With This Love 2: The Return Of The King

***The Return Of The King*** is the 2nd film of *With This Love*.

## Overview

The Film tells the story about Surly and the gang are not as free of Shen as they think. Luckily for Surly and friends, Shen's henchmen, Nermal, has switched to their side, because they need all the help they can get.

## Plot

The film starts off where Surly and his friends are having a opening medley. Erik is reluctant to try dancing as most of the animals in Buckingham Palace do. His first attempt at dancing ends in humiliation. Andie comforts Erik about mistakes. Upon their arrival, Jenny and Charlie reunited their daughter and King Boog announces to Surly a surprise which the Sisu intends to reveal at this evening's dinner.

Meanwhile, Madison Correctional Institution, Nermal manages to escape from prison. Shen orders Nermal to release him and his friends at once, but Nermal disobeys and escapes. He arrived at London, hoping to have new friends and convince the king that he had served Shen. He meets Surly and insists that he is innocent, but Surly is not fooled and tries to capture him.

While chasing Nermal, Surly and his team has a run-in with Constantine and his friends, but is saved by Nermal. Now willing to give Nermal a fair chance, Team With This Love returns with him to the Palace, where they are greeted by Maximus, who has arrived at the palace and is honored to be adviser.

Meanwhile, Shen had escaped from his prison, using the key and was able to pick the lock of the acupuncture restraint he was held in. After fighting and defeating the guards of the prison, the peacock grasped Atticus and told him to tell those at the Buckingham Palace that he has returned. Anxious to have Buckingham Palace himself, he began his return to London.

That night, Boog announces that he wants to make Big Bird: Leader of With This Kind. Trying to draw on the good mood, Surly attempts to persuade Boog to forgive Nermal, but Nermal inadvertently ruins the dinner and Andie and the animals are furious. With Nermal's help, though, Andie eventually reconciles with Surly.

However, God's lesson to further Surly's training to help him pursue inner peace. At British Museum, Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse are talking about Nermal and made plan for attack. Once in the Palace, Shen reveals himself to Nermal and forces him to play along with his plans. The next day, Surly, Scooby-Doo, Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, Dory and Sisu depart to discuss at a place suggested by Nermal. After leaving, Shen confronts Andie, Top Cat, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Mike Wazowski and White Fang in the Hyde Park and shows his power, imprisoning the six.

Meanwhile, Surly has a talk with Sisu that earns his acceptance as Big Bird's future. When Tom Cat thanks Nermal, Surly is ambushed by Constantine, accompanied by a group of cloaked horsemen. Surly, helpless without gilder (who is trampled by one of the horses), fails to prevent Sisu's capture. When their flying vehicles recovers, Surly gives chase, only to be shocked when the horses gallop off the cliff and sprout wings. Despite his surprise, Surly takes back Dory. He is about to make his escape when one of Zeta's horsemen creates a waterspout, sucking the Sisu off the gilder and into the waterspout.

Surly turns a gilder back to save the Sultan, but he was sucked in. Surly, however, is thrown back out and into the raging river. While struggling to stay above the surface of the water, Surly manages to grab a rock. But before he can catch his breath, Amy The Crocodile Princess kicks him back into the river, and he plummets over the edge of the waterfall. Constantine enjoys his moment of glory, but one of the horsemen uses magic to keep Surly from meeting his death. Surlythen gently floats over the deadly rocks and is dropped into safer water.

It is finally revealed that all the horsemen were Shen in disguise. Constantine rushes towards Shen, expressing anger that Surly was saved ("He was this close to being a greasy little smear on the rocks!"). Barely keeping his temper, Shen reminds his friends of the plan and congratulates Nermal for his work. Nermal, however, is clearly distressed at betraying Surly.

Wounded and unconsciously floating down the river, Surly is still alive when he is rescued by Jenny. When he regains consciousness, Jenny tells him that he is in the remains of the village where he was born and Surly's unconsciously repressed memories fight to come to the surface. Guided by Jenny to embrace the past and let them rise, Surly's memories come back as he witnesses the destruction of his village and his father's flight from Shen's forces.

Given the lie of Shen's cruel claim of abandonment, he sees instead that his father endangered himself to save him by hiding him in the produce crate and drawing the pursuers away, seemingly to him death. Surly's memories move to new home and how he conquered his deep insecurities to achieve his most cherished dreams with help of his new friends At that, Surly comes to realize that his past does not define him as much as his present choices, allowing him to attain a measure of inner peace even while he prepares to return to London to confront the murdering peacock.

When Surly returns, he discovers Andie accuses Big Bird of murdering Boog and sentences him to death. Surly is shocked, but the truth is that Andie was also captured while Surly was away with his team and Nermal, and Shen disguised himself as her when he issued the death sentence.

In the dungeon, Andie and the others berate Nermal for betraying them, but their anger is quickly forgotten when Nermal chooses to attempt to free Sisu so she can save Big Bird. Shen reveals himself to Big Bird moments, and Big Bird frantically attempts to tell the guards, but they don't listen. Finally, after a great amount of effort, Nermal frees Sisu, who saves Big Bird just as the sword falls, and then the others. Surly angrily goes off on Nermal for setting him up, but changes his mind when Tom informs him that Nermal freed them on his own.

While Nermal suggests that they run, Jerry decides to attempt to stop Shen. Surly tells Boog that, in order to destroy Shen, using inner peace. Nermal chooses to face Shen, and the others let him join in without blame on account of their new freedom. Shen, surprised and enraged that Surly is still alive, blows them out of the throne room into the Hyde Park.

Unfazed, Shen ordered his gunners to open fire and finish off them, to which Surly began making tai chi motions. The first cannon was fired, and amazingly, Surly used a technique God had shown him earlier to catch and deflect the cannonball. Though shocked at this, Shen would not relent and ordered his friends to continue firing. However, Surly continued to deflect the cannon fire and soon began sending the cannonballs back towards the boats and destroying them. Shen became increasingly enraged and ordered his friends to fire from his cannon. Surly caught this larger cannonball, and as he began spinning on the spot with this ball, he briefly transformed into the Yin Yang symbol from the Jenny's vision, a sight which struck Shen speechless. Surly redirected this last ball into Shen's cannonball, which then destroyed, though Shen survived the impact.

When Surly confronted him on the palace, Shen viewed the destruction around him, and asked Surly how he did it, how he could find peace after he had "scarred him for life". Surly told Shen that it was time to let go of his past, stating that what mattered was who he chose to be in the present. Shen agreed and declared his choice: by attacking Surly with his sword and knives in one last vengeful attempt to kill the squirrel. Though Shen's swordplay overwhelmed Surly, as they fought, Surly finally defeats them and Shen and his friends are arrested for their crimes.

When everyone recovers from their injuries to the joy of all since it is among God's set of laws that he can't use his powers to kill. Amidst the celebration with a firework rocket, however, Surly announces to Boog that Big Bird is ready to become leader of With This Kind because he wants to see the world and can't just stay in the Palace for now. Andie declares that she would join him, but Nermal objects to this and rants as the film ends.

## Characters

* Surly
* Scooby-Doo
* Tom Cat
* Jerry Mouse
* Dory
* Sisu
* Andie
* Top Cat
* Bugs Bunny
* Daffy Duck
* Mike Wazowski
* White Fang
* Big Bird
* Swifty
* Samson
* Eva
* Baylene
* King Boog
* Shaun The Sheep
* Lucario
* Erik
* Boadicea
* Atticus
* Sheriff
* Shen
* Constantine
* Zeta
* Amy The Crocodile Princess
* God

### Character debuts

* Nermal
* Jenny
* Charlie
* Maximus

## Voice Talent

* Will Arnett as Surly
* Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Maximus
* D.B. Sweeney as Tom Cat
* Robert Naylor as Jerry Mouse
* Ellen DeGeneres as Dory
* Awkwafina as Sisu
* Katherine Heigl as Andie
* Jeremy Renner as Top Cat, Swifty
* Jeff Bergman as Bugs Bunny
* Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck
* Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski
* Yuri Lowenthal as White Fang
* Matt Vogel as Big Bird, Constantine
* Jason Marsden as Nermal
* Kiefer Sutherland as Samson
* Angela Galuppo as Eva
* Renée Victor as Baylene
* Mike Epps as King Boog
* Justin Fletcher as Shaun The Sheep
* Sean Schemmel as Lucario
* Diane Keaton as Jenny
* Eugene Levy as Charlie
* Ava Acres as Erik
* Meibh Campbell as Boadicea
* Benjamin Flores, Jr. as Atticus
* Michael Wallis as Sheriff
* Gary Oldman as Shen
* Leslie Jones as Zeta
* Debra Wilson as Amy The Crocodile Princess
* James Earl Jones as God

## Opening Credits

Based On Characters Created by:

Peter Lepeniotis

Casting And Voice Direction by:

Maria Estrada

Music by:

Jérôme Rebotier

Edited by:

Kyle Stafford

Executive Producer:

Sam Register

Produced by:

Bobbie Page

Written by:

Robert Zappia

Directed by:

Darrell Van Citters

## Songs

1. *We Found Love*: Will Arnett, Frank Welker, D.B. Sweeney, Robert Naylor, Ellen DeGeneres, Awkwafina, Katherine Heigl, Jeremy Renner, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, Billy Crystal, Yuri Lowenthal, Matt Vogel, Renée Victor, Mike Epps, E.G. Daily, Meibh Campbell, Lil' P-Nut
2. *Stayin' Alive*: E.G. Daily, Meibh Campbell, Lil' P-Nut
3. *For The First Time In Forever*: Will Arnett, Frank Welker, D.B. Sweeney, Robert Naylor, Ellen DeGeneres, Awkwafina, Katherine Heigl, Jeremy Renner, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, Billy Crystal, Yuri Lowenthal, Jason Marsden
4. *You're Only Second Rate*: Gary Oldman, Matt Vogel, Will Arnett, Leslie Jones, Debra Messing
5. *Best Of Friends*: Will Arnett, Frank Welker, D.B. Sweeney, Robert Naylor, Ellen DeGeneres, Awkwafina, Katherine Heigl, Jeremy Renner, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, Billy Crystal, Yuri Lowenthal, Mike Epps
6. *We Are One*: Jason Marsden

## Trivia

* This film marked the first of several things:
	+ The first appearances of Nermal, Jenny, Charlie and Maximus.
* This film marked the last of several things:
	+ The last film that Shen, Constantine, Zeta and Amy The Crocodile Princess appeared until *The Hidden World*