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Sympathy for the Mandrill

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[snoring]

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[squeals]

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[grunts]

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Hey, can you tell me what that says?

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-[monkey chittering] -[gasps]

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[sighs]

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[screeching]

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[sighs] No response to formula 124.

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Status report on the mandrill?

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-[monkey screeching] -No signs of mutation, yet.

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We only have a few non-intelligent animals from the old world left.

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Increase the pace. I want him on two, three formulas a day.

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We will be the ones who learn what made the animals mutate.

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And then we will fix them. Understood?

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Guess I've gotta give you some more formula, Hugo.

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I'm sorry.

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[monkey screeching]

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It's OK. Look, we got something for you.

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[monkey screeching]

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-Yeah, that's better. -Formula 125.

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-[slurps] -One-hundred twenty-five.

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Have a good feeling about this one.

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Formula 3,853. I've got a good feeling about this one.

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Hoo-go.

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-[gasps] -Hu-go.

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Hugo!

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-[laughing] -Hugo.

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That's right.

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That's your name! You did it!

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-Welcome to our world, Hugo. -[laughing]

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-I guess we should tell Emilia. -Should we?

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[Emilia] We'll reach Scarlemagne's palace from the tunnels underneath.

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This is where we'll lead the humans out while Kipo fights off the Mega Monkey, I'm pointing to no one.

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Where's Kipo?

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She's been asleep all day. [chuckles]

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Transforming into a giant jaguar is pretty exhausting.

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Fine, you can catch her up later.

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Now, all we need is someone to steal a nectar bomb from under Scarlemagne's palace, so we can blow the tunnels behind us.

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We'll do it! We're great at sneaking around.

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Yeah. We're small and fast!

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And I'm very likeable.

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Kipo said she would be back by now. She definitely got captured.

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Yeah, that's why we're getting the nectar bomb.

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-So we can find Kipo, and-- -Shh, shut up for a sec, those nectar bombs are right under Scarlemagne's palace!

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[gasps] We can break Kipo out, then stop somewhere for dinner on the way back!

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-Emilia's none the wiser. -Uh... Yeah, Dave.

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Everything but the dinner part was already the plan.

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So, you're saying I made the plan even better.

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Hopefully, Mandu can keep Dr. Emilia from getting suspicious.

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[squeals]

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Mmm...

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Sorry, but this is really, really good!

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Are you hurt? Did you go to the goats?

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I'm so glad you're here, but what are you doing here?!

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Don't worry, Dad. I'm OK.

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A lot has happened since I saw you.

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Kipo Oak, I can't tell you how long I've waited for this.

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Just do what he asks. It's gonna be all right.

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Do you like your dress?

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Tell me. Wait, don't tell me!

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OK, tell me.

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So, uh, wait, you want me to tell you?

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Desperately!

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It's lovely. And poofy.

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To be honest, I thought I'd be locked in a spooky dungeon eating dirt.

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Don't give him any ideas.

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[chuckles] Please, you're no prisoner!

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You're my guest of honor, free to do as you please.

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Eat, wander, relax, but... no jaguar business.

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Uh... OK.

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Wonderful!

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Now that we have all the nasties out of the way, I must admit,

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I had ulterior motives for our little soiree.

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Some mutes have been rather fixated on the Burrow Girl.

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The half-mute hero of Brunchington Beach, who fought off the tyrant Scarlemagne.

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[laughs] You can see how that's bad for my image.

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-[groans] -So, tomorrow I want you to stand by my side as I take the crown, thus silencing any doubts of the total authority of Scarlemagne.

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But your name isn't Scarlemagne. It's Hugo.

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-What happened to you? -Lio...

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My own baby sister and you never told her about us?

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Well, tell her! No, don't tell her.

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I'll tell her.

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"Which is why he would forever be known as King Louis the Beloved."

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Do kings still exist on the surface?

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[chuckles] No. Not... not for a long time.

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Maybe I could be the king.

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And I'll throw big parties and wear beautiful habiliments.

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That means clothes.

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We could all live in my palace!

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And go wherever we want, with no walls to contain us!

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[both] Shh.

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Remember, buddy, no one else can hear you talk.

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It's too dangerous.

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Things changed for us the moment you spoke your name.

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But we're afraid if she hears you, she'll take you away from us.

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[sighs]

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Good night, King Hugo.

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[slow tempo song plays]

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♪ I'm not supposed to play the piano When I'm all alone ♪

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♪ Or sing along to melodies All of my own ♪

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♪ So, though I have perfect pitch And a rather perfect ear ♪

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♪ I'll never play a song In case somebody else is near ♪

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♪ Sure, yes, I'm rather bored And could use some release ♪

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♪ But it's hardly worth the risk ♪

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♪ I think you'd easily agree ♪

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♪ I could play a rocking solo ♪

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♪ Yes, believe me I could shred ♪

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♪ But I'm a careful lad ♪

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♪ So, I'll just play it in my head ♪

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[gasps]

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[Scarlemagne] She'd seen me.

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Dr. Emilia.

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-Dr. Emilia?! -Ah, ah, ah.

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Don't interrupt, it's rude.

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Didn't you teach her any manners?

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As I was saying...

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OK, OK. We... we were going to tell you about our progress.

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But... but... but we had to confirm the results.

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Yeah, I just watched a monkey play a piano solo.

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I think they're confirmed. So, which formula held the mutagen?

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-We don't know. -Excuse me?!

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You had us give him three variations just today.

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And who knows whether this was a delayed effect or a reaction

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-between two different formulas-- -Then I'll do it myself.

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We're so close to turning these mutes back into the animals they are.

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Zane, take a sample.

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Come here, monkey.

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Stop, you're scaring him.

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[grunts]

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Oh...

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[whimpering]

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[Hugo] Stop it!

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Um, let me go? Please?

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Zane? What are you doing?

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Mandrills have pheromones that can influence other primates, but the mutagen must have heightened the effects.

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Tell him something else. Do it.

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Do the waltz?

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Incredible.

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You two, stay here. Don't let him out of your sight!

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[door opens]

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What you just did is remarkable!

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-A little scary, but remarkable. -Is it true?

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You only gave me intelligence so you could take it away from everyone else?

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That's how it started.

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But you showed us we couldn't be a part of that anymore.

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That's why we're going to escape the burrow.

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Let's leave right now.

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-We... we can't. -Yes, we can!

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I can make them do whatever I want with my pheromone.

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I can make them pay for being so mean to us...

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I know you're angry, and I am too, but forcing people to do things against their will, that's wrong, Hugo.

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As soon as the baby's born, we're breaking you out of here.

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We'll escape together. I promise.

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We only have a couple of minutes before the guards are back.

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Those nectar bombs are close. I can feel it deep in my bug bones.

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Dave, you better hold that thing tight.

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One wrong move and this whole cave

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-goes up like a firecrack-- -[footsteps approaching]

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-[gasps] -[whispering] Shh... Guard, hide!

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Close one. Now, let's rescue Kipo.

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-Wait, where's the bomb? -I panicked.

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You guys were leaping behind crates like majestic gazelles, and I didn't want them to see that I had the nectar bomb, so, I kinda ate it.

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Oh, Dave. Oh, no.

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[belches]

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[gasps]

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[Emilia] I expected the mutation to affect his size, his intelligence, sure.

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But, to manifest a power like this?

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[panting, grunts]

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It's an incredible discovery.

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You can't lock him in a cage! He's a person!

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He's an animal, Lio.

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The future of the human race is on the line.

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So, think like a scientist and stop getting so attached.

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I trust you won't need any more convincing.

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It's OK. It's just a little longer until the baby comes.

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I promise.

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[hip-hop music playing]

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-[rumbling] -[gasps]

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[alarm blaring]

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Hello?

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[animals growling]

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What's happening?! Hello?

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-[yelling] -[glass shattering]

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[grunts]

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[panting]

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Oh.

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[roaring]

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It wasn't you?

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Dr. Emilia was controlling my mom?!

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Wait, that massive monkey is Song?

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She's alive?

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I knew there was something different about that Mega Monkey.

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Song's pregnancy had side effects.

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And with your pheromone, Dr. Emilia turned her into a weapon.

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I spent months tracking them, and I tried to get her back,

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-but she's gone. -No, Dad, she's not!

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She knew who I was.

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What? Uh... Are you sure?

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[laughs] You failed her, and now I have her.

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-Oh, that is so us. -My parents raised you.

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They named you. They... they loved you.

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-How could you hate them so much? -I was a child, on my own.

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Thrown into a world a billion times larger than anything I'd ever known.

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Do you have any idea what that's like?

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Actually, yes. I know how scary it must have been alone.

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You have no idea what it was like.

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[groans]

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[panting]

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[rumbling]

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[squawking]

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[panting]

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[screams]

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[panting]

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[rumbling]

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[squawking]

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[growling]

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Oh!

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It's a palace!

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[rock music playing]

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They're just like me.

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Well, kind of.

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-[piano playing] -[rock music stops]

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Um, hello, chaps.

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The name's Hugo, and I have wonderful news.

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You are my first friends on the surface!

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What are you doing in our dark food court? This is my domain.

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[sniffs] You smell like a human.

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Oh, gross. Humans are disgusting.

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-They are not! -You're a weirdo, aren't you?

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-Seems a bit harsh. -OK, tell you what,

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I'll give you a chance to prove your worth in battle.

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Hm... Please, say it's a battle of wits.

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[rock music playing]

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-[grunts] -[groans]

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[both grunting]

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Oh, you're very strong.

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Good for you.

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Should I finish him?

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[chuckles] Go for it.

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[grunts]

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[Hugo, voice echoing] You're going to lose the fight.

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[grunts]

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[grunting]

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-[groans] -[laughs] Yeah!

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C'mon, Porcelaine! You can do it, just get him!

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[grunts]

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[groans]

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[panting]

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[laughs] Not bad! All right, you're in.

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OK, Dave. Easy does it.

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One step at a time.

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[stomach rumbling]

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[gasps]

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No!

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Go without me. I'll never make it.

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-We would never. -Yeah, you have the bomb.

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But what if I explode? Everyone but me would die!

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And I'll be bummed out for a really long time!

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Scarlemagne's palace is guarded by a thousand mind-controlled humans.

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It's gonna take all of us to break Kipo out.

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I know you can do it. I believe.

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What about Wolf?

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Do you believe in me just as much as Benson?

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-Uh... uh... yep. -You paused!

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Just please don't blow us up.

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Whoa, everyone's counting on me.

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Oh, almost there.

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I did it!

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[exhales]

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[gasps]

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No!

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[laughing]

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He's just, like, trying so hard.

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-It's sad, it's, like, so weird. -I know, right?

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Hey, hey, quiet down.

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We're here.

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They're distracted. Let's loot that observatory.

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Oh, we're stealing?

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Yeah, that's how it works up here.

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You stick with your kind and take what you need from everyone else.

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[all growling]

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[Lio] Stay back! Stay away!

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Everybody, cool it!

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[sniffing] Smells like fresh meat.

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It's those goth apes! C'mon, let's get 'em!

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Oh snap, run!

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[wolves howling]

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Lio. Lio!

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Hugo?

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I thought you were...

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Oh, Hugo.

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I can't tell you how good it is to see you.

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Where's Song?

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When the burrow fell... we barely made it out.

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[cooing]

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Is that my blanket?

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-Hugo, I-- -You promised we would all leave together.

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Did you even try to save me?

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Did you at least return, to see if I'd survived the collapse?

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-[crying] -It all happened so fast.

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Emilia came for the baby. We had to run.

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Hugo, we've been running ever since.

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But you made it out, and now we are together!

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You, me... and this is Kipo.

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You didn't even look.

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May I... hold her?

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I don't think...

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-[crying] -Let me hold her!

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[both grunting]

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[Kipo crying]

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I'm sorry.

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[laughing]

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[grunts]

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[laughing]

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[grunts]

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[panting]

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Hugo, where'd you go? You missed...

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[grunts]

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You're no longer the leader of this pack.

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You're a subject. My subject.

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You know, I was once told that forcing someone to act against their will is wrong.

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But, you know what I think is wrong?

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Ignoring that which makes you superior.

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The surface shall have kings once more.

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-And the world will bow before-- -Hugo?

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No...

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Scarlemagne!

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[laughing]

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So, you see, Kipo?

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All of this really began with your father... with our father.

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Dad, how could you leave him?

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I had to make a choice. And I chose you.

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-I am so sorry, Hugo-- -Don't you dare call me that!

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-Take him away! -[gasps]

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What? What are you doing?

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-I'm hugging you. -Why?

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Because you need it.

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Man, that was tense.

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[stomach rumbling]

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Dave, what was that?

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OK, it is possible that this explosive nectar is upsetting my stomach.

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[gasps]

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Run!

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Dave, no! Stop following us!

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Oh, oops!

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My bad.

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Take cover!

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[explosion]

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[sneezes]

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Oh, I think I'm allergic to this stuff.

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[sneezes]

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[sneezes]

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[sneezes]

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Bless you.

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What are you nerds waiting for?

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Scarlemagne's palace is this way.

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[sneezes]

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Dad?

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He's right. All of this is my fault.

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-You must hate me. -Of course not.

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-No more secrets? -No more secrets.

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[explosion]

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[all coughing]

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Are you sure that was only one drop of nectar?

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Whoa, that stuff was inside me.

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Let's find the secret prison and blow the doors off the place.

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Found her.

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Hey.

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[music playing]