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Synopsis: This is the story of a little penguin named Mumble who has a terrible singing voice and later discovers he has no Heartsong. However, Mumble has an astute talent for something that none of the penguins had ever seen before: tap dancing. Though Mumble's mom, Norma Jean, thinks this little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis, says it "just ain't penguin." Besides, they both know that, without a Heartsong, Mumble may never find true love. As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria, happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange "hippity- hoppity" ways. Mumble is just too different--especially for Noah the Elder, the stern leader of Emperor Land, who ultimately casts him out of the community. Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un-Emperor-like penguins--the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon, the Adelies instantly embrace Mumble's cool dance moves and invite him to party with
Director(s): George Miller, Warren Coleman (co-director), Judy Morris (co-director)
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
PG
Year:
2006
108 min
$197,800,000
Website
6,509 Views


for the audience.

Ladies, please, avert your eyes...

... because I've been known to hypnotize.

You heard the voice,

now you're about to meet...

... the one and only Lovelace,

in the flesh...

... right here, right on, right now.

The devotion, please.

Oh, yeah.

And now, your question.

Senor Lovelace...

...my wife has disappeared. Is she alive?

Is she alive now?

Separate the truth from the jive

Speak to me, oh, mystic beings

Yes! She's happy

and you're in her thoughts.

Is she with another male?

One pebble, one question. Next!

Oh, Serene One.

Please ask the mystic beings...

...will I ever be as rich as you?

In your dreams, Jean. Next!

- Go ahead. Go ahead.

- Get up there, big guy.

- That's it. Don't be scared.

- Gentleman, please! One at a time.

- We with him.

- Yeah, we together.

- He got a beautiful question. Go.

- Do it.

Just don't look him in the eye.

Have you ever been abducted by aliens?

Excuse me?

What kind of question is that? Next!

No, wait, senor.

I met a skua once, with something like that

on his foot, said he was abducted by aliens.

This, friend, is my sacred talisman...

Talisman, talisman

...bestowed on me by the mystic beings...

Mystic beings

...during my epic journey

of enlightenment...

...to the forbidden shore.

Forbidden shore

Oh, say it one more.

- Forbidden shore

- Oh, yeah

Wait, you saw mystic beings?

I hear them! They speak through me!

Oh, yeah.

There's a power that makes me

stand upon this tower!

Did they have front-ways eyes?

Did they probe you? Strap you down?

Enough! "Did they probe me?"

Too many questions!

You don't have enough pebbles, fool.

You haven't answered

any of my questions.

- How many questions he got?

- We've all got stuff to ask!

Enough!

You bring this stranger before me.

He doubts my powers.

He compares me to a skua.

The voices are shrieking in my head.

They say, "Lovelace, who is this fool?

Tell him! Tell him to go forth

and multiply!"

Come to think of it...

...why don't we all go forth and multiply?

- Lovelace.

- What he saying?

- It's mating season.

- Already?

I will retire now

to my couch of perpetual indulgence.

- Okay, ladies, who's first?

- Me!

One at a time. Don't touch the talisman,

baby, please.

Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

What about us?

Lovelace, Lovelace, Lovelace!

Hear me!

There's not enough love in the world.

Turn to the penguin next to you.

Put your flippers up.

Fluff him up a little bit.

And give him a great big hug.

Okay, ladies.

Oh, make that little noise again, girl.

Hey, what he got we don't got, man?

- What you hugging me for?

- He told me to.

- Get away.

- No, you like it.

Get off him, Ramon.

Stretch, got any stones

where you come from?

- We don't collect stones.

- You don't? Why not?

We live on the ice.

So how you win the heart of the ladies?

Well, we sing.

- Stop! That's crazy!

- You're kidding, right?

No. We sing to each other.

If someone special likes your song,

you know... .

Oh, and you have someone special?

- A tall beauty in your dark romantic past?

- Of which you never speak?

Well, sort of.

Hey, let's go check it out.

Maybe she got some friends.

I like them tall.

It's never gonna work.

- Hey, big guy.

- It's the loving season.

All you gotta do is sing.

That's the problem. I can't.

- You a bird, ain't you?

- All birds can sing.

I don't sing like the birdie do

All right.

Find me, find me

What's he doing?

- I think he's singing.

- I know singing, that's not singing.

I heard an animal once do that,

but then they rolled him over, he was dead.

Yeah. And when she sings,

it darn near breaks your heart.

You in tragic shape, man.

- Don't worry. We can fix it.

- We can?

- Absolutely. We can. We can.

- We can?

- Really?

- Yes! Let me tell something to you.

- Come close. Closer. You wanna sing?

- Yeah.

- You sure?

- Absolutely.

You making fun of me?

Then this is very easy.

Really? Gosh, if I could sing,

that would change everything.

You will sing. You just got to do

exactly what I say.

- Okay.

- Did I say "okay"?

- No.

- No. What did I say?

- Do exactly what you say.

- Exactly what I say.

Don't push me

'Cause I'm close to the edge

I'm trying not to lose my...

Gloria

It's like a jungle sometimes

It makes me wonder

How I keep from going under

Midnight creeps so slowly

Into hearts of those

Who need more than they get

Daylight deals a bad hand

To a penguin who has laid too many bets

I'll make love to you

Like you want me to

And I'll hold you tight, baby, all...

Gloria

The mirror stares you in the face

And says, "Baby- - "

Shake a bon-bon, Shake a- -

It don't work

You say your prayers

Though you don't care

You say your prayers

Though you don't care

Boys! Boys!

Boys!

Mumble?

Mumble.

Oh, hi, Gloria.

And this is you?

Sure, it's me. You like?

Well, I would, if it were really you, yeah.

Well, it is me, sort of.

Yeah.

Turn around.

- Turn around.

- Why?

- Well, why not?

- Well... .

- What do you know?

- Yeah.

My way

- Gloria.

- Mumble, how could you?

Hello.

I know size can be daunting,

but don't be afraid. I love you.

- Gloria, please.

- I love you.

- Gloria!

- Gloria!

- Gloria!

- Gloria!

- Please, Gloria, wait!

- Please, Gloria, wait for me!

- Stop it!

- Okay.

Mumble, what could

you possibly be thinking?

I don't know what else to do.

Oh, Gloria, no.

Gloria

Gloria

Go up there, right now.

Daylight deals a bad hand...

Gloria. Gloria.

Sing to this.

Mumble, you're embarrassing me.

Baby... it don't work.

Baby

So slowly

So slowly into hearts of those

Who need more than they get

Daylight deals a bad hand

To a penguin that has laid too many bets

The mirror stares you in the face

And says, "Baby... it don't work"

You say your prayers

Though you don't care

You sing and you shake the hurt

Dance!

Boogie wonderland

Dance

Boogie wonderland

Midnight creeps so slowly

Into hearts of men

Who need more than they get

Daylight deals a bad hand

To a penguin who has laid too many bets

The mirror stares you in the face

And says, "Baby... it don't work"

You say your prayers

Though you don't care

You dance and shake the hurt

Dance!

Mumble!

Boogie wonderland

Dance, dance, dance

Mumble

Boogie wonderland

Check it out, check it out

Check it out, check it out

My brothers

You look so beautiful to me, baby

- Mumble.

- Hey, Miss Viola.

- All the love in the world can't be gone

- Mumble!

- All the need to be loved can't be wrong

- Mumble!

Disgraceful!

Who do they think they are?

Where is Noah?

This is getting out of hand.

Go!

Hey, Memphis. It's your boy, Mumble.

- Mumble?

- Mumble?

No, no. No, it's "Mambo." O!

Baby. They're saying, "Mumble."

Boogie!

Behold, Noah, look!

This was an omen from the start

and now we have this uprising.

Stop! Stop!

Stop this unruly nonsense!

Stop it right now!

A little self-control, if you please!

You bring this disorder, this aberration,

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