TRAILER: "INSECT JACKPOT"
Genre: Comedy Action / Sci-Fi / Bugpunk
Tone: Starts dramatic and broody… then completely unravels into stylish chaos.
[TRAILER BEGINS — BLACK SCREEN]
Low, brooding music. Slow ticking. Distant thunder.
Text fades in, glitching slightly:
"In a city where the future was bought, sold… and forgotten…"
[CUT TO: WIDE SHOT – A CYBERPUNK CITY SKYLINE at night.]
Neon billboards flicker. Flying taxis buzz through rain. A giant hologram of a Spinosaurus mayor gives a speech to a silent crowd.
MAYOR REXFORD (V.O., British, dignified):
"They built a world on corporations… and let it rot into chaos."
[CUT TO: A SHADOWY SILHOUETTE – RENTO – standing in a ruined alley, rain pouring.]
He lifts his wrist. The camera zooms in. A worn, high-tech slot machine watch lights up.
RENTO (V.O., serious tone):
"I didn't choose the bugs. The bugs chose me."
WATCH (calm, robotic):
"SPIN COMPLETE."
(Tense music builds—almost horror-like)
Bombardier Beetle. Giraffe Weevil. Flea.
RENTO (dead serious):
"…God help us all."
[MUSIC CUTS. HARD STOP. A SINGLE FART NOISE. SCREEN GLITCHES.]
[SMASH CUT: RENTO FLIES BACKWARDS THROUGH A WALL]
RENTO (mid-scream):
"WHY DID I PUT FLAMETHROWERS IN MY ARMS?!"
[FAST CUT MONTAGE – HYPER-ENERGETIC BUG CHAOS]
Rento flinging around with spaghetti-like weevil arms
Flea jumps sending him flying into a billboard
A dinosaur crossing guard snarls at a hoverboard made from a microwave
Shun typing on a laptop surrounded by ramen steam:
"I just hacked MePipe to unlock premium anime. We're criminals now."
Mina lighting a stick of bubble gum like a cigar:
"If it don't explode, it's not a gadget—it's a disappointment."
[RAPID MONTAGE CONTINUES]
Rento spin-kicking a robber in midair
Shun accidentally launching confetti from Rento's boots
A thug yelling "IS THAT A BUG SLOT MACHINE?!" before being yeeted
A banner that reads "DINO MAYOR DEBATE NIGHT" as a Spinosaurus slams the podium and roars in Queen's English
The busted ice cream truck BACKFIRING and flying off a ramp
[SMASH CUT TO BLACK]
RENTO (V.O.):
"Yeah, I'm technically a hero. But like… a freelance, part-time, sometimes-I-show-up kind of hero."
[FINAL SCENE: RENTO RUNNING FROM AN EXPLOSION]
RENTO:"SHUN, WHAT DID YOU INSTALL ON MY ARM?!"
SHUN (offscreen):
"I THOUGHT IT WAS A TOASTER!"
[LOGO APPEARS WITH SLOT MACHINE CHIME]
INSECT JACKPOT
One spin away from absolute nonsense.
[FINAL VOICEOVER – WATCH VOICE, CHEERFUL]:
"SPIN COMPLETE: Termite, Mantis Shrimp, and… Wasp. Good luck!"
RENTO (groaning):
"…I'm gonna die."