# E57 - The Human-Powered Aircraft Rhapsody
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQWZ3W/the-human-powered-aircraft-rhapsody)
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**[00:04] sign**
Minky Momo
**[00:04] sign**
Fairy Princess
**[01:15] sign**
The Human-Powered
Aircraft Rhapsody
**[01:17] Momo**
"The Human-Powered Aircraft Rhapsody."
**[01:23] Momo**
Love, love Minky Momo! That's me!
**[01:28] Mama**
What will I do?
**[01:30] Mama**
Oh, what a difficult situation...
**[01:32] Momo**
Hi, Mama.
**[01:34] Momo**
What's got you so down?
**[01:35] Mama**
Aunt Audrey asked me for a favor.
**[01:38] Mama**
She wants us to serve as the superintendent
of her apartment complex for one week.
**[01:42] Momo**
Superintendent of an apartment complex?
**[01:44] Momo**
That sounds fun!
**[01:46] Mama**
But your papa's working at the zoo,
and I have to run the pet shop...
**[01:50] Momo**
Hey, hey, Mama! Let me handle it!
**[01:53] Mama**
I suppose I could...
**[01:54] Mama**
But I feel bad for always
relying on you, Momo.
**[01:58] Momo**
Hey, don't worry about that.
**[02:01] Momo**
Consider yourselves lucky to have
such a loyal and faithful daughter!
**[02:06] Mama**
I suppose I should.
**[02:07] Mama**
I'll let you handle it, then!
**[02:09] Mama**
But are you sure you can handle it?
**[02:11] Mama**
Aunt Audrey's apartment complex is full
of eccentric characters...
**[02:16] Momo**
Hey, I'm great with eccentric characters!
**[02:18] Momo**
Just leave it to Momo!
**[02:24] Momo**
I wonder what kind of eccentric
characters we'll find there!
**[02:27] Sind**
I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
**[02:29] Mocha**
Yeah. You've got us with you, Momo!
**[02:31] Momo**
I'm not worried at all.
**[02:32] Momo**
I love eccentric characters!
**[02:35] Momo**
I'm just looking forward to it.
**[02:40] Queen**
Can a little girl like her handle being the
superintendent at an apartment complex?
**[02:44] Queen**
I'm so worried!
**[02:45] King**
It's all good, it's all good!
**[02:46] King**
It'll be a good experience.
**[02:48] Queen**
You've been awfully cold of late!
**[02:50] King**
I'm not cold! I'm hot! A real hot dog!
**[02:57] King**
I'm cooled off now.
**[03:04] Sind**
That's a pretty old building!
**[03:06] Pipil**
It feels like an apartment complex
where a family of demons would live!
**[03:11] Momo**
I can't wait to see it!
**[03:12] Momo**
Let's go!
**[03:13] Mocha**
Wait for us!
**[03:27] Momo**
Aw.
**[03:28] Momo**
It looks a little run
down, but pretty normal.
**[03:31] Momo**
Right?
**[03:34] Man**
My head...
**[03:37] Man**
Oh, my head hurts!
**[03:39] Man**
Look at me!
**[03:43] Sind**
*That's pretty twisted!*
**[03:51] Momo**
Ow!
**[04:03] Mocha**
Momo! Let's go home!
**[04:05] Momo**
Why should we?
**[04:07] Pipil**
It's not safe to be a superintendent
at this apartment complex!
**[04:09] Momo**
Really?
**[04:11] Momo**
Minky Momo would never run away
over something that minor!
**[04:15] Sind**
I'm not sure if you sound brave or stupid.
**[04:25] Momo**
Wh-What the...
**[04:27] Pipil**
It must be a poltergeist!
**[04:31] Man**
It's no use!
**[04:33] Man**
I can't write anything more!
**[04:37] All**
Help!
**[04:44] Sind**
Good grief!
**[04:45] Pipil**
This is the superintendent's office, right?
**[04:47] Pipil**
We should be safe here!
**[04:49] Pipil**
Who's there?!
**[04:50] Momo**
It's me, of course!
**[04:52] Mocha**
Oh, no!
**[04:55] Momo**
You...
**[04:57] Sind**
Well, well...
**[04:59] Mocha**
We didn't realize.
**[05:00] Pipil**
I feel so ashamed...
**[05:02] Momo**
That's a little unreasonable,
don't you think?
**[05:05] Momo**
What is it, Kajira?
**[05:09] Man**
Hey!
**[05:12] Pipil**
I-Isn't this the fourth floor?
**[05:14] Momo**
Y-Yeah... which means...
**[05:16] Momo**
A-Are you one of the ghosts?
**[05:18] Man**
Ghosts? No way.
**[05:23] Man**
Are you the stand-in superintendent?
**[05:26] Man**
That's great. You're a real cute little girl.
**[05:29] Momo**
I get that you're not a ghost.
**[05:31] Momo**
But would you be a burglar,
then? Or a peeping Tom?
**[05:34] Man**
No way.
**[05:35] Man**
I'm a proper resident of the building.
**[05:38] Man**
I'm Richard Dressing, and
I live in the penthouse.
**[05:41] Man**
A pleasure.
**[05:43] Momo**
I'm Minky Momo!
**[05:44] Momo**
I'm Ms. Audrey's niece.
**[05:46] Richard**
I can't believe that old lady
has a niece as cute as—
**[05:51] Momo**
Look out!
**[05:59] Momo**
Hey!
**[06:01] Sind**
Got him!
**[06:04] Momo**
Oh, no!
**[06:06] Richard**
Can you pull me up?
**[06:08] Momo**
That's easier said than done!
**[06:12] Momo**
Someone help us!
**[06:14] Momo**
Help us!
**[06:23] Richard**
Thanks, my friend.
**[06:27] Richard**
Let me introduce you.
**[06:28] Richard**
From the second floor,
pro wrestler Hulk Morgan.
**[06:33] Hulk**
A pleasure.
**[06:35] Momo**
Thanks, Hulk!
**[06:36] Momo**
You saved our lives.
**[06:38] Momo**
But you look so normal...
**[06:39] Momo**
Why wear the mask?
**[06:42] Richard**
He's got champion-class strength,
**[06:44] Richard**
but it's spoiled by his
baby-face and gentle demeanor.
**[06:47] Richard**
So he wears a mask like a luchador
to help him be more fierce.
**[06:53] Man**
Hello!
**[06:54] Man**
Excuse us!
**[06:58] Richard**
Hey, Marlon.
**[07:00] Richard**
You need to stop walking around like that.
**[07:02] Marlon**
Oh, sorry.
**[07:04] Momo**
It's just a toy?
**[07:07] Richard**
This is the actor Marlon Blendo.
**[07:09] Marlon**
I'm specializing in murder
victims these days.
**[07:13] Momo**
So you're studying makeup, huh?
**[07:14] Marlon**
A pleasure.
**[07:15] Momo**
A pleasure!
**[07:17] Richard**
And this is Neil Sermon, the screenwriter.
**[07:20] Neil**
A pleasure.
**[07:21] Momo**
I'm Minky Momo.
**[07:22] Momo**
But why does your face look
so gaunt and ghost-like?
**[07:26] Neil**
Writing screenplays really
takes it out of you...
**[07:31] Richard**
Though he's never sold a single one.
**[07:34] Neil**
Don't tell her that!
**[07:36] Momo**
And what do *you* do, Richard?
**[07:39] Momo**
Why were you climbing the apartment's walls?
**[07:41] Richard**
Well, Audrey the superintendent
locked me out.
**[07:45] Momo**
That's awful!
**[07:46] Richard**
Well, I hadn't paid my rent in six months,
**[07:50] Richard**
so it makes sense.
**[07:51] Momo**
Oh, then *you're* the awful one!
**[07:54] Richard**
But it'll be fine now!
**[07:55] Richard**
I'll have real money coming in soon,
so I'll pay off all my rent at once!
**[07:58] Momo**
You're not breaking into houses, are you?
**[08:01] Richard**
O-Of course not! Don't say things like that!
**[08:03] Richard**
I finally have a successful invention!
**[08:05] Momo**
You're an inventor, then?
**[08:07] Momo**
I'm so curious to see!
**[08:09] Richard**
I'll show you, then.
**[08:11] Richard**
Come to the penthouse on the roof!
**[08:13] Momo**
I can't wait!
**[08:15] Momo**
Richard! Where are you going?
**[08:18] Richard**
Sorry, force of habit...
**[08:25] Richard**
Lady and gentlemen, welcome
to my inventing shed.
**[08:28] Momo**
I can't wait to see!
**[08:31] Richard**
Okay, Momo! The key, if you please.
**[08:33] Momo**
Here.
**[08:36] Richard**
Now I'll reveal it!
**[08:37] Richard**
Ta-da-da!
**[08:50] Momo**
What in the world is it?
**[08:54] Richard**
It's a man-powered aircraft!
**[08:55] Richard**
It's a dream plane that will let man
fly through the sky on his own power!
**[08:59] Momo**
Awesome!
**[09:00] Neil**
But does that thing really fly?
**[09:02] Richard**
Of course! It's a masterpiece!
**[09:04] Richard**
If I win the man-powered aircraft
contest in the city tomorrow,
**[09:08] Richard**
I'll be able to pay all our
back rent, so please help me!
**[09:12] Momo**
You all owe back rent?
**[09:15] Marlon**
Three months.
**[09:16] Hulk**
Four months.
**[09:17] Neil**
Five months.
**[09:19] Momo**
Aunt Audrey has her hands full, huh?
**[09:22] Momo**
Okay!
**[09:23] Momo**
As substitute superintendent, I'd
better make sure it works out!
**[09:35] Richard**
Ready to roll!
**[09:36] Richard**
Let's have a test flight!
**[09:37] Momo**
Hey, hey!
**[09:38] Momo**
What's your flight record so far?
**[09:41] Richard**
Today's my first try.
**[09:43] Momo**
Are you sure it'll be okay?
**[09:45] Richard**
Everything has to start somewhere.
**[09:48] Momo**
But what if you fall?
**[09:50] Richard**
Hey, Marlon.
**[09:51] Richard**
Have you ever refused to get up on stage
because you're afraid of flubbing a line?
**[09:55] Marlon**
No way!
**[09:56] Marlon**
When opening night comes,
I *always* give it my all!
**[09:59] Richard**
Hulk, you go into every day of training
feeling like you *have* to win, right?
**[10:02] Hulk**
You said it!
**[10:04] Richard**
If you were afraid of getting published,
**[10:06] Richard**
your masterpiece would never
become a film, right, Neil?
**[10:09] Neil**
That's right. Give it your best, Richard.
**[10:12] Neil**
If you make your dreams come
true, it'll give us all hope.
**[10:15] Momo**
Dreams... hope...
**[10:17] Momo**
Such wonderful words!
**[10:19] Neil**
Richard, if you manage to
fly through this blue sky...
**[10:25] Neil**
You'll be taking our back
rent along with you!
**[10:28] Momo**
Oh, gosh!
**[10:30] Momo**
Well, as Superintendent Momo,
I should probably be happy!
**[10:34] Richard**
Okay, I'm counting on you guys!
**[10:36] Hulk**
Okay, let's go!
**[10:42] Hulk**
One, two! One, two! One, two! One, two!
**[10:45] Hulk**
One, two! One, two! One, two! One, two!
**[10:52] Richard**
Great! That's the way!
**[10:53] Momo**
Are we actually helping at all?!
**[10:56] Sind**
We might be holding him down!
**[10:58] Hulk**
One, two! One, two! One, two! One, two!
**[11:01] Hulk**
One, two! One, two! One, two! One, two!
**[11:05] Richard**
Go!
**[11:08] Richard**
I did it!
**[11:09] Momo**
He took off!
**[11:11] Both**
He did it!
**[11:11] Hulk**
Yeah!
**[11:12] sign**
Fairy Princess
**[11:12] sign**
Minky Momo
**[11:26] Momo**
Oh dear, oh dear!
**[11:46] Momo**
Richard! Keep trying!
**[11:52] Cop**
Huh? What's that thing?
**[12:01] Cop**
This is outrageous! Get back here, you!
**[12:17] Cop**
Darn you...
**[12:18] Cop**
Now I'm mad!
**[12:22] Cop**
Hold it!
**[12:23] Cop**
Hey! Get back here!
**[12:25] Richard**
Not good!
**[12:29] Cop**
Wait, wait! Wait, you!
**[12:32] Cop**
You won't escape!
**[12:34] Cop**
Wait! Wait!
**[12:37] Cop**
Hey!
**[12:41] Richard**
I'm flying!
**[12:46] Momo**
He did it!
**[12:47] Momo**
How lovely!
**[12:55] Momo**
Awesome!
**[12:57] Cop**
Wait, you!
**[12:58] Hulk**
Huh?
**[12:58] Momo**
Who was that?
**[12:59] Hulk**
A policeman?
**[13:01] Marlon**
That was weird.
**[13:02] Neil**
Yeah...
**[13:09] Richard**
If he arrests me now, I won't be
able to do the contest tomorrow!
**[13:13] Cop**
Wait, you!
**[13:19] Richard**
Perfect!
**[13:23] Cop**
You won't escape!
**[13:37] Cop**
You're under arrest!
**[13:43] Marlon**
Help me!
**[13:45] Cop**
What the...
**[13:46] Marlon**
Someone got me...
**[13:48] Momo**
He's dead!
**[13:50] Cop**
That's awful!
**[13:51] Cop**
Hey, I'm gonna arrest you later!
**[13:53] Cop**
Just wait there!
**[14:01] Richard**
Thanks, Momo.
**[14:06] Richard**
I'm a really bad swimmer!
**[14:15] Richard**
Thanks, Hulk!
**[14:17] Hulk**
Let's get out of here while Marlon
and Momo are distracting him!
**[14:26] Marlon**
*Peace!*
**[14:27] Momo**
*Peace!*
**[14:36] Richard**
The test flight was a big
success, but I'm done for.
**[14:40] Momo**
How come? You won't know
until you try, will you?
**[14:43] Richard**
The mechanisms are all intact.
**[14:45] Richard**
But...
**[14:47] Richard**
I'm out of paper to cover the wings.
**[14:49] Momo**
But you can get paper, right?
**[14:51] Richard**
It's special paper, thin but strong.
**[14:54] Richard**
And I'm completely broke!
**[15:00] Richard**
That's it! If I had more of this paper...
**[15:07] Neil**
I've got way more where that came from.
**[15:09] Richard**
Neil! Where'd you get this paper?
**[15:12] Neil**
It's typewriter paper.
**[15:14] Neil**
I was hoping to write a grand
spectacle epic someday,
**[15:17] Neil**
so I saved all this paper up, but...
**[15:21] Richard**
Thank you, Neil.
**[15:23] Richard**
This will let me enter
tomorrow's contest.
**[15:25] Momo**
Yeah! That's great!
**[15:37] Momo**
It's done! Now, in celebration...
**[15:39] Momo**
Hooray!
**[15:41] Momo**
Richard?
**[15:42] Momo**
What's wrong?
**[15:43] Richard**
I-I'm fine.
**[15:45] Momo**
You're burning up!
**[15:47] Momo**
Because you spent so much
time in the water, I bet...
**[15:49] Richard**
I-I'm fine, I swear.
**[15:51] Momo**
No, you need to focus on
recovering from your cold.
**[15:56] Richard**
But nobody else can fly the plane!
**[15:59] Neil**
I'll do it.
**[16:01] Richard**
No, it needs more leg
strength than it appears.
**[16:03] Richard**
Sorry, but you can't do it, Neil.
**[16:05] Neil**
Oh...
**[16:06] Hulk**
But then...
**[16:07] Richard**
You're too heavy.
**[16:09] Momo**
I know!
**[16:11] Momo**
I know a professional
man-powered aircraft pilot!
**[16:15] Richard**
What? A professional
man-powered aircraft pilot?
**[16:17] Momo**
Yeah! Just wait here.
**[16:26] Momo**
Hey, Sindbook.
**[16:28] Momo**
What job would be best suited for a
professional man-powered aircraft pilot?
**[16:32] Mocha**
You don't actually know?
**[16:34] Momo**
I had to say it, or they'd get depressed
and never pay their back rent!
**[16:39] Pipil**
How mature!
**[16:41] Pipil**
You're a professional superintendent,
without even transforming!
**[16:44] Sind**
That's right!
**[16:45] Sind**
If you need good leg strength, a
competitive cyclist would be the way!
**[16:49] Momo**
Okay, let's do it!
**[16:54] Momo**
Pipiruma Pipiruma Puririnpa!
**[16:56] Momo**
Papareho Papareho Doriminpa!
**[16:58] Momo**
Become a competitive cyclist
with an adult touch!
**[17:22] Momo**
Will that do?
**[17:28] Neil**
I think the contest is starting.
**[17:29] Neil**
We're gonna miss the deadline!
**[17:31] Richard**
I'll fly it after all.
**[17:33] Neil**
Hang on! Let's trust Momo.
**[17:35] Hulk**
Yeah, that's for the best.
**[17:37] Richard**
But what even *is* a professional
man-powered aircraft pilot?
**[17:40] Momo**
Hi! Sorry for the wait!
**[17:49] Momo**
My little sister asked me to come.
**[17:51] Momo**
So, where's the machine?
**[17:53] Momo**
Is that it?
**[17:56] Momo**
Hey, this is quite a nice machine.
**[18:00] Richard**
Hey, are you sure you can handle this?
**[18:03] Momo**
Don't worry. Just believe in me.
**[18:05] Momo**
Hang gliders, minicopters,
giant kites, blimps, et cetera:
**[18:09] Momo**
I've mastered every one of them.
**[18:14] Neil**
Let's trust her, Richard.
**[18:16] Hulk**
Yeah, we don't have much time!
**[18:18] Momo**
No worries. I'll fly it from here!
**[18:33] Momo**
Okay, here I go!
**[18:36] Marlon**
We're counting on you, miss!
**[18:38] Momo**
Later!
**[18:48] Momo**
Go!
**[18:58] All**
Yeah!
**[19:00] All**
She did it!
**[19:02] Sind**
Sheesh, that girl scares the life out of me!
**[19:04] Momo**
Nice, it worked!
**[19:06] Momo**
Classic Momo.
**[19:15] Man**
Registration's almost over, and we haven't seen
a single decent invention, Mr. President.
**[19:19] President**
I suppose man-powered flight
remains a distant dream.
**[19:23] President**
It's so sad!
**[19:24] Man**
What's that there?!
**[19:29] President**
Th-That's...
**[19:30] Momo**
Hello, ground-dwellers! Good morning!
**[19:38] President**
Look! It's the man-powered
aircraft I've always dreamed of!
**[19:40] President**
You win the contest!
**[19:53] Marlon**
Well done, Richard!
**[19:57] Richard**
Marlon! You're out already?
**[20:00] Marlon**
Yeah. I got a good talking-to, though.
**[20:05] Richard**
My dream is finally flying through the sky!
**[20:08] Richard**
It's your turn next, guys.
**[20:10] Marlon**
I'll do my best.
**[20:12] Neil**
My creative juices are flowing!
**[20:15] Hulk**
Yeah!
**[20:22] Momo**
*Marlon Blendo.*
**[20:24] Momo**
* He got the lead in the play "The Flautist*
* Under the Sky" and it was a big hit.*
**[20:28] Momo**
* He's the most popular and skilled*
* actor in the world right now!*
**[20:33] Momo**
*Hulk Morgan.*
**[20:34] Momo**
* He took off the mask and moved*
* to a strong good guy style.*
**[20:37] Momo**
* He won the championship to decide*
* the world's strongest wrestler,*
**[20:40] Momo**
*and he's still the real world champion.*
**[20:43] Momo**
*Neil Sermon.*
**[20:44] Momo**
* Based on these events,*
* he wrote a screenplay for*
**[20:46] Momo**
* "The Pink Girl and the Flying*
* Machine," won an Academy Award,*
**[20:50] Momo**
* and immediately became an*
* in-demand screenplay writer.*
**[20:53] Momo**
*Richard Dressing.*
**[20:54] Momo**
* While testing out his new*
* man-powered aircraft,*
**[20:57] Momo**
*he fell off.*
**[20:59] Momo**
*He's currently in bed*
**[21:01] Momo**
* thinking up ideas for a man-powered*
* 200-passenger jumbo jet, I bet!*
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