The Karate Kid (1989) s01e12 Episode Script
The Gray Ghosts
MIYAGI: The streets of San Francisco turn treacherous
when Daniel- san joins senior citizens
in race for survival.
Will he finish? Or perish in last mile?
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
Karate Kid!
Karate Kid!
Karate Kid!
(EXPLOSION)
Karate Kid!
Karate Kid!
Okay, Joe, take her down.
No, stop. You can't
Our home is all we have left in the world.
Hey, lady, get out of there before you get hurt.
Oh, my! I think I'm going to faint.
(GROANING) Oh
Hey, stop that.
We gotta hurry, Pa. Arista's got that fellow distracted
from knocking down our building.
Uh, ready when you are, Ma.
Then let's sauce 'em!
(GRUNTING) Hey, what's going on here?
Bravo, Pa. Come on! Come on! Ahhh!
Oh, oh I can't hold it!
(SCREAMING)
What's going on?
Whoa! Whoa!
DANIEL: Mister Miyagi, the wrecking ball. It's breaking loose!
(GRUNTING)
(PANTING)
Daniel, look up!
DANIEL: Hang on, mister!
(THUD)
What are you doing riding a chopper? You're old enough to be my grandmother!
(PANTING) Tell me something I don't already know, sonny.
Now, out of my way!
Some granny. I save her life and she doesn't even invite me over for milk and cookies.
All grannies not come from same cookie jar, Daniel- san.
Are you two hurt? Only our pride, sweetie.
Thank you, darling.
That's it! You old geezers got 24 hours to come up with the bank payments on your house.
By order of Marvin P. Frump.
Read it and weep.
Oh, Faith! Where will we go? What will we do?
Cut the theatrics, Arista. I've got a way to make enough money to keep our house.
Listen, everybody.
I've entered us all in the Annual Marvin P. Frump "Finders Keepers" Car Rally.
Well, I'll be doggies.
This year that whacko's giving away a Gray Ghost.
PA: Just like the one we used to have.
Then all we have to do is find his secret hideaway
then sell the car for the money we need.
Wait a minute. You people can't enter a car race.
What's the matter? You think we're too old to fight for what's ours?
No. But not like this. It sounds dangerous.
Well, we'll take our chances if it means turning the tables on Frump.
So far, nobody's ever won this shindig,
but this year we're gonna beat Frump at his own game.
Maybe he'll put me in one of his movies. He owns Frump Studios, you know.
Yeah, like everything else in this town.
What do you say, gang? Are the Gray Ghosts gonna ride again?
To the Gray Ghosts!
Excuse me. Who are the Gray Ghosts?
Why, we are, honey. See?
That's us back in the '20s when we all chipped in and bought this touring car
called the Gray Ghost.
TAKI: But there are five of you. Who's this man?
Oh, just some jerk who ran out on us years ago.
Now come on, we gotta get cleaned up. The race starts at noon.
Mister Miyagi, I can't stand by and watch those old people get hurt.
There must be some way to stop them.
As Father once said, "If can't stop 'em, join 'em".
What do you mean, Mister Miyagi?
TAKI: (GASPING) The shrine! It's in Mr. Frump's mansion.
Maybe. Maybe not. Only way find out is enter race.
(CROWD CHATTERING)
Can't we leave some of this stuff back at the house, Ma and Pa?
Oh, no!
We never go anywhere without the farm. Do we, Pa?
(BANGING CAR TRUNK)
Be careful you don't scratch the paint, Mister Miyagi.
It's a special paint that matches my nail polish.
(BANGING CAR TRUNK) (GRUNTING)
Sometimes need to scratch surface to see what's underneath.
I still don't see why I can't drive.
Because your motorcycle license is expired.
And mine's not. Those are the rules.
If you ask me, you and your friends shouldn't even be in this race at all.
Hmm! So who asked you?
I don't believe it.
Faith Baldwin. After all these years.
Go down to the Chinatown office and wait for my call.
Why are you worried about an 80-year-old lady, boss? She'll never win.
Just do as I say! (BANGS TABLE)
You don't know Faith Baldwin the way I do.
FAITH: What are you stopping for?
Call me crazy. I just have this strange habit of stopping at red lights.
Come on, get it in gear. The competition's on our tail.
DANIEL: Look! We're in Chinatown.
Now all we have to do is figure out this riddle to find the next set of directions.
"What burns the sky but does not need a single stick of wood to heat?"
A lamp post A firefly
You're getting warmer.
Yeah! A dragon breathes fire in the sky.
I should've known you'd figure out my riddles, Faith.
You're just as sharp as you used to be.
Close down the building! I don't want her to get the next clue.
Boss, is that really necessary? She's just a little old lady.
You heard me. It's my building. If I say "Shut it down," shut it down!
Why did you have to come back to haunt me after all this time?
What do you mean the building's closed?
Why it's in the middle of the afternoon!
Sorry, ma'am, but you'll have to wait. See (STAMMERING) It's the plumbing.
Yeah, that's it. It's the plumbing.
(DOOR SHUTS)
(KICKS DOOR)
Hey, don't bust a blood vessel, Faith. We can wait.
Waiting is for old fogeys. I'm getting to that dragon before the rest of the pack.
(METAL CLANKING)
Have you flipped? This is a building you're climbing.
You're gonna kill yourself.
I used to climb mountains in my youth.
This is a piece of cake.
(GRUNTING)
What do you want me to do? Hover around the kitchen all day baking brownies?
That's what my grandmother does!
Well, I'm not your grandmother.
Looks like we came to the right place.
The directions to the next riddle are in the dragon's mouth.
Whoa! Help!
Oh! Help!
Hang on, Faith!
Mister Miyagi!
(HUMMING)
Excuse me. Not safe to brush and drive.
We're at the Frump Building, Ming Street and Third. Hurry!
Oh, my goodness. They're in trouble.
Do something, Mister Miyagi.
You in driver's seat. If want to be actress, good time to start acting now!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
FAITH OVER RADIO: Help! Help!
Hurry! We've gotta get to Ming Street and help Daniel and Faith!
Take a quick right, Pa.
Hey, ah! (TIRES SCREECHING)
There goes this year's turnip crops, Ma.
(GRUNTING) Don't move. I'm coming!
Whoa!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(GRUNTING)
Oh, no! Those are my summer frocks.
Forget clothes! Must stop dragon!
That's easy for you to say. You're not trying to dress for success.
(AIR HISSING)
Maybe Daniel's right. Maybe this rally is too dangerous for us.
And too expensive.
How will I ever show my face in this town again?
(GUFFAWING) Good. One taste of misfortune
and they're ready to toss in the towel. They can't hold out much longer.
Well, I'm no quitter. And I'm going on.
"What stands but does not walk? What weeps but sheds no tears?"
A weeping willow tree, that's it! I figured out the clue!
Oh, there's lots of those in Golden Gate Park. Let's go find it.
You couldn't find your way out of a paper bag.
I could too.
We'll see who finds it first.
If I'm gonna get anything done, I'm gonna have to do it myself.
Faith! Come back here!
Are you nuts? Where are you going?
FAITH: Taking the short cut to Golden Gate Park.
I'm not gonna let those two dingbats mess things up.
MA: We're gonna find that tree ourselves!
(BOTH GRUNTING)
Faith, this is a one-way street!
You're gonna get us killed!
Oh, don't be such a drag!
Look out!
(DANIEL YELLS)
Yuck! Molasses!
Nice move!
I'll show that Faith what I can do if I put my mind to it!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
FAITH: Golden Gate Park!
We're home free!
Faith! Look out!
(GASPS) Hit the brakes, Ma!
Jump!
(BOTH GROANING)
I can't look.
(TIRES SCREECH)
(GASPING)
(ALL SCREAMING)
Looks like old Gray Ghosts ain't what they used to be.
Oh Oh This is all your fault.
You threw off my concentration, messed up my bike
(GROANS) And messed up my hip.
You're right! It is my fault. I should never have let you get on that motorcycle.
(EXHALES DEEPLY) Well, they're all out of the race now.
Hmm If I got what I wanted,
why do I feel so bad?
(GLASS BREAKS) So much for broken dreams.
I can't believe Oh I let myself Oh
Get tangled up in this mess.
No building is worth all this trouble.
You said a mouthful, ma.
Faith, they're giving up.
Maybe you could you give them a word of inspiration?
Sure.
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
Forget it. I give up too.
I don't need any of you. I'm gonna win this race for myself.
Go ahead. We never should've lived together in the first place.
Oh!
I don't trust her.
I think she knows something we don't.
Come on, Pa.
We can't let either of them pull the wool over our heads.
Maybe we shouldn't have let them go on this rally, Mister Miyagi.
Yeah. Look what happened to Faith. I knew she would wind up getting hurt.
Just like Hmph.
Just like who, Daniel- san?
My grandmother.
She hurt her hip rock climbing and it's never been the same since.
Faith like old convertible.
Just because few parts loose,
doesn't mean no have lots of mile left on engine.
(YELLS)
(ENGINE STARTS)
But Faith's pushing it too far.
I knew Faith was up to something.
MIYAGI: Important thing now,
get shrine from Frump before he discovers its power.
The power of the shrine is the only thing
that can make their dreams come true now.
Can't just use shrine to wish for dreams,
like Aladdin's lamp.
Must make dreams happen.
It'll take more than the shrine to help that stubborn old lady.
I don't need a magic shrine. This old lady can take care of herself.
Ahhh!
ALL: The willow tree!
It's the last clue.
Come on, Pa, we're going to wish ourselves a real farm.
Ma, Pa! Wait!
I'm gonna win the Gray Ghost and drive off into the sunset.
No, Faith, wait! Come back!
Watch for me on the silver screen.
Must get shrine before Gray Ghosts' dream turn into nightmares.
But we don't have any transportation.
Miyagi have idea.
Go over the bridge to the red rock,
then walk on up to the mountain top.
Stop hogging the road.
MA: Come on, Rhubarb. Get in gear.
Come on, Faith, let's talk this out over milk and cookies.
On me.
I never touch the stuff.
ARISTA: Off the road, you Sunday drivers!
(PANTING)
Are you sure this will get us to the mountain top, Mister Miyagi?
Hope so. Otherwise Miyagi's idea full of hot air.
(LAUGHING)
Here's the red rock.
I've got to hurry. They're already on their way up the mountain.
I knew I should've joined that aerobics class.
(PANTING)
ARISTA: Pull over.
I'm going to pass.
Hollywood, here I come.
Not if I can help it, sister.
Oh!
Whoa!
MA: Oh, Faith's in trouble.
Do something, Pa.
Uh, I know. The fence is wired for security.
Maybe I can set off the alarm.
(ALARM RINGING)
That's the alarm.
Could someone have actually found my mansion?
Faith. No!
I didn't mean for it to turn out like this.
Help! Arista, do something!
This is my chance to be the heroine,
and I don't know my part.
Snap out of it, Arista.
Toss me one end of your feather boa.
You're almost here, kiddo.
Whoa!
(DANIEL YELLS)
Help!
DANIEL: Oh, no!
(YELLS)
Hurry, get over to the other side.
Ahhh!
Ahhh!
Ooh.
Daniel- san need lift.
Jim Hollings?
Why, you're Frump?
Yes, Faith. I'm ashamed to admit it, but it's true.
You should be.
That's for trying to tear down our house.
Ouch!
I just found out it was yours.
I'll give it to you all as a present.
And that's for deserting us all those years ago.
Running out on the Gray Ghosts was my first mistake.
Leaving you, Faith, was my worst.
All the millions haven't made up for that.
I was jealous that you were all still together and
I was alone.
But you proved friendship is stronger than anything.
I think we all owe that lesson to these two kids.
We learned you're never too old to go for your dreams.
Or too young, Daniel- san.
Mister Miyagi, you found the shrine.
Oh, just one teensy wish.
(SHATTERING)
Oh! I broke it!
(SOBBING)
How can you ever forgive me?
I'm such a spoiled brat.
No harm. Only fake copy of shrine.
Miyagi advise Arista,
work hard,
become real actress.
Then next time get paid for tears.
when Daniel- san joins senior citizens
in race for survival.
Will he finish? Or perish in last mile?
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
Karate Kid!
Karate Kid!
Karate Kid!
(EXPLOSION)
Karate Kid!
Karate Kid!
Okay, Joe, take her down.
No, stop. You can't
Our home is all we have left in the world.
Hey, lady, get out of there before you get hurt.
Oh, my! I think I'm going to faint.
(GROANING) Oh
Hey, stop that.
We gotta hurry, Pa. Arista's got that fellow distracted
from knocking down our building.
Uh, ready when you are, Ma.
Then let's sauce 'em!
(GRUNTING) Hey, what's going on here?
Bravo, Pa. Come on! Come on! Ahhh!
Oh, oh I can't hold it!
(SCREAMING)
What's going on?
Whoa! Whoa!
DANIEL: Mister Miyagi, the wrecking ball. It's breaking loose!
(GRUNTING)
(PANTING)
Daniel, look up!
DANIEL: Hang on, mister!
(THUD)
What are you doing riding a chopper? You're old enough to be my grandmother!
(PANTING) Tell me something I don't already know, sonny.
Now, out of my way!
Some granny. I save her life and she doesn't even invite me over for milk and cookies.
All grannies not come from same cookie jar, Daniel- san.
Are you two hurt? Only our pride, sweetie.
Thank you, darling.
That's it! You old geezers got 24 hours to come up with the bank payments on your house.
By order of Marvin P. Frump.
Read it and weep.
Oh, Faith! Where will we go? What will we do?
Cut the theatrics, Arista. I've got a way to make enough money to keep our house.
Listen, everybody.
I've entered us all in the Annual Marvin P. Frump "Finders Keepers" Car Rally.
Well, I'll be doggies.
This year that whacko's giving away a Gray Ghost.
PA: Just like the one we used to have.
Then all we have to do is find his secret hideaway
then sell the car for the money we need.
Wait a minute. You people can't enter a car race.
What's the matter? You think we're too old to fight for what's ours?
No. But not like this. It sounds dangerous.
Well, we'll take our chances if it means turning the tables on Frump.
So far, nobody's ever won this shindig,
but this year we're gonna beat Frump at his own game.
Maybe he'll put me in one of his movies. He owns Frump Studios, you know.
Yeah, like everything else in this town.
What do you say, gang? Are the Gray Ghosts gonna ride again?
To the Gray Ghosts!
Excuse me. Who are the Gray Ghosts?
Why, we are, honey. See?
That's us back in the '20s when we all chipped in and bought this touring car
called the Gray Ghost.
TAKI: But there are five of you. Who's this man?
Oh, just some jerk who ran out on us years ago.
Now come on, we gotta get cleaned up. The race starts at noon.
Mister Miyagi, I can't stand by and watch those old people get hurt.
There must be some way to stop them.
As Father once said, "If can't stop 'em, join 'em".
What do you mean, Mister Miyagi?
TAKI: (GASPING) The shrine! It's in Mr. Frump's mansion.
Maybe. Maybe not. Only way find out is enter race.
(CROWD CHATTERING)
Can't we leave some of this stuff back at the house, Ma and Pa?
Oh, no!
We never go anywhere without the farm. Do we, Pa?
(BANGING CAR TRUNK)
Be careful you don't scratch the paint, Mister Miyagi.
It's a special paint that matches my nail polish.
(BANGING CAR TRUNK) (GRUNTING)
Sometimes need to scratch surface to see what's underneath.
I still don't see why I can't drive.
Because your motorcycle license is expired.
And mine's not. Those are the rules.
If you ask me, you and your friends shouldn't even be in this race at all.
Hmm! So who asked you?
I don't believe it.
Faith Baldwin. After all these years.
Go down to the Chinatown office and wait for my call.
Why are you worried about an 80-year-old lady, boss? She'll never win.
Just do as I say! (BANGS TABLE)
You don't know Faith Baldwin the way I do.
FAITH: What are you stopping for?
Call me crazy. I just have this strange habit of stopping at red lights.
Come on, get it in gear. The competition's on our tail.
DANIEL: Look! We're in Chinatown.
Now all we have to do is figure out this riddle to find the next set of directions.
"What burns the sky but does not need a single stick of wood to heat?"
A lamp post A firefly
You're getting warmer.
Yeah! A dragon breathes fire in the sky.
I should've known you'd figure out my riddles, Faith.
You're just as sharp as you used to be.
Close down the building! I don't want her to get the next clue.
Boss, is that really necessary? She's just a little old lady.
You heard me. It's my building. If I say "Shut it down," shut it down!
Why did you have to come back to haunt me after all this time?
What do you mean the building's closed?
Why it's in the middle of the afternoon!
Sorry, ma'am, but you'll have to wait. See (STAMMERING) It's the plumbing.
Yeah, that's it. It's the plumbing.
(DOOR SHUTS)
(KICKS DOOR)
Hey, don't bust a blood vessel, Faith. We can wait.
Waiting is for old fogeys. I'm getting to that dragon before the rest of the pack.
(METAL CLANKING)
Have you flipped? This is a building you're climbing.
You're gonna kill yourself.
I used to climb mountains in my youth.
This is a piece of cake.
(GRUNTING)
What do you want me to do? Hover around the kitchen all day baking brownies?
That's what my grandmother does!
Well, I'm not your grandmother.
Looks like we came to the right place.
The directions to the next riddle are in the dragon's mouth.
Whoa! Help!
Oh! Help!
Hang on, Faith!
Mister Miyagi!
(HUMMING)
Excuse me. Not safe to brush and drive.
We're at the Frump Building, Ming Street and Third. Hurry!
Oh, my goodness. They're in trouble.
Do something, Mister Miyagi.
You in driver's seat. If want to be actress, good time to start acting now!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
FAITH OVER RADIO: Help! Help!
Hurry! We've gotta get to Ming Street and help Daniel and Faith!
Take a quick right, Pa.
Hey, ah! (TIRES SCREECHING)
There goes this year's turnip crops, Ma.
(GRUNTING) Don't move. I'm coming!
Whoa!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(GRUNTING)
Oh, no! Those are my summer frocks.
Forget clothes! Must stop dragon!
That's easy for you to say. You're not trying to dress for success.
(AIR HISSING)
Maybe Daniel's right. Maybe this rally is too dangerous for us.
And too expensive.
How will I ever show my face in this town again?
(GUFFAWING) Good. One taste of misfortune
and they're ready to toss in the towel. They can't hold out much longer.
Well, I'm no quitter. And I'm going on.
"What stands but does not walk? What weeps but sheds no tears?"
A weeping willow tree, that's it! I figured out the clue!
Oh, there's lots of those in Golden Gate Park. Let's go find it.
You couldn't find your way out of a paper bag.
I could too.
We'll see who finds it first.
If I'm gonna get anything done, I'm gonna have to do it myself.
Faith! Come back here!
Are you nuts? Where are you going?
FAITH: Taking the short cut to Golden Gate Park.
I'm not gonna let those two dingbats mess things up.
MA: We're gonna find that tree ourselves!
(BOTH GRUNTING)
Faith, this is a one-way street!
You're gonna get us killed!
Oh, don't be such a drag!
Look out!
(DANIEL YELLS)
Yuck! Molasses!
Nice move!
I'll show that Faith what I can do if I put my mind to it!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
FAITH: Golden Gate Park!
We're home free!
Faith! Look out!
(GASPS) Hit the brakes, Ma!
Jump!
(BOTH GROANING)
I can't look.
(TIRES SCREECH)
(GASPING)
(ALL SCREAMING)
Looks like old Gray Ghosts ain't what they used to be.
Oh Oh This is all your fault.
You threw off my concentration, messed up my bike
(GROANS) And messed up my hip.
You're right! It is my fault. I should never have let you get on that motorcycle.
(EXHALES DEEPLY) Well, they're all out of the race now.
Hmm If I got what I wanted,
why do I feel so bad?
(GLASS BREAKS) So much for broken dreams.
I can't believe Oh I let myself Oh
Get tangled up in this mess.
No building is worth all this trouble.
You said a mouthful, ma.
Faith, they're giving up.
Maybe you could you give them a word of inspiration?
Sure.
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
Forget it. I give up too.
I don't need any of you. I'm gonna win this race for myself.
Go ahead. We never should've lived together in the first place.
Oh!
I don't trust her.
I think she knows something we don't.
Come on, Pa.
We can't let either of them pull the wool over our heads.
Maybe we shouldn't have let them go on this rally, Mister Miyagi.
Yeah. Look what happened to Faith. I knew she would wind up getting hurt.
Just like Hmph.
Just like who, Daniel- san?
My grandmother.
She hurt her hip rock climbing and it's never been the same since.
Faith like old convertible.
Just because few parts loose,
doesn't mean no have lots of mile left on engine.
(YELLS)
(ENGINE STARTS)
But Faith's pushing it too far.
I knew Faith was up to something.
MIYAGI: Important thing now,
get shrine from Frump before he discovers its power.
The power of the shrine is the only thing
that can make their dreams come true now.
Can't just use shrine to wish for dreams,
like Aladdin's lamp.
Must make dreams happen.
It'll take more than the shrine to help that stubborn old lady.
I don't need a magic shrine. This old lady can take care of herself.
Ahhh!
ALL: The willow tree!
It's the last clue.
Come on, Pa, we're going to wish ourselves a real farm.
Ma, Pa! Wait!
I'm gonna win the Gray Ghost and drive off into the sunset.
No, Faith, wait! Come back!
Watch for me on the silver screen.
Must get shrine before Gray Ghosts' dream turn into nightmares.
But we don't have any transportation.
Miyagi have idea.
Go over the bridge to the red rock,
then walk on up to the mountain top.
Stop hogging the road.
MA: Come on, Rhubarb. Get in gear.
Come on, Faith, let's talk this out over milk and cookies.
On me.
I never touch the stuff.
ARISTA: Off the road, you Sunday drivers!
(PANTING)
Are you sure this will get us to the mountain top, Mister Miyagi?
Hope so. Otherwise Miyagi's idea full of hot air.
(LAUGHING)
Here's the red rock.
I've got to hurry. They're already on their way up the mountain.
I knew I should've joined that aerobics class.
(PANTING)
ARISTA: Pull over.
I'm going to pass.
Hollywood, here I come.
Not if I can help it, sister.
Oh!
Whoa!
MA: Oh, Faith's in trouble.
Do something, Pa.
Uh, I know. The fence is wired for security.
Maybe I can set off the alarm.
(ALARM RINGING)
That's the alarm.
Could someone have actually found my mansion?
Faith. No!
I didn't mean for it to turn out like this.
Help! Arista, do something!
This is my chance to be the heroine,
and I don't know my part.
Snap out of it, Arista.
Toss me one end of your feather boa.
You're almost here, kiddo.
Whoa!
(DANIEL YELLS)
Help!
DANIEL: Oh, no!
(YELLS)
Hurry, get over to the other side.
Ahhh!
Ahhh!
Ooh.
Daniel- san need lift.
Jim Hollings?
Why, you're Frump?
Yes, Faith. I'm ashamed to admit it, but it's true.
You should be.
That's for trying to tear down our house.
Ouch!
I just found out it was yours.
I'll give it to you all as a present.
And that's for deserting us all those years ago.
Running out on the Gray Ghosts was my first mistake.
Leaving you, Faith, was my worst.
All the millions haven't made up for that.
I was jealous that you were all still together and
I was alone.
But you proved friendship is stronger than anything.
I think we all owe that lesson to these two kids.
We learned you're never too old to go for your dreams.
Or too young, Daniel- san.
Mister Miyagi, you found the shrine.
Oh, just one teensy wish.
(SHATTERING)
Oh! I broke it!
(SOBBING)
How can you ever forgive me?
I'm such a spoiled brat.
No harm. Only fake copy of shrine.
Miyagi advise Arista,
work hard,
become real actress.
Then next time get paid for tears.