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And you know what?

Do whatever you want

'cause tomorrow morning,

Linda will come for me

and this whole nightmare

will be over.

Incredible!

You would rather be with a human

than with your own kind.

Well, that human has given me love

and affection for the past 15 years

whereas my own kind try to strangle me

after 15 seconds.

Yeah, well, because of them,

I've lost everything.

You can't trust them.

Of course...

you can trust humans.

Jewel? Jewel?

Hi, there.

It was nice of you to join me for dinner.

I often eat alone.

Because, of course, my work.

I thought I was the

bird nut until I met you.

Yes, right.

Do you have a favorite bird?

Well, obviously,

I'm a blue macaw kind of gal.

That makes sense.

They are very handsome birds.

Actually, it's the brains

I'm more attracted to.

I'm not so impressed

by fancy feathers.

I know exactly what you mean.

My favorite bird is the spotted owl.

I've always been mesmerized

by those big...

round, intelligent eyes.

Chicken hearts?

Chicken hearts! Oh, gosh.

Hello?

Oh, Blu.

We should have never left Moose Lake.

This is all my fault.

No, no, Linda, Linda, please.

This is not your fault.

You're right.

It's not my fault.

- It's your fault!

- What?

With your little bird talk.

And that whole "save the species."

Well, you know what?

Squawk, squawkity, squawk, squawk!

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to curse.

I don't understand.

Sylvio is the best guard in the business.

So, let me get this straight.

You were attacked by a little white bird?

Yes, with this rag.

He held it to my mouth like this.

We're doomed.

Okay. There's no place like home,

there's no place like home.

How I wish I was back in my own cage

with my mirror and my swing,

and my little bell.

How I miss my little bell.

Play dead.

What? I don't need to play dead,

I'm about to have a heart attack.

Just do it!

Fine.

Stop twitching.

Come on, it's the twitching that sells it.

Come on in, kid.

Well, what do you know?

Good work, Fernando.

You see, boys?

What did I tell you about this one?

That you were going to pay him

half as much as you said?

No, you idiot.

That he reminds me of myself

when I was that age.

Smart, resourceful.

Here you go, kid.

Hey. This is only half

of what you promised me.

Shut up, kid.

What the...

I thought I told you

I needed these birds alive.

Tell me, Fernando...

does this look alive to you?

Get her!

Come over here!

Jewel!

Come here!

Hello...

pretty bird.

What's the matter?

Cockatoo got your throat?

Nigel!

Alive.

To be continued.

That was your plan?

To take off and leave me? Gee, thanks.

Well, why didn't you follow me?

Nice work, Nigel.

Yeah, nice work, Nigel.

The last blue macaws on earth.

These are worth a fortune.

Hey, Fernando,

hang these up in the other room.

Hey, birdie!

Let me out! Let me out! Let me out of here!

Who's a pretty bird? I'm a pretty bird.

Pretty bird, I'm a pretty bird.

I'm a pretty bird.

I was framed. They got the wrong guy.

Sorry, guys. Nothing personal.

So, what's going to happen to them?

Don't worry, we're going to find

good homes for them.

Now go home to your mama.

But I don't have a mama.

Father?

- Brother?

- Goldfish?

Can we keep him, boss?

No.

So, Marcel, what's really going to happen

to those birds?

Plucked, stuffed, eaten, who cares?

All I know is we're going to be rich.

We're gonna be rich!

Come on, come on! The game is starting!

Yes, you were very clear.

Tomorrow or the deal is off.

Of course I have both the macaws.

Yes, I will deliver them myself.

All right, you two...

you load the truck tonight.

And first thing in the morning,

we bring those birds to the airport.

You got it?

- Yeah, sure.

- All right. Heard you.

And one of you, feed Nigel.

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!

Yes!

Nuh-uh, scissors cuts rock.

Oh, man. How come you always win?

Nice birdie.

Here you go.

Cannibal.

Okay, pull it together.

The key is not to panic.

I'm not panicking.

I wasn't talking to you,

I was talking to me.

But it's okay, because any minute now,

Linda will find us.

Great. And then she'll stick us behind

another set of bars, right?

Yeah. I mean, no.

Look, pet, cages might work for you,

but I don't want to belong to anyone.

Something seems to be lodged in my beak.

Would you mind?

I know I'm not a pretty birdie...

but I used to be quite a looker.

A star.

Lights, camera, action.

I was striking,

suave, ambitious.

Feet to beak...

so birdie-licious

Now I'm vile, I am villainous,

and vicious

Oh, and malicious

I had it all

A TV show, women, too

I was tall

Over one-foot-two

Then they got a

pretty parakeet to fill my shoes

That's why I am so evil,

why I do what I do.

He was a super star

So young and vital

He's nasty

A South American Idol

He's a suspicious bird

Who said that about me?

- A very vicious bird

- I'll have you rotisseried

I'm a feathery freak

With a beak

A bird murderer

You think you're badder than me?

I never heard of ya

I'm evil,

I'll fill your cheese balls with weevils

I poop on people

and I blame it on seagulls

It was him.

- He's a nasty bird

- I'm invincible

- He's ghastly

- I'm un-mince-able

I'm unwashable, unrinseable

Like an abandoned school

I have no principle

All of you Brazilian birds

All 80 million birds

I'll tell you what I'm going to do

I'm going to make you

Shut up, now. Shut up!

It's just me.

I will make you ugly...

...too.

Hey!

Sweet nightmares.

Not cool, man!

Scary, but not cool!

Hey, are you okay?

No, I am definitely not okay!

Wait. What are you doing?

Getting out of here.

Are you going to help me or what?

Actually, all the survival guides say

to sit and wait, and help will come.

No one is coming!

We are on our own and if we just sit here,

we're going to die!

Yes! Yes!

Yes!

No!

Nigel! Get out of the way!

Hold on!

Stop! Stop!

Why don't you just open the door?

Are you kidding me?

What? It's just a standard flip slide bolt.

Come on! Let's fly!

What are you doing?

- I can't.

- What? You can't what?

I can't fly!

You couldn't tell me this before now?

It didn't matter before now!

I hate you.

Is there anything else I need to know?

Yes, I can't fly, I pick my beak,

and once in a while I pee in the bird-bath.

Happy?

There they are!

We got to get out of here!

Just move! Move!

Wait, wait. Listen to me.

Flying may not be my thing,

but walking is.

Follow my lead. Inside leg, outside leg.

Yeah, okay, I got it.

Inside, outside, inside, outside!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

- Yes. Yes!

- Come on!

See? I'm bilingual, too!

This is great!

I'm chained to the only bird in the world

who can't fly!

Actually, there are about 40 species

of flightless birds.

- Duck!

- No, ducks can fly.

No! Duck!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Hold on!

No!

No!

No!

Get out of here, you putrid poultry!

What was that?

A stick.

And that?

It's just a rock.

Right. Yeah.

Is that a spider on my back?

Will you quit it?

It's just a leaf. Turn around.

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