Madagascar: A Little Wild (2020–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - A Tadpole Tale - full transcript

When Lala shows up in Gloria's tank, Gloria must learn to manage different friendships.

(Gloria) Places!

(Gloria) Marco?

(girl) Polo!

(Gloria) Marco?

(girl) Polo!

(Marty) What do you
think she's doing?

(Melman) I don't know, but whatever
it is, she seems very good at it.



(Gloria) Marco!

(girl) Polo!

(Gloria) Aha!





There you are!

You'll never out-hide me, Polo.

(high-pitched voice) Let's
see about that, Marco!

Good luck finding
my next hiding spot!

(as herself) It's nice
having a friend down here.

Even if you do
sound a bit like me.



(chuckles)



♪ It's a wild, wild world ♪

♪ And it's calling our name ♪

♪ It's a jungle out there ♪

♪ So let's get on our way ♪



♪ To have fun
Through the tunnel ♪

♪ See the big, big city ♪

♪ Everybody get ready ♪

♪ Get ready! ♪

♪ Time to go a little wild ♪

♪ We can go a million miles ♪

♪ Can I get a "Hey, oh!" ♪

♪ Can I get a "Let's go!" ♪

♪ On a journey ♪

♪ All smiles ♪

♪ Time to go a little wild! ♪♪

(snoring)

(Gloria) It's here!

(snoring)

(Marty and Alex) It's here!

(snoring)

(Gloria) Melman...

Wake up...

(Melman) It's here!

(Gloria) Today is the
best day of the year!

(Alex) Followed by
International Lion Day.

(Melman) And garbage
truck pickup day!

(Marty) And Tuesdays!

That's when I clean
out the lost and found.

(screams)

(Gloria) Those are great days. But
nothing beats the one day a year

that we celebrate
our friendship...

(all) Happy friendaversary!

- (Alex) I have a surprise.
- (Marty) So do I!

-(Melman) Go first. I wrote a song about it.
-(Alex) No, you.

(Marty) I made up the
perfect game for us to play!

(Alex) I have big plans

for our annual
friendaversary photo.

(Gloria) I've prepared something
special, too. A tea party!

And it's not any old tea party,

it's an underwater tea party!

I have sea shells,
plates, donuts,

they're on the soggy side,
but still pretty tasty.

(Alex) Water?

You know I'm a cat, right?

(Melman) Umm, I could
maybe dip my hooves...

(Marty) But underwater?

We're called land
animals for a reason.

(Gloria) That's why
snorkels were invented!

(Alex) I don't think snorkeling's
for me. But it is a fun word to say.

Snorkel. Snorkel.

Snorkel.

(Gloria) Aw, c'mon!

Playing in the
water is the best.

Even jokes about
water are the best.

Like: How do swimmers say "hi"?

They wave!

(Alex) Snorkel.

(Gloria) Yeah. Guess
it was a silly idea.

So, how's your donut?

Huh?

(gasps)



Who are you?

(Lala) Who are you?

(Gloria) I'm Gloria
and this is my home.

And you are?

(Lala) My name is Leptolalax,
but you can call me Lala!

I'm a Chinese Litter frog,
well, tadpole for now.

And since I hatched here
yesterday, guess what?

This is my home now, too.

- (Gloria) Your home?
- (Lala) Yes!

But please, you're welcome
to stay as long as you like!

(laughs)

(Gloria) Well, thank you.

The water here is divine.

(Lala) You love water?

I love water! We have
so much in common!

Were you born yesterday, too?

(Gloria) Um... No.

(Lala) Huh? Doesn't matter.

You're my very first friend!

And I will cherish this
friendship forever.

(Gloria) It is nice to
have an underwater friend.

Hey, Lala. Want
to hear a joke?

(Lala) I love jokes!

What's a joke?

(Gloria) How do
swimmers say hi?

They "wave"!

(laughs)

(Lala) They wave!
I totally get it.

You're funny!

♪ Nothing like new friends ♪

♪ Let's discover ♪

♪ All about each other ♪

♪ So much in common ♪

♪ There's so much ahead ♪

♪ Let's go explore ♪

♪ Open every door ♪

♪ And learn About a new friend ♪

♪ There's so much for us to
do And so far for us to go ♪

♪ You know we just cannot wait
To watch our friendship grow ♪

♪ Oh, when we're together ♪

♪ We're in sync Like
bread and butter ♪

♪ Oh, what could be better
Than being with one another? ♪

♪ New friends, new friends ♪

♪ So much in common ♪

♪ Nothing like new friends No ♪

♪ New friends, new friends ♪

♪ It is so exciting ♪

♪ Nothing like new friends No ♪♪

(Lala) Gloria, since it's
my one-day birthday today,

let's spend the
whole day together,

right here, in the water.

Just the two of us!

(Gloria) Sure, why not!

Let's get back to our tea party.

(Lala) Okay!

Is this what best friends do?

(Gloria) It is now!

(Marty) Gloria?

(Melman) Oh, Gloria!

(Marty) Where are you?

(Melman) Gloria,
where are you?

(gasps)

(Lala) What was that?

(Gloria) Uh... Nothing!

You keep setting up
for our tea party.

I'll be right back!

- (Marty) Where did she go?
- (Alex) Gloria!

(Melman) Where'd
you go, Gloria?

(Gloria) Well... I,
um... You see, Lala...

(Melman) ♪ La-la-la ♪♪

Did you hear me practicing
my friendaversary song?

(Gloria) No, y'know about our plans for our
friendaversary? This is a little awkward, but...

(Melman) Say no more. I'm
sorry if we hurt your feelings.

(Gloria) That's okay.
What happened was...

(Melman) But this will make you
feel better. Happy friendaversary!

- (Marty) Where did you find these?
- (Melman) I made them.

(Alex) Are these our paws?

(Melman) I copied them from the sign
outside the habitat. It's a puzzle!

(Alex) It's stylish!

- (Marty) It's snappy!
- (Gloria) It's perfect!

(Melman) Because
we're a perfect fit.



♪ Old friends know
you Inside out ♪

♪ Never let you Hit the ground ♪

♪ Lift you up When
you are down ♪

♪ Old friends Always
keep you close ♪

♪ Even though You might be far ♪

♪ You're always there
Inside their heart ♪

♪ They always got your back ♪

♪ More family than friends ♪

♪ You know Your love will last ♪

♪ Cuz time has shown you that ♪

♪ So comfortable together ♪

♪ Don't hold nothing back ♪

♪ Just let it go ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Old friends by your side ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Whoa Old friends
by your side ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Whoa Old friends
by your side ♪♪

- (Gloria) Thank you.
- (Melman) You're welcome!

Well, I totally nailed
friendship day. Who's next?

(Marty) Me! But I need a
minute to set up the game.

(Alex) I'll just practice my
poses for our annual photo.

(Melman) I'll just grab a snack. Singing
friendship songs makes me hungry.

(Melman munches leaves)

(Gloria) I'll
just... be over here.



(Melman munches leaves)

(sighs)

(Ant'ney) Hey, Gloria!
Whoa! That's a new step.

(Gloria) Hi, Ant'ney.

(Ant'ney) What's up?

(Gloria) Did you ever have to choose
between two things that you truly wanted?

(Ant'ney) Yes, I always gotta
make tough choices like that.

Just today I saw a half-eaten
donut sitting on a mailbox,

then a few feet away,

I saw a slice of pizza
abandoned at a bus stop.

Donut or pizza?
Pizza or donut?

That's a choice no bird
should have to make.

(Gloria) Uh, yeah...

That's not exactly what I
mean, but what did you do?

(Ant'ney) The only thing I
could do, I ate 'em both!

(Gloria) You're right! Why
should I have to choose

between spending the
whole day with Lala,

or spending it with
Alex, Marty and Melman?

I'll just do both.
How hard could it be?

(Ant'ney) What's a "Lala"?

(Gloria) Lala!

Lala! Ready to tea party?

(Lala) Almost!

Just preparing a surprise.

Get your fins flappin'.
It's a mermaid tea party!

Now we all have mermaid hair.

(Gloria) Oh, my mermaid
hair is so, so glorious!

(Lala and Gloria) Cheers!





(Lala) You've got so
many pretty shell dishes!

One, two... Hey! I can count!

(Gloria) Not bad for
a one-day-old tadpole.

(Alex) Hello? Gloria,
where are you?

(Lala) Who's that?

(Gloria) Uh, it's
just some kids.

Keep counting, Lala!

I'm just going to,
uh... get some air!

(Lala) Okay! What's air?

(Gloria) You'll understand
when you're a frog.

(Lala) Great! I'll
just keep counting.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight...

(Marty) Step right
up, my friends!

The game is called
"Alphabet Scramble!"

(Alex) Oh, cool!

(Melman) Looks fun to me!

(Alex) Hey, Gloria! Uh...

(Melman) You
look... different.

(Gloria) What? Do I have
something in my teeth?

I, uh, must've gotten
caught in some water plants,

while I was, uh,
cleaning my tank.

(Ant'ney) Oh, a game!
What are we playing?

(Marty) You're just in time
for our friendaversary game!

- How would you like to be the wheel spinner?
- (Ant'ney) It would be my honor.

Yahoo!

Everybody touch something that
starts with the letter "B".

(Marty) Oh, yeah!

(Gloria) Phew. I'm working
muscles I never knew I had!

(Melman) Should you be
putting your tongue on that?

(Alex) Okay, Marty, since
you made up the game,

what happens next?

(Marty) Pin ba weee-ew.

(Melman) Huh? I think I
gotta get my ears checked.

- What'd ya say?
- (Marty) Pin ba weee-ew!

(Melman) Huh? I think
he said "din-ner-meal".

I'm hungry too, but shouldn't
we finish our game first?

- (Marty) Pin ba weee-ew!
- (Ant'ney) What are you saying?

We can't understand you with
your tongue stuck on that ball.

(Marty) Pin ba wee-ewe!

Pin ba wee-ewe!

(Alex) Sounds like he
said "spin the wheel!"

(Marty) Uh-huh!

(Ant'ney) Nah, I'm pretty sure
he just said "It's a deal".

I just wish we knew
what that meant.

(Lala) Seventeen.

Seventeen.

Seventeen...

(Gloria) Eighteen,
nineteen, twenty!

Great counting, Lala.

(Lala) Woah, nice flip!

(Gloria) That's my
dive and pirouette.

I call it my, dive-ouette!

(Lala) Now that I've
mastered counting,

I wanna learn to
diveouette, too!

Would you teach me?

(Gloria) Sure!
Just do what I do.

(Lala) Here goes nothing.

(Gloria) Yeah!
You got it, Lala!

- (Lala) Yay!
- (Marty) Pin ba wee-ewe!

(Melman) What's
he saying, Gloria?

(Gloria) I just have to
pop out to, uh, freshen up!

- (Lala) Okay!
- (Marty) Pin ba wee-ewe!

(Ant'ney) Oh!
"Spin the wheel"!

Why didn't you just say so?

(Marty) Ah!

(hums)

(Ant'ney) Alright! Now everyone put a
hoof on something that starts with Z.

- (Alex) Zipper!
- (Marty) Zero!

(Melman) Zig Zag!

Huh? Gloria?

(Gloria) Booyah!

I mean, uh...

Zebra!

(Melman) How'd I miss you?

I guess I should get
my eyes checked, too.

(Ant'ney) Well, that's
the end of the alphabet.

- (Alex) Great game, Marty!
- (Marty) It was fun, wasn't it?

Though I'm not sure
my tongue would agree.

(Alex) And the fun
continues because...

It's time for our annual
friendaversary photo.

(Gloria) Yay! Let's do it.

As soon as possible.

Say, cheese!

(Marty) Uh, not
to get technical,

but don't we need
a camera first?

(Gloria) Do we?

(Alex) I've got
a big surprise!

(Marty) Bring it on!

Who doesn't love surprises?

(Melman) As long as
they're safe and clean

and not too surprise-y.

(Alex) This year we're
gonna take a picture

at the new photobooth
in Central Park.

It's got props and everything!

- (Marty) Yes!
- (Melman) What a safe surprise!

(Gloria) Central Park?
How about we take a photo

here in the habitat.

Close to my tank. It's
the perfect backdrop.

See?

(Marty) Do you have
a photobooth phobia

we don't know about?

(Gloria) No, I, uh,
love photobooths.

That are far away. Yay?

(Alex) Great! Everybody grab your
friendship charms, and let's hit the tunnel!

Yahoo!

(Gloria) And let's do it quickly!
So I can get back to Lala.

(Gloria) Okay,
alright, here we are.

It's a board game!

(Pickles) You may pass!

(Gloria) Yeah!



Okay, let's go!

(laughing)

(Melman) You might want to
give that ball a quick wash

- before you touch it...
- (Gloria) Come on, Melman!



♪ Let's go find A
little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it A
day to remember ♪

♪ Let's find something
new We can explore ♪

♪ Oh, explore ♪

♪ Let's go find A
little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it A
day to remember ♪

♪ Let's charge Through
every open door ♪

♪ Adventure's calling! ♪♪

(Lala) Ah!

Cool hiding spot.

Hey, Gloria! Are you back yet?

I just thought of a new game.

I'm going to hide, then
you come look for me,

your best friend!

I call it hide-and-come-look-
for-me-your-best-friend!

She'll never find me!

What a fun game.

(scream)

(Gloria) To the photobooth!

Before Lala wonders
where I went.

(panting)

(Murray) Huh?

Uh, Millie?

(Millie) Not now, Murray, I'm
doing my "cover girl" pose.

(Gloria) Maybe we
should wait over here.

(gasps)

(Millie) Murray! This
photo is alarming!

You have got to start
smiling for the camera.

That's not your best work.

(Murray) Yes, dear.

(Alex) First pose, serious.

Next, ridiculous.

Now like we're being chased
by a pack of wild hyenas!

(screaming)

(laughing)

(Gloria) That should do it!

Come on!

(pants)

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Ah!

Finally!

I'm just excited
to see the photo.

(Melman) Where's
your BFF charm? Hmm?

(Gloria) There it is!
See it? Right there.

(Melman) Oh,
yeah, there it is!

But where is it on your neck?

(Gloria) Is that Dumpling Dan?

Guess not, my bad!

(Melman) Huh?

(screams)

(Gloria) Thanks a lot!
That was a super fun photo!

But I sure am tired.
Time for my nap!

(yawns)

- (Alex) What?
- (Marty) Huh?

(Melman) A nap? It's the
middle of our friendaversary.

(Alex) Is it me, or has Gloria
been acting weird today?

(Marty) We did shut down
her underwater tea party.

Now, I like tea parties
as much as the next zebra,

but I just don't know if
these stripes can float.

(Melman) That just
gave me a great idea!

Oh. I guess you want to hear it?

(Gloria) Lala?

I'm sorry I took so long.

Lala? Come out!

I'm right here. I'm back.

I'm sorry I'm so late.

Are you still here?

Lala?

- (Lala) Boo!
- (Gloria) Ah!

(Lala) Wasn't that
a great hiding spot?

I thought you'd never find me.

You were looking
for a long time!

(Gloria) Uh. Yes!

That was a great hiding spot,
I was looking for you for ages.

Where did you get
that BFF necklace?

(Lala) Oh, this?

I found it in a shell-cup
near our tea party.

I can't believe
you made it for me!

(Gloria) Uh, actually,
that-that's not...

(Alex) Oh, Gloria!

(Marty) We've got
a surprise for you!

(Gloria) A what?

(Lala) Hmm?

(Alex) Ta-da!

It's an underwater tea party.

But less "under"
and more "next to"!

(Gloria) Oh, what?

(Lala) Huh? Who are they?

(all) Who is that?

(Melman) And why is she wearing
your friendaversary charm?

(Gloria) Um, I mean,
I didn't... Uh...

(Ant'ney) Whoa! Ouch.

Hey, why so sad, Gloria?

Let's get that frown outta town.

Did you have your donut
pizza and eat it, too?

(sighs)

(Gloria) I messed
up. Big time.

(Ant'ney) Oh, I'm sure
it's not that bad.

(Gloria) I made
two plans at once

and then I ran back and forth
trying to make everyone happy,

but instead I just
made a big mess.

I told you it was bad.

(Ant'ney) Okay,
that's pretty bad.

But, Gloria, friends
are a little different

than pizza and donuts.

You have to be honest
with your friends.

(Gloria) But what if that
makes them mad at me,

or worse, not like me at all?

(Ant'ney) They like you
because you're a great friend.

And part of being a great
friend is being honest.

(Gloria) You're right. I
have to tell the truth.

(Ant'ney) Hold my wing.
We'll face them together.

Whoa!

Seemed like a good
idea at the time.

(Gloria) Thanks, Ant'ney.
I got it from here.



(Lala) They wave!

(Melman) Now we get it!

(Gloria) Oh! Looks
like you're all

- having fun together.
- (Melman) You thought we wouldn't?

- (Alex) We're happy you made a new friend.
- (Marty)She explained your joke,

you two are hilarious!

(Melman) You
could have told us

about your plans with
Lala from the start.

(Gloria) It was wrong of me to
make two plans at the same time.

Lala, I'm sorry I said
I'd be back in a jiffy,

when I knew it would
be longer than that.

I'm sorry I drew
in that BFF charm

on the friendaversary photo.

(Melman) Wait, what?

You mean I don't have
to get my eyes checked?

(Gloria) I wasn't honest.
And you deserve better,

especially on our
friendaversary.

(Lala) I know I'm
only a day old,

but I think I'm getting the hang

of this whole friend thing!

I just wish I knew it
was your friendaversary.

Sounds like a great way to
celebrate your best friends.

(all) It is.

(Gloria) Wait a minute!

There!

Now you have a
friendaversary charm too!

(Lala) I'm so happy
I got to spend

my one-day-birthday-versary
with a bunch of new friends.



♪ Nothing like new friends ♪

♪ Let's discover ♪

♪ All about each other ♪

♪ So much in common ♪

♪ Nothing like old friends ♪

♪ Comfortable together ♪

♪ We've been friends forever ♪

♪ We'll be friends
Until the end ♪

♪ So much for us to learn ♪

♪ So far for us to go ♪

♪ You know we just can't wait ♪

♪ To watch Our friendship grow ♪

♪ We always got your back ♪

♪ More family than friends ♪

♪ You know our love will last ♪

♪ Friends forever ♪

♪ When we're all together ♪

♪ Nothing could be better ♪

♪ Good times, hard times ♪

♪ When I need a hand ♪

♪ I know you'll be by my side ♪

♪ Sing it with me
One more time ♪

♪ Friends forever ♪

♪ When we're all together ♪

♪ Nothing could be better ♪

♪ Good times, hard times ♪

♪ When I need a hand ♪

♪ I know you'll be by my side ♪

♪ Friends forever, whoa ♪

♪ All together, whoa ♪

♪ Friends forever, whoa ♪

♪ All together, whoa ♪♪

(Gloria) Alex, do you mind if we
take a new friendaversary photo?

(Alex) Mind? I've
got 46 more poses

I've been dying to use!

(Ant'ney) Here we go, quick
adjustment to the camera here...

One, two...

(beep)



♪ Let's go find A
little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it A
day to remember ♪

♪ Let's find something
new We can explore ♪

♪ Oh, explore ♪

♪ Let's go find A
little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it A
day to remember ♪

♪ Let's charge Through
every open door ♪



♪ Adventure's calling! ♪♪