Babar (1989) s01e03 Episode Script

HI, POPPA.
(♪♪♪)
UNCLE ARTHUR!
MOMMA, MOMMA.
(giggling)
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
HM
KUMQUATS, MANGOES, TANGERINES.
DRAT, NO RASPBERRY ICE.
MAYBE SOME MARZIPAN ON TOAST.
MARZIPAN ON TOAST?
FLORA, THAT'S THE KIND OF
MIDNIGHT SNACK THAT'LL GIVE YOU
NIGHTMARES.
OH, HELLO, FATHER.
WHY ARE YOU UP?
OH, I HAVE A FEW MATTERS OF
STATE TO THINK ABOUT.
AND WHAT'S KEEPING YOU UP
SO LATE?
WELL, IT'S THE BIG TENNIS
MATCH TOMORROW.
OH, YES, YOU AND ALEXANDER
AGAINST POM AND WILHELMINA.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT IT?
I JUST WISH I COULD PLAY
BETTER.
I ALWAYS MISS SHOTS AND
ALEXANDER GETS SO MAD AT ME.
IN TIME, I'M SURE YOU'LL BE
AS GOOD A PLAYER AS ALEXANDER,
FLORA.
RATHER THAN THINKING ABOUT WHA
YOU CAN'T DO, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, FATHER?
WELL, LET ME EXPLAIN,
WITH THE HELP OF MY MIDNIGH
MARAUDER DOUBLE-DECKER ROYALE.
WHAT'S A DOUBLE-MID-DECKER-
NIGHT-RAUDER-ROYAL?
IT'S MY OWN INVENTION --
EGG SALAD ON PUMPERNICKEL WITH
RUSSIAN DRESSING AND MY SECRE
INGREDIENT -- A STORY.
OH, THAT SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY
DELICIOUS.
A LONG TIME AGO, WHEN I WAS
JUST A BOY, LIVING IN THE CITY
WITH THE OLD LADY, IT SEEMED
AS THOUGH I HAD EVERYTHING
I COULD EVER WANT.
BUT EVER SINCE THE HUNTER HAD
SEPARATED ME FROM MY ELEPHAN
FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THERE
WASN'T A DAY THAT WENT BY THA
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THEM.
I MISSED THEM VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING, BABAR.
WHAT A LOVELY DAY.
YES, IT IS, MADAM,
A LOVELY DAY.
I SEE, AND DO ALL LOVELY DAYS
MAKE YOU LOOK SO SAD?
OH, I WAS JUST THINKING.
ABOUT CELESTE, ARTHUR,
AND CORNELIUS?
YOU MUST TAKE HEART AND TRUS
IN FATE, BABAR.
THE DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU WILL
SEE THEM AGAIN.
YOU'RE RIGHT, MADAM, AND WHEN
I DO, I WILL INTRODUCE THEM TO
A DEAR FRIEND, WHO THEY WILL
GROW TO KNOW AND LOVE LIKE
I HAVE.
OH, WELL, THEN
(clears throat)
HOW ABOUT BREAKFAST, FOLLOWED
BY A BRISK WALK IN THE PARK TO
SEE WHAT NEW BIRDS WE CAN ADD
TO OUR DISCOVERIES?
(bird chirping)
A BLUEJAY?
THAT'S RIGHT, BABAR.
AND A GREY-BREASTED
HUH?
WHAT IS IT, BABAR?
IT WAS NOTHING.
I COULD HAVE SWORN I SAW
BABAR?
BABAR!
CELESTE, IS IT REALLY YOU?
I MUST BE DREAMING.
HOW DID YOU GET HERE?
WHEN YOU NEVER RETURNED,
WE GOT VERY WORRIED, BABAR.
WE KEPT LOOKING FOR YOU,
GOING FURTHER AND FURTHER
UNTIL--
UNTIL WE GOT LOST.
ARTHUR.
I TOLD YOU IF WE GOT LOS
ENOUGH, WE'D FIND HIM.
I'M HUNGRY.
THEN I KNOW JUST THE PLACE
WHERE EVERYONE CAN GE
REACQUAINTED.
OH, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
MADAM, I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET MY
DEAR FRIENDS, CELESTE AND
ARTHUR.
HELLO, CELESTE.
HELLO, ARTHUR.
(adult Babar)
I WAS SO HAPPY SEEING MY
FRIENDS AGAIN.
WE SET OFF TO INTRODUCE THEM TO
THEIR FIRST TASTE OF CITY LIFE.
(chuckling)
ALTHOUGH ARTHUR SHOWED A KNACK
FOR WEARING HIS CREAMPUFFS,
HE HAD CONSIDERABLY LESS
SUCCESS WHEN IT CAME TO WEARING
CLOTHES.
IN TIME, ARTHUR AND CELESTE
GREW ACCUSTOMED TO THEIR NEW
SURROUNDINGS, AND WITH A LITTLE
COACHING FROM MADAM AND MYSELF,
THEY CAME TO LEARN THAT LIFE IN
THE CITY WAS DEFINITELY NOTHING
TO SNEEZE AT.
AH
AH
ACHOO!
THEY DISCOVERED THA
WONDERFUL FRAGRANCES CAN COME
FROM BOTTLES AS WELL AS
BLOSSOMS AND THAT TOO MUCH
OF A GOOD THING IS OFTEN TOO
MUCH TO BEAR.
ARTHUR WAS ESPECIALLY
FASCINATED BY MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS AND WAS THE FIRS
TO EXPERIENCE THE TRUE IMPAC
OF MUSIC.
(gramophone blaring)
(bell ringing)
I SHALL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY
IN THE CITY.
I HAD ALMOST FORGOTTEN WHA
PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS WAS
LIKE, AND THE HAPPINESS I FEL
WAS SECOND ONLY TO THE JOY
I TOOK IN SHARING MY GOOD
FORTUNE WITH GOOD FRIENDS.
(kids giggling)
OH!
(kids giggling)
IT WAS A GRAND AFTERNOON.
BUT ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME
TO AN END.
SO, YOU SEE, WE CAME TO BRING
YOU BACK HOME, BABAR.
THE ELEPHANTS NEED YOU.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
THE HUNTER IS CHASING US DEEPER
AND DEEPER INTO THE JUNGLE.
OH!
THE HUNTER!
YOU MUST GO, BABAR.
I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN IN MY HEAR
OF HEARTS THAT THIS TIME
WOULD COME.
YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOUR HELP.
AND I THINK, WITH ALL I'VE
LEARNED HERE, I CAN HELP.
THEN IT'S SETTLED.
WE HAVE MUCH TO DO BEFORE YOU
GO, BABAR.
NOW, DON'T FORGET TO
TO WEAR YOUR HAT IN THE SUN,
AND
AND
OH, BABAR, I'M GOING TO MISS
YOU SO.
AS I AM GOING TO MISS YOU,
MADAM.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE,
ALL YOU HAVE GIVEN ME,
AND ALL YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME.
(both)
SO YOU DON'T FORGET ME.
HOW COULD I EVER FORGET YOU?
NOW GET GOING, BEFORE I MAKE
A SCENE.
(sniffling)
GOODBYE.
WE'LL MEET AGAIN SOON,
I PROMISE.
GOODBYE!
GOODBYE!
THANK YOU.
GOODBYE, CELESTE, ARTHUR.
I WONDER IF I'LL EVER SEE MY
LITTLE BABAR AGAIN?
(car horn honking)
(adult Babar)
IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO
LEAVE MADAM AND ALL THE FRIENDS
I HAD MADE IN THE CITY.
(car horn honking)
AND, ALTHOUGH THE URGE TO STAY
WAS STRONG, THE CONCERN I FEL
FOR MY FAMILY WAS EVEN
STRONGER.
THEY NEEDED MY HELP TO STOP
THE HUNTER, AND THERE WAS NO
DISTANCE TOO GREAT THAT WOULD
KEEP ME FROM REACHING THEM.
THIS CAN'T BE IT, CELESTE.
THIS MUST BE THE MOST MISERABLE
PLACE IN THE WHOLE JUNGLE.
THEN THIS IS IT, ALL RIGHT.
(bushes rustling)
SHHH, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
WHAT, BABAR?
(bushes rustling)
I'LL HOLD THEM OFF.
YOU TWO MAKE A RUN FOR IT.
(bushes rustling)
MY TUSKS, I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
CORNELIUS?
IS THAT YOU?
MORE APPROPRIATELY,
BABAR, IS THAT YOU?
IT'S BABAR, EVERYONE!
IT'S NOT THE HUNTER,
IT'S BABAR!
NOT TO MENTION ARTHUR AND
CELESTE.
WE'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK.
SORRY.
WE GOT LOST AND FOUND BABAR.
IN THE CITY,
ON "THE OTHER SIDE".
(all commenting)
BABAR, MY BOY.
I KNEW YOU'D COME BACK.
I KEPT TELLING EVERYONE THA
BABAR IS JUST TOO CLEVER FOR
THE HUNTER.
ONLY ABOUT TWO THOUSAND
TIMES.
BUT, EVEN SO, I MUST SAY IT'S
A RELIEF AND A PLEASURE TO SEE
YOU AGAIN, BABAR.
HOW ARE YOU, POMPADOUR?
WELL, TAKING EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED INTO
CONSIDERATION, LUCKY TO
BE ALIVE.
I DARE SAY BETTER THAN YOU.
WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU'RE ALL GREEN.
OH, THIS?
IT'S A SUIT.
SEE, IT COMES OFF.
OH, MY TUSKS, YOU CAN SHED
YOUR SKIN LIKE A SNAKE.
YEAH, CLOTHES ARE LIKE SKINS
YOU CAN CHANGE.
SOME OF THEM ITCH LIKE THE
DICKENS.
HM, THEY ARE RATHER
ATTRACTIVE.
AND WE BROUGHT BACK ALL SORTS
OF GIFTS, MOTHER -- POWDER AND
PERFUME.
AND CREAMPUFFS.
(gramophone blaring)
AHHHH!
(frightened trumpeting)
(laughing)
THAT'S A GRAMOPHONE.
OH, I HAVE SO MUCH TO TELL YOU,
AND I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND
YOU ALL SAFE AND SOUND.
THAT'S A MATTER OF OPINION.
WE KEPT MOVING, THINKING WE
WOULD FIND SANTUARY.
BUT NOW WE REALIZE NOWHERE IS
SAFE FROM THE RELENTLESS HUNTER.
NOT EVEN THIS MISERABLE
PLACE.
YOUR HIGHNESS.
YOU LEFT WHEN THIS TROUBLE
ALL STARTED, BABAR.
IT IS GOOD YOU HAVE RETURNED,
AS WE ARE ABOUT TO PUT AN
END TO IT.
TOMORROW WE STAND AND FIGHT AS
ELEPHANTS SHOULD.
THE KING HAS A PLAN.
(distant rifle shot)
IT'S HIM! THE HUNTER!
(frightened trumpeting)
BABAR, HURRY!
(grunts)
(adult Babar)
FORTUNATELY ENOUGH, I HAD LED
THE HUNTER AWAY FROM THE
OTHERS, BUT I KNEW HE WOULD
NEVER GIVE UP THE HUNT.
(bird cawing)
CAN'T EVEN FIND SOMETHING
DECENT TO EAT AROUND HERE,
AND THE HUNTER IS CLOSING IN
ONCE AGAIN.
(trumpeting)
WE WILL RUN NO FURTHER.
TOMORROW, AT DAWN, WE WILL DRIVE
HIM FROM THE JUNGLE.
I CALL FOR AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE.
(elephants trumpeting)
SHHH, QUIETLY.
YOUR HIGHNESS, THIS IS
MADNESS.
THE HUNTER HAS A GUN, TRAPS.
WE MUST OUT-THINK HIM.
IT'S ALL VERY WELL FOR YOU
TO SAY, BABAR.
YOU'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO LIVE IN THE JUNGLE.
YOU HAVE BEEN AWAY, IN THE
CITY, ON "THE OTHER SIDE",
A LONG TIME, BABAR.
THE ELEPHANT STAMPEDE IS AN
HONOURABLE BATTLE TRADITION THA
GOES BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE
MIGHTY MAMMOTHS.
ISN'T THAT SO, YOUR MAJESTY?
(growling weakly)
YOUR MAJESTY?
MY TUSKS!
YOUR MAJESTY!
CORNELIUS, WHAT HAPPENED?
IT'S THE MUSHROOMS,
THEY'RE POISON.
HORRORS, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW?
OUR ILLUSTRIOUS KING HAS
SADLY DEPARTED FROM US.
ALTHOUGH HE IS GONE, HIS WISDOM
AND COURAGE WILL LIVE ON IN OUR
HEARTS FOREVER.
WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE OLD
KING'S FINAL WISHES.
TOMORROW, WE STAMPEDE.
WE HAVE LITTLE CHOICE, BABAR.
IT'S MADNESS.
WE DON'T STAND A CHANCE.
IT'S ALMOST DAWN.
I KEPT YOU UP ALL NIGHT,
CELESTE.
AH, TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE
ELEPHANT CITY, BABAR.
IT SOUNDS WONDERFUL.
WELL, IT'S JUST AN IDEA.
BUT IT DOES SOUND WONDERFUL,
DOESN'T IT?
SOMETIMES I CAN CLOSE MY EYES
AND SEE IT --
WHITE AND PINK HOUSES SPARKLING
IN THE SUN.
WIDE STREETS WITH FLOWER-LADEN
BOULEVARDS.
PARKS WHERE THE CHILDREN CAN
PLAY IN SAFETY, AND IT WOULD
BE OUR HOME FOREVER AND NO
ONE COULD EVER CHASE US AWAY
FROM IT.
BUT, FIRST, WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS
LAND SAFE FROM THOSE WHO WOULD
HARM US.
WE MUST DEAL WITH THE HUNTER.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CONVINCE
THE ELDERS TO CALL OFF THE
STAMPEDE?
I HAVE TO TRY.
IS IT TIME, BABAR?
YES, IT'S TIME.
(elephants quietly
trumpeting)
WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?
WHY, THEY'VE LEFT --
FOR THE STAMPEDE.
COME ON, WE CAN STILL CATCH
UP TO THEM.
YOU WILL STAY HERE.
YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO PARTICIPATE
IN AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE.
I DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
I WANT TO STOP IT.
BUT, HOW DARE YOU DISREGARD--
COME BACK!
(adult Babar)
BUT NOTHING I COULD SAY OR DO
WOULD CONVINCE THE ELDERS THA
THE STAMPEDE WAS DOOMED TO
FAILURE.
AND FAIL, IT DID.
WHAT IS THIS "IVORY" THE
HUNTER SPEAKS OF?
AND "ZOOS" AND "CIRCUSES"?
WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS?
IT SEEMS THAT US ELEPHANTS
ARE IN HIGH DEMAND ON
"THE OTHER SIDE".
HOW HORRIBLE.
BABAR WAS RIGHT.
THE ELEPHANT STAMPEDE WAS DOOMED
TO FAILURE.
IT'S NOT OVER YET, POMPADOUR.
BABAR IS STILL OUT THERE.
THE HUNTER HAS EVERYONE
TRAPPED.
IT'S UP TO US TO FREE EVERYONE.
BUT, BABAR, THERE ARE ONLY
THREE OF US.
WE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE,
CELESTE.
WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HUNTER
THAN HE THINKS.
WE DO?
YES.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
(gramophone ♪♪♪)
WHAT IS THAT SOUND?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, MY TUSKS, I HOPE BABAR HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
(adult Babar)
I ALWAYS SUSPECTED THAT THE
KNOWLEDGE I ACQUIRED IN THE
CITY WOULD COME IN HANDY
SOME DAY, AND THAT DAY HAD
COME.
NOW!
HOORAY, BABAR.
(gramophone ♪♪♪)
HE'S FOUND THE GRAMOPHONE.
HURRY!
ARTHUR, HEAD FOR THE RIVER,
LIKE WE PLANNED.
(elephants trumpeting
angrily)
YAHOO!
HA!
(men shouting)
(car backfiring)
(nervous laugh)
(gulps)
YAHOO!
(giggling)
YOU WERE BRILLIANT, MY BOY.
GOOD WORK.
THE GIFTS FROM THE CITY TOOK
A REAL BEATING, BUT THEY SURE
CAME IN HANDY.
JUST AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK I'D BE MUCH GOOD
ON THOSE WHEEL SHOES.
giggles)
ROLLERSKATES, CORNELIUS.
YOU GAVE US THE BEST GIFT OF
ALL, BABAR.
YES, FREEDOM FROM FEAR.
(joyful trumpeting)
(adult Babar)
ONCE AGAIN, THE FOREST WAS
AT PEACE.
WE WERE SAFE FROM THE HUNTER'S
GUN, AND FINALLY RETURNED HOME.
IT'S STILL HERE AND STILL AS
BEAUTIFUL AS EVER.
OH, IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HOME.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
I WISH THE KING COULD HAVE SEEN
OUR HOME ONE LAST TIME.
(trumpeting)
IT IS NOW OUR SOLEMN DUTY TO
APPOINT A SUCCESSOR TO THE
THRONE
AND THERE IS ONLY ONE AMONG
US WHO HAS THE WISDOM,
THE PERCEPTION, AND THE VISION
TO LEAD US.
YOU DESERVE IT, CORNELIUS.
HUH?
KNEEL, BABAR.
HAIL KING BABAR!
LONG LIVE THE KING!
I ALWAYS SUSPECTED, AS YOUR
MOTHER DID, BABAR, THAT YOU WERE
DESTINED FOR GREATNESS.
SHE WOULD BE PROUD OF YOU.
RISE, BABAR, KING OF THE
ELEPHANTS.
I AM YOUR KING, AS YOU ARE MY
PEOPLE.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, I AM YOUR
BROTHER, AS YOU ARE MY FAMILY.
THE DAYS OF RUNNING, HIDING,
AND LIVING IN FEAR ARE OVER.
THE JUNGLE IS CHANGING
ALL AROUND US, AND WE WILL
LEARN TO CHANGE WITH IT.
IT WILL NOT BE EASY,
BUT, TOGETHER, WE WILL GROW
STRONG AND HAPPY.
THAT IS MY PROMISE TO YOU.
(trumpeting approval)
(adult Babar)
AND THAT IS HOW I BECAME KING.
YOU SEE, FLORA, KNOWING YOUR
OPPONENT MAKES YOU A FORMIDABLE
ADVERSARY.
I KNEW THE WAYS OF THE HUNTER,
AND SO I WAS ABLE TO GET THE
BETTER OF HIM -- WITH A BI
OF LUCK.
HM, ACTUALLY, POM HAS A WEAK
BACKHAND.
THAT'S RIGHT, HE DOES.
WE THOUGHT WE HEARD VOICES.
IT'S NOT THAT WEAK.
BESIDES, ALEXANDER HAS A LOUSY
SECOND SERVE.
DO NOT.
DO SO.
DO NOT.
(chuckling)
GOOD THING WE MADE THE SANDWICH
FAMILY-SIZE.
IT SEEMS YOU ALL KNOW YOUR
OPPONENTS' WEAKNESSES.
TOMORROW'S TENNIS MATCH SHOULD
BE AN INTERESTING ONE.
ALL RIGHT, FINISH YOUR
SANDWICHES AND OFF TO BED,
EVERYONE.
YOU'LL NEED YOUR REST FOR
THE GAME.
I CAN'T SLEEP NOW.
I'M TOO EXCITED.
WE MIGHT EVEN WIN.
IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.
TO BED, ALL OF YOU.
SAVE THE COMPETITION FOR
THE TENNIS MATCH.
AREN'T YOU COMING, FATHER,
MOTHER?
IN A LITTLE WHILE.
GOODNIGHT.
GOODNIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BABAR, BUT I'M IN THE MOOD FOR
A HOT FUDGE TRIPLE-TRUFFLE
SUNDAE.
AH, THE ROMANTIC DESSERT.
LET'S SEE NOW, WHIPPING CREAM,
EGGS, CHOCOLATE.
DON'T FORGET THE STORY.