Animorphs (1998) s01e01 Episode Script

My name is Jake.
Half an hour ago, I was just a regular kid.
Not any more.
It's amazing how quickly your whole life can change.
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Are you dreaming again Marco? - You dare me? What do you think Homer? See? See? - Alright, you're on, go.
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Aren't you gonna see what happens next? - Later.
Oh hi.
Hey guys.
Where have you been? - One word, sale.
Excuse me, but I am captain of the gymnastics team.
We had a meet.
So, what have you been doing galactic warrior? Prepare Hey! What's going on? - You just got blown away.
Homer, no! Homer! Jake! We already paid for another 20 minutes! Come on boy, let's go! Looks like those obedience classes are paying off.
What's up with him anyway? - I don't know, but we gotta get him back.
Homer, where are you going? Homer! Come here! Homer stop! This isn't funny! What's he want there? Homer! This place creeps me out.
Hey guys, it's getting late.
We've looked everywhere.
He's not here.
- We've got to find him.
Come on Homer! Come on! Let's go boy.
Homer! Over here.
Homer! Over here boy.
Come on boy! Over here! Do you see him? - No.
Nah man.
Let's go! Come on Homer.
Come on.
Hey! He's over here.
He seems okay now.
Hey.
Thanks.
- Sure.
Come here Homer.
Come on.
Good boy.
You're new around here, right? - Look.
Whoa.
- Look at that! Too weird.
- Come on.
Let's go.
- I don't think so.
What if someone's hurt? - She's right.
I'm in.
You're insane.
Alright, wait up.
There's something coming out.
This is the part where we hide amigo.
What is it? I don't know, but it's definitely not from my 'hood.
What are you doing? - It looks like it's hurt! Yeah, so? - So we have to help it.
What if it's like, radioactive or something? - Oh please.
Stay.
- Oh sure.
The dog gets to stay.
Maybe we should try talking to it.
Yeah.
Just let me get out my Alien/English dictionary.
Do not be afraid.
I mean you no harm.
Where did that come from? I heard it, but I didn't hear it.
I heard it.
In my head.
We all heard it.
- I'm speaking to you in thoughts.
You're hurt.
We can help you.
I am Elfangor of the Andalite world.
I've come.
.
Jake give me you're shirt.
He's wounded.
There's nothing you can do for me.
It's going to be okay.
Cassie knows a lot about animals.
Way to insult the guy Rach.
The wound is fatal.
I will die.
But there will be others.
- Others? Unlike me, they have come to destory you.
There is no time for fear.
You must help your world.
But you must protect yourself from the yeerks.
- The what? The yeerks, they are.
The yeerks are parasites.
They must have a host to live in.
On Earth their hosts are humans.
They enter your brain and take over your thoughts and feelings.
These hosts are called controllers.
They can be anyone, your family, your friends.
Earth is their next target.
Wait a second, you're telling me that some slimy alien slug can crawl into our brains and take over our minds? - And control us? - Yes.
There is no time for questions.
I must do what I can do for you.
I have no choice.
I can give you a way to fight the yeerks.
Each of you must touch one side of the cube.
I'm not touching that.
If you don't then everything that you love will be destroyed your brothers, your sisters, your parents.
.
Rachel, I don't know.
You heard him.
We have no choice.
Man this is insane.
This gift is for you too Tobias.
How do you know my name? Hurry.
Now what? Something's wrong.
It is done.
The power of change is in your flesh.
Change? What kind of change? You need only to touch a creature to acquire it's DNA pattern and change your form.
Change our form? - You mean we can change into animals? Exactly.
You can become any animal you touch and acquire.
But remember, when you change: you must return to your human form within two earth hours.
Why? What happens after two hours? You will be trapped in that animal form forever.
Let's going out … - What's happening? Visser Three is here.
- What's a Visser Three? You must go.
Go! Your lives are more important than mine now.
Go! Go! Guard this Tobias, with your heart and your soul.
Tobias, come on.
- I have to get it.
It's another one.
- No, this one's different.
I'm guessing that's Visser Three.
Prince Elfangor.
What an honor it is to be in the presence a legend.
You managed to trick quite a few of our fighters.
Visser Three.
Yes, I have taken one of your Andalite bodies as my host.
Your Andalite morphing technology has been so very useful to me.
No matter how many bodies you steal, you will not win this war.
We will fight you.
You and your Andalite army are fighting on too many fronts.
Your forces are spread too thin.
This world will soon be ours.
Why Earth? Why these people? Because there are so many, and they are so weak.
Our army will be a billion strong.
And then I promise you one thing Elfangor.
I will return to your world and personally oversee the infestation of your entire family.
I hope they resist so that I can hear their minds scream.
You will not take me.
There will be others.
No! Hey, you there! They've seen us! Over there.
Tell Visser Three we have a problem.
- Okay.
Release the Hork-Bajir.
Come on Homer, come on, let's go.
What's that? Hang around and find out? - No thanks.
I'll read the book.
Cassie's stuck.
Hey, hey! Over here! Hey stupid! Over here! Jake, no! - Come on! I'm right here.
Come on! Let s go.
Oh, Great.
Homer! Homer, come here! Come on, come here boy, come on.
Keep looking they have to be somewhere.
We lost them in the woods.
- Then go after them.
One of them is still here.
Track him down or answer to Visser Three.
Right.
Incompetence.
Over here! I think I see something.
I need your help Homer.
Did you find them? - No sir, just a couple of dogs.
Get those dogs you fool.
They might be andalites.
Last night, when I got home and I called Jake.
He didn't answer.
He's smart.
He'll show up.
Hey Tobias! You know.
.
funniest thing happened to me last night.
Some blue dude with four legs put me and a few other idiots in charge of saving the world.
Quiet.
You want somebody to hear you? What happened if that thing got him? It didn't.
Listen.
I did it.
I mean it works.
I became Homer last night.
That's how I got away.
No way.
You're serious? It was so bizarre.
I was trapped.
I had no other choice and I remembered what the alien said, so I put my hand on Homer and I started concentrating.
All of the sudden I started.
.
mutating.
.
I could hear my bones crunching and twisting.
I watched my palms become paws.
I became my dog.
You were Homer? Actually a copy.
I mean Homer was there too.
Did it hurt? No, not really.
I mean, It's hard to explain.
At first I didn't know what I was.
I could hear everything.
.
and the smells.
.
You don't believe me do you? No, we do.
It's just it's just too weird.
No.
.
beyond too weird.
- Way beyond.
I swear.
It's true.
I mean I keep thinking I'm going to wake up and this is all going to be a dream.
But it's not, what we saw last night was real.
It happened right? - Yeah.
It happened.
So now what? We save the world? Can we eat first? No kidding.
What do we do? Where do we start? How 'bout that blue dude? You know, the nice one? - Elfangor.
Yeah, he tried to give you something.
- What was it? It looked like some kind of disk or something.
Its gotta be important.
He said to guard it with my heart and my soul.
He knew your name.
How come? Like I know? He's probably telepathic or something.
But that disk I mean it's gotta be able to help us somehow.
We gotta get it back.
- Are you kidding me? They practically got us on the FBI's ten most wanted list.
Didn't you hear the news? Yeah, they're looking for some kids who set off fireworks.
Fireworks? Now that's a laugh.
They're lying.
- Maybe they've got yeerks in their heads.
That means the yeerks could be anywhere.
If they saw our faces, they would have caught us by now.
We can't talk here.
Anyone could be one of them.
A controller.
Is anyone going to rein in this chaos or do I have to do everything myself? I'm sorry Mr.
Chapman.
- Incompetence.
Guys, come here.
From now on, we just talk to each other.
Trust no one.
Principal Chapman's a controller.
Five of us against an army of alien slugs, and anyone could be one of them.