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“The Penguins of Madagascar”
Season 4, Episode 2 (4X02)
Production Code: 402
Air date: ?
Previous: “Cat Burglar” Next: “Seeing Red”
I Spy/ Transcript
“I Spy”, “The Penguins of Madagascar”
Scene I
: penguin, auk HQ
(Penguins are enjoying their hobby night.)
Skipper: (Using tweezers to attach a sail to its mast in his ship in a bottle) Gotta upendo hobby night, boys! So relaxing after a long week of stressful missions.
Kowalski: (Walks out of his lab) Indeed, sir. It’s been proven that it’s healthy to have a night off.
Skipper: (picks up the glue bottle) Yes, but that’s also why we don’t have nights off all that often. I need my men to be on their toes.
Private: (coloring in a rainbow) But it’s just so relaxing. Especially after today! I still can’t believe Alice didn’t even notice The panya King had broken in to the Zoovenir shop!
Rico: (smashes two rocks together) Kablamo! Hehehehehehehehe!
Private: (flinches as rock chips fly in his direction) Well, that wasn’t very relaxing.
Skipper: What /are/ wewe doing, anyways, Rico?
Rico: Rock go kaboom! (smashes them together again)
Skipper: Er….right, then.
(rapid foot falls are heard from off-screen)
(three rapid knocks on the door)
Marlene: (muffled from behind the door) (excited) Guys! Open up! It’s me, Marlene!
(Skipper opens the door, and Marlene runs in, breathless)
Skipper: (Suspiciously) So what’s this (air quotes) “good news’ wewe mentioned?
Marlene: Oh, relax! It’s nothing bad! I’m getting a new roommate!
(The Penguins gasp in surprise)
Private: Oh, Marlene, that’s wonderful-
(He is slapped kwa Skipper)
Skipper: This is far from wonderful! Remember the last roommate Marlene had?
(Flashback to Rhonda)
Marlene: (Scoffs) Oh, please! This one won’t be like Rhonda!
Skipper: And just how do wewe know that?
Kowalski: The odds of wewe knowing what your new roommate will be like are nearly impossible without some sort of time machine.
Marlene: Well, I looked at the file on Alice’s computer. He- his name is Antonio- was just found in the park. He’s being sent here for a few days while they can figure out what zoo he came from.
Kowalski: How did wewe manage to hack in to her computer? Only we know her password.
Marlene: It wasn’t hard to figure out that ” IH8MyJob” is her password.
Private: I’m glad for you, Marlene! Maybe the two of wewe have something in common. His name sounds Spanish. Maybe he likes the Spanish Guitar!
Skipper: There will be no guessing as to what this new arrival may au may not like until I know everything there is to know about him! Kowalski, I want wewe to-….(He sees Marlene glaring at him)…What? Is there something on my break?
Marlene: wewe do this every time we have a new arrival. It’s no wonder most of our new arrivals end up leaving!
Skipper: Are wewe saying that my investigating is scaring them off? That’s crazy talk! We were right about Clemson, Savio and Rhonda!
Marlene: Wait…Rhonda was a spy, au something?
Skipper: Yup. She worked for Dr. Blowhole. aliiba Kowalski’s plasma cutter right from under our beaks! wewe know ; the thing made with the bubble gum and the clamp that floated?
Marlene: Well, Antonio won’t be like that! I feel it in my gut.
Skipper: (Scoffs) Well, that clinches it, then!
Marlene: Aren’t wewe saying to always trust your gut?
Skipper: Yes, but it only works in penguins! It’s not a mammal thing.
Marlene: I think you’re just jealous.
Skipper: Jealous? Of what?
Marlene: Well, let’s face it, Skipper…you aren’t the best when it comes to romance.
Skipper: I’ll have wewe know I /did/ tarehe once. It was on the last perfect siku I had.
Marlene: Huh?
Kowalski: wewe weren’t there for that flashback.
Marlene: Ah.
Skipper: but seriously. He could be a spy for the Secret Police in Guam! au worse yet…the Agency in Punta Cana! That mission nearly cost me my job! (looks skyward and shakes a fist) Curse you, Chinstrap Sisters! Curse you!
(They all stare at Skipper)
Marlene: So…um…anyways…what are wewe guys up to?
Kowalski: I’m working on a method of verifying the existence of Ununoctium!
Private: Drawing a rainbow!
Skipper: Ship in a bottle. My usual.
Rico: (holds up the rocks and smashes them together) Rock! Hahahahaha! Kablamo!
Marlene: Er….right. Sorry, rico. I don’t think they’ll make rock bombs any time soon.
Rico: (grunts and gibbers, points to the rock he’s holding and regurgitates a firecracker) Boom! Haha!
Marlene: Oh.. wewe already…have…Well, guys, I’ll see wewe tomorrow. I have to go to bed.
(Ske exits)
Skipper: Boys, we start out stakeout on this new arrival tomorrow!
Kowalski: Actually, he arrives in two days’ time, sir.
Skipper: Boys, we start our stakeout on this new arrival in two days’ time! Now come on, light’s-out time.
(The Penguins head to bed)
Scene II: The Zoovenir Shop
(The inayofuata night)
(Skipper stands in front of a black projector screen)
Skipper: Ladies and Gentlemen of the zoo, I now present a great invader that is in our midst!
(rumblings amongst the animals)
Skipper: (paces) Now, if our zoo is invaded, soon /we/ will be invaded! Kowalski, onyesha them the slide!
(Kowalski turns the projector on and puts the slide in front of the light)
Skipper: Behold! The face of evil incarnate!
(the camera is towards the back of Skipper, inaonyesha the animals’ reactions. They scream for a second, some shielding their eyes. They stop and look at the picture. Some begin to laugh)
(The picture is revealed to be a mahindi, nafaka dog)
Don’t laugh! This mahindi, nafaka dog is the enemy! Slowly but surely, the Zoo Overlords will replace all the cotton Candy and popcorn vending machines in the zoo with mahindi, nafaka dogs! But they won’t stop there! Soon, they’ll replace our food! And then they’ll replace us!
(Private whimpers and swoons)
Marlene: Isn’t that what happened in Hoboken?
Skipper: Maybe.
Kowalski: It /is/ a plausible theory. If it happened there, it can happen here.
Marlene: Yeah, but it’s /Hoboken/ we’re talking about! They can’t let something like that happen here! Not in New York!
Skipper: Marlene, Alice barely acknowledges she works here. It’s be too easy to slip biomechanical android wanyama past her.
(Marlene rolls her eyes)
Skipper: Mark my words, it’ll happen! They’ll probably send one in as an experiment! Maybe it’ll be that new arrival tomorrow!
Marlene: So this is where you’re headed with this. You’re being childish, Skipper.
Julien: I am agreeing. It is a stupidy idea! Besides, no robot-guy could be copying the fine work of art that is me! I am impossible to imitate! There is being no way it could happen!
Skipper: wewe sure are a piece of work, Julien.
Julien: I am to be thanking wewe for that compliment, Skippy!
Skipper: wewe know what- (gets an idea) au maybe they already sent one in. wewe never know.
Julien: Well, it is not being me. I can be telling wewe that much, silly-billy penguin!
Skipper: That’s just what a robot clone would say!
Julien: (terrified) wewe are right! I am a robot!
Skipper: (snickers) Oh, relax, Ring-Tail! I was only kidding!
Julien: Do not be joking with me like that!
Skipper: Or, maybe I wasn’t joking!
Julien: Maurice, we have to be doing the tests to see if I am a robot! Let us leave!
(Julien, Mort and Maurice leave the shop)
Skipper: I thought he’d never leave! Now, does anyone else have anything to report? No? Good. Meeting adjourned!
Scene III: penguin, auk HQ
(The inayofuata morning)
(Skipper dunks his samaki in his coffee. He appears to be agitated)
Private: Something the matter, Skippah? wewe don’t look well.
Skipper: What-…oh. Young private, no, I am not. I’m still stressed over this new arrival. We’d better watch him closely. We’ll have to be extra-vigilant. We never know when he’ll-
(Marlene opens the door. Skipper karate chops her in the face)
Skipper: -Strike!.... Oh…Sorry Marlene. I got myself worked up again. wewe ok?
Marlene: (rubs her nose tenderly) I think so. Anyways, they’re about to unload the crate with Antonio in it. He should be in my habitat soon. wewe guys wanna watch?
Skipper: wewe can count on that, Marlene…We’ll be watching, all right.
Scene IV: Topside
Private: What if you’re wrong about Antonio being a spy?
Skipper: Then we commence Operation: Make-It-Up-To-Him. But trust me on this one, I’m right. I know I am. Then wewe know what to do, boys.
Rico: (holds up a stick of dynamite) Kaboom?
Skipper: No, not that. (Looks through his binoculars and sees the crate being opened)
(Antonio walks out and sees the Penguins spying on his. They quickly pretend they were practicing their “cute and cuddly” routine. Antonio shrugs it off and walks into the habitat)
Private: That was a close one!
Skipper: So it begins…
Scene V: The otter Habitat
( Later that same day)
(Antonio and Marlene are talking. The Penguins are outside, eavesdropping)
Antonio: (faintly) I do not know about you, but Enrico Guitarro is actually my inayopendelewa Spanish guitar, gitaa player.
Marlene: (faintly) No kidding! He’s mine too!
Private: (whispers) Are wewe sure we should be listening in on them like this?
Skipper: Yes. For all wewe know, their little conversation could be some type of code.
(Marlene hears them and walks outside)
Marlene: Ooh! What’s this about a code? I’m good at puzzles!....And why are wewe guys standing out here?
Skipper: (nervous chuckle) Well, w-we certainly weren’t spying on wewe and Antonio in hopes of overhearing anything confidential, right boys?
(They mutter ”yes” and “uh-huh”)
Marlene: Right… Uh-huh. Anyways, come in! I want wewe to meet Antonio!
(They enter. Antonio walks up to them, and shakes each penguin, auk warmly kwa the flipper)
Antonio: Hola, mis amigos! I’ve heard so much about wewe from Marlene. She speaks highly of you.
Marlene: This is Skipper (indicates him), Kowalski and Private (she indicates them) and this is Rico (points to him).
Antonio: Charmed, I am sure. Rico, wewe say?
Rico: Yup!
Antonio: Tu hables español?
Rico: (looks confused for a moment. Regurgitates a rock) Rock goes boom!
Antonio: I am sorry, mi amigo. What are wewe trying to say?
Rico: (thinks for a moment, then repeats what he alisema in Spanish) Piedra va boom!
Antonio: Er…right. Well, it was-
Private: I think I hear Alice coming! We have to get out of here!
(The penguins say their goodbyes and exit)
(Alice arrives with chakula for the otters)
Scene VI: penguin, auk HQ
(The penguins are seated at the table, playing a card game)
Private: It’s hard to be suspicious of someone who’s so friendly. (He sets down a card)
Skipper: Got any threes?
Kowalski: Go fish.
Skipper: What did wewe say, Private?
Private: I alisema it’s hard to be suspicious of someone who’s so nice.
Skipper: That’s exactly what he wants wewe to think! Then they attack!
Private: Oh dear.
Skipper: “Oh dear” is right! We don’t know anything about this guy except that he was found in the park! He could be from anywhere!
Kowalski: (checks his clip board) Actually, they found out he’s a Lost otter from the Bronx Zoo.
Skipper: That’s just as bad, if not worse than Hoboken! Also the fact that he and Marlene have so much in common is beyond coincidence! It has to be some sort of evil plot!
(An explosion is heard from inside Kowalski’s lab, followed kwa the sound of splashing water and shattering porcelain)
Skipper: (Glares at Kowalski) What was that?
Kowalski: M-my latest experiment. I was experimenting with Cesium, and I left an open tub of water. The c-capsule must have fallen in. Cesium explodes when it comes in contact with water.
Skipper: (sighs and tries hard to control his anger) Boys, go help Kowalski clean that mess up.
(Foot- falls are heard from off-screen)
(Marlene and Antonio come rushing in through the door)
Marlene: Are wewe guys OK?
Antonio: What was that explosion?
Skipper: We’re fine. It was just /another/ screwy invention of Kowalski’s.
Antonio: (To Marlene) Does this sort of thing happen often?
Marlene: Pretty much every day, around here.
Skipper: I expect you’ll get used to it, eventually.
Antonio: No. I am leaving tomorrow, actually, to return to my nyumbani in the Bronx Zoo.
Marlene: Come on, Antonio, let’s go. See ya later, Skipper. (Marlene exits)
(Antonio starts to leave, but Skipper blocks his way)
Antonio: (Chuckles) What is the matter, amigo?
Skipper: Don’t wewe “amigo” me! Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to, wewe biomechanical android scum!
Antonio: What en el nombre de Dios are wewe talking about? The only thing I have planned is a tarehe with Marlene in the park tonight!
Skipper: Huh?
Antonio: Yes! I’ve been trying to ask her for a while now!
Marlene: (calls from the hallway) wewe coming, Antonio?
Antonio: In a moment! (turns to Skipper) I hope this has cleared the misunderstanding between us. Goodbye, for now.
(He waves and exits)
Skipper: (whispers to himself) I’ll be watching wewe Antonio…
(Kowalski, Private and Rico exit the lab)
Kowalski: Sir, wewe really have to stop talking to yourself like that. It’s rather creepy.
Skipper: (Ignores that) Kowalski, the game is afoot! Commence Operation: Dating Game!
Scene VII: The Park
(Marlene and Antonio are sitting on a blanket. Antonio had a bouquet of half-shelled oysters spelling out “Marlene” and is strumming on his Spanish guitar, gitaa for her)
Marlene: Oh, Antonio! wewe sure do know how to onyesha a girl a good time! This is perfect!
Antonio: Anything for you, mi Corazon! (Pops an oyster in his mouth and belches embarrassingly loudly)
(Marlene shrugs it off)
Marlene: (Decides to change the subject) Do wewe wanna hear a funny joke?
Antonio: Claro! Of course I do!
Marlene: (giggling a bit) What did one ukuta say to the other?
Antonio: I do not know. What /did/ one ukuta say to the other?
(Their eyes meet)
Marlene: Meet wewe at the corner!
(Marlene giggles and Antonio laughs an obnoxious snorty laugh)
(Close up of Marlene’s face as she stops smiling)
Scene VIII: The Park
(later that same night)
Antonio: (With his mouth full, spitting chunks of oysters out) – and then I alisema to Fred, “Amigo, that is not an acorn! That is a rock! wewe will break your teeth!” But do wewe know what happened after that?
Marlene: (losing interest) What?
Antonio: He ate it anyway! (he laughs obnoxiously again)
(Some chewed-up oyster chunks fly at her. She recoils from them)
Marlene: Um…Antonio? I’m feeling tired. I want to go to bed.
Antonio: It is a shame I am leaving tomorrow, but thank wewe for making my last night with wewe a wonderful one. (Kisses her paw) I will never forget you, mi Corazon.
Marlene: (smiles a bit) It /was/ nice.
(They walk back together)
Scene IX: penguin, auk HQ
(The inayofuata morning)
(The penguins are doing roll call when Marlene knocks on the door)
Skipper: (Opens the door) Finally! wewe learned to knock before entering!
Marlene: (Giggles) yeah, I have to break that habit. Anyways, my tarehe with Antonio last night wasn’t bad…but it wasn’t great. He was a little…actually he has awful meza, jedwali manners, but other than that, it went well. He was so dreamy, and romantic, and-
Marlene: (Sees that Rico is about to vomit) Sorry, Rico. I forgot about your gooey-love mush sensitivity.
Skipper: So Mr. Dreamy-and-Romantic is leaving today? wewe two still going to date?
Marlene: No. it won’t work long-distance. Besides…he’s in the Bronx Zoo. It just won’t work. But he and I are still friends, and-
Rico: (Looks around rapidly) (gibbers, distressed)
Skipper: What is it, Soldier?
Rico: (wails) Rocks are gone!
Marlene: Huh? Oh! Your rock bombs! Don’t worry, Rico, we’ll find them! Let’s look.
Skipper: I don’t think we /will/ find them….. Not now, not ever…
Scene X: A Crate
(Antonio is in a crate in the back of a truck heading to the Bronx zoo)
(Pulls out a walkie-talkie)
Antonio: Hola. Would wewe please put on your boss? The head of the Agency in Punta Cana?.-… Oh, hello. Yes, sir. The mission was a success. Yes… I have the rock bombs.
(A pause)
Antonio: And I have the mahindi, nafaka mbwa recipe as well. Yes. I will see wewe when I arrive at the zoo. Send my regards to the /real/ Antonio, also. Adios.
(He sets the walkie-talkie down. His eyes light up red, as he laughs. Laughs louder and zaidi maniacally. It starts to sound mechanical)
(The Camera shown the outside of the crate as the air holes glow red from the light from his eyes)
The End.
Voice Cast:
Skipper- Tom McGrath
Kowalski- Jeff Bennett
Rico-John DiMaggio
Private- James Patrick Stuart
Julien- Danny Jacobs
Marlene- Nicole Sullivan
Antonio- Danny Jacobs
“The Penguins of Madagascar”
Season 4, Episode 2 (4X02)
Production Code: 402
Air date: ?
Previous: “Cat Burglar” Next: “Seeing Red”
I Spy/ Transcript
“I Spy”, “The Penguins of Madagascar”
Scene I
: penguin, auk HQ
(Penguins are enjoying their hobby night.)
Skipper: (Using tweezers to attach a sail to its mast in his ship in a bottle) Gotta upendo hobby night, boys! So relaxing after a long week of stressful missions.
Kowalski: (Walks out of his lab) Indeed, sir. It’s been proven that it’s healthy to have a night off.
Skipper: (picks up the glue bottle) Yes, but that’s also why we don’t have nights off all that often. I need my men to be on their toes.
Private: (coloring in a rainbow) But it’s just so relaxing. Especially after today! I still can’t believe Alice didn’t even notice The panya King had broken in to the Zoovenir shop!
Rico: (smashes two rocks together) Kablamo! Hehehehehehehehe!
Private: (flinches as rock chips fly in his direction) Well, that wasn’t very relaxing.
Skipper: What /are/ wewe doing, anyways, Rico?
Rico: Rock go kaboom! (smashes them together again)
Skipper: Er….right, then.
(rapid foot falls are heard from off-screen)
(three rapid knocks on the door)
Marlene: (muffled from behind the door) (excited) Guys! Open up! It’s me, Marlene!
(Skipper opens the door, and Marlene runs in, breathless)
Skipper: (Suspiciously) So what’s this (air quotes) “good news’ wewe mentioned?
Marlene: Oh, relax! It’s nothing bad! I’m getting a new roommate!
(The Penguins gasp in surprise)
Private: Oh, Marlene, that’s wonderful-
(He is slapped kwa Skipper)
Skipper: This is far from wonderful! Remember the last roommate Marlene had?
(Flashback to Rhonda)
Marlene: (Scoffs) Oh, please! This one won’t be like Rhonda!
Skipper: And just how do wewe know that?
Kowalski: The odds of wewe knowing what your new roommate will be like are nearly impossible without some sort of time machine.
Marlene: Well, I looked at the file on Alice’s computer. He- his name is Antonio- was just found in the park. He’s being sent here for a few days while they can figure out what zoo he came from.
Kowalski: How did wewe manage to hack in to her computer? Only we know her password.
Marlene: It wasn’t hard to figure out that ” IH8MyJob” is her password.
Private: I’m glad for you, Marlene! Maybe the two of wewe have something in common. His name sounds Spanish. Maybe he likes the Spanish Guitar!
Skipper: There will be no guessing as to what this new arrival may au may not like until I know everything there is to know about him! Kowalski, I want wewe to-….(He sees Marlene glaring at him)…What? Is there something on my break?
Marlene: wewe do this every time we have a new arrival. It’s no wonder most of our new arrivals end up leaving!
Skipper: Are wewe saying that my investigating is scaring them off? That’s crazy talk! We were right about Clemson, Savio and Rhonda!
Marlene: Wait…Rhonda was a spy, au something?
Skipper: Yup. She worked for Dr. Blowhole. aliiba Kowalski’s plasma cutter right from under our beaks! wewe know ; the thing made with the bubble gum and the clamp that floated?
Marlene: Well, Antonio won’t be like that! I feel it in my gut.
Skipper: (Scoffs) Well, that clinches it, then!
Marlene: Aren’t wewe saying to always trust your gut?
Skipper: Yes, but it only works in penguins! It’s not a mammal thing.
Marlene: I think you’re just jealous.
Skipper: Jealous? Of what?
Marlene: Well, let’s face it, Skipper…you aren’t the best when it comes to romance.
Skipper: I’ll have wewe know I /did/ tarehe once. It was on the last perfect siku I had.
Marlene: Huh?
Kowalski: wewe weren’t there for that flashback.
Marlene: Ah.
Skipper: but seriously. He could be a spy for the Secret Police in Guam! au worse yet…the Agency in Punta Cana! That mission nearly cost me my job! (looks skyward and shakes a fist) Curse you, Chinstrap Sisters! Curse you!
(They all stare at Skipper)
Marlene: So…um…anyways…what are wewe guys up to?
Kowalski: I’m working on a method of verifying the existence of Ununoctium!
Private: Drawing a rainbow!
Skipper: Ship in a bottle. My usual.
Rico: (holds up the rocks and smashes them together) Rock! Hahahahaha! Kablamo!
Marlene: Er….right. Sorry, rico. I don’t think they’ll make rock bombs any time soon.
Rico: (grunts and gibbers, points to the rock he’s holding and regurgitates a firecracker) Boom! Haha!
Marlene: Oh.. wewe already…have…Well, guys, I’ll see wewe tomorrow. I have to go to bed.
(Ske exits)
Skipper: Boys, we start out stakeout on this new arrival tomorrow!
Kowalski: Actually, he arrives in two days’ time, sir.
Skipper: Boys, we start our stakeout on this new arrival in two days’ time! Now come on, light’s-out time.
(The Penguins head to bed)
Scene II: The Zoovenir Shop
(The inayofuata night)
(Skipper stands in front of a black projector screen)
Skipper: Ladies and Gentlemen of the zoo, I now present a great invader that is in our midst!
(rumblings amongst the animals)
Skipper: (paces) Now, if our zoo is invaded, soon /we/ will be invaded! Kowalski, onyesha them the slide!
(Kowalski turns the projector on and puts the slide in front of the light)
Skipper: Behold! The face of evil incarnate!
(the camera is towards the back of Skipper, inaonyesha the animals’ reactions. They scream for a second, some shielding their eyes. They stop and look at the picture. Some begin to laugh)
(The picture is revealed to be a mahindi, nafaka dog)
Don’t laugh! This mahindi, nafaka dog is the enemy! Slowly but surely, the Zoo Overlords will replace all the cotton Candy and popcorn vending machines in the zoo with mahindi, nafaka dogs! But they won’t stop there! Soon, they’ll replace our food! And then they’ll replace us!
(Private whimpers and swoons)
Marlene: Isn’t that what happened in Hoboken?
Skipper: Maybe.
Kowalski: It /is/ a plausible theory. If it happened there, it can happen here.
Marlene: Yeah, but it’s /Hoboken/ we’re talking about! They can’t let something like that happen here! Not in New York!
Skipper: Marlene, Alice barely acknowledges she works here. It’s be too easy to slip biomechanical android wanyama past her.
(Marlene rolls her eyes)
Skipper: Mark my words, it’ll happen! They’ll probably send one in as an experiment! Maybe it’ll be that new arrival tomorrow!
Marlene: So this is where you’re headed with this. You’re being childish, Skipper.
Julien: I am agreeing. It is a stupidy idea! Besides, no robot-guy could be copying the fine work of art that is me! I am impossible to imitate! There is being no way it could happen!
Skipper: wewe sure are a piece of work, Julien.
Julien: I am to be thanking wewe for that compliment, Skippy!
Skipper: wewe know what- (gets an idea) au maybe they already sent one in. wewe never know.
Julien: Well, it is not being me. I can be telling wewe that much, silly-billy penguin!
Skipper: That’s just what a robot clone would say!
Julien: (terrified) wewe are right! I am a robot!
Skipper: (snickers) Oh, relax, Ring-Tail! I was only kidding!
Julien: Do not be joking with me like that!
Skipper: Or, maybe I wasn’t joking!
Julien: Maurice, we have to be doing the tests to see if I am a robot! Let us leave!
(Julien, Mort and Maurice leave the shop)
Skipper: I thought he’d never leave! Now, does anyone else have anything to report? No? Good. Meeting adjourned!
Scene III: penguin, auk HQ
(The inayofuata morning)
(Skipper dunks his samaki in his coffee. He appears to be agitated)
Private: Something the matter, Skippah? wewe don’t look well.
Skipper: What-…oh. Young private, no, I am not. I’m still stressed over this new arrival. We’d better watch him closely. We’ll have to be extra-vigilant. We never know when he’ll-
(Marlene opens the door. Skipper karate chops her in the face)
Skipper: -Strike!.... Oh…Sorry Marlene. I got myself worked up again. wewe ok?
Marlene: (rubs her nose tenderly) I think so. Anyways, they’re about to unload the crate with Antonio in it. He should be in my habitat soon. wewe guys wanna watch?
Skipper: wewe can count on that, Marlene…We’ll be watching, all right.
Scene IV: Topside
Private: What if you’re wrong about Antonio being a spy?
Skipper: Then we commence Operation: Make-It-Up-To-Him. But trust me on this one, I’m right. I know I am. Then wewe know what to do, boys.
Rico: (holds up a stick of dynamite) Kaboom?
Skipper: No, not that. (Looks through his binoculars and sees the crate being opened)
(Antonio walks out and sees the Penguins spying on his. They quickly pretend they were practicing their “cute and cuddly” routine. Antonio shrugs it off and walks into the habitat)
Private: That was a close one!
Skipper: So it begins…
Scene V: The otter Habitat
( Later that same day)
(Antonio and Marlene are talking. The Penguins are outside, eavesdropping)
Antonio: (faintly) I do not know about you, but Enrico Guitarro is actually my inayopendelewa Spanish guitar, gitaa player.
Marlene: (faintly) No kidding! He’s mine too!
Private: (whispers) Are wewe sure we should be listening in on them like this?
Skipper: Yes. For all wewe know, their little conversation could be some type of code.
(Marlene hears them and walks outside)
Marlene: Ooh! What’s this about a code? I’m good at puzzles!....And why are wewe guys standing out here?
Skipper: (nervous chuckle) Well, w-we certainly weren’t spying on wewe and Antonio in hopes of overhearing anything confidential, right boys?
(They mutter ”yes” and “uh-huh”)
Marlene: Right… Uh-huh. Anyways, come in! I want wewe to meet Antonio!
(They enter. Antonio walks up to them, and shakes each penguin, auk warmly kwa the flipper)
Antonio: Hola, mis amigos! I’ve heard so much about wewe from Marlene. She speaks highly of you.
Marlene: This is Skipper (indicates him), Kowalski and Private (she indicates them) and this is Rico (points to him).
Antonio: Charmed, I am sure. Rico, wewe say?
Rico: Yup!
Antonio: Tu hables español?
Rico: (looks confused for a moment. Regurgitates a rock) Rock goes boom!
Antonio: I am sorry, mi amigo. What are wewe trying to say?
Rico: (thinks for a moment, then repeats what he alisema in Spanish) Piedra va boom!
Antonio: Er…right. Well, it was-
Private: I think I hear Alice coming! We have to get out of here!
(The penguins say their goodbyes and exit)
(Alice arrives with chakula for the otters)
Scene VI: penguin, auk HQ
(The penguins are seated at the table, playing a card game)
Private: It’s hard to be suspicious of someone who’s so friendly. (He sets down a card)
Skipper: Got any threes?
Kowalski: Go fish.
Skipper: What did wewe say, Private?
Private: I alisema it’s hard to be suspicious of someone who’s so nice.
Skipper: That’s exactly what he wants wewe to think! Then they attack!
Private: Oh dear.
Skipper: “Oh dear” is right! We don’t know anything about this guy except that he was found in the park! He could be from anywhere!
Kowalski: (checks his clip board) Actually, they found out he’s a Lost otter from the Bronx Zoo.
Skipper: That’s just as bad, if not worse than Hoboken! Also the fact that he and Marlene have so much in common is beyond coincidence! It has to be some sort of evil plot!
(An explosion is heard from inside Kowalski’s lab, followed kwa the sound of splashing water and shattering porcelain)
Skipper: (Glares at Kowalski) What was that?
Kowalski: M-my latest experiment. I was experimenting with Cesium, and I left an open tub of water. The c-capsule must have fallen in. Cesium explodes when it comes in contact with water.
Skipper: (sighs and tries hard to control his anger) Boys, go help Kowalski clean that mess up.
(Foot- falls are heard from off-screen)
(Marlene and Antonio come rushing in through the door)
Marlene: Are wewe guys OK?
Antonio: What was that explosion?
Skipper: We’re fine. It was just /another/ screwy invention of Kowalski’s.
Antonio: (To Marlene) Does this sort of thing happen often?
Marlene: Pretty much every day, around here.
Skipper: I expect you’ll get used to it, eventually.
Antonio: No. I am leaving tomorrow, actually, to return to my nyumbani in the Bronx Zoo.
Marlene: Come on, Antonio, let’s go. See ya later, Skipper. (Marlene exits)
(Antonio starts to leave, but Skipper blocks his way)
Antonio: (Chuckles) What is the matter, amigo?
Skipper: Don’t wewe “amigo” me! Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to, wewe biomechanical android scum!
Antonio: What en el nombre de Dios are wewe talking about? The only thing I have planned is a tarehe with Marlene in the park tonight!
Skipper: Huh?
Antonio: Yes! I’ve been trying to ask her for a while now!
Marlene: (calls from the hallway) wewe coming, Antonio?
Antonio: In a moment! (turns to Skipper) I hope this has cleared the misunderstanding between us. Goodbye, for now.
(He waves and exits)
Skipper: (whispers to himself) I’ll be watching wewe Antonio…
(Kowalski, Private and Rico exit the lab)
Kowalski: Sir, wewe really have to stop talking to yourself like that. It’s rather creepy.
Skipper: (Ignores that) Kowalski, the game is afoot! Commence Operation: Dating Game!
Scene VII: The Park
(Marlene and Antonio are sitting on a blanket. Antonio had a bouquet of half-shelled oysters spelling out “Marlene” and is strumming on his Spanish guitar, gitaa for her)
Marlene: Oh, Antonio! wewe sure do know how to onyesha a girl a good time! This is perfect!
Antonio: Anything for you, mi Corazon! (Pops an oyster in his mouth and belches embarrassingly loudly)
(Marlene shrugs it off)
Marlene: (Decides to change the subject) Do wewe wanna hear a funny joke?
Antonio: Claro! Of course I do!
Marlene: (giggling a bit) What did one ukuta say to the other?
Antonio: I do not know. What /did/ one ukuta say to the other?
(Their eyes meet)
Marlene: Meet wewe at the corner!
(Marlene giggles and Antonio laughs an obnoxious snorty laugh)
(Close up of Marlene’s face as she stops smiling)
Scene VIII: The Park
(later that same night)
Antonio: (With his mouth full, spitting chunks of oysters out) – and then I alisema to Fred, “Amigo, that is not an acorn! That is a rock! wewe will break your teeth!” But do wewe know what happened after that?
Marlene: (losing interest) What?
Antonio: He ate it anyway! (he laughs obnoxiously again)
(Some chewed-up oyster chunks fly at her. She recoils from them)
Marlene: Um…Antonio? I’m feeling tired. I want to go to bed.
Antonio: It is a shame I am leaving tomorrow, but thank wewe for making my last night with wewe a wonderful one. (Kisses her paw) I will never forget you, mi Corazon.
Marlene: (smiles a bit) It /was/ nice.
(They walk back together)
Scene IX: penguin, auk HQ
(The inayofuata morning)
(The penguins are doing roll call when Marlene knocks on the door)
Skipper: (Opens the door) Finally! wewe learned to knock before entering!
Marlene: (Giggles) yeah, I have to break that habit. Anyways, my tarehe with Antonio last night wasn’t bad…but it wasn’t great. He was a little…actually he has awful meza, jedwali manners, but other than that, it went well. He was so dreamy, and romantic, and-
Marlene: (Sees that Rico is about to vomit) Sorry, Rico. I forgot about your gooey-love mush sensitivity.
Skipper: So Mr. Dreamy-and-Romantic is leaving today? wewe two still going to date?
Marlene: No. it won’t work long-distance. Besides…he’s in the Bronx Zoo. It just won’t work. But he and I are still friends, and-
Rico: (Looks around rapidly) (gibbers, distressed)
Skipper: What is it, Soldier?
Rico: (wails) Rocks are gone!
Marlene: Huh? Oh! Your rock bombs! Don’t worry, Rico, we’ll find them! Let’s look.
Skipper: I don’t think we /will/ find them….. Not now, not ever…
Scene X: A Crate
(Antonio is in a crate in the back of a truck heading to the Bronx zoo)
(Pulls out a walkie-talkie)
Antonio: Hola. Would wewe please put on your boss? The head of the Agency in Punta Cana?.-… Oh, hello. Yes, sir. The mission was a success. Yes… I have the rock bombs.
(A pause)
Antonio: And I have the mahindi, nafaka mbwa recipe as well. Yes. I will see wewe when I arrive at the zoo. Send my regards to the /real/ Antonio, also. Adios.
(He sets the walkie-talkie down. His eyes light up red, as he laughs. Laughs louder and zaidi maniacally. It starts to sound mechanical)
(The Camera shown the outside of the crate as the air holes glow red from the light from his eyes)
The End.
Voice Cast:
Skipper- Tom McGrath
Kowalski- Jeff Bennett
Rico-John DiMaggio
Private- James Patrick Stuart
Julien- Danny Jacobs
Marlene- Nicole Sullivan
Antonio- Danny Jacobs
