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  • - [Douglas] This is the story of a little girl named Ariel

  • and a mother daughter summer vacation

  • that changed her life forever.

  • Ariel is from Saint John, a port city along the Bay of Fundy

  • where the highest tides in the world

  • meet at the mouth of the Saint John River.

  • Some say its chaotic waters are home

  • to strange sea creatures, but people say a lot of things.

  • Every year, Ariel and her mother

  • rent my summer cottage in Chamcook.

  • Its private beach and ocean waters are very special.

  • One day, while beachcombing,

  • Ariel would discover just how special.

  • If I remember right,

  • it all happened something like this.

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  • - What in the world is this?

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  • (zipper rasping)

  • (bird calling)

  • (Ug Wug sniffing)

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  • (Ug Wug sniffing)

  • (Ug Wug chewing)

  • (Ariel screaming) (Ug Wug roaring)

  • - Thanks so much for renting us

  • the cottage again this summer.

  • Ariel has so much fun when she's here.

  • She ran to the beach as soon as we pulled in the driveway.

  • - Of course, wouldn't be the same

  • without little Ariel showing off her beach treasures.

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  • - Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute, kiddo.

  • Come back and say hi.

  • - Sorry, Mom. Hi, Mr. Van Der Zer.

  • Thank you for letting us stay at the cottage again.

  • - No problem! Good luck searching the shore for treasures!

  • - [Ariel] Thank you!

  • - Sorry, she's a little more excited than I thought she was.

  • She must've found something really special down there.

  • - Something special indeed.

  • You never know what you'll find down on that beach.

  • Anyway, I'll let you start your vacation.

  • If you need something, give us a call.

  • We're just down the street.

  • - All right, tell Adam we say hi. See you later.

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  • (zipper rasping)

  • (keyboard clicking)

  • - On a beach in Chamcook, New Brunswick,

  • a young boy named Douglas Van Der Zer has reported

  • seeing the fabled Saint John sea monster the Ug Wug.

  • Hey, that's where we are. That's the same beach.

  • While staying at his family's summer cottage,

  • he claims to have stumbled upon the creature

  • as it was sunning on the beach.

  • Douglas claims the monster quickly returns to the sea,

  • leaving behind a single scale.

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  • It's a scale?

  • - Ariel, that was a little bit rude that you walked away

  • from Mr. Van Der Zer like that, don't you think?

  • What was so important, anyways?

  • - I'm sorry, Mom. I just...

  • I was just really excited and I wanted to look something up.

  • - Sea monsters, huh? Well, every year it's something.

  • Last year it was stinky, smelly crab shells.

  • Please don't bring home any more stinky, smelly crab shells

  • home with you this summer.

  • Hey, that's really pretty.

  • I noticed Mr. Van Der Zer had one on

  • just like that today on his necklace.

  • We can pick a necklace for you

  • after supper if you want with it.

  • - Yes, please. - Time to get supper going.

  • How does a burger and salad sound?

  • - Sounds great, Mom. Let me know when it's ready.

  • - Okay, love you.

  • Let's not bring any sea monsters home

  • this summer either, okay?

  • - No promises.

  • It ate my sandwich!

  • It liked my sandwich!

  • (pencils clattering)

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  • (pencil scratching)

  • (pencil scratching)

  • Okay, I make the sandwiches. I lay the trail.

  • I hide behind a rock. The Ug Wug eats the sandwiches.

  • And we're best friends!

  • (dog barking)

  • - Ariel, it's time to get up, babe.

  • We've got to go into town, get some things.

  • Oh, what is this mess?

  • - [Ariel] Hi, Mom. Love you.

  • I went to the beach, and by the way, PS, we need more jam.

  • Love you, bye!

  • - Ugh, gross! This is way too early in the morning for this.

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  • - Don't worry, Ug Wug. We're going to be best friends.

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  • (birds chirping)

  • (door rasping)

  • (Kris slurping)

  • - Morning, babe.

  • Yeah, mother daughter vacation's officially begun.

  • Yeah, Douglas met us here last night

  • and helped us unload the car.

  • Well, she's been down on the beach for a couple hours now.

  • She was up before I got up this morning.

  • Yeah, she must've found something really good down there.

  • Okay, babe, I'll call you tonight.

  • Okay, bye. Love you.

  • - [Douglas] No one had ever tried to make friends

  • with a Wug before, but Ariel knew she could.

  • Her fear after first seeing it was gone.

  • She knew she could earn its trust, and she planned to do it

  • one blueberry jam sandwich at a time.

  • I don't know how she knew Ug Wug would return.

  • She just had a feeling, and so she followed her plan,

  • knowing that if it worked, she would become friends

  • with the most amazing creature she had ever seen.

  • And thinking back on it, I think Ug Wug felt the same way.

  • Wugs are very wise.

  • It is said that they can see your soul, good or bad.

  • - There, that should do it.

  • - [Douglas] Once you're friends with a Wug,

  • you are friends for life.

  • It's a magical thing, literally.

  • Ariel waited on that beach.

  • She waited,

  • and waited,

  • and waited.

  • (water burbling)

  • Until eventually, she fell asleep.

  • (water splashing)

  • (Ug Wug purring)

  • (Ug Wug sniffing)

  • (Ug Wug grunting)

  • (Ug Wug chewing)

  • That is when it happened.

  • Just like that, a big, giant friendship unlike any other.

  • - No, no, wait! I won't hurt you, I promise.

  • Hi.

  • You're not a scary monster at all, are you?

  • (Ug Wug grunting)

  • Wow, you're beautiful.

  • (Ug Wug groans)

  • I'm sorry, I don't have any more.

  • I can bring you more treats tomorrow.

  • - Ariel, it's time to go to town!

  • We've got to get more jam, remember?

  • - Be right there, Mom!

  • I have to go, okay?

  • You stay safe and hidden.

  • When I come back tomorrow, I'll bring you more treats.

  • (rocks clattering)

  • Best friend ever.

  • (ominous music) - Gloria!

  • Gloria, can you hear me?

  • Gloria, yeah, listen, listen, I'm stuck.

  • I'm lost in the middle of nowhere.

  • I cannot find this stupid anger management place anywhere,

  • and this pathetic excuse of a rental car,

  • it absolutely reeks of farts!

  • Smells like a fart did a fart in it!

  • It's a bloody stink wagon, a bloody, ow!

  • So if you can find me a rental car

  • with a bit less rotten egg and a bit more potpourri,

  • that'd be lovely!

  • Gloria? Gloria!

  • Can you hear me? Gloria!

  • - [Kris] Ariel, it's time to go to town!

  • We've got to get more jam, remember?

  • - Be right there, Mom! - What is that?

  • Can't be.

  • It is.

  • - [Douglas] Gilly Reginald Green.

  • As you can see, he's a classy fella. Not too bright, though.

  • So focused on making money and making Daddy proud,

  • he tends to overlook important details,

  • like taking a photo of a sea monster when you first see it!

  • Seriously, if he had just snapped one picture,

  • this would be a different story.

  • (phone ringing)

  • - Gloria, yeah, yeah.

  • Cancel the anger management thing.

  • Arrange a call with the board.

  • I'm about to make our investors

  • very happy indeed.

  • (phone beeps)

  • Money by the pound.

  • Money by the pound.

  • Good god! How's it got worse?

  • (Gilly coughing)

  • (engine starting)

  • (engine revving)

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  • - Come on, you said you wanted to try

  • new things this summer.

  • How about we dig up some worms,

  • fry them on a stick on the barbecue?

  • That'd be great with barbecue sauce.

  • - How about chocolate cake,

  • and we can wash it down with chocolate milk?

  • And after supper, we can have chocolate ice cream.

  • - Whoa, okay, that's a lot of chocolate.

  • How about we just stick with some ice cream,

  • and maybe some chocolate sauce on top?

  • - Fish.

  • - Did you say fish?

  • Fish? That's an awful big jump from chocolate cake.

  • Ariel?

  • Ariel?

  • - Sorry, Mom. I guess I was daydreaming.

  • - I'll say.

  • Hey kiddo, how about we go down into the wharf

  • and get our traditional treats?

  • - Hey, sounds good.

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  • (birds calling)

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  • - Well, we made it, kiddo.

  • - Mom, do you think fish

  • watch over air and land like people?

  • Like people watch over the water?

  • - I don't know, I never really

  • thought about it like that before.

  • Never really imagined living underwater.

  • - It's pretty cool.

  • - You know from experience, do you?

  • - Imagination is my superpower, Mom.

  • - I know. How about this?

  • If people go fishing, do you think giant fish go people-ing?

  • (Ariel laughs)

  • (water bubbling)

  • - Gloria, Gloria, please just tell them

  • I am feeling much better now.

  • - Really? Nothing?

  • I thought that was pretty clever.

  • Ariel?

  • - No, no, no. No, no, no.

  • No more outbursts, I promise. I am a new man.

  • - Ariel, are you okay?

  • Ariel? Ariel, babe, this isn't funny.

  • - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep, that's right, Gloria.

  • Yep, a sea monster colored like candy.

  • That's very important, don't forget that.

  • All we have to do is capture it.

  • - [Kris] Honey, are you okay?

  • Ariel! Ariel?

  • - Hello, ladies.

  • It looks like your vacation officially started.

  • You have your traditional Honeybeans treats.

  • - (sighs) Oh, thank you.

  • - Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm okay, Mom.

  • - Is Ariel sick? Can I help with anything?

  • - I don't know, Ariel kind of spaced out

  • into this weird trance or something.

  • This is like the second time it's happened today.

  • - You okay?

  • - Yeah, yeah, no, listen, Gloria.

  • I don't care what it takes.

  • We'll buy the entire coastline if we have to.

  • People are going to travel from all over the world

  • to see this, you have to see it, Gloria.

  • It's got, like, a rainbow tail like a mermaid!

  • It's a bloody wonder! Yeah!

  • - You like my necklace, huh? I see you have the same one.

  • When I was your age, I found it

  • on the same beach I bet you found that one.

  • You wouldn't believe the story if I told you.

  • - Yes, yes, we could charge people to come and see it!

  • We can build an entire amusement park around it!

  • We could even sell its drool!

  • And hair, and hair, its hair!

  • I mean, I bet it sheds and molts.

  • I mean, do sea monsters molt? Who knows?

  • Look, just get all of this at the board, Gloria.

  • This is going to be my moment.

  • I'm finally going to make a mark all by myself.

  • They're not going to think of me as the boss's son anymore.

  • We're going to make a fortune!

  • Finally going to make the old man proud.

  • (Ariel gasps)

  • - Mom, we got to go back to the beach.

  • I need to check on something very important there.

  • - Ariel, don't be rude. We got to finish...

  • We got to finish with our visit with Mr. Van Der Zer first.

  • - That's okay, I got to get some groceries.

  • I promised Adam I'd cook tonight.

  • - Sorry.

  • - Ariel, you take care of that special beach treasure.

  • - Thank you.

  • - Okay, thanks!

  • - [Ariel] Bye!

  • - Hey, it's me.

  • Yeah, listen.

  • Remember that story I told you about when I was a kid?

  • Yeah, I think it's back.

  • Yeah, I'm going to see.

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  • (ominous music)

  • - Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.

  • Just one pair, that's all I need. Just one pair.

  • (ominous music continues)

  • - Excuse me, I believe these are mine.

  • - Oh, well that's funny, because I think they're mine!

  • - Sir, please. - No, mine!

  • - But I need them too!

  • - To? To what, see into your future?

  • Well, let me give you the CliffsNotes version, love.

  • Nothing to see here, just the same old, same old rot,

  • whereas my sea monster and I, we are going places.

  • - What is wrong with you?

  • Did you not get enough love as a child?

  • - Trust me, you do not want any part in this!

  • - Oh, forget it. I don't need this.

  • I have two kids at home that think everything in my house

  • is a toilet, you can have them.

  • - Oh, there's a lady stealing things in aisle three

  • because she's mad about living in a poop house or something.

  • You might want to call security, and I need these.

  • Thank you!

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  • - I can't believe it! After 30 years, he's back!

  • But that's not what Ariel's scared of.

  • Something, or someone.

  • I wonder.

  • (engine rumbling)

  • (phone ringing)

  • - Hello? - Oh, hi, Mr. Alwert.

  • Hi, it's Douglas. Is Sam around?

  • - He's out on patrol. - Still on patrol, huh?

  • Could you tell him I called when he gets back?

  • - Sure, is it important? - No, no, nothing important.

  • - What are you after? - What's that?

  • - Still chasing monsters? - Yes.

  • I'm still chasing monsters.

  • Better me chasing them than them chasing me.

  • - [Alwert] Any idea how Adam puts up with you?

  • - No, sir.

  • I don't know how Adam puts up with my shenanigans.

  • I'm just lucky, I guess.

  • - [Officer] Don't be bothering Sam about any monsters.

  • - No, sir. - You got it?

  • - I won't distract Sam from his police work.

  • Not like last time. - Good.

  • (Douglas mimicking static)

  • (phone beeps)

  • (cheerful music)

  • - [Ariel] Come on, Mom, come on!

  • Come on, come on! - I'm coming!

  • - [Ariel] Come on, let's go, let's go! We've got to hurry!

  • - These better be some good shells.

  • A pearl or something.

  • - It's more than a pearl.

  • Come on! - I'm coming.

  • - Let's go, let's go, let's go!

  • - Okay, okay.

  • Wow, it's pretty.

  • - Just wait, Mom. She's coming, don't be afraid.

  • - She? Afraid?

  • What are you talking about?

  • - You'll see.

  • Mom, I'd like you to meet my friend Ug Wug.

  • (Ug Wug grumbling)

  • - (screams) Ariel!

  • Ariel, come on, we've got to go!

  • Get over here! Come on! - Mom! Mom!

  • - What is that? We've got to go!

  • - Mom, wait, wait! Calm down!

  • Hurry, hurry! - Ariel, we got to go!

  • - Wait, Mom! - We got to go!

  • Get away from us! Get away!

  • - Listen to me! - What?

  • - Listen to me.

  • - We got to go. What is that?

  • - It's my friend.

  • - Your friend?

  • - Yeah.

  • Good girl.

  • See, Mom? She's friendly.

  • Come on, Mom. Get up, get up.

  • Yesterday, I found her.

  • Earlier today, I was seeing what she was seeing,

  • and I think she was seeing what I was seeing.

  • Isn't she amazing?

  • (Kris groaning)

  • See, Mom? She likes you.

  • Good girl.

  • Today when we were at the wharf, I had a vision,

  • and I saw a fancy man trying to sell Ug Wug.

  • Or not sell, lock her up.

  • And he wanted to sell tickets to people to come and see her,

  • or she saw, and I saw what she saw.

  • But anyways, he even wants to sell her drool!

  • - Ew. (Ug Wug growls)

  • Sorry.

  • Wait, it can understand me?

  • - Her, Mom. It's a her.

  • And she somehow knows how to understand people.

  • But we got to help her, Mom. We got to help her.

  • The bad man, somehow he knows about Ug Wug.

  • He'll capture her, and her life will be miserable.

  • We got to help her, Mom. She's my friend.

  • - Kiddo, I don't even know how any of this can be real,

  • let alone even how to help.

  • What did you call her? Ug Wug?

  • - Maybe I can help with that.

  • I knew I'd see you again.

  • Ariel, am I ever glad you came to visit this summer.

  • I think I know someone that can help us.

  • (birds cawing)

  • (Mr. Green Sr. coughing) (phone ringing)

  • (gas hissing)

  • - [Robert] Good afternoon, sir.

  • I have the update you asked for on your son Gilly.

  • - Go on.

  • - Well, sir, he never checked

  • into the anger management or his hotel.

  • Gloria says he's been going on

  • about some kind of sea monster he claims to have seen.

  • Apparently he wants to capture it.

  • Sir, we are very concerned.

  • His outbursts are now coupled with delusions of grandeur.

  • How long do you want us to entertain his shenanigans?

  • He could pose a real threat

  • to the future of Green Industries.

  • - Robert, if something should happen,

  • should Gilly prove to be beyond hope,

  • my youngest son, Quentin Bartholomew Green,

  • shall be my successor.

  • Gilly will be cast aside.

  • No more chances. (coughing)

  • - [Robert] Very well, sir.

  • I will have legal prepare the paperwork

  • for your review and signature.

  • - Robert, you are a loyal employee and a good friend.

  • Thank you. (coughing)

  • (gas hissing)

  • (Mr. Green Sr. coughing)

  • (Mr. Green Sr. Wheezing)

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  • - That's right, gentlemen.

  • My research tells me that it is named Ug Wug,

  • and it is not a myth at all.

  • No, no, it's as real as you and I.

  • And if you were to grant me additional resources

  • and upfront investment in infrastructure,

  • then Wuggy World would not only be the number one theme park

  • in the world, but the home of a real live sea monster!

  • People of the board,

  • this is quite literally a license to print money.

  • We would make back our initial investment

  • in the first quarter,

  • and that doesn't even include merchandising!

  • - [Robert] Mr. Green, you are three days

  • into a medically mandated vacation

  • where you are supposed to be relaxing

  • and attending your anger management classes.

  • Or have you forgotten the donut incident

  • from our last shareholders meeting?

  • - No, I haven't forgotten the donut incident.

  • I apologized to Freddy, and I paid for a new suit.

  • - [Robert] (clears throat) Now you are going to pitch to us

  • an amusement park with a rainbow...

  • Sorry, a candy colored sea monster.

  • - Yes, candy colored. And who doesn't love candy?

  • - [Robert] Yes, quite.

  • Do you not see why the members of the board

  • might be concerned?

  • Hello, Mr. Green? Are you still there?

  • - Yes, Bob, I'm still here in the middle of nowhere,

  • surrounded by mosquitoes in my fart-mobile.

  • Bob? - Did you say fart-mobile?

  • - Look, Bob, just give me 24 hours

  • to provide proof of everything I've claimed.

  • If I can come back to you with evidence,

  • then the board gives me the budget and resources I need.

  • What do you say to that, Bob?

  • - [Robert] Mr. Green, out of the profound respect

  • we have for your father, who founded this company,

  • we will agree to meet again in 24 hours

  • to review your evidence and sea monster park.

  • Mr. Green, please do attend your anger management classes

  • as per your doctor's orders.

  • You are on shaky ground with this board.

  • (Gilly screaming)

  • (Gilly screaming)

  • (Gilly panting)

  • (phone beeps)

  • (Gilly grunting)

  • (Gilly sighs)

  • (door slams) (engine revving)

  • - Oh, yeah, thanks, Sam.

  • Yeah, we'll have to get together soon.

  • Okay. Okay, thanks, bye.

  • Okay, his name's Mr. Green.

  • He's in town on a sabbatical, something to do

  • with a flaming donut office something, I don't know.

  • Sounds like a real piece of work.

  • His dad owns Green Industries, gave him a pity job.

  • - Well, capturing a mythical sea creature

  • would certainly help establish himself.

  • But wait a minute, how is this even possible?

  • Like, what's next, unicorns?

  • - Oh, you don't have to worry about those.

  • - Thank goodness.

  • - They live further inland.

  • - If Mr. Green even gets a photo of Ug Wug, it will be bad.

  • It...

  • It...

  • (water bubbling)

  • (water bubbling)

  • - Ariel? Ariel?

  • Hello?

  • - She did this at the wharf today, too,

  • and even before that in the car,

  • only without the sleeping part.

  • She said something down on the beach

  • about her and Ug Wug being able to, like,

  • feel each other's thoughts and feelings.

  • - Maybe they share a telepathic link.

  • - You can't be serious. Is that even possible?

  • - Says the woman who was just petting a sea monster.

  • - I know, but she doesn't do it all the time.

  • She can go hours without doing whatever this is.

  • - Maybe that's a good thing.

  • Maybe she can let the Ug Wug know it's not safe here.

  • - Maybe. - Come on.

  • - But she's right, you know. We can't let him take her.

  • - From the sounds of it, Mr. Green's the real monster here.

  • I'll come back in the morning,

  • and we'll figure out a plan to save Ug Wug.

  • I'm going to call a friend. He's a little different, but...

  • I'll see you in the morning.

  • (pensive music continues)

  • (phone ringing)

  • (phone ringing)

  • - Hello. - Kwimu. (laughs)

  • It's Douglas. Yeah, it's been a while.

  • - Indeed.

  • Last I heard, you were in Saint John,

  • diving into the Reversing Falls looking for signs of Ug Wug.

  • - Well, actually, that's why I'm calling. I found her.

  • Well, actually, I didn't find her.

  • Daughter of a family friend found her.

  • But she's back, Kwimu!

  • - I told you, Douglas.

  • When the time is right, you will see her again.

  • After all, you wear one of her scales.

  • She's very picky who she lets find one of her scales.

  • That's part of Wug magic.

  • - I know, you were right.

  • Well, actually, that's why I'm calling.

  • There's a shady businessman

  • who's been trying to capture her.

  • - Every year, the world gets smaller,

  • and our special friends struggle to stay hidden.

  • (stick thumping)

  • (Luna baying)

  • - Kwimu! Are you okay?

  • - Oh, I'm just leaving a snack for Luna.

  • She's eating for two now.

  • - Yeah, pretty soon you'll have the pitter patter

  • of little bigfeet around your land.

  • (Luna snarling)

  • - Now that's chomping. That's really chomping.

  • - This little girl Ariel,

  • she's got a really strong connection to Ug Wug.

  • It's almost telepathic.

  • - That sounds about right.

  • Wugs can choose one, maybe two persons in a lifetime

  • to form a soul link with.

  • One sees and feels the other.

  • - She's not safe.

  • We have to get her to a place where she's going to be safe.

  • - Douglas, there is a way to keep her safe,

  • at least for a while.

  • This is what you need to do.

  • (pensive music)

  • (chair creaking)

  • (Ug Wug farting)

  • (Ariel farts)

  • - Was that you or your friend?

  • (birds chirping)

  • (chicken clucking)

  • Morning, kiddo.

  • - Morning, Mom.

  • - I was talking to Daddy last night.

  • - Cool, what'd he say?

  • - Well, he said he misses us,

  • and he hopes we're having a good time.

  • (Ariel slurping)

  • - Did you tell him about Ug Wug?

  • - Well, I couldn't quite figure out how to tell him

  • that a bright colored sea monster

  • had a telepathic connection with our daughter.

  • - Well, if you put it that way.

  • - Good morning, ladies. I brought treats from Honeybeans.

  • - [Kris] Morning.

  • - Here you go. - Thanks.

  • - And I have news on how we're going to save Ug Wug.

  • - Really? - Yeah.

  • I called a special friend of mine last night,

  • somebody who's used to this sort of thing.

  • - Saves sea monsters regularly, does he?

  • - Well, let's just say he's unique.

  • Anyways, I trust him with my life,

  • and I'm sure Ug Wug will, too.

  • Turns out that Ug Wug and Kwimu know each other.

  • Kwimu's my friend's name. He lives further upriver.

  • He knows all about the different kinds of Wugs.

  • - There's more than one Wug?

  • - Yeah, there's the Frost Wug that lives up north,

  • the Forest Wug, the Fire Wug, the Rock Wug.

  • There's Wugs all over the world.

  • - Whoa!

  • - Kwimu says that there are sea caves

  • that connect the ocean to different parts

  • of the river and surrounding lakes and stuff.

  • If Ug Wug can follow those caves, she'll stay hidden,

  • and if she makes it to Kwimu, she'll be safe.

  • - My husband's never going to believe any of this.

  • We just turned our mother daughter vacation

  • into a sea monster rescue mission.

  • - Yeah, it's sad and awesome at the same time.

  • But I still can't believe there's more than one Wug.

  • - What do you think, Ariel?

  • - Let's save a sea monster.

  • - Yep, now that's a normal thing to say at breakfast.

  • (Gilly snoring) (phone ringing)

  • - No, Daddy! I want to be a dancer!

  • Daddy, no! Huh?

  • Gloria! - Hello?

  • - Gloria! - Mr. Green?

  • - Gloria? Gloria, can you hear me?

  • You need to send a team! - Can you hear me, Mr. Green?

  • - Gloria? - Yes, sir, I'm here.

  • - What? Gloria, can you hear me?

  • - Hello? Mr. Green? - You need to send a team!

  • - [Gloria] Sir, the board members have blocked it.

  • - Blocked? Blocked by who?

  • Blocked by the board? - Yes, sir.

  • You're on temporary suspension right now.

  • - This is going to get ugly. - How dare you?

  • - What? - I am a very handsome woman.

  • - What? No, not you.

  • No, Gloria, no, not you! Not you! (screams)

  • (pensive music continues)

  • - Well, Ariel, do you think you can call her?

  • - She already knows we're here.

  • Here she comes!

  • (water splashing)

  • (Ug Wug sniffing)

  • Hi, I missed you.

  • Here you go, girl.

  • (Ug Wug groans)

  • I missed you. Are you okay?

  • - You're in danger, but we want to help.

  • (engine rumbling)

  • (rumbling continues)

  • (footsteps tapping)

  • (Robert sighs)

  • - Master Quentin. - Bob!

  • Bob-meister-meister-bobber. Come here.

  • Give me some knuck-knucks, come on.

  • Come on, you know you want to. Right here.

  • Come on, knuck-knucks. Come on, move that hand.

  • Come on. Come on, Bob-meister.

  • Yeah, there you go. See, that wasn't so hard, now was it?

  • - Welcome back, sir.

  • - It's good to be back, Bob-meister-meister-bobber.

  • - Please don't call me that.

  • - Okay, I'm sorry, Bob-meister.

  • I can't, it just works so good. Own it, my guy.

  • So Dad sent you out here to collect his favorite son, eh?

  • - [Robert] I've been chosen to personally inform you

  • that as of this morning,

  • you are the acting CEO of Green Industries.

  • Heaven help us.

  • - So Dad really is sick, then.

  • What about Gilly? He's the oldest, right?

  • Shouldn't it be him?

  • - [Robert] Your father's actually rather unhappy

  • with your brother as of late.

  • Gilly seems to have lost his mind,

  • chasing after sea monsters.

  • - Sea monsters? Big bro, what are you doing?

  • I thought he was in that anger management thing,

  • something to do with Freddy's suit, a flaming donut.

  • His face was classic. It was all like, ah!

  • - Sir, it is my responsibility to escort you to the board

  • so that you may begin your new responsibilities.

  • - Fine, hey, Bob-meister-meister-bobber,

  • you think you could get our aerotech division unit

  • to track Gilly, you know, from the eye in the sky?

  • I want to see what big bro is up to nowadays.

  • Consider it a CEO request.

  • - Yes, sir.

  • You spoiled little...

  • Now I have to take orders from a 14 year old.

  • So undignified.

  • (ominous music)

  • - Just my luck, stuck in the middle of nowhere.

  • No reception.

  • Bob with his board of directors.

  • Board of dictators, more like.

  • Now Gloria thinks I called her ugly.

  • This day can't get any worse!

  • Come on, come on!

  • There you are!

  • Aha!

  • There you are.

  • What? No, no, no, no!

  • My evidence is swimming away! No!

  • Who are these people? (screams)

  • (Gilly screaming)

  • (Gilly sobbing)

  • (somber music continues)

  • (pensive music)

  • (door knocking)

  • - Morning, Douglas.

  • Thanks for helping us today. Ariel's really upset.

  • - Yeah, I don't blame her. It's a tough day.

  • - I have to say goodbye

  • to the most amazing friend I've ever had.

  • - Well, you won't have to do it alone, though.

  • - We should go now. Ug Wug is almost to the beach.

  • - Okay.

  • (stones clattering)

  • (phone dings) - Huh?

  • Voicemail. What? - You have one new message.

  • Playing unheard messages.

  • - [Robert] Mr. Green, due to the board receiving

  • no proof of your sea monster

  • and the concerning nature of your recent behavior,

  • well, Mr. Green,

  • the board has voted and decided that Green Industries

  • will be moving forward without your involvement.

  • We wish you the best.

  • Security will have your belongings shipped to you,

  • as you've also been barred

  • from all Green Industries property.

  • Get help, Mr. Green.

  • - Help!

  • Help!

  • I don't need help!

  • I don't need!

  • (Gilly screaming)

  • (Gilly squawking)

  • (Gilly squawking)

  • (Gilly panting)

  • (water splashing) (Ug Wug growling)

  • You! You, you've ruined everything!

  • You've cost me everything!

  • Ruined everything! This was my chance!

  • I could've been a gazillionaire!

  • I could've made my father proud!

  • You, little girl, you ruined everything!

  • (Ug Wug growling)

  • (Ug Wug roaring)

  • (Gilly gasping)

  • (stones clattering)

  • (Douglas laughs)

  • - Ug Wug can make people do crazy things.

  • Kwimu quit his office job

  • and became a monster researcher after meeting Ug Wug.

  • Oh yeah, he's met all the greats. Bigfoot, Ogopogo.

  • He even raised and saved a unicorn from dying.

  • - What? - Yeah.

  • Unicorns sneeze glitter.

  • I didn't believe any of this stuff either until I met him.

  • Hey, girl. Kwimu wants you to go live with him.

  • Remember Kwimu?

  • Yeah, I bet.

  • Remember those sea tunnels?

  • You could use those to help you get upriver,

  • up where he lives.

  • Do you remember where you first met him?

  • Good.

  • - I don't want to say goodbye.

  • But you're not safe here. I love you so much.

  • (Ug Wug grumbling)

  • (water splashing)

  • - Ariel, I promise Kwimu will take really good care of her.

  • I'll even give him a call every now and then

  • to tell him to give her a jam sandwich.

  • - Blueberry?

  • - Yeah, blueberry.

  • - Okay, 'cause those are her favorite.

  • - I'm sorry, babe. You may have just saved Ug Wug's life.

  • That's the best thing you could ever do for a friend.

  • (Ariel sobbing)

  • - If it's the right thing to do, why does it hurt so much?

  • - I know, babe. It doesn't seem fair, does it?

  • - And don't forget about these, Ariel.

  • Kwimu told me that these scales

  • are only found by people who are meant to find them.

  • That's your special connection to Ug Wug,

  • and you have a strong connection to Ug Wug.

  • So wherever she goes, you'll go with her, all right?

  • Forever. That's how the Wug magic works.

  • - You see, you won't ever be really far apart.

  • Whenever you want, just close your eyes,

  • and you'll be back together again.

  • That's a pretty powerful friendship.

  • - Best friends, Mom? - Best friends.

  • - Just like us.

  • - [Douglas] Ug Wug had a long swim ahead of her

  • through the ancient sea caves of the Reversing Falls

  • and way up the Saint John River.

  • Ariel and her mother finished their summer vacation,

  • and Ariel's mom was right.

  • Her husband didn't believe a word of it.

  • Ariel knew the truth, though,

  • and her connection to Ug Wug remained strong.

  • All she had to do when she was really missing her friend

  • was close her eyes, and magically,

  • her and Ug Wug were together again.

  • And my old friend Kwimu the great monster researcher

  • was true to his word.

  • He took very good care of Ug Wug,

  • and even gave her the occasional blueberry jam sandwich.

  • (Kwimu singing in foreign language)

  • (singing continues)

  • (water splashing)

  • - Good to see you again, old friend.

  • Ariel asked me to make these blueberry sandwiches for you,

  • but you're probably not hungry.

  • Whoa, whoa! Okay, I'm just kidding.

  • Here you go.

  • (Ug Wug chewing)

  • (Ug Wug slurping)

  • - [Douglas] Mr. Green gave in to his fate.

  • No job, no Ug Wug, no hope.

  • Of course, what he didn't know

  • was that Ug Wug wasn't trying to scare him.

  • She was just trying to roar some sense into him,

  • and maybe, just maybe, it might have worked,

  • because when you hit rock bottom, you can only go up.

  • If there's one thing a Wug is good at,

  • it's helping people when they need it the most,

  • and she believed even Mr. Green deserved a second chance.

  • It all should've been the perfect ending.

  • Instead, it was just the beginning

  • of a much bigger adventure.

  • But that's a Wug of a tale for another time.

  • (cheerful music continues)

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