Original subtitles

- Thus far in our story, the McCoys,

with the help of Flipper, have avoided losing

their baby elephant Esme to their creditor.

But the time has come when they must pay him,

or never see Esme again.

(Flipper chattering)

- Now, we look right through here, and we find our angles.

Take a look, right through there.

Now, if you know your longitude,

the angle tells you the time.

Here, let me have it.

Now, Greenwich Mean Time

minus six, 3:30

- Dad, why don't you just look at your watch?

(Flipper chattering)

What?

- It's the McCoy's!

(Flipper chattering, chimp babbling)

- Greetings and joy!

- From the real McCoy!

- Hello, Sean.

- Happy to see you, Porter.

Simpson arrive yet?

- Well, he called a little while ago from Coral Key,

should be here soon.

Listen, Sean, he asked if you were here and uh,

well I didn't know quite what to say.

- It's alright, it's alright.

This time I'm prepared for Mr. Harry Simpson.

We've made enough to pay him off.

- That's great!

- Ah, speak of the devil.

- Ah, let's get the baby elephant off.

(Flipper chattering)

- At least you showed up, McCoy!

What's the excuse for not paying me this time?

- I'll thank you to keep a civil tongue in your head,

Mr. Simpson.

I am a man of honor.

- Honor? Smells like another stall.

But for once, Mr. McCoy, you ain't gonna stall me.

I got papers here drawn up by my lawyer.

- Ah, you won't need the papers.

Here's your money.

- What? Well, I'll be a grasshopper's uncle.

I'd just about given up.

- I doubt if you ever gave up on a nickel.

- Papa always pays his debts.

- Right.

- Yeah, if you wait long enough.

- If you'll excuse me, Mr. Simpson, I have an important

business call to make.

- Hey, hey, wait a minute, give me back my hat!

- Esme, bring that back!

- Stop, gimme back my hat!

- Esme!

(Flipper chattering)

- Dolphins, elephants!

What a way to run a park.

- Look, Simpson, you got your money.

It's what you came for, why don't you get out of here, huh?

(Flipper chattering)

J1 They call him Flipper

J1 Flipper, faster than lightning

J1 No one you see is smarter than he

J1 And we know Flipper

J1 lives in a world full of wonder

J1 Lying there under

I! Under the sea

(Flipper chattering)

(Flipper chattering)

- Bonnie, the deal's been confirmed.

- Oh, how wonderful papa, I can hardly believe it.

- Ah, you'll be happy to know Mr. Porter,

that creditors are past history to the McCoys.

- Papa's got a job!

- Not a job, girl, a position.

- A position?

Well what about your animal exhibit?

- That's truly the best part of it, Porter.

Esme and the chimpanzee will share in my elevated status.

- Yes, you see we were exhibiting Esme and Judy

at the coast with Mr. Anderson,

- Of the internationally acclaimed Anderson Circuses.

- Yes, well he saw, and he offered papa aj a position

as a trainer.

- Yeah, with splendid compensation, starting tomorrow.

- Well, congratulations.

- [Sandy] Gee, that's great.

- Onward to fame and fortune.

Now that we've got Simpson paid off, we'll be on our way.

- Okay, they're still here.

Okay, McCoy, where is it?

- Where is what?

- My money, what else?

- I gave you your money not a half hour ago.

- And I witnessed it, now what's this all about?

- If you witnessed his giving me the money,

how come you didn't witness him stealing it back?

- Sheriff, do you want to tell me what this is all about?

- Well, Porter, this man claims that he left the money

in his car, in a dispatch case.

- Yeah.

- Now this fella here, he stayed behind while he went

chasing an elephant.

When Mr. Simpson come back,

the dispatch case and the money was gone.

- Well, that doesn't prove anything.

Simpson could have lost that case anywhere.

- Well, you got a point there.

Except for one thing, when Mr. Simpson come back,

he found this tie clasp in his car.

Is this yours?

- Is that yours?

- Well, what are we waiting for, Sheriff?

- Well, if you can't produce the money, Mr. McCoy,

I'll have to take you to headquarters.

Now, I'm sorry to be doing a thing like this

to a friend of yours, Porter.

- But you can't take papa and he didn't steal your money.

- And in any case, you can't arrest him without a warrant.

- Well, Mr. Simpson filled out one already.

- Now look here, I have to be in Centerport tomorrow

to start an important job.

You can't do this!

- It'd be better if you come along

without no fuss, Mr. McCoy.

I'm sorry, Porter.

- Go with him, Sean.

- Papa! (sobbing)

- Dad, can't you do something?

- I don't know what, son.

- And if I don't get my money I'll be back for the elephant.

- No, not again.

- Oh please, Mr. Ricks, papa didn't do it.

- I know that, Bonnie, I know that.

Look, it's too late today, but first thing in the morning,

I'm going down to the courthouse and I'm going to convince

that prosecutor that your dad didn't do it.

- If papa loses this job it'll kill him.

(crying)

(Flipper chattering)

(Flipper chattering)

- Oh, hi, Bonnie!

- Hi, Sandy.

- How did you make out?

- We didn't.

They're going ahead with the case next week.

- You mean, he's going to have to stay in jail?

- Unless we raise money for bail.

Sandy, they're going to prosecute papa for something

he didn't even do.

- Well, couldn't my dad do anything?

- Your dad tried awfully hard, Sandy.

He's gone over to Emerald Key to see if he can get Mr. Simpson

to drop the charges.

At least until papa can go to Centerport and start work.

(chimp hooting)

(dolphin chattering)

(dolphin chattering)

- What's he saying?

- Guess he wants the rest of his breakfast.

(Flipper chattering)

- Can't you see, Flipper's found something!

I think it's over there, he wants us to follow him!

(Flipper chattering)

- Come on!

- Maybe he's found the money.

(Flipper chattering)

(Flipper chattering)

- What?

There's something behind us?

(dolphin chattering)

- Oh, it's only Judy.

- Come on Judy.

Judy, come down here.

- I thought you said it was something important.

You know, sometimes you just can't understand him.

- I can't help thinking about papa.

Imagine being cooped up in a cell.

- Maybe we could make a cake, and put a saw in it,

and take it to him.

I saw it in a movie once.

- Well, I guess I better call Mr. Anderson

and tell him we can't make it.

And papa was so happy about his new position.

- Couldn't you just tell him you'll be slightly delayed?

- He'd want to know why.

And he won't want to hire a jail bird.

If there were only some way

to raise the money to spring papa.

- Spring him?

- Set him free.

- Oh, I see.

(Flipper chattering)

- He is cute.

Flipper, how would you like to join our act?

(Flipper chattering)

- That is, if we already had an act.

(Flipper chattering)

- Hey, I've got an idea!

Why don't we get up our own show, charge admission,

and raise the money?

- Oh, we couldn't do it in time to get papa out today.

- Sure we could if we hurry.

Let's see, we'll need a sign and some flags and streamers,

Bonnie, you think you could get

Esme and Judy to work with Flipper?

- You bet, Esme's only a baby but she'll help!

- Well, let's go, gang, we've got work to do!

(hammer clanking)

- Something I can do for you, Ranger?

- Yeah, is Simpson around?

- No.

- Could you tell me where I might be able to find him?

- No.

What's he done?

- Well, I'd rather discuss my business with him,

if you don't mind.

Do you know if he'll be back soon?

- Could be, I might even be able to tell you where he went,

if, that is if you

- If what?

- Okay, okay, no harm in trying.

He went down to Coral Key

with a guy who wants to buy an elephant and

Hey, don't you want to hear the rest?

(boat motor puttering)

(circus music)

- Hi. Her old man's in the jug and she's playing games.

- That'll be one dollar, please.

- A dollar for what?

- We don't charge that much in our zoo.

- Highway robbery.

- Thank you.

(audience clapping)

- That's the baby, huh?

It is a nice looking animal.

- That elephant's worth every penny of five hundred.

- Two hundred, maybe.

- Nothing doing.

J1 Once an elephant went to sea

J1 Tra la la, tra la lay oh

J1 With a mischievous chimpanzee

J1 Tra la la ayo

J1 But they left on a stormy day

J1 Tra la la, tra la layo

J1 Then they naturally lost their way

J1 Tra la la layo

J1 Their boat went aground

J1 And no one was around

J1 But Flipper came and helped them

J1 Or else they would have drowned

J1 Now the three of them make a team

J1 Tra la la, tra la layo

J1 Strange and weird as a crazy dream

J1 Tra la la layo

(audience applauds)

- And now, ladies and gentlemen, for our next number,

Flipper at his best.

(Flipper chattering)

(audience applauds)

- Nothing.

Fish.

(whistles) Flipper!

(audience applauds)

- Big deal.

(Flipper chattering)

(water splashing)

(Flipper theme song music)

(audience applauds)

- Bonnie, we're doing great.

We should have enough money in the till to get your dad

out of jail.

- Well, I hope so.

Take Judy to the other side and I'll send the raft over.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

Flipper will pick up Judy and tow her back on the raft.

Take her to the other side, go on.

Take it across.

- Okay, we're ready.

Come on, Judy.

(chimp hooting)

Hey, Judy, come back here.

Hey Judy, get back here.

- Hey, she's not supposed to do that!

' Judy!

Judy, get out of that tree!

You come down here at once!

' MY case!

That chimp's got my case!

- We gotta get her!

(audience laughing)

(Flipper chattering)

- What did you say?

There's something behind me?

Thanks a lot, Flipper!

Judy, you come down from there this minute.

Gimme that!

Dad, come here, quick, Judy got the case!

Come here, dad.

Dad, look, she's got it.

- What in blazes?

- It's Simpson's case.

- Judy, give me the case, come on, Judy.

- Is this your case?

- Yes.

- Well, then there's your real thief up there.

And you had McCoy arrested.

- Well I'll be a monkey's uncle.

- Here.

Come on, kids.

- Thanks, chimp.

- Bud, Bud, come over here a minute, will you?

- Well, here's your money from the show.

- Do we really have to give back all this money?

- That's right, you do.

And you know why, too.

This is a government park.

- Seems like all our ideas turn out wrong somehow.

- Well, this idea didn't turn out wrong at all.

That was a fine thing you boys did, putting on that show.

And I'm proud of both of you.

- And well you might be.

We've been all over the world, Bonnie and me.

But until we met the Ricks,

we never knew what friendship really was.

- Well, thank you very much, Sean.

And I want to wish you and Bonnie all the best luck

in anything you do.

- Thank you.

- Come on, you, come on.

- Sandy, I'm going to miss you a lot.

- Me too, but I'll come and see you in Centerport.

- You will?

- The circus.

- The circus?

- No, no, I mean you.

(Flipper chattering)

(boat motor puttering)

- Hey dad, look at Flipper!

Flipper, you come back here, come back here this minute.

Golly Flipper, for a minute I thought you flipped too.

J1 Everyone loves the king of the sea

J1 Ever so kind and gentle is he

J1 Tricks he will do

J1 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 is smarter than he

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

J1 Lying there under

I! Under the sea