Manhattan Maneater/Transcript

Transcript for The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest series episode .

Manhattan
''A man walks through Manhattan at night. He opens a case and assembles a rifle. An animal growls unseen through the alleys until it comes upon the man, who loads his gun and pursues. A white tiger emerges and attacks the man, who screams.''

Plaza Hotel suite
''The next morning, newspapers hit the streets. The New York Gazette headline reads: "City Slayer Strikes Again!"''

In his hotel room, Jonny reads the newspaper aloud to Dr. Quest and Hadji.

Jonny gestures to a large selection of books, presumably assigned reading.

Crime scene
''Out on the streets of Manhattan, a crowd has gathered near a recent crime scene. A camera crew is there. Jonny and Hadji are in the crowd.''

Jonny runs forward.

Jonny runs into a police officer.

The camera crews are wrapping up, packing up their equipment and heading back to their vans.

Jonny picks up a camera cable like he's helping.

Hadji joins Jonny.

Vince notices Jonny and Hadji, and points them out.

He pulls out two pre-signed pictures of himself and hands to Jonny.

''Jonny throws the autographed photos into a trash can. Two police officers walk by, talking.''

Hadji is surprised.

Hotel
That night, Hadji sleeps fitfully, dreaming, remembering what was said earlier that day, and having a vision of the tiger.

Hadji goes into Jonny's room as Jonny sleeps.

Hadji pulls out a map of Manhattan.

Subway
Jonny and Hadji investigate the subway.

Disused tunnels
Hadji and Jonny continue searching through the disused tunnels.

The ground around them shakes.

They continue looking.

In the distance, a tiger scratches a door.

Men start coming out from the depths of the tunnels.

''The men brandish weapons, like a pipe and chains, and begin approaching Jonny and Hadji. They're grabbed from behind and they fight. Jonny is knocked on the head with a pipe and falls to the ground. As he looks up at his attackers, a white tiger appears and attacks their attackers. In the commotion, Hadji's attacker releases him and Jonny gets up.''

''The boys run. As they flee up stairs, the tiger begins to follow them, but turns away as a train passes.''

Central Park press conference
''Jonny, Hadji, and Dr. Quest make public statements at a press conference. The press shout questions to them.''

Hadji steps back from the microphones and Dr. Quest steps up.

A helicopter arrives and a man drops down by a rope.

Quest Compound
''Race and Jessie watch the news coverage from the Quest Compound. Race turns off the TV.''

Apartment
Three men (Karl and his two friends) watch the news from a dilapidated apartment building.

Bar
In a bar, other men watch the same news coverage.

Plaza Hotel
Race and Jessie have joined the Quest team in their suite.

Cafe
That evening, Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji sit in a cafe.

Central Park
''Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji walk through Central Park. A man steps out in front of them.''

Central Park
Mr. Mojo opens his trenchoat to show his wares.

Jonny and Hadji sigh in relief that he isn't attacking them.

The man scowls and walks off.

Three more men approach: Karl and his two friends.

Police station
Dr. Quest and Race speak with an officer.

Race leads Dr. Quest away.

Manhattan streets
Karl and his friends have taken Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji to another part of town.

The man walks up to Hadji and grabs his collar.

Karl's apartment
The man in the black shirt from the bar meets with Karl in his apartment.

''The man in the black shirt leaves. Karl goes over to Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji.''

Quest Helicopter
Dr. Quest and Race circle Manhattan in the Quest Helicopter.

Disused tunnels
Karl and his friends make Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji lead them through the disused subway tunnels.

''As they continue, they hear a growling. The white tiger appears and jumps forward. Jonny sees an opening in the floor and gets an idea.''

''He throws a pipe at the tiger to get its attention. It turns from Karl and charges Jonny, who tricks the tiger into falling into the opening in the floor, trapping it.''

Everyone comes over to look down at the trapped tiger.

''The tiger tries to jump out, but fails. It looks up at Karl.''

Ad Vance studio phone call
Vince is on the phone as his assistant fixes his hair for the camera.

In the disused tunnels, Karl is on the other end of the call.

Karl holds the phone out over the tiger as it growls.

In his studio, Vince pulls the phone away from his ear at the sudden noise.

Karl hands the phone to Jonny.

Jonny takes the phone.

Karl grabs him and pulls the phone away.

Vince writes things down while on the phone.

Disused tunnels
Unwatched, Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji lift a large metal grate and bring it over to where the tiger is trapped.

''The three do just that, dropping the grate into the enclosure and running. The tiger uses the grate to escape. Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji hide, and the tiger runs as a train passes.''

''Karl and his two friends return along with Vince Vance, his camera crew, and DB Graves. Vince is reporting to the camera.''

Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji sit waiting for their arrival.

At Jonny's smile, Karl runs over to where the tiger was trapped before.

''The tiger growls nearby. Graves readies his rifle.''

They turn on a floodlight the crew had brought with them.

Jessie runs forward to stop them, but Karl's blond friend knocks her down.

Karl looks up at the tiger, stepping forward.

Karl sees his reflection in the tiger's eyes.

Graves places his finger on the trigger.

Karl steps in front of Graves' shot.

''Jonny steps up beside Karl, blocking Graves from shooting. Karl's friends, Jessie, and Hadji join them.''

''Vince pushes the camera aside, knocking back the camerman and causing the camera to shatter, startling the tiger. A gunshot goes off and the tiger leaps down, knocking the rifle from Graves' hands. After a few steps, the tiger slows.''

Graves reaches for his dropped rifle, but Race, who has just arrived, steps on his hand.

The tiger collapses.

Race places Grave's rifle between twp pipes and bends it, letting it spring back to Graves.

Race grabs Vince's mic and shoves it in his mouth, knocking him down.

''Race walks up to the tiger and the others. Karl kneels beside the tiger, stroking its fur.''

Race kneels next to Karl and the tiger, and pulls a tranquilzer dart from the tiger's fur.

''Quest Map. Departure: Manhattan. Destination: Darjuna National Forest.''

Darjuna National Forest
''The Quest team have taken the Chinook helicopter. The tiger is in a crate, ready to be released into the jungle. Karl and his friends are also there.''

''Karl opens the crate. The tiger springs out and runs into the jungle.''