THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND (1999) Page #6

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
2,336 Views


- Yeah.

- Wrong.

One day I'm going to be a butterfly.

- You are?

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

I'm gonna change

into a beautiful butterfly.

Yeah, I will.

Cause I have what it takes...

...right here inside.

And you know what, kid?

So do you.

You proved it by getting this far.

Just look inside.

Yeah. You're right! Inside!

Elmo can do it!

Elmo can get to Huxley's house.

Yep. I knew you could, kid.

Thank you, Mr. Caterpillar, thank you!

Don't worry, Blanket!

Elmo's coming!

- Go ahead, eat it.

- You think he'd mind?

- Ah, he wouldn't mind.

- Hey, that bacon's for the boss!

And besides, Howard, your

cholesterol level's way too high.

- Hey.

- Morning, boss.

- Morning, Bug.

- I made you some poached eggs.

I pressed your favorite slacks,

the ones that make you look...

thin and villainous,

and I brewed you some coffee.

- Anything about me in the paper?

- Check page six.

What's it say?

You know I can't read.

Says you're a greedy, no good...

I mean, a lovely man.

Thank you, Bug.

Oh, it's a wonderful day.

My sun is shining,

my birds are chirping...

and my humongous chicken

has defeated Elmo.

No!

Yes!

And the woobie is mine, for keepsies!

The woobie is mine for keepsies

The woobie is mine for keepsies

The woobie is mine for keepsies

for keepsies for keepsies.

Give me those.

Woobie is mine for keepsies

Poor little Elmo.

I simply can't see

what's so special about

this stupid blanket.

Why didn't he just get a different one?

Maybe he loved that blanket.

Oh "Maybe he loved that blanket."

Maybe he loved that blanket."

- You don't know what you're...

- Blanket!

Elmo wants his Blanket back, now!

That little piece of macrame lives!

Blanket!

- Pesties! Pesties!

- Yeah, boss.

Don't let him escape with my woobie!

Ooh, that dirty rat.

We'll get it, boss.

Um, boss?

Oh, brother. Where you going?

Too, too high!

Too High, too high!

Hey, you let Elmo and his Blanket go!

I don't think so.

You and your blanket...

...are both mine now.

- No! No!

- Yes!

- No!

- Yes!

Stop right there, you mean old Huxley!

Zoe.

Yeah, come on. We got him!

- Elmo, are you okay?

- Ah, you do have friends, huh?

Don't they look sweet?

I bet you all just have

a grand old time together...

...just saying the alphabet

and counting all day long.

Mmm, yeah.

It's over, Huxley.

Get him!

Huxley don't pay me enough for this!

- What do you mean, "pay"?

- Let's get out of here!

- I want my mommy!

- Give back my stinky socks!

What? Grouches, cooperating?

How are you going to get out

of this one, Huxley?

- I got a plan.

- Oh, yeah? What?

I don't know.

I haven't figured it out yet.

Not very villainous, is it?

They may save you,

you annoying red monster...

- but they can't save your woobie!

- No, no, no.

That's not a woobie!

That's Elmo's Blanket!

- Hold on, Elmo!

- Be careful.

That's it.

- Slime bucket.

- Yay!

Wait a minute! Wait, wait!

Where's Elmo's Blanket?

No, no! Blanket!

That's my Bug!

Give me back my woobie!

No, boss!

You're nothing but a basket case!

- What?

- This blanket belongs to Elmo.

Blanket!

- Thank you, Bug.

- You're welcome, Elmo.

How... How could you do this to me?

I thought we were friends.

No. You're a greedy, selfish villain...

...and nobody likes to be friends

with a greedy, selfish villain.

Come on, Bug. Be a Bug, huh?

I mean be a bug.

Just for a second.

But give me another chance.

Let me give everything back.

I'll give back all the yo-yos

and all the Rollerblades...

and all those bicycles,

all the kids' toys,

all the dolls, everything.

I'll give it all back!

Bug, Bug, I'll give back

every single teddy bear.

I'll give back the sun and the moon

and the Earth and the stars.

- I'll give it all back...

- Less talkin', more givin'.

You're not in your right frame of mind.

This isn't when you

make an important decision, Bug.

Bug. Bug, listen to me.

I was wrong.

Oh, Blanket.

This is great! Ha!

Oh, thanks for helping, everybody.

Elmo sure is lucky

to have friends like you.

- We're really proud of you, Elmo.

- Yeah, way to go, Elmo.

- You're one brave little monster.

- Oh, thanks, Big Bird.

Let's hear it for Elmo!

Yeah.

Let's go back to Sesame Street!

I know a shortcut. Ready, guys?

Let's go home, Blanket!

Yay!

- Oh, Zoe.

- Hm?

Um... Elmo's sorry

for hurting your feelings.

Can we still be friends?

Well...

Yeah. Friends forever.

Yeah.

Wow!

- I can hold it?

- Sure. What could happen?

Together forever the world seems fine

We never would ever leave you behind

Together forever

The world seems fine

We never would ever.

Leave you behind

Elmo just wanted to say

thanks for helping.

Elmo couldn't have done it without you.

Elmo love you. Bye-bye.

Together forever the world seems fine.

We never would ever leave you behind

See, Bert?

Just like I told you.

- Elmo got his Blanket back.

- Yeah, it's a happy ending.

Yup. And thank you all for helping.

Oh, yeah, yeah. You deserve

a big round of applause.

Oh yeah. Everybody clap for

yourselves. Come on.

- Come on.

- You were great!

Okay, Bert, time to go home.

Yeah, I knew everything

was gonna be okay.

- Sure you did.

- I knew Elmo would get

- his Blanket back.

- Yeah, right.

I knew there would be a happy ending.

- Of course, Bert.

- See ya. Oh, look, look, look.

Ernie, credits! Oh!

I want to see who did the catering.

That was really good toast.

You know, they cut off

the crusts and everything.

Uh, Bert?

Time to feed your pigeons.

- Oh, oh, thank you. Bernice!

- Bye-bye.

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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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