- Places!
♪
[ gang snoring ]
- It's go time.
[ snoring ]
[ Dave chattering ]
[ Kate humming ]
KATE: What a beautiful morning!
[ girl laughing ]
Good morning, Gloria!
- Hmm.
Ugh.
Hmm.
Ugh!
[ grunts ]
Yes!
KATE: Good morning, Melman.
Ah!
[ kid screams ]
Huh?
[ gasps ]
Here you go, Alex.
♪
♪ It's a wild, wild world ♪
♪ And it's calling our name ♪
♪ It's a jungle out there ♪
♪ So let's get on our way ♪
♪ To have fun through the tunnel ♪
♪ See the big, big city ♪
♪ Everybody get ready ♪
♪ Get ready! ♪
♪ Time to go a little wild ♪
♪ We can go a million miles ♪
♪ Can I get a "Hey, oh!" ♪
♪ Can I get a "Let's go!" ♪
♪ On a journey ♪
♪ All smiles ♪
♪ Time to go a little wild! ♪♪
[ snoring ]
[ screams ]
- Sorry, Melman! I'm still working on my spin.
[ screams ]
Pretty good, right?
- I didn't know you were so into spinning.
- I'm always looking to step into a new role. Am I King of the Jungle? Sure.
- Actually, we live in a habitat.
- But I can't let that define me! What if I'm also a master spinner?
Check it out.
I think I'll check it out from over here.
[ panting ]
- Morning, Melman! - Morning, Melman!
ANT'NEY: Comin' in hot!
[ screaming ]
[ Ant'ney grunting ]
- Ant'ney?
- Uh! On my flight in, I saw...
- Ant'ney, what is that?
♪
- This is a bright shiny object.
They were givin' 'em out at the fire station.
It's Junior Fire Marshals' Day.
- Junior Fire Marshals?
- Yeah, kids are meeting real firefighters.
- No! - Yes! Going inside real firetrucks.
- No! - Yes! It's a real party!
- No!
- Yes.
- Melman, you gotta go!
- You're right, I do!
Wait. Into the city? By myself?
What if I get lost? What if I miss my bath?
- Don't worry! We'll go with you!
- Yeah, I wanna learn how to slide down those firefighter poles!
- Firefighters stop forest fires with the ranger horses.
This junior member of the park ranger horses
wants to see the city's bravest in action!
- I'm going to see a real firetruck up close and personal.
I'm so excited! What if I'm too excited?
Uh! What if I get so excited, I squeak like a baby parakeet?
- You're not gonna s...
[ squeaking ]
Okay.
Well, you got that out of your system, so...
[ Melman squeaks ]
- Oh, no. I can't be around real firefighters!
They're my ultimate heroes, and I'm nothing but an ultimate squeaker.
[ grunts ]
- Melman! All you gotta do is be cool, like a cat.
Just walk up to that firehouse like you belong.
- Alex is right! Firefighters are just like us.
- Firefighters face danger, and get dirty, and save lives,
and, and are definitely not like me!
But I can't miss my chance to see a real firetruck in real life.
- That's the attitude! Let's do this!
- Ouch.
♪
PICKLES: What you got?
- Fresh-picked and in season!
Hmm. We want something with more bounce.
- Huh? - I've been saving this one
for a very special occasion.
- We were hoping for something a little more round.
- What's the deal?
You two have never been this specific before.
- Uh... - Uh, my ball?
- Oh! I guess that'll work!
[ Dave chatters ]
- You can't have my ball! It's mine.
- You can't have our tunnels!
- It's okay, Alex. I don't need my greatest wish to come true.
- Huh?
Fine! I'll let you borrow it.
But only if you promise to take good care of it,
and put it right back in my cave when you're done.
[ Dave chatters ]
- We'll take good care of it. We promise.
[ chuckles ]
[ Gloria chuckles ]
MARTY: Let's do this!
♪ Aomoa, aomoa, aomoa ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ Let's go find a little adventure ♪
♪ Let's make it a day to remember ♪
♪ Let's find something new We can explore ♪
♪ Explore ♪
♪ Let's go find a little adventure ♪
♪ Let's make it a day to remember ♪
♪ Let's charge through every open door ♪
♪ Adventure's calling! ♪♪
- All clear! Hmm!
♪
[ screaming ]
- Wow.
- The fire house! Wow!
Yeehaw!
GIRL: This is so exciting!
[ kids laughing ]
Oh, wow!
[ gasps ]
- This is like if you took my wildest dreams,
and made them even wilder.
- So what do you wanna try first?
- Oh, I don't need to try anything.
I'd rather hang back here and watch the real heroes work.
- We didn't come all this way just so you could sit on the sidelines!
- What's wrong with the sideline? It's a perfectly nice line.
- Melman.
- But what if I'm not brave enough to do any of this stuff?
- What if you are brave enough,
but you never give yourself a chance to find out?
- That's beautiful. Okay. I'll give it a try.
- Woohoo! Melman, you got this!
- I got this! Hmm?
♪
[ screaming ]
I don't got this! I'm too scared!
- Melman, look down!
- Oh.
That wasn't so bad. What's next?
- If your clothes catch fire, remember to stop, drop, and roll.
- Stop. - Drop.
- And roll!
- This seems easy enough. Stop, drop, and...
roll!
Do you think anyone noticed?
[ everybody gasps ]
- Nah.
[ kids laughing ]
- Uh. Wouldn't you rather do something, um,
I don't know, less high and more safe?
- It's perfectly safe! And once you try it,
you'll see you're not as different from your heroes as you thought.
- Yeah, maybe.
- Uh, Melman? Maybe this time don't look down.
- Melman? - There! In the basket!
Next to the Number 12 truck!
[ chuckles ]
- Melman! You good, buddy?
- Come on up, Melman, it's a little high at the top,
but I know you'll land on your hooves!
- No, I'm good! I'll just be here 'til you're done.
Where it's nice and cozy and close to the ground.
RADIO: We've got a Class K Fire Alarm down on 4th and Daisy.
Copy that, this is Capitan Mehaffey. Firetruck 12 is on route.
- Ready? - Yep!
- Let's go.
MELMAN: I can even hear the sirens from here!
- That's because they're coming from that truck!
MARTY: Melman, get down! GLORIA: Melman?
- Quick, Melman, get out of there!
- I'm good! I'm perfectly safe and happy, right where I...
Ah! Get me off this truck! Ah!
Come on, Alex!
- Huh.
[ panting ]
- Alex! What do I do?
- I'm coming, buddy! Hang on!
[ grunts ]
[ screaming ]
[ panting ]
[ siren ]
- Huh?
Gloria, you're not driving that truck, are you?
- It's like dancing.
All you need is coordination, timing, and a delicate touch.
[ screams ]
- Ah! Get me off this truck!
- What are you talking about? This is way better than Junior Marshals.
We're gonna get to experience the real thing.
Up close and personal!
- This is too up close and too personal!
- Open your eyes, buddy. You're missing the view!
Don't be afraid. Remember, be cool like a cat.
- Uh! Be cool like a cat. Be cool like a cat.
Alex, we're in a real firetruck!
- That's what I'm talkin' about!
- With real heroes! - Yeah, we are!
- On the way to...
Uh! A real fire! Ah!
[ horn ]
[ firefighters panting ]
We're not trained for this! I wanna go home!
- Let's wait for the firefighters to put out that fire,
then we'll catch a ride back to the station.
- That sounds like a great idea. But I wanna go home now!
- Okay, bud. We'll go home. Except, I don't know which way home is.
- Careful, Alex!
- It looks like we're in Brooklyn. Or the Bronx. Or maybe Queens?
- But how are we going to get a travel tunnel
if we don't know where we are!
Sorry, birds! Birds! They're great with directions!
Excuse me, friends of Ant'ney's! Do you know where we are?
I think I scared them off.
- Maybe we can ask that kitten up there on that billboard.
- A kitten? On a billboard?
- Hello, fellow feline! Are you okay?
Poor thing's too scared to talk!
- Get a firefighter!
They're always rescuing kittens from trees.
They must know how to get a kitten down from a billboard.
- They're a little distracted right now. Hmm.
- Maybe the kitten will come down on its own?
- Cats are pretty stubborn, trust me, I know cats.
It could take all day for it to come down.
- I don't have all day!
[ panting ]
I have until bath time.
- We gotta do something. We can't just leave him hanging.
- There's gotta be a way we can save the kitten
without doing anything too scary like climbing up high.
- This city is ginormous. How are we going to find one little truck?
RADIO: Attention all units. Report of smoke
coming from an abandoned building on 4th and Daisy.
- Whoa! These things work?
RADIO: Firetruck 12 is on scene, requesting assistance.
- Firetruck 12? That's the one Melman and Alex are on!
He said they're on 4th and Daisy.
We just gotta make a right and then...
[ both scream ]
- Ah!
Can you believe these drivers, Millie?
- It's like I'm always saying, New Yorkers drive like animals!
- Oh!
[ horn ]
- Gloria.
- Oh, right. The faster we help these folks,
the faster we can get to Alex and Melman!
- How are we going to lure the kitten down?
- Melman, we have a firetruck. We're wearing firefighter hats.
We just need to act like firefighters!
- But firefighters are brave.
And I'm afraid of the crocodile at the zoo who always smiles at me.
I'm afraid of gum stuck on the sidewalk. I'm afraid of orange butterflies!
- Orange butterflies?
- We all have our things.
[ sighs ]
And my thing is being too afraid to be a fearless firefighter.
[ sighs ]
- Melman, buddy.
Like everything in life, this can be solved through acting.
Just act like you're a fearless firefighter!
Bingo brave-o!
[ gasps ]
[ sighs ]
- I am Firefighter Melman!
The bravest giraffe this side of the Huds...
Ah, an orange butterfly!
Huh? Oops, it was just a leaf.
[ chuckles ]
- You can be fearless, Melman. Every role takes practice.
♪
♪ When you reach for the sky ♪
♪ And you're ready to climb ♪
♪ High, oh! ♪
♪ You'll find your highest heights ♪
♪ Beyond the finish line ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, if you look inside yourself ♪
♪ You'll find Everything you need to be strong ♪
♪ Everything you had all along ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ And then it's straight to the top! ♪
♪ There is a hero in you ♪
♪ You know that it's true ♪
♪ So let it shine through everybody ♪
♪ There's a hero inside ♪
♪ That's ready to ride ♪
♪ Can't wait till you find Your hero, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah ♪
♪ So go and find your hero ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah ♪
♪ So go and find your hero! ♪♪
- Look, Alex! A ladder! The kitten can use it to climb down!
- Melman, you leggy genius! It's working!
- And we didn't have to do anything scary!
That's as high as it goes! It's not tall enough to reach the kitten!
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Why do they even have that button?
- What about this button? Hello?
Is anybody out there? Nothing.
MELMAN: How do bubbles help firefighters?
- Melman? - Melman, buddy, come in, come in!
ALEX: Firefighters are just like us. I love bubbles, why wouldn' they?
- Main mammal, do you copy? - They can't hear you.
Hang on, boys, we're comin' for you!
[ siren ]
- Hmm...
- There's only one thing left to do.
- Give up forever?
- I'll just have to act like a firefighter and climb up there myself.
- Alex? But it looks dangerous!
- It sure does.
But if a tiny kitten could make that climb,
I'm sure I can too.
♪
- I'm too nervous to watch, but I'm sure you're doing great!
[ grunting ]
- Melman, you can look!
- Uh! You did it! - That was a breeze! See?
I'm not scared! I'm cool, like a cat.
Your worries are over, young kitten!
I, a fellow cat, have saved you!
Uh... Melman?
- You're a hero, Alex!
- It's not real. - Of course it's real!
You're the realest hero I've ever been friends with!
Now hurry and bring the kitten down, I think the firefighters are almost done!
No, Melman. It's not a real kitten! It's just a toy!
- What? I can't hear you! Ah!
Ah!
Alex! It's not a real kitten, it's just a toy!
- The only reason I came up here
was because I thought that kitten made the climb first!
A real kitten didn't climb up here after all!
And now I'm, I'm stuck!
- You're not stuck! Just climb down.
Don't be afraid. Be cool, like a cat!
- Forget that, it's just a silly phrase! I'm not a cool cat.
I'm, I'm a scaredy cat! On top of a billboard!
Melman! Get me down from here!
- Uh. Oh! I'm sorry, Alex!
I'm just a simple giraffe who likes to fight grime and be on time!
I'm nobody's hero!
- Guess this is my new home now.
Maybe Ant'ney will come and visit now and then.
I was gonna be a star.
I was gonna be on billboards, not on top of them.
Tell Gloria and Marty I love them, will ya?
- Come on, Melman. You got to do something.
A firefighter would never be afraid.
CAPTAIN MEHAFFEY: Well, that does it. Hey!
We'll be back at the station in time to say goodbye to the Junior Marshals.
I gotta say, no matter how many times we go running into an emergency,
it's always just as scary as the first time.
- At least we're in it together.
- What do you say we grab a couple root beer floats back at the firehouse?
- Yep.
- Firefighters get scared? Alex!
- Speak of me fondly! Not as the cub I once was,
but as the lion I could have become.
I have but one life to live.
- Firefighters get scared, too!
Heroes aren't fearless at all, they get scared,
but they keep going anyway!
♪
I don't have to be cool or fearless to be a hero.
I'm going to save you. And I'm going to be scared while I do it!
[ grunting ]
[ panting ]
♪
Oh!
- Uh! Melman, you did it!
[ chuckles ]
- Huh? Uh...
- Oh, no!
- All clear here! - Yep.
- Hey, when we get back to the station, you wanna race down the fire pole?
- Nope.
[ Melman screams ]
- Well, at least we're together.
Guess this is our new home now.
Maybe Ant'ney will come visit, now and then.
[ siren ]
[ Alex gasps ]
Gloria! Marty! Up here!
MARTY: Wow!
Ah! Ah!
MELMAN: You know how to drive? - Not really!
- What are you two doing up there?
- It's a long story. That I'd rather tell you when I'm not hanging off
of a billboard, if you don't mind!
MARTY: We've got just the thing!
- Huh?
GLORIA: Okay, now jump! We'll catch you, promise!
♪
- It's so far. I'm scared.
- It's okay, Alex.
We can be scared, and brave together.
- Three, two, one! - Three, two, one!
[ cheering ]
♪
ALEX: Nice job today, Junior Marshal.
- Thanks! But I'm still not sure being a firefighter is for me.
- You'll find your thing.
[ gasps ]
- Poor kitty! It might get infected.
There's gotta be something out there for a brave giraffe
who loves trucks and fixing boo-boos.
- Hmm, you ever heard of a paramedic?
- Paramedic Melman! I like the sound of that.
♪
- Do you think the fire station would let us borrow their truck again?
-That baby drives like a dream!
-Oh. Speak for yourself.
I'm happy to have my hooves back on solid ground. Huh?
[ chattering ]
- No, I didn't lose the ball, you lost the ball!
Stop yelling at me, Dave! Oh! Nothing! We didn't do anything!
- Where's my basketball?
[ chatters ]
[ Alex gasps ]
- Dave has an extra powerful spin.
- You promised! - It's okay, Alex.
We're a mean, clean, rescuing team.
We got this! Hop on my back!
[ grunting ]
[ panting ]
- Yeah!
GLORIA: Melman! Aren't you scared?
- I sure am! But I'm doing it anyway!
♪ It's evening ♪
♪ Let's wind down ♪
♪ Today is almost done ♪
♪ It was a bit sweet, a little wild ♪
♪ Let's shine that ossicone ♪
♪ Go on and stretch those paws out ♪
♪ Let that yawn out ♪
♪ Oh, I'm tired too ♪
♪ I love saying goodnight to you ♪
♪ Goodnight to you! ♪♪
- I can put the toy kitty in the Lost and Found box,
but it might be hard to find out where she belongs.
- I know exactly where she belongs.
She belongs with her hero.
- Hmm!
♪ Aomoa, aomoa, aomoa ♪
♪ Whoo ♪
♪ Let's go find a little adventure ♪
♪ Let's make it a day to remember ♪
♪ Let's find something new We can explore ♪
♪ Explore ♪
♪ Let's go find a little adventure ♪
♪ Let's make it a day to remember ♪
♪ Let's charge through every open door ♪
♪ Aomoa, aomoa, aomoa ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ Aomoa, aomoa ♪
♪ Adventure's calling! ♪♪