Roy to the Rescue/Transcript

(Scene shows a commentator at a hot air balloon race.)

Commentator: And now, taking the lead in the "Hot Air to Care" charity balloon race from Tom and Ben Enterprises, it's Tom!

(Tom is in a hot air balloon.)

Tom: Woohoo! Yeah! (laughs)

(Tom is shown on a tablet held by Angela, with Hank and Ben near her. They cheer.)

Angela: I never knew there was a such a passion for ballooning in town.

Ben: The competition is tough, but my balloon improvements will ensure that Tom can float his way to victory. (to Tom) How's it going up there?

Tom: Easy-breezy! These other drifters can eat my charitable dust. (softly) Especially you, Roy.

(Roy is in another balloon.)

Roy: Hello, fellow aviator!

(Tom growls.)

(Scene cuts to the ground, where the "junior race" is occurring.)

Hank: Hey, Ginger. Having fun here in the Junior Ballooner Race?

Ginger: I am not! Putting a balloon on a bike does not make it a balloon race!

Junior Ballooner Race Judge: You gotta get back on the course. Remember, when we race safely, everyone wins.

Ginger: No! That means everyone loses too!

(Ben's tablet beeps.)

Ben: (gasps) Tom, is everything okay? I'm getting some weird readouts here.

(The sky turns gray.)

Tom: Aw, nothing. It’s just some wind. I mean, it's nothing a soon-to-be winner like myself can’t...

(The wind blows Tom's balloon away.)

Ben: You’re off-course! Quick, adjust your aerial-balloon-stabilizer!

Tom: My what? Uh...

(A part of the balloon has clearly been ripped off, with crackling, broken wires sticking out.)

Tom: I-I don’t see anything like that. Ben, did you forget to install it?

Ben: I- I would never be so careless!

Angela: Is Tom gonna be okay?

Tom: Don’t worry. (pulls ropes) An ace pilot doesn’t fancy tech stuff to balloooooo...

(The wind blows Tom's balloon away. Tom screams.)

(Theme song plays)

(Tom tries to control the balloon by pulling the ropes. He continues screaming. A grappling hook hits Tom's basket.)

Tom: (screams) Huh?

(Roy has attached his balloon to Tom's with the grappling hook. Tom's balloon stops moving unpredictably.)

Roy: You’re in terrible danger! Take my hand.

Tom: Roy? No thanks. I've got this under control.

(A loud popping sound is heard from the top of the balloon.)

Roy: That doesn’t look under-control to me!

(A hole has been burst in the balloon.)

Tom: Oh, no. (shudders)

(Tom accepts Roy's help and takes his hand. Roy pulls Tom onto his balloon.)

Tom: If I had another minute, I could’ve figured that out.

(The balloons are descending quickly. Roy tries to detach the grappling hook by pulling on it.)

Tom: Oh, what now?

Roy: I can’t get the hook out. Your balloon is dragging us down!

(Tom and Roy try to pull the hook out together.)

(They fail to pull the hook out and crash-land in a forest.)

(Back at the park, Ben's tablet shows static.)

Angela: It’s possible that was a... soft landing... right?

Ben: I don't know. The crash must've busted Tom's radar, so I can't track his location. It says he's in four different countries at once!

(The radar shows four pins on a map, all labeled with Tom's face.)

Hank: He musta hit hard to break up into all those pieces.

(Angela gasps.)

Hank: (nervously) I mean, it's probably just a computer mess-up. I'm sure he's just fine.

(Scene cuts to the forest where the balloons crashed. Tom is unconscious in a tree.)

Roy: (pokes Tom with stick) Tom?

Tom: (talks in sleep) Balloon stabilizer’s missing...

Roy: Tom? Can you hear me?

Tom: You’re a butt, Roy!

(Roy pokes Tom, fully waking him up. Tom screams and falls out of the tree, crashing into another trunk.)

Tom: I'm alive? Ha I’m alive! (laughs)

Roy: (picks up remote) Hmm.

Tom: Oh, we both are. Cool.

Roy: (drops remote) That's the spirit, buddy, but we're not out of the woods yet. We got pretty off course. Could be a while before anyone finds us.

(Roy finds a fallen log just at the edge of a short hill. Tom climbs onto the log as well.)

Roy: We're just gonna have to walk back to town.

Tom: Great idea. (pants) Do you even know where we are?!

Roy: Don't worry. I can handle this. (jumps off log and slides down hill)

(Tom tries to get down the hill safely but slips and falls down the hill.)

Roy: I used to rescue pilots who crashed on desert islands. (walks into thicker forest)

Tom: (sighs) Man. (walks into forest)

(Tom finds that a piece of his hot air balloon had been impaled on a sharp tree branch.)

Tom: That could've been me. Roy... saved my life?

(A flashback is shown as Tom regains memories of the balloon crash.)

Roy: Take my hand!

(Tom takes Roy's hand.)

(End of flashback.)

Tom: (sighs) (to Roy) Hey, uh, listen. Before we go, there's something that I should say.

Roy: What's that, Tom?

Tom: I know things with us aren't great, but... (mumbles inaudibly)

Roy: I- I can't hear you.

Tom: You saved my life, okay? I mean, don't make a big deal out of it, but, you know, thanks.

Roy: Oh, of course. Of course, Tom! You'd do the same for me, right?

Tom: Um...

Roy: And don't worry. I'm not gonna make a big speech or anything at the rescue celebration.

Tom: Wait, what celebration?

Roy: Oh, the one they're gonna throw when people find out about this. They're gonna want to honor me. You know how it is.

(Roy bends a tree branch forward so he can walk through.)

Tom: Aw, come on!

Roy: Watch out for the branch, buddy!

(Roy lets go of the branch. The branch snaps back, hitting Tom and knocking him to the ground.)

(A flashforward is shown of the rescue celebration. A giant billboard shows an image of Roy rescuing Tom.)

Crowd: (chants) Roy! Roy! Roy!

Hank: (points to image) See that guy? You owe your life to him. Every time you breathe, you should think of Roy.

Ben: I renamed our company “Tom and Ben Enterprise, Courtesy of Roy.”

(Roy is at the steps in front of the billboard.)

Angela: Since Roy saved you, he also saved our relationship! Now, whenever I look at you, I think of Roy.

(Roy laughs.)

(End of flashforward. Scene cuts to the town.)

Commentator: Two balloons in the "Hot Air to Care" race have crashed.

(The crowd gasps.)

Commentator: With no survivors found yet, some people wonder if balloons should stick to being party clown supplies.

(Ben is in a tree.)

Ben: I can't connect to Tom's tracker. We need to go higher up to have any chance of getting a signal.

(Angela and Hank are holding up Ben.)

Angela: But this is the tallest tree! What could be higher than that?

(Angela sees a police officer by an unoccupied balloon on the ground.)

Angela: Huh.

Cop: Mm! Yum-yum! (eats donut and leaves). Mm...

Angela: It's not stealing if it's an emergency. (climbs down tree) Come on!

(Angela gets in the hot air balloon.)

Ginger: Wait, what are you doing?! And can I come with you? I can't take this Junior Balloon Race anymore. I crave adventure!

(Ben and Hank get in the balloon.)

Angela: This isn't an adventure. Tom is lost out there in the wilderness.

Ginger: Then you need me. I can track him with my scout-skills.

Junior Balloon Race Judge: There you are! Did you get lost again, little guy?

(Ginger tries to bike away from the judge, but finds that the judge has picked up Ginger's bike.)

Junior Balloon Race Judge: Don't worry. I'll help you steer your way back.

Ginger: Noooooo!!

(Angela's balloon goes up.)

Hank: Hang on, Tom! We're coming!

(Ben and Angela whoop.)

Cop: (eats donut) (spots Angela's balloon) Requestin' backup! We got a grand theft balloon!

(Scene cuts to the forest. Tom and Roy venture through the woods. Tom is exhausted and his stomach growls.)

Tom: Oh.

Roy: Oh, someone's hungry. I'll go find berries that are safe to eat. I’d hate for you to starve right after I saved your life! (swings on tree branch) Because there wouldn't be much of a celebration then, would there? (swings away)

(Tom growls.)

(Tom's phone vibrates. Tom picks up the call.)

Tom: Ben! (answers call)

Ben: Tom, you're alive! Describe your location! We got a signal! We can bring you home!

Tom: Really? You can? That's- actually, I don't think I want to go home right now.

Angela: What?! Did you hurt the part of your brain that thinks?!

Tom: No. It's Roy. He saved me so he could take credit for saving me and humiliate me!

Ben: What are you talking about?

Tom: I can't owe my life to Roy! He's the worst! What do I do?

Hank: I don't think there's much you can do, unless you save Roy's life, uh, that'd even things out, but Roy doesn't need saving, so...

(The flashforward from before is shown.)

Crowd: (chants) Roy! Roy! Roy!

(Tom picks up Roy on the steps. The image from behind changes to an image of Tom holding Roy.

Crowd: (chants) Tom! Tom!

(End of flashforward.)

Tom: That's genius! I'm gonna save Roy's life! I just need to put his life in danger first...

Ben: Tom, stop! You're being ridiculous!

Tom: (fakes static) Oh, I'm losing you. (fakes static)

Hank: Tom?

Tom: Oh, uh, later! (fakes static and throws phone onto floor)

Ben: Tom?

(The signal breaks as a result of Tom throwing his phone into the floor. Ben grunts.)

Angela: Call him back! The signal went out.

(Police officers surround Angela's balloon.)

Police Officer: Freeze, you balloonatics!

(Angela drops her phone over the edge of the basket.)

Angela: Let's get out of here!

(The phone lands on the ground and is found by Ginger.)

Ginger: (picks up phone) Looks like it's Ginger-time, baby. (laughs)

(Scene cuts to the forest. Tom tries to endanger Roy by rolling a large log down a hill towards Roy.)

Tom: (runs down hill) Watch out, a big rolling log! (stops rolling log)

(The log is trapped against two tree trunks and stops abruptly.)

Roy: Uh, that log's not rolling, but it is big. Good find, Tom.

(Tom growls.)

(Scene cuts to a beehive. Tom shakes the tree to make the beehive fall.)

Tom: (to Roy) Killer bees! Run!

(An acorn falls out of the tree and lands into the beehive's exit, preventing the bees from exiting.)

Roy: Eh, we'll be okay. There's an acorn conveniently plugging the hive.

(Scene cuts to Tom hiking with a leaf on his head.)

Tom: (holds up leaf) Uh, I made you a hat so you don't get a sunburn.

Roy: Eh, I already got a hat, buddy. (puts on larger leaf-hat)

(Tom grunts and takes off his leaf-hat.)

(Scene cuts to a rope bridge over a gorge.)

Tom: (gasps) (softly) Yes!

(Roy walks to the bridge.)

Tom: Hey. I saw a snake nest ahead on the main path. This way looks safer.

Roy: Oh, I don't know. (shakes bridge post) Looks unstable.

Tom: It's just... we- I really wanna avoid those snakes. (smiles nervously)

Roy: (suspiciously) Hmm... okay, Tom. Okay. (starts crossing bridge)

(Tom pulls one of the bridge's ropes.)

Tom: Oh, look out! It's a freaky accident! (lets go of rope)

(One side of the bridge collapses.)

Roy: Huh? Whoa...

(Roy safely stands on the side of the bridge.)

Tom: I'm coming, Roy! (starts crossing bridge) Your life needs saving, and I'm here to save that li-

(One of the ropes break. Tom and Roy each grab on ropes hanging along the side of the gorge.)

Roy: Take my hand. I'll carry you up.

Tom: No, I-I'm rescuing you. I'll swing over and grab you. Stay where you are.

(Tom and Roy swing past each other, trying to grab each other's hands.)

Roy: I don't need grabbing. I'm fine.

Tom: I really feel like I'm in the best position to do the saving.

Roy: I really disrespectfully disagree.

(Tom loses grip of the rope while swinging, but regains balance after holding the rope with his legs.)

Roy: (laughs) (sarcastically) Uh, oh! Your rope is fraying somehow! Good thing Rescue Roy is here. (grabs Tom's rope)

(Tom throws a stone above Roy. Pieces of stone fall on Roy's head.)

Tom: Watch out! It's an avalanche! Better hop on over to Hero Tom!

Roy: You are not saving me!

Tom: Oh you wish I wasn't, buddy.

(Tom and Roy fight each other, but their ropes' posts start to break off.)

(Tom and Roy both fall into the gorge, but are caught with a lasso.)

Both: Huh?

(It is revealed that Ginger lassoed them.)

Ginger: This is a balloon adventure!

Tom: Oh, it is good to see you! How did you find us?

Ginger: I was watching your video call and recognized the place you're in from a Scout Boys hike. You led the hike! You should've remembered.

Tom: Oh, that's a little embarrassing.

(Scene cuts to Roy and Tom being ridden to town by Ginger on his bike.

Roy: No, that's a little embarrassing.

(Ginger chuckles.)

(Scene cuts to the park at sunset. Ben, Hank and Angela have been captured by the police and are handcuffed on the floor.)

Commentator: It's getting late and there are no signs of our lost ballooners. Also lost? Our hope.

(Angela sighs and sobs on Ben's shoulder. Ben starts sobbing.)

(Ginger appears, with Tom and Roy in the wagon behind his bike.)

Ginger: Attention! I rescued these bozos, even though I'm just a kid.

(The crowd cheers.)

Commentator: What's this? It's a miracle.

Crowd: (chants) Ginger! Ginger! Ginger! Ginger!

Hank: Way to go, Ginger, but how'd you get away from the Junior Race?

(The Junior Race judge is seen tied to the statue.)

Angela: I am so glad you're alive. We tried to save you, but got arrested.

Ben: But, it worked out in the end. Still wonder what caused that crash, though.

Tom: Isn't it obvious? Roy sabotaged our balloon so he could save me!

Roy: Wow, neat theory, Tom, kinda like my theory that you untied the rope bridge so you can save me.

(The crowd throws Ginger into the air.)

Ginger: The important thing is I saved you both.

(Tom and Roy facepalm.)

(Credits roll)