Mr. Strong (Cartoon)/Transcript

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UK Dub

(The episode begins with Mr. Strong carrying a large iron bar while walking across the screen to the left)

Narrator: This is the story of Mr. Strong.

(The camera zooms in on Mr. Strong as he continues walking)

Narrator: Mr. Strong is the strongest person in the whole wide world!

(The camera cuts to a zoomed in frame of Mr. Strong's face)

Narrator: Strongest person there ever has ever been,

(Mr. Strong starts making a face as he starts twisting the unseen iron bar)

Narrator: And probably, the strongest person there ever will be.

(The camera zooms out to show Mr. Strong had tied a knot in the iron bar)

Narrator: He is so strong, that he can not only bend an iron bar,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: With his bare hands,

(The camera zooms in on the knot in the iron bar)

Narrator: He can tie knots in it!

(The camera cuts to Mr. Strong standing outside. Mr. Strong is holding a cannonball)

Narrator: Mr. Strong is so strong,

(The camera zooms out and Mr. Strong prepares to throw the cannonball)

Narrator: He can throw,

(Mr. Strong throws the cannonball to the right and it soars out of the frame)

Narrator: A cannonball as far as you or I can throw a tennis ball!

(The scene transitions to Mr. Strong facing a blue wall with a nail sticking out of it)

Narrator: Mr. Strong is so strong, he can,

(Mr. Strong starts tapping at the nail and it starts going into the wall)

Narrator: Hammer nails into a wall just by tapping them.

(Mr. Strong continues tapping the nail into the wall)

Mr. Strong: Strong by name,

(Mr. Strong finishes hammering in the nail with his finger. The camera zooms in on the hammered nail)

Mr. Strong: And strong by nature.

(The camera cuts to Mr. Strong standing in front of a bunch of fried eggs on a table)

Narrator: And would you like to know the secret to Mr. Strong's strength?

(The camera starts zooming out to show hundreds of fried eggs on the table in front of Mr. Strong)

Narrator: Eggs!

(The camera continues zooming out to show the massive amount of fried eggs on the table)

Narrator: The more eggs Mr. Strong eats, the stronger he becomes.

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: Stronger, and stronger, and stronger.

(The camera zooms in on the eggs and pans to the right. Then, the camera cuts to a clock with a fast-moving second hand. The hour hand is pointing to the eight and the minute hand is pointing to the one)

Narrator: Anyway, this story,

(The camera starts zooming out so Mr. Strong, who is eating a bunch of boiled eggs for breakfast, is seen in the frame)

Narrator: Is about a funny thing that happened to Mr. Strong one day.

(The camera stops zooming out and reveals that there are, visibly, four boiled eggs on the table with one of the eggs having been eaten by Mr. Strong)

Narrator: That morning, he was having breakfast. And for breakfast, he was having,

(The camera cuts over to the table and pans to the right to show the boiled eggs Mr. Strong was eating)

Narrator: Eggs! Followed by, eggs! And to finish,

(The camera zooms in closer to the boiled eggs and continues panning to the right)

Narrator: He was having, guess what? That's right! Eggs! That was Mr. Strong's normal breakfast.

(The scene transitions to Mr. Strong preparing to brush his teeth. The camera zooms out to show Mr. Strong holding a tube of toothpaste in his right hand and a toothbrush in his left hand)

Narrator: After his eggy breakfast, Mr. Strong cleaned his teeth. And,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: As usual,

(All the toothpaste is squeezed out of the tube)

Narrator: He squeezed all the,

(Mr. Strong looks at the toothpaste he just squeezed out)

Narrator: Toothpaste out of the tube.

(Mr. Strong smiles and the camera zooms in on Mr. Strong's teeth)

Narrator: And, as usual,

(Mr. Strong is shown brushing his teeth from right to left)

Narrator: He cleaned his teeth so hard,

(After brushing right to left twice, the top of his toothbrush snaps off but Mr. Strong doesn't know it at first and continues to "brush his teeth")

Narrator: He broke his toothbrush,

(The camera cuts back to show Mr. Strong holding the tube of toothpaste with all the toothpaste squeezed out in his right hand and his broken toothbrush in his left hand. The top part of the toothbrush is shown lying on the floor a short distance away from Mr. Strong's feet)

Narrator: Mr. Strong,

(Mr. Strong looks at his broken toothbrush)

Narrator: Gets through a lot of toothpaste and toothbrushes. After that,

(The scene briefly fades to black)

Narrator: He decided to take a walk.

(The scene transitions to Mr. Strong standing the staircase near his front door. Mr. Strong is holding his hat above his head in his left hand)

Narrator: He put on his hat,

(Mr. Strong puts his hat on his head)

Narrator: And opened the front door of his house.

(The camera cuts outside. Mr. Strong opens the front door of his house and it crashes onto the side of his house. The camera pans to show Mr. Strong from the front and Mr. Strong raises his arms up)

Mr. Strong: What a beautiful day.

(Mr. Strong lowers his arms)

Narrator: He thought to himself. And stepping outside his house,

(The camera shows Mr. Strong holding the doorknob of the front door. The camera zooms in on Mr. Strong's hand)

Narrator: He shut the front door.

(The camera stops zooming in. Mr. Strong closes the front door with a loud slam and the screen shakes. The scene transitions to show the front door had fallen off its hinges)

Narrator: The door fell off its hinges.

(The camera cuts over to Mr. Strong)

Narrator: Mr. Strong gets through a lot of front doors.

(The camera cuts to Mr. Strong walking through the woods with the camera following him. Mr. Strong walks to the left. In an error, Mr. Strong's hat is not shown on his head)

Narrator: Then, Mr. Strong went for his walk

...

(The camera zooms in on the hole in the wall Mr. Strong made. Then the camera cuts back to Mr. Strong)

Mr. Strong: Whoops!

Narrator: Said Mr. Strong.

(The scene transitions to Mr. Strong resuming his walk down the street. Mr. Strong is shown walking to the left of the screen)

...

(The camera cuts to a farmer standing in front of a hedge with a very panicked expression on his face. He is waving his arms up and down. Behind the hedge, flames are shown rising into the air. The camera zooms in towards the frantic farmer)

Narrator: The farmer me him in the road looking very worried.

(The camera cuts to Mr. Strong)

Mr. Strong: What's the matter?

Narrator: Asked Mr. Strong.

(The camera cuts back to the farmer)

Farmer: It's...it's my cornfield! It's on fire and I...I can't put it out!

(The camera cuts over to Mr. Strong looking over the hedge to see the blazing field)

...

Narrator: Replied Mr. Strong.

(The camera zooms out from Mr. Strong and the farmer)

Mr. Strong: Is that your barn?

Narrator: He asked,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: Pointing to a barn in other field.

Farmer: Yes, I was going to put my corn in it.

Narrator: Said the farmer.

Farmer: But...

Mr. Strong: Can I use it?

Narrator: Asked Mr. Strong.

(The camera slightly zooms in towards Mr. Strong and the farmer)

Farmer: Yes, but...

Mr. Strong: No buts.

(The camera zooms back out)

Mr. Strong: Come on!

...

(The camera cuts back to the farmer standing in front of the blazing cornfield)

Narrator: The farmer couldn't believe his eyes!

...

(The flames disappear and the water from the barn stops flowing out)

Narrator: They've gone!

(The camera cuts to a soot-covered Mr. Strong putting the barn down. The camera then cuts to the farmer)

...

Narrator: Said the farmer.

(The scene transitions to the hen house where two hens are shown laying eggs)

Narrator: And took Mr. Strong over to the farmyard.

Hens: (clucking and crowing)

(The camera cuts back outside where Mr. Strong and the farmer are shown shaking hands)

...

Mr. Strong: Whoops!

...

(The camera zooms out to reveal that Mr. Strong is having a bowl of ice cream)

Narrator: Ice cream! (laughs)

(The episode ends here)