Original subtitles

[film reel clicking]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music resumes]

- Welcome to Vonrovia, the world's smallest kingdom,

and the only one where you'll find a magic penguin.

His name is Roi,

and he comes from a long line of royal penguins

dating back more than 400 years

to the starting of our country.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]

[mysterious music]

[air whooshing] [gentle music continues]

[gentle music continues]

[singer vocalizing]

[dramatic music]

[peaceful music]

[camera clicking]

[Pascale laughs]

Enough.

- No one knows how the first royal penguin arrived,

but legend has it that a young man

offered the penguin shelter for the night

and a plate of dried herring to eat.

In return, as the sun rose the next morning,

the penguin produced a beautiful magical pearl.

and presented it to the young man, whose name was Leo.

Leo was proclaimed king by his neighbors.

And from then on,

the Penguin Pearl has become a symbol for our monarchy.

Look, look, look, look.

Be quiet, Pascale.

We're coming up to the ruins

where the first Penguin Pearl was created.

[gentle music continues]

Look at the ruins.

Would you be quiet.

But the ruins.

[phone ringing]

Hello.

Yes.

What did she said?

She said be quiet.

- Really? - Yes.

Do you want me to call her?

- No, no, no, no. - You can ask her.

No, no, no, no.

- And here we are at the Royal Palace,

where the present King Leo VIII resides.

[Pascale] The Royal Palace!

Shh, be quiet.

You think the King is inside?

Of course, the King is inside.

Are you sure?

Yeah, you know why?

- No. - It's his house.

- He lives here. - Oh, really?

- Yes. - Oh, wow. [laughs]

You are so intelligent.

[majestic music]

[stately music continues]

- I want more flags there, there, and there.

- More flag there, there, and there.

- And, the music I would like to hear now.

- Can we have the music now, please?

[happy music]

[equipment rattling]

- Of course, I want to do my duty, your Majesty, but I-

- Please Duncan, I'm not ordering you.

I'm asking you as a friend.

- Well, if you'll excuse me, sire,

I'm more of a behind-the-scenes guy.

I need my penguin knights.

- Well, I suppose the 400th anniversary

of the kingdom's founding only comes once.

- And that's only if you subscribe to the theory

that time is an arrow that only goes in one direction.

Unless you take into account

the theory of eternal inflation.

Yes, exactly.

[Garibaldi coughs]

Don't worry.

It will be painless. I promise.

We'll all gather here.

Garibaldi will say a few words.

He'll introduce me. He'll introduce Roi.

And you will bring out the pearl and hand it to me.

And voila, it's done.

People clap. We open the champagne.

We enjoy ourselves.

You do remember how to enjoy yourself?

[Duncan exhales]

- Yeah, if you'll excuse me then, I have some,

I have some preparations to make.

[gentle music continues]

He does not look very happy.

No.

He hasn't been happy since Alice.

Ow. [item squeaks]

Oh, oh, sorry, Your Majesty.

- Well, if you excuse me, Your Majesty,

there is a matter I would attend to.

[gentle music continues]

- I've been practicing my speech.

Would you like to hear it?

I like being surprised.

I have coined a new motto.

[King Leo speaking Latin]

- It means- - Penguins can't fly,

but they can soar.

It sounds great in Latin.

Yeah, yeah.

It works, it works.

[gentle music continues]

- We'll be ending our tour at the Penguinarium,

where you might even catch a glimpse

of the royal penguin himself.

Shh, shh.

[light orchestral music]

But if not, come say hello to me.

That's where I work.

And I'm always happy to meet with visitors.

- Penguinarium, Penguinarium, Penguinarium, Penguinarium,

- Penguinarium- - Be quiet.

Sit down.

Penguinarium.

[cart whirring]

[engine humming]

[comical music]

[birds chirping]

Hey, let's go.

[dramatic music]

[birds chirping]

Good morning.

[water sloshing]

Look what I have for you today. More fish. [laughs]

Where is my favorite royal penguin?

There's lots of fish. [tray clattering]

Roi?

Where are you? Roi?

[doll rasping] [pensive music]

[gentle music] [water splashing]

[hands thudding]

[playfully suspenseful music]

[feet pattering]

Aha, found you.

[feet pattering]

There you are.

[majestic music]

Good morning, Rose.

[suspenseful music]

[jackets rustling]

[plodding music] [jackets continue rustling]

[tense music]

- [Penguin Captain] Pardon. Who are you?

I'm Pascale. He is Tiago.

- We're the new cleaners. - Uh-huh.

Ah, okay, carry on.

[Pascale laughs]

- Why did you tell him our names?

But he ask who we were.

Ah.

[Pascale laughing]

[hands smacking and rasping]

[Micah grunting] [pensive music]

- [man on TV] Good guys cheer me. Sad guys fear me.

[wall rumbling]

I am the Penguin Knight.

[sailor grunting]

Ah, help me, help me.

Please, save me.

Bad guys fear me. Good guys cheer me.

I am the Penguin Knight.

Let me save you.

[Micah and Penguin Knight grunting]

[button clicks]

[character yelling on TV]

- [character on TV] Whoo-hoo-hoo.

[Penguin Knight grunting]

[Micah exhaling]

- You're free, but we've gotta get out of here.

Micah.

Go.

- Oh, blimey, everything alright in here?

Yeah.

Where were you this morning?

[sighs] With him?

- I had an early meeting with King Leo.

- About him? - About the ceremony tomorrow.

Look, King Leo insists I take part

to present the pearl.

Can I come, too?

- Micah, it's just gonna be a bunch of grownups.

Boring grownups.

- But he's gonna be there, right?

- [Penguin Knight on TV] Quick now, the sun is rising.

Magic is happening today.

- [laughs] You must know this old movie by heart.

It's my favorite.

I am the Penguin Knight.

[laughs] Oh.

And what will the Penguin Knight do today?

Have an adventure.

Wanna have an adventure with me?

- Oh, speaking of adventure, I need to get going

as soon as I change my clothes.

[Micah sighs]

Well.

[footsteps plodding]

[majestic music]

What makes you so special?

Why does dad love him more than me?

You're just a dumb penguin.

[doll thudding]

I wish you'd just run away.

What if you run away?

What if you weren't there for that stupid,

boring Founder's Day thing? [gentle music]

- Sure, Son, come to the celebration with me.

[head thudding]

[energetic music] [bag rustling]

[drawers rasping and clattering]

[band snapping]

[item squeaking] [bag rustling]

[energetic music continues]

I am the Penguin Knight.

[thoughtful music]

Hmm, think of it, Garibaldi.

After tomorrow, Vonrovia will be mine.

- Oh, I love it when a plan comes together.

They will be shouting,

"Hortense, Hortense."

- I can hear them. Horse sense. Horse sense.

A very sensible suggestion.

- What the? Not horse sense, Hortense.

When that flying rodent-

- Penguins can't actually fly, you know.

When that flightless excuse

for a bird produces the second pearl.

But there can be only one.

Do not say it.

- But he's already produced one pearl.

If he tries to create another, it will kill him.

- We don't really know that, do we?

It's just speculation.

But it's never been done.

Before.

It's never been done before. [grunts]

That's just it.

The kingdom is stuck in the past

doing things the way they've always been done.

It's time for a new leadership, new ideas.

- But if he tries to produce another pearl, he could die.

Oh!

If he dies, he dies.

[chancellor laughing]

As long as we have the pearl.

Couldn't you just fake it,

maybe paint a tennis ball?

- That is a ludicrous suggestion.

- But everyone loves the penguin.

The penguin will deliver.

How can you be so sure?

And besides, there's not much time.

The ceremony will begin at 8:00 AM tomorrow.

Ah.

I have a contingency plan.

[Hortense laughs]

[cart clattering] [birds chirping]

[feet pattering]

- This is not the contingency I planned on.

- She' is pretty, [laughs] for the contingency.

[birds chirping]

Is the boy a contingency?

He's a complication.

[birds continue chirping]

- Tiago. - What?

There are three of them.

And?

There are only two of us.

- But they don't know we're coming.

Ah, you are right. [laughs]

[feet shuffling] [birds chirping]

- Ceremony shouldn't be too boring.

Nobody's gonna think you look funny.

They're gonna love you just like I do.

Oh, I love you too, Rose.

- I know you do. [Roi squawks]

Oh. [birds chirping]

Anyway, after the ceremony, we'll come straight back here,

and I'll make you your favorite.

Pancakes with hearing sauce?

Mm. [grumbling]

[Roi squawking] [hand thudding]

- I know you're worried about the ceremony tomorrow,

but why waste such a beautiful day?

[Roi vocalizing]

[ominous music]

Think fast.

[Roi exclaims] [ball thudding]

Roi, if you ever get tired of being the royal penguin,

you could go pro.

[Roi vocalizing]

Right, time for your first snack, hmm?

Okay, you just wait right here.

I'll be here.

[Micah gasping]

He can talk.

[Roi squawking]

You can talk!

[Roi vocalizing]

I heard you talking to her.

- Don't tell anyone. It's a secret.

I'm only supposed to talk to the King.

Awesome.

- Does my dad know? - Who's your dad?

He's a penguin knight.

Huh? Is there a penguin day?

- [sighs] Not that type of night.

- I'm just messing with you. [laughs]

- You know, if you don't want to go

to that ceremony tomorrow, you don't have to.

- Well, but Rose said that-

- If Rose told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

- Why would she tell me to jump off a bridge?

She knows I can't fly. I'd just go splat.

She said I was the most important part of the ceremony.

- She was lying when she said that.

They'll just laugh and laugh at you

- because you're so small. - You better leave

before Rose gets back.

No, you need to leave.

- Well, I'll tell her you're being mean to me,

and she'll tell your dad.

- She's gonna tell him that you can talk?

- It's a state secret. He knows it.

- The royal penguins have always talked.

They're just not supposed to talk to anyone but the King.

But he talked to you.

I'm an exception.

And he's talked to me.

- I guess you're an exception, too,

which must mean

- you're exceptional. - He's not exceptional.

He's mean.

- Micah looks like he could use a friend.

Do you wanna ask him if you'll come play with us?

- Uh-uh, no.

I am disappointed in you, Roi.

He said you're a liar.

You did?

Well, that's not very nice.

How about we'll all go back to the igloo,

and we'll teach you how to play splish-splash, okay?

I'm sorry I was mean to you.

You're just having a bad day.

- Come on, you lot. Let's go back.

[birds chirping]

[Roi vocalizing]

[tense music]

[Roi squawking]

[Pascale laughing]

[wings thudding] [Pascale groaning]

[wings smacking] [lips fluttering]

[Pascale gasping]

[air whooshing] [Pascale laughing]

[wings thudding] [Pascale groaning]

Isn't it, Roi? Roi?

[lips fluttering] [dramatic music]

- What are you doing? - Roi, Roi.

[Rose whimpering] [Micah grunting]

Let him go.

- [Rose] Let me go. Roi.

[tape rasping] Let go!

[dramatic music continues]

Where is the penguin?

We'll worry about him later.

[Roi vocalizing] [energetic music]

- [Micah] Go Roi go! [Roi hollering]

- Roi. - Oh.

[Roi vocalizing]

[Roi screaming]

[Roi vocalizing] [energetic music continues]

[golf cart crashing]

[Roi grunting]

[barrel thudding]

[Roi grunting and whimpering]

[birds chirping]

[birds chirping]

Good morning, Roi.

[Duncan sighs]

Is the penguin keeper late?

[birds chirping]

Rose?

Roi.

Look, I don't have time

to play hide-and-seek this morning, Roi.

[Duncan sighs]

Yes, I know I haven't come to see you for a while,

but I watch you all the time.

Roi.

- Uh, can we get a window open back here?

No.

- Ugh, I just, I get really car sick.

- If she throws up in the back-

Just drive.

This way.

Are you sure?

- Of course, I'm sure. Clumsy oaf.

- You didn't have to be mean to me.

I'm the boss.

I can be as mean as I want to be.

You are not my boss.

Of course, I'm your boss.

I hired you.

- Only because I didn't hire you first. [grunts]

But why are you in charge?

- Someone always has to be in charge.

I'll let you be in charge next time.

Okay.

Guys, I'm gonna be sick.

[pensive music]

[door rasping]

[kick thuds] [Tiago groaning]

[Micah grunting] [suspenseful music]

[Rose grunting]

[Roi vocalizing] [suspenseful music continues]

[Rose and Tiago grunting]

[Tiago] Get in there.

Get in.

[Micah and Tiago grunting] [suspenseful music continues]

You think you're so clever.

It's not that I'm clever.

It's just that you're really dumb.

[door clattering]

I hope she's better.

- She was just pretending to be sick.

Let's go.

- Okay. - Be quiet.

[engine humming]

[barrel thuds] [Roi grunting]

[water sloshing] [pensive music]

[barrel thuds]

[Roi grunting] [quizzical music]

[barrel thuds]

[Roi vocalizing]

[footsteps plodding]

[pensive music]

[door squeaking]

Micah?

[phone ringing]

Hello.

- [Garibaldi] Ah, Duncan, I'm glad I caught you.

How are the preparations going?

- F- fine.

Well, the reason I'm asking is

because I stopped by the Penguinarium,

and I couldn't find Roi.

Can you tell me where the royal penguin is?

He's meditating.

Meditating?

- [laughs] I highly recommend it.

It lowers the blood pressure, increases clarity,

and we could all use more clarity.

Clarity, of course, yes, yes.

He's meditating.

He's in seclusion, meditating,

contemplating what an awesome responsibility he has

to uphold the traditions of the kingdom,

to be part of an unbroken line

which leads back to the first of his kind,

uh, brought here by the esteemed Leo I,

and to be part of the ceremony tomorrow

to, to, to offer the pearl,

which is the symbol of the monarchy.

Yes, he's very proud.

- Mm, he's covering something up.

So I will thank you, sir,

to leave him to his naval-gazing in peace.

Penguins don't have navels.

They are hatched from eggs.

[Duncan laughing]

Of course, they are.

Well, perhaps you should use the time

before the ceremony to contemplate your own navel.

[pensive music continues]

[finger taps]

[Duncan laughing]

- Well, I'd say your plan is working perfectly.

He clearly has no idea where the penguin is.

- The problem is I don't know where the penguin is either.

- You still couldn't get a call through?

No.

They were supposed to take him to the stables.

- Well, that's where they probably are.

I need that pearl.

- Couldn't you just take Leo's pearl?

[Hortense sighs]

- If only it were that easy. [scoffs]

Once it's bonded to a ruler,

it will disintegrate if anyone else tries to take it.

[pensive music continues]

[suspenseful music]

[latch clattering]

[window rasping]

[plastic rustling]

[majestic music]

[Roi vocalizing]

Ugh, Pickled Penguin.

[Roi vocalizing]

[pensive music] [Roi vocalizing]

[Roi] I don't understand. [laughs]

[doors clattering]

[feet shuffling]

[Pascale] Come on, come on.

[door clattering]

What?

[doors slamming]

How is this possible?

How did you not know the penguin was gone?

I don't know. I was driving.

- Who are you? What is it you want?

I can't answer.

Tiago told me I could enter. [grunts]

I've never been here before.

How did you discover this place?

Are you a tour guide? Do you work at the palace?

- Are you trying to trick me? It's not very nice.

- Well, you took us. That's really not nice.

- [laughs] It's good to have you, too, [laughs]

but she's most interested at the penguin. [laughs]

Who's she?

- Oh, she- - Be quiet, Pascale.

Why do you want the penguin?

Are you trying to sell him to a zoo somewhere?

Oh, no, I love penguins.

- Help, help, someone. I'm being kidnapped.

- Scream all you want. Nobody can hear you.

Okay, guys, just be quiet,

and everything will be fine, okay, huh?

[brooding music continues]

- Just let me leave here with Micah,

and I'll tell the authorities to believe you.

- [Pascale] I like a woman with a sense of humor.

[footsteps plodding]

But don't worry,

you two will be taken care of soon enough.

- And what's the plan, hmm? Ransom, blackmail?

Extortion, world domination?

- Vonrovia is kind of small to dominate the world.

Be quiet.

[Pascale exhaling]

Sorry, he's says that a lot.

[dark music]

[Hortense growls]

[feet pattering] [Roi grunting]

[pensive music]

- Okay, thank you, well, just, ask around.

Bye-bye.

[hand knocking]

[Duncan sighs]

[brooding music]

[footsteps plodding]

Where have you been?

[doors squeaking]

- Oh, oh, yeah. [quizzical music]

Nice home, this, oh.

Oh, yes, oh, yeah.

[Duncan sighs] [quizzical music continues]

[Roi grunting]

[quizzical music continues]

Uh, boo!

[Duncan exhales] [Roi laughing]

Roi, where have you been?

Uh, we need to talk.

[chair creaking]

- I always wondered what you sounded like.

Where's Micah?

[birds chirping]

- [Roi] It's like I told you, and then the big guy took

Micah and Rose, and they told me to come get you

and have the... [sighs]

- But how, how did Micah-

- That's not important right now.

We have to go. Micah said to hurry.

- Take me to my son. [dramatic music]

[King Leo grunting]

[King Leo exhaling]

Where is Duncan?

- I don't know. [gentle music]

Is everything okay?

I believe so.

How is Roi?

Let me find out.

[ominous music]

The penguin knight is not answering.

- Hold on a sec. That's the vet carrier, uh.

Well, I can't carry you, Roi.

Oh, well.

- We'd attract too much unwanted attention.

No, oh.

- All right, we'll meet you there.

Did you talk to her?

She's on her way.

She wants us to meet her at the wine cellar.

[birds chirping]

[footsteps plodding]

I just don't think 50 grand's gonna be enough for this job.

[comicall music]

50 grand?

Yeah, I just don't know.

50 grand?

- Why? How much are you getting paid?

20.

[Tiago laughing]

It's not funny.

You got robbed, my friend.

[Tiago laughing] [hand thudding]

Mm.

[gentle music] [birds chirping]

Uh, they took us there.

How come you never talk to me?

- Well, I'm only supposed to talk to the King.

- Well, you talk to the penguin keeper.

- Her name is Rose. You'd like her.

Micah does.

You talked to Micah, too?

Well, that was an accident.

Oh.

[birds chirping]

- Maybe the Penguin Captain's seen something.

[Roi grunts]

[Roi vocalizing] [footsteps plodding]

Good afternoon, Captain.

I was wondering if you had noticed

anything unusual happening today.

- Two new cleaners, Tiago and Pascale.

Thank you, Captain.

[footsteps plodding] [birds chirping]

Diana, it's Duncan.

Are you still working

on that census project for King Leo?

You are?

Good, good, good, good, good.

Uh, I, I was wondering if you could tell me,

how many men in Vonrovia are named Tiago and Pascale?

[birds continue chirping]

Really? [clears throat]

That many?

Not including the ones named Santiago.

Okay, thank you, Diana.

Uh, I owe you lunch at the Pickled Penguin.

[birds continue chirping]

Bad news.

- They're the third and fourth most popular names

in the country, right behind Leo and Robert.

Ah, those are nice names.

[Roi vocalizing]

- Let's see if they left any clues in the road.

[Roi vocalizing]

[birds chirping]

Go check outside.

[feet shuffling]

- Do you always let him order you around?

He is in charge this time.

[footsteps plodding]

- You better hope we find that penguin before tomorrow.

- The celebration of the founding of the kingdom.

- They need the penguin for that.

- So did someone want the penguin out of the way?

[birds chirping]

[feet shuffling] [birds chirping]

[item thudding]

[Pascale chattering indistinctly]

[flashlight thudding]

[footsteps plodding]

- No sign on anyone. This is yours.

[bag rustling]

Nothing interested inside. [zipper whizzing]

The van is clear.

[hand thudding]

- Are we keeping you from an appointment?

- Because- - Be quiet.

Don't tell her to be quiet.

You too, kid.

I'm not a kid.

- From where I'm standing, you're definitely a kid.

You will grow out of it.

I was a shrimp, too. [laughs]

[Micah sighs] [back rasping]

[bag rustling]

[Pascale murmuring]

You're nervous.

Whoever hired you doesn't know you lost Roi.

- Don't just stand there looming. Go get us some food.

Are we ordering out?

Because [laughs] I just love the fried zucchini

at the Pickled Penguin.

Ooh, or the squash blossom soup from the Tempest's menu.

- I would like a hot dog. - I'm a vegetarian.

- [Tiago] Make that two hot dogs.

[footsteps plodding]

[dark music]

[hopeful music]

[tense music]

[tense music continues]

[Roi vocalizing]

Here's where I escaped.

[Roi grunting]

[tense music continues]

Look, that's my snack. Rose had it.

[Roi vocalizing] [tense music continues]

Should we tell the King?

Maybe later.

Right now we have to find Micah.

[Roi vocalizing]

And Rose.

You're sad.

Micah must be so scared.

- But you're the Penguin Knight, right?

Good guys cheer me.

Bad guys fear me.

I am the Penguin Knight.

Get down. [tense music]

[Roi grunting]

- [Roi] What are you doing? Don't tell me.

[Roi grunting] [tense music continues]

I'm short on snacks.

[Roi grunting]

[device beeping]

[pensive music]

[Micah sighs]

- Don't worry. My dad will rescue us.

I don't doubt it.

What were you doing in the Penguinarium?

[Micah sighing]

- I was gonna kidnap Roi before they did.

I was gonna tell everyone he ran away.

[Rose] Why?

- So my dad would pay attention to me.

I didn't mean for everything to happen.

[exhales] We've got to get out of here.

- You're gonna be here for a while.

- [Micah] I wish my mother was here.

[bag rustling]

[Micah sighs]

I wish my mother was here.

- Your mum was the best penguin keeper ever.

We all still talk about Mrs. Jones, the penguin whisperer.

[Rose laughs]

- Do you know what really happened to my mum?

- She, she passed away in Antarctica.

She was working there to find a mate

for the last royal penguin.

I'm so sorry, Micah.

[Tiago] Stop talking.

- It is only a matter of time before someone will rescue us.

[Tiago laughing]

Keep wishing.

[Rose] Ugh.

[gentle music]

[birds chirping]

[band creaking]

Food this here.

[hands thudding] [plastic rustling]

- Pretend to sleep. - Right.

Pizza.

[box thudding] [Pascale laughing]

- You want me to eat it from there?

- Mm, mm. [box clattering]

Okay, stay back.

[door clanging]

[dramatic music]

[Pascale groaning]

[Rose grunting] [Pascale groaning]

[Rose] Run, Micah, run.

[Pascale groaning]

[sandwich crunching]

[footsteps plodding] [tense music continues]

[Rose whimpering]

- [Tiago] Hold her. Where has he gone?

Keep going, Micah, keep going.

[footsteps plodding] [tense music continues]

[Tiago] Micah.

[hopeful music]

Micah.

- Bad guys fear me. Good guys cheer me.

I am the Penguin Knight.

Got you.

[dark music]

[pensive music]

[suspenseful music]

[birds chirping]

[Micah grunting] [suspenseful music continues]

[Rose] It'll be okay.

[both grunting]

[pensive music] [birds chirping]

[Roi grunting]

- You ready for this? - [Roi] Sure I am.

- Let's go. - Okay.

- [Roi] I would be for another bite.

[birds chirping] [suspenseful music continues]

She's coming.

[footsteps plodding]

[doors creaking and clattering]

[ominous music]

[chairs clattering]

[door clattering]

[Hortense exhales]

Who are these?

- It's the penguin keeper and the penguin knight's son.

Oh, huh.

Where is the bird? [tense music]

I, um.

[phone ringing]

You're useless.

Tiago, Tiago.

- What? - What happened?

[Tiago] I don't know.

[tense music]

[gravel crunching]

- The penguin is with the knight.

I have a plan.

Oh, [laughs] do you?

You want the bird.

Mm.

- And the penguin knight wants his son.

[ominous music]

- Oh, [laughs] you have just earned your 50 grand.

- About that. - Make it happen.

[birds chirping]

- Micah. [footsteps plodding]

[bag rustling]

[bag thudding]

It's ringing.

[phone ringing]

Hello there, am I speaking to Duncan Jones?

Yes.

[Micah] Dad, Dad.

- Micah. - Yes.

That is your son you're hearing.

- If you hurt him, I'll hunt you down, and I will-

Really?

We don't have time for idle threats.

It's a simple transaction.

You bring us the bird. We bring you the boy.

- I'll meet you at the palace gates.

I tell you where.

[hand thudding]

I understand.

- Uh, they wanna trade Micah for me?

Uh, oh.

That's not going to happen.

Right.

- They want to make the trade in the forest

- or wherever they are. - Oh.

- We just have to get there first.

And then what?

And then we'll show them

why bad guys fear penguin knights.

So then you have a plan?

Uh, um.

[tense music] [birds chirping]

[tense music continues]

[birds chirping]

[Old West fight music]

[church bell rings] [leaves rustling]

[horse neighing] [Old West music continues]

[men chanting indistinctly]

[Pascale farts]

[birds chirping]

I'm sorry.

It happens when I'm nervous.

[birds continue chirping]

Where's the penguin?

Roi, show yourself.

[birds chirping]

[tense music]

Where's my son, and where's Rose?

[grass rustling]

- Micah. - Dad.

[Micah grunting]

[Micah grunting]

[Duncan laughing]

Dad, you're squishing me.

Sorry, sorry.

[pensive music]

[pensive music continues]

What?

[Micah] Where's Roi?

Go, Roi.

[Roi grunting]

[gate rasping and thudding]

Go, Roi.

[Roi laughing] [triumphant music]

[Pascale groaning]

- There's always another exit in these dungeons.

- Let's go. - Mm, mm.

[pensive music]

It's okay, sorry. [grunts]

It's okay.

Rose.

[hands thudding]

[feet shuffling]

[birds chirping]

- I think she's secretly a penguin knight, too.

[Rose and Duncan laughing]

- Well, it's, um, it's a state of mind.

Look, you've been very brave,

but I need you and Roi to get to safety now, okay?

- Bad guys fear me. Good guys cheer me.

[Duncan laughs]

- I have never been prouder of you than I am right now.

Let's go.

[footsteps plodding]

Ah, the exit.

Stairs.

- Stairs. [footsteps plodding]

[birds chirping]

[leaves crunching]

[Roi vocalizing]

[footsteps plodding]

Uh, Rose. [gasping]

Stop in the name of the King.

They're working for somebody.

- And whoever she is, they're really scared of her.

Her?

Well, we need to catch them and find out who's behind this.

Head to the palace.

They won't dare look for you there.

And look after Roi.

We'll see you at the ceremony. [upbeat music]

Let's go.

[Roi] Micah.

[grass rustling]

[upbeat music continues]

[Tiago] Stop. I got you.

[Roi whimpering]

- [Roi] I'm right behind you, Micah.

[grass rustling] [upbeat music continues]

[ominous tones]

[birds chirping]

[footsteps plodding]

[birds chirping]

[grass rustling]

[dramatic music]

[Pascale groaning]

- [Pascale] I'm sorry. [Duncan groans]

You're not going anywhere.

- I don't know anything about it.

[feet pattering] [dramatic music continues]

[Roi] Watch out, Micah.

I have an idea.

Ah, my foot.

- [Roi] Help, somebody, help. [Micah groaning]

Micah's hurt.

[Roi grunting]

Booyah![laughs]

[Roi vocalizing]

Nope, not a good idea.

- Bad guys fear me. Good guys cheer me.

- Isn't that a quote from an old movie?

It is.

- I love that movie. - Yeah.

- Then how'd you end up being a bad guy?

- I guess the standard way, bad choices-

- Ooh. - bad company.

- Well, if you walked away, we, we wouldn't stop you.

After what I did?

- What do you think? - No, no, no.

Definitely no.

[gentle music]

[feet thudding]

No hard feelings, right?

[hands smacking]

[dramatic music] [Roi whimpering]

Take them to the ruins.

If you want to do something right, do it yourself.

[birds chirping] [pensive music]

[Dad] Any sign?

Sit down.

Call me as soon as you put eyes on them.

No sign yet of Roi or Micah.

- It's good to finally meet the penguin knight.

- Well, thank you for taking care of my son.

My pleasure.

- You've never seen him when I'm trying

to get him up in the morning to catch the school bus.

Sit down.

- Being a single dad can't be easy,

but he really worships you, you know.

He is my whole world.

You should tell him that.

- Uh, why does Roi never talk to me?

- He doesn't think he has anything

to say that you would want to hear.

I mean, you never played with him.

You never talked to him.

You just watched him from afar.

Just like Micah.

- Well, today is the first day of the rest of your life.

My mother used to say that.

You're gonna have to sit.

- So did mine. - So did mine.

It's in the mum handbook.

- [laughs] I always knew there was a handbook.

Oh.

- Pascals, you really need to tell us what's going on.

[Pascale sighs]

[Pascale inhaling]

- I don't want to be a bad guy anymore.

- Well, thank you for letting us know.

But let's start from the beginning, shall we?

Well, uh, it all started

when Tiago asked me

if, uh, I wanted to make easy money.

- I think we can skip ahead a little.

Who hired you, Pascale?

[pillow rustling]

It was the chancellor.

Chancellor Hortense?

Uh, she's one of King Leo's oldest friends.

He appointed her to that job.

- But what would she want with Roi?

- She wants him to make another pearl and give it to her.

But that's not possible.

It is, but it would kill him.

- Uh, but, but he is with Micah, right?

- Uh, uh, he's fine. - Yes, yes.

And they know the ceremony starts at 8:00.

We need to get ready.

[men singing in foreign language]

[dramatic organ music]

[men singing in foreign language]

[Roi whimpering]

What is this place?

Bad guys fear me.

You do that tough thing a lot.

- Gravelly voice? - Yeah.

- My mum taught it to me. - Oh.

- I can teach you the voice if you want.

Will it make me brave?

- Yeah, from your throat, bad guys fear me.

Bad guys fear me.

- It takes some practice. - All right.

I miss my flock.

But you've got a flock,

Rose, and the King, and my dad,

and me.

I thought you hated me.

- I just wanted my dad to notice me.

And you're a penguin knight now.

Can I be a penguin knight?

Sure, but you need to work

- on the voice. - All right. [laughs]

Oh, okay.

[footsteps plodding]

- Good evening, everyone, and thank you for coming.

You're probably wondering why you're here.

Nope, not curious at all.

Wasn't talking to you.

Knock it off, Penguin.

[Roi groans]

I know you can talk.

I've been spying you and the penguin keeper for months.

[Roi babbles]

Don't have anything to say?

- He only talks to the people that he likes.

[Roi continues babbling]

Really?

Well, then maybe would you like to tell him

that I brought him here for only one reason?

To make me a pearl.

[Roi whimpering]

But you, you can't.

- You've done this before. I'm sure you remember.

[Roi vocalizing]

[pensive music]

[Hortense] When the sun rises tomorrow morning,

and the rays of sunshine

will perfectly alight on the cage,

you will give me another pearl.

So I'll be the queen of Vonrovia.

[Hortense laughing]

Don't just stand there. Get ready.

No, please, no.

[Roi squawking]

Please, no, please, he's my friend.

Please, stop, please, please.

Please, no, don't take him.

Please, don't take him away.

Please, you're hurting him.

[Roi vocalizing]

The sun will be up soon.

[Roi vocalizing]

[solemn music]

[Roi vocalizing]

[Roi whimpering]

[pensive music continues]

[dramatic music]

[men singing in foreign language]

[Roi whimpering]

[Roi vocalizing]

[men continue singing in foreign language]

[ominous music]

[Chancellor Hortense laughing]

[light choral music]

[footsteps plodding]

Let me get him down.

[metal clanging]

[pulley clattering]

Please, hurry.

Please, please, please.

[footsteps plodding]

[chains clanking]

[metal clanging]

[chains clattering] [pensive music continues]

Please, Roi, Roi.

[Micah breathing heavily] [pensive music continues]

[Tiago sniffs]

I am sorry, Micah.

[Micah exhales]

Stay with me.

Please stay with me.

Please, please. [gentle music]

[heartwarming music] [Roi grunting]

Did I get a nap?

[Roi groaning]

[Tiago laughs]

Have you guys got something in your eyes?

Aw.

- Let's go. [Roi groaning]

I'm kinda hungry.

[majestic music]

[ominous music]

[dramatic music]

Oh.

[gravel crunching]

[gate clattering]

[pensive music]

Hey, there's another gate. Go.

[Roi grunting]

[footsteps plodding]

[Roi vocalizing] [pensive music continues]

- Bro, I don't think we're gonna make it in.

[pensive music continues]

Got an idea.

[gentle music]

[feet shuffling]

Keep your eyes open.

I feel the chancellor may have had accomplices.

And behave yourself, unless you want to spend the rest

of your life in a jail.

- Don't worry. I'm with the good guys now.

[footsteps plodding] [gentle music continues]

- I've still had no word on either Micah or Roi.

They'll be all right.

Yes, but it could be anybody.

The ceremony's about to begin.

We should go in.

Yes, let's go.

[footsteps plodding]

[gentle music]

[gentle music continues]

Something's missing.

Where is Roi?

[bells chiming]

The pearl.

Where is Roi? [suspenseful music]

What happened to the penguin?

[pulley clattering] [suspenseful music continues]

[ominous music]

Hortense, what is the meaning of this?

Oh, you mean Queen Hortense.

[Micah grunting] [birds chirping]

Are we sure about this?

You'll be fine. Don't worry.

[Roi whimpering]

[suspenseful music]

Run along, Leo kins.

It's my show now.

What have you done with Roi?

- What have you done with my son?

Where is the pearl?

[pensive music]

[suspenseful music]

[Roi screaming] [air whooshing]

[Roi screaming] [peaceful music]

Go, Roi. Fly.

[Roi screaming]

[Roi] Yeeha.

Let's go find a new way out.

Whoo, oh. [laughs]

This is fun. [laughs]

I have the pearl.

I am the rightful ruler of Vonrovia.

Whoo, I can fly.

[Roi laughing]

[chancellor laughs]

Yeah, that's right.

I'm your rightful ruler,

and there's nothing you can do about it.

But bow before me, and I suggest you bow before me

if you ever want to see your sniveling brat again.

- His name is Micah, and he is a penguin knight.

- I don't care if everyone in the room are penguin knights.

I have 400 years

of tradition on my side,

and I claim the throne.

- [Roi] Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, Coming in!

[King Leo speaking Latin] [inspiring music]

[Roi screaming]

Make way. I'm landing.

[air whooshing]

Yeah.

Whoa.

[body thudding] [spring twanging]

[air whooshing]

[pipe whistling]

[body thudding]

No.

The Pearl of Vonrovia.

[court cheering]

[cane thudding]

[court chattering indistinctly]

[court applauding]

Arrest her.

Don't, don't, no.

[ominous music]

[sword rasping]

[footsteps plodding]

[sword rasping]

[cane thudding]

[chancellor screams]

[footsteps plodding] [gentle music]

- Dad. - Micah.

So worried about you.

You traitor.

I'm disappointed in you.

- Yes, Your Majesty was entirely correct about her.

- Well, that was a good way to wake up this morning.

[court laughing]

[feet shuffling] [plodding music]

- It's a good thing we got outta there.

Yes, but now, what will we do?

- We can check to see if the Penguinarium's hiring.

- I don't want to work at the Penguinarium.

- [Tiago] But I will let you be the boss this time.

- [laughs] No, you will be the boss.

I was the boss last time.

You can be the boss this time.

- Yes, but you are the definitely the boss.

- [Tiago] Eh. [Pascale laughing]

So we'll see, but I really insist that you be the boss.

Boss, wait.

[birds chirping]

[court chattering indistinctly]

- May I present to you the new chancellor of Vonrovia?

[court cheering and applauding]

[stately music]

Hip, hip, hooray. [laughs]

- Hip, hip. - [All] Hooray.

- [Roi] Hip, hip, hooray, whoo.

- Hip, hip. - [All] Hooray.

- [King Leo] Hip, hip. - [All] Hooray.

- [King Leo] Hip, hip. - [All] Hooray.

[Roi laughing]

Hooray.

- [Roi] Yeah, and I can fly, whoo.

[Roi laughing]

[majestic music]

[majestic music continues]

[majestic music continues]

[gentle music]

[gentle music continues]

[gentle music ends]