[WIND WHISTLING AND BELLS JINGLING]
[♪]
What a night! Christmas Eve.
Don't you just love it? I do. Ha-ha-ha!
Yeah. You probably figured it's the same old, same old.
But this one's got a nutty little twist.
[♪]
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: On a cold and snowy Christmas Eve,
there was this girl named Marie.
MARIE: Where are they?
How can they leave me alone on Christmas Eve?
Marie! It's freezing. You want us all to get sick?
I'm sorry. I was looking for Mom and Dad.
They should have been here hours ago.
Mm, I wonder if they are coming.
Well, of course they are! Uncle Drosselmeier!
Uncle! Did you hear from them?
It's the terrible storm that's making them late.
What an awful Christmas this is going to be.
Don't close your heart to Christmas, child!
Why, it's the most wonderful time of the year.
Wonderful? What's wonderful about it?
I'm going to be spending Christmas Eve all alone.
What's the big deal about Christmas, anyway?
I just wish it would go away, forever!
As long as the star is there to shine its light,
Christmas will always be.
[♪]
Unh! Move over, would you? My foot's stuck.
[GRUNTING]
Give a girl some elbow room, will you?
Heh! Man!
What is it? What's going on?
What's happenin'?
Oh, my gosh!
She wished there was no Christmas!
I think I'm going to faint.
[SWOONS] Oh!
Oh, man. Why don't we do something
to help that kid? Come on!
It's academic, my macadamian friend.
The girl is a human, and you are plain nuts.
Mac's right. We got to help her.
We just got to. Even if she's not a nut.
Huh? Now, hold on there, Li'l Pea.
Now, don't-- Don't you go runnin' off!
[SCREAMS]
[ALL GASP] Yeah, poor Li'l Pea.
And just when he was starting to come out of his shell.
[GRUNTING]
How about one gift now, for the two of you?
[GASPS]
Wow! A new cannon? Thank you, uncle!
[IMITATES CANNON FIRE]
[GASPS]
Oh, he's-- He's wonderful.
[♪]
Oh, is it him?
Is it really, really him?
Who? Where? Who?
It is. It is. It is!
Who? Where? Who?
Yes, sir, it's true.
Our gallant hero is among us again.
I never thought I'd see the day.
Will somebody tell me what's going on out there?
[SCREAMS]
There we go. Ah.
That right there, boy, is the Nutcracker Prince.
Or what's left of him.
It all started long ago,
before you'd even been planted.
[VOICE ECHOING] Planted... Planted...
STASH: You see, the Nutcracker Prince
was in love with Princess Pirlipat,
the most beautiful girl in the kingdom.
MAC: .Yeah, but the old Mouse Queen,
ha, she was a real shrew,
and she was awful jealous of the princess.
SPARKLE: And of the prince. She wanted our kingdom for herself.
STASH: One day when the prince was away,
the Mouse Queen gave the girl a terrible bite.
And turned her into the all-time, absolute,
u-ugliest thing that ever walked.
Every man in the kingdom was called upon,
for there was but one way to break the dreadful spell.
How? How? How?
By breakin' the hardest nut on the planet.
Many tried and many failed.
Except the Nutcracker Prince,
who broke both the nut and the spell.
STASH: And the princess was once again...
[WOLF WHISTLES] ...if you get my drift.
You mean they were nuts for each other?
[SOBBING] Such a romantic story.
But such a sad ending.
[BLOWS NOSE]
Oh, the prince was left so weak from the effort.
That wicked old Mouse Queen, heh,
she turned our poor prince into wood. Can you dig it?
[SOBBING]
A terrible loss for women everywhere.
Yes, sir, there's only one force powerful enough
to lift the curse on him.
What is? What's powerful enough?
Love.
He's a wonderful Christmas gift, uncle.
I'll keep him with me forever. Ah!
but how is he in battle? Fritz!
Is he brave and heroic? Fritz!
Can he make quick decisions and give daring commands?
Give him back! Stop! You'll hurt him!
Oh. Oh, boy.
Fritz! Come down from there!
Fritz! Ow!
[BOTH GASP]
Look what you've done!
I knew you were going to hurt him.
I'm sorry, Marie. I didn't mean to--
Oh, just go away!
Marie, you forget your brother is young.
He didn't mean for it to happen.
Oh, it doesn't matter really.
I don't care about this dumb old nutcracker or Christmas.
Or Mom and Dad not being here.
Perhaps there is one more gift I might give her.
Please forgive Fritz. He didn't mean to hurt you.
Of all the gifts I've ever received,
I love you the most.
[YAWNS]
[YAWNS]
[♪]
[NUTS SNORING]
REGINALD: Just look at that deluxe assortment of nuts!
Soon I will capture them all and command them to work
in my cheese mines. Ha-ha-ha!
Now this, as I'm sure you've guessed,
is the bad guy of this tale, Reginald the Rat King.
Hey, hey, hey! That's Mouse King!
Not Rat King! That's Mouse King!
Right. Anyway,
Reginald is the son of that nasty old Mouse Queen,
who turned our prince into a wooden nutcracker.
Exactamundo.
And now I am a supreme ruler of the Christmas kingdom!
And all of Cheeseland!
Ooh! I love it when he talks like that!
That's 'cause he's the big cheese around here.
[♪]
♪I'm the prince of provolone I'm the king of Camembert ♪
♪I'm the master of the Munster♪
♪I got cheese mines everywhere ♪
♪And since I'm always Lookin' for new slaves ♪
♪To work my mines ♪
♪I develop new employee plans ♪
♪All of the time ♪
Get a load of this one.
♪I capture produce By the bushel ♪
♪All throughout the universe ♪
♪I frappe and sauté And braise and blaze ♪
♪And marinate and Hollandaise 'em but first ♪
♪I'll put them all to work ♪
♪For me, me Me, me, Reginald ♪
♪The big cheese, big cheese ♪
♪I'm the big, big cheese ♪ ♪Forever and ever ♪
♪The big cheese Big cheese, that's me ♪
♪Hail, cheeser ♪ ♪Hail, me ♪
♪Me, me, me, me and me ♪
♪I'm Reginald The big cheese ♪
♪I live my life with a flair I wear gold-plated underwear ♪
♪He can light up any room ♪
♪And make the women Stop and stare ♪
♪I've the face of a god I've got a herculean bod ♪
♪But he won't be satisfied
♪Till he's the king Of Christmastime ♪
♪Yeah, I have The Christmas plan ♪
♪That's totally divine ♪
♪I'm gonna make it mine All mine ♪
Did anyone ever Give anything to me?
MICE: No! I'm gonna steal Christmas. Why?
'Cause I'm Reginald, the big cheese!
♪The big cheese The big cheese ♪
♪I'm the big, big cheese ♪
♪The big cheese, big cheese ♪ ♪That's me ♪
♪Long live the cheese ♪
♪I'm the future Christmas king ♪
♪I'm Reginald ♪
♪The big cheese, big cheese ♪
♪I'm the big, big cheese ♪ ♪Forever and ever ♪
♪The big cheese, big cheese ♪ ♪Oh, that's me ♪
♪Hail, cheeser ♪ ♪Hail me, me, me, me ♪
♪Me and me ♪
I'm Reginald the big ♪
♪The really, really Great big ♪
♪Cheese ♪
Come on, men! Let's capture those nuts!
Charge!
[♪]
Curses! Soldiers! Charge!
Fire! Fire! Fire!
REGINALD: That's it, men. Onward to glory!
Uh-oh, looks like we got a rodent problem.
Ohh, this is bad. No, no, this is badder than bad.
No-no-no, this is as bad as bad gets.
Man, this is-- This is-- This is not good.
Sir, this is no time for words. This is a time for action.
We must call for reinforcements!
Move the left flank back to the chair arm
to give a hand to head of the foot brigade.
Retreat!
[TOY SOLDIERS CHATTERING]
[MOUSE ARMY CLAMORING]
Victory is mine, mine, mine!
Quickly. In here. Come on.
Left. Left, right, left.
[SNIFFING]
Food fight!
[ALL YELLING]
[♪]
[LAUGHING]
And it's a lovely day for a w*r, folks.
The cabbage heads are up in arms, a zucchini got squashed!
The mice are a bunch of rats, the spinach is getting creamed!
Come on, folks. Why can't we all just get along?
Visualize whirled peas!
[ALL YELLING]
General, there's a rumor you may call in the beans
and start a gas attack.
I smell a rat.
[FARTING]
That's-- That's not a rat, general.
ALL: Ew!
[ALL GROANING]
Got a bruised apple coming in.
This asparagus needs butter. Stat!
We got a dozen black-eyed peas,
and the celery must have salt!
[MICE YELLING]
[ALL GASP]
Oh, man! Heh-heh.
That was an odd dream.
STASH: Somebody call the exterminator!
I must still be asleep.
I'm winning, winning, winning, winning!
Now Christmas will be kaputski, done, over, finito,
finished, finis!
Wait, this can't be happening.
Come on, Gramps! Run!
Oh, you go on. Leave me. Save yourself.
You're young. I'm old. I've lived a full life.
Enough! Why, you should be ashamed of yourselves,
chasin' a bunch of poor, unarmed nuts.
What are you? A man or a mouse?
I'm, uh, a mouse.
Well, then, in that case, I owe you an apology, son.
Uh, please, resume.
[ALL SHOUTING]
Grandpa!
[SOBBING]
Come on, come on, Li'l Pea. We gotta get out of here!
[MAC SCREAMS]
[ALL GASP]
We're finished! We're cooked!
Chopped, sliced, diced, steamed, sautéed, fricasseed,
frappeed.
Speak for yourself. We're in big trouble!
[ALL GASP]
[♪]
Don't give up hope, my friends.
Ah! My nutcracker!
Oh, now I know I'm dreaming.
VEGETABLE: Oh-ho. He's here! He's back!
The prince. The prince.
But who broke the spell?
What's wrong, Reginald? Cat got your tongue?
You dare use that tone to me, Reginald, Mouse King?
Soldier, sailor, lover!
And soon to be ruler of the entire Christmas kingdom!
En garde!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[ALL GASP]
Look, a sh**ting star!
Where? Where? Come on, I wanna see it!
Gotcha. Ha!
ALL: Oh, no!
You fool!
You fall for the oldest trick in the book!
Your shoe's untied. Oh, thank you.
Wait a minute. I'm not wearing shoes.
These are boots. They have no laces.
Ha! So it's a trick, is it? Very clever.
But now you must pay!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
Whoa!
[CRASH]
ALL: Oh, no!
Time to say goodbye, nut boy, forever!
Leave my nutcracker alone!
I can't believe I'm talking to a rodent.
Who--? Who said that?
A girl, sir.
Sergeant, attack this pesky,
albeit beautiful, giant of a girl.
Ahem. Uh, but, sir, she's, um--
well, she's tall, for one thing.
Are you implying I'm not? Uh, no, sir.
So now I'm a liar, am I?
You're-- You're mad!
Mad with passion.
[REGINALD KISSING]
W-W-Whoa! Oof!
Go away! Ohh!
[CACKLING]
Oh, boy.
[REGINALD CACKLING]
Mmm. Mwah, mwah, mwah.
Baby!
Please, just go away and let me come down.
Unh! Oh, nice arm.
ALL: Oh, no!
You-- You got the star!
The Christmas star, you've got it!
You're the one who's gonna get it if you don't back off!
Give it to me. The final piece
to ruin the entire Christmas kingdom forever!
Throw it! Right here. Come on, baby!
Come to papa! Go away!
I'm falling for you in a big way!
[ALL CLAMORING]
[MICE GROAN]
[CHEERING]
[BELL TOLLING] MARIE: Uncle Drosselmeier?
It's time for a little Christmas spirit.
[♪]
Oh! Aah!
[MARIE GASPS]
[GASPS]
[ALL GASP]
[GASPS]
The tree, it's so big!
Or I'm so small.
[ALL GASP]
Is there a problem?
This has got to be the weirdest dream I've ever had.
Princess, I can hardly believe it's you.
Listen, would you mind pinching that?
I need to wake up now.
Ouch! Hey, that hurt! Cut it out!
My apologies, princess.
The name is Marie.
Well, whoever you are, I owe you my life.
The Mouse King would have k*lled me.
That awful little rat, a king?
You were marvelous! You go, girl!
Yes, very grand. Quite so.
You betcha!
Uh-huh. Some kind of wonderful. Yes, sir.
Hey, you know, they're nuts.
Wait till you meet the squash. He's really out of his gourd.
Friends, let's welcome Marie. She's broken the spell!
Hip, hip-- ALL: Hooray!
Hip, hip-- ALL: Hooray!
Hip, hip-- ALL: Hooray!
All right, baby!
I broke the spell? Oh, yes!
It was Reginald's mother who cast the spell
that turned our prince to wood.
You're kidding, right?
Ever since then, that mean old Reginald
has been acting like the king around here.
That selfish Reginald has been tormenting us.
Throwing us in jail, making us work in his cheese mines,
calling us names, ringing our doorbells and running.
He's a fiend, I tell ya.
But now you've broken the spell.
And our wonderful, kind,
just and handsome prince
has returned to rule again.
So you rule over a bunch of groceries?
He's prince of the produce. The big bun of the bakery.
The king of candy.
Mine are the people of the dessert.
[ALL GROAN] Oh, ho-ho. Yuck!
Oh, no! Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no--
no, no, no, no. No, no!
The star. Just look at the star. Look, look, look!
But I don't see it. Because it's not there!
Oh, man. Oh, man. If there's no star to shine its light...
Then Christmas will be gone forever.
This is horrible.
No, this is mega-terrible horrible combined.
Is there a problem? The Christmas star
has been guiding this kingdom since it began.
Now it's gone!
[FOODS SOBBING]
You mean this Christmas star?
[ALL GASP AND CHEER]
It fell when she fell.
I think I'm going to faint.
[SWOONS]
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to endanger your kingdom.
I mess up everything!
No wonder Mom and Dad didn't want to be home for Christmas.
It's much worse than that, I'm afraid.
If we don't get that star back on the tree by midnight,
there will be no Christmas for anyone.
No Christmas? Why, it wouldn't be Christmas without it.
We gotta have Christmas! What'll we do?
We can't not have Christmas!
Where do we go from here? Like, what do we do now?
Tell us what to do. It's simple.
We return the star to the top of the tree.
By midnight?
That's only two hours, more or less, as the crow flies.
It's impossible! Nothing is impossible
when you believe it can happen and have faith.
We'll climb to the top of the Christmas kingdom
to the castle of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Of course. She'll help us get the star back in place.
Sure! She'll know what to do.
Why didn't you think of that? Come on, everybody!
We have a long way to go and little time to get there.
Out of my way! One side!
Coming through! Make way!
Watch your back. Women and citrus first.
My friends, please!
We have to work together. We have to help each other!
He's right. Oh, it's true.
Out of my way! One side!
Coming through! Make way!
Watch your back. Women and citrus first!
This is silly.
There's no such place as a Christmas kingdom.
I've lived here my whole life, and I've never seen it.
Sometimes, you have to see
as much with your heart as with your eyes.
You have to have a little faith.
[♪]
Oh, it's so beautiful!
♪All it takes Is a little faith ♪
♪To see the world ♪
In a wondrous way ♪
♪Raise up your hands And say you believe ♪
♪And you will feel The most miraculous things ♪
♪Believe in Christmas And the joy it brings ♪
♪Believe in Christmas And your heart will sing ♪
♪Keep the faith In love and joy tonight ♪
♪Keep believing In the light of light ♪
♪All it takes ♪
♪Is a little faith ♪
♪To see the world In a wondrous way ♪
♪Open up your heart And say you believe ♪
♪And you will see The most miraculous things ♪
♪No need to worry Let your troubles go ♪
♪Lose your fears And let the laughter flow ♪
♪Open up your heart And set your spirit free ♪
♪Anything can happen If you believe ♪
♪All it takes ♪
♪Is a little faith ♪
♪To see the world ♪
♪In a wondrous way ♪
♪Open up your heart And say you believe ♪
♪And you will see The most miraculous things ♪
♪Live in faith and joy All through the night ♪
♪Good will come And turn darkness to light ♪
♪Deep in your heart You're a believer too ♪
♪Just keep the faith I believe in you ♪
♪All it takes ♪
♪Is a little faith ♪
♪To see the world In a wondrous way ♪
♪Open up your heart And say you believe ♪
♪And you will see The most miraculous ♪
♪Things, hey ♪
♪Ey, ey, ey, ey-ey ♪
[SCREAMS]
♪Whoa ♪
♪Keep the faith ♪
♪Each and every day ♪
♪Keep the faith ♪
♪Keep on believing ♪
♪Not deceiving ♪
♪Gotta keep the faith ♪
♪Got to keep the faith ♪
♪Gotta keep the faith ♪
♪Keep on believing Keep on believing ♪
♪Keep on believing Keep on believing ♪
♪Keep on believing Keep the faith ♪
[♪]
My royal arm is bruised.
Summon the doctor. Summon the surgeons.
Where's my mommy?
What happened? Why wasn't someone injured for me?
I was somewhere high on a ladder and, uh--
Ugh! The royal head was hit. A girl.
I recall a girl.
Not a girl. A goddess!
A princess!
Did I marry her?
Uh, well, she tried to inflict great bodily harm
upon his royal highness. Ah, yes!
Such a delightful way of displaying her affection.
She has pluck, she has spunk
and she has the Christmas star.
Where is she?
Where is she? Uh, well, there is word, sir,
that, uh, she heads to the Christmas kingdom
in the company of the prince.
She's with nut boy? How can that be? Find her!
Bring her to me. She will be my queen!
Or I will squish you all into tiny little cheese balls.
Understand?
VEGETABLE: Oh, prince, stop!
You're going the wrong way! No, you are!
He says "this way." He says "that way."
Who said "which way"? He said "that way."
I don't think so. [ALL ARGUING]
[PRINCE WHISTLES]
This way!
ALL: Oh, okay!
[ALL CHATTERING]
[♪]
REGINALD: Ah, there she is!
My queen. And there's the star.
The beautiful, powerful, soon-to-be-mine
Christmas star!
Once I get that star, I'll have complete control over Christmas
and this kingdom, and I'll have power,
and fame and more power!
Not to mention a really nice piece of jewelry.
Nasty little rat, isn't he? Agh! Mouse!
Mouse, mouse. Yes, yes, yes. I mean, mouse.
Guards, prepare my men for the final conquest!
[♪]
This place we're looking for, the Sugar Plum Fairy's castle,
what does it look like?
Look into the distance and see for yourself.
[FOODS CHATTERING]
I don't see anything.
Heh-heh, try again.
Only this time, look with your heart.
FOODS: Ooh! Hey, yeah!
I can't believe this beautiful world
has been so close to me this whole time.
Yes. Beautiful.
Pretty as a peanut. Cute as a cabbage.
Beautiful as broccoli. Good-lookin' too!
COLONEL: Yes, sir. Positively radiant.
She looks kind of like a princess.
Exactly like a princess.
Uh, before we lose the "G" rating,
might I remind everyone we're on a deadline?
Oh, right. We're almost there.
Oh, dudes, I got a really bad feeling
we're not out of the woods yet.
[FOODS SCREAMING]
MARIE: Someone help! Ohh!
Reginald, you rat!
I'll correct you later, prince. Right now, I want my queen!
MARIE: Help! Help! PRINCE: Marie!
[♪]
Now Christmas will be lost forever.
And it's all my fault.
[♪]
♪Don't cry, lady ♪
♪You can be so happy ♪
♪Don't think That you're alone ♪
♪when your heart is hurt ♪
♪And you're far from home ♪
♪Just reach out your hand ♪
♪I will hold it And help you stand ♪
♪Feel the love That's all around ♪
♪God's love showering down ♪
♪Don't cry and you will see ♪
♪Things will Turn out brilliantly ♪
♪It's sitting there In front of you ♪
♪You only have ♪
♪To choose ♪
♪I'm always here By your side ♪
♪Just believe Just believe ♪
♪That you are loved More than you know ♪
♪Don't cry Don't cry ♪
♪Please don't cry ♪
♪I love you so ♪
Don't go!
Wait! Come back.
[DOOR OPENS]
His royal smelliness requests your presence.
[GUARDS CHATTERING]
Like the crown? It's 14-karat Camembert.
Ooh, you look divine!
Oh, lookie here, the Christmas star.
It can be your wedding gift to me.
Me, me, me, me, me, me, me. Look!
The glow seems to illuminate my face.
Marry me, sweetheart.
No way, cheese ball!
I wouldn't marry you if my life depended on it.
[LAUGHS]
Sweetheart, dumpling, cupcake, it does!
Are we excited about our wedding today?
Why wouldn't we be?
After all, soon I will be the Rat Queen.
Mouse Queen! Mouse! Mouse! I am a mouse!
Whatever. Yeah, whatever, indeed.
Soon, with the help of the star, I will be the absolute ruler
of the entire Christmas kingdom!
And at the stroke of midnight,
the world belongs to me, me, me, me, me!
But you'll be destroying Christmas forever!
So? So? No more giving!
No more family and friends
gathered together in Christmas joy.
Don't you care about anyone but yourself?
Why should I? I mean, no one ever cared about me.
No one ever gives me anything.
[♪]
Let's get going.
We have to rescue the others from Reginald and his army!
What are we waiting for, Christmas?
Oh, but there are so many of them
and so few of us.
If we pull together, we can do it!
Hey, we tried working together and,
you know, it wasn't workin'.
All it got us was creamed corn,
mashed potatoes and diced carrots!
But we have to! For our friends. For Marie.
And Gramps! Oh, it'd be hopeless.
Come on, guys! We can do it! We're strong! We're tough!
Huh. I guess it's only you and me, Li'l Pea.
[♪]
Are we gonna let a bunch of rodents show us the road?
MAC: Hey, prince!
Oh, wait for us!
That's it. Two, three, four. Keep the pace.
Two, three, four. That's it. Two, three, four.
Keep the pace. Two, three, four.
There. That's right. Three, four.
Keep the pace! Two, three, four.
Attention. King Reginald, the prince of cheese.
[YAWNS]
[♪]
Hello, Reginald!
Nut boy? That's impossible! [MARIE GRUNTS]
Anything is possible
if you just believe.
What-- Why, she didn't really want to marry me
at all!
Heh-heh-heh! Oops!
Guards, seize them!
[MICE CLAMORING]
REGINALD: Get them! Stop them!
Puree those pears! Give that broccoli a cauliflower ear!
Quash that squash! Collar those collards!
Pummel the pomegranates!
Toss them like salads!
[ALL CLAMORING]
Marie, run!
Marie!
Marie! Help!
[♪]
Something tells me
that wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done.
Help!
Gotcha! Come on, princess. Come to Reginald.
Uhh. Oh, boy! PRINCE: Marie!
Marie, hurry! Jump!
I can't. It's too high.
Yes, you can! Trust me. You'll be okay!
Unh! Aah!
Oops!
Oh, curses! Now look what you've done!
[WHISTLES]
Ow! [CACKLING]
That opening is awfully small. We'll never make it.
It's impossible. It is possible!
[SCREAMING]
[CACKLING]
Uhh! Oh, boy!
♪[WHISTLING]
[REGINALD CACKLING]
[WHISTLING]
Uh-oh!
Look out! ALL: Oh, no!
[ALL SCREAMING]
LI'L PEA: Aw, nuts!
[YELLING]
[ALL SCREAMING]
Ha-ha-ha! Come to daddy!
[ALL SCREAMING]
Come to papa! Unh!
Whoa!
[GRUNTING]
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
[SCREAMING]
I don't think I want to see this.
Can't swim.
We have to go back!
[ALL SCREAM]
MARIE: We've got to help Reginald.
[♪]
Please help me!
MARIE: Reginald!
Pfft! Mmm.
Grab my hand! I can't!
Yes, you can! Do it!
[GRUNTS]
Come on. Lean a little farther.
Unh! There! I've got it!
I've got it. I've-- dropped it.
Oh, no. The star! Come back.
The star! Christmas. REGINALD: Come back.
Grab my hand, Reginald! Now!
[MARIE GRUNTS]
Marie, look out! [MARIE GASPS]
Look!
Hurry!
[GASPS]
[ALL GASP]
SPARKLE: Look, it's the prince!
Land Marie and... Reginald?
Let me get this straight. You saved Reginald?
That's the first nice thing anyone's ever done for me.
Why did you help me?
Because giving to others is what Christmas is all about.
Marie? Where is the Christmas star?
I'm sorry. It's lost.
[FOODS GROAN]
You mean, Christmas is gone? Forever?
[SOBBING]
I'm afraid so.
No, it's not gone. Not really.
The star! Oh, Reginald, you can save Christmas!
Please, will you give me the star?
Pressure, pressure, pressure! Always with the pressure!
I'm thinking. I'm thinking. What's a king to do?
Uhh-- Tsk.
All right!
Not that I care about Christmas or anything.
Don't get the wrong impression.
Thank you, Reginald.
[ALL LAUGHING AND CHEERING]
Uh, good show.
Couldn't have done it without you.
That's great. We needed you!
Uh, might I remind everyone we're on a deadline?
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: There you are!
I was wondering if you were ever going to make it.
That's the Sugar Plum Fairy?
Welcome to my fabulous pad! Ha-ha-ha!
We need your help. We have to
get the Christmas star back to the top of the tree.
If it's not back by midnight, there will be no Christmas.
That's only 15 minutes away! We can never make it in time.
What are we gonna do?
[CHATTERING]
I know. I know. Now, don't curdle your tutus.
Everything is going to be--
Ha, ha! --just fine.
But it's almost midnight! Yeah!
Well, look at this!
Mr. Bad Guy Rat is worried about Christmas.
Mouse! I'm a mouse. Mouse. He's a mouse.
I stand corrected.
Can you help us get the star back in place?
You got the wrong broad. You have the answer right here.
Eh, we do? Where? Yeah? Uh, where?
Right here. Her?
Me? How? Don't ask how.
The Christmas star has powers we will never understand.
But somehow, it always finds a way to shine.
And its light grows brighter with every kind thought,
every caring word and every good deed.
Do you think it has the power to bring Mom and Dad home?
I had hoped you'd stay,
stay and help me rule the kingdom.
Oh, I'd really love to stay, but I can't.
I'll always be with you.
[BELL TOLLS] Midnight!
Well, what are we waiting for?
Just visualize it back at the top and give it a toss!
Go ahead, doll. Throw it up there!
Have faith, and it will turn out just swell!
Please, Christmas star, return me to my home
and to the people I love most.
FOOD: Thank you, Marie!
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Don't forget to write.
Marie? Marie? Wake up.
Mom, you're home!
MAN: Of course we are.
It seems you had quite a fall.
Yes. Yes, I'm fine.
Oh, Mother, I wish you could have been there.
There was a Mouse King and a beautiful land called Christmas,
and there was a prince and--
He's gone.
What are you talking about, Marie?
Nothing. It's not important.
A merry Christmas to you all!
Uncle Drosselmeier!
Oh, merry Christmas to you!
So you found some Christmas spirit after all, didn't you?
Oh, but I've nearly forgotten.
There's someone I want you to meet.
[♪]
Is it you?
I said I'd always be with you.
[ALL GASP]
Love. [MAC GRUNTING]
[SPARKLE GASPS] [GRUNTING]
[♪]
[ALL CHEERING AND CHATTERING]
[CHUCKLING]
[GASPS]
Oh, jingle bells. I do love a happy ending.
[♪]
Hey, wait a minute! What about me?
Don't I get any credit here?
I think I contributed something.
All I'm looking for is--
♪Raise up your hands And-- ♪
You see? This is the kind of disrespect I'm talking about.
I think I deserve a little thank you,
or at least a kiss.
♪Believe in Christmas And your heart-- ♪
All right, all right, forget it.
But don't come to me looking for help the next time.
Ha-ha. Man, have I worked up an appetite.
Where's the chocolate?!
♪Set your spirit free ♪
♪Anything can happen If you believe ♪
♪All it takes ♪ ♪All it takes ♪
♪Is a little faith ♪ ♪Little faith ♪
♪To see the world In a wondrous way ♪
♪Open up your heart And say you believe ♪
♪And you will see the most Miraculous things ♪
♪Living faith and joy All through the night ♪
♪Good will come and turn Darkness to light ♪
♪Deep in your heart You're a believer too ♪
♪Just keep the faith I believe in you ♪
♪All it takes ♪ ♪All it takes ♪
♪Is a little faith ♪ ♪Little faith ♪
♪To see the world In a wondrous way ♪
♪Open up your heart And say you believe ♪
♪And you will see The most miraculous ♪
♪Things ♪
Nuttiest Nutcracker, The (1999)
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