01x11 - If Wishes Were Rainbows/Deja Zhu

[bunniefuu]

-Hey! -♪ Let me tell you 'bout my friends ♪

♪ They're my best friends, the Zhu Zhus ♪ -Hey!

♪ They can talk, dance and sing ♪

-♪ They can do 'bout anything ♪ -Hey!

♪ Pipsqueak always plays it cool ♪

♪ To Mr. Squiggles, science rules ♪

♪ Num Nums looks before she leaps ♪

♪ Chunk has style and loves to eat ♪

And I'm Frankie!

♪ Frankie and the Zhu Zhu Pets♪

♪ Our adventures are the very best ♪

♪ Who knows what'll happen next livin' with the Zhu Zhus ♪

♪ Frankie and the Zhu Zhu Pets♪

(sighs)

Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.

You said that yesterday! And look what happened! Look!

I want to go outside!

Easy, Chunk. We can always play inside. We have plenty of toys.

Pfft! Like what? Those?

We already played with those!

Hey, just because it's raining in the front yard,

doesn't mean it's raining in the back yard! Right?

Umm, I think that's exactly what it means.

I'll go check!

But Chunk, that's how rain works!

Let him go. We need to think of a way to cheer up Frankie.

The rain's probably bumming her out.

Frankie: Yahoo!

Yee-hee! Whoo!

Haha, woo-hoo!

Yay! Woo-hoo!

Gosh, I sure hope we can cheer her up.

Guys, you'll never believe it!

I just found the perfect birthday present for Mom!

Awesome! What did you get her?

Don't tell us! Guessing!

Umm, new wood chips?

Haha, no. Something way better!

Aw, that was my next guess, something way better.

So, what is it?

You know how Mom loves scratch and sniff stickers?

Both: Uhh...

Well, she does.

She has a whole book of them!

She could scratch and sniff for hours!

(sniffing)

Frankie: She has every smell there is in that book, except one.

Which one is she missing?

The rarest one of all: rainbow!

Both: Ooh!

Have you ever smelled a rainbow?

Didn't think so. But now Mom can, whenever she wants!

Can we smell it?

Hmm. Okay, but just one sniff.

(sniffing)

-Mmm! -Ah! It's just how I imagined it.

Whoa. What are the odds of that?

This whole day's coming up rainbows! Want to play outside?

Let's Zhu it!

Well, you were wrong, Num Nums. It is raining in the back yard.

Guys?

Where'd you-- (gasps) Rainbow!

Sky!

Rainbow!

Letter, I got to write a letter!

To: The Rainbow Roo.

(yawning)

I slept like a baby hamster.

Address: End of the rainbow.

Chunk? Are you writing to The Rainbow Roo?

No time, need stamp for letter!

Perfect!

Bye, Chunk.

Squiggles, there you are.

You and Chunk should come outside. The rain's stopped. And we're going play a game--

(gasps)

The rainbow sticker, where is it?

Are you perhaps talking about the rainbow stamp

that Chunk is using to mail a letter to The Rainbow Roo,

the magical kangaroo that lives at the end of the rainbow

and grants wishes to hamsters

but only on days where there is a rainbow?

(inhaling)

That stamp?

The rainbow what?

Oh, oh! Can I explain?

(clearing throat)

Num Nums: And a one, and a two.

♪ When stuff is unlucky, yucky or mucky ♪

♪ Instead of feeling low ♪

♪ To make you feel better, just write a letter ♪

♪ And send it to the end of the rainbow ♪

♪ There at the end, you'll find a friend ♪

♪ Who can make every dream come true ♪

Roo: ♪ It's a wishy Rainbow Roo ♪

Num Nums: ♪ Don't be grumpy, don't be blue ♪

Roo: ♪ Wishy-wish a Rainbow Roo ♪

Num Nums: ♪ Don't get whining or boo-hoo ♪

♪ Wishy-wish a Rainbow Roo ♪

♪ Solve your problems like a Zhu ♪

♪ Wish a wish to the Rainbow Roo ♪

That's me.

(humming)

Anyway, most people outgrow believing in the Rainbow Roo.

I mean, I never believed in the--

Frankie: He can't mail that sticker! Come on!

Whoa! Hey! Make sure to be back for Mom's party.

I made a birthday cake!

I think.

Oh!

Can you guys help me bake another one?

And that's a no.

Guide this letter fair and true,

to grant my wish from the Rainbow Roo.

Woo! Wish went swish!

Hey, Frankie, if you aren't upset,

you might want to tell your face.

Get it? Cause your face looks--

It's already in the mailbox! Form a Zhu Zhu chain!

Oh, boy, a Zhu-Zhu chain! Let me on!

(grunting)

-You got it? -Uh, no. It's kind of empty in here.

Well, yeah, the truck just came by.

Why didn't you say that?

Because Zhu-Zhu chain.

After that truck!

The sticker was a gift for Frankie's Mom.

It wasn't a stamp? But it was little, and square!

Not every little square is a stamp!

I know that! Some are chocolate, or buildings in the distance.

We should make a list.

There's the truck!

I know a short cut! That way!

(screaming)

Cool short cut!

Hello, there.

(gasps)

Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no, oh no!

Now I'll never find the sticker!

(sighs)

The party's not for hours.

We can get your Mom a new present.

But the rainbow scratch and sniff was the best present ever!

Well, if you really want the sticker back,

there's only one place we can go.

(sighs) Here it comes.

To see The Rainbow Roo herself, at the end of the rainbow!

Really?

That's where I mailed the letter.

So, that's where your sticker will be!

Frankie, you got to trust me. This'll work.

Chunk does know the Rainbow Roo legend better than anyone.

Maybe this could work.

What a departure from science! I feel positively giddy.

Let's get that sticker!

A small chance is better than no chance. Let's Zhu this!

Okay, listen up. The Rainbow Roo is cool with getting letters.

But she's strict about visitors.

You can't just go to the end of the rainbow.

We have to follow the rules.

"Rules"?

The rules of summoning the Rainbow Roo.

Do exactly what I say, exactly how I say it.

All: Okay!

First step: hop-along! Follow me!

(humming)

Don't forget to hum! I don't hear humming!

(humming)

-Ooh! -Hey! Watch it!

Sorry.

(screaming)

If she lands on one foot, we don't have to start over.

(screaming)

Nope.

Next, we need flowers in every color of the rainbow.

I got green!

Uhh, that's poison ivy.

Relax. Duh! I'm not going to eat it.

Chunk, is this going to take much longer?

My Mom's birthday party is going to start soon.

And I need that sticker!

All we need now is to find a sweet offering

for the Rainbow Roo.

Run!

Ow! Where do they keep coming from?

Ow!

Don't worry, guys.

The Rainbow Roo isn't much further.

I wish we didn't have to do all this.

Heh, those kinds of wishes won't fly.

Also, no wishing for more wishes.

(gasps) We're here!

Chunk: Ah, the Rainbow Roo!

All: She is real!

She is?

Of course she is! Quick, give me the honey and flowers!

Uhh, this is going to be trickier

than I thought it would.

I probably shouldn't have carried both--

-Woop! -Oh, magical Rainbow Roo,

please accept these humble offerings

so we may speak with you!

Eh... (chuckles) Hi.

Oh, wishy Rainbow Roo,

-please grant us our wishes on this day of rainbows and wishy-- -(thud)

What?

But she was supposed to be here.

Gee, Chunk,

maybe the Rainbow Roo isn't here because--

because--

Chunk: Oh, I get it.

She's not here because she's...

at the other end of the rainbow!

(shouts)

No! No! No!

(sighs) It's okay, Chunk.

We should get home for the party. Come on.

Chunk: I don't get it.

I was so sure the Rainbow Roo was real.

Sorry I lost your Mom's present, Frankie.

It's okay, Chunk. Any of us could have made that mistake.

Right, guys?

-Of course! -Positively mistakable!

Just out of curiosity, what did you wish for?

That's the funny part.

I wished that you would find the perfect present for your Mom.

Aww, Chunk, you're the sweetest.

(giggling)

Oh, good, you're back. I've got a new cake in the oven and--

Huh. "Return to sender for insufficient postage".

Who's The Rainbow Roo?

My sticker!

(buzzer)

Ah! The cake's ready!

My wish came true! My wish came true! The Rainbow Roo is real!

Sure, she is, Chunk. Sure, she is.

Uhh, guys, any idea who ransacked the kitchen,

ate your mother's flowers and stole all the honey?

Woo-hoo!

The Rainbow Roo is real!

(gasping)

(sniffing) Aw.

Happy Birthday!

(cheering)

-Mm. -(crashing)

Ah! What?

(gasps)

(sighs) Okay, what happened?

Umm, I think the lamp broke.

(giggling)

Anyone know how?

(clock ticking)

Anyone?

Ellen, I'll tell you what I know.

I was knitting and knitting and knitting.

Something big was coming. I could feel it! And then--

(sneezes)

I sneezed and dropped my yarn!

(gasps)

I lunged for it but missed!

Oh, no!

I tried catching up to it.

But it was just out of reach!

On my second try, I caught it.

Down the stairs we went, locked in combat!

Then I saw it.

The lamp, we were headed right for the lamp!

But we missed it and came to a stop.

And that's when I heard it,

a smash so loud I thought all the other planets

had fallen to Earth!

(screaming)

I rushed to see if there was anything I could do to help!

I pushed through the crowd.

And that-- that's when I saw i,

the lamp, laying there on the floor.

I was too late. I couldn't save her.

Why? Why?

(giggling)

So, you didn't break the lamp or see what happened?

Yes, Ellen, that's right. And I was knitting.

Yeah, I think you mentioned that.

Okay, I'd still like to know what happened to the lamp.

And as entertaining as that story was--

Ah, thank you.

Yeah, I still don't know how--

Is it entertainment you seek?

Then listen closely to my tale,

a tale of truth, truth and science!

No, what I want is to hear the--

Once upon a time,

in this very room,

I was watching an episode of Hamster Science Fun-Time Hour.

When suddenly, the power went out!

There were flashes of light.

And when the power returned,

the room was filled with Squiggles-es! Squiggi?

I mean, a bunch of me is what I mean, many me's!

All: Science, science, science, science.

Squiggles: They spoke my language.

Chunk: Hey! Are we in this story at all?

Squiggles: Science! I mean, silence!

(clears throat)

The head Squiggi informed me

they were from the planet Squigglars

in the Squiggloma Galaxy

and that they were here to take me home

and destroy planet Earth!

(gasps)

Try as I might, I couldn't talk myself out of it.

All: Science. Science. Science. Science.

Squiggles: I had no choice. I attacked myself.

But I was too strong.

All: Science. Science. Science. Science.

As we neared the mothership, we heard a smash.

And the Squiggi panicked!

They released me and hurried to their ship.

When I was back inside the house,

I saw Frankie, Chunk, Num Nums and Pipsqueak

standing right where they are now,

beside the lamp carcass.

So, you're actually from another planet?

It's entirely possible. And I saved planet Earth.

But the point of my story is that I didn't break the lamp.

(sighs)

Me! Me, me, me! My story! Mine! Oh, it's going to be so good!

Is it going to be what really happened?

Because that's the only thing I want to hear.

Yee-haw! I reckon it's gonna be, ma'am.

Ooh, a Western!

(groans)

(breathes deeply)

I was a-walking through town at dawn.

Dawn is like morning, but for cowboys.

That's me, a cowboy. In this story, I'm a--

-Ellen: Chunk? -Huh?

Can we speed it up?

I'm guessing I might have two more stories to listen to.

(scoffs) Fine, I'll cut to scene 5.

Aha!

I'd just been elected sheriff,

no easy job in Hamstertown.

Then Miss Num Nums burst through the door a-screaming.

"Sheriff Chunk, Billy the Cat s back in town. Do something!"

"Ooh!"

Num Nums: Is that really how I sound?

Shh!

Roping cats ain't never easy.

But it's what I does, that and teaching English.

I rope him and say

"Billy the Cat, I'm bringing you in!"

Yee-haw!

-(cat screeches) -Then he bolted on me!

"Whoa! Gasp", I said. We was headed right for the town lamp!

But we done missed it! Whew!

I hogtied Billy the Cat. And thens, I heard it.

(shattering)

The town lamp, just laying there.

For that lamp, it was lights out.

Fade to black.

Great story, can't wait for the sequel.

Okay, look, if none of you know what happened to the lamp,

that's fine. I'll just sweep it up and get back to my book.

-You don't need to make up-- -My turn!

Uhh--

It was Tuesday, a Tuesday I wish had never happened.

Ellen Pamplemousse walked into my office. -(knocking)

Ellen: Okay, okay.

I could tell right away

that this case was going to be trouble.

(sighs)

Mrs. Pamplemousse told me she was worried about her lamp.

I asked her why.

She said because her lamp had been going out at night.

(plays rimshot)

Get it? Lamp?

Going out at night? (laughs)

I have no idea what happened to the lamp.

Great, can I sweep this up now or--

Wait! Don't I get a turn?

These stories have been a lot of fun.

But I'd just like to clean this up and get back to my--

That seems unfair.

I wouldn't mind hearing another story.

Uhh, aren't parents supposed to encourage creativity?

Zhus: Frankie! Frankie! Frankie!

Frankie! Frankie! Frankie!

Okay, yes, I give. I give.

Okay, Frankie, please tell your story.

I was just finishing a bowl of cereal.

Chunk: Ooh, ooh, what kind?

Frankie: Sugar Letters.

Chunk: Nice.

Num Nums: I love their jingle.

-Pipsqueak: Oh, yeah. -Squiggles: Yeah, me too.

Zhus: ♪ S, W, double-E, T ♪

♪ That's how I spell sweet ♪

♪ Sugar Letters, pour a bowl for me ♪

♪ Sugar Letters, pour a bowl for me ♪

Ellen: No. No, no, no, no.

The lamp, this is a story about the lamp.

Sorry.

It's a really good cereal.

Anyway,

I was going to rinse my bowl and put it in the dishwasher

'cause I'm a great kid who deserves more allowance.

But I was distracted by Dad

eating an awesome-looking sandwich

that was the size of his head.

(chuckles) This is one fight you won't win, sandwich.

(chewing noisily) Mm, that's good!

Frankie: I went up to my room.

Num Nums was knitting but completely tangled in her yarn.

(grunts) What-- How--

-(thud) -Oof!

Frankie: And Pipsqueak was reading to hr from my new joke book.

He was disqualified from the race because he was a cheetah!

(laughing)

(laughs)

Frankie: Squiggles was yelling into one of the Zhu Zhu tubes.

Science!

Echo: Science!

(gasps) There are other me's down there! Science!

Echo: Science!

Frankie: He seemed pretty confused by the echo.

-(humming) -Chunk was drawing on the walls, again,

but then freaked out when he saw a cat at the windo.

-(meows) -(gasps) (thud) Ah!

Chunk jumped back and got tangled up with Num Nums

in the yarn.

(groans)

(laughs)

I was getting them untangled

when we heard a smash from downstairs.

And we all ran to see what had happened.

So, no one knows what happened to the lamp?

Don't get me wrong. Those were great stories.

But... (sighs) how did the lamp break?

Stanley: Oh, uhh, hey.

Heh-heh. I, uhh, broke the lamp.

It was an accident.

Oh, what?

"I, uhh, broke the lamp"? (Scoffing)

"It was an accident"?

Come on now, you can do better than that.

Paint us a masterpiece with your words.

Okay, I'm not sure what's happening here but, uhh--

Meh. Some people just don't have the gift.

Huh?

Details! We want details!

Well, uhh, I-- I had made a sandwich,

probably the biggest sandwich I'd ever made!

I bumped into the lamp.

Because the sandwich was big.

Not much of a story.

What?

Mom's totally right.

Put in a little drama next time. Make it exciting!

Add some humor.

Or an alien invasion.

Or knitting!

(all grunt)

Both: Hmph!

What? Uh!

(groans)

Oh!

Now, where were we?

(clears throat)

Oh. (chuckles) Hey.

-Chunk: Now, where were we? -Ah!

Oh, no! (scoffs)

Don't you have some sweeping to do?

But-- but--

But my sandwich!

Oh.

That was pretty dramatic.

His story could've used a little more of that.

-Agreed. -Yep.

Too little too late.

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