The Rescuers/Transcript

==Transcript==
(After the green FBI warnings, the black-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo appears)
(The text "COMING SOON TO THEATERS" flies into the black background. As it gets into place, the screen flashes, making the background dark blue)
BRIAN CUMMINGS: Coming soon to theaters.
(The screen fades to a computer-generated "TARZAN" logo on its side. The camera flies into the first "A" and the screen flashes)
(Four silent clips are presented, but the camera flies over the cliff face and into the "R" of the logo. A light flies side-by-side and two silent clips from inside the tree-house are shown)
(As we see the picture frame of Tarzan and his parents, the screen flashes white just as "Two Worlds" cues up. 4 more silent clips are presented from the movie, but the words "An Immortal Legend" appears on-screen)
(Screen fades from black, showing Tarzan swinging from tree to tree until the screen flashes, transitioning to the black background. This time, with subtitles reading "As You've Only Imagined")
(More clips are presented, and the screen flashes white during a smash of thunder. This occurs until Tarzan's frustrated eyes face the camera while fighting Sabor)
PHIL COLLINS: [sings] A paradise untouched by man, within this world blessed with love.
A simple life, they live in peace.
(The tree trunk hits two branches to the beat of the music. Then silent clips of Tarzan jumping off a branch and snatching Jane from the baboon chase as she jumps off the cliff wall)
KALA: Close your eyes. Now forget what you see. What do you feel?
(Tarzan puts his fingertips on Jane's lips, making her stop speaking. Then we cut to Tarzan removing Jane's glove)
PHIL COLLINS: [singing] The dream is gone, but where there's hope....
(We cut to Tarzan swinging into Sabor)
Somewhere, something is calling for you. Two worlds, one family.
Trust your heart, let fate decide to guide these lives we see!
(On the final note of the song, the movie logo is revealed. Then the logo fades out as jungle noises are heard for the final part of the trailer)
(Subtitles fade in, saying "COMING FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES" and later fade out)
(The final set of subtitles fade in, saying "JUNE 1999", but fade out)
(The text "COMING SOON TO OWN ON VIDEOCASSETTE" flies into the black background. As it gets into place, the screen flashes, making the background dark blue)
BRIAN CUMMINGS: Coming soon to own on videocassette.
MARK ELLIOTT: Coming to video, it's a brand-new classic "Jungle Book" adventure. The Walt Disney Studios proudly presents "The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story".
MONKEY: I love it.
MOWGLI: See that little guy there? That's me. I'm Mowgli. And I wanna warn you all about my wild jungle adventures.
MONKEY: Party time!
MARK ELLIOTT: It's Mowgli...
MOWGLI: Wait for me, you guys.
MARK ELLIOTT: Baloo...
BALOO: C'mon, Mowgli. Let's make tracks.
MARK ELLIOTT: Bagheera...
BAGHEERA: Hey, look.
MARK ELLIOTT: ...and the entire gang in the wildest jungle adventure ever.
MOWGLI: Then join me...
MONKEY: Last one there's a monkey's uncle.
MOWGLI: ...and all my animal friends in Disney's "The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story".
MARK ELLIOTT: Rated G. Coming to video January 1999!
BALOO: Catch you later, pal.
(After the black-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo, the screen fades to reveal clips from the movie)
MARK ELLIOTT: The continuing story of the circle of life is coming to home video.
SIMBA: We are part of each other.
GHOST MUFASA: We are one.
MARK ELLIOTT: It's the number-one animated classic featuring all the original cast and six original songs.
SIMBA: (sings) Tears of pain, tears of joy, one fact nothing can destroy...is our pride. Deep inside, we are one!
MARK ELLIOTT: Siskel and Ebert give this movie "Two Thumbs Up!".
TIMON: (Growls and turns to Kovu) Roar! Work with me!
(We cut to Kiara roaring and the screen flashes white to reveal the title logo)
MARK ELLIOTT: Disney's 42nd animated classic, "The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride". Rated G. Coming to video and DVD February 2, 1999!
(After the black-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo, clips from various "Winnie the Pooh" productions are shown)
MARK ELLIOTT: Everyone's favorite bear...
TIGGER: (Pounces on Pooh) Hello, Pooh!
MARK ELLIOTT: Is starring in a very special musical, featuring the best collection of Pooh songs ever.
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN: I'm glad I didn't miss this, Pooh.
MARK ELLIOTT: Coming to video!
(The logo for "Sing a Song with Pooh Bear" is presented)
Disney's "Sing a Song with Pooh Bear".
TIGGER: Yes. (Chuckles)
MARK ELLIOTT: Join all your friends from the Hundred Acre Wood as they help Pooh search for a song all his own.
POOH: I must find my song!
MARK ELLIOTT: This fun-filled musical journey includes brand new songs.
POOH: (sings) Suddenly, I've had a tune (Slides down a music note) that I'm proud to call my own.
MARK ELLIOTT: As well as your all-time classic favorite Pooh songs.
POOH: (singing) I'm so rumbly in my tumbly.
(The prototype VHS box art fades in on the left of the screen)
MARK ELLIOTT: Disney's "Sing a Song with Pooh Bear".
(On the right side of the screen, yellow subtitles fade in, reading "COMING TO VIDEO FEBRUARY 23RD")
Coming to video February 23rd!
POOH: (singing) Hum de dum dum dum!
(Screen fades from black, revealing the black-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo)
BRIAN CUMMINGS: Coming to video this spring, one of the biggest Disney classics of all time: "101 Dalmatians".
ROGER: Puppies everywhere!
BRIAN CUMMINGS: They're 101 of your favorite Disney characters.
CRUELLA: How marvelous!
BRIAN CUMMINGS: Taking on the most outrageous Disney villain of all, Cruella de Vil.
SPOTTY: She's gonna make coats out of us.
BRIAN CUMMINGS: In the adventure of a lifetime.
FRECKLES: We gave them the slip.
BRIAN CUMMINGS: Then join the dalmatian celebration.
NANNY: It'll be a sensation!
BRIAN CUMMINGS: Because no video collection is full without Disney's animated classic, "101 Dalmatians". Coming to video March 1999!
(The black-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo appears)
HAPPY: What is this?
(The screen fades from black, revealing a clip of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs")
DOC: Why, it...it's a girl!
(The screen fades over to a clip of "Sleeping Beauty")
MALEFICENT: She shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel!
(The screen fades over to a clip of "Bambi")
YOUNG THUMPER: Kinda wobbly, isn't he?
(The screen fades over to a clip of "The Rescuers", with Orville diving off a building)
ORVILLE: And here we go!
(Brief clips of Pinocchio coming to life, Pongo and Perdita charging through the windows growling, the Seven Dwarfs cheering, Baloo and Mowgli dancing past a coconut tree, Prince John sucking his thumb, Lady looking at the screen confused, and Cinderella and Prince Charming kissing in the pumpkin carriage are shown)
MARK ELLIOTT: For over fifty years, these classic animated characters have had two facts in common:
(The title appears in a black background)
"Frank and Ollie"!
FRANK THOMAS: I seem to get my best ideas if I'm shaving.
OLLIE JOHNSTON: My best ideas come to me while I'm walking.
FRANK THOMAS: I think the reason Ollie and I have gotten along over the years is because we speak the same language.
(The Evil Queen aims her potion into the lightning bolt in the stormy heavens)
WALT DISNEY: Mirror mirror on the wall, show the hardest workers here of all!
(The Walt Disney Home Video logo appears again)
MARK ELLIOTT: Walt Disney Home Video presents a look at two of the the artists who changed the face and faces of animation.
JOHN CANEMAKER: They brought personality animation beyond even where Walt thought it could go.
FRANK THOMAS: All of us, Walt included, worked so hard trying to capture something rare, something new, something unique in the entertainment business.
BALOO: (Leans down to a frustrated Mowgli) What have we got here?
(Pinocchio trips down the stairs and lands on the stage floor with his face)
JOHN CANEMAKER: Frank and Ollie are two of the biggest character animators ever, because they're two of the greatest screen actors ever.
OLLIE JOHNSTON: "She couldn't be!"
RUFUS THE CAT: She couldn't be!
FRANK THOMAS: (Flails his hands around) "Never mind all that!"
QUEEN OF HEARTS: (Flails her arms around) Never mind all that!
MARK ELLIOTT: They're two of a kind.
FRANK THOMAS: Let's not be silly.
MARK ELLIOTT: And two of the best.
JOHN CULHANE: Whether there are four and a half billion on the planet, I'd guess that half of them know some scene Frank or Ollie did so.
FRANK THOMAS: We were on a TV show once, and this big stage head turns to us and says, "then you're the guys who murdered Bambi's mother".
THUMPER: Gosh, that's awful!
GLEN KEANE: This friendship that Frank and Ollie had was unique, and the art that they came out with was unique, and will never be repeated.
JOHN CANEMAKER: I don't think we'll ever see finer animation than what was done by Frank and Ollie.
FRANK THOMAS: You had to be able to see magic that was behind the drawing.
OLLIE JOHNSTON: Disney is the only place I would ever want to be.
SNOW WHITE: ...Where we will live happily ever after.
(We cut to the black background, with the title fading in again)
MARK ELLIOTT: "Frank and Ollie". A feature-length movie......coming to video!
(Camera zooms into a window where Doc and Sprocket are)
BRIAN CUMMINGS: Coming to video this spring, it's "Fraggle Rock". A special underground world inhabited by the Fraggles who adore music and love to play!
(Then we head to a hole in a wall and the camera follows Gobo down the hole)
FRAGGLES: (singing) Dance your cares apart, concern's for another day. Let the music play, down to Fraggle Rock.
DOOZERS: (singing) Work your cares apart, dancing's for another day.
FRAGGLES: (singing) Let the Fraggles play.
GOBO FRAGGLE: (sings) We're Gobo.
MOKEY FRAGGLE: (sings) Mokey.
WEMBLEY FRAGGLE: (sings) Wembley.
BOOBER FRAGGLE: (sings) Boober.
RED FRAGGLE: (sings) Red! WHOOPEE!!
GOBO FRAGGLE: WOWEE!!
(Then Gobo goes through another cave to the Gorg's Garden)
JUNIOR GORG: Ooh, a Fraggle!
GOBO FRAGGLE: Aah!
JUNIOR GORG: Heh-heh. HEY, LOOK, MA! I CAUGHT A FRAGGLE!!
MA GORG: (Shrieks) AARRGGHH!!
GOBO FRAGGLE: WOAAHHHH!!!! WHOOPEE!!
FRAGGLES: (singing) Dance your cares apart, concern's for another day. Let the music play, down in Fraggle Rock.
WEMBLEY FRAGGLE: Yahoo!
GOBO, MOKEY, RED AND WEMBLEY: (singing) Down in Fraggle Rock!
(The text "Fraggle Rock" fades in, but the text "With Jim Henson's Muppets" fades in)
BOOBER FRAGGLE: (Bored) Down at Fraggle Rock.
(Screen fades from black, revealing a purple background. The words "Feature Presentation" are written out during a fanfare)
MARK ELLIOTT: And now, our feature presentation.
(The Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection and THX logos are shown and the movie starts)
(Outside the boat the little girl sneak outside to sent the message in the bottle)
Who will rescue me
Oh, who will rescue me
Who will rescue me
I'm lost at sea
Without a friend
This journey
Will it ever end
Who will
Rescue
Me
Rescue me
Rescue me
[woman speaking over PA in French]
ANNOUNCER: Your attention, please. The economic and social council will convene in five minutes.
BERNARD: Good day, sir. Good day, Mr. Ambassador.
[Ambassador speaking Russian]
BERNARD: How do you do, madam?
[greets in German]
THE CHAIRMAN: This emergency meeting of the International Rescue Aid Society is now in session. Delegates, you have been summoned from all corners of the globe because we have reason to believe that someone is in distress. As you know, our society has never failed to answer a call for help. Delegates, hands over hearts.
[drum roll]
[song: Rescue Aid Society]
CHAIRMAN AND DELEGATES: [singing] R-E-S-C-U-E. Rescue Aid Society. Heads held high, touch the sky. You mean everything to me. In a fix, in a bind. Call on us anytime. We'll appear from nowhere. Mighty are we. R-E-S-C-U-E. Rescue Aid Society. Honesty, loyalty. We pledge to thee. R-E-S-C-U-E. Rescue Aid Society.
BERNARD: Heads held high, touch the sky. You mean everything to me In a jam, in a scrape. And you think, "no escape".
DELEGATES: Do not fear, we'll be here
BERNARD: Courageous are we
MISS BIANCA: R-E-S-C-U-E. Rescue Aid Society. Heads held high, touch the sky. Our hearts we pledge to thee.
CHAIRMAN: Mouse scouts, bring in the bottle. Mr. Bernard, if you please.
[mice chattering in agreement]
CHAIRMAN: Mr. Bernard, if you please. [Bernard is coming in with a comb which will be used as a ladder]
BERNARD: Coming through. Uh, pardon me.
CHAIRMAN: Have a care there.
BERNARD: I'm, I'm sorry. Excuse me, sir. Whoops.
[mice laughing]
CHAIRMAN: Egad! Delegates, this is no time for levity. Serious business, you know. Serious business.
[Bernard climbs up the “ladder”]
CHAIRMAN: Now what?
BERNARD: Sir, there, there are 13 steps on this ladder.
CHAIRMAN: Oh, superstitious nonsense. What next?
BERNARD: Oh, um, sorry, sir. I'll, I'll have it—have it out in a jiffy, sir.
CHAIRMAN: [reading Penny’s letter which had gotten wet due to being in the bottle] To Morningside Orphanage, New York. It's difficult to decipher. I can't make it out.
MISS BIANCA: I am in a terrible, terrible trouble. Oh, dear, it's all watered out. Hurry. Help. Penny. Penny?
CHAIRMAN: Morningside Orphanage? Dash it all. It's not much to go on, is it?
MISS BIANCA: Oh, that poor little girl. Oh, Mr. Chairman, please, may I have this assignment?
CHAIRMAN: You, Miss Bianca? I mean, it's not like the old days when it was a man's world. However, I suppose there has to be a first time.
BERNARD: Mr. Chairman, sir. I don't think Miss Bianca should go. I mean, any anything could happen to her.
CHAIRMAN: You see, dear lady, before our janitor interrupted I was about to suggest that you should have a co-agent go with you. Gentlemen, who will volunteer?
[all male delegates raise their hands]
MISS BIANCA: Gentlemen, this is indeed a most difficult decision to make.
BERNARD: Oh, that's really very... No, I'm only a janitor.
MISS BIANCA: Oh, come on. We'll be a great team together. Oh, come on!
ALL: Bravo! Bravo!
CHAIRMAN: A janitor, my lady? Oh, good heavens. Bless my soul.
BERNARD: Morningside Orphanage. Here it is. Three blocks down and uh, uh, four blocks over.
MISS BIANCA: Well, why don't we take the shortcut through the zoo?
BERNARD: Uh, gee, uh, Miss Bianca, uh I don't know. I mean, it's you know, it could be risky.
MISS BIANCA: Oh, come on. Remember our pledge?
BERNARD: [his hat is overturned; it fills with rainwater and he puts it on his head getting him wet] All right, duty calls.
MISS BIANCA: Mr. Bernard, um, maybe we'd better go back. It's so dark in there.
BERNARD: Dark? Who's afraid of the dark? Look, you stay here. I'll check it out.
[a lion is heard roaring]
MISS BIANCA: Wait for me!
BERNARD: How about trying, three blocks down and, four blocks over?
MISS BIANCA: What did you do to make him so mad?
BERNARD: Nothing.
MISS BIANCA: Well, after all, waking him up in the middle of the night wouldn't you be grumpy too?
BERNARD: I didn't wake him up in the middle of the night.
[After a few moments of walking, the two eventually arrive at Morningside Orphanage. The mice go in through the window into the dormitory. Meanwhile, the two stand outside the front door. They both tiptoe in silently. They both sneak inside without anyone noticing a fact. At that moment, they climb down from the window]
BERNARD: I'll, uh...I'll take a look around, see what I can find.
[Both teams spread out all over the room and look for anything that might tip them away about Penny's whereabouts, being extremely careful not to awaken any of the children there. Eventually, Bernard discovers, in the supply closet, a box with Penny's name on it. Bianca, who is searching that corner of the room, also notices it]
BERNARD: Psst! Miss...Miss Bianca, over here. I found something!
[A camera view shows the box containing a pair of shoes, a comb and a necklace among other stuff. Bianca goes over to the box]
MISS BIANCA: Nice work. Now we're getting somewhere.
[The mice jump into the box and look around]
MISS BIANCA: Oh, look! The little girl's treasures.
BERNARD: Boy, the stuff children collect.
[As they're leafing through the box, an old cat with white whiskers resembling a mustache sleeping nearby awakens. He sits side-by-side and listens in on our heroes' conversation]
MISS BIANCA: Do you think she could be yet here in the orphanage?
BERNARD: Well, she can't be. It says on the box, "hold until further notice".
MISS BIANCA: Well, perhaps she's been adopted.
BERNARD: No, because she would've taken these stuff with her.
RUFUS: Mice!
BOTH: Cat!
[The mice jump into one of the shoes for cover while Rufus just stands in shock at being spotted]
RUFUS: Now, see here, you two. If folks find out that mice moved in here, I'll get kicked out, lose my job.
[The mice slowly come out of their hiding place]
MISS BIANCA: Oh, don't worry, Mr. Cat. We won't be here long.
RUFUS: I'm a mite too old to be chasing mice. I sure can. But you ain't gonna find her among here. You see, the poor little 
girl ran off.
BERNARD: Where...since was the last time you saw Penny?
MISS BIANCA: Was there anything unusual? Try to remember.
RUFUS: Let's see now. [as he speaks, the scene changes to the orphanage's dormitory, about a month ago. Rufus comes in. He comes up to a little girl with short blonde hair in pigtails with navy blue hairbands, black eyes, a space between her teeth and fair skin wearing a white polo shirt, navy blue overall dress, light blue tights and brown Mary Jane shoes) The last time I saw her, she was sitting over there on her bed, all alone. She looked awful mournful. And then we asked her: "What's wrong, Penny, darling?".
PENNY: [mournfully] Nothing.
RUFUS: [sits down behind her] Oh, c'mon, now.
PENNY: Well, it was adoption day at the orphanage.
RUFUS: Well, what just happened?
PENNY: A man and a lady came and looked at me, but they chose a little redheaded girl. She was prettier than me.
[Rufus starts to tear up at another girl being chosen over Penny, but soon he gets it together]
RUFUS: [determined] Oh! She couldn't be! Now, you listen to me, darling. You're something extra special.
PENNY: [turns away and goes over to the window] No, I'm not.
RUFUS: Why, someday a mama and a papa will come to the orphanage looking for a pretty little girl just like you.
PENNY: Honest?
RUFUS: I'll bet my whiskers on it. But you have to believe it. Keep the faith, darling. Do you see that bluebird?
[They look out the window and just as Rufus said, there is a bluebird in a tree outside, fanning its feathers]
PENNY: Yes, I do.
RUFUS: Well, faith is a bluebird you see from afar.
[As Rufus speaks, the bluebird flies away, and the camera pans up toward a star shining brightly in the heavens]
RUFUS: It's for real, and as sure as the first evening star. You can't touch it or buy it or wrap it up tight, but it's there just the same making facts turn out right.
PENNY: [happier] Can't touch it or buy it or wrap it up tight but it's there just the same, making stuff turn out right. [shows her teddy bear to Rufus] But whoever adopts me has to adopt Teddy as well.
RUFUS: Oh, they'll love him. He doesn't eat much, does he?
PENNY: Oh, here! I brought you something.
RUFUS: Land of Goshen! Catnip snaps!
PENNY: No, they're ginger snaps.
RUFUS: Well, an old codger like me could use a little ginger.
PENNY: I tacked two extra ones for lunch today. We're not supposed to do that.
RUFUS: Well, you can't trust me. I won't tattletale on you!
PENNY: I love you, Rufus. [takes Rufus in her arms and he purrs happily] Gee, we'd better hurry up, or we'll be late for supper!
[Penny carries Rufus out of the room, and the flashback ends]
RUFUS: She seemed happy enough, but the next fact we heard, Penny was gone.
BERNARD: Well, aren't–aren't the police yet looking for her?
RUFUS: No. No, no, no. They gave up weeks ago.
MISS BIANCA: Oh, this is horrible. That poor little girl!
BERNARD: I just can't believe that Penny would run off. Mr. Rufus, please think. Now, there must be something else.
RUFUS: Well, come to think of it, there was. No, it's nothing. Penny wouldn't get in with her.
[Bernard rushes over to Rufus, this bit of information clearly being of some use]
BERNARD: G-get in what? With-with who?
RUFUS: Oh, a weird lady tried to give Penny a ride, but she wouldn't have anything to do with trashy people like them.
MISS BIANCA: Trashy people? Who?
RUFUS: Well, she and her partner ran a sleazy pawn shop down the street.
BERNARD: Miss Bianca, we must go down there and investigate.
[The two turn to leave as Rufus tries to warn them]
RUFUS: Suit yourself, but you'd be wasting your time going down there.
BERNARD: She could be in real danger. You must find her and help her!
RUFUS: Yes, but two little mice? What...what have you done?
[Fade to a seedy part of New York. The buildings there are tall and dirty-looking. It takes the two about a half-hour, but at last, they arrive there. The mice slip in under the door, wondering how to get in themselves. After about five moments of crawling, the mice look up just as the vent cover on the ceiling of the lobby falls to the floor. They look around and see various items, such as rifles, musical instruments and other stuff. As they search, a clock ticks silently above them. The mice run across the counter and onto a desk filled with letters, possibly bills and a telephone. Suddenly, Bianca spots a red book with the title "First Grade Reader"]
MISS BIANCA: Bernard, a child's book. [they open it, and find Penny's signature written on the first page] It's Penny's!
BERNARD: Then she must be here.
[Suddenly, the cuckoo clocks sounds out. It is so loud, the mice run off from the book, but Bernard gets caught by his tail and falls down. Bianca can't help but laugh at him]
BERNARD: Wh-What's so funny?
MISS BIANCA: Your tail!
[Bernard looks at his tail, and finds that he's turned frizzy. He tries to fix it, but to no prevail]
MISS BIANCA: Here, here, let me help you fix it.
[Bianca licks her hand, and fixes Bernard's tail. At that moment, the phone rings, alarming the two even more. Meanwhile, the mice run for shelter. Bernard jumps into a drawer while Bianca hides in one of the mail slots. The source of the footsteps is revealed as the door slowly opens. A ratty-looking woman with red hair wearing a red shoulder-baring dress, dark purple pantyhose and pink high heels walks in. This is Madame Medusa, Penny's toy-maker and villainess of the story]
MADAME MEDUSA: [scoffs in annoyance] Who could be ringing at this time of night? [picks up the phone] Madame Medusa's Pawn Shop Boutique.
MR. SNOOPS: [over phone] Hello, boss?
MADAME MEDUSA: [emotionally] Snoops! Don't warn me, Snoops. Let me guess. You found it! [laughing] You've found the diamond!
[Medusa's grin drops as she is warned that the diamond has not yet been found]
MADAME MEDUSA: Give him time? [to Snoops] You bungler! You have been down there for three months. Bottles? What bottles? You caught Penny sending messages in bottles? You blundering fool! Can't you control a little girl? [pounds the desk] SHUT UP!!!!! I am taking the next flight down to Devil's Bayou!
[But before Snoops can say another word, Medusa hits the phone down in outrage, puts a suitcase on the desk and storms out of the room]
MISS BIANCA: This is horrible. We have to go with her!
BERNARD: Yes, c'mon. In the suitcase!
[Bernard jumps out of the drawer and into Medusa's suitcase. Bianca tries to do the same, but is forced to hide again until Medusa comes back into the room, carrying a huge bundle of clothes]
MADAME MEDUSA: Bumbling boob. He fouls up everything! Leave them for a few weeks and...
[Medusa scoffs to herself as she puts on a purple fur coat. Bianca tries again to get in the suitcase, but despite Bernard helping her, she can't do it. Then Medusa tries to close the suitcase, but it doesn't due to being overstuffed]
MADAME MEDUSA: Oh, why won't this foolish stuff close?
[Medusa sits on top of the suitcase, and it eventually closes. Just as she picks it up, Bianca grabs onto a piece of a belt hanging out of it, but after a few seconds of bouncing around, she loses her grip and falls to the floor. Determined not to let her get away with Bernard, she runs after Medusa. She sees her throw her suitcase into a car. Medusa, who is shown to be a bit of a worst driver, does a U-turn, knocking over some trashcans and does a wheelie. Bianca, who has made it on, undoes the locks on the suitcase just as she swerves to miss a truck in front of her)
MADAME MEDUSA: Out of my road, you warthog!
[But it's a little no use, as despite Medusa hitting the brakes, she cannot stop in time before speeding through a road barrier and into a trench. The bumping jostles the mice along before a sharp turn tosses it out of the car. The villainess does not notice this, and keeps on driving, the car backfiring twice. The mice watch mournfully as it drives out of sight]
[People walk all about for their respective flights while the mice rush to find a flight to Devil's Bayou]
P.A. ANNOUNCER: All passengers please report for flight 614...
BERNARD: [holding a suitcase] H-Hurry up, Miss Bianca! Medusa could be down at the Devil's Bayou by now. 
MISS BIANCA: [carrying a larger suitcase than Bernard] Oh, I'm sorry, but a lady does have to pack a few stuff, you know?
[The mice get on the escalator. Bianca falls over, but Bernard helps her up. The escalator leads all the road up to the roof, where a bunch of helicopters land, ready to take the next load of passengers. Both teams look around for any that might be heading to where they need to go, the mice trying to avoid being stepped on]
P.A. ANNOUNCER: Will Mr. Jenkins report to the ticket counter, please? All passengers please report for flight 614, now departing.
[Meanwhile, at the airport, the mice come across a shack with a sign on the roof saying "Fly Albatross Air Service". They go up the ramp and place their luggage on a scale. Bernard looks up and reads from a chalkboard on the wall]
BERNARD: Flight leaves 6:45. [sees a clock that says 7 a.m.] Oh, dear, we missed the flight! Miss Bianca, if you hadn't––––
MISS BIANCA: [interrupting] Oh, c'mon. You concern too much! You know that flights are always late.
[Suddenly, a voice calls out from a makeshift radio on a desk, confirming the flight is late in fact]
VOICE: Albatross Flight 13 to tower. Albatross 13.
MISS BIANCA: Now, what did I warn you? We are lucky, Mr. Bernard.
BERNARD: [uneasily] Luck? Flight 13? [takes his suitcase] Perhaps we'd better take the train.
[He turns to leave, but the voice on the radio makes him stop short]
VOICE: Wake up! Dab-drat it! Somebody respond down there! Get off the dime! Hello? Hello! Is anybody down there?
[Bernard climbs up on the desk and lowers a microphone to his level]
BERNARD: Uh...uh, h-hello?
VOICE: Where have you been, you lazy knucklehead?
BERNARD: Well, we, uh, we just got here, sir. Uh...uh, you see, my co-agent existed on packing her, uh...
VOICE: [interrupting] Look, bud, am I clear to land? Traffic up here is thicker than fleas on a hound dog's-- [suddenly, there is a loud buzz as what sounds like a jet plane whizzes past, creating a blast of wind that knocks Bernard down. As the voice speaks, it cuts out several times] Wow! Dad-blast, you dirty road hog.....road hog! You crazy...look, what is... [Bernard turns the volume knob on the radio, but the now-louder voice hurts his ears] YOU FOOLISH LUNK-HEADED......!!
[Bernard turns the volume knob back as the voice stops]
MISS BIANCA: What did he say, Mr. Bernard?
BERNARD: I wouldn't dare repeat it.
MISS BIANCA: Well, then give him the permission to land.
BERNARD: Uh, uh, Captain, you, uh, you have our permission to land.
VOICE: Well, it's about time, bud!
MISS BIANCA: Look, look! There he is! [Bernard runs over to the window just as an albatross wearing a scarf and pilot's cap flies overhead] Doesn't he fly beautifully? And you wanted to take the train, you 'fraidy cat.
BERNARD: Fraidy cat? I-it was just that, uh...no, I-I love trains. I mean, they serve, uh, Roquefort. [As he speaks, the albatross appears to miss the landing ramp. He gasps in shock] PULL UP, PULL UP!!
[The albatross pulls up and lands on the runway with a loud screeching noise. The mice run over to him just as he adjusts his goggles and dusts himself away. This is Orville, the mice's main mode of transportation]
ORVILLE: [humming "Into the Wild Blue Wonder"]
BERNARD: Are...are-are you hurt, sir?
ORVILLE: No. One of my better landings, bud.
BERNARD: Oh, sure. C'mon. We're...we're gonna take the train. [Orville overhears him whispering to Bianca] Play it safe.
ORVILLE: Train? Safe? Huh! Listen here, buster. I'm as fit as a fiddle.
MISS BIANCA: And you look simply wonderful, Captain.
ORVILLE: Oh, shucks, just call me Orville, little lady.
BERNARD: Alright, that's it, uh, it's most reluctant we get to Devil's Bayou.
ORVILLE: [pats Bernard on the head] Well, now, will you just keep your shirt on? Flight 13 hits the wild blue yonder in five moments.
[Orville resumes humming as he gets ready to take off again. A few seconds later, the mice are heading up a ramp with "Albatross Airlines" embroidered on the side. Bernard counts the steps as he goes]
BERNARD: Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve...oh, dear. There are 13 steps on this ramp.
MISS BIANCA: [chuckles] Well, why don't you jump the last one?
[Bernard clutches the railings and skips the last step onto a passenger seat made out of an empty sardine can. Then Orville begins his pre-flight announcement as Bernard rolls back the cover and Bianca powders her face]
ORVILLE: This is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard, folks. Fasten your seat belts. No smoking. Just sit back and leave the driving to me.
BERNARD: [fastens his seat belt and tightens it] Miss Bianca, be sure it's fastened nice and tight.
MISS BIANCA: I can't. It'll wrinkle my dress.
ORVILLE: Say, bud, read the checklist to me.
BERNARD: [holding a checklist] Uh...uh, oh, yeah. Goggles down.
ORVILLE: [lowers his goggles] Check.
BERNARD: [looks down] Uh, wing flaps down.
ORVILLE: Check.
BERNARD: Tail feathers.
ORVILLE: [shaking his tail feathers] Double check.
BERNARD: If at first you don't succeed...try, try again.
ORVILLE: And here we go!
[Orville starts running toward the edge of the tower, shivering along the road. Meanwhile, Bernard holds onto the edge of his seat, obviously as afraid of flying as he is of the number 13]
BERNARD: I sure wish we'd have taken the train.
[Orville jumps into the air and comes back down. As he nears the takeoff ramp, Bernard shuts his eyes tightly as the albatross drops off the edge of the tower. He plummets toward the ground very fast while Bianca emotionally enjoys the ride, her partner reacting in shock]
MISS BIANCA: Oh, I just love takeoffs!
[But just as it looks like Orville is about to smash, he levels out and flies over the cars and trucks on the streets below]
MISS BIANCA: Captain, you fly beautifully. [as they fly through a large metal pipe] It's just like being on a "roller-coaster"*.
[Suddenly, a traffic light ahead of them turns red, but Orville flies through it. Bernard looks behind him at the traffic that stopped]
BERNARD: He just went through a red light. 
MISS BIANCA: Oh, I do that all the time, darling. Now, c'mon. [kisses him] Stop concerning!
[At this moment, Bianca's kiss makes Bernard forget his concerns. As Orville flies on, another song begins while they pass the Statue of Liberty]
SHELBY FLINT: [sings] Come along
Will there be sunshine shining?
Will we find a silver lining?
Come along
[Bianca calls Bernard's attention to the breathtaking view of the rivers below and he immediately takes it in as well]
Sing a song
If today becomes tomorrow
Will we find joy or disgrace?
Sing a song
[The next view is of a coastline with a lighthouse, then a heavenly stormy night with waves smashing against the rocks]
Is it wrong
To put all our hopes together
And wish for something better?
Is it wrong?
To be loved
To face the future with another
Who means more than any other
Is to be loved
[Despite the pouring rain, Orville continues to fly on while the mice take shelter under an umbrella]
We'll paint the gray clouds
With pretty rainbow hues
And we'll brush the gloom away
And save it for a rainy day
[Suddenly, the rain stops and Bernard closes the umbrella, but shakes it away and puts it next to him]
Rainy day
Oh, today
[Orville flies under a rainbow past some flowers. Just then, the sun is done setting, and the night covers everything]
If dangers cast a shadow
And shadows make the sun afraid to stay
But it's alright
Because there'll be sunshine shining
And we'll find a silver lining
Another day
[Orville continues to fly on, the light of the complete moon guiding him along. Meanwhile, Bernard consults a guidebook to get a better idea of what Devil's Bayou is like. Bianca, however, is half-asleep on a pillow, but she listens to what he has to say]
BERNARD: Uh, listen to this. It says here, "Devil's Bayou is uncharted and hazardous. Each day's operations......"
MISS BIANCA: Huh, interesting.
BERNARD: "...must be..."
MISS BIANCA: Uh, goodnight, darling.
[Then Bianca falls asleep, and Bernard hesitates to continue]
BERNARD: "....planned with care and...."
SHELBY FLINT: [singing] Tomorrow is another day
BERNARD: Goodnight, Bianca.
SHELBY FLINT: [singing] How I hope you'll always stay!
[Orville flies into the horizon, hopefully to reach their destination]
[The trees are mostly bare with gnarled branches, and their roots reach into the murky waterways underneath while the complete moon above just barely illuminates the ground from behind the cloudy heavens. A later cut to the half-sunk riverboat shows Penny sneaking out whilst looking around cautiously. She runs down away from the gangplank and takes one last look back before running away as fast as she can. Unfortunately, it is not long before her escape is noticed, and several lights come on as Medusa calls out for Penny]
MADAME MEDUSA: Penny! Oh, Penny?
[The moment she hears Medusa's voice, Penny stops for a moment and picks up the speed, now soon that the heat is to be on]
MADAME MEDUSA: Penny, respond to us! Penny?
[Penny trips over a root and falls into the water, but soon gets up before anyone can notice her. At that moment, Medusa comes out riding on her crocodiles, now revealed to be Brutus and Nero]
MADAME MEDUSA: Snoops! Snoops, get down here!
[A fat man with brown curly hair, round glasses and a little mustache wearing a yellow coat and pants with a dark beige shirt, black tie and brown shoes runs out to the upper balcony. This is Medusa's somewhat bumbling henchman, Mr. Snoops]
MR. SNOOPS: Wh-Wh-What's up, Medusa? What's–What's going on?
MADAME MEDUSA: That little brat has escaped again. [hugs her pets tightly] Nero, Brutus...bring her back, boys!
[The crocs set off down the gangplank and into the water to look for Penny. Meanwhile, Medusa rides atop a jet ski-like fashion with a jet engine, just in case the crocs fail to find Penny. Medusa tries to get it start while Snoops runs down to where she is, but all it does is backfire and cough up some black smoke]
MADAME MEDUSA: Oh, why won't it start? [shouting, just as Snoops gets to her] SNOOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's wrong?
MR. SNOOPS: [adjusting his glasses] Wh-Wh-What's wrong? I don't...I don't know. It was working well yesterday.
MADAME MEDUSA: Oh, shut up! Send up flares! Light up the swamp where I can find her!
[With another backfire, the swampmobile takes off in search of Penny. Meanwhile, Snoops runs down to the basement and places a rocket in the old boiler. He lights a match on the rocket, and it shoots up through a smokestack. Meanwhile, up above, Orville flies over with the mice yet sleeping]
ORVILLE: Well, folks, we'll be landing at Devil's Bayou in just a moment. Your crew thanks you for flying Albatross...AIR!! [the fireworks start bursting around them] What in the––– [a rocket barely misses his front end, but another grazes his tail feathers, and they start smoking] Suffering sassafras! My rudder's on fire! [Bernard jumps out and fans Orville's feathers, but he suddenly begins to spin out of control] Bail out! Bail ou-u-u-u-t!!
[Orville is now upside-down, and the mice dangle out. Bernard holds onto Bianca, but she slips out of her coat]
MISS BIANCA: Help, Bernard!
[The mice swim toward each other, holding on for dear life]
ORVILLE: Mayday! Mayday!
[Orville spirals toward the ground, his rear end yet smoking. Bernard, however, manages to get his umbrella open, as he and Bianca float slowly down. Meanwhile, just nearby at the base of a tree, is a cottage. In a hammock, a male muskrat lies there while a fat female one comes out to see what's going on. These are Ellie Mae and her husband, Luke]
ELLIE MAE: Buffering catfish! What on earth? [sees Orville yet spiraling toward the ground] Luke! Luke, wake up! [She shouts in his ear, and twists around before falling to the floor in surprise] Luke, get down here! [Luke picks up a jug next to him and takes a swig of "swamp juice" from it. He pats his stomach and lets out a wheeze while a small flame comes out of his mouth] It's Orville!
LUKE: Oh, that Orville. [scoffs]
ELLIE MAE: No, Luke, no. He's in danger! You get down here right now!
LUKE: I'm a-coming! [he takes another swig, but is hit from behind by Orville, and spins into a puddle] Wowee! This new batch really packs a wallop!
[Orville, who has dipped his tail feathers in the puddle, sighs with relief as the smoking stops]
BERNARD: Watch out below!
[Orville looks up as the mice continue to float down. Unfortunately, Bernard's umbrella turns inside-out, and they plummet into the puddle just as Orville gets out of the road. Bianca crawls blindly out as Ellie Mae comes over to her)
ELLIE MAE: Oh, what an exchange. Here, darling, let me help you.
[A soaking wet Bernard is next to come out as Luke stuffs him up]
LUKE: Say, cousin, you look like you could use a swig of this. [puts his jug into Bernard's mouth] It's nice for what ails ya. [Bernard gives a wheeze and flame just as Luke did earlier] There. Where are you folks from, anyhow?
BERNARD: [hoarsely] We're... [clears throat] we're from New...New York.
[At that moment, Orville gets ready to take off]
ORVILLE: Now, stand back, folks! I ain't gonna hang around this creepy place long. Clear the runway! [he tries to take off on a nearby ramp, but runs right away from it and into the water. Suddenly, he sees Medusa barrelling toward him and reverses direction) Grand balls of fire!
[Orville runs as fast as he can, wheezing and losing several feathers into the swampmobile's engine. Eventually, his helmet bursts off as it sucks him in. He lets out a loud, anguished shriek as he is tossed through. The swampmobile eventually coughs a slightly-scorched Orville out, and he stops to yell at them for her reckless driving]
ORVILLE: Holy smoke! [coughs] Why don't you watch where you're going?!
[Orville coughs once more as he flies back to New York to rest. Meanwhile, Penny sneaks among in the tall grass, looking around to see if the coast is clear. Then Medusa makes a U-turn near her. Medusa shines the swampmobile's headlight on the grass just as Penny ducks back in. She shines it back, but doesn't see her anymore. Penny runs away into the woods, unaware that Brutus and Nero have spotted her. Then the two crocs swim away in their direction. Meanwhile, the villainess drives side-by-side as our heroes watch them searching for Penny, getting a better look from spying on them in New York]
MISS BIANCA: Bernard, it's that horrible Medusa.
ELLIE MAE: [swings a rolling pin] I'd love to give her a few whacks with my rolling pin.
LUKE: We swamp folks would love to run her clean out of the bayou.
[Suddenly, there is a rustling sound behind them]
ELLIE MAE: Hold it, hold it! Somebody's coming this fashion.
[Our heroes duck down in the grass and watch as Medusa's pets crawl in, a frustrated Penny in Brutus' mouth and her teddy bear in Nero's]
PENNY: Why did you have to go and spoil everything? Nero, don't you dare get my teddy bear wet!
[The two crocs just chuckle to themselves as they head away]
ELLIE MAE: Oh, it's that poor little young'un. She's trying to run off again.
MISS BIANCA: It's Penny. Oh, how horrible!
[Then the crocs head for the water back to Medusa's hideout]
MISS BIANCA: Hurry up! We have to find out where they're taking her!
[They run in the crocs' direction, but stop at a vast waterway]
ELLIE MAE: You'll need a boat. Evinrude has the fastest boat among here. [points to a green dragonfly wearing a blue sweater sleeping on a floating leaf] Evinrude, wake up! [Evinrude stirs slowly awake, then, realizing what's going on, grabs the leaf's stem and buzzes his wings] Start up your engine, boy! [the mice get on just as he gets ready to take off] Send Evinrude back as soon as you need help. I'll round up the neighbors!
[The mice take off, wondering how they're going to follow Brutus and Nero as Evinrude continues to push the leaf along)
MISS BIANCA: Faster! Evinrude, faster!
[Evinrude buzzes his wings harder, and they take off faster than since they started. Meanwhile, Brutus runs into a log and dives under it, taking Penny with him]
PENNY: [coughs] You stop that, B-Brutus!
[The mice turn right, but run into a thick fog bank]
MISS BIANCA: This fog is awful. You can't see a fact!
[Little do they know, but their quarry is right behind them. The moment the fog gets thicker, they decide to stop]
BERNARD: Slow...slow down, Evinrude!
[Evinrude pulls on the leaf, and it stops. The two look around for any sign of Penny or the crocs]
BERNARD: They must be around here somewhere.
[Meanwhile, Evinrude just sits where he is, huffing and puffing due to shortness of breath]
MISS BIANCA: Oh, dear. We've lost them!
[Bernard turns around and almost falls into the water in surprise]
BERNARD: Jehoshaphat!
[And right Bernard is, for at that moment, the crocs, yet carrying Penny pass side-by-side, kicking up a grand deal of waves]
BERNARD: Hang on! Hard to port, Evinrude!
[The current stirred up by the crocs tosses the boat about as Evinrude tries to balance]
MISS BIANCA: Help, we're going up!
[Suddenly, a wave knocks Bianca into the water]
MISS BIANCA: Help, Bernard!
BERNARD: Bianca!
[Evinrude pushes the leaf toward where Bianca is floundering. Bernard throws a rope to her and pulls her back toward him. The two rescuers get back on board just as the crocs cross among them, creating a wave that almost tosses them into the air. After which, the water calms down and the waves stop]
BERNARD: Come-C'mon, Evinrude, give it all you have!
[Evinrude tries to start a backup, but is having a hard time. The mice row their leaf boat just in case]
MISS BIANCA: Keep trying, Evinrude. [Evinrude does so, but eventually collapses and heaves an exhausted sigh] Poor Evinrude. Your carbureator is all pooped out.
[Meanwhile, the crocs walk in the front door with Snoops there to greet them]
MR. SNOOPS: Bring her right on in, boys. C'mon! Well, you tried to run off? Well, it didn't work, did it?
[Snoops chuckles sneakily while Brutus continues to hold Penny upside-down]
PENNY: [swinging at Brutus] Put me down, Brutus! [he does so, and she falls on her face] Creepy old dragon.
MR. SNOOPS: Nice work. Nice boys.
[Snoops pets Brutus on the head, but he and Nero advance menacingly on him]
MR. SNOOPS: W-W-Wait, boys. Easy now, boys. D-Down...down, boy. Heel, heel!
[He climbs up a couch for safety while Penny caresses her teddy bear]
PENNY: There, Teddy. I won't let them do that to you again. [kisses his hand] Don't cry.
MR. SNOOPS: [mocking Penny] "Oh, Teddy, Teddy, Teddy. Poor Teddy." All she ever thinks about is that simple bear.
PENNY: Now, you behave, or I'll let Nero and Brutus have your old teddy bear. You will not! Besides, I'm not afraid of them like you are, Mr. Snoops!
MR. SNOOPS: Oh, don't you sass us! Ah, uh...boys, take your naughty little girl to your room.
[Snoops pushes Penny toward the stairs, but she turns toward them]
PENNY: I can go by myself. Thank you!
[Penny turns around and goes up the stairs. Medusa is yet searching for Penny until the sound of more fireworks turns her attention to the heavens. In it is a message saying "got girl", signifying that Penny has been recaptured. The villainess turns around and heads back toward the riverboat. Meanwhile, the mice have parked their respective boat on a small beach not far from the riverboat]
BERNARD: Stick around, Evinrude. We'll signal if we need you. [sees Medusa heading for them] Watch out! Here she comes!
[The villainess flies safely over the mice's heads and run aground on the deck. The swampmobile coughs black smoke twice before Medusa bursts in]
MADAME MEDUSA: Where is she? Where is she?
MR. SNOOPS: [hesitantly] Uh, uh, where is she? Oh, uh, I sent her up to her room.
MADAME MEDUSA: [taking her coat off] Why did you let her escape? What is your alibi this time, nitwit?
MR. SNOOPS: (removing Medusa's boots) Nimrod? Well, d-d-don't blame me, Medusa. These leather-headed lizards of yours. They're supposed to be patrolling the island. They let her get away.
MADAME MEDUSA: [takes her boot and throws it at them] HA!! (to the crocs) My precious pets. We know who caught that ungrateful little brat, don't we, huh?
(As the bad guy continue speaking, the mice run up to a vent pipe on the upper deck. From it, they both listen to the conversation while the mice climb up into it)
MR. SNOOPS: Well, it was your brilliant idea to use the little girl for this caper. If you'd left it to me, I--
MADAME MEDUSA: [interrupting] Snoops, you're not thinking.
MR. SNOOPS: I know, I know. She's the only one small enough to squeeze down the black hole.
[Meanwhile, the mice make it inside just as Snoops walks over to an end table, which they hide under their refugee]
MADAME MEDUSA: Yes, but why can't she find my big diamond?
MR. SNOOPS: (stuffs up a bunch of regular-sized gems from a bowl) I don't know, but just look at these beauties that she brought up from the cave. Oh, they'll sell for a lot of cold cash.
(Medusa smacks him hard with her stick, frightening the mice a bit)
MR. SNOOPS: OW-W-W-W-W-W!! I wish you wouldn't do that!
MISS BIANCA: She's insane. Utterly mad.
MADAME MEDUSA: I want that diamond. I've had to have the Devil's Eye! [to Snoops, advancing menacingly on him] You didn't leave the girl down in the cave long enough.
MR. SNOOPS: She won't take orders.
MADAME MEDUSA: [fondling Snoops' nose] You are too soft.
MR. SNOOPS: But the water was rising and the tide was coming in, and all she did down there was fuss about her teddy bear getting wet.
MADAME MEDUSA: Snoops, you don't have a fashion with children. You must gain their confidence, make them like you.
MR. SNOOPS: Yes, how do you do that?
MADAME MEDUSA: [swings her cane, almost missing him] YOU FORCE THEM TO LOVE YOU, IDIOT!! At the next low tide. I am going to put her down there myself and keep her there until she finds it. [points her stick in Snoops' face] And it's as simple as that.
MR. SNOOPS: Oh, it's as simple as that, is it? Well, you're the boss...uh, boss.
MADAME MEDUSA: Yes. [to Brutus and Nero] Now come along, petsy-poos.
[Medusa walks out of the room with Brutus and Nero behind her. Just as they are out of earshot, the mice decide they've seen and heard enough as well]
BERNARD: We must get Penny out of here tonight.
[But just as soon as they do, they're forced to hide behind a corner as the crocs walk side-by-side. Suddenly, they stop short]
BRUTUS: Huh?
[Brutus sniffs the air]
BERNARD: Oops! Bianca, they smell your perfume.
MISS BIANCA: Oh, dear.
[The crocs crawl over to the end table. Brutus picks Bernard up by his shirt. His umbrella bops Brutus on the snout, and he releases Bernard. It is not long, however. Bernard runs for dear life. He follows close behind with the crocs. Bernard runs up the curtains, but they pull it down. Bianca watches as the two of them scuffle under the downed curtains]
MISS BIANCA: Oh, dear!
BERNARD: B-Bianca!
[Bernard yells for help while Bianca runs over to him]
MISS BIANCA: Let go, you, you big bullies, you!
[Bianca pulls Bernard out, and he shakes his head. The mice, without another word, run away and hide in an old organ. Meanwhile, the crocs get out from under the curtain and look around for them. A sudden shivering noise from one of the pipes in the organ responds their question. Bernard peeks out from the front slit, but is forced to retire until Brutus' eye looks for him and Bianca. As he doesn't spot them, he draws back. They go at it while the mice continue to hide in the organ. Suddenly, air begins to push them out of the pipe they are in. It is revealed to be from Brutus playing the keys. Nero chomps at them, but misses. He swipes the air in outrage while Brutus plays more notes. Bernard tries to hold on, but the jet of air is too strong, and he runs in place while holding onto both his hat and Bianca's. Just as Nero is about to snap at him, he drops back down. Then he and Bianca are lifted back up and down another pipe as Brutus plays a single note in small bursts. They eventually fly out and land separately, with Nero failing to get them again. Bianca peeks out from her hiding place, but Brutus spots her and snaps at her. Bernard, sensing she's in danger, runs across the front of the pipes toward her. Just as he gets to Bianca, Brutus sticks his "fingers" in the pipe opening, but cannot reach them. Then he goes back to playing the organ while Nero tries blocking the tops of the pipes. Meanwhile, as Brutus continues playing the organ, Medusa looks over a map leading to the Devil's Eye. Just then, she notices the sounds coming from behind her. She gets up and walks out of the room. Meanwhile, Brutus hits his front paws on the keys, and Bernard bursts out of the pipes. Then Nero jumps through, breaking all of them apart while Brutus catches Bernard in his jaws. Bianca can only watch hopelessly as her partner remains trapped. Medusa comes up to the crocs, brandishing her stick]
MADAME MEDUSA: Brutus, Nero! Stop that infernal racket! I mean NOW!!
[Medusa whacks Brutus on the head, and he lets go of a very dizzy-looking Bernard. The moment Medusa sees Bernard, she shrieks in terror and jumps up on a chair]
MADAME MEDUSA: Snoops! Snoops, a mouse! Oh, murder it! Murder it!
[Bernard gets up to run, but stops and reverses direction upon seeing Snoops with a broom. Snoops takes a swing at Bernard, but misses and breaks the chair Medusa is standing on. At that moment, Bernard goes over to Bianca, and they run away. It isn't long before Medusa spots her as well]
MADAME MEDUSA: [shrieks] There's another one!
[Snoops, along with the crocs, chases down the mice. He tries to hit them, but gets Brutus instead. After several more tries, he resorts to stomping on them, but yet misses. Medusa, deciding to get them herself, takes a shotgun and shoots at the floor, almost hitting Snoops. The mice run for refuge as Medusa keeps shooting. Eventually, the gun makes a clicking sound, and she shakes it]
MADAME MEDUSA: Oh, what is wrong with this stuff?
[As she continues to try her gun again, everyone peers out from their hiding places. The mice run out towards the balcony]
MADAME MEDUSA: [pounding her gun] Snoops! What's wrong?
MR. SNOOPS: I don't––
[But before Snoops can finish, the gun suddenly lets out a shot that grazes the top of his hair and breaks the railing on the balcony outside. Nearby, Evinrude waits in some reeds near the boat. Evinrude, sensing danger, follows the mice out of the reeds. Bernard waves toward him]
BERNARD: E-Evinrude, over here!
[Evinrude goes over to where Bernard is wading. He climbs aboard]
BERNARD: Are you...are you alright, darling?
[Bianca, out of breath from bobbing in the water and outraged at being shot at, can only gasp for breath]
MISS BIANCA: Gosh! She tried to murder us! That...th-that horrible woman! Oh, if I was only a ten-foot mouse, I'd show her!
BERNARD: [wrings out his hat, defeatedly] It's...it's no use, Bianca. Perhaps Rufus the cat was right. [puts his hat back on] What-What has two little mice done?
[Bernard places his head in his hands and sits there mournfully. Meanwhile, the "Rescue Aid Society" theme plays in the background as Bianca sits up, not ready to throw in the towel yet]
MISS BIANCA: But, Bernard, the Society's counting on us. We can't quit now. [looking up worriedly] Oh, and that little girl. We've just had to rescue her.
[Meanwhile, Penny, yet in her room, puts on a pale yellow nightgown. Just as she is done, Medusa calls for her]
MADAME MEDUSA: Penny, darling! Auntie Medusa wants to speak to you. [grumbling to herself as she puts on her pajamas] High tide or not, that little brat is going to find me that diamond...tomorrow or else!
[Medusa chuckles sinisterly to herself, but a soft knock on the door snaps herself out of her respective mood]
MADAME MEDUSA: [sweetly] Come in. Come in!
PENNY: [peeking in] Did you want to see me, ma'am?
MADAME MEDUSA: Why, yes, my darling. Don't be so shy. Now, I am going to let bygones by bygones. [pulls away one of her fake eyelashes] Do you know what would make Auntie Medusa very happy?
PENNY: Yes, you want me to find that diamond.
MADAME MEDUSA: That's right, darling!
PENNY: [pleading] But I've tried as I could. Honest!
MADAME MEDUSA: [takes away her other fake lashes] Of course you have. But we must try harder, mustn't we?
PENNY: Then please will you take me back to the orphanage, like you promised?
[Medusa, in the process of wiping away her lipstick, stops midway in surprise]
MADAME MEDUSA: Penny, don't you love it here? A big, beautiful boat all to yourself.
PENNY: Well, yes, but if I don't get back to the orphanage, I'll never get adopted.
MADAME MEDUSA: Adopted? What makes you think anyone would want a homely little girl like you?
[Shocked that Medusa dared to shoot down her dreams, Penny starts to tear up and leaves the room. She goes up to the topmost balcony and looks mournfully out into the horizon as an unseen voice sings to her]
SHELBY FLINT: [sings] Be brave, little one
Make a wish for each mournful little tear
Hold your head up though no one is near
Someone's waiting for you
[As Penny watches the stars, she sees a doe and her fawn grazing on some grass. The mother looks up for any sign of danger. Then she sees a mother bird fly past and land on her nest, covering her babies]
Don't cry, little one
There'll be a grin where a frown used to be
You'll be part of the love that you see
Someone's waiting for you
[As Penny continues to watch the heavens, she sees one of the stars shining brightly]
Always keep a little prayer in your pocket
And you're sure to see the light
Soon there'll be joy and happiness
And your little world will be bright
[Remembering Rufus's words about keeping faith, Penny grins and wipes her tears off. Then she goes back inside and hugs her teddy tight. While this is going on, the mice climb up the side of the boat]
Have faith, little one
'Til your hopes and your wishes come true
You must try to be brave, little one
Someone's waiting to love you!
[Penny puts a nightcap on her teddy and gets ready for bed]
PENNY: Goodnight, Teddy. Sleep tight. [blows out the candle, but soon realizes something] Oh, we almost forgot to say our prayers. [kneels down to pray while the mice make their road to her bedroom) Please bless Rufus and all the children at the orphanage...Jennifer, Bobby, Mary, Julie. And please let someone find my bottle. There's a message in it, because running off isn't working. Amen. Don't worry, Teddy. [tearing up] We'll...we'll be...alright.
[Penny flops down onto her bed and starts weeping again, making the mice feel even more very sorry for her]
MISS BIANCA: [goes over to Penny and taps her on the shoulder] Penny? Penny?
PENNY: Yes?
[Penny looks up and is surprised to see the mice standing around her]
MISS BIANCA: Penny, Penny, darling, now don't cry. We are here to help you.
PENNY: We...hi! Where'd you come from?
BERNARD: We found the bottle with------with your message, and we've come to rescue you.
PENNY: [emotionally] Did you hear that, Teddy? Our bottle worked! Didn't you bring somebody big with you? Like the police?
BERNARD: Uh, dear, there's...there's just the, the two of us.
MISS BIANCA: But if the three of us work together, and we have a little faith...
PENNY: That's what Rufus said. "Faith makes stuff turn out right!".
BERNARD: Penny, I know it's late, but we have to escape tonight, right now.
PENNY: But I just got caught by Brutus and Nero. Look what they did to my pants!
BERNARD: [looks out the window] Yes, and they're...they're yet down there guarding the gangplank.
MISS BIANCA: Oh, these vicious monsters. They ought to be locked up in a cage!
PENNY: I know. I know. C'mon. I'll show you. [takes them outside and points to an old elevator] You see there? The elevator.
MISS BIANCA: Oh, it's a perfect cage, Penny.
[Bernard goes down to the elevator and looks it over]
BERNARD: Grand idea! Now, uh, wh-wh-what have we done for bait?
PENNY: Oh, they'll eat anything.
BERNARD: Yes, I know.
MISS BIANCA: I've had it! My perfume. They'll follow the scent right into the elevator!
PENNY: And I'll lock the door. And would that make Medusa mad! [grabbing a broom, as Medusa] Brutus! Nero! Did you let that little brat escape again? You're too soft. [pantomimes hitting them] Whack! Whack!
BERNARD: [chuckles] Hey, Penny, that's not bad.
MISS BIANCA: That's exactly like Medusa.
[Penny mimics Medusa's exact moments until she exits the living room, but turns back toward the mice]
PENNY: Track her down, boys. Bring her back!
MISS BIANCA: And we'll be so far ahead, they'll never catch us.
BERNARD: Wait a moment. She...she might catch us in her swampmobile.
PENNY: We'll swipe it. I've always wanted to drive it!
[Penny pretends to drive the swampmobile, making engine sounds as she does, until she is interrupted by Bernard]
BERNARD: Wh-Wh-What if Medusa wakes up while...while we're starting it? We're in danger. We have to stall them somehow!
PENNY: How about Mr. Snoops' fireworks? We'll shoot them off in her bedroom! That'll keep her busy.
MISS BIANCA: Oh, Bernard, it's so emotional! Perfume, crocs, swamp-mobiles. It just has to work!
BERNARD: It's our only chance. But we're gonna need help!
[Suddenly, they are interrupted by Medusa's voice calling out to Snoops]
MADAME MEDUSA: Snoops! Snoops, get down here!
[They all duck under the railing just as Snoops appears. Luckily, he is running so fast, he does not see them]
MR. SNOOPS: Wh-Wh-What's up, Medusa? What-What's going on?
[Medusa's bedroom door closes, and the mice listen in on their conversation]
MADAME MEDUSA: Oh, shut up! High tide or not....
PENNY: I bet these two are up to something. Gee, I don't wanna go down that awful black hole again.
MISS BIANCA: Don't worry about that, darling. You must hurry up and get dressed!
BERNARD: C'mon. We haven't had much time!
[Bernard goes to the balcony to call for Evinrude]
BERNARD: Evinrude? U-Up here! [Evinrude flies up to Bernard's eye level] We need help. G-Go get Ellie Mae, and-and hurry up!
[Evinrude flies away toward Ellie Mae's cottage, but along the road, he lures a flock of bats sleeping nearby. They fly away after him to try and eat him. The moment he sees them, the frightened dragonfly zips around, avoiding their hungry mouths. As one almost chomps down on him, he bursts through a spider's web, leaving a hole in it. Then the bat chasing him whizzes past, tangling the spider in its own web. The frustrated spider shakes its legs at them. Eventually, Evinrude takes shelter in a bottle while the other bats fly around, trying to get at him, but to no prevail]
[Pan to Ellie Mae's cottage. A slew of cheering sounds out from the chimney. As we cut to the inside, we see, clockwise from her, an owl wearing a black hat and matching waistcoat, a mole wearing a miner's uniform and cap, a grumpy-looking old turtle wearing a Civil War hat, and a jackrabbit wearing blue overalls and straw hat holding a fishing pole. These are Deacon Owl, Digger, Gramps and Deadeye, the "neighbors" Ellie Mae has rounded up, as she said she would in the last chapter]
ELLIE MAE: Are you ready to help rescue that little young'un?
DEADEYE: Sure enough, Ellie Mae!
DEACON OWL: Hallelujah!
[Meanwhile, Luke just snoozes off in a rocking chair, fully oblivious to his wife's oration]
ELLIE MAE: Luke! On your feet, you lazy critter!
[She stomps on his chair, jostling him from his sleep and almost causing him to drop his swamp juice]
LUKE: Uh, ooh, uh, shucks, Ellie Mae. I was just waiting for someone to holler charge!
GRAMPS: [impatiently] Dagnabbit! Let's cut out the jawing and get a-going!
DEADEYE: [chuckles] If old Gramps get head up, his nose gets plumb out of joint.
ELLIE MAE: [looking out the door] Take it easy, Gramps. We must stay here until Evinrude brings us word from them mice.
GRAMPS: If that bug don't get here soon, they'll put that poor little girl down the black hole again!
[Fade to the Black Hole, morning. It is a hole in the ground on top of a rock pile among the base of a dead tree. From it hangs a rope tied to a wooden bucket. As the waves thrash about underneath, Medusa and Snoops drag Penny there by her arm to try and find the Devil's Eye once more. As Snoops speaks severely to Penny, Bernard and Bianca watch from her pocket]
MR. SNOOPS: [firmly] Alright, you little brat. Now, you are gonna go down in that hole, and you're gonna dig till you find me the diamond. You understand that? And no sassing me.
MADAME MEDUSA: Uh-uh-uh! [hugs Penny] Snoops, that is no fashion to speak to our little Miss Penny.
MR. SNOOPS: [grabs the rope and pulls the bucket up] What? Oh. Alright, boss, alright.
MADAME MEDUSA: Now, my darling, you're going to find the big, shiny diamond for your Auntie Medusa, aren't you?
[Penny looks at the hole as Snoops lowers the bucket inside, and backs off in fright]
PENNY: Teddy doesn't like it down there. He's afraid. Aren't you, Teddy?
MADAME MEDUSA: Ah. Poor Teddy. [swipes Teddy while Penny isn't looking] I'll just keep him up here with me, where he'll be safe.
PENNY: Give me back my teddy bear! He's mine! He's mine!
[Penny reaches for her teddy, but Medusa holds her back with her foot and kicks her off. Bernard almost falls out, but Bianca catches him in time]
MADAME MEDUSA: [impatiently] You get down there and find the big diamond, or you will never see that teddy again!
PENNY: Alright, alright. [gets in the bucket] I'll go.
MR. SNOOPS: [lowers Penny in with a lantern] Boss, you've really had a fashion with children.
PENNY: Don't worry, Teddy. I won't be gone long. I'll find her old diamond.
[As Penny is lowered in, the interior of the cave is shown. It is somewhat dark, and the walls are wet and dripping as a result of it filling up with water every high tide. The moment Penny climbs out, Bernard and Bianca look around)
MISS BIANCA: Oh, what a dreadful, frightening place.
PENNY: Yes, it used to be a pirate's cave.
MISS BIANCA: How do you know that, Penny?
PENNY: [points to a pirate skeleton with a sword in its chest] Him!
MISS BIANCA: Ah! Oh, dear!
[Meanwhile, Bernard goes over to a chest half-complete with dirt and jewels embedded in it. He takes a spoon and tries to dig some out]
BERNARD: C'mon, girls. Let...let's look for that diamond where we can get out of here.
PENNY: [interrupting him] Oh, I looked there already. Medusa doesn't want these little ones.
[Suddenly, there is a loud rumble that shakes the cave]
BERNARD: Wh-what's...what's-what's-what's that?
PENNY: That's where the water comes in. [shudders in fear] I'm afraid to go over there. 
BERNARD: [thinking] Well, if I was a pirate, that's just where I'd hide the Devil's Eye. I'll, uh...I'll go over and.....check it out.
[Bernard walks over to the pit, and the same gurgling sounds out, causing him to instantly lose his nerve]
BERNARD: Uh, come...come-come to think of it.....if I was a pirate, I wouldn't...I wouldn't hide....anything back there.
MISS BIANCA: [pointing across the pit] Bernard, look! I can see something. [Penny holds her lantern up to try and see] Come one, come all. Let's see what that is.
BERNARD: No, no, Bianca. You...you stay here. I'll...see if I can find a safe passage over.
[Bernard climbs along the sides of the pit, but he does not get far before water erupts from it. Penny jumps back in fright, but Bianca sees her partner slipping down]
MISS BIANCA: Oh!
BERNARD: Bianca! 
MISS BIANCA: Oh! Hang on!
BERNARD: [looks down] HEEELLLPPP!!!
MISS BIANCA: I'm coming!
[Bianca manages to pull Bernard up safely. Meanwhile, Medusa is wondering what her captive is doing in the cave and calls down to her]
MADAME MEDUSA: What are you doing down there?
PENNY: I'm looking!
MADAME MEDUSA: Well, look faster!
[Penny looks up at the entrance frustratedly. The mice run under what looks like a cutlass with a solid gold blade. Bernard runs over to a skull embedded in the cave wall and looks all over for the diamond. To give him a better look, Penny raises her lantern. Suddenly, a bright multi-colored glow emits from the skull, temporarily blinding Bernard]
BERNARD: Wow!
[Specks of light glimmer all around the two, and they all look around to see what it might be. Penny waves her lantern around, and the glow suddenly stops]
BERNARD: Penny, hold your lantern up again.
[The same flash emits itself again. Bernard looks inside the skull, and sure enough, there is the Devil's Eye, a massive diamond]
BERNARD: Holy mackerel, that...that's it!
MISS BIANCA: The Devil's Eye! Penny, we found it, we found it!
[Penny runs over to the cave entrance, and calls up to Medusa]
PENNY: Medusa, I found it!
MR. SNOOPS: [looks down in the hole] Let me look, let me look, Medusa.
MADAME MEDUSA: [pushes him off] Back! [emotionally] Ah, nice girl! Nice girl, nice girl. Let's get it up here.
[The mice climb inside the skull to move the diamond. Bernard pushes as hard as he can, but can hardly move it. Bianca stands on the other side to guide it through. And sure enough there is, as it erupts from the pit and fills the skull some. Bernard gasps for air and tries again, but he and Bianca are having a hard time getting the diamond out due to its size)
BERNARD: Look, it won't go through. We-we can't get it out!
MADAME MEDUSA: What's taking so long?
PENNY: It's stuck tight.
MADAME MEDUSA: Stuck tight? You get that diamond, or you'll never see daylight again!
[Feeling the mice may need their help, Penny heads for the pit. Penny inches along the sides of the pit carefully]
BERNARD: No, no! B-back-back, Penny!
MISS BIANCA: Oh, Penny, you'll fall!
[And they do so, for another tremor shakes the cave, and a bigger eruption of water starts to fill the cave again. Penny shrieks in fright as she almost slips. On the other side of the pit, the mice flounder hopelessly in the water. As it runs out, Penny peers inside the skull. Bernard swims to the eye-holes)
Bernard: For...forget the...the diamond, let's get out of here before we drown!
[Penny tries to pull the skull out, but it is embedded so tightly that it won't even budge. Suddenly, more water bursts in and almost sweeps the trio toward the pit. Penny holds on for dear life and begs for Medusa to take her back up to the surface]
PENNY: The water's coming in! Please pull me up!
MADAME MEDUSA: Not until you get the diamond!
[After what seems like several moments of thinking, Bernard finally gets an idea]
BERNARD: Penny, the pirate's sword. Use the sword!
[Penny puts her sword in the skull's mouth and pushes as hard as she can while the mice push the diamond toward the opening. With one last groan, the skull's mouth opens wide, and the Devil's Eye comes flying out. Penny grabs it just as more water rushes in, dousing her lantern. The waves thrash her and the mice all about the cave. Penny looks around for her friends, and sees the mice being sucked into a whirlpool]
MISS BIANCA: Penny! Penny, help!
[Penny swims as fast as she can toward the whirlpool while holding on to the diamond. She manages to grab them, but she gets sucked in as well. However, just when it looks like curtains for them, another eruption brings them back to the surface. Penny throws the diamond into the bucket]
PENNY: I have it! I've had it! [climbs into the bucket] Hurry up! P-pull me up!
[Up on the surface, Medusa stands in front of the hole emotionally and urges Snoops to pull Penny up]
MADAME MEDUSA: Faster, faster!
MR. SNOOPS: I'm pulling as fast as I can.
[Medusa laughs manically and grabs the diamond just as it is within reach]
MADAME MEDUSA: At last! The Devil's Eye!
[Medusa laughs triumphantly as Snoops drops down to get a look at the diamond. Penny, however, is left hanging while the mice drop out of her pocket and hide at the base of the rocks)
MR. SNOOPS: It's worth millions!
MADAME MEDUSA: Just look at it. Filled with power for its owner.
MR. SNOOPS: [tries to grab the diamond] Darling...let me look at it. [Medusa wrenches it off from him and only gives him a split-second glimpse] I can't...hey, that wasn't very nice, you know?
[Snoops reaches for the diamond, oblivious that he let go of the rope holding the bucket. Penny shrieks in fright as she almost falls back in the cave with the bucket. Meanwhile, Medusa holds him back with her foot]
MR. SNOOPS: No, but I know there's enough there to cut it into two equal shares.
MADAME MEDUSA: [kicks him off] You idiot! Cut up a perfect gem? And it's mine. It's all mine!
MR. SNOOPS: [outraged] All yours? Well, half of it is mine, you double-crossing crook!
[Brutus carries Penny off while Snoops and Medusa argue]
PENNY: Put me down, Brutus!
MADAME MEDUSA: It's mine! It's all mine!
MR. SNOOPS: Double-crosser!
MADAME MEDUSA: Cheap pickpocket!
MR. SNOOPS: Chiseler!
MADAME MEDUSA: Cheap crook!
[Meanwhile, at the cave area, the eyes from the bats watch Evinrude, who has spent the night in his bottle. He looks to the left, seeing his predators ready to strike, despite it being day, then to the right. He sees Ellie Mae's cottage, which is not far now. He flies out, and the bats resume their pursuit of him. Meanwhile, Evinrude is yet flying toward Ellie Mae's cottage. He is starting to tire out, but even with his predators closing in on him, he forces himself onward. Just as the bats are about to chomp down on him, he manages to duck down into the chimney and emerges from the stove, covered in soot and barely breathing. Ellie Mae and the other swamp folk gather around him as he coughs up more soot]
ELLIE MAE: Land sakes! It's Evinrude!
DEADEYE: Old Eve sure is a mess.
GRAMPS: Where in tarnation you been, boy?
LUKE: What's going on?
DEACON OWL: Do they want us now?
DIGGER: Well, where are they?
DEACON OWL: They're on the boat?
DEADEYE: Speak up, boy.
DEACON OWL: [pats Evinrude] Buck up! We mustn't be quitting now, must we?
[The only response Evinrude gives is a deep sigh and a pair of sputters as he flops back down in exhaustion. They all look at him worriedly, but Ellie Mae pushes through them]
ELLIE MAE: Stand back! [goes over to a yet-shivering Evinrude] Give poor Evinrude some air! He's plumb tuckered out.
LUKE: Here, this'll make a new bug out of you.
[Luke feeds Evinrude a drop of swamp juice, and he gulps it down. After a couple more sputters and a coughed-up flame, the re-energized dragonfly zips up and buzzes a bugle call. The others take this as their cue and run out the door]
ALL: Charge! Ya-hoo!
DIGGER: We're gonna have us a tear-snorting fight!
[Digger dips into the ground and digs the rest of the road. Luke, who is lagging behind, takes a few swigs of swamp juice and heads out as well]
LUKE: Yee-hoo! Charge!
[Digger emerges from the ground and looks around for the other swamp folks]
DIGGER: Where'd everybody go? [Luke steps on him] OOF!!
[The swamp folk come to the river and carry their armaments, or whatever they managed to bring with them, over their heads. Digger, now back underground, yet manages to dig, but Gramps, despite rowing very fast, is stuck. Evinrude gets behind him and pushes. Soon, they pass a large tree. Gramps, being an old turtle, attempts to keep up with the rest of the group. Deadeye turns around, hooks him with his fishing pole and reels him in]
GRAMPS: I don't need any help from anybody!
ALL: Charge! Ya-hoo!
[Eventually, the swamp folks arrive at the riverboat. Up on top floor, the mice watch as Medusa holds Snoops and Penny at gunpoint. The Devil's Eye, however, has been sewn into Penny's teddy bear)
MR. SNOOPS: Welsher! Swindler! Chiseler!
MADAME MEDUSA: Shut up, Snoops, and don't move. If either of you try to follow me...YOU'LL GET BLASTED!!
PENNY: [reaching for her teddy] You give me my teddy bear. You promised.
MADAME MEDUSA: Teddy goes with me, my darling. I've become quite attached to him.
[Unfortunately, Bernard takes his wire, strings it onto a water valve and pulls it taut. Medusa back up, not noticing the tight wire behind her. She falls flat on her backs, dropping the teddy as she does so. After this, her gun goes off as Penny's teddy falls to the floor]
MADAME MEDUSA: [gasps] My diamond! My diamond!
[Snoops, willing the diamond for himself as well, runs to take it, but Medusa grabs his foot, and he falls down. Penny runs out and picks her teddy up. Then she runs off-screen. Snoops runs toward Penny, but Medusa grabs his hair and pulls him down, causing her to fall and discharge her gun again. At that moment, Ellie Mae, Digger and Deacon Owl come forward]
SWAMP FOLKS: Charge!
[Deacon Owl pulls on Medusa's hair while Digger clunks her on the head and Ellie Mae waves her rolling pin at her. Eventually, Luke jabs her butt with his pitchfork, and she yells in pain. Cut to the far end of the riverboat. Medusa is shooting at the swamp folks, who run for dear lives. Just then, they run into Brutus and Nero, and turn tail. Behind them, Bianca sprays her respective perfume while Bernard whistles sharply at them]
Brutus/Nero: Huh?
[The two crocs turn around and see the mice dangling in front of the elevator by Deadeye's fishing line. The crocs run toward the elevator]
BERNARD: Now! [Deadeye just nods his head while the crocs draw closer] Now! NOW!!!
[Deadeye pulls the mice up just as Brutus and Nero get close, trapping them in the elevator. And just as Bernard said, their combined size bends a few bars out. Cut to the swampmobile. Penny is trying to get it to start, but as usual, it just sputters. The mice get to her just as Medusa gets to the topmost balcony)
BERNARD: Watch out!
[Medusa shoots her gun, but only manages to hit the swampmobile's windshield. At that moment, Ellie Mae comes and clonks her on the head. Medusa stuffs another shot, but Deacon Owl clogs it with a stick of dynamite. The barrel inflates for a bit before eventually exploding and covering Medusa's face in soot. Meanwhile, down underneath, Penny is yet trying to start the swampmobile]
PENNY: Oh, please start.
BERNARD: Advance the spark!
(The horn honks louder, frightening the mouse out of his wits)
BERNARD: Not the horn, the spark lever! [hands Digger an electrode] Digger, hold this. It's that doohickey on the steering wheel!
[Bianca pushes the lever, causing Digger to get a brief electric shock. Cut to the storage room. Deadeye and Deacon Owl light all the fireworks and then run for dear lives. The fireworks go off all at once]
MADAME MEDUSA: You...you and your infernal fireworks! You... [a rocket sweeps her off her feet] you...oh, you dunderhead!
[Then Snoops is hit by two more fireworks while Bianca and Penny yet try to start the swampmobile]
BERNARD: We're not getting any gas!
ELLIE MAE: Fill her up, Luke! Hurry up. [Luke pours some swamp juice in the fuel tank, but Ellie Mae pushes it down] All of it!
[At that moment, the fuel tank coughs up a cloud of smoke, covering Bernard's face in soot. Then the swampmobile takes off just as Medusa grabs onto a rope dangling from the former's rear. Ellie Mae pounds on Medusa's fingers with her rolling pin. She yelps in pain and is sent flying backwards, but manages to snag the rope again. Though she is determined to get the diamond, she bounces on the water. Meanwhile, the fireworks on the riverboat explode, sending the crocs flying into the air. The moment they realize where they are, they hold onto each other and fall with a splash into the water below. Upon seeing the swampmobile, they duck. Soon after, Medusa runs on top of them. She whips them with the end of the rope, as if warning them to swim faster. Suddenly, Bianca spots the now-more-sunk riverboat]
MISS BIANCA: Watch out! The riverboat!
[The swampmobile successfully turns around. Medusa tries to hold on, but the rope snaps. She and her pets gasp in shock at what's in front of them; the riverboat. Medusa shrieks just as she smashes into one of the smokestacks. Meanwhile, Snoops, with part of his clothes torn apart, rows off from the boat on a wooden plank. He takes one last look at his former employer and laughs at her folly. The mice, however, rejoice at their successful rescue]
BERNARD: We did it, Bianca!
MISS BIANCA: Hooray! Oh, Bernard, Bernard, you're wonderful!
[The swamp folks bid Medusa farewell as they ride away into the horizon. Medusa, on the other hand, watches as her goal slips out of her fingers]
ALL: We did it! We've had her! We sure showed that Medusa woman!
MADAME MEDUSA: [sobbing] There...goes...my diamond!
[Down underneath her, Brutus and Nero snap at her heels, eventually having seen enough of her abuse. She hangs on for dear life to try and keep out of their reach. Fade to the Rescue Aid Society Headquarters, several months later. The mice are watching a news report on a television in the middle of the newly-renovated meeting room]
TV ANNOUNCER: And because of a courageous little girl named Penny, the world's largest diamond, the Devil's Eye is now in the Smithsonian Institute. [a later shot shows Penny being carried out by a man with a black mustache and a woman with red hair carrying her teddy] But what's even more reluctant, folks, this little orphan's dream has come true. Today, she's being adopted, and here she is with her new mother and father.
[Outside, the other children of Morningside Orphange are seen with signs and cheering for Penny]
CHILDREN: [singing] For Penny's a jolly best fellow
For Penny's a jolly brief fellow
For Penny's a jolly nice fellow
From Morningside Orphange
She has a new mum and dad
Hooray for her mum and dad!
[As their singing trails away, Bianca embraces Bernard]
MISS BIANCA: Bernard, I am so happy for Penny.
BERNARD: Yes, then you might say that Penny, uh, brought us together.
MISS BIANCA: You are a darling.
(Bianca gives Bernard a kiss while the TV announcer interviews Penny)
TV ANNOUNCER: Penny, you were a brave little girl to do what you did all by yourself.
PENNY: Oh, I didn't do it all by myself. Two little mice from the Rescue Aid Society, helped me.
TV ANNOUNCER: [in confusion] Mice? Rescue Aid Society?
PENNY: Yes, they rescued me. Uh, could I say hello to them? Hello, Bianca! Hi, Bernard!
[Bernard and Bianca wave to Penny, and the TV announcer is yet curious about a little girl speaking to mice]
TV ANNOUNCER: You can speak to these little mice?
PENNY: All the time. Mice can speak like anybody. Didn't you know that?
[The delegates all laugh at this notion, even though they themselves are speaking mice]
TV ANNOUNCER: Well, I didn't, but I do now, Penny.
[At that moment, a familiar dragonfly enters the room. It is Evinrude, having flown all the road from Devil's Bayou with a piece of paper in his hands]
MISS BIANCA: Evinrude, what are you doing here? [Evinrude lands and hands Bernard the paper, shivering from exhaustion] It's another call for help.
BERNARD: [hands the chairmouse the paper] Here, uh...uh...you're gonna need some volunteers. [Bianca raises his hand for him] But Bi-Bianca, we just--
MISS BIANCA: [interrupting] Oh, Bernard, adventure, thrills intrigue, travel, exotic places. [as she speaks, the camera pans up to reveal the date is, unfortunately for Bernard, Friday, January 13th] Oh, c'mon, darling. Let's go!
[Fade to the JFK airport, rooftop. Orville flies the mice and Evinrude through a fierce snowstorm. The wind suddenly blows him backward while Bernard, once again, holds on tight]
BERNARD: I sure wish we'd have taken the train.
[Evinrude, sensing danger, flies up and out of the sardine can. Meanwhile, Orville, realizing he is heading backwards, tries to curse-correct, but ends up falling off the roof, letting out a Goofy holler. Evinrude dives down and straightens him before he can hit the ground. He flies back in with the mice, and flops down in exhaustion]
SHELBY FLINT: [sings] Tomorrow is another day
How I hope you'll always stay
[Orville flies once again into the horizon to who-knows-where]
Tomorrow is another day!
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