Dwight in Shining Armor (2018–2021): Season 2, Episode 5 - Switcheroo - full transcript



Gretta: [gasps]
Is that the circus?

Dwight: Termites.

Gretta: Huh?

Nana: It's so nice of you two
to let us stay a few days.

Baldric: It is our duty
to give refuge to our subjects

should they come
under attack.

Chlodwig: The circus is
in town.

[laughs] I love the circus!

Dwight: Oh, no, no.

It's a fumigation tent.



Sorry, buddy.

Gretta: Sir Dwight's house
has been invaded

by legions of termites.

Dwight: True.

Gretta: And the circus has
come to vanquish them.

- False.

- Glory to the brave.

[triumphant music]

[theme music]

Dwight: Okay, so about
a thousand years ago,

there was this princess, Gretta.

And she was in big trouble,

because she had lots
of enemies

and not a lot of friends.



So her court magician,
Baldric cast the champion spell.

It put everyone in the woods
to sleep

until a champion would come,

break the spell
with his kiss,

and deal with
Gretta's big, scary enemies.

But that guy never showed up.

Instead...

Ah!

[kissing noise]

they got me.

Ah!



Ow!





[whirring]

Dwight: Thanks for dinner, guys.

You know,
I'm not usually a parsnip guy,

but these were great.

Baldric: It was
my grandmother's recipe.

- What is this concoction?

Nana: Oh, we call it,
movin' and groovin' juice.

Dwight: No, no, we don't,
actually.

Not anymore.

Nana: Four ounces
of this stuff every night,

keeps things nice and loose.

It's mostly juiced prunes--

Dwight: Baldric!

I would love to get
that parsnip recipe.

Baldric: Ah, it's parsnips.

Nana: Dwight used
to get stopped up for days.

Baldric: Ew.

Nana: And when I say days,
I mean weeks.

I mean sometimes
it would get so bad

that I would just
have to make like--

Dwight: About tomorrow,

I'm gonna email you
those slides before bed.

- Oh, okay, great.

Dwight: Am I before
or after bunko?

Nana: After.

So you can take
as long as you want.

The ladies can't get enough
of you, sweetpea.

Chlodwig: Ladies?

- Oh. At the senior ladies
luncheon.

Dwight's doing
a lecture series

on understanding your grandkids.

What's your topic tomorrow?

- Texting with teens.

Nana: I'll meet you there, okay?

Dwight: Yeah, you got it.

Nana: Okay, you night owls.

I am going to get ready
for bed.

- Mm.

Nana: Mm.

Down the hatch, honeybear.

You don't want any slowdowns
tomorrow.

Um.

Night.

[dribbles]

Nana: All set down here?

- Yeah, yeah.

Got my air mattress,
my sleeping bag.

I'm all good.

- All righty then,
good night roomies.

Baldric: Good night, dear lady.

Gretta: May your frail bones
find rest under our roof.

Nana: Oh. I'm sure.

Chlodwig: And may the circus
soon be victorious!

- [grunts]

[gulping]

Dwight: You might want
to slow down on that, buddy.

It's gonna hit you
pretty hard tomorrow.

- Ah. 'Tis a hearty brew.

[small motor running]

Gretta: Huh.

Chlodwig: So, Sir Dwight,

tomorrow is a momentous day
for us both.

Dwight: Oh, yeah?

Chlodwig: You give your oration
to the leading ladies

of the village

and I escape the grasp
of Hexela, the witch.

- Hexela?

The witch?

The grasp?

- Indeed.

Dwight: Well, send.

Gretta: Well, what have you
to do with Hexela?

- We share an enthusiasm

for knucklebones.

- Oh.

- No.

Dwight: What's knucklebones?

- A game of chance.

- Hexela is unbeatable
at knucklebones.

Chlodwig: Oh fluffy stuff,
she's hardly unbeatable.

- You beat her?

- Well, not yet.

But I'm learning
her weaknesses

and deciphering her strategy.

- How much have you lost?

- Two hundred crowns.

Baldric: Two, uh?

Dwight: What are you?

Hey!

Look, that's my dinner
for tomorrow!

Chlodwig: How so?

Dwight: I wrote my name on it.

Chlodwig: Did you?

- You had to take
my name off of it to eat it.

Baldric: Is your brain addled?

What is the first thing
I taught you, Highness.

- Oh.

Never bring a dagger
to an ax fight.

Baldric: Mm.

Never owe a debt to a w...

- Witch.

Gretta and Baldric:
A witch, yes.

Chlodwig: Have no fear,
for I have a foolproof plan.

- [moans]

- Does it start with
making me more noodle salad?

Chlodwig: I have challenged
Dalibor the Destroyer

to a wrestling match.

- Dalibor?

- The destroyer?

- He'll destroy you.

- I think not.

Baldric: [doubtful noise]

Chlodwig: And to the victor
of the match,

goes a purse of 200 crowns.

- Mm.

- Brilliant, no?

Baldric and Gretta: No!

Chlodwig: I shall win the match,
pay the witch

and live happily ever after.

- Hm.

Baldric: A perfect plan
for a perfect fool.

Chlodwig: [snoring]

- Unbelievable.

[crickets chirping]

[dogs barking]

[quiet footsteps]

[bell rings loudly]

- Ten o'clock and all is well!

[grunts]

- Baldric?

Chlodwig: [snoring]

Dwight: [sighs]

[bell rings loudly]

- Ah!

- Eleven o'clock
and all is well!

Chlodwig: [snores]

Dwight: [sighs]

[bell rings loudly]

- Twelve o'clock
and all is well.

[bell rings]

[faint magical sound]

Baldric: [yawns]

[bell rings]

- What died in my mouth?

Uh, ew.

What?

What the?

Chlodwig!

- [snorts] Uh, oh.

- Aaaaah!

- Ah, floof.

[ax thwacks]

- Hm.

Chlodwig: Gretta!

Baldric!

Look everyone!

Scramble the jets!

Call the BBC!

Dwight: All useless efforts,
brother.

Give me but a moment
to explain!

Chlodwig: No!

No, no, no, no, no.

I do not want to hear a word out
of your mouth.

Um, my mouth.

Don't use my mouth!

Baldric: Cease
your caterwauling.

Chlodwig: Oh, I am going
to caterwaul my brains out.

You have never seen
caterwauling.

- What's amiss?

Baldric: Prince Chlodwig
is caterwauling.

- Today must be
my birthday.

Gretta: Happy birthday,
Sir Dwight.

Chlodwig: Over here!

I'm Sir Dwight.

- In what sense?

Chlodwig: The sense that I am
Sir Dwight in that dude's body.

Dwight: I clearly lost track
of the date,

Chlodwig: Waa!

Dwight: but how?

According to my runic calendar
my birthday should fall

on the second day
of the sixth new moon

in the year of Arloc.

Chlodwig: Dude,
I'm not a violent person

but I think I might actually
punch you in the face.

Dwight: Only consider,
brother, it's your face.

Chlodwig: [small grunt]

- Have you any idea
what is happening here?

Baldric: None, Your Highness.

Dwight: Allow me to explain.

On the day of my birth,

I came under a wizard's curse
that has plagued me ever since.

Every year on my birthday,

I live a day
in someone else's life.

- Oh.

Chlodwig: What a nut job curse!

Dwight: Specifically in the life
of the last person

whom I have wronged.

Gretta: Mm.

Chlodwig: You did eat
my noodle salad, and,

and, you slept
on my air mattress

in my sleeping bag.

Dwight: There you have it.

Chlodwig: You know what?

I'm over it.

Forgiven and forgotten.

Now, I just really need my body
back.

Dwight: It grieves me
to tell you this, Sir Dwight,

but we are trapped
in this predicament

until midnight tonight.

Chlodwig: No, no, no, no, no.

Look, I've got stuff today.

- As have I.

- The senior ladies
luncheon at 11:00.

- How does this luncheon
of senior ladies compare

to my match
with Dalibor?

- Yeah, I'm pretty sure
you're a no-show.

Dwight: Remember when you
face him do not be daunted

by his immense size.

Chlodwig: Chlodwig, I am not
fighting Dalibor the Desolator.

Dwight:
Dalibor the Destroyer.

- Not doing it.

- But it's the match
of the century.

The bandit's will never allow me
to renege.

Chlodwig:
The bandits can eat it.

What are they gonna do?

[yelling]

Gretta: Dwight! Dwight!

I'm coming!

Baldric: Unhand him!

Gretta: You stay with, with,
Chlodwig.

- Right.

- Stout heart, Sir Dwight!

All my hopes go
with him, Baldric.

He cannot fail.

He will not fail.

- He certainly can,
and most likely will.

Dwight: I will not fail him.

We must ready ourselves
and be off.

- Whither?

- To the senior ladies luncheon.

- Oh.

[sarcastic] Huzzah.





[Bandits laughing]

- I swear, if another
bandit puts me in another bag,

whoa.

Bandit: Behold the challenger!

[crowd cheers]

Bandit: Prince Chlodwig...
the Unstable.

[crowd shouts
in appreciation]

Chlodwig: Uh, hi.

Is there any way we can push
this thing to tomorrow?

- That's not Dalibor
the Destroyer.

- Huh?

- That's his spear carrier.

[crowd cheers]

Gretta: This is--

- I know.

Bandit: Dalibor the Destroyer!

[crowd cheering]

Dalibor: [very gruff]
I destroy you.

- I, I'm sure you will.

Dalibor: [growls]

- [whimpers] I'm gonna die!

If I die, who dies,
me or Chlodwig?

Gretta: Have courage,
Sir Dwight.

[punch]

Chlodwig: Ow.

- Show no fear.

Chlodwig: You show no fear,

you're not the one

who has to battle
Dalavor the Destructor!

Gretta: Dalibor the Destroyer.

Chlodwig: Whatever that ton
of big, hairy man.

You're not fighting him.

- Well, nor you.

You must escape.

Chlodwig: Good idea.

Gretta: Behave naturally.

- Copy that.

Ew.

What are you--

Gretta!

- I will create a diversion.

Chlodwig: What diversion?

Uh.

- I'm thinking.

Chlodwig: Uh, Gretta?

Gretta: Hail, fellows!

Would you like to see
some magic?

Dalibor: [growls]

Gretta: Behold
I shall remove my thumb

from my own hand.

[crowd ohs]

Man: Is she a witch?

Dalibor: Ah.

Bandit: Fight!

[rock music]









Dalibor: [roaring]

[thud]

Gretta: Dwight! Dwight!

Dwight. Dwight.

Chlodwig: Is it over?

- You lost.

- That's fine with me.

[old-fashioned music]

Dwight: Ladies!

Your wait is over.

Nana: Dwight, there you are.

And Baldric?

Uh, so nice of you to join
the ladies luncheon, I--

Baldric: I shall explain all.

Ladies.

- Bewitched.

Captivated.

Nana: Uh.

Oh, uh, Dwight, honey.

Uh, how 'bout we get started.

- Mm, yeah.

Nana: Um, texting with teens.

Dwight: Ah, yes.

My oration.

Nana: Uh, sure thing, uh,

I'll run the slides.

Dwight: My youth was one
of privilege but isolation.

A wilderness of the soul.

[cheering]

Gretta: You were a great sport.

You know that?

I am proud of you.

Hexela: How now,
Prince Chlodwig?

Gretta: Hexela.

- You owe me 200 crowns.

A debt you swore you'd pay
by sunset.

Gretta: What's the first thing
you need to know?

Chlodwig: Never wrestle a guy
who's last name is Destroyer.

Gretta: Never owe a debt
to a witch.

- Mm.

Chlodwig: Tell you what Hexela,

Chlodwig will pay you
tomorrow first thing.

Gretta: A word in your ear,
Prince Chlodwig.

She mustn't know that
you aren't Chlodwig.

Chlodwig: Why not?

Gretta: Because
this is a witch's debt

and it must be paid

on the promised time
and it may only be paid

by Chlodwig.

Chlodwig: If he doesn't?

Gretta: I shudder to think.

[shuddering noise]

Chlodwig: Sorry,
you were saying?

- I'm generally known
as a reasonable woman.

- By whom?

- And since I do enjoy
a good game of knucklebones,

I propose we play.

If you win,
your debt is forgiven.

- What if I don't?

- [small laugh]

- He doesn't have
any money, Hexela.

You can't draw blood
from a turnip.

- Maybe you can't.

But in answer
to your question,

I might be willing to accept
payment of another sort.

Chlodwig: What sort?

Hexela: Hm.

Let me think, perhaps,

your earlobes!

Chlodwig: Why do you want
my earlobes?

Hexela: Let's just say
a prince's earlobes are

handy little things.

[slap]

Hexela: Ah!

- And if we refuse
your proposal?

- Well then I shall
simply have to recoup my losses

in some other way.

[gasp]

Perhaps I'll sell you
to the bandits.

Hi boys!

Dolliver.

Call me.

Do come along, children.

[snap]

Chlodwig: Huh. Give me a minute.

[stomach gurgles loudly]

- What's amiss?

Chlodwig:
I am movin' and groovin'

[stomach grumbling]

Excuse me.

Dwight: My dearest friends
were the shadow puppets

I created on the walls
of my private quarters.

- Uh.

- Yes. I see.

This is a random assembly
of letters.

It is the nonsense babbled
by lunatics.

Pay it no heed.

Nana: Oh! I know this one!

I love you, hugs and kisses.

[applause]

- Pardon?

- Go ahead.

- Uh.

R-r-rotafool.

A Flemish word, I believe.

Woman 1: Oh, rolling
on the floor laughing.

[applause]

- This ancient woman
is unwell.

Baldric: Ah, I see.

Ha, ha.

That is clever.

Each letter represents
a word.

Ha, ha, ha.

Oo, do another one.

- Oh!

Baldric: [stammering]

Better take waffles!

Ah!

Dwight: Excellent advice.

Baldric: Thank you.

- Oh!

[mumbling]

Baldric and Dwight: Ah, ha, ha.

Dwight: Another one.

- Oh, yeah.

Baldric: Um.

Dwight: Uh, uh, uh, br, br

bring roasted beef!

- Ah yes.

Dwight: Bring roasted beef!

[women laughing]

Dwight: Another! More!

Nana: Ah, here we go.

Dwight and Baldric: W, w, w...

- Wear your winter hat!

[All laughing]

Dwight: My turn, my turn.

One more.

Yes.

Uh, ling,

ling,

lemur,

lock,

lemon...

Lady of love.

Baldric: No, no,

don't do that.

Stop it.

Hexela: Have a seat my dear.

[clears throat]

We all know the rules.

- Let's pretend we don't.

Hexela: Pardon?

Chlodwig: Just talk me
through it.

I just like the way
you explain things.

- Oh.

Very well then, Your Highness.

We throw the bones.

- What bones?

Hexela: These bones.

[clattering]

Gretta: Each bone has
four sides,

each side has a number.

- I'm sorry,
where are these bones from?

- [clears throat]

Are you quite certain
you want to know?

- I'm quite certain
I don't want to know.

- Mm-hm.

Gretta: You each get three turns
to throw the bones.

- Okay.

Gretta: After each turn
your numbers will be added.

- Uh-huh.

- Whoever has
the greatest number

after three rounds, wins.

- Th- that's it?

There's zero skill involved
in this game.

Hexela: [laughs and snorts]

Well, that is a matter
of opinion.

Gretta: Hexela is a master
at knucklebones.

Hexela: Oh!

Chlodwig: But it's all luck!

- Well, then let's begin.

And see who fortune
will favor today.

[laughs]

[clattering]

Hexela: One, three, three, two.

[clicking]

Not bad.

[rattling]

[blows]

Gretta: Two, one, three, one.

[clicking]

Hexela: Oh, seven for you,
eight for me.

On to round two.

Chlodwig: Wait a second,

my score was one,
three, three, two.

That adds up to nine.

- Not by my calculations, no.

- Your calculations,
your what?

You realize why

she's unbeatable
at knucklebones, right?

- What are you suggesting, sir.

- Math has come a long way

in the last thousand years.

- Ha!

- Do you have your phone?

- I believe so.

Chlodwig:
There's two rounds left

and here's how they're gonna go.

We're gonna use your bones,
my calculator.

- [noise of frustration]

Nana: [singing]
Happy birthday, dear Chlodwig,

in Dwight's body,
happy birthday to you.

[applause]

Chlodwig: Hey guys.

- Blow out your candle.

- [blows very hard]

Now, we feast.

Chlodwig: It's all you,
birthday boy.

- Mm.

I believe this is the first time
I've celebrated my birthday.

Nana: Really?

- What with the wizard's curse,

my birthday's always been
something of a hardship.

Nana: Poor thing.

Dwight: With the exception
of today.

I have not spent a day
in one's life

that I have enjoyed more
than yours, Sir Dwight.

Chlodwig: Thanks, man.

Baldric: Have no fear.

Prince Chlodwig fulfilled
your duty

at the senior ladies luncheon.

- Oh, wow.

Nana: He made quite a splash.

Gretta: Huh.

- I think you have
several dates already lined up.

Dwight: Mm.

What of you, Sir Dwight?

Were you victorious
in your match

with Dalibor the Destroyer?

- He destroyed me.

- No.

- Yeah, sorry dude.

- What of the witch?

My debt.

Gretta: Well, Sir Dwight has
bested Hexela at knucklebones.

Baldric: Ha!

Impossible!

- How?

- What's the first thing
you need to know.

- Never eat
the last lemon fritter

at a dwarf banquet.

Baldric: Mm,
never owe a debt to a witch.

Chlodwig: Never let the witch
do the math.

- Ah!

Dwight: Mm, mm.

[squeak]



Baldric: Rouse yourselves,
sluggards!

It is a new day.

- Huzzah!

Rejoice fellows,
for I am Chlodwig once more.

Baldric: [laughs]

Dwight: Fluffy stuffs,
there is only one Chlodwig,

and it is I.

Gretta: Uh.

- But, but, but...

Dwight: [laughs] I'm just
messing with you man.

Who wants waffles?

Baldric: Oo, waffles.

- Huh.

Gretta: Perhaps
with some move along juice.

Chlodwig: Most certainly,

we don't want
any slowdowns today.