Oh.
-Oh. -Okay.
I see why we don't wanna get them wet.
Grandpa,
please tell me that's the only rule.
You wish.
Mogwai rule number two.
Ahhh!
No bright light.
[grunts]
What? How? How?
[Grandpa] Questions later.
Rule number three.
Never feed them after midnight.
Hey, I didn't make the rules.
[grunting]
Dad, I always thought your stories were made up.
Just excuses for why you were always away from home.
But they're not, are they?
Oh, some were.
But not the mogwai,
which is why Sam and I were about to leave for Fengdong.
Once it was a thriving city to rival Shanghai.
Then came the mogwai.
Now it's a ghost city,
but also the key through the... homeland,
the Valley of Jade. So that's where we need to go.
Oh, you can come too, huh?
-I'll pack snacks. -A two-legged rat shows up.
So we have to take it home to Danger Valley.
And I'm the only one not on board.
Nobody else has concerns?
Our only concern should be the mogwai
falling into the wrong hands.
[whimpering]
Who's that?
The wrong hands.
[theme music playing]
[knocking at door]
[Greene] Elle?
Please. You're in my employ.
What you do reflects on me,
so act like you've used a door before.
I slept on the street
before sleeping in your warehouse.
Doors are still new to me.
Always with a clever quip.
I only hope today isn't when we find
the limit to your cleverness.
[knock on door]
-That scary girl is back. -Of course, yes.
Everybody who knows of the mogwai,
wants a mogwai.
Hmm, but only the purest of heart
can be trusted to care for one.
And that's you, Sam.
-Me? -Huh?
Yes, him.
Stay close to my grandson.
He will protect you.
I know this is a lot,
but you are the most responsible
and kind hearted person I know.
You can keep them safe.
I promise that I'll try.
Good enough.
Keep packing.
We'll leave once I scare off
these wrong hands.
[door closes]
[Gizmo] Oh.
Sorry, we're closed.
Nothing in Shanghai is closed to me, old man.
Then look, I would love to take your money,
but our shop, it's incessant with fire and--
It was the best way to get rid of the bedbugs.
-Ouch! [chuckles nervously] -An interesting shop.
You're a medicine man?
No, my daughter's place.
She's a genius with the cures.
It's too bad she's out until the morning
and can't help your guessing
but, but...
[thuds]
So not a medicine man. Hmm.
No, I see it now.
Knobby knees. Sun scorched skin.
The terrible posture of a man
who wasted his peak years crouched in caves.
You were a treasure hunter.
And based on the holes in your attire,
not a successful one.
-I'm always curious about my opponent. -[gasps]
Do you even know the value of what you stole from me?
You must have traveled near and far.
But where are my manners?
My name is Riley Greene
and I too am something of a treasure hunter.
So as a professional courtesy, I offer you this.
Give me the mogwai and I leave.
[chuckles] You've got me, Mr. Treasure Hunter.
I do have the mogwai.
However, while I never found the fortune,
I never came home empty handed.
[whirring]
Grandpa knows magic?
Take this.
[crashing]
Huh?
Adorable.
I learned that trick as a child.
Here's something I mastered as an adult.
[whimpering]
[groaning]
Pearl magic.
Yeah. I freed you of your frail human shell. You're welcome.
Let's see if you know anything I don't.
-Oh! -No, no stepping out this time.
I want you to witness
what happens when cleverness fails.
[gasps]
[whimpers]
[both] No!
Back there. The mogwai! Back there!
[whimpering]
Elle, find my mogwai!
[banging on door]
Fong, Sam, go!
[blubbering]
[panting]
[banging]
Oh.
They must have run out the back!
Do I need to know who your are?
[panting]
[footsteps approaching]
[both panting]
He went through there.
[Sam panting]
I saw them go that way.
Ah! Watch where you're going.
Quit running, lady!
You too, kid!
Sorry.
They're too heavy.
Come on, this way.
-Oh! -[thudding]
[panting]
I know it shouldn't bother me,
but I think Greene likes that girl more than us.
-[grunting] -Huh?
Hey, you, with the basket. What's inside?
Oh.
[Henchman] No. No, no, no. I don't need a rug.
Hey, what's inside your basket?
Sam, new plan.
-Step one, you're going to hide. -What?
Step two. I'm going to run somewhere these goons will follow.
-No, we can hide together. -And both get caught?
You saw what that man did to Grandpa.
He would do anything to get these mogwai.
-[Gizmo whimpering] -[Henchman] No. I don't wanna buy one!
Sam, you must keep your promise
and take them safely to the Valley of Jade.
-Ma. -I love you.
[Henchman panting]
[Henchman] Elle, what're you doing? Get over here!
-[banging] -[mogwai grunting]
[humming]
[sobbing]
Oh.
[continues sobbing]
I'm sorry.
I know, you want to get back to them.
And I know my grandpa and my mom,
and at this point, probably even my dad want me to do it,
but [sighing] I don't think I can.
I don't even know how.
[yawns]
[shushes]
[giggling]
-[man shouts] -[bicycle thrashes]
[giggles]
Huh?
[gasps]
[laughs mischievously]
[utensils rattling]
[laughing]
[muttering]
[gasps]
[gasps] Gizmo?
Oh, no. The other mogwai.
Gizmo!
Get back here.
I really need to see yesterday's obituaries.
I get wanting to find your... kids?
Siblings?
What are they to you?
[muttering]
But your sibling-kids could be anywhere and scary people
are looking for you.
Plus, there's a lot of dripping water
and bright light in the city,
not to mention stuff that's dangerous to every creature.
And I promised grandpa I'd keep all of you safe.
[sighs]
Okay.
[exhales]
[chuckles]
Um, my urchins got, um, a lead on the mogwai.
Oh, um, your sleep writing?
I was digesting that old man's knowledge.
I expected a mere appetizer but received a full meal.
However, I can finish later.
A treasure like the mogwai waits for no one.
How about that?
Since this critter's so valuable,
I'm thinking it should cover the rest of my debt.
I mean, I'm so close to being paid off already,
so-- [gasps]
I sense you're still unsettled from what you saw last night.
If my actions seemed extreme,
that's only because of your ignorance.
Everything I do
is about far more than merely one mogwai.
That creature is the key to leading us
to the untold treasure of the Valley of Jade.
[Elle] Untold treasure?
Wait, us?
I was serious about having my debt paid.
I mean, after I get you this mogwai,
I kinda say we're even, right?
[laughs] Please, Elle.
After all you've learned and seen about me during your employ,
do you really think we could ever be even?
That I would ever let you leave alive?
Look, I didn't want to say this in front of the other henchmen.
You know how jealous they get.
But you, you shall forever be my left hand.
Don't you mean your right hand?
-[screeches] -No, you're my left hand.
Useful, but not essential.
Still, it is an honor and your best option.
-Now, take me to my mogwai. -[whimpers]
[man shouts]
You hired me to get rid of rats.
Those things ain't rats.
Whoa.
The other mogwai did this?
[Gizmo whistling]
[Sam exclaims]
What are those?
[Gizmo muttering]
That's what happens when you eat after midnight?
No wonder there's a rule against it.
Hello, Sam Wing.
You know my name?
Chinese black magic knows everything.
And I know Chinese black magic.
Now, further demonstrate your intelligence
by allowing me to take the mogwai
without a struggle.
No! You ate my grandpa.
Well, actually, I swallowed your grandfather.
Please respect semantics.
Gizmo stays with me.
[sighs] Of course he named it.
No, Gizmo already had a name because he is a living creature
who's staying far away from you.
My grandpa told me--
I know exactly what your grandfather told you.
"And only the purest of heart can be trusted to care for one,
and that's you, Sam."
[gasps]
-Good impression, yes? -[chuckles nervously]
You see, when I ingest someone, I learn everything they knew.
That includes your grandfather's plan
to travel with the mogwai to the Valley of Jade.
If I may be candid, it's a good plan...
-for me. -[gasps]
But not for you, Sam Wing.
You're far too scared to go it alone.
Deep down, your grandfather
wasn't really sure you could do what he asked of you.
In fact, that doubt was his second to last thought.
His last being...
[exclaims] "What is this monster doing to me?"
So, now that we've found the limit to your cleverness--
[relieved grunt]
[gasps]
I'm coming with you.
Wait.
[grunts]
[groans]
[Elle] I'm still coming with you.
But you're Greene's daughter.
No, I'm his employee.
And I'm pretty sure you just saw me quit.
You brought him to my home.
He killed my grandpa.
You helped him capture my parents.
Look, I didn't know he was going to do any of those things.
I swear.
I hear your home has tons of treasure.
Is that true?
[muttering]
Then, when I get you there,
I want enough gold or jewels or whatever
to make sure I can outrun Greene for the rest of my life.
Deal?
How do I know you're not going to knock me out first chance you get?
Because Greene is going to come after us both. Okay?
Like it or not, we are on the same side now,
and I can get us to this valley of Jade place.
So if you're done worrying,
deal?
I'm not done worrying, but deal.
And I can get a message to your parents.
[Elle] No, I can't free them.
Greene's got your folks trapped in some magic nonsense.
But I can send word to them that you're okay.
[groans] Stupid magic.
[knock on door]
It's from Sam.
[Sam] Dear Mom and Dad, I'm abandoning my 21-year-plan
to do what you both told me to do.
Keep my promise to Grandpa.
So I'm a embarking on my new two month plan.
Travel to the Ghost city, find the Valley of Jade
and safely return Gizmo to his home to save humanity.
And I will be back for you...
somehow.
Your loving son, Sam Wing.
So where to?
We need to go to Fengdong. The city of Fengdong.
[gasps]
Huh?
Are you crazy? We need to get there alive.
-[henchman chuckles] -[Sam and Elle exclaim]
All aboard!
[shouts]
[Elle grunts]
[henchman groans]
-Wow. Your plan worked. -Yeah, that's what my plans do.
So, Gizmo,
what happens to those mogwai in the cocoons?
[muffled grunts]
[groans]
[Greene] Hello.
What have we here?
[grunting]
[snarls]