

Since he lacks any outdoor skills, Boog takes Elliot as his hapless guide to take him back home. Gordy convinces Beth to release Boog and Elliot into the Timberline National Forest, only 3 days before the start of open season. An upset Gordy is about to arrest Shaw, but he has already escaped. Shaw prepares to shoot Boog, but Boog is instead shot by Beth with a tranquilizer gun and proceeds to shoot Elliot's butt 6 times. Boog attacks Elliot, making the audience panic and flee before Boog threatens to kill Elliot in anger. Elliot escapes before Boog is caught by Gordy ( Gordon Tootoosis), the sheriff of Timberline and Beth's best friend.Īt the nature show, Boog meets up with Elliot, who is being chased by Shaw. When Boog becomes intoxicated with sugar, events quickly spiral out of control as he and Elliot ransack the store. Elliot introduces Boog to a world of sweet temptations outside of the garage that he has never known. Elliot tells him he is intent on returning the favor by "freeing" him from his garage captivity. That night, Elliot follows Boog home and finds him sleeping in his garage and then starts throwing jackrabbits at his window. At the last minute and against his better judgment, Boog frees Elliot before Shaw could go after him, telling him to scamper off into the woods, never expecting to see him again however, Shaw has already noticed him and swears vengeance. With Boog reluctant to intervene, Elliot begs to Boog for help to escape. Boog wakes up Elliot by poking him with a stick as they both scream in terror. One day, a hunter named Shaw ( Gary Sinise) drives into town with a deer named Elliot ( Ashton Kutcher) strapped to the hood of his truck. He spends his day as the star attraction of the town's nature show under the name "The Mighty Grizzly." Boog spends his nights living the life of luxury in the garage of his owner, a park ranger named Beth ( Debra Messing), who raised him since he was a cub.


In the tranquil mountainous town of Timberline, a 900-pound grizzly bear named Boog ( Martin Lawrence) enjoys a captive, but happy, existence.
