"HOPE TOYS" " Dear Three Wise Men..." " No, no." "Dear Three Swindlers!" "It's Zip and Zap, the kids who asked you for a World Cup soccer ball and a submarine last year." "And we got neither, just crappy presents instead." "Let's be honest." "This relationship isn't working." "You've been screwing things up for years now." "That's why we were forced to make a very painful decision." "Melchior, Gaspar, Balthasar..." "You're fired!" "Kick the road, losers!" "Oh, and don't worry about our presents." "We'll take care of that." "Merry Christmas, little bro." "Where's my remote-controlled submarine?" "Hey, check it out!" "Fireworks!" "Look, a ball!" "What's this?" "It's a melon." "Zip!" "What do I look like?" "A bonehead with a limp." "Put that out and find some toys." "Hey!" "Put that out!" "What are you doing?" "Don't blow on it, lamebrain!" "Grab toys!" "Run as fast as you can!" "Let's" "Run, run!" "GAME OF VANDALS" "BLAME THE PARENTS" "Don't sigh like that." " Were not even allowed to breathe?" " No." "You were going to let us choke to death!" "Keep this up and you'll never watch TV again." " You already said no TV." " Then no more bicycles." "We already did that." " Summer camp too?" " That too." "I've got it." "Make them do dishes every night." "No, they'll break all of my dinnerware." "Wow, you can't think of any more punishment?" "Maybe because since the toy store accident we've had them all." "Accident?" "An accident is tripping and spilling your soup." "What you did is categorical delinquency." " Categorical what?" " Come on, we're not criminals." "The newspaper said you are." "Well, it also said to blame someone's parents." "I'm only guilty of trying to raise you right." "Like I've always said:" "you get what you deserve." "Not again." "I'd like to see you when you were kids." "I never disobeyed my parents." "Integrity, decency and proper manners." "That was my motto." "We must be arriving." " Arriving where?" " Yeah, tell us or we'll swim home." "We're visiting... a publisher for my novel." "How thrilling." " We'll be back for dinner, right?" " No." "We're staying for a few days." "We've decided that after your last fiasco, you don't deserve" "Christmas vacation." " No Christmas?" " Take note, another punishment." "You're the worst parents in the world." "ZIP AND ZAP AND THE CAPTAIN'S ISLAND" "It's going to start pouring any minute." "You can start rowing because I think we're lost." " Did you follow the directions?" " Every turn." "Maybe the map the publisher sent is wrong." "Don't worry about us." "We'd rather get lost out here than go to Dad's thing." "For once we agree." "We'd rather not have to look at you." "We should drop you off in the next ditch." "Look!" "Finally." "We can ask in the town." "Are you sure?" "That road isn't even on the map." "Come on, where's your sense of adventure?" "I've never had one of those." "TOWN" "Do you think we missed the road to town?" "CHILDHOOD HOME" "It looks like an orphanage." "Should we ask inside?" "Hey, look at that guy." "Get an umbrella, you pinhead." "I'll be right back." "How may I help the gentleman?" "I told him, this map is wrong." "Your father's just as stubborn as you." "Hey, don't compare me to him." "Mom, if you worry about everything, you'll never enjoy anything." "It's better to worry, later surprises come along." "Sense of adventure..." "You can't just waltz through life like a lunatic without thinking about the consequences." "Okay, change of plans." "We're staying here tonight." " Are you sure?" " No, Dad!" "This sucks!" "Calm down." "We got lost." "And apparently we can only go back the way we came." "It's too dangerous in the rain." " We'll go tomorrow." "Okay?" " No." " Let's hit the road." " "Hit," he says." "More like "kick."" "My novel." "Thank you." "And don't even think about going in there with that." "Please wait here." "Miss Pam, the owner of the house, will be down to greet you shortly." " Magnificent." " Cool." "Nice gang" "Who are they?" "If you read a book you'd know." "Captain Nemo, Doctor Jeckyll and Mister Hyde," "Peter Pan, Allan Quatermain, Sherlock Holmes, the Invisible Man..." "And the painting, Captain Hook." "All great literary characters." "How boring!" "It's a little peculiar, isn't it?" "Miss Pam has an amazing book collection." "Wait until you see my other collections, my dear." "Welcome to you all." "I'm Pamela." "Or, as everyone here in this little world calls me, Miss Pam." "Nice to meet you." "Jaime just told me the awful news." "How unfortunate!" "Lost and nowhere to go." " At first we..." " Luckily I'm here to rescue this happy family." "Give me five?" "Too slow!" "You'll have to be faster than that." "Now, let's see." "Raise your hand if you're... starving!" "Nobody else?" "Company march!" "To the dining room!" "Family, tonight we have guests." "My darlings, these are my children." "Sister Enriqueta, their caretaker, and Salomon, our gardener." "You've already met Jaime." " Pleased to meet you." " Yes." "They look very happy and well-mannered." "How do you do it?" "Thank you, but I shouldn't take the credit." "Yes, Miss Pam, you should." "Well, yes, but only because I've given them a home." "And in exchange, they make me so happy." "You see, life hasn't been fair to them." "They all come from broken homes." "They were born into families with... troubled parents." " So none of them have parents?" " No." "But they're very happy now." " No wonder." "Nobody gives them crap." " Zap, watch your mouth." "You know what?" "I didn't have parents either." "They died shortly after I was born, so I grew up alone." "Well, not alone, because Jaime was already working for my parents and he made sure I was provided for." " Then you grew up in this house." " Bingo!" "Unlike these children, I was lucky enough to have rich parents." "So rich..." "So rich... that I ate them!" "A few years ago I decided to use my fortune to fill this house with children who needed a home." "The lost children." "But there's a girl missing, right?" " A redhead." " Oh, yes, that's right." "Where is Pippi, Sister?" "Probably reading one of those novels she loves." "Shouldn't she be here having dinner with everyone?" "My dear, this home is ruled by harmony." "I never impose rules on my children." "Childhood is a time for freedom to experiment." "Besides, Pippi is a very unique little girl." "I try to set limits, but with these two we haven't had much luck." "The system in your orphanage might work better." "That's an ugly word." "We prefer to call it a childhood home." "After all, once you cross the threshold into my world, you forever become a part of my big family." "The gentleman and his wife can sleep in this room." " And the boys?" " They can sleep in the children's wing." "A house with wings!" "And we get the cool one, with no parents." "Behave yourselves." "I don't want any horsing around or..." "Monkey business." "Okay, Dad." "We promise not to have any fun." "Stop complaining and think about those poor kids without parents." "Poor kids?" "With Miss Pam they won the lottery." "Come here, you dummies." "You'll miss us some day, you'll see." "Mom, please, stop..." "That's enough." "A loving kiss is like rain, it washes away the pain." "It's a secret." "No good night kiss for your boys?" " No way." " Yeah, no way." "What's up, blondie?" " But...?" " Shh, you'll scare him." " Scare who?" " The ghost." "Hey, why is the window open?" "So a girl came in through the window?" "You wish." "LOG RAFT" "Come on!" "He's in there." " Who?" " The ghost." "Great, you scared him away." "Sorry, with the window open I..." "We won't catch him tonight." "Who, the ghost?" "There was nobody there, you wacko." "Hey." "Wait." "What's your name?" "I'm Pippi." "This girl has a screw loose." "If you would be so kind as to follow me," "Miss Pam would like to speak with you." "Boys, I have something to tell you." "And, well, it's a delicate subject." "Spit it out quickly, the donuts are waiting." " Your parents are gone." " What do you mean, gone?" "Where?" " They left." " They'll be back." "This way we don't have to go see his boring publisher." "Darling, there is no boring publisher." "That's the excuse they made up to bring you here." "They... gave up on you boys." "Burning that toy store was the last straw." "Their patience ran out." "What are you saying?" "Your parents don't want you anymore and they abandoned you here... forever." "What?" "Mr. Grumpy and Mrs. Bossy without us...?" "Yeah, right!" "Who are they going to boss around?" " Zap." " What?" "She's not laughing." "No." "She isn't." "The car is gone." "It's true, Zap." "They left." "They took my slingshot?" "To hell with them!" "Child..." "Why are you crying?" "You're better off without people who don't love you." "How are you, children?" "Who's winning?" "Oh, my little chicks!" "Listen up, my children." "We have two new members." "Welcome them like you know how." "Emoclew, emoclew!" "Emoclew, emoclew, emoclew!" "My children don't say "welcome,"" "they say it backwards:" ""Emoclew."" "Now go and play." "Go on." "Okay, children." "Who feels like singing?" "Me, me, me!" "Wonderful." "But you know who gets to sing the first rhyme?" "Exactly!" "The new boys." "Okay, little chicks, it's easy." "I sing a verse and you make it rhyme." "Got it?" "Here we go!" "Singing is my medicine." "I do it all the time." "I don't need a pill, just make the song..." ""Rhyme."" " "Rhyme."" " Come on, little chicks, it's easy." "Singing is my medicine." "I do it all the time." "I don't need a pill..." "Go suck on a lime!" "What happened here?" "Did I do that?" "How clumsy of me!" "Let's show our new friends what a wonderful place this is." "We're the lost children, who can ask for anything more." "Living at a childhood home is never a bore." "Always happy, happy as a clam." "Because instead of parents, we've got Miss Pam." "Be yourself and have a good time." "Do whatever you want, it's not a crime." "You can jump in a puddle." "She can drink from the bottle." "No teeth brushing for me." "They look better black, you see?" "Do whatever you want, even undo what you didn't." "You can have it all." "With no rules the sky's the limit." "Do whatever you want, even undo what you didn't." "With no rules, the sky's the limit." "Pippi acts with passion, she was born for the stage." "Novels and awesome stories, they're all the rage." "Here comes Salomon, always with something to fix." "We've never seen him smile, but he knows amazing tricks." "Jaime's like a robot, a robot with one hand." "He can dust, paint and sweep, or even play like a band." "Do whatever you want, even undo what you didn't." "You can have it all." "With no rules, the sky's the limit." "Do whatever you want, even undo what you didn't." "You can have it all." "With no rules, the sky's the limit." "Now smile and give us a rhyme, give it a chance..." "Come on, little chicks." "What do you say?" "Eat my underpants!" "No!" "Do whatever you want, even undo what you didn't." "You can have it all." "With no rules, the sky's the limit." "Do whatever you want, even undo what you didn't." "You can have it all." "With no rules, the sky's the limit!" "Good morning, darlings." " How are we today?" " Bad." "Just like yesterday, and the day before, and the day before..." " Yes, I got it." " Please, let us go." " Do it for our children." " I am doing it for them, my dear." "Everything I do is for the children." "What have you done to them?" "They'd better be safe and sound or..." "Or what?" "What will you do to me?" "Punish me with no vacation?" "Or maybe smack me?" "She's crazy." "But I have an appointment with a publisher who lives" " on this island." " Yes, the appointment." "Did he insist by any chance on meeting the whole family?" "Did he ask you for a photo of when you were both children for the cover?" "We're the only ones who live on this island, my dear." "You know why?" "Because this island is... mine." "I'm sorry, but I'm not at all interested in your novel." "It's unimaginative and arrogant." "Typical of adults." "The children are ready." "Take them away." "Oh, you're here." "Perfect." " Come in." " Go on." "Walk." "Isn't this thrilling?" "No matter how many times I do this, I always get that tingle like the first day." "What are you going to do with us?" "Please, don't be melodramatic." "I'm giving you a free trip." " A trip where?" " Not where, my dear." "When." "Which memories would you like them to retain?" "Only to age eleven." "May I have the photos of them when they were children?" "Ready when you are." "TRANSFORMATION" "You can come out, don't be shy." "Welcome to the childhood home, children." "Listen up, darlings." "Two new children are joining our family." "Let's give them a big welcome." "Emoclew, emoclew, emoclew!" "Who wants to be the first to introduce yourself?" "Me, me, me!" "Hi, my name is Flecky." "Miss Pam said this is my new home because my parents got tired of me." "Actually I'm a little sad and I don't really feel like talking." "But when I cheer up, I never stop." "Oh, and my shoe size is 5 and a half." "Go ahead, my boy." "Tell us your name." "Come on, don't be shy." "Macky!" "Well?" "You want to hear my last name too?" " That Flecky is a total freak." " And the other kid's a pig." "Though she's pretty cute." "Does he think he's the only kid who can burp his name?" "Hi, new roommates!" "Hi, I'm Zip and this is my brother Zap." " Have you picked your bed yet?" " No." "All 4 are fantastic." "Except that one, that one and that one." "So you want this one?" "Is it yours?" "If it is, I'll take a less fantastic one." "No, it's okay." "I don't even like it." "Well, I like it because you picked it." "Which one is yours, Knucklehead?" "This one." "Then that settles it." "Already moved in." "Forget it." "Either move out or I'll move you out." "Look, kid." "There's only room for one rooster in this henhouse." "And the job... is taken." "So kick the road." "Geez Louise!" "Hey, it looks like there is room for two roosters in this henhouse." " Right, chicken?" " Rooster." " Chicken." " Rooster." " Chicken!" " Rooster!" "Boys, don't fight." "Talking is always the answer." "Well, unless you're deaf or mute, they just go like this." "Never mind." "Let's see who's nicer and gives his bed to the other one." "Here, sea monkey!" "Come here, don't run away!" "We've got a couple of gems here." "Always shutting the window!" "Great, the whole circus is here." "It's okay, she's a friend." "Be quiet, guys!" "I'm trying to sleep." "Hubba, hubba!" "Who's the knockout?" " Pippi, where are you going?" " To catch that ghost once and for all." "Anyone want to come along?" "Rock and roll." "I can't believe how brave you are." "I love brave girls." " How do you like boys?" " Medium rare." "Wait, I think he's in there." "He's right there, looking at us." "He was following us." "The only ghost I see around here is him." " That's gonna cost you." " See?" "I can see right through him." "Shut up, Knucklehead!" "You see?" "It's the ghost!" "Uh-oh." "What the heck...?" "Take that, right in the face!" "Hit the ground!" "He's hitting us with the whole library!" "Come on!" "Hey, the ghost is that way!" "Where are they going?" "Mr. Ghost...?" "Where are you, Mr. Ghost?" "Tonight I'm going to catch you." "The compass." "Wait, Flecky, wait." "Does it hurt?" "Well, it might go away if... if you give me a..." " Oh, forget it." " No, tell me." "What do you need?" "They say... that a loving kiss is like rain, it washes away the pain." "Really?" "Science is advancing so fast." "Yeah, I don't know." "If you give me one here..." "Yeah, right." "Like I'm your mom or something." " You were really scared back there." " Me, scared?" "You took off like the Road Runner." " You squealed like a little girl." "Ms. Macky." " Ms. Macky?" "My butt." "You're the one who squealed like a little girl." "Help, open up!" "I'm scared!" " Enough scaring people!" " Quiet." "Do you hear that?" "Run, run!" "There he is!" "He's down!" "Over there, come on!" "I'll catch you, you thieving monkey!" "It's Salomon." "Run or he'll catch you." "Where?" "Where is he?" "They're coming!" "Run!" "Over there, let's go!" "Come on, hurry up!" "Run, quickly!" "Come on!" "Quickly!" " Where is he?" " He was right here." "He went down here, Miss Pam." " I'm sure of it." " Come on, we have to catch him." "You're really good at hiding." "Wait, wait." "I can't run anymore." "That monkey can eat me for all I care." "What was that?" "An orangutan?" "No, it was a monkey." "What's a gorilla doing here?" "It was a monkey, you boneheads." "Hey, where's Flecky?" "I don't know." "She's gone." " We have to find her." " No, it's too dangerous." "Besides, she's faster than any of us anyway." "Hey!" "That's my slingshot!" "Come on, let's go!" "Why do they want to kill you?" "You're not bad, are you?" " There he is!" " Careful, you'll hit the girl!" "You almost killed her, you fool!" " Go after him!" " Yes." "Now!" "Are you all right, sweetie?" " Did that horrible beast hurt you?" " No, no." "He was protecting me." "And he understands what you say." "Yes, he's very smart." "Too smart." "So he was protecting you, huh?" "Well, we can't trust him." "He's been sneaking into the house and stealing anything he can find." "What if he kidnaps one of you?" "I don't know what I would do without you, my children." "Nothing." "He made it into the woods." "But he dropped this." " He's trying to get off the island..." " Shut up!" "I'll think of something tomorrow." "Now let's go back inside." "Come on, sweetie." "Finally." "Come to Daddy." "How did this get here?" "I'm okay." "Everything's under control." "What's cooking here?" "Holy cow!" "Wow!" "Salomon has quite a shop going in here." "Unbelievable." "He's expecting a war." "The guy likes to travel." "Nice closet." "Oh, okay." "It's a disguise." " They're not his clothes, bonehead." " Whose are they?" "Hey!" "They're Mom and Dad's." "Look, Dad's briefcase!" "And his novel!" "You know what this means?" " The dimwits forgot their luggage." " They would never leave all this here." "Dad took his novel everywhere with him." "Don't make things up." "They abandoned us here like dogs." "After seeing this you still believe that?" "Hey, check this out." "This is crazy!" "Hey!" "That's from Dad's car." "Well?" "You think they forgot their license plate?" "No, Zap." "Miss Pam lied to us." "Mom and Dad didn't abandon us." "They didn't abandon us." "Then... they still love us?" "Of course they do!" "And we have to find them." "Yeah." "But where could they be?" "Well, boys, if that monkey got them... chopped up in a ditch somewhere." "Pippi." "Come on, we have to tell you something." "You know what?" "I'm not surprised." "Weird things have been going on here and they never tell us anything." "Miss Pam is behind our parents disappearing." "We have to find out what she's up to." "No, we should try to escape." "Crossing the forest, there's a town across the island." "We can go for help." "Yeah, we'll tell the police." "Police aren't cool, but I'm with..." "What was your name, Four Eyes?" "Flecky." "I'm with Four Eyes." "We should bring the cavalry." "Okay, then." "We leave tonight." "No." "Crossing the woods at night is too risky." "And we need supplies." "We'll leave tomorrow, but at the crack of dawn." "Dawn has a butt crack?" "Let's" "Quickly!" "What a sucker." "He had no clue." "This is cause for celebration." " Gross!" " What a pig!" " Where are you going?" " Quick, run!" "Let's" "Freeze!" "Come on, hurry!" "Come on, guys!" "Pippi!" "Quick, give me your hand!" " Grab me!" " It hurts, I can't stand up!" " Grab my hand!" " Hurry, Pippi!" "He's coming!" " Pippi, grab my hand!" " No!" "You guys run!" " Pippi, please!" " Let's go!" "Okay." " Let's stop." " Yeah." "Good idea." "No danger." "I'm dizzy." "Poor Pippi." " I blew it." " Yeah." "Leaving her behind wasn't very nice." "But at least you tried." "You want to help her?" "Then keep walking until you reach the police station and come back in a patrol car." "That's what I'm going to do." "Flecky, Flecky." "That's the way back to the mansion." "Then that's not the way to go." "Come on, guys." "We have to save Pippi, find your parents and stop that damn asteroid from hitting the Earth!" "Okay, that last part was a little extra motivation." "But that would be cool, huh?" "Come on, let's go." "Hey, cool." "This tree is even nicer than the last one." " I'd say it's the same tree." " Let me see." "Confirmed, we came through here already." " Tom Thumb is leaving clues." " What?" "Thanks to me, we know where we are." "Lost!" "If only we had a compass." "I don't need a compass." "The forest talks to me and tells me which way to go." "Follow the moon, Four Eyes." "Go home." "Come on, it's getting dark." "Hey, move your butt." "We'll sleep in this clearing, okay?" "We're going to sleep here?" "In the woods?" " Got any better ideas?" " No." "What's wrong with you?" "You keep turning your head like an owl." "Huh?" "No, nothing." "I'm fine." "Are you cold?" "Here, take my blanket." "Thanks, Zip." "That's nice of you." "Here, take mine." "It's warmer." "Are you going to tell me what's wrong?" "I..." " I need to pee." " That's all the mystery?" "Just go over there and take a leak." "It's just that... it's dark... and not cool at all." "Look." "Boys' bathroom, girls' bathroom." "Anyone else need to go?" "Okay, go ahead." "Pick a tree." "Do you mind?" "I can't with someone watching." "What's wrong?" "There's something over there!" " Did an animal attack you?" " Over there, by the tree." "There's someone there." "He said, "Hey!"" "Take it easy." "You're tired." "Yeah." "We'd better get some sleep." "Sleep?" "No way." "I'm not closing my eyes." "That thing is out there somewhere." " I don't know where." " Macky, calm down." "Go to sleep, I'll stand guard." "I will too." "So will I." "I mean sleep." "I don't see myself as a guard." "Maybe a fireman." "I hope they're okay." "Sure they are." "They can take care of themselves." "Mom and Dad don't need anyone to tuck them in." "We can hardly follow the sun..." "Watch out, clumsy boy." "Keep your eyes peeled, Pink Floyd." "Watch your step." "Watch out!" "You were saying, Pink Floyd?" "Okay." " On three we kick our way out." " Three!" "The gorilla!" "Holy cow!" "Run for the trees!" "No, wait." "We're saved." "Hi, Mr. Gorilla." "Can you help us get out of here?" "Come on, he's a monkey." "Monkeys are stupid." "He can't understand you." "Then you must speak the same language, because he understood you." "Great." "He's going to steal our sandwiches." "That's it, cut the rope!" "He's a monkey." "How will he open the knife?" "Maybe if he were a circus monkey..." "Oh." "Maybe he is a circus monkey." "Thank you very much, Mr. Gorilla." "I think he wants us to go with him." "He's a monkey!" "What are you talking about?" "Okay, boys." "We have a compass now." "Who do you think made this raft?" "What a smart gorilla." "He says he's going to sail away." "Salomon said he was trying to escape." "Look, what are those things?" "No wonder they want to catch him." "He's a kleptomaniac." "What?" "It's a gift for Flecky." "Zip, Zap, come and see this!" "GAME OF VANDALS" "Holy guacamole!" "What's this doing here?" "Definitely a circus gorilla." "Look!" "That's Sister Enriqueta." ""Demented nun escapes from psychiatric hospital."" ""Ruthless animal trafficker disappears mysteriously from prison."" "That's Salomon." ""The search for Detective Holgado continues."" "Who's that?" "Look!" "Mr. Gorilla is Detective Holgado!" "Why are you a gorilla?" "What a crackpot." "He says Peter Pan did that to him." "And Bambi does my hair." "No, no, no." "He means Miss Pam." "Zap!" "Remember what Dad said?" "These are all literary characters." "Miss Pam must have brought them here because they're like characters from novels." "She's starting a collection!" "Of course!" "And she's Peter Pan!" "Then who are we?" "If I'm Peter Pan, you, my darlings, are my lost children." " They followed us." " No." "You were escorted by someone more discreet." "You call him the ghost." "But in my collection he's... the Invisible Man." " Come in here, you idiot!" " Now?" "I'm coming." "Miss Pam, these clothes are very uncomfortable." "I'd rather be naked." "Where are our parents?" "We know they didn't abandon us." "What did you do to them?" "Take them back to the mansion." "Gather everything and burn the raft." " Why the long faces?" " Because we're sick of you." "What have you done to Macky and Flecky?" "They're fine, don't worry." "It's nice to see that you've become friends." " That's what I wished for." " And our parents?" "Give us back our parents right now!" "That's going to be a problem." "Either fun friends or pestering parents, but you can't have both." "What do you think?" "Mom!" "Dad!" "Mom!" "Dad!" " We have to open this!" " Don't worry, we'll get you out!" "Open up, damn it!" "Dad!" "Mom!" "What are you doing?" "Stop this thing!" "Boys..." "It's time to choose." " Mom!" "Dad!" " Please, stop!" "Don't hurt them!" "Noooo!" "Say hi to your friends." "Where are our parents?" "Right there." "Like I said." "Either pestering parents or fun friends." "And who wants bossy parents when you can have fun with your friends?" "We do." "Give us back our parents." "They may be pests, but they're our pests!" "Really?" "No, you can't choose such horrible parents." "They punished you and made your life miserable." "So what?" "It was for our own good." "That's a lie!" "What's good about punishing you with no Christmas?" "Oh, my boys." "Parents never do anything to help their kids." "They're only trying to satisfy their own frustration." "Besides, they always break their promises in the end." "Okay, so they aren't perfect." "But you know what they're really good at?" " Being our parents!" " And that's worth 5 zillion Christmas'." "It's obvious you never had parents to raise you... and to say no to you every now and then." "I did have someone to raise me." "Who, him?" "Give me a break." "A butler serves you like a dog." "That's not a parent." "What a disappointment." "And I thought you'd be the prize of my collection." "But that's all right." "I can wait forever." "And I always get what I want." "That's what makes me..." "Peter Pan." "Actually, Peter Pan was a boy." "A boy who didn't want to grow up." "Exactly, my dear." "Just like me." "Emoclew, my friends!" "Who wants to play a game?" "We can hunt a ghost, run away from the mansion, or fall into Salomon's trap." "Nothing?" "You don't feel like" "Playing anything?" "Then you're all grounded!" "I told you." "That girl is a wacko." "Have they said anything, Four Eyes?" "What's wrong, you guys?" "Did Pam..." "I mean Pippi..." "that lunatic say where your parents are?" "Zip, are you mad at me?" "Why did she turn him into a gorilla?" "Miss Pam tricked him into coming here so he could be the Sherlock Holmes of her collection, but he tried to escape." "To mock him, Pam turned him into a gorilla." "What will happen to him now?" "What happens to anyone who doesn't comply with her wishes." "She's tired of him." "She'll turn him into something more docile." "What you said yesterday..." "Do you really miss your parents?" " Of course we do!" " We'd never give them up." "And their rules, their punishment?" "They're parents." "What can we do?" "Remember when we got the measles?" "Dad made us wear kitchen mitts so we couldn't scratch ourselves." "He stayed up all night, fell out of the chair and whacked his head." "What a bonehead." "I don't want to have kids." "And if I did, I wouldn't let them do anything they want." "And if they get mad at me, fine!" "It's better than being a yo-yo mom." "A cool mom." "My parents are a drag." "But hey, they're my parents." "They grow on you." "You're not happy here either." "I can tell." "Pam doesn't treat you well." "Help us and run away with us." "There must be someone waiting for you somewhere." "No..." "I lost my home a long time ago." "And my family." "It was Pam, wasn't it?" "No." "It wasn't her." "Her father... was to blame." "Once upon a time there was a wonderful island where a little girl named Pamela lived in a world of happiness." "Her father, who everyone called the Captain, was a brilliant naval engineer." "Her mother would read the little girl a book every night." "And she would always say..." ""Life is the novel that we live." "And you, my little Pamela, can be any character you want."" "But one day, her mother got sick and her world of happiness was shattered forever." "Haunted by guilt, the Captain decided to dedicate his life to building a new world for his daughter free of bad things and sadness." "Anything Pamela dreamed of having, the Captain always answered:" ""Yes, my darling, I will build it for you."" "One night, while she was dreaming, the little girl remembered:" "Life is the novel we live." "And you, my little Pamela, can be any character you want." "To the girl, her father was Captain Nemo, a fearless sailor, but who could she be?" "She read hundreds of books without resting until she finally found her character." "Pamela didn't want to get old and die like her mother." "She wanted to be like Peter Pan." "So she asked for a machine to stop her from growing up." "And the Captain answered:" ""Yes, my darling, I will build it for you."" "But after working a whole year without resting, the effects of the machine only worked while inside the capsule." "Days and seasons passed... and the little girl became a woman." "And her love for her father turned into hate." "But the Captain kept trying, no matter what the price." "Until finally, one night... he discovered the way to make his daughter's wish come true." "Before entering the machine, the Captain asked his daughter to erase her memories and all of those years of disappointment, but she wasn't willing to forget." "For little Pamela, her father wasn't Captain Nemo anymore." "Now he was Captain Hook, Peter Pan's eternal enemy." "And the Captain realized that it was his fault that she had drifted off course into a capricious world, catered to her every whim." "I can't leave and abandon my daughter." "This has always been my home." "Couldn't you have just given her a doll or something?" "Okay, you can't leave." "But you can help us get our parents back, can't you?" "No." "Not anymore." "I would need a photo of them." "And Pam burned them." "Can't we unplug that machine or something?" "To reverse the effects of the transformation, you'd have to destroy the dome surrounding the island." "The only way to do that is by breaking the snow globe." "That's the mechanism that keeps it active." "Okay, where is it?" "I'll shatter that thing no problem." "Pam took it from me years ago." "I never found out where she put it." "Hey, cheer up." "There must be another way to get your parents back." "There is." "Yes, there is!" "I built it so long ago that I almost forgot." "You built what?" "Hurry, you must go and tell the police." " Not the woods again!" " No, you'll flee by sea." "In my ship." "Quickly, open the cell." "Free the gorilla." "All you have to do is cross the perimeter of buoys." "Once you're across, the machine will lose its effect and you'll have your parents back." "Okay." "Where's the ship?" "The elevator will take you to it." "But you need a key to make it work." "Pam took it from me as well." "She split it in two and gave each part to a different person." " Who has the key?" " Salomon and Sister Enriqueta." "There's the problem." "Come on, we need to find somewhere to hide you." "Grab here." "Does it hurt?" "If you want" "I can give you a loving kiss to wash away the pain." "No, I'm fine." "Come on, we have a lot to do." "Come on..." "Hold still." "Oh!" "Little chicks..." "How clumsy of me." "Don't screw this up, Dad." "It must be around here somewhere." "You don't like me anymore?" "Huh?" "No, no." "I mean, yeah." "It's just that..." "I'm worried." "We need to find it and Zap has to be on target..." "And let's not forget Macky." "He'll probably screw up." "Relax." "If you worry about everything, you won't enjoy anything." "What...?" "Shh." "It's a secret." "So do you still like me or not?" "Yeah, of course I do." "It's just that..." "Well, you remind me of someone." "Who?" "My... mother?" "His mother?" " I got it!" " You got it!" "Let's" "Where are they?" "It doesn't matter." "They won't get far." "I told them everything." "Even about the snow globe." "So what?" "You don't know where it is." "What am I going to do with you... father?" "What the...?" "Thieving demon!" " Come here!" " Coming through!" "What are you doing?" "Time for your punishment, darling." "You've been a very bad father." "Yes, I have." "Because I never said no to my daughter." "Oh!" "yeah?" "Is that the only reason?" "What about all the years I spent waiting?" "And all the broken promises?" " I didn't want to grow up!" " Pamela, sweetheart, put an end to all this." "I promise I'll be a good father." "It's too late." "Besides, I never wanted a father." "But guess what Pippi's always wanted." "A little frog!" "Well?" "Did you get it?" "Was there any doubt, super freak?" "It's an anchor." "See you later, chumps!" "Catch me if you can!" "Oh, wait!" "You can't see me!" "Ow, my hand!" "My hand!" "Let me go!" "Let me go, you beast!" "Hi, Daddy!" "You know what?" "I'm going to call you Secrets." "Because you're going to keep one for me." "It's big, round and has snow inside." "But I'll only tell you if you promise not to tell anyone." "Do you promise, Secrets?" "Congratulations, Detective Holgado." "You caught the ghost." "Guess what they called me at the loony bin." "Twisted..." "Sister." "Okay, little chicks." "Who wants to sing a song?" "See if this guy does, Batman." "Quick, to the elevator!" "Run!" "Open the door!" "Now what do we do?" "Hey." "The lock is shaped like an anchor." "We're sinking, we're sinking!" "We're sinking!" "Chill out, man." "You'll give yourself a heart attack." "What is this thing?" "You guys, this isn't an elevator..." "It's a submarine!" "I finally got my remote-controlled submarine!" "You can pilot from over there, because I'm driving." " No way." "I've wanted one for 3 years!" " Step aside, pinhead!" " Forget it." " Let me drive!" "That's enough!" "I'm sick of you both!" "No more fighting, you got it?" "You naughty little frog." "I can't believe you gave them your little boat." "Hey, there's something down there." "She's right." "Turn around!" "But... what is that?" "Look, you guys." "The buoys!" "We're almost there." "What happened?" "It stopped!" "We're going backwards!" "Something is dragging us!" "Whoa..." "What is that?" "We need light." "Quick, turn around!" "What a surprise, finding you down here!" " Going for a ride?" " No." "We're leaving your stinky island." "That's too bad." "But that's not going to happen." "I decide who leaves." "And I decide..." " that nobody does." " Look, princess." "You and your fried calamari can take a hike." "Hit it, partner." "It's an octupus, you pea brain." "Well?" "Do you feel like coming home with me now?" "This must shoot something." "Hey, wacko!" "How about a calamari brochette!" "Quick, turn around!" "Let's get out of here!" "I said it's an octopus!" "Hold your breath, guys." "This is going to get tight." "It's going to crush us!" "Pippi, stop!" "We give up!" "Please, stop!" "Too late, my darlings." "I'm tired of playing with you." "See you never, my friends!" "We're sinking!" "We have to cover the hole!" "For God's sake, start!" "How are we going to get out of here?" " We're going to drown." " Don't say that." "I'll think of something." "There must be a way." "Not this time, Zip." "Hey, what's with the crying?" "You're the bravest rooster in the henhouse." "Am I right?" "A kiss won't wash this away." "Here." "I took it to give it to my mother." "She would have loved it." "She always wanted us to follow the right path." "And, well, for us... you were the best path." "Are we dead?" "No!" "We're alive!" "Alive!" "What happened?" "It was like we were teletransported." "Of course!" "It was the compass!" "When we hugged I must have pressed this button!" "Press it again!" "Put the compass in your pocket." "We don't want any more trouble." "Look who had my compass." "My father gave it to me for my 9th birthday." "You should thank him." "By the way, where is he?" "There he is!" "How do you like his new look?" "Pretty jumpy... for his age." " Grab those two!" " Everybody freeze!" "Move a muscle and I'll use your heads as a nutcracker." "Okay, my friends." "What do I do with you now?" "Let's see..." "What would I like to have?" "Oh, no." "No more annoying monkeys." "I know!" "A flea circus!" "I've always wanted a flea circus." "To squash it!" " Pippi, please." "Don't hurt them." " Silence!" "No..." "Where is he going?" "Holy cow!" "The snow globe!" " Stop him!" " Come here, Satan!" "Hit it, Zap!" "Nooooo!" "Yes!" "Nice." "Snow!" "Snow!" "Snow!" "Snow!" "Snow!" "Mom!" "Dad!" " Alisa!" " Sweetheart!" "My globe..." "My little globe." "What have you done?" "It's okay, sweetheart." "Your father is here." "Miss Pam, you have to come with me." "Good work, boys." "Hello, little chick." "Let's go." "I think it's time to find your parents, lost children." "Thank you, Captain." "What happened out there?" "Where's Pippi?" "And Sister Enriqueta?" "Did we win?" "We won." "Then... we're going home?" "We all have parents to put up with." "You're a good man, Pink Floyd." "Now I know you give me such a hard time because you love me." "Don't get all mushy on me." "You're okay, that's all." "Here." "For your mother." "No." "I want you to have it." "In case the forest ever stops talking to you." "These two will hook up some day." "Believe me." "And you know what?" "If she ever gets her feet on the ground," "Flecky will be really cool." "Okay, let's roll." "Yeah." "You guys aren't coming?" "Come on, Macky." "They're coming later." "Thank you." "Thank you for taking care of us." "MY boys!" " Mom!" " Dad!" "Dad!" "Mom!" "The aquarium!" "I bet you two broke it!" "You're a couple of...!" "We missed you, Mr. Grumpy!" "There you have it." "In the end, after everything, we got the best Christmas present of our lives." "And what was it, you're wondering?" " Parents!" " Our pests!"