01x26 - The Nanette Lock // Gordy Floats

[bunniefuu]

♪ My name is Angela

♪ Hey, hello!

♪ Welcome to my very own show ♪

♪ I'll introduce my friends to you ♪

Oh no! It's Ninnypoo!

♪ Shoobee-doobee-doo wap-waa.

♪ My name is Angela

♪ And you are not

♪ Nanette Manoir is a stuck up jerk face snot ♪

And now to today's story, starring me.

And NOT starring Nannete Manoir.

Today, Mrs. Brinks is teaching us about famous

inventors - like Samuel Morse- Code,

Rudolf Diesel-Engine and Louis Pasteur-ized Milk,

and for once I am the expert on account of everyone knows

my dad, Bill, is an inventor of inventions, too.

[expl*si*n]

Now class, who knows what Rudolf Geiger invented?

Yes, Nanette?

Before I begin my answer, may I say that although

Rudolph Geiger was not French,

he should have been for he invented uranium:

the most precious gem in the world, not counting you,

Mrs. Brinks.

Why you sweet, sweet child!

But Mrs. Brinks, I thought Rudolph Geiger invented the

Geiger Counter for counting uranium!

Yes, well, Geiger counter, precious gem, close enough.

Another gold star for Nanette Manoir!

[GROANS]

Just think, Gina Lash, how great it would be to invent

something great.

But we've already invented the best game in the world:

"Crash-test Swingset!"

Hey! Yee-ha!

How come I always gotta be in the middle?

Such play can only be the work of the Devil!

I find it poetry in moo-oo-CHOO!

Bless you.

[SNEEZE] Bless you.

Angela, watch out!

May Day! May Day! Abandon ship!

AAAHHH!!!

Angela Anaconda, I was wrong.

This is the greatest game ever invented!

You're a genius!

Hey everybody- LOOK!

Tres impressive Angela Anaconda,

which is French for I can't believe I didn't think of it.

Sorry, Nanette Manoir, but I guess great inventions

run in my family.

Which is why my invention is so great!

So now it is the next day, and everybody is doing my

invention which I, Angela Anaconda, invented.

And by everyone I do mean everyone.

This swinging invention of yours is so chique, Nanette.

Well, I think it's chiquer, even more!

No need to fight, girls.

My invention is for all the people.

There must be some misunderstanding.

Excuse us, Nanette, but somehow everyone thinks

you invented this swinging craze.

Yeah, tell everyone the truth.

Certainly, Angela Anaconda.

It would be my pleasure.

Gather around, people!

I have an announcement!

I've decided to call my special invention extraordinaire:

"The Nanette-Lock" -

an homage, if you will, to my fine locks of golden hair.

The Nanette-Lock!?

But, but, but-

This is intellectual property rights piracy!

Yeah, an important invention should be named after the

important inventor, not some fake French phony!

Nanette Manoir!

You stole my invention!

[LAUGHS] Oh really?

Well, Creme Brule, which is French for "prove it."

Oh, I will!

I'm curious, Angela, how do you intend to prove your

right of ownership?

Easy.

You saw me do it and I saw me do it!

It is an open and shut case that is open and shut.

Well, I'm convinced, but if you want to convince

everyone else, you'll probably need to get someone

besides your best friend to back you up and tell

everyone you invented the Nanette-Lock.

Oops- I mean "Angela-Lock".

No problem, Gina Lash, on account of since there were

so many kids around at the moment of my inspirational

moment, we have lots of witnesses.

Salisbury Steak or Swiss Steak,

hmm, now that's a tough one.

Hey! What'd I do?

Listen up, Johnny Abatti, you have to tell us

everything you remember from the day I invented

my invention, okay?

Yeah, okay.

Sure. Let's see now.

I was on the swings not doing nuthin' when -

Hai-YAAA!! Hai-Yaa!

I was surrounded, but not for long.

With nerves of steel, I waited till the last minute

then- YAI!

h*!

HA! HUT-HUT! HEE-OOH!

That's it? You didn't see anything?

Well, um, what was the question again?

Good Heavens!

Everything I remember?

Well, it all started with the children.

Poor Gordy could barely breathe that day.

I can barely breathe today.

[KER- CHOO!]

Be strong, my child, be strong.

Uh, what about us and the swings?

The swings?

Oh, Good Heavens.

Well, I suppose I was too busy tending to poor Gordy

to really see you two do anything.

So now I am thinking this witness thing is tougher

than I thought.

Which means Gordy is our last hope.

Hey yeah.

He was watching us the whole time.

He must have seen something that he saw.

Yes, I remember it like it was yesterday.

Gordy, it was yesterday.

Oh yeah.

Anyway, it was a perfect Spring day,

with an unusually low pollen index of three.

The sun was shining, the daffodils were in bloom,

and there you were, like a masterpiece of art!

Swinging in all your glory, calling to me, calling.

Goooordy!

Gooordy!

[SIGHS]

Gordy! You've got to tell the whole class what you saw!

Yeah! You've got to tell them that I invented the

Nanette-Lock, I, mean Angela-Lock.

For justice. For Gina.

I'll do it!

Class? Your attention, please.

I hear we have an inventress in our midst.

Excuse me, Mrs. Brinks?

Gordy Rhinehart would like to make an announcement

about your announcement.

Yes, Gordy?

Well, um, I saw Angela and Gina Lash do the

"Nanette-Lock" first.

Angela invented it - assisted by the beautiful

Gina Lash - not Nanette.

What? How can this be?

Certainly you must be confused.

I quite agree, Mrs. Brinks.

I mean, does Angela's witness have a witness?

Yes, me.

Though I didn't see anything,

Gordy was indeed there.

I know because I was helping him recover from a plague of

sneezes: giving him tissues, wiping his watery eyes.

Angela invented The Nanette Lock?

Well then, what do I do with this?

Excusez-moi, Mrs. Brinks.

But if Gordy was having a sneezing fit with watery eyes,

how could he see anything- let alone

Angela's supposed invention?

Brilliant! I mean, yes- good point.

How could you, Gordy?

Well, um, er, maybe I didn't exactly see it when it

happened, but, um, Angela had to invent it because, um,

she said so?

Lying, Angela Anaconda?

And bringing your poor fragile friend into it??

Frankly, I am appalled.

But, but!

But please everyone, don't be mad at her.

She's just jealous of my invention,

can you blame her?

Bravo, Nanette dear.

You are not only the inventor of the

Nanette-Lock, but the re- inventor of grace

and compassion! Class?

Oh, so Ninny-Poo is the great inventor of my

invention, is she?

Well maybe there are a few more inventions she deserves

to invent too.

Like maybe the great Professor Nanette

Na-Numbskull, was the first inventor to invent

bad breath!

Uh-oh! Watch out for that pile of radioactive uranium!

"My sensitive skin is all green!"

Sorry Little Nin, but I cannot hear you-

on account of now you are inventing the dentist's drill!

Open wide

and don't forget to rinse!

But your greatest invention by far,

you will agree, is the "Nanette-Lock,

which locks you onto EVERYTHING!

Be it a garbage truck.

-or a ROTTWEILER-

-or a fiftieth degree KUNG FU MASTER!

Hai-yaa!

All hail, Nanette-Com-Poop!

World's greatest inventress!

[BELL RINGS]

People, people.

No need to rush.

We've got all recess.

You'll each get a chance to do the Nanette-Lock avec moi.

I call first dibs!

I call first to throw up.

Oh me!

[LAUGHS]

Wooo! Oh my!

[LAUGH]

Urmph!

Well, I never!

Mrs. Brinks, I feel it is my duty to tell you that this

whole "Lock" thing was Angela's idea in the first place!

I may have discovered it, but she invented it.

Why do you think she wanted to call it the

"Angela-Lock" so badly?

The "Angela-Lock" was divine.

Yeah, the name had a nice ring to it.

The "Angela-Lock" will go down in playground history

on account of the world's best invention was named

after me - and everyone knows it.

Nobody likes the first day of spring better than Gordy

Rhinehart, and we oughta know,

on account of today is the first day of Spring and

we've been waiting forever for him to finish his

First Day of Spring Celebration Dance.

Are you done yet?

Okay. I'm done.

So, Gordy Rhinehart, do you know what kind of float

you're gonna build for the parade this year?

Do I?

Do I know that April showers bring May flowers?

Do I know that macramé is an under appreciated art form?

Do I know that-

Gordy! What's your float?!

Oh. This year's float will be entitled 'Spring Equals Love.'

What's the prize this year?

If it's foodstuff, will you share it?

The true prize is the love my float will express.

Well, that and a victory bouquet of Daffodils.

Wow! Look at that firetruck!

She's a beaut.

A guy could settle down with a truck like that.

Slow down, the breeze is making my hand cramp!

Hello peasants of Tapwater Springs!

Daddy made a small donation to the fireman's fund

and they let me borrow this beautiful,

shiny, red fire truck.

Are you going to be a fire girl?

No. This year I will grace the town by entering a float in

the annual 'Spring into Spring' parade.

This firetruck will be the foundation for my winning

entry- 'Spring equals Nanette.' Carry on Alfredo!

Nanette's entering [WHEEZE] a float?

I can't believe she's going to ruin a perfectly

good firetruck.

Nanette's entering a float?

Can't they use that thing to rescue cats in trees

or something?

Or to rescue Johnny when he tries to rescue cats in trees?

Nanette's entering -

A float, we know.

Nanette's entering a float!?

She can't!

You've won the float contest every year since you could

say Hibiscus.

If Ninnie-poo thinks she can just drive a fancy firetruck

and win the parade she's got another thing coming.

Gordy, how would you like some help building your float?

Thanks guys.

With your help, my float is going to give the world more

love than ever because it will be built with the love

of my friends.

I, I think I got something in my eye.

Johnny, you can be in charge of picking the Mums

and sorting them by color.

Gina. I need you to hand me tissue paper

with your lovely hands so I can make delicate carnations.

So, what's your plan, Gordy?

Well, uh, once I have the flowers sorted,

it usually comes to me.

Gordy, if you want to beat Nanette,

we need a beat Nanette plan.

It's called a float right?

Then maybe it should be made out of something that

actually floats.

Well, I guess that might -

Angela Anaconda. I'm impressed.

But where are we going to find a boat?

I think my Nonna Abatti might have something

from the old country.

A Gondola!

Nonna brought it back from her Honeymoon in Venice.

I carried it here myself.

Ooooph!

Ahhhhh.

Uh, Johnny.

What this operation needs is a Nanette spy to spy on

Nanette, and I think that you're the man for the job.

I don't think it's right to spy on other people's

float production.

It just doesn't seem in the spirit of -

Gordy Rhinehart, it's either that,

or he stays here and 'helps'.

Ooooph.

Hey, who's got the squirt g*n?

Don't forget binoculars!

[SIGH] That was from Paraguay.

Don't put the Petunias next to the African Violets.

WHAT am I paying you people for?!

With these imported roses, you'll surely win first place.

I don't know.

Gordy Rhinehart's won every year since -

Since when? Since you were a nobody until you met me?

I mean - Of course you'll win first place.

Of course you will.

Ahhh!

Did you hear something?

Caw! Caw! Caw!

It's just some crow.

I knew that!

Of course you knew that!

Of course.

Green carnations, pretty pink mums,

yummy yellow daffodils.

Oh. Sorry.

We needed a barrel for the smoke stack.

Smoke stack?

Heh, Are you forgetting that I'm asthmatic?

Nanette's got millions of French roses imported from,

uh, well, I don't remember where,

but I think I heard something about Paraguay.

[SIGH] Paraguay.

French roses.

We don't even have Tapwater Tulips.

Maybe we could - I know!

We can use pastry products to decorate the float.

We have to remember, this float is Gordy Rhinehart's float.

What do you think Gordy?

Well, I -

I've got it!

Two words. Plastic. Flowers.

[GASPY WHEEZE]

No, no! Pink roses on the back of my throne,

red roses in front!

Miss Manoir?

Are you about through with the truck?

You'll get it back, when the parade's over!

[HONKING]

[HONKING]

What is that noise?

Uh, uhm, Meow, meow!

Oh, it's just some helpless little kitten caught in a tree.

Alfredo, call animal control.

I'll save him!

Uh. Can I use one of the ladders on the truck.

No!

And we'll get all my brother's old tube socks

that don't match and hang them from the smokestack!

Or maybe the float could be a political statement

against k*lling whales.

You know, they are mammals.

Nanette's got a throne!

We should definitely have a throne.

Hey, there's an old toilet in the alley

behind Abatti's Pizza.

We can pump whale cries through a sound system.

No, no, no the throne can be made of tin foil!

[WORRIED SIGHS]

Friends, paid laborers.

With your little insignificant hands,

you've made a float that will surely take first prize,

and for that I give you my sincerest merci!

First prize! That's Gordy's -ahh!

Did you hear something?

I swear I heard something.

Uh. Mooooo. Ooops.

Oooph!

Ow.

I mean. Mooo?

Ninny can't win, on account of this truly captures

'Spring into Spring into love'.

It looks a little cluttered.

Maybe we should take off the flowers.

NOOOOOooooo!

I can't take this anymore!

Spring Equals Love is about love,

not about being competitive and beating Nanette.

Now look at this and tell me.

Where is the love?

Where are you going?

You guys can have this abomination.

Enter it in the parade. Throw it in the river.

I don't care.

I'm out.

This is horrible.

We can't win without Gordy.

The only reason I was helping was for Gordy's sake.

Let's go get pizza!

Okay!

We can't think about pizza at a time like this,

unless we can think of a way to add it to our float.

Pardon me, Angela Anaconda.

But Tapwater Springs strictly prohibits people

from dumping trash on the streets.

I suggest you clear this junk away

before someone sees it.

So Nanette Manoir thinks she can just float all over

everyone's float does she?

I'm sorry my little float maker,

it is time for you to sink, on account of you should've

known better than to enter a float against Gordy Rhinehart,

child prodigy float- maker.

"Meow-meow, help,"

you will scream like a cat stuck in a tree.

But never fear Ninny-kitten, I will save you.

Sorry, Ninny-wart, didn't mean to rain on your parade!

Farewell to you and your entourage,

which is French for hired friends,

it is time that you ride in a real float that floats.

Cast out at sea, you will see that you were wrong to

enter the parade on account of Gordy's float was going

to win until I ruined it.

I mean.

Oh no. I ruined it.

I ruined Gordy Rhinehart's float.

OOOPH!

Hello, good people of Tapwater Springs!

As you can see my float is just like me,

it represents everything of that's right and bright and

beautiful in the world.

I'm sure glad Gordy isn't here to see this.

Holy rolling donuts!

Okay! We have a winner!

I officially declare-

Stop announcing. Now!

Hold the creme filling!

It appears we have a last minute entry!

How beautifully subtle!

Ah, simple.

At last it is truly Spring!

First place, as usual, goes to Gordy Rhinehart!

[CHEER]

But, that's not fair.

I had a firetruck!

I had three hundred bouquets of roses flown in from France.

I, I -

Sorry Miss Manoir.

We've got a report of an old gondola on fire,

and since the parade's over, the trucks ours again.

[SCREAM]

Congratulations Gordy Rhinehart,

I'm sorry I got in the way of your float making.

That's okay, Angela Anaconda.

Seeing your horribly tacky attempt at float making

helped me realize that Spring and Love

are such simple things.

You don't need a huge production number

to explain how you feel.

Although 'Showboat' wouldn't have been the same without one.

Here Gina Lash. I want you to have these.

Gordy, I only asked you to share the foodstuffs.

Speaking of foodstuffs, how bout we buy Gordy

some celebration cinnamon swirl at Mapperson's.

Hey! Where is Gordy?

How long 'till summer?

♪♪