Editing Littlefoot Goes to Madagascar/Transcript (section)

== Opening/Alex's performance ==
''DreamWorks Animation SKG with 2005 animated logo'')

(''In the beginning, [[Island of Madagascar|the island of Madagascar]] appears in a daydream. A zebra yells like Tarzan and jumps out the vine after swinging it. The choir penguins in their black bowties singing Born Free by John Barry and they fly. He runs and jumps to the water in slow motion. A lion appears, sneaking towards the zebra as almost in the middle of a dream, he jumps up snapping him out of his dream.'')

'''[[Alex]]:''' Surprise! 

'''[[Marty]]:''' (screaming, falls from treadmill and crashes into a fence) Alex! Do not interrupt me when I’m daydreaming! When a zebra’s in the zone, leave him alone.

'''Alex:''' Come on, Marty. Just wanted to wish you a happy birthday!

'''Marty:''' (Chuckles) Hey, man. Thanks!

(Alex expresses pain on the right side of his jaw)

'''Alex:''' Oh, ah! Oh! Hey, um... I got s—I got something stuck in my teeth. It's driving me crazy! Can you help me out here? Please?

'''Marty:''' Ah! You came to the right place, my friend. Doctor Marty, D.D.S., is in the house! Please hop on top of my sterilized examination table, if you may.

(Alex opens the mouth, but Marty can't see anything, because it's dark)

'''Marty:''' I don't see anything.

'''Alex:''' (Muffled) It's on the left.

'''Marty:''' Ow!

'''Alex:''' (Muffled) Oh, sorry.

'''Marty:''' Okay, just don't talk with your mouth full. (Alex nods) Aha! Right here. (takes out a snow globe and holds it) What the heck is this doing in there?

'''Alex:''' Happy birthday!

'''Marty''': Aww, hey, thanks, man. You put it in behind the tooth. You all right.

'''Alex:''' These aren't even on the shelf yet. Here! Check it out. Check it out! Look at that. Ooh! Look at that! Ooh!

'''Marty:''' Look at that. It's snowing.

'''Alex:''' Ten years old, huh? A decade. Double digits. The big 1-0! You don't like it?

'''Marty:''' No, no, it's great!

'''Alex:''' You hate it. Ugh! I should've gotten you the Alex alarm clock. That's the one. That’s the big seller.

'''Marty:''' No, no, no. The present's great, really. It's just that another year's come and gone and I'm still doing the same old thing. ''(imitating)'' "Stand over here. Trot over there. Eat some grass. Walk back over here."

'''Alex:''' I see your problem. 

'''Marty:''' Maybe I should go to law school. 

'''Alex:''' You just need to break out of that boring routine. 

'''Marty:''' How? 

'''Alex:''' Throw out the old act. Get out there! Who knows what you're gonna do. Make it up as you go along. Ad lib. Improvise. On the fly. Boom, boom, boom!

'''Marty:''' Really?

'''Alex:''' You know, make it fresh. 

'''Marty:''' Fresh, huh? OK. I could do fresh. 

'''Alex:''' Works for me. 

''[Earth, Wind and Fire's Boogie Wonderland plays as the statue monkeys ring the bell at the front of the zoo ring at the zoo's opening hour at 9:00 AM. The People are coming! Alex bursts with excitement about them!]''

'''Alex''': Here come the people, Marty! Oh, I love the people! It's fun people fun time! Whoo!

''(Alex hops into a hippo's habitat and tap dances on her butt)''

'''Alex:''' Let's go, Gloria! Up and at 'em! We're open!

'''[[Gloria]]''': (yawning) What day is it?

'''Alex''': It's Friday! Field trip day! Dadadadada! Boom! Let’s go! Come on!

'''Gloria''': Yes, it's field trip day. Let's get up and go... (falls asleep again) in 10 more minutes.

''(ricocheting off a lamppost, Alex arrives at the roof of a pen. A timid giraffe with constant health problems, or so he thinks)''

'''Alex''': Come on! (sings in Conga style) Melman, Melman, Melman! Melman, Melman, Melman! Wake up! Rise and shine! It's another fabulous morning in the Big Apple. Let's go!

'''[[Melman]]''': (scoffs) Not for me. I'm calling in sick.

'''Alex''': What?

'''Melman''': I found a brow-- another brown spot on my shoulder. Right here. See? Right th- Right there. You see?

'''Alex''': Melman, you know it's all in your head. Hmm?

''[Kids and adults burst through the zoo gates eager to view the animals and Alex.]''

'''Kid''': Let's go! Come on!

''[As rushed parents threw away their coffee cups in the trash, Mason the chimp yawns, retrieves a newspaper, a half-empty coffee cup, and a bagel and returns to his roommate Phil, a mute chimp who doesn't speak.]''

'''Mason''': Phil! Wake up, you filthy monkey. (Mason gives Phil his coffee as he gargles it while he reads the newspaper and eats his bagel. Meanwhile, Marty prepares to give his audience something special for his birthday.)

'''Marty''': Oh, I'm going to be fresh. Straight out the ground. Tasty fresh! Freshalicious. (sips some water and spits it out) Ziploc fresh.

[an eager crowd awaits outside Alex's rock as they wait for their king to emerge]

'''Announcer''': (on intercom) Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, the Central Park Zoo proudly presents:

'''Kids''': (chanting) Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex!

[backstage Alex prepares himself for another day of people pleasing]

'''Alex''': Oh! Show them the cat! Who's the cat? Whoo!

'''Announcer''': The king of New York City.

'''Both''': Alex the Lion! 

'''Alex''': (roars) Ahhhh!

'''Marty''': It's showtime! (simultaneously as Alex emerges and turns on the fan blowing his mane)

[Alex emerges on his rock and lets out his signature roar.]

'''Alex''': Roar!!!

[Crowds go wild! This is what he lived for! The cameraman takes pictures of him. Meanwhile, folks gather around Marty's pen to see his act.]

'''Marty''': Gather around, people. Big show about to start. Check out the zebra taking care of biz. That's right.

[sucking up some water, Marty performs impossibly impressive water tricks with his mouth then sprays at 3 adults. This amazes the kids and attracts photographers to take pictures of him. A series of pictures show Gloria swimming tricks and Melman's MRI and medication treatments. On another side of the zoo, the four penguin brothers who are also agents, Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private are plotting something of their mission...]

'''Skipper''': Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave. Kowalski, progress report!

''[Kowalski, the brains of the group, emerges from a hole dug out previously by the penguins]''

'''Kowalski''': We're only 500 feet from the main sewer line.

'''Skipper''': And the bad news?

'''Kowalski''': We've broken our last shovel. (shows a broken spoon)

'''Skipper''': Right. (turns to his weapon specialist Rico) Rico, you're on litter patrol. We need shovels, and find more Popsicle sticks. We don't want to risk another cave-in. (Rico jumps in the pool)

[Private, the youngest of the group, perks up]

'''Private''': And me, Skipper?

'''Skipper''': I want you to look cute and cuddly, Private. Today we're gonna blow this dump.

(Rico snatches a plastic spoon from a boy eating his frozen yogurt. Marty, meanwhile at sunset, impresses his last fans by making fart noises with his arm pits.)

'''Marty''': Yeah! You don't see that on Animal Planet! Ha-ha. (mesmerized kids are hauled away by disgusted and confused parents) Well, show's over, folks. Thanks for coming. I hope you thought it was fresh. I'll be here all week. In fact, I'll be here for my whole life. 365 days a year, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Halloween, Kwanzaa. Please don't forget to never spay or neuter your pets. (sips on his beverage) And tip your cabbie, because he's broke.

[suddenly a pair of shovels dig up from the ground and the penguin brothers emerge]

'''Skipper''': You, quadruped. ''(In German)'' Sprechen sie Englisch?

'''Marty''': I sprechen.

'''Skipper''': What continent is this?

'''Marty''': Manhattan.

'''Skipper''': Hoover Dam! We're still in New York. Abort. Dive! Dive! Dive!

'''Marty''': Hey, hey! You in the tux! Wait a minute! What are you guys doing?

'''Private''': We're digging to Antarctica. (receives a slap from Skipper to silence him)

'''Marty''': Ant-who-tica?

'''Skipper''': Can you keep a secret, my monochromatic friend? (Marty nods and leans down to listen a little secret without the others noticing) Do you ever see any penguins running free around New York City? (he shakes his head for no) Of course not. We don't belong here. It's just not natural. This is all some kind of whacked-out conspiracy. We're going to the wide-open spaces of Antarctica. To the wild! (the four high five each other as Skipper slaps Private again.)

'''Marty''': The wild? You could actually go there? That sounds great. (before he can thank them, the four have already gone down the hole) Hey, hold up! Where is this place?! (Muffled) Tell me where it is! (Skipper alone emerges from the hole pushing his face)

'''Skipper''': You didn't see anything... Right?

'''Marty''': Yes, sir! Oh! Uh, I'm sorry. No, sir. (Skipper dives back into the hole and seals the hole entrance with Marty's cup)

'''Announcer''': For his final appearance of the day, the king of New York City. Alex the Lion!

'''Alex''': Roar!!! 

[And the bells are ringing, because it's time to go home and close the Zoo.]

'''Alex''': Thank you. Thank you very much. You guys are great. You're a great crowd. Give yourselves a hand, huh? Thank you. (underpants flies in his face) Oh. Thank you. Oh! Well. Thank you. Oh, that's too kind. Too kind. (sling shoots the I Heart NY undies which land on Melman's nose)

'''Melman''': Aah! Underpants!!

'''Alex''': (humans leave the zoo) Everybody get home safe. Hey! Check out my Website. Twenty-four hour Alex Cam. Watch me sleep.