# E9 - The Video Rental Prairie
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUNJJ5K/the-video-rental-prairie)
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**[00:06] Sign**
Fairy Princess
**[00:06] Sign**
Minky Momo
**[01:36] Narrator**
Long, long ago...
**[01:38] Narrator**
In a "long, long ago" recent enough that
it could very well seem like tomorrow...
**[01:43] Narrator**
In a universe over there, in an Earth
over there, in a city over there,
**[01:47] Narrator**
there lived a girl.
**[01:50] Narrator**
She looked like a completely normal
girl of the kind you'd find anywhere.
**[01:53] Narrator**
The one difference was...
**[01:56] Narrator**
The girl could use magic to
transform into a grown-up!
**[02:00] Narrator**
They called her Minky Momo.
***SIGN*** The Video Rental Prairie
**[02:06] Momo**
"The Video Rental Prairie."
**[02:49] Jane**
Thank goodness! I'm so glad.
**[02:52] Momo**
Hey, this is great!
**[02:55] Chamo**
What's up, Momo?
***SIGN*** Is there an emergency?!
**[03:03] Momo**
Take that!
**[03:05] Chamo**
What are you doing?
**[03:06] Lupi**
Momo, that's quite enough!
**[03:09] Momo**
Sorry, sorry.
**[03:11] Momo**
But look, look, look at this show!
**[03:14] Momo**
It's all the rage, *Big House
on the Little Prairie*.
**[03:17] Momo**
It's the story of a beautiful
young lady in a Wild West setting!
**[03:21] Momo**
I wish I could be like her!
**[03:22] Momo**
Living a dynamic lifestyle with
animals in a wide-open world...
**[03:27] Chamo**
I guess I see why Momo would be excited.
**[03:29] Lupi**
She found life in Marinarsa so stifling,
**[03:32] Lupi**
she left looking for a more wide-open world.
**[03:41] Chamo**
Instead of watching videos, why don't
you do your homework or something?
**[03:45] Momo**
The new *Big House on the
Little Prairie* is coming out.
**[03:48] Momo**
How am I supposed to study
when I'm thinking about it?
**[03:50] Momo**
That's bad for your health!
***SIGN*** Is it, really?
**[03:55] Momo**
Yep, it sure is!
**[04:07] Momo**
There it is!
**[04:08] Momo**
Jane's latest is out!
**[04:13] Momo**
Cookbook. Return the other one for me, okay?
**[04:21] Momo**
I got here first.
**[04:23] Leroy**
I got here first.
**[04:25] Momo**
I've watched *every* episode
of the series so far!
**[04:28] Leroy**
So have I!
**[04:31] Momo**
Wait a minute. I just got a good idea.
**[04:35] Momo**
Why don't you rent it after me?
**[04:39] Leroy**
What the heck? No way!
**[04:41] Momo**
Then let's fight it out.
**[04:43] Momo**
Just name the game!
**[04:47] Momo**
What are you doing?
**[04:48] Man**
I'll take that late fee, please.
**[04:52] Momo**
I can't rent a new video until I pay that?
**[04:56] Momo**
But I'm a loyal customer!
Could you give me a break?
**[04:59] Man**
No!
**[05:01] Momo**
Erk.
**[05:05] Momo**
I'll return it right away. Can you let
me borrow it for just a little while?
**[05:09] Leroy**
No. I've been looking forward
to Jane's new release, too.
**[05:13] Momo**
Please, please, please! Be flexible!
**[05:16] Leroy**
I won't be flexible, not on this.
**[05:20] Cook**
Momo. You'll just have to
rent it after he returns it.
**[05:24] Momo**
I can't. Paying the late fee
took my entire allowance.
**[05:29] Momo**
Jane! Come back!
**[05:34] Queen**
Oh, Momo.
**[05:35] Queen**
She's always slacking on her
studies to watch those tapes.
**[05:38] King**
You're wrong!
**[05:40] King**
Studying doesn't always mean tying
yourself to a desk and reading books.
**[05:44] King**
You can also learn a lot about the
world from watching tapes, la-dee-da!
**[05:50] King**
Dee-da...
**[05:51] Queen**
Oh?
**[05:55] Queen**
What was that, darling?
**[05:57] King**
Oh, well...
**[05:59] King**
La-dee-da-dee-da-dee-da-dee-da...
**[06:03] Queen**
Darling!
**[06:04] King**
Yes, dear?
**[06:07] Queen**
Why don't we study together later?
**[06:10] Queen**
La-dee-*da*!
**[06:23] Momo**
I can't do it! I just can't do it!
***SIGN*** What are you doing, Momo?
**[06:28] Momo**
I tried imagining what Jane might be up to
**[06:31] Momo**
in the latest *Big House on
the Little Prairie* release,
**[06:34] Momo**
but my imagination isn't nearly as much fun.
***SIGN*** Of course it isn't!
**[06:40] Momo**
Yeah, I guess it wouldn't be.
**[06:41] Momo**
I shouldn't beat myself up.
**[06:43] Chamo**
Stop worrying and get to sleep already.
**[06:46] Lupi**
You'll just have to dream
about Jane's adventures.
**[06:50] Momo**
I'm too curious to sleep! That's the problem!
**[06:55] Momo**
I can't take it!
**[06:57] Momo**
Boredom and self-repression
are bad for your health.
**[06:59] Momo**
Sometimes you have to take matters
into your own hands, la-dee-da!
**[07:02] Book**
*La-dee-da?*
**[07:09] Chamo**
What's she got in mind?
***SIGN*** There are times when I don't know what's going through Momo's head.
***SIGN*** I've got a plan to get that tape!
***SIGN*** Parariru Parariru Doririnpa!
***SIGN*** Tiaran Tianan Maririnpa!
***SIGN*** Become a video rental clerk with a Minky touch!
***SIGN*** That seems about right.
**[08:00] Momo**
I'm sorry I'm late.
**[08:02] Momo**
I'll take over here, so you can
take a nap in the back room.
**[08:07] Man**
Oh, thanks a bunch.
**[08:15] Man**
What? Has she always been working here?
**[08:18] Man**
Well, never mind.
**[08:20] Momo**
*Little House on the Big Prairie*...
**[08:24] Momo**
Leroy Brown. 14 years old.
**[08:28] Momo**
And where does he live?
**[08:36] Father**
Leroy's been holed up in his room ever
since he got back from cram school.
**[08:40] Father**
I hope he's all right.
**[08:42] Mother**
He'll be in high school next year, after all.
**[08:44] Mother**
We need him to work hard.
**[08:46] Father**
When we were his age, we would run
around outside until it got dark.
**[08:51] Mother**
That was a different time.
**[08:54] Mother**
No children play outside
until it gets dark anymore.
**[08:59] Father**
I suppose...
**[09:04] Mother**
Yes?
**[09:05] Momo**
Good evening! I'm so sorry to
bother you so late at night.
**[09:09] Momo**
I came to pick up a video.
**[09:10] Mother**
Oh. But...
**[09:12] Momo**
Would Leroy's room be this way?
**[09:14] Momo**
Don't you worry.
**[09:16] Momo**
We pick up videos all the
time. It's a free service.
**[09:20] Mother**
What a strange video rental company.
**[09:27] Leroy**
Go, Jane! Don't let those
horse rustlers get you!
**[09:32] Momo**
Wow, you're really serious!
**[09:34] Leroy**
Who are you?
**[09:35] Momo**
I came from the video
store to return your tape.
**[09:41] Leroy**
H-Hey, I haven't finished watching it yet!
**[09:45] Leroy**
Jane's foal was in danger!
**[09:48] Momo**
Shut up!
**[09:50] Momo**
Jane this, Jane that.
**[09:51] Momo**
You know that Jane is just a
character in a show, right?
**[09:55] Momo**
Why not fall in love with
a real, live girl instead?
**[10:00] Leroy**
I-It's not like that.
**[10:02] Momo**
A heart pounding date. A walk in a park.
**[10:05] Momo**
And a passionate first kiss!
**[10:07] Momo**
Why not give it a try?
**[10:09] Leroy**
You think there's a real cheerful, carefree,
energetic girl like Jane out there?
**[10:14] Momo**
Oh, I bet there is!
**[10:16] Leroy**
No way! There couldn't be!
**[10:19] Momo**
Then if you found a girl like
Jane, would you date her?
**[10:24] Leroy**
Yeah! But only if she was
really just like Jane.
**[10:27] Momo**
Then just leave it to me.
**[10:28] Momo**
I'll introduce you to a girl just like
Jane tomorrow at noon at Legend Park.
**[10:34] Momo**
You just leave it to me!
**[10:38] Leroy**
A real live girl just like Jane?
**[10:42] Leroy**
Oh, darn it! She took the tape!
**[10:45] Momo**
Go! Go, go, Jane!
**[10:48] Jane**
Get back here, horse rustlers!
**[10:51] Rustler**
Shut up, brat!
**[11:05] Momo**
So cool!
***SIGN*** How many times has she watched it since last night?
***SIGN*** Momo is totally addicted.
**[11:11] Lupi**
But why do you think Leroy
is so obsessed with Jane?
**[11:15] Lupi**
There must be a reason.
**[11:16] Lupi**
I'd prefer a real live girl, myself.
**[11:20] Momo**
But if there were a real girl just
like Jane, I'd like her, too.
***SIGN*** Hey, Momo.
***SIGN*** Weren't you going to introduce him to a girl just like Jane today at noon?
**[11:32] Momo**
What?
**[11:32] Momo**
I can't do that.
**[11:34] Momo**
Girls like that don't grow on trees.
***SIGN*** You made a promise.
**[11:40] Momo**
I just made that up to get the tape.
**[11:46] Momo**
Guess you won't let up on
me, huh? So much glaring...
**[11:50] Momo**
Fine, fine.
**[11:52] Momo**
I just have to keep my promise, right?
**[11:54] Momo**
But where will I ever find
a girl just like Jane?
**[11:58] Momo**
Oh! I know just where to find one!
**[12:01] Trio**
Where? Where?
**[12:03] Momo**
In the TV!
**[12:05] Momo**
Don't forget, I'm still a fairy princess.
***SIGN*** What are you going to do, Momo?
**[12:10] Chamo**
I thought you used up all your
power coming to the surface.
**[12:14] Momo**
But if you scrape the corner of a
cookie tin, you sometimes find crumbs!
***SIGN*** What does that mean?
**[12:21] Momo**
I might still have some
magical power left somewhere.
**[12:25] Momo**
Bring the characters from
the TV show into real life!
**[12:35] Momo**
Yeah, I figured it wouldn't work...
**[13:02] Mama**
Momo! It's lunchtime!
**[13:09] Jane**
Sorry, ma'am!
***SIGN*** Drat! She saw it!
**[13:18] Momo**
I think it's okay.
**[13:20] Momo**
She's passed out on her feet.
**[13:22] Momo**
C'mon, let's go!
***SIGN*** This has really gotten out of hand.
**[13:25] Momo**
This is gonna be so much fun!
***SIGN*** She isn't listening to anybody.
**[13:49] Sign**
Fairy Princess
**[13:49] Sign**
Minky Momo
**[13:52] Sign**
Fairy Princess
**[13:52] Sign**
Minky Momo
**[13:54] Sign**
Fairy Princess
**[13:54] Sign**
Minky Momo
**[14:04] Leroy**
There's no girl just like Jane here.
**[14:07] Leroy**
That girl from the rental store
was just making stuff up.
**[14:20] Leroy**
Jane? It can't be!
**[14:22] Jane**
Look out, kid!
**[14:33] Jane**
You okay? You weren't hurt?
**[14:35] Leroy**
I-I'm okay!
**[14:40] Leroy**
The horse rustlers got away...
**[14:43] Jane**
That's okay. It'll work itself out, somehow.
**[14:47] Momo**
Wait, Jane!
**[14:53] Leroy**
You're that girl from yesterday!
**[14:55] Momo**
I have a message from the
girl from the video store.
**[14:58] Momo**
"The real Jane will do, right?"
**[15:01] Leroy**
N-No way! You're not really Jane up from
*Big House on the Little Prairie*, are you?
**[15:07] Jane**
Who cares about that?
**[15:09] Jane**
We have to get the foal back
from those horse rustlers!
**[15:12] Leroy**
It's true! She's the real Jane!
**[15:15] Momo**
Who cares about that right now?
**[15:17] Jane**
I raised that foal myself.
**[15:19] Jane**
Please, I need help. Will you help me?
**[15:22] Momo**
Yes, we will! Of course!
**[15:25] Jane**
And you?
**[15:27] Leroy**
Yes, b-but... I'm not sure I stand
a chance against horse rustlers.
**[15:34] Jane**
You'll be fine! You're a young man, right?
**[15:46] Leroy**
Jane, no! You can't cut
down the trees in the park!
**[15:49] Momo**
It's pointless to argue. She's a
girl from the Wild West, after all.
**[15:53] Leroy**
Even so, Momo—
**[15:54] Cop**
Hey, you!
**[15:56] Cop**
Stop that. You can't cut
down trees in the park.
**[15:58] Jane**
Excuse me, sir. You
shouldn't stand behind me.
**[16:21] Jane**
Leroy! Tie it tight!
**[16:32] Momo**
Well, he did want a Wild West lifestyle...
**[16:48] Leroy**
You really think you can catch
horse rustlers like this?
**[16:51] Momo**
I'm so excited! I can't wait to see!
**[16:54] Cook**
But we're talking about horse
rustlers with real guns.
**[16:57] Jane**
Hush!
**[17:01] Man**
Bro, there's a water source up ahead.
**[17:04] Man**
Great. We can water our horses.
**[17:07] Man**
Yahoo!
**[17:08] Jane**
Momo!
**[17:09] Momo**
Okay!
**[17:15] Man**
What happened?
**[17:16] Jane**
Here we go!
**[17:23] Man**
Who goes there?!
**[17:26] Jane**
I do.
**[17:27] Jane**
I'm taking my foal back.
**[17:32] Man**
If it isn't the lady from the big house.
**[17:36] Man**
I never expected you to
come right to me like this.
**[17:53] Jane**
Leroy, now!
**[17:55] Leroy**
R-Right!
**[17:59] Leroy**
The rope! It's stuck!
**[18:03] Man**
Looks like you miscalculated. You'll have
to figure it out from the next world.
**[18:12] Leroy**
Jane is... Jane is...
**[18:20] Man**
So long.
**[18:24] Leroy**
Villain!
**[18:29] Leroy**
You'll have to go through me.
**[18:31] Man**
What's that?
**[18:32] Jane**
Leroy!
**[18:42] Man**
I won't fall for the same trick twice.
**[18:47] Momo**
He did it!
**[19:03] Jane**
Thank you for everything.
**[19:04] Jane**
I guess this is goodbye.
**[19:06] Leroy**
Wait a minute! Where are you going?
**[19:09] Jane**
I should probably get back to the
*Big House on the Little Prairie*...
**[19:13] Momo**
No problem! I think you'll
make it back, easy as pie.
**[19:17] Leroy**
Jane... Will you take me with you?
**[19:20] Jane**
You?
**[19:21] Leroy**
I hate spending every day
cooped up in a room studying.
**[19:28] Leroy**
I want to ride horses
on the prairie with you!
**[19:31] Jane**
You can't do that, Leroy.
**[19:34] Leroy**
But...
**[19:37] Jane**
All people carry blue skies and
rolling prairies inside of them.
**[19:42] Jane**
Your town is right here. You should make
this town into your rolling prairie!
**[19:48] Jane**
Stay a cowboy, okay?
**[19:52] Leroy**
Right!
**[19:55] Leroy**
Jane!
**[19:56] Leroy**
If I can't go, take this with you instead!
**[20:00] Leroy**
Okay.
**[20:00] Cop**
Attention, cowgirl!
**[20:02] Cop**
You're under arrest for cutting down park
trees and interfering with an officer!
***SIGN*** Momo, did you leave the tape on when you left?
**[20:17] Momo**
Y-Yes...
***SIGN*** Do you think...
**[20:42] Momo**
Become a Wild West prairie!
**[20:51] Momo**
Come on! Now!
**[20:54] Leroy**
Hi-yah!
***SIGN*** I don't think Leroy just fell in love with a girl in a TV show.
**[21:32] Chamo**
He loved the laid-back, carefree
life of the Wild West.
***SIGN*** But like Jane said, whether your life feels wild
***SIGN*** and free or small and stuffy is a matter of psychology.
**[21:41] Chamo**
He did a great job against
those horse rustlers.
**[21:44] Chamo**
He's full of confidence! I
think he'll be a changed man.
**[21:48] Momo**
Yeah, maybe.
**[21:58] Momo**
Hey, they got Jane's latest video!
**[22:07] Leroy**
You!
**[22:09] Momo**
You haven't changed at all, Leroy.
**[22:11] Leroy**
Shut up! Neither have you!
**[22:14] Momo**
I can't give up on a show this good.
**[22:17] Leroy**
Neither can I!
**[22:19] Man**
Hey, you two.
**[22:21] Man**
Stop making trouble!
**[22:23] Trio**
Good grief.
**[22:25] Trio**
That's mine!
**[22:26] Trio**
Just stop already!
**[22:31] Trio**
Take that!
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
**[24:09] Momo**
Momo lives in a hotel, so we
get all kinds of visitors.
**[24:13] Momo**
"Welcome!"
**[24:14] Momo**
Next time on *Fairy Princess Minky Momo*:
**[24:16] Momo**
"Please, Let Me Sleep!"
**[24:18] Momo**
You certainly do look tired!
**[24:19] Momo**
I recommend a good night's sleep!
**[24:21] Momo**
Go to sleep, go to sleep, on Momo's lap...
**[24:24] Momo**
Ah, mmm... oh, no! I'm
the one who got sleepy!
**[24:29] Momo**
Okay, just let me sleep...
***SIGN*** Please, Let Me Sleep!