Consequently, Troubadour is ushered in to tell the audience the story at the last minute, and he chooses his comic book of The Three Musketeers. Not looking where he is going, he falls into a hole in the floor as the show begins. The narrator silently breaks his promise and walks away from Troubadour.
The movie opens with Troubadour, a French-speaking turtle with an affinity for music, reminding a television show narrator that he had promised Troubadour one of his songs would be used in the show that day.