<P> Ted speaks with Ms. Maggie who helps Ted "see" what is really important in his life . Ted regrets the decision to give George to animal control, and boards George's cargo ship to get him back . Ted tells George that nothing else matters besides their "buddyship". In the hold of the ship, George discovers that when reflected in light, the idol reveals a pictogram with the message "turn your eye to the light, go from blindness to sight". It turns out that when held up to the sun, the small idol is actually a map to the real idol . They sail the ship back to Africa and George helps him find the real idol which is, indeed, forty feet tall . </P> <P> The idol is put in the museum, and the museum goes back in business and becomes more successful than ever when it becomes more hands - on because of the addition of Clovis's inventions, the interaction with Ms. Dunlop and her young students and, of course, George . Junior finally gets his parking garage but is upset that Ted is still working at the museum (and the fact that his plan didn't go the way he expected). Ivan invites Ted to move back to his apartment because he likes George, and Ted and Maggie almost start a romance, but George causes more trouble by starting up a rocket ship, forcing Ted to follow him . </P> <Ul> <Li> Frank Welker as Curious George, a curious monkey who is compassionate and clever, with a proficiency in visual art . </Li> <Li> Will Ferrell as Ted Shackleford (The Man in the Yellow Hat), Curious George's friend . He is clumsy but resilient and compassionate . In a deleted scene, his last name is established as Shackleford . </Li> <Li> Drew Barrymore as Margaret "Maggie" Dunlop, a teacher and Ted's love interest . She is named after Margaret Rey, one of Curious George's creators . </Li> <Li> David Cross as Junior Bloomsberry, the son and only child of the museum's owner, who serves as the film's lead antagonist . </Li> <Li> Eugene Levy as Clovis, a museum employee who builds robotic animals to help him with his work . </Li> <Li> Joan Plowright as Ms. Plushbottom, Ted's neighbor . She is an opera singer . </Li> <Li> Dick Van Dyke as Mr. Bloomsberry, the kind, elderly owner of the museum . </Li> <Li> Ed O'Ross as Ivan, the Russian doorman at Ted's apartment building . </Li> <Li> Michael Chinyamurindi as Edu, Ted's African guide . </Li> <Li> Kath Soucie as Animal Control Receptionist </Li> </Ul> <Li> Frank Welker as Curious George, a curious monkey who is compassionate and clever, with a proficiency in visual art . </Li>

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