[When a dinosaur egg falls on the island. A colony of lemurs scatter in a frenzy. 4 lemurs approach: Plio, Yar, Zini, and Suri.]
Yar, what is it?
Yar I don't know. PLIO, GET BACK HERE! We don't know what it is!
[Plio sneak over sensing, she got present when the egg cracks, then opens the shell and is happy to see a baby iguanodon]
Dad, get over here.
Yar [pulls Zini to safety]
Zini, it's not safe!
Oh, I always have to go when stuff's happening.
Yar [scoffs at Zini and gets closer to Plio]
Well, what is it?
It was an egg. [to baby Aladar] Look. [Yar gasps in shock] What?
Yar It's a cold-blooded monster from across the sea: vicious, flesh-eating! [Baby Aladar burps] Eurgh...
Yar Babies grow up! You keep that thing, one day, we'll turn our backs, it'll be picking us out of it's teeth! [to the other lemurs] Things like THAT eat things lie US as snacks!
[Some lemurs yelp in fear]
So, what do we do?
Yar Get rid of it! [trying to dissuade Plio from raising the baby Aladar]
[vexed]
What has gotten into you?
Yar [exasperated]
Plio...That thing is dangerous!
[to baby Aladar; regretfully sighs]
I'm sorry, little one. [to Yar, handling baby Aladar over to him] Okay, get rid of it. [Yar gasps] Hmph. [sits on a patch of moss to watch]
Yar All right, I will. [lifts baby Aladar over the edge of the branch, preparing to drop the dinosaur baby to his death. All the other lemurs are watching him. He hesitates]
[sarcastically]
You'd better hurry up, Dad. It looks hungry.
Yar Hmph! [looks at baby Aladar. Baby Aladar comes and looks at him with droopy eyelids. He closes his eyes and sighs, defeated. He hears a strange sound and opens his eyes to see that baby Aladar is peeing on him. Disgusted, defeated; handling Aladar back to Plio] Rmmm...Here.
[smiling]
It's okay. We'll teach him to hate meat.
Yar Hmph. Watch his head! [Plio looks up] I-I mean, watch it! he could bite. [walks away]
[Other lemurs, including Zini, leap up to Baby Aladar]
This "monster's" got no teeth! What's he gonna do? Gum us to death?
Zini, come on: look at that sweet little face. Does that look like a monster to you?
Yar [both are giving mating advice, Yar to the males, Plio to the females]
Okay, boys, gather around: listen and learn from the Master.
Now girls, don't jump into the trees after the first boy with a cute back-flip: it's more fun if you keep them guessing.
Yar And if a cute back-flip doesn't work, guess.
You're never going to forget this day, so make it one to remember.
Yar But if you mess up, don't worry: they'll never remember.
Come on, guys! We don't wanna let 'em down!
Yar Go on, now. Chest up! Chin up!
Yar [to Aladar]
Make 'em look good, son.
Come on, Yar. My charm, and your brains? No problem. [Yar laughs. Aladar has male courting lemurs on his back and escorts them to the tree] Hey girls, look what just pulled into town.
ML Male Lemur
Hey, ladies!
Your buffet table of love!
ML Male Lemurs
[The female lemurs laugh]
Right here! Right here! Hey, beautiful!
Hey, free samples! Get me while I'm hot! Whoa! [grabs Aladar's tail and chuckles]
[The males are courting in the tree]
Whoo! Wah-hoo!
[Plio, Yar, Zini, Suri trill, and Aladar bellows. Zini falls on the bush. Suri laughing at him. The male Lemurs jump out of the tree, in the vines swinging around, Zini trying sticks the branches, Aladar take a little branch to help Zini and throws him over the vine]
You're missin' all the action, pal. Come on!
Hey, haven't you heard? I am the action! WHOO! Whoo-ah!
[The female lemurs climb the vines. Every lemur ends up finding a mate except Zini, who snags his feet on a vine before he could even swing forward.]
[By the time he unsticks himself, all the female lemurs have left, much to his disappointment. Aladar tries to comfort Zini, who seems to take it okay and believes he will get another chance at finding girls]
Ah, don't worry, Zini. You'll always have next year.
Hey, I'm lucky to be rid of them. With the ladies, before you know it, they all wanna move to a bigger tree.
Yar [to Plio]
Ah well. Poor Zini. The clan still has one bachelor.
No. We have two. [to Aladar] Well, it's never been his best event.
He's got a tougher hide than mine.
Oh, Aladar. If only there were someone on the island for you. You know; who looks like you, but prettier.
Come on, Plio. What more could I want? [There seen a fireballs in the sky] Whoa!
[Aladar look at the fireballs in the sky, as Pilo, Yar and Suri watching in the sky. as Aladar look up the sky, Suri come and look at Aladar, but it know are coming]
What are they?
[Suri up in the tree to take a look, a fireballs falls out in the skies there minions tons of them. Zini watching over us, Plio and Yar hearing these fireballs past to it. Plio look for a flock of Ichthyornis in the skies; Yar sniffing]
Dad?
Yar [about the asteroid]
Something wrong.
[to Aladar]
Aladar, where's Suri?
[about Suri]
She's up in the...tree.
[Plio is present when an asteroid falls from the sky and then strikes to it, causing violent tremors. But still it hard blow the lemur's island]
COME ON! Go, go! COME ON!
[crying for help after observing the disaster]
Mom!! Mom!!!
[Plio want to find and save Suri in the tree, and she back down to Aladar] [Frantically after asteriod strikes]
Run, Aladar! Run! Run!
[Many fireballs soon start falling, and Aladar runs with the lemurs]
Yar, Come on!
JUMP! [Zini getting chased by Asteriod in the island and jump, but Plio grabs a hand to him] Hold on!
[as the fireballs, we're getting by destroyed by the lemur island. Aladar, Plio, Yar, Zini and Suri chased by asteroid; but then look down the cliff. He turns around to see the massive cloud of fire barreling towards him. He quickly jumps into the sea as the cloud passes over. Aladar and his lemur family swim to the mainland, only to find out that it was also devastated by the asteroid] [coughs]
Plio! Yar! Where are you?! [coughs]
Aladar, over here!
[as Aladar trying to save the lemurs by the asteriod, the waves gathering. Yar coughing, Aladar sighing, are the fires diaster. They all turn back to the island to see that it completely destroyed, the flames from the island illuminating it in an orange glow. Suri goes up to the edge of the mainland and calls out to the island, trying to hear if anyone on the island survived, but she gets no response. Suri weeps, as she realizes that everyone on the island is gone, and Aladar bellows a similar mournful roar. Plio comforts her daughter]
Oh, Suri. Easy, easy. [give it hug to Suri]
[after a asteroid devastates Lemur Island] [crying]
They're all gone.
Shh, shh. I'm right here.
[Suri crying]
Come on. We can't stay here.
[With that, they climb onto Aladar, who looks one last time at the island, the birds are flying in the skies, that was once his and his family's home before turning around and walking off.]
Yar [Aladar and his closest family in the desert; suri stills cries on Aladar's back]
Now, now, Suri. There's nothing to be afraid of.
[to hearing noise calling]
LOOK!
Yar Ah!
Whoa! [velociraptor runs off] Do you see that?
Yar What?
I don't know. Let's go see.
Yar Leave it alone. Hey!
Yar It-It's 'scaring' Suri.
Everyone just be quiet.
[as Aladar and the lemurs walk through the barren wasteland, they see a velociraptor, he looks curious on what it is and decide to check it out. When they find it, the raptor snarls at them. and soon seven others appear and start chasing them. The velociraptor jumps on Aladar and bites him on the side, and he roars of pain, the other Velociraptor jumps and snap it to Yar in the Aladar's back while he falls down]
Yar I can't reach!
[as Yar grab his Plio's hand to it, when velociraptor jumps and climbs and tries eats it snap to him it misses. until it jumps back the pack of velociraptors, and Aladar escapes from the raptors]
Aladar, they're stopping!
[Then soon, the raptors ran away when the surviving dinosaur herd appears]
Huh?
[knocks Aladar down]
Stay out of my way!
You heard Kron! MOVE IT!!
[Aladar sees a dinosaur herd walking past him, then sees baby iguanodons walking under him] [bumps into Aladar]
Watch it!
Yar [As Aladar looks at Neera, he sees a Pachyrhinosaurus that walks into him with its nasal horn, knocking him to the ground, then a pack of Microceratops jump over him and the lemurs]
Zini, get your head down! [sees Baylene, a brachiosaur; she strides over him]
[walking by]
Walkin' backward, huh? Well, let me know if that gets you there any faster! Keep those little legs moving, Url, or you'll get left behind!
Yar If you're even thinking of joining up...
[the Velociraptors snarl from behind]
Hang on! [catches up with Baylene]
[Soon after, they encounter of a herd of various dinosaurs (Iguanodons, Parasaurolophus, Styracosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, Microceratus, Struthiominus, and Stygimoloch.) It led by Kron as each other]
Kron, There is a more protected spot further down the--
We'll rest here for the night. Go ahead, Bruton.
[Bruton shows a bellow roars at the herd, as Aladar walking towards the herd]
Oh, Eema! I wish we were at your nesting grounds now! All this pushing and shoving about, just for a place to sleep! I'm not used to this kind of behavior.
Baylene, you've got big feet; just give 'em a kick! [shoves a stygimoloch] GET!
Oh, I couldn't possibly... eh, shoo! Shoo!
Would you come on, Baylene? If you wanna get to the nesting grounds alive, show some backbone!
[after spooking Eema]
Oh... sorry about that. Uh, it's just that, we overhead you talking and, umm...
[Url drops a rock enthusiastically at his feet just like a dog, Aladar looks confused]
Well, my word. Look at Url. He doesn't normally warm up to strangers so fast.
[Sniffing the lemurs on Aladar's back and sneezing to lemurs]
What an unfortunate blemish.
Good mud bath would clear those right up.
Yar Excuse me?
[Eema growls in surprise]
Um, he's my grandfather. [chuckles] Couple of times removed.
Or a couple of species removed.
My name's Aladar. This is my family. We're all that's left.
Baylene's the last of her kind. Finding stragglers like her all along the way!
I heard you say something about "Nesting Grounds".
It is the most beautiful place there is, child. It's where the herd goes to have their babies.
Will we find anybody that looks...like us there?
Oh, the last few days, I've seen 'em all shapes and sizes. Who knows what we'll find? The hard job now is just getting there.
And we're being driven unmercifully.
Kron, the herd's head honcho.
We can hardly keep up. An older woman like myself, it's...well, it's positively indecent.
Then tell him! What's the worst he can do? [Neera, Kron, and Bruton approach; Url nervously walks out of the way; Bruton growls; Kron rudely pushes past] Hey! What's his problem?
[runs up to Kron]
Huh. Excuse me! Kron! Got a second?
[chuckles]
Relax Bruton. [comes up to Aladar] Who are you?
Why aren't you up here with the— [notices the lemurs on Aladar's back] ...uh, young bloods? [snorts at them]
Well, I was back here talking to these guys. I guess they're having a hard time keeping up. So, you know, maybe you could slow down a bit?
[Neera chuckles and smiles]
Hmm! Let the weak set the pace. Now, there's an idea. Better let me do the thinking from now on, Aladar.
Hey! They need help back here!
Watch yourself, boy. [leaves with a dismissive snort]
Don't worry. That's how my brother treats newcomers… no matter how charming they are. [follows Kron away]
[to Aladar]
You sure know how to catch a girl's eye there, stud!
I wouldn't be catching nobody's eye if I was you. Especially Neera's. You just keep your head down, and you mind what Kron tells you.
Yar Since when do we take orders from the likes of him?!
[chuckles]
Kron has swatted flies bigger than you, pops.
Yar I could hold that monster's brain in the palm of my-!
No, Yar, she's right. Better to keep our heads down with this bunch than get 'em bitten off by those things.
[The velociraptors hissing]
Well, you just consider yourself lucky that's all that's following us.
[When velociraptors playing fighting biting each other but the raptor stop fighting, and furious looking an scaring eye behind to it]
[The next day as the herd is traveling to get to the lake, Kron tells his second-in-command, Bruton, to give orders that the herd must keep up because if a predator catches anyone, they're on their own.]
The lake!
Yar We made it?
It's just over that... that hill, baby.
Come on, Eema. Water, remember water?
Oh, it's time to refresh my memory. [Kron drives the herd unmercifully across the hot sunny desert, losing a couple of members in the process, until they finally reach the lake] I'm just gonna walk right into that lake until the water's up to my eyeballs and soak it all in. [sighs]
[a discover that lake a skeleton dinosaur is a dryed with no water]
Maybe the rains collected somewhere else. What do you want us to do?
Take a scout and check the entire perimeter. [Bruton to take scout and check the entire perimeter to see if there's any water. a two iguanodon children turns face to Kron] ENOUGH! You have to be strong now! The nesting grounds are only a few days away! KEEP MOVING!
Kron, we've never gone this far without water: if we keep going like this, we'll lose half the herd.
Then we save the half that deserves to live. [distinctive Iguanodon bellowing roars at herd]
What? They're moving already? Oh-ho, we'll never keep up.
There was water here, always water here before. We always had water, always, and... plenty of mud. [coughs]
Oh, Eema, please. The herd won't wait, we must carry on.
[Baylene walks rumble]
There was water everywhere.
[as Baylene walks comfort her, Aladar hears something rumble under her feet]
Baylene, don't move.
Oh, what is it? What's wrong?
[as Baylene rumbling her feet above the water]
Did you hear that?
I sure do. Lift your foot, Baylene.
[She lifts her foot, and Aladar and Zini dig a hole under it]
Ooh!
[Eema coughs]
Now press down.
[Baylene press down, and her titanic size has unearthed the water]
I always did like big girls!
[makes the distinctive Iguanodon roar to get the herd's attention and calling out the Neera and Kron]
Water! Come on!
[Aladar dig a hole to found a water]
That's it, Eema. Come drink.
[The others help Eema to drinking a water in the hole, soon, the friends drink, until Kron charges off in the desert]
Kron, look, all we had to do is dig, and--
Good. Now, get out of the way.
[Kron pushes his way into it while roaring and drinks the water for himself, showing no mercy for the herd charges it]
Wait! Wait! There's enough for everyone! Ah!
Eema! [as he is pushed by the thristy herd trying to make their way to the water; sarcastically] That's it! Keep pushing and... [he gets shoved to Parasaurolophus] Shoving! That's very helpful.
[One early morning, the friends and the herd sleeps in the desert, Suri tries to ask some timid young Iguanodons to come out on the count of three. Aladar notices and manages to persuade them by convincing them that Suri is harmless]
Now, you come out on 3. 1...2...3! Come on, come on out. No one's gonna hurt you.
Hey, hey. What's going on?
The "little Aladars" haven't had anything to drink. I think they're scared of me.
Well, who wouldn't be? You are pretty scary. [to the young iguanodons] Come on! Take it easy! She's just a hairball.
And proud of it! Come on; he's going to find you some water!
Just dig and press... [the young iguanodons fight] come on! Let's have a little teamwork. Let's work together a bit. There: just take a foot, and press... [All three do so, and water fills the waterhole]. Good job, Suri. [to the young iguanodons] So, where're your parents anyway?
A lot of us are on our own now. [beat]. You like kids, I see.
Well, the skinny ones can be a little chewy. [both laugh. Beat]. I'm Aladar... the;–– jerkasaurus.
Why did you help that old one?
What else could we do? Leave her behind? Oh! You mean you'd actually;––?!
Well, that happens all the time... you don't survive if you're not...
Is that you talking? Or your brother?
Everything's so different... I don't know what to think anymore.
Look, Neera, if we all watch out for each other, we all have a chance of getting to your Nesting Grounds.
I'm not! But it's all I know. So, water! I'll get you some water. [digs]
[She does. As she bends to drink, their heads knock together]
Oh, sorry.
Yar One down, and... well, one down.
[After Bruton narrowly escapes the Carnotaurs]
Kron! Carnotaurs!
[confused and disturbed]
What? They never come this far north!
The fireball must have driven them out.
[overhears the Carnotaurs roaring]
You've led them right to us! MAYBE YOU CAN FEED THEM WITH YOUR HIDE! Move the herd out, double time!
[Bruton roars for the herd to Leave as Aladar & Neera notice this]
What's happening?
My brother's moving the herd. Kron! What's going on?
Carnotaurs. If we don't keep moving, they'll catch up to us.
But the others in the back, they'll never make it.
They'll slow down the predators.
You can't sacrifice them like this! [calls out to the herd] HOLD IT! THAT COULD BE YOU BACK THERE, OR YOU!
[smacks Aladar down to the ground]
If you ever interfere again, I'll kill you. [begins to walk away, but notices Neera approaching Aladar] STAY AWAY FROM HIM! [pushes Neera away from Aladar, who growls in anger]
Aladar, no! You just - Just go. I'll be okay.
[runs back to warn Baylene, Eema, Url, and the lemurs]
Let's go! Let's go! Carnotaurs!
Yar Carno-what?
Carnotaur! A mouth full of teeth with a bad attitude! Let's go!
Come on, you guys, get on, get on! We're gonna get left behind! [starts running for the herd] Let's go! Hurry up! We're losing them!
Aladar, slow down!
[Aladar stops and looks behind to see Baylene and Eema struggling to follow. Then he turns to see Neera, Kron, and the rest of the herd leaving without them. Aladar chooses to stay with Baylene and Eema to ensure their survival]
I got blisters ON my blisters.
Yar You don't wanna know where I got blisters... [hears a bellow]
Okay, what's the worst thing it could be?
[nervous]
Okay, what's the second worst thing it could be?
TWO Carnotaurs! [shudders] Oh my goodness! O my goodness!
Everybody! We don't know for sure! It could be the herd. Let's check it out.
[They turn the corner to find Bruton, exhausted]
Oh, it's Bruton!
It appears we weren't the only ones left behind.
Carnotaurs. We should keep moving.
We can't just leave him here!
We can if we move fast enough!
[to Bruton]
Hey, you don't look so good. Let me help me you.
Save your pity. I just need some rest. Now, get away from me!
Suit yourself. [hears thunder and sees Url with a stalactite in his mouth, moving towards a cave] If you change your mind, we'll be in those caves.
[they enter the cave]
It's dark, but at least it's dry.
I like dry. It's the dark part I'm having trouble with. [accidentally steps on Url's spikes] OWW! Sorry, Url. Sturdy li'l thing, ain't he?
[Aladar chuckles]
Ahem. We appear to have a visitor.
[They see Bruton limping outside the cave in the rain. He falls; Aladar approaches him]
You coming in or what?
At least I know enough to get in out of the rain. Now, come on. On your feet. [helps Bruton up and guides him into the cave] Uh, you can lie down with us. It's warmer.
[Bruton lies down in a corner of the cave by himself]
May I remind you that he's one of them?
Well, looks like he's one of us now. [goes to lie down with the others]
Who booked this trip anyway?
Ah, you'll be at the Nesting Grounds soon enough.
Well, when I get there, I'm gonna give Kron a piece of my mind.
You tell him, Eema.
[Url lies on his back and falls asleep] .
Yar If I could sleep that deep, I'd be in paradise.
If you could sleep that deep, honey, you'd be dead.
[leaps towards Bruton with a special plant in her hands]
This plant grew on our island. It will make you feel better. [takes some of the plant's juice and sprinkles it on Bruton's wounds]
[winces in pain; nods at Aladar]
Why is he doing this? Pushing them on with false hope?
It's hope that's gotten us this far.
But why doesn't he let them accept their fate? I've accepted mine.
To die here. It's the way things are.
Only if you give up, Bruton. It's your choice, not your fate. Well, the plant will help. [leaps away; Bruton takes the plant]
[Aladar, Eema, Url, Baylene and the Lemurs are wandering through the cave. Zini is trying to pass the time by playing "I Spy"]
Okay, okay, let's do it again, let's do it again. Uh... I spy, with my little eye...
Yar A rock.
You got it again! O, you are good.
Well, I'll tell you what I spy: a dead end.
Yar What have we done now?
[smells something]
Hang on a moment.
[Aladar sniffs. Then as Zini pulls out the rocks, we see daylight] [gasps]
Get a load of that.
Everybody, stand back. We're outta here! [tries to break the rocks, the cave collapses]
[The falling boulders block the daylight] [echoing]
Noooooo! [tries to break the rocks, but fails]
Back to what? It's gone. We're not meant to survive.
Oh yes we were! We're here, aren't we? And how dare you waste that good fortune, by simply giving up? Hah, shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you! The worst of it is, you allowed an old fool like me to believe I was needed, that I still had a purpose. And you know what? You were right. And I'm going to keep on believing it. I for one am not willing to die here! [rears up and strikes the cave-in again and again]
[The others join in; at length, the wall falls, to reveal a pristine valley beyond]
Oh my goodness.
The Nesting Grounds...It's untouched.
AND IT COMES WITH A POOL! [suri laughing] You're lady, you're lady and whooo!
Whoo, whoo, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
[Zini on the Baylene's head]
CANNONBALL! [jump in the lake]
[Baylene starts to jumps in the lake, fun waves]
LOOK OUT BELOW!
[Url watching Baylene fun waves with Zini]
Not bad! But I don't get it. Where's the herd?
[sotto voice]
Not to mention Neera!
Oh, they'll get here...soon enough. Oh, no!
That, is the way we used to get in here. [indicates a towering pile of stones, blocking an entrance to the valley]
They'll never make it over that!
Aladar, wait! Wait! Kron'll eat you alive!
[sighing]
I just hope Kron's in a listening mood...
[Last lines: Sometime later, the eggs on the nesting grounds, Aladar and Neera become mates and have a nest in the valley]
Move over, everybody! Bringin' in babies is what I do best!
Yar I'd say it's been a few years since you hatched anything!
[Both laugh]
You're right. So, let me practice on your head!
Look! Somebody wants to meet you! [to the newborn iguanodon] Oh, aren't you the cutest little small-fry I ever did see!
Hey, little guy! He looks just like me!.
Meet your dad. He's not as crazy as he looks.
Yar Come 'ere, you little rascal; lemme take a good look at you... [the baby pees on him] yep. You're your father's son all right. [hands the baby over to Plio]
[arrives]
Hey, look what I found! New neighbors! [indicates five female lemurs]. Any of you ladies up for a game of "Monkey in the Middle"? [female lemurs playing on him] Easy, now! Easy! Hey!
[The lemurs laughing, Aladar bellows in joy, followed by Neera, Eema, Baylene, and finally the whole herd of surviving dinosaurs.] [closing narration]
And so, None of us we know what changes, big and small, lie ahead. One thing is certain; our journey's not over. We can only hope that, in some small way, our time here will be remembered.
