Nolan's World: The Movie - Operation Reputation (3-Hour Movie Special)

Opening Sequence: The First 30 Minutes

Everyone in Skycoast Bay is looking forward to the big, upcoming "Best Student In The Galaxy" awards ceremony, where the president of the entire Hydroplanetary System will select the top student with the highest academic achievements to win a grand cash prize of $600,000 for their school. The ceremony will be held at the Systar System Space Center that next Friday evening, and of course, Nolan's parents are forcing their son to be there with them and his younger sister, Mila.

Nolan does not like his parents' idea of making him go to the ceremony with them, as he does not like loud noises and the ceremony would be full of those. When Nolan protests against it, his parents remind him of the consequences for not following their directions. They also tell him to be positive about what will happen, because just maybe, he would be the top student in the galaxy.

If this were the case, Nolan could win his school $600,000, the number of friends he could potentially double, and his name would probably go down in history. Nolan considers all these benefits, and ideally would want them all, but he still doesn't think he can handle the ceremony. He doesn't even know if he is going to win, and if not, it'd be a complete waste of time sitting in that giant auditorium at the Space Center the next evening.

The next day is Friday, and Nolan goes meets up with his two best friends Tasnia and Krissalyn in the Super Resort courtyard as usual. They both bubble with excitement about that evening's ceremony, and ask him if he will be going. Of course Nolan replies with a straight-up "no" by default, even though he knows that his parents will probably make him go anyway. He decides not to think or talk about it all for the rest of the day, saving all his available energy for attempting not to go anywhere that evening.

But soon evening arrives, and Nolan refuses to get ready for the ceremony. His mom reminds him that they only have a certain amount of time to get ready before the excursion shuttle departs Earth for the Space Center. She also threatens to drag him out the door if she has to.

With that, Nolan is forced to prepare for the ceremony. He becomes very anxious about it, and his LEGO minifigure assistants Fred and Freddy remind him not to take things too personally while there, but that only makes Nolan feel worse about the ceremony.

"Best Kid In The Galaxy" Awards Ceremony

So he and his family board the passenger shuttle at the Rippon Transportation Complex Spaceport, and then travel from Earth out to the Systar System Space Center. Once Nolan arrives at the ceremony, he accidentally runs into his friend Tasnia, who greets him with a big hug because she is delighted that Nolan even came. Based on her interactions with him throughout the day, she had thought that he would not be coming to the ceremony. Nolan tells her not to get too excited because he is very angry that he has to be there, and when all his other friends and classmates at the ceremony try to cheer him up, he asks to be left alone to deal with his emotions.

So all of Nolan's best friends decide to give him space prior to the start of the ceremony. But when his Mom tells him to go sit with his friends after his family members find their seats, he only gets angrier and angrier to the point where he won't even talk to anyone. Then, as if right on cue, Arnold's sister Janet, from Mrs. Frizzle's class, finds her way down the aisle and disrespectfully tells Nolan that she will win the "Best Kid in the Galaxy" award, not him. She calls him a big sore loser and walks off to sit with her friends.

Then the houselights dim in the Space Center's massive auditorium as the ceremony begins. Mr. Tushman, recently promoted as head of the Galaxywide Education Association from principal of Beecher Prep School, as well as his wife, Mrs. Tushman, walk out onto the futuristic stage to thunderous applause. Mr. Tushman begins with his speech, and then Mrs. Tushman goes on to distribute the awards, starting with those in the National Junior Honor Society.

The audience roars as Nolan, Tasnia, and all their friends stand at the announcement and make their way to the giant stage at the front of the room. Everyone cheers and applauds excitedly as they form a single file line, Mrs. Tushman handing them their award certificates one by one. Every kid shakes Mrs. Tushman's hand and smiles for the flashing cameras as they receive their awards, all of them except for Nolan, who just takes the award out of Mrs. Tushman's hand, grumbles, and walks back to his seat.

After all the kids have returned to their seats, Mrs. Tushman continues presenting awards to thousands of other kids and some young adults who have graduated high school. Nolan's friends and the rest of the audience clap and cheer for the winners, except for Nolan himself, who just scowls angrily at the stage the whole time with his arms crossed.

A few minutes later, towards the end of the ceremony, it comes time for Mr. Tushman to present the final award for "Best Kid In The Galaxy". He gives a long speech about the award's history and the kind of person who would deserve the award. Then he finally announces the winner: the one and only Nolan.

The crowd goes wild for Nolan. Tasnia and Krissalyn pat him on the back and give him a hug. Nolan becomes so furious at the appraisal that he pushes his friends aside and stomps toward the stage, grumbling to himself about how stupid people can be. When he finally makes it to the stage, Mrs. Tushman presents an award certificate for Nolan, then places a medal over his neck. Then the audience rises from their seats in a huge standing ovation. After a couple minutes of grieving and crying, staring at the clapping and cheering audience, Nolan pulls himself together and walks to the podium to give his award speech. He begins by thanking everyone in the room for their support, which spawns more cheering and applause.

But then he tells everyone that the Tushmans made a mistake, and that he does not really deserve the award, now not wanting to accept it due to his sensitivities to the clapping and cheering, So he rips the certificate and it falls to the ground, to the gasps of the audience.

When the Tushmans try to reason with Nolan and understand why he does not want to accept the highest youth honor in the whole galaxy, (as this movie is a musical) Nolan performs a song and dance number about why he flipped out on the audience tonight, the stage curtains rising on cue as a random lot of Playmobil and Imaginext characters help him perform his song. To his friends' surprise, Nolan sings his song like he never had before, with smoke bombs, performance aircraft, and fire blasts from the stage to convey his points. Then he finishes the last note by slamming the double doors behind him as he leaves the auditorium.

With Nolan now gone, some people in the front row applaud lightly at the end of his song (which will probably the best song in the entire movie for many reasons). But his friends and family do not clap. They are shocked by Nolan's exaggerated singing and his failure to accept the award, and want to help him feel better. So they head towards the double doors and out into the corridor to look for him.

But by the time they reach the hallway, Nolan is climbing up a ladder into one of the docking hatches on the ceiling, They run and call for him, begging him to stay, but Nolan refuses to listen, climbs up into the hatch, and shuts it behind him. Then his Skyship, in Spacecraft mode, disconnects from the hatch, fires its hyperdrive, and departs the Space Palace in a flash of light.

His friends guiltily stare through the clear windows of the corridor, out into open space, where among the stars Nolan must be by now. Tasnia and Krissalyn feel terrible watching Nolan leave because they got too excited about their friend's unexpected win. But after a while, their parents tell them to shrug it off as they leave to board the passenger shuttle back to Earth.