boy.
Hey, Pete.
So they're not gonna
need Beethoven
for a couple of hours
if you guys wanna
just hang out in the trailer.
Cool. Later, Dad.
Hear that, Beethoven?
We have two hours!
Let's go to the park.
You know that reading
the dictionary doesn't
make you look smart.
''Famous:
to be known far and wide,
popular, beloved.''
So?
Excuse me,
Mr. Criminal Mastermind,
but it might be
a tad problematic
to kidnap a famous dog
in the middle of a studio lot
in broad daylight, Bones.
(WHIMPERING)
Look, look!
They're leaving the lot.
''Luck:
successful total chance.''
How about
Iooking up ''moron''?
See you later, Billy.
See you, Zoл. Bye, Charlie!
(TAPPING KEYS)
EDDIE: You're gonna
break that thing.
You getting some work done?
Don't you have some
other writer's spirit
to crush or something?
You know, when l was 10,
l had a dog.
Red.
Red?
Yeah, he was an Irish setter.
Red. Creative, huh?
He was a good dog,
a little like Beethoven,
actually.
Ate a lot, was messy.
Anyway, l came home
from school one day,
and Red was gone.
He... He had run away.
Oh.
For a year l looked for him.
Every night l waited.
l loved that dog.
He was my best friend.
But he... He left.
Couldn't find him,
l couldn't help him.
lt's not your fault
he ran away.
lt is. You get a dog,
and you love it,
and it runs away.
And you build a life,
and you grow a family, and...
Then one day
everything you thought you had
just disappears.
What was her name?
Julie.
She was a great mom.
l'm afraid l'm just
a sorry substitute.
No.
No, that's not what l see.
l see a dad
who's working his butt off
for his kid.
And the only thing
that dad needs to learn
is that he can't
go through life
without giving
his love to friends.
Eddie, Beethoven's
part of your family now.
He's not going anywhere.
Neither am l.
Lizard Guy, Lizard Guy.
Boy, l'm glad that
nickname caught on.
Where's Beethoven?
We can't find
Beethoven anywhere.
What?
Billy? Billy!
Billy's gone, too?
EDDIE: His skateboard's gone.
LISA: Where could they be?
l think l know. Come on!
GIRL: That was so cool.
BILLY: There she is.
Pretty cute, huh?
(BARKS)
Wait. We can't go over there.
She likes that guy.
Why would she wanna
talk to me?
(BARKING)
Whoa!
Beethoven,
what are you doing?
Thanks, boy.
Thanks. Good boy.
Yo, that was ripping,
both you and your cool dog.
Hi.
l'm Katie.
l know. l'm Billy.
l know.
What's she talking
to that lollypop for?
Ew! Gross! Look what
your stupid dog did!
Ew!
Feeling woozy?
He means,
are you feeling perhaps
light-headed or off-balance,
as though you might collapse?
(BOTH GRUNTING)
Come on.
Help me.
So you wanna
grab a soda or...
What's the matter?
Where's my dog?
Um...
Beethoven. Come on!
l can't do it.
l'm doing all the work here.
Pick it up.
Beethoven!
(HONKS HORN)
EDDIE: Hey, Billy!
Yeah, he skateboards
here with his friends.
Billy! Beethoven!
Hello.
Hello.
That was close.
EDDIE: Here, boy.
Come on, run!
LISA: Billy! Beethoven!
Beethoven!
Beethoven! Come here, boy.
Lift with your legs, Bones.
With your...
l'm trying.
Are you okay? Who's this?
l'm Billy's friend, Katie.
Where's Beethoven?
We can't find him.
What?
He's gone.
Gone?
What do you mean he's gone?
Oh, no.
(BEETHOVEN BARKS)
Oh, no.
BILLY: Beethoven!
Hey!
Stop!
EDDIE: Stop!
LISA: Beethoven!
(FRIZZY BARKING)
Frizzy, quiet!
No! No! We need tranquilizer!
There was enough on that pizza
to knock out a Clydesdale.
Get him down! My arm!
Bones.
l'll give it.
Give it to me.
Give it to me!
(GROWLING)
LISA: Hey! Beethoven!
That lizard guy is coming!
Let's go!
Hey!
Breathe deep, breathe in.
Yeah.
Hey! You've got my dog!
Beethoven! Beethoven!
What?
We think Beethoven's
been dognapped.
PATRICIA: He's rнght. l got
the ransom note rнght here.
lt was just found
taped to the door
of Beethoven's traнler.
Well, what does it say?
Read it.
''Hollywood bнgwнgs,
you