14x09 - D.W., Queen of the Comeback/In My Africa

[bunniefuu]

♪ Every day, when you're
walking down the street ♪

♪ Everybody that you meet
has an original point of view ♪

(laughing)

♪ And I say, hey ♪

♪ And I say, hey ♪
Hey!

Hey!

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

♪ If we could learn
to work and play ♪

♪ And get along
with each other ♪

♪ You got to listen to
your heart, listen to the beat ♪

♪ Listen to the rhythm,
the rhythm of the street ♪

♪ Open up your eyes,
open up your ears ♪

♪ Get together and make things
better by working together ♪

♪ It's a simple message,
and it comes from the heart ♪

♪ Believe in yourself ♪

♪ Believe in yourself ♪
♪ Believe in yourself ♪

♪ Believe in yourself ♪

♪ For that's the place
to start ♪

♪ For that's the place
to start ♪
♪ Place to start ♪

♪ Place to start ♪

♪ And I say, hey ♪

♪ And I say, hey ♪
Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!
♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

♪ If we can learn to work
and play ♪

♪ And get along
with each other ♪

Hey!

Hey!
♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

Hey!

Hey!
♪ What a wonderful kind
of day ♪

♪ What a wonderful kind
of day ♪

Hey!

ARTHUR (on TV):
Hey, D.W.!

Hey!

Whoa!

Whoa!
(loud thud)

(loud thud)

(letters shattering)

Charge!

(Arthur laughing, Pal barking)

(slurps loudly)

There are some moments

I wish I could repeat
again and again.

This is one of them.

Another one is when I pulled
that sword from the stone

at the Medieval Faire
and became the new king.

(kids gasp)

For Buster, it might be
that Father's Day

when his dad bought him
a balloon ride.

I bet I know the moment

Mr. Ratburn would like
to repeat again.

What better way to start off
our first day together

than with a pop quiz!

(everyone groans)

(sighs)

I will cherish
this moment forever.

For D.W., it's probably when
she saved that snowball and...

No, it isn't!

It's the time I got the Tibbles
back for teasing me.

Nothing tastes as sweet
as revenge.

Charge!

(croaks)

Okay!

Now the bunny, he's going to
come and take a little nibble

off your head.

I don't want the bunny
to nibble off my head.

And if you're a clown, what are
you doing in a barbershop?

D.W., that's not polite.

I'm sorry, Mr. Pelato.

She's usually not this bad.

Please!

Last week I had
the Tibbles.

Lucky for me they don't have
a lot of hair.

Just close the eyes, don't move,

and you can have a sugarless
lollipop when we finish.

This is so unfair!

Why does my hair have
to be cut, anyway?

It never hurt anyone.

NADINE:
Don't worry,
it'll grow back.

I just got mine cut
an hour ago.

Nadine?

Ooh, I like it!

(gasps)

Um... I think I better go.

Ciao!

What a mess!

What? Is it over?

Do I get my lollipop now?

Here-- take the whole bucket.

(yelling)

EMILY:
Oh, come on.

You can show me.

I promise I won't laugh.

(sighs)

(snickering)

You promised
you wouldn't laugh.

That was a cough.

I swear.

(forcing a cough)

You're a terrible liar.

We have to work on that

if the Tibbles are going
to believe I have hairotosis.

What's that?

The disease I made up,

to explain why I have
to wear this hat all the...

(sighs)

Busted.

Hey, nice haircut.

Really? You think so?

Wow! Thanks.

You must be D.W.'s brother.

Can we call you David?

TOMMY:
Actually,

he looks more like a Dennis.

TIMMY:
You're right.

Welcome to preschool, Dennis.

(groans)

I should have known better.

Well, my hair might be short,
but you two look like...

Oh... (groans)

Okay.

Well, see you
around, Dennis.

What about hairless
mole rats?

That could have been
a good comeback.

You're a little late.

D.W.:
It was awful!

I had nothing.

I just stood there with
my mouth hanging open.

This is all
your fault.

My fault?

How is this my fault?

You never taught me
any good comebacks.

What do you say when you get
teased for being boring?

I'm not boring.

Arthur, this isn't
about you.

I'm the one with helmet head.

Now are you going
to help me or not?

Okay, okay.

Well, when someone says
something mean to me,

here's what I say back.

I know you are,
but what am I? Ha!

You're Dennis Read,
D.W.'s twin brother.

Do you feel all right, Dennis?

I feel fi... Hey!

I'm not Dennis!

Okay, it was a good try,
but they were on to you.

Use the other one
Arthur gave you.

All right. Come on.

Say something.

You're so smart and funny.

I'm rubber, you're glue.

Whatever you say bounces off me
and sticks to you.

Ha!

Okay.

Thanks for the
compliment, Dennis.

Wait.

That wasn't...

(groans)

(both snickering)

Why don't you just ignore
the Tibbles?

Ignore them?
That's it?

You guys are supposed to have
great comebacks.

You're bullies.

We're not bullies.

We're kids who have a hard time
expressing our emotions

in a constructive manner.

I know what you should
call them.

Bibliophiles.

A bibliophile is
someone who loves books.

Why would
she call them that?

I don't know.

I just like
the way it sounds.

Bibliophile!

Oh, yeah?

Well, you're a...
an... an autodidact!

Oh, forget it.

The Tough Customers are even
worse at comebacks than you.

Philanthropist!

Humanitarian!

MRS. MacGRADY:
Indian food

was one of the things
I really missed

when I was sick.

Now I get a new
recipe every day

from my sister
who's traveling there.

It smells divine, Leah!

Doesn't it, D.W.?

I'm not hungry.

I wish k*ller could talk.

I bet she knows
some good comebacks.

(growling, toy squeaking)

How about this one?

"You're as friendly as a cactus
and have the brains of a fly.

"And when you smile,
you look so vile

you could make
an onion cry."

Why,
Leah MacGrady!

It's perfect!

You're a genius!

Say it again.

I have to memorize it so I can
use it against the Tibbles.

Whoa, there!

I didn't know I was stepping
into the middle of a feud.

Why don't you just try
ignoring them, D.W.?

Everyone says that.

Why should I?

They started it.

I'm just defending myself.

You do have a point.

But before you decide
what to do,

I'd like you to listen
to a story.

It comes from the Panchatantra,
a collection of Indian tales

that's literally thousands
of years old.

"Once there was a tortoise

"who lived in a lake
with two geese friends.

"There were plenty of fish
to eat and room to swim about

"and they were all
as happy as could be.

Then the lake dried up."

"This was bad for the geese.

"They would have to find
a new lake.

"But for the tortoise,
it was much worse.

"He moved so slowly, it would
take him months, maybe years

"to find another home.

He might not make it."

(crying)

"The geese decided
to help their friend out.

"If the tortoise held
a stick in his mouth,

"the geese could grab the ends
and fly him to a new lake.

"There was only one catch.

"The tortoise wouldn't be able
to talk during the flight.

And he was
a very chatty tortoise."

You think this'll
hurt my beak?

When will we stop
for a bathroom break?

Will the new lake have frogs?

They keep me up at night.

Don't fly too fast.

If it's worth getting there,

it's worth getting there
in one piece.

Who's got the map?

Will we bring fish?

If I don't eat,
I get cranky.

What kind of wood is this?

Oak would have been better.

You couldn't get oak?

You should have asked me.

I know a beaver--
gets me great oak.

MRS. MacGRADY:
"Everything was going fine
until a duck flew along.

"She thought the flying
tortoise was the silliest thing

she'd ever seen."

(laughing and quacking)

Hey, look!

It's Air Tortoise!

Do the peanuts on that flight
come with or without shells?

Ha!

You look like a flying saucer
that's being towed.

MRS. MacGRADY:
"It was getting harder
and harder

for the tortoise to keep
his mouth closed."

Are you driving an a*t*matic
or a "stick" shift?

Hey, hey-- what's the
difference between you

and every other tortoise?

About a thousand feet!

MRS. MacGRADY:
"Finally, the tortoise had had
all he could take."

Oh, yeah?!

Well, you are quackers!

(yelling)

"And the poor tortoise fell
and fell until..."

(computer pings)

That's my sister calling
from India.

You two set the table.

I'll just be a minute.

Martha!

Where are you now?

In a town called Bodhgaya
with the most amazing tree.

NADINE:
So what was the moral
of the story?

Keep the stick in your mouth
when you're flying with geese?

I'm not sure.

I forgot to ask.

But I did remember part
of Mrs. MacGrady's comeback.

If the Tibbles call me Dennis
again, they're going to get it.

(yawns)

Good night, Nadine.

(yawns)

Good night, D.W.

(sighs tiredly)

DUCK:
Quackers?

Of course I'm quackers!

I'd have to be
to hang out with you.

TORTOISE:
No one's forcing you.

Why don't you make
like a tree and leave!

Ha! You wouldn't last
a day without me.

Maybe not, but at least
it'd be a happy day.

Hey, you guys are
from that Indian story.

So, did you eventually
become friends?

Friends? Are you kidding me?

I'd rather be friends
with a snake.

A snake wouldn't be your
friend if you paid him.

Crumpet?

No, thanks.

I don't like to eat
while I'm dreaming.

So, why are you two together
if you don't like each other?

Every time Featherbrain
teases me,

I have to tease her back.

Then I have to tease
Slowpoke back.

But if you constantly have
to get each other back,

then you'll be at it forever.

It's only been
, years so far.

Oh, we're also
chained together.

(gasps)

It was his fault.

He put the cuffs on.

Yeah, but she lost the key.

(clunk)

(clunk)
Ooh!

Ooh!

D.W.:
Hey, Emily.

Hi, Dennis!

How's D.W.?

We haven't seen her

in a while.

Oh, yeah?

Well, you two have
the brains of a...

(toy squeaks)

You know what?

It's not worth my time.

Call me whatever you want.

I really don't care.

D.W.:
After a few more times,
they gave up.

Then my hair grew back.

But from then on,

I had a new method
for dealing with the Tibbles.

I call it "Keeping
the stick in the mouth."

But I thought you said nothing
tasted as sweet as revenge.

Oh, Mrs. Morgan saw
the whole thing,

said I had behaved very maturely
and gave me a brownie.

It was delicious.

One more?

(barks)

BOTH:
Charge!

And now...

My name is Yumi.

Today we're going to hear
a Japanese folktale.

There was an old man and woman

who lived in a small house
in the mountains.

Yumi is a kamishibai
storyteller.

STUDENT:
Kamishibai?

It's a Japanese word.

Kami means "paper."

Shibai means "theater."

Paper theater.

And each time as I tell you
a story,

I reveal another picture.

By the next morning, they had
made five beautiful hats.

We are doing our own
kamishibai story.

There's an Aesop's fable
called "The Golden Axe,"

and we're changing it and we're
calling it "The Golden Shovel."

One day an honest
construction worker...

accidentally dropped
his shovel into the sewer.

He cried.

A magic alligator rose out and
asked, "Why are you crying?"

"My only shovel fell
into the sewer."

The alligator popped up
with the golden shovel.

"Is this it?"

"Wow, that's beautiful,
but it's not mine."

"Is this silver shovel yours?"

"Well, that is nice,
but it's not mine."

"Is this rusty
steel shovel yours?"

"Yes, that is my shovel.

Thanks."

The alligator was so pleased
with his honesty

that he gave him
all three shovels.

Another construction worker
wanted a golden shovel, too.

He threw his shovel down the
sewer and tried to look sad.

The alligator appeared and said,
"Why are you sad?"

"Because my shovel fell
into the sewer."

"Is this golden shovel yours?"

The worker replied, "Yes, yes,
that is my shovel"

and tried to grab it.

When the alligator heard the
construction worker's answer,

he disappeared with the golden
shovel and was never seen again.

(applause)

And now...

Hi, I'm D.W.

You probably know that already.

But I bet you don't know
where we are.

There are cars, shops, signs.

Could be a city anywhere, right?

But it happens to be...

in Africa!

We're in a city called Dakar,
in a country called Senegal.

This is my friend Cheikh,
and this show is all about him.

That's not entirely accurate.

It's more about you
and my cousin Brain.

Well, that's true.

But you're in it.

We should have a show
just about you and me.

We would call it
"Cheikh and D.W."

I like it!

But how about
"D.W. and Cheikh"?

Anyway, tell it to Arthur.

He's the show hog.

We'll work on it.

In the meantime,
welcome to our story.

Arthur!

Shh!

CHEIKH:
Here is my country, Senegal.

And this is me
a few months ago,

before I left
for Elwood City.

MOM:
You'll see,

you'll make plenty
of new friends.

CHEIKH:
Do you think they have
my favorite foods,

like poulet yassa?

And couscous?

Do they eat couscous in America?

And do they have movies?

Do they celebrate birthdays?

For my fifth birthday,
can we go to the circus?

MRS. MORGAN:
Attention, boys and girls!

Let's all give a big welcome
to Cheikh, our new student.

He comes all the way from...

D.W.:
I know, I know!

He's from Africa,

and he's Brain's cousin.

Arthur told me

all about you.

Here. I drew this for you.

Thank you very much.

But what is it?

That's you and a bunch of other
kids getting on the hippo bus

to swim to your school,
which is inside a volcano.

And those are lions
hiding in the trees.

Do you have special
crossing guards

that protect you from the lions?

I've never seen a lion
in my life.

Where did you learn
this nonsense?

Um, movies and TV, I guess.

Well, it's completely wrong.

I live in a city, which is
bigger than this one.

D.W., I'm sure
you meant well,

but you should learn about a
place before you describe it.

Ha! You don't know
anything about Africa!

I guess not.

But I'm going to learn.

I'm going to learn
about the whole country.

It's not a country.

It's a continent.

There are actually
countries in Africa.

Wow. That's a lot to learn.

But I'm going to do it.

You just wait.

Africa is over here, dear.

This is going to take forever.

All these books are
making my head spin,

and I don't even
know how to read.

It was hard for me to learn
about Turkey

when I was writing to Adil.

And that was just one country.

Maybe you...

Don't say it.

Don't say what?

That it's too hard for me
and I should just give up.

That's what you were
going to say, right?

No.

I was going to say,
you should get a little help

from someone who knows more
than we do.

D.W.:
Oh.

Sometimes you do have a few
good ideas, Arthur Read.

BRAIN (on phone):
Hello?

Learning something
about all countries

is a tremendous amount
of information.

We could assemble it
in the form of a graph,

perhaps using
a hierarchal approach.

BRAIN:
We'll need a cataloguing system
to inventory our documents.

Then we'll create a template

upon which we can build
our research model.

It'll be as simple
as learning your ABC's.

Oh, so you mean
we'll make a song?

That's how I learned
my ABC's.

Um, no, that's not
what I meant.

But that's a much better idea.

Let's do it.

♪ Fifty-four things ♪

♪ Fifty-four ♪

♪ Things to see and to explore ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

D.W.:
♪ The continent of Africa
is deep and long and wide ♪

♪ With countries to keep
my song diversified ♪

BRAIN:
♪ There's rhythmic beats,
new things to eat ♪

♪ And places you can go ♪

♪ And every day, a different way
that you can say hello ♪

♪ For instance, meeng-gah-bou
is "howdy do" ♪

♪ When visiting in Ghana ♪

♪ Dumela mma is how you say
hello inside Botswana ♪

D.W.:
♪ The Muslims greet
the folks they meet ♪

♪ With Salaam aleikum ♪

♪ In Gambia, Morocco and
Sudan's hometown Khartoum. ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ See this when you go ♪

BRAIN:
♪ Burundi's got
the deepest lake ♪

♪ And then the highest peak... ♪

D.W.:
♪ Juts up from Tanzania,
just next door to Mozambique ♪

BRAIN:
♪ And carving
through the continent ♪

♪ There flows the mighty Nile ♪

D.W.:
♪ Past Uganda, Eritrea and...
look out! ♪

BRAIN:
♪ A crocodile! ♪

♪ Namibia's wild Skeleton Coast
is littered with wrecked ships ♪

♪ And Côte d'Ivoire
has chocolate fields ♪

♪ I love my chocolate chips ♪

♪ Victoria Falls in Zambia,
it makes a mighty sound ♪

♪ Zimbabwe shares the falls
as well ♪

♪ There's lots to go around ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Life is all aglow. ♪

Did you two just write
that song?

It's amazing!

D.W.:
I'll tell you what's amazing--

the smell coming
from that basket.

It's poulet yassa--
spicy lemon chicken.

My mom thought
you might like to try

some Senagalese home cooking.

Your mom was right.

Let's eat!

Hey, maybe we should have
a food section in our song.

Oh, definitely.

There are so many delicious
dishes to try from Africa.

Poulet yassa is just
the tail of the iceberg.

You mean the "tip"
of the iceberg.

Tell me a few of them.

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ There's lots of food
they grow ♪

♪ The Comoros has
the Coelacanth ♪

♪ A prehistoric fish ♪

♪ In Congo they eat
mwamba stew ♪

CHEIKH:
♪ That stew's my favorite dish ♪

♪ São Tomé and Príncipe, they
like their food with spice ♪

D.W.:
♪ The fish in Mauritius
is hot a delicious ♪

♪ It's really very nice ♪

CHEIKH:
♪ Sahara in Algeria's
a hot and arid land ♪

D.W.:
♪ Vacation in the Seychelles
and relax upon the sand ♪

CHEIKH:
♪ The Madagascar aye-aye taps
on trees to find its lunch ♪

D.W.:
♪ If you like grains,
then you'll love Mauritania ♪

♪ They munch rice a bunch ♪

CHEIKH:
♪ The farmers out in Kenya, they
raise cattle, goats and hens ♪

D.W.:
♪ And Burkina Faso's called
"The Land of Upright Men" ♪

CHEIKH:
♪ The cotton from Benin is in
the clothes we wear to school ♪

D.W.:
♪ There's words for "camel"
in Somalia-- pretty cool! ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ Bembeya Jazz
comes from Guinea ♪

♪ Baobab trees
are stout, not skinny ♪

♪ Ethiopians eat teff,
not "potator" ♪

♪ Equatorial Guinea's
quite near the equator ♪

♪ One street in South Africa:
two Peace Prize winners ♪

♪ In Togo they eat fufu
for dinner ♪

♪ Senegal's got a pink lake ♪

♪ Mali's got the Blue Men ♪

♪ The folks in Nigeria
spice food with cumin. ♪

CHEIKH:
♪ They do ♪

♪ It makes a tasty stew. ♪

Ha ha! All right!

Nice work!

Nice work!
Good job!

Good job!

Do you think we're ready
to be pop stars?

D.W.:
I don't know about that.

But we could try singing it
for the class.

Kids, we have
a special treat today.

D.W. is going to sing a song
she wrote about Africa.

(gulps)

(thinking):
Maybe this wasn't
such a good idea.

I can't wait for the part

about the hippo bus!

Or the part where D.W. turns red
because she embarrasses herself.

(laughing)

She's not going
to embarrass anyone.

Not with me singing with her.

Thanks for helping me.

And I'm sorry I made
that silly drawing.

I'm glad you made it.

If you hadn't,
we'd never be pop stars.

(quietly):
Cheikh, we're not pop stars.

Not yet, D.W.

A week ago

you knew nothing about Africa.

Now look at you.

D.W. and CHEIKH:
♪ Fifty-four things,
fifty-four ♪

♪ Things to see and to explore ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

D.W.:
♪ The world's biggest frog is
found inside of Cameroon ♪

♪ In Chad the lungfish yawn and
wake up when it rains in June ♪

♪ Gorillas in Rwanda have
a hooting sort of speech ♪

♪ Go to Gabon to see an elephant
walk on the beach ♪

BRAIN:
♪ Angola's full of dino bones,
museum in the ground ♪

♪ Libya's got those Roman ruins,
the coolest ruins around ♪

♪ And Egypt has the Pyramids,
the Sphinx and King Tut's tomb ♪

♪ Malawi's got a town called
"Livingstonia," I presume ♪

ALL:
♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Joy and beauty flow. ♪

D.W.:
♪ Tunisia's known
for gorgeous gates ♪

♪ And Swaziland makes glass ♪

♪ From old recycled bottles
that the boys and girls amass ♪

♪ Lesotho's folks don't
go outside ♪

♪ Without their fancy hats ♪

♪ The artists in Sierra Leone
weave really pretty mats ♪

BRAIN:
♪ The tunes they play
in Niger, hey ♪

♪ They're vital and alive ♪

♪ The Hipco of Liberia,
that style's gonna thrive ♪

♪ Cape Verde's got the morna ♪

♪ Man, I dig
that swinging beat ♪

♪ Guinea-Bissau's gumbe just
makes me want to stomp my feet ♪

ALL:
♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ In my Africa ♪

♪ It's almost time to go ♪

CHEIKH:
♪ My Africa's an ageless land ♪

♪ I'm glad that you could see ♪

♪ This continent so full
of life ♪

♪ You're all my family ♪

BRAIN:
♪ And now we leave
this loving place ♪

♪ Its heartfelt family ties ♪

♪ A warm embrace ♪

BRAIN:
♪ A smiling face ♪

CHEIKH:
♪ A bittersweet goodbye ♪

ALL:
♪ To my Africa ♪

♪ Djibouti ♪

♪ Ma-uke ged or rae ♪

♪ Goodbye, Africa ♪

♪ Somalia ♪

♪ Nabad gelyo-- hey! ♪

♪ Magic Africa ♪

♪ In the CAR ♪

♪ Gue ngozi! Say! ♪

♪ Lovely Africa ♪

♪ D.R.C. ♪

♪ Reviens, s'il vous plâit ♪

♪ Mighty Africa ♪

♪ Western Sahara ♪

♪ Masalam! Oh, yay! ♪

♪ In my Africa. ♪

(cheering and applause)

MRS. MORGAN:
That was wonderful, D.W.

And now I'd like to introduce
our newest student.

Kids, this is Keith,
from Kalamazoo.

Does anybody here know
anything about Kalamazoo?

No, but I'd love to learn.

To watch more Arthur

and play games with all
of the Elwood City friends,

You can find Arthur books

and lots of other books, too,

at your local library.

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

♪ Hey! What a wonderful kind
of day ♪

♪ Hey! ♪