Logline/ Elevator pitch
A high school student has more to worry about at his new job
than just flipping burgers, as the night brings with it an onslaught of new
customers of the… supernatural variety.
Premise
“Do you want frights with that?” Follows a college student
named Charlie who is desperate for work, too bad for him the only place that is
hiring is the shabby old diner at the edge of town. After being hired on the
spot and given a year-long contract that can’t be backed out of, he is placed
as the only staff member on all the night shifts. When he starts his shift he
soon discovers that the diner is very different by night, as sun down brings
with it a new selection of customers… of the supernatural variety. Thankfully
most of these diners are friendly and are just here for some greasy food rather
than to eat his face, but every bunch has its bad eggs. To help him though all
this is Kayla, his insomniac best friend who is always there to draw a motivational
image, lend a sarcastic comment or just eat a tonne of burgers… Well maybe
that’s not so helpful but the company is always appreciated. Together they try
to ensure that the customers are satisfied and night runs smoothly so
everything is in order come sunrise- otherwise, he will face the owner’s wrath.
Genre wise the show would be comedy and action. The series would
be episodic, focusing on different plots every episode rather than follow a
bigger overall story arc. A typical episode would either focus on a situation
related to the diner such as supernatural forces interfering with Charlie’s
work or to something caused by a character such as one losing control of
themselves and the others needing to stop them.
There are 9 main characters including the protagonist, and
storylines can vary by following any one of them.
Charlie:
Protagonist – A 17-year-old high school student studying physics who is in
desperate need of money to help out his family.
Kayla: Charlie’s Best
Friend – An art student at the same high school who often spends her early
mornings with Charlie on his shift at the diner on account of her insomnia and
unquenchable hunger for burgers.
Loreta: Diner
owner – Joint Owner & Manager of the diner whose true love is avoiding
work, bossing others around and money. She is sick of night shift workers
disappearing on her and has a no nonsense attitude in response to these
ridiculous claims of ghosts and monsters.
Mr Zhao: Janitor – He is truly the G.I Joe
of janitors, his work is his life and he enjoys every second of it. In the past
he was open to working any hours he was required but after a fateful night
shift he’s now a superstitious mess and refuses to work when the sun isn’t up.
Ava: Charlie’s
younger sister – One of the sweetest 6-year olds to ever exist, no adults are immune to her cuteness. Adventurous,
curious and without fear she will fight anyone that messes with her family.
Drew: Zombie
co-worker – An ex fry-cook at the diner who died a year back by choking on a
burger whilst on shift. He now returns to his former work place to resume his
job every night but is the opposite to a hindrance as his cooking skills are to
die for, too bad his vocabulary is now limited to just the word “Burger”.
Mangus: Skeleton/
Regular customer – A Scotsman through and through, Mangus is one of the
loudest, grumpiest and most patriotic people you’ll ever meet. Due to just
being bones food doesn’t interest him, drinks on the other hand are what
attract him to the diner most nights and luckily for Charlie every drink
doesn’t require a floor clean up due to the bagpipes lodged in his ribcage that
acts as a sort of stomach/ hilarious noise maker at the worst of times.
Delano: Vampire/
Regular customer – One of the most energetic customers known for his flare for
the dramatic and who runs on a constant sugar high due to his addiction to red
slushies (which no one minds as they seem to quench his natural thirst for
blood). He’s desperately trying to stay hip and with the times which is pretty
hard for a centuries old vampire but that certainly won’t stop him from trying
even if his ways are a bit dated.
Rivet: Werebear/ Regular
customer – The criminal biker gang leader with a heart of gold, well sort of,
who follows a code to only target those who deserve their wrath. At first
glance she is pure intimidation but with mother bear instincts so strong her
gang has to stop her from trying to adopt every child she sees. At least
Charlie feels at ease knowing that the 6-foot-tall wall of muscle that turns
into a huge bear on full moons is on his side.
The show is set in an isolated town in America and the show
will feature many different locations around this town, but the main ones
being: The Diner, Charlie’s house and the woods surrounding the diner.
The show is suitable for all ages but specifically is aimed
at an audience of 7-15 year olds, and will consist of 20-minute episodes as I prefer longer shows as you can fit more detail into them and focus on
multiple storylines at a time. Out of the different broadcasters, Cartoon
Network is the channel I think my show would be best suited for as it’s
targeted towards 7-15-year olds too, which is an older demographic than most of
the other channels aim for. Most of the shows I was inspired by also aired on
cartoon network such as: Courage the cowardly dog, Over the garden wall, The
marvellous misadventures of Flapjack and Villainous. The show would be fully
animated without using any real-world assets and would be complete digital 2D.
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