Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Page #5

Terrific. l look forward

to seeing you up there.

You can teach me!

- What?

- Teach me.

Well, l've always

been kind of a solo act.

So that kind of rules that out.

l wonder if you actually do trapeze.

- Oh, l actually do do trapeze.

- Show me!

"Show me"? What are we, five?

l am five, yes.

Dancing.

All you're doing is moving

and not getting anywhere.

l mean, the music

totally throws off my timing.

You want excitement?

Check it out. Who's on a tightrope, huh?

Who's on a...

l'm on a tightrope!

l'm on a tightrope!

Melman! Oh, my gosh!

- Help me!

- Baby, hold on. Hold on.

l'm coming right now!

Melman?!

Calm down, Melman.

l'm going to fall

and break all of my neck!

Just look at me. Look at me.

- All eyes on me.

- OK.

- Come to me.

- l can't.

lt's just like dancing, Melman.

Two steps forward, one step back.

l can't dance, OK? There, l said it.

Maybe because you've never tried.

No, l have tried.

l practiced in private

because you dance so well.

You practiced? For me?

Yes, but it's no use.

l never know

what to do with my arms.

Hold it.

That part is so easy, Melman. OK?

'Cause all you have to do

is put them around your partner.

See? Two steps forward.

One step back.

- l'm dancing. l'm dancing!

- Two steps forward...

- We're dancing on a tightrope!

- You're great.

l'm dancing!

OK.

All right.

So when do we get

the jet packs and aquatic cobras?

This is a beginners' class,

and that's a pretty advanced maneuver.

OK, how do we begin?

lt's a bit complicated

unless you understand

the whole pitch and yaw...

arc and gravity.

All that stuff,

which l won't bore you with. OK.

- Do you need a push?

- No.

Just watch and learn!

Like that?

That's one way of doing it, sure.

You use a net!

Yes! Trapeze americano. We use the net.

Trapeze americano!

Look at him go!

Wow!

E bravo! Bravissima!

Hey, Vitaly,

maybe you even do two hoops, no?

Seorita Bell-bottoms.

Tenemos una problema grande.

Qu? Qu grande problema?

Oh, no! She's onto us!

Don't make it any easier on the psycho.

- What are we gonna do?

- We'd better vamoose... pronto.

But we're not ready.

We're in the middle of rehearsals.

Then why don't you lilt over,

grab your peduncle,

and kiss New York good-bye?

Are you sure we are ready?

Of course we're ready! Born ready!

Ready steady! Come on, let's go!

Let's go, go, go, go, go!

All right, you heard the cat.

Move it! Come on! All aboard!

Grab your luggage

and drain your bladders.

lt's going to be a long ride!

All right, everybody,

let's blow that promoter away!

London, here we come!

Sunshiny London, yes!

Vitaly! Vitaly! Vitaly!

Come on, come on, come on.

Where is he?

Bingo!

lf that's not a red-blooded

American promoter, l don't know what is.

We need to get this show on the road.

Private! Tell them the eagle has landed.

The eagle has landed!

Roger that.

And keep an eye out for Dubois.

Aye, aye, guvnor!

The promoter is in the house!

New York is closer than ever!

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

First, we got a circus to do.

We're on, folks!

- Do we go on before or after the dogs?

- Yes.

- What?

- Overlap, your acts overlap.

- Where's Vitaly? He opens.

- l don't know.

Stefano! Hey, Stefano!

Have you seen Vitaly?

Hey.

Stefano, why the sad little face?

Vitaly... he will not go on!

What?

l tried everything l could.

Wipe away the tears. Calm down.

Where is he?

l'm sure l can reason with him.

Vitaly, what are you doing?

You missed.

You're leaving? You're just gonna

walk out on everybody?

They have good show without me.

Look, l got a good left foot,

but without my right foot, l can't walk.

You get fake foot, then you walk.

l don't want fake foot! OK?

What happened to "circus stick together"?

"The show must go on."

Clichs.

Come on, man.

Stop being this guy! Be the other guy!

What other guy?

The guy who was all circus!

The guy who jumped through hoops!

Give me that!

The guy everybody looked up to.

Come on. Where's that Vitaly?

That Vitaly is no more.

Listen, man.

You may have given up on yourself,

but your friends

haven't given up on you.

Are you just going

to turn your back on them,

and sit and eat borscht

the rest of your life?

Or are you gonna get out there

and jump through that tiny little hoop?

lt is impossible.

lt was always impossible, Vitaly.

That's why the people loved it.

That is why l loved it.

Because l did the impossible!

l was once a brave tiger.

And if l go down in flames...

...so be it!

You know, l think

l might have an idea for you.

Light the hoop on fire!

Mamma mia, Santa Maria, Santa Maria...

Mamma Maria, mia Santa,

Santa Mia Farrow...

Come on, you got it.

Yes!

All right, what are you waiting for?

We got a show to put on.

Let's go. Go, go, go, go, go!

Look!

We're going to America!

Today!

That's what l call crack-a-lackin'

to the mack-a-lackin'!

- We did it, Alice!

- Yeah!

Maybe l am

average intelligence after all!

Perhaps even slightly above.

No, l don't think so.

Hair conditioner. Great idea, my friend!

Feel. Go ahead. Soft like kitten, no?

Look at that.

Slippery but not flammable.

You smell like peaches and herb!

Gia and Alex, the trapezing cats!

We did pretty good.

You will flip, and l will catch.

And sometimes l will flip,

and you will catch.

And then we will both flip,

and we'll travel the whole world!

Flipping and catching,

and l will flip you...

You know, the thing is...

l may not always be around.

Where are you going?

Well, l'm... l'm... l'm...

Bravo, bravo!

What a heartwarming performance,

Monsieur Circus Master.

lt brought tears to my eyes.

No, not really.

Monsieur, we both know

the lion does not belong to you.

lt's that horrid woman!

He is a fugitive from justice.

You will turn the lion over to me

so that l may put him

where he belongs.

On my wall.

- What?

- lncoming!

Outgoing!

Wait!

Up high!

Down low. Too slow.

- Well done, Private.

- Did l do good?

Nah, not really.

Man, that was close!

Alex?

You are from a zoo?

Yes. Yes. But wait, there's more.

- More?

- Or less. There's less.

You were never circus?

We had to say we were circus.

Or you'd never have let us on the train!

After all we have

been through together...

...you want to go live in a zoo?

- Gia, l...

- You used us.

No, no, no. l mean, yes, but...

Trapeze americano,

you make that up, too?

lt didn't exactly exist

when l taught it to you.

Jet packs and aquatic cobras!

l should have known.

Balloons to the children of the world

was not real, either?

Yeah, that's not real.

But look at what we did.

l was shot out of a cannon!

l could have died!

But l thought it was

your lifelong dream.

For all l know,

your name is not even Alice.

No, Stefano, but it never really was.

l don't feel safe!

Gia, l...

We trusted you.

My tears are real!

You are not!

l can't believe you lied

to all us circus folk.

Me? Stay with the circus?

l am a king! l want to rule New York!

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