01x05 - Matadi or Bust

[bunniefuu]

This is me, eliza thornberry.

Part of your average family.

I got a dad, a mom, and a sister.

There is donnie-- we found him.

And darwin? He found us.

[Jabbering]

Oh, yeah, about our house-- it moves.

'Cause we travel all over the world.

You see, my dad hosts this nature show

And my mom sh**t it.

Okay, so we're not that average.

[Panting]

And between you and me

Something amazing happened...

And now I can talk to animals.

It's really cool

But totally secret.

And you know what?

Life's never been the same.

[Captioning sponsored by the u.s. Department of education

And nickelodeon]

[Jabbers]

[Chatters]

Ugh, she's talking

To the monkey again.

My sister, jane weirdall.

These look good, you want some?

Don't I get a t-shirt

Like the rest of the family?

[Babbles]

[Slurps]

[Blows raspberry]

Uh, what?

Debbie, look--

Cowrie shells.

Oh, wow.

The last time I saw a cowrie shell

Was at every other market in africa.

We'll be taking a freighter

Out of africa soon, dear

As long as we can make it

To matadi in three days.

What if we don't get there in three days?

We'll take the next freighter

Eight weeks later.

Eight weeks!

[Screams]

Oh, we'll make it

As long as we catch the : barge

And it's now :, so we have ample time to...

You said it was : a couple of hours ago.

Really?

Oh, isn't that interesting.

I have five minutes to one.

Mom, eight weeks in matadi.

Does that sound like a nature show to you?

This week, all matadi, all the time.

And next week, matadi again.

And we have more matadi coming up.

[Boat horn blows]

We got a barge to catch! Move!

[Donnie jabbers]

Got to go.

[Grunts]

[Squeals]

[Donnie squawks]

[Engine starts]

[Oinking]

[Boat horn blows]

[Marianne sighs]

I wonder if any other nature show

Ever did eight weeks in matadi.

[Tires squealing]

[Blows horn]

[g*ns engine]

Whoa, that was cool.

Reallycool.

Thank you, girls.

Don't let me ever

Catch you driving like that.

[Boat horn blows]

[Birds calling]

I'm going to explore belowdeck, okay?

Well, you could, but you'd miss the surprise.

We're all going to chip in

And give the comvee a good scrubbing.

[Gasps][gasps]

Doesn't that sound fun?

Girls? Um...

Locked.

If I only had a key.

Or a sledge hammer.

Maybe locking the doors

Is their subtle way of saying keep out.

[Frantic whimpering]

[Knob pops]

Good job, donnie.

Ooh, wow, what's in here?

I don't know.

Poisonous plants, razor sharp blades

But do keep poking around.

[Shrieks]

[Excited jabbering]

[Grunts]

Wow.

Hey, what are you doing here?

I'm talking to a human girl.

I mean, how did you get here?

[Door creaks]

Someone's coming.

Hide.

[Hippo snorts]

Keep that thing quiet.

Hush.

Bad hippo, bad.

That ought to do it.

Good.

Are they the ones who put you in here?

Yeah, with a bunch of yummy weeds.

Those guys are all right.

No, they're not.

That's kip o'donnell and neil biederman.

They hate animals, but don't worry.

I'll find a way to get you back in the river.

Dad, dad!

Kip and biederman have a hippo

In the cargo hold, and they're going to...

Eliza, darling, slow down.

Kip and biederman are onboard?

Really?

Heavens, what are the odds?

Man: nigel thornberry.

As I live and breathe.

Kip, my daughter tells me you have a hippo onboard.

Well, I hope she's mistaken.

Oh, no, she's quite right.

We have one belowdeck.

Fine specimen.

Then I have no choice

But to report you to the authorities.

Yes, come on, eliza.

Let's tell the captain to stop the boat.

Hold on, thornberry.

Do you think I'm some kind of criminal?

What is it, dad?

What does it say?

It's a permit to capture and export exotic animals.

That's right, I'm taking the hippo

To a nice little zoo where he'll frolic

And, um, whatever else it is hippos do.

Well, everything seems to be in order.

But, dad, the hippo.

Oh, it's all right, eliza.

Hippos do very well in captivity.

Oh, but...

Glad to see you've turned

Over a new leaf, kip.

Kip: all thanks to you, thornberry.

We had a permit

To catch that hippo?

It's a fake.

Really?

Looks just like a real hippo.

The permit is a fake, you idiot.

We'll continue as planned.

We sell the ivory from the hippo's teeth

Then we'll have him stuffed

And sold to a collector.

Do we have a permit for that?

Remember our rule.

No talking.

I don't trust those guys.

But if they have a permit

What can we do?

[Shrieks]

We could stop the boat ourselves.

Eliza, are you...?

You're not.

Eliza, wait!

What are you doing with that crowbar?

I'm stopping the boat.

What?! We'll fall behind schedule.

We'll miss the freighter.

We'll be stuck in matadi for eight weeks!

Eliza!

[Growls]

Ooh, help me, darwin. Push!

[All groaning]

Eliza, you don't really want to stop the boat, do you?

[All yelling]

[Snickering]

Hey, this isn't the right place.

Let us out, debbie.

We've got to get out of here and save that hippo.

I'll say.

I'm claustrophobic!

[Banging]

Debbie, open up!

Come on, this isn't funny!

[Crying]

[Musical thumping]

[Groaning]

I wonder how much air we have.

I can't breathe.

We're going to die!

[Shrieks and pants]

Eliza: darwin, look.

We're saved!

Eliza, sometimes we get ideas

And sometimes we getgoodideas.

It's important to tell the difference between...

Oh, I really don't like this.

[Squawks]

[Donnie jabbering]

If you want to get

The hippo off the boat

You should speak to your father.

We don't have to stop the boat.

We'll put the hippo

Into the river with a crane.

Now is our chance.

[Humming]

Just follow the chart there by the rudders.

Red button, up.

White button, down.

Left lever swings, right lever...

I've got it, got it!

Chimpanzees have been using tools for ages.

Hey, you look like the girl

Who was here this morning.

I am the girl who was here.

Well, that would mean I'm the hippo in the little box.

[Screams]

Get me out of here!

It's all right.

I'll get you out.

Just have to tie this rope around you.

[Inhales]

Hmm... Hey.

[Giggles]

[Grunts]

[Grunts]

[Groans...]

[Both jabbering]

[Groaning]

Stop it, donnie.

I'm pretending to know what I'm doing.

[Button beeps]

[Gasps]

[Snorts]

Stop!

I need to get back to the boat!

Darwin!

[Shrieking]: help!

Eliza, come back.

[Shrieks]

Eliza, wait for me!

[Whimpers]

[Gulps]

[Screams]

Donnie, no.

[Groans]

Stop!

Wait for me!

Eliza, don't go back in the water!

You'll be crocodile chow.

They don't even know we're missing.

It'll be hours before they even start to look.

I may never see my family again.

What are we going to do?

Well, hippo, think... Or try.

Is there any way

We can get down the river?

No.

Um... You could get on the boat

When it comes back this way.

You mean it's coming back upstream?

No, that's not right.

But it comes back this way on the other side of the mountain.

What are you talking about?

He means the river doubles back

On the other side

Of the mountain.

We'll climb the mountain

And meet the barge on the other side.

Wait, stop!

You're the girl I met this morning.

Yeah, I am.

Now, just go down to the river

Try to catch the boat

And stop it if you can.

Okay.

Eliza, are you sure about this?

It'll work.

Just trust me.

Maybe there's an easier way.

Let's just take a moment and...

[Howling]

Eliza, listen to me.

Eliza, look.

We don't have to...

[Donnie jabbering]

Uh, eliza, excuse me.

Just keep moving, darwin!

[Groaning...]

Want a hand?

Come on!

[Panting]

But, eliza.

Let's go, donnie.

The hippo is gone.

That can only mean one thing.

Right.

And that would be?

Thornberry.

Dinner.

Have you seen eliza?

Uh, yeah, uh, she, she said

She didn't want dinner.

Uh, she's not hungry.

Really? Well, I wonder if she's sick.

Actually, uh, she says she's not hungry because...

Uh, she feels so healthy.

Did you lock your sister in a broom closet again?

No... It's more like a utility room.

[Groaning]

[Jabbering]

[Grunts]

You don't have to do that.

There's a...

[Howling...]

Help!

[Grunting]

Thanks.

Let's keep moving.

Eliza!

Not now, we're in a hurry.

That's what we need to talk about.

[Nigel humming]

I really appreciate your letting me spruce up.

I seem to be on a bit of a cleaning spree.

Whatever.

You almost through?

Oh, just have to mop the wheel eyes.

Could you back up a step?

Thanks.

Thornberry, we want to talk to you.

[Yelling]

Well, careful.

Luckily, the captain there broke your fall.

Thornberry, our hippo is missing.

Really?

How very odd.

Yeah, real odd.

We locked it in the cargo hold.

It didn't get out by itself.

You never know.

Rats can compress their rib cages and slip under doors.

I've never heard of a hippo doing that, but then again

You don't find many doors in lowland forests...

...it's entirely possible...

[Growls]

Ta-da.

She's not here.

[Gasps]

Debbie, where's your sister?

Okay, don't take this the wrong way

But... I don't know.

[Yelps]

[Jabbers]

[Chatters]

Eliza!

[Yelping]

What, may I ask, were you trying to do?

I was going to jump for the river.

Think you would have made it?

I guess it was pretty dumb.

Oh, and by the way

All the way up here

There was a path.

What am I going to do?

You are the smartest human I know.

You will settle down and think, okay?

But there's no time.

But there's time to throw yourself off a cliff?

Think.

All right.

Hey.

I got it.

We'll toboggan down the hill.

There, you see?

All it took was a little thought and you...

That's as bad as jumping!

[Jabbers]

Darwin, look.

It's muddy all the way down the creek.

If we stay on the leaf

We'll slide all the way to the river.

[Yelps]

[Yelling...]

[Boat horn toots]

...and some animals are masters of disguise.

The cuttlefish, for example, changes colors as he...

Quit stalling, thornberry.

Yeah, give us back our hippo.

Nigel!

Eliza, donnie and darwin aren't onboard.

I've looked everywhere.

What? Good lord.

Hey, their kid's missing and our hippo's missing.

You know what that means?

Yes, my thoughts exactly.

Eliza: mom, dad, over here!

[Donnie jabbering]

[All yelling, giggling]

Eliza! Oh, you're all right.

Don't worry, lovely.

We'll come and get you.

Oh, this doesn't look good.

We're taking on a lot of water.

Well, that, too.

But I was talking about the comvee.

I just finished cleaning it.

Be with you in a second, poppet.

We seem to be stuck just now.

We're sinking.

Right... And we're sinking.

They're sinking!

Throw the rope!

We'll pull the barge off the sandbar!

I'll never be able to throw it that far.

I'll try to bring it to them.

[Nervously]: whoa...!

[Screaming...]

[Grunting]

Eliza, I'll pull you back to shore.

No, I'm all right.

I'm going to try to swing to the boat.

[Grunting]

Whoa!

Whoa!

[Both grunting]

[Grunting...]

[Both groaning...]

Oh, I was so worried.

Now, hurry.

Everyone together.

Pull!

[All groaning]

It's not budging.

[Hippo grunting]

[All groaning]

[Hippo grunting]

Stop! There's a human girl back there

Who fell off the boat.

I know, it's me.

I got you off the boat.

Oh, never mind, bye.

We're stuck on a sandbar.

Would you give us a push?

Yeah, I'm good at pushing.

Uh, kip.

Is that our hippo?

Get the net.

[Grunting]

It's starting to move.

[Grunting]

Hurry up with that net, you fool.

[Grunting]

On my count.

One, two...

[Grunting]

[Yelling...]

[Growling]

[Yelling...]

[All cheering]

[Grunting]: darwin, donnie, come on!

[Jabbering, chattering]

Hi, remember me?

Sure I do.

Hey, I remember you.

I do.

[Laughing]: that's great.

Thanks for everything.

Oh, you're welcome.

You wouldn't believe what just happened to me:

There was this little girl and...

You looked a lot like her, actually.

We were, we were on a boat.

We went swinging around...

You could actually be her sister.

Hippo: wait, you're the girl I met this morning.