Ahhh… what a day. I mean, just really, really, I mean, I tell you, it just doesn't get any better than this, you know? [short pause, Alex sees a star] Ooh! It just did. Even the star's out. Not going to find a star like that in the wild.
Helicopter. [A star, which turns out to be a helicopter, flies away.]
Marty. Buddy. Listen. Everybody has days when they think the grass might be greener somewhere else.
Alex. Look at me. I'm 10 years old. My life is half over. And I don't even know if I'm black with white stripes... or white with black stripes.
Marty. I'm thinking of a song.
Alex. Please. Not now.
Oh, yes. It's a wonderful song. I think you're familiar with it. [scatting]
Oh, no. Oh, no, you don't. No, no, no. I'm not listening! Lalalalalalalalalalala!
♪ Start spreadin' the news ♪
I don't know you!
♪ I'm leaving today! We are a great big part of it ♪
Come on. You know you know the words. Two little words.
New York.
♪ New York! ♪
Shut up, shut up, shut up!! Hey, I'm sleeping here! We're not all nocturnal, you know!!
Hey, I'll knock your "turnal" right off, pal.
Yeah, you and what army, stripes?
You mess with him, you mess with me, Howard!
Ah ha ha ha!
You're a bigmouth lion!
See? Mr. Grumpy Stripes! We make a great team, the two of us.
We sure do. No doubt about it.
So, what are you going to do? Just go running off to the wild by yourself?
No.
Good.
You and me. Let's go.
What?
The wild. Come on. You and me together. It's a straight shot down Fifth Avenue to Grand Central. We'll grab a train; we'll head north. We can be back by morning. No one will ever know.
Yeah. I'm joking. Of course I'm joking. Give me a break. Like we're going to get a train.
Yeah, me too. I'll need to rest my voice for tomorrow. It's Seniors' Day, you know. Have to roar extra loud. Give them a little jolt! You know what I’m talking about?
Good night, Ally Al.
Oh. They forgot to turn off the ambience again!
Don't worry. It's cool. You know, I got it. [kicks the speaker, shooing the bird away as it now turns to the sounds of the Police]
Ah. Much better. [2 hours later; sleep talking] Come on now, baby. My little filet. My little filet mignon with a little fat around the edges. I like that. I like a little fat on my steak. My sweet, juicy steak. You are a rare delicacy.
Alex. Alex. Alex? Alex. Alex!
You suck your thumb?
Okay, okay. [sighs] You know how I have that bladder infection, and I have to get up every two hours? Well, I got up to pee, um, and I looked over at Marty's pen, which, you know, I usually don't do. I don't know why, but I did. And this time I looked over and...
What, Melman? What's going on?
It's Marty. He's gone.
Gone?! [hits his head] Agh! What do you mean "gone"?!
How long has he been working on this?! [looks into the hole the penguins dug] Marty!! Marty!!!
Marty? Marty?! Marty!! Marty!!!
This doesn't make any sense. Where would he go?
He wouldn't.
Oh, no! What are we going to do? We gotta-- we gotta-- I mean, we gotta-- we gotta-- we gotta call somebody!
Hello?! Get me Missing Animals!! And hurry! We've got a lost zebra probably on the way to Connecticut by now, and we're gonna need...!!
Hello? [cut to zoo; on speaker] Hello?
What the…?!
They'll be really mad! It'll get Marty transferred for good. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Mm-hmm. I know that's right.
We got to go after him.
Go after him?
He's not thinking straight. We got to stop him from making the biggest mistake of his life. He's probably out there lost and cold, confused. [sighs; sadly] Poor little guy.
