Flushed Away Page #4

I was actually just watching you with your family...

...and...

...thinking how lucky you were.

Lucky? Stuck with you?

So our deal's still on?

Sure it is.

Look, I really want to help out around here.

Just give me a job. Anything... engineer, navigator.

I could drive for a bit if you like.

Pick on someone your own size!

- You heard the captain. - Get lost!

There's no room for passengers on this boat.

Let go, you sticky little...

I'm the captain, and I say go left.

Would that be port or starboard, Spike?

There they are!

Go get them, lads!

Go get them, lads!

Rita!

Wait for it, wait for it... Now!

Have another go if you think you're fast enough!

Hold on, Roddy!

Get that cable, lads!

You may now kiss the bride.

Congratulations, by the way!

Rita!

Rita! Can we go a little faster, please?

We don't have to!

Go, go, purple custard!

End of the line, Millicent.

- Rita, try and go right! - What?

Just trust me!

I hope you know what you're doing!

Now head for the rope!

OK.

Oh, no.

Well done, Roddy!

We did it! We did it!

We didn't do it.

Can you get me back on the boat?

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Are you sure about this, Spike? These things are supposed to be dangerous.

Danger is my middle name.

I thought it was Leslie.

Just thought I'd drop in.

Rita, do something quick!

Hang on tight!

Uh-oh.

Any last requests?

Yes. Could you fly quite suddenly off the boat, screaming like a girl?

Oh, dear.

Yes!

Yes!

Look out!

You darn foreigners!

Do you think the boss will be annoyed with us?

You incompetent cheese-eaters!

You let them escape?

It's obvious I should never have sent rodents to do an amphibiars job.

Where is he?

Why is he always late?

En garde! Droit! Parry! Thrust!

Le Frog?

Bonjour.

You're late, Le Frog.

Fashionably late, my annoying English cousin. I know no other way.

Now, listen. Rita and her new accomplice have stolen something irreplaceable.

It's all right, boss! We've got another one!

A master cable of unique design and purpose.

I want it back.

Don't worry. I'll get it back for you.

Once it is returned, my plan will be complete.

To wash away, once and for all, the curse, the scourge of...

...rats.

Forgive me, my warty English cousin,

but this bizarre obsession with the rats, it is not good for you.

You are becoming what we French call le fruitcake.

Perhaps you forget that it was a rat who cast me from paradise!

Oh, please. Not the scrapbook again!

My memoirs.

Volume one details the dire and tragic story of my youth.

Oh, mon Dieu!

Of all the pets in Buckingham Palace,

young Prince Charles fancied me the best.

We would frolic day after sunny day in royal abandon,

sharing that sweet and magical bond between boy and toad.

You're gonna make me throw up.

We were inseparable until...

...it arrived.

That rat!

While the poor boy's head was turned,

I was cruelly plunged into a whirlpool of despair.

I know, I know. You were flushed away down the loo, right?

Oi.

Boo-hoo-hoo. It is so dark,

so cold, so terrible!

You find my pain funny?

I find everyone's pain funny but my own.

I'm French.

Just get the cable!

Henchfrogs!

We have a mission. Let nothing stand in our way.

We leave immediately.

What about dinner?

We leave... in five hours.

Love, love, love, love

This is quite tasty.

Thanks.

Not too bad, considering I only had an apple, six raisins and a box of rice.

Rice?

What's that urge from deep inside?

The need to hurl won't be denied

That isn't rice That's maggots you're eating

Larva, larva, larva...

That explains why it all ran to one side when I put the salt in.

You know...

...I think we did pretty well today.

I suppose maybe I misjudged you a bit. I mean, you're not...

Do I hear an actual compliment coming?

- Never mind. - No, no, no, say it.

You're not the useless, whiny, stuck-up, pompous, big girl's blouse I thought.

There. Was that so hard?

We better get some rest if we're gonna get you home tomorrow.

Catch.

Tell me about yourself, Roddy.

Well, there's not much to tell.

You know all about me, warts and all. I don't even know what you do.

I'm...

I'm in a boy band.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm the posh one.

I'm serious.

Tell me about your life Up Top. Friends, family.

You do have a family, don't you?

Of course I do. Brothers, sisters, cousins. We're quite a clan.

You wouldn't believe the fun we have.

Hanging out at the movies, playing golf, going skiing.

It's just so great!

No wonder you want to get home.

Yeah.

Well, I guess tomorrow we'll both get what we want.

Good night.

Good night, Roddy.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night, Roddy.

Don't let the bedbugs bite.

Wakey-wakey!

Getting close to Kensington.

Tie down anything loose. It'll be a bumpy ride.

Aye, aye, captain.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

- Bonjour! - Bonjour!

- Bonjour! - Bonjour!

Bonjour!

Who invited you onboard?

Hop it. Hop it!

The English little girly, she's so aggressive.

Le Frog.

I like a woman with a little fire.

You're going to pay for that, my little chocolate croissant!

But first, a word from our sponsor. Marcel?

I should have known.

Well done, Le Frog! I salute you, sir.

Now then, Rita, hand it over.

Hand what over?

This dance of deception must end.

Return what you have stolen from me.

Enough dancing!

I don't have it anymore. It was a fake anyway.

What?

Oh, the ruby.

He's cuckoo, but family.

Oh, this is rich.

The ruby was a pretty thing.

Stop that.

But nothing when compared to the master cable.

The master what?

The cab...

Turn.

The cable! The one you're now wearing as a belt.

- If that's all he wants... - Hang on.

What do you want it for anyway?

Oh, you'll see, come the World Cup Final this afternoon.

The World Cup Final?

OK, OK, cousin, take a breath. Leave it to me.

We'll get your cable, kill the rodents, then me and my team

can settle down to a decent breakfast.

OK, men, to action!

We surrender!

No, not that one, you idiots! The kung fu thing!

I've got a plan.

Go for it.

Fly at twelve o'clock!

Oh, bother.

Fools! Grab them!

Le Frog! No! Get that cable!

Mon Dieu!

You rats, this is not over yet!

Roddy! The rapids!

Oh, no!

En garde!

Rita? We're going over!

Do something!

Gotcha!

Au revoir, mon cheri!

Take your flippers off me!

I have triumphed!

You stupid English, with your Yorkshire puddings and chips and fish,

you thought you could defeat Le Frog? Un...

...deux...

...trois!

Nibble for your life!

My belt, I think.

You rodents!

Goodbye, Jammy, me old mate.

We're OK, we're OK, we're OK, we're OK.

Try opening your eyes!

We're over Kensington!

Yeah, only a terrifying 900-foot drop between you and a nice comfortable bed.

Where's your house then?

Right, now. Let me see...

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