Sprig Vs. Hop Pop/Transcript

Sprig: [sighs] Huh?

[mooing]

[gasps]

Sprig: Hop Pop, great idea! What if we trained the cowapillars to eat these weeds? Then we wouldn't have t--

Hop Pop: Hup bup bup. Suggestion barrel's over there.

Sprig: Suggestion 89...

Anne: Hey, think he actually reads these?

Polly: Doubt it. I suggested a swimming pool months ago and that never happened.

Sprig: Oh, come on, guys. Have a little more faith in Hop Pop. [grunts] Oop... [laughs] Hand's stuck. [groans] What the...

Polly: Huh? A fire pit? That's the opposite of a swimming pool.

Sprig: Why, Hop Pop? Why?

Hop Pop: Because your suggestions were ridiculous. You can't just dig swimming pools anywhere. It attracts pests. Running a farm ain't easy, kids.

Sprig: Maybe. But if I were in charge, I'd listen to other people's suggestions, not burn them.

Hop Pop: You? Run the farm? Ha! Run it into the ground, maybe.

Sprig: Oh!

Hop Pop: Whoa!

Polly: [gasps] Is that an official challenge?

[panting]

[warbles]

Polly: Sprig Plantar, you have rung the Plantar Family Challenge bell! What is your challenge?

Sprig: I want to replace Hop Pop and run the farm my way.

Polly: Hop Pop?

Hop Pop: I do formally accept this challenge.

Anne: I'm sure this will make sense in a moment.

(A few moments later)

Anne: Never mind. What the heck's going on?

Hop Pop: The Plantar Family Challenge.

Sprig: An artful test of skill where the winner takes all!

Polly: They push each other until someone falls off a lily pad. It's dumb, but fun to watch.

Anne: Has Sprig ever won?

Sprig: I've won in spirit.

Anne: So, no.

Polly: Enough chit chat. Let the challenge begin!

[both yell]

[both grunting]

[gasps]

Hop Pop: [laughs] Give it up, boy. I've got the experience and the upper body strength.

Sprig: Oh, yeah? Well, I've got the moral high ground!

Hop Pop: What? [yells]

Anne and Polly: [both gasp] Sprig won?

Sprig: I won?

Anne: Nice work, dude.

Sprig: I don't believe it. I'm head of the farm!

Hop Pop: Huh?

Sprig, Polly and Anne: [chanting] Sprig's head of the farm! Sprig's head of the farm!

Hop Pop: Looks like my time is over.

Anne and Polly: Sprig! Sprig! Sprig!

Sprig: All right, all right, that's enough. Okay, maybe a few more.

Anne and Polly: Sprig! Sprig! Sprig!

Sprig: Love it! First order of business. As long as I'm in charge, no suggestions are bad.

Polly: Swimming pools?

Sprig: You betcha.

Anne: Dance parties?

Sprig: Let's have one right now, baby.

[music playing]

Sprig: Hmm.

[cheering]

[beeping]

Anne: Back it up, girl. There you go.

Polly: [giggling]

[gasps]

[mooing]

[carnival music playing]

[laughing]

[screams]

Polly: Hey! Hey, clown!

Anne: Whoa, whoa! Polly!

Sprig: Whoa! We paid him for this.

[music playing]

Sprig: Soak it in, gang. This is what good leadership looks like.

Anne: Uh, anybody worried about Hop Pop? I haven't seen him since we got back.

Sprig: Eh, he's probably off licking his wounds.

Hop Pop: [sighs] Might as well get comfortable here with all the other frogs nobody needs anymore. Need some help little fella? There you go. Where was I? Oh, right...Crippling sadness.

[scuttering]

Hop Pop: Hmm? [chuckles] Hey, you're more loyal than my own family. I'm gonna call you Jeremy.

Sprig: Incoming! Whoa!

[laughs]

[rumbling]

Anne: Is anyone else, like, starving?

Sprig: Dinner. Great suggestion.

Anne: Huh. No food in here either.

Sprig: Guess today's the day Hop Pop goes to the grocery store.

Anne: What are we gonna do? I am getting hangry! [grunts]

[gasps]

Sprig: Fresh from mother nature's garden of delights. Dig in, everyone.

[snarling]

[screaming]

Sprig: Whoops, didn't check for pests.

Anne: I'm beginning to think there's a few things we don't know about running a farm.

Sprig: We've got some kinks to work out, sure. But isn't it better to live in a place where you're listened to?

Anne: I guess so.

Polly: Yeah, it is.

[screaming]

Sprig: Don't let him touch me! Don't let him touch me!

[all screaming]

[snoring]

Anne: Sprig, we have a situation!

Sprig: [gasps] Situation?

[all gasp]

[mooing]

Sprig: I've called this meeting today for obvious reasons.

Anne: The farm is ruined.

Polly: We have no food and we'll die!

Sprig: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Luckily for us, we have the power of great suggestions and management that listens. So have at it, guys. What should we do? Remember, there are no bad suggestions.

Both: Let's find Hop Pop and put him back in charge.

Sprig: Hopadiah Plantar was a tyrant!

Anne: A tyrant who knew how to run a farm.

Polly: And more importantly, cook.

Sprig: I will not go back to that life. Don't you like being listened to?

Anne: I don't exactly feel listened to right now.

Polly: Ditto. You're kinda freakin' me out, bro.

[growling]

Sprig: [exhales] Let's take 15 minutes and start this meeting over. And next time, bring a good suggestion.

Anne: You thinking what I'm thinking?

Polly: Oh, yeah.

Hop Pop: Jeremy, I can't thank you enough for letting me into your community. I feel like I'm really part of something now.

Polly: There he is! Hop Pop!

Anne: Dude, we've been looking all over for you.

Hop Pop: Hello, girls. You here to help us scavenge? It's gonna be a long, cold winter. More bodies means more warmth for everyone.

Anne: Uh, no. Sprig is ruining the farm. You've gotta come back.

Polly: We've been eating nothing but raw potatoes. I'm having digestive strife, Hop Pop. Digestive strife!

Hop Pop: Give me a minute, boys. [sighs] I've grown since the last time you saw me. How long's it been now?

Polly(dry): A day and a half.

Hop Pop: I've got me a new life among the beetles. They've taught me about community, equality, listening...

Anne: Sprig sleeps in your bed now.

Hop Pop: He what?

[mooing]

[explosion]

Sprig: Now where did those ungrateful kids get off to? Huh?

[screams]

Hop Pop: I have returned.

Sprig: I don't believe it. Backstabbers! Conspirators!

Anne: Sorry, dude. We had a good run, big ambitions...

Polly: But we didn't know what we were doing.

Sprig: We had a beautiful dream, but I guess I'm the only one willing to fight for it.

Hop Pop: Sprig Plantar, I challenge you to a rematch. Winner gets control of the farm...forever!

Polly: Sprig, do you accept this challenge?

Anne: Please say yes.

Sprig: I accept.

Hop Pop: Hmm.

Sprig: I beat you once, I can do it again. I'll prove my way is right.

Hop Pop: We'll see.

Sprig: [grunts]

Polly: Let the final challenge begin!

[both screaming]

Hop Pop: The girls told me everything, Sprig.

Sprig: What? [yells]

Hop Pop: You're destroying the farm. Don't you see? Even if you win, you lose.

Sprig: [grunts]

Hop Pop: Ow.

Sprig: So I'm just supposed to go back to the way things were? You never listened to us.

Hop Pop: And I was wrong. I know now that you can't work together unless everyone has a say. Jeremy taught me that.

[both grunt]

Sprig: You... You mean it? I have to admit, most of my ideas were pretty terrible. I think we even caused permanent damage to the ecosystem.

Hop Pop: Yeah, but some of your ideas could work. We'll never know unless we try. I promise from now on to actually read your suggestions.

[all gasp]

Sprig: Promise?

Hop Pop: Promise.

[exhales]

Polly: And the winner is Hop Pop!

[sighs]

[grunting]

Anne: Phew. Think we could set up some shade out here, Hop Pop?

Hop Pop: Great suggestion, Anne.

Anne: Thanks, Hop Pop.

Hop Pop: And over there, I kept a small version of your swimming hole.

Polly: [laughing]

Hop Pop: Oh, and best of all, no more pit of fire.

Sprig: Thanks, Hop Pop.

Hop Pop: Thank you, Jeremy. Hmm. Nope. Hmm. Nope. Hmm. This one's a maybe.