[Dramatic orchestral music]
♪
[School bell ringing]
- The night was like any other night.
Quiet. Maybe too quiet.
- Ah, linny?
Who are you talking to?
[Knock at door]
- Just then there was a knock at the door.
All: ♪ that's never happened before ♪
- ♪ The door
♪ There's someone knocking
[Knock at door]
- ♪ The door
♪ We'll be right there
- ♪ The door
♪ Who could be knocking?
[Knock at door]
- ♪ There's an animal in trouble ♪
- ♪ There's an animal in twouble ♪
- ♪ There's an animal in trouble right here ♪
[Grunts]
- [Clears throat]
Who is it?
- It's an animal, and I'm in trouble.
- You've come to the right place.
♪ It's a vixen
- ♪ I've got a problem that needs fixin' ♪
- What's a vixen?
- ♪ A female fox
- How can we help you, vixen?
- I have this collar, see?
- ♪ It sure is sparkly
- But when I went to put it on,
It was gone!
- Gone?
Both: ♪ gone
- ♪ A vixen who lost her collar ♪
- ♪ This is se-wious
- ♪ We have to help you
- ♪ Let's help the vixen
All: ♪ let's help the vixen
♪ Let's help the vixen
Whee!
- Of all the classrooms in all the world,
She had to walk into mine.
All: we're from a movie!
[Laughter]
- ♪ Linny
- ♪ Tuck
- ♪ And ming-ming too
All: ♪ we're wonder pets and we'll help you ♪
- [Whistles]
Hold on, wonder pets.
Try these on for size.
- Ooh.
- We look snazzy.
- Let's build a flyboat.
♪ What's gonna work?
Both: ♪ teamwork
- ♪ What's gonna work?
Both: ♪ teamwork
Ooh.
- Cool.
- I like your style, wonder pets.
- Hop in the--
♪ Where's ming-ming?
- ♪ She was here a second ago
- Looks like your chicken friend has flown the coop.
- Actually she's a duckling.
- My mistake.
- Linny, how will we find ming-ming?
- ♪ When something's missing
♪ Just look for a clue
- ♪ Look for a clue
- Aha!
Ming-ming's feather.
♪ Clue number one
- She must have gone thataway.
- Birdseed.
Is that a clue?
- Sure is, tuck.
♪ Clue number two
- Maybe your duck friend got a hankering for a snack.
- Chomp! Chomp!
- Do you hear that?
- ♪ It's a crunching
- Like someone's munching.
- ♪ Clue number three
- Sounds like it's coming from behind that toy box.
- Just as I suspected.
- Oh, hi, linny.
Birdseed, anyone?
- Ming-ming, we have to help the vixen, remember?
- Oh, right. That.
Well, what are we waiting for?
Hop in the flyboat, wonder pets.
- Aren't you coming, vixen?
- I brought my own ride.
I'll meet you outside.
- I think she just winked at me.
- Follow that vixen!
- And step on it.
[Together] whee!
- ♪ Wonder pets, wonder pets ♪
♪ We're on our way
♪ To help a little vixen and save the day ♪
- ♪ We're not too big
- ♪ And we're not too tough
- ♪ But when we work together we've got the right stuff ♪
Gooooo, wonder pets!
Yay!
- There's the vixen's car.
- Good eye, tuck.
[Together] whee! Whoa!
- Come on in, wonder pets.
- Wow.
You sure have a nice place here, ms. Vixen.
- Oh, wonder pets.
You just got to find my collar right away.
I need to wear it to a big soiree.
[Together] huh?
- It's a fancy party.
[Together] oh.
- Now, ms. Vixen, where was the last place
You saw this diamond collar?
- In my jewelry box.
Walk this way.
- Ah-ha!
The collar is
Not in the jewelry box.
- Linny, ♪ what will we do?
- I know how to find the vixen's collar.
♪ When something's missing
♪ Just look for a clue
Both: ♪ look for a clue
- Yeah, just like we looked for clues
To find ming-ming in the classroom.
- We'll leave no sofa cushion unturned.
- ♪ Yoo-hoo
♪ I see a clue
- ♪ We've only just begun
♪ And we've already found
Clue number one.
- A diamond!
- Linny, is it from the vixen's collar?
- ♪ It's a match
- Whoever took the collar
Must have gone thataway.
- ♪ Let's look for more clues
- ♪ Don't mind if I do
♪ This search is a breeze
♪ I found clue number two
♪ A piece of cheese
- Is this your cheese, ma'am?
- I never touch the stuff.
- Mysterious.
- Whoever took the collar
Must like cheese!
- Your powers of deduction are astounding.
- Thanks.
Whatever that means.
- Oh, hurry, wonder pets.
It's almost time for the party.
- Squeak! Squeak!
- ♪ Do you hear that?
- ♪ It's a squeaking
- Squeak! Squeak!
- ♪ Are you a-squeaking?
- ♪ Not me
All: ♪ the squeaking must be
♪ Clue number three
- It's all starting to add up now.
- I'm not following you.
- ♪ We have a diamond
- ♪ Cheese
- ♪ And a squeak
- What animal likes cheese and squeaks?
- I give up.
Both: ♪ a mouse
- Oh, right.
- And if we find that mouse...
- We'll find your collar too.
- Nice detective work, wonder pets,
But your time's run out.
The party started.
- ♪ This is se-wious
- It's now or never.
Can you help me?
- Okay, team.
Let's spread out and find that mouse.
Ming-ming, you look by the couch.
- Got it.
- Tuck, you look near the jewelry box,
And I'll look near those curtains.
- Squeak! Squeak!
- ♪ Linny
- ♪ Tuck
- ♪ And ming-ming too
- ♪ We're wonder pets and we'll help you ♪
- ♪ What's gonna work? - Squeak!
- ♪ Teamwork - squeak!
- ♪ What's gonna work? - Squeak!
- ♪ Teamwork - squeak!
- I found our mysterious squeak.
It's coming from
This hole.
- Hello?
Is there a mouse in there who's fond of diamonds?
- Yes. That would be me.
- The mouse!
- My collar!
- Nice work, wonder pets.
We solved the diamond-studded collar caper.
- But why'd you do it, little mouse?
Why'd you take the vixen's collar?
- I'm sorry.
I didn't know it belonged to the vixen.
It was so...so...
Sparkly.
Here you are.
- Wait.
Don't take it off.
- ♪ But it belongs to you
♪ It's not mine
- Honey, on you it looks divine.
To take it away would be a crime.
- But I thought you wanted to wear it to your party.
- I did, but it looks better on you, kid.
- [Laughs]
Thank you.
- What do you say?
You want to get out of this hole in the wall
And go to a fancy party?
- Yes.
- You are one classy dame.
- This calls for some celery.
- Would you like some cheese with your celery?
- Cheese, please.
- Well, wonder pets,
It looks like your work here is done.
To the convertible?
- To the convertible.
Bye, wonder pets.
- Come see me again sometime.
- That little vixen drove off
To her fancy soiree.
That's a party.
She left us here, holding the celery,
But that's just life when you're a wonder pet.
- Can we eat the celery now, linny?
- Oh, sorry.
Yeah.
[Horn honks]
[School bell ringing]
- Time to go home, everyone.
- Bye bye, linny.
- See you, tuck.
- See you tomorrow, ming-ming.
[Door closes]
[Jingling]
[Lively music]
- ♪ The phone
♪ The phone is ringing
[Piano keys play]
- ♪ The phone
♪ It's ringing still
- ♪ The phone
♪ The phone is ringing
- ♪ There's an old dog performing ♪
- ♪ An old dog performing?
- ♪ There's an old dog performing vaudeville ♪
Both: huh?
- Hello?
[Unintelligible response]
- We've got three tickets?
That sounds great.
- Three tickets for what, linny?
- ♪ For a vaudeville show
- ♪ Well, what do you know?
Both: ♪ but what's a vaudeville show? ♪
- A vaudeville show is a show with lots of different acts.
There are singers and stunts and tricks.
Both: wow.
- And today's performer is the old dog.
Both: ♪ who's the old dog?
- ♪ Behold
- ♪ He looks really great
- ♪ And weally old
- He's one of the most famous vaudeville stars ever.
- ♪ A famous dog
♪ Who puts on a show
- ♪ This is fabulous
- ♪ We have to see him
- ♪ Let's see the old dog
Both: ♪ let's see the old dog
[Together] ♪ let's see the old dog
Whee!
- And now, the amazing wonder pets.
Dum da-da dum!
- Dum da-da dum!
- Chomp!
Yum!
[Laughter]
- ♪ Linny
- ♪ Tuck
- ♪ And ming-ming too
- ♪ We're off to see what the dog can do ♪
- We don't have enough pieces to build the flyboat.
- How will we fly without the flyboat?
- ♪ If we put our minds to it, yes, siree ♪
♪ We'll find a new way to do it ♪
♪ Wait and see
Both: ♪ a new way to do it?
- Sure.
♪ And it'll be even better than it was before ♪
- Could we use this propeller?
- And this beanie cap?
- Yeah!
Let's put them together to make a new way to fly.
♪ What's gonna work?
Both: ♪ teamwork
- ♪ What's gonna work?
Both: ♪ teamwork
Ooh.
- Beanie.
- Hop in the beanie boat, wonder pets.
We've got an old dog to see.
- Vaudeville, here we come.
- ♪ Wonder pets, wonder pets ♪
♪ Off we go
♪ To see a really fabulous vaudeville show ♪
- ♪ We like a good film
- ♪ And we love a good play
- ♪ But we're off to see an old dog today ♪
Go, wonder pets!
Yay!
[Horns honk]
- There's the theater, wonder pets.
- ♪ We're flying into the theater ♪
- ♪ Does it get any sweeter?
- ♪ We'll get such a thrill
- ♪ You know that we will
All: ♪ watching some vaudeville
- The show's starting.
- And now performing his world-famous routine
That has dazzled audiences for years and years and years,
The old dog!
- Whoo-hoo!
- And now the old dog will sit.
[Fanfare]
Beg.
[Fanfare]
And for his big finish,
Speak!
- [Clears throat]
Arf.
[Fanfare]
- I think this is the part
Where we're supposed to applaud.
- How come nobody else is clapping, linny?
- Those are the same old tricks he's been doing for years.
- We've seen those times.
- That's not very nice.
- Oh, he's right, turtle.
I haven't done a new trick in years.
I'm all washed up.
- The old dog's leaving.
- I think his feelings got hurt.
- Let's go talk to him, wonder pets.
- ♪ Hey, mister, are you all right? ♪
- I'll tell you, ducky,
I got no business in show business.
♪ I'm throwing in the towel
- That means he's going to quit.
- There.
- But you can't give up on show business, old dog.
- Yeah. There's no business like it.
- And that's a perfectly good towel.
- Listen, you kids.
♪ When I used to do my tricks
♪ Everybody cheered and roared
♪ Now when I do 'em
♪ They flop
♪ The audience is bored
- We weren't bored,
Were we, wonder pets?
- Absolutely not.
- Maybe a little.
Oof! But not much.
- Yeah.
Why don't you go out there and give it another try?
- You really think I should?
[Together] uh-huh.
- Okay.
I'll give it one more try.
[Together] hurray!
- And now, the old dog will perform
The same old tricks!
He will sit.
[Fanfare]
Beg.
[Fanfare]
And speak.
- [Clears throat]
Arf.
[Fanfare]
- Survey says...
All: boo!
- That's it.
- What's wrong, old dog?
- ♪ I'm leaving show business
♪ I can't take anymore
♪ They used to gasp with delight ♪
♪ Now they only snore
♪ I'm a has-been, a used-to-be ♪
♪ No more tricks for me ♪
- You mean you're really quitting?
- That's right, wonder pets.
I just ain't got it no more.
I am through.
- You mean you're not going to do your tricks anymore?
- That's exactly what I mean.
- ♪ This is se-wious
But that's show biz.
- Thanks for trying, kids, but I'm outta here.
♪ I can't do no more, you see ♪
♪ Just fly on home
♪ And forget about me
- Hey, remember when we couldn't make our flyboat
In the classroom?
- We had to find a new way to fly.
- Maybe we can find a new way for the old dog
To thrill the audience.
- A new way? No way.
All: ♪ if we put our minds to it, ♪
♪ Yes, siree
♪ We'll find a new way to do it ♪
♪ Wait and see
- A new way to do it?
All: sure.
♪ And it will be even better than it was before ♪
- And I just thought
Of an amazing new twick you could do.
- You can't teach an old dog like me a new trick.
- Sure, we can.
Linny, you decorate the stage.
Tuck, you turn on more lights.
- Ooh.
- And I will teach the old dog a new trick.
- A new trick? Really?
- Yes, siree.
- ♪ Linny
- ♪ Tuck
- ♪ And ming-ming too
- ♪ They'll help me make my act brand-new ♪
♪ What's gonna work?
Both: ♪ teamwork
- ♪ What's gonna work?
Both: ♪ teamwork
- And now the old dog will perform a trick
Never seen on a vaudeville stage.
He will...
Sit!
[Fanfare]
- Ming-ming,
Those are the same tricks as before.
- Wait for it.
- Beg.
[Fanfare]
- Ming-ming, these tricks aren't new.
- [Yawns]
- Patience.
- Speak.
[Clears throat]
Arf.
[Fanfare]
- He did that before.
- Here it comes.
- And...
Fly!
Both: fly?
- Mm-hmm.
- I've never seen him do that trick before.
- ♪ Oh me and oh my
♪ A dog who can fly
♪ Watch me zip around high off the ground ♪
♪ I'll dazzle all the crowds
♪ When I soar through the clouds ♪
♪ I'm going to bow wow wow ya
♪ And you'll see the proof
♪ When I fly up high
♪ To the roof
Roof! Roof!
[Pants]
♪ This hound don't lie around
♪ Like a log
♪ 'Cause I'm a flying dog!
Oof! Hoo-choo-choo.
- That there's the best trick I ever saw.
- I'd like to thank my pals
Who showed me you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Linny, ming-ming, tuck, come on up here.
- We were just celebrating with some celery.
- That never gets old.
- But here's something new.
[Lively music]
♪
[Single applaud]
- Tough crowd.
- It ain't as easy as it looks.
Huh, kid?
- You said it.
♪
03x12 - Save the Vixen!/Teach an Old Dog New Tricks!
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Series follows a trio of classroom pets—Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck, and Ming-Ming Duckling—who use teamwork to help animals in need.
Series follows a trio of classroom pets—Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck, and Ming-Ming Duckling—who use teamwork to help animals in need.