Madagascar: A Little Wild (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - Fire Marshal Melman - full transcript

Melman gets stuck in a firetruck on its way to an emergency and must overcome his fears.

- Places!

- It's go time.

What a
beautiful morning!

Good morning, Gloria!

- Hmm.

Ugh.

Hmm.

Ugh!

Yes!

Good morning, Melman.

Ah!



Huh?

Here you go, Alex.

- Sorry, Melman! I'm
still working on my spin.

Pretty good, right?

- I didn't know you
were so into spinning.

- I'm always looking to step into a new
role. Am I King of the Jungle? Sure.

- Actually, we
live in a habitat.

- But I can't let that define me!
What if I'm also a master spinner?

Check it out.

I think I'll check it
out from over here.

- Morning, Melman!
- Morning, Melman!

Comin' in hot!

- Ant'ney?

- Uh! On my flight in, I saw...



- Ant'ney, what is that?

- This is a bright shiny object.

They were givin' 'em
out at the fire station.

It's Junior Fire Marshals' Day.

- Junior Fire Marshals?

- Yeah, kids are meeting
real firefighters.

- No!
- Yes! Going inside real firetrucks.

- No!
- Yes! It's a real party!

- No!

- Yes.

- Melman, you gotta go!

- You're right, I do!

Wait. Into the city? By myself?

What if I get lost?
What if I miss my bath?

- Don't worry!
We'll go with you!

- Yeah, I wanna learn how to slide
down those firefighter poles!

- Firefighters stop forest
fires with the ranger horses.

This junior member of
the park ranger horses

wants to see the city's
bravest in action!

- I'm going to see a real
firetruck up close and personal.

I'm so excited! What
if I'm too excited?

Uh! What if I get so excited,
I squeak like a baby parakeet?

- You're not gonna s...

Okay.

Well, you got that out
of your system, so...

- Oh, no. I can't be
around real firefighters!

They're my ultimate heroes, and I'm
nothing but an ultimate squeaker.

- Melman! All you gotta
do is be cool, like a cat.

Just walk up to that
firehouse like you belong.

- Alex is right! Firefighters
are just like us.

- Firefighters face danger,
and get dirty, and save lives,

and, and are
definitely not like me!

But I can't miss my chance to see
a real firetruck in real life.

- That's the attitude!
Let's do this!

- Ouch.

What you got?

- Fresh-picked and in season!

Hmm. We want something
with more bounce.

- Huh?
- I've been saving this one

for a very special occasion.

- We were hoping for
something a little more round.

- What's the deal?

You two have never been
this specific before.

- Uh...
- Uh, my ball?

- Oh! I guess that'll work!

- You can't have
my ball! It's mine.

- You can't have our tunnels!

- It's okay, Alex. I don't need
my greatest wish to come true.

- Huh?

Fine! I'll let you borrow it.

But only if you promise
to take good care of it,

and put it right back in
my cave when you're done.

- We'll take good care
of it. We promise.

Let's do this!

- All clear! Hmm!

- Wow.

- The fire house! Wow!

Yeehaw!

This is so exciting!

Oh, wow!

- This is like if you
took my wildest dreams,

and made them even wilder.

- So what do you
wanna try first?

- Oh, I don't need
to try anything.

I'd rather hang back here and
watch the real heroes work.

- We didn't come all this way just
so you could sit on the sidelines!

- What's wrong with the sideline?
It's a perfectly nice line.

- Melman.

- But what if I'm not brave
enough to do any of this stuff?

- What if you are brave enough,

but you never give yourself
a chance to find out?

- That's beautiful.
Okay. I'll give it a try.

- Woohoo! Melman, you got this!

- I got this! Hmm?

I don't got this!
I'm too scared!

- Melman, look down!

- Oh.

That wasn't so bad. What's next?

- If your clothes catch fire,
remember to stop, drop, and roll.

- Stop.
- Drop.

- And roll!

- This seems easy enough.
Stop, drop, and...

roll!

Do you think anyone noticed?

- Nah.

- Uh. Wouldn't you
rather do something, um,

I don't know, less
high and more safe?

- It's perfectly safe!
And once you try it,

you'll see you're not as different
from your heroes as you thought.

- Yeah, maybe.

- Uh, Melman? Maybe this
time don't look down.

- Melman?
- There! In the basket!

Next to the Number 12 truck!

- Melman! You good, buddy?

- Come on up, Melman, it's
a little high at the top,

but I know you'll
land on your hooves!

- No, I'm good! I'll just
be here 'til you're done.

Where it's nice and cozy
and close to the ground.

We've got a Class K Fire
Alarm down on 4th and Daisy.

Copy that, this is Capitan
Mehaffey. Firetruck 12 is on route.

- Ready?
- Yep!

- Let's go.

I can even hear
the sirens from here!

- That's because they're
coming from that truck!

Melman, get
down! GLORIA: Melman?

- Quick, Melman,
get out of there!

- I'm good! I'm perfectly safe
and happy, right where I...

Ah! Get me off this truck! Ah!

Come on, Alex!

- Huh.

- Alex! What do I do?

- I'm coming, buddy! Hang on!

- Huh?

Gloria, you're not driving
that truck, are you?

- It's like dancing.

All you need is coordination,
timing, and a delicate touch.

- Ah! Get me off this truck!

- What are you talking about? This
is way better than Junior Marshals.

We're gonna get to
experience the real thing.

Up close and personal!

- This is too up close
and too personal!

- Open your eyes, buddy.
You're missing the view!

Don't be afraid. Remember,
be cool like a cat.

- Uh! Be cool like a
cat. Be cool like a cat.

Be cool like a cat.

Alex, we're in a real firetruck!

- That's what I'm talkin' about!

- With real heroes!
- Yeah, we are!

- On the way to...

Uh! A real fire! Ah!

We're not trained for
this! I wanna go home!

- Let's wait for the firefighters
to put out that fire,

then we'll catch a ride
back to the station.

- That sounds like a great
idea. But I wanna go home now!

- Okay, bud. We'll go home. Except,
I don't know which way home is.

- Careful, Alex!

- It looks like we're in Brooklyn.
Or the Bronx. Or maybe Queens?

- But how are we going
to get a travel tunnel

if we don't know where we are!

Sorry, birds! Birds! They're
great with directions!

Excuse me, friends of Ant'ney's!
Do you know where we are?

I think I scared them off.

- Maybe we can ask that kitten
up there on that billboard.

- A kitten? On a billboard?

- Hello, fellow
feline! Are you okay?

Poor thing's too scared to talk!

- Get a firefighter!

They're always rescuing
kittens from trees.

They must know how to get a
kitten down from a billboard.

- They're a little
distracted right now. Hmm.

- Maybe the kitten will
come down on its own?

- Cats are pretty stubborn,
trust me, I know cats.

It could take all day
for it to come down.

- I don't have all day!

I have until bath time.

- We gotta do something. We
can't just leave him hanging.

- There's gotta be a way
we can save the kitten

without doing anything too
scary like climbing up high.

- This city is ginormous. How are
we going to find one little truck?

Attention all
units. Report of smoke

coming from an abandoned
building on 4th and Daisy.

- Whoa! These things work?

Firetruck 12 is on
scene, requesting assistance.

- Firetruck 12? That's the
one Melman and Alex are on!

He said they're
on 4th and Daisy.

We just gotta make
a right and then...

- Ah!

Can you believe these
drivers, Millie?

- It's like I'm always saying,
New Yorkers drive like animals!

- Oh!

- Gloria.

- Oh, right. The faster
we help these folks,

the faster we can get
to Alex and Melman!

- How are we going to
lure the kitten down?

- Melman, we have a firetruck.
We're wearing firefighter hats.

We just need to act
like firefighters!

- But firefighters are brave.

And I'm afraid of the crocodile at
the zoo who always smiles at me.

I'm afraid of gum stuck on the sidewalk.
I'm afraid of orange butterflies!

- Orange butterflies?

- We all have our things.

And my thing is being too afraid
to be a fearless firefighter.

- Melman, buddy.

Like everything in life, this
can be solved through acting.

Just act like you're a
fearless firefighter!

Bingo brave-o!

- I am Firefighter Melman!

The bravest giraffe
this side of the Huds...

Ah, an orange butterfly!

Huh? Oops, it was just a leaf.

- You can be fearless, Melman.
Every role takes practice.

- Look, Alex! A ladder! The
kitten can use it to climb down!

- Melman, you leggy
genius! It's working!

- And we didn't have
to do anything scary!

That's as high as it goes! It's not
tall enough to reach the kitten!

No, no, no, no, no, no!

Why do they even
have that button?

- What about this button? Hello?

Is anybody out there? Nothing.

How do bubbles
help firefighters?

- Melman?
- Melman, buddy, come in, come in!

Firefighters are just like us.
I love bubbles, why wouldn' they?

- Main mammal, do you copy?
- They can't hear you.

Hang on, boys, we're
comin' for you!

- Hmm...

- There's only one
thing left to do.

- Give up forever?

- I'll just have to act like a
firefighter and climb up there myself.

- Alex? But it looks dangerous!

- It sure does.

But if a tiny kitten
could make that climb,

I'm sure I can too.

- I'm too nervous to watch, but
I'm sure you're doing great!

- Melman, you can look!

- Uh! You did it!
- That was a breeze! See?

I'm not scared! I'm
cool, like a cat.

Your worries are
over, young kitten!

I, a fellow cat, have saved you!

Uh... Melman?

- You're a hero, Alex!

- It's not real.
- Of course it's real!

You're the realest hero
I've ever been friends with!

Now hurry and bring the kitten down, I
think the firefighters are almost done!

No, Melman. It's not a real
kitten! It's just a toy!

- What? I can't hear you! Ah!

Ah!

Alex! It's not a real
kitten, it's just a toy!

- The only reason I came up here

was because I thought that
kitten made the climb first!

A real kitten didn't
climb up here after all!

And now I'm, I'm stuck!

- You're not stuck!
Just climb down.

Don't be afraid. Be
cool, like a cat!

- Forget that, it's just a silly
phrase! I'm not a cool cat.

I'm, I'm a scaredy cat!
On top of a billboard!

Melman! Get me down from here!

- Uh. Oh! I'm sorry, Alex!

I'm just a simple giraffe who likes
to fight grime and be on time!

I'm nobody's hero!

- Guess this is my new home now.

Maybe Ant'ney will come
and visit now and then.

I was gonna be a star.

I was gonna be on billboards,
not on top of them.

Tell Gloria and Marty
I love them, will ya?

- Come on, Melman. You
got to do something.

A firefighter would
never be afraid.

Well,
that does it. Hey!

We'll be back at the station in time
to say goodbye to the Junior Marshals.

I gotta say, no matter how many times
we go running into an emergency,

it's always just as
scary as the first time.

- At least we're in it together.

- What do you say we grab a couple
root beer floats back at the firehouse?

- Yep.

- Firefighters get scared? Alex!

- Speak of me fondly! Not
as the cub I once was,

but as the lion I
could have become.

I have but one life to live.

- Firefighters get scared, too!

Heroes aren't fearless
at all, they get scared,

but they keep going anyway!

I don't have to be cool
or fearless to be a hero.

I'm going to save you. And I'm
going to be scared while I do it!

Oh!

- Uh! Melman, you did it!

- Huh? Uh...

- Oh, no!

- All clear here!
- Yep.

- Hey, when we get back to the station,
you wanna race down the fire pole?

- Nope.

- Well, at least we're together.

Guess this is our new home now.

Maybe Ant'ney will come
visit, now and then.

Gloria! Marty! Up here!

Wow!

Ah! Ah!

You know how to drive?
- Not really!

- What are you two
doing up there?

- It's a long story. That I'd rather
tell you when I'm not hanging off

of a billboard,
if you don't mind!

We've got
just the thing!

- Huh?

Okay, now jump!
We'll catch you, promise!

- It's so far. I'm scared.

- It's okay, Alex.

We can be scared,
and brave together.

- Three, two, one!
- Three, two, one!

Nice job today,
Junior Marshal.

- Thanks! But I'm still not sure
being a firefighter is for me.

- You'll find your thing.

- Poor kitty! It
might get infected.

There's gotta be something
out there for a brave giraffe

who loves trucks
and fixing boo-boos.

- Hmm, you ever
heard of a paramedic?

- Paramedic Melman! I
like the sound of that.

- Do you think the fire station would
let us borrow their truck again?

-That baby drives like a dream!

-Oh. Speak for yourself.

I'm happy to have my hooves
back on solid ground. Huh?

- No, I didn't lose the
ball, you lost the ball!

Stop yelling at me, Dave! Oh!
Nothing! We didn't do anything!

- Where's my basketball?

- Dave has an extra
powerful spin.

- You promised!
- It's okay, Alex.

We're a mean, clean,
rescuing team.

We got this! Hop on my back!

- Yeah!

Melman!
Aren't you scared?

- I sure am! But
I'm doing it anyway!

- I can put the toy kitty
in the Lost and Found box,

but it might be hard to
find out where she belongs.

- I know exactly
where she belongs.

She belongs with her hero.

- Hmm!