♪♪
Narrator: Somewhere,
a long ways off
and just beyond the horizon
lies the Evergreen forest.
There you can see the morning's
twilight.
Where the mist is so thick,
you could almost touch it.
But watch.
The sun is rising and
chasing away
the mist and the night stars.
And the Evergreen Forest
Lake is frozen solid,
like a giant ice cube.
It is here, the forest animals
like best to play.
Tommy: Hey, Schaeffer!
Narrator: Even the humans
love the ice.
Why, Julie and Tommy
skate most every day,
but the Raccoons
are here the most,
usually playing hockey.
I'm certain they can't imagine
anything or anyone
would ever keep
them from playing.
But at that very moment
there is someone
plotting to stop their fun...
forever.
[evil laugh]
♪♪
Dan: Hey, anybody
wants some hot cocoa?
Tommy: With marshmallows?
Dan: Of course!
Tommy: Okay!
Julie: Oh yummy!
Schaeffer, don't you
want to come in?
Schaeffer: [growls]
Dan: Okay Schaeffer, but
don't stay out too long!
Schaeffer: Woof!
♪ Knowin' you'll be with me
♪ You're my friend,
♪ well, ain'tcha?
♪ Oh can't you see
♪ you're pullin' me?
Schaeffer: Uaaaaah!
♪ Down this lonely highway
♪ Knowin' my ways gonna be
♪ Takin' my time, I'm goin'
♪ How could anyone foresee?
♪ Takin' my time, I'm goin'
♪ Knowin' you'll be
there for me ♪
♪♪
Schaeffer: Your puck, Cedric?
Cedric: Thanks, Schaeffer!
Hey, you wouldn't want to watch
some of my moves, would you?
Schaeffer: How about tomorrow?
Cedric: Gee, thanks!
See you, Schaeffer!
Schaeffer: Bye!
♪ Oh, we got a good
thing goin' ♪
Schaeffer: Oh!
♪ Takin' my time, I'm waitin'
♪ Knowin' you'll be next to me
Schaeffer: Uh! Uuuuh!
That's great!
Sophia: Oh, I didn't
know I had an audience.
Schaeffer: I'm Schaeffer.
Sophia: I'm Sophia Tutu.
Schaeffer: You've sure got a way
with those glidy things, Sophia.
Sophia: Swan glide.
Thanks, Schaeffer!
Bert: Schaeffer!
Come and be our goalie!
No one can stop me!
Schaeffer: Ohh boy!
Well Sophia, see you soon.
Sophia: Bye!
Melissa: Hi, Schaeffer!
Ralph: Good to see you.
Schaeffer: So you need a goalie?
I'll give it a try,
but I'm a little
out of practice.
Bert: Excuses, excuses!
I'm just too good!
What a whiz!
Alright Ralph, pass the puck!
♪ [long drumroll]
Uh, did I score?
Melissa: Missed..
by a forest mile.
Bert: Ha! You were
lucky this time!
But next time, pow!
Just call me 'Boom boom Bert',
the greatest player
on the greatest rink!
♪ [dramatic music]
Cyril: This is where we build
our own Super Dome!
It'll extend over
the whole lake!
The Fabulous Fur Forum,
the Cyril Dome!
Bears: [grunting]
Cyril: Lights!
[click-clacking]
Bears: Oooooh!
Cyril: Voila! It'll be glorious!
Neon, billboards,
concrete, cement,
and inside, our skating rink!
We'll charge exhorbitant
admission!
We'll be skating
in the big bucks!
Bears: Oooooh!
Cyril: Tomorrow we
start construction,
and nothing will
stand in our way!
Nothing!
[evil laughter]
[evil laughter]
Bears: [grunting]
♪♪
Narrator: The next day dawned
crisp and clear,
the kind of day when it seems
nothing can be wrong
with the world.
♪♪
Cedric: And the
skating sensation
Cedric Sneer gets the puck,
and he speeds towards the goal!
He swerves, he twists,
he...whoops..!
[ka-thud!]
Narrator: He falls.
Cedric: Oaaaah!
[thud!]
Sophia: Oh, clumsy me!
Did I hurt you?
Cedric: Oh, no!
I'm okay. Are you?
Sophia: I'm fine.
My name is Sophia Tutu.
Cedric: I'm C-C-Cedric Sneer.
Sophia: Well, Cedric,
I suppose I should
get back to my swan glides.
Cedric: Swan glides?
♪ If I ever fall
♪ head over heels in love
♪ Hmmmmm
♪ I'm hoping it'll be
♪ with someone like you
because ♪
♪♪
♪ Without a doubt,
♪ I'm hopelessly hooked
in your eyes ♪
♪♪
♪ And way down inside,
♪ I wish and I hope and I hide
♪♪
♪ Whoa-ho-oooh
♪ To have you
♪ All I've got is this tune
♪ I can make all the room
♪ Yeaaaaah
Cedric: Sophia, can I buy
you cup of hotchula?
Lot chotula?
Sophia: Hot chocolate?
I'd love one!
♪ If I ever fall
Bert: Where's the puck?
Sophia: Hi, Schaeffer!
Bert: Did you see that?
What a sh*t!
[chuckles] I'm terrific!
I'm a superstar!
[sighs]
I'm worn out by
my own brilliance!
[loud ominous rumbling]
Ralph: Cyril Sneer?!
Melissa: What are you doing
with all those ugly machines?
Cyril: Progress, sweetie.
Soon there'll be a colossal
concrete complex
right where you're standing!
It'll cover the whole lake!
Ralph: You can't build here!
This lake doesn't belong to you!
Schaeffer: That's right!
Cyril: Perhaps not technically,
but what real use
have you for this lake?
Bert: We skate and play
hockey here all the time!
We're fantastic!
Cyril: Hockey?! You?
I don't believe it.
Snag: [laughing]
Bert: Well, you should've seen
the goal I just scored!
We can whip anyone!
Cyril: Really?!
Melissa: And you can't kick us
off the ice! It's unfair!
Cyril: Unfair?! Me?!
Well, just to show you
what a fair minded fellow I am,
how about if one
week from tonight,
we have a hockey game here?
Your team against mine?
Winner takes the lake! Deal?
Bert: You bet your bulldozers!
Ralph/Melissa: No!!
Cyril: It's too late now!
Bert and I have a bargain!
He-he!
Bert: I uh...don't
look at me like that!
We'll save the lake!
I mean, how much can
Cyril Sneer know about hockey?
Cyril: Call up the farm team!
Send me the first
round draft choices!
Send me the free agents!
Call the lumber mill,
and order up ten dozen
new super sticks!
Poly-graphite filled, 18...
Narrator: Poor Bert.
Now he too was worried.
Perhaps deep down, he suspected
he wasn't really a hockey wiz.
And suddenly Cyril
Sneer seemed like
a very dangerous
opponent indeed.
Cyril: [evil laughter]
♪♪
Cyril:
Cyril: Left!
Cyril: Left!
Bears:
Cyril: Left!
Bears: [grunt]
Cyril: Right!
Bears: [grunt]
Cyril: Backwards!
Bears: [grunt]
Cyril: Forward!
Bears: [grunt]
Cyril: Geez, you guys are the
slowest bunch of dumb jocks!
A geriatric snail
could skate faster!
Narrator: Cyril Sneer ran a
grueling training program.
Day in and day out
he drilled his Bears
and their brutal maneuvers.
Cyril: You call it
hitting the puck?!
When I say, 'Hit!'
I want to see sparks flying,
sweat, rivers of sweat!
[evil laughter]
Ralph: Okay Bert, pass it to me!
Bert: Whooops!
Schaeffer: Hey!!
Bert: Sorry, Schaeffer!
Ohh, I'd made a
mess of everything!
Melissa: You just got a little
carried away with Cyril.
Bert: You suppose any of
us have fairy godmothers?
Schaeffer: Maybe there's
someone just as good!
Hey, Cedric, Sophia?
Say Cedric, how'd you like
to play hockey on our team?
Cedric: You mean playing
that game against my Pop?
Ralph: We only ask because
we know you like this lake.
And if your dad's team
wins, no more lake.
Cedric: But to play
against my Pop?
Sophia: Ohh, Cedric, do it!
I love a man in uniform.
Won't you play in their team,
Cedric, sweetie?
Cedric: Well...okay, but,
I can only practice when
I can sneak away from Pop.
Schaeffer: Thanks, Cedric.
Bert: We'll be stars!
Ralph: All right!
Let's practice!
♪ Most of our lives,
You get out of bed, ♪
♪ wipe the sleep
from your eyes ♪
♪ So many chances go
slipping on by ♪
♪ You gotta wake up
and you can make it ♪
♪♪
♪ Look now,
♪ deep in your heart
♪ So many sensations you
can't tell them apart ♪
♪ So many feelings just
begging to start ♪
Schaeffer: Whoa!
Sophia: Yay!
Hooray for our team!
Ralph: Wow!
Bert: Oh, perfect!
Narrator: Cedric's better
than anyone imagined.
Suddenly, there seemed to
be new hope for the lake.
And yet, at that very moment,
Cyril Sneer was
dangerously near.
Cyril: Don't dawdle, Snag!
I want to spy on those
Raccoons and see
just how pathetic
they really are!
We'll trample them!
They'll be raccoon wrecks!
Snag: [laughing]
Ralph: Pass the puck, Cedric!
Cyril: [coughing, choking]
Cedric: Aaah!
P-pop, what a surprise!
Cyril: Shut up, Cedric!
What are you doing here?
Cedric: Gee, Pop, I was just
about to get back to the books.
You know, rearrange those
decimal points you talked about?
Cyril: Cedric, were you
skating with these creatures?
Bert: Ha! Cedric's
joined our team!
Ha ha ha! Now,
we're gonna b*at you!
Cyril: Cedric, tell
me it's not true?
Sophia: Mr Sneer, you
should be proud of Cedric.
Why, he's strong,
talented, good looking...
Cyril: Who is this...thing?
Cedric: Pop, this
is Sophia Tutu.
Cyril: Look here, sofa girl!
Cedric: Sophia, Pop!
Cyril: Sofa, couch,
davenport. No matter!
Stay away from my son!
And no more hockey until
my Cyril Dome is built,
and we're rid of this
Raccoon riff raff forever!
Got that, Cedric?
Cedric: S-s-sure, Pop!
Sophia: I don't think
I like Cedric's father.
Bert: Hey, we're the
good guys, remember?
So we're supposed to win, right?
Narrator: Each day, the Raccoons
and Schaeffer got up at dawn
and skated until they
were ready to drop.
And Bert, who had
always been rather lazy,
practiced the hardest
of them all.
And then it was the day
before the game.
Sophia: You're all getting so
much better. Even you, Bert.
Bert: If only we had Cedric.
Sophia: If only I
could talk to him.
I'm sure I could convince him.
Schaeffer: Then why
don't we give it a try?
Melissa: You mean go
to the Sneer estate?
Bert: But couldn't
that be dangerous?
I-i-it's not that
I'm afraid or anything.
Ralph: Good, then we'll go
as soon as it's dark!
Bert: [gulps]
Narrator:
Narrator: Who
Narrator: Who could
Narrator: Who could blame
Narrator: Who could blame
Bert
Narrator: Who could blame
Bert for
Narrator: Who could blame
Bert for being
Narrator: Who could blame
Bert for being scared
of trespassing on
Cyril Sneer's estate?
They're all scared,
but they can't turn back.
They have to try and
get through to Cedric.
♪ [dramatic music]
Cedric's bedroom was hidden
high in the Sneer estate,
and as Schaeffer kept watch,
the Raccoons and Sophia
climbed towards it.
Cedric: [soft snoring]
Sofia...
Sophia...
Sophia: Isn't he handsome,
like a sleeping Prince?
Cedric: Sofia?!
Sofia, what are you doing here?
Sophia: We had to talk to you.
Cedric: But if Pop finds you,
he'll be crazed!
He might even use the dungeon!
He always wanted to,
but no one ever comes here.
You've got to go!
Sophia: We will. But first,
tell us you'll play in
the game tomorrow night.
Bert: We could win with you!
Cedric: But Pop
wouldn't like it!
I have already been
grounded for a month!
And no chocolate pudding!
Sophia: Cedric, this is
bigger than chocolate pudding!
[doors squeaks]
♪ [suspenseful music]
Cyril: Cedric!
Cedric: Pop, gee...you didn't
have to come tuck me in.
Cyril: Who's here?
I heard voices!
Cedric: I-I guess I was
talking in my sleep.
Snag: [sniffs]
Cyril: Well, stop it!
I need my rest!
Tomorrow night, right after
I demolish those Raccoons,
construction starts
on my Cyril Dome!
Snag: [growls]
Cyril: Shut up, Snag!
I'll be rolling in the megabucks
with no more Raccoons!
Snag: [growls]
Cyril: Stop it, Snag!
And if I ever catch
you around them again,
I'll wrap a hockey stick
around your neck! You got
that?
Cedric: S-su-sure, Pop!
Snag: [yelps]
[loud slam]
Melissa: We need your help!
Ralph: Cedric, please!
Bert: We could've been stars!
Sophia: Cedric Sneer, your
heart is as cold and hard
as a hockey puck!
[sobs]
Cedric: Aaaah!
♪ [sad music]
Narrator: It was now just
a few hours until the game.
The lake was very still.
Bert: I really like this place.
Ralph: Yeah,
we've had some good
times on this lake.
Melissa: You think
we can win, Schaeffer?
Bert: Of course we can win!
We'll clobber them!
Sophia: That's right, Bert.
Narrator: As the five animals
stared across the lake,
they each wondered if this was
the last time
they'd ever see it as the
beautiful,
unspoiled place they loved.
It was midnight, the darkest
night of the year.
Now, it was time for the game.
Ferlin: Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.
This is Ferlind Fielddigger.
Tonight's game comes to you live
from the Evergreen forest,
and it is indeed a crucial game
as the Evergreen Raccoons
meet Cyril's Bears.
And don't they look
like a brutish bunch?
Cyril: You better believe it!
And there'd better be
a
doctor in the house!
[evil laughter]
Ferlin: Ha-ha.
And now let's go to center ice
for the opening face-off.
[loud whistle]
Cyril: Go get them!
Make it brutal!
Ferlin: Ralph's got the puck,
he's right through center ice.
A tremendous check!
It's passed to the far wing.
The Bears streak past Melissa!
Going right in on Schaeffer!
He scores!
[loud buzzer]
And it's The Bears,
Cyril: [evil laughter]
Sophia: Oh no!
♪♪
Ferlin: Here comes Ralph,
zigzagging,
pass to Bert, he streaks up
the side boards...
Melissa: Look out, Bert!
Ferlin: A devastating hit!
He winds up for a slapshot...
What a blistering sh*t!
[loud buzzer]
And it's 2 to nothing, bears!
Cyril: [laughs]
Ferlin: The lake
looks lost forever.
The Raccoons seems helpless
against this hockey machine.
He trips. He could be hurt!
And Schaeffer is
knocked out of...
He scores!!
[loud buzzer]
And there's an injured Raccoon.
Bert: Owwww!
Ralph: Your paw is swelling up.
Melissa: You're sitting
out the rest of the game
Bert: No!!
Ralph: Yes!!
Bert: All we got is one period
left to save our lake!
Narrator: The Raccoons were in
desperate trouble,
but maybe, just maybe,
there was still a chance.
Cyril: How come you hurt
their worst player?
I told you to go for the top!
Take out the goalie
and that Ralph Raccoon!
I wanna see more of that
sense of unfair play!
I want to see Raccoon fur fly!
Sophia: Cedric?
Cedric: Shhh!
Pop will go berserk!
You may have noticed
he's not especially nice,
even normally!
Sophia: You're our only hope!
Cedric: It's too late.
Sophia: Then it's
too late for us too.
After the games over,
our lake will be
ruined,
and we'll never
see each other again!
Cedric: No!!!
If only there was some way
Pop couldn't see me on the ice!
Sophia: Then you'd do it?
Cedric: Yes!!
Sophia: Oh, Cedric.
We'll find a way!
♪♪
Schaeffer: I don't know...
Something's missing.
Melissa: Bert, give
Cedric your sweater.
Cedric: Thanks, Bert!
Bert: Hey, we should
do this more often!
Melissa: Hey,
that'll do the trick.
Bert: Good luck!
Ferlin: The second period is
underway. The puck is back...
Who is that player?
He sh**t, he scores!!!
[loud buzzer]
Bert: Yoohooo!
Ferlin: What an incredible sh*t!
Cyril: What in blazes?
Who is that?
Ferlin: And the Raccoons
are on the scoreboard!
It's that mystery player again!
He's going through
the entire team,
he's going right in on goal!
[loud buzzer]
He sh**t, he scores!
Schaeffer: Hooray!
Sophia: Yay!
Cyril: Ugh! Ptoo.
Cyril: Get that guy,
and get him good!
Turn him into a doormat!
Ferlin: And it's now 3-2.
Here we go again!
He's straight up center ice,
straight through the defense!
Cyril: You dumb jocks!
You wouldn't even
frighten Goldilocks!
Ferlin: A wicked backhand!
He scores!
[loud buzzer]
And it's a tie game!
This is incredible!
Unbelievable!
What a comeback! What a player!
Cedric: Ooops!
Cyril: Got you!
[laughs, chokes]
Cedric?!
Cedric Sneer, my son,
my ex son, Cedric Sneer!!!
Cedric: Hi Pop! Surprise?
Cyril: Surprise?
I'll show you surprise!
After the game, the dungeon!
Cedric: The dungeon! Oh no!
Cyril: Bring out
the fresh players!
I want a whole new squad!
Sophia: Mr Sneer is
keeping his paws in Cedric,
he'll never get away!
Melissa: Without
Cedric, we're finished.
And I don't want either of
you two to get hurt like Bert.
Schaeffer: I sure
liked this lake!
Ralph: We did put
up a good fight.
That counts for something.
Perhaps it is too dangerous
to face those new Bears.
Maybe we should give up.
Bert: Give up?
We can't quit now!
I won't quit now.
We can still fight!
Melissa: Bert, you can't
play with that paw!
Bert: I can try!
I can't be much worse
than I usually am.
We may only have two more
minutes to skate on this lake,
and I'm not going to waste it!
All we have to do is
score one measly goal!
Maybe we can't do it,
but maybe we can!
All of us, together!
Couldn't we at least try?
Come on, guys!
Schaeffer: Maybe, we can do it?
Ralph: Maybe we can!
Sophia: Yes, you can do it!
♪ Well, did you ever dream
about the Stanley Cup ♪
Sophia: Go Raccoons go!
Go Raccoons go!
Ferlin: Wait, they're going up
there to give it one final try!
Cedric: Go Raccoons go!
Go Raccoons go!
♪♪
Cyril: Destroy them!
[loud whistle]
Ferlin: Time is running out!
♪
The Bears win the face off.
They're regrouping, they're
charging down the ice,
they're bowling over the
Raccoons at every turn,
and only the goalie
Schaeffer can stop him now.
The bear sh**t...
Ohh what a spectacular save!
The puck's in the corner,
Melissa has it,
passes to Ralph.
There are just 18 seconds to go!
Ralph's cornered,
Bert's in the clear!
Ralph: Oh!
Bears: [grunt]
[spectators cheering]
Ferlin: The goalie is after it,
it's a race!
Bert flips the puck...
Five seconds to go!
Four...
Sophia: [gasps]
Ferlin: Three..
Two...
One..
He scores!!
I don't believe it!!
The Raccoons have won it!
Cyril: NO!!
Ferlin: What a game!
What an incredible finish!
Bert: We did it?
Schaeffer: Yep!
Bert: We did it!! WE DID IT!!
Melissa: We really won!
Cedric: Yipeee! Yay!
Sophia: My hero!
Cyril: I won't have it!
I demand a rematch!
Ferlin: Nice doggy!
Ralph: Hooray, we won!
All: [cheering]
Schaeffer: Hooray!
Bert: We did it!! WE DID IT!!
Tommy: Wow, look
at all these marks!
They're everywhere!
Dan: Boy, looks like someone's
been skating up a storm!
Have you two been playing any
wild hockey games?
Schaeffer: Woof-woof!
Narrator: Julie, Tommy
and their dad never knew
how close they came to losing
the lake forever.
But Schaeffer knew,
just as he knew the
lake was now safe.
Because he and
five other animals
had discovered that
by working together
as a team,
you can do almost anything.
♪♪
00x02 - The Raccoons on Ice
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Series revolves around Bert Raccoon and married couple Ralph and Melissa Raccoon, of whom Bert is a friend and roommate.
Series revolves around Bert Raccoon and married couple Ralph and Melissa Raccoon, of whom Bert is a friend and roommate.