You know, blondie, you might wanna start coming up with lion designs for that archway. I think that idea got some real traction with your dad
I'm sure the king loved your idea. You do realize he was just being polite, and probably didn't wanna call you a nitwit to your face.
Cass! If my dad didn't like Eugene's ideas, I think he would just say so.
Yeah. And he's never been shy about calling me names to my face before. (Pascal groans)
Well, before you go and have your royal advisor nameplate made up, you should probably know that whatever the king wants to ignore an idea, he always says "I'll take it under advisement." (does air quotes)
Ha! Shows what you know! I clearly remember him saying "I'll... (remembers what Rapunzel's dad said to him earlier at the table)
Take those suggestions under advisement. (thunder cracking)
Oh, no! He does think I'm a nitwit!
This changes everything! I cannot have a father-in-law who doesn't take me seriously!
Why not? No one else takes you seriously. (Rapunzel walks to Eugene and fixes his collar then dusts his vest off)
That's not true, Eugene. My dad thinks very highly of you. (Cass shakes her head "no") Though, there are times you could be a bit more selective about the kinds of things you suggest to him. He is the King, after all. (Cass shakes her head "yes")
Et tu, blondie? (walks away from Rapunzel) Okay, you know what? It's fine. It's fine. I can fix this. Quick! Name things your dad likes, that I can pretend I also like to impress him! (bells sounding)
The emergency alarm! (she, Rapunzel and Eugene hear the siren)
Equis? As in the kingdom next door, Equis?
What's that got to do with my dad's statue? Why is it all messed up?
Your dad's lifetime rival, King Trevor of Equis, likes to play pranks on him. (tells Rapunzel)
By just drawing a silly face on Dad's statue? (scoffs) I can't imagine any intelligent person finding this funny.
(laughing) (clears throat) (Rapunzel, Cassandra and the Captain of the Guards look at him) (he smiles)
Anyway, King Trevor always manages to thoroughly embarrass your father.
I can hear you, Captain. And yes, I am embarrassed. Embarrassed for him, really! The very idea of a grown man partaking in such infantile boobery!
Trevor has been trying to lure me into partaking in his shenanigans since our youth. Well, I won't partake! Do you hear me, Trevor! I won't partake! (crows cawing and they are flying away)
I must partake! I can't take this embarrassment any longer! Ooh, I need a prank! I must show the people that, despite that sign's proclamations, Equis does not rule!
Yes, how? By striking against that which he holds most dear! The very symbol of his land!
You mean, the Seal of Equis? But, Your Majesty, the castle of Equis is impenetrable. In fact, only one man has ever successfully infiltrated its defenses. And he-- (Eugene whistling when he walks by the throne room but he walks back to the entrance of it)
You guys talkin' about me?
Blondie, great news! Your dad just asked me to steal the Royal Seal of Equis for him!
Stealing from Equis? (closes the book? (Pascal squeaks and facepalms) (slides down the ladder) That doesn't sound like a great idea. (opens the book to show Eugene then Pascal flips a page) Did you know that they have over a thousand guards on duty at any given time? (Eugene takes the book from her and closes it)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, but don't you see? (puts the book on the desk and Pascal climbs on the globe) It's the perfect way for me to prove to him I'm more than just some nitwit thief!
No. (spins the globe) (Pascal squealing) By stealing something well. (spins the globe fast then stops it) (Pascal squeals, groans)
Hey, come on, it's for the official royal prank! I'm pretty sure that makes it completely legal...ish.
Oh! Well, then let me come with you. (holds her bag) I'm pretty good at surprises.
Sorry, blondie, but I've assessed the situation, and this is a one-man job. Luckily, Flynn Rider does his best work alone.
Let's go, partner! (tells Eugene)
Wait! I'm sorry, you wanna come with me? (asks King Frederic)
Of course I'm coming with you. You think I'm in the habit of dressing like this? Though this new, dashing adventure suit I had made is quite slimming. I must witness Trevor's humiliation at first hand! (Eugene walks to him)
Ohh... yeah. See, um... (chuckles) The thing is, I was thinking you wanted, you know, me to do it alone. Uh, not that I wouldn't love to have you along. It's just, you probably have way more important--
This is a matter of national pride, son. Of course it's important. And I specifically said "we" would steal the Royal Seal of Equis, remember?
I do! I do re-- yes, you did say "we"! I thought you were using the royal "we," you know, being king?
Come on, let's do this! (tells Eugene) How'd you put it before? Teamwork! Up high! (puts his hand up and Eugene tries to give him a high five but he walks away)
Yeah. You know, when you say "Up high," you usually-- (King Frederic tosses a bag to him) Okie-dokie, never mind. (puts the bag on him and leaves with King Frederic)
So, Your Majesty, I've drawn up this map based upon the brilliant way I got into the Castle Equis before, to show you how this is gonna go down. (King Frederic stops hiding inside the foliage to see a map) All we need to do is borrow a couple of uniforms and waltz right through the front door. Eh?
Eugene, as king, I've received top military. After studying this map, I can say certainty that what is required here is stealthy ingress. And this is the perfect spot to do it! (points to the drawing of one of towers on the map)
The northeast tower? The heavily guarded, impossibly fortified northeast tower? (asks King Frederic)
No one will expect it. (hides behind the foliage again)
Rapunzel: Mmph, what's so fun about pranks, anyway? (Cassandra carries a watering can and waters the plant inside the bedroom then walks to Rapunzel)
Mostly, the look on the other person's face when they realize what's happening.
So, it's supposed to surprise people?
Well, it's more like a joke. But, only the person responsible for it thinks it's funny. (Rapunzel walks away from her bay window)
Oh. So, like the jokes my dad tells.
No. There's more to it than that. You need to get somebody to expect one thing and then do something unexpected instead. It's basically entertainment for morons. (Rapunzel picks a portrait of Pascal)
Hmm. Unexpected, eh? (puts an eye mask on Pascal while he is sleeping and snoring then puts a blanket on him as a prank) By the time, he wakes up, he'll be so rested he won't even know what hit him! (laughs) I can't wait to see the look on his face. (Cassandra removes the eye mask)
Unexpected but not clever. (Pascal distressed squeaking)
All is clear. (Eugene also stops hiding from a fake bush) Just follow my lead. (tells Eugene) (hides inside the fake bush and walks to the tower) (two guards are walking by) (Eugene hides inside the fake bush and follows King Frederic but the former sees a door)
Your highness. (tells King Frederic and stops walking) (King Frederic walks by the door)
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Ohh, whew. (opens the door and exits) Huh? Hmm. (sees a fake bush with King Frederic walking by and the guard follows and starts attacking King Frederic with the halberd) (Eugene walks behind the guard but grabs him from behind) Aah! (Eugene is thwacking the guard) (guard groans) (Eugene wears the guard's uniform and the cap then takes the halberd) (Eugene sees two guards then he runs to King Frederic)
Oh, no, no, no. Oh, boy. Huh! (drops the halberd and runs towards the horse) (King Frederic walks forward then backwards) (horse whinnying when he pulls the reins) Get over... (King Frederic is behind the horse) (Eugene is smiling while standing in front of a horse like a statue and gives it a carrot) (chuckles nervously) Fellow guards. (waves to the guards when they are walking by)
Yes! (stops hiding) There. See? Easy. (turns around and sees Eugene wearing a uniform) Eugene, I thought I said the guard uniforms were unnecessary. (jumps out and walks stealth mode) Come on! Mm-hm? (chuckles) (Eugene turns around)
Oh, yeah, no, don't mind me. (takes the cap off) I'm just gonna scream into this for a little bit. (muffled screaming) (puts the cap back on his head and walks to the northwest tower) (the horse is chewing on a carrot that Eugene gave to it)
Okay. Just follow my lea-- (sees King Frederic trying to do a cartwheel)
(loud grunt) (fell on the floor then goes to the other side)
Really? (guards heard a noise) (sees the guards again)
G2Guard 2
Better check it out. (he and the other guard are walking towards the noise but Eugene coins on the floor) (Eugene's coins clinking)
G1Guard 1
This way! (he and other guard turn around then they walk the other way) (King Frederic climbs up)
They didn't spot me. A-ha! (referring to the guards) (gives a thumbs up then walks) Let's move out! (tells Eugene)
(groans while putting his hands on his face) You love Rapunzel, you love Rapunzel, you love Rapunzel! (follows King Frederic)
All I'm saying is, if you bring a quiche to work, you should bring enough to share with your co-workers. That's-- Just--
Yeah, but, you don't even like quiche!
Yeah, but that's-- First of all, don't tell me what I don't like. (puts his hand on his nose and walks away while being mad at Stan)
No, I know you don't like quiche.
Okay, because I, like a lotta things, but you never point that out.
You just tell me all the stuff I don't like.
Anyway, let's just this one done. (stops holding his halberd and walks to the other weapons then tells Stan) Okay, you start cleaning the spears, I'll work on the swords. (Stan stops holding his halberd) (cabinet doors rattling) (Pete and Stan turn around and they hear a noise) (rattling continues) (Pete and Stan are walking towards the noise while holding their halberds)
Ha! Gotcha! (stops hiding inside the cabinet while holding a rag and a sword)
(screams) (the weapons inside the cabinet have been shined by Rapunzel)
Ha! I just polished all of these weapons before you could! You should see the look on your face! (tells Pete and Stan) (Stan is terrified while his halberd is clanking) (Pete is shocked) You've just been pranked! Or as it's soon to be called, Rapunzelled. (Stan falls backwards then Rapunzel and Pete see Stan on the floor) (Cassandra opens the door to the weapons room to see how Rapunzel's prank turned out)
That was clever. But not funny. (closes the door and leaves)
Ah. The royal seal room. (he and Eugene walk to the entrance of the room) (will open the door) How do you like that, Eugene? (asks him) Told ya!
Ooh! (Frederic slaps him on the back then the cap fell off) (his hair has a leaf and a twig)
Flawless plan. (Eugene removes the twig from his hair and uses it to open the door) (Eugene pushes the door open then he and King Frederic enter the room) Ahh. Behind that curtain lies the Royal Seal of Equis. (pulls the curtain) Oh-ho-ho, sweet revenge! (he and Eugene sees Trevor Jr.) (Trevor Jr. barking)
It's a seal. (shocked that isn't an official seal)
Indeed. The Royal Seal... of Equis! (Trevor Jr. barks)
It's a seal seal! Not a royal seal!
It is a seal seal owned by a king. Thus, a royal seal. (tells Eugene) (walks to Trevor Jr.) (Trevor Jr. barks) Hmm?
You have got to be kid-- (annoyed at King Frederic) You... You know what? You know what? At this point, never mind! (walks to Trevor Jr.) Just grab your and let's get outta here. (Trevor Jr. barks) (grunting while trying to push Trevor Jr.) (groans) (King Frederic grunts) (gasps) (King Frederic chuckling) Wha...What? What? What are you doing? (asks King Frederic)
Leaving a calling card, so Trevor knows it was I who did this. (holds a paintbrush while at King Trevor's portrait and turns around) What should I paint, hm? Eye patch? Stink lines? Perhaps a tear, representing his imminent humiliation at being bested by me.
No! None of those things should you paint! (grunts) Gah! Let us go now! (tells King Frederic) (Trevor Jr. barking sadly) (barking in distance) (two of King Trevor's guards hear Trevor Jr. and they run to the royal seal room) (seal barking) (Eugene and King Frederic are going to be caught by King Trevor's guards) (Eugene sees the ceiling) Oh, I'm gonna need your grappling hook. (guards open the doors but they see no one is inside the room then they walk inside) (foreboding music) (Eugene, King Frederic and Trevor Jr. are on the chandelier)
You're the expert. (tells Eugene) What are we going to do now?
Oh, oh, so when you say "we," do you still mean the royal "we," which is actually you telling me how to fix this?
Well, no. I'm saying "we" as in us. (a screw is dropping to floor) (the guards are still searching the room and they are looking up)
Is that the royal us, because it still sounds like it's just me.
I asked you to come so that "we" could get the seal.
Okay, okay, so now I'm confused. You said "I" and "we" in the same sentence, which I'm finding means the same thing. Not to mention the fact that I couldn't get the proper definition of seal from you! (the chandelier falls) (he and King Frederic yelling) (chandelier crashing to the floor) Huh?
Uh-oh. (he and Eugene are surrounded by five guards)
(laughs) Uh, hey, guys. Hey, you guys. Would you believe that we're the chandelier repairmen? (laughs) Repairing it in the middle of the night? 'Cause this thing is broken. (Trevor Jr. barking)
Well... (sighs) this prank has gone horribly awry.
Listen, I'm sorry I lost my cool. It's just, this whole prank was my big chance for you to get you to take me seriously. (sits on the floor)
Yes. And I was getting frustrated when I wasn't able to do that. I know. It was dumb. (King Frederic walks to Eugene then he puts his hand his shoulder) (King Frederic sits next to him)
You know, there are many things I fail to take seriously. Eugene, son... you brought my daughter home to me after 18 long years. If there's one man in the whole world that I take very seriously... it's you.
(touched) Wow. Thanks, Your Majesty. Can I ask then, why-- why didn't you listen to my ideas?
You know, I suppose sometimes I let good ones slip through the cracks. I should've given your plan more consideration.
What you should have done was stayed in your own kingdom, Fredric! (walks to the cell alongside his pet)
Your efforts to abscond with my sweet Trevor Jr. were comical at best.
Oh. Yeah? I don't think your seal's too happy there. (tells King Trevor) (Trevor Jr. whimpering)
Of course he's not! (hugs Trevor Jr.) The poor little darling is traumatized by what you did to him!
All right, Trevor. You've had your laughs. Now, release us.
Oh, I'll let you go, but not I parade you through town in nothing but a jester's hat, proving once again that Equis is superior to Corona! For now, I leave you here to wallow in the stench of your own defeat. (chuckles) (walks away alongside Trevor Jr. and closes the door)
Oh, come on, you don't smell that bad. (gives King Frederic a friendly punch) Plus, it's mostly seal.
I meant, I deserve to wear nothing but a jester's hat. (sits while feeling down)
Uh, Your Majesty? What the heck does King Trevor know, anyway?
Once again, he showed himself to be the accomplished prankster. (Eugene walks to him and picks him up)
Accomplished? His prank wasn't even funny! I mean, I laughed, a little. But still, all around, not that funny.
Yes, that's true. His pranks are always more grating than they humorous.
Totally grating. Hey. Hey. That's it! (has an idea and walks to the drain)
What's it? What are you doing? (asks Eugene)
I'm gettin' us outta here. (holds the drain and removes it) (drain clanks) The question is, are you willing to try it my way? (turns around while holding the entrance to the drain and asks King Frederic)
Ha! Gotcha! You should see the look on your face! (Maximus whinnying, clapping) (Cassandra opens the stables door) (Maximus bites an apple then runs the other side) (Rapunzel walks to the entrance and asks Cassandra about the prank) Did you see the look on his face? He expected one apple, but then he got a whole bunch! (the head of the Maximus statue fell to the floor) Best. Prank. Ever. (Maximus eats one of the apples) (Maximus whinnying)
Funny, but not mischievous. (she and Rapunzel see Maximus scooting on the floor while eating apples)
Will you just listen, Your Majesty? (a guard wakes up) There's no way you'll escape that way! (other guard wakes up) (guards enter the cell)
G1Guard 1
Hey! What's goin' on in there?
Fellas! Would ya look at that? The king, he escaped without me. I don't know if I'm more impressed or insulted, you know what I'm sayin'?
G2Guard 2
Open the door! (tells the other guard) (the two guards run inside the cell to see that King Frederic escaped) Oh, no, King Trevor's gonna have our necks for this. (King Frederic stops hiding on the ceiling)
Lose something? (asks the guards then they see him) (swings while knocking the guards unconscious) (thwacks)
