01x08 - Opportunity Knocks!

[bunniefuu]

Ralph:

Ralph: I

Ralph: I guess

Ralph: I guess Melissa

Ralph: I guess Melissa
and

Ralph: I guess Melissa
and I

Ralph: I guess Melissa
and I are

Cyril: The Evergreen
Forest, defenseless!

- What?
- Now, I can expand my empire!

Bert: This is the
last time Cyril Sneer

tries to take over our forest!

Cyril: Big profits!! Big bucks!

Bert: The end...is near.

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!!

♪ [show theme music]

♪♪

♪♪

The Evergreen Forest is
home to many an amusement.

Today, however, it's home
to some unexpected news

for Tommy and Julie.

Julie: So much fun!
Tommy: Come on, Broo!

Jump aboard!

♪♪
[kids laughing]

♪♪
[swish-swish]

Dan: Yes, I'm looking
forward to it too, Sir.

Thanks again. See you next week!

Schaeffer: Ugh?

Dan: Tommy, Julie!

Julie: Yes, dad?
Tommy: Yeah?

Dan: I've got some great news!

Broo: [whines]

[barks]

Julie: Great news?!

Tommy: What is it, dad?

Dan: Well, I've just
gotten off the phone..

Tommy: Uhm!

Dan: ..with the head of the
Forestry department

and I've been
offered a promotion.

Julie: A promotion?
That's great, dad!

Tommy: Um.. what
does it mean, dad?

Dan: It means I'll be
taking a bigger job

and we'll be moving.

Julie: Into a bigger cabin, dad?

Dan: No. To the city, kids.

Julie: To the city, dad?

Tommy: Away from the forest?!

Dan: Uhm. Next week.

Tommy/Julie: Next week?!

Broo: [whines]

Schaeffer: Ugh?!

♪♪

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Narrator: Earlier that same
morning in the raccoon-dominium,

Melissa Raccoon, expecting
a package in the mail,

received some unexpected
news instead.

Bert: Hey, it's the mail!

Melissa: Oh, wonderful.

It's my prints!

Bert: Oh uh, tell him if the
glass slipper is too big,

I can lend him my hockey socks.

Melissa: No no Bert, not prince!

Prints! The ones your
pictures come out on.

I sent them away for developing

and I can't wait to see them.

Oh, these aren't my prints.

It's a special delivery letter
for Ralph, from the city.

I wonder what it could be?

Bert: Hey, maybe Ralphie
won a contest or something?

Come on Melissa,
hold it up to the light!

Let's steam it open!

Melissa: Honestly, Bert.

Ralph: Hi, Melissa, hi, Bert.

Bert: [laughs] Hi, Ralph!

Ralph: Oh, did you get
your pictures back?

Melissa: No, it's
a letter for you.

Ralph: For me?!

Bert: Yeah, special
delivery from the city.

Open it quick.
The suspense is k*lling me!

...me-uh..lissa!
Melissa: Oh, Bert!

Bert: [laughs]

Ralph: Well, I'll be...

Melissa: What is it, Ralph?

Ralph: It's an offer.

Bert: An offer?!
To play for the Yankees?

Ralph: No, for a job
as editor of a newspaper.

Melissa: Oh, that's
wonderful, Ralph!

Why, you've talked about
doing that for years.

Ralph: Well, it's a position
I've always wanted.

But I never thought,
I'd get a chance at it.

It does mean moving to the city.

Bert: C-c-c-city???

You wouldn't move to
the city for any old job,

would you, Ralph?

Ralph: Well, no Burt,
not any old job.

Bert: Well, good.
For a second there,

I thought, you were
serious
about leaving here.

Ralph: But for an
editorship of a newspaper,

it's pretty hard to turn down.
Bert: What?!

Ralph: Opportunities like this
don't come along every day.

Bert: Melissa, yo-yo-you
wouldn't want to leave here?

Melissa: Well, Bert, I think it
would be a great opportunity

for Ralph and..

I think we should go.

Bert: But what would you
do in this city, Melissa?

Melissa: Well, I'd continue
with my photography and...

maybe open my
own studio.

Ralph: Why don't
you join us, Bert?

Melissa: We'd be happy to
have you come with us.

Bert: How can you guys
think of leaving this place?

T-th-the cities crowded
and blech...dirty!

Plus it's full of
people and polluted.

And the Evergreen
Forest is beautiful,

clean.. [sniffs] and natural.

Ralph: You're right about
all those things, Bert.

Bert: I am?!

Well, I'm glad, you've
finally come to your senses!

Ralph: ..and you'd
miss this place a lot.

But the city does
have some advantages.

Bert: Uh.. huh.

Like what?

Melissa: Well.. culture.

Like
theater...and
ballet.

Bert: Ballet?!

Blech!

Ralph: And an editorship
of a newspaper.

Bert: Well, [sobs] I guess,
that means it's final.

Ralph: I just don't think I
can pass up this offer, Bert.

I guess, Melissa
and I are moving.

And we'll miss you.

♪♪

[gentle

Bert: Ah, Gee.

[sobs] I feel like my whole
world is disappearing.

Schaeffer: So do we, Bert.

Bert: Yeah.
Broo: [sad whine]

Bert: Sure.

Schaeffer: We're off
to pack, old buddy.

Bert: I understand.

Take care, little guy,
Broo: [whines]

Bert: Watch out for the cars.

♪♪

Bert: I understand that I
have to make them all stay!

Either that or open
a moving van company.

They can't leave.

I need them, and they need me!

Like without me, who would
they remind to clean up,

and who would do all
the things I do for them?

They're making a big mistake!

And I've got to stop them.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: For Ranger Dan,

the move to the city was an
important one.

But the promotion really wasn't
what prompted his decision.

Dan: Well to tell you the truth
Sis, I'm doing it for the kids.

The city just has so
much more to offer them.

Better education and culture.

The kind of things that
aren't easy to get here.

I think it's important.
Broo: [whines]

Dan: Yes, and it'll be nice to
see you more often too.

Goodbye, sis. All my love.

What's wrong, guys?

Julie: Well, Tommy and
I were just wondering,

if we'll ever see the
Evergreen Forest again?

Dan: Sure you will.

Why, we'll come
back often to visit,

but think about it,

the city will open up a
whole new world for you.

Dan: [sadly] Yeah Dad,
it'll be great.

Julie: I just hope there's
lots of parks to play in.

Tommy: Yeah.

♪♪

Melissa: It's a shame Bert
doesn't want to come with us.

Ralph: Yeah, I'm
going to miss him.

And this place!

Melissa: We'll always be
able to visit on weekends

and holidays, Ralph.

Ralph: We've had an awful
lot of good memories here,

haven't we?
Melissa: We
certainly have.

I was just thinking that
I might like to go out

and take a long
walk in the forest

and take a few last pictures.

Ralph: Why don't you, honey?

I'll keep packing.

[birds chirping]

Cedric: They're moving?

Ralph?

Melissa, Schaeffer and Broo??

Bert: All of them!

But not if I can
help it, Cedric.

I have a plan and all
I need is your help.

Cedric: Sure, Bert,
anything you say.

Cyril: Cedric?
Cedric: Yes, Pop?

Cyril: What's going on here?

Cedric: I just got
some disturbing news.

Cyril: What's so disturbing,

that it's taking you
away from the vault?

Cedric: Ralph, Melissa,
Schaeffer and Broo

are leaving the forest.

♪ [party music]

Cyril: No, no. April Fool's day

isn't for another six months.

Cedric: It's no joke, Pop!

Cyril: No joke?

Cedric: Ralph got a
job offer in the city.

Cyril: No. No

It isn't my birthday either.

Cyril: And Schaeffer and Broo
are going to the city too.

Cyril: Cedric?

Cedric, my son,
are you serious?

Cedric: Yes, perfectly.
You can ask Bert, Pop.

Bert: I'm afraid,
it's true, Mr. Sneer.

Cyril: Those meddling vermin?

God, this is the happiest
day of my life.

Cedric: I haven't
seen him like this

since he evicted Grandma.

Cyril: Share it with me,
Cedric, take a lunch hour.

Cedric: A lunch hour?! Pop!

Cyril: Yahooo!

♪ The commoners are gone!
The commoners are gone! ♪

♪ Hi-ho the dairy-O
the commoners are gone ♪

Yahooooo!

[laughs]

Now I can expand my empire.

[chuckles]

The Evergreen Forest
defenseless!

[laughs]

My, my! All mine!

When the window of
opportunity presents itself,

climb through it!!

[laughing]

Julie: We shouldn't
be doing this, Tommy.

You know how Dad feels about
things like this in the house?

Tommy: Yeah, you're right,

but we just couldn't
leave him out there.

Besides, in the city,

there won't be any
forest animals to help.

Julie: I guess you're right.

[bird chirping]

Do you think it's
going to live?

Tommy: I don't
know.

We'll do what we can to help
it.

Bert: Ooooh!

Oh-ooh!

Oooh!

Schaeffer: Are you
going to be okay,
Bert?

Bert: Ohh the pain. Ohh!

Ralph: This came on quite
suddenly, didn't it?

Cedric: That's
the way it is with...

Bert: Ooooh!

Cedric: ..amigos
de pardis, Ralph.

Ralph: With what?!

Cedric: Amigos departus.

It's the Latin name
for what Bert has.

Bert: I think,
the end is near.

Ralph: How do you know, Cedric?

Cedric: I read it
in this medical book.

It says here that big
changes in life affect people,

and that this disease is
one of the worst ways.

Schaeffer: Gee, is there a cure?

Bert: Oooh!

Yeah.

There is one cure..

Cedric: There is?

Ow! Oh, I mean, yes.

[giggles] There is.

It says here, the only
sure cure for this disease

is to keep everything
in the patient's life,

in this case, Bert..
Bert: Uh-oh-aaah!

Cedric: .. exactly the same.

[laughs]

Bert: Oh..oooh!

I don't think
I've got much time left.

♪ Ain't no planes gonna fly
outta here tonight, ♪

♪ Oh no

♪♪

♪ So put away the thought
'til tomorrow ♪

♪♪

♪ Look at what you've got,
don't think tomorrow ♪

♪♪

♪ How can you just
turn around? ♪

♪ We might never get
another chance! ♪

How can we let it go
and never know it?

♪♪

♪ Baby, don't let it slip

♪ It's a once in
a lifetime ship ♪

♪ And it's never gonna
come again ♪

♪♪

♪ I said it's never gonna
come again ♪

♪♪

Cyril: Clean it up!!
This isn't a garden party!!

[engines roaring]
♪ [dramatic music]

The sooner these signs are up,

the sooner people will buy!

Big prices,

big profits,

big bucks!!!

[laughter]

Schaeffer: Sneer condominiums?!

Sneer estates?!

Ralph: Sneer acres?!

If you lived here,
you'd be home by now.

Bert: [gulps] What?!

That does it!

This is the last
time Cyril Sneer

tries to take over our forest!

Schaeffer: Bert, you're up?

Bert: You're
darn right, I'm up!

And I don't intend
to lie still again,

'til Cyril Sneer
and his silly schemes

are put to a permanent stop!

Melissa: I thought
you were sick?

Bert: Uh? Oh, [giggles]

It's amazing what
modern science can do.

Cedric: [laughs]

Ralph: You two just didn't
want us to leave, did you?

Bert: Well, you
can't leave, not now!

Cyril Sneer has
to be stopped!

We've got to expose him.

Everyone's got to know!

Melissa: Bert, we just can't
knock on every door.

Bert: Yah, there's
got to be a quick way

to let everyone
know what's going on.

Ralph: Hmmm.. to do that,

why, you would need a newspaper!
Bert: A newspaper!!

Ralph, old buddy, that's
just what I was thinking!

Broo: [barking]

Melissa: Well, it
would be good practice

before we get to the city.

Schaeffer: What
do you say, Ralph?

Ralph: Well, I guess,
I could publish one issue

to put Cyril in his place.

Bert: 'Atta boy, Ralph!

Melissa: Good for you, honey!

[all cheering]

Ralph: What are you all
standing around for?

We've got work to do!

♪♪

Narrator: And so,
faced with the thr*at

to the Evergreen forest

the g*ng pulled together for
what might be the last time.

And that was how the
Evergreen Standard was born.

♪♪

♪♪

[typewriter clacking]
♪♪

[gentle splashing]
♪♪

[typewriter clacking]
♪♪

Bert: Here's the
latest Bert column,

Ralph: But Bert, you already
gave me a column.

Bert: Yeah, that was
'Dear Bert.'

This one is
'Believe it or Bert.'

Ralph: Oh..

Bert: Oh and uh, don't forget
to leave room for 'Ask Bert.'

Melissa: Here are
those pictures, Ralph.

Ralph: Nice work, Melissa.

I think, we're
ready to go to press.

[squeaking wheel]

[slam]

This is it g*ng!

Bert: Ha-haaa!
Melissa: This is so exciting!

Ralph: The first and last issue
of the Evergreen Standard.

♪ [upbeat music]

♪♪

[loud snoring]

[fly buzzing]
[loud snoring]

[distant crowd uproar]

Cyril: What is
going on out there?

I can't work with
all that racket!

[crowd uproar getting louder]

[splash!]

[bam!]

[upset crowd roaring]
[splashing]

Snag: [panting]

Cyril: Call the riot police!!

The Pigs: Sir, Sir,

it's a mob, Sir!

The Pig 1: An unruly mob!

The Pig 2: With absolutely
no manners at all.

Cyril: I know it's a mob.
I can see that!

What's it doing here?

The Pig 3: It's
this newspaper, Sir.

It's spoken out against you!

The Pig 1: And they've all read
it. All of them! They've all...

Cyril: Let me see that!

What?! The Evergreen Standard?

Special exclusive. Sneer?

Greedy, rotten... Hmmm.

I'll get to the bottom of this.

I'm going to teach
this two-bit operation

not to mess with Cyril Sneer!!

The Pig 1: But how, Sir?

The Pig 2: You could
write 'Ask Bert' Sir.

Cyril: Out of my way. I'm off to
see the publisher of this rag.

[loud angry crowd]

Crowd: Come on over
here, hose nose!

Cyril: By the back door.

[tapping sound]

[knock-knock-knock!

[slam-crush!]

Ralph: Mr Sneer,
what are you doing here?

Cyril: Cut the banter,
bandit face!!

Who's responsible for this?!

Ralph: I am!
Melissa: I am!

Bert: Uh-am-I.. they are!

Cyril: I want you to
print a retraction.

This is an insult!

It's a smear to the Sneer name!

And worst of all,
it's costing me money.

How can I sell land with
all this bad publicity?

Ralph: We only printed
the facts, Mr. Sneer,

and we intend to
keep on printing them.

Now, would you care to make a
comment for tomorrow's edition?

Cyril: Tomorrow's edition?!

Melissa/Bert: [surprised]
Tomorrow's edition?!

Ralph: Yes. I've decided
to stay here and carry on,

because what I've
always wanted to do

can be done and should
be done right here

in the Evergreen Forest.

Cyril: You haven't
heard the last from me!

Well, I hope not, Mr Sneer.

You're awfully good copy!

[tires squealing]

Bert: Hooray, yahooo!

[happy cheering]

♪ [gentle music]

Tommy: I'd sure like to keep it.

Julie: Me too, but it's only
fair that we let it go.

After all, the forest is
where it really belongs.

It'll be much happier here.

Tommy: Didn't take long for
it to heal. Did it, Julie?

Julie: I guess, it just
needed a little rest

and nourishment and love.

Broo: [barking]

Tommy: Well...
I guess this is it.

Bye bye, birdie.

[bird chirping]

Julie: Bye bye.

Tommy: [sadly] We'll come
and visit you sometime.

♪♪

Julie: [sobs] Come on,
let's go and finish packing.

Tommy: Okay.

Dan: Yes, I
appreciate that, Sir.

Thanks again, bye now.

Julie: Who was that, dad?
Dan: That was the head Ranger.

I was talking to him
about the job.

Julie/Tommy: [sadly] Oooh!

Dan: And it looks like we won't
be going to the city after all.

Julie/Tommy: [sadly] Oooh!

Tommy: [excited] Really?
Julie: You mean that, Dad?

Dan: It seems that I'm
needed in my job right here.

And I think the things you need
are right here too.

Julie: But what about all
the great things you said

we should have in the city, dad?

Tommy: Yeah, like trombone
lessons and stuff.

Dan: Well, I'm just gonna
have to do what I can

to bring them to you right
here, in the Evergreen Forest.

Narrator: Through Tommy
and Julie's eyes,

Ranger Dan discovered that the
Evergreen Forest

had more to offer them
than he had imagined.

And the Evergreen Standard
newspaper showed Ralph,

that he could set his roots
down in the forest

and still pursue his dreams.

♪♪

♪ [mysterious music]

The Pig: It's here, Sir.

Cyril: Great, I look
forward to this every day.

Cedric: Pop, you subscribe
to the Evergreen Standard?!

Cyril: Of course, it's a daily
pleasure I wouldn't miss.

Cedric: Oh well, enjoy it, Pop.

I'm off to see Sophia.

The Pig: Which section
would you like today, Sir?

Cyril: Let's start
with 'Ask Bert.'

[laughs]

♪ [show theme music]

♪♪

♪ Ooooooh

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♪ You can run with us

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♪ We've got
everything you need ♪

♪

♪ Run with us

♪ We are free

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♪ Come with us

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♪ I see passion in your eyes

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♪ Run with us

♪

♪ Oh-oh-oooh, run with us

♪

♪ We've got everything
you need ♪

♪

♪ Run with us