Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

That's what I'm talkin' about, Tonehangers!

That felt good! - Oh, yeah.

- The elderly at Heritage Retirement Center

will not know what hit 'em next month.

- Bumper, we probably don't need the choreo.

Nana says that if we break one more tchotchke,

she'll cut me out of the will.

- Okay, shut up. Guys, what are we doin'?

We're not done. Come on.

Take it from the top.

- No, man, man, man, we gotta go.

I got the kids tonight

'cause Katie's got her soba-making class.

Are you serious?

A ca-serious.

Okay, we're acting like

we're a bunch of middle-aged men all of a sudden.

Both: We are.

- Come on, let's take it from the top.

No, man. We got stuff to do.

Yeah. No, duh.

I got... I got stuff.

Got a lot of stuff, actually, to do, so...

- All right. - Good.

- I have to lock up. That's an important thing.

There's a blood drive here early tomorrow.

They said that I can't give 'cause I drink too much juice.

And... and... and let's not be strangers on the text chain!

Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself!

- Hey, uh, did you get the job posting I sent you,

the telemarketing position at my firm?

You'd be perfect. - Yeah, I got it.

I deleted it immediately. - What? Why?

- I can't give up what I have here...

Access to rehearsal space whenever I want it,

as long as there's not something else booked.

- And you think spinning your wheels

at Barden's gonna get you somewhere?

Yeah.

I have to focus on what I'm good at.

It's bound to pay off someday,

and then I'll be a famous singer,

and Amy will finally talk to me again.

And these keys right here?

These keys are gonna be keys

to all the different cities that I'm the mayor of.

- Right, no, that's a rock-solid plan.

I just... I just always thought you'd be the first outta here.

Yeah, when in fact,

I have to be the last,

because I'm the one who locks up.

That's weird.

Looks like I'm gettin' a call from "The Matrix."

Hello?

- Bumper Allen, is this you?

Hell yeah.

Who's this?

- I have been following you since college, Bumper Allen.

I am such a fan. - You are?

- In college, you were Der Knig der Mundmusik...

The King of the Mouth Music.

And I loved you on my favorite

chair-based reality show, "The Voice."

Adam, turn around! Everybody's doin' it, baby!

They love me!

America loves me!

Yeah, that was a setback,

but it's no big deal.

Everybody has to go home from "The Voice"

at some point, even the winner.

- But you were still able to share your gift with the world

through der Ticken-Tocken.

Yeah, that was a fun one.

I had my Mennonite landlord teach me all the funny words.

Wait.

How do you know all this?

Are you a pervert?

A pervert for talent.

My name is Pieter Kramer, and...

we have met before.

- Pieter, from Das Sound Machine?

The rival a cappella group

to my former a cappella group's rival a cappella group?

- Ja, I'm calling because your mashup

of "99 Luftballons" and "Take On Me"

has become a huge hit on TikTok here in Germany.

It went from 156 views

to 7.6 million views in just the past week.

Wait, are you serious?

- I'm German. Of course I'm serious.

Holy shit!

7.6 million views?

That's... that's, like, a million views.

- Move to Berlin and work with me.

I can make you a star.

Look.

I am lovin' this blast from the past.

I mean, who doesn't love a good B from the P?

- Huh? - But move to Berlin right now?

- Yes. - Nope.

Nope, I got a pretty big gig comin' up

for a pretty prominent nana.

I'm kinda the Michael Bublé of palliative care.

- Bumper, you're famous in Germany.

Look.

I'm a very important manager now.

We only have a brief window of viral fame,

and we have to take advantage of it.

All you need to do is ask yourself:

will.i.am, or won't.i.am?

Oh, my God.

It's all happening.

I can still hear you.

Just as I imagined.

- Do you want me to respond or...

- All those failures were worth it,

because now...

I'll never fail again.

Oh, I see. It's a monologue.

Sorry, continue.

- Pieter? - Yes?

- Start pouring your finest Bordeaux

and plating your finest Boeuf Bourguignon,

'cause I'm moving to Germany, baby!

Whoo! Bumper's back!

Danke.

Wow, it is beautiful.

- Hey, Tonehangers, look where I'm at!

Germany. I made it.

It was like magic.

I'm the Berlin Merlin.

"You are now roaming.

This text costs you $17."

Worth it.

Bumper Allen! You made it!

- Pieter Kramer, manager to the stars!

I'm the star.

Welcome... oh!

Oh! - Yes!

- Oh, yes! - Oh!

- Yes... - I'm so excited.

I'm so excited.

Thank you so much. - Okay.

We can keep going. - Thank you so much.

- Yes, I will release you now. Yeah, okay.

Germany is so cool.

Your walk sign guy wears a hat. - Yeah. Yes.

And what is that?

What is that, foreign police sirens?

They go down instead of up? - Yeah.

I feel like I'm Jason Bourne

but with the memories of my shitty past.

- Oh, thank God. - Yeah.

- Well, the magic has only just begun, my friend.

Come!

Join me, Bumper Allen, on your road to superstardom.

Wow, this building is ancient.

It must be, like, 100 years old.

Welcome to the office.

Okay.

It's a cool view.