Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
Posted: 01/26/24 12:53
Woahaha! Hey! Woah! L-l-l-look out!
H-h-here I come! Ready or not! Haha!
Tadaa!
Hmm, may I introduce myself,
I am Seymour S. Sassafrass
& company.
This is the Seymour
S. Sassafrass, and this
is the company!
I am a peddler by trade, by trade
and by golly, by golly, by golly,
I deal in magic and moonbeams
and pretty, pretty colors.
Ohhhh, yes!
I can sell you the most perfect pink,
or the most blissful blue,
or a simply euphoric yellow. Heheh!
That, of course, is why I'm here
in April Valley, delivering
all these colors to
Peter Cottontail,
so he can paint his
Easter eggs, you know.
What? You say you've never been to
April Valley before?
Well, that's okay.
I'll show you around.
This way, please.
Now you see? April Valley's where
all the Easter bunnies live and work.
Oh, yes.
Ah! April Valley's
finest candy carvers.
Meet Milk- chocolate Angelo,
and Leonardo de Bittersweet, hehe.
And over there is the famous
Easter bunny bonnet founder.
Now, of course, it's
all very nice here,
thanks to Peter Cottontail.
Hmm? You've never heard
of Peter Cottontail?
Great chattering chip chicks!
They've never heard of
Peter Cottontail!
(echoing) They've never heard
of Peter Cottontail?!
Why, he's the number-one
Chief Easter bunny
around here, see?
Y-you-- you mean you never heard
how he almost lost the job?
(gasp)
Oh my, you actually
mean you never heard
how a terrible, wicked nasty rabbit
named Irontail almost became
the Easter bunny?
(evil laughing)
Montrezaur! Montrezaur!
Away! Away-!
Here, if you peek into
this magic egg,
you'll see the whole story
just as it happened.
Peter was just a young
whippersnapper,
sort of a junior Easter bunny.
♪ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Hippity, hoppity,
Easter's on its way ♪
♪ Bringin' every girl and boy ♪
♪ Baskets full of Easter joy ♪
♪ Things to make your
Easter bright and gay ♪
Well, it all began one bright
and sunny springtime
right here in April Valley.
The former Chief Easter bunny,
Colonel Wellington B. Bunny,
--oh, he was a fine old gent--
was getting on in years,
and he figured it
was just about time
for him to retire.
Of course, it was his sworn duty
to appoint a worthy successor.
[Colonel] No, it's out
of the question...
that one could, hmm..
Wait! Peter Cottontail--
Just a moment, now here's
a likely candidate.
Er, I really don't
think Cottontail's
your man, sir.
I mean, he is boastful,
he has no sense of responsibility,
and sometimes, sometimes he fibs!
- Oh, well I know he's not perfect,
but he's got real
spunk and ingenuity.
Reminds me of me when I was his age.
But-- I never dreamed I'd get to be
Chief Easter bunny!
Peter, you're telling a fib!
Every time you tell a fib,
your left ear droops!
Oh, heheh, well I guess I did
think about the job once or twice.
Uh, lots of times.
Peter, good heavens, Peter, my boy,
you've got to shape up and reform
if you want to be Chief Easter bunny.
♪ There are tulips
that need tending ♪
♪ And baskets that need mending ♪
♪ The jellybeans are
piling up in heaps ♪
♪ There are eggs that
need collecting ♪
♪ And hens who are expecting ♪
♪ In Spring, the Easter
bunny never sleeps ♪
♪ There are bonnets
that need sewing ♪
♪ And gardens that need hoeing ♪
♪ Some chocolate chicks
have broken out in peeps! ♪
♪ There are colors that are running ♪
♪ And workers who are sunning ♪
♪ In Spring, the Easter
bunny never sleeps ♪
♪ Bright and early Easter morning ♪
♪ All the work must be done ♪
♪ Eggs ready to roll
in time for the fun ♪
♪ For, like Santa Claus, the
bunny has not one single day ♪
♪ There are children
waiting everywhere ♪
♪ Their candy no delay! ♪
♪ So get all those tulips tended ♪
♪ And every basket mended ♪
♪ It's not a game we're playing;
it's for keeps! ♪
♪ Get those bows and
ribbons tied on ♪
♪ For you will be relied on ♪
♪ Every Spring the Easter bunny
never sleeps, never sleeps ♪
[Irontail] I won't allow Cottontail
to be the new Chief Easter bunny!
I must be the new ruler
of April Valley!
You, sir?
Yes. Years ago, a small child
rollerskated over my tail.
Since then, I have had to wear this
artificial one made of iron,
instead of having a nice,
fluffy, while
cotton tail, like that Peter.
But it was an accident, sir.
The child didn't mean to-
I don't care!
Since that time, I have
detested all children.
But then, why be Easter bunny?
To get even, heheh.
When I'm through with April Valley,
we'll never be bothered
by children again.
(Laughs)
Here, son.
Here... is your official egg basket.
Carry, carry it with pride.
I will, sir!
- I hereby officially declare you
Chief Easter bun-
[Irontail] Just a mean old minute!
Hm, hm. Just in time.
- For what, Irontail?!
- Here is the Constitution
of April Valley.
It says that the Chief Easter bunny
shall be the one who
delivers the most eggs.
- I know that!
That's why I've chosen-
- Well, when it comes
to delivering eggs,
Peter Cottontail is, eheh,
real squeamish carrots
to January Q. Irontail!
I propose a contest to see who
can deliver the most eggs.
- That's absolutely out
of the question!
[Peter] Wait a minute, Colonel.
I'm not afraid of Irontail.
I know I can lick him any day!
[Irontail] Ha!
- Peter, this is no time for bragging.
- No, no, I insist, Colonel!
A contest is the fair
way of deciding
who's best. (softly)
Don't worry, it'll be me!
- Hehehe, well, you better
head wind, Peter.
Because once I give my word,
I shall stick to it.
(crowd chattering)
[Colonel] Therefore,
I have decided that whoever delivers
the most eggs tomorrow, Easter,
will be the new ruler
of April Valley.
(cheers)
- (chuckles)
You've got to win, Peter.
Absolutely have to win.
Irontail will do terrible
things to April Valley.
Make sure, make sure you get up
bright and early tomorrow
so you can do your best.
[Sassafrass] But Peter was so sure
he'd win the next day,
that instead of getting
lots of sleep,
he had a big party with
all his friends.
And it was very late when
he finally went to bed.
I've gotta get up on
time tomorrow! (yawn)
Five- thirty, Ben, remember?
(tiredly) ♪ There are tulips
that need tending ♪
♪ And baskets that need mending ♪
♪ In Spring the Easter
bunny never sleeps...
sleeps... sleeps...
[Sassafrass] But you
can be certain that
old Irontail wasn't
going to play fair.
[Ben] No funny- no funny- no
funny business, now.
- (laughs) Oh, no, of course not.
I have a little gift
for you! Because, uh,
well, because I like
chickens so much.
Aww! Bubbu-bubble-bubblegum!
Corn-flavored bubblegum!
My f-f-fa-favorite!!
(laughs) April Valley
is as good as mine!
(laughs)
(gulp)
[Sassafrass] You see,
it was magic bubblegum
guaranteed to seal the lips
of an alarm- clock rooster.
Those bubbles cocka-doodle-do'd
so far away, Peter never heard them.
He slept on and on and on
all through Easter day.
Now, nobody wanted an egg
from an unpleasant old
bunny, like Irontail.
As a matter of fact, though
he tried all day long,
he was only able to give away
one single egg.
However, since Peter
slept through Easter
and didn't deliver any eggs at all,
Irontail won.
And he now ruled April Valley.
♪ Every tulip that needs tending ♪
♪ will get a proper bending ♪
♪ and jellybeans will rot
upon their heaps ♪
Haha!
♪ All the hens who are expecting ♪
♪ will get no more protecting ♪
♪ For in Spring the Easter bunny
always sleeps! ♪
♪ And from this time forward, ♪
♪ all Easter eggs shall be colored ♪
♪ a shade of mud and new concrete ♪
Haha!
♪ Instead of chocolate
bunnies and chicks,
I commission the candy sculptors
to make tarantulas and octopuses!
And I hereby declare an end
to Easter bonnets.
From now on, there will
only be Easter galoshes.
(crowd moans)
♪ I need lots of peace and quiet ♪
♪ and Easter won't deny it ♪
♪ Every Spring the Easter
bunny always sleeps! ♪
(laughs)
[Sassafrass] Peter Cottontail,
who realized that his bragging
and irresponsibility had
let everybody down,
left April Valley in disgrace.
- But- but I'll make it up, somehow!
I'll make it up if it's
the last thing I do!
And that's when I came
into the story.
Ah, beg pardon, Peter.
- Huh?
- You're sleeping on my big toe.
You really must have
been tuckered out
to use a big toe as a pillow.
- Gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Sassafrass.
(chuckles) Well, that's alright.
It's my pleasure, Peter.
Well, rather my big
toe's pleasure, heheh.
- Where are we?
- In my garden.
This is the garden of surprises
where I grow all the vegetables
I use to make the pretty colors.
Heh, it's kinda magical,
if I do say so my
magical self, heheh!
[Peter] Why do you call it
the garden of surprises?
- Everybody asks that question!
And I answer:
Why not call it the
garden of surprises?
I mean, I never know
what's coming up.
Sometimes I plant beans
and roses surprise me.
Why, once I planted pumpkins,
and do you know what came up?
- Huh? No, what?
Pumpkins.
Now, that was a surprise.
Hmm! Well, it's always easier
to change colors than
to change labels.
- Well, nobody will ever
be able to change
my label... it reads "failure."
- Oh, don't be so depressed, Peter!
When you are depressed,
it gets to be
very...erm... depressing! Heheh
- But Easter's all over and I lost!
- Easter, over?
Hah, nothing's ever
really all over, Peter.
Follow me!
There it is. My Yestermorrowber.
- Why do you call it your
Yestermorrowber?
- 'Cause that's what
I call it! Heheh.
You see, it can transport you
into yesterday or tomorrow,
whereas most crafts go
from here to there,
mine travels from now to then,
and from then to when.
(chuckles)
Meet the pilot.
Antoine, Antoine!
(French accent)
Hello, hello, hello.
- A worm?
[Antoine] Pardon, monsieur.
I hold the rank of caterpillar.
- We've got our first
passenger, Antoine.
His name is Peter Cottontail.
Now, show him how it all works.
- Of course, I will do
that, with pleasure.
You will notice the many switches
and buttons and knobs, eh?
(chuckles)
They're beautiful, eh?
They are labelled le
future and le past.
And here, of course,
we have more controls
to transport one to the holidays.
A button for Christmas,
a lever for Halloween,
so, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day,
St. Patrick's Day,
Valentine's Day, Arbor Day,
and this pretty one,
for Easter.
- Hey! I get it.
All I have to do is
hop into the basket
and have you take me back to Easter!
- That's correct.
Then you can deliver your eggs,
as you should have done
in the first place,
win the contest, and
toss old Irontail out.
- Let's go! To Easter, Antoine!
- Of course! Oui, certainement, Pierre!
Good luck, Peter.
- Thanks for everything,
Mr. Sassafrass!
- But I didn't give you everything.
- Huh?
♪ [lyrics] If I could only
get back to yesterday ♪
♪ Today would be a perfect day ♪
♪ If I could only get
back to yesterday ♪
♪ Oh the different things
I'd do and say ♪
♪ I'd be a different man ♪
♪ if I had a second chance ♪
♪ Wouldn't you, wouldn't you? ♪
♪ I'd make a special plan ♪
♪ If I had a second chance ♪
[Irontail] A thousand
crimson curses, urgh!
I forgot all about Sassafrass'
silly time machine.
Well, hehe, I'll put
a creepy crimp in their
pathetic plans.
(chuckles)
Now understand my plans...
Now catch up with them,
and by all means, play dirty!
(laughs)
Are we almost at Easter, Antoine?
- Soon, Pierre, soon.
We are traveling one
hundred hours an hour.
Hey, there is something that
is very wrong with the controls!
They indicate approximately
to Easter,
yet, by my calculations - -
mon dieu! Mon dieu,
we're coming down!
Prepare for the crash- landing!
[Sassafrass] And because
the control wires
were all fouled out,
Easter was lost,
and they crashed right down
in the middle of Mother's Day.
(giggling)
[Peter] Happy Easter!
[Mother] Easter?
It's Mother's Day.
[Boy] You forgot us on Easter.
[Mother] I'll say you did.
Oh, I don't mind for myself,
but there were no eggs for the
children.
- And no Easter bonnet for Mom.
- Well, I'll make it all up now!
Here, my pleasure!
- Aw, who wants Easter
eggs on Mother's Day?
[Sassafrass] And wherever
Peter went
on Mother's Day, the reaction
was exactly the same.
Antoine did his best
to repair the damaged time controls.
- It works! Hehe!
And, I, of course,
sense a holiday, no?
A holiday, yes!
But the 4th of July!
[Antoine] We are falling!
This is an outrageous situation!
This is an outrageous situation!
[Peter] We made it.
[Antoine] That, mon amie, is obvious.
Thanks, of course, to
my superb piloting.
- Superb? We're a long
way from Easter.
- Ah, well... tell me, Pierre,
in the woods of April Valley,
does it say the eggs must
be given at Easter?
- No, but who wants Easter
eggs on the 4th of July?
They didn't even want them
on Mother's Day!
- Easter eggs? No.
But, uh, 4th of July eggs?
What I am saying, mon amie, is that one
should and must improvise.
♪ People believe what their
hearts tell their eyes ♪
♪ So when you can't get it
all together, improvise ♪
♪ When you can't get it
all together, improvise ♪
♪ When you can't get it all together,
when you can't get it all together, ♪
♪ When you can't get it
all together, improvise! ♪
[Peter] Lucky, Mr. Sassafrass
packed a box
full of his paints aboard.
[Antoine] Well, look again,
that is not all he packed.
Come see.
Here's a box full of, um,
how you say, costumes, eh?
Rabbit- size.
- This is perfect!
[Sassafrass] Oh, it's not that I knew
what was gonna happen
- not really, heheh.
Well, anyway, Peter went out
with his 4th of July eggs.
Gee, I wonder if anybody will
really want my eggs.
- Well, that's all, fellas.
[Blond boy] Aw, it was just
getting good.
[Red-haired boy] I'll do
anything for more fireworks!
- Boy, I could really get rid of these
if they were firecrackers! Hmm.
- Well, let's go home.
- (fake voice) Well, well, well.
Hello fellows!
- It's a rabbit.
- I'm Uncle Sam- Sam, your
Independence Day bunny!
- We're looking for firecrackers.
You got firecrackers, rabbit?
- Uh, firecrackers, uh,
well as a matter of fact, I do!
These are red, white, and blue, uh,
egg- shaped torpedoes! You know,
you toss them on the
ground, and kerbloom!
- Oh, boy! Torpedoes!
- Wow! We'll take all you got!
(Both) Yeah! Gimme! Lemme at 'em!
Let's take 'em to where
the ground is hard.
♪ When you can't get it all together,
when you can't get it all together,
when you can't get it
all together, improvise! ♪
[Peter] Quick! Let's
get outta here!
- Just a minute, I have not yet
made finish with the repairs.
- Antoine, we've got to get moving!
[Boys] Hey, rabbit!
- Oh, boy.
- These are not firecrackers!
- Well, fellas, it was, uh, just
a little joke! (nervous laugh)
- We don't like jokes.
Let 'im have it, Homer!
- Wait a minute! Whoops! Watch out!
You'll break them! Come on,
Antoine, let's go!
- What's the matter?
- We are coming down again!
- Gee, it's so foggy and dank
and spooky out!
What a terrible Easter!
- Easter?! Pierre, we are halfway
around the year from Easter.
This is H-allowee---n!
- Halloween? Hey, wait a minute.
I'll paint my eggs orange and black
and be, um, be the Halloween bunny!
[Irontail] Blast that wretched rabbit!
Oh, what am I worrying about?
(low chuckle)
If I can't defeat Peter
Cottontail on Halloween,
then when can I? (chuckles)
I mean, it's, uh, my kind of day.
[Esmeralda] Go ahead, it's your
nickle! (wicked laughter)
Irontail? Not THE Irontail?
January "Boom- Boom" Irontail?
[Irontail on phone]
Ah, Madame Esmeralda!
and how is my favorite witch today?
- Well, Halloween's my busy season,
dont'cha know.
After Halloween, I'm pooped as a
petrified poltergeist. (laughs loudly)
- Heheh, yes.
Well, I wonder if you could find time
to do me a little favor, hm-hm?
I mean, there's a certain rabbit
I want to frighten away.
[Esmeralda] Haunt a rabbit? Great!
You know me! (laughs)
I just love to tease hares!
(wicked laughter)
[Antoine] Well I... I improvise
and I improvise, and still I cannot
get it all together.
(wicked laughter)
[Peter] (laughs)
(wicked laugh)
- (laughs) Come on, what's the joke?
Let me in on it! What's so funny?
- There's no joke! I'm a wicked
Halloween witch!
I do simply horrendous things.
I can turn blue and purple and green
- BOO!
I'm as spooky as Frankenstein!
- Hey, that's great! Uh,
can you do Colonel Bunny?
I can! (Colonel's voice) "Peter, my boy,
I have some advice for you."
- Aw, you're not supposed
to enjoy my evil powers!
Oh, I failed. Here I am, only 379,
a has- been! (crying)
- Oh, uh, don- don- don't cry!
I didn't mean to make you unhappy!
Say, there's no rule that says a witch
can't have a Halloween egg!
Here, you may have my first.
- For me? A present?
Oh, I must tell the whole
weirdo community!
All the ghosts, witches,
werewolves, everybody!
They'll be so happy to
receive Halloween eggs!
Nobody ever thinks to
treat the tricksters!
(gleeful laughter)
[Sassafrass] Well, old Esmeralda
rounded up the entire clan
and they all wanted one
of Peter's eggs.
[Irontail] Great mealy- mouthed
meatballs, ugh!
The skies are laden
with egg- crazy race!
I cannot let this happen!
Peter will win!
There's only one way to take
care of those eggs-
destroy them for good!
Montrezaur! Get them and destroy them!
Boy, look at all those ghosts!
Yowee, I'll have to go back to April
Valley for more eggs!
No!
- Smash them, Montrezaur! Smash them all!
(wicked laughter)
Those eggs are done for!
(laughter)
- Take off, Antoine! We've gotta catch
those eggs
before they hit the ground!
- Great twisted tarantulas!
Haul those eggs, Montrizaur!
Haul them!
[Antoine] So, how do we do, eh?
- We've got to get
back to Halloween
so I can give these
eggs to the ghosts!
- That, I am afraid, mon amie
Pierre, is impossible.
- No, they couldn't go back.
But Antoine had to land his craft
so he could continue his repairs.
And where do you think
they came down?
[Peter] Thanksgiving!
Oh, just smell all those
goodies cooking down there.
How do I look?
- What. Are you supposed.
To be. Eh?
An Easter turkey, or
Thanksgiving bunny?
- Oh, who cares? As long as
I can give away these eggs.
- Eggs? (hick)
Don't mention food to me.
I'm stuffed to the gills after
this Thanksgiving feast.
[Family] We're all stuffed!
[Sassafrass] Everybody everywhere
was so stuffed
that Peter couldn't give
away a single egg.
- Boy, i- it's cold!
- Thank you for this
information,
I do not realize this fact
otherwise, eh. (sneeze)
- Antoine! Look up there!
Santa Claus! That's
why it's so cold!
- Well, it must be Noel.
Christmas Eve.
These stupid controls
are still all wet!
- Hi, Santa! Hi!
- Hello, Peter!
- Watch out for Irontail, Santa!
- Oh, I'm not afraid, haha. Merry
Christmas, Peter!
Merry Christmas!
- Same to you, Santa!
Hey, I know how to give
these eggs away!
♪ (caroling) We wish you a merry
Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you a merry Christmas,
we wish you a merry Christmas ♪
[Peter] Hohoho, merry Christmas!
I'm the Santa bunny!
Get your free Christmas eggs here,
eat 'em or use 'em to
decorate your tree!
Hohohoho! Merry Christmas!
- How goes the egg business?
- Not so good.
The street's deserted.
- Of course! Everyone
has finished with
their Christmas shopping,
and are now
snug and warm at home- eh,
you are too late again, mon amie.
- I guess so. It seemed like
such a good idea!
- Well, at least I, too, am snug and warm.
Oh- ho- ho.
(crying)
Gee who's crying?
Sounds like it's coming
from that hat shop.
Gee, it's Bonnie! Bonnie Bonnet!
She left April Valley years ago!
(tapping) Hi, Bonnie!
Why are ya crying?
- Oh, Peter! I'm so glad
to see you, baby!
Nobody wants me! What a way
for a lady to end up!
Unbought, on Christmas eve! (sobs)
- Wait a minute!
[Shopkeep] Sorry, I'm closing up.
- Uh, b- but, y- you can't leave Bonnie
all alone on Christmas eve!
- Ah, that ridiculous hat?
Who wants an Easter bonnet
this time of year?
- I'll take her. I'm sure
I can find a home for Bonnie.
- You, a silly little rabbit?
Whatever would you use for money?
- Oh, I have lots of money!
Darn it.
Wait a minute. I'll trade you
my Christmas eggs for Bonnie.
- Christmas eggs?
- Yeah, see? In that basket
out there on the sidewalk.
[Shopkeep] Why, they're beautiful!
- Deal?
- Deal.
- Dea-l!
- Deal!
- Deal?
(all laugh)
- Gee, I forgot I was wearing
this Santa suit.
[Shopkeep screams]
- What is it?
- Somebody's stealing the
Christmas eggs!
It's another rabbit!
- Careless, careless! Hehehe
Musn't let these things lie about!
(wicked laugh)
Yes, Peter Cottontail!
This time, I'm personally
taking care of these eggs.
Away, away Montrizaur! Awa-y!
- Come back! Come back
with those eggs!
[Antoine] I do insist you
return those eggs!
- I shall hide these eggs where you will
never find them again! (laughs)
- We've got to catch him!
[Antoine] Pierre! Pierre! P-Pierre!
W- why do you go off
without your friend?
- Hang on, Bonnie!
[Bonnie] Not so fa-a-ast!
- Can't go slow, Bonnie.
I've got to catch Irontail!
The whole future of April
Valley depends on it!
- Pierre! Pierre!
Come back for me!
- Antoine! Antoine, we
forgot all about it!
We must go back! B- But I can't!
I can't! I don't know how
to make it go backwards!
- Au revoir, mon amie! Au revoir!
- You ridiculous rabbit, ha! You'll
never catch me! (laughs)
- What are you doing
with those eggs?
Well, you know they belong to Peter
Cottontail.
- Oh, why don't you stick
to your own holiday?
[Sassafrass] Hm, well Santa
got the egg basket back to Peter,
and poor Peter, he couldn't
even stop the Yestermorrorber,
not even to say thank you.
- I sure do miss Antoine.
[Sassafrass] Peter thought
he'd try being
the New Year's Eve bunny, but he
couldn't bring the
Yestermorrowber to a stop.
- It's no use. I'll never figure
out how to run this thing.
I guess we're lost,
lost up here in time.
- You never tried this one, Peter!
It says "stop."
- Huh?
A- As a matter of fact, I was just
about to try that button out.
- Oh, how beautiful! What is it?
- All those heart lanterns!
It must be a St. Valentine's
Day skating party!
Sure, that's it!
Bonnie, do you know
what I'm gonna do?
- Don't tell me, let me guess.
(both laugh)
Nobody can resist a
Valentine's Day egg!
[Donna] Excuse me.
- Huh? Oh, heheh, hi.
- I hate to bother you, but could
you help me put my skates on?
- Oh, no bother at all!
- My name's Donna.
- Hi, Donna.
- Oh, I recognize you from
your picture in the paper.
You're Peter Cottontail.
- Oh, no, my name's Harold.
Uh, Harold Hossenfeffer.
Aw... I guess I'm Peter Cottontail.
- Well, you shouldn't be ashamed.
Anybody can make one mistake.
You just overslept.
- Gee, t-that's a kind
thing to say.
- I mean it.
- Yeah... yeah! Donna,
would you skate with me?
- I'd love to. But aren't you going
somewhere with those eggs?
- Ah, they can wait.
Here, for you.
- Oh, Peter! A Valentine!
I'll leave it here with the
others where it'll be safe.
♪ I've got a paper heart that's
got your name up on it ♪
♪ I've written a sonnet
and set it to music ♪
♪ My heart's a drummin', come
and listen to it playin' ♪
♪ It seems to be sayin' ♪
♪ Be mine today! ♪
♪ Be mine today, not another day ♪
♪ Be mine today, not just today ♪
♪ For just a 24 hour day, be mine ♪
♪ Oh, let me hear you say
that you'll be mine ♪
♪ Can't wait another day ♪
♪ My valentine, valentine ♪
♪ Be mine today! ♪
♪ [Donna] Today's the day
for good old- fashioned
turtle- dovin' ♪
♪ Or songs about lovin' ♪
♪ Or hearin' the music ♪
♪ So I'll be yours for just
today, and not tomorrow ♪
♪ My heart, you can
borrow for just today ♪
♪ I'm yours today! ♪
♪ Not another day ♪
♪ - I'm yours today! ♪
♪ But just today ♪
♪ - For just a 24 hour day, ♪
♪ [both] be mine oh let
me hear you say ♪
♪ you'll be mine! ♪
♪ Can't wait another day ♪
♪ My valentine! Valentine ♪
♪ Be mine today!
La-la-la-la-la ♪
[Irontail] Oh, what luck!
Hoohoo! I knew I'd find
Peter and his eggs
if I just kept waiting
for all the holidays!
Now let me see, where's
my book of evil spells?
Oh, here it is. (mumbling)
Oo, that's a good one.
[Sassafrass] The evil old
bunny found a spell
which would ruin the
eggs for good,
and make them so that no
one would ever want one.
He turned them all
- Green!
[Sassafrass] Oh, and were
they ever green.
[Bonnie] What's that music?
- Gee, Mr. Sassafrass is right!
I vow, that if only I can
find a way to give my eggs,
I'll never, never,
NEVER tell another fib.
And I'll always tend to my duty before
pleasure. I promise. I promise!
- It's some kind of a parade. Must be
another holiday.
- But who... who would
want green eggs?
Huh? A holiday? Oh,
must be St. Pa--Pa-Pa
- What's the matter?
- Pa- Pa- - Pa
- Is your talker stuck?
- Oh, Bonnie! Bonnie!
Me prayers have been answered!
Glory be in me gorra!
'Tis St. Patrick's Day!
[Peter] (Irish accent)
Sure unto me- self!
The Blarney Bunny!
Get'cher Patty's Day
shamrock eggs right here!
Free for the askin', they are!
And as green as the Emerald
Isle all the way through!
And that, for once, is no fib!
[Colonel] Peter Cottontail, you have
shown great ingenuity.
And, therefore, (ahem)
you have won the right to be
official Chief Easter bunny!
(Horray!)
[Sassafrass] And on Easter
morning, Peter was off again.
Only now, he was the Easter bunny.
All of his friends turned
out to greet him,
'cause everybody knew that Peter
Cottontail was on his way.
♪ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Hippity, hoppity,
Easter's on its way ♪
♪ Bringin' every girl and boy ♪
♪ Baskets full of Easter joy ♪
♪ Things to make your
Easter bright and gay ♪
♪ He's got jellybeans for Tommy, ♪
♪ Colored eggs for sister Sue ♪
♪ There's an orchid for your mommy
and an Easter bonnet, too ♪
[Bonnie] Oh, I'm delirious!
♪ O, here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Hippity, hoppity,
happy Easter Day! ♪
[Antoine] Pierre! Listen, Pierre!
- Antoine! Antoine, where are you?
- Up here! Look what has happened!
You like my new Easter outfit, eh?
Heheh, well I went to sleep
for a few months,
and when I wake up, voilà!
I was butterfly.
- (laughs)
Come on, you can help!
You can all help, everybody!
♪ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Look at him, stop,
listen to him say: ♪
♪ Try to do the
things you should ♪
♪ Maybe if you're extra good ♪
♪ He'll roll lots of
Easter eggs your way ♪
♪ You wake up on Easter morning
and you know that he was there ♪
♪ when you find those
chocolate bunnies
that he's hidin' everywhere ♪
♪ O, here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Hippity, hoppity,
happy Easter Day! ♪
(all) Happy Easter Day!
H-h-here I come! Ready or not! Haha!
Tadaa!
Hmm, may I introduce myself,
I am Seymour S. Sassafrass
& company.
This is the Seymour
S. Sassafrass, and this
is the company!
I am a peddler by trade, by trade
and by golly, by golly, by golly,
I deal in magic and moonbeams
and pretty, pretty colors.
Ohhhh, yes!
I can sell you the most perfect pink,
or the most blissful blue,
or a simply euphoric yellow. Heheh!
That, of course, is why I'm here
in April Valley, delivering
all these colors to
Peter Cottontail,
so he can paint his
Easter eggs, you know.
What? You say you've never been to
April Valley before?
Well, that's okay.
I'll show you around.
This way, please.
Now you see? April Valley's where
all the Easter bunnies live and work.
Oh, yes.
Ah! April Valley's
finest candy carvers.
Meet Milk- chocolate Angelo,
and Leonardo de Bittersweet, hehe.
And over there is the famous
Easter bunny bonnet founder.
Now, of course, it's
all very nice here,
thanks to Peter Cottontail.
Hmm? You've never heard
of Peter Cottontail?
Great chattering chip chicks!
They've never heard of
Peter Cottontail!
(echoing) They've never heard
of Peter Cottontail?!
Why, he's the number-one
Chief Easter bunny
around here, see?
Y-you-- you mean you never heard
how he almost lost the job?
(gasp)
Oh my, you actually
mean you never heard
how a terrible, wicked nasty rabbit
named Irontail almost became
the Easter bunny?
(evil laughing)
Montrezaur! Montrezaur!
Away! Away-!
Here, if you peek into
this magic egg,
you'll see the whole story
just as it happened.
Peter was just a young
whippersnapper,
sort of a junior Easter bunny.
♪ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Hippity, hoppity,
Easter's on its way ♪
♪ Bringin' every girl and boy ♪
♪ Baskets full of Easter joy ♪
♪ Things to make your
Easter bright and gay ♪
Well, it all began one bright
and sunny springtime
right here in April Valley.
The former Chief Easter bunny,
Colonel Wellington B. Bunny,
--oh, he was a fine old gent--
was getting on in years,
and he figured it
was just about time
for him to retire.
Of course, it was his sworn duty
to appoint a worthy successor.
[Colonel] No, it's out
of the question...
that one could, hmm..
Wait! Peter Cottontail--
Just a moment, now here's
a likely candidate.
Er, I really don't
think Cottontail's
your man, sir.
I mean, he is boastful,
he has no sense of responsibility,
and sometimes, sometimes he fibs!
- Oh, well I know he's not perfect,
but he's got real
spunk and ingenuity.
Reminds me of me when I was his age.
But-- I never dreamed I'd get to be
Chief Easter bunny!
Peter, you're telling a fib!
Every time you tell a fib,
your left ear droops!
Oh, heheh, well I guess I did
think about the job once or twice.
Uh, lots of times.
Peter, good heavens, Peter, my boy,
you've got to shape up and reform
if you want to be Chief Easter bunny.
♪ There are tulips
that need tending ♪
♪ And baskets that need mending ♪
♪ The jellybeans are
piling up in heaps ♪
♪ There are eggs that
need collecting ♪
♪ And hens who are expecting ♪
♪ In Spring, the Easter
bunny never sleeps ♪
♪ There are bonnets
that need sewing ♪
♪ And gardens that need hoeing ♪
♪ Some chocolate chicks
have broken out in peeps! ♪
♪ There are colors that are running ♪
♪ And workers who are sunning ♪
♪ In Spring, the Easter
bunny never sleeps ♪
♪ Bright and early Easter morning ♪
♪ All the work must be done ♪
♪ Eggs ready to roll
in time for the fun ♪
♪ For, like Santa Claus, the
bunny has not one single day ♪
♪ There are children
waiting everywhere ♪
♪ Their candy no delay! ♪
♪ So get all those tulips tended ♪
♪ And every basket mended ♪
♪ It's not a game we're playing;
it's for keeps! ♪
♪ Get those bows and
ribbons tied on ♪
♪ For you will be relied on ♪
♪ Every Spring the Easter bunny
never sleeps, never sleeps ♪
[Irontail] I won't allow Cottontail
to be the new Chief Easter bunny!
I must be the new ruler
of April Valley!
You, sir?
Yes. Years ago, a small child
rollerskated over my tail.
Since then, I have had to wear this
artificial one made of iron,
instead of having a nice,
fluffy, while
cotton tail, like that Peter.
But it was an accident, sir.
The child didn't mean to-
I don't care!
Since that time, I have
detested all children.
But then, why be Easter bunny?
To get even, heheh.
When I'm through with April Valley,
we'll never be bothered
by children again.
(Laughs)
Here, son.
Here... is your official egg basket.
Carry, carry it with pride.
I will, sir!
- I hereby officially declare you
Chief Easter bun-
[Irontail] Just a mean old minute!
Hm, hm. Just in time.
- For what, Irontail?!
- Here is the Constitution
of April Valley.
It says that the Chief Easter bunny
shall be the one who
delivers the most eggs.
- I know that!
That's why I've chosen-
- Well, when it comes
to delivering eggs,
Peter Cottontail is, eheh,
real squeamish carrots
to January Q. Irontail!
I propose a contest to see who
can deliver the most eggs.
- That's absolutely out
of the question!
[Peter] Wait a minute, Colonel.
I'm not afraid of Irontail.
I know I can lick him any day!
[Irontail] Ha!
- Peter, this is no time for bragging.
- No, no, I insist, Colonel!
A contest is the fair
way of deciding
who's best. (softly)
Don't worry, it'll be me!
- Hehehe, well, you better
head wind, Peter.
Because once I give my word,
I shall stick to it.
(crowd chattering)
[Colonel] Therefore,
I have decided that whoever delivers
the most eggs tomorrow, Easter,
will be the new ruler
of April Valley.
(cheers)
- (chuckles)
You've got to win, Peter.
Absolutely have to win.
Irontail will do terrible
things to April Valley.
Make sure, make sure you get up
bright and early tomorrow
so you can do your best.
[Sassafrass] But Peter was so sure
he'd win the next day,
that instead of getting
lots of sleep,
he had a big party with
all his friends.
And it was very late when
he finally went to bed.
I've gotta get up on
time tomorrow! (yawn)
Five- thirty, Ben, remember?
(tiredly) ♪ There are tulips
that need tending ♪
♪ And baskets that need mending ♪
♪ In Spring the Easter
bunny never sleeps...
sleeps... sleeps...
[Sassafrass] But you
can be certain that
old Irontail wasn't
going to play fair.
[Ben] No funny- no funny- no
funny business, now.
- (laughs) Oh, no, of course not.
I have a little gift
for you! Because, uh,
well, because I like
chickens so much.
Aww! Bubbu-bubble-bubblegum!
Corn-flavored bubblegum!
My f-f-fa-favorite!!
(laughs) April Valley
is as good as mine!
(laughs)
(gulp)
[Sassafrass] You see,
it was magic bubblegum
guaranteed to seal the lips
of an alarm- clock rooster.
Those bubbles cocka-doodle-do'd
so far away, Peter never heard them.
He slept on and on and on
all through Easter day.
Now, nobody wanted an egg
from an unpleasant old
bunny, like Irontail.
As a matter of fact, though
he tried all day long,
he was only able to give away
one single egg.
However, since Peter
slept through Easter
and didn't deliver any eggs at all,
Irontail won.
And he now ruled April Valley.
♪ Every tulip that needs tending ♪
♪ will get a proper bending ♪
♪ and jellybeans will rot
upon their heaps ♪
Haha!
♪ All the hens who are expecting ♪
♪ will get no more protecting ♪
♪ For in Spring the Easter bunny
always sleeps! ♪
♪ And from this time forward, ♪
♪ all Easter eggs shall be colored ♪
♪ a shade of mud and new concrete ♪
Haha!
♪ Instead of chocolate
bunnies and chicks,
I commission the candy sculptors
to make tarantulas and octopuses!
And I hereby declare an end
to Easter bonnets.
From now on, there will
only be Easter galoshes.
(crowd moans)
♪ I need lots of peace and quiet ♪
♪ and Easter won't deny it ♪
♪ Every Spring the Easter
bunny always sleeps! ♪
(laughs)
[Sassafrass] Peter Cottontail,
who realized that his bragging
and irresponsibility had
let everybody down,
left April Valley in disgrace.
- But- but I'll make it up, somehow!
I'll make it up if it's
the last thing I do!
And that's when I came
into the story.
Ah, beg pardon, Peter.
- Huh?
- You're sleeping on my big toe.
You really must have
been tuckered out
to use a big toe as a pillow.
- Gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Sassafrass.
(chuckles) Well, that's alright.
It's my pleasure, Peter.
Well, rather my big
toe's pleasure, heheh.
- Where are we?
- In my garden.
This is the garden of surprises
where I grow all the vegetables
I use to make the pretty colors.
Heh, it's kinda magical,
if I do say so my
magical self, heheh!
[Peter] Why do you call it
the garden of surprises?
- Everybody asks that question!
And I answer:
Why not call it the
garden of surprises?
I mean, I never know
what's coming up.
Sometimes I plant beans
and roses surprise me.
Why, once I planted pumpkins,
and do you know what came up?
- Huh? No, what?
Pumpkins.
Now, that was a surprise.
Hmm! Well, it's always easier
to change colors than
to change labels.
- Well, nobody will ever
be able to change
my label... it reads "failure."
- Oh, don't be so depressed, Peter!
When you are depressed,
it gets to be
very...erm... depressing! Heheh
- But Easter's all over and I lost!
- Easter, over?
Hah, nothing's ever
really all over, Peter.
Follow me!
There it is. My Yestermorrowber.
- Why do you call it your
Yestermorrowber?
- 'Cause that's what
I call it! Heheh.
You see, it can transport you
into yesterday or tomorrow,
whereas most crafts go
from here to there,
mine travels from now to then,
and from then to when.
(chuckles)
Meet the pilot.
Antoine, Antoine!
(French accent)
Hello, hello, hello.
- A worm?
[Antoine] Pardon, monsieur.
I hold the rank of caterpillar.
- We've got our first
passenger, Antoine.
His name is Peter Cottontail.
Now, show him how it all works.
- Of course, I will do
that, with pleasure.
You will notice the many switches
and buttons and knobs, eh?
(chuckles)
They're beautiful, eh?
They are labelled le
future and le past.
And here, of course,
we have more controls
to transport one to the holidays.
A button for Christmas,
a lever for Halloween,
so, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day,
St. Patrick's Day,
Valentine's Day, Arbor Day,
and this pretty one,
for Easter.
- Hey! I get it.
All I have to do is
hop into the basket
and have you take me back to Easter!
- That's correct.
Then you can deliver your eggs,
as you should have done
in the first place,
win the contest, and
toss old Irontail out.
- Let's go! To Easter, Antoine!
- Of course! Oui, certainement, Pierre!
Good luck, Peter.
- Thanks for everything,
Mr. Sassafrass!
- But I didn't give you everything.
- Huh?
♪ [lyrics] If I could only
get back to yesterday ♪
♪ Today would be a perfect day ♪
♪ If I could only get
back to yesterday ♪
♪ Oh the different things
I'd do and say ♪
♪ I'd be a different man ♪
♪ if I had a second chance ♪
♪ Wouldn't you, wouldn't you? ♪
♪ I'd make a special plan ♪
♪ If I had a second chance ♪
[Irontail] A thousand
crimson curses, urgh!
I forgot all about Sassafrass'
silly time machine.
Well, hehe, I'll put
a creepy crimp in their
pathetic plans.
(chuckles)
Now understand my plans...
Now catch up with them,
and by all means, play dirty!
(laughs)
Are we almost at Easter, Antoine?
- Soon, Pierre, soon.
We are traveling one
hundred hours an hour.
Hey, there is something that
is very wrong with the controls!
They indicate approximately
to Easter,
yet, by my calculations - -
mon dieu! Mon dieu,
we're coming down!
Prepare for the crash- landing!
[Sassafrass] And because
the control wires
were all fouled out,
Easter was lost,
and they crashed right down
in the middle of Mother's Day.
(giggling)
[Peter] Happy Easter!
[Mother] Easter?
It's Mother's Day.
[Boy] You forgot us on Easter.
[Mother] I'll say you did.
Oh, I don't mind for myself,
but there were no eggs for the
children.
- And no Easter bonnet for Mom.
- Well, I'll make it all up now!
Here, my pleasure!
- Aw, who wants Easter
eggs on Mother's Day?
[Sassafrass] And wherever
Peter went
on Mother's Day, the reaction
was exactly the same.
Antoine did his best
to repair the damaged time controls.
- It works! Hehe!
And, I, of course,
sense a holiday, no?
A holiday, yes!
But the 4th of July!
[Antoine] We are falling!
This is an outrageous situation!
This is an outrageous situation!
[Peter] We made it.
[Antoine] That, mon amie, is obvious.
Thanks, of course, to
my superb piloting.
- Superb? We're a long
way from Easter.
- Ah, well... tell me, Pierre,
in the woods of April Valley,
does it say the eggs must
be given at Easter?
- No, but who wants Easter
eggs on the 4th of July?
They didn't even want them
on Mother's Day!
- Easter eggs? No.
But, uh, 4th of July eggs?
What I am saying, mon amie, is that one
should and must improvise.
♪ People believe what their
hearts tell their eyes ♪
♪ So when you can't get it
all together, improvise ♪
♪ When you can't get it
all together, improvise ♪
♪ When you can't get it all together,
when you can't get it all together, ♪
♪ When you can't get it
all together, improvise! ♪
[Peter] Lucky, Mr. Sassafrass
packed a box
full of his paints aboard.
[Antoine] Well, look again,
that is not all he packed.
Come see.
Here's a box full of, um,
how you say, costumes, eh?
Rabbit- size.
- This is perfect!
[Sassafrass] Oh, it's not that I knew
what was gonna happen
- not really, heheh.
Well, anyway, Peter went out
with his 4th of July eggs.
Gee, I wonder if anybody will
really want my eggs.
- Well, that's all, fellas.
[Blond boy] Aw, it was just
getting good.
[Red-haired boy] I'll do
anything for more fireworks!
- Boy, I could really get rid of these
if they were firecrackers! Hmm.
- Well, let's go home.
- (fake voice) Well, well, well.
Hello fellows!
- It's a rabbit.
- I'm Uncle Sam- Sam, your
Independence Day bunny!
- We're looking for firecrackers.
You got firecrackers, rabbit?
- Uh, firecrackers, uh,
well as a matter of fact, I do!
These are red, white, and blue, uh,
egg- shaped torpedoes! You know,
you toss them on the
ground, and kerbloom!
- Oh, boy! Torpedoes!
- Wow! We'll take all you got!
(Both) Yeah! Gimme! Lemme at 'em!
Let's take 'em to where
the ground is hard.
♪ When you can't get it all together,
when you can't get it all together,
when you can't get it
all together, improvise! ♪
[Peter] Quick! Let's
get outta here!
- Just a minute, I have not yet
made finish with the repairs.
- Antoine, we've got to get moving!
[Boys] Hey, rabbit!
- Oh, boy.
- These are not firecrackers!
- Well, fellas, it was, uh, just
a little joke! (nervous laugh)
- We don't like jokes.
Let 'im have it, Homer!
- Wait a minute! Whoops! Watch out!
You'll break them! Come on,
Antoine, let's go!
- What's the matter?
- We are coming down again!
- Gee, it's so foggy and dank
and spooky out!
What a terrible Easter!
- Easter?! Pierre, we are halfway
around the year from Easter.
This is H-allowee---n!
- Halloween? Hey, wait a minute.
I'll paint my eggs orange and black
and be, um, be the Halloween bunny!
[Irontail] Blast that wretched rabbit!
Oh, what am I worrying about?
(low chuckle)
If I can't defeat Peter
Cottontail on Halloween,
then when can I? (chuckles)
I mean, it's, uh, my kind of day.
[Esmeralda] Go ahead, it's your
nickle! (wicked laughter)
Irontail? Not THE Irontail?
January "Boom- Boom" Irontail?
[Irontail on phone]
Ah, Madame Esmeralda!
and how is my favorite witch today?
- Well, Halloween's my busy season,
dont'cha know.
After Halloween, I'm pooped as a
petrified poltergeist. (laughs loudly)
- Heheh, yes.
Well, I wonder if you could find time
to do me a little favor, hm-hm?
I mean, there's a certain rabbit
I want to frighten away.
[Esmeralda] Haunt a rabbit? Great!
You know me! (laughs)
I just love to tease hares!
(wicked laughter)
[Antoine] Well I... I improvise
and I improvise, and still I cannot
get it all together.
(wicked laughter)
[Peter] (laughs)
(wicked laugh)
- (laughs) Come on, what's the joke?
Let me in on it! What's so funny?
- There's no joke! I'm a wicked
Halloween witch!
I do simply horrendous things.
I can turn blue and purple and green
- BOO!
I'm as spooky as Frankenstein!
- Hey, that's great! Uh,
can you do Colonel Bunny?
I can! (Colonel's voice) "Peter, my boy,
I have some advice for you."
- Aw, you're not supposed
to enjoy my evil powers!
Oh, I failed. Here I am, only 379,
a has- been! (crying)
- Oh, uh, don- don- don't cry!
I didn't mean to make you unhappy!
Say, there's no rule that says a witch
can't have a Halloween egg!
Here, you may have my first.
- For me? A present?
Oh, I must tell the whole
weirdo community!
All the ghosts, witches,
werewolves, everybody!
They'll be so happy to
receive Halloween eggs!
Nobody ever thinks to
treat the tricksters!
(gleeful laughter)
[Sassafrass] Well, old Esmeralda
rounded up the entire clan
and they all wanted one
of Peter's eggs.
[Irontail] Great mealy- mouthed
meatballs, ugh!
The skies are laden
with egg- crazy race!
I cannot let this happen!
Peter will win!
There's only one way to take
care of those eggs-
destroy them for good!
Montrezaur! Get them and destroy them!
Boy, look at all those ghosts!
Yowee, I'll have to go back to April
Valley for more eggs!
No!
- Smash them, Montrezaur! Smash them all!
(wicked laughter)
Those eggs are done for!
(laughter)
- Take off, Antoine! We've gotta catch
those eggs
before they hit the ground!
- Great twisted tarantulas!
Haul those eggs, Montrizaur!
Haul them!
[Antoine] So, how do we do, eh?
- We've got to get
back to Halloween
so I can give these
eggs to the ghosts!
- That, I am afraid, mon amie
Pierre, is impossible.
- No, they couldn't go back.
But Antoine had to land his craft
so he could continue his repairs.
And where do you think
they came down?
[Peter] Thanksgiving!
Oh, just smell all those
goodies cooking down there.
How do I look?
- What. Are you supposed.
To be. Eh?
An Easter turkey, or
Thanksgiving bunny?
- Oh, who cares? As long as
I can give away these eggs.
- Eggs? (hick)
Don't mention food to me.
I'm stuffed to the gills after
this Thanksgiving feast.
[Family] We're all stuffed!
[Sassafrass] Everybody everywhere
was so stuffed
that Peter couldn't give
away a single egg.
- Boy, i- it's cold!
- Thank you for this
information,
I do not realize this fact
otherwise, eh. (sneeze)
- Antoine! Look up there!
Santa Claus! That's
why it's so cold!
- Well, it must be Noel.
Christmas Eve.
These stupid controls
are still all wet!
- Hi, Santa! Hi!
- Hello, Peter!
- Watch out for Irontail, Santa!
- Oh, I'm not afraid, haha. Merry
Christmas, Peter!
Merry Christmas!
- Same to you, Santa!
Hey, I know how to give
these eggs away!
♪ (caroling) We wish you a merry
Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you a merry Christmas,
we wish you a merry Christmas ♪
[Peter] Hohoho, merry Christmas!
I'm the Santa bunny!
Get your free Christmas eggs here,
eat 'em or use 'em to
decorate your tree!
Hohohoho! Merry Christmas!
- How goes the egg business?
- Not so good.
The street's deserted.
- Of course! Everyone
has finished with
their Christmas shopping,
and are now
snug and warm at home- eh,
you are too late again, mon amie.
- I guess so. It seemed like
such a good idea!
- Well, at least I, too, am snug and warm.
Oh- ho- ho.
(crying)
Gee who's crying?
Sounds like it's coming
from that hat shop.
Gee, it's Bonnie! Bonnie Bonnet!
She left April Valley years ago!
(tapping) Hi, Bonnie!
Why are ya crying?
- Oh, Peter! I'm so glad
to see you, baby!
Nobody wants me! What a way
for a lady to end up!
Unbought, on Christmas eve! (sobs)
- Wait a minute!
[Shopkeep] Sorry, I'm closing up.
- Uh, b- but, y- you can't leave Bonnie
all alone on Christmas eve!
- Ah, that ridiculous hat?
Who wants an Easter bonnet
this time of year?
- I'll take her. I'm sure
I can find a home for Bonnie.
- You, a silly little rabbit?
Whatever would you use for money?
- Oh, I have lots of money!
Darn it.
Wait a minute. I'll trade you
my Christmas eggs for Bonnie.
- Christmas eggs?
- Yeah, see? In that basket
out there on the sidewalk.
[Shopkeep] Why, they're beautiful!
- Deal?
- Deal.
- Dea-l!
- Deal!
- Deal?
(all laugh)
- Gee, I forgot I was wearing
this Santa suit.
[Shopkeep screams]
- What is it?
- Somebody's stealing the
Christmas eggs!
It's another rabbit!
- Careless, careless! Hehehe
Musn't let these things lie about!
(wicked laugh)
Yes, Peter Cottontail!
This time, I'm personally
taking care of these eggs.
Away, away Montrizaur! Awa-y!
- Come back! Come back
with those eggs!
[Antoine] I do insist you
return those eggs!
- I shall hide these eggs where you will
never find them again! (laughs)
- We've got to catch him!
[Antoine] Pierre! Pierre! P-Pierre!
W- why do you go off
without your friend?
- Hang on, Bonnie!
[Bonnie] Not so fa-a-ast!
- Can't go slow, Bonnie.
I've got to catch Irontail!
The whole future of April
Valley depends on it!
- Pierre! Pierre!
Come back for me!
- Antoine! Antoine, we
forgot all about it!
We must go back! B- But I can't!
I can't! I don't know how
to make it go backwards!
- Au revoir, mon amie! Au revoir!
- You ridiculous rabbit, ha! You'll
never catch me! (laughs)
- What are you doing
with those eggs?
Well, you know they belong to Peter
Cottontail.
- Oh, why don't you stick
to your own holiday?
[Sassafrass] Hm, well Santa
got the egg basket back to Peter,
and poor Peter, he couldn't
even stop the Yestermorrorber,
not even to say thank you.
- I sure do miss Antoine.
[Sassafrass] Peter thought
he'd try being
the New Year's Eve bunny, but he
couldn't bring the
Yestermorrowber to a stop.
- It's no use. I'll never figure
out how to run this thing.
I guess we're lost,
lost up here in time.
- You never tried this one, Peter!
It says "stop."
- Huh?
A- As a matter of fact, I was just
about to try that button out.
- Oh, how beautiful! What is it?
- All those heart lanterns!
It must be a St. Valentine's
Day skating party!
Sure, that's it!
Bonnie, do you know
what I'm gonna do?
- Don't tell me, let me guess.
(both laugh)
Nobody can resist a
Valentine's Day egg!
[Donna] Excuse me.
- Huh? Oh, heheh, hi.
- I hate to bother you, but could
you help me put my skates on?
- Oh, no bother at all!
- My name's Donna.
- Hi, Donna.
- Oh, I recognize you from
your picture in the paper.
You're Peter Cottontail.
- Oh, no, my name's Harold.
Uh, Harold Hossenfeffer.
Aw... I guess I'm Peter Cottontail.
- Well, you shouldn't be ashamed.
Anybody can make one mistake.
You just overslept.
- Gee, t-that's a kind
thing to say.
- I mean it.
- Yeah... yeah! Donna,
would you skate with me?
- I'd love to. But aren't you going
somewhere with those eggs?
- Ah, they can wait.
Here, for you.
- Oh, Peter! A Valentine!
I'll leave it here with the
others where it'll be safe.
♪ I've got a paper heart that's
got your name up on it ♪
♪ I've written a sonnet
and set it to music ♪
♪ My heart's a drummin', come
and listen to it playin' ♪
♪ It seems to be sayin' ♪
♪ Be mine today! ♪
♪ Be mine today, not another day ♪
♪ Be mine today, not just today ♪
♪ For just a 24 hour day, be mine ♪
♪ Oh, let me hear you say
that you'll be mine ♪
♪ Can't wait another day ♪
♪ My valentine, valentine ♪
♪ Be mine today! ♪
♪ [Donna] Today's the day
for good old- fashioned
turtle- dovin' ♪
♪ Or songs about lovin' ♪
♪ Or hearin' the music ♪
♪ So I'll be yours for just
today, and not tomorrow ♪
♪ My heart, you can
borrow for just today ♪
♪ I'm yours today! ♪
♪ Not another day ♪
♪ - I'm yours today! ♪
♪ But just today ♪
♪ - For just a 24 hour day, ♪
♪ [both] be mine oh let
me hear you say ♪
♪ you'll be mine! ♪
♪ Can't wait another day ♪
♪ My valentine! Valentine ♪
♪ Be mine today!
La-la-la-la-la ♪
[Irontail] Oh, what luck!
Hoohoo! I knew I'd find
Peter and his eggs
if I just kept waiting
for all the holidays!
Now let me see, where's
my book of evil spells?
Oh, here it is. (mumbling)
Oo, that's a good one.
[Sassafrass] The evil old
bunny found a spell
which would ruin the
eggs for good,
and make them so that no
one would ever want one.
He turned them all
- Green!
[Sassafrass] Oh, and were
they ever green.
[Bonnie] What's that music?
- Gee, Mr. Sassafrass is right!
I vow, that if only I can
find a way to give my eggs,
I'll never, never,
NEVER tell another fib.
And I'll always tend to my duty before
pleasure. I promise. I promise!
- It's some kind of a parade. Must be
another holiday.
- But who... who would
want green eggs?
Huh? A holiday? Oh,
must be St. Pa--Pa-Pa
- What's the matter?
- Pa- Pa- - Pa
- Is your talker stuck?
- Oh, Bonnie! Bonnie!
Me prayers have been answered!
Glory be in me gorra!
'Tis St. Patrick's Day!
[Peter] (Irish accent)
Sure unto me- self!
The Blarney Bunny!
Get'cher Patty's Day
shamrock eggs right here!
Free for the askin', they are!
And as green as the Emerald
Isle all the way through!
And that, for once, is no fib!
[Colonel] Peter Cottontail, you have
shown great ingenuity.
And, therefore, (ahem)
you have won the right to be
official Chief Easter bunny!
(Horray!)
[Sassafrass] And on Easter
morning, Peter was off again.
Only now, he was the Easter bunny.
All of his friends turned
out to greet him,
'cause everybody knew that Peter
Cottontail was on his way.
♪ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Hippity, hoppity,
Easter's on its way ♪
♪ Bringin' every girl and boy ♪
♪ Baskets full of Easter joy ♪
♪ Things to make your
Easter bright and gay ♪
♪ He's got jellybeans for Tommy, ♪
♪ Colored eggs for sister Sue ♪
♪ There's an orchid for your mommy
and an Easter bonnet, too ♪
[Bonnie] Oh, I'm delirious!
♪ O, here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Hippity, hoppity,
happy Easter Day! ♪
[Antoine] Pierre! Listen, Pierre!
- Antoine! Antoine, where are you?
- Up here! Look what has happened!
You like my new Easter outfit, eh?
Heheh, well I went to sleep
for a few months,
and when I wake up, voilà!
I was butterfly.
- (laughs)
Come on, you can help!
You can all help, everybody!
♪ Here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Look at him, stop,
listen to him say: ♪
♪ Try to do the
things you should ♪
♪ Maybe if you're extra good ♪
♪ He'll roll lots of
Easter eggs your way ♪
♪ You wake up on Easter morning
and you know that he was there ♪
♪ when you find those
chocolate bunnies
that he's hidin' everywhere ♪
♪ O, here comes Peter Cottontail ♪
♪ Hoppin' down the bunny trail ♪
♪ Hippity, hoppity,
happy Easter Day! ♪
(all) Happy Easter Day!