Original subtitles

(dramatic music)

. My leg!

My leg!

(Flipper chattering)

' Hang on!

Oh!

(chimp shrieking)

(dramatic music)

" Dad!

Dad, Sandy, come out here quick!

Dad, look what Flipper's got!

(splashing)

(chimp noises)

- Papa, there's a boat coming!

- Hey!

- Hey!

Help!

Over here!

- I got him.

I got him.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

I'll take the chimp, you hold Papa.

Where's Esme?

- Who's Esme?

- Our elephant.

- Elephant?

- She's in a wooden crate.

- I don't see it.

We'd better get to the boat.

(Flipper chattering)

. Oh, my leg!

- Take it easy.

Bud, give him a hand.

All right, let's take a look at that leg.

. Oh, my leg!

- Bud, give him a hand.

Take it easy, take it easy.

Well, it's stopped bleeding, you won't need a tourniquet.

- Does it hurt much, Papa?

- Ah, that it does, girl, but it'll mend.

Any sign of Esme?

- No, Papa.

- You mean there's somebody else?

- It's their elephant, Dad.

- An elephant?

- What, out here in the open sea?

- Oh, we'd better go back and look for her.

(Flipper chattering)

(splashing)

- We'd better get you to Coral Key.

This leg might be broken.

- Well, right now Esme is worth a lot more than meself.

When we had to abandon the boat her crate washed over.

I saw it floating over that way.

Could you circle around a bit, sir?

The leg'Il wait.

- All right, we'll take a look for her.

Hang on.

(dramatic music)

(elephant noises)

J1 They call him Flipper

J1 Flipper faster than lightning

J1 No one you see

J1 ls smarter than he

J1 And we know Flipper lives in a world full of wonder

J1 Lying there under

I! Under the sea

(dramatic music)

(elephant noises)

(splashing)

(Flipper chattering)

(elephant noises)

(Flipper chattering)

- Don't worry, Papa.

After we get you to the doctor we'll find Esme.

- And... and the boat too.

- All right, let's go.

Take it easy now.

(grunts)

(Flipper chattering)

Come on.

(Flipper chattering)

(chimp screeching)

- Not now, Flipper!

This is an emergency!

(Flipper chattering)

(splashing)

What?

(splashing)

Look what Flipper found!

(elephant noises)

- Esme!

(elephant noises)

- Ah, she's been saved!

(elephant noises)

- [Bud] It is an elephant!

- Yes.

(Flipper chattering)

Come on.

(Flipper chattering)

(splashing)

(chimp noises)

- Ah, yes, sir, Mr. Ricks.

Seven fat years and seven lean.

We've lost all our animals these past seven years.

All except these two.

(chimp noises)

Our luck must change.

- You've been saying that for three years, Papa.

- Ah, be patient, girl.

Lady Luck's a capricious one.

- What's capricious?

- A person who keeps changing their mind, right, Dad?

- (chuckles) Yeah, that's right.

- Oh, you mean like a girl!

(chimp noises)

(whimsical music)

- I plan to bill Esme as the smallest elephant in the world.

After all, what did Barnum himself start with but a midget?

- That's right, General Tom Thumb.

- Exactly!

- But Papa, Esme won't always be small.

She'll grow up.

- Well, that won't matter too much.

She'll be famous by then.

Ah, we'll take her from port to port

until the name Esme becomes a household world.

- And what will we take her in?

The boat's lost, remember?

- Ah, now the damage can't be great.

We'll find her and have her repaired.

- Yeah, with what?

That takes money.

And if Mr. Simpson finds us, we may even lose Esme.

- What, you owe him money?

- 200 dollars.

- He threatened to take Esme away unless we pay.

You wouldn't be having that kind of money about, would you?

- No, I'm sorry, I don't.

- I suppose now that you know we're on the lam,

you'll be denying us your hospitality.

- Well, Mr. McCoy,

I am a government officer, you know.

- And a credit to your calling, I'm sure.

Bonnie, give me a hand up

and we won't be troubling you no more.

- Now wait a minute, wait a minute.

You can't go anywhere until that leg is healed.

- Ah, thank you very much, Ranger.

A gentleman you are.

Even though a minion of the law.

- We won't stay any longer than we have to.

- Well, you let me worry about that.

- Uh...

You wanted to try these.

- Hey, yeah!

(Flipper chattering)

- Gee, I'm glad you're staying, Bonnie.

- Me, too, but I'm worried about Papa.

- Let's stop worrying for a while.

- I'll try.

(splashing)

(Flipper chattering)

- Gee, that was great!

- Do you want to try it again?

- Sure!

(splashing)

(Flipper chattering)

(elephant noises)

(whimsical music)

(elephant noises from outside)

(Flipper chattering)

(splashing)

- Gee, you look beautiful underwater.

- Just underwater?

- Oh, no.

No, I mean, well...

Hey. look!

Esme!

How'd she get out?

- Oh, no!

Sandy, you've gotta help me catch her!

Esme!

Esme!

Esme!

Esme!

(Flipper chattering)

- Now, children.

Between today and our next nature study trip

I want all of you to read the book,

Animals Are Man's Best Friends by Swift.

It will supplement what I have told you here today,

which is?

- Not to call my brother a skunk,

because a skunk is one of our forest friends.

(children giggling)

- All right, children.

We'll take up your manners towards your brother

some other time.

But at least part of your statement was correct.

Skunks are our friends as well as chipmunks,

squirrels, and even the larger animals unless provoked.

Oh!

(screaming)

(children laughing)

- Look at teacher!

(children laughing)

- Look at her run!

(children laughing)

(whimsical music)

(screaming)

(Flipper chattering)

(chimp noises)

- You're nothing but a robber and a thief!

- Honey, don't get so excited.

- That's what you are, a robber and a thief!

Extra continental breakfast: a crummy cup of coffee.

Extra entertainment: television I can watch at home!

Extra boat service: for tying up a line?

- Everything costs money.

I'm not in business for charity.

- Well, I got a good mind to report you

to the National Boating Association!

- Why don't you do that?

Charlie!

Hey, Charlie!

Come here, take a look at this, will ya?

- A 250 pound elephant and a chimpanzee

were the cause of a near riot at Coral Key Park yesterday.

A chimp and an elephant, that's pretty...

That's pretty funny.

Hey!

Them's the McCoys who sailed outta here

without paying their bill!

- Charlie if you get any smarter

I'll get my money's worth out of you yet.

Get my boat ready

and clear the junk outta the garage!

- We having guests or something?

- Yeah, an elephant.

- Elephant?

That's pretty funny.

- I'm not a hard man, Mr. Ricks.

I only want what's owing to me.

You don't think I want to take the elephant

away from these people.

It'll probably cost me a lot of money before I get her sold.

I hear them zoos drive a tough bargain.

- A zoo for Esme?

Papa!

- Now, now, honey.

Don't you worry.

Mr. Ricks here spotted our boat

and if I can salvage it,

we can get into business again.

I'll give you an IOU.

Ah, please.

It won't take long to salvage the boat.

- And I'll cosign that IOU.

- I'm sorry, Mr. Ricks.

I'll take the elephant.

(rooster crowing)

Where is it?

- She's gone!

- I don't know, she was here a minute ago!

- Well, too bad.

Looks like you'll have to take that IOU after all.

(Flipper chattering)

- Wait a minute, what kind of a trick is this?

- Well, you see, she's not here.

(Flipper chattering)

- Esme?

(elephant noises)

- What's that?

- Uh, that.

That's my brother, Bud.

- The little boy?

What's the matter with him?

- Uh, there's nothing the matter with him.

He's practicing.

That's it, he's practicing, see?

- [Simpson] Practicing what?

- Uh, he's gonna sing in the choir

and he's practicing his part.

- [Bonnie] Yes, you see his voice is changing.

(elephant noises)

- You better watch that upper register, son.

You're gonna strain your tonsils.

- Tonsils?

What tons--

- Uh, yeah, we'll watch it.

Dad's giving him voice lessons.

(elephant noises)

- That's the elephant!

Voice lessons.

Baloney!

- Good try, fellas.

(Flipper chattering)

- What's going on here?

- That's what I'd like to know, Ranger.

(elephant noises)

- Come on.

Yeah, come on now.

- Papa, he's taking her away!

- There, there, girl.

She's not gone yet.

(elephant and chimp noises)

- Come aboard!

Come up, you beast!

Come on up here!

Come on here!

Come on!

(Flipper chattering)

(chimp noises)

Come on, boy!

Come on, you beast!

Come on!

(elephant noises)

Come on!

Come on, you!

(chimp noises)

Come on!

You beast!

Come on, come on!

Come on!

(rope snapping)

Ah!

(splashing)

(boat engine starting)

Stop!

Stop, monkey!

Stop, monkey!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

(Flipper chattering)

(boat accelerating)

(splashing)

(Flipper chattering)

" Dad!

Dad, come here quick!

Mr. Simpson fell in the water!

Dad!

(splashing)

- What happened?

- He stole my boat!

That chimp!

Look, look, he stole my boat!

Look at him!

- Stole your boat?

- Yeah, look!

Look out there!

(chimp noises)

- Get off the dock!

Go on, go on!

Go on, get off the dock!

(crashing)

(Flipper chattering)

- Holy Toledo!

(Flipper chattering)

(Flipper chattering)

- And then there's the charge of abandoning ship.

- Now wait a minute, Ranger, that was an accident!

- Besides, you let an unlicensed operator run the boat.

That happens to be a misdemeanor.

Besides the damage you did to the park launch,

which happens to be government property.

- Oh, my insurance will handle that.

Okay, Warden, I'll take the rap for the boat.

After all, you did save my life.

What do you want me to do?

- Well, Flipper saved your life.

Why don't you ask him?

(splashing)

(Flipper chattering)

- You mean that dolphin talks, too?

(Flipper chattering)

- Sure, he talks!

Tell him, Flipper!

(Flipper chattering)

- What's he saying?

- He says he doesn't want Esme the elephant to leave.

(Flipper chattering)

- Well, seeing as how I'm obligated to you all,

I'll give McCoy a little time to get on his feet

like he asked for.

But that's all.

I'll be back for my money.

Business is business!

(Flipper chattering)

(chimp noises)

- See, what did I tell ya, girl?

Lady Luck's come through for us at last.

- With the help of a gentleman.

Flipper!

(Flipper chattering)

J1 Everyone loves the king of the sea

J1 Ever so kind and gentle is he

J1 Tricks he will do when children are near

J1 And how they laugh when he's near

J1 They call him Flipper

J1 Flipper faster than lightning

J1 No one you see

J1 ls smarter than he

J1 And we know Flipper lives in a world full of wonder

J1 Lying there under

I! Under the sea

(lion's roar)