THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND (1999) Page #5

Synopsis: Elmo loves his fuzzy, blue blanket, and would never let anything happen to it. However, a tug-of-war with his friend Zoe sends his blanket to a faraway land, and Elmo in hot pursuit. Facing life without his cherished blanket, Elmo musters all of his determination and courage and heads off on an action-packed rescue mission that plunges him into Grouchland, a place full of grouchy creatures, stinky garbage and the villainous Huxley. Along the way, Elmo learns an important lesson about sharing, realizing that he was selfish with his friend and responsible for what happened.
Genre: Family
Year:
1999
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...then you pass the ultimate

challenge and you're free to go.

Uh, what does Elmo have to give?

Well, you have to give

Her Royal Majesty...

...and that would be me...

100 raspberries.

The Ultimate Challenge.

Elmo doesn't have any fruit.

Now, now, now.

It's not fruit, dear Elmo.

Like this. Watch.

Ooh, that sends shivers down my spine.

Elmo... Well, Elmo can do that.

Elmo knows how to make that sound.

Good. Now, I want you

to give me 100 raspberries...

...in 30 seconds.

Let me go get my raspberry counter.

I'll get it, I'll get it.

No, my turn. I want to get it.

Thirty seconds to do a hundred?

Well, that's why it's called

the ultimate challenge.

- Ready, set, go.

- Oh, no.

Hurry. You're wasting time.

How can Elmo do this?

Oh, wait, wait, wait!

Can you please help

Elmo do raspberries like this?

He's getting help! Is that legal?

Come on! You can do it!

You're doing great!

- He's never going to do it.

- No way. Never been done.

We're doing it!

- Ooh! He's doing it.

- Good, good. Keep going!

You'd better move it.

You'd better move it.

- Ninety!

- I love raspberries.

We did it! Thank you!

Well, you did it.

Yeah.

No one has ever passed

the ultimate challenge before,

and you did it.

- Well...

- He did it! He did it!

- Thank you.

- Since I'm queen of my word...

...you're free to

go and pursue the blanket

or bed covering of your choice.

Thank you, Miss Queen.

And Elmo's sorry

for calling your dump "junk."

It's very pretty!

- Thank you, Elmo.

- Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye, Elmo.

- Good-bye, Elmo!

Good-bye.

I'm going to miss him.

- Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye, Elmo.

It's all about your point of view.

In life it's all about

your point of view

- Eight!

- Go team, go!

Excuse me, boss, don't you want to play?

This usually takes two.

Why should I when you can do it for me?

Besides, I think I'm winning.

Yay!

I told you!

This time I'm keeping it!

Hey, Bug, that was the last ball.

- Hey, let's try boxing!

- Oh, no.

Come on!

Let me see you do your stuff.

Come here, boy. Come on.

Why, that little red bath mat.

Bug, Bug.

Bug, stop playing games.

Come look at this.

Wow. Would you look at that?

Boy, that Elmo's something, huh?

What guts! What spunk!

What chutzpah!

- Bug.

- Huh?

You are really beginning to bug me.

Huh, probably cause I'm a bug.

What is it with this blanket?

That's it.

It's time to take care of that

little red fuzzwad once and for all.

Oh, no! No, no, no, no.

Out of my way.

It is time to release the secret weapon.

No, boss. Anything but that. You

can't do it to the little guy.

Oh, really?

Well, I've had enough toying

with that little red lint ball.

Just watch.

Ping!

Hello, Tiny. Come on.

Rise and shine!

We have work to do!

Elmo, you'll make it.

Just be strong, little guy.

See a kingdom

What's that?

It's getting closer!

Chicken!

I'm not that afraid of a little chicken.

Why should Elmo be afraid

of a little chicken?

That's why.

Hey, you dinner.

Stop running away from me.

I'm trying to eat you.

Leave Elmo alone!

Elmo doesn't want to be eaten.

Will you stop jumping around so much?

You're going to make me gassy.

Leave Elmo alone!

You see what I mean?

Now, stand still like a piece of corn.

Hey, this is not how eating works.

You stay still and then

I sneak up on you...

...and then I eat you.

So come on. I'm ready for a nice,

juicy worm like you.

No! Wait, wait!

- Elmo's not a worm.

- Excuse me. I'm not stupid.

- Elmo knows you're not stupid.

- Good.

But, but worms aren't red, are they?

Oh, well, sometime... Well, no.

- Well, couldn't they be?

- No. No, no.

Uh-uh. Worms aren't fuzzy.

Well, yes, but if...

Will you just be quiet so I can eat you?

Hey, worms can't do this...

Elmo's a little teapot short and stout.

Here is his handle Here is his spout

When you tip me over

Hey, wait a minute.

You're not a worm.

That's what Elmo

was trying to tell you that.

- You're a teapot.

- Huh?

I can't have tea.

I haven't had my din-din yet.

Wow.

Not quite what I had in mind,

but effective nonetheless.

This is not fun.

Oh, no.

Are you guys still here with Elmo?

Yes!

Oh, good. Elmo feels

a lot better with you here.

But Elmo still misses his Blanket.

Wait, wait, wait.

Stop the movie again.

- Ernie, Ernie.

- What now, Bert?

Well, Ernie, this is terrible.

Elmo didn't get his Blanket back.

How can it end this way?

- It's so sad.

- Oh, no, no, no.

Bert. Bert. Bert.

No, Bert. Listen.

- Don't "Bert" me.

- No, it's okay, Bert.

The movie's not over yet.

You mean good things could still happen?

Of course they can, Bert.

In fact, I'm sure

good things will happen,

because who'd want to see

a movie with a sad ending, Bert?

- Titanic.

- What?

Titanic had a sad ending.

No, Bert. Roll the film!

Come on, Bert. Come on.

- Gone With The Wind?

- No, Bert.

- Dr. Zhivago?

- Shh. Quiet, Bert.

Chocolate-covered fish cakes.

Hey, hey, hey, you.

You tangerine.

Maria, there's a grouch.

No, no, no. Wait.

I really want to help.

Well, who, who are you?

All right, all right, all right.

I'm Elmo's friend Grizzy.

- Now listen.

- Elmo's friend? Hey...

Don't let it get around

that I'm helping Elmo!

- So, where is he?

- He went to Huxley's.

What? Huxley!

First this guy ruined

my beautiful Grouchland

and now he's messing with my fr...

Oscar.

Were you going to say "friend"?

No, I was going to say

"french-fried fish heads."

All right. So the little

stinkball is my friend.

I got to go do something about this!

Hey. Listen up, you grouch potatoes.

- Come on over here. Listen to me.

- Why should we listen to you?

- I gotta get my ugly rags.

- Go soak your head, huh?

You call yourselves grouches.

Look at you.

This Huxley character

has taken everything that makes

Grouchland so disgusting

and you're not doing anything about it!

We've got to fight for our trash.

- Yeah.

- Stand up for our slop!

- Yeah.

- Cause...

...when they take our goo,

uh, we got to do!

Yeah, that's right!

When they take our goo, we got to do!

When they take our goo, we got to do!

I love goo!

When they take our goo, we got to do!

When they take our goo, we got to do!

Hey, you, get up!

You're in my spot!

- Get out of my spot now!

- Huh? Elmo's sorry.

Oh, oh, oh, oh. Hey.

Don't cry. I can get a new spot.

- Elmo's not sad about that.

- Oh.

Well, what then, huh? Come on,

my friend, tell me what's wrong.

Elmo didn't get his Blanket back.

Elmo can't do anything.

Elmo's just a little monster.

Little? Hey, look at me, huh?

I'm just a little

tiny caterpillar, right?

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Mitchell Kriegman

Mitchell Kriegman (born June 4, 1952) is an American television writer, director, producer, consultant, story editor, author, composer and actor. He is the creator of Clarissa Explains It All (1991) for Nickelodeon, Bear in the Big Blue House (1997) and The Book of Pooh (2001) for Disney Channel and It's a Big Big World (2006) for PBS. more…

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