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02x27 - Quincy and the Instrument Dinosaurs

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Little Einsteins". Aired: October 9, 2005 – December 22, 2009.*
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Together, the children travel around the world in Rocket, a red anthropomorphic rocket ship, and undertake various missions, with the goal of solving a problem, helping someone, or finding something.

02x27 - Quincy and the Instrument Dinosaurs

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♪ ♪

♪ We're going on a trip
in our favorite rocket ship ♪

♪ Zooming through the sky ♪

♪ Little Einsteins ♪

♪ Climb aboard ♪

♪ Get ready to explore ♪

♪ There's so much to find ♪

♪ Little Einsteins ♪

♪ We're going on a mission ♪

♪ Start the countdown ♪

♪ Five, four ♪

♪ Three, two, one ♪

♪ Everyone to Rocket ♪

♪ Rev it up now ♪

[all] Vrrrroom!

♪ We're going on a trip
in our favorite rocket ship ♪

♪ Zooming through the sky ♪

♪ Little Einsteins ♪

♪ Climb aboard ♪

♪ Get ready to explore ♪

♪ There's so much to find ♪

♪ Little Einsteins ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ Little Einsteins ♪

♪ We need you ♪

♪ Little Einsteins, yeah! ♪

-[Leo] Everybody ready?
-[Annie] Yes.

[Quincy] Yeah!

Quincy and the Instrument Dinosaurs.

Art: Vesuvius.

Painted by Andy Warhol.

And music...

[classical music playing]

"The Moldau,"

written by Bedrich Smetana.

Hey, I'm Quincy.

My friends and I are exploring
deep in the jungle.

We're looking for dinosaurs,

special dinosaurs,

that look and sound
like musical instruments.

Instrument dinosaurs!

Will you help us look
for instrument dinosaurs?

All right!

But we have to be quiet.

Piano. We don't want
to scare the dinosaurs away.

[classical music playing]

Listen. I hear music.

It's coming from over there.

Maybe it's instrument dinosaurs.

Come on!

Can you find any instrument dinosaurs?

Where?

You're right!
We found instrument dinosaurs.

I cannot believe it!

Wow!

Amazing!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

That dinosaur sounds like a harp.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

That dinosaur sounds like an oboe.

[piccolo playing tune]

Whoo!

Now I hear a dinosaur
that sounds just like my piccolo.

A piccolo sounds like this.

[playing same tune]

Here comes the piccolo dinosaur.

She flew over there by that nest.

It's a pterodactyl
with the body of a piccolo.

She's a Piccolodactyl.

Can you say "Piccolodactyl"?

Piccolodactyl.

Look! She's sitting on an egg.

She's a mommy Piccolodactyl.

[crack]

Her egg is about to hatch!

Aw, it's a baby Piccolodactyl.

How cute!

[piccolo playing]

He's singing a beautiful song
with his mommy.

Mommy Piccolodactyl
loves her baby very much.

Hi, Baby Piccolodactyl.

I'm Quincy, and I love piccolos.

Listen, I can play your song.

[playing same tune]

♪ ♪♪ ♪

He likes you, Quincy.

Ha ha ha!

Thanks, Baby Piccolodactyl.

I like you, too.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Oh! Baby Piccolodactyl sounds hungry.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Mommy Piccolodactyl
is going to find food for him.

Uh-oh, the leaves are shaking.

And the ground is rumbling!

I hear a really loud instrument dinosaur
coming this way!

[heavy footsteps ♪ ♪♪ ♪]

He sounds just like my bass.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Do you see a dinosaur
that looks like my bass?

Yeah! It's that big Bassosaurus Rex!

Whoa!

He's a Tyrannosaurus Rex
with the body of a bass!

His music sounds low and really loud.

Fortissimo!

-[piccolo playing]
-Uh-oh.

Baby Piccolodactyl
is scare of the loud Bassosaurus.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Aah! Oh, no!
He's flying away from the nest!

Poor Baby Piccolodactyl got so scared
that he flew far, far away.

He's going to get lost.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Uh-oh. Mommy Piccolodactyl
can't find her baby.

She's very worried.

Don't worry, Mommy Piccolodactyl.

We can help you find your baby.

We're the Little Einsteins.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

But to find the lost baby Piccolodactyl,

We're going to need your help.

Will you help us
find the baby Piccolodactyl?

Great!

We've got a mission!

We're going to find
the baby Piccolodactyl.

Let...the mission...

begin!

Buckle your seatbelts.

Seatbelts buckled!

Prepare for blastoff!

We need to give Rocket a lot of power.

Put your hands on your lap
and pat with us.

Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

Faster! Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

Now raise your arms
as high as you can,

and say, "Blastoff"!

Blastoff!

Hold on tight, 'cause here we go!

-Whoo whoo!
-All right!

♪ We're off to find
an instrument dinosaur ♪

♪ A lost baby piccolo,
we'll find you for sure ♪

But how are we going
to find Baby Piccolodactyl?

He flew far, far away.

I have an idea.
Let's ask the instrument dinosaurs.

Maybe they can help.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

I hear one now!

And he sounds just like my triangle!

[clang clang]

Do you see a triangle
instrument dinosaur?

Oh, yeah!

It's a Stegosaurus
with triangles on his back.

He's a Stegatriangle!

Excuse me. Stegatriangle?

Do you know which way
Baby Piccolodactyl went?

♪ ♪♪ ♪

He's telling us to go that way,

through the jungle of giant flowers.

Thanks, Stegatriangle!

[heavy footsteps ♪ ♪♪ ♪]

Uh-oh. The leaves are shaking!

And the ground is rumbling!

I hear an instrument dinosaur
that sounds really loud.

Fortissimo!

It's Bassosaurus Rex!

Hurry, Rocket!
We can't let him see us. Hide!

Whew! He didn't see us.

That was close.

We'd better hurry
and find Baby Piccolodactyl

before Bassosaurus Rex does.

Ooh! These flowers sure are giant.

Uh-oh! That big one
almost snapped up Rocket.

It's a snapping flower.

But Rocket has to get
past the snapping flowers

to find Baby Piccolodactyl.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Look, look, look.

The little clapping
flowers want to help us.

Yeah, when the clapping flowers clap,
that means it's safe to go.

Let's help Rocket move
to the clapping flowers beat.

Clap, clap, clap, clap.

Clap it with me. Clap, clap, clap.

That's it!

But remember,

when the clapping flowers
stop making music,

we have to stop clapping and...

Freeze!

That will tell Rocket to stop

so he doesn't get snapped
by a snapping flower.

Listen for the music.

Let's keep going.

Clap, clap, clap.

-Clap, clap, freeze!
-[music stops]

Phew! We're almost past
all the snapping flowers.

Clap, clap, clap, clap.

We made it!

[Quincy]
Hooray! Way to go, June!

Thank you for helping us get past
all the snapping flowers.

I wonder where we should go next
to find Baby Piccolodactyl.

I wish we could ask
another instrument dinosaur for help.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

I hear an instrument dinosaur.

He sounds like my tuba.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Can you find a tuba dinosaur?

Yes! Over there by those big rocks.

He's a Triceratops dinosaur

with a tuba body.

A Tubaceratops!

Tubaceratops,

do you know which way
Baby Piccolodactyl went?

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Tubaceratops says
Baby Piccolodactyl went that way,

through the dinosaur tunnel.

Oh! Thanks, Tubaceratops!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

[heavy footsteps ♪ ♪♪ ♪]

Uh-oh, the leaves are shaking.

And the ground is rumbling!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

I hear someone who sounds really loud!

Fortissimo!

What do you think it is?

It's Bassosaurus Rex!

Yes! Hurry, Rocket!

We have to get to that dinosaur tunnel!

Whew! He didn't see us.

Good hiding, Rocket.

[beep beep]

Now let's get through
this dinosaur tunnel

so we can find Baby Piccolodactyl.

Uh-oh!
There isn't just one dinosaur tunnel.

There are three dinosaur tunnels!

We don't know which way
Baby Piccolodactyl went.

Don't worry.
All we have to do is listen for him.

Remember,
Baby Piccolodactyl is a piccolo dinosaur.

To find him, we have to find the tunnel
that sounds just like my piccolo.

[playing tune]

Let's listen to the first tunnel.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Does that sound like a piccolo?

No. That's not a piccolo. It's a harp.

See? The Harpidon dinosaur
went in this tunnel.

Hi, Harpidon!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

We need to listen for the tunnel
that sounds like my piccolo.

[playing tune]

Let's listen to this tunnel over here.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Does that sound like a piccolo?

No. That's an oboe.

And look!

There's an Oboeraptor!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Let's try this tunnel.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Does that sound like a piccolo?

Yes! Baby Piccolodactyl went this way.

Follow me!

Come on, let's see if we can find
Baby Piccolodactyl

with my binoculars.

Where is Baby Piccolodactyl?

You're right!
He's on top of that mountain.

[dramatic music playing]

Uh-oh, that sounds like trouble!

That's not just a mountain.

It's a big, loud volcano.

And it's about to erupt!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Oh, no!
Baby Piccolodactyl sounds scared!

We have to save him.

But how are we going to get
to the top of the volcano

before it erupts?

Rocket can do it.

He can fly super fast!

Come on, team!

We're going to have to fly Rocket
as fast as he can go.

Super fast!

♪ Super fast ♪

♪ Super fast ♪

[music playing slowly]

To get to super fast,
we have to start at adagio.

Pat the beat on your lap slowly.

Moderato. Now pat the beat
on your tummy a little faster.

[music playing faster]

Allegro. Now pat the beat
on your shoulders even faster.

[music playing faster]

Presto!

Now raise your arms to the sky
and shake your whole body!

We did it!

We're flying super fast!

Way to go, Rocket.

You made it just in time.

We have to save Baby Piccolodactyl,
but I don't see it.

Where is Baby Piccolodactyl?

Yes! There he is!

He's hiding inside that log.

[rumbling]

Uh-oh!

But we can't get to Baby Piccolodactyl.

The volcano is getting so loud.

Forte!

It's starting to erupt!

Little Baby Piccolodactyl
is in big trouble!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Wait! I hear someone coming to help.

It sounds like another dinosaur.

I wonder which dinosaur it could be.

It's...It's...

Bassosaurus Rex!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

I cannot believe it!

He's playing Baby Piccolodactyl's song.

Bassosaurus Rex is a nice dinosaur.

Aw...

he's been trying to find
Baby Piccolodactyl

so he can help him, just like us.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Listen. He's not playing forte anymore.

He's playing...

quietly. Piano .

He's trying to put the volcano to sleep.

[rumbling]

But the volcano
keeps getting louder and louder!

Bassosaurus Rex needs our help
to put the volcano to sleep.

Get out your bass.
Hold the bass up with one hand.

And use your other hand to slide
your bow over the strings,

gently from side to side.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

That's it.
We're playing the music quietly.

Piano.

[music gets softer]

It's working!

The volcano's getting sleepy.

♪ ♪

But we need to help
Bassosaurus Rex play even quieter.

Hold your bass up,
and bow the strings softer,

side to side,

as quietly as you can.

Pianissimo.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

The volcano is sleeping.

We stopped it from erupting.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Look, look, look!
Here comes Baby Piccolodactyl!

-Hooray!
-Yay!

Way to go!

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Bassosaurus,
you helped save Baby Piccolodactyl.

♪ ♪♪ ♪

♪ ♪♪ ♪

Aw! Baby Piccolodactyl
is giving Bassosaurus a hug.

He's not scared
of Bassosaurus anymore.

Look! Here comes
Mommy Piccolodactyl.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

She's so happy that her baby
is safe and sound.

Mission completion.

Now it's time for... the curtain call!

[applause]

♪ Let's give a hand
and hear it for the team ♪

♪ And rah, rah, rah for Rocket ♪

♪ Come on, take a bow ♪

♪ It's your turn now ♪

♪ Let's hear a big hand for you ♪

All right!

Bravo!

♪ Now... pat, slap, pat, slap, pat, slap ♪

♪ Let's give a big cheer
for the artist of the day ♪

Andy Warhol!

[all]
Andy Warhol!

♪ Composer
of the beautiful music we played ♪

Bedrich Smetana!

[all]
Bedrich Smetana!

Hooray! Yay, Smetana!

[applause]

And here comes the music of the day.

"The Moldau."

♪ ♪♪ ♪

See you on the next mission.

Hey, look! There's a ring.

Yeah, pull it!

No, don't do it, Rocket!

Do it, Rocket. See what happens.

Feathers? They're tickling Rocket.

[kids laughing]

♪ ♪