Editing Pooh's Adventures of Beethoven/Transcript (section)

== Meeting the Newton family ==
(Just then, the doorbell rang)

George Newton: Oh, I wonder who that could be.

Alice Newton: I'll get the door.

(Alice answers the door, revealing to be Pooh, Ash, and their friends)

Pooh Bear: Good morning, ma'am.

Alice Newton: Good morning, everyone. Come on in.

(The heroes come into the house.)

George Newton: (see's Pikachu) Hey, who's that little guy?

(George is about to touch Pikachu's cheeks and Ash stopped him.)

Ash Ketchum: Careful, sir. He was 100,000 volts of electricity stored in his cheeks if you touch his cheeks, you'll get shocked.

George Newton: Oh, okay, son. Thanks for the warning.

(However, Pikachu rubs against George's leg)

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George Newton: We can't have a dog. We can't have a dog!

Alice Newton: Honey, you can't show a child a puppy and then take it away two minutes later.

George Newton: I didn't show a child a puppy. It's obviously lost. You occupy the kids, I'll run it down to the pound.

Alice Newton: Oh, no. No way. If the owner doesn't claim it, it'll be destroyed. I'm not going to live with that.

George Newton: If we keep it, the house will be destroyed!

Alice Newton: Honey, it's just a dog. Millions of people have dogs.

George Newton: Oh, no, not people like me! Dogs sniff, they lick, they chew, they drool, they scratch... Alice, they have parasites.

Alice Newton: ''[sarcastically]'' Oh, Gosh, yeah...

George Newton: The kids'll lose interest, I'll have to take care of it. It'll grow to be enormous, it'll take over the yard, the bushes will die and the lawn'll look terrible and when the dog finally settles down, it'll die. And everybody will so upset, we'll have to go get another puppy, the whole thing will start all over again. You understand?

Alice Newton: No, honey, could you be more specific?

(The kids want to keep the puppy, but George doesn't.)

George Newton: It's my decision. I mean, I have decided.

Ryce Newton: I knew it.

(A pause as George looks at his kids.)

George Newton: You'd better think of something to name him because when I come home and he's destroyed my house, I wanna know what to call him!

Alice Newton: (choosing a name out of a hat) OK, the dog's name will be...

(She takes out a piece of paper, but doesn't read it out loud and looks at George in silence.)

George Newton: You asked for my input.

George Newton: ''[the family is arguing about what to call the puppy]'' This is ridiculous! It's a dog, he doesn't have preferences! You could call him Ding-Dong Head and he wouldn't know the difference!

Emily Newton: Yes, he would! He'll tell us what he wants to be called.

(Emily starts playing the famous four-note opening motif of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on the piano. The puppy responds to it with barks.)

George Newton: Beethoven.