Gif: A GENIE'S WISH COME TRUE

EXTERIOR - BEACH - DAY

CLARENCE, a big, broad-shouldered dope, strolls along the sand. He spots a jewel-encrusted, corked bottle half-buried in the sand.

CLARENCE: What’s this old hunk of junk? (He picks it up, looking more closely.) Hmm… these jewels look like they might be worth a little somethin'.

He gives the bottle a rub, the cork flies off and a sparkling magic cloud erupts, enveloping him. CLARENCE instantly shrinks and then disappears down the neck of the bottle with a little slurping sound. The bottle's cork flies back on - THOOP! - and the sealed bottle is left on the wet sand where CLARENCE dropped it.

INTERIOR - BOTTLE - DAY

CLARENCE blinks, seeing he’s suddenly inside the bottle. It's surprisingly luxurious, with soft, plush pillows scattered on the floor and gauzy pink curtains all around. A HANDSOME MALE GENIE stands nearby, towering over CLARENCE. He is tan and muscular, wearing blue harem pants and a blue silk vest over his shirtless chest. He has a mischievous glint in his eye.

GENIE: So, you rubbed my genie bottle, eh? Well, now we’re both cursed… stuck in here for all eternity.

CLARENCE looks surprised for a moment, then he snorts.

CLARENCE: Stupid genie… I rubbed the lamp, so that means I get three wishes! I can just wish us out!

GENIE: Actually the whole thing about genies granting human wishes is a myth. But now that you're here, I can finally make a wish of my own come true.

CLARENCE: Really? So, can you use your magic to wish us out of here?

GENIE: No… but there’s something else I’ve been wishing for, for a long, long time.

The GENIE waves a hand and a swirl of sparkling magic erupts around CLARENCE. His shirt fades away, a jeweled purple bra sweeps across his chest and snaps into place, his denim pants shift into gauzy purple silk and a soft veil drapes itself around his neck. Suddenly he is transformed into a curvy blonde beauty wearing a ridiculous Harem Princess costume. He looks down at himself in horror.

CLARENCE: What the—?!

The GENIE laughs.

GENIE: I've been alone so long in this bottle. (He looks CLARENCE over.) But now that I have some company, I'm sure the centuries will just fly by...

CLARENCE sputters, too shocked to speak, while the GENIE stands nearby with his arms folded, looking quite pleased.

EXTERIOR. OCEAN. SUNSET.

The tide has come and gone, washing the bottle out to sea. We see the bottle bobbing in the water, a tiny thing glinting in the sun as it disappears among the waves.

FADE OUT.