Drosselmeyer: [from teaser trailer] It's Christmas Eve. A time of mystery, expectations, who knows what might happen?
Drosselmeyer: [to Clara; from trailer] Your mother was the cleverest inventor I ever knew.
Mr. Stahlbaum: [from trailer] This time has been difficult for all of us, but when Christmas comes, we must do our best to enjoy it.
Mother Ginger: [from trailer] I've been expecting you.

[laughs insanely]
Sugar Plum: [to Clara] Mother Ginger wants to rule the Realms!
Drosselmeyer: [to his party guests] Ladies and gentlemen, my favorite part of Christmas. My favorite part of this evening. I present to you: your gifts!
Philip: [sees Clara looking at the bridge to the Fourth Realm] Halt!

[points his sword at her]

Philip: Who goes there?

Clara: [startled] It's just me!

Philip: [misunderstands] State your purpose, Just Me.

Clara: No, my name's Clara. And I must cross this bridge.

Philip: Impossible. Nobody crosses the bridge to the Fourth Realm without a direct order from the regents.

Clara: [confused] Fourth Realm? Where am I?

Philip: [puts away his sword] You're in the Christmas Tree Forest. But THAT is the Fourth Realm, which is currently at war with the other three realms.

Clara: [alarmed] WAR?

Philip: That is correct, Miss Clara Just Me.

Clara: [frustrated] No, my name isn't 'Clara Just Me'. It's Stahlbaum. Clara Stahlbaum.

Philip: [surprised] Stahlbaum? Are you a relation to Marie Stahlbaum?

Clara: [nods] She's my mother.

Philip: [kneels] Forgive me, Your Majesty! I didn't recognize you, Princess Clara.

Clara: [surprised and amused] Princess?

Philip: [gets back up] Captain Philip Hoffman. At your service, Your Majesty.
Shiver: [shows Clara Marie's old throne room] This is your mother's throne, Your Grace.

Sugar Plum: Have you come to save us, Clara?

Clara: No.

[the regents look disappointed]

Clara: I'm sorry. I didn't even know this place existed before today. You see, I was looking for a Christmas present from my godfather.

Hawthorne: [delighted] Oh, I love Christmas!

[to Sugar Plum and Shiver; lost]

Hawthorne: What's Christmas?

Clara: Then I ran into this homeless mouse.

Shiver: [concerned] Mouse?

Clara: And that's when I met the captain.

Philip: [enters the throne room] We barely escaped Mother Ginger. And the Mouse King.

Sugar Plum: [gasps] You met Mother Ginger? Oh my dear Clara, you're lucky to be alive!

Hawthorne: You must promise never to go back to the Land of Amusements, Clara.

Sugar Plum: [frustrated] Hawthorne!

Shiver: [also frustrated] Its title has been restricted.

Hawthorne: Oh, of course. I meant the Fourth Realm.

[to Sugar Plum and Shiver]

Hawthorne: Apologies. I'm just so upset.

[to Clara]

Hawthorne: Forget I ever mentioned the Land of Amusements.

[Sugar Plum and Shiver silence him]
Sugar Plum: [to Clara] The ballet tells the story of the Four Realms. How your mother discovered our world.
Shiver: [to Clara, as she's attempting to escape the tower] My dear, that doesn't look very secure.

Hawthorne: [worried] You can't!

[to Shiver]

Hawthorne: It's not gonna work.

Clara: It's just the laws of physics.

Philip: Do those laws ALWAYS work?

Clara: Always.

[under her breath]

Clara: As far as I know.
Sugar Plum: [to Clara, after she's dressed for the ballet about the four realms] You look like the daughter of a queen.

[a march-like fanfare plays]

Shiver: [addressing the residents of the three realms] Ladies and gentlemen, on this momentous day, in the history of the Four Realms...

Hawthorne: We are proud and *privileged* to present before you, Clara Stahlbaum, daughter of Queen Marie.

[all applaud]
Sugar Plum: Boys in uniforms with weapons! Sends a quiver right through me.