(He looks up to see some Angela Glummox, Jessica Quilligan, Thomas "Tommy" Cow-Bear and Katie the Yak)
Good morning, class. Are you ready?
(The strange jungle animals drop down onto his back.) (offscreen)
Look out below! (He lands hardly on Horton’s back.)
Tommy’s on board. Katie, you there?
(lands on his back)
Ha-ah-a.
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!!!
Narrator (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.
Narrator 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.)
Narrator Once again the speck floated right by Horton's ear.
Narrator And he heard it again! Just a very faint yelp,
as if some tiny person were calling for help.
Narrator (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.
WB Who-Boy
(He then imagines a helpless Who family hanging onto the speck.)
I WANNA LIVE!
(Out of his thought, Horton decides to quickly save that speck.)
Uh… i gotta go! Katie, you’re in charge! (He runs off)
(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.
W 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)
NW Nits Wickersham
Hear someone coming!
NW Nuts Wickersham
Get me those!
(He takes the bananas and can see Horton running by the bananas, blocking his view.)
Wait!
NW 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.)
Excuse me! Pardon my stampede!
(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.)
I love the smell of the bananas in the morning.
W Wickersham
(The Wickershams reveal from the leaf tree to show a big ball that's made of bananas)
Banana in the Hole!
(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.
(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!
Narrator 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.
Narrator (?)
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.
HM 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)
HM Hooly McDodd
Hedy's been using my blue hairbrush!
HM 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)
HM 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.
HA 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)
HM Hanna McDodd
Toof!
Sally O'Malley-McDodd: It's "th" sweetheart. It's "Tooth"
Narrator 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)
Narrator 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.
(JoJo gets up from his seat and leaves.)
Oh, JoJo! (He rushes to Jojo)
MS McDodd Sisters
Hey! Why this he get more time?
That's not fair!
Narrator 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)
(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 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.
And no one else can join, (uses his ears as a hat) unless they wear funny hats! (He laughs goofily, before sipping his drink.)
The Chair recognizes Brother Morton.
I'm really happy you found this speck...but you might wanna keep it to yourself.
Well, you're talking to a clover. That doesn't look good.
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.
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?
What? Nothing! We're not doing anything! Do-do-dum dum dum, we're totally alone!
"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!
Perfect! Okay, so I'm taking a bath, right, cause my skin gets kind of dry and a little bit ashy.
Narrator 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...
...and I dove into the water like this!
Narrator (As he jumps and lands on the ground, Whoville and its buildings jump up in a giant tremor.)
... was a big bump below.
(At the construction site)
Hey, Joe, don't work too hard.
J 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.
Narrator Now, the Mayor knew it was his job to convey the unusual things that he'd noticed that day, but there was one problem. Though his will was strong...
Narrator ... nothing in Whoville had ever gone wrong.
E Everyone
We have all that we need. We need all that we've got.
We like it in Whoville. We like it a lot!
We're all very busy with the Who-Centennial coming up, so (bangs the gavel) let's bring this meeting to order. Mr. Mayor, I presume you have some good news for us.
Well, it's news. I don't know if we need to go labeling it "good" or "bad" or anything like that. The thing is, I have noticed some odd goings-on in Whoville lately.
Well, you know, tremors, clouds swirling in the sky. And it seems to me, just to be safe, we might want to consider (mumbling) postponing the Who-Centennial.
(even quieter)
postponing the Who-centennial...
(The stenographer can't hear him probably, so she just types gibberish)
What?? Speak up, man!
...POSTPONING THE WHO-CENTENNIAL, ALL RIGHT?!
(Mummers and gasps of worry spread throughout the court, and the Chairman presses a smiley button his desk which puts his co-men and the mayor in a glass dome, and the onlookers relax as elevator style music plays. The enraged Chairman chases the Mayor around the dome, strangles him, and illustrates him as a donkey-like animal's behind in complete silence, much to concerned looks.)
We are about to celebrate 100 years of Whoville happiness and harmony, and you want to postpone the celebration?!
Well, what if Whoville's not safe?
Nothing ever goes wrong in Whoville. Never has, and never will, you blathering boob.
(The chairman presses the button again as the glass dome puts back off, the music also stops.)
The Who-Centennial will proceed as planned! (the people cheered) The Mayor was merely being an idiot. It will be all smiles from now on.
(A machine with gloves makes the Mayor smiles and later escorts him out by kicking him in the back with a boot)
Ow. Ow. That hurt!
(As the machine keeps kicking him out)
(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)
(Back in Whoville, Miss Yelp removes the stapler on Ned's forehead)
Ow, ow, ow... yagh! Thank you, Miss Yelp.
(?) (slurred)
Who said that!? Back off! I'll punch you! Wagh!
(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?
(At the Jungle of Nool) (high pitched and silent, from the speck)
Hello?
(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...)
(through the horn)
Who's there?
(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!
(In Whoville…)
"This speck?" (chuckling doubtedly) What speck?
(In the jungle…)
Well, um... (leans on a tree) I don't exactly know how to tell you this, but...
(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.
Well, then, Whoville's a speck.
(from the speck)
Right, o- (In Whoville…) -kay, seriously, who is this? Is this Burt from accounting?
Uh, no. This is Horton. I'm an elephant.
Okayyyy... Hor-ton, fake name. Where are you?
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.
Don't believe me? Watch what happens when I put you in the shade.
(In Whoville…)
This is absolutely impossible-
(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.
(The Mayor looks down) (through the horn)
Dark.
(Horton uses his ears to cover the speck)
Light.
(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?
(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.
(In Whoville…) (through the horn)
If you think about it, it's pretty amazing.
(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.
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)
Narrator 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.
(At Larue's office)
Dr. Larue! Oh, this is crazy...!
(lisp voice)
Oh! Mr. Mayor! How may I be of assistance?
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.
(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!
(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 himself)
Oh, we're doomed.
(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.
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?
(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!
(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.
Narrator 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.
I found it, Mayor. The perfect place. Right up there. At the top of Mount Nool.
(The mayor was startled when Miss Yelp entered the office)
I wish you could-
(The mayor muted the horn, then starts rubbing it)
Haha, oh, shiny. Haha...
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.
You just take care of that meatball, sir, and leave the freaking out to me.
Narrator So then Horton began his long, perilous trek,
determined to save the small world on the speck.
Horton was faithful and stalwart and kind.
I got you. Don't worry. I'll protect you!
Narrator He was a brave hero... at least in his mind.
(uses his ears as a ninja hood)
We must become invisible. Travel silently. For there are forces that would seek to destroy us.
(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.)
OS Off-Screen Voice
Morton Mouse, go!
You are fast, Horton, but the Kangaroo has monkeys! (Monkeys can be seen flying in from the distance.)
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!
C 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.)
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.
(Katie gets bumped by a log repeatedly)
We've all got our own clovers with worlds on them!
In my world, everyone's a pony, and they all eat rainbows, and poop butterflies!
That's beautiful, Katie ! (Katie she puts her flower on the top of her head and walks away)
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.)
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)
(to Horton)
What do you think you're doing?
Oh, you guys with worlds are in trouble! (he run away)
Have you forgotten what we've discussed?
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...
Heey, JoJo. Wooooow, lotta liquid. Loottta liquid. Just the person I wanted to see. Yeah, I realize that we have not been seeing eye-to-eye lately, and most of it is my fault. It's true. You know what I've been trying to do? I've been trying to impose my vision of your future on you. Let me make this perfectly clear. JoJo... you can be whatever kind of Mayor you wanna be. Hands on, strong and silent, outspoken, it's up to you. Well, good. I feel so much better. I am expecting big things from you, young man. Big things! Alright. Good night. Good stop! Good talk.
Narrator Then, JoJo snuck out, feeling lonely and sad,
and tragically misunderstood by his Dad. And where was he going at such a late hour?
Up to Whoville's abandoned star study tower.
A place where the boy felt contented and free.
A place he could be what he wanted to be
(JoJo enters the abandoned observatory) And what was inside there, I'd say if I could. But up above, the Kangaroo was up to no good.
(?)
Can I come out now, Mom?
No, Rudy. Stay in your room.
Stay inside. ahem... Mr. Vladikoff? (gets jumpscared by vulture-like monster and yelps.)
Yes, I realize you're busy. But I need your help. It's Horton. He's become obsessed with a clover. And he actually thinks there are little people on it. I want that clover destroyed!
Sure, what a big deal this is… for you, bro.
I'd do it myself, but being a lady, I prefer not getting my hands dirty. But I hear you have no problem with that.
No. No problem. Easy peasy. But... I will only do this for a price. In exchange for a brand new pair of- No... this. Little Kangaroo.
Quiet, Rudy. Mommy's thinking it over. (to Vlad) Huh... well thaaanks, but on second thought, I think I'm going to have the Wickersham Brothers take care of this for me.
Yeah, of course, Wickersham. I mean they're-they're classy operation, y'know they did- WAIT, NO! YOU CAN'T GO WITH WICKERSHAM!
No no, no no, the Wickershams would be perfect for this job.
But... they're monkeys! Is not scary!
Uhh, thanks anyway. Maybe next time.
Wait! Here is what I will do to precious clover. I will take it, I will crush it… …And I will devour it. (He begins to choke on a bone he swallowed) Bigger than it look! One second! (retch) Holy moly! (He manages to cough it up and pull it out.) Then I will regurgitate it… …And then, I will devour it second time! So… two times devoured!
Sounds nice... But I think I'll talk to the Wickershams.
Here is best part. I do all... (mispronounced) g-g-gratis. That's free, bro. What do you think? (He nods excitedly, knowing he wants the deal)
YES! SCORE! Thanking you! You won't regret! (He flies away laughing, forgetting to flap and falls for a moment, before getting back up with a cackle.)
(Back to Horton as he is sleeping alone with the clover and he feels cold so he warm himself. Fade to black.)
(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?
Narrator But clover by clover by clover he found,
that the one that he sought for was just not around.
Narrator And by noon, poor Horton, more dead than alive,
had picked, searched, and piled up 9,005.
(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)
Narrator All day he looked, looked on and on,
till his hope was almost gone.
(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!
Narrator (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!
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)
ME Mayor the Elephant
(nasally voice)
Uh, no. This is Floyd. Can I take a message?
(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!
(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.
OW Old Who
Say, the Mayor was right!
MS 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-
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.
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.
And here is Miss. Yelp, my loyal assistant. And here's Dr. Larue...
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.
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?
We're all here, Horton. And we all believe in you.
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.
(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!
MW Men Whos
We are here! We are here! We are here!
LW 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)
(enraged)
THIS WILL TEACH YOU NOT TO MAKE UP STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE ON SPECKS!!!!
(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)
WC Willie Cow-Bear
Cage him!
(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!
(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.
Narrator (The Mayor starts playing the tom-toms, with the Chairman's confusion)
The Mayor grabbed the tom-toms and starting to smack it.
Narrator (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?
Listen! Please! It's the most beautiful thing ever.
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)
(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)
(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?
(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!
JM 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!
Narrator (The crowd looks at Rudy as roping and caging stops)
And that "Yopp!", that one small extra "Yopp!" put it over.
W1 Wickersham 1
(as the Wickershams let Horton out of the cage)
I hear it.
(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.
(he turns his head to his mother)
No, Mom.(Horton is clued up)
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)
(to the speck)
You did it, Mayor. You did it.
(Back in Whoville.)
We did it!
OW Obnoxious Who
YEAH!!! (Tries to high five somebody, but one Who high fives him)
JM JoJo McDodd
Dad, you're one of the Greats!
(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)
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...
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.
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.
JM JoJo McDodd
What are we gonna do without you, Horton?
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.
HA Horton and Mayor
(singing)
And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might.
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.
(sings)
I've forgotten what I started fighting for.
(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.
(sings)
Come crashing through your door.
(sings)
Crashing through your door.
W Whos
(sings)
Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore.
JM 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.)
Narrator 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)
