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Day-O (a CU Beetlejuice AU one shot)

While I don’t want to do a full on CU Beetlejuice fic, this scene is impossible to pass up, especially considering how the musical added to the original story to begin with. (So this combines both the musical and the movie’s version of this scene... and you might need to listen to the musical version of this scene if you can’t find a bootleg/luck out in seeing it on stage).

The Beetlejuice AU was originally proposed by @jackie-sugarskull and Esme belongs to @princeasimdiya12 .

(Contains some cursing. Note to those with a trigger warning: the suicide joke from the original film was included here).

A group of people gathered around in the school’s cafeteria to decide the building’s fate. It had been arranged so that they had a table right in the center of the room, yet the food and drinks were both well above cafeteria food standards. On one end was former student turned politician Erica along with Esme, the school’s current Principal. On the other was former student turned top scientist Melvin, along with his colleague Professor Poopypants. In between were potential investors and the school district superintendent Mr. Pointe who never seemed to take a stand on the current issues.

“So we hope that your support and donations would not only keep the school open, but encourage support for extra curricular activities as well as better supplies, new recess equipment, text books, and learning conditions.” Erica concluded as Edith took goblets of cocktail shrimp of the cart to give to everyone else as they ate deviled eggs and drank wine.

“Except nowadays, science and mathematics is demanding more bodies for the expanding career options in that area.” Melvin countered. “Trying to keep Jerome Horowitz alive as it is would be like heading towards suicide at this rate.”

“And you know what they say,” Poopypants cracked. “Those who commit suicide become civil servants in the after life.” This earned a round of chuckles from everyone except Erica, Esme, or Edith. The latter in particular winced at this. “Then again, who knows how many children will end up as civil servants as adults?”

“Oh that reminds me,” Melvin glanced to Edith and smirked at her. She had recently changed from her dark clothes and into a flattering lemon yellow dress, and her hair was pinned back from her face, so she was a bit more noticeable than usual. “One of our old classmates claims that the ‘ghosts’ of this school don’t approve of my ideas. Apparently they’re with Erica’s side of things.” This caused Edith to freeze up and turn around.

“B-but it’s true!” Edith admitted. “They think school should be about fun and enjoying childhood–!”

“Next she’ll tell us the ghosts are our old classmates who died all those years ago!” Melvin laughed and some others joined in. Erica frowned at Edith, but only Esme showed an interest in what the woman had to say–it made her think back to all those pranks and those mysterious comics that happened without any explanation.

“Anyway, I don’t want to talk about something you can’t prove without science, and I don’t mean the junk machines on those ghost adventure shows!” Melvin continued. “I think I’d rather talk about–DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY–O!” Without any warning, he bursted into singing with his arms bursting out into the air.

All eyes glanced on in confusion except for Edith, who waited patiently. Melvin realized what he just did and grabbed his neck as his eyes widened in shock.

“Sorry, what?” Erica raised an eyebrow.

“Well, that’s uh... quite a subject.” Mr. Pointe blinked.

“Uh, sorry!” Melvin let out a nervous laugh. “I don’t know where that came from! I meant–ME SAY DAY ME SAY DAY ME SAY DAY-O!” He bursted into song again like he was a big time singer at a performance.

“Is this going somewhere?” An investor asked.

Melvin panicked. It was like he was unable to control himself! “L-listen!” He pleaded. “I just feel like–DAYLIGHT COME AND ME WAN’ GO HOME!” He felt compelled to jump out of his spot and sing once more. The moment he regained control of himself, he panicked. “What is happening to me?!”

Most everyone let out nervous giggling. “Well, Melvin.” Poopypants chuckled. “I guess you mean to tell us–WORK ALL NIGHT TO THE DRINK OF RUM!” He suddenly leapt onto his spot on the bench and threw his arms out as he sang next and, as if on cue, the music from the player nearby switched from soft jazz to a classic upbeat piece of music.

“DAYLIGHT COME AND ME WAN’ GO HOME!” Everyone except Edith suddenly got out of their spots and started to sing.

“Stack Banana ‘til de mornin’ come!” Melvin sang as his body moved in time to the music. “DAYLIGHT COME AND ME WAN’ GO HOME!” Everyone sang in response.

No one knew what was going on. It was as if something overtook them as they all found themselves dancing in time to the music while singing to a song that very few of them even knew. Yet no one saw what Edith saw when she heard childish giggling and she looked up with a smile. Floating in the air were the spirits of two children, with each one waving their hands as if conducting or moving them like they were controlling a puppet.

“I can’t wait until the finale!” Harold laughed.

“I know!” George happily replied as Edith continued to watch with a huge smile.

Everyone danced around behind their seats. All but three adults, with Erica and Esme shooting each other confused looks while Edith herself hummed to the delightful song. It then got to a point where everyone was bending over and sticking their rear ends out and shaking them around in time to the music, which made both boys laugh even harder.

“Day, me say day-o! Daylight come and me wan’ go home!”

“Daylight come and me wan’ go home!”

After awhile, the music came to an end and they were all forced to sit down, yet there was one more surprise in store for Melvin. The shrimp in his cocktail suddenly turned into a monstrous hand that reached up, causing everyone to shout or gasp and Melvin screamed but was unable to jump out of his seat in time as the hand grabbed his face and pulled him into the table, all the while his screaming increased.

George and Harold laughed even harder. “There’s no way he’s going to turn this place into a snore-fest now!” Harold gleefully declared.

“SOMEONE GET THIS THING OFF OF MY FACE!” Melvin screamed. With a lazy wave of the hand, George freed the red head, who pulled back with a gasp as all eyes stared in concern at him.

“Wh-what was that?!” He demanded.

“It’s like I said.” Edith told Melvin. “They don’t want you to turn this place into your kind of school. If you don’t want to have this happen again, you better do what Erica wants.” Erica herself was stunned at this to the point that she was unable to immediately say anything. Yet when she was ready to ask Edith what on earth she was doing, Melvin grinned.

“So you’re saying that there are real ghosts here?!” He then turned to Poopypants “You saw that all right?! No parlor tricks, mechanisms or weird gases, right?! Forget funding this stupid place, I’m going to buy it off the school district’s hands!”  

“What?” Erica and Esme asked in confusion.

“What?” Edith asked with dread.

“What?!” George and Harold shrieked.

“I can’t get the school to be what I want it to be, but a location that’s haunted?! Do you have any idea how much that could help out with research and inventing new things?! Screw the school, I’m turning this place into a new research center!” 

“WHAT?!” George and Harold screamed.

“That’s an excellent idea!” Poopypants grinned as he rubbed his hands. “I’m already thinking of the possibilities such supernatural energy can grant us!”

“It’ll make Piqua more than just a city of narrow minded simpletons!” Melvin added.

“No!” Esme yelled. “Mr. Pointe, you can’t allow this!” She pleaded to the school’s Super Intendant, but he gave her a nervous smile. “Where will the children go?!”

“W–w–well, I don’t see how this place can be safe with ghosts roaming around them.” Mr. Pointe stammered and let out a sheepish smile.

“It wasn’t any better without them!” Erica roared as Edith tried to speak her own thoughts, but was overpowered by the politician. “Do you have any idea how much of a danger zone this place was becoming over the years?!”

“Erica, I like you a lot, but this place was below standards in academics since day one!” Melvin butted in. “What good’ll it do to keep it open any longer?!”

“You can’t tear this place down!” Edith finally protested as loudly as she could. “The ghosts don’t want that! None of the children will want that! You–!”  “No one cares what you say Edith, you aren’t holding the money or power like us!” Melvin snapped at Edith. “Can’t you get it through your simple, messy-haired, four year college degree head?! Don’t you realize how much money we’d all get from this?! Or are you too depressed over mommy and daddy kicking the bucket to even bother taking care of yourself?! This is reality, so either get on board with life or move along!”

Edith felt as if she was slapped across the face as Melvin went back to the others to talk of his plans. She felt Erica’s disapproving look as well as those from the people who were trying to save the school and she barely saw the boys when they now stood before her with worried looks.

“Edith?!” Harold pleaded. “Look, we didn’t realize Melvin would do this! We should have seen it coming!” 

“We can still fix this!” George added.

“How?! Nothing works! Apparently pranking everyone isn’t enough! Do you have any ideas, Edith?!” The blonde turned to the woman. “Edith?” He asked in concern when he saw the woman staring at the ground with her face barely in view.

When her parents died, everyone ignored her to the point that she might as well have been invisible. When she tried to help support the school, no one listened to her ideas and expected her to be a ‘yes man.’ When she finally succeeded in that, it blew up in her face and she was still being treated like she didn’t really matter.

“You want to do something about all of this? Then all you got to do is say my name!”

“There’s still one thing I can do.” She realized as she remembered him from earlier. “Three times spoken, unbroken, right?”

“My real name. The one that hag cursed when she cursed me. Say it three times spoken, unbroken.”

The boys instantly understood what she meant.

“Edith no!” George protested as he and Harold began to panic.

“Benjamin.” She quietly spoke, and no one else heard her say it except the two boys who knew what was coming and flinched the moment he arrived.

“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!”

Edith heard some movement and was startled to see the familiar large figure standing right beside her. He still wore the same black and white stripped suit, the toupee was still black with touches of green and yellow, his skin was still a pale lavender as if his body lacked any air, and his shark like smile was wide with glee. “I knew you’d come around and see things my way! I swear you won’t regret this!”

“Edith stop!” Harold pleaded, earning him a dirty look from the adult ghost.

“Benjamin.” She spoke louder which went unheard over the arguing of the other adults. The ghost grinned even more as he adjusted his sleeves.

“That’s it! That’s it!” He was like a kid at Christmas about ready to explode with anticipation as his hideous grin only widened as he coaxed her. “We’re going to have a lot of fun! Come on! Just give me one! MORE!” He looked at her pointedly.

“EDITH NO!”

“DON’T SAY HIS NAME!”

She took a breath. She was tired of being invisible–tired of being treated like a joke–she wanted to be heard!

“BENJAMIN!” She screamed at the top of her lungs, causing all eyes to turn towards her in confusion, while those of the boys were filled with dread, and those of the ghost-demon’s were filled with satisfaction as he became surrounded by white light and smoke.

“It’s showtime!” He grinned as he threw this hands out.

The music came to a halt and everything went dark, causing almost everyone to scream in confusion and blindly stumble around. Moments later, the lighting of the room came on and became an ominous green as Krupp stood before them all.

“Can anyone see me?!” He demanded.

His response was a series of screams at the sight of the unexpected, hideous looking being.

“Now that’s what I want to hear!” He gave them an evil grin and rubbed his hands together. “God I missed that sound!” 

“What the hell is that thing?!” One of the investors screamed and pointed.

“Yeah, who the hell invited you?!” Melvin demanded.

“I did!” All eyes turned to Edith as she felt a surge of confidence that she hadn’t felt in quite awhile. “I warned you and you didn’t listen!” Each word made her feel stronger until she was practically shouting. “You all never listened to me! Never took me seriously! And now this is what you get!”

“Yeah nerd, this is what you get!” Krupp sneered at Sneedly. “And I’m someone whose about ready to have a game I’d like to call ‘instant trauma!’” He threw his hands into the air and suddenly chaos began to ensue.

FIre bursted from the ground as if out of nowhere in random parts of the room, causing the gusts to scream and flee. Those who managed to get to the doors were only further startled by what appeared to be ominous glowing monsters with green eyes, mouths and sharp teeth that proceeded to chase after them (had they looked again, they would of seen that they were just possessed toilets). Anyone who tried to escape into the safety of the kitchen found more fire bursting from the stoves, causing them to run away.

“THIS WAS A MISTAKE!” Poopypants shrieked as he and Melvin tried to pull at some doors that refused to budge.

“Hey Little Man!” The scientist felt something crawl up on his back. He turned around to see a puppet version of Krupp with unsettlingly realistic looking eyes looming over his shoulder. “Ya’ want to play with me?!”

“NIEN!” Poopypants screamed in German and ran off as he tried to take the hideous abomination off him, but it only laughed with sadistic glee and tightened its hold on him.

“HEY DON’T RUN OFF!” Melvin screamed at Poopypants when suddenly he found himself getting hoisted into the air by something long and thick. He screamed and thrashed until suddenly he came face to face with a snake like monster that had Krupp’s head attached to it.

“Feeling like having this place all to yourself now, Sneedly?” He sneered at him. The man screamed and the snake like out a laugh as he thrashed him back and forth through the air.

“Ok that’s it, they get it!” George angrily yelled at the snake as he and Harold tried to approach him. “You can stop now!”

“Ah shut it, you two no longer have the power around here anymore!” The dead adult sneered at them, stopping them in their tracks. “Why don’t you two go to detention in the Neitherworld? You’re in for a long overdue visit!”

“Oh like heck we’ll go!” Harold yelled back, though neither he and George saw a piece of chalk draw a circled on the ground around them.

“WELL TOO BAD, YOU’RE GOING ANYWAY!” The snake snapped as the ground opened up under the boys and they were sent screaming through it as all the other guests were attacked by more supernatural elements.

“SOMEONE HELP ME!” Melvin shrieked.

“PUT HIM DOWN!” The snake turned his head around to see Erica with Esme standing right behind her. The latter looked like she was going to faint and she stammered out prayers in Spanish, but the other just stared at the abomination before her in disbelief.

“Yeah, no.” She shook her head as Melvin screamed. Not satisfied with her reaction, the snake threw Melvin into Erica and grinned as the man screamed the whole way until he crashed into her.

The pandemonium grew worse as everyone found themselves getting chased down or screaming for their lives as things latched onto them, yet the only one who stayed calm was Edith who found herself not horrified. There was a strange, oddly enjoyable catharsis in seeing most of these people finally taken down several pegs.

“And now I’d like to play a little game I call–RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!” Her diabolical assistant’s voice boomed over them all.

She watched as all the creatures and all the fire chased the others out through the doors–none of them ever realizing she wasn’t among them–and they slammed shut behind them, causing everything to vanish and for the silence to fall as everything returned to normal as if nothing ever happened.

“They’re gone.” Edith’s stunned voice broke the silence. Realization kicked in. “You made them leave the school. You made them listen to me!” She let out an amazed laugh as Krupp–back in his ‘normal’ appearance–walked up to her with a pleased grin.

Seeing her smile–knowing that he made her happy–delighted him (and made him feel a little strange, but in a good way). “Yup! Looks like we aren’t invisible anymore!” He declared and hung an arm around her shoulders.

And that’s it–just something I felt like working at once in awhile.

#captain underpants #cu beetlejuice au #george beard #harold hutchins #edith the lunch lady #mr. krupp #erica wang #melvin sneedly #professor poopypants

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As Good As It Gets

Michael Ross

All over the world people suffer from many different emotional and social problems that may cause trouble for them to function on a normal basis. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is one of the many issues that can affect the way a person functions on a regular basis. In fact, there are so many people that suffer from this mental illness that 1 in every 40 adults suffers from it. Then children can also be affected by this disorder because 1 in every 100 child suffers from it. People that suffer from OCD may have issues with irrational and uncontrollable thoughts. A person that suffers from OCD may have irrational intense fear of something such as germs. Thus, leading them to having uncontrollable behaviors to combat that by excessive hand washing. However, it does not stop there because a person that suffers from this mental illness also has issues with orderliness. If things are not put a certain way that they see fit, then it will drive them nuts until things are properly put back. Then another symptom of OCD is constantly checking everything again to see if everything is still in its place.

Portrayal Of OCD

In As Good As it Gets, Jack Nicholson plays Melvin a well-known love story writer of novels. However, Melvin has severe issues with everything and constantly rejects people’s attempts to get close to him. Jack Nicholson’s portrayal of OCD is extremely accurate because Melvin likes things in a certain way. Everybody likes their routine, but Melvin has to have it his way otherwise chaos will erupt. He constantly checks the lights to see if they are working properly when he enters his apartment. Then he takes his shoes off and does a little number tapping around his shoes. This is an indicator that he always does this a symptom of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Then when he goes to his favorite restaurant he has to sit at a specific table that he has always sat at. The first time they introduce the restaurant Melvin notices that there are people already there sitting in his spot. He throws a temper tantrum because this happens until he gets his way.

During different parts of the movie, you can see how Melvin has issues with a lot of different aspects and how he struggles to cope with his behaviors that follow. If Melvin does not get his way, then he will not hesitate to get a little rough with people. I feel though Melvin cannot help himself because he is clearly suffering from something that makes him act this way throughout the movie. Anxiety also plays a big factor for Melvin because he feels that he does not have things the way he is used to then all hell will break loose. The anxiety triggers him to act in a hostile way until things are set the way he sees fit. Once the behavior takes place then he can settle down back to his normal state. Later on, we find out that at one time he actually went to therapy for his OCD. He clearly knows that something is wrong with him and feels like he has little or no control over his own life. His thoughts are mostly focused on little things that a regular person would not really even care for.

Melvin also has issues with his next door neighbor as well; who also happens to be gay. In the opening scenes of the movie, Melvin is being shown taking Simon’s dog (neighbor) and throwing him down the garbage shoot. Melvin does not also hesitate flinging insults at Simon throughout the entire movie because he is clearly uncomfortable with a person that does not go along with Melvin’s social norms. If Melvin is not comfortable then he is most likely going to say something about it in a negative way. Melvin also displays difficulty handling his own emotions on a regular basis as well. The paranoia of catastrophe can attest to this because he is constantly worried about things not being in an orderly fashion.

Next aspect that is important to discuss is Melvin’s relationships with people because his people skills are not that good at all. Even if a person pays him a compliment like the young lady that was in awe of his presence and asks him how is he able to write about women so well? He responds by saying “I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.” Melvin obviously struggles with connecting with other people and all he knows is pushing people away by hurling insults at them to drive them off into the distance. One of the biggest aspects that helped Melvin change during the movie was Simon allowing people into his home that had bad intentions to steal from him. Simon’s dog needed somebody to take care of him so Frank decided to talk to Melvin about taking care of him. Melvin did not have a choice in the matter because Frank basically intimidated him earlier on in an argument. This event eventually sets off a life changing experience for Melvin because he has to take care of an animal that is in desperate need.

Melvin starts to feel more compassion after he is able to care for something other than himself. So he continues to go back to his favorite restaurant and notices that the waitress that usually serves him is gone. Since Melvin has to have things in a certain way, he starts to freak out about how she is not there to serve him his food. So he decides to bribe the bus boy to find out where she lives and shows up at her place to find out why she is not working. Her son is obviously sick and needs a medical attention to be able to combat his sickness. However, Melvin is thrown out because Carol does not like the way Melvin speaks to her son. Soon after a doctor shows up at Carol’s house and says that he will personally treat Carol’s son so that he can get better. Melvin is the one covering the expenses at this point because he is finally feeling empathy towards somebody else other than himself. Simon comes back at this point to discover that he is flat out broke and can no longer afford his bills.

Simon has to reach out to his parents whom he has not seen in a very long time. Frank convinces Melvin to take Simon to see his parents, but Melvin is extremely reluctant to do so. He says that he will go only if Carol will come with him. She does not agree at first, but changes her mind because Melvin did help her son get over his illness. Melvin decides to take out Carol later on to a fancy restaurant and finally starts to open up about some of the issues that he has been dealing with throughout his lifetime. Carol does start to feel something for Melvin and gives him a compliment that she thought that he was handsome when his first started coming to the restaurant. However, Melvin finds a way to blow it once again because it is his nature to insult people on a regular basis. When they return from New York Carol says that she no longer wants Melvin to be a part of her life anymore. She instantly feels regret once she gets home and apologizes to Melvin about the mean comments that she had said to him earlier.

Over this time, we can see that Melvin has really stepped outside his comfort zone and is facing some of his fears that he would normally avoid doing. He is now allowing people to come into his life and see who he really is. However, it is clear that a relationship is pending with Carol because she also has intimacy issues with men. This all started because he allowed a dog to come into his life and from that dog sparked something in him that made him want to step outside himself more. The last part of the movie we see that Melvin and Carol are walking side by side on the concrete. Melvin accidently steps on a crack on the sidewalk and shrugs it off like it was nothing to him. Keep in mind in the beginning of the movie he would dance around the cracks in the concrete because he thought that it was bad luck for him. This is another symptom of OCD because it is an irrational behavior that Melvin engages in constantly. Basically, Melvin is now proving that he has gone full circle and is willing to conquer his fears because he has accepted things that would normally terrify him. Then he also has a functioning support system now and that is always a plus for anybody trying to recover from a mental illness.

Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

According to the International OCD foundation, some of the best methods in treatment include Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and/or medication. However, there is a form of CBT that is extremely effective against OCD which is called Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Exposure in this therapy subjects you to thoughts, images, and objects that make you indulge in being obsessive. Then response prevention is neutralizing being triggered engaging into compulsive behavior. Thus, reducing anxiety or fear that is associated with OCD. More times a person is exposed to their triggers and learns how to properly incorporate these prevention methods then it will get easier for this person over time because it will become a habit. Unfortunately, talk therapy has not been that useful for treating a person with OCD. That is why exposure therapy is more effective than traditional talk therapy because as oppose to talking about how a person is feeling and gaining insight from their situation the person has to face what triggers them. Talk therapy can only go so far for certain mental illnesses. The other option for people that suffer from OCD include medications. According to the International OCD foundation, 7 out of 10 people are able to manage their OCD with either help from ERP or medication. Some of the medications that have proven to be effective include: Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac, or Lexapro. For the most part these particular medications are also anti-depressants. The way these anti-depressants is stabilize the brain chemical called serotonin, if there is not enough serotonin in the brain then your brain is not sending the right signals to be able to function the right way.

Conclusion:

It is extremely difficult for a person to just be okay with everything that happens in everyday life that happens to be suffering from OCD. Those intrusive thoughts affect how a person perceives the world and how they interact with it as well. Melvin has issues with a lot of different things that a normal person would not find disturbing as he does. Melvin’s life does change forever though when he accepts a dog in his life. From there he grows an attachment with the dog and other relationships start to develop. You almost want Melvin to keep going in that positive direction of change, but somehow he manages to mess it up by his rude comments. His anxiety gets the better of him because that’s what leads him to engage in that compulsive behavior. I think the biggest turning point in the movie was how he took it upon himself to help Carol’s son get the treatment for his illness. Of course, he did that because he was extremely annoyed that Carol was not there to serve him his food at the restaurant. Eventually, that relationship with Carol started to blossom into something special at the end of the movie. I feel that Melvin was finally ready to overcome his life long battle with OCD once he started to let people get close to him. I think that Melvin could have also improved his situation sooner if he incorporated ERP into his life. It would have made a difference a lot sooner in his life and he would have also gained some necessary people skills to feel a sense of belonging. The way that I could tell that Melvin’s condition was improving was towards the end of the movie when he stepped on a crack on the sidewalk and shrugged it off like it was nothing. Overall, I felt this movie was extremely accurate for a person that suffers from OCD and what they have to deal with on a daily basis. Melvin proves that there is always hope for a person no matter how bad they may act in the real world. If you give things a chance, then you never know where it may lead.

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