♪ Demons come from every side ♪
♪ In the darkness is the light ♪
♪ Out of the shadows of my life ♪
♪ In the darkness is the light ♪
♪ Surrender will win the fight ♪
♪ This girl's walked on fire and ice ♪
♪ But I come out On the other side of paradise ♪
♪ Paradise ♪
[Annie] Magic, the black art.
Some call it deception or sleight of hand,
simple entertainment for night clubs or television shows,
or your father making a quarter come out of your ear...
But there are those who believe.
Who believe in the power of conjuring.
Who believe that walking among us are true magicians.
We've all seen tricks we can't explain,
but we know it is just a trick, right?
It must be.
There's always an answer, isn't there?
Because otherwise,
it would mean that there are some very, very powerful people walking among us.
[birds chirping]
[Jack] Okay, Ned, check it out.
[Ned] I'm a little busy right now, Jack.
[Jack] All right, pick one, any one.
[Ned sighs]
[Ned] All right.
Remember your card and place it anywhere in the deck.
Okay.
I'm curious. Does this happen to be your card?
Well... it's the same color as the one I picked.
[Annie chuckles]
Harry Houdini said there's only three rules for doing magic:
-Practice-- -Practice, practice.
-Yeah, you told me. -[Molly laughs]
[Carey] Did you get it right yet?
Almost.
Yeah, well, Jack, "almost" only counts in--
-Horseshoes. Yeah, you told me. -[laughs]
Come on, you guys, let's go.
Well, it's the Phillips Band.
Unplugged and underway.
Oh, yes, yes. I saw your show, enjoyed it very much...
Very much. [chuckles]
[Molly] Thank you, um...
Oh, Incanto. The--The Great Incanto.
[menace music playing]
I'm sorry. I guess I missed your show.
You must be a magician.
Yes, yes, my good lady, I am a magician.
Yeah, I think I've heard about you. You're supposed to be really great.
-Oh. -[Carey] So what do we call you?
Do we call you "Great" or just "Mr. Incanto?"
Well, actually, my friends call me Ink--
[clears throat] Incanto. Just simply Incanto.
[Incanto] You know, I was wondering
If I could impose upon you guys for a favor.
[Jack] Uh, shoot.
I could really use a lift. Only to the next town.
Oh, wow.
Oh, wait. Um, actually,
we're not so hot on taking on riders.
Are we, Mom?
Ah...
I could really use a lift, but...
-[magical tinkling] -...I'm pressed for time.
[Molly and Incanto laugh]
I suppose we could make an exception for a fellow performer.
Go grab your bags. We ought to have room.
Oh, no, this is it.
This is all I have. Let's go. [laughs]
Wow, I thought I traveled light.
[Carey exhales]
[engine revs]
[steps approaching]
[man] You can run all you want, Inky, but you can't hide.
[eerie music playing]
[tinkling and swishing]
[gasps]
[laughs]
I can usually figure out how these tricks are done, but these...
Oh, no, it's really very easy.
Don't touch that, please.
Sorry.
[Jack] Hey, uh...
I can do a trick.
Yeah, try it on me.
-Yeah, go ahead, Jack. -[exhales]
[Ned] Stick to "Pick a color."
You've got 50-50 odds. [chuckles]
[laughs] Go for it, Jack.
Okay, you've probably seen this card trick like, a zillion times,
but... all right...
[inhales] Pick a card, any card.
Hmm.
Alrighty, now, remember that card and place it anywhere in the deck.
Okay, buddy, here comes the tricky part.
[exhales sharply]
I'm curious. Does...
this happen to be your card?
Uh, no.
Ah...
[Jack sighs]
Guess Houdini was right.
Well, that wasn't my card, but...
the rest of them are.
-[gasps] -[Jack] That's amazing.
How did you do-- Oh, yeah, that's right.
You can't tell... Magician's code.
Sure, there's a trick to it, but the hardest part
is believing you can do it.
Well, since Jack's too embarrassed to ask, I'll ask for him.
Would you teach him some tricks?
[Incanto] Ah, my very own apprentice?
I was once an apprentice myself.
[clicks tongue] I'd be happy to teach you some tricks, my boy.
-Excellent. -[Incanto chuckles]
Okay.
[Annie] Get some extra funny fries!
[Jack] I'll have a super funny cheeseburger, please.
[all speaking at once]
[man on speaker] Welcome to Funny Burger. May I take your order, please?
Yeah, I'd like, um... one number two, three number ones,
one number three, mega-sized...
[man on speaker] Anything to drink with that?
Uh, four colas,
one tropical punch, and a chocolate shake.
One number two, three number ones,
one number three, mega-sized,
a double funny burger with cheese,
four colas, a tropical punch, and a chocolate shake.
That's right.
That's $12.24.
$12.24.
What...
-Now, that's magic. -[laughs]
And then slowly pull the handkerchief off your hand,
-and... -[magical tinkling]
-[croaking] -[Annie] Wow, a frog.
Wow.
[laughs]
Man, this is ridiculous.
Just try it.
[inhales] Okay...
And...
-Surprise, surprise. -[laughs]
[Annie] I don't know, Jack.
Maybe this magic stuff just isn't your thing.
[Incanto] The problem is, you're not believing you can do it.
You've always got to think to yourself:
"I believe.
I believe. I believe..."
Well, if I don't have a frog up my sleeve, I can believe all I want,
it's not going to make any difference.
[Incanto] Well, you'd be surprised.
Ah, you'll understand when you're older, my boy.
Exactly how old are you?
Hey, guys, look at that.
[Jack] Oh, she must be having trouble with her car.
Let's go help her.
[Incanto] Are you sure we have time for this?
I mean, we should be on the road, don't you think?
She's probably called the Auto Club.
Uh, excuse me.
[Jack] Hi.
Is there a problem?
[woman] I think the battery's dead.
I don't understand
how so many bad things could happen all at once.
My good luck charm has never let me down.
Did you call the Auto Club?
Yes. They said it would be two hours.
[Jack] Oh.
Well, we might have some jumper cables on the bus.
-I'll go look. -Well, we should probably get going.
I was supposed to pick up my granddaughter
at day camp 30 minutes ago.
Well, do you know anything about cars?
-Nope. -My poor granddaughter.
Oh, all right.
Let me take a look at it.
Don't worry. Everything will be okay.
It will be okay.
[sighs]
[tinkling]
[electric buzz]
[sizzle]
[fizzing]
[Incanto] Must have been static electricity.
[grunts]
[engine turning over]
You did it. You got it to start.
[clacking]
[thin voice] He's coming, you know...
He's coming, and he will find you.
[evil laughter]
Did that doll just--
[Incanto] No, no. Come on, we've got to get going.
Hey, how'd you get the car to start?
Uh, corrosion on the leads.
Just wasn't making enough of a connection.
[thump]
Some good luck charm!
[engine revs]
[crickets chirping]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Annie exhales] Can't sleep?
I can sleep.
I just don't want to right now.
[scoffs]
Listen, I know all about static electricity.
I mean, I get shocks rubbing my stocking feet on carpeting.
But that was not static electricity you used on that lady's car.
All right.
[clears throat] How could I have done it?
[Annie] Magic.
Come on, Annie.
You don't believe in magic...
[Incanto] Not real magic.
But I thought you were the one who said we need to believe.
[Incanto scoffs] That was just for Jack,
to inspire him. It's all hogwash.
You started that woman's car with a dead battery.
Okay? That's no card trick.
And then that doll talked. I mean, I'd say it was magic.
All right. [exhales]
I have certain... abilities.
Normally, I don't like having an audience around,
but that lady was in trouble and I didn't have much of a choice.
But you don't understand.
Okay, but why don't you want people to know about your ability?
[Jack] Well, so much for sleep.
[clears throat]
Hey, what's up, guys?
Hey, um...
Are you teaching Annie tricks, too?
Yeah, I'm learning all sorts of stuff.
[Carey yawns]
[clears throat]
Am I missing the party?
Incanto and I were just talking about his good deed this afternoon.
-Look, can we just not talk about... -[glass jangling]
[Incanto] Oh...
[panting] Oh, spilled pepper...
Bad omen.
-I thought that was salt? -Yeah, bad luck.
Omens and luck are two different things.
Way different...
[gasps]
[sneezes]
-[quacking] -[Incanto] Oh no.
Wow. So you had this duck, like, where, in your bag?
Oh, wait, don't tell me. Wait until we're alone.
You did not mean to do this, did you?
No. Kind of a magical backfire.
That was an amazing trick.
[scoffs] Well, of course it was.
This is The Great Incanto.
[disembodied voice] No!
[swishing]
[mysterious music playing]
[swirling and swishing]
I am The Great Incanto.
Give it back!
[swirling and swishing]
[disembodied sigh]
[coughing]
I have got a lot to learn.
Look, you guys, it's probably not such a good idea
if you let your mom or dad in on this.
You're not the real Incanto, are you?
Annie, the guy just made a talking face.
Of course, he's the Great Incanto.
[Incanto] No.
No. No, I'm not.
Well, then who are you?
My real name's George, but everybody calls me Inky.
I... I was the Great Incanto's apprentice.
Was his apprentice?
Well, what happened?
I figured I had learned as much as I needed to know,
that I could go solo.
I think you graduated a little too early, buddy.
Look, I had to go.
I never cared about the fame, or...
Or riding around in limousines, or the money, not like he did.
[Inky] I always wanted to use my abilities to help people, you know,
like the lady in the car a hundred miles back.
Yeah, but why would Incanto have a problem with that?
[Annie] I don't get it.
Maybe The Incanto has a problem
with this?
You stole his bag of tricks?
"Stole" is a very strong word.
Borrowed with intent to return, you know, like a library book.
And now the real Great Incanto wants it back.
-[Inky pants] -[Jack] Fantastic.
The great Inky is about to become the late Inky.
You guys,
it's almost daylight. What is the powwow about?
[quacking]
[quacking continues]
Okay... I'm going to go back to bed,
and all of this will be clear in the morning.
[door closes]
[suspenseful music playing]
[sniffs]
[Inky] Look, the face in that pepper must have took a lot of energy, so...
Okay, wait a second.
The first time Incanto spoke was when he made that doll talk.
[Annie] That was after you fixed that woman's car,
and the second time Incanto appeared
was when your sneeze made that duck appear.
So whenever I do magic--
It's like a signal Incanto can pick up on.
He has no idea where you are exactly,
but he knows when you're using his magic.
So he can't be too far away.
[Inky] I knew it would come to this sooner or later.
I was just hoping it would be later.
You know, here I set out to help people, and all I do
is end up putting people's necks on the line
along with mine.
[snaps finger] I've got it.
The pepper must be magnetized.
[Inky pants]
Jack...
[sneezes]
Yes, that's right, Inky.
Do some magic tricks to entertain the folks.
[laughs]
[pants]
I was afraid.
That's how it all started.
[Annie] Afraid?
Of Incanto?
Of who I'd be without this bag.
I don't want to go back to being just plain Inky.
Or worse, just plain George.
So you want to be a superhero?
Without this bag, I'm just some kid with 101 card tricks up his sleeve.
That's why I took his bag.
But, Inky, you don't need magic to do good things.
I don't know.
[Annie] You don't.
How do you think the rest of the world manages?
[Jack] Still sneezing?
Maybe we should be doing more than preventing sneezes.
[Carey] Maybe we should call, like, the state troopers
or the police or something, and just fess up?
[Jack] No. We can't turn him over to the police.
Listen, guys, if Incanto isn't feeling well,
maybe you three should just give him some peace and quiet.
Oh, no. No, it's okay, Ms. Phillips, really.
All right. Well, then at least let some fresh air in.
-No, no, no, close the window. -[sneezes]
[tinkling]
-[sneezes] -[tinkling]
-[sneezes] -[bagpipe sings]
-[Inky sneezes] -[tinkling]
[sneezes]
Hello, Inky.
[evil laughter]
[sighs]
[exhales] That's it.
I've got to get a real night's sleep.
-[sneezes] -[Hawaiian music playing]
Hello.
Inky, you've got to stop.
[Carey and Jack] No. No, no.
[sneezes]
-[Inky] I'm sorry. I've got allergies. -[Carey sighs]
Allergies to what?
Uh, ragweed, dust, pollen, dirt,
trees, broccoli, sugar, flour, oranges, I mean...
everything. The pepper must have started it.
Please, Inky. He'll find you.
-[sneezes] -[tinkling]
[sigh of relief] Phew... Nothing that time.
[repressed laughter]
What?
[thunder]
Are you sure this is the place?
[Ned] I don't get it.
The signs on the road were brand-spanking-new.
All of them.
[scoffs] Well, obviously, there must be another
Sleepy Head Motel around here somewhere.
Maybe he can point us in the right direction.
-Who? -Him.
[thunder]
[brakes creak]
How are you all doing, folks? What can I do for you?
We thought there was a motel here.
Well, there used to be, but it closed down a while ago.
The signs looked brand-new.
[policeman] I doubt that, sir.
The place's been closed almost a year.
Ain't no signs left that I know of, and...
I've got to tell you, I've been up and down this route
about a thousand times.
I'm telling you, I--
[policeman] Is everything okay with you folks?
You, uh... You need any help?
No. No, we're fine.
Thank you.
Oh...
By the way, you folks seen anyone hitchhiking lately?
[policeman] We just got a report of a young kid on the run
with stolen property, his...
His boss just called.
[Molly] A hitchhiker?
You mean like out on the side of the road?
[indistinct chatter]
[hushing]
Well, sorry to bother you.
-You all have a good one. -[crash]
[thunder]
Someone there?
[Inky] I am.
Well...
Lot of folks looking for you, boy.
Like who?
Well...
like...
Me.
Master.
What's going on out there?
[metallic clank]
[Ned snores]
[Incanto] Inky, Inky, Inky.
Just the two of us now.
Actually, there are three of us.
[Incanto] All is too pure of heart.
Surrounding yourself with friends,
hoping that they can protect you.
[Incanto] Did you tell them
that aside from being a mediocre magician,
you're also a thief?
It was wrong of me to take your satchel.
Then give it to me.
I can't do that.
You'll only do bad things with it.
You don't know how to use it.
It's too powerful for you.
I'll learn.
Yes...
[Incanto] You'll learn.
[echoing] You just need a little time.
[Incanto] You'll understand when you're older.
Come with me.
I'll teach you everything.
You could be very powerful,
do a great many good deeds.
[evil laughter]
[thump]
You are a powerless, foolish little boy, George.
You have meddled with powers far beyond your understanding,
and now you will pay the price.
[sizzling]
[Annie] You have to believe.
Inky... you have to believe.
I believe.
[intense music playing]
[Inky] I believe.
I believe.
That's impossible.
It's empty!
Not for long.
[whirling]
[groans]
[Incanto screams]
[Annie] Are you all right?
Me? Yeah.
[Inky] I'm fine. Thank you.
For what?
You're the one who had the guts to leave your master
-in the first place. -[Inky exhales]
And the guts to believe.
Yeah, but you were the one that reminded me
that I was missing the biggest trick of all.
A little confidence in myself.
What fun would it be if people didn't learn
a few new tricks every day?
[laughs]
[upbeat music playing]
[chuckles]
Come on, let's go.
[indistinct chatter]