ANNIE, BEN and MANGO!
You never know where they're gonna go
You never know where they're gonna go!
They’re so beautiful!!!
I’ve never seen so many balloons in my life!
Well, the New Mexico International Balloon festival
is the largest in the world
Oh, no you don’t!
Mango wants to fly one.
Mango, you can’t just take a balloon.
They belong to people!
Hey! Free balloon rides.
Let’s go, Annie! Okay?
Sure! Why not?
C'mon guys! It's this way!
WOW!!!!
What’s that animal on the balloon?
A bunny with antlers!?
That’s a JACKALOPE! It’s a make believe animal --
-- it’s supposed to be half antelope and half jackrabbit.
I don’t see a balloon pilot.
I don’t think you should fly it, Mango --
-- but I guess it’s okay if we wait for the pilot in the basket.
Hey! We’re going up!
OHMYGOSH!!!
We’re too high to jump out!
MAKE ROOM FOR ME!!!
I thought you said they were make believe!
What's make-believe? NOT ME!
But don’t tell anybody.
Howyadoin’!? I’m Jack A. Lope. Or --
-- JACKALOPE if you say it real fast.
Uh, pleased to meet you?
Of course you are, I’m a great guy.
How about that stuff they sell at the truckstops?
Jackalope keychains! Jackalope cups!
Jackalope refrigerator magnets! Jackalope hats!
Yeah, I’m pretty famous around these parts
So, are we heading in the right direction, Captain?
Aren’t YOU the captain?
Me!? I don’t have a hat!
HE’S got the Captain’s hat!
Hey, wait a second...
YOU’RE A MONKEY!
Can a monkey win this contest?
Contest!? What kind of a contest?
We drop two markers at a target waaaay over there --
closest guy wins!
I have the markers. I have a balloon.
I’ve got a crew. Now we just have to get to the target.
Great attitude!
What more could I ask from a monkey wearing a captain’s hat?
Thank you!
Can I be your co-pilot?
I’ve always wanted to do this! All my Jackalope life!
We can win this!
People will know you’re real then, too.
Oh, I don’t want that!
You don’t want people to know you’re real?
I’m already famous.
I’m already famous. But if everybody knows I’m real they’ll want me on TV,
radio, the internet, personal appearances -
- no time for fun, then.
Fun’s my favorite thing.
And I need my freedom for fun.
You have a point.
I have fun traveling and I’d hate to give that up.
Hey, guys...
We have good news and bad news.
The good news is Mango found a map to the target site.
What’s the bad news?
The wind is blowing us the wrong way.
Oh, no. What can we do?
We can do THAT!
A DUST DEVIL!!!?
How can that help?
You’ll see.
What’s a dust devil?
A desert wind that picks up sand --
it’s like a little dirt tornado.
No way!!!
That’s impossible!
Yeee-HAH! Ride ‘em Jack-A-Lope!!!
HANG ON! IT’S GOING TO GET BUMPY!!!
WAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAaaaaa!!!
Whoa, dusty!
Settle down, devil!
YAY, JACKALOPE! YEAH!!!
Thank you. Thank you very much.
All I can say is --
THERE’S THE TARGET!!!
Everybody get ready!!!
Wait for it.
We’re almost there.
NOW!!!
DROP ‘EM!!!
BULLSEYE!!!
I just thought of something
How do we get down?
Oh, that’s easy.
You just pull this and let the air out.
Hey! You always knew how to fly this, didn’t you?
You tricked us into going with you.
Yeah
-- but we all had fun, didn’t we?
Sometimes even a mysterious guy like me needs friends to have fun.
Yeah. That’s true.
But you could have just asked us --
He's GONE!
This is a great souvenir.
But I wish Jack had stayed around to share the trophy with us.
Well, he’s half jackrabbit, and jackrabbits are also called hares
and you know what they say about hares.
No, what do they say, Ben?
Hare today -- gone tomorrow!
Get it? Hare... like “here” but it’s HARE!
Oooh, bad joke, Ben.