Tangled: The Series (2017) s01e13 Episode Script

1 (THEME SONG PLAYING) I got the wind in my hair and a fire within 'Cause there's something beginning I got a mystery to solve and excitement to spare That beautiful breeze blowing through I'm ready to follow it who knows where And I'll get there, I swear With the wind in my hair (CAWING) KING FREDERIC: Rapunzel! Rapunzel, which of these should we mount in the main hall? This one says, "He's all business," whereas this one I feel says, "Stern yet approachable.
" What do you think? (WIND BLOWING) Hmm CAPTAIN: You'd like to tighten security for the Princess, your Majesty? Discreetly tighten, Captain? Though she is keeping her promise to stay within the walls of Corona, I fear Rapunzel has been demonstrating a knack for getting into trouble.
(SQUEAKING) A world travel guide.
Ooh! Soon, Pascal.
(GASP) (SQUEAKS) Uh-oh, Pascal, it looks like rain.
- (CROW CAWS) - GUARD: Hey! (GRUNTS) - Aah! - (SPLASH) (GUARD MOANS) My back! (DUCKS QUACKING) (RAPUNZEL GASPS) (QUACKS) Is it me or are the guards following us everywhere? What do you say we don't make it so easy for them? (PASCAL SQUEAKS) (GASPS) Uh, Captain, she went that way.
(SIGHS) Mmmm Hey! There she goes! Bye! (LAUGHS) (SIGHS) The King's not going to like this.
(DUCK QUACKS) (CRACK OF THUNDER) We showed them, huh? But now there's a slight chance we'll get stuck in the rain.
(CRACK OF THUNDER) Okay, yeah, a huge chance.
(RAIN PATTERING) (THUNDER BOOMS) It was a dark and stormy night.
And as I stood there before this decrepit old mansion, the door slowly creaked open.
- (BODY THUDS) - Out stepped a ghastly figure, an old woman with cold, dead eyes.
Hair like tumbleweeds stapled to her head, and teeth that looked as if they could grind bone.
(THUNDER CRASH) (THUGS GASP) Ooh! Are you telling ghost stories? Nah, Big Nose here was just tellin' us about his date last week.
Ahh, sweet, sweet Rhonda.
So what are you doing out in this lousy weather, Rapunzel? Good question.
I thought my dad was done being overprotective, but for some reason, it seemed like guards were following me everywhere today.
Come on, Raps, this is Corona! Guards are like cockroaches in this kingdom.
Hook Foot's right.
No one's following you.
This storm has just put everyone ill at ease, and you're probably you're just imagining things.
(THUNDER CRASH) Oh, hello, fellas.
THUGS: He did it! I was just wandering by and Princess? What a surprise to find you here.
Uh-huh.
Hi Captain.
Huh! Funny seeing you here.
Funny? Why there there's nothin' funny about it.
I come here all the time to shoot the breeze with my old chums, Hook Toes, Hornswoggle and that guy.
Ha Isn't that right, fellas? Yep, nothin' I love more than wettin' my old whistle at the ol' Cozy Quacker.
Specialty of the house slop.
(SQUEAKS) - (SCOFFS) - (SQUEAKS) (SQUEAKS) Well, this has been fun, Princess.
Uhh, let's say I escort you back to the castle.
(THUNDER CRASH) No one's goin' anywhere.
The roads are all flooded.
(THUNDER CRACKS) Fantastic.
We'll just have to wait out the storm.
And by the way, it's absolutely freezing in here.
Don't you people know how to keep a fire goin'? - No! - That's off limits! Don't touch that! - (WIND HOWLS) - (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) That club is never to be disturbed.
(SCOFFS) Why? What's so special about it? Not special.
More like spooky.
It belonged to the Duckling's original owner, Ruthless Ruth.
(GHOSTLY LAUGHTER) Ruth was the meanest Pub Thug to ever live.
She used that club to intimidate her customers.
They called it her Listen Up Club, and legend has it that whoever disturbs it will incur the wrath of Ruthless Ruth's wraith! (THUNDER CRACKS) The wrath of Ruthless Ruth's wraith? (THUNDER CRASHES) - The wrath of Ruthless Ruth's wraith! - (THUNDER CRASHES) Could everyone just stop saying, "The wrath of Ruthless Ruth's wraith"! (RAIN PATTERING) Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd rather take my chances out in the rain than spend one more minute listening to you buffoons and your silly ghost story! (THUNDER CRASHES) - (THUGS YELLING) - VLAD: Whoa! Let's get outta here! (GRUNT) It's stuck! Aaah! We're trapped in the pub! It's the wrath of Ruthless Ruth! ATTILA: This is all your fault, Captain.
Oh, please.
You don't honestly think Ruthless Ruth is behind this? Guys, he's right.
Let's not overreact.
Just because the lights went out, the shutters slammed shut, and the doors got stuck all on their own, doesn't necessarily mean there's a (SINISTER CACKLING) ghost.
Wait, where's Shorty? (GHOSTLY) You have disturbed my slumber! If you don't listen up and note my words by dawn, you will all be trapped in here with me forever! Shorty! Ruth! Who Whoever you are, what do you want? - I want - ALL: Yes? - I want - ALL: Yes? A sardine Sammy and a jug of pickle brine.
Enough of this nonsense! Captain? Didn't you hear? He says we have until dawn to figure out what Ruth wants or else we're gonna be trapped in here forever.
You're gonna listen to him? You realize he eats cheese off the floor? One man's floor is another man's plate.
Clink.
The priority is to get the Princess out of this pub and back to the castle as quickly as possible.
(HITTING DOOR) Is there anything we can use as a battering ram? A battering ram isn't the answer.
We need to know more about Ruth and the Listen Up Club.
And and legend has it that people's screams were music to her ears.
And she she would go on terrible rampages, storming through the streets - of Corona.
- No one knew when she would strike.
All they knew was she would disappear from the pub, and when she did, no man, beast, or building foundation was safe from the swing of her fearsome club.
Afterwards, she'd come back to the pub, and etch a notch in her club for every unlucky creature she'd destroyed in her path.
Then she'd have dinner, a bowl of putrid, slimy slugs.
I heard it was hairy spiders.
I heard it was both! And she ate them alive! - And she didn't chew! - She had horrible table manners.
Yeah.
An and they say all of Corona lived in fear of the mighty barbarian until the day she died.
And the only way to appease her is to figure out how to "listen up.
" Or we're gonna be stuck here forever.
I don't wanna be stuck here forever.
There's only one slice of pie left! (VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYING) Cut it out! Pie's important to me, okay? (VIOLIN MUSIC CONTINUES) Um guys? (INSTRUMENTS START PLAYING) We've gotta get outta here, now! - (RUNNING FOOTSTEPS) - (CRASH) Again, on three! Ruth, please.
All we're trying to do is figure out what you want.
(PIANO HITTING FLOOR) (GHOSTLY VOICE) Listen up, Rapunzel.
Who said that? (GHOSTLY VOICE) Listen up.
Wow! Look at this.
- (TUNING FORK STRUCK) - And the club's hook.
(GASP) It's a tuning fork.
(THUNDER CRASHES) (SINISTER LAUGHING) Princess! Listen, and listen to me well, spirit! Uh, Cap, not so sure you wanna take that tone with the undead.
No more games! Under the authority of King Frederic of Corona, I demand you release us or face the consequences! - (THUNDER CRASHES) - (SINISTER LAUGHING) (RAIN PATTERING) Your Majesty, we've evacuated the East Bank.
While the flooding caused some damage, there have been no reports of injuries.
And still no word from? Your Majesty.
(RAIN PATTERING) (SQUEAKING) (SIGH) We are running out of time.
Okay, let's think.
What do we have to go on? The Listen Up Club and this tuning fork.
(TUNING FORK SOUNDS) Don't worry, Princess! We're gonna you get outta here! One two three! - (CRASH) - (TABLE THUDS) ATTILA: We're free! I'm gonna travel the world! I'm gonna exercise every day! What in the world is goin' on? Oh, come on! Why didn't anybody tell me my pants were split? I thought we were pals.
ATTILA: Let's try the trap door.
Aaah! ATTILA: We're free! I'm gonna exercise sometimes Waa-ohh! - Ohh! - (THUD) We're never getting out of here! Um, Ruth? Are you in here? (TUNING FORKS SOUNDING) (TUNING FORKS HUMMING) Aah! Ruth I I I want to help (GHOSTLY VOICE) Listen up! RUTH: The legend is wrong, Rapunzel.
We all have dreams.
All I wanted was for them to hear my song.
So you weren't a barbarian? Oh no, I was a barbarian, but I never disappeared to go on rampages.
I was just hiding away in here, practicing my music.
My only dream was to write a rabble-rousing chantey, (SINGING) and hear it sung aloud at the pub.
Oh, but but I was afraid no one would listen.
"Listen Up" means listen to your song.
It ain't just a club, Rapunzel.
- Aah! - (SMASH) (YELLING) Ooh! RAPUNZEL: They're musical notes! Guys! Ruth wasn't as bad as we thought! Whoa! Oh! And this isn't just a club.
It's her secret song, but she was too afraid to share it.
And now we all have to play it.
- What? - ATTILA: Say what? Here, here.
Hold this so I can read the music.
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) Aah! Guys, I think she likes it! We're gonna be free! (PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES) (GRUNTING) (GRUNTING) Whoaaa! (SQUEAKING) (HONKS) (SNAP) (GRUNT) No! Take that, Ruth! Now I'll never have the chance for my song to be heard! And none of you will ever see the light of day again! What are you doing, Captain? You don't stop an evil ghost with a song.
You stop it with force! Didn't you hear her? Ruth's not evil.
The club was just her song.
Well, I I did have a moose on my head.
Captain, having someone play her song was Ruth's dream.
Ohh.
Sorry.
- (THUNDER CRASHES) - RUTH: You've crushed my dreams, and now I'll crush you! None of you will ever see the light of day again! (SQUEAK) (ALL GASP) Aaah! (SOUNDS OF PANIC) Aaah! Aaaah Oooh.
- ATTILA: Hide! - Aah! ATTILA: Come in closer! Not that close.
(THUGS GROANING) Ruth! It's not dawn yet! We can still finish your song.
No, we can't! That hothead with the misplaced eyebrow burned my music! The new day is nearly upon us, and I'll be relegated back to the depths of my chamber! No, Ruth, no, the club was just a piece of wood.
The song is your dream, and you can't burn a dream.
The song must still be in your heart.
But I can't do this alone.
Ruth, only you are in charge of your own destiny.
And we're here to help.
You you really think I should sing it? Face your fear, and let your true self shine.
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) Since I was a lassie, Just a sweet young thing All I truly longed to do was make up songs to sing Sure, my voice was rotten and had a pity twang But I had dreams and in my dreams this is what I sang Listen up, all you goons, listen up and hear my tunes Every line, boys, is mine so listen up Catchy! (GIGGLES) How I yearned to sing it, still I was afraid Guess I feared they'd call me weird and mock the songs I made So I shut my piehole and hid my work away But you had dreams And in my dreams this is what I play Listen up, if you please, listen to my melodies - Folks, she wrote every note - So listen up I kept my song a secret, but carved it on this club Waiting till the perfect moment came At last I worked the nerve up and stood before the pub I let one note come through my throat And then I died of shame - Died? - Died? RUTH: Dead! And now I haunt this tavern suffering for my art Years and years of doubts and fears It's time to heed your heart I can end this curse now, if I can end the song Like in your dreams But in my dreams you all must sing along Listen up, all you thugs, lift your voices and your mugs Don't be shy, let it fly - Listen up - That's it! - Listen up - ATTILA: Listen here - Raise the roof - And rock the house Make it loud, sing it proud, listen - Wait! - What's wrong? (ANGRILY) Him! RAPUNZEL: Come on! Everyone needs to sing! I I haven't sung in quite some time.
- What if I'm Rusty? - Your name's not Rusty, it's Captain.
And I'm Susan.
Captain, please! It's almost midnight.
We have to free Ruth! Listen up, listen close You're disgusting, old and gross - But your song is quite strong - ALL: Listen up Listen up, listen up, everybody raise your cup Here's to Ruth, that's the truth, listen up Listen up - Listen up - Listen up Listen up Hey! Yeah (LAUGHTER AND CHEERS) - RAPUNZEL: That's great.
- BIG NOSE: Hey, hey! (BIRD SINGING) Ruth, wait! You've been here for so many years.
Why wait until now to free yourself, and why reach out to me? Because I knew you'd understand, Rapunzel.
By the way, when it comes to making dreams happen, you might wanna take your own advice.
(LAUGHS) - So long, ghost.
- ATTILA: Bye, Ruth.
Say hi to my Uncle Murray for me! Wait, wait, wait, wait.
I thought Ruth was a goat.
Princess? Are you ready to return to the castle? - (CHUCKLES) I know I am.
- RAPUNZEL: I am so ready.
Ruth reminded me of something very important, Pascal.
No one is just gonna hand me my dreams.
I have to go get them myself.
And I know Dad's heart is in the right place with sending all the guards to protect me, but it's time I put him in Rapunzel! You have no idea how worried I was.
I love you so much, darling.
You mean everything to me.
Dad? (SIGHS) I love you, too.