Flipper (1964–1967): Season 2, Episode 23 - Gift Dolphin - full transcript

- Mr. Enfield, I caught another one!

This is much more fun than
fishing from a powerboat,

don't you think, Mr. Enfield?

- Well, it does put you down

more to the level of
the fish, Your Highness.

- I knew that you'd
understand Mr. Enfield.

You see, I can fish from a powerboat

in the lakes of my country
any time, but never like this.

This is fun.

- Yes, Your Highness.

Your Highness, are you all right?



- Quite, and you?

- Fine, fine.

- What happened?

- We struck a reef.

I'll have us clear in a minute.

In the lakes of my country
any time, but never like this.

- Oh, not so good.

But I think we can keep up with it.

Uh, Your Highness, if
you won't mind bailing.

- I better not mind.

There's a storm coming this way.

Is that it?

- This could be serious.

If that storm catches us here,



we could be pounded to pieces.

- But the sun is shining.

- Around here the weather changes fast.

That storm could be here in 10 minutes.

- I wonder.

If we got out and stood on the reef,

I believe we could float her off.

- Well, it's worth a try.

Hold it.

We'll have to wait those sharks out.

If we can.

- They're going away!

- For a while anyway.

Now all we have to do is

worry about getting
this boat off the reef.

- What's that?

- That's a dolphin.

I don't think they're dangerous.

- It's the dolphin, he's pulling us!

- Let's
help him keep us afloat.

♫ They call him Flipper, Flipper

♫ Faster than lightning

♫ No one, you see

♫ ls smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper

♫ Lives in a world full of wonder

♫ Lying there under

♫ Under the sea

- Golly, are you really
an honest-to-gosh prince?

- His Highness is the
crown prince of Rugat.

Someday he'll be king of that country.

. BOY-

- Bud.

You're staring.

- Oh, oh.

I'm sorry.

- Oh that is quite all right.

- Castles and all?

- We have three.

- Would you care for some
more tea, Your Highness?

- Thank you, Mr. Ricks.

- Hold it, I'll get it.

Here, Your Highness.

- I wish you would call
me Kaza, all of you.

- You run an admirable
rescue service, Mr. Ricks.

- Well thank you, but
it's really the boys,

they trained Flipper.

- We didn't do that much.

- Flipper kind of figures
out most things by himself.

- An amazing creature.

- You should see some of
the other things he can do.

- I would like to very much.

Mr. Enfield, I suggest we
arrange our schedule accordingly.

- Oh Your Highness, we're
due back in Washington.

- Not for three days, I believe.

- Well yes, but um, I uh.

- It would be a distinct pleasure

and an honor, Your Highness,

to have you and Mr. Enfield
as our house guests.

- Thank you yet again Mr.
Ricks, you are most kind.

- You're welcome.
- Yes, yes.

May I use the phone then?

- Certainly, right here.

- I'll call the hotel and have
them send over our things.

- Boy, is he gonna have a swelled head.

. Hmm?

- Oh I mean Flipper.

When I tell him that he
rescued a real prince.

- Okay, in we go.

Your Highness.

- But I wish
you would call me Kaza.

- Okay, I'm sorry.

- Now what do we do?

- That's up to His Hi, to Kaza.

- Well, do you think Flipper,

do you think he might give me a ride?

- Well.

It's alright with Flipper.

Now all you have to do

is hold onto his dorsal
fin when he goes by.

Here he comes.

Hold on.

- Hold onto me, Kaza.

Are you alright?

- Thank you, thanks, I'm quite alright.

- You cut your knee, we'll have to fix it.

Bud.

- Yeah, I know, I have
to get the first aid kit.

I always have to get it.

- No no, it's just a
scratch, it isn't necessary.

- You're wrong, Your Highness.

You cut yourself on barnacles.

It can get infected real easy.

- Yeah, I'll get the kit.

- Yes, yes Porter, we've
had a splendid time.

Marvelous.

- Well, that's good.

- It's made a wonderful impression
on Prince Kaza, you know.

Very helpful.

The Kingdom of Rugat is technically

a neutral nation, you see.

It could go either way.

But with the prince so
favorably impressed,

it's likely to go our way.

However, I would like a little insurance.

I'd like to give Flipper as a gift.

- Oh, wait a minute now.

You're not serious about that, I know,

because Flipper's a family pet.

I just can't give him away.

- Oh, I'm most serious, I assure you.

Don't you see?

Flipper will be the perfect
gift, and the prince

will be simply delighted
to have him as a pet.

- Now wait a minute, I
don't think you understand.

Flipper is Bud's pet.

He and Sandy found him,
and they trained him.

He belongs to them.

- Hmm, not really.

They uh,

they don't own him legally, do they?

. Legally?

No, I suppose they don't.

- Legally, Porter, Flipper belongs to

the people of the United States,

like all the other animals in
this park, isn't that true?

- Now that's right.

- And now the people,
through their government,

are going to give Flipper to Prince Kaza

as a token of their friendship.

- Look, I've got an idea.

We'll give a dolphin
as a pet to the prince,

but it doesn't have to
be Flipper, does it?

- It has to be Flipper, and I'll get

the necessary papers if I have to.

I would like for you to
ship him out tomorrow.

Please arrange it.

- Alright, Mr. Enfield,
if that's the way it is,

I'll get started on it right away.

- Hey Bud,

what took you so long?

- I don't know.

- And where's the first aid kit?

- Oh, I guess I forgot it.

- Oh boy.

Do you have any kid brothers?

- Three.

- Then you know.

Come on, I'll get it myself.

- Good boy.

Now follow me, Flipper.

I'm gonna hide you out for a while.

Just til they leave.

If I don't, they'll ship you off to Rugat!

I don't know where it is, either.

But it's a long ways from
here, now come on boy.

Now listen, Flipper.

I want you to stay here.

I'm going to go try and
find a cove you can hide in.

Now stay here.

Good boy, now stay.

. Ow!

- Smells good.

- Dinner will be ready
in about five minutes.

- Oh fine, I'm starved.

Where's uh, where's Prince Kaza?

Is he out with Bud?

- He's getting dressed.

Bud's still out on the dock.

- Well, you'd better go
down and get him, Sandy.

I don't want him to be late.

- Certainly not tonight.

This is something of an occasion,

and I'm going to make a
very special announcement,

as you probably know.

- No sir, I don't.

- Go ahead, Sandy.

- Sure, Dad.

- I didn't tell Sandy or Bud.

- Oh?

Why not?

- Well I, I guess I was hoping
for a reprieve or something.

- Mm hmm.

- ls there anything I can do to help?

- Oh, no thank you, Kaza.

If you want to be seated,

dinner will be ready in a minute or two.

- Thank you.

- Dad, Bud's gone.

- What?

- I looked all over.

He took the skiff.

- Oh, that's just great.

What a time for him to go off on his own.

- Perhaps he didn't go off
entirely on his own, Porter.

- Well, Flipper's probably with him,

if that's what you mean.

- Exactly.

I imagine that's what happened, don't you?

- Well, if it is, Bud will bring him back,

I promise you that.

I'm sorry Kaza, but looks like

dinner will have to wait a while.

Come on, Sandy.

Sandy, give me those glasses.

Try it again.

- Do you really think
that's going to do any good?

- Sure, Flipper always
comes in when he hears it.

- What if he's told not to?

- What do you mean?

- Mr. Enfield means he thinks that

Bud took Flipper away deliberately.

- Why would he do that?

- He probably did it because he heard

that we were going to make a
presentation to Prince Kaza.

But I assure you it will be made.

- What presentation?

- My government, Your Highness,

is venturing to offer you a slight token

of our affection and esteem.

- Thank you, but what
has that to do with this?

- The token, Your Highness, is Flipper.

- Flipper?

- Mr. Enfield, there he is!

- Dad, he wants us.

Something must have happened to Bud.

There's the skiff.

He must be around here someplace.

- Okay, Flipper.

Okay

- There his is, Dad, over on the beach!

- Bud.

Bud, are you alright?

- My foot, foot.

- Bud, what happened?

- Looks like a bite.

Let's get him back to the launch.

Easy, take it easy.

- Dad.

- Yeah, Bud.

- Dad, where's Flipper?

Is he okay?

- He's fine, son, just fine.

He's right over there.

- I'm sorry I was so
dumb about Flipper, Kaza.

- You were?

- Yeah.

I guess we gotta give Flipper to you,

to show that we like your country,

and that we're friends.

You will take care of him, won't you?

- Well, Bud, I don't see how I can.

- All you have to do is make sure

he gets enough to eat every day.

- I will be in Rugat, and
he will be here with you.

- What?

You mean you're not taking him?

- I do not need Flipper to
prove that we are friends,

your country and mine.

- Wow, did you hear that, Flipper?

But what about Mr. Enfield?

He'll flip.

- Remember, I am the
Crown Prince of Rugat.

♫ 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