Strange World (2022)

1. Welcome, explorers, to Avalonia.

2. A modest civilization

3. trapped behind an impassable ring of never-ending mountains,

4. whose citizens strive to do their best despite their humble means.

5. Believing the key to their future lies beyond these mountains,

6. many have tried to get past them.

7. All have failed.

8. But hope has arrived,

9. as Avalonia's greatest explorers, the Clades,

10. have now set their sights on pulling off the impossible.

11. Meet Jaeger Clade!

12. Jaeger Clade

13. Jaeger Clade

14. Never heard the meaning Of the word afraid

15. Hard as nails

16. Blazing trails

17. Staring danger in the eyes

18. He's the manliest of guys Jaeger Clade

19. The one and only!

20. And who's this by his side?

21. Why, it's none other than his bouncing baby boy,

22. Searcher.

23. Searcher Clade Searcher Clade

24. Joining Dad on every new crusade

25. Iron-willed

26. Smaller build

27. He's the apple from the tree

28. With a thing for botany

29. Searcher Clade

30. Together, these two are destined to finally find a route

31. through these impassable peaks.

32. No matter the cost.

33. Over rugged mountains crawling

34. Or raging waters falling in cascades

35. They're the Clades

36. On their daring escapades

37. They're the Clades

38. All right, Searcher,

39. the path to the other side of the mountains

40. is through this cave. How are you holding up?

41. Great. Pretty sure all my toes are frozen off,

42. so at least they don't hurt anymore.

43. Well, as I always say, "Exploration is snow joke."

44. Wow.

45. Shelter!

46. This is exactly what we need.

47. Sorry! Sorry.

48. What are you?

49. Run!

50. Searcher!

51. Dad!

52. Got ya.

53. Another close call, eh, Searcher?

54. Do you see that, everyone?

55. They'll be telling our story for generations to come!

56. For what lies beyond that horizon

57. is Avalonia's future and our glory.

58. Hey, Dad.

59. What about these plants?

60. There's literally power surging through them.

61. Well, Searcher, I do love your inquisitive spirit,

62. but our crew didn't come all this way

63. just to get distracted by some sparkly plants.

64. Yes, Dad,

65. but "our crew" did come out here to make a discovery

66. that could change Avalonia.

67. Right?

68. The discovery "our crew" is looking for

69. is on the other side of these mountains

70. because that's Avalonia's future.

71. But if "our crew" would just take a look at these plants...

72. They could see

73. that Avalonia's future might be right here.

74. This crew has been training since they were a baby to do one thing.

75. - Cartography. - Nope.

76. And that one thing is to walk with me beyond that horizon.

77. But did you ever bother to even ask "the crew"

78. if that's what they really wanted?

79. Oh, they're not really talking about the crew, are they?

80. Searcher, we're explorers, not gardeners.

81. Conquering those mountains is our legacy.

82. No, Dad. It's yours.

83. Enough. You're my son.

84. But I'm not you.

85. I'm not you.

86. I don't mean to interrupt,

87. but I actually think Baby Clade's right.

88. Callisto?

89. Jaeger, we don't actually know what's past the mountains.

90. But these plants here are real.

91. We owe it to Avalonia to see what they can do.

92. Here.

93. You'll need this to find your way home.

94. What?

95. Jaeger.

96. Come back.

97. Dad, wait.

98. - Jaeger. - Dad!

99. You can't survive out there alone.

100. Dad, stop!

101. Morning, Mr. Clade.

102. Rory, Mr. Clade was my dad's name.

103. Call me Searcher.

104. I can't do that, Mr. Clade.

105. That would be disrespectful to the father of Pando.

106. If it weren't for what you discovered,

107. there'd be no power, or lights, or cars,

108. - or radios, or... - Okay, okay. Thanks, Rory.

109. I enjoy our little talks.

110. Bye, Mr. Clade.

111. Good morning, Avalonia!

112. It looks like after a week of downpours,

113. we finally have a beautiful, sunny day ahead of us.

114. Which is great for all you Pando farmers out there.

115. You need to harvest those crops.

116. Yeah, let's not run out of Pando.

117. No Pando means no power.

118. Back to horse and buggy? No, thank you!

119. I like my airship.

120. Meridian! Ethan! Breakfast!

121. In other news, President Callisto Mal

122. is getting ready for a much-deserved vacation.

123. - Morning, babe. - Coffee first.

124. - Good morning later. - I got you.

125. Ew.

126. This is the first image

127. that has to be imprinted on my brain this morning?

128. Oh, Ethan, does this bother you?

129. Impossible. I mean, what 16-year-old boy

130. doesn't like seeing their parents smooch?

131. Okay, okay!

132. You know, I hope you know that you're emotionally scarring Legend.

133. Yeah. He looks real upset.

134. Looks like someone

135. forgot to weed the north field.

136. Father, what is a weed

137. other than a plant growing somewhere that you find inconvenient?

138. Ah, I appreciate how clever you are.

139. But you know what I'd appreciate more?

140. If I weeded the north field?

141. You see? So clever.

142. Come on!

143. Hey!

144. Come on!

145. Searcher!

146. - Hey, hon. What's up? - Oh, my engine stalled out.

147. Can you give me a hand?

148. Too much hotdoggin', huh?

149. Is there such a thing?

150. Pando battery's dead.

151. That doesn't make any sense.

152. I picked those pods an hour ago.

153. Pest must be gettin' in the root system again.

154. Well, I'll give our field some extra love

155. as soon as I get the cluster back in the air.

156. Ethan!

157. Hey, the crew's here.

158. Ethan's crew. Not your crew.

159. Yeah, but his friends love me.

160. No, we talked about this.

161. Ethan's a teenager. Boundaries.

162. Yeah, yeah. Boundaries. Got it.

163. Ethan.

164. - What's up, Ethan? - Ethan, Ethan.

165. Kardez, Kardez, what?

166. We just came back from the game shop.

167. The special edition of Primal Outpost just dropped.

168. They sold out in 15 minutes.

169. What? They sold out already?

170. I knew I should've camped out.

171. Don't worry. We didn't forget about you.

172. Oh.

173. Hey, Diazo.

174. I didn't see you there.

175. Not that you're not noticeable.

176. I just... It was just...

177. What's up? Hey.

178. I knew you had to work this morning,

179. so I made sure we grabbed you a pack.

180. You did? That's really sweet.

181. Okay, we have allotted

182. three to five minutes of cute flirtation.

183. Can we open our packs already?

184. Yo, I hear the new creatures are steep.

185. Medic.

186. Cook. Yes.

187. I'm gonna make some stuff.

188. Farmer.

189. Here, I'll trade you.

190. This one feels more Ethan to me.

191. Isn't your grandpa, like, a famous explorer?

192. Maybe it's in your blood.

193. He kinda looks like you.

194. Except for that.

195. No! Hey, Diazo.

196. Give it back.

197. Hey, gang. What's the haps?

198. Dad, what are you doing?

199. - Is this him? - Dad. No.

200. I'm Ethan's dad, Searcher.

201. You must be Diazo.

202. He talks about you all the time.

203. Not all the time.

204. Maybe sometimes or on occasion.

205. So, Diazo.

206. Tell me about yourself.

207. That's not really necessary.

208. Are you into farming?

209. Because Ethan is an amazing farmer.

210. You should see him out there.

211. He's strong, smart, super cool.

212. Or as you kids say, steep.

213. - Wow. - Okay.

214. Don't we have some deliveries to make?

215. - Oh, right. Right. - Sorry, guys. We gotta go now.

216. Apologies that my dad is so dad. Bye.

217. - Bye, Ethan. - Farewell, Ethan.

218. Bye, Ethan's dad.

219. Hey, Diazo seems cool. I see why you like him.

220. - Please stop talking. - I remember my first crush.

221. - Why are you still talking? - She had braces, I did, too.

222. - Stop. Please. - And then one time we got stuck.

223. And it wasn't such a bad thing.

224. What is happening to my life?

225. Thanks, Searcher.

226. Oh, thanks, Ethan.

227. Thank you.

228. - There you go. - Thanks, Searcher.

229. - Legend, go get it. - Wow.

230. Would you look at that.

231. Three generations of Clades.

232. I wonder which one Ethan takes after.

233. I think that's pretty obvious.

234. You know he's gonna grow up to be just like me.

235. And leave you, just like I did.

236. You okay, Searcher?

237. Oh, yep, yeah.

238. We'll see you next week, Ro.

239. Come on, Ethan. Let's go.

240. You know, I bet your dad would be really proud

241. of everything you've accomplished.

242. You clearly don't know anything about your grandpa.

243. I mean, I would if you ever talked about him.

244. Dad, he's my grandfather.

245. I want to know about him.

246. From you.

247. Everyone thinks of Jaeger Clade as this amazing hero.

248. But that's only because they didn't have him as a father.

249. To me, he was just a really bad dad.

250. And he didn't care about me,

251. he only cared about conquering those mountains.

252. And I only care about you,

253. our family and our farm.

254. Well, I guess that's what makes you a pretty good dad.

255. Wait. What was that?

256. Nothing. Nothing.

257. I opened my mouth and no words came out.

258. - Actually, Legend, did you... - No, no, no. Nope.

259. I heard you. You said I'm a really good dad.

260. Pretty good. Pretty good.

261. My son thinks I'm an amazing dad!

262. I'm right here.

263. What?

264. What kind of airship is that?

265. I don't know. I've never seen anything like it.

266. Hey, hey. What are you doing?

267. No, you're damaging our crops!

268. Baby Clade, hey.

269. Oh, how long has it been?

270. - Callisto? - You know her?

271. Yeah. She used to work with my dad.

272. What is the leader of Avalonia doing in our front yard?

273. - I don't know. - Aw, get in here.

274. So good to see you, man.

275. You, too.

276. - You must be Meridian. - Oh. Yes.

277. - So lovely to meet you. - Great meeting you.

278. And Ethan.

279. The future of Clade Farms.

280. Oh, your dad must be so proud.

281. Oh, hey, is it okay if we park the Venture here?

282. You know, I can tell my pilot to move it.

283. It's not a big deal.

284. I mean, it is a big deal, but it's not a big deal.

285. No, it's fine.

286. Can the Venture fly over the mountains?

287. Well, sorry. Nothing can fly that high.

288. Well, not yet anyways.

289. But that's not why I'm here.

290. Why are you here?

291. There's something I need to show you.

292. Where did you find these?

293. It started in the northeast territory,

294. and it's been spreading like wildfire ever since.

295. According to our estimates, every crop will be infected

296. within a month.

297. Including your farm.

298. Searcher, I'm mounting an expedition to save Pando,

299. and I want you to come with me.

300. Callisto, I don't go on expeditions.

301. I'm not my father.

302. Yeah. He didn't come back, you did.

303. And you brought back a miracle.

304. And now there's something wrong with it.

305. Look at how they glow out there.

306. It's like a heartbeat, isn't it?

307. Searcher,

308. I was there when you found Pando.

309. Look what it's given us.

310. Airships, the lights in our homes.

311. But most importantly,

312. it showed us our future wasn't out there somewhere,

313. but here.

314. Pando's dying, Searcher.

315. You and I,

316. we have an obligation to save it.

317. Okay.

318. Yes. When do we head out?

319. Hold up. You're not coming with me.

320. But we do everything together.

321. Not this.

322. Then what's the point of you showing me how to grow Pando my whole life?

323. So you can take over the farm.

324. But this is so much more important.

325. - No. - But, Dad.

326. I will not risk your life.

327. Not now, not ever.

328. Ethan.

329. Ethan.

330. Unfortunately, Searcher,

331. every second we delay puts Avalonia in grave danger.

332. Let me go get my things.

333. All right, everyone.

334. President Mal is about to give us our mission parameters.

335. Mr. Clade, my name's Caspian.

336. - I'm a huge fan... - Oh, thank you.

337. of your dad.

338. Do you think you could forge his autograph?

339. - What? - Listen up.

340. Thank you, Captain Pulk.

341. Though Pando seems to be thousands of plants

342. here on the surface,

343. underground, it is actually a singular organism

344. with an inter-connected root system.

345. We believe whatever's making Pando sick

346. is attacking it deep within this system at its heart.

347. Three weeks ago, Captain Pulk here

348. tracked the roots out to the Atlas Range,

349. where they suddenly took a turn downward.

350. They started excavating,

351. but the ground gave out, revealing an even bigger mystery.

352. Our mission is to follow these roots

353. until we reach the heart of Pando

354. and stop whatever's harming it.

355. So, how far does it go down?

356. We're not sure.

357. But Avalonia's future depends on us finding out.

358. Clade, come here, listen.

359. We got no idea what's down there.

360. If you wanna back out, I could drop you off.

361. Wait, seriously?

362. No, I'm just messin' with you.

363. Look at your face. Oh!

364. We need you to figure this out, otherwise, we're doomed.

365. We are doomed!

366. Lieutenant Duffle,

367. can you please earn your pay cheque and fly us down?

368. Yes, Captain Pulk.

369. Wow. It's beautiful.

370. Oh, I wish everyone in Avalonia could see this.

371. Searcher!

372. What is that?

373. Whatever it is, it knows your name.

374. Searcher!

375. Searcher!

376. What? Meridian? What are you doin' down here?

377. I've been trying to flag you down for the last four hours.

378. Our son is on your ship.

379. What did she just say? Honey, what are you saying?

380. What is she saying?

381. She said your son is on our ship.

382. - Hey, Mom. - Ethan?

383. Oh, hey, Dad.

384. You brought the dog?

385. What are you doing here?

386. Look, Dad. I just wanna help.

387. Ethan, we talked about this. I can't.

388. I need you to take care of the farm while I'm gone.

389. Now, please, go home with Mom.

390. Wait, but, Dad...

391. What is happening?

392. Dad, what are those things?

393. Head inside. I got this.

394. Hey, razor face. Yeah, come and get me.

395. Oh, no.

396. Duffle, get us out of here.

397. Hold on!

398. Legend!

399. I got him.

400. Brace yourself.

401. Dad!

402. What?

403. - Dad! - Ethan!

404. - We're comin' in too hot. - I know.

405. Come on, Venture. Hang in there.

406. Not today.

407. Did you have any idea all of this was down here?

408. Not at all.

409. We are definitely off the map now.

410. Okay, they're okay.

411. And we're okay.

412. Oh, yes, yes. Look, I know, I'm happy, too.

413. Easy on the tongue. Easy on the tongue. Easy.

414. Wow.

415. This place is amazing.

416. No. Hey, Legend, Legend. Leave it, leave it.

417. Hey, hey, we have no idea what that is.

418. Get that out of your mouth.

419. All right, boy.

420. Let's get back to our family.

421. What?

422. What in the...

423. Hey, Legend, get back here.

424. Hi, hello.

425. I'm...

426. I'm a human being from the top world.

427. You probably don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?

428. Of course I understand you.

429. What do you think I am,

430. one of those mindless monsters?

431. That's right, bub.

432. You're in the presence of the one, the only Jaeger...

433. Okay, everyone.

434. We are clearly in uncharted territory.

435. I know you're all feeling scared. I am, too.

436. But the mission remains the same.

437. We're here to save Pando, okay?

438. But before we can do that,

439. we need to get our ship back into the air.

440. What about my dad?

441. Shouldn't we be saving him first?

442. He's a farmer. You can't just leave him out there.

443. No one's leaving anyone.

444. I know you're worried about your dad,

445. but I've seen him out in the field firsthand.

446. He knows how to survive.

447. If we want to do the same, our best bet is to retrieve him by air.

448. Which means fixing this ship is the priority.

449. But that's gonna take way too long.

450. - She's right, Ethan. - What?

451. No, I know, I know.

452. But, babe, we have no idea what's out here.

453. The Venture is our safest option.

454. - But, Mom. - Honey,

455. why don't you go hang out in the cockpit

456. while I help them with repairs?

457. I promise you, Ethan, we're gonna save your dad.

458. Thanks for the backup.

459. I'm gonna hold you to that promise.

460. You have your assignments, get moving.

461. Caspian, can you keep an eye on Ethan?

462. Come on, Ethan. We're gonna have the best time.

463. You like board games, right?

464. We have the best games.

465. Rung and Rafters, Candy Jams, Battletrip.

466. Nope, no. No, no. You're not my son.

467. What? What are you talking about?

468. You're probably just some oddly-shaped rock

469. that my eyes want to believe is a person.

470. I am not an oddly-shaped rock.

471. That's exactly what an oddly-shaped rock would say.

472. Wow, okay.

473. Well, would an oddly-shaped rock know

474. that you gave me a machete for my birthday?

475. Classic Jaeger Clade.

476. I was two.

477. I'm real, Dad.

478. It's really me.

479. Your son, Searcher.

480. Searcher?

481. This is incredible.

482. I was thinkin' the same.

483. Yeah.

484. Oh, that means that flying machine

485. that crashed is also real?

486. Yeah.

487. Well, let's get moving. We've got no time to lose.

488. Wait.

489. Wait, hey!

490. Will you get that off your head?

491. There you go.

492. It's not pretty, but it'll get us back airborne.

493. I gotta say, Meridian,

494. for a crop duster, you are one gutsy pilot.

495. Well, the three things I love the most are my family, my farm, and flying.

496. Now if that last thing could protect the other two,

497. I'd fly through fire.

498. - Mrs. Clade? - Yeah, what's up?

499. Remember how I was given the crucial responsibility

500. of watching your son?

501. Is he givin' you trouble?

502. Just send him back to me. I'll put him to work.

503. Oh, I would love to do that.

504. Except, I don't know where he is.

505. What?

506. Dad! Dad!

507. Oh!

508. This is way faster than our tractor.

509. I gotta get me one of these.

510. A vast, undiscovered wilderness

511. filled with fantastic creatures.

512. This is just like Primal Outpost.

513. Okay, this is nothing like Primal Outpost.

514. You can do this, Ethan.

515. Just be brave.

516. It's in your blood.

517. Okay.

518. I'm alive.

519. I did it.

520. Oh, hey, Diazo.

521. How was my weekend?

522. What did I do?

523. Oh, yeah, I just ran through a nightmare tunnel to rescue my dad.

524. No big deal. Yeah.

525. Hello?

526. What?

527. That is so weird, but also kinda cool.

528. Hey.

529. Hey, buddy.

530. Hey, it's okay. It's okay.

531. I'm friendly, see?

532. I'm a friend.

533. See? We're all friends.

534. Okay.

535. Yeah, I guess I deserved that.

536. I did splat you into a wall.

537. Hey, that's my dad's.

538. Where'd you get that?

539. What? Can you bring me to him?

540. I'm so lucky I ran into you.

541. By the way, you're not dangerous, right?

542. I mean, you don't look dangerous. I just, you know...

543. Quickest route to your flying machine

544. is through that valley up ahead.

545. Okay, I have so many questions.

546. Like, for one:

547. What is this place?

548. A subterranean labyrinth

549. where everything's alive.

550. And most things, well, they want to eat ya.

551. You mean like this thing?

552. Nah, that's harmless.

553. And these things?

554. Funny little goobers, aren't they?

555. Every time I blaze a trail,

556. they un-blaze it.

557. Right.

558. So, how did you even end up down here?

559. Through ingenuity and sheer tenacity.

560. After months of battling the elements,

561. I figured there was no way anyone could ever survive

562. walking over those cold, deadly peaks.

563. So I went searching for a new path.

564. The ground gave out.

565. And I found this place.

566. Oh, so you're stuck down here.

567. I...

568. I wouldn't put it that way.

569. So, I found this place.

570. And it occurred to me,

571. instead of going over these mountains,

572. I'll go under them.

573. Even if I had to fight every monster down here.

574. Nothing was gonna stop Jaeger Clade

575. from fulfilling his destiny.

576. That is, until I came upon

577. the Burning Sea.

578. A place where the cliffs are alive

579. and the waters will dissolve the flesh off your bones.

580. But now, with that flying machine of yours,

581. we got a way to fly right past it

582. and onto the other side of the mountains.

583. Wait. You literally discovered a world beneath our world,

584. and that's not enough?

585. This discovery may be fine for some second-class explorers,

586. but not for us Clades.

587. Whoa there. This Clade is not an explorer.

588. This Clade is a farmer.

589. A farmer?

590. Your mom has a lot of explaining to do.

591. She's gone, Dad.

592. Penelope's dead?

593. Dead? No, she's not dead.

594. She's 60 and works out five days a week.

595. I said she was gone.

596. As in, moved on with Sheldon.

597. Twenty-five years, Dad.

598. We thought you were dead for 25 years.

599. What did you think was gonna happen?

600. No! What?

601. I am going to kill Sheldon!

602. - What? - I've always hated him.

603. - You've never met him. - I hate his name.

604. And I'll probably hate his face.

605. Yep, he's takin' this really well.

606. We should go.

607. This place is so crazy.

608. Who knew that this was all down here?

609. I mean, you knew this was down here

610. because you're from here,

611. but it's not like this up top.

612. Like, these colours, these colours are so trippy.

613. And these trees!

614. Even the trees are cool.

615. Why is it doing that, Splat?

616. Oh, by the way,

617. do you mind if I call you Splat?

618. I just came up with it.

619. You just kinda give me Splat vibes,

620. so I just thought...

621. Wait, are you offended? I can't tell.

622. You know what? I'll just follow you.

623. Searcher, you call that climbing?

624. I'm a 40-year-old man that farms.

625. Climbing isn't really part of my day-to-day.

626. So, you just forgot

627. everything I taught you?

628. No, just the pointless explorer stuff.

629. So, yeah, everything.

630. Well, scoff all you want.

631. But when I get past these mountains,

632. I'll return to Avalonia a hero.

633. Bet they even give me a statue in the town square.

634. You already have a statue.

635. Yeah, and it's right beside mine.

636. You have a statue?

637. What, do they just give statues to everybody these days?

638. No, Dad. I discovered Pando.

639. You know, the thing I'm actually down here to save.

640. The discovery that actually changed the world

641. and transformed Avalonia into the utopia that it is today.

642. And not that it matters, but my statue's taller.

643. Oh, here you go, little guy.

644. Oh, well, so much for the whole humble farmer bit, huh?

645. Maybe you're more like me than you want to admit.

646. I am nothing like you.

647. Just keep tellin' yourself that.

648. Whatever.

649. I created a real legacy when...

650. Hey there. Is this thing dangerous?

651. Maybe.

652. Oh, no, no, no.

653. Hold it.

654. There's someone else out here.

655. That's Ethan's. That's Ethan's.

656. What?

657. I said, that's Ethan's.

658. - Who's Ethan? - My son.

659. Your son?

660. Jaeger Clade is a grandpa?

661. I guess, technically, yes.

662. Well, he's not alone.

663. - He's with a what? - A scout for the Reapers.

664. They only got one job,

665. to lure you to your death.

666. What? Can this thing move faster?

667. What is this thing?

668. Hey, we're still looking for my dad, right?

669. Yeah, yeah. I know, I know.

670. But this Pando fell off the Venture

671. and we don't waste pods, so...

672. I'm just gonna grab it really quick, okay?

673. Hang on, hang on.

674. Really quick. Just let me grab the rest of these.

675. Splat?

676. Splat!

677. Here, it's okay.

678. I can help you with that.

679. Let me see.

680. You can trust me.

681. Here, here.

682. It's okay, it's okay.

683. And there you go.

684. Good as new.

685. Are these friends of yours?

686. Hi, I'm Ethan.

687. I thought Splat here was bringing me to my dad.

688. Maybe I was wrong.

689. Don't see my dad anywhere.

690. I'll just be on my way.

691. - Oh, Ethan! - Dad!

692. Stay behind me.

693. - Who's he? - Ethan, meet your grandpa.

694. That's Jaeger Clade?

695. The one and only.

696. Follow me.

697. Now what?

698. Jump!

699. What are these things?

700. Our ticket out of here.

701. They're not gonna eat us, right?

702. - No, but they will. - What?

703. Just run.

704. Dad!

705. Come on, Searcher. Stop embarrassing me out here.

706. Move!

707. He's awesome.

708. He is not awesome.

709. He just saved my life.

710. You know, I was a part of that rescue, too.

711. He just saved your life.

712. You ain't seen nothing yet, kid.

713. No, Ethan!

714. Splat.

715. Thanks, buddy.

716. Are you okay?

717. I'm talkin' to my son.

718. I'm fine, Dad.

719. Can you not show off while we are running for our lives?

720. Calm down. The kid's all right.

721. How are you my dad?

722. Oh, you want to have that conversation?

723. Well, when two people love each other...

724. Don't! Stop talking, stop talking.

725. Stop talking, stop talking, stop talking.

726. Time for a barbeque.

727. That ain't good.

728. Heads up!

729. Get on.

730. - Meridian. - Mom.

731. Oh, no, no, no. Don't you "Mom" me.

732. Once we get home, your butt is grounded for life.

733. - I like her. - Who's he?

734. - My dad. - What?

735. Hurry up. Go, go, go.

736. A wall of monsters.

737. Wall of monsters.

738. Don't worry. I got this.

739. Okay, so they're smarter than they look.

740. I could've told you that.

741. Wait. Jaeger Clade?

742. - The one and... - We know.

743. Guys. We're stuck.

744. Great idea, Splat.

745. Splat? Its name is Splat?

746. Callisto, give us a push.

747. I'm on it.

748. Hang on, everybody.

749. Oh, I'm so glad you're safe, little Ethan.

750. - You had me so worried. - Okay.

751. Sorry.

752. Oh! What is that? It's so cute.

753. I wanna merchandise it.

754. Ow!

755. This'll do just fine.

756. Other side of the mountains, here I come.

757. Okay, that's not what we're here to do.

758. Right. Your silly little plant.

759. It is not silly.

760. Fine. Your boring little plant.

761. You know what I find boring?

762. Your terrible comeback.

763. What? No.

764. - You. - Oh, clever.

765. Okay. Adult speaking here.

766. Searcher's right.

767. The mission is to get to Pando's heart.

768. 'Cause as we can all see,

769. we are on a clock.

770. But after we do that, there's nothing stopping us

771. from continuing on to the other side of the mountains.

772. Sound like a fair deal?

773. Okay. Then it's all settled.

774. Come on, Ethan. Let's go get a sample from that Pando root.

775. Meridian, care to do the honours?

776. All right, Venture. I guess this makes us official.

777. Just don't make me look bad in front of my family.

778. Hey, look. It's Jaeger Classic.

779. The one and only.

780. So nice to meet you, Mr. Clade.

781. Nice to meet you.

782. Wow.

783. Awesome.

784. Hey, get out of here. Come on, get, get, get.

785. Shoo!

786. Okay.

787. Seemed pretty harmless to me.

788. Better safe than sorry.

789. So, you're my grandson, huh?

790. Yep, that's the rumour.

791. Well, tell me about yourself, Ethan.

792. What are you into?

793. Fighting, hunting?

794. Any sweethearts waiting for you back home, huh?

795. There it is.

796. Who is it?

797. It's no one.

798. Diazo. His name is Diazo.

799. Diazo, huh?

800. I really like him a lot.

801. I just don't know how to tell him

802. because I just get this.

803. I always get so this.

804. Hey, let your grandpa give you some solid advice.

805. If you really, really want to impress this fella,

806. this is what you do.

807. You get him into a dangerous situation,

808. like maybe one in which he almost dies.

809. And then you save him from it.

810. Bonus points if it includes bandits, alligators,

811. and/or spectacular explosions.

812. Yeah. All that sounds like a really toxic way

813. to start a relationship.

814. Not to mention, crazy dangerous.

815. Dangerous?

816. Ha! You're a Clade.

817. We love danger.

818. Go ahead, give it a try.

819. Really? Okay.

820. Oh, yeah. That's a Clade boy right there.

821. Pando schmando.

822. Hey, Dad.

823. I really appreciate you bonding with Ethan here.

824. But maybe a flamethrower isn't his thing.

825. I appreciate that you think that.

826. But maybe Ethan doesn't know his thing

827. unless he tries.

828. So, go ahead, kiddo.

829. Well, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but Ethan already has a thing.

830. And it's called a Pando Picker,

831. and he's really good with it.

832. I appreciate your appreciation,

833. but maybe we let the kid decide.

834. Ah, well, I appreciate your appreciation,

835. but maybe you'll appreciate me a little bit more

836. and respect my wishes, please.

837. And maybe you should step out of my air.

838. Or maybe we lower the temperature a little bit.

839. Okay.

840. What do you have in mind?

841. A little Primal Outpost.

842. Ethan, the fate of Pando is in our hands.

843. I don't think we have the luxury of playing games.

844. Oh, we got a little time before we hit the Burning Sea.

845. You go babysit your plant.

846. My grandson and I are going to play some cards.

847. Deal me in.

848. Can someone trade me a weapon?

849. All I got is dirt and gardening tools.

850. I have masonry stones.

851. Chucking stones could be effective.

852. Yeah, so that's not what masonry stones are for.

853. He's right. I need crossbows.

854. You got any crossbows?

855. Hey, Splat just stole my cards.

856. You get anything good? Hey!

857. Okay, and time's up.

858. Trading period has ended.

859. Ah-ha! A crossbow.

860. I knew you were holding out on me.

861. Ow.

862. Okay, event card time.

863. Are you ready to deal with

864. a demon spider?

865. Kill it.

866. The point is not to kill it.

867. I know demon spider sounds scary.

868. Oh, yeah. That thing will devour our crops for sure.

869. That's what you're worried about?

870. The objective of Primal Outpost

871. is to live harmoniously with your environment.

872. I throw masonry stones at it.

873. And I shoot it with my brand-new crossbow.

874. Okay, fine. It's dead. See? You killed it.

875. That's what I'm talkin' about.

876. Over...

877. Over the... No, around the...

878. - Yeah. - Open...

879. Oh, but wait.

880. The demon spider was the only thing

881. keeping the murder locusts

882. from destroying all your resources.

883. Congrats, you're dead.

884. I agree with that snot bubble here. What?

885. Wait. The demon spider wasn't the bad guy?

886. For the 27th time, there are no bad guys.

887. The objective isn't to kill or destroy monsters.

888. You're just supposed to build a working civilisation

889. utilising the environment around you.

890. Yeah. I don't get this game.

891. Me, neither.

892. Oh, come... It is not that complicated.

893. Maybe I'll just farm Pando.

894. Pando's not a part of the game.

895. Can we conquer the monsters and use them as weapons?

896. Monsters aren't weapons.

897. Ta-da!

898. What? No.

899. Check out my new weapon.

900. If he gets a monster, I get Pando.

901. - No monster, no Pando. - And no bad guys?

902. What kind of game has no bad guys?

903. That's just poor storytelling.

904. Okay. You know what?

905. You want bad guys?

906. Fine. You two are the bad guys.

907. Because you both are annoying me.

908. Teenagers, right?

909. I win.

910. The Burning Sea.

911. It's the one obstacle that stands between Jaeger Clade

912. and his destiny.

913. Can you go be dramatic somewhere else?

914. What do you see?

915. Looks like the roots continue across the ceiling to the other side.

916. Well, if we're gonna find the heart of Pando,

917. we got to get through this.

918. Hold up.

919. You all have eyeballs, right?

920. We're all seeing the same thing, yeah?

921. That's acid.

922. No one can fly through that.

923. What's happening here?

924. This is gonna be awesome.

925. Are we doing this?

926. Oh, we're doing this. Okay.

927. That was so Primal Outpost.

928. So glad we're not dead.

929. Get off my ship.

930. No.

931. You don't happen to have another one of these, do you?

932. It's okay. I got a better weapon.

933. Aim at centre mass.

934. - Wow. - Who taught you how to throw?

935. Sheldon.

936. - Keep us covered. - On it.

937. All right. This is how you throw.

938. Centre your weight,

939. breathe in, focus

940. and follow through.

941. You see, it's all in the follow through.

942. All right, your turn.

943. Okay. Centre weight,

944. breathe, focus

945. and follow through.

946. There you go. Ha!

947. Now, take 'em out on the right.

948. Attaboy. Light 'em up.

949. - Oh, yeah! - Serve it up.

950. Come on, Pops.

951. Yeah!

952. Ah-ha! You ain't nothin' against the Clades.

953. Not too bad for a farmer, right?

954. Yeah, not too bad at all.

955. Okay, I gotta ask,

956. why farming?

957. Well, I love being outside.

958. And being my own boss.

959. Right. I get that.

960. And I like that I can pour my heart and soul

961. into what I'm growing.

962. You know, make sure it becomes exactly what I need it to be,

963. something strong that lasts.

964. And a legacy that my son can be proud of.

965. I get that, too.

966. You want to know why I didn't try harder to come home?

967. Well, the thought did cross my mind.

968. It's...

969. It's because I'm stuck.

970. Well, yeah. I know.

971. Yeah. Different kind of stuck.

972. You see, I've been an explorer my whole life.

973. Chasing that horizon, that's all I've ever known.

974. Even though it cost me everything.

975. You,

976. your mom,

977. the last 25 years of my life.

978. If I gave up on it,

979. what would I be?

980. Who would I be?

981. Well,

982. too old to change now.

983. Right.

984. Let's go get another drink while we still can.

985. Oh, hi, you.

986. Hey, don't touch that.

987. Hey, hey. Stop it.

988. Stop touching those things.

989. Hey. Hey. Don't.

990. Hey, stop pushing buttons. Bad Splat.

991. You tried.

992. Look at that.

993. They're finally gettin' along.

994. About time, right?

995. Yeah.

996. Especially since they're basically the same person.

997. Don't let your father hear you say that.

998. Hey, you wanna take the wheel?

999. I'm dyin' for a cup of coffee.

1000. - Wait, really? - Yeah.

1001. Just follow the roots.

1002. Okay.

1003. If only Diazo could see you now.

1004. What?

1005. You don't think your dad and I talk?

1006. You're doing great.

1007. Yeah, just watch out for the walking landmass!

1008. And I got it. See?

1009. Sorry, sorry.

1010. My bad. We're all good.

1011. Why is this place so weird?

1012. I don't know.

1013. I think this place is...

1014. It's kind of amazing.

1015. You know, I gotta say, Ethan.

1016. I've never seen you so happy as you are down here.

1017. I guess, just...

1018. The farm is so small.

1019. The world is so big.

1020. I just feel

1021. like I'm in my element. I don't know.

1022. What? Why are you looking at me like that?

1023. I can look at you.

1024. Mom, please don't make it weird.

1025. Moms can't be weird.

1026. We gave birth to you.

1027. We've got rights.

1028. And I'd like to exercise my right to stare at you uncomfortably.

1029. No, you have to focus on the road.

1030. You have to look at the road. You're driving.

1031. Oh, calm down.

1032. I'm just saying, you should keep exploring those feelings.

1033. Might just lead you down some interesting paths.

1034. I've been down here for 25 years

1035. and I've never seen anything like this.

1036. This doesn't make any sense.

1037. Pando seems to be getting stronger the deeper we go.

1038. If Pando is dying, shouldn't it be getting weaker?

1039. President Mal, the Reapers are here,

1040. and they brought friends.

1041. What?

1042. Meridian, go!

1043. I can't outrun 'em.

1044. They didn't attack us.

1045. But why didn't they attack us?

1046. It might have something to do with that.

1047. I think we found the heart of Pando.

1048. What are they doing?

1049. Well, they're doing what any pest would do.

1050. They're trying to dig into Pando's heart

1051. and devour it from the inside.

1052. It's fighting for its life out there.

1053. That's why our plants are dying up top.

1054. Pando's rerouting all its energy

1055. to protect itself right here.

1056. Our plant's not sick,

1057. it's at war.

1058. Well, let's even the odds.

1059. Easier said than done.

1060. We have Pando.

1061. Do you know how much Pando that would take?

1062. You got a better idea?

1063. Yeah. We abandon this lost cause

1064. and fly to the other side of the mountains.

1065. How does that save Pando exactly?

1066. It doesn't. But I've lived my whole life

1067. without the stuff. You'll be fine.

1068. We're not dropping Pando

1069. just so you can plant your flag.

1070. Avalonia is depending on us to save it.

1071. And that's what we're gonna do.

1072. I couldn't agree more.

1073. Dad, what are you doing?

1074. Just like how we do it on our farm.

1075. Now that's a Clade boy!

1076. Listen up, bring up every crate of Pando from the hull.

1077. Looks like we're turning the Venture into the world's biggest crop duster.

1078. What is it, Splat?

1079. What?

1080. What?

1081. What does that mean? I don't understand.

1082. Ethan, come here for a sec.

1083. I'm sorry, Splat. I gotta go.

1084. Yeah, Dad?

1085. We came down here to save our farm

1086. and that's what we're gonna do, together.

1087. You know what?

1088. I'm good. I wouldn't even know what to do.

1089. It's simple, you just point and spray.

1090. This is more your thing, Dad.

1091. This is our thing, Ethan. Father and son.

1092. It just doesn't feel right to me.

1093. I don't want to kill all these creatures.

1094. Well, don't think of it as killing.

1095. We're just exterminating some pests trying to destroy our crops.

1096. We're farmers, Ethan.

1097. This is what farmers do.

1098. Well, then, maybe I'm not a farmer.

1099. What?

1100. I'm not a farmer, Dad.

1101. Ethan, where is all this coming from?

1102. This doesn't sound like you.

1103. But it is me, dad.

1104. This is probably the most me I've ever been. I just...

1105. I feel like I'm in my element when I'm exploring this world.

1106. Exploring?

1107. Well, yeah. I mean,

1108. there's just so much to discover here and...

1109. Wait, wait, are you saying,

1110. you want to be an explorer?

1111. Hey, is everything all right?

1112. - Is this because of him? - What?

1113. - It is, isn't it? - No.

1114. - What did you say to Ethan? - I didn't say anything.

1115. Dad, it's not Grandpa's fault.

1116. Are you trying to brainwash my son?

1117. - Brainwash? - Ethan, will you trust me?

1118. You do not want to be like him.

1119. The only thing he cares about is himself and conquering those mountains.

1120. I know you, Ethan. And this isn't you.

1121. Ethan, come back here.

1122. Ethan. Ethan!

1123. Are you crazy?

1124. - Hey, get on this skiff now. - Leave me alone.

1125. Hey, what is this all about?

1126. - You, Dad. You. - Me?

1127. You just assume I'll follow in your footsteps,

1128. but you never asked me what I wanted.

1129. You're a kid.

1130. You don't know what you want.

1131. I know I don't wanna be you.

1132. My whole life, I worked so hard

1133. to be the exact opposite of my dad.

1134. And looks like I ended up just like him.

1135. I just wanted so badly to build you a legacy

1136. you could be proud of.

1137. But I mighta got a little bit caught up in it.

1138. Dad, stop talking.

1139. Ethan, I'm trying to apologise here.

1140. Dad.

1141. I think we're on the other side of the mountains.

1142. There is nothing but water out there.

1143. That's an eye, right?

1144. Yeah.

1145. A really, really big eye.

1146. Yeah.

1147. And it's looking right at us.

1148. You know what this means, right?

1149. - It's judging me? - No, no.

1150. If this place has an eye,

1151. it has to be attached to a head.

1152. And if this place has a head,

1153. that means what we've been travelling through

1154. this entire time was its insides.

1155. Like, its guts and stuff?

1156. Okay, yes. Hear me out.

1157. The windy forests that we were in,

1158. that's the lungs.

1159. And the acid lake? That's the stomach.

1160. And this giant eye must be its eye.

1161. The Reapers aren't monsters.

1162. - They're an immune system. - What?

1163. That's what Splat was trying to tell me.

1164. This place is alive.

1165. It's a living thing.

1166. We didn't find the heart of Pando.

1167. We found an actual heart.

1168. So, all this time,

1169. we've been living on the back

1170. of this giant creature?

1171. Yeah. And Pando is killing it.

1172. This creature's immune system has no way to defend itself.

1173. We need to hurry.

1174. What?

1175. I don't know what you just said,

1176. but I'm pretty sure it was inappropriate.

1177. Mom, you have to turn the ship around.

1178. - I'm sorry, what? - Mission's over.

1179. This place is not what it seems.

1180. - Is there a problem? - Big problem.

1181. Listen, Ethan and I got into a huge fight.

1182. So, I jumped off the ship.

1183. You jumped off the ship?

1184. - But he's safe. - Dad came after me.

1185. And the next thing we know,

1186. we're on the other side of the mountains.

1187. - What? - Staring directly at

1188. - a giant creature! - A giant creature!

1189. What?

1190. - A giant creature? - He can't be serious.

1191. Okay, listen. This place, this world that we live on,

1192. is a living thing.

1193. And Pando is killing it.

1194. If we want to survive, Pando has to go.

1195. - What? - What?

1196. You want us to destroy Pando?

1197. They don't know what they saw out there.

1198. Dad? Dad, stop.

1199. Where are you going?

1200. To the other side of the mountains.

1201. I'm gonna see this for myself.

1202. Are you serious? This world is dying.

1203. I need your help.

1204. What do you know about this world?

1205. What do I know about this world?

1206. I know what I saw.

1207. I dedicated my whole life

1208. to doing something that no one has ever done,

1209. and I did everything I could to train you up

1210. so that you could be right there with me when I did it.

1211. This was supposed to be our legacy.

1212. Father and son.

1213. You wanna talk about legacy?

1214. I'm about to destroy mine.

1215. For my son.

1216. Something you could never do.

1217. Oh, right.

1218. Because I'm a horrible father.

1219. Yeah.

1220. But you didn't have to be.

1221. Here.

1222. The other side of the mountains is due east.

1223. Okay.

1224. - Callisto? - Dad.

1225. Get your hands off me.

1226. Emotions are running really high right now.

1227. And I don't know what you think you saw.

1228. But we came down here to save Pando.

1229. That plan hasn't changed.

1230. You have no idea what you're doing.

1231. - You are going to destroy Avalonia! - No, let me go!

1232. Please, you gotta listen to me!

1233. Get off me.

1234. You're makin' a big mistake.

1235. You gotta get us outta here. Unlock this door.

1236. No, you can't do this. You have to listen to me.

1237. - What are you doing? - I'm trying to see outside.

1238. Hey, Ethan, you think you can reach your arm under here

1239. and up to the door handle?

1240. Clearly, no.

1241. Wait. What's that noise?

1242. - No tongue. - Legend.

1243. Hey, boy. Hey. Open the door. Yeah.

1244. - He can do it. Open the door. - Open the door.

1245. Come on, Legend. You can do it.

1246. - Come on, Legend. - Open the door.

1247. Open the door.

1248. That's Mama's baby. That's Mama's baby.

1249. - You can do it. You can do it. - Open the door.

1250. - Open the door! - Can you not yell at my dog?

1251. Well, I wouldn't yell if he were actually trained.

1252. He is trained.

1253. He hasn't peed in the house for the last two days.

1254. We've been on this ship for the last two days.

1255. You still have to unlock it.

1256. There's a switch right beside the handle.

1257. Legend, do you see the switch?

1258. Legend, you see the switch?

1259. What is that sound? Is he licking the switch?

1260. Legend, stop licking the switch.

1261. Legend, stop.

1262. Legend, stop licking the switch.

1263. Stop licking the switch!

1264. Okay, what's the plan?

1265. Let's get back control of this ship.

1266. I'm not qualified to fly this ship.

1267. It is all yours.

1268. Piloting is hard.

1269. - That was easy. - Okay. What now?

1270. Pando defences are keeping those creatures

1271. from destroying it from the inside.

1272. But if I can dig a hole for them...

1273. They can take care of the rest.

1274. I'll keep Callisto off your back.

1275. And you keep our son safe out there.

1276. Wait, what? He is not coming with me.

1277. Tell him that.

1278. Hey, you comin' or what? We're on the clock.

1279. Remember, everybody, Avalonia's depending on us.

1280. Oh, was that Searcher and Ethan?

1281. What's happening?

1282. They took the bridge. Come on.

1283. Right there.

1284. Where all the roots converge.

1285. If the Reapers attack that,

1286. the rest of the plant will crumble.

1287. Meridian, open this door.

1288. Sorry. Can't hear ya.

1289. Don't worry, President Mal.

1290. I got this.

1291. Caspian!

1292. Wait here.

1293. You and Splat round up every creature you can

1294. and you send them my way.

1295. - I'll do the rest. - You've got it, Dad.

1296. And, Ethan.

1297. I'm sorry if I ever made you think

1298. that you had to be a farmer to make me proud.

1299. I'm always proud of you.

1300. I know, Dad. I know.

1301. Let go of those controls.

1302. Okay.

1303. Grab the controls.

1304. Put 'em on, take 'em off, put 'em on, take 'em...

1305. Make up your mind.

1306. Hey, guys. Remember me?

1307. Meridian, stop this ship right now.

1308. No problem. We're here.

1309. Now do you see what we're dealing with?

1310. That's a heart.

1311. No.

1312. On your feet, Searcher.

1313. My legacy isn't those mountains.

1314. It's you.

1315. Now, let's do this.

1316. Father and son.

1317. There.

1318. Keep digging.

1319. Dad!

1320. Get out of the way! Here they come!

1321. Yeah!

1322. Yes! Yeah!

1323. Yeah, we did it. We did it.

1324. We did it.

1325. Right?

1326. We were too late.

1327. All right, next stop,

1328. no power, cold coffee and angry masses.

1329. Who's ready to go home?

1330. Actually, I'd like to make one stop

1331. for my dad.

1332. I spent my whole life wondering about this moment.

1333. What'd it be like?

1334. What it'd look like?

1335. What'd it feel like?

1336. And how does it feel?

1337. Feels

1338. perfect.

1339. Dear Dad,

1340. though it's been an incredibly challenging year,

1341. it's inspiring to see how resilient people can be.

1342. Penelope.

1343. We can be resourceful.

1344. Sheldon?

1345. We can surprise.

1346. The world's clearly changed.

1347. Thanks, man.

1348. And it continues to change.

1349. And though we can't live like we did in the past,

1350. we've now given ourselves a better chance at a future.

1351. We're not quite there yet, but we will be.

1352. Because the best legacy we can leave

1353. is making a present worth opening tomorrow.

1354. Thank you

1355. for everything you've given me.

1356. I'll do my best to live up to your legacy.

1357. I hope I make you proud.

1358. Love always,

1359. your son.

1360. They're the Clades

1361. They're the Clades

1362. Cue the band And start the grand parades

1363. Ever bold

1364. Hearts of gold

1365. Over sea and sky and land

1366. Bound together hand in hand

1367. They're the Clades

1368. Forging brave new chapters

1369. Of their legacy

1370. Facing every scrape and jam

1371. As a mighty family

1372. They're the Clades

1373. They're the Clades

1374. Worthy of the highest accolades

1375. Standing tall

1376. Risking all

1377. Braving roads beyond the maps

1378. Bounding generation gaps

1379. They're the Clades

1380. Whether farming or exploring

1381. Raise up your voice In roaring serenades

1382. For the Clades

1383. And their endless escapades

1384. They're the Clades