Dudley And Nestor Do Nothing was the first episode of season 1 of Shorty McShorts' Shorts. It features two best friends who, while known to do nothing, always seems to do somethin without knowing what they did.
It was written by Stephen Holman and Josephine T. Huang and first premiered on July 28th, 2006, as the first episode of the series.
Summary[]
After a short intro of Dudley and Nestor sitting around doing nothing while amazing things happen in the background, the scene changes to the duo on a bus with other students while Dudley is holding a large cup. Just then the Kudama Twins insult the boys as the kids are heading to a space center. Dudley then attempts to blast back, but the twins don't understand.
Later upon arriving at the center, Dudley is told that he isn't allowed to bring his drink, so he drinks the whole cup in one gulp, and is then allowed to enter. During the tour, Dudley begins to feel like he needs to go to the restroom, so he and Nestor leave the tour to find a restroom. Just then a worker informs everybody that a giant meteor is heading toward earth, while Dudley and Nestor continue to search for the restroom and believe they have found one, not knowing that the restroom is actually a space shuttle. As the shuttle blasts into space, they don't know what has happened until it's too late.
Back on earth, the head scientist learns how the crew that was originally supposed to be on the ship didn't make it; instead, it was Dudley and Nestor, who are goofing around as the head scientist tries to get them to stop the meteor from hitting earth. But they don't listen to him, so the Twins get their attention as the Head Scientist tells them to tell the boys to hit the blue button, which will destroy the meteor. Not wanting to listen to them, Dudley and Nestor hit the red button, which turns the autopilot off and moves the shuttle away from the Meteor.
As Dudley and Nestor hit other buttons, Nestor finds the manual and learns that there's an escape pod. They put on spacesuits and escape from the meteor. Just as it seems that the earth is about to be destroyed, the shuttle intercepts its path and the meteor flies off in the other direction. After landing back on earth, Dudley and Nestor worry that they will be in trouble for what they did, but instead, everybody (minus the twins) cheers for their heroic deed. But before they can take the cheers, Nestor and Dudley head back to the building so Dudley can find the restroom. The short ends with the twins saying "Whatever!"
Characters[]
- Dudley = One of the titular characters of the short.
- Nestor = One of the titular characters of the short.
- The Kudama Twins = two of the main characters of the show. They always insult Dudley and Nestor. If the series was made, they would have been the main antagonist(s) of the series.