Bob [At the very same time that Chance is chowing down, the Seavers are landing in Maine. As they get off the plane and enter the airport, Mr. Seaver hears his name over the public-address system]
Bob Seaver. Mr. Bob Seaver. Please report to the information desk.
Bob [Mr. Seaver dashes across the airport at top speed to the information desk. He can barely believe his ears until the airline agent warns him that his animals have escaped. How is he going to explain this to the children?]
There's been a problem.
Peter Is this Shadow? Dad, what's going on?
Bob They warn me the animals got loose somewhere...at the airport.
Laura [Mrs. Seaver looks out the window. It is pouring rain]
They're outside? In this weather!
Bob [Mr. Seaver takes a deep breath and shakes his head, no]
Not here. In San Francisco.
Hope [Peter and Hope are shocked. Hope begins to weep]
How could we let this happen to them again?
Laura [Mr. Seaver wraps her arm around her daughter's shoulders]
It was an incident, Hope. If the animals could survive a mountain wilderness, they can survive San Francisco, as well.
Peter We have to go back!
Bob [Mr. Seaver shakes his head, no]
There's no sense all of us ruining our vacation. I'll fly home first fashion in the morning.
Peter No, Dad! We have to stick together, best times or worse. We should all go back!
Laura [Jamie smirks. They are going back––he'll be home to play in the next two baseball games] [Mrs. Seaver looks sternly at her son]
Jamie, you're not happy the animals are lost, are you?
Jamie Mum, if we win these next two games, we make the play-off. The team needs me!
Laura Darling, Chance could be in very serious danger. He's your dog! And your very best friend.
[Jamie feels a little guilty. He also yet feels happy about the idea of playing in the big games. He is all mixed up. Tears well in his eyes. He turns and runs off from his mother] [Meanwhile, back in San Francisco, the animals are settling in for the night]
This looks well.
Nice and filthy. [He is happy. He stands on his two hind legs and tips over a garbage can. The putrid odor of rotten food fills the air] You can't find decent trash like this in the burbs!
[Shadow uses his teeth to drag an empty cardboard box across the alley]
This ought to keep us warm and dry for the night. [Sassy crawls in and makes herself as comfortable as possible. Shadow follows her]
[Chance stands tall and steps off from the box]
Uh-uh. Not for me. I want to soak up this atmosphere.
[Suddenly, there comes a smash. Then another. A tall, shadowy man wanders into the alley and lights a match right in Chance's face. That is a little too much atmosphere. The dog scrambles into the box]
Well, look who's back. And just as I thought, it was safe to breathe again!
[Chance tries to ignore her. He lays down, puts his paws over his ears and goes to sleep] [All is peaceful––––for a while. Then suddenly, the animals awaken to a loud, metallic smashing sound. Chance looks up and stares into the face of a monster––a monster with huge glowing eyes and a mouth filled with broom bristles instead of teeth]
Anybody know what this nonsense is? [Shadow and Sassy are silent with fear. Cowering before what is actually a street-sweeping truck, the animals know only that they have to escape its crunching metal jaws––fast]
[The giant monster races closer and closer. Any second now, it is certain to gobble them up]
Bando [upon discovering Delilah with Chance]
But Delilah, I thought... What about me?
Bando I'm her... I mean, I was gonna be her--
Sledge Ah, Bando, face it. You ain't nothin' but a hound dog!
Delilah Bando, I told you. You and I are just friends.
Bando Huh?! But Delilah--
What? Catch a clue, Opie.
Bando [growling]
Why, you little...!
[barking]
Maybe someone should take you for a walk, pal!
Bando [putting his head to the ground]
Sorry, Riley. I wasn't trying to start something. I'm done. I'm calm. [under his breath] Stupid lost dog comes along, tryin' to steal my woman. Home-wrecker!
Delilah Hi.
Don't you "hi" me! First, you chase me, then you try to kill me, then you... kiss me? What's the game?
Delilah Game? I don't have a game. Look, I was only chasing you because your friends back in the alley asked me to, okay?
My friends, huh? So tell me, what are my friends' names?
Delilah Shadow and Sassy.
Huh! Lucky guess. Okay, show me the secret paw shake.
Delilah Secret paw shake? They didn't show me any secret paw shake.
Aha! They didn't, huh? Good, because there ain't one. Now explain that kiss.
Delilah Kiss? That was no kiss. Friendly lick, maybe.
Friendly? Boy, is that an understatement.
Delilah Okay, let's try this again. I'm Delilah, Chance.
Delilah Chance? Wow, your last name is the same as my first name!
Delilah Boy, good thing you're cute.
Ralph What's going on? [sees Riley's Gang, Shadow and Sassy] You'd almost think they're trying to... trying to stop us here.
Jack Heh. I'd like to see 'em try. [looking through binoculars]
Shadow, I was born ready.
Jack Run 'em over.
Ralph Jack, that's about another $100 worth of dog out there--
Jack Don't you understand what's happening here, Ralph? They're turning against us!
Ralph What?
Jack We gotta show 'em who's boss. We gotta run 'em down like the dogs they are!
Ralph Jack, I ca... I can't do that.
Jack [takes the cigarette and blows]
Show 'em, Ralph! Show 'em who's boss! [Jack and Ralph fight for control of "The Blood Red Van"]
Shadow, that plane left without us. And Hope was on it.
So now what are we gonna do?
Let me think... They probably don't even know we're gone.
[looking at Chance]
And guess whose fault it is.
Oh, so this is my fault? I just saved us from the Bad Place!
No, you just got us lost AGAIN!
Like it or not, you two, we're gonna have to find our way back home.
Home? You remember what happened before? Huge mountains, stinky skunks, porcupines - not me, pops!
[After Riley's gang save Shadow and Sassy from Ashcan and Pete] [to Riley]
That was some nice fighting, stranger.
Ashcan This ain't over yet, goldie! Watch your back!
Pete Yeah, your back!
I hope you're not making threats, Trashcan.
S Spike
Unless you wanna wake up at the vet!
Sledge With a thermometer under your tail!
[Arriving at Riley's abandoned warehouse]
Well, this is it. Home sweet home. Hey, it's nothing fancy, but the price is right, and nobody bothers us. So you guys can stay as long as you like.
Thanks, Riley. You're very kind.
Right, if he's so kind, why doesn't he help us find that bridge?
We can't leave until we find Chance.
Okay, I miss his stupid jokes, and his stupid face, and his stupid... stupid-ness!
And I'm "stupidly" starting to worry about him!
Sparky Michaels [As Chance rushes into the game and steals the ball]
What's this? It seems that a crazed fan has run onto the field and taken the ball away! Ever seen anything like it?
Lucky Lasorda Not me. How about you, Uecker?
Trixie Uecker Never. And let me tell you, it's a sad day for the sport of baseball - and all of canine kind - when something like this happens.
Lucky Lasorda I am just sickened.
Sparky Michaels Well, I know none of us likes to hear the "B" word, but that is one bad dog!
Ashcan [Ashcan and Pete hang out in the junkyard] [chewing a stuffed rabbit]
Mmm! Who said I'm too old for stuffed animals?
Pete Hey boss, I got somethin'.
Ashcan Yeah? Too bad there's no cure.
Pete [lifts a huge bone]
Look at this. It must be the biggest bone I ever seen in my life.
Ashcan Hey, let me see that!
Pete It must be from a horse. Or a rhinoceros. Or a prehistoric mastodon.
Ashcan [climbs off the couch and takes the bone]
Good job, Pete. You found my bone.
Pete Your bone, boss?
Ashcan Sure, I hid it here yesterday.
Pete Man, just my luck...
Ashcan [Later]
Oh, great! You missed 'em!
Pete You missed 'em?
Ashcan Ah, shut up.
[On their way to the airport]
So guys, where do you think they're taking us?
Sassy : I don't know about us, but I know where they're taking you.
Well, I don't know this much, I mean it wouldn't be any place bad, or they would've given us those dumb tranquilizers.
Bob Hey Peter? Did you give the animals the tranquilizers?
CS Chance, Shadow and Sassy
Uh-oh!
Calm down, nobody's doomed.
Oh yeah? Well, let ask you something old timer, why did they shove those little green kibbles down our throats? If you're smart like me, you can get rid of it.
Easy. You just work on a nice-sized hairball, and then you think of something...disgusting...like a big [Gags]...fluffy...cat! [Vomits up what's left of a ball and belches]
[Disgusted]
How pleasant.
Hey, I've been looking for that ball.
[Later] [singing]
99 cans of dog food on the wall, 99 cans of dog fooooood - everybody!
CS Chance, Shadow and Sassy
[singing]
If one of those cans should happen to fall, 98 cans of dog/cat food on the wall.
[Three dogs are commentating on Jamie's baseball game]
Huh? What's this? Who are you guys?
Sparky Michaels I'm Sparky Michaels.
Lucky Lasorda I'm Lucky Lasorda.
Trixie Uecker And I'm Trixie Uecker, and we're broadcasting here!
Lucky Lasorda Yeah, so move your tail, buddy.
You're broadcasting the game? Huh! Sassy tells me to get a life?
Sparky Michaels [watching Jamie play]
All right, here's the pitch. A hard chopper to Seaver. He picks it up and fires to first! Boy, that kid looks great this year!
Lucky Lasorda He must've been practicing that throw in the off-season.
Yep, and you're looking at the pooch he's been practicing with.
Trixie Uecker That's fascinating, really. Now get your tail off the field!
