Bolt

That one.

Here, boy.

You're heavy.

And slobbery.

There.

You're a good boy.

You're my good boy.

Hello?

Penny, I don't have much time.

Daddy? Are you okay?

Something's come up at work, honey.

Daddy's not gonna be home for a while.

I don't understand.

You can't go back to the house, Penny. Okay?

What's happening?

It's all right. You won't be alone. You have Bolt.

I've altered him.

He can protect you now.

The doctor has been taken care of, which, of course, is wonderful news.

Everything is positioning nicely.

There he is. Dr Calico.

Any luck getting our guest to spill his guts?

Oh! His guts will spill, one way or another.

Never! I'll never talk.

Daddy!

You're beginning to irk me, professor. I am irked, and that will not do.

Has the package arrived?

I think it might make our dear friend a bit more communicative.

I'm sending an agent to pick it up.

Gorgeous! Have him bring it to me on the first flight.

Bolt, let's go.

We only need the girl.

What?

-Where's Calico? -I'm not talking to you.

(SHOUTING) Bolivia! Bolivia! Calico's in Bolivia!

Near Lake Rogaguado!

Lake Rogaguado! I should've known.

-Come on, Bolt. Let's go! No!

Bolivia. There's a flight leaving in 10 minutes.

Bolt! Zoom, zoom.

Bolt, fetch.

Puppy!

Good boy.

Airport.

Uh-oh!

Bolt, speak.

Okay, okay. Good job, buddy.

Mission accomplished.

That's a keeper.

It's all right, tough guy. You got them all.

Don't worry, Bolt. You saved the day again.

All right. Good job. Let's strike the set.

We're gonna need a cable guard on set for that move tomorrow.

Yeah. All right.

Good boy.

Airport.

Uh-oh!

Bolt, speak.

-Boom mike. -We got a boom mike.

It's a boom mike.

That's sloppy.

The dog could've seen that. He could've seen that.

Uh... Who cares if the dog sees a boom mike?

What? Who's that?

Forgive me for answering a question with a question,

but who are you?

-Mindy Parker, from the network. -Of course.

Let me ask you, Mindy from the network,

what do you see here?

Uh...

-The dog. -"The dog," she says.

Oh, Mindy. Poor, poor, Mindy.

Am I missing something?

You're missing everything, Mindy.

You see a dog.

I see an animal who believes with every fibre of his being, every fibre,

that the girl he loves is in mortal danger.

I see a depth of emotion on the face of that canine

the likes of which has never been captured on screen before!

Never, Mindy from the network!

Hmm.

We jump through hoops to make sure that Bolt believes everything is real.

It's why we don't miss marks. It's why we don't reshoot,

and it's why we most certainly do not let the dog see boom mikes!

Because, Mindy from the network,

if the dog believes it, the audience believes it.

Wow. Okay.

You want reality? Here you go, chief. The show's too predictable.

The girl's in danger, the dog saves her from the creepy English guy, we get it.

There's always a happy ending.

And our focus groups tell us 18-to-35-year-olds are unhappy.

They're not happy with happy.

So maybe you should, I don't know,

spend a little less time worrying about the dog's Method acting

and more time figuring out

how to stop 20-year-olds in Topeka from changing the channel.

Because if you lose so much as half a rating point,

so help me, I will fire everyone in this room, starting with you.

How's that for real?

There. Perfect.

You saved me again, Bolt.

It's okay. It's nothing. No more bad guys.

Do you want some food, Bolty? Are you hungry?

You got them, Bolt. No one's gonna hurt me.

Bolt, look at me. I'm fine, see?

Come here, buddy. Come here.

Go get it, Bolt. Go get it.

Yeah, that one's no fun either.

Well, what do we have here?

Your old buddy, Mr Carrot.

Bolt. You know I have to go.

Yeah, you're my good boy.

There she is. My little superstar.

Let's get to that Teen Vogue cover shoot.

Mom, I wanna take Bolt home this weekend.

Well, I...

-That would be... -That'd be nice. That'd be great.

That would. A little girl and her dog. Nothing better than that.

So I can bring Bolt home?

As your friend I say, "Yes, absolutely,"

but as your agent, I have to remind you this is Bolt's world.

He has to stay right here. Okay, let's go.

But he never gets to be a real dog,

and it would only be for the weekend, and I just want...

Well, you know what? It's a fair question.

Let's do this, let's put a pin in it. Boop! Pin in.

There you go. Now, let's let that hang there a bit,

and then we'll address that when we've thought things through.

Okay? Good enough for everybody?

Smiles all around? Let's get out of here. Come on.

I don't need to think it through. I wanna take Bolt home.

Look at this face.

I have a little girl at home, love of my life.

I would do anything for her,

and I would trade her for you in a heartbeat.

True story.

That reminds me, we need to be getting over to wardrobe.

-Clip-clip, let's go. -But...

I need her in hair. I just...

Can I get her for five minutes in makeup?

I wanna go for something more natural.

So the dog thinks this is all real?

Oh, yeah, you're new.

Guy never leaves the set. It's unbelievable.

Whenever I get the chance, this is the perfect way to unwind.

I like to start with an evil laugh.

Hello, hairballs.

You may have won today, Bolt,

but in the end, we will get your little Penny.

Not likely, cat, for you've chosen to follow the path of evil.

Ultimately, it will destroy you, along with your fiendish puppet master!

-Wow! -I know, right? Okay, watch this.

She's a goner, dog.

The Green-Eyed Man has a plan, and soon, he will execute it.

-Yeah, and then he will execute her. -Nice.

I would superbark you both back into the hole you crawled out of,

but I need you alive because I've got a little message

for you to take back to your Green-Eyed Man.

You tell him his old friend Bolt said he better...

Is it long?

-Is what long? -The message.

Is it a long message? Because I have a horrible memory.

Yeah, I'll make it brief, all right? You tell him I said I'm gonna...

You know what? Why don't we do this?

You remember the first half of the message,