Freedom Planet (film)/Transcript

This is the transcript of the 2022 film Freedom Planet.

Prologue: Avalice's Backstory & The Runaway Train
(The 20th Century Studios, Tencent Pictures, and Pearl Studio logos appear. Then, we fade to a shot of space.)

Narrator: Hello, everyone. I'm pretty sure you're all asking yourself: What is this movie about? Well, let's see.

(The camera transitions to a planet known as Avalice.)

Narrator: This is the planet of Avalice, home to many kinds of species. How is this planet a thing, you may ask? Well, let's look over its history.

(Transition to a storybook-like sequence.)

Narrator: A long time ago, Avalice was like many other planets: Small, filled with life, and quiet. That is until a spaceship crashed into the surface. A spaceship full of dragons.

(Show a scene where dragons appear from the ship.)

Narrator: When it was found that Avalice had some inhabitants, the dragons used their technology to help the Avalicians survive and prosper. This, along with the Kingdom Stone, merged with each other to form a new one. One that was stronger than ever. The three kingdoms, Shang Tu, Shang Mu, and Shuigang were established with their own power. The Dragons also established their own location in Pangu Lagoon, allowing their influence to pass into one another's generation.

(The screen transitioned back to the shot.)

Narrator: Anyways, let's see what our heroes are up to, shall we?

(Fade to black for a few seconds., Then, fade in to an overhead shot of a field.)

Narrator: The wonderful sights of Avalice is beautiful, don't you think? From the buzzing bees to the whistling birds, nothing can go wrong in-

(A passenger steam train passes by very quickly.)

Narrator: Wait. What's going on?

(The train was moving at a very fast speed, with passengers inside it!)

Passengers: Help!

(A motorcycle passed by too, which was chasing the train. Driving the motorcycle was Carol Tea, a green wildcat, 12 years of age. Carol took out a walkie-talkie.)

Carol Tea: It's no use, Milla! I can't get any closer to the train!

(Cut to Milla Basset, an ivory-white Hush Basset, 10 years of age.)

Milla Basset: We have to stop it somehow! The train has no engineer on it and is headed straight for danger!

(The train continued steaming down the line at a very fast speed. Carol was losing the train.)

Carol Tea: The train is going too fast! My motorcycle can't reach it in time! Where's Lilac?!

(Then, out of the bushes, came a lavender half-water dragon. It was Sash Lilac, 15 years of age.)

Sash Lilac: I'm on my way, you guys!

Carol Tea: Yeah! You got this, Lilac!

(Since she is a dragon, Lilac managed to reach the train.)

Passenger #1: Who is that?

(Lilac winked at them.)

Passenger #2: She winked at us!

(Lilac jumped onto the steam engine. She looked around for the brakes.)

Carol Tea: Lilac! You have to stop the train now! It's approaching the broken bridge!

Sash Lilac: What?!

(She looked out.)

Sash Lilac: Oh, no!

(The camera quickly moved towards the broken bridge, which led down to the cliffs and the river below. Lilac popped her head back into the cab and looked for the brakes.)

Sash Lilac: Brakes! Where's the brakes?

(She frantically looked around desperately for the brakes.)

Carol Tea: Hurry!

(Then, Lilac found the brakes.)

Sash Lilac: A-ha!

(She applied the brakes. Milla was looking over from a watch tower.)

Milla Basset: Come on, come on, come on...

(The train was still moving pretty quickly.)

Carol Tea: Lilac! You gotta get outta there! It's not gonna stop in time!

Sash Lilac: Not now, Carol!

Carol Tea: Come on! Ah!

(Carol stopped as she almost fell in the cliffs. Lilac pulled the brakes as hard as she can. The train had bashed through the danger barrier.)

Milla Basset: Oh, no! I can't dare to look!

(Milla covered her eyes. And then, with a screech and a scratch, the train stopped just in time over the edge. The passengers cheered and whooped for joy.)

Sash Lilac: Phew. That was close.

(Milla opened her eyes, and she also cheered.)

Milla Basset: She did it! She did it!

(She used her puppy float to fly over to Carol. Carol was amazed.)

Carol Tea: Saved the day again, huh?

(Lilac backed the train up to where she can get off safely.)

Sash Lilac: Yep. Now I'm starting to love my new job: Protector of Avalice!

(Milla arrived.)

Milla Basset: Hooray for Lilac!

(Lilac chuckled.)

Sash Lilac: I never thought you wouldn't come.

(A couple minutes later, the police department arrived to help the passengers exit the train safely. Neera Li, a panda, 20-25 years of age, was at the scene too.)

Neera Li: You three outdid yourselves today. And I like that.

Carol Tea: Well, you could say we've trained ourselves a LOT since that battle with Lord Brevon.

Neera Li: Anyways, I'm headed back Shang Tu. I need you to meet me at the temperance bar by 9:00 p.m. today. I've got special news for you.

Sash Lilac, Carol Tea, & Milla Basset: Got it!

Neera Li: Okay. Don't be late!

(She left.)

Carol Tea: What do you think it is?

Milla Basset: A prize for what we've done to Avalice!

Carol Tea: Don't get ahead of yourself, Milla. Whatever it is, we mustn't be late.

(Lilac took a deep breath.)

Sash Lilac: Well, team, should we go?

Carol Tea & Milla Basset: Yeah!

Sash Lilac: Alrighty.

Sash Lilac, Carol Tea, & Milla Basset: Shang Tu Palace, here we come!

(The three walked together before it freezes midway to a stylized opening credits sequence, with "Good Ones" playing in the background.)

Part 1: The Meeting
(Cut to a temperance bar in Shang Tu, where Lilac, Carl, and Milla arrive.)

Milla Basset: So this is where she wants to meet us?

Carol Tea: Beats me.

Sash Lilac: Cut it out, girls. We've got some meeting to do.

(The three enter the bar. They look for Neera. She was waving her hand at the bar itself.)

Neera Li: Girls, over here!

(Lilac, Carol, and Milla went over to Neera.)

Carol Tea: So why'd you call us here, Neera.

Neera Li: Remember that package I sent you?

Sash Lilac: The stuffed animal?

Neera Li: Yeah, that. Did you open it?

Sash Lilac: What?

(Neera sighed.)

Neera Li: You didn't open it, did you?

Carol Tea: What are you talking about, Neera?

Neera Li: That stuffed animal I sent you came with a message.

Sash Lilac: Well, what is it about?

Neera Li: I'm not gonna tell you a lot, but it's about something called "grievance". From someone known as Lord Kuro.

Milla Basset: Who?

Neera Li: Lord Kuro. Remember those protests happening yesterday? About Lord Kuro coming to invade Avalice?

Sash Lilac, Carol Tea, & Milla Basset: Uhh...

(Cut to various sequences of protests and riots in many places across Avalice.)

Protestant #1: Lord Kuro is about to destroy us!

Protestant #2: Do something about it!

(Then, cut back to present day.)

Sash Lilac, Carol Tea, & Milla Basset: No...

Neera Li: Ugh. Goddamn it.

(Then, a TV broadcast from the ceiling interrupts their conversation.)

TV Broadcast: And now, for some more breaking news.

Milla Basset: Guys, the news!

(Lilac, Carol, and Neera look up to the TV.)

''TV Broadcast: Tonight, hundreds of Avalice have stepped through the doors of Shang Mu City Hall protesting about the invasion of Lord Kuro. This guy again? Anyway, we cut to our correspondent Lupa, who is at the scene. Lupa?''

Lupa: ''Thank you. We're live at Shang Mu City Hall, where the doors have just broken down from the frames, and everyone is rambling inside to speak to Mayor Zao. We've got someone here to ask about why this is happening.''

Interviewer: ''Everyone, if you have a telescope, look up into the sky and look closely. If you spot it, you got it.''

Lupa: Not much detail there, but-

(The TV is shut down.)

Bar Owner: Okay, everyone. I'm sorry to say this, but by order of the Shang Tu Police Department, we are all forced to close down business and go home now.

Neera Li: What? But I'm the chief of the Police Department. There's no way someone other than me ordered this.

Bar Owner: Sorry, chief. All royal guards have made this decision.

(Neera was dumbfounded.)

Sash Lilac: Hey, Nee-

(Neera shuts her up.)

Neera Li: I'll see you tomorrow.

Sash Lilac: See you tomorrow, I guess.

(Lilac, Carol, and Milla exited the bar.)

Carol Tea: What in the world was that?

Sash Lilac: Dunno.

(The three walked back to their treehouse. An hour later, at their treehouse, they all climbed in. Carol yawned.)

Carol Tea: It's getting late. I should probably head to bed now. See ya tomorrow.

Sash Lilac & Milla Basset: Goodnight!

(Carol closed her room door.)

Milla Basset: Lilac?

Sash Lilac: What's up?

Milla Basset: You don't think the rumors about Lord Kuro are true, right?

Sash Lilac: That? Pfft, those are just fake news! I don't know where they got it from, but they're just faking it!

Milla Basset: I hope so. I don't want things to happen like before.

Sash Lilac: Don't worry, Milla. Carol and I will protect you, no matter what.

Milla Basset: You will?

Sash Lilac: I will.

(The night outside was getting darker.)

Milla Basset: Oh dear, it's getting late. Let's go to bed now.

Sash Lilac: Yeah. I'm already tired.

(They both went inside their rooms.)

Part 2: Discovery
(It was 12:00 A.M. Everyone in the nearby Shang Tu was fast asleep. All except for Neera, who was looking over a watch tower there.)

Neera Li: Lord Kuro... What ever is this thing?

(She looked up into the sky and spotted an unusually small bright object in the sky.)

Neera Li: What the?

(She went inside to grab a telescope and pointed it to the sky.)

Neera Li: Wait a second, is that...?

(She took a closer look to see a spaceship-like object in the sky.)

Neera Li: No. It can't be, can it?

(She ran back inside to look at some paper files. Many of the papers read: "Lord Kuro is coming to destroy us all!")

Neera Li: Oh no. I've gotta call them!

(Meanwhile, back at Lilac's treehouse, a telephone rung. Lilac was tired to walk, but she didn't want to miss the call.)

Sash Lilac: (tiredly) Hello? You've reached Sash Lilac.

Neera Li: Sash, you, Carol, and Milla have to come here now!

Sash Lilac: What? Why? It's twelve in the morning.

(She yawned.)

Neera Li: Come on, it's very important.

Sash Lilac: Just cut to the chase.

Neera Li: It's about Lord Kuro.

Sash Lilac: Wait. Lord Kuro?

Neera Li: ''Yes! I think I've found him.''

(Lilac was surprised.)

Sash Lilac: Hold on, really?

Neera Li: Just come here now!

Sash Lilac: Okay, okay! I will! Just let me wake Carol and Milla first.

Neera Li: ''Whatever. Just come here quickly.''

(The telephone hung up.)

Sash Lilac: Oh dear. Lord Kuro is actually real? Yeah, I'm really going to see Neera.

(She ran to Carol and Milla, who were sleeping.)

Sash Lilac: Carol! Milla! Get up! We have to meet Neera!

(Carol and Milla woke up; they both felt hungover. Carol yawned as she woke up.)

Carol Tea: Why? It's very late. What's so important that she had to call us there to Shang Tu to meet her? We just talked with her hours ago!

Sash Lilac: Well... This has something to do with the Lord Kuro incident.

(Carol and Milla were surprised.)

Milla Basset: You mean, like that bad guy who was rumored to destroy Avalice as we know it?

Sash Lilac: Yes, that Lord Kuro!

Milla Basset: Oh no...

Carol Tea: I don't feel like going right now...

Sash Lilac: Come on!

Carol Tea: Okay, just give us ten minutes.

Sash Lilac: Fine. I'll be waiting outside.

(Lilac closed the door.)

Milla Basset: What was that?

Carol Tea: I dunno.

TBA.