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See production notesIn October 1959, in the fictional town of Oakton City, a squirrel named Surly and his rat partner Buddy reside in Liberty Park where their thieving reputation has made them outcasts from a group of urban animals led by Raccoon and his assistant Cardinal, who are currently running low on food for the upcoming winter. To solve the situation, two squirrels, Andie and Grayson, are assigned to scavenge from a nut cart ran by two men named Lucky and Fingers, who are casing a bank. Andie and Grayson run into Surly and Buddy, who are also trying to rob the cart but their scuffle inadvertently ends with the cart's propane tank exploding in the park and destroying the food supply, resulting in Surly's banishment from the park, much to his dismay. In the city however, Surly and Buddy find Maury's Nut Shop which is just adjacent to the bank, it is a criminal hideout used by Lucky, Fingers, their boss, Percy "King" Dimpleweed, who was recently released from jail and his assistant Knuckles. They plan to break through the wall and replace the bank's cash with nuts, though King's girlfriend Lana believes that King has gone straight after his release from prison and the nut store is legitimate. Meanwhile, Surly and Buddy plan to rob the place. At the park, Andie and Grayson head into the city to find more food but they get separated when a street rat approaches and attacks them and Andie is left alone. The next day, Andie comes across the nut shop and confronts Surly, forcing him to share the nuts he plans to take. Surly accepts and unwittingly befriends Fingers' pet pug Precious after threatening her with a dog whistle. Andie returns to the park and informs the community of the plan, to which Raccoon accepts, though planning to deny Surly his share, and assigns Mole and the Bruisers to go with Andie. Grayson returns to the group, having become paranoid after his encounter with the rat, and Surly catches Mole sabotaging the heist, promptly interrogating and learning from Mole of Raccoon's plan to control the food supply in order to remain as the park community's leader. Surly attempts to tell the others but when they don't believe him, he angrily storms off and Buddy stays behind. While collecting the nuts on his own, Surly is captured by King but is freed by Lana, who has found out about his plan to rob the bank. After fending off the street rats who actually work for Raccoon, Surly and Grayson team up and chase the criminal gang's getaway truck, which carries Raccoon and the others. Surly fights off Raccoon's Cardinal, and Mole defects from Raccoon and reveals the truth to the animals, resulting in Raccoon being voted out of the park community. King and Knuckles use the dynamite inside the empty truck to blow up a police barricade at a dam, but the police shoot a tire on the truck that causes it to fall from the dam. It explodes after Surly gets himself and Andie off it, causing the dam to collapse, a flash flood to happen, and everyone falling into the river below. Surly makes it onto a log, but finds out that Raccoon, King, and Knuckles survived the explosion. Raccoon tries to kill Surly but the weight of nuts and water break the log, sending both of them over a waterfall. The animals arrive to rescue them, but Surly, in a moment of selflessness, lets himself fall into the waterfall with Raccoon. Now seeing the good side of Surly, the group mourns him as they float home in the river. The nuts flood their way into Liberty Park, where King and his associates are arrested, and Lana breaks up with King, while simultaneously taking ownership of his nut shop. Precious discovers Surly's unconscious body and alerts Buddy, who lays beside him in grief, and speaks for the first time. Surly eventually wakes up and hugs Buddy, with Andie finding him moments later, embracing him and suggesting to tell the other animals of his heroism. However, Surly declines, allowing Grayson and the team to take credit for saving the park, while also agreeing to work with them from now on, and he and Buddy give Andie one last goodbye before going back into the city. In a mid-credits scene, Raccoon and Cardinal are revealed to still be alive and are plotting revenge, while stuck on a buoy in the ocean, surrounded by hungry sharks circling them to still.
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See all quotesFingers: What's his problem? Lucky: [about King's betrayal] You'll never get away with this. Lana: Percy "King" Dimpleweed, you and I are officially through. Sarge: I need to see your vendor permits. Redline: WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!
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Raccoon: The tally is in! The food collected in the trunk of our oak tree... [the other animals gasp] ...will not be enough to carry us through winter. Redline: [as the other animals chatter in disappointment] I knew it, we're gonna die! Raccoon: Settle down! Settle down now, please! Sparrow: RACCOON! Mole: Shh! Raccoon's giving a speech. Raccoon: [as he descends from the trunk] Though this outlooks appears disheartening... Sparrow: EXCUSE ME! ANDIE AND GRAYSON ARE... Mole: Tee-tee-tee-tee! Sparrow: YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO ME! Mole: Ba-ba-ba-ba! Raccoon: [turns to the animals] ...this park will persevere! Take heart, park brethren. [the other animals look behind Raccoon] There is hope. Sparrow: RACCOON!!! Mole: [grabs the Sparrow] Quiet! [repeats thrice] Sparrow: I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO POINT OUT THAT... [laughs nervously] Raccoon: Grayson's never let us down before. I believe he's on his way, right at this very moment, carrying... Mole: [drops the Sparrow] FLAMING CART OF NUTS!!!
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Surly: Ha-ha! I got 4 words for you. Precious: Okay! Surly: THING-A-MA-BOOBY! Precious: AAH!!! Surly: How you like that, huh? Precious: Okay, you win! You win! Get that thing outta my face! You got me. Surly: So you can talk? Precious: Okay, I'll stop talking. Just don't blow that whistle. Surly: I'm not gonna feel sorry for you. Precious: Of course, yes, I understand. Surly: Stay! [to Buddy and Andie] Alright, it's safe to come down! Precious: I'm gonna level with you 'cause you seem like a reasonable guy. If I don't get rid of you, they're gonna send me back to the pound. Alright? And I can't go back to that pound! Surly: Oh, yeah, sure, I believe you. Precious: No, I'm a victim of circumstance! Surly: Not my problem, dog. [to Andie] Are you guys okay? Don't worry about her. Andie: This is incredible! [climbs a barrel] There's enough food here to feed the park for years! Surly: [as Andie has a snack] Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What are you doing?! Precious: Look, can we be friends?
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King: We cut the alarm wire from the tunnel. When you 2 hit the vault, we got 3 minutes to dynamite it and get that dough out. Surly: We dig here, from the alley into the basement. Jimmy: [points to the coal chute] Why don't we just use the door thing? Surly: Too unpredictable. They lock it from the inside. Now listen closely. King: We fill the vault with bags o' nuts, we seal it, we head for state lines. It'll be days before the bank realizes they got peanuts on deposit. Agreed? Mole: Agreed, but I do not dig. Johnny: 'Cause you're blind as a bat! Mole: [gets agitated] WHAT?! Who said that? Where are you? Fingers: What kind of haul we talkin', pops? Surly: We're talkin' almonds, pistachios, walnuts, Brazils. King: Enough cashews to buy yourselves a racetrack. Surly: And did I mention the peanut brittle? Johnny: Is that a candy or a nut? Surly: [chuckles] Both. [brief silence for 2 seconds] Mole: [bumps Jamie's shoulder] Ha ha! King: Now listen up. This is my last heist. I ain't goin'
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Raccoon: [sees Andie handing out nuts] I didn't authorize and handouts, did I? Mole: You know Andie. [digs through bounty] It was her idea. Raccoon: Are you looking for these? [hands Mole a pair of sunglasses, he grabs them] I know Andie. She lacks obedience. Can't follow orders. Mole: But she follows Surly. [Raccoon raises his ear] Y'know, he even tamed that guard dog. He could actually pull this off. Raccoon: [snaps his fingers, Cardinal snatches the sunglasses from Mole] The day Surly saves this park is the day nuts will rain from the skies! Hmm, there could be an accident. [Cardinal spits out the sunglasses, then pushes the hatch lid, Mole screams in pain] Have you considered sabotage? Mole: What? Hey, what's gotten into you? It's only Surly. A 2-bit trashcan thief. Raccoon: It's not about thievery; it's about that food getting to those animals. [sighs briefly] Have you forgotten my motto? [Cardinal steps forth] "Animals are controlled by the amount of food they have." Both: "It is
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The Rat: [the rats seize Surly] Hold him down! Hold him down! That's it! Ha ha ha! Raccoon: Well, what do we have here? [walks to Surly] A hero or a thief? Surly: You think you can starve the park to stay in control? Mole told me everything. Mole: What? What's he talking about? [chuckles] I didn't say anything! He's loopy! Yeah. Cuckoo, you know, nuts. Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Raccoon: Is this another one of your swindles? Some half-baked revenge against me? [Surly grunts] It's something else, isn't it? You're trying to impress. Grayson, perhaps? Andie? [Surly looks surprised] Oh, I see. No matter. My accomplices will take care of them soon enough. Surly: [tries to get free] They don't follow me. They hate me. They hate me! Raccoon: Maybe, but I can't leave any evidence, Surly. [Cardinal lands on his shoulder] Every good thief knows that. Mole: Hey, this is getting a little crazy, don't you think? I mean... Raccoon: [interrupting Mole] Maybe we'll finish you off next! And where's that shiny
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