pitch pipe. Beca beams.

The ladies stand inside the empty swimming pool. Beca leads them.

Beca blows the pitch pipe. She conducts the group, having each lady use their mouth to sing the instruments. She points to Aubrey to sing the lyrics. After a couple of verses, Beca jumps in singing Nelly’s “Just A Dream.”It mashes up, perfectly and they sound better than ever.In the moment, the ladies improvise downbeats, counterbeats, feet stomping, etc... The song ends, ringing out of the pool.A beat.

Ten fists meet in the middle of the huddle.

They do it right for the first time.

ALL CHLOE

(Mariah Carey-type note) (Barry White-type note) AHHH! AHHHH!

Lilly raises her hand.

They all lean in.

The acoustics of the pool allow Lilly to be clearly heard for the first time. Lilly smiles, proud.

On stage, the Bedfellows perform, “Final Countdown.”

Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.

We see a sold out AUDIENCE. DR. MITCHELL and his nebbishy wife, SHEILA, happily take their seats. In the ORCHESTRA PIT, Gail and John are in rare form.

The camera PANS ACROSS other a cappella groups warming up. [GREEN ENVY, GLISSANDO...]. As the Trebles make their way to places, Jesse passes Beca.

Jesse doesn’t turn around, ignoring her.

The audience cheers and the Bedfellows exit. The Trebles run on stage. Jesse plays the iPhone pitch pipe and they begin with Flo Rida’s “Right Round.” It’s very entertaining.

The audience loves it. ANGLE ON: A GIRL in the audience, fainting. TRANSITION TO: The Trebles sing The Cars, “Magic.”

Within the song, Benji steps forward and PULLS a dove out of his jacket. Then, makes it disappear again. Jesse steps up.

At some point, Donald changes the downbeat.

Donald shifts it back into “Cry Me...” Jesse vocally improvises around the chorus.

The place goes BANANAS.

Beca peeks through the curtain, sees Kimmy Jin and a large GROUP OF KOREANS. Beca scans the audience, spots her dad with Sheila, smiles, and takes her place within the Bellas.

Beca takes in the group’s new, edgier, “Beca-ish” look: black button down shirt, black capri pants, heels, and the Bellas’ signature red scarf. Beca puts her hand out.

Everyone laughs.

Last to perform, The Bellas are now on stage, looking hot!

ANGLE ON: The Trebles, sitting in the front row of the audience. Jesse feigns disinterest by looking at his playbill. ON STAGE: Beca blows the pitch pipe.

The Bellas begins with Jessie J’s “Pricetag” -

CYNTHIA ROSE/STACIE IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, MONEY, MONEY/WE JUST WANNA MAKE THE WORLD DANCE/FORGET ABOUT THE PRICE TAG

TRANSITION TO: Beca at the mic. A blinding spotlight shines only on her as she sings, “Don’t You Forget About Me.”FROM BECA’S POV: Jesse, seated in the audience.

Jesse, hearing the song, drops his playbill.

Teary-eyed and vulnerable, Beca sings right to Jesse.The look on his face says it all. ANGLE ON: Dr. Mitchell, taking Beca in, proud of his little girl. Lights up on Bellas.

THE BELLAS BECA

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN/DON’T DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME DON’T DON’T DON’T

At some point, the girls raise their fists in honor of “The Breakfast Club” ending. The audience laughs. TRANSITION TO: Chloe at the mic. Bellas clumps together.

109-110.

AUBREY JOHN

LYING IN MY BED I HEAR THE CLOCK TICK AND THINK OF YOU/CAUGHT UP IN CIRCLES CONFUSION IS NOTHING Well, Gail. Looks like NEW/FLASHBACK, WARM Divisi’s keeping the house NIGHT/ALMOST LEFT turned down low for their BEHIND/SUITCASE OF MEMORIES/ final number. TIME AFTER SOOOOOME TIIIIIME.

A beat of silence. Then, Lilly busts out some hard-core beatboxing skills and the crowd cheers! Chloe, with her “new” sound, adds a killer bass.

JOHN/GAIL Whoa!/Boom!

The ladies perform a “mash-up” of songs we’ve heard throughout the movie with a few new ones scattered in.

We CUT TO Gail and John, krump-dancing. The Bellas breathlessly hits their final pose.

ANGLE ON: The audience on their feet, cheering! The ladies take it all in. Aubrey winks at Uni. Stacie grabs a pitted- out Cynthia Rose’s outstretched hand. Beca looks out at Jesse. Unable to help himself, Jesse JUMPS on stage and KISSES her! More applause!

She rolls her eyes, laughs, and they kiss again.

TITLE CARD: SIX MONTHS LATER

An empty stage. TOMMY enters with his clipboard.

ANGLE ON: Beca and Fat Amy sit in the chairs that Aubrey and Chloe previously occupied. They smile to each other.

We hard cut to black as the End Credits song kicks in.

CREDITS ROLL. THE END.