the lot.
''Luck: successful
total chance.''
How about Looking
up ''moron''?
See you later, Billy.
See you, Zoл. Bye, Charlie!
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 I
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, I came home from school
one day, and Red was gone.
He... He had run away.
Oh.
For a year I looked for him.
Every night I waited.
I loved that dog. He
was my best friend.
But he... He left.
Couldn't find him,
I couldn't help him.
It's not your
fault he ran away.
it 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.
I'm afraid I'm just
a sorry substitute.
No. No, that's not what I see.
I 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, I'm glad that
nickname caught on.
Where's Beethoven?
We can't find
Beethoven anywhere.
What?
Billy? Billy!
Billy's gone, too?
His skateboard's gone.
Where could they be?
I think I know. Come on!
That was so cool.
There she is.
Pretty cute, huh?
Wait. We can't go over there.
She likes that guy.
Why would she
wanna talk to me?
Whoa!
Beethoven, what are you doing?
Thanks, boy. Thanks. Good boy.
Yo, that was ripping,
both you and your cool dog.
Hi.
I'm Katie.
I know. I'm Billy.
I 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?
Come on. Help me.
So you wanna grab a soda or...
What's the matter?
Where's my dog?
Um...
Beethoven. Come on!
I can't do it. I'm
doing all the work here.
Pick it up.
Beethoven!
Hey, Billy!
Yeah, he skateboards
here with his friends.
Billy! Beethoven!
Hello. Hello.
That was close. Here, boy.
Come on, run!
Billy! Beethoven!
Beethoven!
Beethoven! Come here, boy.
Lift with your legs,
Bones. With your...
I'm trying.
Are you okay? Who's this?
I'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.
Oh, no.
Beethoven!
Hey!
Stop!
Stop! Beethoven!
Frizzy, quiet!
No! No! We need tranquilizer!
There was enough on that pizza
to knock out a Clydesdale.
Get him down! My arm!
Bones.
I'll give it. Give it
to me. Give it to me!
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.
He's right. I got the
ransom note right here.
it was just found taped to the
door of Beethoven's trailer.
Well, what does
it say? Read it.
''Hollywood bigwigs,
you will pay $1 million,
''or the beast known as
Beethoven will be destroyed.
''instructions to follow.''
Destroyed?
Poor Beethoven.
The slobbering beast awakens.
You remember me.
Well, I remember you, too.
You're the dumb animal that
made me look like a buffoon,
that cost me my job.
Well, welcome to
the counteroffensive.
Now everybody else is running
around Looking like fools.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Rope got your tongue?
Choose your last
meal, stupid mutt.
What are we gonna do?
Okay, the answer
is character based.
Who would do something
like this? Okay.
Somebody who has
access to the lot
so they could tape the ransom
note on the trailer door.
Someone with the place to hide
a big, noisy dog, like Beethoven.
Somebody who's got a grudge