Flipper (1964–1967): Season 2, Episode 17 - Flipper's Odyssey: Part 2 - full transcript

- The only way I can think of to repay you

for saving my life is to make you famous.

You know the boss has okayed
my doing a feature story

on you for the magazine?

How about that?

Fame.

laughs)

As if it mattered to you.

All you're interested in is a fish.

And that's all the fish.

Now, you hang around
and I'll arrange to have



a square meal for you
here every single day

and come see you on my days off.

Okay?

Hey!

Come back here!

Hey!

I should've known.

You're too proud to accept a handout.

♫ They call him Flipper,
Flipper, faster than lightning

♫ No one you see, is smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper lives
in a world full of wonder

♫ Lying there under, under the sea

- Mr. Ellery?

- In person.



- I'm Porter Ricks.

This is my two boys, Sandy and Bud.

- Dad, ask him about Flipper.

- All right, Bud.

All right.

Mr. Ellery, the Coast Guard
said you'd be out here

and, well, we read that you
were rescued by a dolphin.

- They said you
still had the dolphin.

- I did until about an hour ago.

The fact is, I was hoping
to make a pet of him,

but he didn't see things that way.

He swam away.

What's this all about?

- Well, my sons had a pet
dolphin named Flipper.

- Have a pet dolphin.

- My sons have a pet dolphin named Flipper

who disappeared from our park at Coral Key

a couple days ago.

And well, I was hoping the
dolphin that rescued you.

- Well, what did the dolphin
look like that saved you?

- Well, he looked like a dolphin.

He was big, and gray with
white markings, and, uh.

How do you tell one dolphin from another?

- Well, we can tell Flipper anywhere.

- Sorry, I can't be more helpful, son.

- Well, he's obviously not here.

Thank you, Mr. Ellery,
for all your trouble.

- Just a minute.

I've been commissioned by my magazine

to do a feature about a dolphin.

Maybe you could tell
me something about, um.

What did you call him?

- Flipper.

- Yeah.

Why don't you come aboard and
have some breakfast with me?

I'd like to hear all about your fish.

I mean, Flipper.

- Why not?

Get the line, Sandy.

Bud, get the stern line.

Pull it in.

Okay-

- Well, Flipper's just
about the greatest dolphin

that ever lived.

Sandy's the one that
found him and trained him.

I was too little at the time.

- First time I saw him, he
was hurt by a spear gun.

I wanted to help him, but he was so big

and I was only about Bud's size.

I didn't know what to do.

By the time I went home and found Dad,

I was afraid he might die.

Yet, I couldn't get him into the boat.

He must've weighed about
40 times more than I did.

I decided to cut the line on the spear

and see what happened.

I thought maybe after I cut him loose,

he'd swim away and that would be that.

But, he was hurt worse than I thought,

so I had to tow him out.

I was afraid a rope would hurt him,

but fortunately I had a net in the boat.

Dolphins are usually afraid of nets,

but Flipper must've sensed
that I was trying to help him.

He hardly uttered a
sound as I tied him up.

I finally got him into the pen,

but I was still a little scared of him.

- That took a lot of courage to do that.

- Believe me, I was plenty scared.

Of course, I didn't know then

that dolphins would never hurt people.

- Is that a fact?

- Well, there's never been a record

of a dolphin hurting a human being.

- In no time at all we
became best friends.

I taught him to tow me
around, or maybe he taught me.

I never was quite sure.

- It's amazing.

- Sandy, tell him about the time Flipper

caught those guys trying
to steal that yacht.

- Now, wait a minute, Bud.

Which time?

You know, Flipper's been a big help to me

as a park ranger, too.

- What a story this will make.

I had no idea dolphins
were that intelligent.

- Yeah.

- They're more intelligent than people.

You remember, Sandy.

The time Flipper knocked that guy out

who was trying to steal the yacht.

Remember?

- Oh, yeah.

One time we were patrolling
with Dad near Emerald Key

and there was this big
yacht anchored off shore.

- Oh, I was just a little guy then.

- Well, all of a sudden
we see these two guys.

A couple of real characters and
they're trying to board her.

Dad yelled at them and
they tried to get away

by diving overboard.

So, Dad went after one and
Flipper went after the other.

The man had a knife, too.

But, that didn't stop Flipper.

All we had to do then was
drag the guy out of the water

and place him under arrest.

- It's no wonder you're
so worried about Flipper.

He sounds like a priceless animal.

- Oh, yeah, and he's a lot of fun, too.

Once when we put on a show,

Flipper got more laughs than anyone

and we had a chimpanzee and an elephant.

- A dolphin, and an
elephant, and a chimpanzee?

- Uh-huh.

We were trying to raise money
to get Mr. McCoy out of jail.

All the kids in the
neighborhood were at the show.

There's just about
nothing Flipper can't do.

- I believe it.

I wonder if the dolphin that saved me

could possibly have been Flipper.

- It sure sounds like
Flipper, doesn't it, Dad?

- Well, I don't know, Bud.

I still can't figure out what Flipper

would be doing this far from home.

- If it was Flipper, Dad, he
may be on his way home now.

- Maybe.

Well, Mr. Ellery, thank you for breakfast.

We better get going now.

- Well, thank you for the story.

Oh, and if you find Flipper,
say thanks to him, too.

Okay?

- We will.

- Bye.

- See ya.

- Thanks for breakfast.

- Good luck.

- Swim.

Swim, Danny.

Swim for your life.

He's coming after you.

I'll kill you!

I'll kill you!

Swim, Danny.

Swim!

Swim for your life!

Look behind you, Danny!

Hurry, before it's too late!

Where they are?

It's too long a time.

He's a very bad animal.

Oh, I see.

Bravo, dolphin.

Si, hit him!

Hit him!

No, no, no.

Hit him here!

Here is a soft spot!

Hit him again!

Oh, Danny!

I'm coming to see you!

I tell you.

Never in his whole life did
Luigi see anything like this.

You're a brave fella.

Oh, he's hurt.

Don't you worry.

Soon as we get to the
shore, we take care of you.

You stay with Luigi.

We take good care of you
soon as we reach the shore.

Come on, you, you good fella.

Come on, we take care of you.

Oh, it's a bad wound.

Danny, he's got to have veterinarian.

There's no vet this side of Miami.

It's more than 100 miles.

Hey!

Help!

We need help!

Help!

We need help!

He's gone.

Then, there is no other way.

Danny and me, we take care
of Senor dolphin, gee.

With that stout heart of yours

and the prayer from Danny
and me, you'll pull through.

Si, you bet we do.

Oh, you a nice fella.

Oh, yes.

You a nice fella.

Oh, we like you very much.

Such a nice fella.

- Flipper!

Flipper!

Flipper!

Dad, he's not here.

- Come on, Bud.

Let's go rustle up something to eat.

It's been a long day.

Come on.

- Dad, I can't.

I just can't bear not
to see Flipper again.

- Bud, it's a sad thing to
lose a friend, I know that,

but it happens to all
of us sooner or later.

I'm just sorry it had to happen
to you so soon, that's all.

We won't give up hope.

Maybe Flipper will turn up somewhere, hmm?

Come on, let's go.

- Flipper!

♫ Everyone loves the king of the sea

♫ Ever so kind and gentle is he

♫ Tricks he will do when children are near

♫ And how they laugh when he's near

♫ They call him Flipper,
Flipper, faster than lightning

♫ No one you see, is smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper lives
in a world full of wonder

♫ Lying there under, under the sea