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Chapter Zero. The rebel.
INT. IGLOO. NIGHT.
The scene is lit with candle light. Two penguins are holding a baby penguin. They have old CRT monitors in the Igloo, signifying the era.
FATHER PENGUIN
We should call this little baby - Tux.
Title Card: 20 Penguin Years Later
OUT. SNOW PEAK. DAY.
Tux is adult now. He walks on the street. Father Penguin comes to Tux.
FATHER PENGUIN
Kid, you are making your mom very nervous.
TUX
I'm not gonna be hurt, dad. I'm more than fine.
FATHER PENGUIN
You are obsessed. You are going to crash!
TUX
You know more than me how important speed is.
FATHER PENGUIN
But you're a penguin, not a program. Besides... I wanted to teach you how to code, but you only care about your stupid sport.
TUX
Dad, I like the speed!
Tux goes away from dad to a Red Kart waiting for him on the side of the road. Father Penguin looks at him all sad and defeated. Mother Penguin comes besides the Father Penguin, she is also sad. Tux sits into the Kart.
RACE ON SNOW PEAK IN TIME TRIAL MODE. ( Tux is practicing alone ).
INT. IGLOO. EVENING.
Tux comes home. Father and Mother are looking at him angrily.
FATHER PENGUIN
I talked to your mother. And we cannot have this. You are risking your own life for something pointless. So we decided...
Tux is looking at them with worry.
FATHER PENGUIN
Am...
TUX
Dad, everything is going to be okay with me.
FATHER PENGUIN
We decided to take your kart away from you.
Tux is breathing more heavily. He is getting ready for something.
BATTLE MODE. FATHER AND MOTHER PENGUINS AGAINST TUX.
OUT. SNOW PEAK. EVENING.
Mother and Father Tux are defeated. Tux is angry at them.
TUX
I have a dream, dad. And you are fighting with me over it. Why?
FATHER PENGUIN
You are obsessed!
Tux didn't respond. He just took his Kart and drove away.
NARRATOR
And thus Tux left his parents in pursuit of friends that will understand his passion for speed. He was gone to the warm lands. Far away from Snow Peak. He was gone to the Land of the Gnu.