[grunts in effort]
-[screams] -[growls]
* *
[birds chirping]
[awkward silence]
-So, are we leaving? Or...
[nervous laugh]
I don't know what's happening.
-* Let's live wild, the world's our own *
* We built this wheel now it's gunna roll *
* You know a spark becomes a fire wherever we go *
* Whoa-ho-ho *
* Stuck together, stuck, stuck together *
* It's an evolution for worse or for better *
* To find some unity *
* For all humanity *
* Because we're stuck together *
* In one big family tree *
-The map says we should reach Caveana by nightfall.
-Wait. That map talks?
-No, Grug. The map doesn't talk. Because it's a map.
-Are you sure you wanna do this?
I thought everyone on the farm was like family.
-Phil? Family?[laughing]
-Our family is right here, headed back where we belong.
-[howls] -That's right, Sandy.
Caves beat trees every time!
-Especially when you're with the right people.
-Mm...
-And how are you holding up? -Fine. Why?
-'Cause you just said goodbye forever
to your best friend Dawn?
-[soft laugh] Oh, Guy-boy.
That wasn't goodbye forever. Because Dawn and I have a plan.
The plan can't fail.
We're gonna redraw the map
to make the trip to Caveana so awful,
my parents will give up and head back to the farm.
All you have to do is get your parents to welcome us home.
And here's a copy of the original map.
-Why are you giving mea copy?
-So you can come visit if the plan fails.
-What? But you said the plan can't fail!
-Because it can't.
-Ha! Genius! And I know just where we should go
to bring us to a screeching halt.
-I thought you might.
-So, Hwam-Slam! How big is Caveana?
-I wish I knew, Grug Crood, but I've never been there.
-I hear ya. So, is it much farther or--
-He's never been there, meat neck!
No more cave questions!
-Loud and clear!
So, i-is it like one huge cave
or a-a bunch of little cavelets?
-Grug! I've never been there either!
And who cares how big or moist it is?
It's a cave and no Bettermans. What more could you want?
-A bunch of caves inside a really big cave!
-[Ugga scoffs] -You asked the question!
-So, you won't miss the Bettermans at all?
-Nope. The truth is we never really fit together.
We're too different.
-Well, sometimes things fit together
-becausethey're different. -Mm...
[grunting, frustrated yell]
-I've tried everything! Why won't mirror window work?
What did Thunk do to it?!
-DAWN: Good question! -Ah!
-And you know who could answer it?
Thunk! So let's go get him, and bring him home to do that.
And while we're at it, we might as well bring
the rest of the Croods and Guy back, too.
-Don't you see, Dawn? -[Dawn yelps]
The absence of the Croods is a gift!
-It means the farm can reclaim its destiny
as a civilized paradise!
-HOPE: Phil! Dawn! -PHIL: Hm?
-Breakfast is ready!
-Uh, are we expecting a herd of moomoths?
-What do you mean? It's the same amount of food I always make.
-Yeah, but it's only us now, remember?
Because you and Dad made the Croods leave, remember?
-Oh. Right.
-Not to worry! I'm sure Grug's utilitarian bulk
will make short work of this feast.
Isn't that right, you walking sinkhole?
* *
-Uh, Dad? Grug isn't here. -Hm?
Uh... I know! That was a... test.
And you failed! Let's eat!
* *
-Huh. Map says to go thisway.
-So the map cantalk!
-But my gut is telling me to go thisway.
And you know what they say. Always trust your gut.
Unless the map says your gut is wrong.
So, let's climb that hill.
[satisfied murmuring]
I can't believe I might actually see my family again.
-I wonder if your cousin Bwonk will be there.
I always liked him.
-Yeah. Or Uncle Oof. He loved you.
Just like the rest of my family.
-Except for your mother. -What'd you say?
-Oh! I...
said I love you like no other.
[smooch]
-Are you sure about this place, Guy?
It doesn't look so bad.
-Trust me. Boo Hoo Bayou is a game-changer.
Use these to cover your noses and mouths.
* *
-[whispers] Right. So the trees
won't recognize us.
-What? No, no. That flower is a cryris.
And its scent will bring you to tears.
-And they'll cry allthe way back to the farm.
Genius!
-I'm just a guy. Named Guy. -[all giggle]
-Does anyone else feel... [grunts] funny?
-Funny? No. I just feel--
-Sad!
-[crying] -Hold me!
-No, you hold me!
EEP: Uh...
-You know, nobody cried like this on the farm.
-Except Phil! [sobbing]
-So... maybe we should go back?
-No! We!
[echoing] Shouldn't!
[sobbing, grunting]
[crying]
[grunts, sighs]
[sniffles] Those were cryrises.
Their scentwas making us cry.
-[sobs] How in the blue badgerilla do you know that?
-Gardening with Hope.
Huh. Learned more from her than I thought.
-Hm? -Nice.
-[whimpers] Don't let go, Hwam.
I'm not ready.
HOPE: We're not doing that!
-Your idea? I agree!
It's preposterous!
-Yelling because you miss the Croods
and regret letting them leave?
I feel the same way.
-No. We're yelling because we're trying to decide
what to do with Grug and Ugga's hut.
-I think it should be a yoga studio.
-And I think it should be something everyonecan enjoy,
like the Museum of Natural Philstory,
a celebration of my greatness.
-[angry growl] -[yelps] Now, dear!
There's no need to resort to violence,
especially because you would prevail.
As with any dispute, there's a better way to settle this.
Or should I say... a Betterman way?
-[growls] -Hm...
-Rock! Leaf! Sharp rock! Leaf! -HOPE: Rock! Leaf! Sharp rock! Rock!
-Yes! Grug!
Get your girth in gear and start building my museum,
you mindless mud mass!
-Dad, Grug's not here, remember?
-Oh. Uh, of course! Because that was a jest!
Naturally, I'll build it myself.
[straining]
[yelps]
* *
-Hwam, what if your family isn't at Caveana?
-Oh, they'll be there.
Why else would my family symbol be on the map?
It's a sign. Ooh!
Maybe my Aunt Hwomp will be at Caveana!
Remember when she gave you her favorite club?
-I sure do.
And then, your mom swiped it and snapped it in two...
-What was that? -I said...
I'm happy to be here with you.
-That makes two of us. Mm... -Mm...
-And this makes whatever comes aftertwo of us.
-Here it comes. The canyon I sent us to
on the map that we can't cross.
Because it's Can't Cross Canyon!
[foreboding music]
-We have to cross this canyon to get to Caveana,
but, according to the map, this canyon goes on forever.
And I'm not seeing any bridges. We might have to turn back.
-[dramatically] What? Oh no! That's awful!
-[dramatically] Hey, we tried! But you can't cross 'em all.
-Yeah, but we cancross this one.
[grunts] And done!
[slow motion zooming]
Yes! It worked!
-Not that I didn'tthink you could do that,
but how did you do that?!
-I saw Phil do it once. Guess it just stuck in my...
Oh. What's this thing called again?
-Head? -No, that's not it.
Anyway, now we can keep going to Caveana. Here we go!
[all panting]
-We're losing this battle.
We need your next stop to be a dead end,
Guy-boy. For real.
-Oh, it will be.
[echoing maniacal laugh]
-Too much? -Not if it works.
-This is nice! Just the two of us, alone,
spending quality mother-daughter time together.
How areyou, Dawn?
-Not great, Mom. You know, because the Croods left.
-Tell me about it. On the one hand,
it's nice to have the farm to ourselves again.
On the other hand, Phil doesn't have an audience anymore,
so now it's all on me. And it's a lot!
You know how Phil can be.
-You mean Dad? -I guess I usually vent to Ugga
about this kind of stuff,
but now I can't because she's gone.
-So, you really miss Ugga?
-You know who else is driving me a little crazy? Dawn.
-Wait, what? -She just keeps going on
about the Croods leaving. I mean, get over it already!
-Mom! The Croods justleft. Also, I'm Dawn!
-And it isn't just whatshe's saying.
It's howshe's saying it.
You know how her voice can cut through anything like an axe
and how she sounds happy about everything,
even when she's sad or mad? What isthat?
-What?! -Dawn,
this is how venting works. I complain, and you listen.
-Yeah, but you're complaining about me!
-Ugh! This worked so much better with Ugga.
Anyway, good talk, honey!
[sighs, groans]
HWAM: You know what I can't wait to do when we get to Caveana?
Introduce myfamily to yourfamily.
They're all gonna love each other!
-Maybe not all.
-What, you mean Grug?
Oh, they're gonna love Grug as much as I do!
-No, not Grug. Me.
-You? My family couldn't get enough of you!
-Oh... Hwam,
there's something I never got to tell you
before you were flash frozen.
-Your mom and I didn't get along. -Huh?
GRAN: So, we decided to settle it with a fight.
-You fought my mom?!
GRAN: I sure did.
And she was tougher than a ramaconda!
But, I was too young and cocky to care.
So, I won.
That didn't change how she felt about me, though.
Too reckless, too stubborn, and too angry for her son.
And then, you vanished.
Problem solved.
Until now.
-That doesn't change how Ifeel about you.
-I'm glad.
But you needed to know that. Just in case.
-Come here. -[Gran sighs]
Whatever we find, we'll face it together.
-Together. You got it, Hwamsicle.
[sighs]
[giggling]
-Enough giggling, Guy. Tell us where we're going. Now!
-The Fur-bidden Zone.
It's an animals-only area. No humans allowed.
That's why it's fur-bidden instead of for-bidden.
[giggles] Amazing, right?
Also, any human who goes there is never heard from again.
-And now, we'regoing there?!
[dramatic music]
-Uh, yes.
But only so we'll turn around and go back to the farm.
To be honest, I didn't really think this all the way through,
but I'm sure we'll be fine.
[gulps, whimpers]
[Chunky growling]
[mystical music]
-What is this place?
-[birds chirping] -It looks like a piece of paradise.
-Because it is. A paradise for animals!
This is the Fur-bidden Zone. No humans allowed!
We need to leave now!
-But the map said
this is the way to Caverna.
-Not if we get slashed and smashed by animals.
Let's turn around before it's too late!
-[scoffs] We can handle a few animals.
-Oh, from inside their stomachs? No, thanks!
Can we go back to the farm now, please?
-Too late. I smell evil.
That's the rotten stench of...
Malachi!
[growling, roars]
[all gasp]
-Scorpulions, tigerangutans, and bearacudas! Oh my!
[roars]
-Zenithees!
[cheery growl]
-And you too, Steve?
[Eep gasps]
-Cleomeleon!
-You know these animals?
Hoo! Well, that's a relief!
For a second, I thought we were in trouble.
-We're not outta the woods yet.
-[animals growling] -We didn't come here for a fight!
We're just passing through.
[roaring]
-What did she say? What did she say?!
-My camelmeleon's not great,
but I think she said this is the Fur-bidden Zone.
[echoing] No humans allowed.
-Mm-hmm. Just like I said.
-So, we should get out of here? -Yep. Rules are rules.
-Yeah, but Croods are Croods.
-And rules are made to be broken.
Just like Malachi.
[animals roaring]
[cheery growl]
-So, we're fighting?
-Bullseye.
[adults yelling]
[Gran yelling, grunts]
[screaming]
-[growling] -[Grug yelling, grunts]
[Gran yelling]
[struggling]
[Grug and tigerangutan straining]
[screaming]
[grunts]
[panting]
[yelps]
[panting, yells]
[grunting]
-[grunts, laughs] -[snarls]
[grunts, struggling]
[yells]
-[echoing] Stop fighting!
[confused murmuring, silence]
-Eep's right. I know a better way to settle this.
Or should I say...
a Betterman way?
-GRUG: Rock, leaf, sharp rock, rock! -[tigerangutan growling]
Oh, and you played sharp rock!
-Rock beats sharp rock! I win! -[snarling]
I told you rock always wins,
unless someone plays leaf. Rock rules!
[cheering, laughing]
-I can't believe it. Dad won playing rock.
-To be fair, if you play rock every single time,
eventually you have to win. That's just math.
-[sad growl] -Tough luck, feather buster.
Now, step aside, Peekawho,
'cause the map says Caveana's this way.
-[growls] -Hm?
-What's she saying now?
-I think she's saying we didn't needto go through
the Fur-bidden Zone to get to Caveana.
-[all gasp] -But the map said to come this way.
And as far as I know, maps are never wrong.
-Ooh! Maybe it's wrong because we changed it.
-Thunk!
-Fine. We changed the map. -[gasping]
But we had to do something.
I miss the Bettermans, and so do you.
-I don't! -Yes, you do!
Because, admit it or not, you know you're better together.
Think about it! We've only made it thisfar
because of what Phil and Hope taught you!
-Honey, we've made it this far
because Caveana is our destiny.
We're cave people. You can fight it,
or you can make the best of it.
[Chunky growls]
-But, what if fighting it ismaking the best of it?
[both gasp]
PHIL: I didn't inquire as to what you think
because, frankly, you don't.
-DAWN: Dad? -Hm? Oh, Dawn!
Let me introduce our new friends!
That's Grugory, that's Uggatha,
Grannifer, Thunkley, Guyrus,
Sandelizabeth, and Penelopeep.
And, of course, you know Philliam.
-I'm so glad we're finally doing this.
-I hope you like beetballs! -[monkeys chitter]
-Mom? -Oh, Dawn!
Look! We have company for lunch. Isn't that great?
[shrieking]
And after lunch, we're taking a walk by the lagoon
for a little vent sesh. No offense, Dawn,
but you're not a great venting partner.
-Because you were venting about me!
-[smashing] -[all gasp]
-[wood clattering] -[ook]
-Grugory!
-Uggatha! Grannifer! -[chittering]
For the love of Philliam,
why would you invite
the punch monkeys into our home?!
-For the same reason you made these giant,
disturbing stick dolls!
You guys miss the Croods!
[both gasp]
-Dawn's right. -Ah! We miss the Croods!
-But how can we rectify
our egregious mistake?!
-Easy. We go find them and bring them home.
Because I'mchanging the plan.
-Plan? What plan? -Who said plan? Not me.
Let's go!
-Now? -Now?
-DAWN: Yes, now! -[Phil and Hope panting]
-[monkeys shriek] -[clattering]
-Um... -[Eep sighs]
* *
-This is Caveana?
-MAN: It is indeed! -[all gasp]
Caveana, a cave unlike any other cave.
-[Gran yelling] -[man grunting]
-Not the face! -Who are you?
And where'd you find
-those pearly whites?! -[sighs]
-In my mouth because they're mine.
That's why they call me Smile.
[ding]
-And they call me Grin!
[Gran and Grin yelling]
-[grunting] -How many of you are there,
-and do you all have nice teeth?! -[struggling]
-Sorry! We're just not used to
seeing new people. [nervous laugh]
-Or any people at all.
[laughs]
-No need to apologize. We get that a lot.
Welcome to Caveana.
-We are pumped to have you here!
Pumped! Who's ready for the tour?
-Sure. It's just we thought Caveana would be a bigger deal,
but it looks just like any other cave.
[both laugh]
-We get that a lot, too. But Caveana's a cave.
As with any cave, it's not what's on the outside...
-It's what's on the inside! Woo!
Follow us!
-Dark. Damp. [sniffs]
Smells like feet. Not bad.
But, it's still just...
[gasps]
ALL: What...
[grand music]
GRUG: A...
[laughs]
[echoing] The greatest cave I've ever seen!
[harmonizing]
-I know it's not the farm, but you have to admit,
this lives up to the hype.
It's a cave paradise. [laughs]
It's a cave-adise! [squeals]
-It would be if Dawn was here.
-[crowverine growls] -I'm coming for you, Eep!
-[wind howling] -How do you know how to do this?!
-Crowverine gliding? Eep taught me!
-[Phil screaming] -[zap]
-Why did I get an eelgle?!
-[zap, screech] -[screaming]
-[zap] -[screams]
GRUG: A bunch of caves
inside a really big cave.
It's even better than how I saw it in my head...
-I know, Grug. I know.
-My family's here, and I'd love to find them.
Is there anyone named Bwonk here?
Or Oof? Or Hwomp?
-Those names sound familiar.
Or they're just noises I've heard.
-How about Bleh? Pow? Whew? Splat?
-Hey, that sounds like me! When I eat!
-Okay, but maybe you've seen this?
SMILE: Sorry, no.
But don't give up.
This is Caveana. Everythingis possible here.
-It's just I was so sure I'd find them here.
I never thought about notfinding them.
-[tap] -Hm?
-Mm...
-You know, I came to Caveana looking for family, too.
Never did find them.
Instead, I found this loudmouthed lava pepper
eating everything in sight.
-Until this talking tree put me to sleep
with a bunch of big words. [laughs]
We couldn't have been more different.
-And now, we're family.
Like it or not, we can't live without each other.
-'Cause we're better as a "we."
-Hey! That sounds like you and the Bettermans!
-It sure does.
[sentimental music]
[inaudible]
[emotional crescendo]
-We don't belong here. We belong with the Bettermans.
Because, like it or not, we can't live without them.
-I know. We're in the cave of my dreams,
and all I wanna do is leave!
To be with Phil!
What's wrong with me? Have I been poisoned?
Gah! Phil says that!
-So, we can go home?
-Go to them. Go to the Bettermans.
-Yeah! Get outta here!
-You're right. We need to get back to ourfamily.
[all cheer]
THUNK: Oh, I'm coming for you, window!
[panting]
[sighs]
-Guess that means I need to go, too.
Mm...
-With me. Because I'm not losing you again.
-Mm...
-They'll be back. -For sure.
GRUG: Do you think Phil and Hope
will let us come back to the farm?
-Sure! If we ease them into the idea.
I mean, we can't just drop it on them
-like a Phil-valanche-- -[screaming, grunts]
[groans, gasps]
-Phil! -Ugh! Hope!
-Dawn! -We're sorry for everything!
-No! We're the ones who are sorry!
-Mm, Phil! I missed you so much!
-[weakly] And I missed you, too,
but could you please stop crushing my musculature?
[yelps]
[groans] Look.
We know Caveana is your new home,
and that life on the farm wasn't ideal for you,
but if you give it another chance, we promise you--
-You can skip the hard sell, Phil. We're in.
-Oh! That was easy.
-[celebratory chatter] -Pie to celebrate?
Great idea, Hope.
HOPE: I didn't say that!
-After all this time,
we're finally going to be together.
WOMAN: Hwam?
Is that you?
-Mom?
-Fwoom?
-Mom! -[both grunt]
I was frozen, Mom! By an avalanche!
I'm sorry. So sorry!
-Stop that nonsense.
You were the freezee, not the freezer.
What matters is you're here now.
And strangely young.
Gran. I know we traded barbs andfists,
but that's all forgotten
because you brought my son home to his family.
And now, all of us can make up for lost time.
-All of us? Gurgle? Churg? Hwarf?
-Yep. We're all here. The whole family.
[both sigh]
-I can't leave.
-I know. And I can't stay.
-But our time willcome.
[smooch]
[both sigh]
[grunting, spits]
I think this is yours.
-It was. Now, it's yours.
To remember me until we meet again.
See you soon, Fire Moon.
[sad sigh]
* *
[Fwoom sighs]
-I'm glad you and Gran buried the past, Mom.
-I'd like to bury her past her neck...
-What's that, Mom? -[laughs] Yep!
Buried the past. That's what we did alright.
[laughs]
[sentimental music]
[Sandy trills]
[birds chirping]
-Best. Home. Ever.
[music swells]
[fades]
[soft music]