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Yet you heard and came to me.

You too are a remarkable creature, Roy.

And a handsome one, too.

Such flattering eye.

Could it be that you want something from me?

Well, yes.

Let me guess.

A fantasy of your own, perhaps?

How did you know?

Well, it doesn't matter.

But since you did bring it up...

I would like to learn what love is like.

Human love. Well, I don't know if I should help you, Naya.

Why? Well, for one thing, you've been luring seamen into the dark waters of

eternity for several hundred years with your siren song.

It's an understatement to say that with you, love can be dangerous.

Perhaps even to yourself.

Your human love may threaten foolish mortals, but I am Naya.

Most royal princess of the kingdom of the seven seas.

I have nothing to fear.

You will give me my fantasy, won't you?

We'll see. We'll see.

We'll see. But first, to know human love, one must first be immortal.

Where were you?

You should have been here. The plane was approaching, and then suddenly he

turned around and went back to sea.

Yes, yes, my friend. I suspect the pilot saw a castaway drifting helplessly with

a current and stopped to pick her up.

A castaway?

Her? That boat.

That's Princess Naya, the mermaid. What is she doing here?

She's a customer.

You mean she has a fantasy?

She has indeed. Her fantasy is to discover the secret of human love.

Well, she could hardly begin her search confined to the ocean.

But her tail is gone.

It's only a temporary condition. She has 48 hours to fulfill her fantasy, and

then she will go back to the sea.

And, uh, to her tail.

Who is that, boss?

Mr. Tony Chilton, an airline pilot from Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

A happily married man with a young daughter, but, um, something nags at

And that's why he's here, right?

Precisely. He was born during what many consider to be the last great romantic

conflict, World War II.

His fantasy is to fly one combat mission with a certain famous fighter group

based in the New Zealand area.

Mr. Chilton wants to be one of those flying aces, one of the heroes.

But that could be very dangerous doing things like that. He could get killed.

He could indeed, my friend.

Besides, there is a great deal more to his fantasy than meets the eye.

My dear guests, I am Mr. Rourke, your host.

Welcome to Fantasy Island.

Mr. Rourke, it's amazing.

All the famous fighter planes from World War II.

The Lightning, the Mustang, the Corsair, Zero.

It's quite a collection you have here.

Yours is a very difficult fantasy, Mr. Chilton. My preparations had to be

meticulous, and Tattoo's research was very precise.

I still can't believe it's going to happen.

How soon can we start?

Or said what?

If you wish, your fantasy begins now. But first, I must remind you that it is

exceedingly dangerous.

That's understood.

But there is one thing.

It will be the 53rd Naval Fighter Group before March 23, 1944.

Exactly as you specified, Mr. Chilton.

That's great.

Is that a special date or what?

In war, all days are special days, my friend.

But in Mr. Chilton's case, the date has a special meaning.

Mr. Chilton?

What's all this?

Elements, Mr. Chilton.

Elements of your fantasy.

What do I do now?

Change into the clothes you'll find in those boxes, and then when you're ready,

sit down on the chair and wait.

Wait?

Is that it?

The journey of a thousand miles, Mr. Chilton, or in this case of more than 30

years, begins with a single step. That is your first step.

I sincerely hope your fantasy lives up to your fullest.

expectation. Will you excuse me?

You did it.

I hate these awkward spindles you call legs.

They bend strangely.

And they are so weak, they almost let me drown in my very own sea.

And when I am angry and do this, oh, they hurt.

Then don't do that anymore.

But I must do something, Mark. I am furious with you.

Why did you not tell me that you would take away my beautiful tail?

But you demanded your fantasy at once. Well, I could hardly disobey a royal

command, could I?

This is true.

I am a princess, after all.

I forgive you for starting out my fantasy on two wrong feet.

Thank you.

This is not as good as seaweed.

Now, bring me some love at once. I'm beginning to get bored.

Oh, I'm afraid love is not a dish that can be so easily delivered by room

service. No, no.

Love is an elusive, precious link between fortunate beings.

A link which may join a man to a woman.

A mother to her child, a friend to her friend, even a boy to his dog.

Rourke, my fantasy was to know love, real, important love.

Now, how do I find it?

As all mortals must, by searching for it.

And when you have found it, you'll know.

Very well.

I shall search for it.

Now, where do I start?

Well, I think perhaps some place familiar to you, like the swimming pool,

be a good start. I saw several eligible young men there a few moments ago.

I believe I will start... at the pool.

Wise decision.

there's been a slight mistake.

She's a health club member and obviously she got too much sun. I'm terribly

sorry. Please have a drink on me, won't you? No, two.

I'm terribly sorry. I apologize.

Well, you told me to look for love at the pool. You are on dry land now and we

humans observe certain conventions.

Clothing, for instance.

Nonetheless, while you are on Fantasy Island, you will observe the general

of human conduct. You will wear clothing.

Is that clear?

Yes. All right.

I've never heard of anything so stupid in my entire eternal life.

I'm afraid that human love is going to be dull, dull, dull.

Yes, you.

Hey, what outfit is this?

The 53rd, of course.

Skipper, zero is 8 o 'clock.

And I'm another punch at 11 o 'clock.

All right, you're on your own.

Is there anybody out there?

Sitting on your tail.

You lost?

Roger.

I didn't know which way was up.

You're lovable squadron leader, David Chilton.

Do these tiny bits of cloth make me look mortal enough to walk about without

causing a fight?

Yes.

Yes, I am quite sure anyone who looks at you will say, there goes a real human

being. Yes.

Good.

Now I can start searching for someone to have love for.

If you see him before I do, will you point him out? Oh, I can't decide whom

love, Naya.

When you meet the right person, you'll feel it.

In here.

You say that I must search for love. Yes.

And that I will feel it in here. That's right.

I still don't understand.

I'm so confused.

Oh, look.

A beautiful golden -haired mortal.

I think they will love me.

I am Nia, Princess of the Seven Seas.

I would like to love you.

Are you ready?

Ready? Freddy isn't ready, honey. I don't know who you think you are.

Hey, come on, girls. Cool it, okay?

Be gone!

I don't understand his concern.

She's quite an ordinary woman. May I remind you that I have provided your

fantasy and will cancel it unless you control yourself.

Do you understand?

We were on our way back and fell out of formation smoking.

Saw a couple of our Corsairs covering him on the way down.

That

lost

look, I'd say you must be the new replacement, right?

Yes, sir. Tony Chilton.

Well, I kept griping they were sending me kids. I guess I finally got through

them. I'm Captain Rossiker.

Hey, your name showed up on the transfer sheet this morning. You any relation to

our flight commander, David Chilton?

No, sir, I don't think so.

He was your escort home.

Commander.

Shake hands with Tony Chilton, your little lost lamb.

Says he's no relation.

He's right.

As far as I know, I'm the last of the Chilton.

What am I saying?

I just had a son two months ago.

Congratulations.

Hey, and thanks for bailing me out up there. I never would have found this

place. Well, it's easy to get turned around up there.

Welcome to the fight in 53rd. I gotta go check in.

It appears to be a fine Havana, Mr. Chilton.

Do you find something wrong with the cigar?

It's too old.

What are you doing here?

Well, I wanted to make sure your real fantasy was progressing satisfactorily.

You knew all along, I guess.

It was very simple to determine that two months after your birth, your father,

Mr. David Chilton, was reported killed in action.

as a squadron leader of the 53rd Naval Fighter Group.

Have you met him yet?

Give me this.

In honor of his new son, you.

Yes.

Yours is an extremely rare emotional experience, Mr. Chilton.

It's really difficult to describe the feelings.

To be able to talk to my own father?

He's so young.

To actually see him alive.

Oh, alive only because it's your fantasy, Mr. Children.

But he is alive.

There's got to be something. I must remind you that fate cannot be altered

history rewritten.

No matter how desperately we might wish it so, we cannot change what happened on

March 23, 1944.

I'm sure as hell going to try.

I'm sure you will, Mr. Chilton.

Hey, yes, miss. What would you like to drink?

One glass of seawater, please.

Extra salty.

Salty.

One salty dog, coming up. No, no, no. Just the salty.

Hold the dog.

What do you see that makes

you sigh so badly?

Huh?

Oh, it's my family.

That's my wife, Heather, and our kids, Mona, and that's Harvey Jr.

I guess I take them for granted when they're around all the time, but when

they're not, I remember I love them.

Oh, you can love so many at one time.

One salty.

Sorry to butt in, gorgeous, but me and Bradley couldn't help but hearing you

talk about love.

We'd just love to buy you a drink.

Oh, you can love a drink as you love a person?

Explain that to me, please.

Huh?

Never mind.

If I am to find love, I guess I'll have to do it my own way.

You're right.

Lady, what's going on?

Do you feel... love?

Yes, I... Take me with you.

I want to go to the deep, green caverns of endless love.

What kind of line you handing the lady?

Don't look lost. I found the bar.

Gonna buy you a drink? Sure.

Orange pop.

I got a squadron leaders meeting in about 20 minutes. I gotta keep a clear

Do you mind if I ask you something?

Not at all.

What the hell are you doing flying fighters at your age?

I got friends with influence.

Now, if that were true, you wouldn't be here.

Listen up.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

What about you?

What would you be right now if you had your choice?

Oh Mogi, Oklahoma, I got a little house there right in the outskirts You got a

couple acres of fruit trees and a lawn the garden Me and Mary that's my wife.

We picked it up just before I shipped out We want a nice place for the kid to

grow up Hey, I got a picture you gotta see You take a look at this here's a

little tiger

Anthony David Chilton.

Ain't he something?

Yeah.

Sure is.

How about you, Tony? You got a family?

Damn right.

Best in the world.

Next to yours, of course.

I gotta get going.

Got that meeting. I got a feeling something big's on for tomorrow.

Tell me, we couldn't have met somewhere before, could we?

Yeah, I guess it's possible.

I thought so.

We'll figure it out sometime.

I'll see you.

All right.

And when the cops got there, they stopped fighting over Nyack, too.

Finale. I have to call the fire department and have everybody hosed up.

you did very well under the circumstances, my friend. Please take

clean -up operations, will you?

Okay, boss. But keep her away. She's bad news.

I have repeatedly warned you to conduct yourself properly.

But apparently you didn't take me seriously, did you? I did, too.

I was trying very hard to learn about love.

And those unpredictable mortals started bashing... ...bushing each other about

merely because I looked at them.

My eyes are very beautiful.

Perhaps I'm just too lovely for men to stand it.

We are both aware of what your eyes can do to mortal men, aren't we? Not to

mention your other charms.

Are you pleased with the way I look, Rourke?

That makes me very happy.

And your actions make me decidedly unhappy.

You have acted without consideration for others, and I will have no more of it,

do you hear me?

Well, I will not be lectured to by commoners, Rourke.

My dear Princess, pain in the neck.

I shall now show my love for a naughty little girl by spanking her where she

been needing it for at least a thousand years.

Stand back!

I will not let you touch the royal person.

Oh, I promise the apartheid torch is not all that royal.

Rise up, Father Neptune, and drown this upstart in your angry waves and drench

him in your icy waters.

Giant squid!

Attack!

Shark? Crap! Where is everything?

My apologies, your spoiled highness.

The punishment was necessary, and I assure you it did not hurt me as much as

did you.

Now dry your tears.

Blow your nose.

And when you have recovered your composure and your manners, you may

your search for love.

continue my search for love?

Well, if you wish to terminate your fantasy, that is entirely your affair.

please, do let me know your decision, won't you?

I don't have to look any further because I have

found the one I love.

It is you, Rourke.

I love you.

I'll have a whiskey.

In the mood for company?

You don't have to talk if you don't want to.

A lot of them don't.

Do you make a career out of... Comforting the lost souls of the world?

Are you from the 53rd?

Isn't everybody?

Oh, I'm not being nosy.

It's just I know most of the fellas, I imagine.

I see.

Do you know Commander Chilton?

Look, uh... I'd just as soon you left him out of this conversation, if you

mind.

I'm afraid you're out of luck there, Lieutenant.

Everybody talks about Commander Chilton.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry about me, love.

It's the Commander you should apologize to.

Matter of fact, I only met him once.

And all he talked about was how much he loved his wife and his new kid.

But all the young pilots told me all about him.

They called him the Shepherd.

The Shepherd?

You know why?

Because when any of them are lost and overdue, it's always him that goes out

finds them and brings them home.

Shepard.

Does that make you feel better?

Yeah.

Yes.

Thank you. I'm very grateful to you.

Look, I'm sorry I...

Will you forgive me? Of course.

Thank you.

Oh, tattoo.

Wonderful.

I have decided I'm in love with him.

I love Bork.

You're in love with the boss?

Yes.

Oh, isn't it wonderful?

Now I understand the mystery of it all.

Oh, Tattoo.

I want to swim through the air as I swim through the sea.

Weightless.

Quicksilver. Ecstatic.

But that's not going to work.

You're not right for the boss.

You will not stop me from having him.

Oh, yes, I will.

And I will stop you for even trying, and that's a promise.

Well, you're right, of course.

I would prefer a golden -haired man anyway.

Oh, there's a lot of them here in front of the island.

In fact, if you were to bring me a boat from the cove, I could row out to where

the golden -haired men ride upon the surf.

I could not swim that far till my tail were returned.

You will not

stand in my way, little man.

What is of the deep here?

When Tattoo rides upon me, low upward, keeping him far from the shore.

The 53rd will fly a diversionary patrol to draw off enemy fighters from bomber

elements that will strike enemy bases at Kearney Island and Pakumi Atoll.

Every flyable aircraft will be in the air this morning.

You see what your influential friends got you into?

Yeah, I'm beginning to.

Yesterday's mission was the best we've done.

Although your formations were a little sloppy.

Tony, the old man's talking about that lousy flying you did yesterday.

Hey, he's gonna be my wingman today. I'll keep him out of trouble.

That'll get you both killed, you mean.

Hey, don't sweat it, Tony. I haven't lost a fledgling yet.

We'll fly north toward Fukumi to get their attention and then turn east.

The squadron commanders will brief each unit.

I must remind you that fate cannot be altered or history rewritten.

No matter how desperately we might wish it so, we cannot change what happened on

March 23rd, 1940.

I'm sure as hell going to try.

I'm sure you will.

Not while I'm here.

All right, Cody, you got it.

Nice shooting.

What the hell was that?

Just followed by the hall.

I must be with you.

Yes? I have found the love I have been searching for.

I'm very happy for you, Naya.

Who is the fortunate man?

You, Rourke.

It's always been you.

I am very honored that your quest for love has brought you to

me.

But you must look further.

You have been my pupil, and I your teacher.

It's not unusual to mistake that relationship for something much deeper

am. But my love is true.

You have great strength, yet you are gentle.

You have courage, but an understanding heart.

Look into my eyes and love me once more.

Love me.

Naya, Naya.

Did you think to seduce me with trickery and win my affection by unnatural

power?

What would love won that way be worth?

But I feel this ache of longing for you.

I see your face before me when you are not there.

I hear your voice speak my name, as in a dream.

And I don't know how to tell you these things.

To touch you, how you've touched me.

You have done that just now, without sorcery.

I do have love for you, Naya.

But not the love you wish for or deserve.

But why not?

You are a child in so many ways.

And a gentleman does not take advantage of innocence.

Thank you.

Most sincerely.

Thank you.

What is it now?

My fantasy was to know love.

And now that I have, I'm ashamed of myself.

Why?

I sent Tattoo out to sea so he would not come between us. What do you mean, out

to sea?

I sent him to find me a small boat to get him out of the way.

And then I ordered the currents to carry him beyond the reef. The waves out

there will capsize a small boat and Tattoo is unable to swim a stroke.

He will drown.

You must have drifted far out. I can't see him.

There is no choice but to swim out and hope I find him. We may both drown

because of your cruel act.

Oh, Robert, I'm truly sorry.

I will find him. I will prove I love him.

Hey, you did all right up there.

Thanks to you, I'm still here to say so.

Well, somebody's got to take care of you young punks.

Come on, I'll buy you an orange pop. All right.

That's what I thought.

We got a problem, Captain?

I'm not sure.

I picked something up on the radio.

It was pretty garbled, but it sounded like that kid we got in last week,

Thompson. He's lost and asking directions.

You get a fix on his location?

North. But I guess it was in the vicinity of the Pakumi Atoll.

Well, I'm the shepherd around here.

I'll grab that Corsair and go have a look.

Now, take a rain check on that pump.

Good luck.

Hey, David!

Wait a minute.

Let me go.

Hell, there's no use you playing the hero around here all the time. Yeah,

I'd be out there looking for you, too.

Now, bringing home lost lambs is my specialty.

Remember? Of course I remember.

Now, look.

David, don't go up.

I've got to.

My job.

You know, I still can't get a fix on where we met before.

Somewhere.

Well, we'll have to figure it out when I get back, all right?

creature of the sea once more wrote.

My only regret is that I did not love you as a mortal woman did.

Saving Tattoo was love in its highest form.

But not the love that might have been between us, Walt.

No.

But we have touched, you and I.

And the memory is one I will never forget.

Not I, Walt.

You see, we shall meet again.

Again, my love.

Mr. Chilton, are you ready to go back to the routine of flying passengers

instead of combat missions?

More than ready, Mr. Rourke.

But you were one of the flying aces, one of the heroes.

Well, I've been thinking about that tattoo, and... Well, maybe the ones who

it out of a war alive.

They're merely survivors.

The ones who don't make it are the only heroes.

Hmm. I never thought of it that way. I sincerely hope your fantasy was not a

disappointment to you, Mr. Chilton.

No, not at all, Mr. Rourke.

I'll be forever grateful to you.

You've given me something that no other man could possibly have.

A real feeling and memory of his own father.

Strong, forever young.

And a good shepherd.

You were right.

It is a good Havana.

Difficult to come by nowadays.

Oh, it's more than a cigar, my friend. It's also a memory.

A celebration, a reaching out across many years.

Touching between a father and his son.