[Grover humming]
- Oh. Hello, everybody.
[jaunty music]
[gasps]
What is this?
[grunts]
Oh.
A big hand?
Hello, hand.
♪ ♪
Excuse me, hand,
but what is this
you are writing?
"The Monster"...
"At the End
of this Story."
[gasps]
A story?
Oh, I love stories.
I wonder who is in this story?
"Starring lovable,
furry, old Grover."
[gasps]
Me?
Oh, how exciting.
I have always wanted
to be the star
of my very own story.
[laughs]
Oh, yes.
I cannot wait to find out
what happens to me in
"The Monster
at the End of the Story."
[gasps]
Wait a minute.
Did that say there will be
a monster at the end
of this story?
♪ ♪
[gasps] It did.
Oh, monsters.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[yells]
I am so afraid of monsters.
You know what?
I do not need
to be in a story.
[laughs] Whoa.
Especially if there's a monster
at the end of it.
Oh. No way.
No how.
[grunts]
In a word...
not a chance.
Whoop. [grunts]
Excuse me, hand?
I really do not need
to be here for this story,
with a monster
at the end and all.
Wait a minute.
[pleasant piano music]
What is that?
That sounds like
an opening song.
That means the story
is already starting!
Oh, no.
There's a monster!
But there's music.
Monster. Music.
Monster. Music.
D'oh.
I can never resist singing
an opening song.
♪ I have a story ♪
♪ Of my own ♪
♪ I could be the star
of my own show ♪
♪ But I'm not sticking around ♪
all:
♪ Oh, no, no, no ♪
♪ There is a monster
at the end ♪
[chickens cluck]
- ♪ Why am I in a story ♪
♪ With a monster at the end ♪
♪ You will not find me ♪
♪ Waiting here to see ♪
♪ The monster ♪
♪ At the end ♪
[jazz music]
♪ Could be a story
that is happy ♪
♪ A story that is sad ♪
♪ A super cool adventure ♪
♪ Just the best I ever had ♪
♪ I am feeling confused ♪
Is this good or bad?
all:
♪ 'Cause there's a monster ♪
♪ At the end ♪
- ♪ Why am I in a story ♪
♪ With a monster at the end? ♪
♪ He will not find me ♪
♪ Waiting here to see ♪
♪ The monster ♪
♪ At the end ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I might hide
behind this lamppost ♪
♪ I could hide
behind this tree ♪
♪ If I hide
behind this stop sign ♪
♪ You cannot see me ♪
singers:
♪ The best thing you could do ♪
♪ Is just to get
out of its way ♪
- So see you later.
I am on my way.
[chickens cluck]
I am outta here.
all:
♪ Why am I in a story ♪
♪ With a monster at the end ♪
♪ You will not find me ♪
♪ Waiting here to see ♪
♪ The monster at the end ♪
♪ Can you please
stop watching ♪
♪ So we do not get to the end ♪
- ♪ I'm not going to stay ♪
♪ ♪
♪ No how, no way ♪
♪ ♪
all:
♪ 'Cause there's a monster ♪
♪ At the end ♪
[suspenseful music]
- You are still watching!
[sighs]
Perhaps you do not understand.
If you keep watching,
we will eventually get
to the end of the story,
and there is a monster
at the end of this story.
[gasps]
Aha.
I have an idea.
Be right back.
[jaunty music]
This will stop you
from watching.
I am going to tie up the screen
so the story cannot
go any further.
Then we will never even
get to the end.
[grunts]
It is a good thing
I am such an expert knot maker.
[laughs]
Just one...more knot.
♪ ♪
Uh-oh.
Oh, no.
Not the knots!
[yelling]
[pants]
Oh, dear.
I suppose I got a little
wrapped up in things.
[chuckles]
Um, excuse me.
Hand?
A little help?
Ah, thank you.
Whoa, whoa!
[yelling]
♪ ♪
I am okay.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Hmm...
I notice you have not
stopped watching.
No matter.
I have another idea.
[hums]
[determined music]
This will stop you
from watching.
That's it.
Bring it on in.
[crane beeping]
I am going to nail these boards
over the screen
to block your view.
[laughs]
After all,
you cannot watch the story
if you cannot see it.
♪ ♪
There.
Now you cannot see anything.
[laughs]
I-including me.
Oh, no.
Now I'm all alone over here
with the monster.
It could sneak right up on me.
Oh, no!
I have to get
these boards off of here!
[grunting]
Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
[wood clattering]
I'm okay.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
[yells]
You are still watching?
You do not know
what you are doing to me!
All right, all right.
No more Mr. Nice Guy.
[determined music]
[truck beeping]
♪ ♪
I shall stop you from watching
once and for all
by building a heavy,
solid brick wall.
♪ ♪
You will not be able
to see any of the story,
and this time,
the monster
is on the other side.
[chuckles]
Um...
was I supposed to use that
to stick the bricks together?
Oh, no.
[yells]
Cleanup on aisle two.
[melancholy music]
[groans]
Thank you, hand.
[groans] I suppose I cannot
stop you from watching.
But I am so afraid
of the monster at the end.
I wish I were not alone here.
[sighs]
I could really use a friend.
♪ ♪
Huh?
That is a door, not a friend.
Huh, I do not think this hand
is a very good listener.
Does not attach to anything.
Okay, I give up.
Why a door?
Okay, I still do not get it.
[knock at door]
[yelps]
Did you hear that?
Oh...
what if it is the monster?
I do not want
to see the monster!
- Grover?
- Elmo?
- [laughing] Grover!
Hello!
- Oh, Elmo!
I am so happy that you are here
in this story with me.
- Wait a minute.
This is a story?
- Yes.
Elmo, we are
in a story right now,
and you will not believe
what is about to--
- Boy, Elmo loves stories!
Oh, what kind of a story is it,
Grover?
No, let Elmo guess.
Is it...a pirate story?
- What is--what in the world?
Whoa-oh!
- Yarr, shiver Elmo's timbers.
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of milk.
[laughs]
- Wha--I do not know
what any of that means.
[yelling]
- Arr, matey.
- [wailing] Elmo!
This is not a pirate story.
- Oh.
Well, then,
is it a space story?
- Whoa!
Uh, Elmo, what is--what--
- Three!
Two!
One!
Blast off!
- Ah!
What is happening?
Mommy!
[Elmo laughing]
- Yay!
We're floating in space.
- Oh-oh.
Whoa.
Elmo, this is not
what the story is about.
- It's not?
- No.
- Aw. Okay.
Well, how about...
[laughing] Oh!
A cowboy story.
- Elmo!
- Underwater adventure?
- [gasps]
Elmo!
- Ooh, Elmo loves
princess stories.
- Elmo!
- What, you don't like
the dress?
Okay, well, then maybe
it's a story about--
- Elmo, please, stop.
This story is not
any of those things.
No, Elmo,
this is a story
with something
scary at the end.
- You don't say.
- Yes!
And it makes me afraid.
- Grover's afraid?
- Yes.
Very afraid.
Do you know what that feels
like, Elmo?
Let me tell you.
[lively music]
♪ When I am afraid ♪
♪ Let me tell you
how it feels ♪
♪ It's a very scary feeling ♪
♪ That is really very real ♪
♪ I just want to scream ♪
♪ The loudest scream
that can be made ♪
[screams operatically]
♪ That is how it feels ♪
♪ When I feel afraid ♪
- Oh, yeah. Elmo's felt
that way when he's afraid.
- You have?
- Yeah!
Oh, and lots of other ways
too, Grover.
♪ When Elmo is afraid ♪
♪ Elmo trembles and he shakes ♪
♪ His tummy's flippy-floppy ♪
♪ And it really,
really, aches ♪
- Yes!
♪ You just want to scream ♪
♪ The loudest scream
that can be made ♪
[both screaming operatically]
both:
♪ That is how it feels ♪
♪ When we feel afraid ♪
♪ ♪
- Well, it is good to know
you feel the same things.
- Sure, Grover.
Lots of people do.
- Ah, but have you ever
felt like this?
♪ When I feel afraid ♪
♪ My legs begin to shake ♪
♪ I get all wibbly-wobbly ♪
♪ Oh, I quiver and I quake ♪
- Yes!
♪ We just want to scream ♪
♪ The loudest scream
that can be made ♪
[both screaming operatically]
both:
♪ That is how it feels ♪
♪ When we feel afraid ♪
- Oh, yeah.
Elmo's felt all
of those ways, Grover.
- Really?
- Yeah.
And here's another way
Elmo feels when he's afraid.
♪ Here in Elmo's chest ♪
♪ His heart goes
boom-de-boom-de-boom ♪
- Yes!
♪ You want to run and hide ♪
♪ Under the covers
in your room ♪
- Uh-huh.
both:
♪ We just want to scream ♪
♪ The loudest scream
that can be made ♪
[both screaming operatically]
both: ♪ That is how it feels ♪
♪ When we feel afraid ♪
Yes!
♪ That is how it feels ♪
♪ When we feel afraid ♪
[mellow music]
- [sighs]
Thank you, Elmo.
That song helped me forget
for a moment
that I was afraid.
- Oh, good.
- The only problem is,
now I remember!
And I'm afraid all over again.
No. [cries]
What am I going to do?
- Well, maybe Grover
should talk about it.
- Talk about it?
- Yeah.
Sometimes, when Elmo's afraid,
it helps to talk to someone
about how he feels.
- Really?
Well, I suppose
I could give it a try.
You see, Elmo, I am afraid,
so very afraid,
to get to the end
of the story.
- Really? Why?
- I do not want
to alarm you, Elmo.
It is very scary.
- It is?
- Hold on to your hat.
But there...
[shouting] Is a monster...
[shrieking] At the end
of this story!
[echoing]
Story...story...
- [laughing] Oh!
That's great!
- Great?
- Yeah.
'Cause it could mean
a new friend.
- Did you not hear me, Elmo?
At the end of this story,
there will be a monster.
That is why I am afraid.
- But Grover is a monster.
[laughs]
And Elmo is, too.
And we're not scary.
- Well, of course
we are nice and furry
and friendly monsters.
[stammers] It is the other
monsters that worry me.
Monsters
that are big and scary,
with sharp teeth and claws!
And an attitude.
- But has Grover ever met
a scary monster?
- Well, no, but--
- [laughs]
Neither has Elmo.
All the monsters we know
are friendly monsters.
Oh, in fact,
excuse Elmo.
Yeah, hello?
Could we please see
some of our monster friends
right now?
But that is a door,
not a friend.
- [scoffs]
Tell me about it.
- Elmo wonders
who's behind this door.
♪ Hello? ♪
- Elmo?
Elmo, no, no, no, no, no!
Wait!
Do not leave me here all alone
with the monster at the end.
Wait for me!
- Grover?
Oh, where'd he go?
[upbeat jazz music]
- Elmo, that you?
- Elmo?
- Cookie!
- Hey, Elmo.
- [echoing] Elmo?
- That sound like Grover.
- This way.
♪ ♪
- Elmo?
- Oh!
Hi, Rosita.
- Hola!
- Hello, Rosita.
We looking for Grover.
- [echoing] Elmo?
♪ ♪
Elmo?
all:
Grover!
- Hi, everyone.
- Hiya, Abby.
- [echoing] Elmo?
all:
Grover!
♪ ♪
- Elmo!
all:
Grover!
- Oh!
- Hello!
all: Grover!
- Elmo!
Here you are.
- See, Grover?
It's Rosita,
Cookie Monster, and Abby.
- We heard you were looking
for some friendly monsters.
- Uh, yeah, so we just decided
to, uh, stop by.
- Actually, heh,
I'm not a monster.
But I wanted to come see
if I could help.
- Oh, yes.
Abby, you are a magical fairy.
Maybe you can solve my problem
with some magic.
- I could try.
What do you need me to do?
- Well, you see,
I am very afraid of something.
So can you make my fear just--
poof--go away?
- Oh. [chuckles]
Well, I can't do that.
Not with magic.
But if you need anything
turned into a pumpkin,
I'm your fairy. [laughs]
- [groans] Then how do I stop
being afraid?
- You know what helps
sometimes?
If you face up to your fear.
- 'Cause you might see
it's not so scary after all.
- Yeah. You can have courage
and be brave.
- Hmm...courage.
Even though I am afraid?
- Oh, claro que sí.
Let me tell you.
It's like the first time
I ever played guitar on stage.
[upbeat music]
♪ I was afraid
of trying something new ♪
♪ I didn't know how
it would go ♪
♪ But I found
something simple ♪
♪ Everyone can do ♪
♪ It helped me ♪
♪ And can help you, too ♪
♪ I took a deep breath ♪
[inhales]
[exhales]
♪ It calmed me down ♪
[inhales]
[exhales]
♪ I took a deep breath ♪
♪ And then I knew that
I could have courage ♪
[laughs]
♪ I had courage ♪
♪ I gave it a try ♪
♪ I had courage ♪
♪ And learned that I,
I like performing ♪
♪ I felt so sure ♪
♪ That I wanted to do it ♪
♪ More and more ♪
[laughs]
- Me was afraid
to eat new food.
♪ Me was afraid
of trying something new ♪
♪ Me didn't know how
it would go ♪
♪ But me found
something simple ♪
♪ Everyone can do ♪
♪ It helped me ♪
♪ And can help you too ♪
♪ Me talked to meself ♪
It okay, Cookie Monster.
You can do this.
♪ Me talk to meself ♪
Me can do this.
Yes, me can.
♪ Me talk to meself ♪
♪ And then me knew that ♪
♪ Me could have courage ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Me had courage ♪
♪ Me gave it a go ♪
♪ Me had courage ♪
♪ And now me know ♪
♪ That me like new foods ♪
♪ Me felt so sure ♪
♪ That me wanted to eat them ♪
♪ More and more ♪
- So you both did things
even though you were afraid?
- ♪ So try not to worry ♪
♪ If you feel afraid ♪
♪ It's always helpful to know ♪
♪ If you have courage
and you try anyway ♪
♪ You'll find that
you can give it a go ♪
all:
♪ We had courage ♪
♪ It made us proud ♪
♪ If we hadn't tried ♪
♪ Then we would have
missed out ♪
♪ We found we liked it ♪
♪ We felt so sure ♪
♪ That we wanted to do it ♪
♪ More and more ♪
♪ And more! ♪
- Yes!
♪ ♪
all:
♪ We wanted to do it ♪
♪ More and more and more ♪
- So taking deep breaths
and talking to myself
can help me not be afraid?
- Well...they can help you
to have courage
even though you're afraid.
- Yeah. It okay to feel afraid.
But you can't let it stop you.
- So what is it
you're afraid of, Grover?
- You can tell us.
- Okay. I will tell you.
Hang on to your socks.
You see...
there...
[shouting] Is a monster
at the end of this story!
- Ah!
- Oh.
Why you not say so?
- It will be nice
to meet this monster.
- Yeah, Elmo's hoping
it'll be a new friend.
- Yeah.
Monsters are really friendly.
- Yeah, well, we are
all friendly monsters--
- Ah. Not a monster.
- And friendly fairies.
But I do not know anything
about the monster
at the end of this story.
And not knowing
is very scary to me.
- Well, Grover,
if it makes you feel better,
we could meet you
at the end of the story.
- Yeah!
We can be waiting there
for you.
- Yeah. Sometimes it help
to have friends around.
- Yeah. And Elmo will stay
right here with Grover
so Grover doesn't have
to be alone.
- Really?
You would do all that
for little old me?
- Uh-huh.
- Sí. Claro que sí.
- Of course.
- That's what friends are for.
- Okay, time to go.
[whistles]
Taxi!
[horn honking,
engine rumbling]
- Yay! Oscar!
- Oh, thank you, thank you.
You are all true friends.
- [laughing] Aww...
- We'll see you at the end
of this story.
- Yeah, we'll be there for you.
- All right, all right.
Enough of all this yucky
friendliness.
I haven't got all day,
you know.
- Hasta luego.
- Meet you at the end.
- We'll see you at the end
of this story.
[horn honks]
- Bye-bye.
Thank you, hand.
They are so kind. [sighs]
But I really do not
want to meet them
at the end of the story.
- Because that's
where the monster is?
- Yes.
And we keep getting
closer and closer
to the end of the story
with every word we say.
[gasps]
Those words just got us closer!
And those words!
I have to stop saying words.
- That still won't
stop the story.
- Well, then if I cannot
stop the story,
Maybe I can change it instead.
Excuse me, hand?
Yoo-hoo!
Down here.
Can I get some help here?
- Oh!
What's that?
- A video bar.
- A video bar, yes.
A video bar.
What is a video bar?
- It is the answer
to my problems.
The one thing that can save me.
You see, with this,
I can simply rewind the story,
and that way,
we will never get to the end.
- [laughs] Wow.
Grover can do that?
Cool.
- Hey, I am out of ideas here.
So it is worth a sh*t.
Rewind.
[music reversing]
And play.
[laughs] It worked.
- Where are we?
- We are back at the beginning
of the story.
[echoing] Oh.
A big hand?
Hello, hand.
[jaunty music]
This is how it all started.
"The Monster"...
"At the End
of this"--
Oh, I was so happy
and innocent then.
- But Grover--Grover,
if the story is starting
all over again,
won't we still get to the end
sooner or later?
- Hmm. You are right.
We have to go back even more.
- More?
- Yes.
To before the story
even started.
- Yeah, but Grover--
- Let us see
if we can rewind faster.
Rewind.
[music reversing quickly]
Play!
- Whoa.
Where are we now?
- [gasps]
Look.
That is me
when I was little.
- Whoa.
We went back really far.
- Aw, and there is my mommy.
- All right, little Grover.
All set.
- It is the day I got
my training wheels off my bike.
Oh, Mommy.
I do not know
if I am ready for this.
What if I fall off my bike?
What if I get hurt?
- Oh, I understand.
Riding a bike
without training wheels
can feel scary at first.
I-if you do not feel ready,
I can put them back on.
- Uh, but-but-but I really want
to ride a two-wheeler.
Like a big kid.
I do not know what to do.
- Well, if it is something
you really want,
then why let fear stop you?
- My mommy is so wise.
I suppose that is where
I get it from.
- Grover, look.
Little Grover is afraid,
but he's getting
on the bike anyway.
- I can do this.
I can do this.
I can do this.
I...
I am doing this!
Look!
- Hooray!
You did it.
Oh, Grovie,
you had so much courage.
- I did have courage, didn't I?
And I look so proud of myself.
We have to go back even more.
- More?
Grover, are you sure?
- Mm, yes.
There is something
I want to see.
Rewind!
[music reversing]
And play.
[soothing music]
Aww, look at me.
Whoa.
Grover is really little.
- And I was cute too.
[snoring]
[rapid clicking]
[warbling]
Oh...oh...
Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!
- Oh, what is wrong,
my little Grovey?
What are you afraid of?
- Aw, was little Grover
afraid of the dark?
- Me?
No.
I was afraid of what might be
in the dark.
There is something
under my bed.
- Oh, it is okay,
little Grovey.
[gasps]
I know.
Why don't we use
this flashlight
and look
under your bed together?
- Look how much courage I had,
even at such a tender,
young age.
- [gasps] What do you see?
- Nothing.
There is nothing under here.
Except my robot.
[robot clicking rapidly]
Ah!
[both laugh]
- See, Grover?
You already know
how to have courage,
because you've had it
so many times before.
- Aw, I suppose I have.
Hmm...
I wonder what I will see
if we go back even more.
Huh?
Uh-oh.
Turbo rewind.
[grunting]
Where are we?
I think we might have
gone back too far.
- Uh, Grover?
Uh, Grover?
- [gasps]
[tense music]
both:
Dinosaur!
[Grover screams]
Fast-forward.
We need to fast-forward!
Fast-forward!
Fast-forward!
both:
Whew.
- Thank you, hand.
- Oh. Looks like we are back
in the story now.
[sighs] And that means we are
still heading towards the end,
where there is a monster.
- But that's okay.
Now Grover knows
he can have courage.
- Yes, Elmo,
I have had courage before.
And I suppose I can again.
Except when facing a T. rex.
[both laugh]
- Well, some things are scary.
But not monsters.
Monsters are friendly.
- Sí. We are all very friendly.
- Wha-what are you all
doing here?
I thought you were going
to meet me
at the end of the story.
- This is the end of the story,
Grover.
- What? Oh, no.
No-no-no-no-no!
We went forward too far!
[gasping]
This is your last chance
to stop watching.
Please!
Please! Please! Please!
- It's okay, Grover.
All stories have to end
sometime, you know.
- Yep. And this it.
The dramatic conclusion.
- Oh, Grover.
It's so exciting.
- Are we already on the way
to the end of the story?
[sighs]
I think that is a yes.
- Don't worry, Grover.
You've got us.
- We'll be with you
right till the very end.
- Yeah, we got your back.
- I know.
Thank you, my friends.
- Elmo knows Grover's
still afraid.
So remember:
slow, deep, breaths.
[all inhale]
[all exhale slowly]
- And talk to yourself.
- I can do this.
I can have courage.
I can do this.
all:
You can do this!
- Let's go.
- You can do this!
- I can do this!
- You've got this, Grover.
- Well, this is it.
[breathes deeply]
I am ready to face the...
[gulps]
Monster...
at the end of this story.
[hopeful music]
The m-m-m-m-monster...
[tense music]
Is me!
I--lovable, furry, old Grover--
am the monster
at the end of this story!
- Whoo-hoo!
- Wow!
- [laughing] Yes!
- Oh, boy!
- ♪ I have a story ♪
♪ Of my own ♪
♪ And now I am the star ♪
♪ Of my own show ♪
♪ So I'll be sticking around ♪
♪ I do not want to go ♪
♪ I am the monster
at the end ♪
all:
♪ We are all in a story ♪
♪ With a monster at the end ♪
- ♪ That monster is me ♪
all: ♪ We all
want to see ♪
♪ This monster
at the end ♪
[chicken squawks]
♪ We are all in a story ♪
♪ With a monster at the end ♪
[chickens clucking]
- ♪ So now you see ♪
all:
♪ We all want to be ♪
♪ With the monster ♪
At the end!
[horn honks]
- Two, three, four.
- ♪ The story felt so scary ♪
♪ It made me want to hide ♪
- ♪ And Grover had a feeling ♪
♪ That was jumbled up inside ♪
all:
♪ And now we're at the end ♪
♪ And we all want
to stay and play ♪
♪ 'Cause he's the monster
at the end ♪
- That is me!
all:
♪ We are all in a story ♪
♪ With a monster at the end ♪
- ♪ That monster is me ♪
all:
♪ Everyone can see ♪
♪ This monster at the end ♪
♪ We are all in a story ♪
♪ With a monster at the end ♪
[chickens clucking]
- ♪ So why not stay? ♪
all:
♪ So we call can play ♪
♪ With the monster at the end ♪
- ♪ I am the monster
at the end ♪
all:
♪ He's the monster at the end ♪
- [laughing]
That is me.
[all laugh]
- Whoa.
Me did not see that coming.
- Elmo knew it would be
a funny monster.
- And you all were right.
I did have courage.
I do have courage!
And I am so glad.
[laughs]
- Hey, wait.
The monster at the end is me!
- It's me.
I'm the monster at the end.
[laughs]
- No. The monster is Elmo.
Elmo's looking good.
- Well, it seems we are all
the monster at the end
of the story.
- Still not a monster.
But I'm here at the end too.
[all laughing]
- And you were so scared.
I told you and told you
there was nothing
to be afraid of.
[chuckles]
Oh, I am so embarrassed.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Monster at the End of This Story, The (2020)
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