Original subtitles

- All right, good, let's get Flipper in the truck.

Here we go!

Easy now, easy.

There we are.

Okay, good, that oughta do it.

All right, Bill, hop aboard.

- Think that'll be all right, Dad?

- This will be fine, Sandy.

- Take it easy, Flipper, it'll only be a half an hour.

- All right, boys, see you later.

- So long, Dad. - Bye, Dad.

So long, Bill.

- Boy, I bet Flipper will have a ball showin' off

to those guys at the marine testing lab, huh?

- Yeah, isn't it swell?

I mean, every time that lab wants to conduct a test,

they always want Flipper.

- Guess we have a pretty smart dolphin, huh?

- You know it.

- Hey, I've gotta get goin'.

My fishing boat leaves in 15 minutes and if I'm not on it,

I'm out 10 bucks.

- 10 bucks?

You have all the luck.

Why couldn't I get a job on that fishing boat?

- 'Cause you have to be over 16, that's why.

- Hey, well listen, Sandy.

Well, you and Dad are gonna workin' and Flipper gone,

what am I supposed to do all day?

- Well if I were you, Bud,

I'd finish off that book report I was supposed to have in

and get it in on time for a change,

even though it'll shock your teacher.

- Moby Dick.

What did he do, win a war or something?

- Well, in a way, at least he did a lot of battling.

Moby Dick was a whale.

- A whale?

Oh, man.

J1 They call him Flipper, Flipper

J1 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

J1 Under the sea

(Flipper squeaking)

- Wow.

50 tons.

I wonder if Flipper's ever seen one of those whales.

- Mornin', matey.

- Who are you? - Captain Peabody.

Whaler out of New Bedford.

Blasted bottles, they don't make them like they used to.

- A whale man, what're you doin' here?

- Huntin' for the gray whale, boy, what else?

- The gray whale?

There aren't any gray whales here.

- Look out there, lad.

- Are you gonna spear a whale?

- Harpoon, lad, I'm gonna harpoon me a whale.

- Could we go?

I mean, Flipper and me?

It'd be a great favor to my father.

- What's he got to do with it? - Nothing, really.

It just might keep him from blowin' his top, though.

- Blowin' his top? - I mean a gasket.

You see, I have this book report that's due tomorrow,

and if I don't get it in, I'm in big trouble,

and the book's all about whaling.

- Sounds reasonable, you can be my crew.

But I don't know about him.

(Flipper squeaking)

- Oh, Flipper's very obedient, sir, he won't get in the way.

(Flipper squeaking)

- Good enough, you can man the oars.

If I had any oars, my boat wasn't stoved in.

- Well, we can use my boat, captain.

- The very thing.

Lead me to it, lad.

That don't look like any whale boat I've ever seen.

- It doesn't?

- Oh, no mind, a boat's a boat.

Can you man the oars?

- Oh, we don't need oars.

- Are you daft, lad?

- No, we have an engine.

- Well, the things they invent while you're marooned.

Blast my barnacles.

That whale's out there, let's cast off.

- Aye aye, sir.

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

Come on, Flipper, we're going whaling.

- Thar she blows!

Put your back to it, boy.

(Flipper squeaking)

Port, lad, port.

There's a big one.

Steady on the boat, boy.

Hold your course.

Lost him.

Thar she blows!

There's a big one!

Lost him.

(Flipper squeaking)

Put your back to it, boy.

- He's runnin' right alongside us!

- Never mind him!

There's two of the monsters out there.

After them!

Hold your course.

Steady, boy.

Hold your course.

(Flipper squeaking)

Port, lad, port!

(Flipper squeaking)

Belay the noise, dolphin.

You'll chase 'em away! (Flipper squeaking)

- Flipper doesn't wanna see them hurt, sir.

- I told you we shouldn't have brought him!

Next time he comes up, stop the boat, matey.

- Yes, sir.

Aye aye, sir.

Starboard, boy, starboard.

There's a bigger one over there.

Keep a weathered eye out, boy, they're all around us.

(Flipper squeaking)

Slow down, boy.

Next time he comes up, stop the boat, matey.

Stop!

- Captain, please don't!

- Hold on, matey.

(Flipper squeaking)

- [Porter] I was pleased that Sandy had landed the job

he wanted on that fishing boat.

Even though it meant leaving Bud all by myself for a while,

it was important for Sandy to learn how difficult

something like fishing can be,

when you're doing it for pay instead of for fun.

Besides, even though Sandy was off working,

Flipper was over at the marine testing lab and I was working

with the coastguard checking their inventory of buoys and

preparing my own reports on where they were to be placed.

I wasn't worried about Bud.

For one thing, there were plenty of chores around the house

to keep him busy and when he ran out of those,

there was always his book report.

Yes, at this very moment, Bud was probably a very busy boy.

- Flipper.

Flipper!

Where are you?

Flipper!

Flipper!

(Flipper squeaking)

Flipper, go get Captain Peabody!

(Flipper squeaking)

Please, sir, you're goin' after 'em again, are ya?

- No dog-gone whale's gonna make a fool outta me.

He'll have to pay for this with his blubber.

After him, boy!

Port, boy, port!

Yonder, boy.

Hold your course, boy, he's gettin' away from us.

- Well, I don't care if he does get away.

I don't wanna kill a whale anyway.

- That's mutiny, boy.

I'll report you to the town council,

and you'll be the disgrace of Coral Key.

(Flipper squeaking)

He's out there somewhere.

Watch your helm, boy.

Ah, he be!

Port side, lad.

Check your course!

(Flipper squeaking)

- You can't kill that whale, she's got a baby!

Flipper! (Flipper squeaking)

Flipper, stop him!

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

Well that's why she attacked us.

She wanted to protect her baby.

- You made me lose her, I'll make you pay for this.

I'll see that you flunk that book report.

(Flipper squeaking)

As for you, I'll have your blubber instead of that whale's.

- No, don't kill him.

Don't kill Flipper!

Ru", Flipper!

It wasn't his fault, please don't hurt Flipper.

No, don't kill Flipper!

Don't kill him! (Flipper squeaking)

Don't kill Flipper, please.

What a dream.

I better be gettin' home.

Must have forgot to fill it.

(plane buzzes overhead)

Oh, no.

It's Dad!

- WD9598, this is 4572 foxtrot, over.

- Why couldn't it have been somebody else?

Of all the dumb luck, Dad.

- WD9598, this is 4572 foxtrot, do you read me?

Over.

- Dad, this is Sandy, over.

- Sandy, there's a boy in a skip about a mile and a half

due west of North Beach, he looks like a needs a tow in.

Over.

- You want me to take the Launch, Dad?

- Yes I do, Sandy, and incidentally,

that boy happens to be your brother.

- Okay, Dad, I'll pick him up.

This is WD9598 out.

- 4572 foxtrot out.

- Boy, how could Bud be so dumb gettin' himself stranded?

(Flipper squeaking)

- Sandy.

Lloyd Desko with the marine testing lab sends his regards

and compliments you boys on how well you've trained Flipper.

- Thanks, Dad.

- Oh and I forgot to ask you with all the excitement

about Bud, how'd your job go today?

- Great, we boated two sail fish.

One of them's gonna be weighed for a record.

I got a bonus and they want me back tomorrow.

- Congratulations, what's Bud doing?

- He's doing a book report, has to have it in by tomorrow.

- Book report?

On what?

- Whales, Moby Dick.

- Whales?

Well he hadn't even started to read that book last night.

I know because I got onto him about it.

He couldn't have read it in one night.

- Well, I guess he did, he said he got stranded.

I guess he was so taken by the book that he couldn't pay

any attention to anything else.

- Well that is an interesting subject, all right.

Hey,Bud!

Hi, Bud.

Listen, since you're so interested in whales,

I thought maybe that, well, you and I would take a day off

and go up to the whale museum in Center Port.

How would you like that?

- Yeah.

- They have an exact replica of the whale

that you've been studying.

- Sure, that'd be swell.

- Good, we'll make a day out of it.

And Bud, well I wanna apologize

for thinking you were lazy today.

I'll tell you what you do, why don't you take some time off

from that and go for a swim with Flipper?

I'll help you with your book report when you're through.

- Gee, thanks, Dad!

How about a swim, Flipper?

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

Gee, thanks, Flipper.

You're gettin' pretty good at savin' whales.

(Flipper squeaking)

It's just a joke, Dad.

(Flipper squeaking)

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, Flipper

J1 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

J1 Under the sea