(MEDLEY OF SONGS FROM RIVERDANCE)
(CURTAINS SWISH)
NARRATOR: 'The boy never knew his parents,
but was lucky enough to be raised by his grandparents.
They were the best of friends
and worked at the lighthouse of Rivers End...
But it was no ordinary lighthouse.
Every night, Grandad turned on the light
to ward off a darkness from another world:
the Huntsman.
(WIND WHISTLES)
Legend said if ever the lighthouse light went out,
the Huntsman would enter the river looking for Spirit Deer
adorned with magical antlers.
Their antlers made the water flow
and let life grow.
And if the Huntsman took the magical antlers,
the rivers would dry up...
But for now, the lighthouse shines,
water flows, and we all celebrate our river
with dance!' (FANFARE)
(RHYTHMIC DRUMS)
(GULLS CRY)
(LIVELY TUNE)
(THUD)
(GULLS CRY)
(CLANG)
(CRIES)
(THUD)
(SQUEAKING) Ooh.
Are you OK? (SQUAWKS)
(CHUCKLES)
Good luck!
(TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC)
The around the world hook-a-roo for the win.
(GRUNTS)
(WINDOW BREAKS) (CAT SCREECHES)
(CHUCKLES) WOMAN: Oh, Liam!
Good shot! Thanks, Keegan.
Stop! Uh-oh...
Leg it, lads! Boys! You hit the cat!
(RECORD SCRATCHING SOUNDS)
(CHUCKLES) Not very good at DJ-ing.
You're gonna be a legend after this party. Thanks, Margo.
Can I get a high-five?
(SHOP BELL JANGLES) Slightly missed it there. Yeah, OK.
Don't screw up! (CHUCKLES)
Joking! But it's sort of in that way that I'm not joking, you know?
OK, have a good night!
(GULLS CRY)
GRANDMA: Well, well, well, look who it is!
I came as fast as I could.
Heavy traffic, woman. Traffic? Cheeky.
Just like your grandad.
The old fart will never admit it, but he could use a little more help!
He's not as young as he used to be.
Hey! (WHISTLES) I heard that.
Oh, he can hear when he wants to.
Which bit did you hear? "The old fart" or the "help"?
I'll show you an old fart!
For your information, I've aged like a fine leather wallet.
Now, if I could only find it, I'd be a richer man too. (BREAKS WIND)
He's as mad as a box of frogs. But he's hot.
Gross.
See you both back at the cottage for supper.
Love you, me boyos. Woohoo!
Hey, Grandad!
Hey there, Mr Hot Shot DJ! (CHUCKLES)
What other records did you get for the St Paddy's Day party?
Ready for a sneak preview?
My dancing slippers can hardly wait.
(IRISH JIG MUSIC)
Here we go now! (LAUGHS)
Oh, yeah! Oh, yes!
This brings me back.
(BONES CRACK) Ow! My back!
I'll feel that one in the morning!
(SLURPS) Ah, now. Oh!
Oh, cool!
We can use that for the Huntsman in our paper theatre.
Oh, now, that's pretty fat. It's all brawn.
He needs to carry those antlers.
The Huntsman must never get to those deer, Keegan.
Their dance keeps the rivers flowing.
Think about it. Without the rivers, no more life.
No more dance.
This is the one you must stop.
(SCOFFS) Luckily, it's just a legend.
(SCOFFS) He's very real.
He's darkness and our magic light is the only thing that can stop him.
Our light stops him?
I thought we just kept ships from crashing into the rocks.
Ha! That's just an added bonus.
Now, lad, what do you say we light this house up, eh, bucko?
Let's do it!
Race you up the stairs!
Right, up the stairs we go. Here we go.
Ouch! There you go.
(DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
(BLOWING RASPBERRIES)
(LAUGHS)
(COUGHS)
(GASPS AND COUGHS)
(EXHALES) Are you OK?
Just wrecked from all that dancing, that's all.
(HISSING)
And drum roll, please!
(IMITATES DRUM ROLL)
The tradition of warding off darkness...for another night.
(RUMBLING AND CREAKING)
(COUGHS)
(EXHALES) Easy, Grandad. I'm fine, stop that now.
I'll just take a quick break.
You know, I was thinking, why don't we automate this place?
It'd save so much time.
Where's the sport in that?
You don't automate your music, do you?
You prefer the spirit in the vintage vinyl.
Same here. (CHUCKLES) We're more alike than you know.
(SIGHS) You always say that, Grandad.
Now, relax. I can clean up on my own.
(AIR HISSES)
(GULLS CRY)
♪ The Heart's Cry (Instrumental)
(CLATTERS) Hey, Grandad! You all right?
Grandad?
Grandad!
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
MOYA: ♪ Where the river foams
♪ And surges to the sea
♪ Silver figures rise to find me
ALL: ♪ Wise and as daring
♪ Following the heart's cry
♪ I am that deep pool
♪ I am that dark spring ♪ I never got to say goodbye.
PRIEST: Do not mourn the man.
Celebrate the life. Celebrate with dancing!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
♪ Reel Around The Sun
(FEET STOMP)
(RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
GRANDMA: He would have loved this. It was our favourite dance.
(HEELS CLICK)
(RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
Your grandad was a tough act to follow. Fastest feet I ever saw.
He was a legendary dancer. He was unmatched on the hurling field.
He kept our seas and town safe. You will too.
(RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
We're all counting on you to carry on his traditions.
(MUSIC ENDS)
(CHURCH BELL TOLLS)
(WIND SOFTLY WHISTLES)
GRANDAD: 'What do you say we light this house up, eh, bucko?'
No! The Huntsman is just another one of your stories.
Stupid lighthouse! Stupid traditions!
Stupid everything!
(RUMBLING AND WHOOSHING)
(BELL TOLLS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)
C'mon, boys! (LAUGHTER)
Hey, Keegan! Hey, Liam.
Big hurling game this weekend. You in, little man?
Maybe another time. Thanks, anyway.
OK! No problem, Keegan. Hang in there, pal.
(TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC)
(THUD)
Hey, Keeg. Hi, Moya.
Meet you at the waterfall at high noon. High noon?
Big things always happen at high noon.
It'll be worth it, I promise.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(SHOP BELL JANGLES)
(TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC PLAYING THROUGH HEADPHONES)
Oh! Oh, my bananas!
I...What? I...What?
Wait, let me take my headphones off. I don't want to be the DJ.
Oh! There's no need to shout. I don't want to be the DJ tonight.
Oh, no! Ah, aren't you gonna give the people what they want?
They all want you to DJ. They'll be like, "Keegan! Keegan!
(DEEP VOICE) Keegan!"
It's all different now. Ah, yeah, come here.
It's OK. I understand. You do?
Yeah, of course I do.
Listen, I'll try to find someone else to fill in.
But you should just go and... take a walk!
Go out and get some fresh country air into your lungs.
Walk? To where? I don't know.
(DEEP VOICE) Wherever the river leads you!
(CHUCKLES) That was my Gandalf impression.
(LAUGHS)
What's so funny?
I was just remembering this time I was having a rotten day
and your grandad took me to get some sweets and he...
Oh... And he did this! (LAUGHS)
How's that?
Oh, it's too funny.
Urgh!
Oh! Actually, that... that one is actually stuck up my....
Oh! Oooh!
I suppose you don't want to eat that one now? Ew!
No, me neither. Hmm...
Hey! Did you know sweets solve all problems?
It's true, it's scientifically proven.
Unless you're a dentist, and then, they are very much against that
as a problem-solving technique.
But what do you say, we drop by Sammy's Sugar Shack?
Yeah!
♪ Marta's Dance/ The Russian Dervish
(TILL RINGS)
(BELL JANGLES)
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
(CROAKS)
Huh? (CROAKING)
What? Hey! Oh!
Hah! (GASPS)
(INHALES AND EXHALES)
(CROAKING)
Urgh!
(TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC)
(CROAKING)
(ALL GASP)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(CROAKING)
(BLEATS) Hee-hee-hee.
(WIND GUSTS)
(BLEATS)
(GRUNTS)
(EXHALES)
(BLEATS) (RUSTLING)
(WIND GUSTS)
(BLEATING)
(GASPS)
(RUSTLING)
(BLEATING)
(GRUNTS)
(GASPS) (BLEATING)
(BLEATING AND GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS)
Hey, give me those back!
(GRUNTS) Hoo-hah!
(GRUNTS AND GROANS)
Ha! Whoa! Ah!
(CHUCKLING)
(SHEEP GRUNTS) Oh!
Whoa!
(GROANS)
Ohhhhhh!
(CRIES OUT)
(BLEATING)
Aaaargh!
Where are the brakes on this thing?
(STRAINS AND GRUNTS)
Waargh! Ooh!
Uhhh...
Uh, uh...
(GRUNTS)
(CRUNCHES)
(BREAKS WIND)
(ALL BREAK WIND)
(SIGHS)
(CROAKING)
(EXCLAIMS)
(ALL SQUEAL)
(STRAINING)
Uh... Hey, Keegan. What you doing?
Having a bad day! Well, just keep hanging in there.
Very funny! Help me up.
(GRUNTING)
Thanks. What's that?
She's my new friend. (BLEATS)
Why is she purple? It's hair dye. I love purple.
(LAUGHS)
So... what are you doing out here?
It's noon. We're right on schedule.
But I...didn't...
Get ready for your mind to be blown! Sounds painful!
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
(BLEATS)
Riddle time! What?
What always runs, but never walks, often murmurs, but never talks?
I can't balance and solve riddles at the same time.
Has a bed, but never sleeps. Has a mouth, but never eats.
Urhhh... Oh, my God, Keegan.
(GIGGLES)
(GASPS) Oh! Oh, no! Oh!
Ahhh! I hate sheep!
(SPLASH) Help! Good luck!
Good luck?
You'll be fine, it's a fun ride!
(CRIES OUT)
Whoo! Que epico!
(EXCLAIMS)
Whoo!
Oh! (GASPS)
(CRIES OUT)
Oh!
(PANTING)
Whoo!
(GROANS)
That was amazing.
The swish, swash, swee of all the rapids!
(CHUCKLES)
Ow!
I love that part.
Que divertido!
How are we gonna get back? Back? We just got here.
Just got where? What's going on?
Come on. Don't be a Wussimus Maximus.
(GASPS)
I am not a Wussimus Maximus.
Wait, what's a Wussimus Maximus?
Oh!
Now what?
♪ Countess Cathleen
Whoa!
(BOTH CROAK)
(ALL GASP)
(PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
Aargh!
(GASPS FOR BREATH)
(CROAKING AND LAUGHTER)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(LOGS GENTLY CLATTER)
There's no signal here. Wouldn't help anyway.
The headphones were eaten, the glass is cracked.
And now, it's waterlogged. Maybe we can dry it out.
I doubt it, but nothing to lose.
How did you walk on water? I didn't walk. I danced.
Way harder.
So... Confession time.
What? I came here when my grandma died.
You did? Where are we?
Some place magical! Yeah, right!
I saw her, she was here.
(SCOFFS) Impossible!
No, I told you... Magical! What happened when you saw her?
We danced. Danced?
Flamenco! It was our thing.
I've never seen you dance flamenco.
We danced it all the time when we lived in Spain.
But I haven't in a while.
I guess I've been trying to fit in with the Irish dancing thing.
Trying to fit in? You?
(IRISH JIG MUSIC)
You're pretty good. How come I've never seen you Irish dance?
I don't know. How come I've never seen you flamenco?
How come you're not the DJ at the party tonight?
I didn't want to celebrate.
(SIGHS)
I wanted to celebrate with you, Grandad.
(SNORING) (BIRDS TWEETING)
(GASPS) (CROAKS) Urgh! Urgh!
Looks like Beth likes you. And that's her husband, Rib.
Oh! Eurgh! (CROAKING)
Uh... Hello. They apologise for stealing your sweets,
but it was to feed their 50 children, so...
What? Well, 49, because they lost one. Adam.
They're wondering if we'd seen him.
I haven't. Sorry, guys.
(CROAKS)
Would you like nuts or berries for breakfast?
I've been up for hours.
So... You speak frog?
No, but Penny and Benny do.
(GASPS) Hey, little man!
(WHIMPERS)
Urgh! Mmm...
Ta-dah!
Hello, I'm Penny. Name's Benny.
Shake my hand, it's cordiality.
You must be Keegan. Heard a lot about you.
(GASPS) What's wrong with you?
(SOFTLY) I'm trying to scream, but nothing is coming out.
Like in a nightmare.
He probably thinks you're going to eat him.
(GASPS) Eat me? (LAUGHS) Kid, kid, relax.
You're all skin and bones. Plus, we already ate breakfast.
Some of us twice. Hey! You!
You always do... Give me those back.
(GRUNTS) Ah... I think I'm stuck!
(STRAINING)
(SIGHS) I'm stuck.
(TWEETING LAUGHS)
What in the world are you doing? I saw a girl do it in a film once.
I thought it was worth a try.
Wake up, wake up, wake up! (SLAP) You're awake.
Ow! (RUMBLING) BOTH: Huh?
Hmm, they're coming! Who?
Oooh! The other Megaloceros Giganteus!
What? Wait, you've heard of us, right?
Only in history class. (BIRDS SQUAWKING)
(THUDDING)
Megaloceros Giganteus?
(BOTH LAUGH)
Oh, my...
(DISTANT SINGING) Whoa!
(SINGING CONTINUES)
♪ Heartland
(RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
Whoooh!
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SINGING CONTINUES)
(ANTLERS CLATTER)
(SINGING AND RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
Wow!
Whoa.
(RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
(ANTLERS TAPPING)
(THEY REPEAT THE TAP DANCE)
(SLOW TAPPING QUICKENS)
(TAPPING QUICKENS)
(SINGING CONTINUES)
(MUSIC AND SINGING REACHES CRESCENDO)
(SONG ENDS) (CHEERING AND WHOOPING)
Oof. Ha-ha!
Welcome back, Moya. Thank you, Patrick.
And you are?
He's my best friend, Keegan.
His grandad died and he needs your help.
I am Patrick, of the Megaloceros Giganteus.(FANFARE)
PENNY: Oh, yes! Oh, yeah. (CRIES OUT)
That was not supposed to happen. BENNY: Oh, get off me, Penny!
(GROANING)
Penny! What happened? What happened?
She's a wrecking ball with fur!
(ALL MURMUR AGREEMENT)
Irish dancing is harder than it looks.
She's trying to fit in, like you. As if I'm trying to fit in.
Then teach her your grandma's flamenco. No!
(SNIFFS) Is that a chicken I smell?
Or just a big, fat Wussimus Maximus?
It's hard to tell, they smell so similar.
You know what, Penny? Maybe you're more fire, less water.
Say what? Maybe you're less Riverdance...
(ALL GASP) ..and more flamenco!
(FLAMENCO MUSIC) Ohhh, ohhhh!
(LAUGHS)
Flamenco? Penny? No way!
(LAUGHS)
I'll teach you, Penny. You will? Oh, my gosh! I love you!
Whoo! BFFs! Yas, girl!
I am going to bring the heat, like so much fire...
Ha-ha. Excellent idea, Moya. It was actually my idea.
I'm actually surprised he's allowing the flamenco.
He's all Riverdance all the time! He invented it!
Makes us dance every morning
to keep the rivers flowing and life growing.
It's exhausting. Penny and I usually hide.
Hm. (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
I'm sorry about your grandad, Keegan.
It's OK. No, it's not.
Tell me about him. Do you have a year?
Maybe just the highlights. Well...
he was an amazing dancer.
A star hurler and an awesome lighthouse keeper.
Whoa, those are some big shoes to fill. They were frog slippers.
(CHUCKLES) And you haven't the froggiest idea how to fill them.
(BOOING) Oh, terrible! Dad joke alert!
Oh, sorry, bad joke.
We all feel a little lost sometimes, Keegan.
The good news is, you've come to the right place.
Follow me, I think I can help.
Where are we going? We're going crazy! Wanna come?
We follow the river, Keegan.
Rivers connect everything and everyone.
And the energy we create while celebrating them...
we return to them.
(WIND GUSTS) Their waters not only create life, they are life.
(BIRDS CHIRRUPING)
His antlers are sick!
Are you implying mine aren't? No, no, no, no.
I didn't say anything about yours. They're travel-size, buddy.
Let's leave it at that. OK.
(MIMICS) OK.
If the teachers were wrong, and you didn't go extinct, then...
how old are you guys? Uh...
Patrick is the oldest, which makes him about...
400,000 years old. Whoa! How old are you?
Pfft! I mean, honestly, I don't even know, man.
I lost count around 200,000.
Ever try to count that high? Yeah?
I was counting and counting and counting
and then I was like, "Screw it!" Don't need it.
Ha! You're all right, Benny.
No fooling? No fooling.
Oh, I am serving hoof, serving hoof, serving face.
(GRUNTS AND GROANS)
So, Moya, how good do I look right now?
Well... You seem very limber and have a unique style.
So definitely steps in the right direction.
Yes! The right direction! Better than the wrong direction.
Now, try not to think. Ha, don't worry, I'm not.
Good, because flamenco comes from the heart.
Whoa! Deep.
Twirly, twirly! (GIGGLES)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(THUD)
(SNIFFS)
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Does he say anything else, this guy? He's probably gassy.
What? I saw him chowing on some swamp grass back there,
like it was going out of style.
Ever been around a butt that big when it lets one go? Ooh!
It's like a bomb inside a hurricane!
You know, I'm only, like, five feet in front of you
and I can hear everything you're saying.
(ROCKET WHOOSH SOUND)
Oh, he farted out a baby swamp rock!
Ew! Whoa, that's nasty.
That was not me. My bad, never mind. (CHUCKLES)
It's just a hurling ball going on a bounce.
(CHUCKLES) I thought you were a baby swamp rock.
(THWACK) No way. You guys play hurling?
We have to stay in shape for dancing somehow, don't we?
♪ American Wake
(TAPPING)
PLAYER: Only three minutes left and the game is tied!
(GULL CRIES)
Go, go, go, go, go! Good block!
Let's go, let's go! Up, up. Let's go. I got it!
(ANTLERS CLATTER) Whoo!
Aaargh!
BENNY: Oh, that looks so painful! PENNY: That's gotta hurt.
PATRICK: Gonna be a while until they get unstuck.
Who wants to fill in for them? OTHERS: Not it!
Moya's still teaching me flamenco, so we're out.
Keegan and Benny, you're the lucky ones. No, I really don't want to.
This is the exact opposite of lucky!
Benny, you're goalie. Keegan, you're corner forward.
Patrick, I don't want to play.
Your grandad was a star hurler, right? Taught me everything.
Well, then, make him proud!
You get on that field and you do what he taught you.
(WHISTLES) Birds? Hurling stick, helmet, crack hardy.
(TAPPING) Not me! Him!
(TAPPING)
KEEGAN: Awesome. Guys, colour up.
Benny, smear it on your antlers, don't drink it.
I know, but, come on!
They're raspberries and they're so delicious!
Great, we lose our two best players and get stuck with these guys.
Well, there goes the playoffs! BOTH: Victory is ours! (CHUCKLE)
BENNY: Team sports, yay.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Catch! (CHEERING)
(LAUGHTER)
(SHOUTS AND GRUNTS)
(GRUNT)
(THWACK)
Let's go, let's go. Up, up.
Oh, my God, oh, my God! It's gonna hurt, it's gonna hurt!
PLAYER: Yeah! Awesome job, Benny!
Boo-yah! That's what tiny antlers can do for you!
Watch it, kid!
(THEY CRY OUT)
(SIGH)
(GRUNTS) Oof!
Come on, Keegan, me boyo, get up and play!
Play like your grandad is watching.
No way!
(THEY CRY OUT)
Aaargh!
Ahh, come on!
(THWACK)
This one's for you, Grandad.
(THWACK)
(GRUNTS)
(WHOOPING AND CHEERING) PATRICK: You did it, kid!
(WHOOPING) Yay!
(CHANTING) Keegan! Keegan! Red team wins!
(GROANS)
(THWACK)
Don't be a brute, Brutus. Go get that ball back.
Don't worry, I'll get it.
(ANTLERS TAPPING)
Attention, ladies and gentle deer. ♪ Firedance
Get ready to be razzle-dazzled.
Pull the alarm because Penny's on fire!
Heel, toe, repose and serve to the left, serve to the right.
Serving face all night long, here we go!
(GRUNTING)
Wargh! (THUD)
(GASPS OF SHOCK) (PENNY GROANING)
(CRIES OUT) (GROANS)
(LAUGHTER)
Serving... face...ah!
Whoa...
(BOTH CROAK)
(ALL CROAK) OK...
No, I'm fine!
In retrospect, I shouldn't have started on the top of a hill.
So, any luck finding Adam?
Well, I mean, he can't be far.
(WHISPERS) He doesn't have legs.
You'll find him. Cheer up!
(GASPS) Tiny tadpole kisses.
(GIGGLES)
(BIRDS CHIRRUPING)
(SINGING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC, SINGING INTENSIFIES)
(CHIMING)
Whoa... What is this place?
The bridge...between light and dark.
You're the Huntsman. I take many forms, but...
guilty as charged.
I'll scream and the others will come for me.
You're the one who left the light off.
Where I'm from, that's an invitation.
No! I... As a token of gratitude,
I have a proposition for you.
Come to my world and you can have everything back the way it was.
My grandad said to never trust you. Suit yourself.
Oh, and Keegan?
I wouldn't tell anyone you saw me,
because then they'd know what you did.
Inviting me in. Wouldn't want them to get the wrong idea, right?
See you around. (BLOWS)
MOYA: Keegan? PATRICK: Keegan!
Hey, little man! Where did you go?
We've been looking all over for you. You missed Penny's dance!
Classic Penny disaster-piece theatre. So funny!
Benny, manners! Benny, be nice.
She almost had it. She'll honour us with it one day.
Er...
You look like you've seen a ghost.
The thing about that is...
Just a little afraid of the dark is all.
Ah, yes, that's because this is a place
where one faces one's darkest fears.
I'm not afraid of anything.
You're afraid of everything, Benny. No, I'm not.
Yes, you are. No, I'm not.
Oh, yeah? Caterpillars!
(GASPS)
(SCREAMS)
Where? Where? Are they on me? Are they on me?
Are they in my mouth? Are they in my mouth?
(ALL LAUGH)
Keegan, this is a lighthouse from times past.
If you faced your fear here, you can banish darkness.
You are a keeper of light. Passed from one ancestor to the next.
(TINKLING) All the way to you.
Come on guys, let's go!
Where are we going? All the way to the sea.
BENNY AND PENNY: No!
Is that bad? PENNY AND BENNY: Yes!
Why? Because it's so much walking!
Don't worry, I know a shortcut.
The Great Gate.
(WAVES CRASHING)
This is the gate through which spirits
from the past, present and future pass.
Fionn MacCumhaill, Cu Chulainn and the Children of Lir
have all come through here too.
Do you think my grandad came through here?
Ah, you'll have to ask the Gatekeeper.
Er... Did an old guy come through here?
You know, big nose, frog slippers.
And big ears, like yours?
He danced through here, boy!
He said you are keeping his traditions alive. Well...
Keegan, come here! (WAVES CRASHING)
This is where I saw my grandma, Keegan.
I don't see anything.
Close your eyes. How can I see anything if I close my...
(BARKING)
(TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC)
Grandad! Do you know why I dance?
There is a rhythm to the rivers that hits the sea.
It means life is still going! (CHUCKLES)
We should always celebrate life.
I want to go back! No!
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
Keegan, son, where are you?
Down here, Grandad! The Huntsman! The Huntsman is coming!
You need to light the lighthouse!
No! (GUNSHOT)
FEMALE SINGER: ♪ Hear my cry
♪ In my hungering search for you ♪
(ROARS)
(RHYTHMIC DRUMS)
(MOYA AND KEEGAN CRY OUT)
KEEGAN: What have I done?
Oh! Oh!
Keegan! Moya!
I've got you!
(HOOVES THUDDING)
I forgot how to gallop!
It's been so long since I've exercised!
Just real quick, how do you gallop?
(EVIL LAUGH)
(LAUGHS)
Keep galloping now!
(CRIES OUT)
Oh, cramp! Cramp!
Ow! Aargh! Help!
Benny!
(LAUGHS) Look at his travel-size antlers!
I know, right?
(GRUNTS) (CLICK)
Oh, that's not so bad. Huh? (CLICK)
(LAUGHS) Oh, no, no! Bad Huntsman! Bad Huntsman!
Don't worry, you're just bait.
He's the one I want.
(GRUNTING)
Now, your antlers are the ultimate prize.
Run, Benny! It's a trap! He looks stupid, but he's clever!
Get out of here, Keegan!
(ROARS)
(BELLOWS)
(GRUNTING AND STRAINING)
Patrick! Keegan, look out! Aargh!
(EVIL LAUGH) Let go of me!
The kid for the antlers!
Give me your antlers and we can all go home.
Why?
With the power to stop rivers, I can spread darkness everywhere.
Patrick, don't do it.
No, Patrick...
(STRAINS) Get your hands off me!
Quiet, boy! You knew this would happen.
(GUNSHOT)
(THUD)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(MUSICIANS PLAYING LIVELY TUNE)
(ALL GASP) BOY: The river!
MAN: The river's gone! (GASPS OF SHOCK)
(EVIL LAUGHTER)
(GROANS) Ahhh...
Ohh... Huh?
(WIND WHISTLING)
♪ Caoineadh Cu Chulainn
(SPANISH GUITAR)
♪ Firedance
♪ Cloudsong
♪ I am living to nourish you, cherish you
♪ I am pulsing the blood in your veins
♪ Feel the magic and power of surrender
♪ To life, Uisce Beatha ♪
(BELL RINGING)
Stop! HUNTSMAN: You can't stop me!
Woah!
You should thank me!
No river, no need to protect it with a light!
No need to celebrate it with a dance!
You're free! GATEKEEPER: Keegan!
The hunter must not leave our world with Patrick's antlers.
You must return the antlers to the water.
The water will renew his spirit!
(BELL CHIMES) (GRUNTS)
(THUD)
Can you help me turn his raft around?
(GROWLS)
(GROANS) Ow!
(GRUNTS) (THWACK)
(GLASS SHATTERS) Argh!
(GROWLS)
(CRIES OUT)
(CLICK)
(GROANS)
(THUD)
(GROWLS)
Come on. One more time.
(CRIES OUT)
No! (CRASHING)
(BUBBLING)
♪ The Antler's Return
(GROWLS)
(CHIMING)
Noooooo!
MOYA: ♪ How can the small flowers grow
♪ If the wild winds blow (KEEGAN CRIES OUT)
♪ And the cold snow is all around?
♪ Where will the frail birds fly (PANTING)
♪ If their homes on high
♪ Have been torn down to the ground?
♪ Lift the wings
♪ That carry me away from here
♪ And fill the sail
♪ That breaks the line to home
♪ And when I'm miles and miles
♪ Apart from you
♪ I'm beside you when I think of you
(CONTINUES SINGING) Now walk on, thatta boy.
Watch your foot.
♪ How can a tree stand tall? ♪ (SQUEALS)
(LAUGHS) That was awesome! (CONTINUES SINGING)
GATEKEEPER: You faced darkness and won.
You are truly a keeper of light.
♪ And how can a heart survive
♪ Can it stay alive
♪ If its love's denied for long?
♪ Lift the wings
♪ That carry me away from here
♪ And fill the sail
♪ That breaks the line to home
♪ And when I'm miles and miles PENNY: Oh!
♪ Apart from you... ♪
Thank goodness he's back. Have you seen Rib and Beth?
♪ A Stoirin
♪ And I'm with you when I dream of you
♪ A Stoirin
♪ And a song will bring you near to me
♪ A Stoirin
♪ A Gra ♪
(CROAKING)
(SQUEALING AND LAUGHTER)
(SOUND OF FIREWORKS EXPLODING AND WHISTLING)
Yes, tadpoles. Get it! Oh, baby frogs now.
Con-frog-ulations!
(GIGGLING)
Oh!
Whoa! (LAUGHS)
Hey, Moya. Look who figured you out.
I liked when you thought I could walk on water.
I still do. Wait...
How are the rivers still flowing without Patrick's antlers?
GATEKEEPER: I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
(MOANING)
OMG! Did he just go through puberty?
Goodbye, travel-size antlers. Hello, king-size antlers.
(CHUCKLES) It couldn't have happened to a better deer, Benny.
Benny? Why does he get to be king?
Sometimes, those you think are the least able
prove to be the most capable.
(SNORTS)
Oh, I didn't ask for this job.
But I have to admit, these antlers are pretty sweet.
Looking good. Sorry to leave, but I have to get back home
and turn on the lighthouse. That's a good idea.
The Huntsman will never stop hunting.
And now, you have to protect this guy.
What? He's coming for me next?
Thank you so much for helping me find my fire!
(SQUEALS) It's all you, Penny.
Please turn that light on. I still have no idea how to gallop.
And I'm a really slow learner.
I think I'm gonna be sick. (GAGS)
(CHUCKLES) You're all right, Benny. I got this.
MEGALOCEROS: Bye!
Good luck, Keegan. Good luck, guys. See you later, alligator.
Ah! Oh! I was hoping you could say goodbye to your grandad.
It's OK. Thank you for trying.
(GIGGLING)
(BLEATING) (LAUGHS)
The river... It's the river!
What? Your riddle!
What always runs, but never walks, often murmurs, never talks,
has a bed, but never sleeps, has a mouth, but never eats.
The river! (BLEATS)
I hope she comes back. Me too.
I've been dreaming of lamp chops for dinner.
Ahh!
(BOTH LAUGH) (RASPING BLEAT)
Er... What?
Oh, sheep! Run! Huh?
(BLEATING)
(KEEGAN CRIES OUT)
(BLEATING)
Whoa! Run!
(BLEATING)
(BOTH GIGGLE)
So, meet you at the St Patrick's Day party?
Uh, hate to break it to you, but that was yesterday.
No, it wasn't. We've only been gone a couple of hours.
How is that possible? I told you it was magical.
Happy St Patrick's Day.
Happy St Patty's Day.
Happy St Patty's Day. (LAUGHS)
So, there's still time for you to dance the flamenco tonight?
I've committed to the Riverdance. Oh, trying to fit in.
Wussimus Maximus.
(SCOFFS) My favourite DJ quit.
♪ Wussimus Maximus ♪
(PANTING) Glad I caught you.
Hi! So, you just caught me fiddling around.
What are you looking at me like that for? Look, it's a fiddle.
Do you still need a DJ tonight?
Oh, sorry, bud. But Larson volunteered.
Larson stinks! I don't stink. And I didn't volunteer.
I was winking, Larson, to get Keegan super-jealous
and teach him an invaluable life lesson,
one for which he will never forget across the rivers of time.
So I'm still the DJ? Only if you buy this fiddle.
Um... I'm kidding!
Yes, you're still the DJ.
Awesome. Thanks, Margo.
But, Larson, you are going to have to buy this fiddle.
I hate the fiddle. Nobody likes the fiddle.
That's why I can't sell it.
But just like broccoli and alternative jazz,
you learn to put up with it.
Hey, guys. Hey, Keegan. BOTH: Hey.
If you're still looking for another hurler, I'm your guy.
Of course! BOTH: Yes!
LIAM: A green river for good luck. Enjoy the brew, fishies.(CHUCKLES)
Hey. Has that deer always been there?
That ain't no deer. That there is the Megaloceros Giganteus.
They're legends. Do you think they invented Riverdance?
Sssh! That's a secret.
Hi, honey. What have you been up to today?
Uh... nothing.
They look like antlers. He loved the deer.
Always said it was his spirit animal.
(LAUGHS) What do you think?
"Ribbit"! Dancing slippers are totally in.
You know, I'm still not sure if I want to go to the party tonight.
First one without my dancing partner.
I know how you feel.
Put it on. It's too big.
What are you talking about, too big?
It fits you perfectly.
You're the spitting image of him, Keegan, right down to his big ears.
(CHUCKLES) I'll leave you to it, then.
Love you, my boyo.
GRANDAD: 'The tradition of warding off darkness for another night.'
(SWEEPING ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
Grandad!
I'm proud of you, my bucko.
I can't stay. I know.
Will you be all right? Oh, I'll be better than all right.
I'll be dancing. (LAUGHS)
Goodbye, Grandad.
(CRACKLING)
(RHYTHMIC SQUAWKING)
(PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
Let's dance!
♪ Firedance (CHEERING)
(RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
(DRAMATIC FINAL NOTES) (CHEERING)
♪ Marta's Dance/ The Russian Dervish
♪ Countess Cathleen
(BLEATING)
(SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT)
(RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
(CHEERING)
LIAM: Move it, woo! Stop, fellas!
But the fish love the green brew.
Stop, lads. Come on, it's St Patrick's Day.
♪ Riverdance
(CHANTING) Keegan! Keegan! Keegan!
Woo!
Woo! Happy St Patrick's Day!
(LAUGHS)
(RHYTHMIC TAP DANCING)
(CHEERING)
(RHYTHMIC CLAPPING)
♪ Riverdance
Hey! When are you going to dance? What makes you think I'm not?
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(FIREWORKS WHISTLE AND POP)
(DRAMATIC FINAL NOTES)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
♪ LYRA: Light Me Up
♪ I can see the light is burning in your eyes
♪ We will rise above the darkness of the night
♪ So let's all stand as one, together we can fight
♪ I can see the lighthouse, I can see the light
♪ Soon you will realise your fire shines so bright
♪ It lives inside of you, can you feel it beating tight?
♪ So, darling, take my hand Let's burn the night sky
♪ Cos I can see the lighthouse, I can see the light
♪ Let's dance into the night sky
♪ Let's dance Together we'll fly
♪ Let's dance into the night sky
♪ Let's dance Together we'll fly
♪ Light me up, light me up Like a star I keep on rising
♪ Light me up, light me up The dark makes me shine brighter
♪ Light me up, light me up Like a star I keep on rising
♪ Light me up! Light me up!
♪ Hear the people sing and watch the rivers run
♪ Follow your heart and dreams The journey's just begun
♪ The dark will call your name and stomp and hide the sun
♪ I can see the lighthouse, I can see the light
♪ Let's dance into the night sky
♪ Let's dance Together we'll fly
♪ Let's dance into the night sky
♪ Let's dance Together we'll fly
♪ Light me up, light me up Like a star I keep on rising
♪ Light me up, light me up The dark makes me shine brighter
♪ Light me up, light me up Like a star I keep on rising
♪ Light me up! Light me up!
♪ Courage lives in you, strength will pull you through
♪ Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
♪ You will find your way
♪ Never lose the faith
♪ Keep believing, keep believing
♪ Courage lives in you, strength will pull you through
♪ Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
♪ You will find your way
♪ Never lose your faith
♪ Keep believing
♪ Keep believing!
♪ Let's dance
♪ Light me up, light me up Like a star I keep on rising
♪ Light me up, light me up The dark makes me shine brighter
♪ Light me up, light me up
♪ Like a star I keep on rising
♪ Light me up! Light me up!
♪ Light me up, light me up Like a star I keep on rising
♪ Light me up, light me up The dark makes me shine brighter
♪ Light me up, light me up Like a star I keep on rising
♪ Light me up!
♪ Light me up! ♪
All right! There's gonna be some changes around here.
Hurling is banned, at least for me. And so is early-morning dancing.
And you know something,
I get to eat as many raspberries as I want! Y'all cool with that?
Doesn't matter, because I'm in charge now.
King Benny! What?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Aargh! (CHUCKLES)
Uh, somebody help me up? These new antlers are really heavy.
What a jerk. (SIGHS) What a disappointment.
Let's get out of here. I'm sorry. I'll do better.
It's my first day at this and it kind of went to my head. Literally.
Mmm, classic Benny disaster-piece theatre. Well, bye.
Megaloceros Giganteus? "Friendsiusis"?
Where my "friendsiusis" at, huh?
Wanna help? Wanna help your old pal Benny up?
Anybody wanna help Benny?
Benny! Wanna help Benny up?
Buddy Benny, buddy Benny, wanna help Benny up?
Ah, poop. What if I have to poop? What do I do?
KEEGAN: Hey, everybody. This next one is for Megaloceros
and mega-grandparents everywhere!
♪ Riverdance Remix
♪ Cloudsong
FEMALE SINGER: ♪ Hear my cry
♪ In my hungering search for you
♪ Taste my breath on the wind
♪ See the sky as it mirrors my colours
♪ Hints and whispers begin
CHOIR: ♪ I am living to nourish you, cherish you
♪ I am pulsing the blood in your veins
♪ Feel the magic and power of surrender
♪ To life, Uisce Beatha
♪ Every finger is touching, searching
♪ Until your secrets come out
♪ In the dance as it endlessly circles
♪ I linger close to your mouth
♪ I am living to nourish you, cherish you
♪ I am pulsing the blood in your veins
♪ Feel the magic and power of surrender
♪ To life, Uisce Beatha ♪
(MEDLEY OF RIVERDANCE SONGS)