Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica)

There are loads of great days in a person's life:

your birthday, Christmas Day...

But the best of all, the coolest by far...

is the first day of summer vacation!

Stop, stop, SIGP-

Are you really gonna tell it like that, Zip?

Too corny.

You tell it, wise guy.

Fine, I will.

ZIP AND ZAP AND THE MARBLE GANG

If I made a list of the lamest, most boring,

suckiest things in the world,

getting punished would win by a landslide.

Getting punished always sucks. It ruins your life.

If you like watching TV, they don't let you.

If you're dying to race bikes, you're not allowed.

Oh, and if you plan to

have an awesome summer,

you get sent to summer school.

Summer vacation at school, for God's sake!

My brother and I are sure about one thing:

summer is for play.

I'm Zip and this ¡s my brother, Zap.

Your name's Filo?

Yeah.

You guys want a cupcake? I only have one left,

but you can have it.

- No. - No.

Thanks.

Did you get sent to Hope School all summer as punishment

- for flunking like me? - No, I stole an exam.

'And you') .Me? '

For telling him to steal it.

My brothers got sent there too.

Really? What did they say about it?

That it's an awful place.

They make a man out of you there.

Don't worry. I don't care how bad ¡t is.

I promise we'll have an awesome summer.

That's right, bro.

Let's go.

Well, ¡t doesn't look so bad, does it?

No.

Gentlemen, welcome to the H.R.C. The Hope Re-education Center.

There's no time to waste. Get your things and follow me.

Leave your things! Now!

Everything: marbles, trading cards,

tops, balls, rackets, knick knacks...

Hand over any recreational ¡tem related to fun

and/or any clothing you might be wearing at this time.

Then what will we wear?

HOPE RE-EDUCATION CENTER

Boarding students... attention!

I said attention! Are you deaf or what? Let's go!

Sebastian Hope.

Past, present and future.

Our founder welcomes you.

And so do I.

I'm the director of the Hope Re-education Center.

Here you will receive the most valuable gift of your entire life:

matu rity.

Following the doctrine of our founder,

you will become exemplary, useful members of society.

There's no place here for non-conformity,

rebelliousness and, of course, infantile activities...

such as games.

What does that mean? There's no playtime?

Student 087!

Students are not to speak to guards,

teachers, and especially the director

without permission.

Understood?

Like Sebastian Hope used to say:

"Play breeds foolishness...

and work breeds righteousness."

Enjoy your first supper here.

Welcome.

Hey, how's ¡t going?

Hi.

- Can we sit here? - Sure.

I never reject anyone.

I'm always the one who gets rejected.

Even the new ones.

So I'd better go. Don't worry about it.

No, no.

You can stay.

Okay!

I'm Zap and this ¡s my brother, Zip.

- Nice to meet you. - That's Filo.

- Nice to meet you. - What's your name?

Microbe, but my friends call me Micro.

Well, actually I don't have any friends.

But ¡fl did, they'd call me Micro.

Nice to meet you, Micro.

Why are you here?

For being the most dangerous kid at school?

No, for being the one who's always sick.

The mountain air ¡s good for asthma.

You met Falconetti, right?

The director with the eye patch.

Yeah.

And Heidi? The smurf with the dog.

They call him that because he's so sweet.

Hi, Flea.

Who gave you permission to talk to the new kids?

I did. I'm the new kid. You have my permission to get lost.

Well, well. The cocky one in the group.

What ¡fl don't want to? Are you gonna make me?

No, he will.

Go on, scram.

Leave him alone...

What happened here?

- He hit me. - What? That's a lie!

- But I should... - Stop right there.

Number.

Six.

- Your student number, idiot. - Oh, heck.

087.

Apparently student 087

has yet to fully understand the true nature of this place

and ¡ts rules.

We'd better give him a hand.

Take him straight to the Meditation Room.

He can reflect on his behavior there.

Let's go.

Hey, look!

My own bathroom and everything! I'll take it.

You look like Mazinger Z!

Bionic eyes, metal teeth... Flying fists!

Quick!

Five, four, three,

two, one!

Sleep! Snore and sleep!

Snore and sleep!

I can't hear you snore!

"Here you will find the key to your destiny. And through reflection

you will find the path."

What crap!

Hey, good evening.

Since I became director, countless

boys have been through here.

Believe me, we've had ¡t all:

wild kids, smart alecks, liars, snobs...

And all of them, every single one of them,

have given in to me.

You're not special.

You'll give in, I guarantee it.

My first night at Hope, I thought:

"This place can't be so bad."

Andl was right.

Because this place is much, much worse.

Heidi wakes us up in the morning.

And he always does it with a bang.

Rise and shine, ladies!

The sun will be up in 5 minutes and ¡t needs company!

We spend the rest of the day enjoying a wide range of activities.

First, to start, we have classes.

"The man who told me this was Manuel's father."

Let's see, 087.

Identify the relative clause.

The relative clause? The father. He's the only relative.

Silence!

Thank you!

Silence! 087, to meditation!

One, two, three!

And second, and last, gym class... with that pain, Cri-Cricket.

Good morning to you, sir and miss.

Good morning to you, sir and miss.

I picked this flower for your niece.

I picked this flower for your niece.

Daily exercise brings good health...

When faced with total boredom,

we all look for something to get the pulse going.

But at Hope, you have to always keep your eyes open.

Because if you relax for a second, when you least expect it,

you're in big trouble.

If you don't see it coming,

you're in for a very bad time.

And if you're too impatient,

you just get locked up again.

In the end, we all look for something

to make imprisonment more bearable.

But this is the only place

where dreams never come true.

To recap...

"Hope ¡s the biggest, stinkiest poo"

on Earth and part of abroad.

"And I want to get out of here... right now."

Can you...?

Yeah, yeah. The Meditation Room.

Marbles.

Cool.

What's wrong?

I thought you'd be excited to see them.

At least a "yahoo" or something.

Yahoo.

It's this place, isn't it?

It sucks.

What are you looking at?

"I'm Sebastian Hope. I hate kids and I'm an assface."