Freedom Planet (film)/Transcript

This is the transcript of the 2022 film Freedom Planet.

Prologue: Avalice's Backstory & The Runaway Train
(The Lionsgate logo appears. 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 towards the camera before it freezes midway to a stylized opening credits sequence, with "(New Song TBA)" 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 shuts off.)

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 definitely 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.

(An hour passed, and Team Lilac arrived at the watch tower. Neera was waiting nearby.)

Neera Li: Took you long enough.

Sash Lilac: Blame it on those two.

Carol Tea: It's not our fault!

Neera Li: We'll talk about that later. For now, this is what we have to worry about.

Milla Basset: What is it?

Neera Li: Come with me.

(Neera entered the watch tower. The rest of Team Lilac followed.)

Neera Li: So I know it sounds completely crazy, but I think I might have spotted Lord Kuro's ship. You know, the one everyone's been talking about?

Carol Tea: That guy? Pssh! It's an old rumor. There's nothing to worry about!

Neera Li: It may so at first. Go look at it on the telescope yourself.

(Carol shrugged. Then she looked through the telescope.)

Carol Tea: I don't see anything.

Neera Li: To your upper right.

(Carol moved the telescope to the upper right and spotted a white dot in the sky.)

Carol Tea: That thing?

Sash Lilac: Hold on, let me check it.

(Carol moved aside to have Lilac look through the telescope. Lilac looked at the dot.)

Sash Lilac: It seems like...

(Then, she gasped.)

Sash Lilac: A spaceship!

Neera Li: See? I told you he's real.

Sash Lilac: But how can that be?

Neera Li: Beats me.

Milla Basset: So what does that mean?

Sash Lilac: Don't ask me. For the first time in a long time, I don't know what to do now.

Neera Li: Well, don't fear, because I have a plan.

Carol Tea: Which is?

(Neera Li sneered. Then, she pulled off some tarp to reveal a white board with some markings on it.)

Neera Li: I've concocted a plan the moment I've found that. We're gonna have to get up there ourselves.

Milla Basset: Into outer space?

Neera Li: Exactly.

Sash Lilac: Whoa, whoa, whoa, Neera! We've done this already! There's no reason for us to go back up there into space again!

Neera Li: Look, do you want to save the world again or not?

Sash Lilac: Well, we don't want the whole world to end for a second time, so-

Neera Li: There. Enough said.

(Lilac, Carol, and Milla looked at each other.)

Carol Tea: Okay, so if we are going to get up there, how will we do that?

Neera Li: Here's the plan.

(Cut to an animated sequence.)

Neera Li: We need resources such as rocket fuel. And especially, everyone knows you need titanium to build a rocket to space. Otherwise, the rocket will tear apart, exposing you to the vaccum of space, and eventually, kill you.

(Milla's expression went dark upon hearing that. Carol wrapped her arms around Milla.)

Carol Tea: Dude. Too far.

Neera Li: Well, sorry.

Sash Lilac: Okay, then what?

Neera Li: Once we get to space, we'll have to fly through the field undetected, because the guards of Lord Kuro's ship are up 24/7. So we need to find a way to get through stealthily without causing a scene.

Carol Tea: Yeah, no way we're gonna get out of this successfully.

Neera Li: If we do get through, however, we'll sneakily walk through the halls of the ship without being spotted. Because once again, the guards are up all day, no matter how tired they are. And then, once we find Lord Kuro, we fight him off to the death. If we manage to defeat him, we leave the ship, which somehow mysteriously blows up the minute we exit, and all is all, Avalice is saved!

(Fireworks shot in the background of a starry night sky.)

Neera Li: Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

Sash Lilac: Okay, so let me get this straight. We go back up to space, enter a spaceship, track down this massive lord that could potentially destroy us all, brawl to the death, with a slight chance of winning, and if we do, we leave the ship, and hooray, hurrah, Avalice is safe. Is that it?

Neera Li: I only recruited you for this mission because of your sense of bravery fighting Lord Brevon.

(Carol sighed.)

Carol Tea: Look, just because we saved the world from some bad evil guy doesn't mean we could do something like it again.

Neera Li: How about you look here. Avalice is in total risk of being annihilated, and you're all not even wanting to save it from happening. Are you even aware of the gravity of this situation? Look at you three. Proclaimed the heroes of Avalice. If Lord Kuro destroys this world, who will be the one responsible for it?

(Lilac, Carol, and Milla frowned as they listened.)

Neera Li: Exactly. Now, are you going to help this poor little world from dying from an intergalactical lifeform, or just leave it and let it do its thing?

Sash Lilac, Carol Tea, & Milla Basset: We're going up there and kick Lord Kuro in his butt!

Neera Li: That's what I'd like to hear.

Carol Tea: Hold on. Don't we need some new recruits for this type of mission? I mean, they may have stuff that could be useful if something comes up.

Milla Basset: Oh, that's a great idea! It's not bad to ask for someone new on our team.

Neera Li: Well, I suppose that could work. I'll allow that.

(Meanwhile, up in space, Lord Kuro's ship was approaching Avalice at high speeds. A dark green alien approached the console of the ship. He sneered.)

Lord Kuro: Enjoy your last days, Avalice. For you will be annihilated completely.

(He cackled maniacally before one of his guards popped up with a cup of tea on a plate.)

Guard: Your tea, sir?

Lord Kuro: Oh, yes, please!

(Kuro took the cup from the guard's plate and drank it. Then he placed it back on the plate.)

Lord Kuro: Lovely drink. Keep up the good flavoring!

(The guard left.)

Lord Kuro: Now, where was I? Oh yes!

(He continued cackling before the screen faded to black.)

Part 3: Recruitments
Sash Lilac: What do you mean "you're not going to help us save the world?" You live here too!

(Lilac, Carol, and Milla were operating a table, handing clipboards with a signature box near the Shang Mu City Hall. Mayor Zao popped out of the hall door.)

Mayor Zao: Hey, how's that marketing of yours going?

Carol Tea: It's flunking right now. Literally no one is signing up!

Mayor Zao: Oh. Well, good luck with that. I know you can do it!

(A phrase saying "+5 Sarcasm" appeared above Zao's head, though no one seems to notice it. Zao went back inside. Milla sighed.)

Milla Basset: Let's just face it, guys. No one is going to join our team. I mean, look at the gravity of this situation, for crying out loud! We could be risking our lives a second time just to save Avalice from total devastation!

Carol Tea: Maybe so, but it's better than just not doing anything at all and let Kuro do his thing, right?

Milla Basset: Yeah, you might be.

Sash Lilac: No, no, no! Wait! Come back!

(A citizen shoves Lilac off of him and walks away. Lilac looked away.)

Sash Lilac: This is impossible. Does anyone on this planet know what "the end of the world" means?

Milla Basset: Maybe they're just walking it of as fake, so as to not do anything.

Sash Lilac: You could be right, but they just protested about it yesterday!

(Carol sighed. Then the three turned their backs away from the table.)

Carol Tea: Face it, Lilac. No one's going to help us. We're on our own now.

(Then, without even noticing, two red pandas walked up to the table and signed the boards.)

Carol Tea: ...so now, we're going back.

(When the three turned back, they saw the pandas and were surprised.)

Lei: If you still have room?

Ai: Yeah. We'd like to help!

(Lilac looked at Carol.)

Sash Lilac: You were saying?

TBA.