Zog (2018) - full transcript

A keen but accident-prone dragon learns how to become a dragon at Dragon School.

R-r-r-ar!

HE GIGGLES

Argh!

Ha!

Rah!

Eurgh!

DRAGONS LAUGH

METAL CLANGS

NARRATOR: Madam Dragon ran a school,
many moons ago.

She taught young dragons all the
things that dragons need to know.

Zog, the biggest dragon,
was the keenest one by far.



He tried his hardest every day
to win a golden star.

Ah?

ZOG GROANS

All the dragons in Year One
were learning how to fly.

Argh!

Ha-ha-ha!

High! High! Way up in the sky!

Ha-ha-ha...

GRAVEL PATTERS
Huh?

Oh!

A-a-a-a-a-rgh!
SHE GASPS

Oh!

Ooh! Ha-ha...

Ah...



Ha-ha-ha!

A-ha-ha!

Hmmm...

Hmmm... Ah! Aw...

Ha-ha!

Ooh... Ah-ha!

Now that you've been shown,
you can practise on your own...

Oh!

THEY GIGGLE EXCITEDLY

... and you'll all be expert fliers
by the time you're fully grown.

Zog went off to practise,

flying fast and free.

He soared and swooped
and looped the loop...

... then crashed into a tree.

Pearl!

Hm!

Pearl?

IN DISTANCE: Pearl?

DISTANT SOBS

Pearl?

ZOG SOBS

Just then, a little girl came by.

Oh...

Please don't cry.
... she said.

Perhaps you'd like a...

... ooh, a nice sticky plaster
for your head?

RIP!

Uh!

What a good idea!
... said Zog...

SHE GIGGLES

... then up and off he flew,

his plaster gleaming pinkly
as he zigzagged through the blue.

R-r-a-a-a!

A year went by, and in Year Two
the dragons learned to roar.

R-r-a-a-r! R-r-a-a-r!

Oh. More! More! Louder, I implore!

R-r-a-a-r... Roar!

Ahem!

R-R-A-A-A-A-A-R!

R-r-a-a-a-r! Ooh...

R-a-a-a-r! R-a-a-a-a-r!

FROG CROAKS

Ahem...

R-r-r-a-a-a!

R-R-R-A-A-A-A-R!

Yay! Woohoo!

Now that you've been shown,
you can practise on your own -

and you'll all be champion roarers
by the time you're fully grown.

R-r-r-a-a! R-a-a-a!

Zog went off to practise.

R-r-r-a-a!

R-r-r-a-ar!

R-r-r-a-a!

R-r-r-a-a!

G-r-r-r...

HE BREATHES DEEPLY

R-R-R-A-A-A-A-R!

He roared with fearsome force!

HE ROARS FIERCELY

He kept it up for hours on end...

Ooh!

HE COUGHS HOARSELY

... but then his throat grew hoarse.

MEN SHOUT

MEN SHOUT

Pssst, hey! Whaaa!

Just then, the girl came by again.

Ah, ha-ha...

HE COUGHS

Oh, dear...

What rotten luck.

Perhaps you'd like a nice soothing
peppermint to suck?

What a good idea!
... said Zog.

HE ROARS FIERCELY

R-r-r-a-r!

SHE GIGGLES

Oh!

Then up and off he flew,

and breathing fumes of peppermint,
he zigzagged through the blue.

A year went by, and in Year Three
the dragons learned to blow.

No, no.

Breathe out fire, not snow!

THEY LAUGH

Ahem.

HE SIGHS

Ah!

Now that you've been shown,
you can practise on your own.

You will all be breathing bonfires
by the time you're fully grown.

Hmmm. Yeah...

Zog went off to practise.

He blew with all his might.

He twirled around in triumph...

A-ha-ha!

... and his wing tip caught alight.

CLOCK TICKS

PEARL HUMS SOFTLY

Oh...

Hmmm...

CLATTERING

SHE SIGHS

DISTANT SCREAM

SPLASH!

Urgh! Ooh...

Ah...

Just then, the girl came by again.

What... ? Shhh...

Oh, dear. You poor old thing!

Hmm.

Perhaps you'd like a nice stretchy
bandage for your wing?

Hmm...

Agh...

Ooh!

What a good idea.
... said Zog.

A-ha, ha-ha!

Then up and off he flew,

his bandage flapping wildly,
as he zigzagged through the blue.

All the Year Four dragons
were learning...

Can you guess? Yes? Yes?

How to capture a princess.

HE CHUCKLES

Ugh!

Ha, ha!

Aah!

Ho-ho-ho!

Yow! Whoo! Ha-ha-ha!

MADAM DRAGON SIGHS

Now that you've been shown,
you can practise on your own.

You'll need to capture hundreds
by the time you're fully grown.

Zog went off to practise.

Argh!

He tried...

... and tried...

... and tried...

... but he simply couldn't manage.

Argh! Urgh! Oh!

Ow! I'm no good at this!
... he cried.

KNOCKING
Pearl. Pearl! Pearl!

I'm no good at this.

Oh!

SMASH!
Oh...

WATER TRICKLES

Hmm...

HOLLOW KNOCKING

Pearl!

Ah!

Argh! Oi!

MEN SHOUT

HE SOBS QUIETLY

I'll never win a golden star.

Just then, he saw the girl.

Perhaps... you'd like to capture me?

My name is Princess Pearl.

Oh! What a good idea.
... said Zog.

MAN: Dragon! There he is! Get him...

Then up and off they flew...

... the princess gripping tightly,
as they zigzagged through the blue.

Ha-ha-ha!

Woohoo!

MADAM DRAGON: Hmmm...

PIG OINKS

Ah...

Ah! Our first princess so far!

Congratulations, Zog, my dear.

You've won a golden star!

THEY CHEER

Zog was proud and happy,

and Pearl felt good, as well.

Urgh!
CRACK!

She took the dragons'
temperatures...

... and nursed them when they fell.

Aaah! Aaah!

Oh...

Ah-ah-ah... choo!

SQUEAKING

A year went by and in Year Five
the dragons learned to fight.

THEY GROAN

Woohoo! Whoo, whoo, whoo!

HORSE NEIGHS

Right. Right!

Here comes a real live knight!

METAL CLANKS

Ugh...

HE GROANS

Good day!

My name is Gadabout -
Sir Gadabout the Great!

SQUEAK!

I've come to...

... hmm...

... hrr... rescue Princess Pearl.

I hope I'm not too late.

Zog breathed fire
and beat his wings.

You can't! She's mine!
... he roared.

HE ROARS FIERCELY

Oh, no, she's not!
... yelled Gadabout,

and waved his trusty sword.

Ha-ha!

ZOG GROWLS

The other dragons crowded round
and watched them, all agog.

Who was going to win the fight,

Sir Gadabout or Zog?

Ooh! Argh...

Argh!

DISTANT SHOUTS
Hm?

Ha! Yargh!

A-a-a-a-a-rgh!

Woohoo! Ha-ha-ha!

Then Princess Pearl stepped forward,
crying... Stop!

Argh!

You silly chumps.

The world's already far too full
of cuts and burns and bumps.

Aha... Er...

Don't rescue me.

I won't go back to being a princess,

and prancing round the palace
in a silly, frilly dress!

I want to be a doctor,
and travel here and there,

listening to people's chests
and giving them my care.

SQUEAKING

Hmm...

HE CHUCKLES

Me... too!
... exclaimed the knight,

and took his helmet off his head.

I'd rather wear a nice twisty
stethoscope instead.

Ha-ha.

Perhaps, Princess,
you'll train me up?

And Pearl replied...
Hmmm... er...

... of course.

Hmmm...

... but I don't see how the two of us
could fit upon your horse.

Flying doctors.

Oooh. I'd love to join the crew!

If you'll let me be your ambulance,
then I can carry you!

Bravo! A Dragon Ambulance,
an excellent career!

And all the Year Five dragons
gave a loud resounding cheer.

ALL CHEER

HE HUMS A TUNE

But what about my trusty steed?

Ah!

HORSE GULPS

I really hope you'll stay.

I'll let you be my pupils' pet,
and feed you lots of hay.

What a good idea!
... said Zog.

Whoa! Ha-ha-ha!

Then up and off they flew...

Woohoo! Ye-o-o-o-o-w!

... the Flying Doctors waving,

as they zigzagged through the blue.