Editing Ash's Adventures of Madeline: Lost in Paris/Transcript (section)

=== Searching for Madeline ===
Narrator: While Madeline was trapped, it seems, in one of LaCroque's crooked schemes, her friends on the other side of Paris were working to find her. Where could she be?

Miss Clavel: Girls, I will go with Monsieur Le Gendarme and make a missing person's report. You will wait here with Mrs. Murphy.

Girls: Oui, Miss Clavel.

Nicole: What if we cannot find Madeline?

Brock: Yeah, that's a good point. It'll take days or maybe weeks until they've given up finding her.

Misty: (sighs in frustration) There has to be a way to help Miss Clavel find Madeline.

Danielle: (gasps) I know! We must look for Madeline ourselves.

Girls and Heroes: Oui!

Fred Jones: Good idea! We'll do what we always do: solve the mystery ourselves!

Danielle: Yes! We must be watchful.

Chloe: We must exam all evidence.

Nicole: Interrogate all witnesses.

Chloe: But first how do we leave Mrs. Murphy?

Velma Dinkley: Oh, yeah. We need to distract Mrs. Murphy so we could go out and find clues to where Madeline is. But how?

Girls and Heroes: Hmm. Pepito!

(Back at the factory, Ash and Pikachu are still watching Madeline and the factory girls slaving away under Madame LaCroque's iron fist.)

Madeline: (takes out the last bead and sheds a tear.)

Fifi: What is that?

Madeline: Mama's. It was Papa's first gift to her.

Fifi: Only one bead?

Madeline: (giggles) No, no, it was a necklace. This is the last bead left.

Fifi: How sad. You had to sell the rest?

Madeline: No, I dropped them.

Fifi: Pauvre, Madeline. You lost them all? That is worse.

Madeline: No, no, Fifi. Listen, when I began to think something is wrong, I knew I must leave a clue.

Fifi: Ah, like Hansel and Gretel?

Madeline: Exactement! A trail for the others to follow and find me.

Fifi: Who are these others?

Madeline: Mes amies. My very good friends.

(Ash and Pikachu smile proudly at Madeline for her smart tactic.)

Fifi: (V.O.) You are so clever, and so lucky to have friends who will look for you. (coughs; Ash and Pikachu grow concerned at Fifi's poor health condition) But to leave your mother's beads, that must've been hard.

Madeline: That's why I kept the last one.

Fifi: (looks at the remaining bead with the lion on it) The lion? To make you strong?

Madeline: Oui. And for hope that my friends will find me.

(Ash and Pikachu nod in agreement.)

Fifi: There is nobody to look for me, no one to find me. (coughs; Ash and Pikachu look on sadly at Fifi, feeling sorry for her)

Madeline: You have someone, Fifi. Moi. I will be your friend. See? You must always have hope.

Ash Ketchum: (whispers) And Pikachu and I will be your friends too, Fifi.

Pikachu: (whispers) Pikachu.

(Suddenly LaCroque, Henri and Team Rocket enter.)

Madeline and Fifi: (gasps)

Ash Ketchum: Huh?

Pikachu: Pika?

Madame LaCroque: Why aren't you working?!

Meowth: Yeah, who told you twoips to stop working?!

Fifi: (giggles and coughs)

Jessie: Hey, that twerp over there just giggled!

Madame LaCroque: A giggle?!

James: Or maybe a chuckle.

Henri: Tres petite.

Madame LaCroque: There will be no laughing here! Laughter is banished! Smiling is banned! Happiness is is--

Henri: Verbotin?

Madame LaCroque: When I need your help with words, Henri, you will be invited to speak!

(Madeline and the factory girls laugh but LaCroque silenced them with her scissors which caused them to gasp in terror. Madeline and the factory girls continue working. Ash grows angry at LaCroque, but turns his attention to Madeline and her new friend, Fifi with a concerned look on his face.)

Pikachu: (sad and worried) Pikachu...

(Meanwhile, back at the vine-covered house,...)

Narrator: Meanwhile, inside of the vine-covered house, Pepito arrived with a plan and a mouse.

Cera: This is so stupid. Why did you even have to bring over a mouse, Pepito?

Pepito: Shh! Because this is the only way to distract Mrs. Murphy. Now, we must hurry and keep her busy if we want to go out and help Ash find Madeline.

Narrator: As Mrs. Murphy prepared her meat pies, she did not expect an unwelcome surprise.

(Pepito lets out the mouse, scaring Mrs. Murphy out of her wits.)

Fred Jones: (whispers) Come on, let's move!

(They all run out and leave the house to help look for Madeline.)

Chloe: Shh! We must be very quiet.

Littlefoot: Yes.

Scooby-Doo: Okay.

Narrator: The children and their friends ran quickly without looking back, leaving poor Mrs. Murphy still under attack. (back at the factory, Madeline is feeding another mouse some breadcrumbs) While another small rodent, more friendlier than foe, was begging for breadcrumbs from someone we know.

Fifi: He's our pet. But do not tell LaCroque.

Madeline: Why would I tell LaCroque? She is a monster. (Fifi giggles) Well, she is. You should be allowed a pet.

Madame LaCroque: Stop yapping! Do you not want to eat your lovely lunch? Tres bien! It will be taken away!

Factory Girls: We love stale bread without the butter.

Madeline: (whispers) But at least we have each other.

Fifi: Before, at your wonderful school, you had a pet?

Madeline: Oui. All of us had Genevieve, the best dog in Paris. If only I knew she were safe.

(But little does Madeline know; Ash is still outside watching over her at the basement window and he along with Pikachu are eating their own lunches.)

Ash Ketchum: (whispers) Do not worry, Madeline. I'm sure Genevieve is safe at home with your friends. (eats his sandwich)

Pikachu: (whispers) Pika. (eats his Pokémon food)

(Meanwhile, Miss Clavel is at the police station.)

Police officer: Madame, the police artist.

Police artist: Uh, please tell me about the suspect, this, uh, Uncle Horst.

Miss Clavel: Monsieur Horst was tall, elegant,...

Narrator: Miss Clavel chose her words and described Horst with care, while the artist was sketching with talented flair.

Police artist: Voila! (shows a picture of a man with a lemon head)

Miss Clavel: Uh, no. His hair, it was wavy, rather light.

Police artist: (sketches another picture) Ah, comme ca?

Miss Clavel: (gasps) Oh! No, no. His face, a little longer. (the police artist sketches another picture; gasps) N-Not quite. Oh, dear. I'm not sure if this is helping find our Madeline.

(Meanwhile, the eleven girls, Pepito, and our heroes are at the Metro, hoping to find clues. A train pulls up and they exit to search for clues.)

Narrator: At each Metro station along the route, Genevieve sniffed for a clue. (Genevieve sniffs around clues, but to no success) But when their time was running out... 

Girls: Ahh...

Misty and Brock: Aw, man!

Narrator: They had to decide what to do.

Pepito: Next stop is the last. Maybe there.

Daphne Blake: I'm sorry, Pepito, but I'm afraid it's too late.

Shaggy Rogers: And that was the last one for today.

Scooby-Doo: Yeah, last one.

Danielle: We must get back before Miss Clavel.

Pepito: Tomorrow, then?

Bugs Bunny: Yes, Pepito, tomorrow.

Daffy Duck: Exactly! We'll come back tomorrow and continue looking for her. Right, everyone?

Girls and Heroes: Yes! Tomorrow!

Genie: Now, let's get you girls home before Miss Clavel finds out you've been out and about.

Girls: Oui!

(They all board the train and depart for home.)

Narrator: As they left, they all wondered how Madeline was doing now.

Misty: I hope she's alright.

Daphne Blake: I hope she's not sick.

Velma Dinkley: I hope she's not cold.

Bugs Bunny: I hope she's not hungry.

Chloe: Pauvre Madeline.

(Meanwhile, at the lace factory, the clock rings its bell, and the girls line up.)

Narrator: When they heard the factory clock, the girls lined up to face LaCroque.

Madame LaCroque: I'll take that! There are a lot more antiques to be done tomorrow.

(Fifi nervously walks up with stained lace.)

Madame LaCroque: (furiously) Look what you've done! All of your coughing has turned lace yellow! Ruined!

Fifi: I'm s-sorry.

Madame LaCroque: From now on—

Fifi: (pleadingly) Madame, please no. I will be careful I will not cough. (coughs)

Madame LaCroque: You will work only on...black lace!

Fifi: (horrified) Oh no!

Madame LaCroque: I won't have my precious whites discolored! Remember that all of you!

(The girls gasp. Ash is angry and disgusted by Madame LaCroque's abuse towards a sickly little girl like Fifi.)

Pikachu: (angrily) Pika...!!!

Ash Ketchum: (in his thoughts) What is this lady's problem?! Doesn't she care that the poor little girl is sick?!

Madeline: What is wrong?

Fifi: With no light. Working on the black lace. It takes our eyes.

Blonde hair factory girl: My grandmama turned blind that way.

Ash Ketchum: (whispers) What?!

Madeline: You can't do that to Fifi! It is heartless and cruel! She is sick!

Madame LaCroque: I beg your pardon?

Madeline: She needs sunlight, she needs more food, she needs—

Madame LaCroque: What you need is a lesson! Silence!

Jessie: Do you know what happens to naughty little children who dare misbehave, little twerp?

(Jessie yanks Madeline up by the collar)