Original subtitles

[mellow music playing]

I think we're here on the map,

and your mom said Kung Kung is somewhere along the railway here?

[gulps] Oh, boy.

Okay, that is incredibly far away.

No worries! We'll figure it out!

I've never seen you so happy about knowing so little.

Turns out you were right back in Shanghai.

You said I was craving adventure and now as...

The Kid in the Hat, I can admit it--

-I'm craving adventure! -[Gizmo] Whoo-hoo!

With appropriate caution.

[sarcastically] Whoo-hoo. Adventure.

But reality check, this is a mission to save my mom, not an adventure--

[siren wailing]

Chang! I told you no speeding!

And I said I'd try.

But look at this road! How could I not speed?

Pull over. I'll talk to the police.

About the speeding or the illegal rum in the back?

I also crave adventure.

Fine! I'll lose them.

[Sam and Gizmo gasp]

Stop! Stop! There are do's and don'ts to losing cops.

-You're gonna blow a-- -[tire blows]

[air hissing]

Faster! Faster!

Faster? Faster's a "four tire" privilege we don't have!

Up ahead! We could hide there!

No! When we stop, we get stuck.

So if you won't floor it...

-[engine revs] -[grunts]

-[engine accelerating] -[siren wailing]

Stop! You'll blow another tire.

[scoffs] Never lost a police chase yet.

-Let go! -[Elle] You let go!

[intense music playing]

-[Sam] Gizmo, what are you doing? -[Gizmo grunts]

[both gasp]

[rattling]

[Gizmo grunting]

[screams]

[exclaims]

[laughs]

[thudding]

Bye-bye!

See? No need to stop, the tires are--

-[tire blows] -[air hissing]

Do we have to go in after them?

Are you insane? Nothing on earth is worth setting foot in that place.

[sinister music playing]

[thunderclap]

[theme music playing]

[door rumbling, creaking]

[door creaking, thuds]

[all gasp]

Hello? Anyone there? We, uh, blew a few tires!

A museum? I love a museum!

This isn't a museum.

In America, this is how rich people live.

[metallic creaking]

I grew up in an old house. They creak like that. Relax.

[electricity crackling]

[Gizmo whimpers]

Well, I grew up in a shack

and I still know that's weird so,

the cops should be gone, so let's ditch this creepatorium while we can.

[rattling]

[exclaims] This was unlocked a second ago.

[scoffs] Clearly not.

But houses are new to you,

so come on, we can climb out the--

I guess I could try this door.

Huh?

[both scream]

Is that how a rich person lives in America?

[panting] Why would he free some water god?

Sam doesn't even like swimming!

Yet he loves baths. We should never have indulged that.

No, baths are restorative,

you did the right thing.

But Sam will never even lay eyes on Kung Kung.

I will make sure of that!

Probably.

I mean... [chuckles] the only way to catch up with him, Gizmo, and Elle

is by convincing my, uh, ex-associate to help us.

That's why we are here. [chuckles]

-Is your ex-associate a street rat? -[squealing]

[exclaims] Don't let her hear you say that!

She's been watching us since we docked.

[grunts] Got the eyes of a hawk and ears of an owl.

[whimpers] It's impossible to be here

without her coming for me.

Oh, see? See?

-[intense music playing] -[cawing]

You're not afraid of the heights... [chuckles] Are you?

-[cawing] -[screaming]

Rodney? Great. Thank you for sharing your name. I'm Sam.

-Chang is the man restraining you. -[gasps]

And this is my friend--

How long you been in here, nut job?

Oh, no, time is meaningless in Clamp Castle.

All that matters is-- [groaning]

I will never let Lady Clamp get me!

Who is Lady Clamp?

Lady Lillian Clamp?

[stuttering] The electric chairess?

Phantom of Clamp Castle?

The ghost that haunts this place!

[gasps] Our first American ghost!

We don't have time for ghosts. Where's the back door?

Back door? I... [laughs]

Why would I still be here if there was a back door?

-[thuds] -[gasps]

[whirring]

[gasps] No, no.

[narrator] Lillian Clamp, the only daughter to Pendleton and Eliza Clamp,

grew up at the family's beloved Clamp Castle

before a dark tragedy befell the famous family's legacy forever.

After making their first fortune manufacturing electrical outlets,

they became the premiere providers of high-end capital punishment

with Clamp brand electric chairs!

- [rumbling] -[electricity crackling]

[whimpering]

Young lady Clamp fell in love with a charming outsider

and defied her parents by marrying him.

What a darling couple.

But then tragedy!

Driven by insatiable greed,

young lady Clamp's new husband poisoned his in-laws

to snatch up his inheritance early!

To avenge her murdered parents,

Lady Clamp helped land the love of her life

in a Clamp brand electric chair

and an early g-g-grave!

In her remaining years, the widow Clamp used her family's fortune

to renovate Clamp Castle into a death trap!

Anyone who dared steal from her would pay with their lives!

I've never been so glad someone's already dead.

[electricity crackling]

[gasps]

-[electricity buzzing] -[laughing maniacally]

[all gasp]

-No! [screams] -[electricity crackling]

[all gasp]

[laughs maniacally]

-[growls] -[all screaming]

[laughing maniacally]

[whimpers]

[all panting]

-[rumbling] -[light bulbs breaking]

-[roars] -[all scream]

[Sam straining]

-[Gizmo whimpers] -Uh, Kid in the Hat,

how do you beat a ghost that spins furniture?

I don't know! I've only been in America a week!

Whole different supernatural species here.

[intense music playing]

[screams]

-[Gizmo screams] -[growls]

[grunts] Swords tend to work in any country.

[grunts]

Why are rich people's homes always so weird!

-[rumbling] -[all gasp]

-[Elle grunts] -[Sam screams]

-[Chang exclaims] -[Gizmo screams]

-[door slams] -Gizmo! Chang!

Gizmo!

[cawing]

Dad, I have questions. And anger--

[stuttering] This is all part of my plan.

And it's going well!

Uh, we're being held by an air spirit...

[cawing]

Wow! Jingwei! Whoa, you look great.

I forget that air--

You heartless tramp!

Sixty years ago, you disappear in the night--

Hey. I left a note!

You left an "I owe you" for stealing from me!

I once dated a single-horned demon king

and you are still the worst boyfriend I've ever had!

Wow. You dated an air spirit?

And dumped her with a note?

It sounds worse than it was.

And I did not steal anything. [chuckles nervously]

I borrowed one thing.

And I returned it, yes!

Also while I was sleeping.

Sleeping, not sleeping. Does it really matter?

[all together] Yes!

Fine, sweet, beautiful Jingwei...

Ah, you're awake now.

So, let me ask you,

can I borrow the train between worlds whistle,

one more time?

It's just one more time--

[grunting]

Shh!

Despite everything, I kinda like her.

-[door creaking] -[both screaming]

[groans]

Well, that's a waste of a good pool.

Let's find a way out.

Huh. I don't trust anyone with a statue of themselves.

Oh! [coughing]

Uh-oh. You okay?

[man] Junior? Is that you?

Ah, Lai'la. Come here.

Baba...

Huh?

[chattering, straining]

-Baba. -Son.

Is that really you?

My greedy, spoiled disappointment.

Baba?

You always chose a quick buck over family and hard work.

Everything I did was for our family.

Unlike you, I tried to think bigger, have some vision!

Son, all you have is vision.

Your whole life, you have been given everything.

You do not have what it takes to make anything of your own.

[panicked chattering]

[laughs evilly]

[sing-song] Father's got your number!

Get off me, you ugly freak!

[chatters]

No hug? Accept it, your father loved me,

a monster, more than you,

his own progeny!

If you can't find the humor in that--

-I said get away! -[Gizmo whimpers]

[Sam] We have to find Gizmo and Chang.

Gizmo? Chang? Gizmo?

We're back at the entrance?

How'd we get back here? And how are we...

[howling]

Rodney? Are you alive?

Or just a very healthy looking ghost?

Either way, we have questions.

[both gasp]

-Where'd he go? -Time to resume hacking our way

through this mad house to find our friends.

We have to follow Rodney's ghost.

You don't need to impress anyone

with your "Kid in the Hat" act right now, okay?

It's just the two of us, and we really need to save Gizmo

and maybe Chang, so that we can get back to saving my mom.

It's not an act. It's me!

To escape, we have to figure out what's going on here.

That means running towards the scary stuff.

-[thuds] -Sam?

What're you doing? I thought books were your friends.

Real books are, but these are fake.

Ah-ha!

[creaking]

I don't know much about American ghosts,

but I am pretty sure they don't need secret passageways.

[blows raspberry]

[sighs wearily]

[Gizmo panting]

[grunts]

-No! -[grunts]

Noggin, you're gonna pay! [groans]

[grunts]

[whimpering]

[eerie music playing]

[growls]

[whimpers]

[laughing maniacally]

[Gizmo screams]

Die, you snotty, obnoxious monster!

[growling]

[laughing maniacally]

[suspenseful music playing]

Who took the last chocolate bar?

I need my chocolate on my break!

They're not ghosts! I had a feeling.

So it's a fake haunted house?

America is insane!

All right, time to finish up with these kids.

I'll let the little lady know.

[yawns]

[groans]

-Boo! -Ahhh! [howls]

Look, if you want to be a ghost, I can make you a ghost.

We just want to find our friends and get out of here.

[stutters, sighs]

All right, here's the deal.

We are Hollywood special effects and stunt people.

And you fake being ghosts?

To preserve the lore of Clamp Castle!

Also, it's a steady gig.

How do you think we became the number one haunted mansion in the west?

Do you know how hard it is

to maintain that kind of reputation?

Without us scare actors helping her,

annoying thieves and more annoying sightseers

would have overrun this place

and left Lady Clamp with nothing.

Wait. Lady Clamp's alive?

She better be. [chuckles] Tomorrow's pay day!

-Bring us to her. -[gasps]

Jingwei. [chuckles nervously] Jingwei, please!

Just apologize to her.

It's what she wants, and she deserves it!

No, I haven't apologized for anything since I was a little kid.

Oh, I know.

I spent my whole life waiting for one from you.

All those times you promised you'd be home for my birthday?

That the trips would be short?

That you wanted to be with us and not traveling the world?

False promises are easier to let go of,

if you get an apology.

I never meant for you to feel that way.

I care for you. They weren't false promises.

They were what I wanted but I...

I... I'm sorry.

Thanks, Dad.

Now, just like that with Jingwei.

Oh, Jingwei, I want to talk to you.

Face to face. About us.

[caws]

What we had was real and meaningful to me.

But how I ended things didn't make it seem that way, I know.

Jingwei, I'm so sorry.

Will you accept my apology?

Oh, that's all I wanted to hear...

-Whoa. -...before I kill you.

Apology not accepted!

Ahhh!

Cat! A big cat in your birdcage!

[Jingwei screams]

-Stop him! -Ahhh!

Lai'la!

Ahhh! Get that scoundrel! Stop him!

Let's get out of here. Come on!

What happened?

Sometimes an apology isn't enough!

I will have my revenge!!

What is this stuff?

This is how we pull off floor plan shifts,

and door way swaps, and tilting hallways--

You're a real dream factory.

Is this the door?

[grunts]

-[gasps, clears throat] -[glass breaks]

[howling] Be gone!

Save it, LC. They know everything.

What? Oh, Rodney!

If you don't let our friends go, you're going to regret it!

[laughs] These friends?

Oh! [groans]

[gasps]

What are you doing to them?

Are those pit spikes?

What am I doing to them?

What were they going to do to me!

I let one trickster into my life

and my parents died.

All that remains of them is this house,

so I will fight my fear of losing it

with these scoundrels' worst fears!

[laughs maliciously]

Every greedy intruder ends their visit in that room,

gassed with clamp-brand hallucinogen,

so that they can live out their nightmares.

[laughs maniacally]

Ah! My parents would've loved this.

Big fans of ironic punishment.

Once I feel the would-be interlopers are scared straight,

I hit that red button, the exit door opens,

and they run free,

guaranteed to tell everyone to never ever come here.

Oh. You don't actually hurt anyone?

Of course not! That's why the pool's spikes are rubber...

Since last year.

Is the fire rubber too?

Oh! Rodney! Grab water buckets!

[Gizmo snarling, growls]

You meddlesome kids! [screams]

I'm so sorry!

-Chang! -Horrible scamp!

Gizmo! Stop!

Big Arms Lo and Grandma!

Help me kill this monster, will you?

[snarling]

[groans]

[rumbling]

[all grunt]

-[explosion] -[screaming]

You okay?

Just glad that I had the Kid in the Hat by my side today.

[groans] The green mist broke my brain.

[Gizmo whimpers]

Man, thanks to Lady Clamp's surprisingly great taste in tires,

we'll be on the road in no time.

Are you sure you're okay to drive?

Elle says she can if you'd rather--

I'm fine, kid.

Best thing about hallucinations?

All in your head. They don't really mean anything.

[Gizmo squeaks softly]

You do not have what it takes to make anything of your own.

[squeaks, growls]

[whimpers]

LC! Thank the movie gods! We thought we'd lost you.

This is coming out of your paycheck!

[groans]

These tracks don't look like they've been used in years.

Based on the size of the rats, I'd say decades.

Quit worrying about tracks and rats and take a step back.

The train between worlds comes in fast.

[blows whistle]

[rumbling]

-[train horn hooting] -[grunting, groans]

[tires screeching]

[electricity crackling]

[ringing]

[hissing]

[Grandpa] All aboard! [chuckles] Come on.

[squeaking]

[munching, slurping]

[laughs evilly]

Don't mind if I do...

[theme music playing]