01x03 - Everybody Loves a (Sea) Lion

[bunniefuu]

- Places!

[EVERYBODY LAUGHS]

[SHUTTER TRIGGERS]

KATE: Over there,
you'll find our rescue habitat,

home to our youngest friends.

The animals that live here are kids,
just like all of you!

[SQUEALS]

- This is where the lion lives!

Where'd he go?

- Hey, Claire, welcome back!

Alex is napping,

but he'll be up soon,
full of his usual pizazz!

[SNORING]

- Alex, wake up! You got a crowd!
- Just one more dumpling.

KATE: Can anyone guess how many
hours a lion sleeps in the wild?

- Oh, me, me! I know!

[KATE LAUGHS]

- Yes, Claire?
- Lions can sleep up to 18 hours a day!

- Wow,
maybe you should be giving the tour.

- Hmm...
- Where is that lion cub anyway?

MARTY: Alex, wake up!

- Teddy bear.

- Ugh!
How am I gonna wake you up?

Bravo! That was incredible!

[LIKE A CROWD]
Uh! Yeah!

- Thank you, thank you!

You've been a great audience!
Wait, what?

- You must be the only cat
in the world

who jumps
for a round of applause.

- Well, I'm not just any cat,
I'm Alex the Lion!

[ALEX ROARING]

- There's the roar I love!

[♪♪♪]

♪ It's a wild, wild world ♪

♪ And it's calling our name ♪

♪ It's a jungle out there ♪

♪ So let's get on our way ♪

♪ To have fun
Through the tunnel ♪

♪ See the big, big city ♪

♪ Everybody get ready ♪

♪ Get ready ♪

♪ Time to go a little wild ♪

♪ We can go a million miles ♪

♪ Can I get a "Hey, oh!" ♪

♪ Can I get a "Let's go!" ♪

♪ On a journey ♪

♪ All smiles ♪

♪ Time to go a little wild! ♪

♪ Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi ♪

- Which wrist-watches
are Swiss wrist-watches?

Red bulb, blue bulb,
red bulb, blue bulb.

- I know this game!
Red light, yellow light, green light, go!

- It's not a game, Gloria.

It's how a performer prepares
to go on stage.

- He's doing tongue twisters
to warm up for a show.

Don't forget your face stretches!

- On it! Small face.
Big face!

Heh.

- Super weird, but whatever
gets you prepped for your show!

- Take your seats, it's go time.
I'm ready for my adoring fans!

[PANTING]

[ALEX GRUNTS]

Here comes Alex the Lion!

- Come on, Claire, let's see
what other shows are happening right now.

[ALEX SIGHS]

- Yeah! Go, Alex!
- That's my mammal right there!

- Now that's an entrance!
- Ah! Not water!

[GLORIA LAUGHING]

[GRUNTS]

- Wow, you are on fire today!
Let's add that to the routine.

We'll call it "The Levitating Lion."

- Thanks. But, where is everyone?
- Maybe they all got hungry?

- Every one of my fans? All at once?
They missed my best entrance yet!

- Your fans might have missed it,
but all of your friends saw it!

- Not all of them.
Where's Melman?

- Maybe he's with Kate.
- Even Melman missed it?

- Alex, buddy, it's just one show!
You'll get 'em next time.

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

ALEX: I know that sound.

The only thing that causes claps that loud
is my roar! Except...

I'm not roaring.

- Listen to those cheers!
So full of joy.

- Uh!
Do you know what this means?

- Someone must be doing
something really spectacular!

- No! It means we've gotta investigate.
To the zip vines!

[♪♪♪]

[ALEX GRUNTS]

Ready or not, here I...

[PICKLES GRUNTS]

- Yeah, I think
they're forgetting something.

It's the same in the sky
as it is in the tunnels.

Ya want to travel,
ya gotta pay the toll!

- How'd you know we'd be here?
- We have eyes everywhere.

[SIGHS]

[SCREAMS]

[THEREMIN MUSIC]

Wait, how'd you just...

[SIGHS]

- I believe
we already paid our toll.

- What? You didn't!
- You sure about that?

- Of course he's sure!
- Did you check behind your ear?

[GIBBERS]

Ooh...

[LAUGHING]

[♪♪♪]

I still got it.

MARTY: Yeah!

♪ Aomoa, aomoa, aomoa ♪

♪ Whoo! ♪

♪ Let's go find
A little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it
A day to remember ♪

♪ Let's find
Something new we can explore ♪

♪ Explore ♪

♪ Let's go find
A little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it
A day to remember ♪

♪ Let's charge
Through every open door ♪

♪ Adventure's calling ♪

[ANT'NEY PANTING]

- Hey! What's the party
and why wasn't I invited?

- Look at this turnout!
- I've seen bigger.

- What are they watching?

Ugh, I can't see.

- If only one of us had a way
to get up high.

- Yep, that would probably help.
- Like someone with wings?

- Like a dove or a pigeon
or something.

[MARTY SIGHS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

- Huh? Oh!

[CHUCKLES]

Copy that, I'm your bird!

[LAUGHS]

That's good.
Wow, look at that!

- What is it, Ant'ney?
What do you see?

- Oh, it's Ronathan,
Ziggy, and Lou!

- Ronathan, Ziggy, and who?
- Sea lions! They're doing a new show!

- Sea Lions?
Yeah, I wanna see!

We've gotta get closer.

[EVERYBODY GRUNTS]

[♪♪♪]

[SEA LION BARKING]

[LAUGHS]

- That's funny.

MARTY: Oh!
GLORIA: Sorry, Marty.

Ah, much better view.
Hey, I recognize that spot.

- Hi, Gloria!

[ANT'NEY SCREAMS]

- Melman?
- What are you doing here?

- I love the sea lions!

And I'm a huge Ronathan fan.
We call ourselves "Rona-fans."

- Really? I didn't even know
Ronathan existed 'til today.

- Me neither!
Aren't these sea lions amazing?

♪ I love it when you smile ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ It last me up inside
Makes me come alive ♪

♪ 'Cause when
You're feeling good ♪

♪ It goes around
Good vibes multiply ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah ♪

♪ Can ya feel that
Feel that? ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Feel the energy ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ It's a roar that roar
That everyone's happy ♪

♪ Everybody ♪

♪ 'Cause making you happy
Makes me happy too ♪

♪ Every time I see you smile
I'm smiling with you ♪

♪ So, if I can lift you up
You know that I will ♪

♪ 'Cause the higher that you fly
The more joy I feel ♪

♪ Sing with me! ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah ♪

♪ Can ya feel that
Feel that? ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, feel the energy ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ It's a roar that roar
That everyone's happy ♪

♪ Everybody ♪

♪ Spread joy with me! ♪

- Last time I saw an act this good,
it was on Broadway.

[SIGHS]

- Don't sweat it, Alex.
I'm sure your fans'll be back.

- I got an idea!

Why don't you do
your performance after theirs?

It'll be like a double matinee!

- Alex the Lion follows no one!

If it's a competition they want,
it's a competition they'll get.

- Competition? They may be cute,
but you're my favorite act in town.

- But I'm not their favorite act anymore.

I'm gonna jazz up my show
and outperform these lions of the sea!

- Woohoo!

What? They're delightful.

[♪♪♪]

Wow!
You've already got some people out there!

- Nice! Wait 'til they get
a load of my new material.

- If it's anything like your old stuff,
I know it'll be great.

Hmm, what do you need this for?

- I was thinking of adding
some magic to the act.

You know, upping my game.

- Where'd it go?

- Oh! Heh.
- But everyone loved your show already!

- So just imagine
how much more they'll love it

when I pull a cute little rabbit
out of this hat!

- You got a rabbit?

- Actually, I was kinda hoping
my main mammal in the whole world

might find one for me?

- Where am I gonna find a rabbit?
- I don't know.

But if anyone could figure it out,
it's you.

- Alex, you don't need a rabbit,
your show is spectacular just as it is!

- Please?

- Oh, c'mon.
Not the kitty-cat eyes.

- Pretty please,
with dumplings on top?

[GRUNTS]

- Ugh, it's so adorable!
Okay, I'll look.

But I'm telling you,
you don't need it!

- Thanks, buddy.

[LAUGHING]

Greetings, magic fans!

- Alex is wearing a magician's hat!
- Lions can do magic?

- Woohoo!
- Hooray!

- Thank you, thank you.

Huh?

So I did this trick
for my buddy Bill the Flamingo,

it really ruffled his feathers.
Now keep your eye on the ball...

Is it here? Nope.

It's not here either!
So where is it?

[YAWNS]

Well, if you guessed
the ball would be in the last cup, then...

A-ha!

You were wrong!
The ball has disappeared!

Oh, what?
That's not supposed to happen!

[ALEX GRUNTS]

- Nope. Lions cannot do magic.
- Aw...

- Ugh. Any sign of Marty?
- Not yet!

- My rabbit in the hat trick's up next!

- What about doing
the "Levitating Lion" instead?

- That's good!

- Nah, I need to wow them
with something new and improved and cute!

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

Bet he woulda stayed for a rabbit.

Alright, ya wild animals,
you've been great.

Until next time I'm...

[ROARING]

Alex the Lion!

[SLOW CLAPS]

- What did I miss?
- My whole show!

- I'm sorry!

Finding a rabbit in a zoo
is more challenging than you'd think.

- It's okay.
I'll use the rabbit in the next show.

You did get a rabbit, right?

- Well...

Next best thing?

- Abracadabra.

- I can't do magic with a rat!
- Hey!

[SIGHS]

- I don't know why you need
a rabbit or a rat.

I liked your performance
just the way it was.

ANT'NEY: Great show!
GLORIA: Love the new material!

- Thanks. I really tried to jazz it up.
But I still didn't get my fans back.

MELMAN: Alex? Do you think you would mind

signing my pawtograph book?

- Aw, of course.

Wait, what's that?
And why does it smell like...

[SNIFFS]

sardines?
Are these all sea lion flipper prints?

- No. That's just dirt.
But those are flipper prints.

[SIGHS]

- Here ya go.
- Thank you so much!

I'll treasure it forever!

- I gotta say, kid,

I'm impressed by how quickly
you pulled that gig together.

The sea lions, on the other hand,
they practice day and night.

- Night, huh?

[GLORIA SNORING]

Marty, Gloria, Melman,
it's go time!

- Copy that!

- Are we really doing this?

The sea lions are friendly,
rule-following zoo citizens!

It feels a little wrong to, well,
spy on 'em.

- It's not spying.

If I'm gonna make my show less land-lion
and more sea-lion,

I've gotta study their act,
so I know what mine's missing!

- So you mean more like
an undercover kind of mission?

- Exactly.
And I can't do it without you.

- Hmm. I'm in!

[MELMAN SNORING]

- Melman!
- Huh?

W-what's going on?

- We're going to see the sea lions.
- Oh! Yay, the sea lions!

[GRUNTS]

I mean, I guess it could be fun.

[GIGGLES]

[GRUNTS]

- Coo! Coo!
The pigeon naps at noon!

- What's that supposed to mean?

- It's spy mission speak
for "are you ready?"

- Well, then.
"The hippo twirls at dawn." Let's go!

♪ Let's go find
A little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it
A day to remember ♪

♪ Let's charge
Through every open door ♪

♪ Adventure's calling ♪

[SEA LIONS BARKING]

[MELMAN GRUNTS]

[EVERYBODY GRUNTS]

- Great work, everybody!
How are we feeling?

- It's late.
We should probably go to bed soon.

- But I'm having so much fun!
I don't wanna stop!

- Okay.
Maybe just one more time.

- Let's do it!

- Now let's see what they got.

- Looks like he's going for it.

Wow, folks. Such a risky jump.
ex*cuted perfectly!

- Barely any splash.
Who are these guys?

- Yeah, but who wants to be
in all that water?

- Perfect ten!
- Melman!

- We gotta keep it down,
or they'll hear us!

- And they do it all with a smile.
Now that's class.

- Maybe you need to smile more,
Alex.

If ya do something that makes you happy,
I bet that'll make you smile!

- My show makes me happy.

- At least it used to.

- Now we're talking. Ball balancing!
I could definitely put that in my show.

- Those are some of the best moves
I've seen in their career.

Four out of four hooves! Bravo!

- Hush, Melman!

The first rule of undercover
is don't get spotted!

- But I'm already spotted.
- Great mission.

There's a lot I can take
from their act.

- Take from their act?
You mean copy?

- Not copy. Borrow! Boop!

Besides, I'll make sure
I do it even better.

- Did anyone see where Ronathan went?
- How dare you come in here...

without letting us
give you a proper welcome!

- Welcome!
- Hello!

- What a nice surprise!
- We were just, uh, it was an accident.

- A happy accident!
I hope you enjoyed the show.

- Yeah. It was, y'know, pretty okay.

- Aw, thanks, Alex!
- You've got moves!

- Coming from the most graceful hippo
this city's ever seen, I'm flattered.

[GIGGLES]

- Uh, just so you know,
we weren't spying on you or anything.

- Of course not!

But thanks for letting me know.
What an honorable zebra you are.

- Oh, well, thanks!

- Hi, Melman!
- Play it cool, play it cool.

I love you so much,
you're amazing!

[SIGHS]

[GIGGLES]

I can't believe it,
he knew my name!

- It's so refreshing when a big star
turns out to be so down-to-earth.

- Oh, and his dancing!

I loved meeting
another water-based artist.

MARTY: Did you get what you needed, Alex?

- Oh, yes.
I got exactly what I needed.

[SNORING]

[YAWNS]

- Huh?

[GRUNTING]

[SIGHS]

Alex!

- Gloria, finally,
I need your help!

- How long have you been up?
- All night!

If I'm gonna outdo the sea lions
and get my audience back,

I need to learn their act.
Will you help me train?

- But I thought you hated the water.
- I'm not going anywhere near the water.

I'll just do what they do,
but on land.

- Okay, if that's what you want.
Let's get started!

♪ Let's get ready for them ♪

♪ We've got to make them roar ♪

♪ Watch the croco wild ♪

♪ Give them what they came in for ♪

♪ Let's get ready for them ♪

♪ They won't believe their eyes ♪

♪ 'Cause they'd never seen
In their wildest dream ♪

♪ Something like what you got ♪

♪ So we'll keep pushing ♪

♪ Not gonna slow, no ♪

♪ Give all we got, yeah ♪

♪ Ready, set, go ♪

♪ We're never quitting ♪

♪ We won't give up, no ♪

♪ We'll just push harder ♪

♪ You already know ♪

♪ We've got to make them
We've got to them roar ♪

♪ There is no faking ♪

♪ We've got to give them
What they came in for ♪

♪ And we know what it is
We're the best in the bizz ♪

♪ So let's make them roar ♪

♪ Roar, roar ♪

♪ Roar ♪

♪ Roar, roar ♪

♪ Roar ♪

♪ Got to make them roar ♪

- Yeah!

[♪♪♪]

- Okay, Alex.
You're as ready as you're ever gonna be!

I'm so proud.
The kitten has become the master.

- Thanks, Gloria, for being my coach,
and turning the old me into the best me!

- You're welcome.

But just so you know,
you've always been the best you.

- Yeah!

[PANTING AND GRUNTING]

- Why is that lion swimming
on grass?

[CHUCKLES]

- Woohoo, yeah!

Huh! Uh!

A-ha! Huh?

Ugh, Ronathan!

Oh!

Maybe I'm just the wrong kind of lion.

- Or maybe it's just that these moves
don't make sense on land.

You're not a sea lion.
You're...

[ROARING]

Alex the Lion!

- You're right.
- Great!

So we can get back
to the old Alex now?

- I've been doing water moves
on land.

If I'm gonna outdo the sea lions,
I'm going to have to do water moves...

in water.

MARTY: Wait, what?

- Are you sure you want to do this?
- Yeah, you hate the water!

- I'm sure.
I'm going to do whatever it takes

and be whoever I need to be
to get my audience back.

- Alex doing a sea lion act...

It's like all my favorite things
coming together!

- I can't watch!

[SIGHS]

- Here we go!

[GASPS]

- Millie, give it a look.
A lion jumpin' into a hippo tank.

- Huh, maybe he needs a bath.

[GASPS]

- Is he okay?
- That cat's acting wacky.

[GRUNTS]

[COUGHS]

- Perfect ten!

- Gotta hand it to him.
He's really doin' it.

- Yeah, he's doin' it.
Whatever it is.

[GRUNTING]

Wait.
Where's everyone going?

KATE: Oh, no, Alex!

Poor thing!
Did you fall into the hippo tank?

I'll be back with a towel.

- Well, kudos for trying, buddy.
You're one brave cat.

- What did you think?
- Honestly?

The show didn't really feel
like Alex the Lion to me.

- Oh, great, now even my best friend
doesn't believe in me.

- Here you go.
- Is Alex okay?

- Hey, Claire!
Got another lion fact for me?

- Yeah. Cats don't like water.

- Right again.
I don't know what's gotten into him!

- You think he can still roar
when he's all wet?

- Once he's dry
and feeling like himself again,

he'll be the same old Alex
you know and love.

- Okay, 'cause he's my favorite animal
in this whole place,

and I miss hearing his roar!

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

- Uh! Marty!
Did you hear what Claire said?

I'm her favorite!

And she loves my old stuff,
can you believe it?

- That sounds familiar.

- I may have only one fan,
but she's my fan, and she likes me for me!

- That's what I've been trying
to tell you all along.

There are all kinds of lions out there,
but there's only one Alex The Lion!

- And I've only got one main mammal.
Thanks, buddy.

Woohoo!

[GRUNTING]

[LAUGHING]

This one's for my favorite fan.

[ROARS]

[ROARS]

Hey, Gloria!
I dare you to splash me!

[GLORIA CHUCKLES]

- Bravo! Told ya!
When you do what makes you happy,

your smile comes back.

[CHUCKLES]

- Woohoo!

Huh!

- Go, Alex, go!

[PANTING]

Woohoo!

- Yeah!

- Woohoo!

RONATHAN: Alex.
- Ronathan, you made it to the show.

- I just wanted to say
it's an honor to watch you work!

- Huh? I mean, thanks.
- I'm your biggest fan.

- Wow, I-I love your show, too.

- We should act together!
- I'd like that!

But I think it's best
I stay out of the water for a while.

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

Yeah!

- Yeah!

[WHISTLING]

- Wow!

- Huh? How ya doing, Melman!

[GIGGLES]

- He still knows my name!

- Go ahead, buddy.
Now show 'em that roar I love!

- You got it!

[ROARS]

♪ Aomoa, aomoa, aomoa ♪

♪ Whoo! ♪

♪ Let's go find
A little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it
A day to remember ♪

♪ Let's find
Something new we can explore ♪

♪ Explore ♪

♪ Let's go find
A little adventure ♪

♪ Let's make it
A day to remember ♪

♪ Let's charge
Through every open door ♪

♪ Aomoa, aomoa, aomoa ♪

♪ Whoo! ♪

♪ Aomoa, aomoa ♪

♪ Adventure's calling ♪