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and I will be out of town

this weekend‐‐ MAX: What?

BRYAN: At her cousin's wedding.

We've talked about this several times!

MAX: Oh, yeah...

I totally remember. BRYAN: Do you?

HELEN: The one we spared you having to come to.

Which deserves some thanks.

Bump it.

BRYAN: So anyways, that means Chelsea is babysitting.

MAX: No... No!

Mom, Dad, please don't do this to me!

I'm your only son!

HELEN: Someone has to be in charge, Max,

and Chelsea's a good babysitter.

MAX: First of all, I'm 13 years old.

I don't need a "babysitter!"

I'm not a baby.

Besides, Chelsea's tyrannical when she babysits!

CHELSEA: "Tyrannical"? That's a little harsh.

MAX: Is it?

[stop watch beeps]

CHELSEA: Too slow!

If this had been a real fire, you'd be cooked.

MAX: If?

There's no fire!

MAX: How long do I have to wear this?

CHELSEA: Just until Mom and Dad come home.

In two days.

Did you or did you not eat the last slice of pizza?

MAX: I did not!

[lie detector beeping]

CHELSEA: You're right.

I probably could chill out a bit.

MAX: Uh, yeah.

CHELSEA: This weekend is gonna be fun!

I promise.

MAX: We'll see.

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ALICIA: I'm telling you, even if we do find

the Wireless Multi‐Tool, I don't know if it's fixable.

The last time I tested it, it went crazy

and I had to shut it down.

MAX: Well, we can at least try and fix it

in time for the contest.

KAYLYN: Would any of our other inventions qualify

for their "Wireless Wonders" theme?

NOODLES: We could invent a wireless wire!

Never mind, that makes absolutely no sense.

ALICIA: Oh, wait!

I just remembered I can make the Wireless Multi‐Tool

remotely beep from my laptop.

MAX: Shh...

I give up. It's gone for good.

HELEN: Okay, I think we're almost ready to...

[beeping sound]

Do you hear that?

Where is that...?

It's like a beeping...

No... No...

No...

Huh...

Oh... Gah...

[beeping] Oh!

What on earth?

CHELSEA: Probably belongs to Max.

HELEN: Yeah.

I'm just, uh... gonna stick it here.

Phew! Okay.

So...

You should have enough food,

but if you need anything else, I left a bit of cash for you.

CHELSEA: Actually, I went out this morning for some supplies.

HELEN: What?

Sour Sugar Buddies?

Green Grape Gummy Grenades?

Mr. Sugarbrain's Extra Cloying Choco‐Chunks?

These are 98% sugar by weight!

CHELSEA: It's all a part of my rebrand of me

being an amazingly fun babysitter.

Fun Chelsea!

HELEN: Okay, but maybe cool it with the sugar overload.

Remember fruit?

Fruit can be fun too.

CHELSEA: I got fruit.

Candy apple.

ALICIA: Hey, so tomorrow

do you wanna help me update our website?

NOODLES: Sure, no prob‐‐ Wait, tomorrow?

No, I can't.

It's Friday the 13th, and I don't do those anymore.

ALICIA: You don't... do them?

NOODLES: Nope.

I've been cursed with the worst possible luck

every Friday the 13th.

Last one was 8 months and 30 days ago.

I remember it well.

First off, my bike tire popped.

Then I lost my keys in the sewer.

I tried to get them out...

But all I found was a muddy old shirt.

As you can see, I was never really able to get

the stains out of it.

ALICIA: You kept the sewer shirt?

NOODLES: Of course. Wouldn't anyone?

Anyways, after that my luck went really downhill.

Trust me, I'm cursed.

Universe wants me to stay inside.

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TV: Warm ocean currents carry tiny plankton

up the coast and into the vast ecosystem...

CHELSEA: Popcorn me.

TV: ...which rely on this vital food source.

Everyone from the tiniest seahorse

to the enormous blue whale depends

on the continuous supply of plankton.

CHELSEA: Ah! KAYLYN: Augh!

CHELSEA: Ah, this is the worst!

Clearly we need some sort of conveyor belt.

KAYLYN: I love that idea!

MAX: I have Konnecto‐Blocks.

We could totally make a conveyor belt.

CHELSEA: We are not getting carried away

with some crazy invention.

Mom and Dad left me in charge...

is what the old Chelsea would say.

Heck, yeah, let's make a popcorn conveyor belt!

CHELSEA: Okay, I know I sometimes question

why you guys nerd out about all your gadgets,

but I gotta admit, this is a huge life improvement.

MAX: See? This is why I told Mom and Dad

we should have a network of pulleys through the house,

so we could pass things to each other without getting up.

I even drew sketches!

KAYLYN: Yeah, that's a bit much.

TV: ...we would witness the extinction of mankind...

[static sounds]

MAX: Uh, are you sitting on the remote?

CHELSEA: No, it's not me.

It's like the TV is doing it itself.

It's like...

It's like it's haunted or something.

[thunder crashes]

MAX: Maybe you've angered some evil spirit.

Ooh! CHELSEA: Stop it, Max.

KAYLYN: Well, it's...

30 seconds after midnight, so technically

it's Friday 13th.

[thunder crashes]

CHELSEA: So the TV started going nuts the moment

it became Friday the 13th?

That is too freaky!

Maybe it is some sort of ghost!

MAX: There is zero scientific evidence

behind the existence of ghosts, Chels.

All these things are perfectly explainable by rational,

sensible, fact‐based...

CHELSEA: [screams]

Augh, great job, Max!

All your science talk angered the ghost!

[thunder crashes] CHELSEA: [screaming]

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CHELSEA: Alright, don't worry.

I got this handled.

As the babysitter, ghosts, paranormal incidents,

those are my responsibility. So just stay close.

MAX: Yup. Kaylyn and I both feel fine.

KAYLYN: Yup, I'm chill.

Both in that I'm feeling relaxed,

and it's nice and cool down here.

CHELSEA: You know what the problem is?

You two are way too calm.

It's Friday the 13th, the TV was being weird,

and now the power's out?

I'm telling you, these electronics are haunted!

There's gotta be some candles in here.

MAX: Look, Chelsea, what's going on

is that a few spooky things happened,

and your brain is searching for a story to connect them.

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[all screaming]

MAX: Oh...

It's a flamingo.

Just as I suspected. CHELSEA: Yeah.

MAX: Okay, you know what?

Maybe let's set up a camera in the living room tonight.

But only to prove that nothing paranormal is going on.

CHELSEA: Good thinking.

KAYLYN: Yeah.

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[thunder crashes]

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CHELSEA: Okay, Chelsea, the microwave is on.

There's nothing in the microwave.

And there's no one here to turn on the microwave.

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CHELSEA: Why is it on?

I don't know, but it is not haunted

because haunted microwaves don't exist.

[thunder crashes]

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[mixer turns on] CHELSEA: [screams]

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NOODLES: Oof, I made it.

You have no idea how bad my luck has already been this morning.

ALICIA: Oh!

NOODLES: I'm okay. Sorry!

Sorry about that.

See?

ALICIA: There's no such thing as a Friday the 13th curse.

You're being crazy. NOODLES: Oh, really?

When I left the house a wild squirrel chased me on my bike,

and then my backpack zipper broke so all my stuff fell out.

CAFE LADY: Hi...

NOODLES: Can I have a scone, please?

CAFE LADY: Bad news, we just sold the last one.

NOODLES: Augh! You win, universe!

I surrender!

CAFE LADY: It's just a scone.

ALICIA: Trust me.

You'll feel better when you realize there's no such thing

as a Friday the 13th curse.

NOODLES: Right, it's probably all in my head.

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ALICIA: Okay, I was wrong.

You're definitely cursed, buddy.

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CHELSEA: According to GhostBlogsters,

people have encountered haunted electronics since the telegraph.

KAYLYN: Really?

CHELSEA: These lost spirits are sometimes called

"electro‐phantoms," and are believed to send

ghostly messages by manipulating electromagnetic fields, or EMFs.

See?

MAX: Whoa!

Okay, that is weird.

The microwave totally turned itself on.

CHELSEA: See? I'm not going crazy.

Here...

I'm about to push the button and‐‐

What?

What happened? MAX: I don't know.

What possibly could've‐‐

CHELSEA: A ghost, Max.

KAYLYN: Okay, look, I'm not saying that there is a ghost,

but... it is kinda freaky.

[clicking noise]

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[door opens] [all yelling]

NOODLES: Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!

MAX: Stop! It's just Noodles, guys!

NOODLES: You didn't have to noodle me!

CHELSEA: Why were you jiggling the doorknob like that?

Were you trying to sound like a ghost?

NOODLES: I couldn't grip it!

My bike chain came off on the way here!

I fixed it, but now I'm all greasy!

MAX: Sorry.

We're on edge about this ghost situation we're dealing with.

NOODLES: Ghost? No...

No way. That is the last thing I need.

I'm waiting for Alicia outside.

KAYLYN: Maybe we all need to just calm down a bit.

This whole ghost theory has us acting super paranoid.

[text alert sound]

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CHELSEA: Someone just followed me.

Do you think it's the ghost?

Oh, it's just Aunt Jenny.

She just got a new puppy.

MAX & KAYLYN: Aw!

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NOODLES: What's all this?

ALICIA: It's every luck‐based object I could find.

Charms, wards, stones.

And I got you a scone.

NOODLES: A lucky scone?

Cool. How does it work?

ALICIA: No, it's just a scone.

You wanted one, remember?

NOODLES: Oh, right. Thanks!

Um, you sure all this stuff is really gonna help?

ALICIA: It has to.

Let's get started.

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ALICIA: That's good! Knock on wood, Noodles!

Come on! Hustle!

Go, go, go!

Get that salt over your shoulder.

Open those umbrellas!

Come on!

Last one. Push it!

Show that cat who's boss!

♪

ALICIA: 44 seconds!

New record, buddy.

NOODLES: Is it enough to cure me?

ALICIA: I don't want to take any chances.

NOODLES: Aw, man.

NOODLES: Do I really need all 10 horseshoes?

ALICIA: Yup. NOODLES: What do I do?

ALICIA: Just take a deep breath.

[fly buzzing]

[gulp]

ALICIA: Ew! Was that a...

NOODLES: Yup... I just ate a fly.

Yugh!

Thanks for trying, but I think my best option is

to just hunker down somewhere for the rest of the day.

Ech... ech...

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CHELSEA: [gasps]

I just felt a chill when I walked by this wall.

I think it was a presence.

KAYLYN: It's just the presence of that vent.

The AC is on.

CHELSEA: Oh. Yeah, maybe.

MAX: Let's see if this ghost can make the light bulb blink

with its powers.

Go ahead, try and talk to it, and we'll see

if there's an intelligent spirit responding.

CHELSEA: Okay, first question...

Why are you doing this to us?

MAX: I mean, yes or no questions.

CHELSEA: Oh, okay.

Um...

Spirit, we wish to communicate.

Are you here?

MAX: Write it down. Write it down.

CHELSEA: I knew it.

Are you a paranormal entity

inhabiting our house and sabotaging our WiFi?

Blink once for yes, twice for no.

Again, once for yes, twice for no.

KAYLYN: So are we calling that a no, or...

CHELSEA: Maybe two lights would work?

It could channel energy to either one.

Perfect.

Now, tell us, spirit, are you...

MAX: Ah, come on!

CHELSEA: Yeah, this is not working.

KAYLYN: Well, if this stupid ghost can't control

its power enough to tell us what it wants, then...

[radio comes on]

RADIO ANNOUNCER: We wanna hear from you!

Call and you could be the lucky winner!

KAYLYN: Oh... MAX: My...

CHELSEA: Ghost!

ALICIA: Okay, I think we're basically done

with the "Fortress of Luckitude."

NOODLES: Now that I'm fortified, we play the waiting game.

Friday the 13th will be over in...

Yup, now my phone's broken.

UNCLE EDDIE: Aw, cool!

What's with the sick fort?

ALICIA: Noodles is cursed with bad luck on Friday the 13th.

I know it sounds ridiculous, but trust me.

The curse is real.

UNCLE EDDIE: Cursed?

Well, that's not good. That's not good at all.

Um, what kind of bad luck are we talking about?

NOODLES: Bike chain came off, broken phone,

no more scones, stepped in paint...

ALICIA: Chased by a squirrel, ate a fly...

UNCLE EDDIE: Ugh, that's brutal. ALICIA: Yeah.

NOODLES: We tried to fix it, but nothing works.

UNCLE EDDIE: I've seen this before.

Bad luck curses.

They're, well, bad.

NOODLES: Do you know how to get rid of it?

UNCLE EDDIE: There is one way.

It's kind of a ceremony to change luck.

But you have to follow the instructions exactly.

NOODLES: Of course. Let's get started!

UNCLE EDDIE: Not here.

We have to prepare.

You meet me at this address,

tonight at 7 o'clock.

Now, you'll need, uh... a rock...

that's been touched by moonlight.

And‐‐ and a silver spoon. NOODLES: Okay.

UNCLE EDDIE: And you balance the silver spoon

on the end of your nose, yeah, and the rock

on your right shoulder all the way there.

You got it? ALICIA: I think so.

UNCLE EDDIE: And don't worry. We'll fix this.

NOODLES: Thank you, Uncle Eddie. You're a life‐saver.

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NOODLES: Why are we in a nursing home?

ALICIA: This is where your uncle said to meet him.

Maybe old people are good luck?

UNCLE EDDIE: Hey! There you are.

You all set? ALICIA: Yup.

Noodles balanced a spoon and a rock that was in moonlight.

UNCLE EDDIE: Good! Good work.

Follow me.

CHELSEA: Run this... by me again?

It's a phone, but a really old‐timey one.

Like one with 3G? Or...

MAX: Sort of.

The spirit phone is more like an EMF amplifier.

KAYLYN: Basically, it converts EMF fluctuations into waveforms.

CHELSEA: Man, it's like you guys are speaking

a different language.

Anyway, will it work?

Can we speak with the ghost?

MAX: There's a ghost in here, we'll find it.

CHELSEA: At this point, I'm willing to try anything

if it'll help us get rid of this thing.

NOODLES: There you go!

UNCLE EDDIE: Ah! There's my cursed nephew!

How's it going? NOODLES: I'm not cursed.

I'm starting to think I'm pretty lucky actually.

UNCLE EDDIE: Oh? NOODLES: Yeah.

I have my health, a great family,

amazing friends.

One even spent her whole day curing my bad luck.

ALICIA: It was nothing.

UNCLE EDDIE: Not to mention an extremely cool uncle.

NOODLES: Thanks for bringing us here.

It feels good to spend time helping other people.

UNCLE EDDIE: Well, you just remember,

you can't always control your luck.

Sometimes good things happen, sometimes bad,

but you can always help someone else's luck with a kind gesture

or just volunteering some time.

NOODLES: You're right. Plus I haven't spilled,

smashed, or slipped on anything since we got here.

UNCLE EDDIE: Ah, well, that's all that good karma

you've earned! Hey, let's celebrate

your new‐found good luck by dancing!

ALICIA: You know, no one's danced that way

in like a hundred years!

UNCLE EDDIE: It's making a comeback!

All the kids are doing it, ha?

Right, ladies?

Diddly‐dee! Diddly‐dee!

ALICIA: Noodles?

[laughter]

MAX: Okay. Let's get started.

Spirit?

Are you there?

[warbling radio sounds]

CHELSEA: Did you hear that?

It was like a voice said, "French Onion soup."

KAYLYN: I heard, "I want a new suit."

CHELSEA: Spirit, do you want a new suit or French onion soup?

MAX: Spirit?

Can you talk?

Can you...

KAYLYN: It works. It works!

Do it again, Max!

[appliances turn on]

CHELSEA: I don't like this!

I think we need to shut it off.

MAX: We're getting closer!

KAYLYN: Maybe Chelsea's right.

CHELSEA: Max, turn it off !

MAX: Just a bit longer!

ALICIA: Hey, guys!

Whoa... What's going on?

CHELSEA: I'm turning off the spirit phone

before it destroys us!

NOODLES: Okay, guys, stop. That's enough!

ALICIA: Just flip a coin to see who picks what to do with the...

ghost... phone.

MAX: Okay, sure. CHELSEA: Yeah, that works.

Tails.

NOODLES: Uh... What just happened?

CHELSEA: What is this?

MAX: Huh?

[appliances turn off]

CHELSEA: What is this thing?

ALICIA: The Wireless Multi‐Tool.

Tell me it wasn't on this whole time...

MAX: Do you think it made...

KAYLYN: All the electronics go crazy?

Yup.

ALICIA: It must have been re‐activated

when I tried to track it.

Actually, it's kinda lucky you found it, Noodles.

NOODLES: That is good luck!

CHELSEA: There's no ghost?

Mom and Dad are gonna be home in the morning

and look at this place!

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CHELSEA: Wait, no.

MAX: It's too clean.

CHELSEA: Mom and Dad will definitely know something's up.

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CHELSEA: Perfect. Thanks for the help, guys.

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MAX: Candy for breakfast?

CHELSEA: I'm making up for the fact

that we didn't have the super fun weekend I wanted.

So much for "Fun Chelsea."

MAX: Are you crazy?

It was amazing.

We made a conveyor belt, a spirit phone.

Even the ghost stuff was like a cool scary adventure.

CHELSEA: I guess so, yeah.

It was pretty funny when we attacked that giant flamingo.

You were so scared.

MAX: Hey, let's not forget I have video

of you running from a microwave.

CHELSEA: Fair point.

[text alert]

CHELSEA: It's Mom. They're almost home.

MAX: I'll put away the candy.

Hey, Chels...

I was definitely wrong.

You're an awesome babysitter.

CHELSEA: Fun Chelsea!

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