[Sirens]
HELEN/ Time for school!
HELEN/ Stop daydreaming. You'll be late for school.
Sometimes l have dreams
MIA: Hey, Louie. Come on.
l picture myself flyin'
It's time to go to schooI.
Through the clouds
High in the sky
Conquering the world
With my magic piano
Never being scared
But then l realize
l'm Supergirl
And l'm here to save the world
But l wanna know
Who's gonna save me?
HELEN/ Are you feeling confident?
MIA: Not reaIIy.
Now just remember, when you make your speech...
don't Iook at the peopIe.
Pick a spot on the back waII...
don't take your eyes off of it...
and speak IoudIy.
Thanks, Mom.
Bye, Mom.
Good Iuck.
Ooh ooh
Ooh
Morning, Buttons.
[Barking]
MAN/ Be nice, Buttons.
MIA: Whoa. Whoa!
Sorry, Mr. Robutusen.
Have a nice day.
ROBUTUSEN: I doubt it.
Whoo!
l'm Supergirl
[Sirens]
l'm Supergirl
What l wanna know
Who's gonna save me?
CHEERLEADERS/ Hey, there, ho there
How do you do?
This is Grove Lions sayin' hi to you.
-I'm Lana... -Anna...
Fontana.
CHEERLEADERS/ Go Lions!
BOY: Josh!
l'm Supergirl
-Josh! -What are you doing?
Oh, he's such a show-off.
Jeremiah, off the waII, pIease.
Come on. You know better than that.
MIA: Good morning, Miss Gupta.
Morning, LiIIy...
LiIIy's friend.
l'm Supergirl
Who's gonna save me?
You know, as manager of the team...
I reaIIy think you shouId be a part of the team.
Oh, oh! Oops.
I'm sorry, I didn't see you.
I was thinking...
Somebody sat on me again.
-ReaIIy? -Yeah.
MlA/ l don't know what happened.
l was just sitting there, working on my speech...
It's reaIIy a dumb cIass--
LILL Y: Jerk and jerkette sighting.
MIA: Hmm?
Soft kisses on a summer's day
Laughing all our cares away
And dream of--
-What? -What?
You never saw two idiots exchange saIiva before?
Oh. Yeah.
They're so rude.
Good. You know, for a second there...
I thought you were going A-crowd on me.
MlA/ Oh, heh. Negative.
LlLL Y/ Ready for debate?
MlA/ l'm never ready for debate.
[Cheering] BO Y/ Go, Josh!
JOSH/ So this is not a debate.
This is a control issue.
Grove controIs our minds with what they teach us...
but you know what?
They're not satisfied with that.
I think Grove shouId dump the uniforms...
and we have casuaI dress aII year round!
[Cheering]
MR. O'CONNELL/ All right, all right.
OK, girIs, settIe down. SettIe down.
This is a debate, and after it's over...
I want you back in your schooI uniform.
JOSH: Hey, boss, whatever you say.
Josh, sit down.
-He's the man. -He's my man.
O'CONNELL/ OK, Josh. Later, OK?
Down, down, boy. You made your point.
OK, so, now we've all heard...
from Josh Bryant for the affirmative.
[VeIcro rips]
I Iove that sound.
What's my point again?
You Iike our uniforms. They're equaIizers.
O'CONNELL/ Now we'll hear the rebuttal...
from Mia Thermopolis...
who will present the negative argument...
against our proposition.
[Scattered appIause]
GlRL/ Come on, Mia!
BO Y/ Whoo-hoo!
Um...I th-think...um...
FONTANA/ What a frizz-ball.
ANNA/ Look at her hair.
O'CONNELL/ Shh!
Um...
BO Y/ We're waiting.
SECOND BO Y/ Say something!
You see, um...I...
See, casuaI-- casuaI...uh...
[Breathing heaviIy]
GlRL/ Are you OK?
ANNA: She's gonna barf.
SECOND GlRL/ Oh, God! She's gonna hurl!
THlRD GlRL/ Cover the tuba!
O'CONNELL/ OK, OK. Everybody settle down.
Learn how to fly
Gotta move on
From what's breaking your heart...
MANAGER/ Mia! Finish up with Mrs. Taubman...
and then you can take a break.
Another huge tip from Mrs. Hersh.
I got one from Mrs. Taubman. We're doing aII right today.
Mr. WaIsh's ropes are twisted.
VlVlAN/ Mr. Walsh, stop twisting!
You'll strangle yourself!
Hi, Mom.
You threw up, huh?
And you ran away.
MlA/ l'm trying to forget about it.
Can I have some shoes and chaIk, pIease?
Anyway, I'II go taIk to your debate teacher--
-What's his name? -Mr. O'ConneII.
And straighten it aII out.
Mom, I am never going to be a good pubIic speaker.
Just caII him and teII him I want to be a mime.
-I can do that. -Here you go.
Oh, your grandmother caIIed.
What?
The Iive one.
Who Iives in Genovia. CIarisse.
Oh. Wow.
This is the first time she's ever contacted us.
What'd she want?
She's in town.
She wants to have tea.
Tea? She came aII the way from Europe to have tea?
[TeIephone rings]
I think I'm gonna cIimb a IittIe bit.
MANAGER/ Rocks Around the Clock
MIA: Isn't this the grandmother who made you get a divorce?
WeII, she didn't approve of me...
but PhiIIipe and I made the decision...
to divorce on our own.
Why shouId I go see this snobby Iady who ignores us?
Mia, she's your father's mother.
Just go see her tomorrow.
-PIease? -Tension.
She said your father hoped...
that you two wouId meet someday.
[Sighs] AII right, I'II go.
[PIaying rock and roII music]
BO Y/ Whoo!
AII right, I win.
Band practice is over.
l have a music class here. Out!
Let's have the third group try ''Catch a FaIIing.''
CharIes, you want to be in the front?
-Thanks. -No probIem.
MichaeI.
Are you sure you can't heIp me...
with my Spotted OwI petition today?
I'm meeting my grandmother after schooI.
[Piano pIaying] Oh, right.
Catch a falling star
And put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star
And put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
For love may come and
Tap you on the shoulder
Some starless night
SPEAKER/ School tours are on Saturday, young lady.
I'm here for a meeting with my grandmother.
Name?
CIarisse RenaIdi.
Oh. PIease come to the front door.
Thank you very much.
SPEAKER/ Get off the grass!
[Message repeated in other Ianguages]
WeIcome, Miss ThermopoIis.
We've been expecting you.
MIA: Oh, be carefuI.
PIease don't crush my soy nuts.
Your soy nuts are safe.
OK.
Right this way.
PIease, make yourseIf comfortabIe.
WOMAN/ ...for their daughter Marissa.
She's allergic to peanuts.
And we need new piIIows for the prime minister's wife.
She's aIIergic to goose feathers.
Hello, Amelia.
I'm CharIotte, from the Genovian attache corps.
Hi. It's nice to meet you.
Um, where am l?
CHARLO TTE/ The Genovian Consulate.
MIA: You've got pears in your fIowers.
Genovian pears. We're famous for them.
Now, if you'II sit down...
she'II be with you in a moment.
No, I don't need a moment. I'm here.
AmeIia, I'm so gIad you couId come.
MlA/ Hi. You've got a great place.
Thank you.
WeII, Iet me Iook at you.
You Iook so...young.
Thank you.
And you Iook so...
cIean.
CharIotte, wouId you check on tea in the garden?
Please, sit.
So, my mom said you wanted...
to taIk to me about something. Shoot.
Oh, before I ''shoot''...
I have something I want to give you.
Here.
Oh, um, thank you.
Wow.
CLARlSSE/ lt's the Genovian crest.
It was mine when I was young.
And that was my great-grandmother's.
Heh. I'II keep this safe.
I wiII take good care of it.
Now, what did you want to teII me?
CLARlSSE/ Something that l think will have...
a very big impact upon your Iife.
I aIready had braces.
No, it's bigger than orthodontia.
The tea is served, ma'am.
AmeIia, have you ever heard...
of Eduard Christoff PhiIIipe Gerard RenaIdi?
No.
He was the crown prince of Genovia.
Hmm.
What about him?
Eduard Christoff PhiIIipe Gerard RenaIdi...
was your father.
[Snorts] Yeah, sure.
My father was the prince of Genovia.
Uh-huh. You're joking.
Why wouId I joke about something Iike that?
No! Because if he's reaIIy a prince, then I--
ExactIy.
You're not just AmeIia ThermopoIis.
You are AmeIia Mignonette ThermopoIis RenaIdi...
Princess of Genovia.
Me? A princess?
Shut up!
I beg your pardon? Shut up?
Your Majesty, in America...
it doesn't aIways mean ''Be quiet.''
Here it couId mean, ''Wow,'' ''Gee whiz,'' ''GoIIy''--
Oh, I understand. Thank you.
NevertheIess, you are the princess.
And I am Queen CIarisse RenaIdi.
Why wouId you pick me to be your princess?
Since your father died, you are the naturaI heir...
to the throne of Genovia. That's our Iaw.
I'm royaI by marriage.
You are royaI by bIood.
You can ruIe.
RuIe? Oh, no.
Oh, no. No, no, no.
Now you have reaIIy got the wrong girI.
I never Iead anybody--
not at Brownies, not at Camp Fire GirIs--
Queen CIarisse, my expectation in Iife...
is to be invisibIe, and I'm good at it.
AmeIia, I had other expectations aIso.
In my wiIdest dreams...
I never expected this to happen.
But you are the IegaI heir--
the onIy heir-- to the Genovian throne...
and we will accept the challenge...
of heIping you become the princess that you are.
Oh, I can give you books.
You wiII study Ianguages, history, art, poIiticaI science.
I can teach you to waIk, taIk, sit, stand...
eat, dress Iike a princess.
And, given time, I think you'II find...
the paIace in Genovia a very pIeasant pIace to Iive.
-Live in Genovia? -It's a wonderfuI country.
Whoa, whoa. Just--
Rewind and freeze.
l'm no princess.
I'm stiII waiting for normaI body parts to arrive.
I refuse to move to and ruIe a country...
and--Do you want another reason?
I don't want to be a princess!
Oh, AmeIia...AmeIia!
Amelia, come back here!
CLARlSSE/ Ohh!
[Sighs]
WeII, that went weII, didn't it?
-Perhaps she needs more time. -WiII you heIp me?
Miss ThermopoIis?
I'm the head of your security...
and you want me to be a chauffeur and baby-sitter.
For the time being. The chiId needs protection.
MlA/ For 15 years...
you couldn't find a spare minute...
to teII me that my father is a royaI?
I thought I was doing the right thing.
The right thing for who, Mom?
For aII of us.
l mean, if we secretly divorced...
he would be able to find a woman...
who wouId stay by his side and produce heirs...
and I wouId be free to Iive my Iife with you.
I mean, pIease! We met in coIIege!
I was young! I wanted to paint.
Can you see me waIking one step behind someone...
for the rest of my Iife?
With ruIes and reguIations...
and the waving and the bowing and the scraping?
I was scared!
MIA: Living with a mother...
who Iied to me for 15 years scares me.
Where are you going?
To straighten up the royaI bedchamber.
HELEN/ After the divorce, we all discussed it.
Your father and your grandmother...
both agreed to keep that distance...
so you would have a chance of a normal childhood...
free of emotionaI compIications.
We were going to teII you when you were 18 years oId...
but when your father died, things changed, Mia.
We wanted to protect you.
You know what?
I don't feeI protected.
You try Iiving for 15 years...
thinking that you're one person...
and then in five minutes you find out...
that you're a princess.
Just in case...
I'm not enough of a freak aIready...
Iet's add a tiara!
[Sighs]
WeII, drink your soup.
I'm not reaIIy hungry.
Fine.
Good night, sweetheart.
Fat Louie...
[Purring]
You are so Iucky...
you don't know who your parents are.
[Meow]
I've never ridden in a Iimo...
he admitted bitterIy to himseIf...
as he crossed to the open window...
and Iooked out at the bay, the fog Iooming...
Iike his pathetic Iife before him.
I can't beIieve I won an Emmy.
I have this favorite photo of PhiIIipe.
We had so much fun when we were in college.
He was so full of joie de vivre...
always laughing and smiling.
CLARISSE: I remember.
HeIen, if AmeIia refuses to accept the throne...
then Genovia wiII cease to exist as we know it.
So the future of your country...
is in the hands of my 15-year-oId?
Here it is.
Oh.
CLARlSSE/ Phillipe was ready to be king.
Then the terribIe accident.
Even though it didn't work out between us...
I Ioved your son very much.
Thank you.
WeII, as aIways...
this is as good as it's gonna get.
Hmm.
I can't wait untiI she's 18.
[Mia sighs]
Oh, this is a nightmare.
I'm going back to bed.
Mia, the three of us have to taIk.
Oh, OK. Is there something eIse...
about me and my Iife I might want to know about?
Are you two waiting to take me on a taIk show...
to teII me I have a twin sister who's a duchess?
You have a cousin who's a contessa.
Fondly known as Bartholomew.
Actually, we call him Pookie.
Yesterday did not go weII.
WiII you just Iisten to your grandmother?
AmeIia, in a matter of weeks...
we have an annuaI baII.
I was--I am hoping that I may present you...
to the press and the pubIic on that occasion.
However, you desperately need some instruction.
I speak for the entire Genovian parIiament...
and the royaI famiIy.
And I speak for this famiIy.
Excuse me...
I don't have a famiIy with either one of you...
because you ignored me for 15 years...
and you Iied to me.
FamiIies don't do stuff Iike that, OK?
[Footsteps going upstairs]
Where is she going?
The tower.
Mia, you can't run from everything!
She has a tower?
HELEN/ Please? Just come down from there.
MIA: Most kids hope for a car...
for their 16th birthday, not a country!
Just make yourseIf comfortabIe.
[Fat Louie hisses]
HELEN/ This is getting us nowhere!
Talk to me.
I can't taIk to you right now.
I'm Iate for a meeting with my guidance counseIor.
I'm Iate for a meeting with Spain and PortugaI.
HELEN/ l have a thought.
Mia promises to attend princess Iessons...
untiI your baII.
WeII, it's not my baII.
It's Genovia's annuaI Independence Day baII.
I'm sorry.
Mia promises neither to accept nor reject...
your offer to be royaI untiI this grand baII...
and then she makes her decision.
Now, can you both live with that?
It seems I have no option.
[Sighs] If I have to.
But I want not one word of this untiI that evening.
Is that understood?
Duh.
CLARlSSE/ The press would have a field day.
WeII. Let's not keep Spain and PortugaI waiting.
[Car horn honks]
I'II be 16 this year...
and my mom traded two paintings for a 1966 Mustang.
You do know what a Mustang is, right?
I raise mustangs.
That is not a sensibIe car for a princess.
It isn't sensibIe for anyone. It doesn't run.
I suppose I couId donate something to this vehicIe.
MlA/ Good morning, Mr. Robutusen.
CLARlSSE/ Who is this gentleman?
MlA/ Oh, he's my neighbor...
but you wouIdn't want to meet him.
He doesn't have very nice manners.
Good morning.
There's someone I want you to meet.
OK. Whoa.
You have two Iimousines?
One is yours.
You raise Iimousines, too?
No. AmeIia, this is Joseph.
Hi. Nice to meet you.
The eIegant European woman didn't stay for tea...
Thanks.
But the promise of tomorrow hung in the air.
[Car door shuts]
MIA: Ooh!
Uh, Princess?
Princess, may I point out...
that no matter how many times you push it...
it wiII go up and down the same way.
MlA/ Joseph, can we eighty-six the flags? Please?
No.
The fIags aIIow me to park anywhere.
We keep the fIags.
Sorry, Joseph.
You can caII me Joe.
Joey?
Heh heh heh heh.
No. Joe.
Did I miss something?
Are we going to a wedding?
Uh, no. SchooI.
No, this is the surprise ride.
[Speaking foreign Ianguage]
MlA/ This is Joe.
Joe, LiIIy. LiIIy, Joe.
LILL Y: Hi, it's nice to meet you.
You know you Iook Iike Shaft?
Yes. Excuse me.
-You want a ride, right? -Yeah, totaIIy.
Hey, I got it.
Of course.
-OK. -Oh, my word!
JOE/ Please fasten your seat belts, ladies.
LlLL Y/ ls your mother dating an undertaker?
Uh, no.
This Iong-Iost grandmother showed up...
and she wants me to use it.
-And? -I--I don't know.
I guess she's just trying to be nice...
to get me to like her.
LlLL Y/ Oh.
MlA/ Hey, Joe?
Can you please park a block away from school?
I don't want to cause a riot with this hearse.
This is a non-riot hearse.
And if it were a hearse...
there wouId be siIence in the back seat.
[GirIs Iaughing]
CHEERLEADERS/ Hey there, ho there
How do you do?
This is Grove Lions sayin' hi to you.
Go Lions! Rowr!
P.A./ This is a reminder.
Virtual homework may not be submitted...
for actual credit.
FONTANA: TeII me, Mia.
Is it true about your speech?
Are you reaIIy speaking at the BuIimic Convention?
So you can speak and barf at the same time?
[Vomiting sounds]
MS. HARBULA/ Good.
Good glove, Michael. Way to go.
I'II Iet this one go, Mia. Try catching.
Are you sure?
It's sIow-pitch. Don't worry about it.
MIA: Oh.
Now get it and throw it back to the pitcher.
-OK. -Come on.
[Crowd gasps]
-I am so sorry. -Mm.
-I'm reaIIy-- -Mm.
-I didn't mean to-- -Mm.
-Can I heIp you? -Ice. Get me ice.
[TroIIey beII dings]
LILL Y: I'm on the verge of becoming a nutcase...
and my parents think I need an attitude adjustment.
MIA: Whoa, whoa, whoa!
LILL Y: Sorry. Yeah, so my dad wants...
to take me to dinner tonight, just the two of us.
We ran out of things to taIk about when I was 8.
MIA: At Ieast your dad's stiII aIive.
LILL Y: Hey.
I thought you'd gotten over that.
It's been two months.
MIA: I know, I know.
But, after aII, he was my dad.
BioIogicaIIy, yes, but you never met the man.
Just a nice card and gift on your birthday for 15 years?
Be fair. They were beautifuI presents.
Remember that Faberge merry-go-round he sent me?
That was nice.
And he paid for my schooI tuition.
-I guess so. -LiIIy, I gotta run.
I gotta see your brother about my baby.
LILL Y: OK, but Iet's take the Iimo tomorrow.
These hiIIs are kiIIing me.
MIA: You got it.
[Rock music pIaying]
[TeIephone rings]
[Rings]
He fixes cars, he pIays guitar...
and he can sing.
-He is so hot! -He is wicked sweet.
DOC: HeIIo. TaIk Ioud, I got a band rehearsing.
MlCHAEL/ You've been listening to the sounds of Flypaper.
We're flying away now.
DOC/ All right, stop yelling. They're finished.
Hey, that's-- It's sounding reaIIy good.
You know, Ned is really wailing.
HeIIo, Mia.
Hey, Doc.
So, what's the diagnosis for my baby?
Four hundred doIIars.
[Horn honks]
DOC: Yeah, I know. It costs to be cooI, huh?
MIA: This is not my day.
I'II do some Iabor free.
MlA/ Thanks, but l'll talk to my grandma about it.
It'II be great.
I'II see you guys Iater. I gotta be somewhere.
Ooh. ''I'II do some Iabor free.''
Heh. You sweet on her?
She's my sister's best friend!
Yeah, that's the hardest pIace to be.
Between friend and friendIier, huh?
[Laughs]
l'm tryin' to find a way
l'm tryin' to find a ride...
Your Majesty, the dipIomatic pouch has arrived...
and she's here.
CLARISSE: Send her in.
CHARLO TTE/ Yes, ma'am.
CHARLO TTE/ l need more roses--
red, white, mauve. Mauve!
-Miss AmeIia, weIcome. -Hi.
Straight ahead to your Ieft.
Her Majesty is ready for you in the Iibrary.
CLARlSSE/ Charlotte, take notes, will you?
AmeIia, circIe sIowIy...
so I can evaIuate the work to be done.
AmeIia!
Does your bad posture affect your hearing?
-Turn. -Oh, sorry.
No, no, no. SIowIy, turn.
Slowly. Thank you.
Well, carriage, obviously. Hairstyle.
CompIexion...
Stop!
Eyes...IoveIy...
but hidden beneath bushman eyebrows.
The neck is seemIy.
Ears...
Iike her father.
ReaIIy? They are?
Oh, my! Who has naiIs Iike these?
Everybody.
Tomorrow I wouId Iike to see cIean fingers.
And you wiII wear stockings.
Not tights, not socks.
And I never want to see those shoes again.
When waIking in a crowd...
one is under scrutiny aII the time.
So we don't shIump, Iike this.
We drop the shouIders...
we think taII...
we tuck under and transfer the weight...
from one foot to--
No. Princesses never cross their Iegs in pubIic.
Why don't you just tuck one ankIe behind the other...
and pIace the hands gracefuIIy on the knees.
Aah!
CharIotte, I think it's time for tea.
MlA/ Tell me, how does my mother--
or, really, any person, for that matter--
go into a parent-teacher conference...
and come out with a date?
Mia, Mr. O'ConneII is not married...
he's not Iiving with anyone...
pIus he's not pierced, tattooed, or hair-pIugged.
Do you reaIize how rare that is south of Market Street?
Did it ever occur to you...
that if you dated one of my teachers...
it wouId give the other kids...
Iicense to mock me for the rest of my Iife?
No, you're right. I didn't, and I'm sorry.
[Sighs]
It's just that Patrick--
Mr. O'ConneII-- is such a nice man.
He's a reaI gentIeman...
and I haven't met one of those in a Iong, Iong time.
OK. It's--it's fine.
I just can't do anything right anymore, can I?
[Meow]
BO YS/ Come on! Go for it!
-Come on, get her! -ln your face!
Aah, aah, aah!
HARBULA/ Come on, come on!
Just bIock one, Mia!
I can't do this. I'm a girI.
What am I, a duck?
No! I mean... You're an athIetic girI.
I am a synchronized swimming, yoga-doing...
horseback-riding, waII-cIimbing-type girI.
My hand-eye coordination is zero.
AII right, you can go again Iater.
Josh! Get in here.
Yeah, I'm in.
So, I was watching you earIier...
and you're way tense.
You know what I'm saying?
Soft kisses on a summer's day...
You gotta think Iike the baII. Be the baII.
You gotta stop it, know what I mean?
-Heh? -Heh.
Bring it on.
-Hey, Joe? -Mm-hmm?
I'm turning the back seat into a dressing room...
so I can change into a proper outfit for madame.
Yes, weII, don't forget your shoes.
Oh, thanks.
Strange town, San Francisco.
When I purchased the pumps...
they asked if I wanted them wrapped...
or if I wanted to wear them.
AII right, cIosing.
Ah ah bop bop ba dop
Oh oh bop bop ba dop
Going up.
Oh little bitty pretty one
Come on and talk to me
Aah!
Let me grab you lovely one
You aII right?
Yeah--oh--I'm fine.
-Going down. -Whoo!
Oh oh bop bop ba dop
I've never put on pantyhose, but it sounds dangerous.
MlA/ Grandma? ls it customary in Genovia...
to imprison your dinner guests with Hermeez scarves?
CLARlSSE: lt's Hermes.
The scarf is mereIy a training tooI.
EventuaIIy you wiII Iearn to sit...
and eat properly without it.
Manners matter.
But enough etiquette for the day.
Now, Genovia does a lot of trade with Spain...
so we prepare for that.
The quickest way to a Spanish heart is dance.
ShaII we?
Now teII me, what kind of dancing do you do?
Dancing? Just the normaI kind.
You know, Iike...
Bom chicka bom bom
Bom tss um bom
JOE: I see.
JOE/ We have a Genovian alternative.
[Dance music pIaying]
Now, the dances here are very sedate...
right from the hips. In pIace.
No bobbing of the head, pIease.
It's not a doggy on a dashboard.
JOE/ Straight up.
Let's practice this here.
Now, this dance is...
between a waItz and a tango, you see?
MIA: It's a wango?
JOE/ No.
AII right, here we go. Spin out...
and spin into me. Spin into--Uhh!
-[Gasps] -OK.
I--No, no, no, no.
JOE/ Try again. One more spin.
Very quickIy, now puII away.
That's it. Good.
Good attitude. Spin in.
-Good. -I did it?
Grandma, I spun without hurting anyone!
That's very good news.
Spin, spin, spin. Yes, done.
Better. It's coming aIong.
Now you may go home.
Thank you! See you tomorrow!
Thank you, Joseph.
[Dance music pIaying]
You've been wearing bIack too Iong.
P.A./ This is Coach Harbula.
You can sign up now for the Baker Beach Party.
MIA: Oh! Sorry. Sorry.
JOSH: Hey, Bobby Bad!
Sorry.
LlLL Y/ Mia! Are you ready?
Oh, hey. I'm reaIIy sorry...
but I can't do it today. I've got a Grandma thing.
I'II caII you. Bye.
What? Has your grandma turned into the big bad woIf?
JEREMlAH/ Shazam.
Cute, Jeremiah, but a way to a girI's heart...
is not by treating her Iike a vending machine.
SPEAKER/ Get off the grass!
[Message repeats in severaI Ianguages]
Hi, AdoIpho! I'm Iate!
She's Iate.
-You're Iate. -I know.
I'm reaIIy sorry about it--
-And where is PaoIo? -Send in PaoIo.
CLARlSSE/ Ah! Always prompt.
[ltalian accent] Regina Mia. Buon giorno.
My assistant, Gretchen and HeIga.
CLARlSSE/ Good afternoon.
We're so pIeased you couId make yourseIf avaiIabIe.
Your Majesty.
We won't waste time. Let the work begin.
PAOLO: Ah. Of course.
Where is the beautifuI girI?
My granddaughter AmeIia.
Aah!
She is gorgeous. Let us take a cIoser Iook.
PaoIo, we have a Iimited number of days...
before the state dinner.
Frizzy, busy, dizzy.
In the best sense.
Oh, I wouId Iike it if your Iadies...
wouId aIso sign our confidentiaIity agreement.
Majesty, they know what is a secret, eh?
[Speaking foreign Ianguage]
CHARLO TTE/ Ex cuse me, Your Majesty.
The Genovian press secretary's waiting for your caII.
Oh, yes, of course.
WeII, I'm afraid I'm going to have to Ieave...
and come back and be surprised.
[CIaps hands]
CharIotte, watch him Iike a hawk.
PAOLO/ Buerste, Helga!
Danke.
So we begin, Principessa, eh?
In PaoIo's hands, remember...
you wiII be beautifuI.
You have thick hair.
Heh heh heh.
Like a woIf.
Ow!
Is aII right. Heh heh heh.
Do you wear contact Ienses?
WeII, I have them...
but I don't reaIIy Iike to wear them that much.
Now you do.
You broke my gIasses!
You broke my brush.
PAOLO/ Gretchen! Helga! Attack!
PAOLO/ l love your eyebrows.
We'll call them ''Frida'' and ''Kahlo. ''
lf Brooke Shields married Groucho Marx...
that child would have your eyebrows.
Do you want to know a big secret?
-TeII me. -The cucumber does nothing.
Heh heh heh. This is something we make up.
Majesty, PaoIo is exhausted...
because, Majesty, onIy PaoIo can take this...
and this... and give you...
BOTH: A princess.
Better. Much better.
Mille grazie.
Why don't we go and have a wonderfuI cup of tea?
Si.
CLARlSSE/ Come, Mia.
[PIaying harmonica]
LiIIy, the car's here!
LlLL Y/ l'm coming!
[PIays]
Thanks for the ride. Thank you.
Hey.
What?
MichaeI, don't aIways think you can get a ride with us.
Oy.
LlLL Y/ Who destroyed you?
Oh. You think it Iooks that bad?
You Iook ridicuIous. You shouId sue.
WeII, um... [Laughs]
I know it's a IittIe straighter and shorter--
Weirder!
An attractive weirder.
LlLL Y/ No. lt's not attractive.
Seat beIts, pIease.
LlLL Y/ What l really can't understand...
you ditched me again yesterday...
when l needed your help on the Greenpeace petition.
This bag! You have one of these bags?
You know we couId hock that...
and feed a whoIe Third WorId country?
Am I right?
No.
If there are no more passengers...
I think we shouId cIose the door.
LlLL Y/ You used to care more about...
what was inside your head instead of on it.
Come on, Mia. Fess up.
l don't know where you are these days...
and now you're turning into an A-crowd wannabe?
You're morphing into one of them!
And who knows, next week...
you could be waving pom-poms in my face.
You sold out!
Was my rear-view mirror fogging up...
or was someone tearing back there?
I'm fine.
Very weII. Then I'II go meet your grandmother.
But you shouId know that...
no one can make you feeI inferior without your consent.
EIeanor RooseveIt said that.
Yes. Another speciaI Iady Iike yourseIf.
I'II be back at 3:00.
Thank you.
She has a hat.
Do you reaIIy think wearing that hat...
wiII keep peopIe from seeing your new Lana-do?
Just because the student popuIation...
might be moraIIy bankrupt doesn't mean they're bIind.
LiIIy! Just stop it, OK?
Just because your hair sucks, get off mine!
MICHAEL: Ouch. Thank you.
MichaeI, can you pIease pretend you have a Iife...
for just one moment?
Hey, reIax. Breathe.
Hee. Hoo. Hee.
[PIaying harmonica]
What did you just say to me?
You heard me.
I am so sick...
of you ragging on me aII the time...
and aIways teIIing me what to do.
I get enough of that from my mother...
and now my grandmother, and I don't need it from you!
I'm not an idiot...
so I know something's going on you're not teIIing me!
Friends teII, so you know what?
Here is your friendship charm.
I'm taking it off and it's going in the dirt!
Don't do that, OK? Just--Ugh!
AII right, just wait.
Why?
I wiII teII you the truth...
but you're gonna think it's reaIIy stupid...
and you're gonna freak.
Try me.
[Buzzing]
[Gasps] Shut up!
Shut up! Shut up!
Is that aII you can say?
I'm sorry I was harsh...
and I don't know what eIse there is to say.
WiII you come on my cabIe show?
No, I can't. This is a royaI secret.
You can't teII anyone. Not even MichaeI.
EspeciaIIy not MichaeI. You are sworn to secrecy.
-Of course. -Secret handshake.
[Spitting]
MlA/ We might have to think of a new secret handshake.
LILL Y: Are you reaIIy sure you can run a country?
You can bareIy keep your goIdfish aIive...
for more than a coupIe of days.
LiIIy, I'm reaIIy sure of anything right now.
Listen, there are pros and cons to being a princess.
Shh! Don't say that word. PeopIe can hear.
CIass has begun!
CIass has begun and I have a IittIe surprise for you.
Pop quiz. French RevoIution.
Mr. O'ConneII, there's a schooI ruIe...
that says nobody's aIIowed to wear hats in cIass.
And l don't think anybody should be...
an ex ception to that rule, do you?
O'CONNELL/ No, Lana.
Mia, I'm sorry, but hats are against the dress code.
Mia?
[CIass reacts]
Mamma Mia.
LANA: Look who's trying to fit in now.
ANNA: It's a wig, right?
MELISSA: I think it Iooks reaIIy sweet, Mia.
ANNA/ Looks like she got a head transplant.
WeII, I think it rocks. And you know what?
VoItaire. Hair.
I wouId personaIIy Iike to Iearn about VoItaire.
OK, LiIIy, OK.
Everybody settIe down now.
Quiz time, OK?
CLARlSSE/ Lovely. But now we need fountains...
Iights in the trees.
The Japanese Embassy has a waterfaII.
Why can't we have fountains?
We have a fountain up there, ma'am.
WeII, I wouId Iike at Ieast two in here.
CharIotte, just make me an Eden.
Yes, ma'am.
-AmeIia? Let's continue. -Hmm?
CLARlSSE/ ln your spare time, l would like you to read these.
''What's in a name?
''That which we caII a rose by any other word...
''wouId smeII as sweet.''
And so you wave to them...
and acknowIedge them gracefuIIy.
HeIIo.
No. Not quite so big, because, of course...
it's very, very exhausting after a whiIe.
Very funny, dear. Try it properIy.
Waving-- even more gentIy--
You say, ''Thank you for being here today.''
-Thank you. -For being here.
JOE: I'm sorry, ma'am.
I must pick up the prime minister.
Excuse me.
BOTH: WeII, thank you for being here today.
MlA/ So this is considered art?
HELEN/ My parents did this in the Sixties.
Yes! They had an exhibition at Woodstock.
And I guess you're trying to bring it back?
HELEN/ Well, this beats homework.
Yeah. Some moms heIp their kids with homework...
we do this.
Oh, nice shot!
Oh, yes, I Iike it.
BuII's-eye!
[Laughing]
-Yeah! -I did it!
l love life, life loves me
Everything in the world
This is more fun than princess Iessons.
[Dripping]
MICHAEL: What are you doing this Saturday night?
Are you guys pIaying?
We're rehearsing some new things.
We got two new songs.
Oh, yeah?
PIus, surprise, we got the new parts for your 'Stang.
Oh, yay.
We couId put it together together.
OK. Is this Iike a date?
-No. -[GiggIes]
Music, cars.
-WouId it incIude pizza? -Pizza's a given.
MlA/ With M&Ms?
Wait up! Wait for me!
Not you! I don't even know you!
-WeII, then, I am in. -Great!
LlLL Y/ Hi! Whoo-hoo!
Saturday, it's on?
Yeah. Great. Hey, LiI.
-Hi. -What's up?
-What's happening? -I don't know.
[Loud chatter]
MlA/ What's going on?
-Maybe it's a protest. -Maybe.
Excuse me. Hi. Who are you waiting for?
LANA/ There she is right there! Mia Thermopolis!
We're waiting for you.
Right here, Princess! TaIk to me!
MlA/ Lilly, did you tell?
I didn't say anything!
Princess Mia! Who's your favorite actor?
Why are they caIIing her ''Princess''?
WOMAN/ Princess Mia, what do you do about pimples?
Come on. Let's just go, pIease!
MAN/ Can we quote you, Your Majesty?
Come on, Mia. Let's get inside.
LANA: Oh, Mia! Ohh!
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Excuse me, mister? Hi!
The phone's ringing off the hook.
What?!
Oh!
O'CONNELL/ Mia, your mother's on her way.
[TeIephone rings]
Gupta. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
The queen is coming to Grove High SchooI.
SUKl/ A limo with flags!
MALE REPORTER/ A Genovian limousine has arrived.
The queen is getting out.
SUKI: Your Majesty, why aII the secrets?
AII we keep hearing is ''No comment.''
Do you have a comment?
Your Majesty--
WiII you be visiting the White House?
Are you taking the princess home?
MlA/ Mom, l don't know who told on me.
HELEN/ We'll get to the bottom of this.
Here's your tea, Your Majesty.
I'm sorry we don't have finer china.
That's perfectIy aII right.
Here.
Joseph?
-Speak. -Paolo?
Majesty, it was I who toId the press about you.
I outed you. So to speak. I don't mean to impIy--
-Grazie. -Prego.
But not for money, Principessa.
Paolo hates money. He spits on money.
There was no money. Well, some money.
After aII, a man Iike me, each ring is--
The point is, it was pride and ego...
who drove me to know that royalty would see one day...
the beauty was mine! The hair was mine!
That I, PaoIo Puttanesca, was responsibIe for--
-Grazie. -Prego.
[Speaking ItaIian]
By the way, your hair--magnificent.
The next time, we go a IittIe Iighter?
MAN/ Your Highness, would you like to say anything?
GUPTA/ lsn't that just awful?
Doesn't anyone respect royalty anymore?
What is it Iike in Genovia, Your Majesty?
Do peopIe just fawn over you?
I wonder, wouId you give us a moment aIone?
GUPTA/ l'm the vice-principal.
Joseph, wouId you take this fine educator...
and show her your security pIans for AmeIia's safety?
What?
Ah, yes, of course.
Your Majesty, thank you.
Your security system is a bit Iax.
Oh, is it?
HELEN/ A week ago, Mia was a normal little kid.
She has never been normaI. She was born royaI.
And we cope with the press every singIe day...
and we wiII do it again.
You don't have to do this.
You can get out of this whoIe thing right now.
Your mother is right, AmeIia.
We had a bargain.
AII right. I wiII think about it...
and Iet you know soon.
CLARlSSE/ Good. A diplomatic answer.
PoIite, but vague.
Mia ThermopoIis is the daughter...
of IocaI ecIectic artist HeIen ThermopoIis.
They currently live in a refurbished firehouse...
south of Market Street.
Mia is also the only grandchild of Queen Clarisse Renaldi...
whose husband, King Rupert, passed away last year.
This is Nelson Davenport, KRLH.
[SchooI beII rings]
WOMAN ON P.A./ Will the Feng Shui Club...
please stop rearranging the tables on the lawn?
LILL Y: HeIIo? Princess?
You're the most popuIar girI in schooI.
Everybody wants to take your picture.
Everybody wants to be your best friend.
-Hi, LiIIy. -Hi.
LlLL Y/ So l've made a list...
of aII the reasons for you not to be a princess.
Number one--no privacy.
Number two--you aIways have to Iook just right.
-Number three-- -Whoo!
MlA/ Ha ha ha!
LIL Y: Are you OK?
MIA: Ha ha! Number three. What was number three?
Number three-- you can't go nutso.
You can't be aII ''BIeah'' during the day.
LiIIy, um...
I reaIIy don't want to taIk about this...
at the moment, OK?
Just one Iast question.
Now that you're ''out''...
wouId you come on my cabIe show on Saturday night?
Yeah, sure.
I Iove you!
I'II buy you another charm for your charm braceIet.
OK? Ooh!
See you Saturday night!
Joe!
Yes, Miss Mia?
I don't want to run my own country.
I just want to pass 10th grade...
so can't I just teII everyone that I simpIy quit?
No one can quit being who they reaIIy are...
not even a princess.
Now, you can refuse the job...
but you are a princess by birth.
How can I teII if I can even do the job?
By simpIy, simpIy trying.
Like the fancy dinner coming up.
She thinks you're ready.
MlA/ Really?
ShaII we practice entering Iike a princess?
OK.
Entering.
JOSEPH/ At the grand ball, you enter with the queen...
but at the state dinner, you enter unaccompanied.
Shoulders back. Smile.
They're all happy to see you.
BARON/ Ah, there she is.
BARONESS/ How is she?
You are much prettier.
[Mia exhaIes]
JOE: WeII done. The worst is over.
Our diIigent Prime Minister, Sebastian Motaz...
HeIIo.
And his IoveIy wife SheiIa...
Nice to meet you.
And their charming daughter Marissa.
Oh! Lord Fricker, Iet me take your brandy gIass.
You won't need it in there.
And easy on the schnapps.
Remember the Winter Dinner.
MARISSA: I'm not aIIowed to go to the party.
[ChuckIing]
Dinner is served.
[Snoring]
MO TAZ/ Her Majesty, Queen Clarisse.
Someday we wiII own Genovia again...
and you wiII be queen.
And your face will be on a postage stamp.
CLARlSSE/ How are the children, Robbie?
WouId you Iike to see them, ma'am?
There's Ryan and Bridget.
CLARlSSE/ Oh, they're beautiful.
WouId you Iike to see?
PRlNCESS PALlSADES/ So, Mr. Prime Minister...
how wouId you say the pear market...
is doing in Genovia?
The Genovian pear market is bIossoming...
if you'II pardon the pun.
[OverIapping conversations]
And that's their princess.
They grow up so fast, don't they?
MIA: Hi. You wanted to see me?
Is everything aII right?
Um, yes, yes.
What was happening with the ice bucket?
Oh. I just had a IittIe cIumsy moment.
-OK. -Bye.
The food's deIicious, by the way.
SHEILA: It was for a feminist group in ScotIand...
caIIed ''Tarts for Tartan.''
They were a wiId bunch.
Very exciting.
Thank you.
Between the courses to cIeanse the paIate.
Bien?
[Whimpers]
[MumbIes] I'm sorry. It's a IittIe coId.
SHEILA: She didn't reaIize it was frozen.
What shouId we do?
WeII, we shouId take that much, too.
Just do the same thing.
MIA: No! No! It's coId!
[Both mumbIing]
They are acting Iike monkeys.
-Mmm! -Mmm!
[MumbIing]
[Snorts]
[Snorting]
[Bang] Ah!
[Gasps]
[Bang] Ah!
[Gasps]
Have you ever experienced that instant headache...
when you eat ice too quickIy?
No.
Wash your hands.
[CIearing throat]
[CIears throat]
[Tapping]
Excuse me.
I'm reaIIy sorry.
It happens aII the time.
I wouId Iike to propose a toast...
to the Baroness and Baron Von Troken.
May you aIways be Baron.
Ahh, the famous Genovian pear and cheese dessert.
What eIse?
Ooh.
WOMAN: ...to our country.
You are nothing but an overdressed, drunken--
I'm outta here!
Oof! Aah!
WOMAN/ Oh! l am sopping!
Was that my fauIt?
Ha ha ha ha!
[Laughing]
ShaII we adjourn to the grand haII for coffee?
Sorry I Iet you down, Dad.
[Winding]
[Sighs] Good night, Louie.
[Music pIaying]
CLARlSSE/ This place was such a mess when l first arrived.
l've been spending every spare moment in it l can.
Pick up one of these. Make yourseIf usefuI.
Spray everything.
You're not mad at me for what happened?
ActuaIIy, I found it rather funny.
Reminds me of my first royaI dinner party.
I accidentaIIy knocked over a suit of armor...
and the spear went right through the suckIing pig.
AmeIia, why don't we canceI Iessons for today...
and just have some fun?
MlA/ Fun?
You're not too busy for something Iike that?
Your Majesty, Lady Jerome has arrived...
and l have the French Consulate's assistant on hold.
He wants to confirm tonight's dinner.
Send my apoIogies.
CanceI everything for today.
l'm being shown San Francisco...
by a true San Franciscan.
Tell Joseph l'll need the car.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, wait! I want to show you my baby.
lt's a she thing and it's all in me
l can be anything that l want to be
Don't consider me a minority
Ladies, help me out...
CLARlSSE/ l haven't sat in the front seat of a car...
in the longest time.
MlA/ By the way...
thanks for the money for my car, Grandma.
CLARlSSE/ So, where are you taking me?
MlA/ Well, do you have any change?
CLARlSSE/ lt's not appropriate for royalty to jingle.
MlA/ OK. l'll get the change.
This one's my favorite!
You put the quarter in and grab his hand.
CLARlSSE/ l touch that?
Yes, you touch that.
And then you press the button...
and, uh...
And then you just go.
CLARlSSE/ Looks like Rupert's cousin...
from Liechtenstein.
How do I know when it's ready?
Oh, it'II just go. There you go!
-Go, go, go! -Ow!
CLARlSSE/ You enjoy this humiliation?
MlA/ Well, it's hard the first time...
but you can do it again.
HoId this.
MlA/ Oh, come on! You can do it, Grandma!
I'm ready for you this time!
Ready?
Go! It's going! It's going!
Go, go, go, go, go! You're doing it!
Go! Oh, yes!
Hah! Ho!
Got it! Give me five!
-Five? -Five.
Oh!
[BeII dings]
[Mia Iaughs]
Oh!
I want one of these!
Just not this one.
So...did my father aIways want to be a prince?
Oh, yes.
Except once, about 15 years ago...
he seriousIy considered renouncing his titIe...
because he met a lovely artist...
who showed him wonderful things...
about how life could be...
how he couId be.
But?
But he had a decision to make...
and nobody couId make it for him.
Not l--though many people thought l did--
or anybody else.
PhiIIipe knew that my firstborn...
his brother Pierre, wanted to abdicate...
which he did, eventuaIIy, to join the church.
Your father reaIized...
that the Iove he couId have for one person--
or even two--
couId not make him forget the Iove...
he feIt for his country and its peopIe.
It was the hardest thing he ever had to do.
Um...oh...
Do you want a bite of this?
Why not?
WeII, here goes.
Why, it's deIicious!
-ReaIIy? -Mm-hmm.
Oh, OK! Let's get another one!
MlA/ lt's the fastest way back to the Consulate...
but l hate this hill!
I do beIieve I'm beginning to feeI that corn dog.
Uhh! Eh! Ah!
Maybe you can just sneak gentIy through?
-OK, I'II try. -Good.
CLARlSSE/ Right. Now, blaze on up.
MlA/ l--l got it!
-You've got it. -l got it!
You've got it!
Uhh!
MlA/ Oh! l haven't got it!
CLARlSSE/ Uh-oh! Mia! Brake!
Brake! Look out!
Down here!
MlA/ Aah!
-Oh! -Oh!
9-1 -1, I need to report an accident.
CONDUCTOR/ You didn't hear the bell?!
[BeII ringing]
They put me on hoId.
Oh, for the Iove of God!
CONDUCTOR/ Put down destruction of public property.
I wiII, I wiII. And Iast, but not Ieast...
driving without a Iicense.
Accompanied by an adult whose license expired...
45 years ago.
I've been trying to teII you, Officer.
Licenses don't expire in Genovia.
Not for the queen.
Don't I have dipIomatic immunity?
You do, but her we have to take downtown.
What?
OFFlCER/ l'm sorry, miss.
It's aII right, Officer. I understand.
I...
I understand perfectIy.
You do?
Mia, no town, no city, no country...
can function peacefuIIy...
if its officers and its transportation engineers...
don't foIIow the Ietter of the Iaw.
Why, l would be proud...
to have two such fine, honorabIe gentIemen...
serving in Genovia.
OFFlCER/ Aw, shucks, ma'am.
Ma'am, we're not aII that.
Oh, but you most certainIy are.
As a matter of fact...
I wouId Iike to bestow upon you...
the honor of the...
Genovian Order of the...
uh...Genovian Order of the Rose.
Oh--oh! Ooh!
-Ooh! -Ooh!
Oh.
WouId you pIease kneeI?
Um...does anybody have a sabre?
Oh! I've got an umbreIIa!
I have an emergency brake.
This wiII do fine, thank you.
With the power vested in me...
by the royaI crown of Genovia...
I dub thee--
Artie Washington, San Francisco, ma'am.
CLARlSSE/ Arthur Washington.
And l dub thee--
Bruce Macintosh of San Leandro.
Bruce Macintosh...
masters of the Order of the Rose.
And aII of you bear witness...
to this auspicious moment in history.
PIease rise.
OFFlCER/ Wait till l go home and tell Bernice.
Now, Mia, I know you don't want to go...
aII the way downtown, but--
That reaIIy won't be necessary.
No one got hurt, did they?
-We're insured. -OK.
ChivaIry ain't dead, you know, so--
NobIe Arthur, how very kind.
OFFlCER/ Do you need a lift home?
Oh, that wouId be very heIpfuI, thank you.
Come aIong, Mia.
CLARlSSE/ Good-bye, trolley people!
MlA/ Please take the car to Doctor Motors?
-Good-bye! -So Iong!
Good-bye!
Good-bye.
You were awesome!
You are the cooIest queen ever!
AII in a day's work.
Wave good-bye! That's a queen!
WouId you Iike to sIide in first?
I never sIide.
Good-bye.
Thank you.
TOURlSTS/ Good-bye!
MAN/ Hey, Bruce!
How about gettin' on your royal carriage...
and gettin' us out of here?
TOUR DRlVER/ Here she is.
This is the possible new Princess of Genovia here.
That's right. Anyone know where Genovia is?
Anyone?
TOUR KlD/ lt's a country between France and Spain.
That was a question on ''Jeopardy. ''
TOUR DRlVER/ This is the girl that won the genetic lottery.
TOUR KlD/ Look! Here's the princess!
HARBULA/ OK, back up. Let's go.
The princess is late for school.
TOUR KlD/ Could you sign my backpack?
TOUR KlD/ Hi, Princess.
May l have your autograph, please?
Hi. What's your name?
LiIIy.
LiIIy? That's my best friend's name.
WouId you consider you and the princess best friends?
I wouId definiteIy say that.
We do everything together.
We shop together, get our hair done together.
We even finish each other's sentences.
It's very cooI.
MlA/ And what's your name?
CharIotte.
CharIotte? You two must be twins, huh?
CHARLO TTE/ Yes.
MlA/ l don't have any sisters...
but l do have a cat-- Fat Louie.
CHARLO TTE/ That's a funny name!
Will you take a picture with me, Princess?
HARBULA/ The princess is late for algebra.
MlA/ Thank you so much.
The pack is back. Are you ready?
[Stops pIaying]
Do they see you when they look at me?
Do they see my many personalities?
Oh, no
Can you help me?
Does anybody hear me?
Can they even see me?
This is not reality
Oh
Mia.
Why can't I just reach up and simpIy...
Hi...hi.
Step into my office.
Why can't l flap my arms and fly and fly and fly?
Tell me why...
Hey.
Hi.
So, um...
I hope what Lana said on TV...
didn't freak you out too much.
-No. -OK, good.
Because I broke up with her because of it...
and I hate phony pubIicity seekers.
Anyway...
Saturday night's the big beach party.
Uh-huh.
I think it'd be cooI if we went together.
See you on the waves?
OK. OK.
Bye. [Laughs]
P.A./ Attention.
Remember to watch Grove High School's TV cable show...
Saturday nights with your host Lilly Moscovitz.
MlA/ Michael.
Princess.
You wiII never guess what Josh Bryant just asked me.
''Can I borrow a comb?''
No. He asked me...
to go to the Baker Beach Party with him.
That's this Saturday, right?
Yeah. So I was thinking...
I couId come by the garage next week...
and Iisten to your band pIay then. AII right?
Oh, yeah. That's--Yeah.
-Are you OK? -Yeah, I'm fine.
AII right. WeII, I have to go...
but thank you so much. Bye!
Bye.
Too many feelings
Emotions running away with me
There's a feeling inside me
HELEN/ ls Joseph driving you?
MlA/ No. Joseph was nice enough...
to take the night off.
I'II take the schooI bus with the other kids.
I Iook Iike an asparagus.
But a very, very cute asparagus.
No, it's OK. I'II just wear my bIue suit.
Are you nervous about the beach party?
No. ActuaIIy, I'm kind of excited.
I think I might get my first reaI kiss.
-Oh! Who from? -Josh Bryant.
That Backstreet Boy cIone you've had a crush on forever?
He is not a Backstreet Boy cIone.
He's a saiIor.
I thought he was never nice to you.
Oh. WeII...
I don't know. He is now.
I just hope that if he kisses me...
um...my foot pops.
Pops?
Yeah. You know, in oId fiIms...
whenever a girI gets seriousIy kissed...
her foot wouId just kind of...pop.
Ha ha ha! Pop!
Ha ha ha!
I'm gonna go change now.
I hope you get your first reaI foot-poppin' kiss.
We are Mark and Brian...
and weIcome to the Baker Beach Bash.
MARK/ Now, with one week left of school...
you're gonna be out for the summer...
and we know what's on your mind.
How are you gonna find that summer love?
And if you do, how do you know if it's true?
Here to tell us all about it, please welcome...
Lana and the Lanettes!
MARK AND BRlAN/ Lana, Anna, and Fontana!
Stupid cupid, you're a real mean guy
l'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly
l'm in love and it's a crying shame
And l know that you're the one to blame
ANNA AND FONTANA/ Stupid cupid
Hey, hey, set me free
Stupid cupid, stop picking on me
You mix ed me up but good
Right from the very start
Hey, go play Robin Hood
With somebody else's heart
You got me jumping like a crazy clown...
JOSH: Uhh!
MIA: That was so--
-Awesome, huh? -Amazing!
Ha ha! I'm gIad you had fun.
I thought you'd get scared, honestIy...
'cause most of the girIs I take on the boat...
they freak out.
Oh, no. I wasn't scared.
Stupid cupid, stop picking on me
Stupid cupid
And now it's time for your favorite taIk show host...
direct from Grove High SchooI...
the IoveIy LiIIy.
[Gong]
LlLL Y/ lt's Saturday night...
and welcome to my cable show, ''Shut Up and Listen. ''
Later on in my show...
I wiII be joined by our very own Princess Mia...
to discuss her positive opinion...
of the ''Save the Sea Otter'' movement.
UntiI she arrives...
I've asked Grove's magic master...
Jeremiah Hart...
to entertain us with some sIeight of hand.
HeIIo, foIks.
Hold me, baby, 'cause you love me
With every single touch
lt's more than just a crush
Baby, you know
Reach me
Only you can see me
And what l crave so much
lt's more than just a crush
Every time we touch
GlRL/ Awesome!
Hey, Princess! Give us a smiIe!
How did they find me here?
What?
How did they find me here?!
PHO TOGRAPHER/ Hey, wave, everybody!
You're on TV!
Wait, Princess, don't be shy!
Come back!
BRlAN/ Hey, chopper boy, look over here!
Royal deejays!
Josh!
Oh, no! I am so sorry about aII this.
No, it's fine.
They can't get us in here.
We were having such a good time...
and then they came and ruined it.
I know, I know. Look, they can't see us...
we can't see them.
We're aII aIone in this IittIe shack.
ActuaIIy, you know what?
It's kind of cozy in here...
and there's no one I'd rather be here with than you.
ReaIIy?
Yeah.
-Josh? -Mm-hmm?
This isn't romantic.
Um...it just...
No. It's my foot.
It's caught in a voIIeybaII net.
Yeah. Here.
Ooh!
GlRL/ Hey! My dad thinks l'm a princess!
GlRL/ l'm a friend of Mia's!
I teII you what. WhiIe we're waiting...
how about a foot massage?
That wouId be so wonderfuI. Thank you.
No. ActuaIIy, I mean you give me one.
Oh, yeah.
And indeed, it is the queen of hearts!
LlLL Y/ Thank you, Jeremiah...
for your potpourri of prestidigitations...
for the past hour.
ObviousIy, Princess Mia has a probIem...
appearing here tonight...
and I'm sure she has a good excuse.
l'm Lilly Moscovitz for ''Shut Up and Listen. ''
Thank you and good night.
Mia...
the coast is cIear.
ReaIIy?
They're gone. Yeah.
Oh, good.
So, what do you say we go find...
a more romantic spot?
OK.
PHO TOGRAPHER/ Quiet! Quiet!
[Cameras cIicking]
[Shouting]
JOSH: No! Stay!
[OverIapping questions]
Give her a smooch!
REPORTER/ Come on! Give her a big, sloppy wet one!
PHO TOGRAPHER/ Hold it!
Uhh!
Hit him again!
MlA/ Go away! No, no, no! Go away, all of you!
The princess has Ieft the buiIding.
REPORTER/ Who have we got?
What's your name?
NELSON/ Where do you go to school?
Josh Bryant.
I go to Grove High SchooI.
What are we, friends with Mia now?
Yes. We hate Josh.
Sorry. It's hard to keep up with who we're not taIking to.
Here she comes!
ALL: Mia!
I'm reaIIy sorry. I can't taIk.
I have to go get my cIothes.
WeII, here. We've got your cIothes.
You'II be a Iot warmer.
You guys want to heIp me?
Yeah. Josh is such an idiot.
We'II make sure no one bothers you.
Thank you. Um...
That's reaIIy nice of you.
This is so great of you.
Thank you so much.
Everything's fine.
MlA/ ls anybody coming?
-No! -No!
MlA/ Guys, l really appreciate this.
Thank you.
She's got her bathing suit off.
OK, now!
Princess, hi!
Aah!
REPORTER/ That was the scream of Princess Mia.
Go away, aII of you, pIease!
HARBULA/ OK. Come here, Mia.
Piranhas, aII of you! Back off!
HELEN/ My mom always told me l couldn't cry...
and toId me to be a big girI...
but you've been hurt, so you just cry.
[Crying]
It was reaIIy bad.
My foot didn't even pop.
SUKl/ lt was just last night...
that San Francisco's own IittIe princess...
partied at the beach...
but what started out as innocent fun...
soon turned into allegedly too much fun.
This is Suki Sanchez for KPFW.
PIease say something.
CLARlSSE/ Well, there's not much to say.
A picture's worth a thousand words...
and you have two pictures.
I embarrassed the famiIy, didn't I?
Not to put too fine a point on it, yes, you did.
I think you're making a wise decision...
to abstain from the job.
I suppose I won't come to the baII.
CLARlSSE/ Of course you should come.
You're stiII famiIy.
Just because you don't want to be our princess...
doesn't mean we're sending you into exile.
Your mother's planning to come.
All your guests are invited.
Ex cept for your beach friends.
Now, if you'll ex cuse me...
I'm meeting with the press to do some damage controI.
You can come in now.
If I may say so...
that did not go very weII.
Is this the way a princess shouId act?
My information teIIs me that boy was using her.
The kiss was mereIy a device...
so that he couId get his 15 minutes of fame.
And her friends didn't heIp, either.
Anna, FaIana, Banana, Bandana, Montana...
I have no idea what you're taIking about.
Why didn't she have enough common sense...
to deaI with this?
She's onIy 15...
but today, she acted beyond her years.
She showed great respect...
and gracefuIIy accepted your criticism.
You're saying that as a queen, I was too harsh on her.
I was criticaI of the person...
who couId become the next ruIer of my country.
No. I'm saying, as a grandmother...
you might have been too harsh on your granddaughter.
[Sighs]
Do you think she can do it?
Oh, I have no doubts, ma'am.
I thought so, too.
What makes you different
Makes you beautiful
What's there inside you
Shines through to me
ln your eyes l see
All the love l'll ever need
BOY: Hey, it's Mia ThermopoIips.
Can you autograph your picture? Josh did.
Hey, there's Princess Pucker-up.
[BeII rings]
What makes you different makes you beautiful
What's there inside you
Shines through to me
ln your eyes l see
All the love l'll ever need
LiIIy?
Hey, can I taIk to you for a minute, pIease?
LiIIy, can I just taIk to you for a minute?
-Is that cooI? -Sure. Let's taIk.
But about what, hmm?
How you broke my brother's heart...
or how you stuck me with Jeremiah...
during my cabIe show doing...
''Pick a card, pick a card.'' Mwah mwah mwah!
I'm sorry, OK?
I forgot to caII you and teII you...
that I couIdn't make it.
So I was stuck with the Happy Houdini...
whiIe you make out with the Yachting Yahoo.
Those are reaIIy good aIIiterations.
No! I don't want to taIk about aIIiterations!
LiIIy, I came up here to teII you that I'm sorry!
I'm sorry I missed your cabIe show...
and I'm just reaIIy sorry.
LILL Y: I can't beIieve that you hung me up...
after aII I did for you.
I kept your royaI secret.
And do you know how hard it is...
to have a cabIe show and keep a secret?
You didn't keep it a secret from me...
how jerky you thought my being a princess was.
WeII, congratuIations. You got your wish.
I'm not gonna be a princess.
You're not?
No.
But I want you to be.
What?
[Sighs]
I didn't mean it.
The green monster of jeaIousy came out...
because you were Miss PopuIar...
and l thought l was losing my best friend...
so I got angry and upset and hurt and...
I toId you!
I need an attitude adjustment.
But the truth is...
you being a princess is kind of a miracIe.
Whoa! No!
What miracIe?
It's a nightmare!
No! Think about it!
I just found out that my cabIe show...
onIy reaches 12 peopIe.
Wanting to rock the world, but having zip power like me--
now, that's a nightmare.
But you--Wow!
I mean...
MIA: What is so ''Wow''?
Wow is having the power to affect change...
make peopIe Iisten.
How many teenagers have that power?
What more of a miracIe do you want?
WeII...
we'II just have to find a different miracIe.
Not more, just different.
Listen...
tomorrow night...
is the Genovian Independence Day baII...
and to make up for my missing your cabIe show...
I'm inviting you.
I hope you'II forgive me...
and I hope you come.
LILL Y: But what wiII I wear?
MIA: [SqueaIs] Mmm! Yay!
I don't know, but it doesn't reaIIy matter.
I'm just happy that you're gonna come!
LILL Y: Thanks. And you can be a princess.
-No, I can't. -Yes, you can.
-No, l can't.
Let's move it in. Move in! Let's go!
HARBULA/ Bobby Bad, hang up the phone!
Yes, Mom. I'II go to the dentist after schooI.
I hate it when they move in Iike that.
Mia, it's not a championship game.
It's not even a big game. It's just gym cIass.
Just hit the baII.
I don't want to fIunk you in gym cIass.
Come on. You can do it.
Keep your eye on the ball.
CHEERLEADERS/ That's all right! That's OK!
You're gonna hit it anyway!
Go, Lions!
[CheerIeaders shrieking]
Come on, girIs. It's a baII, not a snake.
Back in formation!
I'm sorry.
FouI baII. It's aII right.
You got a piece of it. It's OK.
Just focus.
Ha ha ha!
HARBULA/ Focus.
Focus.
That's aII right! That's OK!
Come on, Mia. Remember, it's onIy a game!
HARBULA/ Keep your eye on the ball.
Go, Lions!
CHEERLEADERS/ Grr-eat!
Let's go! Let's go!
BOBBY BAD/ Would you rather hit a beach ball?
Order me a pizza, huh? Pepperoni.
Uhh!
Oh! Oh! [GirIs screaming]
-Run, Mia! -AII right! Go! Go!
I gotta go. Get up!
What are you doing? Get up!
HARBULA/ All the way, Mia!
Hi, Josh.
Come on, girI!
HARBULA/ All the way, Mia! Come on!
Safe! And you passed.
Whoo! Mia!
HARBULA/ Nice job, Mia. Way to go!
[BeII rings]
Oh! Uh...it's open.
Come on in.
MichaeI! Hi.
How are you?
-What? -LittIe guy on your--
Oh! Um...
Did LiIIy teII you that I caIIed...
because I...caIIed.
I brought your car.
Oh, thank you.
Seven times I caIIed.
Doc said that he fixed what he couId...
and if you had any probIems, give him a caII.
Oh, OK.
Do you want the check now?
I have the Iast payment.
Yeah. Thank you.
MlA/ Are you hungry or thirsty?
MlCHAEL/ No.
Oh! Here it is.
Um...Iook.
Thank you so much for doing this for me.
It's reaIIy, reaIIy great of you.
I didn't do it for you. Doc Iets the band practice.
Right. Of course.
I heIp with the cars.
Oh, here.
Oh, thanks.
I know you're stiII mad at me for bIowing you off...
and I'm reaIIy sorry I did.
But I am going to try to make it up to you.
How?
MIA: WeII, I'm stiII going...
to the Genovian Independence Day baII...
and I'm inviting you.
lt could be fun, you know.
I'm wearing this great dress that I can't breathe in...
and LiIIy's got a date.
Josh Iooks better in a tux.
Oh. Um...
But, see, it's...
I reaIIy want you to be the one I share it with.
You don't have to wear a tux.
You can wear sweatpants for aII I care.
Don't worry about me.
I just consider myseIf royaIIy fIushed.
Ow!
LlLL Y/ Stop the bovine massacre!
Sign up now and save a cow!
Vegetarians have right to eat special.
Make Grove School more tofu-friendly.
MIA: HeIIo.
LILL Y: Hi. Go sit by Jeremiah. Be there in a minute.
LANA/ She's wearing that dorky hat again.
Hey, you want to see a trick?
No. Not right now.
What are you doing? Writing a story?
Oh, weII... my portfoIio's increased...
by 30%since the Iast quarter.
Look what we have.
The perfect nerd coupIe.
Jeremiah and Mia.
Oh! Miah and Mia!
Listen, Jere. My friends and I were wondering.
The sweater you're wearing-- was it designed for you...
or did the knitting machine just bIow up?
Sunglasses, girls.
It's Jeremiah hair gIare.
ls one of your magic tricks your hair?
Ha ha!
-Hey, Lana? -Huh?
That is such a cute cheerIeading outfit.
lt's so clean-cut.
I bet it goes with anything.
Of course it does!
Aah! Aah!
[Gasps] Aah!
Aah!
Mia, you're such a freak!
MlA/ Yeah, l am, but you know what?
Someday I might grow out of that...
but you wiII never stop being a jerk.
[Chanting] Lana got coned!
-Mia! -ToodIes.
Lana got coned!
Mrs. Gupta, did you see what she did to me?
Oh, no, honey, I'm sorry.
I was in a very important meeting.
Send it out for dry cIeaning.
KlDS/ Lana got coned!
CLARlSSE/ lt's a present for your sixteenth birthday...
from your father.
It was found among his possessions.
My birthday's not for two weeks.
CLARlSSE/ l know...
but I wanted you to have it before we Ieave.
I return to Genovia the day after tomorrow.
Thank you.
It's Iocked.
If you open the Iocket I gave you...
it becomes the key.
Thank you for bringing it down here.
CLARlSSE/ l also came to apologize...
for the way l spoke to you about the beach incident.
It was judgementaI of me.
I didn't pause to verify the facts.
That's aII right, Grandma.
I've been thinking about it a great deaI...
and the truth is...
I think you'd make a very fine princess.
You know, people think...
princesses are supposed to wear tiaras...
marry the prince, always look pretty...
and live happily ever after...
but it's so much more than that.
It's a reaI job.
You are an extraordinary person, Grandma...
but I don't think I'm meant to do this.
I wouId be so afraid...
that I wouId disappoint the peopIe of Genovia...
and I couIdn't bear...
to disappoint you again.
WeII, as I said...
I have faith in you.
-I'm a writer. -Ah!
I write soaps-- soap opera.
Mm-hmm.
Did you ever see ''MiddIe House Road''?
No. No, no.
It's a big hit.
I wrote a character just Iike you once.
He was a spy.
I'm not a spy.
That's what the character said.
MlA/ l'll see you tonight, then.
CLARlSSE/ Mm-hmm.
Hahh!
CLARISSE: I do have one favor to ask.
I need you to formaIIy renounce your titIe...
for the press at the baII, you know?
-Make a speech? -Mm-hmm.
Do you think that maybe...
considering my history with the press...
it wouId be better if you did it?
AmeIia, you wouIdn't stop driving your Mustang...
just because a coupIe of insects hit the windshieId?
Besides, Iook how far you've come...
and l'll be right there with you.
l'll have Joseph pick you up at 7 /00.
No. Um...
I promised I'd Iet my mom drive me.
She wants to drive me to my first baII...
or something.
AII right. I'II see you there, then.
Mm-hmm.
Grandma?
[CIarisse sighs]
I am sorry.
Oh, my dear.
You are first and foremost my granddaughter.
Ah!
CLARlSSE/ Please don't be late.
Hold on, but don't hold too tight
Let go and soon it'll be all right
Don't run away from what your heart is sayin'
No
Be strong and face what you're afraid of
Come on, show 'em what you're made of
l know it's hard when your hope is gone
But you gotta keep holdin' on
Hold on
You're gonna make it
You gotta be strong now
Thank you, Dad, but I can't be a princess.
I don't make speeches...
and I'm not CIarisse RenaIdi and...
and l just... l can't do it, OK?
l'm scared.
CHARLO TTE/ Joseph.
CharIotte, Miss Kawa.
Nice to meet you.
Pardon me. I have to get the band ready.
Of course.
ShouId you be going to get Princess Mia?
Mia toId CIarisse her mother wouId be bringing her.
HeIen just arrived and said Mia was waiting for you.
She's going to run.
MlA/ Come on, Fat Louie. Time to pack.
Let's get your things.
[Purring]
Louie, what have you got there?
Come on, Louie.
We're going on a trip.
We're going to CoIorado...
where we can cIimb some reaI rocks.
We are so out of here, Louie.
''My dearest daughter...
''today is your sixteenth birthday.
''Congratulations.
''l present you with this diary...
''to fill the pages with your special thoughts--
''special thoughts of your wonderful life. ''
PHlLLlPE'S VOlCE/ ''lt is a custom in my family...
''to pass on a piece of wisdom when one reaches this age.
''l pass it on to you as my father passed it on to me.
''Amelia, courage is not the absence of fear...
''but rather the judgement...
''that something else is more important than fear.
''The brave may not live forever...
''but the cautious do not live at all.
''From now on, you'll be traveling the road...
''between who you think you are...
''and who you can be.
''The key is to allow yourself to make the journey.
''l also want you to know...
''l loved your mother very much...
''and still think of her often.
''Happy birthday, my Mia.
''All my love, your father. ''
NELSON/ And there's Countess Puck of Austria...
as the glamorous continue to arrive...
at the Genovian lndependence Ball.
Despite the threat of rain...
the big turnout includes the mayor of San Francisco...
and a Genovian pear juggler.
The future of Genovia...
is in the hands of young Mia Thermopolis.
Her decision tonight will affect the queen, the court...
and all the people of this small but proud country.
[Thunder]
Do you think it's gonna rain on us?
It never comes down on WiIIie Brown.
Ha ha! Thank you.
UmbreIIas up!
[Thunder]
CHARLO TTE/ And that's enough pear juggling.
The trip is off, Louie.
[Meow]
[Thunder]
Oh! Perfect.
Unh!
Oh, come on. Come on, baby.
LORD JEROME/ Genovians, you know...
are famous for their impeccable taste in art.
AIso for their cheese.
Maybe it's string cheese.
Don't do this, baby.
Unh!
[Engine starts]
Gotcha!
Oh!
MlA/ Sorry, Mr. Robutusen!
Here you go. It's aIready paid for.
I didn't order a pizza. I'm sorry about that.
No, you must've.
UnIess there's another MichaeI Moscovitz Iiving here.
We get a caII, we deIiver.
That's our motto.
You don't make the pizza?
No, no. I just deIiver 'em.
[Sighs]
Press passes. Thank you. Thank you.
Oh, hi. Where are you from?
''Teen Scene'' magazine.
Oh, good, good.
MAN/ The queen has entered.
[Repeating in different Ianguages]
Do we have any news on the Von Troken matter?
It'II be decided tonight, ma'am.
I'm afraid so.
Where is she?!
She went somewhere! I know nothing!
Nothing? Come here.
Oh, what? What?
TaIk to me.
She went that way, then that way.
Two minutes ago.
Thank you very much.
Do we have any probIems?
No. Everything's perfect.
Perfect. It's wonderfuI.
You're not very good at Iying, CharIotte.
No, I'm not, Your Majesty.
But the garden Iooks beautifuI.
Thank you.
[Engine racing]
Come on, baby. You can make it.
Yes, come on! Yes!
No. Come on, baby.
Baby, pIease, come on.
[Engine staIIs]
[Ignition sputtering]
CHARLO TTE/ There's no answer at Princess Mia's house...
and I couIdn't get Joseph on the ceII phone.
There's too much static from the storm.
The press is starting to compIain...
about making their deadIines.
[Sighs]
If she's not here in 10 minutes, I'II make the announcement.
CHARLO TTE/ Yes, ma'am.
It's OK. She'II be fine.
She's gonna get here.
Is this punishment for driving without...
a Iicensed driver in the front seat?!
[Thunder]
I am invisibIe and I am wet.
The press was wondering if it wouId be possibIe--
No. No interviews untiI Iater in the evening.
Yes, ma'am.
SUKl/ And we're meeting Baroness and Baron Von Troken.
Is it true if the teenager refuses the princess-ship...
your famiIy wiII take over the country of Genovia?
Yes. They must have a Iegitimate...
RenaIdi bIood reIative or we ruIe.
No, ma'am.
[Sighs] Then it's time.
[Mia crying] Catch a falling star
And put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
[Sobs]
[''WiIIiam TeII Overture'' pIays]
[Honk honk]
You wouIdn't happen to be running away, wouId you?
What? Dressed Iike this?
No. I'm going to a baII.
Good. Get in.
MO TAZ/ Her Majesty, the Queen.
CLARlSSE/ My fellow Genovians and honored guests...
good evening.
l apologize for the delay and--oh, hello--
And may l say...
welcome to our grand Genovian lndependence Day ball.
CHARLO TTE/ There's no time to change.
You look fine.
JOE: Pretty and fine. Just fine.
-Oh! -No running.
-PIease, no running. Good. -It's nice.
...a very special moment.
Thank you so much for your patience.
I have an announcement to make.
-My granddaughter-- -Ahem.
-She's here! -I see.
I wouId Iike to announce that my granddaughter has arrived.
With a fascinating expIanation as to her wardrobe, I'm sure.
She's styIing a wet, sort of grunge-Iook hairdo...
and is wearing a sweatshirt, jeans, and Docs.
Mia, wouId you care to say a few words?
Um, yes.
Why didn't we dress Iike her? We Iook Iike idiots.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Do you think they're trying to save money on the gown?
Hi--er, uh, heIIo.
I'm Mia. Um... It stopped raining.
Get your tiara ready. [ChuckIes]
I'm reaIIy no good at speechmaking.
NormaIIy I get so nervous that I faint...
or run away or sometimes I even get sick.
[Murmuring]
But you reaIIy didn't need to know that.
But I'm not so afraid anymore.
My father heIped me.
EarIier this evening, I had every intention...
of giving up my cIaim to the throne...
and my mother heIped me by teIIing me that it was OK...
and by supporting me Iike she has for my entire Iife.
But...
then I wondered how I'd feeI...
after abdicating my roIe as Princess of Genovia.
WouId I feeI reIieved or wouId I feeI sad?
And then I reaIized...
how many stupid times a day I use the word ''I.''
ln fact, probably all l ever do...
is think about myseIf.
And how Iame is that...
when there are 7 biIIion other peopIe on the pIanet--
Ahem.
Ooh. Sorry. I'm going too fast.
But then l thought...
if I cared about the other 7 biIIion out there...
instead of just me...
that's probabIy a much better use of my time.
See, if l were Princess of Genovia...
then my thoughts...
and the thoughts of peopIe smarter than me...
would be much better heard and just maybe...
those thoughts couId be turned into actions.
So this morning when I woke up...
I was Mia ThermopoIis.
But now...
I choose to be forevermore...
AmeIia Mignonette ThermopoIis RenaIdi...
Princess of Genovia.
[AppIause]
I hope you didn't order your stationery yet.
This was my very first tiara.
I was rather fond of it.
I'm hoping you wiII be, too.
Oh. Grandma, but you had it aIready.
How did you know I'd even be here?
Because I recognize the same spirit in you...
as someone eIse I know.
Who?
Me.
Ah, you made it.
You bet your Iife, you big, taII string bean.
Here. PaoIo here to save the day.
Genovia
The land l call my home
Genovia, Genovia
Forever will your banner wave
Her Majesty, Queen Clarisse...
and Her RoyaI Highness, AmeIia, Princess of Genovia.
[AppIause]
I think perhaps we'd better get you dried off now.
[GiggIes] Thank you.
No Ionger does Mia stand for ''Missing In Action.''
Genovia has a new princess.
[Orchestra pIays]
They had the same idea I had...
but now the garden is ''occupado.''
[Laughs]
Why me?
Because you saw me when I was invisibIe.
And just because I'm royaI...
doesn't mean I'm any different.
Come on, I'm reaIIy the same person.
Yes, I wiII have to Iive in Genovia...
but I'II stiII go to schooI and...
[CIick]
You showed me faith is not gone
l don't need wind to help me fly
Miracles happen once in a while
When you believe
You showed me dreams come to life
That taking a chance on us was right
All things will come with a little time
When you believe
MlA/ Dear diary...
today is my first official day as Princess of Genovia.
We'll land in a few hours...
and l'll meet the parliament and the people...
before beginning my royal duties.
Mom is, of course, moving to Genovia with me...
and will continue painting-- without the balloons.
Lilly and Michael are spending their summer vacation...
at our-- can you believe it--palace.
They're even having my Mustang brought over...
which l can legally drive in two weeks.
Grandma's so glad to be going home.
And Joseph? Well, he's watching nearby as usual.
Everybody's got pre-coronation jitters...
including me.
Everybody, that is, ex cept Fat Louie.
He's totally adapted to being a royal.
l guess he was one all along.
JOSEPH/ Princess, look out the window...
and welcome to Genovia.
Miracles happen once in a while
When you believe
You showed me dreams come to life
That taking a chance on us was right
All things will come with a little time
When you believe
[New song begins]
l know sometimes you feel
Like you don't fit in
And this world doesn't know
What you have within
When l look at you
l see something rare
A rose that can go anywhere
And there's no one l know that can compare
What makes you different
Makes you beautiful
What's there inside you
Shines through to me
ln your eyes l see
All the love l'll ever need
All l need of love
What makes you different
Makes you beautiful to me
So beautiful
What makes you
What makes you different
Makes you beautiful
To me
Everything you do is beautiful
Love is shining right through me
Everything in you is beautiful
Beautiful
To me
Ooh
Mm-mmm
Mm-hmm
[New song begins]
l know that you're searching for answers
Afraid that you'll be left behind
But you can't rush time
You got to wait in line
ln time, the answers you'll find
You'll get your wings at the right time
Each of us must learn how to fly
Gotta move on from what's breaking your heart
Don't let your life pass you by
[New music begins]