EXT. FIELD -DAY

The Zenoid family stands next to their parked spaceship in the middle of an empty field. KOZMO stares into the empty sky while ZARA and ZIRI glare at him. Zara taps her wrist and a CLOCK with a CUCKOO BIRD sprouts from her arm. A cuckoo BIRDCALL sounds. ORBIT perks up and eyes the bird curiously. Zara consults the clock.

IGGY looks up from his handheld GAME CONSOLE.

Kozmo activates a CUBE that projects a HOLOGRAPHIC AD into the air. The WORDS "Come one, come all. Available openings for the Ringle Circus" appear at the top of the ad. Underneath the words, several ANIMATED CIRCUS PERFORMERS do their acts. There's also quite a bit of SMALL PRINT. Kozmo points at a little singer belting away.

Orbit launches himself at the bird, but at the last second Zara turns and Orbit misses, crashing into the ground and distracting Zara from the ad. STARS form around Orbit's head, which Iggy knocks out of the air with a high tech SLINGSHOT. An ENGINE NOISE comes from the distance.

As one, the family turns and sees a large festively colored CRUISER rapidly zooming towards them.

The family scatters as the cruiser swoops low over their heads and nearly misses plowing into the family spaceship. With a SCREECH of brakes, it lands and stirs up a massive cloud of DUST. The family COUGHS as the dust settles. The cruiser begins to morph, stretching itself out as various little tents and stalls pop up -it's now a CIRCUS GROUNDS. RINGLE, a beanpole of an alien dressed as a circus ringmaster with a loud booming voice and a top hat, appears. The family makes their way towards him.

EXT. CIRCUS GROUNDS -DAY

Ringle grows taller and thinner, towering over the family like a quivering stalk.

His hyperbole goes right over the family's heads. Kozmo wipes the dust from his face and puffs himself up.

Kozmo deflates as Zara shakes her head.

A VROOM comes from the distance as a sleek LUXURYCRAFT appears and sets down next to the family spaceship.

SKORP exits the vehicle. Kozmo's eye stalks cross and his skin begins to bubble.

Skorp ignores Kozmo. He picks up Zara's hand and kisses it.

Zara BLUSHES bright red, flustered. She pushes back her HAIR, which lengthens into a girlishly attractive hairstyle. Kozmo gingerly removes Skorp's hand from Zara.

Kozmo's eye stalks bulge and get twisted up.

Skorp eyes the family spaceship, which looks particuarly pitiful next to the luxurycraft. A gust of wind blows over the spaceship and a PART falls off with a CLANK. Skorp and Kozmo face off. A TUMBLEWEED rolls by. Skorp threateningly cracks his knuckles while Kozmo casually stretches.

Ignoring Ringle, Skorp starts to SING in a clear, high voice. Kozmo begins to SING as well in a lower, deep voice. Kozmo and Skorp continue to sing classic circus songs a la Fu. cík's "Entry of the Gladiators" and Khachaturian's "The Sabre Dance" throughout all the stunts they perform. An amused Ringle shrugs and steps back to watch. Musical NOTES pour from the two singers. Skorp aims his notes at Zara and Ziri, who GIGGLE as the notes flutter around them.

Annoyed, Kozmo grabs a TORCH which lights itself, and swallows the fire. Little flames come out of his ears. Skorp smirks and with a BELCH spews a blast of flames from his mouth at Kozmo, leaving him smoking and covered in soot. Kozmo retaliates by grabbing a bunch of KNIVES and throwing them at Skorp, pinning him neatly to the wall.

Skorp slips out, grabs a SWORD and slices off Kozmo's belt, causing Kozmo to grab his PANTS before they fall off. Kozmo scoops up three alien TIGER CUBS with glistening sharp claws and starts juggling them. He grabs Orbit and juggles him too. Startled, Orbit morphs into a slimy OCTOPUS.

Skorp produces a giant alien CROCODILE with big teeth. He sticks his head into the crocodile's mouth. He barely withdraws it in time when the crocodile shuts his jaw with a SNAP.

Kozmo picks up a massive ANVIL and with considerable effort, hoists it over his head with one hand. With the other hand, he grabs Skorp and hoists him up as well. Sweat drips down Kozmo's face, forming a little pool on the floor where tiny fish and crabs leap about.

Skorp leaps into the air and catches hold of a TRAPEZE BAR. He does a series of complicated moves before somersaulting back to the ground. Breathing heavily, Kozmo and Skorp circle each other and get into each other's faces.

Skorp sprouts two more MOUTHS, singing three parts at once. Kozmo PUFFS up like a balloon and with a mighty HUFF, bursts out a complicated piece that drowns out Skorp.

In an attempt to be heard over Kozmo, Skorp hits a note so high that everyone is forced to cover their ears, grimacing in pain. All the windows blow out and anything made of glass shatters. There is a dead SILENCE, broken only by Iggy's jaw dropping in disbelief and hitting the floor with a CLACK. Ziri yanks his mouth shut.

Orbit YIPS and licks Kozmo's face. Ringle grabs Skorp by the ear and tries to drag him away, but the ear stretches like a piece of putty. Ringle tosses Skorp over his shoulder and carries him to the parked spaceships. Kozmo calls after him.

The family cheers. The kids jump up and down and high five each other. The image CUTS TO:

INT. CIRCUS TENT -NIGHT

The Zenoid family, dressed in mudsplatted clothes, stands next to some wicked looking caged BIRDS in a filthy tent. The background noises consist of the cheery SOUNDS of a circus. The kids jump as they try to reach CLEANING PRODUCTS on a high shelf. Orbit drags a BUCKET of water to Kozmo and Zara, who are cleaning the floor with BROOMS.

One of the birds vomits a putrid green LIQUID over Zara. She tries to wipe herself off.

Kozmo grabs the bucket of water and throws it over Zara, drenching her. Zara's gills begin to smoke, her head expands and her teeth triple in size.

She drops her cleaning supplies and heads for the tent opening. The rest of the family follows suit.

They leave. Kozmo droops -until his gaze settles on a broken window. A slow smile spreads over Kozmo's face.

He cheerfully HUMS a circus tune as he continues to shovel poop.