01x04 - The Shedding

[bunniefuu]

It's original ♪

Like me.

[opening theme music plays]

[Arlo] We all need

Someone to hold us up ♪

To help us on

We make each other better ♪

Though the world's not always right

Tough times, they can make us strong ♪

We all belong

We're beautiful together ♪

We're beautiful together ♪

[shower running, stops]

Do-de-do-de-doo, do-de-do-do-doo ♪

Hello there, handsome!

Is that a new muscle? Why? What

[crinkles, smacks]

Well, is it that time already?

I have a feeling it's gonna be a good one!

[growls]

[groans]

[straining]

- [crackling]

- Ah

[straining]

[chuckles fiendishly]

- [panting]

- [twinkles]

Nothing like a good shed.

It's been some year, old skin.

We left the swamp, met my dad.

I learned some city slang.

Bodega! Schmear!

I shall call this one

"My Crustaceous Period".

Let's send you to Edmee.

[in sing-song] She'll be

so impressed by her growing boy!

[suspenseful music plays]

[meows]

[dramatic hip hop plays]

Uh-huh. [yowls] Sneak attack!

[hisses, growls]

Oh?

[chuckles nervously]

- [bird growls, shrieks]

- Ah!

- [bird screeching]

- [groaning]

[chuckles nervously]

Ow!

[groans]

[grunts]

- Ow.

- [shrieks]

[groans]

[screeching]

[otherworldly music plays]

[scatting]

[otherworldly music plays]

[gasps]

Ghost!

- [humming]

- Arlo-Arlo-Arlo-Arlo-Arlo-Arlo-Arlo! Arlo!

- Oh! Agh!

- [thuds]

[clatters]

What's going on?

I was outside administering

some street justice

Ah!

- to some local ne'er-do-wells

- Wait. What?

when I saw a ghost

through your bedroom window.

A ghost?

It was

[shudders]

horrible.

Flaky, transparent and green.

- [gags]

- [Arlo gulps]

- A foul and ghastly phantasm

- Ugh.

sent to terrorize us mortals

from a realm unknown!

I mean it wasn't that bad, was it?

Rest assured that it was the most

horrific thing I have ever witnessed,

and it will haunt my every waking moment

until the end of my days on this earth.

I never realized my skin

[hesitates]

that ghost was so disgusting.

- [lighter flicks]

- What you doing?

Just casting a protection spell

to ward off evil spirits.

Oh, how attached are you to Jeromio?

- Ribbit.

- Ah

- Never mind.

- Sure you know what you're doing?

Trust me, I watch a lot of TV.

Have any sage?

I need to create a herbal perimeter.

You could use that oregano

from Tony's you always carry around.

Yes, oregano. Not

[chuckles nervously]

catnip.

[clattering softly]

[sniffing]

Hmm. That ghost is so close

I can almost smell it.

[sniffs] What is that smell?

There it is!

- I think I saw it watering my plants.

- [hisses, yowls]

[inhales sharply, whimpers] Ooh.

[grunts, pants, chuckles nervously]

I think we got it.

I don't feel a spectral presence.

I can't thank you enough for bringing

this very real problem to my attention.

[inhales] I live to serve, what can I say?

Okay, skin, I'm sorry,

but I didn't know how disgusting you are.

I just gotta get you to Edmee

before anyone else sees

[gasps]

[ominous music plays]

[dramatic hip hop music plays]

Psst. Excuse me.

- [skin crinkling]

- [wind gusting]

Hey! I need that back, please.

Whoa.

Got to send it to Edmee!

[shrieks]

[coughs]

[screams]

[gasps]

[tires squeal]

[groans]

Huh?

[ghostly whooshing]

[shrieks]

What?

[coughs] Ugh.

I got that ghost on the run!

[laughs]

A ghost?

Yeah! It looks just like Arlo,

but hideous.

Gotta go bust some ghosts!

Alia, I can help!

Don't get too close! I'll catch it!

Ugh, not ghosts. They're worse than rats.

Better make sure

they don't get possessed.

[light buzzes]

[Tony sighs]

After a long hard day, there's nothing

like sharing a digestif with a friend.

- [pops]

- Bonnisimo.

[laughs]

[crinkles]

- [shrieks]

- [deep voice] Ooh.

- Oh, yeah.

- [enticing music plays]

Mm.

Yeah.

[panting] Alia, do you think

we could just maybe let the ghost go?

Shh.

Don't empathize with the supernatural.

[faint crinkling]

- [gasps]

- Rickety Biscuit!

[shrieks]

[both scream]

It's terrifying!

[dramatic music plays]

[Arlo] Whoa!

- Agh!

- What did I miss?

Something disgusting

and frightening came

Yeah, and we were

minding our own business

And it swoops up and

- The ghost took Arlo.

- [dramatic music plays]

[both gasp] A ghost?

- [gasps] Took Arlo?

- Yeah, that's literally what I just said.

[crinkling]

So I still really need my skin back.

[shrieks]

I hope no one sees this.

[gasps] What is that?

It's awful!

- Ugh.

- I can't look away.

Aw.

[can hissing]

Here's where we belong, skin.

[inhales] We will make a home among

the gross and discarded just like us.

Oh, yeah ♪

[male voice] No, no.

No singing in the dumpster.

[sighs heavily]

Hey, kid.

Marcellus? What are you doing here?

This is my vacation home.

I come here now and then

to get away from the fountain, unwind,

and also, to eat these

discarded pizza crusts.

[chomps] Mm.

Oh. It's environmentally responsible.

You here for the crusts too?

Because forget it, I got dibs.

No.

[sniffles]

I'm here because

[sobs]

I'm not fit for society.

[sobbing]

Finally you realize it! Ugh.

It was just a matter of time.

[sniffling]

Um Look, kid, why don't you

Why don't you tell

what's going on to good old wise

and incredibly handsome

Marcellus here, huh?

[chuckles]

Well, I have a very horrible,

flaky, foul, and hideous secret.

Oh.

Do you want some pizza crusts?

Mm-mm.

Okay, Arlo, whatever it is, I can take it.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Well, I might as well just share,

from gross to gross.

I have this, um

bodily function?

I shed my skin as I grow.

That's it?

Is that not enough?

Not even my top three

grossest things ever.

Doesn't even touch

that inside-out fish Norm,

who owes me five bucks.

- Ew.

- Think I ain't seen a shed skin before?

I was in the tank.

And in the tank,

we all marinate in each other's filth.

The trick to not being ashamed

is not to hide it.

That's why I dress up like this!

You gotta love the skin you're in.

Or, not in.

You know, I think you're right.

It's not such a bad little skin, is it?

- [whirring]

- [gasps]

Ew. Get it, Tony, it's awful!

Agh! Stop blowing it towards me,

it's gross!

Alia! You ready?

We're sending it your way!

You blew it too far!

[ghostly whooshing]

- [low note resonates]

- [breathes deeply]

- I'm about to become a vessel

- [ethereal music playing]

[vacuum whirs]

[gasps]

[gasps]

[giggles] Gotcha!

Oh, no. Ooh.

[grunts, gasps]

[laughs]

[dramatic music plays]

What are you gonna do?

[gasps] Oh, hi, Arlo!

I'm gonna eliminate this ghost.

Forever!

Let's throw this baby into high gear.

[gasps]

- Mm-hm.

- [loud whirring]

Wait!

[whirring stops]

It It isn't a ghost.

It's a part of me.

My very own alligator skin,

shed just this morning.

Ah Oh

- That's yours?

- [gentle music plays]

Today I learned

I don't have to be ashamed of my body

if I love the skin I'm in.

- A wise person taught me that.

- It was me! Ah.

I'm the wise person.

Wise person alert! Right over here.

Everyone hear?

Can we make a record of this moment?

- [skin crinkles]

- [scratching]

At first, I thought

Your disgusting bodily function

was something to be ashamed of?

Mm-hmm.

Arlo, we all thought

that was an otherworldly being.

If it came from you,

it's not scary at all.

We all have weird stuff

going on with our bodies.

Like sometimes I get fleas.

Uh, I get night sweats.

Guitar calluses.

Don't look at me, honey! I'm flawless.

Right Right-right-right-right

I think what Alia

is trying to say is we're all

We're all disgusting!

All equally disgusting.

Oh, I I love how damp you are, Tony.

Ew Come on.

What'll you do with your skin?

I could use it to test out

my new line of moisturizers.

Sorry, Furlecia,

but it's spoken for.

- [gentle music plays]

- [siren wailing in distance]

- [frogs croaking]

- [animals trilling]

Well, well, well.

Hmm. Is it that time of year already?

My sweet, little, alligator boy.

- [sighs]

- [steps approaching]

- [gasps]

- [loud splash]

Huh.

Now, who have we got here?

[closing theme music plays]