02x20 - The Hauntley Girls/The Not So Haunted House

[bunniefuu]

♪ Vampirina ♪

♪ We were normal vampires
In Transylvania ♪

♪ Like the other monsters
On every block ♪

♪ Till we packed our things
And we flapped our wings ♪

♪ And we got a case
Of human race culture shock ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, Vampirina ♪

♪ I may be blue
With pointy teeth ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, Vampirina ♪

♪ But I'm not so different
Underneath ♪

♪ It's true that our taste
May be a little offbeat ♪

♪ But we're the battiest
Monsters you'll ever meet ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, Vampirina ♪

♪ A ghoulish girl
In a human world ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, Vampirina ♪

♪ It may seem strange
But it's true ♪

♪ I'm just like you ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, Vampirina ♪

[Vampirina] "Hauntley Girls".

[laughter] Come back here!

Gotcha!

[indistinct chatter]

Mm. Nothing like
chasing after your breakfast

to work up an appetite.

-Mmm, yum.
-Agreed.

[Gregoria]
Morning, Ghoul Girls.

-How was the scream-over?
-Well, you know,

the one that some of us
weren't invited to.

Which is fine, because I had, uh,

some reading to catch up on, yes.

Or I guess the reading
had to catch up on me!

Aah!

[laughs] Sorry, Demi.

This sleepover was
just for the Ghoul Girls.

We'll make sure to save you
a pillow for next time.

-[gasps] You mean it?
-Of course.

Oh! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

-[clock chimes]
-[squawking]

My mom will be here any minute
to pick me up.

-Where are you going?
-Roller-skating.

It's our Saturday tradition.
We do it every weekend.

My mom is going to pick me up
for our weekend tradition too.

We're going skydiving.

Oh, my mom's a professional.

She likes to do really scary stuff.

I just cheer her on
from a really comfortable bench.

[chuckles] We're a good team that way.

Wow, those both sound like
terror-ific plans.

Do you and your mom
have any plans today, Vee?

Well, we used to have
tons of fun monstery weekend traditions

back in Transylvania,

like flights through the monster mall,
our ghoul-nastics team,

even a weekly mummy-daughter
book club.

But now that we're in Pennsylvania,
we haven't done any of that.

I guess we haven't had time
to find our thing yet.

Well, we don't really have

mummy-daughter book clubs
in Pennsylvania,

but you and your mom could do a
mother-daughter book club here.

My mom used to host them
all the time.

Poppy, you're a mad scientist!

I mean, genius. I'll go ask my mom.

Just wait, we're going to be
the ghoulish hostesses

with the mostest.

[Oxana] Oh, a mother-daughter book club.

What a wonderful idea, batkins.

I really missed our spookifly-popular club
back home.

Though the reading
will probably go a lot slower,

since we don't have
a three-eyed monster.

She was quite the speedy storyteller.

[laughs] That's true.

But don't worry. It's going to be perfect.

I'm so excited to have a weekend
tradition with you again, Mama.

Me too, my sweet little bat.

-[doorbell rings]
-Ooh, they're here.

I have to admit, I'm feeling a little
batty about hosting again.

Whoops. Me too, I guess.

But it'll be great, Mama. I promise.

Let's do the Hauntley Girl high
five for ghoul luck.

Aw, we haven't done that in ages.

[both] Eek! Ooh! Eek! Eek!

[doorbell rings]

Well, no time to get it right.

We've got book-clubbers to welcome.

[sighs]

Hi, Mrs. H.

Oh, hello, Poppy.

Welcome to mummy--

Oh, I mean, human--

No, I mean,
mother-daughter book club.

Oxana, it's so generous
of you to host a book club.

And the place looks...

...lovely.

Thank you.

Hello, there. I'm Bridget's mom, Briana.

Glad to finally meet you.
Put her there.

Hello-- Whoa!

Hi-- Ooh, wow.

I just got back from my vacation
climb of Mount Everest,

so I'm feeling relaxed
and ready to read.

That's good, because...

we got one of Pennsylvania's
most popular books:

The Field of Mount Laurels.

Um, Vee, we already
read that book last year.

Oh. Okay.

Oh!

Why don't we all start with some
gargoyle gray tea instead?

It goes great with the cookies.

-Vee?
-Cookies?

I thought you were making the cookies.

Oh, dear. No book, no cookies.

Well, why don't we read something
from your shelf here then?

-Wait, Miss Peepleson!
-Hold on!

[wind gusts]

Yep, that was a magic book, all right.

Is everything okay, Mama?

I'm not sure.

All I know is for a human book club,
it can't be good.

Avast there, landlubbers.

If you aren't swabbing the deck,
you'll be walking the plank.

Arr!

-Aye-aye, captain!
-Aye-aye, captain!

Poppy, what are you doing?

Argh, who be this Poppy?

I'm Poppington,
dreaded pirate of the seas.

Now, give me
your finest "Yo-h*-h*."

[all] Yo-h*-h*!

What in ghoul-nation
is happening?

[screams]

Wait, Mama, look at this.

The living room looks just like
this part of the book.

The magic from this book must be
affecting everybody in the room.

And the humans don't even
seem to realize

that they're under a spell.

What do we do?

Maybe there are some hidden
instructions or something?

-[wind gusts]
-Ah!

Sweet batcakes, not again.

That didn't really work, did it?

I don't think so, batkins.

I say, I'm sure you're all wondering

why I invited you
to this secluded mansion

in the middle of a rainstorm.

It's because mystery is afoot.

[thunder crashes]

Quite literally.

My favorite left loafer is missing.
Everyone search.

-I say!
-My word.

[panting and barking]

Now we're in a mystery story?

This spell is all over the place.

This book club's not going as smoothly
as the one back home,

and the mummies were constantly
unraveling.

Where did this book come from, anyway?

There's something written here.

"To Demi, with love.

Great-great-great-grandpa
Ghoulington."

-[thunder crashes]
-[gasps]

This is Demi's book.
He'll know what to do.

-Demi!
-Demi!

Did someone say handsome Demi?

[wind gusts]

[gasps] Drac's beard!

I'm dressed just like...

[giggles] ...Sherlock Bones.

Oh, it's a nightmare come true!

But how?

It's a spell that's turning everyone
into a character from a storybook.

Your storybook.

Oh, that'd explain why I look like

literature's greatest
non-living detective.

What's all the ruckus in here?

-[wind gusts]
-[gasps]

This is not my style.

And we can't be seen by humans.

Demi, we got to hide.

Gregoria, don't worry.

The humans are under a spell
and won't remember any of this later.

-A spell?
-From Demi's book.

Any idea how to stop it?

Oh, yeah.

This was a present from my
great-great-grandpa Ghoulington.

Never got around to reading it, though.

Well, maybe you want
to give it a read now,

since we're, you know,
under a wacky spell.

Oh, I remember old Ghoulpa
telling me how to break it,

but are you sure we don't
want to be dressed like this

for a little while longer?

This magnifying glass
really shows off my bow tie.

Fine, fine. Just give me a second.

Wait, Demi, no--

Now it's a jungle story?

How much more of this book
are we going to have to flip through?

Oh, wait, I remember now.

We have to flip
to the end of the book.

"Finish the book, finish the spell,"

Ghoulpa would always say.

-Then let's do it.
-And fast.

The sooner we get back to our normal
human book club, the better.

Aah! The book!

[imitating monkey gibbering]

Roar!

Bridget? Poppy?

[both squeaking and roaring]

They must think they're really
jungle animals.

I am not in the mood
for a game of keep-away.

[gibbering]

-Roar!
-Whoa!

Bridget, no! We need that book back.

[snarling]

Miss Peepleson?

-[roars]
-[all scream]

Roar!

[Gregoria] This house has become
a real zoo.

[both] Whew!

I really want this story to be over.

Vee, any ideas?

Oh, it's no use.

This book club is a disaster.

It's not how I was hoping
it would go either.

We had roaring
at our book clubs back home,

but this is just batty.

[roaring]

I just wanted us to have
our thing again, Mama.

Like our ghoulnastic routines
or our flights through the monster mall.

Wait, Vee, that's what we'll do.

Huh? Do what?

What Hauntley girls do best:
work together.

Just like back home.

Sounds like a spooktacular plan,
Mama.

Hauntley girl high five.

[both] Eek! Eek! Eek!

-Ready?
-Yup. Just like back home.

[roaring]

I hope you two have a foolproof
plan to get that book back.

Yeah, this is definitely Edna
at her least neighborly.

Oh, don't you worry.

♪ There's nothing that the
Hauntley girls can't manage ♪

♪ A mother-daughter team
With one advantage ♪

♪ Yes, we'll pull through
'Cause I've got you ♪

♪ Together there is nothing
That we cannot do ♪

♪ We got this
We got this ♪

♪ Nothing's too hard
For the Hauntley girls ♪

♪ We cracked the case of Igor's
Haunted castle ♪

♪ The riddle of the sphinx
Was no big hassle ♪

[Oxana] ♪ We swam Loch Ness ♪

♪ With great success ♪

♪ We rescued magic scrolls
From evil thieving trolls ♪

♪ There's nothing
That can stop us ♪

♪ From achieving our goals ♪

♪ We got this
We got this ♪

♪ Nothing's too hard
For the Hauntley girls ♪

♪ We got this
We got this ♪

♪ When we unite ♪

♪ My heart swells
With fright ♪

♪ There's no one who's quite
Like the Hauntley girls ♪

[Oxana] Now's our chance
to grab that book.

Bats, I missed it.

-[all growling]
-Mama, I think it's time

to do our ghoul-nastics routine.

Ghoul-tastic. Now, one, two...

[both roar]

Go, Vee!

Whoo-hoo!

Hurry, Vee.

It's time to finish this story, batkins.

[roars]

-Done!
-[wind gusts]

[both roar]

Did we-- Did we do it?

So, what book did you two
pick for today?

Um, Vee, why don't you go upstairs

and pick a normal book for us to read?

Right. You got it.

One normal book, coming up.

[both] "And they all lived
scarily ever after.

The end."

Go, Vee and Mrs. H!

Oxana, Vee, that was lovely.

You make a great
mother-daughter team.

Shiver me timbers.

Sorry. Not sure where
that came from.

Feeling kind of piratey
at the moment for some reason.

[both laugh]

This book club was truly a hoot.

Same time next week?

-Definitely.
-I'd love to.

Wonderful. Now then,
what book should we read next?

How about a mystery novel?

Or something set in the jungle?

[Briana] An adventure story for sure.

It looks like we found
our Mama-and-Vee thing

in Pennsylvania after all.

And no matter where we live,

we'll always have a special activity
for just the two of us.

I love you, Mama.

We're definitely on the same page,
my sweet little Vee.

[Vampirina] "The Not So Haunted House."

Six, seven, eight,

nine, ten.

Ready or not, here I come.

Hmm, where could Vampirina be?

Found you.

How'd you know where I was?

[giggles] When your best friend

can turn into a bat,
you know where to look.

-[both laugh]
-True.

[ringing]

Peepleson residence, Edna speaking.

Oh, hello.

Come on, Vee. It's my turn to hide.

[Edna] Oh, you'll just love the house.

It's bright and airy,
yet comfy and cozy too.

Hey, Poppy, why is your mom
talking about your house?

-I don't know.
-You want to see it?

Wonderful!

Today?

Oh, dear. No, no, no, it's all right.
We will have it all ready for you.

See you soon.

Why would someone
want to see our house?

And-- And why does it need
to be all ready.

Oh, Poppy, listen, dear,

I need you to go
clean your room, please, okay?

Why, Mom? What's going on?

Oh, I'm sorry, darling.
No time to explain.

They'll be here soon, and I've got
to make the house look perfect.

Perfect. I want them to love it.

Your mom is acting kind of strange.

I know. Running around,
wanting the house to look perfect?

[chuckles] Yeah.

My mom acted like that once,

but it was back in Transylvania
when we were moving.

Do you think that's why
those people are coming over?

Because they want to live here?

[gasps]

And we're...moving?

No way. Your mom loves this house.

-She'd never want to move.
-I've got to move, move, move.

I hope they pick our house.
I really do.

Move? Pick our house?

Poppy...

I think you're moving.

I'm going to miss my room
so much when we move.

The way my door doesn't stay closed.

The way the floor creaks
in just this one spot.

[creaks]

But most of all,
I'm going to miss you, Vee.

If I move, we won't
be neighbors anymore.

Poppy, you can't move away.

-You're my best friend.
-And you're my best friend.

But what can we do?

Maybe the people coming
won't like your house.

No way. Our house is great.

[sighs]

They're going to love it.

Unless we make sure they don't love it.

What do you mean?

Sometimes humans
go screaming out of my house,

so, what if we make your house
a little more like mine?

-You mean...
-We convince the guests

that your house is haunted.

But, Vee, my house isn't haunted.

But we can pretend it is.

After all, we do have
a ghost and gargoyle on hand.

Poppy? Moving?

I know, Demi. It's terrible.

-And that's why we need--
-Don't leave me!

You're the best human I've ever known!

Get a hold of yourself, Demi.

Now's not the time for blubbering.

We need to think this through
in a calm and collected manner,

even though we will miss you
a whole lot, Poppy.

Don't leave us!

Demi, Gregoria, I know you're sad,
but Vee has an amazing idea.

That's right. We're going
to make Poppy's house haunted.

The new people will never
want to live in a haunted house.

Which means they won't move in,
and we won't move away.

Yes, yes.

I like this idea a lot.

I think it just might work.

-Great, let's go.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, Vee.

If centuries of haunting houses
has taught me anything,

it's that we can't go in unprepared.

We need a scare plan.

-A scare plan?
-[Gregoria] That's right.

A fully formed plan to haunt your house.

♪ Phase one
We'll need some spooky sounds ♪

♪ Some sighs and shrieks
And moans ♪

♪ So make sure
Every room resounds ♪

♪ With cries and creaks
And groans ♪

♪ The humans will not
Keep their poise ♪

♪ They will not go undaunted ♪

♪ So fill the halls
With scary noise ♪

♪ That's how a house
Gets haunted ♪

♪ Phase two involves
Unpleasant smells ♪

♪ Like socks or moldy cheese ♪

♪ Let's conjure up
Some magic spells ♪

♪ Quite certain to displease ♪

♪ Then watch the humans
Stop to sniff ♪

♪ These odors so unwanted ♪

♪ 'Cause if they catch
A single whiff ♪

♪ They'll think the house
Is haunted ♪

♪ That's how a house
Gets haunted ♪

♪ Phase three I call
Spooks everywhere ♪

♪ We'll hide inside the walls ♪

♪ And pop out
For a proper scare ♪

♪ With proper scaring
Protocols ♪

[Demi] ♪ And once the humans
Witness this ♪

♪ Our terror tactics flaunted ♪

♪ One verdict
They will not dismiss ♪

[all] ♪ The house is surely haunted ♪

I think your scare plan is spooktacular.

-It's genius.
-Got to say, even I'm impressed.

-[car horn honks]
-They're here.

The people are here
to look at my house.

It's time to get our spook on.

[Edna] Welcome, welcome. Come in.

I can't wait to show you around.

Coast is clear. Come on.

Yes, yes, we can haunt this room
very nicely.

Time for phase one.

Spooky sounds and ghostly groans?

Precisely.
Now we all need a place to hide.

-[Edna laughing]
-[gasps] They're coming.

[Edna] This is our glorious living room.

It is wonderful for entertaining.

[Demi moans]

Ooh!

-What was that?
-I honestly don't know.

[ghostly groaning]

Whoa!

[classical music plays on radio]

[man] Oh, what lovely music.

Well, makes me want to sit
in this living room all day.

I didn't even realize
I had the stereo on.

But hearing you say that
is music to my ears.

Oh! Get it?

[Edna laughs]

Now wait till you see
the upstairs.

Demi, what happened?

[Demi] I don't know.
I'm not used to vases like that.

You mean kinds that can tip over?

It's okay. It was one slipup.

We just accidentally played
music that the guests loved.

And made my house
even more pleasant.

Oh, the music is rather soothing.

-[turns radio off]
-[Gregoria] Let's focus.

It's time for phase two
of the scare plan:

the smell potion.

Terrible smells
always scare people away.

How does it work?

See that sneaker? Take a whiff.

Ew!

Now, when I pour the potion on it,

it will make it smell ten times stronger.

-Ew.
-[Poppy] So smelly.

I rest my case.

Now for this to work,
I need to put the object

right in the middle of the room.

[Edna] Thank you so much.

They're coming back down.

[Edna] I'm glad you liked the upstairs.

Now wait until you see the backyard.

Whoa!

Oh, no! It landed in the flowers
instead of the sneaker.

That means...

[sniffing]

Oh, it smells wonderful down here.

What is that enchanting fragrance?

It must be the flowers.

They smell the best
when they're in full bloom.

Although they are much
stronger-smelling than usual.

This house is looking
and smelling better and better.

Come, come, there's more to see.

That didn't go quite as planned.

Gregoria, how did the potion
end up in the flowers?

I tripped and fell.

Floors are supposed
to be creaky and loud,

so you know where you're stepping,
not smooth and silent.

Smooth and silent floors?
The worst kind.

This is bad.

Instead of scaring the guests away,

we're making them
like my house more and more.

What are we going to do?

The only thing we can do.

Start saying our goodbyes.

Goodbye, Poppy!

[sobbing] Never forget me!

Please.

Remember, I'm the cute,
blue ghost with the bow tie.

Hold on, no one's
saying goodbye yet.

Don't you remember?

There are three phases
to the scare plan.

We've only done
phases one and two.

[sniffles] You're right.

It's time for phase three.

And for that, we're going
full haunted house.

Okay, Demi, all set?

This ghost is in gear.
Here's what's going to happen.

As soon as the guests
come into the room,

I'll pop through the wall
and spook them

like they've never
been spooked before.

Hmm, which spooky face
should I make?

Open mouth, squinty eyes?

Oh, open eyes, twisty mouth.

Oh, maybe tiny eyes and giant mouth.

[laughs and groans]

[screams]

[Vampirina]
Demi!

Sorry. I'm so good at spooking,

I spooked myself
and went through the wall.

I just, you know, forgot to make
myself disappear first.

Goofy Ghoul,
now there's a Demi-shaped hole.

Don't worry. I can fix it.

Ta-da!

That's not phase three.

Demi, you just changed
the color of the walls.

Great ghosts! It's gorgeous!

It looks so good.

And it's bad if it looks good, right?

-Really bad.
-Just checking.

-[Edna laughing]
-They're coming back.

Everyone hide.

Well, I think that's everything.

Wow. Look at these walls.

Oh, the color is spectacular.

However did you choose it?

Actually, I don't remember
ever painting these walls.

There certainly are some very
strange things going on today.

That doesn't matter, Edna.
We've made our decision.

[both] We pick this house.

[Edna] Oh, that's wonderful news.

Let's celebrate
with a glass of lemonade.

Well, I guess that's it.

Now I know we're moving for sure.

I'm so sorry, Poppy.

I really thought our plan would work.

Me too. In my 473 years
of spooking experience,

this is the first time haunting
a house has gone so badly.

Oh, if only I didn't have such
a knack for home decorating.

It's okay. You tried your best.

It just didn't work out.

I'll just have to accept
that we're moving,

and that we won't
be neighbors anymore.

Here come the sobs again.

[Edna] Ooh, Poppy, there you are.

I have the most wonderful news.

It's okay, Mom.
You don't have to tell me.

I already know.

You do? Well, in that case...

bring out the cameras!

-Cameras?
-What's going on?

These fine people are photographers
from Beautiful Homes.

It's a brand-new blog online,

and they picked our house to
feature for the very first post.

So, we're not moving?

Moving? Oh, of course not.

I adore this house.

As far as I'm concerned,
we'll never move.

I'm not moving!

That is the most spooktacular,
most bat-tastic news ever!

But, Poppy, even if you did move,

you know we'd still
be best friends, right?

Right. We'll be best friends
forever.

Oh, Poppy, dear.

do you remember me
ever painting these walls?

[Poppy] I don't, Mom.

But I love the color.

So do I.

[laughs] It's beautiful.

You mean "boo-tiful."

[all laugh]

[theme music playing]