Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas (1984) Movie Script

BRR, SURE IS COLD

UP HERE.

I DON'T RELISH FLYIN'

AT CHRISTMASTIME,

BUT A NEW CABBAGE PATCH KID

IS GONNA BE BORN SOON

AND I'VE GOT TO GET

DOWN THERE.

IT'S HIDDEN IN A SECRET SPOT

DOWN THERE

IN NORTH GEORGIA.

COME ON!

THERE ARE THE BUNNY BEES

SPREADIN' THEIR CRYSTALS.

AND THERE'S THE KIDS.

HI, HELLO!

HELLO, KIDS.

THE YOUNG BOY'S

XAVIER ROBERTS.

HE HAPPENED ON

THE CABBAGE PATCH ONE DAY

BY ACCIDENT.

AND HIM AND ME

ARE THE KIDS' ONLY FRIENDS

FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

WOW.

HELLO, BABY DOT.

TOMORROW'S CALLED CHRISTMAS.

IT'S A GREAT HOLIDAY

XAVIER'S BEEN TELLING US ABOUT.

YOU DECORATE A TREE

AND HANG STOCKINGS

ON A TURKEY.

YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG,

CANNON LEE.

YOU HANG THE LIGHTS

ON THE TURKEY.

COME ON, COLONEL CASEY.

XAVIER'S SHOWIN' US

PICTURES OF CHRISTMAS,

AND WE'RE TOASTING MARSHMALLOWS.

THIS IS WHAT A CITY LOOKS LIKE

ALL DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS.

THAT YOUNG FELLA THERE

IS OTIS LEE.

THAT'S SYBIL SADIE,

TYLER BO,

RACHEL MARIE,

OR RAMIE FOR SHORT,

DAWSON GLENN,

COUSIN CANNON LEE,

AND PAULA LOUISE.

AT LAST COUNT, SHE HAD

2,751 FRECKLES.

HEE-HEE-HEE.

OH, AND 3,000 MARSHMALLOWS.

AND EVERYONE COMES

TO THE CITY TO SEE

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

IN THE AIR.

WOW, OH, BOY!

WELL, I BETTER BE

GETTIN' HOME

TO HELP TRIM THE TREE.

I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

BYE, KIDS.

BYE, COLONEL CASEY.

BYE!

DON'T FORGET WHAT I SAID

ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

I WISH WE COULD GET

TO SEE 'EM.

SEE WHO, CANNON LEE?

THAT MAN XAVIER

TOLD US ABOUT, RAMIE.

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

HA-HA-HA!

THE SPIRIT ISN'T

A MAN.

XAVIER SAID THE PEOPLE

GO TO THE CITY

TO SEE THE SPIRIT IN THE AIR.

IT'S A GREAT BIG

SPOOKY-LIKE THING

THAT FLOATS AROUND

IN THE SKY.

WHATEVER IT IS,

LET'S GO TO THE CITY AND SEE IT.

YEAH, ALL RIGHT!

ALL RIGHT!

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN

TO THE CITY BEFORE, KIDS.

BE CAREFUL.

I'LL LOOK AFTER THEM,

COLONEL CASEY.

THE KIDS LEFT BABY DOT

IN MY CARE,

AND CRAWLED THROUGH

THE KUDZU VINE

AND OUT THE SECRET PASSAGE.

THE KIDS ALWAYS HAD

TO BE MIGHTY CAREFUL

WHEN THEY LEFT THE PATCH.

THERE WAS DANGER

LURKIN' OUTSIDE.

THE EVIL LAVENDER MACDADE

AND THE RUTHLESS

CABBAGE JACK

AND BEAU WEASEL

WERE ALWAYS TRYIN'

TO CAPTURE THE KIDS

TO WORK IN THEIR MINE.

WE CAN'T REACH

THE GOLD, LAVENDER.

FOOLS!

I KNOW THERE'S GOLD

IN THERE.

I'VE GOT TO GET MY HANDS

ON THOSE BRATS.

THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES

SMALL ENOUGH

TO CRAWL INSIDE.

COME ON!

WE'LL GET 'EM

THIS TIME.

YEAH.

I THINK THE CITY

IS THAT WAY.

I'M IN CHARGE,

DAWSON GLENN.

I THINK WE GO THAT WAY.

I'M SECOND IN CHARGE

AND I THINK WE GO THAT WAY.

WELL, I'M IN CHARGE

OF WHO'S IN CHARGE

AND I SAY WE GO THAT WAY.

YOU AREN'T GOING

ANYWHERE.

WHERE'D THOSE BRATS GO?

HOW WE GONNA GET

TO THE CITY NOW?

SOMEONE'S COMING!

THIS 'UN WILL BRING

A GOOD PRICE IN THE CITY.

HANG ON, WE'RE GOING

TO THE CITY BY TREE.

THERE THEY ARE!

AH!

WOW!

SO THIS IS WHAT

A CITY LOOKS LIKE.

LOOK AT ALL THOSE

BIG BUILDINGS.

AND ALL THOSE CARS!

AND PEOPLE!

COME ON, LET'S GO FIND

THE SPIRIT.

THIS WILL BE EASY.

READY, FINGERS? GUS?

READY, BERTHA.

OH, MY BAD.

OH, EXCUSE ME,

I'M SORRY.

HERE YOU ARE, MADAM.

YOU'RE TOO KIND.

WHAT DID WE GET?

TWO BUS TICKETS

TO MACON, GEORGIA.

AND A LIBRARY CARD.

OH, FOOLS!

EXCUSE ME, LADY.

WHERE CAN WE FIND

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT?

BEAT IT, BRATS!

THAT LADY LOOKS LIKE

LAVENDER.

AND THE MEN LOOK LIKE

BEAU WEASEL

AND CABBAGE JACK.

WELL, AT LEAST WE KNOW

THAT THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

CAN'T BE ONE OF THEM.

THERE'S THE SANTA CLAUS

XAVIER TOLD US ABOUT!

I BET HE KNOWS

WHERE THE SPIRIT IS.

RIGHT.

COME ON!

FRANK!

THOSE CHILDREN!

IF THEY STEP INTO TRAFFIC,

THEY'LL BE HURT.

HOLD OUR HANDS, KIDS.

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING US,

MISTER?

OUT OF THIS TRAFFIC!

THAT'S OKAY WITH US.

THANKS LADY,

THANKS, MISTER.

YOU POOR CHILDREN.

YOU LOOK SO FRIGHTENED.

YOU'RE WHITE

AS A SHEET.

I HOPE IT DIDN'T SCARE

MY FRECKLES OFF.

AREN'T THEY SWEET?

OH, FRANK, I WISH

WE HAD CHILDREN.

ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE HER.

IT'S SO LONELY

AT CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CHILDREN.

HERE, DEAR.

HEY, THE MAN

DROPPED SOMETHING.

LOOK, A WALLET!

WITH A PILE OF MONEY

IN IT.

OW!

SERVES YOU RIGHT.

IT ISN'T YOURS.

WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT BACK

TO THE MAN.

THE LITTLE THIEVES.

AFTER THEM!

THEY'RE CHASING US!

WE'LL HIDE IN THAT HOUSE!

SHH.

ISN'T THIS FUN, MOM?

GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS EVE

WITH YOU AND DADDY,

AND GRANDMA AND GRANDPA?

AND THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

IN THE HOUSE?

THE SPIRIT'S IN THERE.

I GUESS THEY WON'T MIND US

TAKIN' JUST ONE PEEK.

IT'S SUCH A PRETTY TREE.

AND SMELL THE TURKEY.

HEY!

WHO'S THERE?

WHO ARE YOU?

SORRY, WE WERE JUST LOOKIN'

FOR THE SPIRIT.

THERE'S NOBODY HERE.

BUT YOU WERE TALKIN'

TO YOUR MOM AND DAD.

I WAS JUST MAKING

BELIEVE.

THIS IS A HOME FOR KIDS

WHO DON'T HAVE A M--

MOM AND DAD.

WHERE ARE THE OTHER KIDS?

AT PEOPLE'S HOMES

FOR CHRISTMAS.

'CAUSE THEY MIGHT GET

ADOPTED.

I DIDN'T WANT TO GO.

NOBODY'S GONNA ADOPT ME.

I'M DIFFERENT

FROM OTHER KIDS.

ALL KIDS ARE DIFFERENT.

SURE!

SHE'S DIFFERENT

FROM ME.

AND HE'S DIFFERENT

FROM ME.

BEING DIFFERENT'S

WHAT MAKES EVERY KID SPECIAL.

YEAH!

♪ SOME OF US BIG KIDSAND SOME OF US SMALL ♪

♪ SOME KIDS ARE SHORTERAND SOME KIDS ARE TALL ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT,THERE'S ME AND THERE'S YOU ♪

♪ THE ONE DAY A YEAREVERY DREAM CAN COME TRUE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE IT'S EVERYBODY'SCHRISTMAS AND ♪

♪ EVERYBODY'S JOY ♪

♪ EVERYBODY'S SPECIAL,EACH GIRL AND EACH BOY ♪

♪ YES, IT'S EVERYBODY'SCHRISTMAS ♪

♪ TOGETHER WE'LL SHARE ♪

♪ FOR EVERYONE, EVERY YEAR,EVERYWHERE ♪

SOME FOLKS HAVE NOTHIN'.

AND SOME HAVETOO MUCH.

♪ REAL GIFTS YOU DON'TMEASURE ♪

♪ BY MONEY AND SUCH ♪

♪ IT'S LOVIN' EACH OTHER,NOT LIGHTS ON A TREE ♪

♪ IT MAKES CHRISTMAS MAGICFOR YOU AND FOR ME ♪

♪ AND IT'S EVERYBODY'SCHRISTMAS AND ♪

♪ EVERYBODY'S JOY ♪

♪ EVERYBODY'S SPECIAL,EACH GIRL AND EACH BOY ♪

♪ YES, IT'S EVERYBODY'SCHRISTMAS ♪

♪ TOGETHER WE'LL SHARE ♪

♪ FOR EVERYONE, EVERY YEAR,EVERYWHERE ♪

♪ EVERYONE, EVERY YEAR,EVERYWHERE ♪

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

JENNY, WHAT'S YOURS?

WE'RE THE CABBAGE PATCH KIDS.

THAT'S SURE DIFFERENT.

YOU'LL FIND SOMEONE

WHO WANTS TO ADOPT YOU, JENNY.

YOU'LL SEE.

HEY, WHAT ABOUT THOSE NICE

PEOPLE WE MET?

YOU KNOW SOMEONE

WHO'D ADOPT ME?

REALLY?

YES, THEY SAID THEY WANTED

A KID JUST LIKE

PAULA LOUISE.

AND YOU AND PAULA LOUISE

LOOK ALIKE.

BUT WE'VE GOTTA FIND 'EM

ANYWAY.

TO GIVE THEM THIS.

COME ON WITH US,

JENNY!

WAIT! THEY MIGHT HAVE SEEN US

COME IN THE WINDOW.

WHO?

SOMEONE'S CHASIN' US.

TO GET WHAT THOSE PEOPLE

DROPPED.

WE CAN SNEAK OUT

THE BACK.

THEY'RE LITTLE SNEAKS,

TOO.

COME ON!

GRAB THEM!

FIND THAT MONEY!

EMPTY THEIR POCKETS!

JUNK!

TELL US WHERE

THE MONEY IS,

AND WE'LL BE PARTNERS.

YOU'LL WORK FOR ME.

YOU'LL ROB AND STEAL

AND PICK POCKETS.

WE CERTAINLY WILL NOT!

NO!

THAT'S THE TROUBLE

WITH YOUTH TODAY.

THEY DON'T WANT

TO WORK.

WHAT DO WE DO NOW,

OTIS LEE?

WHEN I SAY "THREE,"

WE'LL BITE THEIR LEGS.

TWO IS QUICKER.

RIGHT.

ONE, TWO...

YOW!

OUCH!

COME ON!

CAN YOU RUN, JENNY?

WHEN PEOPLE LIKE THAT

ARE AFTER ME,

YOU BET.

WE'LL HIDE

IN THAT PLACE.

HEY!

STOP THOSE KIDS!

FIND THEM! WE CAN'T

HAVE STREET KIDS

RUNNING AROUND THE LOBBY

OF THE PRINCE ALBERT.

WOW.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

WE'RE IN A PRINCE'S PLACE.

HOW DO WE GET AWAY

AND FIND THOSE PEOPLE

WHO WILL ADOPT ME?

DON'T WORRY, JENNY,

WE'LL FIND THEM.

WON'T WE, OTIS?

SURE WE WILL.

LOOK, THE MAN AND LADY.

WE'VE GOT TO GET TO 'EM

WITHOUT BEIN' SEEN.

I'VE LOVED THAT CHILD

WITH THE FRECKLES.

OH, FRANK, I THOUGHT

WE'D BE LESS LONELY

COMING TO THE CITY

TO SEE THE CHILDREN

ENJOYING CHRISTMAS.

HOW WILL WE GET TO 'EM

OTIS?

LEAVE IT TO ME.

I'VE GOT A PLAN.

HEY, LADY, MISTER!

THEY DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

BUT THOSE FRIENDS

OF THE PRINCE DID.

THEY'RE IN THAT CART!

COME ON, THE NICE PEOPLE

WENT IN THAT ROOM

WHERE THE FOLKS ARE EATIN'!

NOW GO AND CAUSE TROUBLE

FOR THE PLAZA.

LOOK, OVER THERE!

IT'S THEM!

LET'S GO GET 'EM!

UH-OH.

WE BETTER QUICK HIDE.

-WHERE?

UH, STOP ASKIN'

SO MANY QUESTIONS, RAMIE!

COME ON!

MAYBE I SHOULD GO BACK

TO THE CHILDREN'S HOME.

I'M JUST MAKING

A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE.

YOU'RE NOT TROUBLE, JENNY.

NO, OF COURSE NOT!

NO!

BESIDES, IT'S NEVER TROUBLE

HELPING A FRIEND.

AND YOU'RE EVEN MORE

THAN A FRIEND TO ME, JENNY.

WE LOOK SO MUCH ALIKE,

I FEEL YOU'RE ALMOST MY SISTER.

ME, TOO.

THOSE BRATS ARE IN

THIS PARK SOMEWHERE.

FIND THEM!

♪ DECK THE HALLSWITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY ♪

♪ FA-LA-LA-LA-LA,LA-LA-LA-LA ♪

♪ 'TIS THE SEASONTO BE JOLLY ♪

♪ FA-LA-LA-LA-LA,LA-LA-LA-LA ♪

♪ DON WE NOW OUR PRIDEAPPAREL ♪

♪ FA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA,LA-LA-LA ♪

♪ TROLL THE ANCIENTYULETIDE CAROL ♪

♪ FA-LA-LA-LA-LA,LA-LA-LA-LA ♪

I WONDER WHAT ALL

THE SIGNING'S FOR.

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE.

THEY'RE PROBABLY SINGING

FOR THE SPIRIT.

WE DIDN'T EVEN GET ONE

PEEK AT 'EM.

I'M COLD.

I'M HUNGRY.

ME, TOO.

PLEASE FORGET ABOUT ME.

YOU SHOULD BE GOING HOME.

YOUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS

WILL BE WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

YOU MEAN YOU'RE ALL ALONE,

LIKE ME?

OH, WE AREN'T ALONE.

WE'VE GOT COLONEL CASEY.

WE'VE GOT XAVIER.

AND WE HAVE EACH OTHER.

YEAH.

THIEVES ALWAYS KEEP

THEIR MONEY UNDER THE PILLOW.

IT'S THEM!

NOW YOU'LL STEAL

FOR ME!

YOU'LL CRAWL THROUGH WINDOWS

AND GATES.

AND MAKE THIS MY MERRIEST

CHRISTMAS.

OR YOU'LL NEVER SEE

YOUR BRAT FRIEND AGAIN.

COME ON!

BUT WE PROMISED TO GET JENNY

ADOPTED.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE A MOTHER

OR FATHER.

THEN STEAL ONE FOR HER.

THAT'S THE LITTLE GIRL

MISSING FROM THE HOME.

AND THOSE PICKPOCKETS

WE'VE BEEN LOOKIN' FOR.

THE COPS!

GRAB THE BRATS

AND RUN FOR IT!

ALL GRAB HANDS

AND PULL EACH OTHER OUT!

JUST LIKE I PLANNED!

I THINK I KNOW

WHERE WE'RE GONNA SPEND

NEW YEAR'S EVE.

I'LL TAKE YOU BACK

TO THE CHILDREN'S HOME.

BUT WE HAVE TO GET JENNY

A REAL HOME.

WE'RE TRYIN' TO GET HER

TO A MAN AND LADY.

THEY LIVE OVER THERE

WITH PRINCE ALBERT.

THERE THEY ARE!

MISTER, LADY!

MISTER!

LADY!

FRANK, IT'S THOSE CHILDREN.

HERE'S SOMETHING

YOU LOST, MISTER.

WHY, THANK YOU, SON.

AND HERE'S SOMETHING

WE FOUND.

A LITTLE GIRL FOR YOU.

HER NAME'S JENNY

AND SHE NEEDS A MOM AND DAD.

BUT SHE DOESN'T THINK

SHE CAN GET ADOPTED

'CAUSE SHE'S DIFFERENT.

BUT THAT MAKES HER SPECIAL.

JUST LIKE ME.

YOU'RE RIGHT, DEAR.

SHE'S VERY SPECIAL.

SHE'S FROM THE CHILDREN'S HOME.

I RAN AWAY.

WELL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU

RIGHT BACK THERE.

BACK?

TO SEE IF WE CAN

ADOPT HER.

YAY!

YEAH!

I'LL FILE THE ADOPTION PAPERS

RIGHT AWAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, JENNY DEAR,

YOU MAY GO AND VISIT

WITH MR. AND MRS. CLARK.

YAY!

KIDS!

XAVIER!

COLONEL CASEY SAID

YOU DIDN'T COME BACK

TO THE PATCH LAST NIGHT,

SO I CAME LOOKIN' FOR YA.

AND THE POLICE SAID

TO TRY HERE.

BYE, KIDS,

AND THANKS.

'BYE!

I'M GLAD YOU GOT

A MOM AND DAD, JENNY.

I WISH WE COULD BOTH HAVE

THE SAME MOM AND DAD.

THEN WE'D REALLY

BE SISTERS.

MAYBE WE COULD!

THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.

THEN WE'LL HAVE A HOUSE

FULL OF FRECKLES.

THIS WILL BE

OUR HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS EVER.

I ALWAYS WONDERED

WHAT IT'D BE LIKE

TO HAVE A MOM AND DAD.

IS IT OKAY WITH YOU

IF I GO?

SURE, IT'S JUST THAT

WE'LL MISS YOU.

SO WE'RE UNHAPPY FOR US.

BUT WE'RE ALSO HAPPY

FOR YOU, AREN'T WE?

YAY!

WELL, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS,

PAULA LOUISE

AND JENNY'S NEW FOLKS

SENT THE KIDS A TREE,

A TURKEY,

AND A WHOLE BUNCH

OF PRESENTS.

BUT THE BEST PRESENT OF ALL

WAS THE NEW

CABBAGE PATCH KID.

I WISH WE COULD'VE SEEN

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

ME, TOO.

YEAH.

-YOU DID.

-HUH?

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT'S

A FEELING YOU GET

WHEN YOU'RE MAKIN'

SOMEONE ELSE HAPPY.

LIKE YOU DID PAULA LOUISE

AND JENNY.

AND THE CLARKS.

WOW!

WE HAD IT ALL ALONG!

AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW!

THE TURKEY'S READY.

CAME OUT GREAT.

AREN'T YOU GONNA

JOIN US, COLONEL CASEY?

UH, NO THANKS.

I GOTTA BE GETTIN' BACK

TO BABYLAND GENERAL

TO CHECK ON

THE NEW ARRIVALS.

WOW.

'COURSE, YOU WEREN'T BORN

IN A CABBAGE PATCH,

BUT IN A WAY, YOU'RE LIKE

THE CABBAGE PATCH KIDS

'CAUSE YOU'RE EACH ONE

DIFFERENT.

AND THAT MAKES YOU

SPECIAL, TOO!

Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas (1984) - full transcript