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so who wants to read my science thing i think you should because i combined that 70s show with the periodic table of elements and this is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to read something like that

That Periodics Show

written by Emi Copeland, Section 2

based on the television program created by Bonnie & Terry Turner and Mark Brazil



INT. THE FORMANS’ BASEMENT. DAY.

Eric, Hyde, Kelso & Fez are sitting in The Circle, talking. Fez is eating chocolate. Eric is wearing a green sweater with the element symbol Ni on it, Hyde a black t-shirt with He, Kelso a long-sleeved, v-necked red shirt with K, & Fez a light blue collared shirt with Ra. It should be noted that Laurie is Eric’s older sister.

ERIC

Today I was kinda unreactive when Laurie was teasing me.


HYDE

Me too, man. Actually, I didn’t react at all. That’s kind of my thing, you know. Not reacting. Ever. It’s all a part of my nobility, man.


ERIC

Plus Laurie only ever picks on me!


KELSO

(laughs)

Heh…Laurie never picks on me…


ERIC

And that’s because you’re never found uncombined, either with her, or Jackie.


CUT TO:

Jackie flings open the door to the basement, looking out-of-breath & angry. Her blue blouse says Br.

JACKIE

Kelso!!! Where were you?! I’ve been looking everywhere!


FEZ

(to Kelso)

She’s very dangerous when she’s uncombined with someone, yes?


KELSO

Shut up, man!

(to Jackie)

Look, Jackie, I’m sorry. I was, uh—


HYDE

Jackie, you’re covered in salt.


JACKIE

(defensive)

Well, duh. We Halogens are salt-forming. And we gain or lose an electron when we react. Which I’m about to, ‘cause obviously I am reacting right now!


ERIC

Geez, Jackie, calm down.


JACKIE

As if you would know anything! Transition metal like you are less reactive than more sensitive elements, like Fez. Or Kelso.

She takes a deep breath and appears to calm down as she sits down next to Kelso.

FEZ

Well, I usually only react when there is candy involved, but—


ERIC

At least I’m a good conductor of electricity…


DONNA

(off-screen)

And not much good at anything else!


Donna walks across the basement and sits down next to Eric, whom she kisses briefly. She’s wearing a red baseball-style shirt with Si written in varsity typeface.

ERIC

Now I’ll have you know—


DONNA

Oh, I’m just kidding.


ERIC

You’re just as bad as the rest of them!


DONNA

Well, metalloids have characteristics of both metals and non-metals. And we’re semiconductors, which means we conduct electricity under some conditions (nudges Eric), but not others (glares at Kelso, who is spacing out).



KELSO

Huh?


HYDE

(sarcastically, to Donna)

Yeah, and you’re also brittle and hard. We noble gases are far out, man. Literally. All noble gases exist in Earth’s atmosphere. And we don’t form compounds, ‘cause we’re unreactive.


DONNA

I think we all knew that one, Hyde.


FEZ

Well, in my country, we Alkali Earth Metals are fairly hard & grey-white. We are good conductors of electricity and more reactive than most metals. We react by losing two electrons. And we’re never found uncombined in nature too!


DONNA

Wow, Fez.


ERIC

I think that’s the way Alkali Earth Metals are in every country, Fez.


HYDE

Maybe that explains why you never leave us alone.


KELSO

BURN!!!!!!!


(There is silence.)


KELSO cont’d.

Haha, get it… ’cause Alkali Metals are good conductors of heat and energy…And I’m an Alkali Metal…so it’s like a burn…


HYDE

But Kelso, man, I’m the one who said the burn.


KELSO

Well, yeah, but I’m the one who actually said “BURN”.


FEZ

Does that too qualify as a burn?


KELSO

(pointedly ignoring Fez)

And besides, that’s not the only great thing about Alkali Metals. We’re soft, silver-white, & shiny, with one electron in the outer shell. Our reaction with water is violent too.


HYDE

And that would explain why you always smell so bad.


FEZ

BURN!!!!!


(Fade to black as theme tune plays).

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