Go to the body, Tommy. That's it.
Sam, you OK? Hey, Tommy Gunn! You got some guns, don't ya?
Drive through it. Go on now.
And ten. You can do it.
You got it. Come on, bring it up.
I got you this time!
Tommy, these trunks is very special to me, you know?
Dig!
Way to go, kid! That was great.
Tommy! Tommy!
All right.
- I beat the man. I don't believe it. - You sure did. You're very swift, Tommy.
Yeah, Merlin. Listen, I got an idea. I think we can finally nail Balboa.
They're waitin' again.
- If you want, I got almost a dollar. - Save it.
- Slummin' again, bimbo? - Hey, what you got in the bag?
Hey, stupid! What, you not talkin' to me? I'll pound your teeth out.
- Go for it. - What'd he say? Punk's losin' his mind.
- What'd you say? - Go for it!
Come on! Put up your hands.
No way. I didn't like him anyway.
I think that belongs to me.
Robert! Robert!
If you wanna end this, let's end it now.
Yeah, I got no problem with that. See you later.
I can't believe it.
- Are you gonna tell your dad? - Yeah.
Good. That's it. One more time.
Look, you're doin' great at combinations,
but you gotta learn to move side to side like a windshield wiper
- so you ain't gettin' hit with the jabs. - Dad!
I got my coat back! Look, I got my coat.
Oh, that's great, kid. That's beautiful.
I trashed this guy. Everybody in the school went crazy. Everybody!
- Rocky, I'm coolin' down over here. - I gotta get back with Tommy.
He's coolin' down. But go tell your mom. She'd like to hear that. That's beautiful.
OK, let's go, Tommy.
Lookin' good.
Look at Tommy go!
- You think I have a chance at that? - Absolutely.
Tommy, anybody who's got two fists and a good heartbeat, they got a chance.
You're out!
Boy, you got hands of gold. I want to introduce somebody.
That's it. It's over.
Back him up.
- That's it! - There's your boat, Rocks.
- What boat? - The one that's sinking.
Tommy Gunn at the top.
You come with the Duke,
you can get the kind of payday fights Balboa could only dream about.
To the victor goes the spoils.
Slip the jab, Tommy!
Yes.
You're out!
- You did great, kid! You did it! - Now am I gonna get a shot at the title?
- Yeah, you will real soon. - Tommy, over here!
Hey, baby! How are you?
The winner, at two minutes ten seconds...
So Rocky, when's Tommy up against Union Cane?
- We gotta talk about that. - Get a life, will ya?
- Rocko, he ain't worth it, buddy. - He fought a great fight.
Your ship has sunk, Rocko. It's sunk.
Must be hung up in traffic. He should have been here by now.
- Why? - It's Christmas.
- He should be here with his family. - Maybe he doesn't think it is his family.
Sure it is. Yo, Adrian, look at this.
I wanna give this to him. What do you think?
I think you've given enough.
Hey, come on, Adrian. He's given us some things too.
He's given us like a second shot, right? Come on, it's Christmas.
Only in America. Havin' the best and wearin' the best.
- But you gotta stay on top. - Nobody remembers number two.
- I sure don't. - I checked with the boxing commission.
It seems there's no formal contract between you and Balboa.
No, nothing. Just a handshake.
This is a complex business. You got to stay sharp. I don't have to tell you that.
It's hard livin' in Rocky's shadow, people callin' you his puppet.
No one else could do it so long.
Tommy, I'm afraid that if you keep goin' the way you're goin',
you're gonna be watchin' the parade go by.
- Exactly. - You haven't had the big payday yet.
And you won't until you fight those top contenders that I do surely own.
I got the contracts.
It's a complex business.
But if you want the best, go with the best.
- What about Rocky? - Rocky can still train you.
My God, he's done a wonderful job. Now look, here's $20,000.
Take it as an advance.
Time to put some hustle behind this muscle. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Stop the presses! Yo, Adrian, I can't believe it.
Just come up on the roof, will you? He just landed there and crashed.
- Who do you think it is? - Do I hear reindeer on my roof?
You know...
Antlers. Unbelievable. It's like a billion...
Come on. Look who's here. You know this guy!
- You got a weird family. - Don't I know?
It's gonna be next Christmas before he gets down. Hey, put it together for Santa!
- Merry Xmas. Yo, yo, yo! - I don't think you got it right, Santa.
- No, no, no. It's "ho, ho, ho!" - What's the freakin' difference?
- Where I come from it's "yo, yo, yo!" - Looks like we got a 90 proof Santa.
Hey, Santa, tell all the kids what you've got in the bag for them
- that you brought from the north. - I got my laundry.
- No, you got the wrong bag. - Come on, Chubby. Get outta the way.
Let Santa sit down. Come here, little boy.
- You been nice? - Uncle Paulie!
- Kid, why not tell Santa what you need? - He's stretchin' the clothes, man.
- I don't need nothin'. - Come on, kid. Tell Santa what you want.
That ain't Santa. It's Uncle Paulie. Let's get real.
What do you mean? Why are you talkin' like that?
We're just tryin' to have a good time. Santa's here and everythin'.
It's stupid.
Yo, you know... Come on, it ain't stupid. We're just tryin' to pretend here.
You see, you're supposed to be pretending. It's like this game, right?
I don't like pretending. You guys talk to him.
Hey, kid, I ain't talkin' to them. I'm talking with you here.
See, it's very important that you spend time with the family
and have a good time and just get the spirit goin', you know? It's good, right?
Good for what? Come on, let's go.
His friends are here. He doesn't want to.
- Adrian, I know what he wants. - How do you know what I want?
- Cos I know you. - You know me?
He thinks he knows me.
- Look, I ain't celebratin' nothin', OK? - Hey, wait. What's the matter with you?
We always done this before. We always had a good time. It don't have to change.
Do you remember last year, when we had fun, when we had a good time?
It ain't last year and you ain't the same, either.
What?!
Adrian, what did I do?
Go talk to him.
Even I coulda saw this thing happenin'.
I shoulda went to Miami when I had the chance.
You wanna talk? Let's talk.
Well, you know, I thought we was supposed to be like...
You know, be very close. Hey, come on, kid. I love you.
No, you don't.
Sure I do. Remember what the deal was?
We was supposed to be tight, like crossed fingers.
You want you and Tommy to be tight. That's what you're talkin' about.
- Oh, don't say that! - Why can't I say it?
Since he came it's Tommy this, Tommy that.
You got no time for nobody, so I got no time for you.
What are you sayin'? You're like another person.
You're the other person. You said I would be number one to you and you lied.
You lied to me and you lied to Mom.
I never lied to you. Tommy needed my help.
So did l.
And remember when you said to watch out for scams and deceptions?
Yeah?
You're the one that shoulda watched out.
- Where are you going? - Out.
- When'll you be back? - Later.
- Later? When? - Later.
Season's greetings, Mrs Balboa.
You take care of these people.
Behold the Santa for all seasons!
Are you guys lost?
Au contraire, mon ami. I know exactly where I am.
Yo, Rocko! Guess what's comin' to dinner. Tommy Gunn's got new friends.
New friends for a new year!
Oh, please. Oh, Paulie!
Nice tree. Charming.
- Hey, Tommy. How you doin'? - Merry Christmas, milord. Greetings!
- Yeah, how you doin'? - Listen.
I don't want to take up too much time. Season's greetings.
- Don't need no presents. - You've done a helluva job with the man.
Facts are facts. I'd have to be blind if I didn't see a title shot on the cards.
- Title shot? - Right. We'll work beautifully together.
No problems.
No friction. Only harmony, huh? It's time to put some hustle behind this muscle.
Tommy-boy's got a little something personal to discuss with you.
So I'm gonna be sayin' good night. Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas to you. - See you soon, huh?
Sorry I'm late. I got hung up having dinner.
Hey, that's OK, Tommy. Adrian cooked something, but it's probably all cold.
- What we can do is make sandwiches. - Rocky, I don't wanna make sandwiches.
Tommy, why did you bring him here?
He just wanted to come by. Rocky, mind if I talk to you outside about a few things?
Oh, yeah. Sure.
It's getting late. We have to be there by ten.
- Rocky... - No, it's OK.
Hey, Tommy, what you wanna talk about?
- Isn't it a long drive? - Yeah.
So what do you think?
- Where'd you get this? - Duke gave it to me.
Tommy!
Hey, maybe you oughta give this thing back.
Man, I knew it! I knew you'd say that.
Give it back? Why? He likes the way I fight.
- It's almost ten. - We'll make it.
I know, but you see what he's doing here?
Tommy, hey, don't let him put nothin' between us, OK?
Put like what? The guy was just talkin' about gettin' a shot.
Look, we don't need him. I mean, you're gonna get a shot.
You'll be able to buy ten of these.
When you gonna wake up? We're watching the parade go by.
What parade? What are you talkin' about?
The big time. The way I'm goin', I won't get a shot for a long time.
I've got a perfect record. I'm 22 and 0. Where's the money?
Where? We haven't made serious money. And we won't without the man.
I ain't talkin' about money. It'll be there. I'm talkin' about your rep, Tommy.
- Don't sell out. We don't need this guy. - Listen. Duke is a wonderful man.
- Put the top up. - Forget about the top!
- I'm signin' papers with him tomorrow. - You sign them, you're like his property.
You got no control. This is a dirty business, full of thieves and gangsters.
They promise every good young fighter who comes by, they promise the world.
And then they suck 'em dry and they leave 'em in the gutter broke.
That's the way this business is run.
Guys like Duke... You know what he is? He's a vampire. He's livin' off your blood.
Tommy, you know, the thing I'm tryin' to do is what Mick done for me.
He tried to keep me away from the dirty part of the business,
- the way I'm tryin' to do for you. - I ain't you and you ain't Mick.
When are you gonna understand this is a business? And in business you need...
- What, brains? - You said that, not me.
- You saying I got no brains? - Duke gave me my title shot, you didn't.
If you wanna keep trainin' me, do it. If not, don't.
But it's my way or it's the highway.
Tommy!
Rocky, put on your coat.
Just put on your coat. Come on. It's not worth it.
Adrian, it is worth it. He's just confused.
- You don't see what's happening. - Yeah, I do see!
- He's twisted around by Duke. - Come on, it's you. It's not him.
You can't live backwards or turn back the clocks. We live now. We live here.
Hey, I know where we live. Do you think I'm stupid?
I'm not as dumb as you think I am.
I look. You don't think I can smell it? I see where we are.
I don't want this no more. I want somethin' good for the family, not this!
I don't want this! Did I come back here and get my brains beat out
for these guys to say "There goes Balboa, just another bum in the neighbourhood"?
- I didn't want this! - No! Come on, nobody says that.
I'm sayin' it, Adrian. I'm sayin' this. I'm sayin' this.
When that kid was in the ring, you know what I was doin'? I was winnin'.
- You were winning? - Yeah.
It was my last chance to get some respect for us, you know?
- Come on. I respect you. - You can't respect me.
- Yes, I do. - No, you can't! Don't tell me that.
All those beatings you took in the ring, I took them with you. I know how you feel.
I know when somebody like Tommy comes along, you feel alive.
But he's not you. He doesn't have your heart.
All those fighters you beat, you beat 'em with heart, not muscle. Mickey knew that.
That's why you and Mickey were special. But Mickey's dead.
If there's something you wanna pass on, pass it on to your son, for God's sakes!
Your son is lost.
He needs you.
I know Tommy makes you feel great. He makes you feel like you're winning again.
But you're losing us.
Rocky, you're losing your family!
I'm sorry.
You know, it was always you and me. It was always you and me.
I'm sorry, Adrian.
I don't know about you guys...
but I gotta get outta here.
- What do you say we go to the shore? - Oh, yeah, great!
- How are we gonna get there? - What do you mean?
We throw our thumbs in the air and hitchhike.
- Yo! - Oh, what's he want?
- You want me to stay with you? - No.
You're right. I got enough problems with my old man. Come on.
- You ain't gonna hit him, are you? - No, I ain't gonna hit him.
Yo, kid. When you start smokin'?
- I don't know. Didn't you ever smoke? - Uh, yeah. I done a lot of bad things.
So?
So l... I wised up.
OK, so maybe I'll wise up someday too.
Maybe tonight's a good night for both of us to start wisin' up.
- Don't worry about it. - I gotta worry about it.
The deal was we were supposed to be tight.
What about Tommy? You're tight with him too, huh?
Tommy.
Yeah, well...
That was yesterday, you know?
You know, kid...
Remember you told me a long time ago about deceptions?
And I was talking to you about scams?
I shoulda listened to you. I was tryin' to teach you, all right?
But you were teachin' me and I didn't wise up.
I didn't know and I made mistakes. And I do things, you know?
It bothers me, you know? I forget a lot of things and l...
I just...
Hey, kid.
I know I made a few mistakes, you know?
But I would love to hang out with you again. Just you and me.
I swear to God.
It's just gonna be you and me this time.
Home team?
Yeah. Home team.
- Hey, kid, you wanna hear a joke? - Yeah, sure. Why not?
- Knock, knock. - Who's there?
- Tuna fish. - Tuna fish who?
You can tune a piano, but you cannot tune a fish.
- Well, you're getting better. - Yeah. That's a good one.
All right, folks. Lock the door and hide the kids. It's time to wage war!
Tommy Gunn is such a student of Rocky Balboa's style,
he's been nicknamed by the press the Clone Ranger.
- Relax, Rocko. He ain't worth the stress. - It ain't him, Paulie.
..turbocharged.
Tommy "The Machine" Gunn!
Looks like the fans are unhappy with Tommy Gunn for leaving Rocky Balboa.
Of course. He's nobody's sweetheart, that kid.
Weighing in at 242 very impressive pounds,
the present world heavyweight champion,
Union Cane!
- Looks like he's in great shape, don't he? - Yeah.
The referee calling both fighters to the centre.
Tommy, you're lookin' a little tight. He's nervous, you know?
Like the way I felt when I was fightin' with Apollo.
Rocko, he ain't you and he never was.
Give him a break, would you?
Come on, Tommy. Do what you was told. In and out. Side to side. Don't eat the jab.
Off the ropes. Are you blind?
- He's gettin' hit with everythin'. - Come on, Cane. Go for it.
Come on, Tommy. What's the matter?
That's it.
Slip the jab. Move side to side. Back and forth, like a metronome. Slip, slide.
That's it.
You see? He remembers everything.
Come on, Tommy. I'm in there, man. Do what I'm doin'. Back and forth.
Side to side. That's it.
Come on, kid. Don't let him off!
Dig!
- Got him! - The heavyweight champion is down!
One! Two!
Three! Four!
- Five! - Six!
- Seven! - Eight!
- Nine! - Ten! You're out!
Ladies and gentlemen, by way of a knockout, we have a new champion,
Tommy "The Machine" Gunn!
Congratulations. A sensational upset victory.
You're now champion ofthe world. How do you feel?
Never better. I don't know what's wrong with these people.
Because you're not a champeen. You're a crumb-bum dirt bag.
Come on, Paulie. Give him a break. He did something wonderful.
Long live the king!
I'd like to say thank you. I'd like to thank the man who made this happen
and made me believe it could happen. He's been like an angel on my shoulder.
Mr George Washington Duke!
And there you have it. A new champion of the world, Tommy "The Machine" Gunn.
I'll tell ya, a big surprise, at least to me,
that the new champion thanked Duke and not the guy that got him there.
- This crowd is not happy. - Rocky! Rocky!
- Rocko, too much TV's bad for the eyes. - My eyes are OK, Paulie.
- Well, too much TV is bad for my ears. - Yeah.
- Hey, slugger. Good fight, huh? - It's OK, Dad.
You're the real champ. I made this for you.
Oh, yeah?
Beautiful.
Rocko, let's put our teeth around a few brews, OK?
- I could use the company. - Yeah, good idea.
- Think I should go out with Paulie? - If I can watch TV.
OK, listen. You can watch TV, OK? But don't stay up too late.
- You gotta get them bones growing. - All right.
- What a fight! It was somethin'. - Somethin'.
I told you you could give him everything but you.
- You can't give him your heart. - Oh, it's OK, Adrian. Really.
- Yeah? - Yeah. It's... It's all right.
Hey, kid. Don't you stay up too late, OK?
Some fight.
- Are you OK? - Oh, sure.
- I won't be out too late. - OK.
See you, champ.
- Have a good time with Uncle Paulie. - Yeah.
Let me present the newest, the youngest heavyweight champion of all time,
Tommy "The Machine" Gunn!
- Do you think it was too easy? - I took some shots, but I was never hurt.
I'm just glad to be the champ.
Don't you think this looked like more like a sparring session than a championship?
- It didn't look like you broke a sweat. - Very observant.
Union Cane wasn't feeling that good.
But Tommy Gunn would have done the same thing if Union was 100%.
100%?! He fought like he didn't have a heartbeat!
We all know Cane is a paper champion.
- What do you mean? - Cane's title was manufactured.
- He never won it from Balboa. - Gentlemen, give him a break.
Tommy, will you ever get out from under Rocky's shadow?
- I won the title. What more do you want? - You gotta fight some real opponents.
But I beat the best tonight.
The best? This guy's a bum. He doesn't even deserve a title shot.
Gentlemen, whoa! We're gettin' carried away. Cane was the recognised champ.
We know the ratings system can be manipulated.
Fact is, Tommy Gunn beat a second-rate fighter
with so much glass in his jaw, he oughta be a chandelier.
This man will prove to be a great champion.
He might win a few fights, but a Rocky Balboa he'll never be.
No, he's no Rocky Balboa.
Let's face it. There's only one Balboa. He was the people's champion.
But in time Tommy Gunn may be able to fill his shoes. Next question.
- Not by fighting stiffs like Cane, he won't. - I'll fight anybody, anywhere.
When are you gonna fight a real fighter?
Gentlemen, come on. Thank you for coming tonight. We look forward to...
Hey, Tommy, I got somethin' for ya.
For your next fight, try the redhead in the front row. I hear she comes real cheap.
We look forward to seeing you at Tommy Gunn's next fight.
Why did you say Balboa's better? Do you believe that?
Of course not. Look, we can't talk in here.
Who are you gonna fight next, Tommy?
What the hell happened in there? I won the damn title and they think I'm a bum!
- Why didn't you help me? - When the press is right, they're right.
I'm as good as Balboa ever was and I'm tired of being called a damn robot!
Listen, Tommy. You can't fight the press. I can't fight them.
As long as they got Balboa on the brain, he's champ. He fought wars in the ring.
Tommy, face facts. You're in his shadow.
- This is your own man talking! - No, listen.
There is a way to get the respect you deserve. Challenge Balboa to fight.
- George could set it up in just weeks. - It'd be the greatest fight ever.
Teacher against student, old lion against young lion.
That's the only way you ever gonna get peace of mind.
The press will hound you with that man's legend for as long as you wear gloves.
You gotta get him into that ring, Tommy, or you'll keep hearing questions like that.
You'll start to ask yourself "Could I take him? Am I really good enough?"
"Do people think I'm a carbon copy
or a second-rate pretender who only got a shot because of my skin tone?"
Got to challenge that man to fight, Tommy.
If he refuses, you gotta insult him! You gotta dog him, you gotta humiliate him.
Do whatever you got to do to get him into that ring! But that's what you got to do.
OK. Blast off. Rollin' silver. And down.
Andy, these flippers ain't flippin'.
- That machine cost me a fortune. - It's costin' me a fortune too.
- Rocky Balboa! - What was that?
Rocky Balboa, there's a man out here wishin' to speak with you.
Rocky Balboa!
Rocko, you know who that is, huh?
Yeah, I know who that is.
- Rocky, you need some help? - No, guys. It ain't no pie-eatin' contest.
Look what's in the street.
Tommy, what are you doin' here? You oughta be celebratin'.
I'm challenging you to a fight. Any time, any place, anywhere.
- Fight? - That's right.
You're comin' here with these people askin' if I wanna throw hands with you?
- Is that what this is about? - Yeah. And I ain't nobody's robot.
Nobody's boy! Now are you accepting the challenge or are you yellow?
He has no class. Come on, Rocko. Hey, he has no class! Come on.
Hey, it ain't him. You wanna shoot some eightball or somethin'?
Hey! I ain't through talkin' with you yet!
Look, I ain't got no more to say to you, OK?
- I wanted good things for you. - The hell you did. You're in it for money.
I'm tired of people callin' me a robot.
You thought I was in this for the money, Tommy?
We were supposed to be like brothers, you know?
You don't know it, but you got a deception here.
This guy was usin' you for the bait. He wants to get you and me in the ring.
He wants us to fight each other to make the money.
He don't care about you and he don't care about me neither.
Come on. Enough of the fantasy. Let's talk reality.
Rocky Balboa, are you prepared to accept Tommy's challenge?
- Tommy... - Hey! I would have taken you any time.
- You're a piece of garbage. - This ain't none of your business.
- None of my business? - Come on, Paulie. Forget it.
He spit blood for you, put you ahead of his own family.
And you bring these rat bums around here? Kill his dignity?
Rocko made you your shot. He's the real champ. You're just a joke.
Get out of here before I break your face.
Paulie?
- Don't break your hand on that bum! - Paulie, are you OK?
You shoulda left him on the street, where you found him.
- Merlin, get him outta here. - Get off of me!
You knocked him down. Why don't you knock me down?
No, in the ring. Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring! Let's get outta here.
- My ring's outside. - Yeah? Let's do it.
Let's go live.
- He's a punk, Rocky. - He's a street fighter. You a prizefighter.
- Don't be a damn fool. - You don't own me!
- What's wrong? Take it easy.
Nobody does! I want my respect.
Well, come and get it. Come on, Tommy.
I loved you, man! You know that?
You and me, we were supposed to be like this, Tommy.
You blew it! You...
Lucky punch. But I told you never to fight a street fighter fight.
- Come on, let's get out of here. - You're always a champ, Rocky. Great.
Great stuff. This is beautiful.
Mom! It's Dad.
- He's on television. He's fighting. - What?!
Come on, man. Come on.
Come on, Balboa. Who's your papa now?
Come on!
- Rocky, you gotta get up. - Come on, get up.
You're out!
If he dies, he dies.
You're the champ. Now get up. One more round.
Get up! Don't lay down. Fight this guy hard.
Come on!
He's no machine. I didn't hear no bell!
Get up, you son of a bitch, cos Mickey loves ya.
Yo, Tommy!
I didn't hear no bell.
- One more round. - Tommy, get back. Come on.
- You don't need this. - You lose, you're finished.
I got one more round. Come on.
I'm not gonna knock you out this time. I'm gonna put you through the street.
- One more round. - Come on, Rocky.
Come on, Tommy.
Come on. Again!
Come on, Tommy.
Touch me and I'll sue.
All right, Rocky. You done it.
What in the hell are you doing? Get up. What in the hell...?
Come on, knock the bum out. He took my room!
Jab! Jab!
You're losin' everything. Come on!
Come on, Dad. You can beat him!
Fight back, you bum!
Stop!
Come on, Dad, go for it!
Hit him, Dad. Come on!
Go for it!
Hey, Adrian. You were right. You were right.
Goddamn!
Only in America.
Hey, Rock! You outclassed the bum, huh?
Rocky, come on. Don't.
Touch me and I'll sue.
Come on, punk. Touch me and I'll sue.
Sue me for what?
Hey, yo, Father!
I love it when he does that.
- We're gonna be late. - Come on, Speedy Gonzalez!
- Come on. You can do better than that. - No way.
I don't know. It's like these steps keep growin' taller every year. My goodness!
Look at this thing. As long as this thing is here,
pigeons is always gonna have a place to sit.
I can't believe it. This is where it all started for me.
- Runnin' up and down these steps. - Dad?
- Dad, we're gonna be late. - Oh, yeah. OK.
Hey, wait. What's wrong with your ear?
- What's wrong with it? - You got somethin' wrong, like a bump.
What bump?
This bump.
- Thanks, Dad. - Hey, you deserve it.
Thank you for being born. Thank you.
- What do you think? The new me? - Well...
- You're the daughter I always wanted. - What are you talkin' about?
Hey, don't punch me. I'm gettin' brittle as it is. Look at this, you know?
I been runnin' up and down these steps for 20 years.
And I never knew there was valuable pictures in this building.
You're never too old to learn somethin' new. You're gonna love Picasso.
Oh, yeah. Well, I love almost everybody.