Stellaluna (2002) Movie Script
[music playing]
NARRATOR: In a warm and sultry forest far, far away,
there once lived a mother fruit bat and her new baby.
[music playing]
Each night, mother bat would carry
Stella Luna clutched to her breast
as she flew out to search for food.
Stellaluna.
[music playing]
[birds chirping]
[roar]
[monkey chatters]
Mama.
Stellaluna.
[screaming]
Help.
[wind swishing]
[crying]
[instruments playing]
Mommy, mommy.
Stop.
I want some, please.
[birds chirping]
[instruments playing]
Come on.
Me, over here.
Me, no, me next.
[chuckle]
No more, I'm still hungry.
Don't worry children, I'll be right back with more food.
Hurry back, mama.
[sighing]
I'm hungry.
ALL: What?
Hey, what are you doing in our nest?
Yeah, no trespassing.
I, I was just hungry.
Hey, Where did she go?
Look what she's doing.
She's upside down.
It does look kind of fun.
Hey.
Hey, me first.
I'm not scared.
I'm not scared.
[instruments playing]
[laughter]
Flap, Flitter, Pip, You get back into this mess
this instant.
Flitter, come on now, everybody let's go that's--
Oh, now who's your friend?
[instruments playing]
OK.
You can come too.
But only on one condition, you must promise
to obey the rules of the nest and that means
no hanging upside down, ever.
Mmh
Whoa.
But mom, she doesn't even have a beak?
Shh Flap, you'll hurt her feelings.
Now, where are you from little bird?
I, I don't know.
Well, what is your name?
Stellaluna.
She's going to live with us?
She's so weird.
She's got no feathers.
Yeah, but she's got all this soft stuff.
Now, children, Stellaluna is welcome to stay
as long as she wants provided she
behaves as a good bird should.
Flying is without a doubt the finest thing about
being a bird, our wings are wonderful things.
[laughter]
[bird squawking]
Ooh.
Since today is our first day, let's try to keep it simple,
shall we?
I'm not scared.
I'm not scared.
Don't look down Pip, Flitter,
[laughter]
Straighten your wings.
Here, Flap let me help you.
No mum, I don't like that.
[laughter]
Hey, look and Stellaluna.
Beginner's luck.
[wings flapping]
Oh, good.
[crying]
[laughter]
I think that's enough for today Stellaluna,
we're off to a promising start.
You all did very well for your first time.
But, I will not have any of my children landing upside down.
You must learn to land as a good bird should.
Now, let's go have some dinner.
[cheering]
Don't worry Stellaluna, you'll feel better after you
get a few bugs in your tummy.
Flap's right, I am weird.
I don't have any feathers, I think bugs are yucky,
and I can't even land right side up.
[music playing]
Back is front, the front side in back.
Something's wrong and I'm all out of whack,
because today seems just like one big blur
to a bird of a different fur.
Look around, my whole life's turned upside down.
Such a cluck, I feel like a freak.
Got some lips, but I ain't got no beak.
And I'm so gastronomically lame.
Because they serve stuff I can't even name.
But the pun, my whole world's turned upside down.
Want to fly by night and sleep all day,
but my found feathered friends don't do it that way.
And I'm going bats from my brown eyes red,
because when I try to land on my feet, I end up on my head.
Don't belong, just not fitting in.
Won't give up, keep a stiff upper shin.
Go on winging withholding my own, even
though every step is unknown.
Worst of all, my whole world's turned upside down.
Final words, this place is for the birds.
[screaming]
[instruments playing]
Who are you?
I am the one, the only superhero jumping spider.
The amazing Askari.
I can leap tall trees in a single bound,
I'm faster than a speeding cheetah.
I'm in a bird's nest, I'm in a bird's nest.
Hey, where's your beak?
I don't have one.
And it's way past your bedtime kid.
STELLALUNA: I know, I can't sleep.
Oh no.
No, you don't fool me for one second with that innocent act.
I know all your little tricks my fine feathered friend.
Say, you don't have any feathers either?
I know, I'm not a very good bird.
Well, no winged pipsqueak is going to make
a late night snack out of me.
[screaming]
Oh, no.
Let's not be hasty, shall we?
Why don't you go on a little diet for the rest of the night
and I will love it.
I will be your body God for life.
You'll be my what?
You heard me, Askari means bodyguard.
You know, around the clock protection.
[horn honking]
See, at the first sign of danger I'll
be here quick as a whistle.
Say, what's your name kid?
Stellaluna.
So, have we got a deal, Stella?
Because, let me tell you, it's a jungle out there.
[snake honking]
[river flowing]
Lions
[lion roaring]
Crocodiles.
And the fiercest of all, fearsome flying foxes,
creatures of the night.
So mysterious that no one has ever laid eyes on them.
Sure, it's a deal.
Yaah.
Well, got to go.
Remember, if you're ever in trouble just put your beak--
whatever, together and blow.
[non-english speech] bye bye Stellaluna.
[screaming]
My very own bodyguard.
[music playing]
Remember kids, no flying until I return
for your afternoon lesson.
And absolutely no--
Hanging upside down.
Now, one little peck before I go.
Come on, let's play capture the feather.
Shortest feather loses.
[laughter]
[instruments playing]
That's OK.
She can have one of mine.
You lose, Stellaluna.
You're it.
[laughter]
Get it Stellaluna.
[wind blowing]
[screaming]
[laughter]
Show me how to do it Stellaluna.
Not before me.
Oh wait, don't leave the nest, it was an accident.
[laughter]
Look at me, I'm flying.
No, wait.
No, wait for me.
[cheering]
I love flying.
[cheering]
Oh, my big wings.
[instrument playing]
I've got to catch them.
What is it Flitter?
It's Stellaluna.
We've got to make sure she's OK.
We are coming Stellaluna.
OWL: Who dares go there?
Don't worry, my bodyguard will be here any second.
[horn honking]
Askari.
Who is Askari?
Whoever he is, he can't help us now.
[chuckle]
[scream]
[instrument playing]
We did it.
We got away.
I dare anyone to mess with us.
We're a team.
We're a great team.
Mom would be proud of us.
Oh-oh, mom.
We better get home.
Which way is home?
STELLALUNA: Askari.
Stellaluna.
That's your bodyguard?
He barely qualifies as a snack.
[laughter]
How dare you laugh at Askari, the invincible.
The world's only superhero jumping spider.
[cries]
Super phony is more like it.
Yeah.
You're worth more to us as a source
of 10 essential vitamins.
Askari will neither be insulted nor ingested.
You don't want the best body guard in the land?
Fine, I quit.
As if I don't have better things to do.
Am a very busy bug.
Wait.
What do we do now?
This is all your fault. If it wasn't for you,
we'd be home right now eating dinner with mom.
Well, you're the worst bird in the whole world.
Wait, don't be mad at me.
I can find our way back home, I know I can.
It's too late now Stellaluna, I can barely see the feathers
in front of my face.
Yeah, and we're tired too.
Are you listening to us?
Yes, it's just that I can still see
and I'm not really that sleepy.
Stellaluna, I think you've caused enough trouble.
Flap's right, I am the worst bird in the world.
Wait a second, I saw that moth, and I can still see that moth.
I can see in the dark.
And am not tired.
Maybe it's not too late, maybe I can find a way home.
I'll find a way and come back for them.
Oh, which way?
Oh, if only Askari were here.
[gasp]
Askari?
What is that?
Where did it come from?
Oh, hi.
Excuse me, I think I'm lost.
Oh, a lost soul, if ever I saw one.
As in hopelessly lost?
Mmmh.
Oh, looks like you need some help.
Oh boy, could I ever.
See, we we're playing capture the feather
and then we fell out of the nest, but it was an accident,
and then we almost got caught by the owl,
and then we found Askari but he got mad and then we got lost.
And it's all my fault. See, I don't
have any feathers, or a beak.
I can't land right.
[wings flapping]
I'm just not a very good bird.
I understand completely.
I know what will make you feel better.
Out of my way Kasuku.
I know just what she needs.
Directions?
Makeover.
Oh, good thing for you, you came to my tree.
Sorry Horatio, she wants a real pro.
I don't think so.
I think so.
Now, the first thing that you need
is a more prominent profile, like me.
No, she needs more color, like me.
And no, no, no, what she really needs
are more head feathers.
Tail feathers.
HORATIO: Head feathers.
[screams]
[singing]
You see Stellaluna, it's like this.
You stand out from the flock, you
need some clothes that rock.
Big diva on the block.
You've got to stretch you're stuff.
With taste and artistry, I'll make this bird pretty.
Ooh, fashion emergency.
I'm going to stretch my stuff.
You see, you know that to me chic,
you've got to have le beak.
And his is quite unique does it judge enough?
BOTH: You got to bring out the best in you
in every little thing you try to do, you're not inferior,
you've got exterior to bring out the best in you.
You ain't no featherweight.
Girl, you're a fashion plate.
BOTH: And we can hardly wait to see you stretch your stuff.
So Stella, don't despair.
Dare to be debonair.
BOTH: And shake that derriere.
Come on, let's stretch our stuff.
Everybody stretch.
Looking good.
BOTH: Yeah, got to bring out the best in you
in every little thing you try to do.
Can make clearer, you've got exterior
to bring out the best in you.
Best in you.
I must say I outdid myself.
[chuckle]-
Please, you know I am the true artist here.
Present company excluded Stellaluna,
you are the best looking bird in this jungle.
Yeah.
Go on, go on, go on, check yourself out.
[chuckle]
[instrument playing]
No wonder Flap can't see at night.
You can do it Stellaluna.
This stuff is heavy.
Oh, it's no use.
It's not working.
Well, it's no wonder with all those extra tail feathers
that crazy Kasuku stuck on you.
Me?
What about your headdress, it's getting in her eyes?
You're always trying to--
I'm always trying to-- you are the one--
Oh, wait.
Please.
It's all my fault. I'm just not a very good bird
and I don't think I ever will be.
I'll never be as good a bird as flap or Pip or Flitter.
I don't even look like them.
Say something.
Me?
You.
You know, it's not how you look that really matters,
it's who you are.
Yeah, really?
Oh, really?
Yes, really.
Right Horatio?
Yes, it's true.
You see, I don't like Kasuku because
of her gorgeous feathers, well I like her because she's
always there for me.
Horatio?
I never realized that you had--
you know you're big eyes are beautiful,
but it's your big heart that's important to me.
You cared about helping your friends.
And that's what really counts.
It's not your outfit, it's who's inside of it.
BOTH: [singing] You got to bring out the best in you,
in every little thing you try to do.
Show you're superior on the interior.
It's much in here--
Not what's exterior.
BOTH: That brings out the best.
You see Stellaluna, you can be under dressed
BOTH: And still bring out the best in you.
Best in you.
Thank you both for sending me in the right direction.
But honey--
You were going the right way all along.
I know that now.
[wings flapping]
We're going to find a way back home, together.
It's the owl.
I have to warn the others.
[horn honking]
Come on Stellaluna, knock it off.
[owl hooting]
It's the owl.
We've got to hide.
Hurry, hurry.
STELLALUNA: Look, there's a hole in the ground.
My whistle.
It's creepy in here.
It feels like we're being watched.
I feel like I know this place.
[wings flapping]
These weird things look just like you Stellaluna.
Stellaluna?
Did you say Stellaluna?
It's true, you are Stellaluna.
You are my baby.
Mama.
Oh Stellaluna, I searched everywhere for you.
I never thought I'd see you again.
But if you're Stellaluna, then who are they?
We're her brother and sisters.
But your birds and she's not.
I'm not?
Oh, I think this is going to take
a little bit of explaining.
But if you're not a bird, then what are you Stellaluna?
She's upside down, that's what she is.
I'm not upside down, you are.
But I'm a bat.
Bats hang by their feet, that makes me right side up.
Taste this Stellaluna, I've never had a bug this juicy.
You eat bugs?
I've never heard of a fruit bat eating bugs.
A fruit bat?
I'm a fruit bat?
I am Askari, world's only super hero spider.
I command all limbs and threads to release me at once.
Flap, Flitter.
Help.
Stellaluna.
Oh, it's after dark, please, please come home.
Oh it's mama Zazi.
She's going boudoir over her lost babies.
And only Askari knows where they are.
Flitter, Flap.
Whoa, but mama Zazi is a bug eating bird.
[owl hooting]
Put me down.
Help.
What should I do.
What should I-- wait, I am an Askari, a bodyguard.
If I am to live up to my name, I know precisely what I must do.
[screaming]
In there, Askari must go into that deep, dark hole?
And you should be very proud.
For not only are you a fruit bat,
but you're also a member of the brave and daring flying foxes.
I am a flying fox?
If only Askari could hear this.
What a life.
You get to stay up all night, eat messy food,
and hang upside down all you want.
It's cool being a bat.
Stella.
Stellaluna.
Askari?
Stella, there's no time to waste.
Mama bird has been taken by the great white owl.
Oh no.
Our mom?
That owl has caused too much trouble.
Maybe we can stop him if we all work together.
Hey, this is between those birds and that owl.
Mama, do you feel that way?
She took care of me.
We need to hurry, we haven't got much time.
Thank you.
Let's go teach that owl a lesson.
And you call yourselves the brave and daring flying foxes.
[owl hooting]
No, please.
You, leave her alone.
[horn honking]
Prepare to endure the wrath of Askari, the invincible.
[owl hooting]
And don't you ever don't come back.
ALL: Yes.
[cheering]
No need to thank me.
All in a day's work for the world's only superhero
jumping spider.
And a lot of fruit bats.
[laughter]
I knew you'd come through for us Askari.
I knew there was a real hero inside you.
There is a hero inside all of us Stellaluna.
Thank you for helping me find mine.
[non-english speech]
[screaming]
So Stellaluna, I guess you're not the world's
worst bird after all.
I think I'm just better at being a bat.
I wish you guys could see in the dark.
We wish you could land on your feet.
I wonder how it is that we're all so different
And yet so alike.
It's a mystery.
But we're all friends and that's a fact.
Hey.
He can talk.
I always knew you were a late bloomer.
You have quite a family.
So do you.
We'll see you soon, right Stellaluna?
Of course, we will.
Won't we?
[sigh]
Definitely.
[wings flapping]
[music playing]
ALL: Goodnight Stellaluna.
[music playing]
NARRATOR: In a warm and sultry forest far, far away,
there once lived a mother fruit bat and her new baby.
[music playing]
Each night, mother bat would carry
Stella Luna clutched to her breast
as she flew out to search for food.
Stellaluna.
[music playing]
[birds chirping]
[roar]
[monkey chatters]
Mama.
Stellaluna.
[screaming]
Help.
[wind swishing]
[crying]
[instruments playing]
Mommy, mommy.
Stop.
I want some, please.
[birds chirping]
[instruments playing]
Come on.
Me, over here.
Me, no, me next.
[chuckle]
No more, I'm still hungry.
Don't worry children, I'll be right back with more food.
Hurry back, mama.
[sighing]
I'm hungry.
ALL: What?
Hey, what are you doing in our nest?
Yeah, no trespassing.
I, I was just hungry.
Hey, Where did she go?
Look what she's doing.
She's upside down.
It does look kind of fun.
Hey.
Hey, me first.
I'm not scared.
I'm not scared.
[instruments playing]
[laughter]
Flap, Flitter, Pip, You get back into this mess
this instant.
Flitter, come on now, everybody let's go that's--
Oh, now who's your friend?
[instruments playing]
OK.
You can come too.
But only on one condition, you must promise
to obey the rules of the nest and that means
no hanging upside down, ever.
Mmh
Whoa.
But mom, she doesn't even have a beak?
Shh Flap, you'll hurt her feelings.
Now, where are you from little bird?
I, I don't know.
Well, what is your name?
Stellaluna.
She's going to live with us?
She's so weird.
She's got no feathers.
Yeah, but she's got all this soft stuff.
Now, children, Stellaluna is welcome to stay
as long as she wants provided she
behaves as a good bird should.
Flying is without a doubt the finest thing about
being a bird, our wings are wonderful things.
[laughter]
[bird squawking]
Ooh.
Since today is our first day, let's try to keep it simple,
shall we?
I'm not scared.
I'm not scared.
Don't look down Pip, Flitter,
[laughter]
Straighten your wings.
Here, Flap let me help you.
No mum, I don't like that.
[laughter]
Hey, look and Stellaluna.
Beginner's luck.
[wings flapping]
Oh, good.
[crying]
[laughter]
I think that's enough for today Stellaluna,
we're off to a promising start.
You all did very well for your first time.
But, I will not have any of my children landing upside down.
You must learn to land as a good bird should.
Now, let's go have some dinner.
[cheering]
Don't worry Stellaluna, you'll feel better after you
get a few bugs in your tummy.
Flap's right, I am weird.
I don't have any feathers, I think bugs are yucky,
and I can't even land right side up.
[music playing]
Back is front, the front side in back.
Something's wrong and I'm all out of whack,
because today seems just like one big blur
to a bird of a different fur.
Look around, my whole life's turned upside down.
Such a cluck, I feel like a freak.
Got some lips, but I ain't got no beak.
And I'm so gastronomically lame.
Because they serve stuff I can't even name.
But the pun, my whole world's turned upside down.
Want to fly by night and sleep all day,
but my found feathered friends don't do it that way.
And I'm going bats from my brown eyes red,
because when I try to land on my feet, I end up on my head.
Don't belong, just not fitting in.
Won't give up, keep a stiff upper shin.
Go on winging withholding my own, even
though every step is unknown.
Worst of all, my whole world's turned upside down.
Final words, this place is for the birds.
[screaming]
[instruments playing]
Who are you?
I am the one, the only superhero jumping spider.
The amazing Askari.
I can leap tall trees in a single bound,
I'm faster than a speeding cheetah.
I'm in a bird's nest, I'm in a bird's nest.
Hey, where's your beak?
I don't have one.
And it's way past your bedtime kid.
STELLALUNA: I know, I can't sleep.
Oh no.
No, you don't fool me for one second with that innocent act.
I know all your little tricks my fine feathered friend.
Say, you don't have any feathers either?
I know, I'm not a very good bird.
Well, no winged pipsqueak is going to make
a late night snack out of me.
[screaming]
Oh, no.
Let's not be hasty, shall we?
Why don't you go on a little diet for the rest of the night
and I will love it.
I will be your body God for life.
You'll be my what?
You heard me, Askari means bodyguard.
You know, around the clock protection.
[horn honking]
See, at the first sign of danger I'll
be here quick as a whistle.
Say, what's your name kid?
Stellaluna.
So, have we got a deal, Stella?
Because, let me tell you, it's a jungle out there.
[snake honking]
[river flowing]
Lions
[lion roaring]
Crocodiles.
And the fiercest of all, fearsome flying foxes,
creatures of the night.
So mysterious that no one has ever laid eyes on them.
Sure, it's a deal.
Yaah.
Well, got to go.
Remember, if you're ever in trouble just put your beak--
whatever, together and blow.
[non-english speech] bye bye Stellaluna.
[screaming]
My very own bodyguard.
[music playing]
Remember kids, no flying until I return
for your afternoon lesson.
And absolutely no--
Hanging upside down.
Now, one little peck before I go.
Come on, let's play capture the feather.
Shortest feather loses.
[laughter]
[instruments playing]
That's OK.
She can have one of mine.
You lose, Stellaluna.
You're it.
[laughter]
Get it Stellaluna.
[wind blowing]
[screaming]
[laughter]
Show me how to do it Stellaluna.
Not before me.
Oh wait, don't leave the nest, it was an accident.
[laughter]
Look at me, I'm flying.
No, wait.
No, wait for me.
[cheering]
I love flying.
[cheering]
Oh, my big wings.
[instrument playing]
I've got to catch them.
What is it Flitter?
It's Stellaluna.
We've got to make sure she's OK.
We are coming Stellaluna.
OWL: Who dares go there?
Don't worry, my bodyguard will be here any second.
[horn honking]
Askari.
Who is Askari?
Whoever he is, he can't help us now.
[chuckle]
[scream]
[instrument playing]
We did it.
We got away.
I dare anyone to mess with us.
We're a team.
We're a great team.
Mom would be proud of us.
Oh-oh, mom.
We better get home.
Which way is home?
STELLALUNA: Askari.
Stellaluna.
That's your bodyguard?
He barely qualifies as a snack.
[laughter]
How dare you laugh at Askari, the invincible.
The world's only superhero jumping spider.
[cries]
Super phony is more like it.
Yeah.
You're worth more to us as a source
of 10 essential vitamins.
Askari will neither be insulted nor ingested.
You don't want the best body guard in the land?
Fine, I quit.
As if I don't have better things to do.
Am a very busy bug.
Wait.
What do we do now?
This is all your fault. If it wasn't for you,
we'd be home right now eating dinner with mom.
Well, you're the worst bird in the whole world.
Wait, don't be mad at me.
I can find our way back home, I know I can.
It's too late now Stellaluna, I can barely see the feathers
in front of my face.
Yeah, and we're tired too.
Are you listening to us?
Yes, it's just that I can still see
and I'm not really that sleepy.
Stellaluna, I think you've caused enough trouble.
Flap's right, I am the worst bird in the world.
Wait a second, I saw that moth, and I can still see that moth.
I can see in the dark.
And am not tired.
Maybe it's not too late, maybe I can find a way home.
I'll find a way and come back for them.
Oh, which way?
Oh, if only Askari were here.
[gasp]
Askari?
What is that?
Where did it come from?
Oh, hi.
Excuse me, I think I'm lost.
Oh, a lost soul, if ever I saw one.
As in hopelessly lost?
Mmmh.
Oh, looks like you need some help.
Oh boy, could I ever.
See, we we're playing capture the feather
and then we fell out of the nest, but it was an accident,
and then we almost got caught by the owl,
and then we found Askari but he got mad and then we got lost.
And it's all my fault. See, I don't
have any feathers, or a beak.
I can't land right.
[wings flapping]
I'm just not a very good bird.
I understand completely.
I know what will make you feel better.
Out of my way Kasuku.
I know just what she needs.
Directions?
Makeover.
Oh, good thing for you, you came to my tree.
Sorry Horatio, she wants a real pro.
I don't think so.
I think so.
Now, the first thing that you need
is a more prominent profile, like me.
No, she needs more color, like me.
And no, no, no, what she really needs
are more head feathers.
Tail feathers.
HORATIO: Head feathers.
[screams]
[singing]
You see Stellaluna, it's like this.
You stand out from the flock, you
need some clothes that rock.
Big diva on the block.
You've got to stretch you're stuff.
With taste and artistry, I'll make this bird pretty.
Ooh, fashion emergency.
I'm going to stretch my stuff.
You see, you know that to me chic,
you've got to have le beak.
And his is quite unique does it judge enough?
BOTH: You got to bring out the best in you
in every little thing you try to do, you're not inferior,
you've got exterior to bring out the best in you.
You ain't no featherweight.
Girl, you're a fashion plate.
BOTH: And we can hardly wait to see you stretch your stuff.
So Stella, don't despair.
Dare to be debonair.
BOTH: And shake that derriere.
Come on, let's stretch our stuff.
Everybody stretch.
Looking good.
BOTH: Yeah, got to bring out the best in you
in every little thing you try to do.
Can make clearer, you've got exterior
to bring out the best in you.
Best in you.
I must say I outdid myself.
[chuckle]-
Please, you know I am the true artist here.
Present company excluded Stellaluna,
you are the best looking bird in this jungle.
Yeah.
Go on, go on, go on, check yourself out.
[chuckle]
[instrument playing]
No wonder Flap can't see at night.
You can do it Stellaluna.
This stuff is heavy.
Oh, it's no use.
It's not working.
Well, it's no wonder with all those extra tail feathers
that crazy Kasuku stuck on you.
Me?
What about your headdress, it's getting in her eyes?
You're always trying to--
I'm always trying to-- you are the one--
Oh, wait.
Please.
It's all my fault. I'm just not a very good bird
and I don't think I ever will be.
I'll never be as good a bird as flap or Pip or Flitter.
I don't even look like them.
Say something.
Me?
You.
You know, it's not how you look that really matters,
it's who you are.
Yeah, really?
Oh, really?
Yes, really.
Right Horatio?
Yes, it's true.
You see, I don't like Kasuku because
of her gorgeous feathers, well I like her because she's
always there for me.
Horatio?
I never realized that you had--
you know you're big eyes are beautiful,
but it's your big heart that's important to me.
You cared about helping your friends.
And that's what really counts.
It's not your outfit, it's who's inside of it.
BOTH: [singing] You got to bring out the best in you,
in every little thing you try to do.
Show you're superior on the interior.
It's much in here--
Not what's exterior.
BOTH: That brings out the best.
You see Stellaluna, you can be under dressed
BOTH: And still bring out the best in you.
Best in you.
Thank you both for sending me in the right direction.
But honey--
You were going the right way all along.
I know that now.
[wings flapping]
We're going to find a way back home, together.
It's the owl.
I have to warn the others.
[horn honking]
Come on Stellaluna, knock it off.
[owl hooting]
It's the owl.
We've got to hide.
Hurry, hurry.
STELLALUNA: Look, there's a hole in the ground.
My whistle.
It's creepy in here.
It feels like we're being watched.
I feel like I know this place.
[wings flapping]
These weird things look just like you Stellaluna.
Stellaluna?
Did you say Stellaluna?
It's true, you are Stellaluna.
You are my baby.
Mama.
Oh Stellaluna, I searched everywhere for you.
I never thought I'd see you again.
But if you're Stellaluna, then who are they?
We're her brother and sisters.
But your birds and she's not.
I'm not?
Oh, I think this is going to take
a little bit of explaining.
But if you're not a bird, then what are you Stellaluna?
She's upside down, that's what she is.
I'm not upside down, you are.
But I'm a bat.
Bats hang by their feet, that makes me right side up.
Taste this Stellaluna, I've never had a bug this juicy.
You eat bugs?
I've never heard of a fruit bat eating bugs.
A fruit bat?
I'm a fruit bat?
I am Askari, world's only super hero spider.
I command all limbs and threads to release me at once.
Flap, Flitter.
Help.
Stellaluna.
Oh, it's after dark, please, please come home.
Oh it's mama Zazi.
She's going boudoir over her lost babies.
And only Askari knows where they are.
Flitter, Flap.
Whoa, but mama Zazi is a bug eating bird.
[owl hooting]
Put me down.
Help.
What should I do.
What should I-- wait, I am an Askari, a bodyguard.
If I am to live up to my name, I know precisely what I must do.
[screaming]
In there, Askari must go into that deep, dark hole?
And you should be very proud.
For not only are you a fruit bat,
but you're also a member of the brave and daring flying foxes.
I am a flying fox?
If only Askari could hear this.
What a life.
You get to stay up all night, eat messy food,
and hang upside down all you want.
It's cool being a bat.
Stella.
Stellaluna.
Askari?
Stella, there's no time to waste.
Mama bird has been taken by the great white owl.
Oh no.
Our mom?
That owl has caused too much trouble.
Maybe we can stop him if we all work together.
Hey, this is between those birds and that owl.
Mama, do you feel that way?
She took care of me.
We need to hurry, we haven't got much time.
Thank you.
Let's go teach that owl a lesson.
And you call yourselves the brave and daring flying foxes.
[owl hooting]
No, please.
You, leave her alone.
[horn honking]
Prepare to endure the wrath of Askari, the invincible.
[owl hooting]
And don't you ever don't come back.
ALL: Yes.
[cheering]
No need to thank me.
All in a day's work for the world's only superhero
jumping spider.
And a lot of fruit bats.
[laughter]
I knew you'd come through for us Askari.
I knew there was a real hero inside you.
There is a hero inside all of us Stellaluna.
Thank you for helping me find mine.
[non-english speech]
[screaming]
So Stellaluna, I guess you're not the world's
worst bird after all.
I think I'm just better at being a bat.
I wish you guys could see in the dark.
We wish you could land on your feet.
I wonder how it is that we're all so different
And yet so alike.
It's a mystery.
But we're all friends and that's a fact.
Hey.
He can talk.
I always knew you were a late bloomer.
You have quite a family.
So do you.
We'll see you soon, right Stellaluna?
Of course, we will.
Won't we?
[sigh]
Definitely.
[wings flapping]
[music playing]
ALL: Goodnight Stellaluna.
[music playing]