Grim Fandango Dialog Transcript
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Manny
What's going on in that bottle? A tugboat?

Velasco
This happens to be a perfect scale replica of the SS Lumbago!

Velasco
I'm just having a little trouble getting the walking beam to fit in the neck, here...

Manny
Hm-that's funny because a lumbago is usually more of a problem in the lower back than the neck...

Velasco
Eh-hmmm?

Manny
Nothing.

Manny
Alright, so I'm ready to sail!

Velasco
On what?

Manny
On the Limbo, Man, let's go!

Velasco
Manny, Manny, Manny... The Limbo's not a passenger ship!

Velasco
She's small cargo, son, and every hand on board works!

Manny
I'll work!

Velasco
What are your skills?

Manny
Sales and restaurant management.

Velasco
Ohhhh...hey, there is ONE opening on the Limbo's crew...

Manny
Yeah?

Velasco
Yeah, it's in the engine room, and your buddy Glottis would be perfect for it!

Velasco
But he'd have to get his own tools...

Manny
Okay, if I get Glottis some tools, can we board?

Velasco
Uh, HE can, yes.

Velasco
No offense, Manny, but there's just no place for you aboard the Limbo.

Velasco
She's fully manned already.

Velasco
In fact, her whole crew is on board, ready to sail at dawn...

Velasco
...except for that one guy...

Manny
Who's the one guy who hasn't boarded yet?

Velasco
Yeah, well-uh, Seaman Naranja's a little late, but he'll be here before they sail.

Manny
What job did Naranja have?

Velasco
He ran the galley...

Manny
Ah ha! Restaurant management!

Velasco
Yeah, it's similar to what you're doing now, except the fish is fresher on the Limbo.

Manny
What if Naranja doesn't show up? I can fill his spot, right?

Velasco
Manny, you're not even in the maritime union!

Manny
I know that, and you know that, but we're two guys who can keep secrets, right?

Velasco
Glottis is exempt, but the captain will ask for YOUR card, and if you don't have one...

Velasco
...They'll serve you to the sharks like chum, and what's worse...

Velasco
I'll get fined!

Velasco
It's a tough union, boy, and I don't mess with 'em!

Manny
So let me get this straight...

Manny
If I get Glottis some tools...

Velasco
Then I can get him a job on the Limbo.

Manny
...and if Seaman Naranja doesn't show up for work...

Velasco
But he will.

Manny
...and I get a maritime union card...

Velasco
...which you'll never get.

Manny
Then I can sail on the Limbo in the morning?

Velasco
Sheeese.

Velasco
I GUESS SO.

Manny
What kind of tools does Glottis need?

Velasco
Authentic Sea Bee equipment only.

Manny
Where do I get Authentic Sea Bee equipment?

Velasco
Why don't you ask a Sea Bee?

Velasco
Afraid of gettin' stung?

Velasco
HA HA HA, HA-HA!!!

Manny
Where do you think Naranja is?

Velasco
Probably home selecting recipes for the trip!

Manny
I'd better go finish packing.

Velasco
Aye, you do that, son.


EXT The Blue Casket Building NIGHT


Manny
This elevator goes up to my club.


EXT Dry Docks NIGHT


Manny
Hmmm... These bees don't seem too busy...

Manny
Cold one, huh Terry?

Terry
Yeah. It's always cold when you're unemployed, Manny.

Manny
Who's unemployed? Aren't you guys in the union?

Terry
The Union?

Terry
Ha, they don't look after us little guys!

Terry
They're run by the coppers, and you of all people should know, Manny...

Terry
That the cops are in bed with the gambling joints.

Manny
Hey, I run an honest joint. We ain't in bed with nobody.

Terry
What about the protection money?

Manny
We pay every week on the nose, through the nose, like an honest place should!

Terry
See what I mean?

Terry
This town is just a big conga line of hustlers...

Terry
...all laughing and dancing and scratching each other's backs!

Manny
Why aren't you guys up there working?

Terry
You don't know the deal down here on the docks, do ya, Manny?

Terry
If you want to get the jobs, you have to pay the union's "extra dues," and that ain't cheap.

Terry
We don't pay, and so they put us on barrel duty.

Manny
You bees are being exploited! You should do something about it!

Terry
Ah, what can we do?

Terry
We're just a handful of unorganized drones!

Terry
We don't know nothing about nothing except just how to take it on the chin.

Manny
If the union is crooked, why don't you register a complaint?

Terry
Ha ha ha!

Terry
Ha! That's a good one, Manny!

Terry
Did you hear that guys? He thinks we should register a complaint.

Manny
Since you're not using your tools, think I could borrow them?

Terry
Well we sold 'em to feed our families.

Manny
Then how are you ever going to work?

Terry
I...I TOLD ya things were messed up down here, Manny, I...I told ya.

Manny
If the cops own the union, and gambling's in bed with the cops...

Terry
...Yeah, yeah and then who really runs the gambling right?

Terry
Well, no offense, but Maximino is really the big boy in town, obviously.

Terry
But word is, he gets his orders from some hardcore gangsters in El Marrow.

Terry
That fancy cat track is really just a big laundromat, if you get my drift.

Manny
Hey, can I borrow one of your union cards?

Terry
What are you kiddin'?

Terry
You know how much I had to pay Chowchilla Charlie to get mine?

Manny
You guys know a Seaman Naranja?

Terry
See Bees and sailors don't mix.

Manny
But you're in the same union...

Terry
Well maybe so, but some traditions are sacred there, Manny.

Manny
I think you're just a bunch of complainers.

Terry
You don't know what it's like, Man!

Terry
Every day we come down here, we try an' make an honest living...

Terry
We find out that you gotta be a crooked bee to win down here!

Terry
It knocks the pollen off of you, Manny--Makes you weak.

Manny
Why don't you just pay the union off, then?

Terry
We got our pride, Manny!

Terry
We're straight stingers, you know?

Terry
Not to mention that we just don't have any cash to spare, now that we're not working.

Terry
I mean, it's like a problem where-uh... uh... the solution... makes the problem... uh... worse.

Manny
Like a catch-22?

Terry
Yeah. Wow, I wish I knew words like that!

Manny
You bees gotta be strong!

Terry
Things just aren't the way they should be down here, Manny.

Terry
It's like the worker bees they do all work, but we can't affect the-uh...

Terry
...the...uh...

Terry
Ah...it's like the way things are produced should be controlled by...

Terry
I mean, we should...

Terry
Ahhhh! Forget it!

Terry
I'm just a dumb, hungry, out-of-work bee.

Manny
What's the buzz, boyz?

Terry
It's bad down here, Manny. It's like...

Terry
It's like we want to control the means of-of...

Terry
like, uh, ...things and stuff, you know?

Manny
You bees gotta be strong!

Terry
Easy for you to say, Topsider.

Salvador
Manuel, I am sorry to hear that you have not heard from your Meche.

Salvador
You must be patient, and let your heart remain open.

Salvador
If it is meant to be, you will someday be reunited.

Manny
Ah, he still thinks I'm in love with her!

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Salvador
Manuel, we have found the head of the serpent!

Salvador
Using the computer access you provided us, we picked up a thread that lead us to the man who corrupted the Department of Death!

Salvador
His name is Hector LeMans.

Salvador
Once a small-time racketeer, he has grown fat and powerful by robbing the newly-dead.

Salvador
Watch out for the name Hector LeMans, Manuel, and be careful.

Manny
Busy bees.

Manny
Hey, why don't you guys lend me some tools so I can help out?


INT. The Blue Casket NIGHT


Manny
Hey, look!

Manny
Dead Beats!

Manny
Hi, what's your name?

Manny
Hi, what's your name?

Manny
Crazy.

Manny
"Labor Organization and Revolt... Made Easy!"

Manny
Hey, can I borrow this book?

Alexi
Why? So you can freak on our plans for organizing labor and go rat us out to your pal, Chief Bogen?

Manny
Hey, I'm just looking for something to read on the can, all right?

Alexi
No dice, Cummerbund.

Manny
"Labor Organization and Revolt... Made Easy!"

Slisko
But don't ya see?

Slisko
When the government fades away, so will our troubles.

Gunnar
Ah, nonsense. We will always need some armed force to fight off the return of capitalism!

Alexi
That sort of fascist thinking is as dead as you are, comrade.

Alexi
When we get rid of all the guns, that's when people will begin to self-police, and the public opinion alone will keep them from committing crimes!

Manny
Hola, trust-funders!

Slisko
Hey, look who's making the scene!

Slisko
It's Manny Calavera, the up- the down- the back-side of the Nouveau Riche.

Alexi
Beat it, Dinner Jacket.

Alexi
We're talking about things you wouldn't understand, like truth and beauty!

Manny
Buenas noches, comrades.

Gunnar
Hey, Manny, no offense, but we don't have time for establishment-types like yourself.

Manny
What makes you guys think I'm so establishment?

Slisko
You smell like bacon and oppression, man!

Manny
Qué?

Manny
Hey, kids!

Gunnar
Sorry, Manny.

Gunnar
No room for the bourgeois in our revolution.

Slisko
Yeah, man. No room for the big fat cat from the uptown party that didn't send out invitations to the working class.

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
More hep cats...

Manny
Hi, what's your name?

Manny
Lola? What are you doing here?

Manny
This crowd doesn't go much for souvenir pictures.

Manny
Except, maybe of Lenin…

Lola
Shhh! Manny, I'm on a stakeout!

Lola
I'm gonna prove to Maximino once and for all that Olivia's no good for him.

Manny
Still hung up on Max, eh?

Manny
Take my advice, Angel.

Manny
Forget about him.

Manny
He's a gambling racketeer--

Lola
Ha ha. Like you?

Manny
Oh, that hurts, baby.

Lola
Shhh! Here they come!

Virago
Come on, sugar.

Virago
How about a kiss for the road.

Olivia
Oh, ick. Don't let me down, Nick.

Olivia
You're a lawyer.

Olivia
You're not supposed to have feelings.

Virago
I don't but I know a good tort when I see one.

Virago

Virago
Hey!

Virago
If Maximino sees that, we're gonna end up in matching terracotta pots!

Olivia
Don't be silly.

Olivia
He wouldn't hurt me.

Olivia
He LOVES me.

Virago
Rrrr.

Olivia
Manny! At last we're alone.

Olivia
Tell me, how are the bourgeoisie?

Manny
Fine, how's Max?

Olivia
Oh, Gramps, don't start.

Manny
What are you doing with a snake like Nick?

Olivia
I'd lay it on you, Manny, but uh, I don't think you'd get it.

Manny
Messing around with your boyfriend's lawyer is pretty dangerous.

Olivia
Oh, maybe I was wrong...

Olivia
You do get it!

Manny
I'm a little worried about Lola...

Olivia
That's because she's doomed, Manny.

Olivia
She fell in love with Maximino!

Olivia
That's the one mistake I never made.

Manny
Do you think Nick would hurt her?

Olivia
Only if he finds her, and take it from me--he's not good at finding things.

Manny
Open mic night seems like a big hit.

Olivia
It always takes those timid souls a while to get up the nerve.

Manny
Maybe it would help if you went up there and started things rolling?

Olivia
Oh, Manny.

Olivia
Read poetry in my own club?

Olivia
That would be like this whole place was just a big temple set up to worship me.

Manny
Oh, come--

Olivia
Okay!

Olivia
Alive!

Olivia
We slept!

Olivia
Life's just some rapid-eye-movement

Olivia
In a warm, cozy bed...

Olivia
Buried!

Olivia
We wake!

Olivia
The flesh dream is over, Daddy!

Olivia
Now that we're all crazy dead!

Manny
That was great.

Olivia
Yeah, but that's the last one!

Manny
Little dark in here, don't you think?

Olivia
Dark and cold, like the hearts of men.

Manny
Uh...

Manny
You know, I'm thinking of buying this place.

Olivia
Really, I thought about buying yours for a while.

Olivia
But then I just decided to ask my boyfriend Max to buy it for me.

Manny
You can have it. I'm leaving town.

Olivia
Manny!

Olivia
You sound so exciting all of a sudden!

Olivia
Why are you leaving town?

Manny
I'm chasing a woman I met once and can't forget.

Olivia
Well, I have a poem I wrote just for you.

Olivia
Pay attention because it's pretty short. Here it goes.

Olivia
Chuuuuuuuummmmmmmm-P!

Manny
Hey, how about another poem?

Olivia
Okay!

Olivia
Ashes to ashes

Olivia
...to ashes

Olivia
to ashes...

Olivia
...to ashes

Olivia
to ashes...

Olivia
...to ashes

Olivia
to ashes...

Olivia
to ME...

Olivia
...to ashes

Olivia
to ashes...

Olivia
...to ashes

Olivia
to ashes...

Manny
That was great.

Olivia
Yeah, but that's the last one!

Manny
Hey, how about another poem?

Olivia
Okay!

Olivia
I called my cat "Boney."

Olivia
'Til she said it wouldn't do.

Olivia
I said, "Why?"

Olivia
She said, "Sister,

Olivia
'Cuz that's what I'VE been calling YOU!"

Manny
That was great.

Olivia
Yeah, but that's the last one!

Manny
Hey, how about another poem?

Olivia
Okay!

Olivia
Okay, last one folks.

Olivia
With bony hands I hold my partner

Olivia
On soulless feet we cross the floor

Olivia
The music stops as if to answer

Olivia
An empty knocking at the door

Olivia
It seems his skin was sweet as mango

Olivia
When last I held him to my breast

Olivia
But now we dance this grim fandango

Olivia
And will four years before we rest

Manny
That was great.

Olivia
Really, this time. I just don't have anymore.

Manny
Hey, how about another poem?

Olivia
I'm bone dry, flesh out of poems!

Manny
Just begin again at the top, they get better each time.

Olivia
Really?

Olivia
Okay!

Olivia
Alive!

Olivia
We slept!

Olivia
Life's just some rapid-eye-movement

Olivia
In a warm, cozy bed...

Olivia
Buried!

Olivia
We wake!

Olivia
The flesh dream is over, Daddy!

Olivia
Now that we're all crazy dead!

Manny
That was great.

Olivia
Yeah, but that's the last one!

Manny
Well, catch you later, hep chick.

Olivia
Keep practicing that lingo, Man, you'll get it!

Manny
Oooh, smells like this door leads to the kitchen.


INT. Blue Casket Kitchen NIGHT


Beatnik waiter
Just a dab will drop ya!

Beatnik waiter
Hey, man. You didn't see me put the secret ingredient in these coffin shooters, did ya?

Manny
Relax. Olivia stole the recipe from me in the first place.

Beatnik waiter
Yeahhhh...she steals from the rich, and gives to me to pour...

Manny
These plates are filthy.

Manny
I'm not going to eat off of dirty plates, and I'm not going to clean them.

Manny
The sink is full of dirty hookah water.

Manny
I'm not going to drink dirty hookah water, and I can't carry it with my bare hands.

Manny
I don't get the feeling those cleaning supplies are used much around here.

Manny
Let the waiter clean up after himself.

Manny
Nothing in the dishwasher.

Manny
Nothing in the dishwasher.

Manny
Not to sound like the capitalist oppressor, but I have people who do that for me now.

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
Nothing in the dishwasher.

Manny
Let the waiter clean up after himself.


INT. The Blue Casket NIGHT


Manny
Mind if I go in?

Olivia
You don't want to go in there.

Olivia
I haven't cleaned up yet.

Manny
Well, catch you later, hep chick.

Olivia
Keep practicing that lingo, Man, you'll get it!

Manny
Strong stuff. That oughta kill the pain.

Manny
Helloooooo!

Manny
Hmmm. No effect.

Manny
Hi, what's your name?

Manny
Hey, can I borrow this book?

Alexi
No dice, Cummerbund.

Manny
Hola!

Slisko
What of it, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Dealer, Mr. Loves-The-Apples-But-Hates-The-Apple-Peeler?

Manny
Hola!

Slisko
Get a whiff of your privilege, your big belches of entitlement...

Slisko
I'd vomit, but there's no food in my belly cuz I won't play The Man's game!

Manny
Hola!

Slisko
I hear the driver of a station wagon, the owner of a pasta maker...

Slisko
The hollowed-out husk of a cat who remembers to button down his collar, but forgets his brother in the street.


INT. Blue Casket Kitchen NIGHT


Manny
I don't get the feeling those cleaning supplies are used much around here.

Manny
Let the waiter clean up after himself.

Manny
Not to sound like the capitalist oppressor, but I have people who do that for me now.

Manny
Nothing in the dishwasher.

Manny
The sink is full of dirty hookah water.

Manny
I'm not going to drink dirty hookah water, and I can't carry it with my bare hands.

Manny
These plates are filthy.

Manny
I'm not going to eat off of dirty plates, and I'm not going to clean them.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.


EXT The Blue Casket Building NIGHT


Manny
This elevator goes up to my club.


EXT Elevator Kiosk NIGHT


Manny
It's closed.


INT. Morgue NIGHT


Manny
Late night at the morgue, isn't it Membrillo?

Membrillo
You know I can't sleep with John Does on the slab, Manny.

Membrillo
If I don't ID these rose gardens tonight, I won't be ready for the two that come in tomorrow, and before you know it...

Membrillo
...I'm up to my ass in azaleas.

Manny
Any leads?

Membrillo
I know it's a poor coroner who blames his tools, Manny...

Membrillo
...but how am I supposed to turn up anything with the equipment they give me?

Manny
Hey, I had a government job for years, man.

Manny
I know how you feel.

Manny
What a sad story, these two sprouted and no one came down to claim them...

Membrillo
Death makes sad stories of us all.

Manny
How's business?

Membrillo
Booming, unfortunately.

Membrillo
More crime every day, and more and more sproutings like these.

Membrillo
Something's happening back in El Marrow, I think, and its dark hand is finally reaching us here in Rubacava.

Manny
What exactly are you looking for?

Membrillo
I'm digging for a treasure that part of me does not wish to find...

Membrillo
For when I uncover that sad doubloon that tells me who this poor soul is...

Membrillo
...my reward is not riches, but the chance to make a phone call, and break somebody's heart.

Membrillo
Of course, with this equipment, the search could go on for some time.

Manny
Can I help?

Membrillo
Sure, grab hold of this leaf right here...

Membrillo
...Manny?

Manny
I can't do it.

Membrillo
I know, I was just testing.

Manny
How do you do this job?

Membrillo
Without becoming jaded, you mean?

Membrillo
My secret to happiness, Manuel, is that I have the heart of a twelve-year-old boy.

Membrillo
I keep it over here in a jar. Would you like to see it?

Manny
NO!

Membrillo
Sorry. Old coroner joke.

Manny
Do you ever worry that your job is getting to you, Membrillo?

Membrillo
Well, forensic botany is a trying job, Manny, but have you ever spent much time here with a florist?

Membrillo
In life, they became florists because they loved flowers, but here...

Membrillo
...a flower is a symbol of pain, of death within death.

Membrillo
Their conflicted feelings build and build, and eventually they become quite mad.

Manny
Thanks for the tip.

Manny
I guess I'll send balloon bouquets from now on.

Manny
Membrillo, why do you stay in town?

Manny
Why don't you head off toward the Ninth Underworld?

Membrillo
Manny, you can only search for something for so many years...

Membrillo
...before you stop believing in it altogether.

Manny
You don't believe in the Ninth Underworld?

Membrillo
Why do you think we're all here in Rubacava?

Manny
Cuz you're waiting to earn off your time, or you can't afford passage, or...

Membrillo
Manny, we've given up. All of us.

Membrillo
When you've been here long enough, you will, too.

Manny
Well, don't let me bother you...

Membrillo
Always nice to have visitors.

Manny
Well, don't let me bother you...

Membrillo
Always nice to have visitors.

Manny
I'd hate to end up like this.

Membrillo
Then take my advice--buy an ID bracelet and wear it, always.

Manny
Wouldn't match my cufflinks.

Manny
Digging through flower beds is Membrillo's job, not mine.

Manny
I'd hate to end up like this.

Membrillo
Then take my advice--buy an ID bracelet and wear it, always.

Manny
Wouldn't match my cufflinks.

Manny
It's empty.

Membrillo
Only until I finish up here.

Manny
Hey, should I close this?

Membrillo
No, I'm trying to air it out.

Manny
Hey, should I close this?

Manny
Hey, should I close this?

Manny
Hey, should I close this?

Membrillo
No, I'm trying to air it out.

Manny
It's empty.

Membrillo
Only until I finish up here.

Manny
It's empty.

Membrillo
Only until I finish up here.


INT. Police Station NIGHT


Manny
"REWARD offered for cargo stolen from shipyard receiving area...

Manny
...including a large suitcase bearing the initials H.L."

Manny
"REWARD offered for cargo stolen from shipyard receiving area...

Manny
...including a large suitcase bearing the initials H.L."

Manny
"REWARD offered for cargo stolen from shipyard receiving area...

Manny
...including a large suitcase bearing the initials H.L."

Manny
What a horrible jail cell.

Manny
Then again, it sure taught Glottis a lesson that time.

Manny
Only Police Chief Bogen knows how to get in there.

Manny
What a horrible jail cell.

Manny
Then again, it sure taught Glottis a lesson that time.


EXT Bridge NIGHT


Manny
Hey, the new blimp is already in full operation.

Manny
Let's just hope they fill it with something non-flammable this time.

Manny
It only goes to the Land of the Living, and there's nothing for me there.


INT. Security Station NIGHT


Carla
Wow, Manny Calavera. You never come up here to see me anymore.

Manny
Well, I thought you could use the company, with everybody gone for the Day of the Dead.

Carla
In that case, Manny, why don't you stick around until six?

Carla
That's when I get off.

Manny
It's a metal detector.

Carla
Oh, THAT explains why it never gets my hair dry!

Manny
Can I try out your metal detector?

Carla
What's your sudden interest in metal detectors, Manny?

Manny
I need it to find coins in my couch.

Carla
Well, I'll show it to you when I'm on break, how's that?

Manny
Busy night?

Carla
Hardly.

Carla
Everybody's gone home for the holiday already.

Carla
This place is dead and I'm bored, Manny, bored!

Manny
What's the shuttle waiting for?

Carla
Ah, they're just cleaning it, but they're very thorough.

Carla
We run a tight ship here, you know.

Manny
When's your break?

Carla
Dawn.

Manny
Oh, that's too late! I'm shipping out tonight!

Carla
Yeah, right.

Carla
I've fallen for that line TOO many times...

Manny
I think it's time for your break.

Manny
We could slip in the back for a little drink, you can tell me all about your job... the danger...

Manny
...the metal detectors...

Carla
That back room's all business, Manny, and so am I.

Manny
What kind of business goes on back there, Carla?

Carla
Strip searches, and you don't qualify.

Manny
Why don't I qualify for a strip search?

Carla
Manny, I agree, it would help pass the time, but we have procedures and rules here...

Carla
...and you never know when THEY'RE watching.

Carla
I can only strip search people when a regular search turns up nothing.

Manny
Hey, it's worth a try.

Carla
Ooooh! I love this part!

Carla
Sir, if you will, please, place all of your belongings on the security desk...

Carla
Ah, you're clean.

Carla
Rats, Manny! I almost had to strip-search ya!

Manny
Why don't you come by the club anymore?

Carla
Well, to tell you the truth, Manny, it's your little coat-check girl.

Carla
All that bubbly energy, I just want to strangle her!

Manny
I've tried that. It doesn't stop her.

Manny
So, is it time for your break yet?

Carla
I told you, not til dawn.

Carla
Kind of romantic though, don't you think?

Manny
It's a metal detector.

Carla
Oh, THAT explains why it never gets my hair dry!

Manny
Nice view of the giant cat litter...

Manny
Things do look bad, but this jump wouldn't do the trick, unfortunately.

Manny
These lockers have a note on them...

Manny
"Employees: I don't care who's doing it, but please...

Manny
...stop using the contained-detonation chamber to crack open walnuts. Thank you."

Manny
They're locked.

Carla
They're LOCKers.

Manny
When'd you put in a floor safe?

Carla
That's our new contained-detonation chamber, in case someone tries to come through here with a bomb!

Manny
Since when does Rubacava have a terrorism problem?

Carla
This town's changing, Manny. It's getting tougher every day.

Manny
It's locked.

Salvador
Dear Friend,

Salvador
Our movement now has true momentum, and our numbers are rapidly growing.

Salvador
Much of this is due to our communications and intelligence systems, both of which we owe to you.

Salvador
In light of your contributions, I would like to announce your promotion to SPECIAL Agent status.

Salvador
I, Salvador Limones, of the Lost Souls' Alliance, salute you Manuel Calavera.

Salvador
You are a great ally in this noble revolution.

Manny
Me and this ticket printer, we're gonna make a mint!

Manny
Ah, "Marillo de Oro" -- A very fine liqueur filled with solid gold flakes!

Manny
My scythe--I like to keep it next to where my heart used to be.

Manny
So, is it time for your break yet?

Carla
I told you, not til dawn.

Carla
Kind of romantic though, don't you think?


INT. Betting Area NIGHT


Manny
Hey!!


INT. Betting Area NIGHT


Manny
Looks like a great night for cat races.

Manny
Looks like a great night for cat races.

Manny
Things do look bad, but this jump wouldn't do the trick, unfortunately.


INT. Betting Area NIGHT


Manny
Nobody there.

Manny
Hello?

Doug
Oh, hi!

Doug
Betting stub, please!

Manny
What?

Doug
I need the betting stub for the race you're interested in!

Manny
Interested in, how?

Doug
Interested in seeing the photo finish file for, of course!

Manny
Oh...I...I don't have a betting stub.

Doug
Oh, okay!

Doug
Bye!


INT. Hallway Outside Stables NIGHT


Manny
Wow, somebody really liked this cat.

Manny
They don't have much use when they're alive, and stuffed they don't have much more.


INT. Cat Stable NIGHT


Manny
Fuchi!

Manny
That smell!... es peor que la muerte!

Manny
Wet food's for winners!

Manny
I could open it with my teeth, but I'm not that hungry.

Manny
I don't want to mess up my blade.

Manny
I don't want to mess up my blade.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.


INT. Stairway NIGHT


Manny
(shudder)

Manny
I'm not sure what I hate more...

Manny
Crowds or cats.

Manny
...but I'm definitely not going near either one today.


EXT Docks NIGHT


Manny
That's the folding bridge that connects this pier to the base of the cat track.

Manny
That's the folding bridge that connects this pier to the base of the cat track.

Manny
That's where Velasco lets us store the Bone Wagon.

Manny
I've tried. Only Glottis can get these doors open.

Manny
This gate only leads up to the Lambada dock, and the Lambada's gone.

Manny
I've got the lumps to prove it.

Manny
It's locked, but there's nothing up there anyway.

Manny
This gate only leads up to the Lambada dock, and the Lambada's gone.

Manny
I've got the lumps to prove it.

Manny
There it is... Max's giant cat race track...

Manny
How's a regular guy with three roulette tables supposed to compete with that?


INT. Scrimshaw Parlor NIGHT


Manny
Oooh, that reminds me.

Manny
I forgot about my date with Inez!

Manny
It's Toto Santos, Rubacava's friendly scrimshaw artist.

Manny
Hola, Toto. ¿Cómo estás?

Toto
Argh. Not now, Manny.

Toto
I'm in the middle of something with Naranja here.

Manny
Looks like it hurts.

Manny
Looks like it hurts.

Manny
It's Toto Santos, Rubacava's friendly scrimshaw artist.

Manny
What's that you're working on there?

Toto
I told you Calavera, not now.

Manny
A caterpillar?

Toto
[What a pain in the ass.]

Toto
[Wish he'd shut the hell up.]

Manny
It's a little cabinet.

Manny
It's empty.

Toto
Yeah, I got to remember to get more liquid nitrogen from the morgue.

Manny
Liquid nitrogen?

Toto
Freeze the bones, less painful that way.

Naranja
Hey, that sounds good. I could go for that!

Toto
You got plenty of pain killer in that bottle of yours, so shut up and hold still!

Manny
Strong stuff. That oughta kill the pain.

Naranja
Should, but it don't.

Toto
I kill the pain. Turn off my drill, stop working. How about that?

Naranja
No, no, no! I can take it!

Naranja
Bring it on, pops!

Toto
I'll 'pop' you, sailor-boy...

Naranja
Wup--I need that!

Toto
You need to hold still, or I need to strap you down!

Manny
Strong stuff. That oughta kill the pain.

Manny
That's one old fridge.

Manny
Looks like a lettuce crisper.

Manny
...smells more like a fungus crisper to me.

Manny
It's empty.

Naranja
Aaaaaaaa!

Toto
Hey! Shut door!

Toto
You slow down my grinder, very painful!

Toto
Very painful, eh Naranja? Like torture, hee hee hee, hee hee hee.

Manny
That's one old fridge.

Manny
Lot of stains for a guy with no bodily fluids.

Manny
I really doubt I'll be touching that any time soon.

Manny
A mouse?

Toto
You push me to edge, Calavera!

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
There's stronger stuff than that in there already.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
Hello, operator?

Manny
Yeah, it's me baby.

Manny
How'd you know?

Manny
Hey, don't say that sweetheart.

Manny
You know I meant to stop by 'n --

Manny
I'm more happy about leaving town every minute.

Manny
I think I'll stay off the phone for a while. Just until Inez calms down.

Manny
I wonder if Inez has cooled off yet?


EXT Dock NIGHT


Manny
Has Naranja checked in yet?

Velasco
Uh, no. But the boy's never missed a boat yet!

Manny
I'd better go finish packing.

Velasco
Aye, you do that, son.

Manny
It's locked.

Velasco
I know-I locked it!

Manny
It's locked.

Velasco
I know-I locked it!

Manny
Together this time...

Manny
It shone, pale as bone,

Velasco
It shone, pale as bone,

Manny
As I stood there alone.

Velasco
As I stood there alone.

Manny
And I thought to myself how the moon,

Velasco
And I thought to myself how the moon,

Manny
That night, cast its light

Velasco
That night, cast its light

Manny
On my heart's true delight,

Velasco
On my heart's true delight,

Manny
And the reef where her body was strewn.

Velasco
And the reef where her body was strewn.

Manny
Oooh, it's spooky down here.

Manny
Not a bad little ship-in-a-bottle you got goin' there!

Velasco
Yeah, well, there's that Rubacava craft fair next week, you know, so...

Manny
Here, let me help you with that--

Velasco
Ah!

Velasco
There's some things a man's got to do for himself!


EXT Vista NIGHT


Manny
Gross. How long was that raven sitting there?

Manny
Lola, Lola, where are you?


INT. Coat Check NIGHT


Manny
Evening, Lupe.

Lupe
Hi Manny!

Lupe
I have a note for you from Lola!

Manny
Lola?

Lupe
Yes! Now, where is it?

Lupe
Where, where, where, where?

Lupe
Oh!

Lupe
Here!

Lupe
No.

Lupe
Wait.

Lupe
Dang.

Lupe
I have a whole new system for messages...

Lupe
Just let me...

Lupe
Here!

Lupe
No, no, wait.

Lupe
Ahhh!

Lupe
Be quiet!

Lupe
HERE IT IS!

Lupe
Wait a second... it's empty.

Lupe
There was something inside, it felt like a key.

Manny
A key?

Lupe
Yesss! But did somebody come back here and snake the key while I was sorting the coats?

Lupe
Who would do that?

Lupe
They messed up my WHOLE SYSTEM!!!

Manny
Evening, Lupe.

Lupe
Hi Manny!

Manny
Bogen look mad when he left?

Lupe
Yeah, what happened?

Manny
Hey, we all run out of luck, eventually.

Lupe
Careful, Manny, or you're going to get us shut down!

Manny
Okay, back to work.

Lupe
OKAY!


INT. The Calavera Cafe NIGHT


Manny
I guess Glottis is good at anything that uses keys.

Manny
I just had a run-in with Domino and Meche. We're leaving town.

Glottis
Wha? Wha? How?

Manny
Domino's got Meche.

Manny
We're going after them tonight.

Glottis
What should I do?

Manny
Just sit here until I get a boat.

Glottis
Sit here.

Glottis
Check!

Glottis
Okay.

Manny
Sounds good.

Glottis
I know it!


INT. Manny's Casino NIGHT


Manny
Chowchilla Charlie, in his regular booth...

Charlie
Manny.

Manny
Can you make reasonable union cards?

Charlie
Manny?

Charlie
Are you going to start moonlighting, or are you just looking to hang out with the sailors?

Manny
Can you do it or not?

Charlie
Hmmm...

Charlie
I have a deal for you.

Charlie
If you can retrieve my money from Maximino, I can make you PRESIDENT of that crooked union.

Manny
I don't need to be president, and why does Max have your money?

Charlie
I put a whole suitcase of it up for collateral on a rather large wager last month.

Charlie
The race was fixed, Manny--they stole my money like common thieves.

Charlie
Here, take this V.I.P. pass and use it to get into the High Roller's Lounge--

Charlie
...they won't let me in there anymore...

Charlie
There should be a safe, somewhere in the wine cellar, and my suitcase should be in it.

Manny
And you can get me a card tonight?

Charlie
If you make it back, Manny, the card will be on the table.

Manny
(Everything okay down here?)

Croupier
(What happened to Monsieur Bogen's lucky streak?)

Manny
(It ran out.)

Croupier
(Well, so did he.)

Manny
Ah, my bread and butter...

Manny
Thrill-seeking rich folk with a poor grasp of statistics and probability.

Manny
Not while they're losing.

Manny
It's the V.I.P. pass to the High Rollers' Lounge that Chowchilla Charlie gave me.

Manny
Oooh, better not show this to Glottis.