[Heroic instrumental music]
♪
- ♪ Hi, ming-ming - [screams]
Hello, oliver.
- It's "ollie."
- Whatever.
- ♪ Can I ask you a question?
- You just did.
- Oh.
Well, here's another.
♪ Who was the first animal you ever saved? ♪
- Oh, that's easy.
♪ The first animal that we ever saved was an ant ♪
- Nuh-uh, ming-ming.
♪ It was a worm
- ♪ An ant - ♪ a worm
- ♪ Ant - ♪ worm
- Actually, it was neither.
All: huh?
- ♪ The first animal that we ever saved ♪
♪ Was ollie
Both: ollie?
- Get out of town.
- ♪ It's true
♪ It was you
- Oh, yeah, pig?
How come you know so much?
- I'll show you,
And it's "guinea pig."
- Well, sooorry.
- ♪ For a long time, I've been collecting things ♪
- Collecting things? - Like what?
- ♪ Want to see 'em?
All: yeah!
- ♪ Then without further ado
♪ I present to you
All: ooh.
- ♪ The wonder pets museum
- Hunky-dunky.
Look at all this old junk.
- It's not junk, ollie.
These things tell the story
Of how the wonder pets got started.
- Well, how did the wonder pets get started?
- Well, a long time ago,
It used to be just me in the classroom.
I had a nice life, but I was kind of lonely.
I remember it well.
- It's time to go home, everyone.
- Bye, linny. - See ya, linny.
- Linny's my favorite hamster.
- She's a guinea pig.
[Door closes]
- [Sighs]
♪ Every day, I do the same thing ♪
♪ The kids and the teacher leave ♪
♪ And then I start to sing
♪ Alone
♪ Alone, no one to share with me ♪
♪ The things I see and do
♪ I need a friend or two
♪ I love my life, you see
♪ And I'll live it happily
♪ I wish I didn't have to be
♪ Alone
[Sighs]
I wish I had a friend.
[Sniffing]
[Sighs]
- Hello? - [Gasps]
What was that?
[Gasps]
Oh, my.
Please take care of this turtle.
He needs a lot of love.
Hi. I'm linny.
What's your name?
- Turtle tuck. - Whoa.
Great. Um...like to hug, don't you?
- Oh, yeah.
Wow.
What is this place?
- This is where I live.
Welcome to classroom. Take a look around.
We've got a lot of things I think you'll like.
- ♪ Linny, I see blocks and a doll with stripy socks ♪
♪ And look at that, a pretty wooden trike ♪
- Wow, good eye, tuck.
- Good eye. Yeah.
I do have a good eye.
♪ I also love when things look pretty ♪
- Pretty?
- ♪ Like pretty dolls with pretty shoes and hair ♪
- Oh.
- ♪ I like to change their clothes ♪
♪ And arrange them all in rows
♪ Making things look pretty shows you care ♪
There.
- Wow.
Good eye, tuck, for...fashion.
- [Laughs]
Dance with me, linny.
Whoa.
[Dolls squeaking]
- Oops.
I guess I'm pretty clumsy too.
- You're great just the way you are, tuck.
I'm so glad to have you as a friend.
[Pedals squeaking]
♪ Exercise, exercise, exercise
- Linny.
- What's wrong, tuck?
- Come quick.
- Wow.
- What is it, linny?
- I think it's...it's...
An egg.
The kids must have gotten a new pet for the classroom.
- An egg?
Hello, egg.
[Egg cracking]
Uh-oh. I think I broke it, linny.
- No, tuck. The egg's about to hatch.
- ♪ Hello, world
Let's get this party started.
Oh, hey.
What's the matter?
Never seen a duckling before?
- A what-ling?
- Did I pronounce my words clearly enough for you?
- Um...
- Hi, I'm linny the guinea pig,
And this is my friend turtle tuck.
- Ah, pleased to make your acquaintance.
♪ Ya, dah, dah-dah, dah
♪ The name is ming-ming
♪ Ming-ming duckling
♪ The greatest creature that you've ever met ♪
♪ Behold the marvel that is me
♪ So full of charm and energy
♪ And I'm not even grown up yet ♪
♪ I'm flipply and cute
♪ And beautiful to boot
♪ And best of all, I absolutely know it ♪
- Great.
- ♪ You must be so glad you found me ♪
♪ Since the world revolves around me ♪
♪ I'm great and I can't wait
♪ To show it
[Feet tapping]
♪ Cha
Wait.
What are these things?
- I believe those are your wings, ming-ming.
- "Wings" you say?
"Wings."
There's something special in that word.
Wings.
♪ Do these make a bird a bird?
Linny, tuckster.
- It's tuck. - Whatever.
Look.
♪ I can fly
♪ Linny the guinea pig and turtle tuck ♪
♪ Get a load of the flying duck ♪
♪ Down there on the ground you're stuck ♪
♪ But I can fly
♪ I can fly
♪ I can-- - that's enough.
- What's the matter, tuckster?
- It's tuck, and what's the matter is you're a showoff.
- I take that as a compliment.
- Linny, if ming-ming stays, I'm leaving.
- And if he stays, I'm leaving.
- Hold on, you two.
Let's all calm down.
Tuck--
♪ Take a deep breath
- [Breathing heavily]
- And ming-ming--
♪ Count to three
- One, two, um... Little help?
- Three. - Three.
- I know you've gotten off to a rough start,
But I really want us all to be friends.
Both: "friends"?
- Friends.
Will you give it a try--
♪ For me?
- Okay, linny. - Sure. Fine.
- Great.
I'm sure you'll be friends once you get to know each other.
♪ When you got to know someone who's got a different style ♪
♪ They do things differently than you ♪
[Trumpet blaring]
♪ When you get to know someone
♪ It takes a little while
♪ But soon they'll make you smile ♪
♪ Yes, it's true
♪ Sometimes you like one thing
♪ And they'll like another
♪ But you can still learn to get along with each other ♪
♪ So when you get to know someone ♪
♪ The more time you spend
♪ The sooner that someone
♪ Will be your friend
[All laughing]
- Hey, we look like superheroes.
- You're right.
Good eye, tuckster.
- I'm just so glad you guys are friends now.
- Hey!
- Did you say "hey"?
- I didn't say "hey."
Did you say "hey"?
- No way. Linny?
- I didn't say "hey." - Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
- It's coming from the classroom next door.
Come on, guys.
- Hello. Over here.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
- Hey. - Oh, hey.
I'm ollie the bunny.
- Yeah? And?
- And I want to get out of here.
♪ Free me
Please? Come on, guys.
Let me out. Please?
I'll be your best friend.
- Well, I guess I'll let him out.
- Wait, linny.
I've got a bad feeling about this one,
Even worse that I had about tuck.
No offense, tuck.
- Ming-ming, we have to let ollie out of his cage.
- Yeah.
♪ Listen to the pig
- "Guinea pig." There you go, ollie.
You're free.
So what do you want to do, ollie?
- Yay! Whoo-hoo!
- Oh, boy.
- We better follow him.
Ollie!
- ♪ Boy, you guys got a lot of stuff ♪
♪ Look at all this awesome stuff ♪
♪ Toys and stuff and games and... ♪
♪ Stuff
Whoo-whoo-whoo!
♪ You guys don't know how lucky you are ♪
♪ Everything I've seen so far is hunky-dunky-awesome ♪
Wow.
♪ A car
- It's not a car.
It's a rocket ship.
- Oh, no. Ollie's getting inside.
- Be careful, ollie.
That rocket isn't easy to fly.
- Relax, pig.
Rabbits are natural-born fliers.
♪ For goodness' sakes
♪ How do I hit the brakes?
Wha!
- Oh, no.
- ♪ Ollie's hanging from the ceiling ♪
- ♪ Get me down
- Come on, guys.
Hang on, ollie. We'll save you.
[Grunting] ♪ I can't reach him
- Whoa!
I'm slipping!
- Ollie's gonna fall.
- ♪ This is se-wious
Ooh, that's pretty catchy.
- Guys, we can save ollie if we work together.
- What do you mean "work together?"
- You know, we each have a job, like...
♪ Teamwork
- Hey, that's pretty catchy too.
- Thanks.
- Tuck, you stand on my shoulders.
Ming-ming, you stand on tuck's shoulders and grab ollie.
- You got it.
- We did it.
- Give me a hug, ollie.
- Okay, that's enough.
Thanks for saving me, guys.
You were amazing.
- I was amazing.
- But we almost didn't save you, ollie.
The only thing that worked was teamwork.
Both: teamwork?
- Hey, you guys look just like superheroes.
- Wow. You're right, ollie.
- Of course I am.
Well, see ya.
- Ming-ming, tuck, I think we really could be superheroes.
Both: huh?
- If we use teamwork,
I bet we could save all sorts of animals in trouble.
♪ Before I met you guys, I was all alone ♪
Both: ah.
- ♪ Things are harder when you're on your own ♪
♪ But look at us
♪ I mean, just look at us standing here together ♪
♪ See what I mean?
♪ We're part of a team
- Part of a team? - Yeah.
♪ When you're part of a team
♪ You can get things done
- Like what?
- ♪ All sorts of jobs that are much too big for one ♪
♪ When everyone does their part ♪
♪ With a little luck and a lot of heart ♪
♪ Then your problems aren't as big as they seem ♪
♪ You can do anything when you're part of a team ♪
- Wow. I did it.
- Nope. We all did it...as a team.
- Linny, you're right.
Let's be a team and help save animals in trouble.
- Sounds good to me.
- Great.
Now we need to think of a name for our team.
Both: hmm.
- I know.
♪ Why don't we call our team the pretty pets? ♪
- Pretty pets?
- ♪ Yeah, 'cause we're pets and we're pretty ♪
♪ Linny, let's
- Hmm.
- ♪ Linny, I don't know about you ♪
♪ But to me, that name is so floo-floo ♪
- Well, what do you want to name our team?
- How about the--
♪ Super singing power pets?
- That's a nice name, ming-ming,
But I don't know about "power pets."
- I wonder what we could call our team.
- That's it. "Wonder."
We'll be the wonder pets.
- Not bad. - Great, it's decided.
Out team will be called--
♪ Ming-ming's wonder pets
- Nah, just "the wonder pets."
- I tried.
- Linny, now that we're the wonder pets,
How do we know which animals need to be saved?
- That's easy. We'll ask 'em.
Yo, animals. - Huh?
- ♪ I ask you, who needs a rescue? ♪
I think they're all safe, actually.
- Ming-ming.
- Well, if animals are really in trouble,
They'll just call us.
- Call us on what?
We don't have a phone.
[Jingling]
- ♪ The can
♪ The can is winging?
- I guess we do have a phone.
- Hello?
- [Indistinct mumbling]
- You want to order a pizza?
- I'll handle this.
This line is for emergencies only.
[Jingling]
- [Gasps]
Listen.
- [Moaning]
- ♪ It's a little baby whale on a beach in nova scotia ♪
Look.
- [Moaning]
- Poor baby whale.
- We need to help her get back into the ocean.
- ♪ A baby whale stuck on a beach ♪
- ♪ This is se-wious
- ♪ We have to help her
- ♪ Let's save the whale
All: ♪ let's save the whale
♪ Let's save the whale
Whee!
Oof.
- I thought we were gonna land in that box.
- What do you want? It was our first try.
- Wonder pets, we need a way to get to the baby whale
In nova scotia.
- Let's build a boat, linny.
- Good idea, tuck.
- No, let's build something that can fly.
- Okay, ming-ming.
- ♪ Let's build a boat
- ♪ Something that can fly
- ♪ Boat - ♪ fly
- There. It's a boat that flies.
♪ I call it the boatfly
- Hmm. How about the flyboat?
- Ooh. That's even better.
The flyboat.
- It's great, linny--
♪ But it's not quite pretty enough ♪
Hang on.
I'm finished.
It stands for "wonder pets."
Both: ooh.
- Hop in the flyboat, wonder pets.
We've got a baby whale to save.
- We are coming to save you, baby whale.
[Crashing sounds]
Ouchie.
- One more time.
- How's she handle, linny?
- Great,
But I can't find a way out of the classroom.
- Linny, if I may,
I've got a good feeling about that chicken.
- Careful, ming-ming.
We're gonna crash.
- I'm betting he swerves first.
[All screaming]
[All sighing]
Don't ask me how I knew.
I just knew.
[All cheering]
- So... - Yeah.
Want to drive, linny? - Sure.
- Tuck, turn on the radio.
- There is no radio.
- Well, we could sing a song instead.
- Good idea, tuck. I'll start.
♪ Wonder pets, wonder pets
♪ We're on our way
- Um...
♪ To help a baby whale and something, something day ♪
- How about--
♪ And save the day
- Yeah.
♪ And save the day
- Um... Oh, I got it.
♪ We're not too big, and we're not too tough ♪
- Hey, speak for yourself.
- And you're big and tough?
- Let's just say I've got the right stuff, tuckster.
- Hey, that's good.
♪ But when we work together, we've got the right stuff ♪
- Great. Let's sing the whole thing.
All: ♪ wonder pets, wonder pets ♪
♪ We're on our way
♪ To help a baby a baby whale and save the day ♪
- ♪ We're not too big
- ♪ And we're not too tough
All: ♪ but when we work together ♪
♪ We've got the right stuff
- Go, wonder pets.
Here, you guys put your hands on top of mine.
- Oh, yeah. - Got it.
All: go, wonder pets! Yay!
- We're in nova scotia, wonder pets.
- I see the beach, linny.
- Good eye, tuck. Let's land.
All: whee!
- [Moaning] - it's the baby whale.
- But where is she?
- Found her.
♪ Hello, little baby whale
♪ Good-bye, little baby whale
That was easy.
Let's go home.
- Um...ming-ming?
- Ah. Whale.
- Don't worry, baby whale.
We'll get you back into the ocean.
- [Moaning]
- I know.
Let's put the whale in the flyboat
And fly her back to the water.
- Great idea, tuck.
- Hop in, whaley. You're traveling first class.
- Oh, I guess she's too big to fit in the flyboat.
- [Moaning]
- Oh, no.
The baby whale really needs to get back into the water.
- ♪ This is se-wious
- Are you gonna be saying that a lot?
'Cause I'm not wild about it.
- We'll see.
- What we need is teamwork.
- Oh, yeah, teamwork,
Just like we learned to do in the classroom.
- Maybe we can use the flyboat to pull the whale
Back into the ocean.
- Great idea, tuck.
You push the baby whale towards the ocean.
Ming-ming, you tie the seaweed to the baby whale's tail,
And I'll tie the other end to the flyboat.
♪ Linny, tuck
- ♪ And ming-ming too
All: ♪ we're wonder pets, and we'll help you ♪
- ♪ What's gonna work?
- ♪ Teamwork
- Wait. I wasn't ready.
Ask that again, linny.
- ♪ What's gonna work?
Both: ♪ teamwork
- ♪ What's gonna work?
Both: ♪ teamwork
- We did it. We saved the baby whale.
- [Calling]
- Oh, thank you for saving my daughter, wonder pets.
[All singing]
- You're welcome, papa whale.
- All that saving made me hungry.
This calls for some rutabaga.
- Some what?
- Rutabaga.
It's a turnip mixed with a cabbage.
So?
- Um... - What else you got?
- Oh, how about some celery?
Both: yeah!
- Well, wonder pets, it looks like our work here is done.
- Bye, baby whale. Bye, papa whale.
- Good-bye, wonder pets.
[All calling]
- And that's how we became the wonder pets.
- Wow, that's a lot of history.
- Yeah, I feel so old.
- ♪ We've been doing this a long, long time ♪
♪ It's true
♪ But there's nothing in the world ♪
♪ I'd rather do
Both: ♪ me too
- ♪ Every pig and every zebra
- ♪ Every mollusk - ♪ and amoeba
- ♪ We'll always be there to save the day together ♪
- ♪ Forever - ♪ and ever
All: ♪ go, wonder pets, yay
- Little airplane.
03x10 - How it All Began
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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.