Horton the Elephant A person's a person, no matter how small.
Most-quoted character in Horton Hears a Who! (2008): in 31 of its 52 quotes
Most scenes with: Mayor Ned McDodd (13), Narrator (8), Sour Kangaroo (7)
NO!!!
More lines from Horton the Elephant
12 quotes Horton the Elephant Horton the Elephant [in Henry Kissinger's voice]
I feel the diplomatic process is beginning to breakdown.
Horton the Elephant I meant what I said, and I said what I meant, and an elephant's faithful one-hundred percent. That's my code, my motto.
Horton the Elephant Come on guys, we're all mammals!
Horton the Elephant HOW ABOUT THIS?! IF I GET UP REAL CLOSE, CAN YOU READ ME?!
Horton the Elephant Hold on, Mr. Mayor. I may have to put up a fight! A frightened elephant can be very dangerous! All right, you've called down the thunder, buddy! Are you hungry for trouble? I'm an all-you-can-eat salad bar, take a bite!
Horton the Elephant All right, I need to get this speck up to the top of Mount Nool A.S.A.P., whatever that means. Probably "act swiftly awesome pachyderm"! I mean, how hard can that be? [sees a loose rope bridge over a deadly chasm] It's a sheer plummet to certain death.
Horton the Elephant I love the smell of bananas in the morning!
Horton the Elephant Oh, hi Vlad. [Everyone gasps at this, assuming it to be Vlad Vladikoff the vulture, but it's actually the cute bunny who bakes cookies]
Horton the Elephant And most of all, I want to say thank the Mayor of Whoville who believed in me from the beginning.
Horton the Elephant Knock-knock. [chuckles, whimpers] This is where you'd say "who's there" if there were any Whos there! Get it? "Who's there!" Heheh! [sobbing, babbling]
Horton the Elephant Mayor, are you there? Mayor? [slumps to the ground] Mayor! [view of the shambled city as Horton's voice echoes through the pipe] Mayor, are you there? Mayor? Mayor? [cut back to the depressed Horton] Mayor? MAAAAAAAAYOOOOOOOOOOR!
Scenes with Horton the Elephant
18 scenes Horton the Elephant (He looks up to see some Angela Glummox, Jessica Quilligan, Thomas "Tommy" Cow-Bear and Katie the Yak)
Good morning, class. Are you ready?
Yeah!
Horton the Elephant Jump on board!
(The strange jungle animals drop down onto his back.) (offscreen)
Look out below! (He lands hardly on Horton’s back.)
Horton the Elephant Tommy’s on board. Katie, you there?
Horton the Elephant Okay. (The kind elephant escorts the kids to a lush tree, then stops.) Shh. There it is. (refers to a leaf on a twig) This is one of the jungle's most amazing creatures. The leaf bug. In order to protect itself from predators, it disguises itself as a leaf. (He pokes at it, with no response from the leaf. And then he climbs on the tree and tries to pull it off.) This one's got quite a deep grip. Come on, little buddy! Don't be shy! (He falls back from the tree.) I guess I was mistaken, kids. (leaf bugs were all over him) There are obviously no leaf bugs in this area. Even if they're... (notices the leaf bugs) OH! THEY’RE ON ME!! (rolls around) Get them off! (accidentally sucks up a leaf bug, which gags in disgust, and bangs his head) I think I swallowed one. (He blows his trunk, and slams it on the ground, trying to get the bug out, before turning to Tommy.) Tommy! PULL IT OUT!!!
(The animal kids pull on Horton’s trunk and he swings them around. Meanwhile, a purple kangaroo and her son were hopping through the jungle of Nool.)
Then, hopping a “humph!" was Sour Kangaroo,
the type who's convinced(buffalo-like animal from species of Yawling Yak notices Sour approaching and hides in the grass) she knows better than you.
(A Deer-whose-horns-are-connected-from-one-to-the-other full of chicken-like birds from species of Sala-ma-gooxes sees Sour coming as the birds on the Deer-whose-horns-are-connected-from-one-to-the-other's antlers flied off while the mammal hides in the water.) She made every law and then forced every rule
as self-proclaimed head of the Jungle of Nool. (Sour humphed when she sees the kids try to get the bug out of Horton. Her son, Rudy, looks at them in confusion.)
Why can't I play with the other kids. Mom?
How many times have I told you that the jungle is no place to act like a wild animal?
(The young animals then flew into the bushes and Horton spits out the leaf bug. As it tries to fly, Katie catches it with her tongue and eats it like a frog. Jessica's and Angela's mothers look at it and talk to Sour)
Mrs. Glummox (amused): My, that Horton certainly is eccentric.
Mrs. Quilligan (pointing at Horton): And that children are learning so much from him.
(Sour looks at her angrily) Sour Kangaroo (sarcastically): Learning to be a bunch a hairbrain half-wits. (proudly; she pats his son on the head) And that's why my Rudy is pouch-schooled.
So, while Kangaroo stood there sneering a sneer...
Horton, that was the best time I've ever had in my life! What are you gonna show us next?! (Soon, a speck arrived near Horton.)
Once again the speck floated right by Horton's ear.
Speck
Help!
And he heard it again! Just a very faint yelp,
as if some tiny person were calling for help.
(He imagines a helpless Who hanging onto the speck in Dr. Seuss illustration, then cuts back to Horton.)
And you know what he thought? What he thought there must
be someone on top of that small speck of dust.
Or even a family. It just might be so.
A family with children just starting to grow.
Who-Boy
(He then imagines a helpless Who family hanging onto the speck.)
I WANNA LIVE!
Horton the Elephant (Out of his thought, Horton decides to quickly save that speck.)
Uh… i gotta go! Katie, you’re in charge! (He runs off)
Horton the Elephant (As he runs off. Katie she opens her mouth to release the leaf bug, which chases after the other kids, who run away from it. Soon, Horton ran pass the mothers.)
Wait! Come back.
Wickershams
(Cuts to chimpanzee-like apes of the species The Wickersham as they are chanting for Yummo Wickersham)
One more, one more, One more, one more.
(Yummo Wickersham has a bunch of bananas in his mouth, managing to fit one more as one of the bananas stick out their nose, splitting open, and they all cheer. Cuts to the two Yummo's younger brothers named Nuts and Nits at the top of the tree)
Nits Wickersham
Hear someone coming!
Nuts Wickersham
Get me those!
Horton the Elephant (He takes the bananas and can see Horton running by the bananas, blocking his view.)
Wait!
Nuts Wickersham
Sound the alarm!
(Nits Wickersham reaches higher into the tree and grabs another Wickersham's leg, biting it and causing them to scream out in pain, alerting the other Wickershams of Horton's presence.)
Horton the Elephant Excuse me! Pardon my stampede!
Horton the Elephant (The Wickershams are flung above the trees)
Sorry, Wickershams. I promise I'm gonna clean all this up later!
Bring the ammo!
(Two Wichershams by his sides grab some bananas with a mischievous chuckle, and stick them under Yummo's armpits, and in slow motion, shows as he crushes the bananas with his armpits, like a minigun. Then back to real motion to show how fast the bananas are being launched at Horton.)
Horton the Elephant I love the smell of the bananas in the morning.
Wickersham
(The Wickershams reveal from the leaf tree to show a big ball that's made of bananas)
Banana in the Hole!
Horton the Elephant (The big banana ball is being launched at Horton.)
Come on, guys! We're all mammals! (in slow-motion) Woah! (As Henry Kissinger) I feel the diplomatic process is beginning to break down. (In regular motion, he slips through a pile of banana peels, sliding through until he sees that speck) There you are. I got ya. I got ya. (He tries to get that speck with his trunk, but to no rescue; while running after the speck) Hi, kids.
Horton the Elephant Wow! There, now you're safe. I know I heard you say something. I just know it. Where are you? :(Has a bit of the speck on his eye and gets it out)
Horton?
Horton the Elephant Uh, ooh! Sorry. I just...ah. There was this speck. And the... they called up for help. And I was...
The speck... called out for help?
Horton the Elephant Well not the speck. I mean, that's ridiculous. Is what you thought I've been? No, the speck can't call out for help. Come on. Get real! No. There's tiny person on that speck and needs my help.
Absurd. There aren't people that small.
Horton the Elephant Whoa, maybe they aren't small. Maybe... We're big.
Horton!
Horton the Elephant No! Really, think about it. What if there is someone way out there, looking down on our world right now. And to them, we are the speck. And then maybe someone else will come along and say, "Oh, there can't be people that small", and the first guy would say, "Are you calling me a liar?" And the second guy would say "If the shoe fits, wear it!" And now the fists are flying, and the first guy picks up a brick, and you might wanna zip up the pouch for this next part. (Uses his ears as a hat) "Alright, Fat boy! You want some of this?"
Horton?
Horton the Elephant What?
There is nothing on that speck.
Horton the Elephant But I heard.
Did you? Really? Oh my! Then how come I don't hear anything?
Horton the Elephant Well...
If you can't see, hear, or feel something it doesn't exist. And believing in tiny imaginary people is just not something we do. Or tolerate here in the jungle of Nool.
Horton the Elephant Really? 'Cause I verified I really tried I can find somebody who believe what I'm saying.
You will do nothing of the sort. You will not breathe the word of this lie to anyone else. Especially the children. I do not want you poisoning their minds with this nonsense. Our community has standards, Horton. If you wanna remain a part of that, I recommend you follow them. Have a nice day.
Horton the Elephant (She jumps through the water and makes a splash through Horton, who he quickly uses his ears to cover the speck)
All right, then, I'll, uh, take that under advisement. Certainly appreciate your input.
Horton the Elephant (To the speck)
I don't understand. I know I heard you. It was just clean as nose on my face. (Has an idea) That's it. Maybe you can't hear me! Of course your ears must be tiny. I need to speak up! H-E-E-E-L-L-O-O-O-O!
Now some people out there, I think I know who,
may find they agree with that Sour Kangaroo.
"There can't really be people as small as a mite."
Well, there can, and there are, because Horton was right.
(?)
That single "Hello" traveled all the way down
to the speck, to the clouds, till it found a small town.
A town known as Whoville for there live the Who's,
Really happy in safe, knowing only good news,
unaware that their world was a speck on a clover,
unaware the sweet life they knew might be old. (There in the Ned's house)
The Mayor of Whoville, a man named McDodd,
who's devoted and faired and little bit odd. (The Mayor drinks his coffee, then realizes it's gone, then later forget that happened. The scene then cuts to the kitchen)
The Mayor and his wife they had children to spare.
96 daughters some here and some there. :96 girls to love. 96 girls to teach?
But the Mayor had only a few seconds for each.
Helen McDodd
Daddy. I got better than best on my Whostory test.
Ah, Whostory. I remembered well.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: That's one of my girls. (There are two daughters. She is named Hooly younger sister and Hedy older sister)
Hooly McDodd
Hedy's been using my blue hairbrush!
Hedy McDodd
Hooly's been using my pink hairbrush!
Look, over there! (They both look and Mayor switched the pink & blue hairbrushes) There, all better. (They both sisters hugged at each other)
Heather McDodd
Can I please have a Whophone, dad? Everyone else has one.
Oh, really? Everyone? (Heather holds up a picture of her class, where everybody is talking away on their phones except her, looking sadly at the camera.) Oh! I will think about it.
Holly and Hildy McDodd
Daddy, look! Daddy look!
(The twins have their hair tied jumping rope together swinging it in loops, when their father jumps between it's like a jump rope, before returning to his seat as the bell rings. A baby girl she is named Hanna 1 year old)
Hanna McDodd
Toof!
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: It's "th" sweetheart. It's "Tooth"
In Whoville tradition, unlike yours or mine,
the Mayor's oldest is next in the Mayoral line.
And who was the oldest? To lead and stand tall?
It was JoJo, his son, the smallest Who of all.
(trying to sound more hip)
So, JoJo, what's shaking? What's happening? What's the word? (JoJo cringes at him)
Now to you or to me, it's finally clear
that JoJo did not want his father's career. But the Mayor pressed forward completely illuded.
And JoJo just sat there in silence and lude it.
McDodd Sisters
Hey! Why this he get more time?
That's not fair!
Son! Hey!
And why didn't he speak? Well, I think the lad
was frightened if he did, he might let down his dad.
You know what's awesome? (Shows Jojo his past portraits of past Mayors) This is awesome! Just look at the men and the women hanging on these walls. You, my boy, are part of family legacy that spans centuries You know what? (Shows a portrait of his grandfather who happens to be Dr. Seuss) Your grandfather was Mayor of Whoville. And, your great grandmother, (Shows a portrait of his great grandmother, who happens to be Mona Lisa) that's right. All the way down to your... (Breaths as his chest expand and his arm rolls like a roll-up) Great, (Shows a portrait of a Who in a soviet hat) Great, (Shows a portrait of a Shakespeare-style Who) Great, (Shows a Who with a very long beard) Not so great, (Shows an ugly who in a ballerina with other ballerinas) Great, (Shows a portrait of a Who in a boxing match in black and white with a signature) Great, (Shows a portrait of a Mexican Who in a sombrero) Great, Great, Great, (shows a portrait of a fat Who eating a turkey leg with the other Who fanning on a leaf) Great, Great, Great, GREAT... (goes all the way back to the very first portrait, which is a cavemen) Grandfather! Someday, I hope to join them. Be one of the greats. I tell you, JoJo, there is nothing like being Mayor. I get to sign resolutions, approve ordinances, submit budgets, and in the Edible Parade, I'm the one sitting on top of the giant meatball. Some day, that can be you too, JoJo. Some day you'll be the one wearing the Mayoral Crest. You just... You just need to... You know what I mean? (sees Jojo walking away) Okay Good chat! I'm glad that we had this talk... that I'm continuing now by myself. Good. (Something shakes the hall as the portraits start shaking as well, before returning to the original format, much to Ned's confusion)
Horton the Elephant (In the jungle, it was actually coming from Horton trying to position the clover and the speck near a coconut drink.)
There. That ought to be comfy.
Horton the Elephant (Horton sips from a coconut, and sighs in relaxation.)
Nothing wrong with this, Morton. Nothing wrong with this. Just you, me and the speck, shooting the breeze. We're a club. We're a group. We can take a vote on the issues. (mock evilly) We can be a secret society that controls the balance of power in the world.
Horton.
Horton the Elephant And no one else can join, (uses his ears as a hat) unless they wear funny hats! (He laughs goofily, before sipping his drink.)
Listen, Horton!
Horton the Elephant The Chair recognizes Brother Morton.
I'm really happy you found this speck...but you might wanna keep it to yourself.
Horton the Elephant Hm? What? Why?
Well, you're talking to a clover. That doesn't look good.
Horton the Elephant You know what doesn't look good? You talking about the speck like the speck isn't even there. The speck never said anything bad about you. But, hey! Good luck with your illusion of superiority.
You know, the speck can think anything it wants about me. It's a speck.
Horton the Elephant Whoa! I see what's going on here. Morton, no matter how tight the speck and I get, the speck could never replace you. I'm only sad that I would have to explain that, at this point.
Well, that's awesome, Horton. That really helps. Just try to keep this to yourself. I'll see you later. Try.
(As Morton leaves, Horton shrugs and looks closer at the speck, until the his class arrive.)
Hey, Horton! What you got there?
Horton the Elephant What? Nothing! We're not doing anything! Do-do-dum dum dum, we're totally alone!
Who's we?
Horton the Elephant "We"? What? "We"? Did I say that? I just... oh. No, I would never say that. because that would imply that I was with someone, and not alone. (He giggles, before trying to keep his mouth shut to avoid spilling the beans about the speck, until...) Okay, seriously, you can't tell anybody! I mean it. If anybody finds out about this, it could be very, very bad. I'm not sure why.
We won't tell anyone. And if we do, we'll tell them not to tell anyone!
Horton the Elephant Perfect! Okay, so I'm taking a bath, right, cause my skin gets kind of dry and a little bit ashy.
While Horton came clean about the speck that he'd found
and how he had saved it when it nearly drowned,
(cuts to Whoville) on his morning commute and noticed things weren't quite the same on his route.
(Back in the jungle, as Horton continues his story.) But please don't blame Horton, for he didn't know that a small bump above...
Horton the Elephant ...and I dove into the water like this!
(As he jumps and lands on the ground, Whoville and its buildings jump up in a giant tremor.)
... was a big bump below.
Joe
Ah, these luxury condos, they don't build themselves. (Another big bump sends everything in the air, allowing the condo building.) Hey, look at that. I guess they do build themselves.
Oh~kay, that happened.
(The scene cuts to Miss Yelp's desk with her computer) (laughing)
Girl, I got 15,000 friends already. (serious) What? What do you mean, it don't look like me? (Shows an old picture of her on WhoSpace, a parody of MySpace) That looks just like me; 10 years ago. (looks at her watch) Wait a minute. Hold on for one second.
(Grabs a purple drink with a liver for a label and pours it on a cup as the Mayor arrives in a air-themed elevator and slams it to stop. He later walks and grabs the cup)
Treats me like an idiot. I am not an idiot... (drinks the whole cup, then rushes to Miss Yelp) Do I look like an idiot?!
You don't want me to answer that.
I am not an idiot. (In his office, still angered about recently) Has the nerve to call me a boob? I would never call somebody a boob. He's a boob. (looks at a portrait of the Chairman) Look at you. Yuck! Look at your face. And I bet you don't look so good with a (throws his stapler at the portrait) stapler on your head!
(The stapler miss the portrait as it bounces right back at Ned, stapling him in the forehead, to which he screams in pain at the top of his lungs, loud enough for even Horton to hear)
Horton the Elephant Whoa! Who-ho-hoa!
(Back in Whoville, Miss Yelp removes the stapler on Ned's forehead)
Ow, ow, ow... yagh! Thank you, Miss Yelp.
You're welcome.
Horton the Elephant (?)
Hello??
(He falls over onto his gramophone, grabbing the horn in self defense as he follows the voice outside, coming out of the burst drain pipe from earlier.)
Hello?
Horton the Elephant (excited)
Hellooooo?
(Back in Whoville, his speech is unintelligible due to the drain pipe. Ned ponders in confusion about this but seeing the horn in his hands, he puts it in the drain pipe and...)
Horton the Elephant (through the horn)
Who's there?
Um, this is the Mayor.
Horton the Elephant (In the jungle…)
The Mayor? The Mayor?! (looks to a passing bird in hysterics) I'M TALKING TO THE MAYOR!!! (the bird's nose go down and walks away) I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew there was life on this speck!
Horton the Elephant (In the jungle…)
Well, um... (leans on a tree) I don't exactly know how to tell you this, but...
Horton the Elephant (In Whoville…) (through the horn)
You're living on a speck.
Well, I hate to disagree with you, Oh, voice from the drainpipe, but I live in Whoville.
Horton the Elephant Well, then, Whoville's a speck.
(from the speck)
Right, o- (In Whoville…) -kay, seriously, who is this? Is this Burt from accounting?
Horton the Elephant Uh, no. This is Horton. I'm an elephant.
Okayyyy... Hor-ton, fake name. Where are you?
Horton the Elephant Well, from where you standing? I guess I'm... in the sky. Which is saying something, because I've slimmed down quite a bit. I swim. You're whole world fits on a flower in my world.
Oh, man, this is even inclusion for you, Bert.
Horton the Elephant Don't believe me? Watch what happens when I put you in the shade.
Horton the Elephant (through the horn)
Dark.
Horton the Elephant (The sky turns dark, The Mayor eyes widened as he saw the sky. Then cuts to Horton who uses a tree to cover the speck)
Light.
Horton the Elephant (The Mayor looks down) (through the horn)
Dark.
Horton the Elephant (Horton uses his ears to cover the speck)
Light.
Horton the Elephant (The Who-ville people put on their night shades repeatedly every time it goes from night to day) (through the horn)
Dark, light, dark, light, dark, light, dark, light, dark. Light. (Back at the jungle) Don't you see?
Horton the Elephant (In Whoville) (through the horn)
We're in the middle of some kind of amazing cosmic convergence. Two vastly different worlds, miraculously crossing paths! Mine, COLOSSAL! Yours, miniscule. Yet somehow, we've managed to make contact.
Horton the Elephant (In Whoville…) (through the horn)
If you think about it, it's pretty amazing.
Horton the Elephant (The Mayor looks up at the sky as the camera zooms upwards)
Is everything okay down there?
(In Whoville…) (speechless)
I... I don't know. You tell me. You're the one holding the speck.
Horton the Elephant I'm the one holding the speck. (gasp, realizing what the Mayor said) I'm the one holding the speck! (through the horn) Don't you worry, Mr. Mayor.
(The Mayor rushes to his desk and plays some music on his telephone, with a beeping sound; to Horton)
Hold, please!
(He rushes to an air-filled elevator, but he got hit and fell down. Miss Yelp, on her computer, grabs an ice pack to him and he puts it on his head and later enters the elevator)
What did all of this mean? The Mayor hadn't a clue.
So, he ran to the office of Dr. Larue,
the brainiest brain on the staff at Who U.
I don't know. Hey! You know, I was just wondering if our world were, say, a tiny speck, mmm, floating through space... how would we know?
Well, why would you ask something like that?
Oh, no reason. No reason at all. I don't even remember. Yes, I do. Ah, you know what? Some guy was talking to me. Not an elephant in the sky. A guy on the ground.
(A round glass containing green acid starts to roll over and the Mayor noticed it and quickly grabs it)
There would be several ramifications.
Good ramifications?
A tiny speck?
(The acid then pours on the desk while Dr. Larue puts a popcorn kernel and starts experimenting with it using a laser-like experiment)
Uh-huh, yeah. Tiny speck.
Floating around. (While Larue uses her laptop and types about the "speck", The Mayor looks at the acid and quickly hides it with a book before it sinks itself) Well, we'd have inexplicable tremors, dramatic changes in the weather, (Dr. Larue reads at a very long paper containing results) and if we didn't eventually achieve some sort of stability, our world would be... (She removes her glasses for dramatic effect) destroyed!(A kernel later becomes a popcorn)
Destroyed?! (slurred) Destroyed, Oh destroyed. Oh, trouble! (As the Mayor leaves, Dr. Larue quickly stops the acid bottle with her finger from pouring. At Mayor's office, he hangs up the telephone and rushes to Horton) Horton!
Horton the Elephant (in a nasally voice)
Um, no, uh, this is... uh... Benny. Horton is busy right now. (In the jungle, Horton holds his trunk to change his voice, before going back to his normal voice, chuckling.) No! I'm joking. That's me.
(to Horton)
Listen, Horton, turns out I need your help a little bit. Apparently, if that speck keeps moving around, our whole world… could be obliterated. So I need you to find us Whos a safer, more stable home… and fast.
Horton the Elephant No problem, Mr. Mayor. Let's see… (looks at a flower) Wow! That's a nice view.
(A giraffe-like creature of the species Zatz-It eats the flowers. Horton gets scared.)
Hello, is everything okay?!
(A grape falls on Horton's head. He looks to find out where the grape came from, and it was two woodpecker-like birds who are pecking a pile of grapes, taking turns trying to knock them down, causing them to fall and hit Horton, Horton then dodges 2 more, and a anteater-like creature with a vacuum-like snout of the species Nink walks by consuming flowers, nearby some termite-like insects with bladed teeth. Horton gasps in fear.)
What's going on up there?
Horton the Elephant (A Zatz-It eating the flowers, the two birds who are now pecking the grapes at the same exact time, just slightly off from each other, Horton gasps in shock.) (freaking out)
OH NO!
Horton (The same thing loops every time and it cuts to the insects eating what it looks like a tree, but is actually just a flower. Horton screams then runs to a hill)
THIS ENTIRE JUNGLE IS A HOUSE OF DEATH!!! (he stops panicking and looks up) Oh, wait. There's a good spot.
And it's then Horton saw at the top of Mount Nool
(the camera flies to Mount Nool's cave with a sunflower, the one that started this whole mess in the first place) a small cave that looked peaceful and quiet and cool,
where a sunflower grew proud and tall from the ground.
There, he knew every Who would be safe. Would be sound.
Horton the Elephant I found it, Mayor. The perfect place. Right up there. At the top of Mount Nool.
Mr. Mayor?
Horton the Elephant (The mayor was startled when Miss Yelp entered the office)
I wish you could-
The Who-Centennial Committee is waiting for you to look over the giant meatball for the Edible Parade. Oh, and then you're due at the dentist for your Who-root canal.
You know, sticking “Who” in front of everything doesn’t make it hurt less. Just wastes time! (Miss Yelp closes the door) I don’t… wanna go. (to Horton) Listen, Horton, I gotta go. (packs most of his things in his suitcase, including his coffee and his goldfish) Apparently, there’s a problem with the giant meatball.
Horton the Elephant You just take care of that meatball, sir, and leave the freaking out to me.
So then Horton began his long, perilous trek,
determined to save the small world on the speck.
Horton was faithful and stalwart and kind.
Horton the Elephant I got you. Don't worry. I'll protect you!
He was a brave hero... at least in his mind.
Horton the Elephant (uses his ears as a ninja hood)
We must become invisible. Travel silently. For there are forces that would seek to destroy us.
Horton the Elephant (The camera zooms in on Horton's head as it transitions into an anime-style sequence. A giant tree sprouts up from the ground, blocking his path.)
Huh?! So you think you can sneak up on me, huh?! (combat noises) It is clear that you are no match for my technique. Hey! (kicks a branch, but it snaps back and smacks his butt with an awkward shot of a red mark from below.) I see you have mastered the way of the snapping branch. Watch me tumble! (He jumps from branch to branch to the top of the tree.)
Off-Screen Voice
Morton Mouse, go!
You are fast, Horton, but the Kangaroo has monkeys! (Monkeys can be seen flying in from the distance.)
Horton the Elephant Hm? I will make monkeys of these monkeys. It is their destiny. (He does a Dragon Ball-style to fire a beam of energy at the monkeys.) For the clover!
Clover
(cuts to a cute, anime style, with Morton looks in awe.)
Horton is the greatest hero of them all, haaaa!
(Cuts back to the same anime style) Horton and Morton: Horton! Morton! GO! (Horton runs forward, screaming, but is stopped by Morton.)
But Mount Nool is that way! (Horton felt dumb-founded for a sec.)
Horton the Elephant Ha-ha-ha! To the top of Mount Nool! As fast as lightning! Away, I go. (He starts to jumpkicks, but snaps back to reality as he trips, landing on a flower.) Oh, sorry little fellow. You'll be fine. Just think healing thoughts.
Horton, Horton! Look!
(Katie gets bumped by a log repeatedly)
We've all got our own clovers with worlds on them!
Yeah!
Horton the Elephant Oh...
In my world, everyone's a pony, and they all eat rainbows, and poop butterflies!
Horton the Elephant That's beautiful, Katie ! (Katie she puts her flower on the top of her head and walks away)
Ha-ah-ah.
Horton the Elephant In a... really weird way.
My world is called Jessicaland, and everyone worships Queen Jessica because Jessica is so beautiful.
Jessica, that was awesome.
(As they talk about their specks with their worlds, Sour is picking some fruits from a tree and she saw his son, with an orange flower and grabs it to her)
Rudy!
Mom, be careful! My best friend Thidwick lives on that!
Rudy, no one lives on this, it's not possible. (She crushes the flower in front of him.)
What...?
That Horton is a menace.
Mom, Mom, please, you're so weird! Don't do this to me!
Honey, go to your room. (Pushes Rudy's head to her pouch) Horton! (Horton and his class look away, while Jessica and Angela scream in terror and run away at the sight of Sour. Rudy's mother kicks Katie from bush, sending her flying over a tree resembling a football goal, but surprisingly, she finds it amusing)
Oh, you guys with worlds are in trouble! (he run away)
Have you forgotten what we've discussed?
Horton the Elephant Oh no, I'm an Elephant and Elephants never forget, it's a curse really! I remember, I was on my head and you said hmm and I looked up and you said ,what are you doing?, and I said the thing about the speck, then you pulled my ears and you poked me in the forehead...
Horton!
Horton the Elephant : Well you did.
Horton the Elephant All right. I got to get this speck up to the top of Mountain Nool A-S-A-P! Whatever that means. Probably "Act Swiftly, Awesome Pachyderm!" I mean, how hard can it be? (looks at a really, really long rickety bridge, shocked) It's just a straight plummet to certain death. (?) This looks... kinda precarious. Well... no need to worry. Obviously when they build a bridge like this, they take into account that elephants will be crossing here. (Horton reaches his foot out and puts his weight onto the bridge, which bends good.) Alright. Feel good. I'll just get... whoa! (He steps onto the bridge with his whole body, making him lose his balance. And each step causing him to wobble on the bridge.)
(Meanwhile, back in Whoville, the Mayor is at the dentist for his Who-root canal, feeling stressed as he sits into the chair. Looking around, he spots a portrait of a whale tail dipping out of the water, and a label saying "Courage.")
W- Uh yeah, that's true. (He lays back into his chair with a sigh, trying to calm his mind and relax, thinking it's gonna be okay, when he hears a scream from a room over, followed by a higher pitched scream. Panicked, he gets up and attempts to run out) Alright! (but is stopped by the operating dentists.)
Dentist
Hello, and how are we today, Mr. Mayor? (grabs an water flosser) Say aaaaah.
Horton the Elephant (He finds what looks like stable footing,)
Ah! (takes a step, but falls right through the plank, causing the dentist to miss the Mayor's mouth, but instead hit his eye with the stream of water, much to his discomfort. Looking around confused, the dentist forgets the weird shake, and proceed.)
Dentist
Rinse, please. (The Mayor fountains the water out of his mouth and into the cup, prompting the dentist to scrape a little dollop of water off his lip.)
Horton the Elephant Huh, I think a few of these boards could stand to be replaced. (He takes a step back, but the plank behind him breaks, causing every single plank behind him to fall off and crumble.) I just need to think light. I'm light as a feather. I'm light... as a feather. (He watches as a passing bird drops a feather, which lands on a board, causing it to break and fall.) Heavy feather.
Dentist
Okay! (He taps a syringe.) This will just pinch a little.
Horton the Elephant I'm lighter than a feather. What's lighter than a feather...? (gasp of idea) Air! There's nothing lighter. So, it stands to reason... (He takes a breath in.) That the more air I have... (He takes another breath, his talking strained.) The lighter... (And another.) I'll be...!
(The music, "The Blue Danube" plays as Horton holds his breath with an inflated trunk, thinking for him to be floating in air, but he quickly steps across the bridge, breaking each plank he steps on. The scene switches between the dentist getting closer with the syringe to the Mayor's tongue, and Horton getting closer to the end of the bridge, but as he runs out of breath, he exhales powerfully enough to send him barreling back down to the middle of the bridge with nothing but the support ropes keeping him from falling. While in response to the fall, the dentist misses the Mayor's tongue, and somehow jabs his arm with the needle instead, prompting the Mayor to scream in pain as his arm is now longer and limp from the shot. He gets up and runs away, but struggles to open the door with his bad arm until he uses his other arm to open the door, running out and slapping the people in the waiting room with his numb arm.)
Dentist
Next, please.
Horton the Elephant Alright. That was absolutely terrifying. If I just pull myself UP- (His legs spread out as he tries to hold onto the ropes and looks down at the abyss beneath him.) Try not to panic! (Painstakingly, he manages to pull himself back up to the end of the bridge, grabbing onto the posts when they jolt downward. He starts screaming as he believes for him to be falling, but as the camera zooms out, he's not falling, and he just acted pre-emptively. He hums, and pulls himself all the way back onto solid ground.) Whew. That could have been a disaster! (As he walks, his bottom begins to bounce and bop, getting into a giddy groove.) Wow, I feel really good right now. Maybe it's my new sense of purpose. (He begins ballet dancing, grabbing a vine off of a tree and twirling it like a ribbon, before the theme changes to a rap-themed, twerking in motion and spin, which sends him crashing into a tree with a "Whoa!")
(The Mayor runs home from the dentist with his numb arm flailing behind him. He enters and closes the door on his arm, struggling to pull it out, before noticing JoJo holding a pile of various objects.)
Alright...! Heeey, JoJo, I need your help. Can you help me? Okay, great! Okay, first! I need you to go to the girl's room! (His numb arm rubberbands back at him and slaps him in the face.) Ahh! Take down Hannah's china doll collection, and then- stop looking at my arm. Put away Holly's light bulb collection, and then- you know what? Just take care of anything that might break or shatter! Okay, take a good long look. (grabs his numb arm and starts shaking at it) Got it? Thanks JoJo! (He runs up the stairs, and starts shouting some gibberish nonsense as he shakes his arm, before throwing it against the wall, where he screams in pain. But in realization, his arm is no longer numb and works perfectly again. He goes to his room and grabs some stuff from his room) Here. I'll take that, and- whoa. Yah! (He starts putting his stuff to the top of his room)
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Hi! You're home late!
Oh, sorry Hon, I was just... having some dental work done. On my... arm.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: So, what was that- Ned! What are you doing?
Wha- What do you mean?
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Well, I'm no detective, Ned, but you are hanging from the chandelier.
I just thought it might look better somewhere it can't fall on us and crush us in our sleep. (The chandelier starts falling down as he screams until it closely hits the ground, with him chuckles nervously)
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: What is going on?
(He starts getting out of the chandelier)
... Hey, Hon... Did you ever get the feeling that you were being watched?
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Um... yeah. Sure. I suppose.
And then you get the feeling that maybe that thing watching you is, aaauuuhh- a giant elephant!
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Um...
And- You know how you get that weird feeling that your world is actually a tiny speck? And that elephant... that I talked about earlier, is carrying it around on a flower. And you realize that if you tell anybody, they'd think you were crazy. But you still feel the responsibility to keep everyone safe... You know that feeling?
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Um... you know, I'm gonna have to say no... do you know that feeling?
... dah! Pfft, hohohoho, no! (yawn) Wow, I am beat. Time to hit the hay, I guess.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Sweetheart, I know you're under a lot of stress. And if you're seeing elephants and flowers, then fine. Just don't tell anyone else that story, okay? And remember, it's not the end of the world.
The end of the world...?
Horton the Elephant (Back at the jungle)
Horton to Mayor. Horton to Mayor. Come in Mayor, over.
(Back at Who-ville, the Mayor is at the rooftop, carrying the horn up high)
Horton? I get terrible reception here.
Horton HOW ABOUT THIS?! IF I GET UP REAL CLOSE, CAN YOU READ ME?!
(screams while falling off the roof)
Yep! Roger that! Are we at that safe place yet?
Horton the Elephant Almost. I'm pretty sure the worst part's over. This is your elephant speaking. Just sit back, enjoy the ride, and we'll have you to Mount Nool in no time.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: (off-screen) No, you can't have ice cream for breakfast.
McDodd Sisters
(off-screen)
Pleeaase?
Horton the Elephant Who's that? Is there someone else there?
Well, that's my wife and kids.
Horton the Elephant You have a family...
I do indeed. (reveals his wallet and shows a really long pictures of his children) A beautiful wife, 96 daughters, and 1 son. (shows a picture of Jojo through his wallet)
Horton the Elephant Hohohoho! Busy guy, haha.
And we all share one bathroom. You know how that is.
Horton the Elephant Yeah! Don't I know it, heh. (whispered; to himself) Bathroom?
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Ned?
Ahh- What?
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Sweetheart, you know you're on the roof, right?
McDodd Sisters
(off-screen)
Please, Mom.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: (to her daughter) What's that? No, you need to go to bed, Daddy's having a breakdown. (to the Mayor) Ned? What are you up to now?
I was just about to put the kids to bed when I got off the roof. And I- That's the- That's what happened, right.
Helga McDodd
(Girls Bedroom)
Daddy?
Yes?
Helga McDodd
Can I have a glass of water?
Of course.
McDodd Sisters
Good Night. Me too! Me three! Me four! Me five! Me nine! Me twenty-eight! (And so on.)
Okaay.
Horton the Elephant (Just then, a rustling is heard at the jungle)
Uh-oh. Hang on Mr. Mayor. I may have to put up a fight. A frightened elephant could be very dangerous. (to the rustling sound) Alright! You've called down the thunder, buddy. You hungry for trouble? I'M AN ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT SALAD BAR! TAKE A BITE!!!
(The rustling noise stops to reveal it was Morton, who was tired of running)
I hate running.
Horton the Elephant Morton! (gritting teeth goofily) Don't do that!
Horton! Horton? (turns around to see Horton's eyes) D'oh! There you are. We got trouble! Wait. Stay. Wait. Did you hear that? No, I'm here. Okay. Listen. No, go. Kangaroo has gone nuts. Bananas. She's telling everyone that you should be kicked out of Nool.
Horton the Elephant She said that? I thought we were friends.
Word is, she's gone to Vlad's.
Horton the Elephant Vlad. Vlad. I know two Vlads. Is it the bad Vlad or the bunny Vlad that makes the Cookies?
Yeah, Horton. She's sending you a bunny with cookies. I think we can assume it's the bad Vlad.
Horton the Elephant Yeah, that's a good call.
So, unless you're cool with giant razor sharp claws (pulls Horton's eyes) ripping the flesh off of your body, I get rid of the clover.
Horton the Elephant I can't. I promised the Mayor. I meant what I said and I said what what I meant. And an elephant's faithful 100%.
Please, for me, just this once, be faithful 99% of the time. I've never gone 99% on anything. They think I'm awesome. So, come on.
Horton the Elephant I meant to what I said and I said what I meant.
I'm not gonna say it. (Horton wants Morton to say it, but fails) You can do that all day it's not happening. (Still waiting to finish the sentence, Morton sighs) An elephant's faithful 100%.
Horton the Elephant That's right. That's my code. My motto. Thanks for the warning, Morton.
Okay, but watch the skies. (pulls Horton's eyes again) Keep watching the skies.
Horton the Elephant (Morton runs away before looking at Horton then runs away. In fear, Horton looks up at the sky, knowing something bad will happen)
Mayor, you need to get everyone underground, NOW!
Horton the Elephant I don't wanna sound the alarm. (Mayor starts doing mouth-to-mouth at the fish before the fish inflates, eyes open wider) There's a good possibility we maybe attacked by a giant, carnivorous bird.
What?!
Horton the Elephant There's a small chance it could be a bunny with cookies, but, I wouldn't count on it.
Horton the Elephant (He loses grip of Finwick and tries to grab it before the fish went back to his bowl, panting)
Mayor, are you there?
Yeah, no. That's a great idea. It's just... in order to get everyone mobilized, I need the "Okay" of the city council. And they never listen to me. I've been called a boob. Several times. I can't do it.
Horton the Elephant You have to talk to them, Mayor. Okay, listen...
(Just as he talks to the Mayor)
Horton the Elephant (He saw Vlad who is attempting to get rid of the clover, thus led to a big chase)
Bad Vlad. Bad Vlad. BAD VLAADD!!!
Horton the Elephant (Back at Who-ville, The Mayor's office starts sliding from left to right. Back at the Nool, Horton starts hiding behind a tree and starts to breathes)
That is definitely not a bunny. (He turns around to see any signs of Vlad, but to no appearance, then breathes as relief) Lost him. Meant to lose him, and I lost him.
(It was fine until Vlad came back, and Horton screams as Vlad's about to kill the clover, with his razor sharp claws. Horton dodges and Vlad has his claws stuck to a tree, struggling to get off and saw Horton running away)
This tree for real, come on!
Horton the Elephant Hang on, Whoville! This is gonna get rough!
(He falls down as we cut to Who-ville which the office then slides to the left, with the Mayor landed on the Chairman's portraits, then slides back as he grabs from the exit and dodges everything from his office, including his desk, and Finwick's bowl, which landed on his crotch, with another object on the fishbowl, which Finwick dodges. Back at Nool.)
Now you're going to get it. Get ready for the best.
Horton the Elephant Leave me alone!
(He enters the Bamboo forest to avoid him and Vlad enters as well, with one of the bamboo being hit on him and trapped)
No! Horton!
Horton the Elephant (As Horton exits the Bamboo forest, he looks to see any sightings of Vlad, but to no appearance again and Horton breathes as relieve again)
I just know he's gonna jump out somewhere.
Hello.
(Horton screams as he saw Vlad, still here, and back up slowly till he reaches a branch and keeps backing up until he trip and grabs the branch with his nose. Back at Who-ville, the residents notice the weird shaking before it slides back to the left. We then see the Mayor rolling around through the podium and later got banged by a chair, a refrigerator, and a table, which causes him to scream in pain before he saw the same stapler and staples him again in the forehead, to which he screams in at the top of his lungs. Back at Who-ville...)
Chess mate. Now it's time for me to take clover and (baby-voice) crush all the little people on it...
Horton the Elephant Sorry. This is where we get off.
(Horton let go of the branch and it launches at Vlad, who is landed on a big rock)
Ow, in the my beak!
Horton the Elephant (He moves like a domino and falls to the trees)
Cool line. Usually I can't think of those things til later.
Horton the Elephant (Back at Who-ville, The Mayor pushes the desk back to his office)
Mayor?
Ah, Horton.
Horton the Elephant Are you okay?
Ah. (He later looks outside to see the residents standing, then he saw an orange Who grabbing on a machine, with a green Who getting out) Well, more or less. What happened? The bird?
Horton the Elephant Yeah, it attacked me. (more serious) Mayor, your people are in danger.
You know what, I'm gonna do it. I'm going to go out there. And tell them what is going on.
Horton the Elephant Perfect. Now quick, get going.
Who 1
(The Mayor goes outside, babbling, as he is about to make his announcement)
Hey, Mr. Mayor! Something's wrong!
Who 2
My basement is in the attic.
Who 3
The science museum is history.
Who 4: The Lost and Found is missing.
Who 5
(We then saw Jojo who is on the car-like machine and exits to see his father)
What's going on Mr. Mayor?
I'm declaring a state of emergency.
(The chairmans arrive)
Don't worry. Don't worry. The Mayor is just being a moron. (All of the Who residents all leave as they're nothing happening)
No, wait! Whoville is in terrible danger. Everyone needs to get down to the underground storage area immediately.
Fine, fine. Let's do this democratically. Who wants the joy and glory and festivity of the Who-centennial to proceed as planned? (They all cheer, except for Sally) And who, like the Mayor, (A beach ball is thrown to the Mayor) thinks it would be better to spend the Who-Centennial in an underground storage area?
Obnoxious Who
YEAH!!! (Tries to high five somebody, much to no one's answer)
Wait! You got to listen to me. Our whole world could explode! (grabs a beach ball as example. The Whos gasp in shocked. The Mayor grabs a pen and stabs the beach ball, with a little air coming out of the ball) Much more quickly. (Squeezes the beach ball to understand his point more quickly) And our world wouldn't make that noise.
The people have spoken Mr. Mayor. You're finished. No one believes you. No one supports you.
Horton believes me.
Horton? Who's Horton?
Horton is a giant elephant in the sky. (points up to the sky, much to the Who's confusion) Don't bother looking, he's invisible. And he is the one risking his life to get Whoville, which by the way is a speck on a clover, to safety.
(Silence, Sally facepalms in shame. Then the Chairman laughs loudly as well as the Who-ville residents, except Sally and Jojo)
I can prove it. Horton's voice comes out of this horn. (Who-ville residents uses their stuff to hear Horton's voice from the horn.) Horton! (At the jungle, Horton stops walking and hears Mayor's voice) I have all the Whos gathered in town square. Let them know you there.
Horton the Elephant Gee. It's a kind of high pressure situation then. Wow. I'm really running a blank here. (He has an idea) I know. (But the Vlad yanks the speck, much to Horton's horror)
Horton? Horton, We're waiting. Time to show everyone that you exist and... By extension what a non-boob I am. (chuckles awkwardly, and everyone laughs at him once again, until heavy wind swept around) Wait! Everyone, look at the wind. What do you think that means?
It means, Um, it means... obviously, uh... Let the Kite Flying Race begins! (They all cheer and began the kite race)
(Back at Horton chases Vlad at a grey, cracked desert, until he got hit by a wall and looks up)
What a burn on you, Horton! Ha, Ha!
(Horton climbs the wall and reaches the top. He grabs on a plant to pull his feet up. He falls forward, puts the plant down and runs through the dirt path in determination. While running, he noticed Vlad's black feather on the branch, grabbing it before glaring at it angrily. He charged through the snow, another feather falling, which he catches up, glancing at it before looking up. He saw the vulture before charging through the snow, he smokes snow air through his trunk like a train and jumps over a gap before landing in the snow, swimming through it and out)
Horton the Elephant Woo, brain freeze!
Horton the Elephant (Horton reaches to the top of the mountain, without snow, and rushes to Vlad)
Give me back my speck. (Horton jumps and tries to grab it. But Vlad quickly dodges)
Not this time guy.
(Horton falls and screams as he landed through snow, later runs through it and chases Vlad.) (Back at Who-ville)
I'm so sorry that I let you down, but... this... this is bigger than me. Get the family together and get somewhere safe.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: I will! I believe you.
(Horton starts running fast, more angrier as he yells at Vlad stares waiting for the moment)
I've got you now, elephant.
Horton the Elephant No! No! NO! (Vlad he drops the speck, much to Horton's horror, as it shows that it will be dropped at a million specks) Oh, no. (Horton covers his eyes as the speck is about to be dropped, and cuts to Who-Ville being jumped harder)
YEAH!!!
(Vlad laughs evilly as his mission completed. As the screen fades to black)
Horton the Elephant (He see a pink-style field that's all nothing but clovers as Horton searches for the one with the speck)
Mayor? Anybody there? Hello? Anyone?
But clover by clover by clover he found,
that the one that he sought for was just not around.
Horton the Elephant Mayor? Hello?
And by noon, poor Horton, more dead than alive,
had picked, searched, and piled up 9,005.
Horton the Elephant (tired)
Hello. Sorry to bother you, nobody. Knock knock. This is the way you say, "Who's there?" If there were any Whos there. Get it! "Who's there?!" (babbling)
All day he looked, looked on and on,
till his hope was almost gone.
Horton the Elephant (Just then, a wind blew a pile of pink clovers. Horton noticed this and begins to panic)
No. No. No. Please, No! This isn't fair!
(As Horton looks at the wind-blowing clovers, he saw the actual clover, the one with the speck)
But wait! Could this one be the one?
Was all his searching finally done?
(an excited Horton runs through the clover and grabs it and later jumps through a pile of clovers) Ah, yes! For this was the hour,
Horton have found them on the three-millionth flower!
Horton the Elephant Mayor? Mayor! I found you! (Silence; Horton's face goes nervous as the speck didn't answer) Mayor? Are you there? Mayor? (Horton lies down in defeat) Mayor! (Cuts to Who-Ville, being destroyed due to Vlad dropping the speck) Mayor, are you there? Mayor? Mayor? (Cuts back to the clover field) Mayor.... MAYYOOR!!!!!! (He falls down and begins to cry, covering his eyes with his ears, until he hears something)
Mayor the Elephant
(nasally voice)
Uh, no. This is Floyd. Can I take a message?
Horton the Elephant (Horton's face goes excited as he hears the Mayor and starts to jump in ecstatic)
Mayor! You're Okay!!
(At Who-Ville, the people and the buildings jumps and shakes due to Horton's ecstatic jump)
Horton! Horton! Stop! Stop it!
Horton the Elephant (The jumping and shaking stops)
Sorry. (Back at Who-Ville) It must've been rough down there. I can't believe I found you. You really have me worried.
Old Who
Say, the Mayor was right!
McDodd Sisters
(The sisters and baby arrived to hug his father)
Daddy, daddy, daddy.
Okay, I'm alright. And so are you. (Sally arrives and she and Ned both smile at each other before he talks to the Who's and clear his throat) Citizens of Whoville! I'd like you to meet our friend, Horton. (The Who's all cheer for Horton, with him being in touched, then back to Whoville) He's going to help us.
I've got this. This is the chairman-
Horton the Elephant IDIOT!!! You're finished in this town. Is that understood? Finished. You boob!! (The chairman was too appalled to speak, before Horton laughs) I'm just joking.
Chariman
Good one.
Horton, this is my wife Sally.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: You exist! This means my husband isn't crazy. Hooray!
And... off you my daughters. Haley, Holly, Hooly, Hedy Hilda and Hanna.
McDodd Sisters
Hi!!
And here is Miss. Yelp, my loyal assistant. And here's Dr. Larue...
You saved us.
And Bert from accounting. And Mrs. McGilicuddy. (a cat yowl can be heard from the speck) And Mr. Farfoogan from the Cloogan Farfoogans. And the Oldman in the bathtub.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Let's not overwhelm the poor fella. He's never gonna remember all these names.
Horton the Elephant I'll try my best. Sally. Chairman. Haley, Holly, Hooly, Hilda, Hedy & Hanna. Miss Yelp, Dr. Larue, Bert from Accounting, Mrs. McGilicuddy, Mr. Farfoogan of the Clugan Farfoogans. And wasn't there an old guy in a shower?
Mmm, Bathtub.
Horton the Elephant Oh, yeah.
We're all here, Horton. And we all believe in you.
Horton the Elephant Wow! That's awesome. And it's a responsibility, I do not take lightly. I promise you a future that it's safe, sound, and stable. We will create a world where every Who is endowed with three inalienable rights to be determined that a later date.
Horton the Elephant (as John F. Kennedy's voice)
And, uh, we will, uh, put us back on Mount Nool before the end of this, uh, decade.
(Just as Horton arriving to Mount Nool, Mrs. Quilligan, who is lying on a tree, noticed Horton's speck is still alive. Shocked, she flies in panic, although her wings are disproportionately small for her body.)
Mrs. Quilligan
(rapidly)
Oh! This-this Elephant, he's crazy. Oh my goodness! I gotta tell everybody. I need to get to the Kangaroo. Whoo! Wait til they find out about...
Oh! You should've been seeing me. I really let elephant have it. I chase him, i torment him. And then I break him into million little elephant pieces. (Rudy gasps in shocked, hearing about it) It was thing of beauty, really. My best work. Classic Vlad.
And the clover?
Clover is finished. No way in million years Horton find it. Read my beak: Clover is gone forever.
Mrs. Quilligan
(Mrs. Quilligan lands and fell off, Vlad laughs as he sees her)
I just saw Horton and he is still talking to that CLOVER!
(Sour looks at Vlad, who chuckles nervously, in anger, thinking he was lying to her)
Idiot! (storms off)
Whoa! Come on, I'm your bro! It's me you're talking to! We have history! Come on, let's not forget, I did this for free!
(she wipes through large leaves)
What is happening to the Jungle of Nool? (she jumps towards the animals in the clearing) There once was a time when people were people, (Tommy, his father Willie, and another cow-bear standing next to them look at Sour in surprise with other animals), and specks were specks. (three Zatz-Its look on her, and these on left slowly shakes his head yes) Well I say if you can't see it, hear it, or feel it (jumps onto the central rock), it doesn't exist. Our way of life is under attack. And who's leading that attack? (turns gently, then turns abruptly and raises their hands in a gesture of haunting) Horton!!
(The animals gasp in shocked and horror, then Morton arrived, interrupting the speech)
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a minute! This is Horton we're talking about, you know about him. He wouldn't hurt a fly. Except for that fly city he sat on. But he didn't do that on purpose.
Oh, yeah. That's weird. My brownies are burning. I got to go. (He runs off quickly)
Are we going to let troublemakers like Horton (grabs Rudy as an example) poison the minds of our children?!
Not the children!!
(The Wickershams arrives to all the animals hear Sour's speech too)
When Horton tells our children about worlds beyond the jungle, he makes them question the authority. Which leads to defiance, which leads to ANARCHY!!!
Yeah!! Horton must pay!!
Mrs. Glummox
It's that speck!
Willie Cow-Bear
Now, we have to do something!
Mrs. Quilligan
For the children!
For the children!
ARE WE GOING TO LET HIM GET AWAY WITH THIS??!!
Various Residents
NO!!!
(As the animals start charging which making a stampede, cuts to Horton as he is heading to Mount Nool when he stops to hear something from the ground. He lifts up and he sees Morton running to him)
Horton the Elephant Morton. I told you, 100%!
Horton the Elephant Morton, pick up your feet. Jeez!
It’s not me!
Horton the Elephant (The rumbling gets louder as the stampede of the various animals appears.)
Oh, ho, ho. I see, it’s an angry mob. Sorry, Morton. I thought it was you that was making all that… (he then realizes it) but it’s… (shocked) oh, darn.
Everybody, come on!
There he is!! (The large crowd of animal stampede runs as Jane gets up on a rock, watching, Yummo jumps through it.) Let's rope him!
Let's cage him!
(Horton tries to run away from enraged animals in Jungle of Nool, but is stopped by an angry mob of animals, blocking his path)
STOP!!!! (the running animals stops)
Horton the Elephant Hey, fellas. Good to see ya, all at once. You look really great as a horde.
Horton, Horton, Horton, look at the mess you created for yourself. All this hullabaloo over a silly little flower.
Horton the Elephant It's a speck.
Right. I mean it's silly, really, all this talk of roping you and caging you and... well, we don't need to go into the details. The point is, this angry mob, of all the trouble you're in, it can all go away.
Horton the Elephant (The Wickershams look at Horton and goes "Aw!")
Really?
Of course. All you have to do is admit to everyone that there are no small people living on that speck, that you were wrong and I was right. You do that, and things can go right back to the way they were. But, if you don't, You're going to have to pay the price.
Horton the Elephant (The Wickershams grabbed a big cage, much to Horton's fear, as an example)
So I just have to say it isn't true? (the residents were silent, hearing about what Horton will have to say) Go ahead! Rope me! Cage me! Do whatever you want! But there are people on this speck. And they have a Mayor, who has 96 daughters and one son name JoJo, who all share a bathroom, whatever that is. And even though you can't hear or see them at all, a person's a person, no matter how small.
(Much of the Jungle's resident's, including the Wickershams, felt touched by Horton's speech. One of the Wickersham scratches another Wickersham's back and looks at a dandruff, before he realizes and looks up, puppy eyes)
(touched)
That was beautiful, Horton. (enraged) Rope him! Cage him! (All of the residents she grin) Burn that speck in a pot of boiling beezle-nut oil!
(The same Wickersham eats the dandruff instead)
(Back at Who-Ville, every Who, including the Mayor, heard what Sour said about through the horn, gasps of shocked)
They don't believe we're here. (to the Who's) We got to make some noise! We are here! We are here! We are here!
Men Whos
We are here! We are here! We are here!
ladies Whos
We are here! We are here! We are here!
(to the Charimans)
Come on! (to the Whos) Everybody! (All of the Who's start saying "We are here!" repeatedly) We are here. We are here. We are here.
(Back in Nool, the Wickershams brings in a cauldron of Beelzenut Oil through the angry mob. When dropped on the ground, Horton sees a splash of it killing a flower near it)
Horton the Elephant (as the mob comes closer to Horton.)
Listen. There they are!
(He holds the clover to let them listen. Willie Cow-Bear, tilts his head and lifts his right ear in confusion, while Mrs. Glummox, Mrs. Quilligan, and one of the Wickershams also look at him in confusion. However, he hears nothing because, looking at Quilligan, he shakes his head no. They become furious again)
Rope him!
Willie Cow-Bear
Cage him!
Horton the Elephant (The animals in Jungle of Nool start to surround Horton) (to the speck)
It's not working. I can hear you. But, their ears aren't strong enough.
(Back in Whoville)
We need to be louder. Get every Who to make noise! Everyone!
(All Whos start getting louder while shouting "We are here!" with horns and anything to make noise. Jojo, taking noticed, starts running off before the Mayor takes noticed.)
JoJo, where're you going? We need every voice, JoJo!
Horton the Elephant (The Wickershams start roping Horton up to be pulled to the cage)
You need to make some noise down there. Or we all be destroyed.
(The Mayor starts playing the tom-toms, with the Chairman's confusion)
The Mayor grabbed the tom-toms and starting to smack it.
(A female Who says "Here!" in an high opera voice with the horns playing)
And all over Whoville, They whooped up a racket!
(Dr. Larue was about to knock the door, until it opens itself to let a really long horn playing, with much of the Who's playing it. Cut to a montage of Whos making noises)
They rattle tin kettles, they beat on brass pans!
On garbage pail tops and old cranberry cans!
They blew on bazookas and blasted great toots!
On clarinets, oom-pahs, boom-pahs and flutes!
(A green, overweight Who plays a really small flute before a symphony of horns plays. Cuts to the Who's still being louder and saying "We are here!" repeatedly)
There! (to Horton) Can they hear us now?
Horton the Elephant Listen! Please! It's the most beautiful thing ever.
I don't hear nothing!
Horton the Elephant I don't think so. But, keep trying. (The Wickershams starts pulling Horton to get on the cage) Never give in! (tries to struggle, but the Wickershams pulls him harder) Are you sure that every Who down in Whoville is trying?
(The Mayor looks at every Who still saying "We are here!" and making noise, then he sees Sally with a megaphone) Sally O'Malley-McDodd: We are here! We are here!
Where's JoJo?
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Probably up the old observatory.
(As the Mayor runs to the observatory, we then cut back to Horton, who is still struggling to get in the cage. The Wickersham inside the cage looks horrors as he is crushed by Horton's butt. The Wickershams then pokes Horton through the closing gate)
Horton the Elephant Hey, there's a limit.
Horton the Elephant (We then cut to the Mayor, blessing for his godspeed, as he is catapult through the observatory) (Back at the Jungle, the Wickershams keep poking Horton's butt, and pulls his nose longer)
That's not supposed to STRETCH THAT FAR!!! (His tail is also being stretched as well)
(Back at Who-ville, The Mayor struggles to open the door with wood planks until he noticed a tiny door and opens it to see a bunch of instruments playing inside, with him being amazed and saw Jojo, who is adjusting an instrument)
JoJo! You built this?
Horton the Elephant (Horns kites violins bells drums cymbals) (Back at Nool, Horton is still struggling. But the Kangaroo walks to Horton and yanks the clover. She angry on her face.) (sadden)
You're making a mistake.
(As Sour walks to the pot, she shows the residents of the Jungle of Nool the speck, with the residents all cheer as they're preparing for this moment.)
But Mom!
Sour Kangaroo: This doesn't concern you, sweety. BACK IN THE POUCH!
Everybody, don't stop! Keep going! This is gonna do it! (to Horton) Can they hear?
Horton the Elephant No
(Most of the Whos stop after realizing it's not louder enough) (to JoJo)
No matter what happens, I couldn't ask for better, son. (Because of his father's advice, he takes the horn and runs through the stairs) Hey, JoJo? (To the Whos) Come on! Keep going!
Horton the Elephant NOOOO!
Horton the Elephant (Crying)
Nooo.
JoJo McDodd
(As they reach the top of the stairs, JoJo lets out a really big noise through the horn)
Y-Y-Y-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-P-P-P!!!!
(She drops it. But the Rudy he grabbed and i caught it)
I hear it! I hear it! They are there!
(The crowd looks at Rudy as roping and caging stops)
And that "Yopp!", that one small extra "Yopp!" put it over.
Wickersham 1
(as the Wickershams let Horton out of the cage)
I hear it.
Wickersham 2
Me too.
Wickersham 3
So do I.
(Sour looks at son)
Rudy. (She tries to give Rudy the clover) Give me that! Come, Ru...
(Rudy jumps out of mother's pouch, away from his mother.) (smiling nervously)
Rudy, get back in the pouch, now.
Uh, Wickershams! Get that clover!
(Rudy stops in front of the Wickersham Brothers. They let him pass while glancing at the Rudy's mother) (shocked)
Well...A..Anybody take it from him.
(The crowd all glances and growls of the Sour. Yawling Yak, Deer-whose-horns-are-connected-from-one-to-the-other and Cow-Bear looking at her with angry. Sour sighs in humiliation. Her son approaches Horton and gives him his clover)
Horton the Elephant (to the speck)
You did it, Mayor. You did it.
Obnoxious Who
YEAH!!! (Tries to high five somebody, but one Who high fives him)
Well done, son.
Who
Alright, Mayor!
JoJo McDodd
Dad, you're one of the Greats!
Horton the Elephant (Back at the Jungle of Nool)
Wow! Easy, everyone. Easy! (looks down) Oh hi, Vlad. (The animals gasp in shock, knowing. But, out of nowhere, it's actually a bunny named Vlad. He holding the cookies, the one Horton was confused about earlier, and wants him to have one) Well, I shouldn't. But...
(He takes a cookie, but when he starts to eat it. But Sour, she defeated. He later shows up to her and wants her to have a cookie. Sour then smiles and uses his umbrella at the speck, knowing to let go of her past)
Oh man, that is nice touch. I'm a mess of this, right? Emotional! Here come the water slide. (starts to cry)
Horton the Elephant Wow. (chuckles) There are so many people to thank. The good people of Nool who put me on a cage and poke me with sticks...
That was me!
Horton the Elephant My buddy, Morton, for being the only who stood by me. Well, not right by me. He's hidden in the bushes sending me good thoughts. He's small.
Dude, you are a warrior poet.
Horton the Elephant And most of all, I'd like to thank to the Mayor of Whoville. Who believed me from the beginning.
Oh, Horton, we're going to miss you.
JoJo McDodd
What are we gonna do without you, Horton?
Horton the Elephant Ah, don't worry. I'll always be around. (sings to the lyrics of "I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" by REO Speedwagon) (He holds Willie Cow-Bear in a dancing gesture, stroking his head) And even as I wander, (he puts her arms around him and Mrs. Quilligan) I'll keep you in sight.
(sings)
You're a candle in the window.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: (sings) On a cool dark winter's night.
Beautiful metaphor.
Horton and Mayor
(singing)
And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might.
Horton the Elephant Whoo, little too high for me.
(sings) Baby, (He, Sour Kangaroo and Mrs. Quilligan go in the direction of snapping their fingers)
I can't fight this feeling any more.
(Katie then starts flying out of existence) (sings)
And if I have to crawl upon the floor.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: (sings) Crawl upon the floor.
Whos
(sings)
Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore.
JoJo McDodd
(sings)
I can't fight this feeling anymore (Cut back to the Jungle of Nool, where Horton, along with Rudy's mother, who is holding an umbrella over the clover, are walking towards Mount Nool to set up Who-ville, with the other animals following them. The camera zooms out.)
And so, all ended well for those, Horton and Whos.
And for all in the jungle, even Kangaroos.
So let that be a lesson to one and to all.
A person's a person...
(As it zooms out, turns out that the Jungle of Nool, like Who-ville, is a tiny speck (and only one of many) in spacewith.)... no matter how small.
(Katie still flying out of existence, ending the film)
(In the international credits, the song still plays, but in a different version) (sings)
And I can't fight this feeling anymore. Yeah, I like-like this, faster, more up-tempo.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: (sings) I've forgotten what I started fighting for.
Mayor the Mouse
That's a metaphor!
Another metaphor!
Horton the Elephant (makes scatting noises)
Ha-aa-ah!
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: (sings) I've forgotten what I started fighting for.
Horton the Elephant (sings)
And I can't fight this feeling anymore.
(sings)
I've forgotten what I started fighting for.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: Well, you shouldn't be fighting anything, enjoy yourself.
Horton the Elephant (sings, crying)
And if I have to crawl upon the floor.
Crashing through your door.
(sings)
Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore on an empty stomach.
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: (sings) I can't fight this feeling...
(Yummo makes monkey noises) Sally and Sour Kangaroo: (sings) I can't fight this feeling anymore.
Horton the Elephant (As the song ends, Mayor holds down the final note and Horton makes more noises, then laughs)
Sorry, just faking words.
Other characters in Horton Hears a Who!
Mayor Ned McDodd
Steve Carell
Vlad Vladikoff
Will Arnett
Narrator
Charles Osgood
Sour Kangaroo
Morton Mouse
Seth Rogen
Yummo Wickersham
Dan Fogler
Rudy Kangaroo
Jessica Quilligan
Thomas "Tommy" Cow-Bear
Jonah Hill
Angela Glummox
Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Animal Kids
Chairman
Dr. Mary Lou Larue
Isla Fisher
Katie
Joey King
Miss Yelp
Niecy Nash-Betts
Sally O'Malley-McDodd
Amy Poehler
More Jim Carrey characters
Ace Ventura
Fletcher Reede
Charlie Baileygates/Hank Evans
Lloyd
Bruce
Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask
Ace Ventura
Carl Allen