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2012

MEN IN BLACK 3 script

After Yaz, a sociopathic alien criminal, escapes prison and alters history, Jay discovers a new reality where his partner, Kay, has been dead for decades, prompting Jay to travel back to 1969 to save him. In 1969, Jay teams up with a younger Kay and Andy Warhol to track Yaz, who intends to prevent the Apollo 11 mission, which carries a protective shield for Earth. The agents race to Cape Canaveral, alter the rocket's flight path, and confront Yaz on the launch platform, defeating him and ensuring the Apollo 11 mission's success. Jay returns to the present, reunites with Kay, and they resume their partnership, having preserved Earth's safety and their own history.

Writer
Etan Cohen & Lowell Cunningham
IMDb ID (imdb_id)
tt1409024
Script date
2012
56Scenes
12Characters
73Pages
8Dialogue samples

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MEN IN BLACK 3 Save the Cat analysis

In MEN IN BLACK 3, Agent Jay must travel back to 1969 to save his partner Kay and thwart Yaz’s plan to alter history.

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Key characters

Jay

Jay is listed as MIB Agent. Young, energetic, and dedicated MIB agent. In the parsed data, Jay is connected to 48 scenes, 43 dialogue lines, 45 text mentions, first appearing around scene 4.

48 scenes / 43 dialogue lines

Kay

Kay is listed as Senior MIB Agent. Stoic, experienced, and mysterious MIB agent. In the parsed data, Kay is connected to 40 scenes, 29 dialogue lines, 37 text mentions, first appearing around scene 4.

40 scenes / 29 dialogue lines

Yaz

Yaz is listed as Antagonist. Sociopathic alien criminal with a skull ring and organic sidearms. In the parsed data, Yaz is connected to 14 scenes, 7 dialogue lines, 13 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.

14 scenes / 7 dialogue lines

The Lama

The Lama is listed as Archanan Leader. Wise Archanan leader who can see all time. In the parsed data, The Lama is connected to 9 scenes, 3 dialogue lines, 3 text mentions, first appearing around scene 39.

9 scenes / 3 dialogue lines

The Colonel

The Colonel is listed as Air Force Officer. Military officer at Cape Canaveral. In the parsed data, The Colonel is connected to 5 scenes, 3 dialogue lines, 3 text mentions, first appearing around scene 49.

5 scenes / 3 dialogue lines

Agent Ex

Agent Ex is listed as MIB Agent. Arrogant and bitter MIB agent in 1969. In the parsed data, Agent Ex is connected to 4 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 4 text mentions, first appearing around scene 14.

4 scenes / 4 dialogue lines

Devil Girl

Devil Girl is listed as Yaz's Accomplice. Sinister alien accomplice to Yaz. In the parsed data, Devil Girl is connected to 4 scenes, 1 dialogue line, 1 text mention, first appearing around scene 2.

4 scenes / 1 dialogue lines

Obadiah

Obadiah is listed as Time Travel Smuggler. Street vendor selling illegal time travel tech. In the parsed data, Obadiah is connected to 3 scenes, 1 dialogue line, 2 text mentions, first appearing around scene 12.

3 scenes / 1 dialogue lines

Zed

Zed is listed as MIB Chief. Head of MIB. In the parsed data, Zed is connected to 3 scenes, 1 dialogue line, 1 text mention, first appearing around scene 45.

3 scenes / 1 dialogue lines

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol is listed as Artist / MIB Agent. Famous artist serving as an undercover MIB agent. In the parsed data, Andy Warhol is connected to 2 scenes, 2 dialogue lines, 2 text mentions, first appearing around scene 31.

2 scenes / 2 dialogue lines

Trevor

Trevor is listed as Apple Store Employee. Geeky Apple store employee with access to time travel tech. In the parsed data, Trevor is connected to 1 scene, 1 dialogue line, 1 text mention, first appearing around scene 13.

1 scenes / 1 dialogue lines

Mr. Wu

Mr. Wu is listed as Restaurant Owner. Alien disguised as a Chinese restaurant owner. In the parsed data, Mr. Wu is connected to 1 scene, first appearing around scene 4.

1 scenes / 0 dialogue lines

Scene outline

  1. 1. INT. PRISON HALLWAY - UNKNOWN

    A guard walks through a high-security prison to deliver a visitor to Yaz.

    Yaz
  2. 2. INT. PRISON VISITING ROOM - UNKNOWN

    Devil Girl visits Yaz in prison, bringing a cake that hides alien weapons.

    Yaz, Devil Girl
  3. 3. EXT. SURFACE OF THE MOON - UNKNOWN

    Yaz and Devil Girl escape the lunar prison and look toward Earth.

    Yaz, Devil Girl
  4. 4. INT. CHINESE RESTAURANT - CHINATOWN, NYC - NIGHT

    Jay and Kay visit Mr. Wu's restaurant to investigate illegal alien food.

    Jay, Kay, Mr. Wu
  5. 5. INT. CHINESE RESTAURANT - NIGHT

    The restaurant patrons attack Jay and Kay.

    Jay, Kay, Yaz
  6. 6. EXT. DESERTED STREET - NIGHT

    Yaz confronts Kay in the street.

    Kay, Yaz
  7. 7. INT. DESTROYED CHINESE RESTAURANT - NIGHT

    Jay and Kay discuss the fight and Yaz.

    Jay, Kay
  8. 8. INT. MIB HQ - LATER THAT NIGHT

    Jay investigates Kay's old files.

    Jay, Zed
  9. 9. INT. BOWLING ALLEY - LATER THAT NIGHT

    MIB agents and aliens bowl.

    Jay, Zed
  10. 10. INT. MIB HQ - UNKNOWN

    Jay discovers a different reality where Kay is dead.

    Jay
  11. 11. EXT. STREETS OF NYC - DAY

    Jay tracks down Obadiah to learn about time travel.

    Jay, Obadiah
  12. 12. EXT. New York Street - DAY

    Jay confronts Obadiah about illegal time travel tech and demands his supplier.

    Jay, Obadiah
  13. 13. INT. Apple Store - DAY

    Jay forces Trevor to reveal the secret of time travel.

    Jay, Trevor
  14. 14. INT. Bathroom / Office - DAY

    Jay arrives in 1969 and is mistaken for an office errand boy.

    Jay
  15. 15. EXT. Parking Lot / New York Street - DAY

    Jay drives a 1964 Cadillac through 1969 New York.

    Jay
  16. 16. EXT. MIB HQ Entrance - DAY

    Jay is confronted by police and rescued by a young Agent Kay.

    Jay, Kay
  17. 17. EXT. New Jersey State Parkway - DAY

    Yaz and Devil Girl terrorize hippies on the highway.

    Yaz, Devil Girl
  18. 18. INT. Horn and Hardart's - DAY

    Jay and Kay enter the 1969 MIB headquarters.

    Jay, Kay
  19. 19. INT. MIB 1969 HQ - DAY

    Jay is interrogated and nearly neuralized by Agent Ex and Kay.

    Jay, Kay, Agent Ex
  20. 20. INT. Room 43 - DAY

    Jay escapes the Neuralizer and convinces Kay to listen to him.

    Jay, Kay
  21. 21. INT. Showworld Center - DAY

    Jay and Kay exit MIB HQ into a peepshow.

    Jay, Kay
  22. 22. INT. SHOWWORLD CENTER - DAY

    Jay and Kay emerge from a peepshow booth into the Showworld Center.

    Jay, Kay
  23. 23. INT. CROWN VIC - DAY

    Kay drives while Jay discusses the mission and his need to save Kay.

    Jay, Kay
  24. 24. EXT. VINCENZI BROTHERS WASTE MANAGEMENT - DAY

    Jay and Kay investigate a crime scene involving alien spores and a crashed rocket.

    Jay, Kay
  25. 25. INT. VINCENZI BROTHERS OFFICES - DAY

    Jay and Kay interrogate a terrified wiseguy.

    Jay, Kay
  26. 26. EXT. VINCENZI BROTHERS WASTE MANAGEMENT - DAY

    Kay reveals a portable neuralizer and gives Jay a real weapon.

    Jay, Kay, Agent Ex
  27. 27. EXT. NEW YORK CITY TOLLBOOTH - DAY

    Yaz interacts with a toll collector.

    Yaz
  28. 28. EXT. EAST VILLAGE - DAY

    Jay and Kay discuss the mission while driving to Alien Town.

    Jay, Kay
  29. 29. EXT. THE DECKER BUILDING - DAY

    Jay and Kay arrive at the Decker Building for a party.

    Jay, Kay
  30. 30. INT. FACTORY PARTY - NIGHT

    Jay and Kay navigate a 60s party to find Andy Warhol.

    Jay, Kay, Andy Warhol
  31. 31. INT. PRIVATE STUDIO LOFT - NIGHT

    Warhol reveals his true identity as an MIB agent.

    Jay, Kay, Andy Warhol
  32. 32. INT. FACTORY PARTY - NIGHT

    Jay and Kay interrogate hair aliens.

    Jay, Kay
  33. 33. INT. FACTORY PARTY - NIGHT

    Jay discovers a Pong game.

    Jay
  34. 34. EXT. VILLAGE STREETS - NIGHT

    Jay and Kay chase the skanky guy.

    Jay, Kay
  35. 35. EXT. 3RD AND AVENUE C - NIGHT

    Jay and Kay arrive at the Archanans' apartment.

    Jay, Kay
  36. 36. INT. STUDIO APARTMENT - NIGHT

    They investigate the empty apartment.

    Jay, Kay
  37. 37. INT. CROWN VIC - NIGHT

    Jay and Kay are attacked by Devil Girl.

    Jay, Kay, Devil Girl
  38. 38. EXT. AQUEDUCT RACETRACK - DAY

    Jay and Kay find the Archanans.

    Jay, Kay, Yaz, The Lama
  39. 39. EXT. AQUEDUCT RACETRACK - DAY

    Jay and Kay talk to the Archanans about time.

    Jay, Kay, The Lama
  40. 40. INT. MIB HQ - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY

    The Archanans explain the nature of time and Yaz's motivation to Jay and Kay.

    Jay, Kay, Yaz, The Lama
  41. 41. INT. MIB HQ - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY

    The Archanans tell Jay and Kay they must take them home to save Earth.

    Jay, Kay, The Lama
  42. 42. INT. MIB HQ - BENCH OUTSIDE CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY

    Ex confronts Jay and Kay, ordering the Archanans to be sent to Toronto.

    Jay, Kay, Agent Ex
  43. 43. EXT. STATEN ISLAND DUMP - DAY

    Yaz reforms his body after being compacted.

    Yaz
  44. 44. EXT. GRAND CENTRAL STATION - DAY

    Jay and Kay track the Archanans and the MIB agents.

    Jay, Kay, Obadiah
  45. 45. INT. SECRET TRAIN STATION - DAY

    Jay and Kay intercept the Archanans and the MIB agents at the pneumatic tube station.

    Jay, Kay, Zed
  46. 46. INT. SECRET TRAIN STATION - DAY

    The Archanans reveal the way home is via a postcard.

    Jay, Kay, The Lama
  47. 47. EXT. CAPE CANAVERAL - DAY

    Jay, Kay, and the Archanans arrive at Cape Canaveral.

    Jay, Kay, The Lama, The Colonel
  48. 48. INT. MISSION CONTROL - DAY

    The group alters the rocket's flight path.

    Jay, Kay, The Lama, The Colonel
  49. 49. EXT. TARMAC - DAY

    Jay and Kay intercept the Apollo astronauts on the tarmac to take their flight suits.

    Jay, Kay, The Colonel
  50. 50. EXT. MISSION CONTROL STRUCTURE ENTRANCE - DAY

    Yaz arrives at the mission control entrance and is allowed in by guards.

    Yaz
  51. 51. EXT. LAUNCH PLATFORM - DAY

    Jay and Kay struggle with the rocket hatch and discover Yaz is disguised as a technician.

    Jay, Kay, Yaz
  52. 52. EXT. LAUNCH PLATFORM - DAY

    Jay and Kay confront Yaz during the rocket launch countdown.

    Jay, Kay, Yaz
  53. 53. EXT. LAUNCH PLATFORM - DAY

    Jay and Kay celebrate the victory and speak with The Colonel.

    Jay, Kay, The Lama, The Colonel
  54. 54. EXT. LAUNCH PLATFORM - DAY

    The Archanans give Jay and Kay the PONG device.

    Jay, Kay, The Lama
  55. 55. EXT. UNDERGROUND HALLWAYS - DAY

    Jay realizes Kay is still in danger and races to save him.

    Jay, Kay, Yaz, The Colonel
  56. 56. INT. MIB HQ - DAY

    Jay returns to the present day and reunites with Kay.

    Jay, Kay

Dialogue examples

I know you're a little freaked out and you want to call for backup, but listen: When you've done this job for a while, you realize there's one rule -- things aren't what they seem. These are innocent beings that need our protection. Are you gonna do the right thing or are you gonna be a company man and send them off to die in Toronto?

Jay / Scene 45

That's one little step that I did, one big step for the rest of you... Wait, that's not it. Did that sound weird to you guys?

The Colonel / Scene 49

Perfectly safe? Are you out of your goddamned mind? It's only a matter of time before they figure out I'm a total fraud.

Andy Warhol / Scene 31

Oh, hey. This is my partner. He's about to get fired for excessive violence and he doesn't have much left to lose.

Kay / Scene 34

Yes. PONG. The Pan-Galactic Ordnance Negation Grid. Agent Kay will use this technology...

The Lama / Scene 54

Really. So my mother gave you a technology that hasn't been INVENTED FOR SEVEN YEARS?

Jay / Scene 33

What about the witness? We don't have time to take him back to HQ to NEURALIZE HIM--

Jay / Scene 26

That's right, gentlemen. You need to listen to them. We're going to protocol twelve.

The Colonel / Scene 49

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