"What's all this fuzz about cats?" "Halvorsen and I often wonder why people are so taken with cats." "And dogs." "Other animals could be just as great pets." "Pigs, for instance." "And snakes." "Turtles." "Rats ..." "Halvorsen is my pet." "He is a rat." "A hooded rat." "He is intelligent, good looking and cool." "No!" "His only problem is that he likes chewing at things." "This is bound to get him into trouble some day." "Svein, the field trip is in five minutes!" "You wouldn't be interested in this trip." "That's for sure." "Are you stuck in there?" "I don't want to join that crappy trip!" "Other classes go to chocolate factories." "But we're going to find out what happens to our poop!" "Based on the books by Marit Nicolaysen" "No wonder people are terrible to each other." "Just look at what ugly poop we're making." "Yuk!" "How disgusting!" "Step this way, folks!" "Whereas rats just drop small, dry pellets." "They're not disgusting at all." "Human beings have a lot to learn from rats." "Welcome to the sewage." "The museum of poop." "The last resting place of the turd." "The sewage." "A fabulous place." "We love crap." "Look." "A rat!" "I hate rats!" "Hate them!" "Svein and Dan keep rats." "As pets." "People who keep rats as pets, are very sick people!" "Rats are vermin!" "They have to be extinguished!" "He should rather have a look in the mirror!" "Death to the rats!" "That man is literally bursting with prejudice." "Nobody screams and shouts and says yuk when they see a cat." "Even though they pee everywhere." "And poo." "They also smell terribly." "Hi there, rat faces!" "Dan's rat is called James Bond." "Dan is a rat scientist." "Maybe nobody in the world knows as much about rats." "Right now we're on the verge of a scientific breakthrough." "Ready?" "Yes." "Svein and Dan's experiment no. 442." "Are human beings able to hear rats laugh?" "Tickle, tickle ..." "Come on, laugh!" "Tickle him harder." "Turn up the volume to 11 ." "Halvorsen is a family member." "Mum overprotects him all the time." "But Halvorsen knows how to take care of himself." "Daddy tries to teach him good manners." "Just like with us." "Which is also an impossible task." "My kid brother Magnus is the only one who treats him as an animal." "But he is only five, and extremely primitive." "Cut it out, Magnus!" "Now you've probably scared Halvorsen away!" "Halvorsen!" "I've never heard of rats entering the sewage from toilets." "There are hordes of sewage rats down there!" "Halvorsen doesn't stand a chance!" "Zero combat training!" "Oh, Halvorsen..." "There you are!" "If you'd seen how thousands of rats live in this town..." "Then you'd have nightmares for weeks." "What did we agree on with these wires?" "Are you aware of how much Halvorsen has cost us this year?" "Are you feeding him?" "Does he get any food?" "Yes." "He doesn't eat wires because he is hungry." "lt's just that..." "You don't look after him properly." "l try my best." "You're too young to keep a rat." "Why are people so negative towards rats?" "Rats spend a third of their lives cleaning themselves." "They neither spew nor belch." "And if science is right, they can even laugh!" "So that can't be the reason." "is it maybe because people just don't know any better?" "Halvorsen, we have to do something." "We have to tell people the truth about rats." "Show the world how cool rats can be." "Halvorsen will love being an ambassador for the rat cause." "And I will assist him." "Nighty night, Halvorsen." "Ladies and gentlemen. ln a week it's time for the great pet contest!" "Enter your pet right away." "There's only one week left." "Shouldn't we join the pet contest?" "And be laughed at by a hall full of rat-haters?" "I don't think so." "There's the new girl in class." "I feel that I'm a bit skeptical." "Got to go." "The school dentist is expecting me." "Didn't we have an appointment during home economics?" "Halvorsen insists on going with me to home economics." "To him, it's a gourmet restaurant." "Soon there'll be piles of pancakes." "Pancakes are so great." "I could eat ten of them." "I won an eating contest once, in Spain." "How many did you manage to eat?" "33." "33 pancakes?" "No, not pancakes." "Marinated snails." "Yuk!" "Hi kids, I'm Drummy." "You probably remember me from the sewage tour." "I'm your new substitute." "I'm going to be very popular here after a while." "I'm really a drummer." "Okay." "The first item on the menu is pancakes." "Are you really Spanish?" "Halfways." "Mum is Spanish, Dad's Norwegian." "So I'm Spanegian." "Cool!" "I'm not even halfways from another town." "At least that saves you the moving." "Does it suck to be the new girl?" "What does your rat look like?" "He's pretty cool." "Will you let me see him?" "Maybe." "Looking forward to the contest?" "Of course. I'll win this year too." "Me and Tiger, my cat, have won two years in a row." "The rarest animal in town." "Will you participate with your rat?" "Rats are not allowed." "Why not?" "lt's the great pet contest!" "Not the great pest contest!" "Hush." "Look." "Listen..." "Don't panic." "Rats!" "We continue the class!" "Halvorsen..." "How cute!" "Nothing like those in the sewage." "Hi there, tiny one." "Lots of them." "A whole battalion in the ventilation system." "l was..." "Hush, Drummy." "There are rats around." "Actually I've always had a problem with rats." "I was attacked once by a giant rat." "Big as a guide dog!" "He bit my knee." "Then I underwent intensive rat therapy." "Psychodrama." "I had to think about a rat." "Then use my drumsticks and..." "Try to be silent for just 1 0 seconds, Drummy." "That's the kind of challenge I appreciate." "Major crisis. ln 5 seconds, the headmistress discovers Halvorsen." "Then she'll start screaming." "Or.. ?" "Maybe I should get ahead of her?" "If you say 1 , 2..." "Headmistress, this is Halvorsen." "Svein, what on earth have you done?" "The headmistress is furious!" "I've told you a hundred times, don't bring Halvorsen to school!" "is it really necessary to get so mad?" "Okay." "I realize it was stupid of me." "Guess I have to admit there are people who will never like rats." "But we can't give up now!" "May I hold him?" "Okay." "Pull in your claws, old geezer." "ls he called Old Geezer?" "No, Halvorsen." "But he is old, actually." "The oldest in the family. 54 years." "Because one rat year only lasts ten days." "Next year he'll be 67, and a pensioner!" "That tickles." "That means he likes you." "Just like a dog." "Have you got a dog?" "l used to have one." "Her name was Lucky." "She had to be put away when we moved here." "Pets are not allowed in our apartment building." "Svein." "l'll wait here." "l have to go now." "Bye." "I really think she likes rats." "You didn't show her Halvorsen?" "No." "Seriously, Dan." "Don't you think the contest should be open to rats?" "Personally I think James Bond and Halvorsen are far too cool for it." "Dan doesn't understand that you have to take chances to achieve." "Science is fine, but of no use if the whole world still hates rats." "Thanks a million, Halvorsen!" "Penalty?" "That was no penalty!" "Halvorsen!" "The most important match this year!" "If that vandal of a rat does anything like this again,   it's straight out of the house." "Understood?" "It's not easy to make people like you when you do stuff like that." "I really don't understand you." "Why do you do so many stupid things?" "You know what will happen if you don't pull yourself together." "Hi, Melissa." "The battery doesn't last that long." "We can only listen for 20 seconds." "Does he know any tricks?" "He can make a leakage in the bathroom, short-circuit the TV..." "No, I mean things you have taught him." "Nice things." "Tricks." "Did your dog know any?" "You bet!" "She could sit and lie down." "Any dog can do that." "On command." "And she could stand on her head and walk on her hands." "Cool!" "Do you think rats can learn the same tricks you taught your dog?" "Of course!" "I can teach Halvorsen." "I've thought about the pet contest." "No rats have entered before, so I'm not sure if they're allowed." "Have you asked?" "I haven't dared to." "Of course Halvorsen will participate." ""Ladies and gentlemen." "Svein and his performing rat Halvorsen!"" "What if we could use the contest to make people like rats better?" "When you see what a dull doggie can do,   imagine what Halvorsen could achieve, trained by Melissa!" "To walk on his hands is only the beginning!" "Wake up, Halvorsen." "Soon there is the prize distribution." "The winner of the great pet contest is..." "The fabulous rat Halvorsen!" "Thank you, thank you." "I would like to thank my best friend, Svein." "I'd like to thank you." "Looked at the washing machine?" "Why do you nag so much about it?" "There's something wrong with it." "It's leaky." "Please look at it after dinner." "lt's on top of my list." "Svein!" "Mummy and Daddy will go nuts if they find out you did this." "It's a military device my uncle used   to spy on the Germans during the Second World War." "If we could fasten the rats somewhere in here..." "Then we would hear every little sound." "Looks like an ordinary cassette player." "Exactly." "That's what the Germans thought, too." "I have registered him!" "I entered Halvorsen!" "How did you manage?" "I thought rats were not allowed." "I just asked." "They don't mind rats." "Cool!" "Jerk!" "Give it to me!" "Jump!" "Grab it!" "Are you nuts?" "Svein has entered Halvorsen." "He has a cool training programme." "He's going to crush your scabby cat." "Yeah, sure." "Bye, rat faces!" "Dan could also participate." "Dan, wait!" "I didn't know you had made friends with her." "She wanted to see Halvorsen." "I couldn't really refuse." "She thought Halvorsen was cute." "He's not cute." "He's cool." "Can't we enter the contest?" "Melissa is an expert trainer." "James Bond isn't that competitive." "Of course he is." "He races Halvorsen all the time." "I thought we were into rats' laughter." "Why can't we do both?" "Since you brought your disgusting rats,   many more have appeared." "We have got ourselves a rat problem in our school!" "I intend to solve the problem by putting out traps." "Maybe the two of you could assist me?" "I planned to place them in the school kitchen." "What do you think?" "Personally I would have started in the locker room." "I think rats love the smell of sweat." "Personally I would have started with the garage." "I think they also love the scent of gasoline." "Not in the school kitchen?" "This stuff about rats and food is pretty much exaggerated." "Get going!" "Come on!" "It's just as much James Bond's poop." "Now, boys..." "What are you doing here?" "Aren't you supposed to be in the gym?" "What's that smell?" "Rat poop, it is!" "So I guess it's an advantage that I brought a few things..." "This is going to finish off those creeps." "We shouldn't bring Halvorsen or James Bond to school anymore." "Even if they're not dumb enough to end up in one of those traps." "Hey!" "Melissa!" "Rat face!" "Come on!" "If you tell me poems are boring, I kind of agree." "But since rap arrived, poetry has become cool again." "It would go like, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star..." "Rap is actually poetry, just a little rougher." "Svein was going to make a poem for today." "Would you rap it for us?" "l'm not really into it today." "Okay." "The language of youth." "A bit of stubbornness is acceptable." "Congratulations!" "You are registered for the great pet contest." "Dogs, cats, birds..." ""The pet of the year."" ""Rats may enter the animal exhibition."" "A beauty contest for animals?" ""And participate in rat skills."" ""There's rat race, tightrope walking,"   "and the extremely challenging hoop-jumping."" "Not that many alternatives." "That means exhibition, or..?" "No." "Exhibition is not right for Halvorsen." "Halvorsen will win the rat skills category." "I happpen to know an expert trainer." "Svein!" "Too bad the expert trainer is not here yet." "We'd better start with my stuff." "We're extremely short of time." "The most important in tightrope walking, is to walk straight ahead." "Do not look down." "Okay." "Let's start with something more simple." "Hoop-jumping." "The important thing is just to get through the hoop." "Got it?" "...and we'll call you back." "Hi, Melissa." "This is Svein." "I have to get in touch with you as soon as possible." "Where are you?" "One, two, three...jump!" "Jump." "Jump!" "Look here, Halvorsen." "This is how it's done." "You just have to find your point of balance." "Like this." "You don't get anything until you've learned how to jump." "Poor Halvorsen." "This is no game." "But you don't understand, you're only five." "lncompetent." "Life is not only free meals and people scratching your belly." "You have to achieve something." "This contest is more important than anything else." "It's now or never." "Svein, phone call for you." "It's Melissa." "It doesn't look good." "I've broken my arm." "The gang pursued me to the woods, and then I fell." "They just ran off." "I have to stay here a few days." "May I visit you?" "Would you like to?" "I think I have to." "Bye." "I'll pick you up at school, and we'll go straight to the hospital." "But we are going home first?" "That was the point." "We could avoid Mummy's food, and rather have a burger or so." "What's the cat doing here?" "Rat hunting." "Are you scared of cats, maybe?" "He probably notices the smell." "Svein stinks of rat." "It's wonderful that we may borrow Kim's fabulous cat." "He loves catching rats." "But can he do multiplication?" "No." "Then he has to leave the premises." "I'm going to teach math here." "So, take your seats, children." "Mathematics mostly deals with numbers." "The smallest number we've got is 2." "I would be surprised if something smaller would turn up." "You need math in many jobs." "For instance...math teacher." "Or author of math books." "It would be fun if some of you became math teachers." "There's a lot of math in old-style rock and roll." "Svein?" "What's happening?" "Getting sick of school?" "May I recite my poem now?" "Yeah, that's cool." "The language of youth." "Impulsive acts." "Go ahead with your poem." "A rat sat on a mat." "The teacher said phew." "The student was new." "That's what it was all about..." "And the rat was out!" "l need to go to the toilet!" "Me too!" "Halvorsen!" "Hallis..." "Halvorsen." "Oh no!" "Halvorsen!" "Hey!" "Did you hurt my cat?" "If I catch that rat on his own once, he's a dead rat!" "Hello?" "Hi!" "I thought only Mummy and them would visit me." "You are my first friend in all of Norway." "You know what?" "Mummy and Daddy told me I can have a rat." "Then you can join The Norwegian Hooded Rat Society?" "NHRS." "Norwegian Hooded Rat Society?" "You're out of your mind." "Bringing your rat to the hospital!" "I had to." "Otherwise he has no chance of winning the contest." "I'm not that much of an expert." "But you taught your dog to walk on his hands!" "Can he do anything else but eat?" "Not so much." "What does he like, except rubber foam?" "Fish balls and biscuits." "Halvorsen..." "Up on your hind legs." "Look here." "Halvorsen..." "Come on." "Cool!" "Here comes dinner." "Delicious fish balls." "Oh no!" "As you wish." "There's your daddy." "Check where the elevator stops." "Poor Halvorsen." "Poor Halvorsen?" "Poor hospital!" "What if he chews lots of cables?" "Then he becomes a mass murderer, without even knowing." "Let's go." "NO ENTRY" "Halvorsen..." "How cute!" "I know what they do with their lab rats." "Once I saw a picture of one with a human ear growing on its back." "They cultivate it like a potato in the field." "Let's go." "Halvorsen has just been here." "That cable looks real important." "Let's go." "Rat alarm!" "Halvorsen!" "There you are!" "A rat alarm was sounded in Regional Hospital East." "Hundreds of rats were discovered in the basement." "So far, no human lives are lost." "Strange." "Right after we'd been there." "Halvorsen wasn't involved in this?" "No..." "Everyone thinks it's a disaster." "But it's only Halvorsen." "I just don't get why you brought him to the hospital." "l went to visit Melissa." "Melissa?" "She had to help with the training." "Or else it won't work." "We have to do something to make people stop hating rats." "All you have achieved is to make people hate rats even more." "Melissa wants you as a friend too." "She can forget about it." "You too." "Oh no, Halvorsen." "This is a crisis!" "Everyone in kindergarten says rats are dangerous." "Halvorsen is different." "Halvorsen is social, cleanly and intelligent." "Should I turn on the washing machine?" "lt's time I make myself useful." "You're scaring me." "But I think I accept your kind offer." "Hello?" "Yes, hospital director." "Excuse me?" "My son's rat..?" "How could you do anything as silly as this?" "I just want people to stop hating rats." "I want them to understand how cool and smart they really are." "You put Halvorsen's life at risk." "The hospital was in danger." "It could have ended in disaster." "Keeping pets is a responsibility." "We've talked about this a hundred times." "You just don't seem to understand." "This is my last warning to you." "I have never seen Daddy that calm before." "If anything else happens before the contest, we're in big trouble." "Halvorsen!" "Give him to me!" "I'm just going to look at him." "is he as ugly inside as on the outside?" "Give him back to me!" "I'm just kidding around." "Halvorsen!" "Hurry up, Tiger!" "Let go of me!" "Get him, Tiger!" "Halvorsen!" "If you and your ugly rat turn up at the contest, you'll regret it!" "Hello." "I'm looking for a little puppy to train as a guide dog." "Have you got one?" "Of course I do." "Wonderful!" "Some first-rate puppies." "They're over here." "Here they are." "That's great." "These dogs are so nice." "Look at this one." "He tickles!" "What kind of breed is this?" "German shepherd dog." "You can have him for 1 000." "1 000?" "Exactly what I've got." "Here you are." "So I can train him to stop for a red light and..?" "You can train him for whatever you want." "Daddy says it's all relative." "We have to choose between school and training." "What do you think?" "Look at me when I talk to you!" "Melissa is avoiding us, and I can understand her." "She can't be bothered to train rats who don't..." "Look at me!" "People hate you, and you don't give a damn!" "From now on you do as I say!" "Does anyone know why Svein is not here?" "Yes?" "Probably rat disease." "I can see that you are seriously ill." "And I believed in you when you said you were ill!" "I just say two words:" "Wolf!" "Wolf!" "You don't look very ill." "Did you skip classes?" "I'm trying to teach him to walk on his hands." "But it doesn't work." "Svein, cut that out!" "Svein!" "He won't manage with such skinny legs and such a fat butt." "But how should I do it?" "l won't help you if you do that." "He doesn't like it." "But he isn't good at anything!" "That's animal cruelty." "Coming from you, who forced your dog to walk on her hands?" "l did not." "Yes, you did." "So you lied?" "No..." "I only... lt slipped out of me. I just wanted to make friends with you." "Liar!" "I'll never believe anything you say!" "I'll give you two words." "Or rather the same word twice." "Wolf!" "Wolf!" "You're only thinking about yourself and that stupid contest!" "In any case, I'm not going to help you!" "Mummy!" "Oh my God!" "What's happening here?" "lsn't that obvious?" "We have to get this junk turned off!" "Help us, Svein!" "This has to do with Halvorsen!" "Stop blaming everyone else!" "Halvorsen is not behind this!" "Something's been clogging it for a long time!" "This machine here... I was going to tell you." "I swear!" "You're not a good pet owner." "We called the pet shop." "No!" "You're not mature enough yet." "Ladies and gentlemen!" "Tomorrow's the day for the great pet contest!" "They took Halvorsen away." "Mummy and Daddy gave him back to the pet shop." "Would you like to come in?" "Maybe they didn't mean it." "Yes, they did." "I've been pretty stupid." "Not so very stupid." "It's all over." "At least for me and Halvorsen." "Have you talked to Melissa?" "No." "She is also mad at me. I was pretty stupid towards her, too." "Daddy?" "Can just anyone buy Halvorsen now?" "Don't worry about that." "Sleep well." "Svein!" "I've got a great idea!" "I've been thinking the whole night through." "We just have to buy him back!" "That doesn't sound so smart." "Where's he supposed to live?" "And that leak..." "The water poured into the neighbour's apartment." "I probably have to pay for it all." "Yes, but..." "We can collect bottles." "Sell the PlayStation, the TV and the stereo." "Well, maybe not the PlayStation and the TV set." "But at least we can get deposits back for bottles." "THEY TOOK HALVORSEN." "I'm really sorry it turned out this way." "But at least we can go and visit him." "Because nobody will buy a rat as old as Halvorsen." "And it's almost like visiting a grandpa at the old people's home." "I've heard that old pets that are not sold, are fed to snakes." "Maybe we can kidnap him?" "Sounds like a good idea." "At least we can go inside and have a look?" "Come on, Svein." "That would probably make Halvorsen even more sad." "I think I'd better go home." "Hello, there." "Are you going to buy anything?" "I was wondering how much the rats cost." "About 70." "Only 70?" "It's only a rat, you know." "Rats are some of the world's smartest, most adaptable animals." "Kids aren't allowed to buy pets anyway." "Please." "Would you..?" "No." "Get out of here." "Do you know how it's going with the blind man   and the guide dog you sold him?" "Has he learnt to help the man onto the tram?" "Stop for a red light?" "That was easy!" "Did you know the lady in the store?" "I've met her before." "Halvorsen!" "What have you done?" "He was for sale, and we bought him." "He can stay with me until you're allowed to bring him home." "I'll never be allowed to." "We think we know how." "You have to join the contest." "You could win with the jump." "That would impress the judges." "He'll be Pet of the Year." "The newspaper comes..." "Home to you." "Like with Kim last year." "It's ridiculous if the Pet of the Year doesn't live with his owner." "Even your mother would understand that." "We will now present the award for Dog of the Year." "Congratulations, Bulldog." "Congratulations, rabbit Kalle." "And last but not least, the Asian Leopard Cat, Tiger,   and his owner Kim." "Kim and Tiger are big favourites in the category Pet of the Year." "Time to move on." "Unfortunately, we are obliged to continue with Rat of the Year." "There are only two participants, which is maybe not so strange." "We have Johnny and his Bjarne." "And Svein and Halvorsen." "I guess Svein is the one with the big ears." "The first discipline is tightrope walking." "And the first participant is Bjarne with his Johnny." "So I just say:" "Action!" "Make me proud now." "A rat knows how to balance?" "What do you know!" "And the judges say..?" "Three times 9." "Fantastic." "Time for the next participants." "Svein and Halvorsen." "Are you ready?" "Go ahead." "Go on." "Don't embarass us too much." "Who would believe that a rat could do that?" "I'm impressed." "Once again 9." "Fantastic!" "We're ready for the next discipline." "Rat race." "Please bring in the racing track as quickly as possible." "In the rat race, the first rat to reach the finish line is the winner." "Are you ready?" "Yes." "Svein and Halvorsen, ready?" "On your marks." "Okay." "Here we go. lt's Halvorsen..." "Bjarne..." "Halvorsen..." "Halvorsen, Bjarne..." "Here he comes again!" "Halvorsen fights, but Bjarne comes on strong!" "It's so even!" "Halvorsen is in the lead, but here comes Bjarne..." "Bjarne is first, but..." "What's happening?" "Halvorsen stops completely!" "Victory to Bjarne!" "The last discipline is hoop-jumping." "Girls, please bring in the table as fast as lightning." "Hoop-jumping." "Johnny and Bjarne first." "Are you ready?" "Yes." "Come on." "How unfortunate." "He did not manage." "Then we're ready for Svein and Halvorsen." "If Halvorsen manages to jump through the hoop,   he has won the competition." "Are you ready?" "Go ahead!" "Come on, Halvorsen." "This is it." "Jump!" "Come on, Halvorsen." "Please jump." "Jump..." "Come on!" "Jump, Halvorsen." "Do it." "Jump." "is there anything wrong?" "What do you mean?" "You don't want to do this anymore?" "You probably think I'm a jerk, the way I've behaved." "I promise I'll never again do anything you don't like." "Are we friends again?" "You scoundrel!" "You're tickling me!" "You little rascal!" "Would you like to try again?" "No." "These contests aren't really Halvorsen's style." "We're done." "Then we have no other choice but to name Johnny and his Bjarne   winners of the rat category." "Congratulations." "Johnny and Bjarne!" "Give them a big hand!" "Halvorsen lives with Dan." "We thought that maybe... lf it's OK with Halvorsen, he could live with us from time to time." "All right. lt's time to present tonight's Grand Prize." "Pet of the Year!" "And the winner... ls..." "Svein and his rat Halvorsen!" "A wonderful representative." "Here is his cup." "He gets the award because he has shown us   how beautiful interaction between man and pet can be." "Do you think I can join the NHRS?" "Of course." "You'll be member number 3." "The Norwegian Hooded Rat Society!" "NHRS!" "I guess not everybody likes rats." "That's OK." "People may like whatever pet they want." "Halvorsen and I like each other a whole lot." "And that's what really matters."