Bolt

WHISTLES

YAWNS

PANTS

GROWLS

BARKS, TOY SQUEAKS

PUPPIES BARK

TOY SQUEAKS

PUPPIES BARK

GASPS

BARKS

-GIGGLES:

-That one.

-BARKS

WHINES / PANTS

-Here, boy.

-BARKS

-LAUGHS

-You're heavy.

BARKS, SHE LAUGHS

-And slobbery.

-BARKS

LAUGHS

There. You're a good boy.

You're my good boy.

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

-PANTS:

-Penny, I don't have much time.

'Daddy? Are you OK?'

Something's come up at work, honey.

Daddy's not gonna be home for a while.

-I don't understand.

-'You can't go back to the house, Penny. OK?'

-What's happening?

-'It's all right. You won't be alone. You have Bolt.'

'I've altered him.'

BEEPING

'He can protect you now.'

'The doctor has been taken care of,

'which, of course, is wonderful news.

'Everything is positioning nicely.'

There he is - Dr Calico.

GROWLS

Any luck getting our guest to spill his guts?

'Oh! His guts will spill... one way or another.'

'Never! I'll never talk.' CAT HISSES

-GASPS:

-Daddy!

'You're beginning to irk me, Professor.

'I am irked, and that will not do.

'Has the package arrived?

'I think it might make our dear friend a bit more communicative.'

I'm sending an agent to pick it up.

'Gorgeous! Have him bring it to me on the first flight.'

Bolt, let's go.

TYRES SCREECH

'We only need the girl.'

GASPS, GROWLS

BARKS

-What?

-Where's Calico?

-I'm not talking to you.

Bolivia! Bolivia! Calico's in Bolivia!

-Near Lake Rogaguado!

-SOBS

-Lake Rogaguado! I should have known.

-WHIRRING >

-Come on, Bolt. Let's go!

-No!

ENGINE REVS

Bolivia. There's a flight leaving in ten minutes.

BEEPING

GASPS

Bolt! Zoom, zoom.

SHOUTING

BEEPING

Bolt, fetch.

LAUGHS EVILLY

Ugh! YELLS

Puppy!

BEEPING

YELLS

-Good boy. Airport.

-BARKS

Uh-oh!

Bolt, speak.

GROWLS

BARKS

-GROWLS

-OK, OK. Good job, buddy.

Mission accomplished.

-That's a keeper.

-GROWLS

It's all right, tough guy. You got 'em all.

GROWLS

BARKS

Don't worry, Bolt. You saved the day again.

BARKS

BELL RINGS

PEOPLE CHATTER

PEOPLE CHATTER

-TV:

-'Good boy. Airport.'

'Uh-oh!'

'Bolt, speak.'

ALL GROAN

-Boom mike!

-We got a boom mike.

-It's a boom mike.

That's sloppy.

The dog could have seen that. He could have seen that.

Um...who cares if the dog sees a boom mike?

What? Who's that?

Forgive me for answering a question with a question,

but who are you?

-Mindy Parker, from the network.

-Of course.

Let me ask you, Mindy from the network, what do you see here?

Um...the dog.

"The dog," she says.

Oh, Mindy. Poor, poor, Mindy.

-Am I missing something?

-You're missing everything, Mindy.

You see a dog. I see an animal

who believes with every fibre of his being, every fibre,

that the girl he loves is in mortal danger.

I see a depth of emotion on the face of that canine

the likes of which has never been captured

on screen before! Never, Mindy from the network!

-Hmm.

-We jump through hoops

to make sure that Bolt believes everything is real.

It's why we don't miss marks. It's why we don't reshoot,

and it's why we most certainly do not let the dog see boom mikes!

-SIGHS:

-Because, Mindy from the network,

if the dog believes it...

the audience believes it.

Wow. OK. You want reality?

Here you go, chief. The show's too predictable.

The girl's in danger,

the dog saves her from the creepy English guy, we get it.

There's always a happy ending.

And our focus groups tell us 18-to-35-year-olds are unhappy.

They're not happy with happy. So you should spend less time

worrying about the dog's method acting

and more time figuring out how to stop 20-year-olds in Topeka

from changing the channel.

Because if you lose so much as half a rating point,

so help me, I will fire everyone in this room, starting with you.

How's that for real?

There. Perfect.

You saved me again, Bolt.

< HAMMERING GROWLS

-It's OK. It's nothing.

-GROWLS

No more bad guys.

Do you want some food, Bolty? Huh? Are you hungry?

GROWLS

CLATTERING, GROWLS

You got 'em, Bolt. No-one's gonna hurt me.

GROWLS

Bolt, look at me. I'm fine, see?

Come here, buddy. Come here.

Go get it, Bolt. Go get it.

Yeah, that one's no fun either.

-GASPS:

-Well, what do we have here?

-Your old buddy, Mr Carrot.

-TOY SQUEAKS

Hmm?

GROWLS

MOBILE VIBRATES

WHINES

SIGHS, BOLT WHIMPERS

-BARKS

-Oh, Bolt.

-You know I have to go.

-WHINES

-Yeah, you're my good boy.

-WHINES

There she is. My little superstar.

Let's get to that Teen Vogue cover shoot.

-Mom, I wanna take Bolt home this weekend.

-Well, I...

That'd be nice. That'd be great. That would.

-A little girl and her dog.

-CHUCKLES

-Nothing better than that.

-CHUCKLES

So I can bring Bolt home?

As your friend, I say, "Yes, absolutely,"

but, as your agent, I have to remind you, this is Bolt's world.

He has to stay right here.

-OK, let's go.

-But he never gets to be a real dog.

-And it would only be for the weekend. And I...

-You know what?

It's a fair question. Let's do this. Let's put a pin it.

Boop! Pin in. There you go. Now, let's let that hang there a bit

and we'll address that when we've thought things through. OK?

-Let's get outta here. C'mon.

-I don't need to think it through.

-I wanna take Bolt home.

-CHUCKLES:

-Look at this face!

I have a little girl at home, love of my life,

I would do anything for her,

and I would trade her for you in a heartbeat! True story.

That reminds me, er, we need to be getting over to wardrobe.

-Let's go.

-But I-I-I just...

ALL CHATTER

DOOR SLAMS

-So the dog thinks this is all real?

-Oh, yeah, you're new.

Guy never leaves the set. It's unbelievable.

Whenever I get the chance, this is the perfect way to unwind.

I like to start with an evil laugh.

CACKLES

Hello, hairballs.

You may have won today, Bolt,

but, in the end, we will get your little Penny.

Not likely, cat, for you've chosen to follow the path of evil.

It will destroy you, along with your fiendish puppet master!

-Wow!

-I know, right? OK, watch this.

She's a goner, dog.

The Green-Eyed Man has a plan and soon...he will execute it.

-CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY

-Yeah, and then he will

execute...her!

-Nice.

-I would superbark you both

back into the hole you crawled out of, but I need you alive

because I've got a message for you to take back to your Green-Eyed Man.

-You tell him his old friend, Bolt, said he better...

-Is it long?

-Is what long?

-The message. Is it a long message?

Because I have a horrible memory.

Yeah, I'll make it brief. You tell him...

Why don't we do this? You remember the first half of the message

and I'll remember the second,

then we can pass it on to the Green-Eyed Man together.

I don't care how the message is translated! Just do it, OK?

Tell the Green-Eyed Man that I will not sleep, I will not rest

until my Penny is safe from his evil clutches.

-You tell the Green-Eyed Man...

-Whoa, whoa, whoa! Way too many words.

I was like, "What?" And then I was like, "Huh?"

And then, ah, well, I got a little bored and...

Something about clutches? Anyway, I'll do my best. Ciao!

By the way, huge fan. Love it, love you.

-Gotta go. Thank you.

-Get back here, you...sick,

revolting, loathsome little...!

BOLT BARKS

-Dogs!

-DOOR SLAMS

Cats! SNARLS

I'll never let them get you, Penny.

PANTS

-(Are you ready, Bolt?)

-SNARLS

Let's widen out camera three. Ready, four.

Go, four! And...driver!

Thanks, Larry.

All right, Scooter, find the grate. Ready on the rubber bars.

And track with them.

The Calico supercomputer. If we can access it,

we'll finally learn where they're keeping my father.

Agh!

(The weapon's hot.)

Heat-vision time.

-Bolt, stare!

-Now!

SCREAMS, BARKS

GROANS, THUD!

Nice move.

-C'mon, c'mon.

-COMPUTER WHIRRS DOWN

-GASPS

-Such devotion.

It brings tears to my eyes.

-Calico.

-Your father's discoveries

could be of great use to our...organisation.

I'm sure he'll be more accommodating

-now that I've got his lucky Penny!

-SCREAMS:

-Bolt!

-World domination is within my grasp!

-CACKLES

SNARLS

BARKS

How did your focus groups feel about...cliffhangers?

You ask for unhappy 18- to 35-year-olds,

I give you unhappy 18- to 35-year-olds.

'Bolt! It's OK, Bolt! I'm fine!'

-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Guards, stop her!

-Bolt!

-Hold on!

-Listen to him! He needs to know I'm OK!

Nope, you're not OK.

You've been kidnapped by the fiendish Dr Calico.

At least that's what the dog needs to think. But just imagine

how excited he'll be when he saves you tomorrow.

-OK?

-But he's gonna be freaking out all night. Please, let me...

Wait a second. What's that behind your ear? Is that a...?

Yes, it is. It's a pin. Let's do this.

Let's take the pin and put it in this conversation. Boop!

And we will not take it down until this matter is resolved.

-But...

-Do you know what that reminds me of? The DVD release junket.

-Let's get going. It's a big push.

-ALL CHATTER

All right, let's give her some air. Let's not crowd the talent.

SNARLS

SNARLS

I've been working on my evil laugh.

-Cos everybody has an evil laugh.

-CACKLES

-Like that.

-Here's the thing. You're not ready for the evil laugh.

You could do a chuckle, after my evil laugh. Listen to mine.

-CACKLES:

-Hey, Bolt.

-Big fan!

-Run!

Bolt! Come back!

PANTS / GASPS

-I'm too late.

-Bolt! Help!

I'm comin', Penny!

-Bolt! Help!

-PANTS

Oof! Hold on, Penny! Hold on!

'Bolt! Help!'

'Bolt! Help!'

PAWS SCREECH / BARKS

Penny!

ROCK MUSIC BLARES FROM HEADPHONES

Bolt!

Here, Bolt!

HUMS

WHIMPERING / BOXES BANG

Huh?

-Whoa! Hey!

-BARKS

BARKS

HORNS BLARE OK, Bolty. OK.

Stay cool. You're cool, Bolty.

BARKS

GASPS: The Green-Eyed Man.

Oof! Ah GROANS

Hm?

-Huh?

-WHIMPERS

SNIFFS

BARKS

Penny! Penny!

Ow!

GROANS

Penny!

Target acquired.

BARKS

It ends here.

SCREAMS, TYRES SCREECH

Penny!

Penny?

They moved her.

BARKS BOTH: Huh?

No time for formalities, brothers. My person's in danger and...

SNIFFS Whoa! What are you doing?

-Oh, I-I'm sorry. You wanna sniff mine first?

-What?

-Not from around here, are ya?

-Hey, stop it! This is serious!

-Hm?

-Hey, there. Are you lost, sweetie?

Hey! Wait!

PANTS: Whoa!

CLANG! PANTS

Oh...

GRUNTS

Why...can't...I...bend these stupid bars?!

-GRUNTS

-Oh, buddy.

You got your head stuck pretty good, huh, guy?

-CHUCKLES

-Hey, guys, come here.

Check this out. He's got his melon stuck.

Yup, that is one stuck melon.

GRUNTS

Hey, hey, buddy, take it easy. Slow down.

I will not take it easy, pheasant. I am missing my person.

-GRUNTS

-Hey, buddy, relax.

Like this. Turn and pull. Turn and pull.

You'll be out no time.

GASPS

What are these things? They've weakened me.

Oh, those are Styrofoam packing peanuts.

Styrofoam? This has the Green-Eyed Man written all over it.

-Have you seen the man with the green eye?

-You know, I gotta say something.

If I could say something here. You look familiar.

Joey, look at this guy's mug.

Yeah. You know, I could've sworn I've seen this guy before.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-I gotta tell ya, I never forget a face.

-He never does. Never.

-He's real good with the faces and such.

The man with the green eye, tell me what you know, birds!

-I know this dog.

-Yeah, yeah, me, too.

I gotta remember. It's gonna kill me. Hold on.

BUS BRAKES SQUEAK

No, I don't know. I... I thought I knew.

You ever hang out down on 14th Street with a stray named Kelvin?

Yeah, Kelvin, the Labradoodle.

-What?

-You gotta give me something here cos this is ridonculous.

-Absolutely ridonculous.

-You know what that means?

You pigeons are useless! I need someone on the inside,

someone close to the Green-Eyed Man. GASPS

-A cat.

-Ohhhh! A cat?

Yeah, a cat. And when I find him, ooh, when I find him,

I'm gonna make that cat wish he were never born!

-CHUCKLES:

-I think we know just the cat.

PURRS, COOING

Right on time, Saul. C'mon in.

OK, Saul, nice work.

-Let's find some mustard next time. OK, babe?

-Yes, Mittens.

Thank you, Mittens.

Ho-ho! Is that an everything bagel, Ted? Attaboy!

Good day, Mittens.

-Louie!

-Ah!

-What is this?

It was a slow week. I mean, th-th-that's half of what I got.

-RUMBLING:

-You hear this, Louie? I'm starvin' here.

And when the old stomach starts talkin', it ain't talkin' to me,

-it's talking to...the claws!

-Not the claws! Please!

I'm holding these bad boys back best I can, but, thing is,

it's not up to me.

The stomach's got a direct line to these babies

and I'm picking up a lotta chatter.

So, I'll talk to the claws, but, in exchange,

next week all your food comes to me.

But...but that's not our deal!

I bring you half, you give me protection. Th-Th-That's our deal.

Yeah, well, the deal just expired. Now get lost.

Mark my words, Mittens, one day someone's gonna stand up to you!

Someone's gonna teach you a lesson!

-Yeah, I'm really scared now(!)

-SCREAMS: You should be!

-OK! Yeah!

-Where is she?!

-SCREAMS:

-Who?

-You know why I'm here!

-Er...

-Where is she?

OK, OK! Look buddy, I don't know what you're getting at, but...

CHUCKLING

Come on, Mittens, just tell the guy where she is.

Tell the dog, make him happy.

Yeah, yeah, come on, Mittens! Tell him!

-CHUCKLES:

-Joey, Vinnie, Bobby, my boys!

Would you tell the crazy canine that he's got the wrong cat?

-You got her, pal!

-That's her!

-She's the one!

-That is definitely the right cat!

CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY

Looks like we're gonna do this the hard way.

Whoa! Agh! You're crazy, man!

Hey, Joey, did we go too far on this?

You kidding? This is the best day in my life.

You work for the men in black who work for the man with the green eye.

They've taken Penny. Where is she?

I don't know what you're talking about.

This is becoming tiresome, cat. In fact, I feel a yawn coming on!

OK, OK, I'll talk, I'll talk. I know where Penny is.

Yeah, they have her. Yes, the men in black and the guy,

-and the guy, the guy with the blue eyes.

-Blue eyes?

Erm... Oh, green! Yes, green! The one green eye.

You just can't stop lying, can you, cat?

It's in the genes. It's just gross.

-SIGHS:

-I know, it's disgusting, I disgust myself.

-GASPS:

-Hollywood...

But if you put me down, I'll show you where she is.

-MITTENS:

-You know, I hope you appreciate the risk I'm taking here.

Every bone in my evil cat body is telling me

not to betray the trust of the green-eyed man.

OK, this is a top, top secret map of the entire Earth!

Now, we're over here, by the green lady with the big torch.

And my boss has Penny locked up...

er...right, right over... here, here!

By the waffle with the sunglasses!

Now, all you need to do is get from here to there.

Well, I told you where to find her,

so if you'll just untie me, I'll be on my way.

I'll release you, cat, when we find Penny.

Excuse me? That wasn't the deal! We had a deal!

Your deal just expired.

She said that to me not ten minutes ago.

-CHUCKLES:

-The irony!

MITTENS GRUNTS / GROANS

Ooh, perfect.

-Ow!

-GROANS

Hmm... Padlocked.

Listen, Cujo, I got some pretty wicked claws under these mitts,

do not, I beg of you, do not make me bring out these bad boys!

It gets ugly!

-What are you doing?

-Stay back!

If I stare at the lock really hard, it'll burst into flames and melt.

Now I'm concerned on a number of levels.

-Easy... Watch... Watch it!

-I'm good.

-Intruders!

-Gah!

Slow down you're scraping the fur off my...

-Oh, boy, this thing is heavy.

-Hey, hey! Put it down.

I forgot the keys.

-PANTS

-I'll be right back.

Whoo...

Hey, lucky penny!

Thanks! Now, move your butt.

-OK, just up on your end.

-Yeah... No, I got, I got mine.

You got it?

ENGINE STARTS

It's on the tip of my tongue. I know that dog.

I'm telling you, Joey.

Bobby, you guys looking at me like, you don't know. I'm telling you.

I know this dog. I've seen him somewheres.

You'll remember it tonight, when you're preening.

Right, that's... that's what'll happen.

-I've got some good news!

-Really?

Yes, I do. I just booked you on The Tonight Show - lead guest!

That's right... I mean, which means just absolutely nothing.

Bolt is still missing.

It's not even good news,

like, whatever, so what? Tonight Show? Who cares? I don't care.

It's OK, baby.

-He must be so scared.

-Scared? This is Bolt we're talking about.

He's not scared of anything.

I bet Bolt would want you to do The Tonight Show!

It's...

I just... Or maybe not.

-SIGHS:

-Bolt loves you very much, sweetie, and you're here -

he couldn't have gone far.

So, if you've got super powers, I guess that would make you, what?

-Like some kind of super dog?

-That information's classified.

Oh, come on! Like, what's your best power?

You're go-to move? How about flying? Can you fly?

SIGHS: Don't be silly, I can't fly.

OK, OK, fine. If you don't have any powers,

you don't have any powers. What's it to me?

-I have a super bark.

-A super bark? Wow, you're kidding me(!)

What exactly does one do with a super bark?

I really can't talk about it. It's classified.

So I suggest you pipe down and take me to Penny.

You're awfully attached to this Penny character, huh, Wags?

-She is my person.

-Oh, please. She's 'a' person.

And if you ask me, the only good person is a...

Wah!

GASPS: Styrofoam!

Tuck and roll!

Tuck and what?

Wah...!

Ow...

What? What is this red liquid coming from my paw?

It's called blood, hero!

Do I need it?

Yes. So if you want it to keep inside your body where it belongs,

you should stop jumping off trucks doing 80 on the interstate!

Yeah, well, normally I'm a tad more indestructible.

Must have been the... Huh?! Styrofoam!

That stuff, it weakens me!

-Ah-ha!

-What are you doing? Put that down!

All right, that's it. I've had it with you.

Untie me, pooch or I'm gonna I'm gonna... Er...

I'm gonna seriously wound you!

I'm gonna seriously wound you with this Styrofoam!

Are you mad? You don't know the power of Styrofoam!

You bet I'm mad, baby. And I'm about to unleash it!

-The power of the Styrofoam!

-Oh! All right, cat. OK, you win.

I'll untie you.

That's a weird place to put a piano.

Hyah!

Are we gonna have any more problems, cat?

No, no, no. No more problems.

I'll take you to Penny.

SNIFFS

STOMACH RUMBLES Agh! What is that?

-What?

-That!

OK, you have two seconds to tell me what you've implanted in me, cat!

Poison? A parasite? Poison? Wait, I just said that, didn't I?

See, I'm all discombobulated! I can't think straight!

I don't believe this. You're hungry!

-STOMACH RUMBLES: Where is the antidote?

-OK, OK! All right!

There's your antidote.

Food!

-All right! Who wants burgers?

-I'll take one.

-Me too!

Go on, use the dog face. This is gonna be beautiful.

You know, beg. Do the dog face!

What? The dog face? What does that mean?

-SIGHS:

-It figures I'm tied to the one dog on Earth

who doesn't know how to beg.

If you want the food... the antidote,

you're gonna have to do exactly what I say.

SIGHS: Nah, not likely. You're a degenerate creature of darkness.

Yeah, granted, but that said,

all I'm asking you to do is just tilt your head a little.

You could do that, can't you? Come on.

More, more...

This is stupid.

-No. Work with me on this. Please, you're almost there.

-Oh, boy!

OK, try the other way.

There you go! Tilt up! Down.

Now, a little smile.

Lose the smile.

Drop your left ear. Your other left.

OK, the other way was better. Now, drop them both.

Hold it right there. And ever so slightly, look up.

Soup is on, baby!

BOLT WHINES

WHINES

BOTH: Aw!

Here you go.

Yes!

-WHINES

-Aw... Look at you, you little guy!

-BARKS

-Oh...

Ohh!

-MEOWS

-Beat it, stupid cat!

BARKS

-Oh!

-Aww...

-Oh.

-Aww.

-Oh!...

-TV: '..and why does that matter?'

-'Because I'm involved.'

-'With Rich?'

-'With James.'

-'If you and James were romantic, I wanna know.'

-CHANNELS CHANGE

-'So you can...'

-'Come on down!'

'Gilligan, stop that.'

'No whammies! No whammies! No whammies! Stop!'

'It really does help, and really releases the serotonin.'

-'This time, I'm gonna do it my way.'

-GUNFIRE

Ooh! Hee-hee!

BARKING

Well, hello, puppy!

Did you come for some of Grandma's butterbean dumplings?

Mm-mm-mm! You wait right there.

'One of these days, I'm gonna pound y'all to the ground.'

-'No more Mr Nice Guy!'

-GASPS

Look at you! You are quite the little actor, huh?

I haven't eaten like this in ages.

Look, my stomach's distended! How great is that?!

Yeah, well don't get used to it. We gotta keep moving.

But this place is a goldmine! What's wrong with you?

Every week, new RVs bring us new suckers who bring us new food!

-Look around! It's perfect.

-< THUD

-GASPS:

-Do my eyes deceive me?

Is this some apparition I see before me?!

Or could it be...

-THUD!

-..my hero!

-Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!

-GIGGLES CRAZILY

Bolt the Superdog!

You're fully awesome!

-Ooh-hoo!

-Wait a minute, you know this dog?

Oh, I do. He is fully...awesome!

-Yeah, we've established that. Who are you?

-I'm Rhino.

-Rhino the hamster?

-Well, my ancestry isn't all hamster.

I'm one-sixteenth wolf with a little wolverine in there.

But that's besides the point. We have before us a legend,

Bolt the Superdog!

He can outrun speeding missiles

and burn through solid metal with his heat vision. Ooh!

And best of all, he can obliterate large structures with his superbark!

Wait a minute, you've seen the superbark?

-Have you been observing me?

-Oh, yeah!

I watch you all the time.

-That's incredible!

-Oh, it's nothing really.

But I'm always so vigilante. No-one can evade my detection.

-You're a phantom.

-Er...if you say so!

Oh, hey, check it out. Wah-zoo!

Take a gander at this Bolt action. Scary, huh?

It's like...we're twins.

Yeah...scary.

-So where's Penny?

-She was kidnapped by the Green-Eyed Man.

Kidnapped?! This is terrible! She could be in grave...

Grave danger, I know, but I've captured this cat.

An agent of the Green-Eyed Man, I presume?

You presume correctly. She's taking me to Penny.

You, you are vile vermin!

How do you sleep at night?

Penny's the most wonderful person ever!

-SOBBING:

-And she loves Bolt, and he's awesome,

and you're a monster! How dare you disrupt their relationship

with your evil guy!

-Whoa, whoa, whoa!

-Die! I can take her!

-Let me at her! Die! Die!

-Easy! Easy, Rhino!

PANTS Easy, Rhino.

You're right...we need her alive.

Er, "we"?

Yes! Bolt, I can be a valuable addition to your team.

-I'm listening.

-I'm lightning quick, I have razor-sharp reflexes.

-Wah! And I'm a master of stealth.

-CHUCKLES

Plus, I'll keep the cat in check.

-The road'll be rough.

-I have a ball.

-There's no turning back.

-Guess I'll have to roll with the punches.

-"Easy" won't be part of the equation.

-Promise?

-Gotta warn you,

going into the belly of the beast, danger at every turn.

-I eat danger for breakfast.

-You hungry?!

-CRUNCH!

-Starving!

Welcome aboard! LAUGHS

Hey...can we talk for a second?

I don't know what's going on here

but I'm just a little bit concerned about the number of lunatics

on this trip. My limit is one.

-He's coming with us.

-But I... Huh?

-Hey.

-Move it, prisoner! We're losing daylight.

I agree. Now, we need to find a fast set of wheels.

-GASPS:

-I've got a better idea!

Follow me.

HORN HONKS

GIGGLES CRAZILY

OK, so what we do here is give the target a quick flyover,

we adjust the trajectory and we're dead centre.

-Am I missing anything, Rhino?

-Just the knowledge that

every minute in your company becomes the new greatest minute of my life.

No! Forget it! How do you say "No way I'm doing this" in crazy?!

-Calm down, cat. You're with me.

-That's the problem!

YELPS

Oh, would you relax? Every time he did this on the magic box

-it was awesome!

-GIGGLES

-Magic what?

-You know, the magic box people stare at.

Wait, does this magic box have pictures on it?

Yeah, and Bolt's pictures are the best!

Bolt's pictures?! Of course! He's from a...

Oh, no! Oh, no! No, Bolt! Stop!

Let it begin! Let it begin! Let it begin!

Wait! You are not a superheeee...

-RHINO LAUGHS

-Whoa!

What are you doing?!

SCREAMS

YELPS / CRIES

Mittens!

Mittens, take my paw! I need you alive!

You're crazy! Stay away from me!

-Take my paw, I'll save you!

-No, you won't!

You're not really a... Whoa!

YELPS / SCREAMS

-GASPS:

-Bolt!

Saboteur!

Ow! Ouch! You moron, stop it! I'm trying to help him!

Help him? Yeah, right!

Don't worry, Bolt! I'll stop her!

I can't hold it!

-Let go, you monster!

-Bolt!

ALL YELP

CRASH!

Ooh... Ow! Ow!

Ow. SIGHS

The real world hurts, doesn't it?

But you wouldn't know about that, would you?

-Get down here, cat. We don't have time for this.

-I'll get a ladder.

You're part of a TV show. You know what that is? Television?

It's entertainment for people, it's fake.

Nothing you think is real is real!

That's preposterous.

Think about it. Since you got lost, none of your powers are working.

You're hungry, you're bleeding. I mean, do you really think

that you were born with a birthmark in the shape of a lightning bolt?

-It's my mark of power, cat.

-It's the mark of a make-up artist, dog.

You're ridiculous. Get down here.

-No.

-Mittens, so help me, I will superbark you out of that tree!

Yeah, go nuts. Let's see how that works out for you.

You leave me no choice.

BARKS MEEKLY

Oh, the superbark. Scary, scary.

Yeah, that's really, really super.

It's not true, this is not true.

BARKS

Wow. That one felt really super.

Wait!... No, it didn't.

-BARKS CONTINUALLY

-OK, OK. Mm-hm.

I get the idea. You can stop now. That's enough.

Seriously, dog, stop. I'm not kidding.

Would you stop?! Huh?

OK, Bolt, you're a superdog! Bolt, be quiet, please! We gotta run!

-YELPS

-Bolt!

-Come here!

Look who we found, young lady!

It's Bolt! They found him!

-GASPS:

-Bolt!

-Yeah, that's right. The little puppy dog.

BARKS

-BARKS / PANTS

-That is not Bolt.

Well, that depends on how you look at it.

You know, when I was little, I wanted a bicycle for my birthday,

but my parents got me a baseball glove.

So... Ha! ..you know what I did?

I pretended that baseball glove WAS a bicycle,

and I rode it to school every day. True story.

-It's not him.

-Uh, I think it's him. I do.

-MINDY CLEARS THROAT

-Thank you. Look, kid.

It's time we were honest. If we don't get back into production,

people will lose their jobs. Good people, with families.

-But Bolt's still out there, and...

-Now, we feel for you,

and the last thing we wanna do is ask a little girl

to make a grown-up decision, but it's come to that.

We need you to move on.

We need you to let Bolt go.

PANTS

POWERING OFF

SLURPS, BEEPING

RATTLING

GRUNTS Must be made of...Styrofoam!

No, no! No, no, no, please, please, it can't end like this!

Stop worrying, cat! I'll get us out of here.

You can't, Bolt! You got nothing! No super-strength, no super-bark...

And no heat vision. Listen to me, OK?

We are being taken to a place where humans go animal shopping, OK?

And this is what humans do. They always pick the cute ones.

The ones that look like you, Bolt.

But the rest of us never come back out.

I said I'll get us out of here, all right?

THUDDING BOLT: Ooh!

GROANS

My hero(!)

PANTING

-SIGHS:

-Ring, ring?

Who is it? Destiny?

I've been expecting your call.

Oooh!

LAUGHS EVILLY

RHINO SQUEAKING

-Ow!

-Would you give it up already?

You're liquefying whatever brains you have left.

I cannot be contained in any container!

You quitter! Watch this!

GRUNTS

I did it! I'm back!

SIGHS That Styrofoam is wicked stuff.

Fully awesome!

# There's no truck that I know That can keep in Bolt and Rhino! #

Rhino? Wh... What are you doing here?

Oh, nothing. I was enjoying an evening stroll

and thought I'd just pop the hatch on that containment unit!

-You... You... You opened the door?

-Yes, I did! Yoik!

That's... That's great, Rhino. Yeah, th-th-that's really good.

All right. Let's go get the prisoner back.

SIGHS: I...

I can't do it. GASPS

-(What did you say?)

-I can't.

-What? Who are you?

-Rhino, you just don't...

-You are Bolt!

-But I'm not...

Who single-handedly destroyed the Green-Eyed Man's undersea labs?

-Me, but...

-And who foiled his plan

to infiltrate the Olympics with gymnastic cyborgs?

-Who, Bolt, who? Who?

-Me, but none of it was...

-You!

You can, Bolt, because all over this planet,

there are animals who feel like they can't!

Like a little hamster,

who once spent his days in an RV park,

dreaming of the day when he, too, would save a little girl from danger

and be told, "You did it. YOU did it, Rhino."

"You saved the day." They need a hero, Bolt.

Someone who, no matter what the odds, will do what's right.

They need a hero to tell them

that sometimes the impossible can become possible,

if you're awesome!

Well, you're right about one thing, Rhino.

Mittens does need a hero.

EXHALES And I guess I'll have to do.

Such modesty! Now, who's going to save that cat?

-Me.

-Who? Tell me who!

-Me!

-LAUGHS

-(I'll go get my ball.)

RHINO HUMMING

HUMS LOUDLY

Over there.

EXHALES: There it is. RHINO BREATHING HEAVILY

This'll be just like the time you infiltrated

-Calico's Arctic hoverbase!

-LAUGHS

But it's not gonna be exactly like that.

We're gonna have to do things a little differently.

Ooh! Stealth mode.

-Good night, Ester.

-Good night, Lloyd.

Lloyd?

Lloyd Spoon, you jump out and scare me,

and I'm gonna pepper-spray you again!

I swear, it's like I work with toddlers.

Threat nullified.

RHINO GIGGLES

-I feel alive!

-Sshh!

-(There's a guard.)

-I'll snap his neck.

-We need to get him away from that door.

-Oh!

-Ball?

-Ball?

-ALL: Ball?

-DOGS BARKING

-I'm just... I'm read... I'm just...

Oh! Just pipe down!

-Mittens?

-Bolt?

-Wh... Wh-What are you doing here?

-I'm busting you out.

-You... You came all the way back here for me?

-Yeah.

But how'd you... I mean, you don't have any superpowers.

-I know.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Wow. Crazy day for you, huh?

-It's been a lot. Yes, it has.

-Are you ready for this?

-No.

-Me neither.

-DOGS BARKING

-Hey! What is twisting your giblets?

Hey, wait. Where'd you get that hamster? Give it.

-Give it.

-BARKS

-Hey, wait!

-Initiating escape.

Ow! Hey!

Lloyd! Block the door! Block the door, block the door!

-RHINO:

-Superbark. Superbark!

RHINO LAUGHS

Sweet Sister Frances! What did you do to my new truck?

-You hold on right there!

-BOTH SCREAM

Oh, golly, Ester! Ow!

-Both you boys need serious help!

-Spicy eyes!

PANTING

-We need a ride.

-Ooh! I've got a big one.

-CAR APPROACHING

-You're welcome.

ALL PANT

I can't believe it.

My whole life I've wanted to see a real live superbark.

-CHUCKLES

-You are legendary!

SIGHS

Mittens.

If, er... If I don't chase bad guys,

then what am I?

I mean, what...?

SIGHS

Don't worry about it.

Being a regular dog is, like, the greatest gig in the world, OK?

Look, I'm gonna let you in on a secret, OK? A cat secret.

You know why we hate dogs?

Cos we wanna be dogs! We have dog complexes.

But...what do dogs do?

Slobber, sleep, chase tails. Chew shoes.

You don't exactly need a masters degree.

You know, most dogs live in a place like this.

-And I dunno, they do things like...

-Out of this?

-But...but...

-And this is your dog bowl.

-What is?

-This!

The entire floor! It's the ground, it goes to the hound.

How cool is that? Ahhh, and on cold nights,

this and a ball of yarn... it doesn't get better than that.

You, er...you seem to know a lot about these places.

Yeah, I did my time in one of these

but I'm more of an alley cat at heart, you know?

-Sprung out first chance I got, never looked back.

-Hmmm.

< Rhino is awesome!

He's so awesome!

He's...he's beyond awesome!

He's beyawesome!

He's, er... I am beyawesome.

SNIFFS: Mmm.

Mmm. I think it's about time I introduced you to the regular dog

piece de resistance.

-Go ahead, stick your head out.

-Why?

-Just do it.

Wooo! This...this is awesome!

-HE LAUGHS

-And stick your tongue out.

LAUGHS

This is totally awesome! Why don't you try it?

No, thanks. It's really a dog thing.

Woo hoo!

# I have got so much to give

# I swear I do

# I may not have

# Nine lives

# But this one feels brand new

# Yes, I've lived a good one

# I've tried to be true

# There are some things

# I never realised

# Till I met you

# How the wind feels on my cheeks

# When I'm barking at the moon

# There is no home like the one you've got

# Cos that home belongs to you

# Oooh, ooh here I come

# Woo, ooh back to you

# There is no home like the one you've got

# Cos that home belongs to you

# Well, I was in trouble there

# I was so confused

# I may not see in colour, babe

# But I sure can feel blue

# I have been a lot of things

# They may not all be true

# My experience was so mysterious

# Till I met you

# Now the sun will rise in the east

# But I'm barking at the moon

# There is no home like the one you've got

# Cos that home belongs to you

# Whoo, ooh! Here I come

# Wooh, wooh! Back to you

# There is no home like the one you've got

# Cos that home belongs to you

# There is no home like the one you've got

# Cos that home belongs to you

# There is no home like the one you've got

# Cos that home belongs to you #

SNORING

-(Hey, hey Bolt, wake up!)

-Huh?

Come on! I've got a surprise for ya!

OK, OK, no peeking.

All right. Now...open 'em!

-LAUGHS

-Bask in the glow, baby.

-I, er...

-Just let me give you the grand tour, OK?

This one, this one's mine and this one is all yours.

-Mittens I...

-I found this really soft pillow for you

and get this! I found some Styrofoam

and stuffed it inside which I thought was creative and ironic,

-you know what I mean?

-Mittens, I don't...

Oooh, check it out! Total privacy.

-And completely soundproof!

-Yeah, well, I don't think that...

-OK, I lied it's not soundproof. But...

-Mittens. I can't stay here.

-What?

-We're one waffle away from Penny.

You're still going back to her?

Mittens. She's my person.

Ow, ow, ow! Ear, ear!

Look at me, Bolt.

I'm real. Now how about this, huh? Is that real?

Does this look real to you? Or that? Is that real? Or that.

How about that, Bolt? She's an actress.

-She's just pretending.

-Not Penny.

There is no Penny. She's fake.

-No, you're wrong. She loves me.

-No. No, Bolt.

That's what they do, OK? They act like they love you.

They act like they'll be there forever and then one day

they'll pack up all their stuff

and move away and take their love with them

and leave their de-clawed cat behind to fend for herself!

SIGHS

They leave her, wondering... what she did wrong.

I...

I'm sorry, Mittens, but...

Penny is different.

Then go.

-Mittens, I...

-Get out of here, Bolt.

I never should have taken pity on you.

-Oh, Mittens...

-Just get out of here, Bolt!

You take care, Mittens.

-GROANS:

-That meat lover's pizza is not loving me back at all.

Hey there, Rhino.

Morning, Cats!

Where's Bolt?

He's...er, he's gone.

Bolt...left?

Yeah. But he, er, he instructed me to tell you

that he, um, he had to face the green-eyed man alone.

-Whoa! Where are you going?

-To Bolt!

But he doesn't need us any more.

Trust me, I've seen it a million times before.

In the cold, dark night before the battle

when the steely fangs of evil are sharpened and poised to strike,

the hero must go and face his greatest challenge alone.

But if Bolt's taught me anything,

it's that you never abandon a friend in a time of need.

When your team-mate's in trouble, you go.

Whether they ask or not, you go,

-not knowing if you're coming back dead or...

-He went the other way.

You go,

knowing how deep the shrapnel is going to pierce your eye, go.

Penny.

No way! Wow. Bolt. I'm a really big fan of yours, brother.

I'm Blake. This is my writing partner, Tom.

-Tom, say what's up.

-What's up?

-Wow!

-Oh, no.

This is our personal assistant, Billy,

who was supposed to wait on the wire.

I've admired you for such a long time.

There's something I've always wanted to...

That was horrifying what you just did. Make yourself useful.

Get me breadcrumbs, wholegrain.

-Whole wheat is not the same as wholegrain!

-Not the same.

-Do not get whole wheat!

-Or pumpernickel!

OK, guys, but I really gotta get going.

If you've got a second, we'd love to pitch you an idea for your show.

Tom's better at pitching. I'll let him take it from here.

-Tommy's got the spotlight.

-CLEARS THROAT

Wait for it.

-Aliens.

-Oh, snap!

-Aliens?

-Audiences love aliens.

-Holler back!

-It'll be huge, man. Huge.

-You can't touch us.

Um...oh, I love it. But I'll tell you what.

If you guys can help me find Penny, that girl from the television show,

well, I'd love to hear more about this aliens idea, but on the way.

-We got a nibble.

-Don't freak out. This is how you blew it with Nemo.

We open, exterior, outer space, late morning...

..a fiery comet to reveal Penny...

..faced by a man-eating squid!

PANTS

And as the tractor beam is pulling Penny towards the alien mother ship,

-we fade to black.

-We have a great pop song for the end credits.

Talk to your people. We're ready to move on this.

He's so on board!

There it is!

The most terrifying place on Earth.

-Hello. How are you doing today?

-Hi. I'm here to see Joe Mateo.

At long last, we've arrived at the belly of the beast.

The lair of the Green-Eyed Man!

-LAUGHS CRAZILY

-Rhino! Hold up!

-Hold up!

-Why? What's the problem? I'm pumped!

-SIGHS:

-Listen, um, this may be really hard for you to understand,

but, you see, sometimes things aren't what they seem to be.

Sometimes you think something's really real and it's not...

All of my training has prepared me for this moment.

-This is complicated.

-Die! Die!

-SNARLS:

-Prepare yourself, foul man-beast, for I will

beat your pancreas with your spleen, then I will rip your liver out...

-SQUEAKS

-Ooh! You're so cute with your little whiskers.

Oh, I had a hamster just like you when I was a kid.

His name was Mr Sparkles.

BARKS

TOY SQUEAKS, GASPS

TOY SQUEAKS, GROWLS

Bolt? >

-Bolt! You're OK!

-DOG WHINES

You came back.

LAUGHS, WHINES

DOG BARKS

Oh, Bolt, I thought I lost you.

DOG BARKS, LAUGHS

DOG WHINES

You're my good boy.

TOY SQUEAKS

WHISTLE BLOWS, DOG BARKS

-BELL RINGS

-Good boy.

OK, people. Let's move it to stage seven and do it for real.

-CRIES:

-I miss him.

-I know, honey. I do, too.

First positions, please.

OK, hold still for me, sweetie.

15, take one. Mark.

And action.

LIFT DINGS

-CAT MEOWS

-Ah! Professor.

I'd like to thank you for granting us access

to that labyrinthian mind of yours.

You know I'd never do such a thing.

-Unless it was the only way to save your little girl's life!

-Ugh!

-Penny!

-Daddy! Bolt! Here, Bolt!

-Your dog is nowhere near...

-LIFT DINGS

-DOG GROWLS/BARKS

-Get that dog!

-HENCHMEN YELL, DOG WHIMPERS

-Go. Go. Go.

It's OK, boy. Come here.

GASPS, DOG WHINES

Fire. Fire, fire! There's fire!

Hey, Wags.

Mittens? What are you doing here?

Long story short, I was tied to a delusional dog

and dragged across the country.

But that is not important now.

The real question is, what are you doing here?

And why aren't you in there?

Well, you were right about her, Mittens.

SIGHS: She, um... Well, it wasn't real.

No, Bolt. It is real.

I was in there just now. I saw her face after you left.

She's broken-hearted. She doesn't want just any dog. She loves you.

She's your person, Bolt, and you are her dog.

-Bolt, you'll just have to trust me on this.

-Mittens, be quiet.

-No. You need to hear this.

-No, no seriously. Be quiet.

What is it?

Penny.

Help! Please, help! Help!

Hold on!

Please! Help!

-GRUNTS:

-Agh!

-Ugh. Ugh.

-PEOPLE CHOKING

SIRENS BLARE

-GASPS:

-Oh, my gosh, the stage!

-Yeah. You better run!

-I'm on your six.

-What do we do?

Just make sure I get inside that building.

-Oof! Oh!

-Bolt?

COUGHING

-Is anyone still in there?

-I don't know.

Coming through.

It's a good day to die!

Not on my watch, rodent. Ugh!

Ugh.

BARKS

COUGHS

COUGHING

BARKS, GASPS

-BARKS

-Bolt!

BARKS

-WHINES

-I knew you'd come back.

WHINES, WHOOSHING

SCREAMS

Oh!

Agh! Agh!

COUGHS

GROANS, WHINES

Ugh. Bolt. Zoom, zoom.

COUGHS

PENNY COUGHING

GROANS

COUGHS

BOLT BARKING, SHE CONTINUES TO COUGH

BARKS / WHINES

-Bolt...

-COUGHS

-WHINES

-Bolt, just...

-Just go on out.

-COUGHS

Go!

WHINES

It'll be OK.

You're my good boy.

-I love you.

-WHINES

-MAN COUGHING

-Have you seen my daughter?

Has anyone seen my baby?

PENNY COUGHING

SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE

BARKS, BARK ECHOES

BARKS LOUDER, BARK ECHOES

WHIMPERS

FOOTSTEPS THUD

BARKS LOUDLY

-BARK ECHOES MAN:

-Did you hear that?

-Shh, shh, shh, shh!

-Quiet! Everyone be quiet!

BOLT BARKS, BARK ECHOES

It's the superbark! Ooh, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!

-It's coming from over there!

-Go, go, go!

BARKS

Over here! We found them. They're here. We found them!

All right, we got an RT coming through, people. Make a hole!

OVER TANNOY: 'For your own safety, keep moving away from the building.'

-Bolt.

-Sweetie!

You're OK. You gotta be OK. You're gonna be just fine.

She's stable, but we're gonna take her to the hospital just to be safe.

-I'm so sorry this happened.

-I can't imagine what you must be feeling.

No mother should ever have to go through something like this,

but I promise you we're going to make this work for us.

I'm talking cover stories, production deals,

executive producer credit. This is so great!

-Argh... Argh! Ooh...

-GASPS

We quit!

No, no! Wait! Let's not make any rash decisions.

-Er, let's put a pin in it.

-SLAMS DOOR

BEEPING

I'm afraid your injuries were more severe

than we had previously thought, my dear.

We had to completely reconstruct your face.

Have a look.

Well...at least Calico won't be able to recognise me.

CACKLES

Huh?! Calico!

-SNARLS GASPS:

-Bolt!

BOLT SNARLS / BARKS

WHOOSHING, SCREAMS

SCREAMS

Aliens.

That is totally unrealistic.

-Absolutely ridonculous.

-You could say that again.

Oh... Oh, yeah. Right there. Right there. Oh, over...

-GASPS

-Yeah, that's the spot.

PURRS

TOY CARROT SQUEAKS, BOLT GROWLS

-Ha! Hey, silly doggy.

-BOLT BARKS

GIGGLES

That's a keeper. You wanna go play outside?

Huh? You wanna go play outside?

-Ha-ha! Let's go!

-BARKS

LAUGHS, BARKS EXCITEDLY

-Does that dog look familiar?

-Nope.

I never seen him before in my life.