Dong's Scottish Adventure

Dong's Scottish Adventure is a 1987 telefilm that aired on CBS and The Funtastic World Of Hanna-Barbera

## Summary

The TV Movie starts with Dong being chased by a Group of Warplanes, it turns out that it was all just a dream Dong had while he was sleeping, Dong gets ready for school, by walking, Dong and Lee go to school together, Dong's teacher, says that if the students win a ticket to Scotland, While going home Dong falls of a cliff by getting injured, 4 Days later, Young is trying to open a bag of Instant Noodles, He notices a ticket, that causes Dong, Lee and Young to go to Scotland, Unfortunately, the money jar they use to save for trips is empty, as Dong's mom had spent it all to buy a new vase that Dong broke in Are You Happy Dong. Not giving up just yet, Dong says that they can still go to Scotland, as they have to be a little "adventurous". The next morning, Dong gets The Swan Man's Bike ready. Young brings self-made sandwiches, to Swoople’s disgust. When Swoople learns that he will not come with them because he's too small . Mrs. Choi drops off Lee who is accompanying the Chouel brothers. After a hectic road trip that involves riding in the cargo load of an airplane, parachuting into France, flying in a hot air balloon, and landing in the ocean to hitch a ride in a submarine, the Trio finally arrives to Scotland. As the trio exits the sub to examine the sights, Dong decides to call Swoople on the Telephone to deliver the news. As Swoople answers his call in Mapo, Encouraged by Dong's family to prove that he's meant for Dong, Swoople decides to do just that, and proceeds to head to Scotland personally. As the Trio enter the Scottish town, they ask a nearby fisherman on where they can find Lee's relatives, and the fisherman responds by running away while frantically saying their last name, much to their bewilderment. As they venture around the town, they discover other oddities, like a door built much higher than the sidewalk, the signs being too jumbled to be comprehended, and the bell tower using a small bell instead of a giant one. Before long, the citizens begin to converge on the Trio, and one of the citizens asks them if he's really Lee, to which the Trio agrees. This causes the citizen to tell them that they're in the town of Lee, Loch, which is named after their ancestors some 400 years ago. After he and the rest of the citizens explain their history ("This Town Is Named for You"), he guides them to the castle where their ancestors once lived. Once they arrive, the citizen introduces himself as Scott, the Lee Loch groundskeeper, and once they enter the castle, they meet Fraser, the castle's caretaker. Lee asks Scott if he knows any more info about his ancestors, and he proceeds to show them a painting of his ancestors, As the Trio proceed to look around the castle, Dong asks if Lee's sisters in the painting were special, and Scott agrees, but before he could explain further, Lee tell Dong to come look at what they found. Arriving to a hallway, he discovers that each of the sisters has their own bedroom, complete with a working toilet. After exploring all the rooms, Dong meets up with Fraser, where he proceeds to tell the young boy that while the dragon may have been special, his ancestral double, the Duke of Lee Loch, was the most special member of the family, and Dong gets to stay in his former room, which is the biggest bedroom in the castle. At that moment, Dong, ask Scott why there's are a lot of dragon imagery in the castle, and he proceeds to show them. The moment they leave, Young discovers on a pedestal the Duke's crown.

Entering the cave behind the waterfall in the courtyard, Scott tells Dong and Young that the reason why dragons are celebrated in Lee Loch was because their ancestors had a pet dragon, and before they left, their dragon gave birth to a new one, ready to hatch when the new Chois would arrive. Reaching the end of the cave, they encounter a dragon egg, and when Scott goes to inspect it, he discovers that it hatched. Suddenly, Scott gets tackled, and after a brief scuffle, it's revealed to be a baby dragon who behaves much like a dog. Moved by its cute appearance, they proceed to show the rest of the family, with Dong naming the creature Dragy. As the trio admires Dragy, Young reveals himself wearing the Duke's outfit, and proceeds to walk down the stairs rather elegantly. Upon reaching the bottom, Suddenly, Dragy started to hatch and proceeds to walk down the stairs rather elegantly. saying that he's going to rule Lee Loch. At that moment, Lee enters and reveals that he cooked everything for their dinner. As the trio (messily) eats dinner, Dong discovers that Dragy gets bigger every time she eats, and Young asks Scott how he can become the Duke of Lee Loch, to which he tells him that in order to become Duke, he needs to make life a better place for the village and its people, which Young believes to be an easy task. Later, Scott is guiding Fraser to her temporary residence (a hovel, which Scott stayed in). As they walk, Fraser nearly lets it slip that her ancestors drove the Lee' ancestors away, when it was widely reported that they left their kingdom and never came back. Once they arrive, Fraser grumpily enters. saying that he's going to rule Lee Loch. At the medieval scottish village, Young proceeds to go around Lee Loch and try to make things better for the citizens so they can christen him as the new Duke, like impressing them with his magic tricks or offering them free breakfast burritos, while Scott reminds him that being a Duke means that he has to put the citizens over himself, and Young manages to win them over by fixing in the other half a broken bridge ("I'm Gonna Be the Duke"). However, Fraser ruins the moment by revealing that Young is only staying in Scotland for a week, causing the citizens to believe they celebrated with a tourist and not a permanent resident. At Angus' suggestion, Young tries to convince his brother and Lee that they should move to Scotland. Using a slideshow presentation, Young explains that moving to Scotland is a good thing as they found themselves and their culture here, and that if they stay, they can get all the fame and adoration they want. Lee. immediately approves of this decision, but the Dong is unconvinced, mainly because they know that Young only wants this to be in a position of power, and because they have lives in Mapo regarding their friends and school. Realizing he's outnumbered, Young proceeds to guilt trip them by feigning sadness and lamenting that they can go back home once their vacation ends, "to our house with *one* bathroom." This one comment alone horrifies the Dong and Lee to the point that they immediately change their mind and decide to move to Scotland. Sometime later, a full-blown coronation is being held in order to crown Young as the new Duke of Lee Loch. Scott and Fraser arrive with the royal scepter and the Duke's crown. After Fraser gives a speech to citizens by telling them that Lee Loch has been duke-less for the past 400 years because of the Loch/Choi's getting lost during a boat trip (which Lucille overhears and is baffled by what was told), she proceeds to place the crown on Young's head, but greatly struggles to do so. Seeing her struggle to do such a simple task, Scott proceeds to assist her by pushing the crown onto Young's head. With Young now officially titled as the new Duke, he and his family begin to bask in their royal status, while simultaneously making life better for Lee Loch, At the castle, Young, after taking a deep breath, calls up Swoople to relay the news to him that he and his brother and Lee are royal, and that he got crowned as the new duke of Lee Loch. As they talk, Fraser, having arrived back, eavesdrops on Young and Swoople's conversation, and hears Young remarking that because of his new position as duke, he's no longer getting overshadowed by his sisters. When Swoople questions how Young can possibly still be the duke once he comes back to Mapo, he confesses to his friend that he and his family moved to Swoople. Swoople appears to be taken aback by the news, but eagerly accepts Young's decision, Fraser realizes that she just found her perfect opportunity to put her plan into action. After expressing her happiness of fulfilling her ancestor's greatest desire and getting rid of what has become her burden

Later, in Lee Loch, Young is hard at work cleaning a house's chimney. Despite the hundreds of houses whose chimneys need cleaning, Young, hearing people cheering in the distance, believe it's what must be done to make them happy. Suddenly, a flyer flies into Young's face, promoting his brother and Lee. Fearing for the worst, Young quickly runs into the town centers and discovers to his horror that his sisters are showing off their talents and skills. Their performances end up catching the attention of everyone in Lee Loch, where they unknowingly trample Young. As Young looks on with heartbreak that he's once again overshadowed his sisters, Fraser approaches him and, back at the castle, Young complains to her that because he's the Duke, he should be the most special Chouel of all. Young realizes that if he does the same with Dragy, he can get his fame and adoration back, to which Fraser agrees with. As Young goes off to get Lochy, Fraser retrieves the royal scepter at that moment, Lochy becomes hypnotized by the stone's power and begins stomping in whichever direction Fraser moves the scepter, which Young can't control. Fraser proceeds to make a mess of Lee Loch by guiding Lochy into the buildings, destroying and/or heavily wrecking them. After causing enough damage, Fraser makes Lochy to stop stomping, and when Young jumps off, he discovers the amount of damage caused and tries to keep the people happy that he can fix it. However, after a botched attempt to fix things results in the Bakery getting destroyed, the furious townsfolk immediately turn against him, angrily chewing him out because how his little stunt resulted in the destruction of their town. Realizing he lost the respect of everybody, Young runs away in tears. As his concerned brother and Lee follows him, Fraser takes the Loch Ness Stone out of the royal scepter, causing Lochy to revert back to normal, and shamefully goes back to the ocean. Meanwhile Swoople is in London, trespassing at a talent show set, in which they perform a parody of Oh Susanna!, Then Swoople gets arrested after they are sent to the Royal Prison. Suddenly, Dong and Lee enter and, after asking if he's alright, tell him that tomorrow, they're going to help him rebuild the town. Unfortunately, just moments later, an angry crowd arrives to the castle doors and demand that he leave Lee Loch, accusing him for losing everything. Seeing how the people no longer admire him, Young decides to relinquish the crown and sadly asks his brother and Lee if they can go home. Before long, the Trio has boarded a boat, leaving Scotland. As Fraser waves farewell to the Trio, she gleefully believes she succeeded in her mission and proceeds to burn Young's journal in a fireplace to get rid any evidence of her wrongdoings. However, the moment she leaves the room, Swoople exerts control among the prisoners at their jail, then Swoople gets an idea, by busting out of jail with a cannon ball, Then Dong, realizes that Lee Loch is in danger, Dong Lee and Young sail back to Lee Loch, Dong and the gang are shocked at the burning village, Realizing, Fraser is putting control on Dragy, Swoople finally gets to Scotland, Swoople and Shell-Don put on a fire for the peasants, but then Dragy burns a hovel

## Trivia

* The movie began production in September 9, 1986 and was completed in July 19 1987.