01x17 - Off the Cuffs

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

Oh, Dinah.

Sometimes I wish I could wave a magic wand
and my homework would be done.

"Find five pair of h*m*.
Use each pair in a sentence."

[meows]

h*m* are words that sound alike,
Dinah, but mean different things. Like...

Um...

I know. "Sail" and "sale."

The captain bought a new sail...

for his ship on sale.

Well, that's one down...

and four more to go.

Maybe a little walk
will help me think of a few more.

[mystical music playing]

[theme music playing]

♪ Hold on to your seat
Let's go for a ride ♪

♪ Now that we're here
On the other side ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Every day is something new ♪

♪ With music, rhyme, and a dance or two ♪

♪ It's a curious place
With a wonderful crew ♪

♪ And you're never quite sure
What they will do ♪

♪ Use your imagination
You'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

[crowd chattering and laughing]

[Red Queen] I love this.

-[Alice] It has to be small.
-Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.

And Majesties.

[Cheshire Cat clears throat]

And cats.

Prepare to be amazed

by the greatest magician
in all of Wonderland,

the Amazing Hair-Raising Hare!

-[fanfare plays]
-[crowd cheers]

[Mad Hatter] Uh, yes, folks.

It's truly amazing
how this hare can raise your hair

by performing
his amazing hair-raising magic.

It's amazing.

Truly, it's...

just amazing.

Are you ready to do your magic show?

Almost. Just, uh...

and I'll be an expert.

[crowd chanting] We want magic!

We want magic! We want magic!

-I'd better stall.
-Good idea.

I'll just skip to the end of the book
and see how it turns out.

-[crowd] We want magic!
-[Mad Hatter] Please, friends, friends.

The Amazing Hair-Raising Hare needs time.

You cannot hurry real magic.

-[crowd chattering]
-Real magic?

[carnival music playing]

Ladies and gentlemen,

gentlemen and ladies...

♪ I'd like to present
That is, if you will allow ♪

♪ An unbelievable act
And that's a factual fact ♪

♪ It's the Amazing Hair-Raising Hare ♪

♪ You will stop in your tracks
Is it magic or real? ♪

♪ You're in for it now
There's no turning back ♪

♪ It's mysterious ♪

♪ One hair-raising show ♪

♪ If you're faint of heart
Perhaps you should know ♪

♪ He will fascinate you ♪

♪ Mystify you ♪

♪ The Amazing Hare will totally
Completely, exactly, thoroughly ♪

♪ Entirely, indescribably
Wholly enrapture you ♪

♪ Folks, I'm sure you have seen
Every old card trick ♪

♪ While this old hare
Is beyond that old shtick ♪

♪ And this old hare
Won't be pulled out of a hat ♪

♪ So forget all you know
We're ready to go ♪

♪ This is the show of all shows ♪

The Amazing Hair-Raising Hare!

[crowd cheering]

Thank you. [chuckles]

Thank you.

For my first trick, I--

Oh. Uh, sorry.

I shall make something disappear
before your very eyes.

[crowd] Ooh.

Disappearing is easy.

It's reappearing that's the trick.

Hey! Who's the magician
around here, anyway?

Hmm. That remains to be seen.

All right. My first amazing trick:

I shall now make
this large piece of cheese...

[Mad Hatter grunts]

...vanish without a trace.

[crowd] Ooh.

[mysterious music playing]

-One...
-[crunch]

-two...
-[crunching]

-...three!
-[gulp]

[crowd gasps] Oh!

Not bad.

The Amazing Hair-Raising Hare!

More cheese, please.

Hey! What's he doing in there?

Yeah. How do we know
he didn't eat the cheese?

Uh, why, look,

it's my faithful assistant, the Dormouse,

whom I will now make disappear.

[Dormouse shrieks]

The Amazing Hair-Raising Hare!

And now, as I prepare for my next trick,

a little amazing magic music. Maestro.

Oh, yeah.

[playing carnival music]

And now a trick fit for a queen.

Perhaps we could convince Her Majesty
to come up on stage?

Stop. Please. I mean it.

You're embarrassing me.

Oh, if it's a trick fit for a queen,

I suppose I could.

Oh, wonderful.

And now I need a second lucky volunteer.

-The Rabbit.
-Rabbit.

Oh, uh, I guess I volunteer too.

Yay!

I will now have my two volunteers

place these handcuffs on my wrists.

Oh. All right.

Note how my wrists never leave my body.

Check the handcuffs
and make sure they are securely locked.

Thank you. Thank you. And now...

[playing drumroll]

...I will escape from these handcuffs
with the greatest of ease.

Voilà!

-Oh!
-The Amazing Hair-Raising Hare!

-Wow!
-Amazing!

-How did he do it?
-They love me.

Yeah.

And now if my two lucky volunteers
will kindly step forward?

Oh, wait. Mm-hm.

Aha. Yes. Ooh.

-Oy.
-[Red Queen chuckling]

Are they locked securely?

-Oh, yes. All locked.
-Tight as can be.

And now, as I wave my magic wand
and say the magic word,

these handcuffs
will simply fall right off.

Hatter...

drumroll, please.

[playing drumroll]

Voilà!

[Mad Hatter]
The Amazing Hair-Raising Hare!

Thank you.

Um, uh, Mr. Hare?

Oh. Yeah. Uh...

[playing drumroll]

Voilà!

All right, Hare, cut the funny business.

Oh.

[muttering indistinctly]

-[Hatter playing drumroll]
-Voilà.

It worked before.

[scoffs] Get these off me this instant.

Perhaps "voilà" isn't the right word.

It only means "There it is" in French.

Don't worry.
I have plenty of spare magic words. Uh...

Alakazam!

Abracadabra.

-Would you believe hocus-pocus?
-[clears throat]

Uh, I think it's time
to unlock this mystery, Amazing Hare.

Aha! Splendid idea. The magic key.

It's all part of the show, folks.

[Mad Hatter laughs]

[key clanks]

Don't worry. I-- I have a backup.

An extra magic key?

No, silly. An extra pair of handcuffs.

What an amazing mind he has.

Ladies and gentlemen,
the Amazing Hair-Raising Hare!

Ah, thank you.
I'll need a backup volunteer for this.

Tweedle Dum. Thank you.

-Come on up.
-Me?

You're a braver Tweedle than me.

-I fail to see how this is going to help.
-Simple.

Once I can see how the new pair works,
I'll know how to get the old pair off.

-Now hold still.
-Hold it.

No, Hare,
I don't think this is a good idea.

No. I don't think you should. I do object.

Now... pull! Hocus-pocus.

Hare!

Worry not, Your Majesty.

I have another pair.

Oh. Uh...

-There. Here.
-Not a chance.

I'm going home before things get worse.
As if that were possible.

Find those keys, Hare, or else.

[Rabbit grunts]

The amazing Hair-Raising Hare, everybody.

Imagine me having to serve food to myself.

The indignity of it all!

Oh, yes, Your Majesty. I quite agree.

[chuckles]

All right. One, two, three, sit!

Hey, I think
we're getting the hang of this.

Oh, don't get too used to it.

Now, then,
a little snack should make us feel better.

Hmm.

Rabbit, do you mind?

Oh!

I'm terribly sorry, Your Majesty.

I'm left-handed.

Well, not anymore.

-I command you to be right-handed.
-Oh, yes.

Right away.

Oh!

Uh... Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
All my fault, of course.

I beg your pardon.

Do you always eat left-handed?

Yes.

Oh. I see. Give me your spoon.

That's the most ridiculous thing
I've ever seen.

Oh! Ow, ow!

Rabbit! Oh, that's it! I've had enough!

Go see if that incompetent Hare
has found the missing key yet.

-Yes, Your Majesty. I'll go right away.
-[scoffs] Oh.

Would both of you like to join me?

Oh, let's go.

Get up.

[all muttering indistinctly]

Clean this mess.

Oh, come on.

Come on, Hare. Keep looking.

I just know there's a key
around here somewhere.

I sure hope so.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ It's got to be in here somewhere ♪

♪ I'm searching high and low ♪

♪ It's got to be in here somewhere ♪

♪ It's just got to be here, I know ♪

♪ This was the last place I saw it ♪

♪ I'm almost certain of that ♪

♪ Hey, look what I found here
Way, way deep down here ♪

♪ I could use this for a hat ♪

♪ It's got to be in here somewhere ♪

♪ I just don't know where to start ♪

♪ I should have dumped this stuff
Long ago ♪

♪ But I did not have the heart ♪

♪ It's got to be in here somewhere ♪

♪ Why did I keep all this junk? ♪

♪ It's got to be in here somewhere ♪

♪ If I don't find it, I'm sunk ♪

♪ It's got to be in here
It better be in here ♪

♪ Oh, please be in here somewhere ♪

-Aha!
-You found the key?

Something much better.

Ten more pair of handcuffs. Watch this.

-I got it.
-Mm-hm.

Oh. Yep.

Good. Yes. Yes.

Voilà!

-It's all in the wrist.
-How true that is.

Uh-oh. Here comes your fan club.

Oh!

-Well?
-Did you find the key?

Don't worry.
I'm sure the key is completely locatable.

-[menacing music playing]
-Location-wise.

So if I manage to look
in the right place, we'll be okay.

Vis-à-vis the key.

That is to say... I hope so.

[yelping]

In other words, he hasn't found them.

That's another way of putting it, yes.

I still don't understand
what went wrong with the trick.

Hare, maybe if you showed me
exactly what you did,

we could figure out how to undo it.

It was quite simple, really.

I just took their arms, like this...

-No, Mr. Hare--
-...picked up the handcuffs, like this...

-[Alice & Dum] No, no, no!
-Snap. Snap. There.

Welcome aboard.

And they couldn't get them off,
just like what's happening now?

-That's it in a nutshell.
-Oh, Mr. Hare.

-Baffling.
-I'm confused by it too.

-Let's have some tea and think this over.
-Wait a minute, you two.

I want an answer to this before tea.

Now, don't worry, Your Majesty.
I have another pair.

Oh. I mean, uh, I have another pair.

-h*m* are tricky.
-Yeah.

We'll examine these, thank you.

In the meantime, find that key.

[wheels screech]

Whoa!

[zany music playing]

[all grunting and muttering]

[Dum & Alice] Whoa!

[all yelling]

This looks like an amusing game.

What's it called?

Oh, it's no game.

We're stuck together
until the Hare finds the handcuff key.

-But how did you--?
-You don't want to know.

It's a very long story.

You want to hear a story?

Why didn't you say so?

I'm just on my way home from the library,

and I have a story here
which might help your situation.

Once, there was a bunch of bees
who decided to throw a garden party

in honor of the first day of spring.

The bees called their party the Bug Ball,

and it promised to be
the biggest and best bash

in the history of the garden.

Soon all of Bugdom was abuzz
about the ball.

And on the day of the party,

bugs swarmed to the garden
to join in the fun.

Everyone came dressed
in their finest clothes.

But, sadly, just as they were starting
to celebrate, it started to rain.

And rain and rain.

"Quick! Follow us!" the bees buzzed.

And everyone made a beeline
for the beehive.

Soon the hive was full of glum bugs
looking out at the rotten weather

and moping about the spoiled party.

The bees said,
"Well, as long as we're stuck here,

we might as well eat."

Then the crickets sighed,

"Well, I suppose we might as well
sing a few songs to pass the time."

Then the butterflies shrugged.

"Well, as long as there's music,
we might as well dance."

Soon, before the bugs knew it,
they'd forgotten all about the rain.

And the first annual Bug Ball
was a hopping success.

I fail to see what this has to do
with handcuffs.

So do I. Bugs indeed.

I get it.
The bugs made the best of a bad situation.

Precisely.

I don't wanna make the best of anything.

I want out of these handcuffs.
Now let's go.

You lead the way, Your Majesty.

I liked the story. Whoa!

Turn.

Turn.

There's got to be
a hidden latch here somewhere.

Turn.

Right. And when you twist your wrist,
it makes the latch open,

and the cuffs should fall right off.

[chuckles]

The Hare's a magician, right?

Maybe he can make the cuffs
just disappear.

-[Cheshire Cat laughs]
-Very funny.

[Dee laughing]

What a sorry sight.

-Oh? So it's funny, is it?
-Yes!

I mean, no.
It's not you that's funny, Your Majesty.

It's [clears throat] my brother.

[snickers] I mean,
he saw you were already trapped,

and then he volunteered
to get trapped with you.

How could you be so dumb, Dum?

[funk music playing]

♪ Well, I've had my share
Of days to face ♪

♪ Like picking the wrong time
To be in the wrong place ♪

♪ But how could you be so dumb, Dum?
You couldn't have been dumber ♪

♪ If you walked right up
And asked for the cuffs on your wrist ♪

♪ What did you expect? ♪

♪ Magic? Ha! ♪

♪ How could you not see? ♪

♪ I sure hope they find that key ♪

♪ That could never happen to me ♪

♪ It's true I've made a few mistakes ♪

♪ Get up on the wrong side of the bed ♪

♪ Say something I shouldn't have said ♪

♪ But how could you be so dumb, Dum? ♪

♪ People handcuffed, unable to leave
And you let them do it again? ♪

♪ I just can't believe ♪

♪ Well, what did you think would happen? ♪

♪ How could you not see? ♪

♪ I sure hope they find that key ♪

♪ That could never happen to me
Never! ♪

Now who looks dumb, Dee?

Oh, no! Now I'm part of this chain g*ng.

I think it's nice
that you're all so close.

Close? We're turning into
the Wonderland Choo-Choo.

Well, maybe the Hare will get here soon.

Yes. Maybe he'll bring
another pair of handcuffs.

[Dee & Dum] Yeah, handcuffs.

[both] Oh.

Well, maybe we could think
of something fun to do in the meantime.

Hmm. Hmm.

If you all got uniforms,
you could start a basketball team.

Gee. What a bunch of sourpusses.

Well, maybe we can make the best of this,
like the Caterpillar said in his story.

I doubt it.

I mean, what in Wonderland...

can five people do...

when they're tied together...

like they're stuck with glue?

Hey. [scoffs]

[Dee & Dum] Hey.

♪ What in Wonderland ♪

♪ Can five people do ♪

♪ When they're tied together ♪

♪ Like they're stuck with glue? Hey! ♪

-[rumba beat playing]
-[all] ♪ What in Wonderland ♪

♪ Can five people do ♪

♪ When they're tied together ♪

♪ Like they're stuck with glue? Hey! ♪

♪ What in Wonderland ♪

♪ Can five people do ♪

♪ When they're tied together ♪

♪ Like they're stuck with glue? Hey! ♪

♪ What in Wonderland ♪

♪ Can five people do ♪

♪ When they're tied together ♪

♪ Like they're stuck with glue? Hey! ♪

♪ What in Wonderland ♪

♪ Can five people do ♪

♪ When they're tied together ♪

Hare!

Do you have the key for us?

Oh, yes. Many keys, in fact.

And one of them is bound to work. I hope.

-Ooh. Could this be it?
-Oh, let's see.

"This is not the key
to the trick handcuffs."

Guess not.

Let's try this one. Here we go.

No. Wait. Wait. Wait. Okay.

Nope.

Oh, Hare, hurry.

Uh-uh.

This has got to be the key.

That's what you said the last 127 times.

One hundred twenty-eight.

But this time, it's the last key.

I don't get it.

The only one I haven't tried
is this first key, the one that says...

-Wait a minute.
-What? What?

Silly me.
This is the key to the trick handcuffs.

I tied this tag on here myself
so no one would know it's my secret key.

Hare, you are clever.

-Let's have that tea now.
-Why not?

-I think you deserve a reward after--
-[all] Hare!

Oh. Of course. The key.

I'm free!

[gospel music playing]

♪ I'm free
And it feels so, so fine ♪

♪ I'm free
Now I can get out of line ♪

♪ I can go where I please
Now that Hare has found those keys ♪

♪ I'm free, yeah, whoa! ♪

[chorus] ♪ She's free ♪

♪ I've got mobility ♪

♪ That's right, I'm free ♪

[chorus] ♪ She's free ♪

♪ That's how it ought to be ♪

♪ Well, well, well
No more dragging round together ♪

♪ Eating meals will be a pleasure ♪

[chorus]
♪ We're free to go our separate ways ♪

♪ Now that Hare has found those keys
We're free ♪

♪ Yeah! ♪

[chorus] ♪ We're free ♪

♪ We've got mobility
Let's run ♪

-♪ We're free ♪
-[chorus] ♪ We're free ♪

♪ That's how it's got to be ♪

-♪ I'm free, I'm free ♪
-[chorus] ♪ We're free, we're free ♪

♪ I'm free ♪

[mystical music playing]

Well, Dinah, I can finish my homework.

I think I figured out
a couple more h*m*.

[meows]

P-E-A-R, pear, like the fruit you eat.

And P-A-I-R, pair...

like, well...

two handcuffs.

So my sentence could be...

"If you eat a pear

while you're wearing
a pair of handcuffs, you'll have...

a mess."

[theme music playing]

♪ That's all for now
But we'll see you again ♪

♪ Come back real soon
Now that we're all friends ♪

♪ Where every day is something new ♪

♪ With music, rhyme, and a dance or two ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventures in Wonderland ♪