Captain Doberman signs off. Not waiting for the end of his message, Mickey and the guests have taken off into an unbelievably colorful cartoon world. The gradually shrinking landscape below gives the illusion of gaining altitude. The planes are flying in a "V" formation with all 4 guest planes having clear view of Mickey in the lead plane. Each guest plane has a little speaker through which Mickey talks. Nevertheless, Mickey is turned around in his seat, facing the guests while flying, not looking where he's going. We see a carnival in the distance with a big rollercoaster shooting up into the sky.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
Boy, that Pete's been givin' me trouble all my life. He's one dangerous character, all right. Lemme tell ya bout the time I ran my own newspaper - The Daily War Drum! Well, it turns out the city was facing some widespread corruption, and sure enough, Pete was right in the thick of it!

 

The planes now ascend into a cloud bank.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse (Cont'd)
He was the head of these racketeers who owned a garbage disposal plant and won the city contract even though they were the highest bidders, thanks to a crooked councilman named Cattfur!

 

The planes start to leave the cloud bank.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse (Cont'd)
Now, Peg-leg - he called himself Looey the Leg back then - he...

 

The planes are now out of the clouds and face-to-face with the side of the coaster. Mickey, still turned towards the guests, gives a sudden blank expression. Apparently from the looks of the guests, something is terribly wrong. This moment will work great if the guests shriek, as they should, but will also work well without. Mickey finally turns around in his seat, facing forward.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse (Cont'd)
Omigosh! Split up!

 

Just like Mickey says, all five planes split up and dive in and around the coaster framework, trying not to smash into the coaster or each-other. After a few near-misses and the passing of the coaster vehicle itself, the planes regroup and fly towards the hills in the background.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse (Cont'd)
Phew! Close call! I guess I should look where I'm flying! Imagine building a rollercoaster up here! Humph!

 

We pass through some hills and view Pete's hideout atop one of them.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse (Cont'd)
Pete's hideout should be around here somewhere. I'm getting that queasy feeling in my stomach.
. . . . . (beat)
A-ha! There it is! Follow me!

 

The planes follow Mickey around some hills, over to Hideout Hill. We start to circle the hideout. Hideout address is "1540 Strand" with the letters "ed" spray-painted at the end to make the last word "Stranded."

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse (Cont'd)
Gosh, I sure am glad you're all experience pilots! This is gonna be kinda tricky! Now kids, don't try this at home!

 

Mickey dives down into the shack via a set of open windows. The guests follow single-file into the hideout, flying into the fining room down the hallway, where Mickey shoots open some double-doors with his machine gun. We enter that room to find Peg-leg and his gang seated around a table with bottles of booze and obviously Top Secret documents scattered around. We continuously circle round during the following dialogue:

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Pete
Hey! What the...

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
Peg-leg Pete, you're under arrest!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Pete
Well, fly me up a flagpole! It's Mickey Mouse!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mark (Pete's Goon)
Shall I plug 'em boss?

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Pete
Nah, this little pipsqueak's been on my back for years. Let's have some fun with 'im.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
You're not going to get away from me this time! This time I brought my army with me!

 

Mickey motions towards the guests.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Pete
. . . . . (baby talk)
Ah, look fellas - Mickey's brought his little rat pack! Now ain't they a scary bunch!

 

Pete and his goons laugh a goonish laugh.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
Now look here, ya big ape - we've got ya surrounded! You're going down to the big house for good this time!

 

Pete holds up one of the documents.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Pete
. . . . . (to gang)
Ya know, as soon as I read about that side effect which wipes out all cheese worldwide, I knew I'd have an angry little rodent on my tail!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
Them's fighting words, ya big tub o' lard!

 

Pete pulls a pistol.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Pete
. . . . . (weighty)
An' I'm comin' out punchin'!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
Hey! Now wait a minute, Pete!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Pete
Oh I've been dreaming about the day when I make my career move to Pest Controller!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
All right ya big yellow palooka, go ahead an'...

 

Mickey is interrupted by what seems to be an earthquake. The roof is moving! But it's being lifted up! Willie the Giant peeks in from the outside.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Willie
Oh. Hi. Say, have you fellas seen Billy Gilbert?

 

Pete and his gang scream and disappear under the table.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Willie
Is that a yes or a no?

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
Willie! You don't know how glad I am to see ya!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Willie
. . . . . (thinks to himself)
You know, you're right. I thought that was you I saw flyin' in here. Don't ya know it's bad luck to fly an airplane in the house? You're likely to scratch the furniture!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
Gee, thanks Willie. I never thought of that. But right now we've gotta get Pete an' his gang to Captain Doberman!
. . . . . (to Pete)
You hear that Pete? Come on out of there!
. . . . . (beat)
Pete! Are you under there?!

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Willie
Maybe he's playin' squirrel, Mickey.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
That's "possum," Willie.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Willie
Oh. Yeah.
. . . . . (angrily to Pete)
Now you come on outta there like MIckey sez!

 

Willie shakes the house, causing the table to tip over and reveal an open escape escape hatch.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
Omigosh! They've escaped!

 

A loud screeching of tires is heard from outside. Willie looks out to his opposite side.

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Willie
There they go, Mick! In that aubo, ah, autblo, automoblo, um, in that car!

 

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Mickey Mouse
He's not gettin' away that easy! I'm one angry mouse!

 

Mickey literally flies his plane through the wall! (Opposite side from Willie)

 

 . . . . . . . . . . Willie
Go get 'em Mickey!


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