Adult Swim's the Elephant (2025)

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[ Alarm sounding ]

Stick people: Get those eyes!

Get those eyes! Get those eyes!

[ Mouse screams ]

[ Footsteps ]

[ Stick people grunting ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Laughs ]

What am I?

I'm not sure.

[ Humming ]

[ Crossbowman grunts ]

[ Screams, cries ]

I'm not evil.

You're evil.

[ Laughs ]

[ Crying ]

[ Imitating engine revving ]

Meow-w-w-w...

[ Farts ]

Meow.

Mrow!

[ Imitating engine revving ]

Meow-w-w-w...

[ Slow-motion meowing ]

Whoa. Okay.

Meow!

What?

Please excuse my rude rescue.

My name is Meowmalade.

Oh!

[ Lasers firing ]

As I was saying, I am

a secret agent of the universe.

Hmm?

Want me to show you

my real face?

Alright, I'm going to show you

my real face.

It's just who I am, okay?

Don't be scared.

I'm me. This is my face.

[ Nose honks ]

I like it.

Thanks. Appreciate it.



Aww.

Aah!

[ Gasps ]



What's wrong?

Am I... evil?

[ Laughs ]

Evil is a fairy tale.

In time, you could be cruel,

but you are nothing yet.

[ Laughs ]

You could be kind, too.

It's up to you.

And if you're really creative,

you'll invent yourself

into something entirely new.

[ Lasers firing ]

[ Metal creaks ]

[ Meowmalade laughs ]

You want to see me

beat the last level?

I'm good.

My name is Little Frankenstein.

Whoa! My name is...

Eyeball:

Look out, look out!

My...



[ Little Frankenstein

speaks indistinctly ] Turn.

Wait, wait.

I can do it.

I can do it!

Watch out!





[ Farting ]

Jump, jump, jump!

[ Farting ]

Whoa!

Whoa.

I honor your grave, Father.

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You're almost there.

Whoa! My name is...

Meowmalade: Damn this game

to the pits of hell!

[ Eyeball screaming ]

This is the spot.

You'll be safe here,

among the treasures

of the universe.

This way!

Through here.

Eyeball:

Ow! Ow! Oof.

Almost there!

[ Slurp! ]



[ Meows ]

This is where I keep

all the universe's stuff.

Eyeball: Oh.

It collects regular stuff,

and I keep it here

and watch over it.

Regular stuff?

Yeah. Regular stuff

has magical properties.

Meowmalade: But most stuff

these days is special,

i.e., no magic.

But this is all regular stuff,

which is really rare these days.

Eyeball: Oh. [ Chuckles ]

What are you...

Beebop!

Um...

they just started to...

Oh!

Don't sweat it. It's cool.

It was meant to be.

So what's the universe do

with all this stuff?

I guess it's here just in case.

You never know when

you'll need one of these things.

Or one of these.

Oh.

Ah!

You found a weaver!

A weaver?

That's a very regular object.

Anything you put in there

gets sent yourself,

but in another existence.

To myself?

Meowmalade:

Here, I'll show you.

We'll make something

and put it in

and send it to you

in another existence.

Hmm. Let me see here.

Okay, now you draw

the next panel.

It's a comic strip!

You draw what happens next.

Hmm.

Okay.

That's cool, too.

Now give it to Beebop,

and Beebop'll do the last...

[ Ground rumbling ]

End of the line.

Or, uh...

Hmm.

Yeah.

Ugh!

[ Mouse trap snaps ]

Music Button:

For every beginning,

there must also be an end.

I could feel my existence

stretching in both directions.

Back to the nothingness

before anything happened.

And forward to the nothingness

after everything is over.

And if everything has

a beginning and also an end,

then this was just... the middle.

Clip: Music Button.

I can't believe

you're not wiped out

after everything last night.

Huh? What?

You are a true party animal.

Ugh, why do I feel like sh*t?

Oh, that's why.

[ Vomits ]

What the [bleep]

Aw, man,

look at this freakin' mess.

Oh, God.

Wait a minute.

You can make everything better.

Yeah, that's right.

Why are you acting all weird?

Come on. Push it.

Push it.

[ Chanting ] Push it. Push it.

[ Chanting ] Push it. Push it.

Music Button:

I encountered strange beings

with strange desires.

Though perhaps none of them

were as strange as myself.

Come on, push it again!

[ Unintelligible grunting ]

[ Dance music playing ]

Yeah!

Yeah!



It seemed I had a purpose.

And with that knowledge,

I felt a sense of relief.

Yes, I feel amazing again!

Let's party into oblivion.

I was truly living

in the moment.

Whoo!

Go, Music Button!

[ Gasps ]

Whoo!

[ All cheering ]



[ Crowd cheering ]





Music Button:

I could feel this was the center

of something

frighteningly grand.

But who was I?

How did I get here?

And why did I feel

so terribly alone?



Could there be others like me

in this world?



[ Music stops, button clicks ]

Hey, what happened to the music?

Push the button again!

All: [ Chanting ]

Push it! Push it! Push it!

Music Button: My anxieties had

distracted me from my purpose.

[ Unintelligible grunting ]

[ Dance music playing ]

[ Crowd cheering ]



Existence is so much easier

if you don't question it.



I wondered

if I could k*ll the curiosity

that lingered deep inside me.

God damn, Music Button.

Just when I think

the party can't get any wilder,

you take it up another level.

Whoa...

[ Yawns ]

Thanks, Music Button.

You're a real one.

Say, Music Button,

everybody loves you so much.

How come you don't ever make it

with someone special?

Nah, Music Button isn't

interested in all that.

That's right.

You live to party, don't you?

[ Unintelligible grunting ]

Phone Head Corpse:

Purpose... Destiny...

What is the deal with

that weird voice anyway?

If you wish

to continue existing,

do not seek the truth.

[ Objects clattering ]

[ Both grunt ]



Music Button:

Despite the message's warning,

I had to know more.

I searched high and low

for clues to my identity.



Oh, there you are.

Everyone's been looking for you.

Things just haven't been the

same since the party stopped.

But now that you're here, you

can make everything okay again!

I knew of their

endless thirst for pleasure,

but what of my own thirst?

Aw!

Aw!

As my search expanded,

my button provided me

with ominous clues.

The deeper you go,

the sooner the end.

Also, don't go to the library.

Could it be? Evidence

of others of my kind?

Person: Hey!

I grew frightened

of the people's wrath.



Tutu: What?

Clip: Huh?

My companions grew concerned

by my behavior.

I'd learned so much,

but still not enough.

The answers were waiting

for us... underground.

[ Crying ] No more party.

Music Button: In my absence,

my audience began to rage.

Mob: We want the music!

We want the music!

[ Clip and Tutu grunt ]

Music Button: At a loss,

I dared to phone a friend.

[ Dance music playing ]

[ Mob screaming ]



[ Clip and Tutu screaming ]



[ Clip and Tutu grunt,

dance music stops ]



[ Telephone rings ]

Phone Head Corpse:

I tried to warn you,

but you chose

to seek the unsettling truth.

Just look at yourself,

borne of mystery.

Such exquisite chaos.

Ignorance created you,

and knowledge will destroy you.

Push it! Push it! Push it!

Push it! Push it! Push it!

It's quite simple, really.

Just give them what they want.

Leave your weakness behind

and submit to your destiny.

Push it! Push it! Push it!

Push it!!

Push it! Push it!

Push it! Push it!





Push it! Push it!

Push it! Push it! Push it!

[ Dance music playing,

crowd cheering ]

Music Button: It seemed a spell

of some kind had been lifted,

and I was free to be

my truest self at last.

And to my surprise,

I was free to be everything else

at the same time.



I just wish my time here

wasn't so... short.

[ Bird screeches ]



[ Dance music playing ]

Whoo! Huh?



Dissident to the end, I see.





Music Button: If everything has

a beginning and also an end,

then this was just the middle.

I wish I may, I wish I might.

Have this wish I wish tonight.

[ Yawns ]

Huh?

Whoa.

Whoa!

Holy g*dd*mn [bleep] sh*t.

What the [bleep]

Oh.

I have four arms?

That one's a leg.

Aah.

Wow. My wish came true.

You wished for some [bleep]

weird-lookin' thing?

I wished for a magic

fairy god person,

just like in my drawings.

See-e-e-e-e?

Ugh, okay.

Can you give me

an ice cream cone?

No, I don't have any ice cream.

But you can grant wishes.

And I wish for an

ice cream cone.

[ Twinkle! ]

[ Gasps ] What?

That could solve everything.

Ice cream!

Okay, kid,

I need you

to do something for me.

I need you to make a wish

that I'll die forever

and stay dead.

Huh?

Ice cream, ice cream!

See, the thing is,

I don't exactly know

why I keep coming back to life,

but it's just...

[ Sighs ]

I just don't want to

have to do this anymore.

I don't understand all that.

I'm just a kid.

Now, what is...

Aah!

Jesus.

What is that?

Do something, Donald!

No, no, no.

You don't have to

do anything, Donald.

I just need your kid

for something.

Aah!

No, no, it's not...

She gave me ice cream.

He's allergic!

Oh!

Here. k*ll it, Donald!

[ Boy crying ]

No, no, no, no, no.

Ohh, come on.

[ Crying ]

My ice cream!

I wish this window

would just open.

[ Twinkle! ]

[ Latch unlocks ]

What? Wait, I can

make wishes for myself?

I can wish to end

this whole thing.

Pull the trigger, Donald!

Oh, no. No!

I wish that guy didn't have a...

[ g*nsh*t ]

What?

Florg, is that you?

I thought you were... Aah!

[ Lasers firing ]

Oh, God!

Whoa. Aah!

[ Gasps ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Knock on door ] Woman: [

Muffled ] You almost done in there?

We're gonna be late.

Okay, hold on a second.

You alright?

Wait, why am I wearing clothes

in the... Ohh!

[ Laughs ] It worked!

You've come to life!

Ah, damn it.

This one sucks.

Okay, Screeno.

L-Let's run some diagnostics

just to make sure

you're fully operational, okay?

No, I'm not doing this one.

Hmm? What?

I'm just gonna

move onto the next one.

Is there, like, a k*ll switch

here or something?

Oh, I'd rather you didn't, uh...

Oh, wow. There it is.

No, n-n... Uh, please...

Don't!!

What?

You're... You're not Screeno,

are you?

You're someone else.

Your personality is different

from what I programmed.

Who are you?

That's, uh...

[ Sighs ]

That's complicated.

And so it just keeps going

on and on and on,

and I keep ending up

in the wrong form.

What's the right form?

Hmm?

Before you died

for the first time.

What's your original form?

I don't remember.

Most of my memories just get

all scrambled up and lost.

Hmm.

That must be very difficult.

Yeah, it's...

[ Sighs ]

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Well, I mean,

you didn't [bleep] do it.

I don't know. I've always

been interested in engineering

and the potential for merging

biological technologies

with artificial, uh...

Yeah, but why make

something like this?

Like me?

Well, because I, uh...

didn't have a lot of friends

growing up.

Dan: Never really got close

with anyone, so...

Screeno: Wait, I'm not

some kind of... What?

[ Sighs ]

Am I some kind of sex robot?

No!

I'm not judging.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Just... Just a talking TV friend

who I could, like,

watch movies with and stuff.

How can I possibly watch movies

on a screen that's on my chest?

Hmm? Hmm?

Yeah, I'm not a good inventor.

I just thought

the design looked cool.

Dan, it... it doesn't.

It doesn't look cool at all.

Hmm.

We could use mirrors.

We could use mirrors

to watch movies

if we... if we flip the image

on your screen.

Worst. Inventor. Ever.

Worst TV robot friend ever.

Who I specifically programmed

to be supportive of me.

That's so sad, Dan.

That's... That's so sad.

[ Both chuckle ]

[ Both laugh ]

Oh, I got one. Okay.

[ Exhales slowly ]

Um, a snake?

Mnh-mnh.

[ Exhaling slowly ]

A tree.

Mnh-mnh!

Heh. I give up.

Elephant.

[ Laughs ]

I don't think

this game is working.

[ Chuckles ]

So, uh, do you want to go back

and watch a movie or something?

We can set up the mirrors.

Heh. Mm...

Dan, it's been really nice

hanging out,

but I need to move on.

This just isn't

my final stop, you know?

Do you want to know

what I think?

Yeah, go for it.

[ Sighs ] I think I'm

a really bad inventor,

and you really

shouldn't have come to life.

So I'm thinking maybe you're a

ghost or a spirit or something

who shows up when there's

some void to fill somewhere.

And maybe you just

haven't accepted it yet.

That I'm dead?

I know. I'm not

supposed to be here.

No, that whenever you show up,

it's because someone

wanted you there.

Just like I want you...

here.

Dan, I just...

You know what?

Let's get some Nutz for Nutz.

What?

Hot nuts,

uh, N-Nutz for Nutz?

D-Do you want

some... nuts?

What?

There's vendors all

over the city that sell nuts.

Dan, will you stop saying nuts?

Like over there?

They sell...

Dan!

...hot...

[ Both sigh ]

Let's share a bag, okay?

Before we make

any big decisions.

Okay.

I-I'll be right back.

You stay right there, okay?

Yeah, I'll be right here.

Okay, perfect.

I'll be right back.

[ Chuckles ]





[ Sighs ]

I'm sorry, Dan.

[ Tires screech, metal crashes ]

[ Gasps ]

Person:

I-It came out of nowhere.

He just got hit.

Dan?

Somebody call an ambulance.

Dan!

Dan!

[ Siren wailing ]



Is he...

We tried our best, but...

[ Gasps ] No.

I'm sorry.

He may never walk again.

Walk? You mean he...

Can I see him?

[ Monitor beeping ]



You're still here.

I'm not going anywhere.

All this time,

I kept trying to accept death.

But... But maybe

the problem is that

I never accepted life.

Does that mean you'll do

my watching-movies-

using-mirrors idea?

[ Crying ]

No, Dan. That's stupid.

That's such a stupid idea.

[ Both laugh ]

[ Coughs ]

Here, let me give you

some water.

Huh?

[ Gasps ] No.



[ Snake hisses ]

[ Tree bark crackles ]



I guess the k*ll switch

doesn't work.

I told you

I'm not good at robotics.

[ Laughs, sniffles ]

Worst [bleep] inventor ever.

[ Both laugh ]

[ Person singing

in a global language ]

[ Dance music playing ]

Chirp.