[Leone Middle School; Manny and Frida are in Vice Principal Chakal's office, both covered in green goop]
Vice Principal Chakal[sternly] Do you have any idea how many detentions you have?
Vice Principal Chakal
[savagely] 136! Since there aren't enough days left in the year to serve all these, you must either work them off by doing community service, or… SPEND TWO MONTHS IN OUR SUMMER DETENTION CAMP IN THE NONAGUA DESERT!
[frightfully] Community service doesn't sound so bad.
Vice Principal Chakal
Oh, it won't be so bad. It will be… SO BAD! Your options are… clean up after frog dissections, shovel cafeteria gristle, de-clog toilets, or… Leave school early to volunteer at an old folk's home!
MFManny and Frida
[sobbing] NO!
I'm sorry. Did you say leave school early?
[Tuesday morning, 9:00 AM; The children are running to school as the bell rings, avoiding to be late for class]
Vice Principal Chakal
[yelling to them as they enter the school and head straight for their classrooms] GET TO CLASS! STRAIGHTEN THOSE TEETH! DON'T CHALLENGE ME! [notices Principal Tonino standing near him] Principal Tonino, heh, heh. I was just encouraging the children, and... Wait! [lets out a big sniff] I smell… ARCADE TOKENS!
[Manny and Frida show up with items from the arcade and leaving a trail of game tokens]
Dude, you owned Super Macho Fighter 2 at the arcade!
Vice Principal Chakal
[surprising them] RIVERA! SUÁREZ! YOU ARE LATE AGAIN!
[Thursday morning; With Principal Tonino away, Vice Principal Chakal sends Manny and Frida to his office, where their displeased and annoyed parents are waiting there for them]
Vice Principal Chakal
Your behavior is unacceptable! This constant tardiness must CEASE! [bangs his fist on the table and his mustache piece falls off, reattaches it with a glue stick, and then it droops with snickering being heard in the background]
It must be the boy's fault! [points to Manny]
Clearly, it is Frida's fault. She is a trouble making, goggle-wearer! [points to Frida]
[As the two parents start arguing over who's to blame, Manny and Frida get up from their seats and start to walk away]
Well, it looks like you guys…
[Manny and Frida quickly sit back in their seats]
Vice Principal Chakal
[settling everyone down] Please, please. This is not about blame. It's about… [bangs his fist on his desk with a flaming background] REVENGE! [The Rivera and Suárez families all look at him, confused; clears throat] Rules. It's about rules. If they are late again, even once, they will be… EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL!!!
[as Manny makes it school, just in the nick of time; happily] Manny, we are so proud of you!
ETEl Tigre/Manny
[weakly] Hooray.
Vice Principal Chakal
I was finally going to be rid of him!
I was finally going to be rid of him!
Vice Principal Chakal
[his mustache piece falls off; enraged at Sergio with a background of fire] YOU'RE LATE! 500 DETENTIONS!
[Sergio screams in shock]
Everything worked out great, Manny. There's just one problem.
ETEl Tigre/Manny
My shattered spine?
We gotta keep getting here on time every day for the rest of the year.
[Manny faints and passes out]
PLPuma Loco/Grandpapi
[getting the silver scorpion out of the display case] You don't look so cursed to me.
[catches him; heartbroken] Grandpapi? You… You lied to me? You didn't come to school to help me. You were after the scorpion all along.
PLPuma Loco/Grandpapi
Manny, no, I can explain!
Vice Principal Chakal
[also catching him] Ah-ha! I knew it! Enjoy the antarctic swamp, Rivera!
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera · 255 quotes
