in the script.
He's iust a dumb dog.
He's more than that,
and you know it.
Oh! He's got you fooled, too.
You call yourself a writer?
All you do is,
you follow him around
and write down the messes
that he makes. Wow.
He doesn't have me fooled.
He's made this movie better.
And I'm following
him around
because Beethoven's got
something that people like,
something they wanna see.
He's got heart, something
you could really use.
So I'm the bad guy now?
Really? Me?
It's okay, Beethoven.
He doesn't mean it.
Billy?
Yeah, Dad?
Billy, I need some help
with this. Where's the dog?
I have to train him for this new
scene we're shooting tomorrow.
Listen. "Beethoven
walks into the room
"carrying George Newton's
slippers,
"drops them at his feet,
lies down by the couch,
"and sweetly rests his
head on the rug. " Come on!
Beethoven is never
going to do that.
Whoa.
Lisa is scary good.
She wrote exactly
what just happened.
She is pretty good,
isn't she?
You really love
that dog, huh?
Not as much as
I love you, Dad.
That's my 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.
Look, look!
They're leaving 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,
I 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 I.
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!