Characters:
N - Narrator
NJ - Norma Jean
MP - Memphis
M - Mumble
NTE - Noah, the Elder
L - Lovelace
FM1 - Fisherman 1
FM2 - Fisherman 2
NA - News Anchor
NARRATOR: Deep in Antarctica is a community of penguins. They are used to cultures and traditions which they have inherited from their forefathers. They may all be flightless birds, but they are all superb song birds. In that great nation of singing penguins, you're nobody unless you can sing -- which is unfortunate for Mumble, who is the worst singer in the group.
NARRATOR: His being different can be traced back during the time of his incubation. Memphis, Mumble's father, accidentally let go of him and exposed him to extreme temperature. When all the eggs of his batch hatched, Mumble is the only penguin born dancing to his own tune - tap dancing.
NORMA JEAN: Aww, how cute!
MEMPHIS: You call that 'cute'? It just ain't penguin!
NORMA JEAN: Memphis-
MEMPHIS: Besides, he may NEVER find his true love without heartsong.
NARRATOR: As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange "hippity-hoppity" ways.
NOAH: Hush, everyone, hush! Today we will go forth the ocean and-
MUMBLE: Swim, swim, swim!
NOAH: No. We will go there to--
MUMBLE: To--
NOAH: Shut up. All of us will go there to harvest food!
MUMBLE: food...
NARRATOR: Just as when the ocean which gave them all the food they need ran out of fish, Noah casts him out of the community thinking that Mumble is cursed and he is the one who brought such plague in the village.
NOAH: Now, y-you!
MUMBLE: Me?
NOAH: I don't know what's wrong with you. You're just a too different penguin!
NOAH: You're cursed! You're the one who brought such plague in the village!
NOAH: Leave! Go far away from here!
NARRATOR: Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un- Emperor-like penguins -- the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon, the Adelies instantly embrace Mumble's cool dance moves and invite him to party with them.
NARRATOR: In Adelie Land, Mumble seeks the counsel of Lovelace the Guru, a crazy- feathered Rockhopper penguin who will answer any of life's questions for the price of a pebble.
NARRATOR: Lovelace, whose neck is trapped in a soda carrier, showed Mumble the place where he got the trap. Upon reaching the place, they were beckoned by huge fishing vessels.
MUMBLE: Maybe they're the ones taking our fish. Let's wait until they set back to US.
LOVELACE: Why?
MUMBLE: To follow the vessel and bring back what the vessels have taken from us.
NARRATOR: Together with Lovelace and the Amigos, Mumble sets out across vast landscapes for some epic encounters to investigate why the ocean is running out of fish and of course, to prove himself that he is worth something.
NARRATOR: In his quest to find out what causes the problem, a group of fishermen caught them and placed them in a zoo.
FISHERMAN 1: Look, penguins!
LOVELACE: Omygosh! Mumble, Mumble, Mumble!
FISHERMAN 2: Let's catch 'em!
LOVELACE: Mumble, what are we going to do!?
MUMBLE: We-can't-do-any--
FISHERMAN 1: Gotcha!
LOVELACE: No, no, no!
LOVELACE: Now what? Mumble, what now?
MUMBLE: There's a child.
LOVELACE: Of course there is a child here Mumble. It's a zoo. But for pete's sake, please think of what we should do to escape!
NARRATOR: Bored with such limited place and things to do in their cage, Mumble finally communicated with a child who was then viewing him from a deck. He tapped his feet to call the attention of the child and eventually called the attention of all the people in the zoo.
NARRATOR: Mumble's dancing called the attention of the media and triggered a discussion amongst the leaders of the United Nations. Mumble was finally sent back to Antarctica. The moment he set foot on his village, he immediately encouraged his family and friends to tap dance and sent human beings a statement - which they inhabit the land and humans should stop taking all their fish.
NEWS ANCHOR: Breaking News! United Nation bans fishing in Antarctica. It is to protect the ecosystem of penguins and other organisms that greatly depend on the resources of the ocean.
NARRATOR: Mumble and his friends proved that by being true to yourself and working with others, you can make all the difference in the world.
THE END
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