Original subtitles

- [Narrator] Flipper's new friends,

Liz and Dirk Whitman, are marooned offshore,

waiting for him to bring help.

But Flipper, trying to reach Bud and Porter,

needs help himself.

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

- I can't pretend anymore, Sandy, not even to myself.

Dirk and Liz really are lost.

- Well it's only a matter of time

before Dad or the Coast Guard finds them.

- Yes, but it's going to be getting dark soon.

They've got nothing warm to wear.

They've got nothing to eat.

I mean, they may be all right now, but--

- [Porter] Mobile 6-4, do you read me?

- That's us.

- Mobile 6-4, Porter Ricks in the airboat.

Sandy, do you read me, over?

- Yeah, Dad, have you found them?

- [Porter] No, we haven't found a thing, Sandy,

but I just wanted to check and make sure

that you're still receiving my signal.

(Flipper squeaking)

- No we haven't heard anything here, Dad, no messages.

- All right, Sandy, we'll keep looking from here.

Airboat out.

(motor starting)

(Flipper squeaking)

- He's been gone an awfully long time.

- Flipper, not so very.

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

J1 Lives in a world full of wonder

J1 Lying there under

J1 Under the sea

(dog barking)

- Why is he barking, do you see anything?

- Nope.

We will, though, and this time it really

will be a rescue ship.

- You're just trying to cheer me up.

- Honest, we'll see a ship by the time you can count to,

t01,000.

- By ones or tens?

- Tens, but slow.

- All right, 10, 20,

30, 40, 50.

110,120,130.

- Hey, there's Flipper!

Boy, am I glad to see you again.

- So am I, but where's the ship?

- It'll be coming along right behind him.

(Flipper squeaking)

- I don't see it yet.

- [Reporter] Here's a bulletin just handed me

on Dirk and Elizabeth Whitman,

the youngsters who are believed lost in the Everglades.

They have not yet been found,

but a combined ground-air search is being pressed

by the Park Service, headed by Porter Ricks, ranger,

and by the Coast Guard.

Lights will be flown into the scene (radio static).

- Dirk, they still think we're in the wrong place.

Flipper didn't get through to them.

- Guess he just couldn't.

Dolphins can't go up on land.

(Flipper squeaking)

- Well, what are we gonna do now?

It won't be long before it gets dark.

- They'll find us before that, Liz, believe me.

- All right.

But if they don't, I never will again.

. Qkay, okay.

Hey look at Rink.

(dog barking)

(Flipper squeaking)

Flipper's probably telling him just what happened.

- No, I think he's telling him to do something.

- Like what?

- Who knows?

- I guess Rink does.

- I know, now, come on, let's help him.

- What's the idea?

- You said dolphins can't go up on land.

- That's right, they can't.

- But dogs can, so Flipper can take Rink to the Everglades.

- On a raft.

Boy are you smart.

Come on, help me.

(Flipper squeaking)

Come on, Rink, you're gonna go for a ride,

to get some help.

- Come on, Rink.

(Flipper squeaking)

It's working, it's working.

- Sure it is, this time we've got it made, Liz.

This time I'm sure.

- Honestly, Sandy, you don't have to do that now.

Why don't you come and have something cool to drink?

- I promised you I'd help you get

this place ready for business.

- Yes, well, that was before Dirk and Liz got lost.

Now all I want is to get them back to Dayton

where they'll be safe.

- You'll feel safe in Coral Key once you get used to it.

- I'll never get used to it here.

And I'm not staying one day longer than I have to.

- You know, this place could be a real winner.

- For you, perhaps.

Say, how would you like that?

- I wasn't kidding.

- Well neither am I.

I'm sure that before we leave,

your father and I can make some sort of a fair arrangement.

- Thanks, but I'm leaving myself in the fall.

Going to New London.

I've been accepted at the Coast Guard Academy.

- Oh, well, congratulations.

- Thanks, Bud was going away too.

He was going to Boston,

go to a school and study oceanography.

. Was?

What changed his mind, your father?

- He's worried about Flipper.

See, he'll be real upset if we both leave.

- Flipper means a great deal to you boys, doesn't he?

- For a while, I thought I had the problem solved.

The way Flipper got along with the kids and Rink.

- I understand how you feel, and

I'm sorry, Sandy, truly I am.

(dog barking)

(dog barking)

(dog barking)

(dog barking)

(dog barking)

(dog barking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(dog barking)

(Flipper squeaking)

- How come I'm so cold?

I thought Florida's warm all the time.

- Because our clothes aren't all dry yet, that's why.

- It's getting windy, too.

- I got an idea.

We can use this for a windbreak,

with some of the palm fronds.

Come on, help me.

There, that oughta do it.

Well, how do you like it?

- It's groovy, thank you, Dirk.

(dog barking)

(dog barking)

(dog barking)

- Hey, Dad, look, that's their dog.

Hey, Dad, it's Rink.

Maybe he can help us find Liz and Dirk.

(dog barking)

- All right, let's go.

(dog barking)

Well I don't get it, he wants us to go back to the water.

(dog barking)

If those kids are anywhere, they're on the high ground.

(dog barking)

- Well, you know what I think, Dad,

I think he's just lost, too.

- We better catch that dog or we'll never find those kids.

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

There's Flipper, come on.

(Flipper squeaking)

- Flipper and Rink, what's this all about?

- I don't know, but where are the children?

(Flipper squeaking)

And I don't know why the dog brought us here

instead of to the children.

(dog barking)

- Hey, wait a minute, Dad.

Do you think Flipper might have brought Rink

here on that raft?

(dog barking)

- If he did, he probably knows where the children are.

- Well let's follow him.

(Flipper squeaking)

(dog barking)

- We'll never get the airboat over the levee.

We're gonna need the launch.

Come on, let's go.

- [Bud] Come on, Rink.

- Dirk, you're thinking again, I can tell.

- You're right.

I'm thinking we better start saving us ourselves.

- Dirk.

- [Dirk] Hey, I got it.

- You're not thinking we can swim home?

- Course not, we're gonna go by boat.

Our boat drifted ashore.

- But you know it's full of holes.

- Not if we plug them up.

Come on, help me.

You start baling out some water,

and I'll start plugging up some holes.

Now, let's see if it works.

Hey, we're really moving.

- It's the tide, it's still going out.

- Yeah, and when we get over it, it'll come back in,

and we'll drift right up on shore.

- We will?

- Well, I've been right so far, haven't I?

(Flipper squeaking)

(motor running)

(Flipper squeaking)

Are you all right?

You look funny.

- It's leaking again.

- It's no use, Liz, I'll have to bale some more.

(Flipper squeaking)

(dog barking)

(Flipper squeaking)

Maybe if we can get in the middle,

we can balance off the boat.

Get down.

Maybe if we get in the water, the boat'll stay up longer.

- What good will that do us?

- We can hang on to the sides, see,

like they do in the shipwrecks.

- I wouldn't be able to hold on very long.

- You won't have to, I'll hold on with one hand

and hold you with the other, okay?

- No, no, get back in.

Hurry!

Another minute, they'd have grabbed you.

- Boy, you're as bad as Mom.

They'll grab us the same way Flipper does.

- You mean, they aren't sharks?

- They're dolphins, you can tell by the fin on their backs.

- [Liz] One's coming toward us.

- Probably just to say hello.

- That wasn't a dolphin.

- It was a shark, we better stay in the boat.

Get down low so we won't tip over.

- Mobile 3-7, Dad, this is Sandy.

Can you read me, over?

Mobile 3-7, Dad, this is Sandy, can you read me, over?

- This is Bud, Sandy.

I can't hear you very clearly, though.

- You haven't called, what's happening?

- [Bud] Well, we're following Flipper.

We're due east from Coral Key.

- They left the Everglades, why?

- What for?

- Well, we think Flipper knows where the kids really are.

- That's good enough for me, over and out.

(dog barking)

- Dad, look, there are the kids.

(Flipper squeaking)

I knew Flipper wouldn't let us down.

(Flipper squeaking)

- We found them all right.

It looks like some sharks found them, too.

Take the wheel, Bud.

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

Okay, Bud, easy.

(gunshot)

(gunshot)

(gunshot)

(Flipper squeaking)

There you go, honey.

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

- Well, I still think it's a mistake.

- Oh, I don't know, Mr. Ricks, it just seems to me--

- Now, my friends call me Porter.

- All right.

Porter.

But when I think of what we all went through

the last few days.

- But we got through it, didn't we?

And Liz and Dirk learned some very important lessons.

Let them stay, Fran, and keep on learning.

- I'll think about it.

- All right.

- Don't worry, guys, we'll get Mom to let us stay here.

- We'll try anyway.

- We've got to, we can't leave Flipper.

He wouldn't have anybody to look after him.

- And you would?

- You bet.

- And while we're in school, Rink can look after him.

- Well, how does that sound to you, Flipper?

(Flipper squeaking)

Hey, will you take it easy.

I mean, we want you to miss us too, you know.

- You're leaving, since when?

- Well, I had a long talk with Flipper this morning.

- And he convinced you?

- Who else?

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

J1 Everyone loves

J1 The king of the sea

J1 Ever so kind

J1 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

J1 ls smarter than he

J1 And we know Flipper

J1 Lives in a world full of wonder

J1 Lying there under

J1 Under the sea

(lion roaring)