[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[FATHER SIGHS]
[EXCLAIMING IN ANNOYANCE]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Honey, it's family hour, there must be something on.
DAUGHTER: Oh, wow, Candied Critters!
[FATHER EXCLAIMS]
Oh, great. It's Monsters, our favorite show!
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
Shh, it's starting.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[FATHER CHUCKLES]
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
[WOLF HOWLING]
[WOMAN HUMMING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[HOWLS] [SHRIEKS]
[LAUGHS] Victor.
You sneak.
[SNARLING]
[BOTH LAUGHING]
You're home early.
It's not everyday our daughter gets engaged.
Look, Greta.
Bear's blood.
Half a day's pay is in that bottle
but we'll have only the best tonight
and we'll drink toast after toast
to the happiness of Anya
and, and...
And Stanley.
Stanley. Stanley.
That's right.
I finally get to meet this mystery man.
Oh, sweetheart, I know you're going to like him.
He and Anya are so much in love.
I'm going to be a father-in-law.
I can hardly believe it.
Before you know it, I'll be a grandfather.
[LAUGHING] Okay, okay, Grandpa.
Go upstairs and change. They'll be here any minute.
This country has been good to us, Greta.
We have a lot to be thankful for.
Not like the old country.
Huddled by day in caves, running terrified by night.
Hated and murdered just for what we are.
Great, that's all in the past now.
This is America. Everyone is welcome here.
People are less suspicious of strangers.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Not everybody.
Mrs. Peabody stopped by again today.
Oh? What did she want?
She found dog tracks in her rose garden,
wanted to know if we had a pet.
Serves me right for taking a shortcut last night.
[GROWLS] Still...
Still, it was worth it.
He was in great shape.
Took a while, but I wore him down.
Still the leader of the pack, eh, Greta?
[GROWLS]
Still the wolf I love.
[GROWLS]
Oh, oh, oh. Lay there, Casanova.
[LAUGHING]
Want me to bury those leftovers in the backyard?
Oh, don't be silly. This is for Stanley.
What do you mean?
Nothing, uh...
Only he eats a little different from us, that's all.
What, is he allergic to jaggers?
Who would pass up a meal like that?
[CHUCKLING]
Well, uh...
Are you telling me Stanley is not one of us?
No! No, no, no, no.
He changes very much the way we do.
Sort of.
Sort of?
Victor, you always say that America gives everyone a fresh start.
Old hatreds have no place here.
What are you trying to tell me?
Everybody gets a chance for a new life
be they black or white,
young or old,
werewolf or...
No, no, no, no, no.
...werehyena.
No!
Anya's fiance is a were...
No, no, not one of those mangy, slinking,
bone-eating, flea-ridden, grave-robbing dogs!
But Anya loves him.
I said no!
But Anya loves him.
I said no!
I will not have a werehyena for a son-in-law.
A miserable, giggling, low-life scavenger in our house
feeding off my kill,
sleeping in the same bed with our daughter!
No, no, no!
Those are the old ways talking, Victor.
Didn't you always say
that here everyone deserves a fresh start?
Old hatreds have no place in America.
When I said that I specifically wasn't including
werehyenas named Stanley.
Greta, our people have always hated the scavengers.
That's just the way it is. Accept it, it's in our blood.
I forbid this marriage!
And that hyena is not setting one scrawny paw
inside this house!
[GROWLING]
You listen to me, Victor Lopezian.
Our daughter is bringing her fiance here tonight.
You will sit in your place
as head of this household.
You will carve the jagger and serve the wine.
You will make polite conversation with your son-in-law to be.
You will talk to him and be nice,
and make this the nicest night of your daughter's life,
or you will answer to me.
[BOTH GROWLING]
AGNES: Whoo-hoo!
[KNOCK AT DOOR] Greta!
[GROWLS] AGNES: Ding dong!
Hello!
Whoo-hoo!
[GROWLS]
Oh, hello, Mrs. Peabody.
Hello, dearie.
I was just fixing dinner and I was wondering
if I could do borrow a cup of cheese.
Uh, actually this isn't a very good time.
Thanks, dearie. You're such a doll.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Oh, my.
What a lovely...
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Lovely...
Lovely kitchen!
So homey. [LAUGHS]
Um, don't worry. I'll just help myself to the cheese.
No, no, no. I'll get it.
[WHISPERS] Damn.
Here you go. Cheese!
Oh, my. Looks like a celebration tonight.
Must be a special occasion.
Oh, lovely crystal.
Ooh, fine china.
Is this for some sort of foreign food?
It's for traditional appetizer.
Now, if you don't mind, Mrs. Peabody,
we're a bit rushed tonight.
My daughter and her fiance are coming over.
A fiance! Oh! What does he do for a living?
He's a scavenger.
You can relate to that, can't you, Mrs. Peabody?
GRETA: Victor!
Oh, that reminds me I've been meaning to ask you, Mr. Lopezian,
you haven't by any chance seen a giant dog
running through the neighborhood at night, have you?
Trampling flower beds, howling, hmm?
Strange. All the paw prints seemed to lead up to your lawn.
Come to think of it. I do see a dog around here from time to time.
A big, old, ugly she-mongrel,
always nosing into other people's business.
[GROWLS]
[COUGHS]
Sorry, I'm fighting a cold.
I'm gonna get changed.
Call me when Anya and "it" arrive.
[DOOR SLAMS]
You know fathers. [CHUCKLES]
What boy is good enough for Papa's little girl?
Oh.
Uh, tell me, is your daughter's fiance
as unusual as the rest of you?
What do you mean by that?
Oh, don't misunderstand, honey.
It's just that we don't have
many foreigners in the neighborhood, that's all.
Stanley is an American.
Just like the rest of us.
Ah, and that's what this country is all about.
Right? Right.
Oh, here, anybody can become a citizen.
Nothing I can do about it.
Not that I would, of course.
Of course!
Now, if there's nothing else, Mrs. Peabody,
thank you so much for stopping by, and good night.
Maybe I can stop by later.
[CHUCKLES] I'll bring dessert.
Wonderful!
Goodbye.
It's going to be a long night.
[WOLF HOWLING]
STANLEY: Mmm, mmm. [GIGGLING]
ANYA: We wanted to set the date to the 17th,
but the reception hall isn't available until July.
[MUNCHING LOUDLY]
Mmm!
ANYA: Well, you know how I've always had my heart set on a June wedding.
So we're gonna move it up to June 1st.
I know it's a lot sooner. I hope it's okay with everyone.
Oh, Mrs. Stanley Offal.
I can hardly wait.
Me neither, love cub.
[ANYA LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
"Love cub."
GRETA: More wine, Stanley?
Oh, thank you, Mrs. Lopezian.
Oh, please call me Greta.
STANLEY: Thank you, Mrs. Greta.
[LAUGHS]
[SLURPING]
[BURPS]
[LAUGHING]
Like the wine, do you, Stanley?
Oh, yes, sir. It's very good wine.
Uh, not that I'm a heavy drinker or anything.
Just makes the food go down a lot easier.
Not that the food's a problem.
I love the food. Excellent food.
Well, it doesn't having that rotting under the hot sun taste
your people enjoy so much.
Still, we try to please.
Here, crack into this, Stanley, make yourself at home.
[EXCLAIMS]
Oh, don't mind him, Stanley.
It's the flea season. [STANLEY EXCLAIMING]
More finger food?
Oh! Fingers! Mmm, I love fingers.
Leave him alone, Victor.
I'm curious, Stanley.
Your people aren't hunters.
How do expect to provide for my daughter?
You think she'll be content with the scraps you find lying alongside highways,
and in restaurant trash cans?
I didn't raise Anya to eat garbage,
let alone marry it.
Victor!
Papa!
I know the old emotions are strong inside you.
But please understand how I feel.
I love Stanley.
And I love you and Mama.
Now, I don't wanna upset you but I have to follow my heart.
And what do you follow, Stanley, buzzards?
Oh, Papa!
Oh, stop it. [LAUGHING LOUDLY]
Look, I insult him to his face and he laughs!
[LAUGHING]
Everything's just one big joke to you, isn't it, boy?
Yes, sir. No.
Oh! No. I mean, no, sir.
"Yes, sir. No, sir."
Do you know why my people have always hated yours?
Because you're all cowards!
You hyenas are all alike!
You run at the first hint of danger!
Why should I trust my daughter's fate with someone like you?
Why should I?
Because I love her.
Then prove it.
[GROWLS]
[SHRIEKS]
[GASPING]
VICTOR: Look at what a coward he is.
GRETA: Victor, stop it! ANYA: Papa, stop.
VICTOR: Get out of my house!
Stop! Get out, you spineless slob!
Thanks for dinner, Mrs. Lopezian.
Bye, Anya.
[GROWLING]
Oh, Victor, shut up.
You're not impressing anybody.
Oh, Papa, how could you?
I was gonna bear his cubs!
[SOBBING]
He was scum. Let's finish dinner.
I'm starving.
GRETA: Are you happy now?
I'm delighted.
[GROWLING]
Now, that was not the howl of an ordinary dog.
Those creepy Lopezians are hiding something.
And I'm gonna find out what.
What you did to that poor boy was inexcusable.
I'll never see Stanley again!
Never!
[SOBBING] Anya!
VICTOR: No great loss.
You'll thank me later, I promise.
[GROWLING]
AGNES: Her fiance?
[GASPS]
Oh, they killed him.
[AGNES GASPS]
Oh, my God.
Werewolves.
They're werewolves.
As if their being foreigners wasn't bad enough.
[CAMERA CLICKING]
I'm telling you, this is an emergency.
They're werewolves.
Hey, you hear me?
Werewolves.
A whole family of them.
No, I am not drunk.
This is me. Agnes Peabody.
All right, all right, so I was wrong about the UFOs
and the Elvis sighting.
But this time, I have got proof.
So you just send that squad car over here right now!
[TV PLAYING]
GRETA: Victor.
You know, you broke your daughter's heart tonight, don't you?
She's young, she'll forget him.
Then she'll find someone she can really be proud of.
A wolf like her Papa.
[CHUCKLES] You mean a liar like her Papa.
What?
Oh, remember the old days?
Every time our people made a kill,
there would be five of Stanley's kind
ready to fight each other for our leftovers.
Our life was hard, but theirs was miserable.
Nobody should have to live that way,
least of all, a nice boy who loves our daughter.
[SOFT GROWL]
[GROWLS] ...yourself.
Come on, Victor.
Sweetheart, all your life you said,
"This country gave people the chance to start over."
Well, we had that chance.
Come on, now. What kind of an American would you be
if you didn't give Stanley a chance too?
Huh? Huh?
Hmm.
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
That's right, Stanley. Don't let that mangy old wolf scare you off.
You're gonna go in and tell him exactly how you feel.
There's nothing to be afraid.
There's no way he could keep you away from Anya.
No, no, no, no way.
That's right, Stanley.
All right, Stanley. You're gonna go in and tell him
exactly the way things should be.
Exactly.
[WOLF HOWLS]
Oh, I can't.
Mr. Policeman. [GASPS]
Boy, you shouldn't waste any time.
But you better radio for back up.
Those werewolves are much too dangerous for one plainclothes cop.
[CHUCKLES] Werewolves?
Oh, jeez.
All you cops think I'm some sort of cuck, don't you?
Well, this time I got proof.
Proof?
Come on, I'll show you.
I had a hunch there was something weird going on in that house,
and I was right.
Now, go radio headquarters
and have them send down a squad team,
and make sure they load up on silver bullets.
I want you to wipe out the whole pack
of those foreign monsters.
[CHUCKLES]
Wipe them out?
How else are we gonna keep the neighborhood safe
for decent Americans?
Well, I got a pretty good idea.
[SINISTER LAUGH]
[BELL TOLLS]
GRETA: Anya, sweetheart. Come, Anya.
Anya, your Papa has something to tell you.
Victor.
Anya, your mother and I have been talking and...
This country has been very good to us,
and I would not be proud of myself
if I were to deny someone else their chance for happiness here.
Therefore, I've decided to let you marry Stanley.
If that's what you want.
Oh, yes, Papa. Yes! Thank you!
GRETA: Oh, that's my Victor.
He's probably a very nice hyena.
If you like that sort of thing.
I just wish that boy had a little more backbone.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Stanley!
I just came back to tell you you're wrong about me.
I love Anya, and nothing, nothing, nothing will keep us apart.
Oh, Stanley!
VICTOR: That's a start.
Go with it, Stanley.
I also wanted to show you that I could be a good provider.
Anyone for dessert?
It's a little something I threw together.
STANLEY: I hope you enjoy it. [CHUCKLES]
Well, she did say she wanted to bring the dessert.
[ALL LAUGHING]
Mama, you're terrible.
I never thought I'd say this,
but welcome to the family, son.
[ALL HOWLING]
[STANLEY COUGHING]
[ALL LAUGHING]
STANLEY: Does this mean I can call you "Papa"?
VICTOR: Don't push it, Stanley.
[ALL HOWLING]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]