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[Scene opens on silhouettes of Ssoso and Garu walking through nature in India. An eagle cries in the background.]

Ssoso: Maharaja Garu. [Cut to Ssoso and Garu] When we find the reclusive Swami Soo, [Looks at Garu] he will teach us the secret to inner peace. [Stops and gestures] Won’t that be nice? [Garu turns away, nods in agreement, and continues walking. Ssoso follows behind as the scene cuts back to the two as silhouettes.]

[Scene dissolves to a sparkling building that looks similar to the Taj Mahal. The three chefs and Pucca on an elephant are at the bottom.]

Linguini: [Offscreen] It’s finally finished! And it’s beautiful, [Cut to the chefs] if I do say so myself.

Uncle Dumpling: [Turns to Pucca] For you, Pucca. [Scene zooms out to show Pucca] The ultimate monument to funny love. [Pucca giggles and shakes her head. Ho walks over to her.]

Ho: When you find your true love, you both can live here forever. [Pucca giggles and swoons. She then suddenly looks behind her, where everyone sees Garu and Ssoso, the latter of whom is walking through the waterfront.]

Ssoso: Swami Soo is just beyond this river, I’m sure of it. [Stops and turns around. Garu groans. Seeing Garu, Pucca giggles in admiration and takes control of her elephant, making it run over to the duo. As Garu is helping Ssoso out of the water, the elephant’s stomping shakes the area, causing Garu to briefly let go of Ssoso. Before the elephant catches up, Garu pulls Ssoso out of the water and runs off. Pucca, watching them, growls with anger.]

[Scene transitions to the chefs walking inside a kitchen.]

Ho: Now that we mastered funny love monuments…

Linguini: It’s time to test our recipe for the ultimate curry! [Dada walks over with a giant pot of curry and puts it down on a table. Ho takes a spoonful of the curry, sniffs it and shoves the spoon into Dada’s mouth. Dada turns red and starts sweating and shaking before exhaling smoke and spinning around the kitchen like a helicopter.]

Uncle Dumpling: Not quite there yet. We should try again. [The chefs walk off in agreement as Dada lands on the table knocked out cold.]

[Scene transitions to show Garu still running away and holding onto Ssoso’s hand.]

Ssoso: The path… to enlightenment… is bumpier than I expected. [Garu, running throughout a main city area, runs into an alley and stops, letting go of Ssoso and panting. He then peers out. Pucca’s elephant stampedes through the city’s market fronts, knocking away the people and spooking Garu, who proceeds to once again grab Ssoso and run off. Cut to Santa playing the flute to a long piece of rope that emerges from a basket.]

Santa: Oh ho ho ho! Presto tandoori! [Proceeds to stiffen the rope with magic from his hand. Garu carries Ssoso as he proceeds to jump and climb up the rope. Santa looks back and sees Pucca and the elephant, who trumpets, running towards him. Santa’s eyes widen in fear] Elephant! [Jumps onto the rope and plays the flute, causing the rope to fly off. The elephant trumpets and stops, sliding into the basket. Pucca gets off the elephant. Ssoso, Garu and Santa, who is pulling the rope up, are on top of a cloud. As Pucca looks around, Santa accidentally drops the rope onto her head, causing Santa and Garu to slightly panic] W-Whoospie. [Garu growls in frustration. Pucca looks up and sees the trio hopping away through the clouds. Pucca proceeds to lasso the rope into a staircase shape. While the trio is getting away, Santa stops when he hears the elephant and sees Pucca on her elephant jump on a cloud. The elephant proceeds to powerfully suck in a ton of clouds from its trunk; Pucca turns to the audience and giggles. The elephant’s powerful force manages to suck in the trio, who get stuck on a cloud and scream. Before they approach the elephant, Garu grabs Ssoso and hops off the cloud, leaving Santa to get sucked by the elephant, who blockades its nostrils] This is why I’m afraid of elephants. [Scene pans up to Pucca, who gasps and looks to see Garu and Ssoso falling down. Pucca turns back and again growls in anger. The elephant blows its trunk, shooting Santa into the sky. As it jumps off a cloud, Santa is seen falling down and screaming. Scene then cuts to Garu and Ssoso, who is screaming. Garu lands in another major city area, with Ssoso landing on top of his head. Garu runs off with Ssoso, leaving the townsfolk in confusion. The elephant then drops down quickly and runs after the two, shaking the area and launching everyone in the air while screaming.]

[Scene transitions to Dada mopping the kitchen floor. The chefs walk over to him, with Ho carrying the pot of new curry.]

Linguini: Try this, Dada. [Spoons from the pot] It’s our newest curry recipe.

Dada: [Holds hand up] I-I couldn’t eat another bite. [Linguini shoves the spoon into Dada’s mouth, forcing him to swallow and drop his mop. Dada turns bright red and his eyeballs continuously roll, eventually turning into flames. He then starts shaking uncontrollably and blabbering.]

Ho: Is everything alright? [A trippy background is visualized behind Dada, who is quivering and implied to be in a trance, as distorted music plays. He sees the three chefs as a three-headed Vishnu.]

Uncle Dumpling, Ho and Linguini: Well? Is it good?

Dada: Uh… water please. [Linguini hands Dada a glass of water, who splashes it on his face. He continues seeing the chefs as the three-headed Vishnu.]

Uncle Dumpling: It’s still not right. We should try it again. [Linguini and Ho agree.]

[Scene transitions to Garu and Ssoso running away from Pucca and her elephant. The elephant slows down and collapses, blowing its trunk in exhaustion. Pucca audibly ‘oohs’ and looks around, spotting a man cleaning a rickshaw. She exclaims in delight. Scene then cuts to Pucca pedaling the rickshaw, with the elephant sitting in the back.]

[Scene transitions to a cricket match. The audience is visibly bored, with most of them sleeping.]

Announcer: Day four of the cricket match. And Singh is still the bat with three hundred and forty runs… [Singh runs over and tosses the ball. The batter hits the ball, which lands far away. Nearby, Garu, with Ssoso still on his head, jumps over a barrier and accidentally onto the ball, causing him to slip and change positions with Ssoso. Garu lands upside down, expressing confusion, and hears the elephant, which panics him. Through his perspective, Garu sees Pucca and the elephant bust through the barrier, quickly approaching him. This causes Garu to flip rightside up and cling onto Ssoso’s head. Ssoso runs past the batter, whom Garu grabs his bat from and swats Ssoso’s behind to make him run faster. Ssoso jumps over another barrier, which Pucca crashes through, but pedals right between two trees, causing the elephant to get stuck in the gap and launch Pucca from the rickshaw. The elephant defeatedly trumpets as it wiggles and sheds a tear. Garu looks back at Pucca and laughs as he and Ssoso run further into the swamp forest. Scene fades to black.]

[Scene fades back, showing the depths of the swamp forest. Scene then pans over to Garu and Ssoso walking through.]

Ssoso: Hm. I-I can feel the Swami Soo is close. [Stops and gestures, causing Garu to stop and look at him] I also feel we’re hopelessly lost. [Garu looks away in shock] Physically! Not spiritually. [Walks. Garu groans and continues to walk alongside Ssoso. Behind them, two tigers walk over and growl. Scene then cuts and pans over to Pucca, using a telescope with a heart-shaped lens to find Garu, riding her elephant on top of a cliff. She eventually spots the two, who look lost, along with the two approaching tigers. She gasps and proceeds to take control of her elephant, causing it to run downwards. Cut to Ssoso and an annoyed looking Garu sitting on a rock] Hmm. I could’ve sworn this was the spot marked on the travel brochure. [Garu grunts in annoyance. Scene pans over to show the two tigers getting ready to attack the two. The elephant trumpets, causing the tigers to look up as a shadow casts over them. The elephant proceeds to defeat the tigers and toss them far away with its trunk.]

[Scene transitions back to the three chefs walking up to Dada, who has continued mopping. Ho walks up to Dada with a spoonful of curry.]

Ho: Good news. We have finally created the perfect curry.

Dada: [Drops his mop and shakes with fear] N-no, n-no please! No- [Ho shoves the spoon into Dada’s mouth. Dada swallows and smiles] Mmm. Now this is delicious! [Dada suddenly leans over and clutches his stomach as it starts making noises. The chefs back up before yelling and running away as Dada turns red and smoke comes out of his ears. Fire is suddenly shot out of Dada’s mouth, making him crash through a wall and into the forest. Uncle Dumpling peers out of the hole and quickly walks into sight, along with Ho and Linguini.]

Uncle Dumpling: Well, that curry seems about right. [Ho and Linguini nod in agreement. Scene cuts to Dada, then the trio, who are nearby.]

Ssoso: Maharaja Garu, this could be the sign we’ve been looking for! [Dada shoots past the trio and crashes into a wall, groaning in pain.]

Dada: Now that’s a spicy curry! [Falls down and farts fire. Scene zooms out to show that Dada crashed into the trunk of a tree holding up Swami Soo’s palace, with nearby trees on fire.]

Ssoso: [Offscreen] That will do, too. [Cut to Ssoso, who points] The Great Swami Soo! [Runs over to the front. Swami Soo, who is visibly mad, and his maidens appear out a balcony window.]

Swami Soo: Hey, hey! Can’t a Swami get a moment’s inner peace around here? [Ssoso, Garu and Pucca run over to the unconscious Dada, looking up.]

Ssoso: Oh, wise one. We have searched long and far. Please tell us, [Cut to Swami Soo and his maidens] what is the secret to finding inner peace?

Swami Soo: [Hops and throws his arms up] Simple. When all else fails… [Swami Soo and his maidens, who start dancing, look at the audience as the background flashes behind Swami Soo] sing and dance! [The scene transitions into a Bollywood musical number as a voice is heard singing. The rest of the transcription will simply list the lyrics.]

Pucca: [Singing and dancing] You are my pretty boy, I wanna date you. One plus one equals two, and it’s me and you. The monsoon of my love sweeps on your soul. But life’s always sunny, with love that is funny! [Pucca’s voice echoes. Cut to Swami Soo and his maidens inside his palace. A boombox on a table plays a brief interlude as Abyo rips his shirt off and dances.]

Garu: [Singing] Love is trouble, love is funny. You’re so lovely… [Pucca chants] Kissy you…

Pucca: Kissy me…

Pucca and Garu: Kissy kung-fu…

Garu: [Pulls down sunglasses] Love story! [Cut to Pucca with her arms out on top of a snowy mountain. She then runs and crashes into Garu. A dance montage of Yani and Mio, and the three chefs and Dada, who takes a spoonful of curry and blows fire, in the kitchen plays as Pucca and Garu continue singing.]

Pucca: [Offscreen] Funny love!

Garu: [Offscreen] Funny love. [Pucca and Garu continue singing “funny love” as the montage continues with Santa on top of Pucca’s elephant playing his flute, who is carrying Ssoso with its trunk, and the townsfolk, and Swami Soo and his maidens dancing. The scene eventually ends with Pucca kissing Garu’s cheek, who sticks his tongue out and rubs his cheek in disgust. Scene fades to black.]

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