Captain Nobody Synopsis

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Prepared by:
Fitriah Bt Hassan, SMKAM

Dean Pitchford (born July 29, 1951, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an
American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and
novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden
Globe Award, as well as nominations for three additional
Oscars, two more Golden Globes, eight Grammy Awards and
two Tony Awards.

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 Newton
 Newman
 

•  10
 years
 old
 
•  short,
 skinny,
 freckled
 and
 quiet
 
•  Nick
 name
 :
 Newt
 
•  terrified
 of
 height
 (acrophobic)
 
•  a@ends
 Appleton
 elementary
 
•  very
 imaginaCve,
 enjoys
 drawing
 

superheroes
 
•  feels
 neglected
 and
 being
 ignored
 by
 his
 

classmates.
 
•  does
 not
 feel
 special
 and
 noCced
 even
 in
 

his
 own
 family
 
•  lives
 in
 the
 shadow
 of
 his
 brother,
 Chris.
 
•  feels
 strong,
 assured,
 confident
 and
 super
 

amazing
 when
 he
 wears
 
 the
 Captain
 
Nobody
 costume.
 
•  helpful
 and
 heroic
 –
 he
 makes
 breakfast
 
for
 the
 family,
 helps
 people
 when
 he
 
plays
 the
 role
 of
 Captain
 Nobody
 

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Newton
 Newman's
 Mom
 and
 Dad
 


 

•  busy
 and
 workaholic
 
•  his
 
 Dad
 is
 a
 supervisor
 of
 a
 building
 company
 
•  his
 Mom
 sells
 real
 estate
 
•  very
 proud
 of
 their
 son,
 Chris
 
•  love
 Newton
 and
 Chris
 very
 much
 

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Chris
 Newman
 


 

•  Newton's
 brother
 
•  a
 super
 nice
 guy
 
•  popular
 football
 player
 of
 Ferrets
 of
 Fillmore
 High
 School.
 
• 
 scored
 the
 winning
 touchdown
 in
 the
 Big
 Game
 
•  was
 knocked
 unconscious
 into
 a
 coma
 during
 the
 Big
 Game.
 

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JJ
 

•  Juanita
 Josephine
 Gonzalez
 
•  the
 tallest
 girl
 in
 the
 fourth
 grade
 
•  Newt's
 best
 friend
 (besides
 Cecil)
 
•  being
 ignored
 in
 school
 
•  smart
 –
 began
 to
 read
 at
 three
 
•  gets
 annoyed
 when
 she
 sees
 
 grammaCcal
 errors
 or
 

misspelled
 words
 especially
 on
 signage
 
•  helps
 to
 create
 Halloween
 costume
 for
 Newt
 
 


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Cecil
 Bu8erworth
 


 
•  Newt's
 best
 friend
 
•  shorter
 and
 skinnier
 than
 Newt
 
•  speaks
 loudly
 
•  dreams
 of
 becoming
 a
 drummer
 
•  being
 ignored
 at
 school
 
•  comes
 out
 with
 the
 idea
 of
 

'inner
 other-­‐personal
 hero'
 
Halloween
 costumes.
 

 

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CHAPTER 1

Nobody Eats Breakfast

Tonight's Big Game Is That
 is
 my
 brother
 
Biggest Yet !
they
 are
 talking
 
about.
 I
 must
 tell
 

Mom
 and
 Dad
 !
 

Last year, as a junior, Newman led

the Ferrets to a second Big Game
victory, and this year, with both

teams undefeated, excitement is
running high. Chris New-MANIA is

sweeping the town.





•  Newton
 Newman
 is
 reading
 the
 news
 about
 the
 Big
 Game.
 
 
•  It
 is
 going
 to
 be
 held
 that
 night.
 
 
•  His
 brother,
 Chris
 of
 Ferocious
 Ferrets,
 will
 be
 the
 star
 of
 the
 game.
 
 

•  He
  led
  the
  Ferrets
  to
  a
  second
  Big
  Game
  victory
  the
  year
  before
 
against
 their
 rival,
 the
 Chargers
 of
 Merrimac
 High.
 
 

•  He
 is
 very
 proud
 of
 his
 brother
 and
 he
 wants
 to
 break
 the
 news
 to
 
his
 parents.
 
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•  Newt
  has
  prepared
  breakfast
  for
  his
  Mom
  and
 
Dad
  but
  they
  are
  so
  busy
  answering
  phone
  calls
 
that
 they
 do
 not
 have
 the
 Cme
 to
 sit
 and
 eat.
 

•  Newt
 tries
 to
 tell
 them
 about
 what
 the
 news
 said
 
about
 Chris
 but
 they
 are
 too
 busy
 to
 listen.
 
 

•  He
 is
 sad
 that
 nobody
 has
 eaten
 his
 breakfast.
 
 
•  He
  wants
  to
  help
  his
  parents
  by
  preparing
  the
 

breakfast
 but
 now
 they
 are
 too
 busy
 to
 eat.
 That
 
makes
 him
 feel
 irritated
 and
 frustrated.
 

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HIT
 THE
 
SHOWERS!!!
 

•  Since
  his
  parents
  are
  sCll
  on
  the
  phone,
  Newt
 
unleashes
 his
 frustraCon
 on
 Chris.
 
 

•  Ignoring
  his
  parents'
  instrucCon
  to
  "let
  your
 
brother
 sleep",
 he
 storms
 upstairs
 to
 his
 brother's
 
room
 and
 shouts
 loudly
 "Hit
 the
 showers!!".
 
 
 

•  His
  brother
  startles
  and
  throws
  pillows
  at
  him.
 
That
 is
 how
 he
 wakes
 his
 brother
 up
 just
 the
 way
 
Chris'
 coaches
 order
 over
 the
 years.
 

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CHAPTER 2

Halloween
Plans are made – sort of

•  When
  he
  gets
  to
  school
  the
  next
  morning,
  the
  school
 
playground
 is
 packed
 with
 kids
 running
 around.
 He
 squeezes
 
his
 way
 through
 the
 crowd.
 
 
•  Like
  they
  do
  every
  day,
  they
  look
  right
  through
  him.
  They
 
just
 ignore
 him.
 They
 do
 not
 realise
 that
 he
 is
 the
 brother
 of
 
a
 football
 star.
 
 
•  He
 sits
 down
 on
 a
 large
 boulder
 at
 the
 far
 end
 of
 the
 
 school
 
yard
  and
  begins
  to
  draw
  in
  his
  Secret
  Superhero
 
Sketchbook.
 
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•  Newt
 loves
 drawing
 comic
 characters.
 
 
•  When
 he
 was
 small,
 Chris
 always
 read
 his
 comic
 books
 
 to
 him.
 

He
  was
  hypnoCsed
  by
  the
  pictures
  of
  the
  superheroes
  with
 
their
 awesome
 powers.
 
 
•  As
 soon
 as
 he
 could
 hold
 a
 pencil,
 he
 spent
 hours
 tracing
 the
 
characters
 in
 his
 comics.
 
 
•  When
  he
  got
  a
  li@le
  older,
  he
  began
  to
  invent
  his
  own
 
superheroes
  such
  as
  Master
  Key
  and
  Paper
  Boy
  in
  his
  Secret
 
Superhero
  Sketchbook.
  He
  keeps
  his
  sketches
  a
  secret
  from
 
everyone
 except
 for
 his
 best
 friends
 JJ
 and
 Cecil.
 

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•  JJ
 and
 Cecil
 are
 Newt's
 buddies.
 
•  JJ
 is
 the
 tallest
 girl
 in
 the
 fourth
 grade.
 
She
 is
 a
 really
 smart
 and
 has
 large
 

vocabulary
 and
 extensive
 knowledge
 
of
 books.
 

•  Cecil
 is
 shorter
 and
 skinnier
 than
 Newt.
 
 
•  At
 school,
 other
 kids
 ignore
 them.
 
 
•  Other
 kids
 always
 step
 on
 them
 in
 the
 hallways
 almost
 like
 they
 
are
 not
 there.
 They
 are
 always
 shoved
 away
 from
 the
 water
 

fountain.
 Ofen
 other
 kids
 slide
 their
 food
 off
 the
 table
 and
 
squeeze
 them
 out
 of
 their
 seats.
 

•  Nobody
 pays
 
 a@enCon
 to
 them.
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•  One
 morning
 Newt,
 JJ
 and
 Cecil
 meet
 at
 school.
 
•  Cecil
 reminds
 them
 about
 Halloween
 that
 is
 on
 Sunday.
 
•  JJ
 
 is
 bored
 with
 Halloween
 and
 they
 do
 not
 have
 
 

proper
 costumes
 to
 wear.
 

•  They
 have
 always
 been
 forced
 to
 wear
 lend-­‐me-­‐down
 costumes
 and
 
they
 refuse
 to
 wear
 the
 same
 costumes
 this
 year.
 

•  Cecil
 comes
 up
 with
 the
 idea
 that
 Halloween
 is
 the
 right
 them
 for
 them
 
to
 be
 noCced
 by
 everyone.
 They
 need
 to
 create
 their
 own
 Halloween
 
costumes
 to
 represent
 their
 inner-­‐other,
 like
 their
 personal
 heroes.
 
 

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•  Cecil
  excitedly
  talks
  about
  what
  they
  should
  be
  this
 
Halloween.
 
•  He
 urges
 JJ
 and
 Newt
 to
 think
 of
 a
 superhero
 that
 they
 
want
 to
 be.
 
•  They
 have
 only
 three
 days
 to
 make
 their
 costumes
 and
 
they
  will
  surprise
  each
  other
  when
  they
  meet
  on
 
Halloween
 night.
 
 

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CAPTAIN
NOBODY

CHAPTER 3

I Search for
Somebody I am not

Who
 is
 my
 inner
 other?
 Do
 I
 
have
 a
 personal
 hero?
 

•  Newt
 is
 struggling
 to
 find
 who
 is
 his
 personal
 hero
 and
 
what
 kind
 of
 costume
 he
 should
 wear
 for
 Halloween.
 
 

•  Despite
  being
  crea@ve
  and
  imagina@ve
  when
  drawing
 
superhero
 characters,
 he
 has
 no
 idea
 of
 what
 character
 
he
 is
 
 going
 to
 be
 this
 Halloween.
 

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CHAPTER 4

Football is Played and
Mistakes Are Made

You
 watch.
 I
 am
 going
 to
 snap
 
Chris
 Newman
 like
 a
 day-­‐old
 

breads@ck
 !!!
 

•  It
 is
 the
 night
 of
 the
 Big
 Game.
 
•  Reggie
 Ratner
 of
 Merrimac
 high
 is
 the
 number
 one
 

defensive
 in
 the
 country.
 
•  In
 the
 two
 previous
 years'
 games,
 Reggie
 chased
 

Chris
 all
 over
 the
 field,
 but
 he
 has
 never
 been
 able
 to
 
bring
 Chris
 down.
 So,
 he
 swears
 that
 he
 will
 bring
 
Chris
 down
 in
 the
 Big
 Game.
 

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In
 the
 Big
 Game,
 Chris
 is
 doing
 a
 fantas@c
 job
 of
 keeping
 the
 Ferrets
 out
 in
 
front
 un@l
 Merrimac
 kicks
 a
 goal
 and
 pulls
 ahead
 by
 two
 points.
 
Chris
 has
 only
 7
 seconds
 to
 save
 his
 final
 game.
 
Chris
  spins
  around
  and
  hands
  the
  ball
  to
  Darryl
  Peeps
  and
  he
  starts
 
streaming
  down
  the
  field.
  Soon
  a
  Merrimac
  tackle
  lunges
  for
  Darryl
  and
 
catches
 his
 ankle.
 Darryl
 quickly
 tosses
 the
 ball
 to
 Chris.
 At
 this
 moment,
 
the
 stadium
 goes
 wild!!
 
Suddenly,
  a
  Merrimac
  player
  dives
  right
  across
  Chris'
  path.
  With
  a
  flying
 
leap,
 Chris
 extends
 the
 ball
 crossed
 the
 goal
 line.
 TOUCHDOWN!!!
 
 
The
 Ferrets
 of
 Fillmore
 High
 wins!
 
Both
  teams
  bury
  Chris
  in
  a
  thunderous
  crash
  of
  shoulder
  pads
  and
 
helmets.
 Chris
 is
 right
 under
 the
F  pit/iSlMeK
 oAMf /
 h20e16r
 culean
 players.
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CHAPTER 5

The Bad Dreams Begin

Chris
 is
 unconscious
 a_er
 being
 hit
 and
 crushed
 by
 the
 
players
 of
 both
 teams.
 
Everybody
 watches
 in
 silence
 as
 Chris
 is
 taken
 to
 the
 
hospital.
 
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He's
 in
 coma,
 Newt.
  He's
 been
 working
 real
 
His
 brain's
 healthy,
  hard.
 
 Maybe
 he's
 just
 
and
 his
 spinal
 cord
 is
  needs
 the
 rest?
 When
 
fine.
 He's
 just
 …
 out.
 
can
 I
 see
 him?
 

•  Dad
 calls
 Newt
 that
 night.
 Newt
 is
 told
 that
 Chris
 is
 in
 a
 
coma.
 

•  However,
 Newt
 is
 not
 allowed
 to
 visit
 his
 brother.
 
•  Dad
 and
 Mom
 will
 take
 turns
 to
 be
 at
 the
 hospital
 

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The
 principal
 of
 Fillmore
 High
 
School
 said
 that
 the
 Ferrets
 
won't
 celebrate
 un@l
 your
 
brother's
 there
 to
 celebrate
 

with
 them.
 

•  All
 day,
 concerned
 friends
 and
 strangers
 call
 
 up
 asking
 about
 Chris's
 
condi@on.
 

•  JJ
 and
 Cecil
 drop
 by.
 They
 each
 bring
 a
 CD
 to
 cheer
 Newt
 up.
 
•  They
 tell
 Newt
 that
 the
 Victory
 Parade
 has
 been
 cancelled.
 The
 

Principal
 of
 Fillmore
 High
 School
 says
 that
 the
 Ferrets
 will
 not
 
celebrate
 un@l
 Chris
 is
 there
 to
 celebrate
 with
 them.
 
•  They
 also
 tell
 him
 that
 Reggie
 Ratner
 from
 Merrimac
 
 is
 in
 trouble.
 
Some
 Fillmore
 Ferrets
 have
 spray
 painted
 his
 car
 and
 slashed
 his
 
@res.
 They
 blame
 Reggie
 Ratner
 for
 knocking
 Chris
 out.
 

 
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CHAPTER 6

I Get a Terrible
Idea

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  The
 only
 child???
 

Newman's Bittersweet Victory


 

Chris Newman, the only child of
Patrick and Mary Newman …….

Newt
 is
 s3ll
 clueless
 about
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the
 costume
 to
 wear
 and
 he
 
decides
 not
 to
 celebrate
 
Halloween
 that
 year.
 

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•  That
 aGernoon,
 he
 sees
 his
 mom
 holding
 his
 
brother's
 sweatshirt
 and
 weeping.
 
 

•  He
 decides
 to
 cheer
 her
 up
 
 by
 dressing
 up
 in
 Chris's
 
football
 jersey
 and
 proves
 that
 he
 is
 useful
 in
 such
 
stressful
 situa3on.
 
 

•  However,
 she
 rushes
 back
 to
 the
 hospital
 before
 
Newt
 could
 show
 her.
 

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•  That
 evening,
 Cecil
 and
 JJ
 
come
 to
 his
 house.
 
 

•  Cecil
 disguises
 himself
 as
 
Mozart
 whereas
 JJ
 dresses
 up
 
as
 Splendida,
 a
 character
 
from
 he.
 favourite
 book.
 

•  However,
 Newt
 is
 in
 his
 
brother's
 old
 football
 jersey
 
and
 he
 does
 not
 know
 who
 
he
 is
 going
 to
 be
 that
 
Halloween.
 

•  Newt
 tells
 JJ
 and
 Cecil
 that
 he
 does
 not
 feel
 like
 
joining
 Halloween
 because
 he
 does
 not
 have
 a
 
costume
 for
 himself.
 
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CHAPTER 7

I Hide –
And Find Myself

•  Cecil
 and
 JJ
 help
 to
 transform
 Newt's
 ouRit.
 
 
•  They
 put
 him
 in
 a
 pair
 of
 red
 sweatpants
 

tucked
 into
 Chris's
 old
 silver
 track
 shoes
 
striped
 with
 lightning
 bolts.
 He
 is
 dressed
 in
 a
 
purple
 baseball
 jersey
 with
 a
 puffy
 grey
 cape
 
flying
 from
 his
 shoulders.
 
 
•  Newt
 is
 not
 really
 happy
 with
 the
 ouRit
 un3l
 JJ
 
cuts
 two
 small
 holes
 on
 the
 sweatband
 that
 
Newt
 is
 wearing
 on
 his
 forehead
 and
 change
 it
 
into
 a
 mask.
 
•  The
 mask
 has
 transformed
 him
 into
 someone
 
he
 does
 not
 recognise…
 he
 feels
 protected
 and
 
hidden.
 
•  Now
 they
 are
 ready
 for
 Halloween!!
 

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CHAPTER 8

I Raise My Voice

•  When
 they
 reach
 the
 first
 house,
 the
 
owners
 of
 the
 house
 are
 rejoice
 
when
 they
 look
 at
 Newt,
 Cecil
 and
 JJ.
 
•  They
 correctly
 guess
 Cecil's
 and
 JJ's
 
costumes.
 However,
 they
 are
 not
 
sure
 what
 character
 Newt
 is
 in.
 The
 
lady's
 husband
 
 no3ces
 the
 ini3als
 
C.N.
 at
 the
 centre
 of
 Newt's
 mask
 
and
 asks
 him
 what
 they
 stand
 for.
 
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•  Cecil
 and
 JJ
 declare
 that
 Newt
 is
 Commander
 Nuclear.
 
•  However,
 Newt
 disagrees
 with
 the
 name.
 
•  He
 feels
 electric
 charge
 race
 from
 the
 top
 of
 his
 head
 down
 to
 
his
 silver
 lightning-­‐bolt
 tennis
 shoes
 as
 the
 answer
 pops
 into
 his
 
brain.
 
 
•  He
 pumps
 up
 his
 chest,
 tosses
 his
 cape,
 puts
 his
 fist
 on
 his
 waist
 
and
 proudly
 announces
 "
 You
 can
 call
 me
 …
 Captain
 Nobody!"
 
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CHAPTER 9

I Practise My
New Name

•  A"er
 leaving
 the
 first
 house,
 they
 
are
 really
 excited
 about
 Newt's
 
idea
 of
 'Captain
 Nobody'.
 

•  Their
 costumes
 conAnue
 to
 
amaze
 everyone
 they
 meet
 and
 
they
 are
 not
 ignored
 that
 night.
 
 

•  Newt
 feels
 comfortable
 and
 
confident
 
 with
 his
 new
 idenAty.
 

•  Cecil
 and
 JJ
 are
 also
 aware
 of
 the
 
changes
 in
 Newt's
 aDtude.
 They
 
said
 that
 he
 is
 so
 weird
 but
 in
 a
 
supercool
 way
 and
 he
 sounded
 
less
 like
 Newt,
 and
 more
 like
 
Captain
 Nobody.
 

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•  When
 he
 gets
 home,
 his
 Mom
 has
 gone
 to
 bed.
 
 
•  He
 is
 a
 liSle
 bit
 disappointed
 because
 he
 wants
 to
 show
 his
 
Halloween
 costume
 to
 her.
 
•  Her
 Mom
 leaves
 him
 a
 note
 apologising
 for
 forgeDng
 
Halloween.
 
•  Just
 before
 he
 sleeps,
 he
 reassures
 himself
 that
 he
 is
 not
 
supposed
 to
 be
 anybody,
 he
 is
 Captain
 Nobody.
 
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CHAPTER 10

I Made a Wild
Wardrobe Choice

•  The
 next
 morning,
 he
 sees
 arAcles
 about
 Chris
 
and
 the
 Big
 tackle
 and
 also
 about
 Fillmore
 High
 
School
 
 troublemakers
 who
 empAed
 about
 fi"y
 
garbage
 cans
 on
 Reggie
 Ratner's
 lawn.
 

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•  Newt
 is
 late
 for
 school.
 He
 looks
 for
 his
 school
 ouXit.
 
•  Then
 he
 finds
 out
 that
 his
 Mom
 has
 washed
 all
 his
 

clothes
 and
 forgoSen
 to
 dry
 them.
 
 
•  So
 he
 has
 no
 choice
 but
 to
 go
 to
 school
 in
 Captain
 

Nobody
 costume.
 
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•  At
 school,
 his
  page
 72
 
classmates
 make
 fun
 of
 
him
 for
 wearing
 the
 
ouXit.
 

•  However,
 Cecil
 and
 JJ
 
show
 support
 by
 giving
 
him
 a
 thumbs-­‐up
 and
 a
 
smile.
 

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•  Newt's
 teacher,
 Mrs.
 Young
 
brings
 Newt
 to
 the
 Principal's
 
office.
 
 

•  Mrs.
 Young
 is
 very
 concern
 
about
 Newt's
 state
 of
 mind
 
because
 Newt
 wants
 to
 be
 
called
 Captain
 Nobody.
 

•  Mrs.
 Young
 concludes
 that
 Newt
 
is
 having
 a
 hard
 Ame
 coping
 
with
 his
 brother's
 condiAon.
 

•  At
 last,
 the
 Principal
 tells
 Newt
 
that
 Captain
 Nobody
 is
 
welcomed
 in
 the
 school.
 

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As
 long
 as
 you're
 Captain
 
Nobody,
 and
 we're
 by
 your
 

side,
 people
 can't
 ignore
 
us….
 ever,
 ever
 again!
 

•  Newt's
 schoolmates
 are
 fascinated
 with
 Captain
 Nobody.
 
They
 are
 digging
 the
 whole
 Captain
 Nobody
 vibe.
 
•  So,
 Cecil
 suggests
 Newt
 to
 conAnue
 to
 be
 Captain
 Nobody
 
and
 JJ
 and
 he
 will
 be
 his
 sidekicks
 because
 people
 start
 to
 
noAce
 them
 ever
 since.
 
•  He
 also
 suggests
 that
 they
 need
 to
 carry
 a
 walkie-­‐talkie
 so
 

that
 they
 can
 call
 Captain
 Nobody
 when
 they
 see
 something
 
suspicious
 or
 when
 there
 is
 an
 emergency.
 
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CHAPTER 11

Captain Nobody
Faces a Fear

•  As
 Newt
 is
 running
 home,
 he
 
receives
 an
 urgent
 call
 from
 Cecil
 
on
 his
 walkie-­‐talkie.
 

•  Newt
 meets
 Cecil
 and
 he
 finds
 Cecil
 
is
 pulling
 a
 red
 wagon.
 They
 find
 a
 
full
 dumpsters
 with
 a
 discarded
 
bass
 drum
 on
 top
 of
 it.
 

•  Cecil
 loves
 to
 have
 the
 drum
 and
 
wants
 Newt
 to
 get
 it
 down
 from
 the
 
top
 of
 the
 dumpster.
 
 

•  Newt
 is
 afraid
 of
 height
 
 and
 he
 suggests
 Cecil
 to
 climb
 up
 the
 
dumpster
 and
 get
 the
 drum
 himself.
 However,
 Cecil
 makes
 it
 
clear
 that
 the
 job
 is
 meant
 for
 the
 fearless
 Captain
 Nobody.
 
 
 
 
•  Cecil's
 words
 'give
 a
 li)le
 kick'
 in
 
 Newt's
 chest.
 Finally
 he
 
decides
 to
 help
 Cecil.
 
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 82
 
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Aarrgghh!!
 

•  Captain
 Nobody
 climbs
 up
 the
 dumpster
 and
 gets
 the
 drum
 
for
 Cecil.
 Then
 he
 passes
 the
 drum
 down
 to
 Cecil.
 

• 
 As
 Newt
 is
 climbing
 down,
 suddenly
 a
 hand
 comes
 out
 
from
 the
 pile
 of
 cardboard
 boxes
 and
 grabs
 his
 ankle.
 He
 
'screams
 like
 a
 cheerleader
 in
 a
 horror
 film'.
 

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CHAPTER 12

Captain Nobody First
Comes to the Rescue

•  Cecil
 shouts
 at
 the
 old
 man
 who
 
is
 holding
 Captain
 Nobody's
 
ankle
 and
 the
 old
 man
 
immediately
 releases
 his
 hand
 
off.
 

•  Captain
 Nobody
 recognises
 the
 
old
 man
 as
 Mr.
 Clay,
 who
 used
 
to
 be
 a
 locksmith.
 His
 mother
 
had
 used
 his
 services
 when
 she
 
was
 in
 trouble.
 

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 86
 

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Mr.
 Clay,
 did
 you
 go
 for
 a
 
walk
 and
 get
 lost?
 
 
My
 name
 is
 Captain
 

Nobody…
 and
 I
 am
 here
 to
 
take
 you
 home.
 

•  Mr.
 Clay
 has
 demenSa.
 He
 is
 lost
 and
 
 is
 out
 of
 his
 medicine.
 
•  Newt
 introduces
 himself
 
 as
 Captain
 Nobody
 and
 offers
 to
 walk
 

him
 home.
 
•  When
 they
 reach
 Mr.
 Clay's
 house,
 Mrs.
 Clay
 is
 standing
 at
 the
 

front
 door.
 She
 is
 relieved
 when
 she
 sees
 her
 husband
 has
 come
 
home.
 
•  Mr.
 Clay
 explains
 to
 his
 wife
 that
 Captain
 Nobody
 has
 rescued
 
him
 and
 walked
 him
 home.
 
•  The
 boys
 are
 very
 pleased
 that
 they
 have
 helped
 the
 old
 man.
 

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Chapters 13 -15

CHAPTER 13

Dad Meets
Captain Nobody