Flipper (1964–1967): Season 3, Episode 18 - Dolphins Don't Sleep - full transcript

♫ 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

- You going for a ride Flipper?

Huh, you wanna go for a ride

How 'bout a little help Bud.

- Sure Dad.

- All set.

- Boy Mr. Courtney,
you sure came prepared.



Do you need all this equipment

just to bring in a live specimen?

- To get the sawfish I'm after, yes I do.

- Remember this isn't
sport for Mr. Courtney.

- No, this is business for me.

I've got an order from
the Marble Estate Aquarium

for a live sawfish.

I've been trailing one
down the coast for weeks.

- Well I know, the park service asked me

to give you all the help that I could.

I'll call 'em and tell
'em you're ready to go.

- That's quite a gun you
got there Mr. Courtney.

- It's my own design.

You see instead of shooting a spear,



you know what that is?

- A dart?

- With a knock out shot.

- Oh, what do you shoot the sawfish

and it puts him to sleep?

- That's the idea.

- I'll bet you never miss.

- I'd better not.

- What do you do after he's asleep?

- Let him sleep it off until
he wakes up in the tank.

Of course I always carry
the antidote with me.

- What, do you reshoot
him and it wakes him up?

- Better than any alarm clock.

Now, this is the hydrophone.

- What, do you attract
the sawfish with it?

- Lets me listen under the water.

And that's the loudspeaker.

See?

Finally the rebreather.

Now have you ever seen one of these?

- No, what does it do?

- Well it lets me swim under the water

in complete silence.

By this, no bubbles.

- Boy that sawfish doesn't have a chance.

Hey Flipper?

- All set?

- All set.

Thanks for the help Mr. Ricks.

And thank you and your brother

for the use of the skiff.

- You don't need any other help, do ya?

- No, that will do.

Thank you.

- I'll get your line for ya.

- So long.

Dad, I sure would like see
Mr. Courtney get that sawfish.

Dad, when Sandy gets back
could we take the truck?

- The truck, what for Bud?

- Well, we could still
the paddle boards in 'em

and follow Mr. Courtney up the coast

and keep him in sight.

- Oh I don't know about that Bud.

Mr. Courtney said this was
strictly a business trip.

- Please?

- Alright, I'll tell ya what,

if you promise me you
won't get in his way,

I'll let you go.

- Oh I promise Dad.

- And that goes for you too Flipper.

- Hey Flipper, come back here.

- Flipper come back!

Flipper's hit!

You hit Flipper!

- You gotta help us.

- Your dolphin just caused
me to lose my sawfish.

- How soon will that stuff knock him out?

- He'll be alright.

- You don't understand, Mr. Courtney,

dolphins don't sleep underwater.

- If he doesn't surface to
breathe air, he's gonna drown.

- Here's the antidote.

Now stay out of my way.

- Come on Bud, we've
gotta give this to Flipper

as fast as we can.

- Flipper!

Flipper!

- He's drifting away.

Come on.

He's nowhere in sight.

- Sandy, when falls asleep
he'll go deeper and deeper.

What are we gonna do?

- I'm trying to think.

- Listen Sandy, he's gonna
drift further and further away.

We gotta do something.

- We gotta get Dad.

He said he'd be in the launch,
near the south channel.

I'll get him on the radio from the truck.

You take this and try and find Flipper.

- Flipper!

Flipper!

- WD9598, unit one to unit two.

Come in Dad, over.

- Flipper.

- Bud Dad, Mr. Courtney
just threw the antidote

and then just took off.

- Sandy I'm all the way
out at Harper's Point.

It's gonna take me a while to get back in.

- Well how long will that
tranquilizer last on Flipper?

- Well that depends on how
strong Courtney's drug is, Sandy.

- Well what do we do?

- You go back out there
and try to find Flipper.

Keep him on the surface as best you can.

I'll be there as soon as I can.

And Sandy, good luck son.

- 'Kay, thanks Dad.

WD9598 unit two clear.

- Did you get Dad?

- He's on his way,

but he's all the way
out at Harper's Point.

- Sandy, Flipper's been
gone almost 10 minutes.

What are we gonna do?

- Well he's either too deep

or he's beached himself somewhere.

- We can't find him.

- What we need is a hydrophone.

- Mr. Courtney won't give it to us.

- He's got to, come on.

- Mr. Courtney.

- I told you to leave me alone.

- Mr. Courtney, you've gotta help us.

We called our Dad and he
can't get here in time.

- You're the only
one that can help us.

- You could use your hydrophone.

- Wait.

That sounds like my sawfish.

- Mr. Courtney if you don't help us now

we may never see Flipper again.

You gotta use your hydrophone.

- Please Mr. Courtney.

Are ya gonna help us?

- Alright.

Under one condition.

Your Flipper is a fine specimen.

I'll help you find him,
but he goes back with me.

- You can't, he's ours.

- He's the ocean's now.

- The important thing right
now is to save Flipper's life.

- Come on, get in.

No sound of Flipper around here.

Let's see where he might have drifted.

- How will we ever find him

if he's drifted into deeper water?

- It won't be easy.

Let's try and find him.

- Did you hear something sir?

- Shh.

Yes, I think I've got something.

No.

It's a seal.

He must have drifted farther.

Wait.

This time I think it's a dolphin.

Yes it is.

- I'll bet it's Flipper.

- Trouble is he's 60 feet deep.

With this rebreather, well,
I cannot go that deep.

- But we've gotta get him.

- Going 60 feet with a rebreather

is like jumping out of a
plane without a parachute.

Even worse.

60 feet, breathing is
like taking poison gas.

- If you're not going I am.

- Wait a minute.

I didn't say it can't be done.

Give me that antidote.

- Isn't there anything we can do?

- In 60 feet of water,
nothing, it's a one man job.

Be ready to help him though.

- Where's Courtney?

- We think we found Flipper.

He went down with the antidote.

- What?

In this depths with a rebreather,

doesn't he know what can happen?

- He knows Dad, he has his reasons.

- Why doesn't he come up?

- Is there anything we
can do to help him Dad?

- Oh wait a minute, hold it boys,

there he is.

- Is Flipper okay?

- Is he awake?

- I gave him the antidote.

He'll be alright.

- He's okay Dad!

You think he understands?

You understand, don't ya Flipper?

You understand why you have to go away?

- Sure you do, don't ya Flipper?

- You'll be okay with
Mr. Courtney, Flipper.

We'll come and see you all
the time at the aquarium.

That is, when we go up north.

- You bet we will.

- Well the boys are ready to load Flipper.

They told me about your deal.

And they're gonna live
up to their end of it.

But I wanna ask you a
question, Mr. Courtney.

You pride yourself on being a hunter.

Just how much pride are you
gonna have taking their pet?

- Those boys, they love
that dolphin, don't they?

- They sure do.

- You know I thought of something.

There are a lot of fish in that ocean.

One can afford to let one or two get away.

Come on, let's see the boys.

- Sandy, Bud.

Mr. Courtney has
something he wants to say.

- You know that aquarium
doesn't need a dolphin.

It needs a sawfish.

So I'd like to change our deal.

- You would?

- You help me bring in the sawfish

and Flipper can stay with you.

- No kidding?

- No kidding.

- Boy that'll be great.

- And I'll give a hand too.

We'll take the park launch,

that way we'll get that
sawfish in no time.

- Ranger, you've got a deal.

- Oh no Flipper,
this time you stay home.

- I think that's exactly
what he wants to do,

right 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