02x03 - Blast from the Past

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Raccoons". Aired: July 4, 1985 – August 28, 1992.*
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Series revolves around Bert Raccoon and married couple Ralph and Melissa Raccoon, of whom Bert is a friend and roommate.
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02x03 - Blast from the Past

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Narrator: This is the
Evergreen Forest.

Quiet, peaceful, serene.

That is, until
Bert Raccoon wakes up.

Bert Raccoon: Yahoooo!

♪♪

Yeeeehaaaa!

Yikes!

Yaaaah...
[bam!]

[laughs]
[smash!]

Yeaaaah!

Narrator: Luckily, he has some
good friends to help him out.

Broo: [panting]

♪♪

Narrator: Life would be simple
in the forest except for...

Cyril Sneer!

[bleep blarp bloop]

And his life would be simple
except for...

the Raccoons!!

♪♪

♪ [gentle music]

It's a beautiful sunny day in
the Evergreen Forest.

And everyone is enjoying
baseball,

skateboarding and barbecues.

Everyone that is
except Bert Raccoon,

who has the unfortunate job

of delivering the
Evergreen Standard.

Bert: Ah! Oh boy, Broo.

Ever since that subscription
drive doubled circulation,

it takes us twice as long to
finish this paper route.

Broo: Woof-woof!
Bert: We've got more customers,

than Cyril Sneer's
got bank accounts!

And my bike wasn't built
for this kind of work.

It can barely hold
the two of us.

Broo: Woof-woof!

Bert: And with customers
like old hose nose,

it hardly makes
the work worth it.

Hey Broo, what's the difference

between Cyril Sneer and a canoe?

That's right! A canoe tips!

[laughs]

♪ [upbeat music]

The Pig: Mail call, Sir.

Cyril: What have we
got this morning?

More bills?

The Pig: There's some
pretty exciting stuff, Sir.

All you have to do is
buy three records a week

for the rest of your life,

and you can win a nice
trailer to store them in!

Wait, you may already
be a winner!

Cyril: It's a miracle that
you're not already a wiener.

The Pig 2: And if we act now, we
could get a monthly subscription

to Snort's Illustrated!

Cyril: Is there nothing
but junk mail this morning?

The Pig 2:
There is one letter, Sir.

Cyril: Finally,
something of substance.

Let's hope it's a check!

What?! I don't believe it!

It can't be! It's not possible!

♪♪

[thud!]

The Pigs: Boss, boss!

The Pig 1: Maybe it was
a bill after all.

The Pig 2: He's
barely breathing.

♪♪

Bert: Thank goodness we're
almost finished, Broo.

We can get down to the
serious work of demolishing

some peanut butter popsicles.

[clunk]

Uaaaaah!

Look out, Broo!

Lighten the load!
Lighten the load!

Yeaaaaoh!

Uaaaaaah!

Help! Heeeelp!!

[thump!]

Oooh-oooua!

What am I gonna do now?

Wow! Hey look, Broo!

Look at that!

This is incredible!

What a find!

Broo: [excited barking]

Bert: This is it!

This is going to make
newspaper delivery

a piece of cake!

Yahooo!

The second I saw this beauty,

I knew that we were
meant for each other.

Why, I'll be able to
fly all over the forest,

dropping newspapers everywhere.

Cedric: Well... it does
need a lot of work, Bert.

The tail rotor looks unstable.

The ball joints look loose

and the motor needs
a total overhaul.

But we should have it
flying in no time.

Bert: Yaaaahooo!

Look! Up in the sky!

It's Bert Raccoon,

King of the air!

Ralph: Hi guys,
what's going on?

We can hear you clear back
to the raccoon-dominium.

Melissa: Wow, what's this?

Bert: This is the latest in
newspaper delivery technology.

Just liberated
from our local junkyard.

Ralph: Why, it's, it's
a 1947 Whirlyboy Stubbs.

This is a classic
in aviation history.

Bert: It is?!

Melissa: Where did you
learn about flying, Ralph?

Ralph: Are you kidding?!

My family was there the day the
Wright brothers made history.

Flying has got to be the
greatest thing in the world!

Bert: Well, as soon as
Cedric and I have

whipped this baby into shape,

[chuckles] I'll take
everybody for a test spin

into the wild blue yonder.

Ralph: I can hardly wait!
How about you, Melissa?

Melissa: Sure, Ralph,
[nervous laughter]

it should be some kind of fun.

Cyril: Auuu!

The Pig 1:
Did gold prices crash?

Cyril: Worse, worse!

Far more disastrous!!

The Pig 2: A chain letter?
Cyril: No!

The Pig 2: Gee, what could be
worse than a chain letter?

Cyril: Getting a
letter from Karl Snarl!

The Pigs: Karl Snarl?!

The Pig 2: Who's Karl Snarl?

Cyril: A man with no scruples!

Greedy, backbiting,
unsympathetic,

lecherous and a lout.

He seemed to be
the perfect partner.

The Pig 1:
You had a partner, Sir?!

Cyril: 40 years ago,
we had a small business then.

It was going bankrupt.

No orders were coming in.

It was failing, and you know
how much I hate failure.

So I.. I, I..

The Pig 3: Oh,
what did you do, Sir?

Cyril: I did the
only honorable thing!

I skipped town and left Snarl
holding the bag. [laughs]

And now after 40 years,
he's found me.

The Pig 1: [reading] I'm coming
to give you what you deserve.

Cyril: He's coming to get his
revenge, and ruin my empire.

The Pig 2: What could
he possibly do, Sir?

Cyril: Do?! Why, he could
strike at my cash reserves,

or separate me from my gold.

No, he'll be far more
devious than that.

He'll undermine my stocks,

block my deals,
garnishee my wages.

There's no telling
where he'll strike first!

Remember the old saying boys?

'You should always
look both ways,

before crossing your partner.'

Oh, woe is me!

[birds chirping]

Ralph: This trunk belonged
to my uncle Rocky.

Melissa: Who is he?
Ralph: He was a bush pilot,

one of the greatest to ever slip
into the cockpit of a plane.

This scarf, in fact,
belonged to him.

He wore it on every single
mission he ever flew.

He gave it to me, hoping

that I would carry on
the family tradition.

Melissa: Well, I'll never fly.
Ralph: What?!

Melissa: You know me
Ralph, I get dizzy

looking out the upstairs window.

Ralph: But honey, once you get
in and see how easy it is,

there'll be no holding you back.

All you have to do is
confront your fears head on!

Melissa: Gee, I wish I shared
your confidence, Ralph,

but I don't think I'll ever
set foot in that helicopter.

Cedric: So you see, Melissa,

it's no more
complicated than that.

It's quite easy, right Ralph?

Ralph: Relax Melissa,
there's nothing to it!

Melissa: That's
easy for you to say, but

I'd rather keep my feet
on the ground, thank you.

Bert: Ah! That just
about does it, g*ng.

Cedric:
First thing tomorrow morning,

we can have our very
first test flight.

Broo: [excited barking]
Bert: Yahooo!

[animal howling]

Cyril: [dreaming]
Please, please!! No!

No, stop! Not that!

Stop Karl! Stop! My gold bars!

Karl: [in dream] I'm coming to
give you what you deserve!

What you deserve!

Deserve!

Deserve!!

Cyril: No!!!

No!! Stop!
Cedric: Pop, Pop, are you okay?

Can you hear me, Pop?
Cyril: Wha- wha-where am I?

Cedric? What are you doing here?

Cedric: I heard
those terrible screams!

Did gold prices
crash, Pop?

Cyril: Oh Cedric,
I'm so glad it's you.

I can't begin to tell you
the.. nightmare I've had!

Cedric: Nightmare, Pop?!

Cyril: You see Cedric,
many years ago

I had a, a partner,
Karl Snarl.

We had a small business
together 'Sneer and Snarl',

Cedric: Catchy, Pop.

Cyril: Well, for various reasons
I had to leave the company.

That was 40 years ago.

Then yesterday,
I received this letter.

Cedric: Really Pop!
Keeping it under your
pillow!

Hmmm..

[reading] You're going
to get what you deserve.

Cyril: Snarl's never forgiven
me for leaving, Cedric.

I know it. He's on my trail!

He's got my number,
he's out for my hide.

Cedric: You've been working very
hard lately, haven't you Pop?

Cyril: That Snarl's
a monster, Cedric!

The kind that doesn't rest
until the debt is collected!

Cedric: Try to get
some rest, Pop.

You'll feel better
in the morning.

[teeth chattering]

Bert: Isn't she something, g*ng?
Broo: [barks]

Bert: How'd you like to take
the very first ride, Schaeffer?

Schaeffer: [laughs]
Thanks for the offer,

but I'm just a little
too big to fit.

Bert: Well, um..
how about you then Cedric?

Cedric: Well.. okay, Bert..

Bert: All right! Ha-haa!

Time to take to the sky!

Cedric: [giggle]
Not until you learn

how to run the chopper
properly, Bert.

Now pay attention, everybody.

This lever is for up and down,

this lever is for
backward and forward.

Schaeffer: That
seems easy enough.

Ralph: It's a breeze. Uncle
Rocky could have flown this

with his eyes closed.

Cedric: Okay Bert, the first
test flight is about to begin.

Bert: Bert Raccoon reporting
for flying duty, Sir.

Yahooo!

♪ [upbeat music]

♪ Standing on the corner,

♪ sure feels like
a Saturday night ♪

♪♪

♪ No money can buy the
feeling that I feel inside ♪

♪♪

♪ It's got me inside
and upside down ♪

♪ Got my whole world
turned around ♪

Bert: Yeehaaaa! [laughs]
♪♪

♪ Calling all the boys and
girls in the neighborhood ♪

♪♪

♪ This rock 'n roll feeling
never ever felt this good ♪

♪♪

♪ I dream about it
all week long ♪

♪ It's so good that it
can't be wrong ♪

Bert: Yahoooo! [laughs]
♪♪

♪ This time, you're mine
This night... ♪

♪♪

♪ This time is so fine
♪ I can feel it

♪ I can feel it never
felt this right ♪

♪ This time, you're mine













Cedric: Ugh, uuuuh!

♪ All night

♪♪

♪ This time, so fine...

Cyril: Are you certain all

security precautions
have been taken?

The Pig 1:
No need to worry, Sir.

This place is sealed tighter
than leftovers in Tupperware.

The Pig 2: Yes Sir,
even tighter than your wallet.

Cyril: All right then!

To your post and keep
your eyes peeled!

Bert: Yahoooo! Ha-haaa!

Isn't this the greatest, Cedric?

Cedric? Cedric? Are you OK?

Lookout, Bert!

[crash!]

[buzzing sound]

[bam!]

Cyril: So I'll sell

[buzzing sound]
What the... auaaaa!

[alarm beeping]

Get to the roof, immediately!

Do you hear me?
The Pig: Yes, Sir!

Cyril: There's something
funny going on.

The Pig 2: It's your
satellite dish, Sir.

It's been hit!
Cyril: Hit?!

The Pig 1: By a helicopter!
Cyril: A helicopter?!

Snarl, that crafty devil!!

He's seen right through
our security devices.

He's attacking by air!

I want anti-chopper devices
set-up immediately!

The Pigs: Y-yes, Sir.

Cyril: Next time,
that snake Snarl

can blow us to smithereens!

We have to be ready
for him, understand?

We're under siege!

The Pig: We're underpaid!

[helicopter whirring]

Cedric: Let her down easy,
Bert!Bert: Uaaaah!

Ua-aaah-ah!

[helicopter whirring]

[sighs in relieve]

[helicopter whirring]

Schaeffer: How did it go, guys?

Ralph: Was she easy to handle?

Broo: Woof-woof!

Bert: Ooohh!

[ka-thunk!]

[chuckles]

The Pig: Sir! Sir!

Cyril: What is it? What is it?

The Pig 2: It's a telegram, Sir.

Cyril: [reading] On my way,
be there in a matter of hours.

Ohh, Snarl, you sly fox!

This is a ruse.

The Pig 2: He sent you
a ruse, sir? How romantic!

Sounds like he wants to make up.

Cyril: Ruse, air head!
R-U, as in,

are you really that stupid?

It's a red herring,
a false clue, a trick!

To make me believe that
he isn't already

right here in the forest.

Increase surveillance!

I want you to throw a security
net over this place

a guppy couldn't get through!

My life is in serious danger!

Cedric: Gee Bert, the collision
with the satellite dish

pretty well destroyed
the stabilizer.

Bert: It's such a tiny part.
Who needs it?

Cedric: Without it, this
helicopter would fly around

like a frog in a windstorm.

Anyway, I've got a
replacement at the house.

We'll be back in awhile!

Oh, don't try to operate the
chopper. It needs a part.

Ralph: Just when I wanted
to take this baby up.

Oh well, Melissa, I'll
show you how this works.

The gyro here indicates the
pitch of the blade,

which in turn controls
your rotor speed.

Melissa: But Cedric says that
controls the rotor pitch.

Ralph: Oh..[giggles]

Boy, this is fantastic.

Aren't you gonna get in?

The Pig 1: I've never
seen the boss like this.

The Pig 2: This Snarl
must be one mean dude.

The Pig 3: Shhh!
Here comes the boss now.

The Pig 1: Another hanky, Sir?

Cyril: Hang the hanky ham head!

What about my security systems?

The Pig 3: Everything
is booby trapped, Sir!

The Pig 2: Why, a mouse
couldn't get in here?

Cyril: Who cares about a mouse?

Can it keep out that 7-foot rat?

Yeaaaah. Ah-oh!

[chuckles]
It's, it's just a shadow.

The Pigs: [nervous laughter]

Cedric: It's locked. I guess
Dad must have stepped out,

but there's always
a key under the doormat.

What's this?!

[reading] b*at it,
scram, get lost.

No one lives here.

[knock-knock-knock]

The Pig 1: I'll get it.

[rumbling sound]
Ow!!

Cyril: You absent minded swine!

Don't you realize, that
it's Snarl out there.

Cedric: It's okay,
I know another way in.

I used to use this route
when I was younger.

Bert: Um, ah.. a-are
you sure this is safe?

Cedric: Sure, I've come up
this way a thousand times.

I always leave my
bedroom window open.

[click]

[alarm siren blasting]

[rumbling sound]
Bert: Ugh?!

Cedric: I don't
remember this being here.

Bert: [gulps]

[grinding sound]
Cedric/Bert: Uaaaah!

Cedric: Broo, go fetch
Melissa and Ralph!

And bring some rope!

Bert: Rope's nothing!

Bring the whole fire
department, and hurry up!

This ledge is shrinking fast!

♪ [dramatic music]

Broo: [barking]

Schaeffer: What's
wrong, little fellah?

Broo: [barking fast]

Schaeffer: What??
Cedric and Bert?

We'll have to use the
helicopter to save them.

Ralph, you can fly this thing!

Ralph: I.. uh,
I'm.. uh.. rusty.

Schaeffer: Nonsense!
You're a pro!

Ralph: Actually,
I never really.. I ne..

had formal training.

Schaeffer: What?!
Melissa: Ralph,

you're not afraid
of flying, are you?

Ralph: I.. I.. um..

Melissa: You are
afraid of flying!

Ralph: Aaaaah!

Schaeffer: Can you do it?

Melissa: I guess
I'll have to do it.

Come on, Broo!

Now, what did Cedric say?

Which lever operates
the going up part?

[rotors spinning up]

[loud whirring]

Ralph: Uhg?
Schaeffer: Good luck Melissa!

Ralph: Oooh!

[loud whirring]

♪♪
[alarm sounding]

The Pig 1:
Intruders, Sir!
Intruders!!

Cyril: Brilliant deduction,
Swine-stein!

It's Snarl and one of his
henchman trying to bust in!

Where's that security?

The Pig 1: Calm down, Sir!

The ledge is receding,
just like in the manual

just a few more minutes, Sir.

And....
[whistling sound]

Cyril: Ha-haa!

Melissa: Now, what
does this leaver do?

Uuuuu-aaaah!

Broo: [barking]

Melissa: Sorry about that, Broo.

Cedric: Uuuuh! Aaaah! Help!!
Bert: I'm slipping!!

Bert: Do you hear
something Cedric?

Look! It's Ralph, we're
saved!

Cedric: Maybe not.

There's no stabilizer.

Land before it's too late!

Melissa: Just hold on!

Cedric/Bert: Melissa?!?

Cyril: He's a madman,
I tell you!

He'll stop at nothing to get me!

The Pig: Have no fear, Sir!
I'll have to make the fans.

Cyril: Fear! Fear!

I'm afraid of nothing!

Look at my hand,
steady as the economy!

I won't be taken
alive I tell you!

[chuckles]

[buzzing sound]

[loud whirring]

Bert: Yeah.

Cedric: Yeaaaaah! Aaaauuuuu!

Cyril: What?! It's Cedric!
Shut down all systems!

The Pig: But Sir, security!

Cyril: That's my son out there,

and his security is the only
thing I'm worried about.

Cedric/Bert: Yauuuuu!

[crash!]

Melissa: Are you two all right?

Bert: Sure, but the question is,
are you all right?

Melissa: I'm fine,
why wouldn't I be?

[gasps]

I-I did it!

I was flying!

Bert: Flying?! You were soaring.

You conquered the sky!

Cedric: And your fear!

That was some
display of courage.

Melissa: You know,
I never even thought about it.

I.. just did it.

Cyril: Cedric! Cedric,
my son, are you all right?

Cedric: Sure, Pop. I was just..

Cyril: Wait a minute! No Snarl?!

You mean to tell me that
this is just a false alarm?

What's the idea of
fooling around like this?

Don't you realize that
I'm under maximum security?

You're tomfoolery
could have left me

totally exposed.
The Pigs: B-b-but..

Cyril: While Karl Snarl
could have simply

marched by here with
an army of a thousand men,

without so much as a
finger being laid on him.

♪♪
[tap-tap]

Karl: Long time no see, Cyril.

Cyril: [nervous laughter]

Hey Karl, baby, you
haven't changed a bit!

When did you get in?

The Pig 1: This is
Carl Snarl, the monster?!

The Pigs: [laughing]

Karl: I've been hunting
you down for years, Cyril.

and now finally,

you're going to get
what you deserve.

Cyril: [laughs] Now, now,
wait a minute, Snarl.

I..um..
Karl: Many years ago, Cyril,

you left the company.

I've never forgotten that.
Thank you.

Cyril: Ah.. what?!

Karl: Well, you knew
it wasn't enough

for the two of us to survive on.

Cyril: Well, I..I..

Carl: But the business
proved to be a big success.

I sold it recently for millions!

[chuckles] And I've come
to give you your share.

Cyril: Really?! A big success?

And you've come
to give me my share?

Well, let's have it, Snarl.

Karl: Yeah, this is your
share of the company, Cyril.

Five dollars and
seventy five cents!

Cyril: What?!

Karl: Your share at
the time you left, Cyril.

It's a shame, you
didn't stick around.

The morning you left, I landed

one of the biggest
deals of all time.

[chuckles]

Cyril: Uaaaaah!

All: [laughing]

Melissa: It's really
very simple to operate, Ralph.

This lever is for up and down.

Ralph: [nervous]
I.. I-I can't do it, Melissa.

I don't want to do it.

Melissa: ..and this one is
for forward and backward.

Ralph: Don't make
us go backwards!

Uaaaaaah!

Melissa: Try to relax Ralph.
Look at the details below.

Ralph: To heck with
the details, Melissa.

I'm not taking my
hands away from my eyes.

[helicopter humming]
Broo: [barks happily!

Ralph: Uaaaaaah!

Bert: [chuckles]

I love it when Cyril
and his gold get separated.

You know, nothing like
a fool and his money.

♪ [show theme music]

♪ When darkness falls.

♪♪

♪ Leaving shadows in the night

♪♪

♪ Don't be afraid

♪♪

♪ Wipe that fear from
your eyes ♪

♪♪

♪ The desperate love

♪♪

♪ Keeps on driving you wrong

♪♪

♪ Don't be afraid

♪♪

♪ You're not alone

♪♪

Chorus: ♪ You can run with us

♪♪

♪ We've got everything
you need ♪

♪ Run with us

♪♪

♪ We are free

♪ Co-co-co-come with us

♪♪

♪ I see passion in your eyes

♪ Run with us

♪♪
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