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Ranger Smith: What do you want from me, Yogi? I don't have a life left for you to ruin any more.
Yogi Bear: Sir, I know I messed things up, and I'm sorry. I never meant to. You and Boo Boo are the best friends I ever had, and I've never done anything but think of myself. And now Jellystone is just gonna be a big field of stumps.
Ranger Smith: What?
Boo Boo: They've started cutting down the trees.
Ranger Smith: Agricultural interest is logging. Oh, no, not our Jellystone.
Yogi Bear: We have to save it, sir.
Ranger Smith: I don't think we CAN save it, Yogi.
[sits down on the bench]
Ranger Smith: I'm no smarter than you.
[looks to Yogi]
Ranger Smith: I lost Jellystone.
[looks to Boo Boo]
Ranger Smith: I lost Rachel.
[stares ahead]
Ranger Smith: It's... over.
Yogi Bear: Mr. Ranger, I've learned two things from stealing pic-a-nic baskets. One: Light mayonnaise is not nearly as good as regular mayonnaise. And two: You can't fail if you never stop trying. You have to fight for the thing you love, whether it's a park, a girl or a roast beef sandwich! Don't give up now! We're all Jellystone's got!
Ranger Smith: [rises to his feet] You're right, Yogi. Jellystone's too important to give up on. We got to try. Come on.
Yogi Bear: Shotgun.
Boo Boo: Aww.
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[Ranger Smith, Ranger Jones, Rachel, Yogi and Boo Boo arrive with the turtle]
Ranger Smith: Well, well. Guess who we found.
Yogi Bear: Starts with T and ends with a... "urtle"?
Ranger Smith: It's all over, Mr. Mayor. Call off the logging deal. The law says this park is now a protected nature preserve.
Mayor Brown: You think I care about what the law says? Or about some endangered "frog-mouthed turtle"? Or some stupid park for families to have a picnic in? I care about power, you pinheads!
[Boo Boo gasps]
Mayor Brown: And I'm gonna get it. Nobody knows this turtle exists, and nobody ever will.
Barry Duffield
Extended Reading
