Niko and the Sword of Light (2015) s01e01 Episode Script

♪♪
I am Niko,
and this is my
sword of light!
I am here to free my people,
and defeat the darkness.
Forever!
♪♪
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Ahh!
[grunting]
[growling]
[screaming]
Can't we talk this out?
[snarling]
I promise,
you wouldn't want to eat me
if you got to know me.
- [growling]
- Ahh!
[whimpering]
[snarling]
Ahh!
Oh! Oh! Ooh!
- Ahh!
- [growling]
[screaming]
[snarling]
[grunting]
[straining]
Whoa.
What kind of place is this?
The craftsmanship.
The luster.
The ridiculous
made up creature it depicts.
Ooh, this is probably
worth something.
Maybe I'll take a souvenir.
- [growling]
- [screaming]
[snarling]
I'm usually more of a
finders-keepers kind of guy,
but in your case,
I'm willing to share.
[snarling]
Ahh!
[hissing]
Fine. You can have it all.
[howling, snarling]
Ahh-haa!
Ahh!
[snarling]
Ooh-hoo-hoo!
Greetings, small creature.
What is this place?
[gasping]
[panting]
The champion has awoken.
I must warn the elders.
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The champion has awoken.
Princess, are you certain?
I felt the chrysalis
open, uncle.
Let's get started.
But this is too soon.
Perhaps after so many
centuries,
the machine has
malfunctioned.
Trapped in here,
it's more likely we'd
lose track of time
than my chrysalis would.
No matter what has happened
in the world, Princess,
you must greet
the mighty champion.
Ready.
Present this new hero
with the shard.
And should
our champion fall,
return with it to
the safety of this castle.
This time, we will win.
So we have said,
time and again.
Yet Nar Est
remains strong,
and we are not
restored.
Good luck,
your highness.
Behold, champion.
I am Lyra,
princess of Corondelet.
The hopes of all good beings
in this fallen world
are with you.
I bear your sacred weapon.
Champion?
Did somebody loot the temple?
Ahh! It wasn't me.
It was him!
[chomping]
Greetings.
I have partaken of these
strange tree objects.
They hang by their tails
when they sleep.
[chomping]
Uhh--
[gulping]
Whoo!
Woo-woo-woo!
What is that?
No, uh, little boy.
That's not for you.
I'm looking for a warrior.
Dressed like you.
Can I hold it?
No. At least I don't
think it's for you.
Are you him?
I am Niko.
I have just awoken.
And I must eat.
[chomping]
[sighs]
What a mess.
Elders, do you see
what I'm seeing?
It is chaos.
Lyra, return at once.
Um
Niko, don't move.
I'll be right back.
Any idea what she was
talking about?
Uh-uh.
Me, neither.
Mandok the Wise,
at your service.
Thanks for scaring off
the Xerxes before.
I owe you one.
[distant howling]
But we need to
get out of here!
But that floaty girl
said to wait here.
See, between the monsters
and the floaty girls,
it's not safe.
Woo.
[squeaking, chittering]
Whew. It went
the other way.
[insects buzzing]
[chomping]
[spitting]
These tree creatures
are confusing.
Don't eat fruit that's
already on the ground.
It is fruit!
You are indeed wise.
- Thank you.
- And now we're even.
So, what are you
anyway?
- I am Niko.
- No, no, what are you?
I mean, you look like
a hairless Ungamunt.
Only shorter.
But Mandok
doesn't judge.
I am confused.
I know only that
the darkness must fall.
Whoo, you're tellin' me.
It's a bad old world.
I mean, this far away
from the big volcano
it gets livable,
but, hm,
less so every day.
Yes! The cursed volcano.
That is where I must go.
Ha-ha, right. And I'll be
carrying your banner
right into
the heart of darkness.
Like a loyal sidekick.
Oh. You're serious?
[growling]
- Ahh!
- Run, Niko.
Save yourself!
- [growling]
- [grunting]
Nope. I misjudged
the situation.
Help!
[growling]
Be reasonable.
Spare me and I am prepared
to offer you a lint comb,
three cubes of
skunkworm tallow,
and a decorative nodule.
[growling]
Okay, I'll throw in
a skywhale tooth,
only slightly cracked.
[growling]
Wait! I warn you,
I have bad hygiene.
- I'm probably--
- Hah!
[growling]
Fear not, Mandok!
I will save you with my
rotten fruit of reckoning.
Huh?
Hah!
[cracking]
Your thirst for
woodland creatures
will not be quenched today,
odious beast!
Run, you cluster nut!
No one can beat Xerxes
at feeding time.
[growling]
And it's always feeding time!
[grunting]
[growling]
I see!
We will circle back
and sneak up on him
using the element of surprise.
Exactly.
Except we're going to
further confuse him
by running in
the opposite direction.
[screaming]
[grunting]
[growling]
We are fortunate
to have escaped.
What was that thing,
anyway?
Oh, your basic horrible
pitiless creature.
You can't throw a ring-tailed
canoot around here
without hitting a horrible
pitiless creature.
Don't tell me you don't know
what a ring-tailed canoot is.
How did you avoid getting
your face eaten off?
I do not know.
So, uh, what about
all that kickin' and
flailin' around stuff?
Is not everyone born
with these skills?
Nope. Irregardless,
I owe you.
Let me see
Here!
This also covers any breakage
back there in your boudoir.
See ya!
Good luck with
the darkness!
[growling]
Maybe I can stick with you
just a little while longer.
The chrysalis
has been shattered.
This is beyond
catastrophe.
It is centuries old,
Belatha.
That isn't the
princess's fault.
She has led each champion
to their doom,
never coming close to
defeating Nar Est.
She is your sovereign.
We rule in Lyra's name
until she is older.
She will not get
any older.
None of us will.
With no way to create
another champion now,
humanity is
imprisoned here forever.
It's true I haven't won yet,
but there's still
one more champion.
You would have us
pin all our hopes
on this child?
Two children.
I've been 14 for 768 years.
Keep him hidden.
Keep him safe.
Do not tell him who he is.
In several years,
he might be ready.
Good luck, princess.
At once.
Niko?
Oh, havoc,
where have you gone?
A hundred to one.
Is that all?
I will hardly break a sweat.
Hah! Hah! Hah!
Juicy fruit foes
proved to be
worthy opponents,
but you shall never
crush my will,
army of under ripe
nectaroons!
Hee-ya!
[chomping]
Even in defeat,
you are delicious.
Uh, you gonna share
any of that with me,
or do I have to beg?
Apologies, friend.
I propose you join me.
Every warrior
needs a sidekick.
[chuckles]
Sorry, kid,
but I'm not exactly
sidekick material.
I'm usually
running away from danger.
[rustling]
Something watches us.
Ahh, just a frug beetle
in the grass.
[growling]
No! I misjudged
the situation!
Huh! Hah!
- What's it doing?
- I don't know.
Looks like a dancing mungbug
after it's been stepped on.
I am on a mission
to defeat the darkness.
Are you allies?
[growling]
Are you good?
Oh, we're good,
all right.
Good and hungry.
I'll just be over here
doing some hiding.
Perhaps a little
cowering, too.
[growling]
How many times
I gotta tell you two?
You can't go around eating
any old thing you corner.
It's the cactu-rantula
incident all over again.
Both: Sorry, Doris.
We share a stomach,
remember?
Come any closer,
foul beast,
and the only thing
you will taste is
the bitter sting
of defeat.
[laughing]
Here's the plan.
While one of us
distracts him,
the other two will
sneak up and attack.
Oh, that's good.
Niko:
[clears throat]
You know I can hear you.
[gasps]
He knows the plan.
Flab it!
Chew him up!
[growling]
[grunting]
- Hah!
- [growling]
Hah!
[grunting]
Hyah!
Hah!
- [grunting]
- [screaming]
[grunting]
Beast, you are
full of darkness.
He's adorable.
Please,
can we eat him?
- One bite?
- Each?
One bite.
Then we wait a bit and
see how he settles.
[growling]
Blah!
[gasping]
Be gone!
I turn monsters
into mush!
Go and bother this boy
no more.
Blah!
I don't want to be mush.
Uh-uh.
Leave the back legs to me.
[screaming]
And never return!
The dumb ones are
easiest to scare.
Are you a ghost?
Sort of.
It's complicated.
I'm Princess Lyra.
Hey! Stop that.
I'm your guide.
A sort of mentor.
[gasps]
Like a sidekick?
More like a babysitter.
Well,
it seems like you've got
one sidekick too many, so--
Who is this creature?
Hiya, sidekick.
Mandok the unobtrusive.
- [growling]
- Ahh!
On second thought,
maybe I'll stick with you
a little longer.
These woods are full of
unsavory elements.
Come.
Let our mission begin.
Not a mission.
Not yet.
- [giggling]
- Why are you
running through me?
- Whee!
- [sighs]
Why are you not solid?
And what is this interesting
glowy rock thing?
Definitely not for you.
I checked.
For now, we just go
live somewhere.
- Quietly.
- Why?
I found it best not to ask
too many questions.
Ahh. Lead the way,
trusted sidekick.
Hey, not a sidekick!
When you address a princess,
you need to-- [sighs]
Just call me Lyra. Okay?
- Come on.
- Whee!
- [giggling]
- You're running
through me again.
Now, last time
I was out here,
there was a nice,
very safe forest
over that way.
Just beyond a bridge.
Mandok: There used to be
a bridge here.
In my great-great
grandfather's day.
Lovely.
We'll have to find
another way--
- Hey!
- [grunting]
The decrepit structure
is impassable for any.
Except Niko!
Witness my skill.
[grunting]
Whoa! I did not
agree to this!
- [grunting]
- Niko, if you fall,
I can't catch you!
- [grunting]
- Whoa.
[water splashing]
[rumbling]
Oh, havoc. Come on,
you can make it.
- [snarling]
- Quickly!
Ahh!
[growling]
My old enemy has returned.
I will defeat you
a second time!
- [growling]
- [grunting]
Ooh! Eyes shut,
eyes shut.
Not your eyes, mine.
Ahh, I peeked!
[growling]
You actually
fought this thing?
And lived?
How?
- We retreated.
- Ahh.
[yelling]
- [growling]
- [roaring]
[growling]
[clattering]
[screeching]
No, not him! Me!
Oh, havoc. Niko!
Elders, look.
Belatha:
What have you done?
I told you to keep him safe.
[grunting]
[grunting]
I'm giving him the shard.
Belatha: No.
He isn't ready.
[grunting]
[growling]
[screaming]
He needs it now!
[grunting]
[straining]
Ahh!
Niko!
Huh!
It is my weapon.
[grunting]
- Ow.
- Not how it works.
I sense that now.
[growling]
[cracking]
[screaming]
- Oof!
- Uhh!
[growling]
Run, Niko!
Save yourself.
It's coming. Quickly.
Activate your weapon.
[grunting]
[grunting]
Hah!
Hah!
What do I do?
I don't know.
The other champions
just did it.
[growling]
Ahh! [grunts]
Ahhhh!
[whimpering]
- [growling]
- [screaming]
[growling]
[screaming]
Mandok!
Help me!
Lyra, I have it!
Come on.
I am Niko,
and this is
my sword of light!
I am here to free my people,
and defeat the darkness.
Forever!
[screaming]
[sputtering]
[yelling]
Hah! Hah!
[yelling]
Shockwave!
[screeching, growling]
Wah!
[screeching]
Hah!
Fireflash!
Darkness be gone!
[explosion]
[screaming]
[screeching]
[twittering]
Niko, my boy.
You did it!
[twittering]
The Xerxes was
a buttermunk.
Not bad, champion.
[groaning]
[groaning] Uh
[growling]
Hah!
Hunger, take this!
Hah!
[chomping]
[twittering]
What is that creature?
Is it a mutanasaurus?
[chomping]
[chuckles] No.
Buttermunks can project
your thoughts and memories.
Very entertaining
and delicious in soup.
[twittering]
[laughing]
All right, no soup
in the name of
good fellowship.
[twittering]
[chuckles]
He's grateful to us.
You cured it, Niko.
[twittering]
Yet, I sense I have not
defeated the darkness.
[chomping]
I have many questions, Lyra.
If you like,
I'll answer just one,
but you need rest.
Waking up and
making one's weapon
takes a lot out of
any warrior.
What did you mean by
"other champions"?
We're part of a
centuries old struggle.
At every third moon's
darkening,
a champion is created to
defeat the evil sorcerer,
Nar Est.
and every time,
they have failed.
I failed them.
[slurping]
[yawning]
I am the champion.
We have to keep you safe
until you're ready.
In Nar Est's hands,
your sword can destroy
all hope.
From now on,
you'll have to do
just as you're told.
[snoring]
[twittering]
That is one pip of
a bedtime story.
[sighs]
Push that off his face,
would you?
[ominous noises]
Nar Est: Rasper,
did you see that?
[tapping]
See what,
Lord Nar Est?
A shred of darkness
just flowed back to me.
One of my pets has
lost his pizzazz.
But that only happens when
the humans are back.
They're early.
[cawing]
What are my
little prisoners up to?
That stubborn girl
has returned with
another poor champion.
So much devastation
on her hands.
So many defeats.
Does she really expect
this time will be
any different?
Let her try.
I'll be waiting.
[thunder]
♪♪
Chirp.