[dramatic theme music playing]
[Japanese rock music playing]
[woman singing in Japanese]
[music ends]
So, uh, you think you could beat him?
- Who? The caveman? - Yeah.
Not interested. Sorry.
- But why not? - Rumina.
This guy, "Pickle,"
he's a priceless scientific specimen, y'know?
Like a national monument. Something to be put on display.
[slurps[
Fighting someone like him... [chuckles]
...would be like trying to remodel one of the pyramids, I don't know.
Everyone says that he's even stronger than a T. rex.
Yeah, I've heard. [sighs]
[crunching ice]
I don't get you, Baki.
You'll fight anything, even a praying mantis,
but you don't care about fighting the caveman?
You're right, kid. You don't get me.
I'm not interested in beating every other fighter in the world.
I'm only interested in beating my dad.
But, man, my dad is just so damn strong...
Hmm.
Hmm?
You're doing it again.
[chuckles] Doing what?
Every time you talk to me about your dad, Baki,
you look really happy.
[hesitates, sighs]
Hmm.
I look happy?
[Rumina] You really do.
[narrator] For Pickle,
there was one thought he couldn't get out of his primitive mind.
The memory of what had happened.
He could picture the moment their bodies met.
What puzzled him was what happened next.
That sudden movement.
No opponent had ever done that to him before.
Not that one, or that one,
or even that one.
- Nothing he'd ever faced had done it. - [squawking]
[narrator] It was an unsolvable riddle,
complicating his simple life.
It made Pickle happy.
KUNG FU TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTER
Number... ...nine!
[thwack]
- [gasps] - He smashed just the ninth one!
Seven!
[thwack]
[instructor] Four!
[thwack]
Amazing !
Never seen anything like it.
That's precision!
End of demonstration.
- [impressed gasping] - Incredible!
[Baki] That was really impressive.
You could do it, too, if you just applied yourself.
I dunno.
I'm not too good at the subtle stuff.
So, why have you come today?
You want me to teach you kung fu, then?
Kung fu is such a treasure trove of principles.
Far as I'm concerned,
you're a great master,
no matter what you've done.
Please? Teach me?
Hmm.
[grunts]
No, I won't.
Frankly,
you don't interest me, Baki.
[dramatic music sting]
Why not?
[Retsu] Don't take it personally.
You see, right at this moment, I am interested in absolutely nothing,
and no one,
other than one person.
[grunts softly]
You must know who I mean.
This Jurassic man, the caveman.
- Pickle. - [Retsu] That's right.
[Baki] Not him again.
But, Retsu, Pickle is a--
Yes, I know.
He is a treasure.
A rare specimen.
I am fully aware of all that!
[confused grunt]
I know it's madness to fight him.
To even think about wanting to fight him.
But this feeling that I have,
it's like a hunger.
When I have this strong a desire to fight a man,
it's a lot like love.
I feel I have to know him.
I have to hold him...
Get him in my grip.
It's a passion.
I am burning with a passion to fight this man,
this embodiment of savagery from before time.
These skills I have were developed over 4,000 years.
How will they match up against the skills of a caveman?
I can't even imagine the moves he must have.
That's why I want to fight him.
Why I have to fight him!
[Baki] Unbelievable, I've been dumped.
Pickle, Pickle, Pickle. That's all anyone cares about these days.
Japan's got Pickle on the brain.
[dramatic music sting]
[Baki] I bet it's a pain for him too. Hmm.
[Payne] Captain Strydum and Mitsunari Tokugawa,
thank you both for your concern and cooperation in this project.
[Strydum] Pickle's wellbeing is extremely important,
and not just for research scientists such as yourself, but for all humankind.
So when I hear that he hasn't consumed anything but water for more than a month,
believe me, I'm fully aware of the seriousness of the situation.
We've regarded him as an animal,
when, in fact, he is a proud warrior.
A fierce fighter who craves and thrives on competition.
He won't eat anything that he hasn't fought and killed himself.
Extraordinary!
He's extraordinary all right. That's the problem.
We've tried throwing a Spanish bull in there with him,
a Kamchatka brown bear.
even a lion.
Pickle just sat there.
But they took one look at him, and ran for the hills.
[whoosh]
I've never seen a lion with its tail between its legs before.
In a war between worlds, his beats ours without even fighting.
It all comes down to this.
Let's hope it proves a worthy opponent.
Well, we paid enough for it.
But I guess you expect that when you're buying an endangered species.
I feel bad about it,
but it's for a worthy cause, after all.
[Mitsunari] It hasn't eaten in five days.
It's primed and ready to go!
[Payne] The Siberian tiger.
The most powerful of the big cats.
And this one is 4.7 meters long and weighs 490 kilos.
One of the largest of its kind.
In other words, the most ferocious fighting beast on the planet.
- [Mitsunari] It's enormous! - [Payne] It's almost as big as the bull!
[tiger growling softly]
[growling]
[dramatic music playing]
He's on his feet!
The tiger looks at Pickle as his prey.
Yes, and vice versa.
[snarls]
[impact thuds]
[bones cracking]
Hmm?
[grunts]
Huh?
[loud bang]
[Mitsunari] How horrifying!
'Specially for the tiger.
But that's how it is with Pickle.
Anything that attacks him becomes food in his eyes.
ENDANGERED SIBERIAN TIGER V CULTURAL ASSET PICKLE
[paper rustling]
[sighs heavily]
A species on the verge of extinction has just ended up as a lunchtime snack
for our visiting caveman.
Asked to comment on the controversy,
Professor Albert Payne spoke earlier today.
I understand that many people are upset,
but the very fact that Pickle exists at all
is really a miracle.
However, replicating his Jurassic diet is extremely difficult.
Because of that,
we've had to sit and watch this miracle man starve to death.
Now, I'm fully aware
that the Siberian tiger is an endangered species.
But the fact is,
they're the only thing we've found that Pickle will eat.
So, we can feel sad
that there are only 500 of them left in existence.
But I say we should be grateful there are still 500!
And if every last one of them has to be sacrificed
in order to keep Pickle alive, that's a small price to pay, I say!
After all, a tiger is just a tiger. Pickle is a one-of-a-kind treasure!
The professor's comments drew a quick and angry response
from environmentalists and Animal rights activists everywhere.
Massive protest demonstrations are being planned by social action groups.
MITSUNARI TOKUGAWA
[laughing gleefully]
It seems everybody's got an opinion on this one,
and the police have quite a few questions themselves!
[slurps]
Aah.
So, Sea King Retsu, to what do I owe the pleasure?
You're having trouble finding food for Pickle?
Mmm.
Finding him food that isn't an endangered species, yes.
From what I've heard, he'll only eat
an animal that's strong enough to fight back.
Yes, and that's part of the problem.
These animals must have some kind of survival instinct.
They take one look at Pickle and flee.
Even the lion turned tail and ran.
- [Retsu] Well, then. - Huh?
[Retsu] How do you propose to solve your dilemma, sir?
It's a tricky one.
What do you suggest, Retsu?
Tokugawa,
what if you were to feed me to Pickle?
Huh'?
[dramatic music sting]
But, Retsu...
[reporter] Here he is! Professor Payne, having been questioned by the police,
is just now coming out of the Metropolitan Police Department!
How do you respond to all your critics, sir?
- Nothing to say at this time? - Is a panda next?
Are you ready? We'll put you on record.
[reporters talk over each other]
I have come here to offer myself.
Let me be the caveman's prey.
Yes, well,
I'm not sure feeding him a human's a good idea, Retsu.
But he must be fed.
The professor said it himself,
Pickle's very existence is a miracle.
But letting him eat a human?
We got in enough trouble feeding him a Siberian tiger.
Good sir, do you really assume
that Retsu would meekly allow himself to be eaten?
Huh?
[Retsu] Pickle may look upon me as his prey, but I assure you,
Sea King Retsu is no one's meal.
[grunts, gasps, sighs]
[Retsu] And it would be quite a match.
Huh?
[Retsu] Pickle versus Sea King Retsu!
[wails]
[Payne] What?! Put a human in there with him?
Are you insane?
- [chuckles] - [snickers]
[Payne] Hmm?
[in unison] We've never felt more sane in our life!
Besides, the man freely volunteered for the job.
[footsteps echoing]
[Strydum] It's incredible how he can sleep out in the open like that.
Most animals in the wild find a secure place to hide themselves in
when they go to sleep.
But he lies there like he hasn't a care in the world,
even though he's completely defenseless.
Lions on the savanna sleep like that,
so maybe this sense of confidence comes naturally to Pickle as well.
Only those animals at the very top of nature's food chain
can afford to sleep that way.
It's the sleeping posture of kings.
But, of course,
the Jurassic world he came from wasn't as forgiving as the savanna.
It was a world of ceaseless rivalry, constant danger,
and sudden death.
And yet look at him, lying there so peacefully.
Yes, exactly!
Why would you wanna let a human go up against a sleeping killer like that?
Well, for one thing, it should make for an intriguing match, at the very least.
I agree.
A fight between Pickle's pure, God-given instincts
and Retsu's mastery of 4,000 years of kung fu tradition.
This promises to be an epic battle.
Epic massacre, more like!
He'll be eaten a moment after he wal--
Shut up, Professor, will you?
[Payne splutters]
[narrator] "Shut up"?
Professor Payne had never been told to "shut up" before.
It was a new and puzzling experience for this Nobel laureate.
Now, wait a minute.
I really must insist that you hear me out, gentlemen.
You've seen yourselves what Pickle can do to an opponent!
No human is a match for that combination of muscle mass and savagery!
[all gasp]
[grunt]
[growls softly]
Did I wake him? Was I too loud?
Well, you were a little loud, but I don't think it was you.
It was something else that woke him.
- [tense music playing] - [Pickle growls softly]
He's gotten up to meet the foe!
He's never done that before,
not even for the lion!
He must sense that 4,000 years of kung fu are comin'.
- [Pickle snarls] - [Retsu] Hai!
[narrator] The savage man knew at once he was facing a savagely worthy opponent.
He's really taking up a fighting stance! Well, that's new.
I'll never get this chance ever again!
[Pickle snarling]
For this contest,
I will call upon all my strength and every skill I have ever learned.
[snarling]
So perhaps I was wrong about this fellow.
I've never seen Pickle on the defensive before.
[mystical music sting]
Why's he coming closer to him? What's he doin'?
[Retsu] I'm inside your zone, Pickle.
[snarling ferociously]
[Retsu grunts]
I knew it!
I knew this wouldn't work!
What'd I tell you? The man doesn't stand a chance!
Well, one thing's clear.
Sheer strength alone won't cut it.
I'll have to use all my tricks!
[growling angrily]
[Retsu] Hi-yah!
[Retsu grunting]
Hi-yah!
- [Strydum] Is it over? - [Mitsunari] Already?
Wait, is Pickle crying?
[whimpering]
[Retsu] He took that kick full in the face.
A normal man would have died.
All he did was fall on his butt.
Well, all I can say to that is...
Well done!
- [dramatic music playing] - [Pickle growling]
[Pickle snarls]
- [Retsu grunts] - [whimpers]
[Payne] Impossible!
A human overpowering Pickle?!
Huh!
[grunts]
[grunting]
Yah!
Right on the button.
That was six clean blows straight to the chin!
It's inconceivable the amount of damage his brain must have suffered.
It should be mush by now!
Ah, such bliss!
Please don't let it be over already!
[strangled gasping]
[whimpering]
[growls softly]
[Retsu groans]
[purrs softly]
- [snarling] - [groans loudly]
[in unison] Pickle bit him!
[choked gasp]
[growling]
[in unison] He's... he's eating him!
[pained gasping]
[grunts loudly]
[snarls loudly]
[pained groaning]
My punches have no effect!
That's me he's chewing on!
[grunting]
[gasps]
- A-ha, that means... - Huh?
He's finally taking the gloves off.
Now, with both his feet and his fists, he's fighting bare-knuckled.
[Retsu] You bastard.
How dare you eat me...
[yells] ...and cry!
[Retsu grunts loudly]
[grunts]
[gasps]
All my skills,
everything I've learned,
4,000 years of history
have no effect on him!
Is it possible that a world exists
where the martial arts have become useless?
Then farewell, 4,000 years.
I will abandon all those skills.
If the world has changed, then so will I.
Sea King Retsu.
That was the name given to me by my master when I was initiated into these arts.
But if I am to save myself,
I must become once again Eishu Retsu,
the name my father gave me!
The name my mother gave me!
Eishu Retsu will save Sea King Retsu!
Hold on. What kind of pose is that?
No idea.
[Retsu] Must swallow my pride.
[yelling menacingly]
[narrator] The windmill punch.
He abandoned all strategy, tactics, skill, and efficiency,
and instead relied on pure emotion,
channeling his rage into this.
Probably the oldest weapon of last resort in human history.
[Retsu wailing]
[narrator] But the results were...
[wailing angrily]
You're kidding.
Are those really windmill punches he's throwing?
What is he, a five-year-old having a temper tantrum?
[narrator[ For Pickle, this was very confusing.
He was being attacked, so of course he fought back.
And when he fought, he fought with all his strength,
even against an attacker who was so pathetic.
[gasps]
- He's back to kung fu! - Aah!
[Retsu] What's wrong with me? Why did I do that?
I told myself I wasn't going to use any moves, or tactics,
or skills...
[grunts]
I did it again!
[grunts]
[snarling]
- He's back again! - Attaboy.
[Retsu] Wha-- What's that?
[male voice echoing] Retsu... Retsu...
[Retsu gasps]
[male voice] You coldhearted fool.
Why are you so coldhearted, Retsu?
[gasps]
[Retsu] What is this? Who are you?
[figure laughs] You don't know?
I am you, Retsu.
Or the you you aim to be.
I am the you that you want to become.
I am the Sea King Retsu.
[Retsu] Is this my ideal self?
I'm disappointed.
You abandoned the martial arts
when you decided to use the windmill punch in this battle.
But the martial arts didn't abandon you.
[gasps]
[Retsu's ideal self] You're being tested, Retsu.
You need to trust in yourself.
Forget about shouldering the burden
of 4,000 years of history.
Surrender to your body.
If you do not,
you will never be capable of shouldering anything ever again.
Ever again.
- [snarls] - [Retsu] Trust in myself.
[thrilling music playing]
- [snarling] - [Retsu] Trust in my martial arts.
Trust in them completely.
[Retsu grunts]
[pained snarling]
[whimpering]
- [Retsu] Don't doubt yourself. -[snarls]
- [Retsu] Have complete faith in yourself. - [pained snarl]
[Retsu] Entrust everything.
Everything...
[Pickle groaning]
[snarls angrily]
...to the bosom of the martial arts.
[excited groaning]
[Retsu]That's what it means
to shoulder the burden
of 4,000 years of history!
[grunts]
[dramatic theme music playing]
[music fades out]