Inspired by Ted's conviction, the crowd turns on O'Hare, and the seed is finally planted ("Let It Grow"). O'Hare rallies the citizens against Ted, telling them that trees are dangerous and filthy, but Ted uses an earthmover to knock down a section of the city wall, revealing the environmental destruction outside. Enlisting the help of Audrey and his family, Ted is pursued by O'Hare to the center of town. Ted returns home to plant the seed, which is spotted by O'Hare's city-wide surveillance. The Once-ler gives Ted the last Truffula seed in hopes he can regrow the forest and make others care about trees.
The Lorax left a single word on a small pile of rocks: "Unless". With the region uninhabitable, the Lorax sent the animals away to find a new place to live, and vanished into the sky.
The Once-ler was left heartbroken and unbearably guilty for destroying the forest. After harvesting the last Truffula tree, the Once-ler was ruined, abandoned by his family, and became a recluse. His unscrouplous relatives persuaded him to resume chopping down trees to mass-produce Thneeds, leading to enormous profits but deforestation and pollution ("How Bad Can I Be?"). Using the Truffula tree, the Once-ler created the "Thneed", a piece of cloth with multiple uses, which became a major success ("Everybody Needs a Thneed"). After attempting to force the Once-ler out, the Lorax convinced him not to harm any more trees. Cutting down a tree, he was confronted by the Lorax, the guardian of the forest who "speaks for the trees". The Once-ler recounts how, as a young inventor, he arrived in a lush forest of animals and Truffula trees ("This is The Place"). Explaining that trees, and the oxygen they produce freely, pose a threat to his business, O'Hare pressures Ted to stay in town, but Ted continues to visit the Once-ler. The next time he leaves home, Ted encounters Thneedville's greedy mayor Aloysius O'Hare whose company sells bottled oxygen to the polluted city. He finds the Once-ler, who agrees to tell him the story of the trees over multiple visits. Leaving Thneedville in search of the Once-ler, Ted discovers that the outside world is a barren, contaminated wasteland.
His grandmother Norma tells him the legend of the Once-ler, who knows what happened to the trees. Ted has a crush on environmentalist Audrey, and decides to impress her with a "real tree". It will appear on Google Drive, Pandora.TV, or Dropbox in the near future.ġ2-year-old Ted Wiggins lives in Thneedville, a walled city where all vegetation and plant-life are artifical ("Thneedville"). Krupp's Adventures of The Lorax is another Captain Underpants crossover film planned to be made by Crashjim30.