L Lou
I don't care who started it.
P Penny
[Verne waved the branch, getting everyone's attention]
Oh, look, food.
Well, I think you know what this means.
Just a minute, Hammy. [passing one grab to each of them] This means we were nine berries away from starvation. Sorry. That was a little intense. I meant really serious hunger pains.
Not finished, Hammy. Morning, Lou, Penny.
Hey, kids. So, what I want to tell you is...
I'm not done, Hammy. If you have to go again, just go. OK. So all I'm saying is we cut it a little close. So this year, we need to make sure that we fill the log...
O Ozzie
All the way to the top.
Exactly. [meanwhile, RJ is walking by the bushes, seeing them for the first time] All the way to the top. Because what are we?
L Lou
Super, Verne, really super.
What is it you want to tell me?
What was it, what was it, what was it, what was it? Wait. Right on the tip of my tongue. Oh, yeah! There's a weird thing over there. I've never seen before. It's really scary. Follow me.
OK. Meeting called on account of weird scary thing. Let's go. [unknown to the family, RJ was watching them behind bushes]
Hammy, what weird thing? [seeing what Hammy is pointing at] Oh. That weird thing.
[They look over to the left and right of the massive hedge, Hammy speeds way to the side of the hedge]
It never ends!
[He speeds the other way, brushing past RJ]
Whoa! [Hammy zooms past RJ again] Hey!
It never ends that way too.
L Lou
Whoa. Yeah, jeepers is the word there, hon.
O Ozzie
I've never seen anything like this.
H Heather
What is this thing?
P Penny
It's OK, it's just a... What is this thing, Lou?
L Lou
I... Well, it's a... It's... Verne?
Well, it's... it's obviously....some kind of bush?
P Penny
I'd be less afraid of it if I just knew what it was called.
H Heather
Steve sounds nice.
P Penny
I'm a lot less scared of Steve.
O Ozzie
Oh, great and powerful Steve! What do you want?
I don't think it can speak.
Woman's voice: I heard that, young man!
[It made the animals yelp and Ozzie passes out] Woman's voice: You get over here right now!
[Stella pulls Ozzie back while Verne stops Hammy]
Hammy, get back here.
It probably came from the other side of Steve. I mean the bush. I mean... Jeez! [letting out a sign] Look, there's only one way we're gonna find out what this thing is, and what this is all about. I'm gonna go check it out. [Verne takes a few slow steps, ] Ah!
Aye aye yay. [until he tripped and fell into the hedge, frightening the animals]
All right, Steve, you brought this on yourself.
Stella, don't! I'm not eaten, I just tripped. I'm gonna go over there. Just don't anybody move.
W Woman
[Verne made his way through the hedge and found himself in a backyard of a house]
Kids, come on, hurry up! You'll be late!
What is this place?
[looking around, rj sees homes houses neighborhood. He sees a dragonfly flying by]
That's what I call a super-duper performance there.
Beyond super. They were riveted, man. You were awesome!
H Heather
Dad. I just gotta say, that was... that was pretty good.
O Ozzie
But let's not forget our brilliant leadership: RJ.
H Heather
Hey, RJ, come this way. We wanna show you something.
That raccoon knows what he's doing.
You're my hero there, fella.
H Heather
Over here, this way.
Yeah, we wanna show you something. Come on, hurry!
[The animals, except Verne, shows RJ a surprise; his new home]
Check it out. [RJ looks around at some random objects of his new home] Your new home!
[gestures at the baby car seat]
And look, we got a place for you right here!
Yeah, is this anything like what you had, RJ?
This isn't anything like what I had, Lou.
[hands RJ a can of caffeine]
Here, I'm not supposed to drink this.
Thanks. [to Heather, who sits on RJ's bag] Oh. [clears his throat] Is that my bag?
H Heather
Yeah, we brought it in here so you wouldn't have to sleep in that old tree.
Hey, RJ, check this out! We totally hooked up the TV.
I hot-wired the HD converter.
We get like 1,000 channels!
H Heather
Here, can you take the remote before my dad does?
Wow. A universal remote? This is nice, guys. Really nice. [turns on the TV]
TA TV Announcer
And now, we return to "A Scoundrel Among Us".
W Woman
You should be ashamed of yourself! We let you into our family, and you deceived us! [RJ changes the channel]
M Man
I gave you my heart, and then you ripped it into a million pieces! [RJ changes the channel again]
D Dr. Dennis
Get real, Kevin. Because when you feel like a dirtbag, it's because you're a dirtbag, right? So just say it out loud: "I am a dirtbag."
"Dirtbag"? I don't think that guy's a real doctor. What've you think there, RJ? [notices RJ has gone] RJ?
[They realized that RJ has ran off.]
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, RJ. What are you doing, man? You are getting in way too deep. Just get the food. Feed the bear. Get the food. Feed the bear. WAAH! Where's the food? Where's the food?! WHERE'S THE FOOD?!
[RJ comes out of the hedge and sees Verne pulling the wagon of food away from the forest.]
Verne. What are you doing?
I'm getting things back to the way they were.
No, don't. How about I just leave? [picks up the Spuddies and placed it back on the pile]
Good. You leave, and I return this stuff to the rightful owners.
Because we've angered the humans. And we don't wanna end up like that rabbit. Hence, I'm giving this back so they won't kill us.
Verne, you don't understand! We need this stuff!
[Verne pulled the wagon and RJ fell. Once he got up, he notice what appears to be a chain that is attached to a doghouse. He gasps, dropping the chain.] [quietly]
Verne. Move slow, keep your voice low and follow me.
No! I'm not falling for any more of your smooth talk! I don't know what you're up to, but my entire shell is tingling. Know what? I'm listening to it this time, and I'm putting my foot down.
No, no. [A dog named Nugent]
Play! Play, play, play! Play, play, play, play, play! Play!
TD Toy Doll
[RJ gets string caught on a Y-shaped stick]
Let's play!
Play? [camera perspective changes] Play! Play! Play!
Down, boy. Sit. Roll over!
Attaboy, Verne. Save the food, I'll lose the dog.
Play, play, play, play. Play, play, play, play.
You're dropping all the food, man! Here, catch.
Are you hungry? Look, food! [The dog went around the man cooking hot dogs, the gas tank got attached to the wagon.]
BB BBQ Barry
Oh, my back!
Look, people! Play with them!
LT Lunch Table Larry
Look out!
W Woman
Stop! What's he doing?
LT Lunch Table Larry
What was that?
I'm all right, I'm fine. It's okay. It's... [The tank gets released, making the wagon go faster.]
Verne, unhook the chain! [The take is off chain on the dog got released.]
No! [He catches chips] Yes. [The wagon went straight up the slide and into the air]
WHOA! [the wagon had stopped flying and then started to fall. While that happens, the chips went flying out of the can] Verne, I told you to unhook the chain!m[The wagon begins falling. Verne leaps onto an umbrella and so did RJ with the can of chips. He drop it.]
Garbage cans are not to be on the curb before eight... [The wagon and cooler fell into her car, and it exploded.]
B Both
AAAAAHHHHH!!!' [They fall into ack to the forest where the other animals wonder where Verne and RJ are before they backed away. RJ and Verne land on the ground but the food is all gone.]
[devastated]
No...! [covers his mouth] No...!
L Lou
Verne, are you alright there!? Gimme a hand, Oz.
O Ozzie
[gets up]
Oh, sure, sure.
P Penny
What the heck happened?
It's gone. The food! GOOOOOOOONE!
Ask... HIM! [angrily points at Verne]
[annoyed and resigned]
I returned it to its rightful owners.
LA Lou and Ozzie
WHAT?! [they drop Verne]
H Heather
We, like, worked our tails off, y'know? Like a lot! And the food we gathered was totally...you know! And you're...you're all whatever!
O Ozzie
Yeah, Verne, What were you thinking?! The log was full!
Full of junk. [Ozzie is appalled as are the others]
L Lou
Oh, so what're ya saying there? That the food we gathered our way isn't as good as the food we gathered your way? [he and Ozzie walk away]
Your way? [referring to RJ] You mean his way. Can't you see RJ's just using you?
P Penny
[gasps]
Verne! Shame on you, RJ wouldn't do that!
You've gotta trust me on this! Don't you understand that there is something wrong with this guy? My tail tingles every time I get near him!
Oh, so we're supposed to go all hungry 'cause your butt's vibratin'? I'm startin' to think that tingle of yours is just you bein' jealous!
L Lou
Yeah! He's embracing the future there, and now you're just holding us back!
Oh, I hold you back, alright! From extinction! [to RJ] You see what you've done here? If they listened to half of the stuff that you're telling them, they'll be dead within a week! You are only interested in taking advantage of them because they are too stupid and naive to know any better!?
[the animals having heard what Verne said, he was heartbroken]
I'm not stupid.
[turns to the animals, who are shocked and appalled]
Okay, I didn't mean, um...I mean ignorant. To the ways over-over there. C'mon, you guys. You know I didn't mean it like that. [the animals start to walk away] Don't-Don't do this. Stella? Ozzie? [turns to Hammy] Hammy, you know I didn't... [Hammy pushes his hand away] Hammy?
I'm not stupid. [walks away]
[shocked]
Please. [Hammy takes RJ's hand and RJ shakes his head at Verne. as Verne witnessed that, he sighs with grief and sadly begins to walk the other direction]
