03x13 - Between You and Lee

[bunniefuu]

Hey, Lee!

Got another shipment?

You bet!

The best candy mushrooms
I know how to nurture.

[sighing] Your supplies.

Thanks again for the trade, Lee.

You sure you don't want to come with us?

Meet some people, maybe?

Seems pretty lonely out here.

I don't mind being alone.

I'm my own best friend.

[cart rattling]

[grunting with effort]

[grunting and straining]

[both grunting]

[portal whooshing open]

Awesome!

Sounds like new neighbors.

It's been a while.

Welcome, friends!

[together]
Welcome to the Land of Lee!

♪ Lost in the unknown ♪

♪ Together we will rise! ♪

♪ We fight ♪

♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪

[thunderclap]

That portal must have messed me up.

I'm seeing double.

Triple.

Five-le?

Follow my lead,
no matter how weird it gets.

Hi, everybody!

I'm Lee.

And who are those guys?

That's also me!

- I'm here.
- And here.

And here!

[together]
I'm all over the place!

You're all clones?

Nope!

Lee is just Lee!

I'm one person

who happens to have more than one body.

I'm constant-"Lee" multitasking!

But enough about Lee.

Who are you?

Probably four separate individuals

with your own ideas and dreams,
am I right?

Yeah, we're Nin--

Nincompoops,

for not introducing ourselves sooner!

I'm Dyoll Donmagar,

and this is my little sister,

um, Filedwire.

Huh?

Oh! Yes!

That is exactly my name,

Filedwire.

It is a normal name,

and I was given it at birth,

so I have had it my whole life.

Nice to meet you, Filedwire.

Name's Strong McCoolGuy.

This is my wife,

whose name, uh, I've forgotten.

[fake laughter]

Sorry, he's kidding.

My husband has an awful sense of humor.

Just awful.

My name is Maya.

Maya... McCoolGuy.

I love new people!

Nice to meet you,
Mrs. McCoolGuy.

Mr. McCoolGuy.

I-- It's Count McCoolGuy, actually.

Oh!

Pardon me, your countship!

[Nya groans]

Pardon granted,

uh, but what happened to us?

The last thing I remember,

there was a big rip in the sky,

then everything went dark,

and we woke up here.

Don't freak out, okay?

But the bad news is

a while back,

every single realm was suddenly destroyed

in an event called "The Merge."

That's not what the Mer--

Wow! Total bummer to hear, Lee.

I know, right?

But don't you fret,

there's good news.

You all must've been pushed

into what's called
an "interstitial space bubble."

It kept you safe!

Lots of Non-Lees have returned
from space bubbles,

so you'll have many people
to hang out with,

and will never, ever be lonely!

Uh... what people?

You don't mean...?

Let me show you!

[gate clanging shut]

So, everyone lives in,

what, an underground bunker of some kind?

Yeah.

The fun kind.

[all gasping]

[gasping]
All this is down here?

Who knew?

I built it myselves.

The hardest part was the mechanical sun.

On the surface, it can be pretty dreary,

but it's always sunny down here!

[playful music playing]

[together] Friends, an announcement!

The Community of Lee
has some new neighbors,

and you know what that means...

[everyone]
New neighbor orientation!

[all cheering]

Whoo-hoo!

[chuckling]

Buckle up.

[instrumental music]

♪ Perhaps you feel
Down in the dumps ♪

♪ All realms destroyed ♪

♪ You've hit a slump ♪

♪ But cheer up! ♪

♪ One haven still has won ♪

♪ A land where every moment's ♪

♪ Filled with... fun! ♪

[other Lees]
♪ Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! ♪

♪ In the Land of Lee
We got friends galore ♪

♪ And no one's ever
lonely or sad ♪

♪ Or mad! ♪

♪ In the Land of Lee ♪

♪ Many caverns to explore ♪

♪ Just tap and swipe and see ♪

♪ On my fancy compu-pad! ♪

♪ Slide into Cavern Five ♪

♪ Where waters flow ♪

♪ Then race in Cavern Eight ♪

♪ On your mark, set, go! ♪

♪ The thrills of Cavern 12
You can't resist ♪

[together]
♪ Seventeen theme parks! ♪

Can you handle this?

♪ Your friends and family
Might re-emerge ♪

♪ From super spacey bubbles
Powered by a cosmic surge ♪

♪ But even if they never do ♪

♪ A jet pack race
Is waiting just for you! ♪

♪ Our fake sky
Gleams so bright ♪

Lovely day!

♪ Endless sunshine
Day and night! ♪

Get your shades!

♪ Mech Dragon rides are free ♪

We have no money!

♪ Fun's our only currency ♪

There's a bank!

♪ Mail arrives
Before it's sent! ♪

How prompt!

♪ Melodies so elegant! ♪

Oh, lovely!

♪ Every beat's
In perfect time ♪

Sublime!

♪ And don't forget our lyrics ♪

♪ Always, always, always... ♪

Um...

[slightly off-tune]
♪ Rhyme ♪

[Lees]
♪ Rhyme! ♪

- Hoedown!
- Yee-haw!

♪ In the Land of Lee ♪

♪ All you want is free ♪

♪ Stay and play
In our ice cream hotels ♪

Hoo, doggy!

♪ In the Land of Lee ♪

♪ Playgrounds under the sea ♪

♪ Hear this Lee
Totally rock out On the bells! ♪

♪ The air outside
Will make you sick ♪

♪ Breaths are short
I report ♪

♪ And the haze
Is crazy thick ♪

♪ Why wander out
When your friends are near? ♪

♪ 'Cause inside ♪

♪ Bona fide stand-up comics
Bring the cheer! ♪

[quietly]
Why is he doing this?

What's the deal with the Merge?

- Am I right?
- [laughter]

Uh, 'cause his vibe is fierce!

No, why is Lee lying

and saying the Merge destroyed the realms

and made the air toxic?

Guess he's just trying
to keep these people here

for some reason.

♪ Time for the big finish! ♪

This is my favorite part!

Here we go!

♪ In the Land of Lee ♪

♪ Look around and see ♪

♪ All your happiness
Can be found ♪

♪ Happiness can be found! ♪

♪ When you go
Way, way underground ♪

♪ In the Land of Lee... ♪

♪ Take a good look around ♪

♪ In the Land of Lee... ♪

♪ At my glorious town! ♪

♪ 'Cause your heart
Will resound ♪

♪ With the happiest sound ♪

♪ Every joy will abound ♪

♪ When you go underground ♪

♪ In the Land of Lee! ♪

- ♪ With me! ♪
- ♪ And me! ♪

- ♪ And me!
- ♪ And me! ♪

♪ 'Cause me Me!
And! And me! Me! ♪

♪ Makes Lee! ♪

[song ends]

[floodlight slamming on]

[breathing hard]

[all breathing hard]

Um...

Thanks for having us?

They loved it!

The new neighbors loved it!

I knew they would.

[all cheering and laughing]

[quietly] You did tell us
this place was weird.

[grunting] H'yah! Ooh!

- [grunting] Oof!
- Ouch.

Ooh.

I think someone could use a teacher.

What about two teachers?

Good, your skills are improving, Riyu.

Now try Spinjitzu!

Remember, focus on your target.

You've got this, Frak.

Yaah!

Haah!

What-what-what?

All this damage!

Apologies, Mr. Frohicky.

We were just trying to train--

As the official Assistant
Keeper of the Monastery,

I insist you get out

so I can fix all this.

But to train Frak, we need to--

Find someplace else to go!

Come on, guys.

Let's go to the Land of Lost Things.

Plenty of room there.

Plus, Geo's learning to bake,

so there might be some
practice cakes laying around.

Hmm...

To not upset the bossy frog-man,

we must continue elsewhere.

[Riyu grumbling]

Hmm, yes, a junkyard might work.

Can you lead us there?

[Riyu grumbling]

[sweeping]

[slurping, sighing]

Never thought I'd like a lava-less cave,

but this one's not bad.

The whole vibe weirds me out.

I can't believe Lee just gave us
this "starter home."

We can't all live in ancient monasteries!

I mean, what's up with that, anyway?

If it's a monastery,
where are all the monks?

- Are you the monks?
- [groaning]

Welcome, new neighbors!

[sighing] Ah!
My arm's getting tired

from waving at everyone who wave to us.

Why are they so happy?

Does Lee have them mind-controlled?

[Jay] Nope!

- How do you know?
- Back at the Administration,

we thought all this happiness
was strange, too,

so we secretly scanned
for unlicensed mind-control tech.

Nothing.

No magical manipulation.

No spirit possession.

Nothing strange being chemically added

to the air, water, or food.

So why's everyone like this?

As far as we could tell,
everyone here is happy

because they actually like it here,

so the Administration left Lee

and the people down here alone.

But the neighbors think they can't leave.

Lee's "happy little community"
is built on lies.

The Administration isn't a police force.

They're a bureaucracy.

Lying doesn't require
a license or a permit,

so they don't care.

In fact, they lie too.

Tons.

Uh, let's focus on the mission.

Arin's mom and dad.

If they've been told
there's no world outside,

that would explain
why they never came looking for Arin.

Why don't we just ask Lee where they are?

He seems friendly enough.

That idea wins the stupid award

for stupidest idea ever to stupid.

Okay, Count McCoolGuy.

If Lee figures out
we're not who we say we are,

he'll boot us right out.

If we're gonna find Arin's parents,

Lee can't know about it.

So we act like good neighbors,

split up, and do some community events.

Ask questions on the sly.

Just call me SlyFire!

[crashing]

[grunting and screeching]

Better!

Spinjitzu is half mental.

Feel it in your body and your mind!

[slamming]

[grumbling and screeching]

[slamming]

Riyu...

who did you say owned this junkyard?

Because they might not be
too happy with us.

[car slamming, horn blaring]

Hi, uh, neighbors.

I heard that the local
book club meets here.

Yepperoni!

Dyoll, right?

Join what promises to be
a lively discussion.

Oh, thank you!

My friends Jenny and Barry love to read.

I wonder if they're members of the club?

Please hold all other topics until later,

thank you so much.

We're really jazzed to discuss
this week's book now.

[Lloyd] "Between You and Lee"?

The official autobiography of Lee!

Spoiler, it's really Lee-rific!

Counterpoint,

it's Double-Lee-rific!
[chuckling]

Hmm... you've convinced me!

Let's discuss!

So, my thoughts is that, you know,

this book could use a little bit
more Lee in this book...

[townsfolk murmuring]

[inhaling and gagging]

Oh, hello, neighbor!

Welcome to the par-par-par-taaay!

What's your name?

I can't remember.
Something dumb.

Is it your birthday or something?

Oh, I wish!

Lee gives everyone free shoulder rubs

on their birthday!

So, why the party?

It's for how great life is!

Isn't life great?
It's great!

Sure, sure,

but you know who loves parties?

That couple, Jenny and Barry!

Seen them around?

Never heard of them,

but they sound awesome.

Why you looking for them?

What? Who's looking for them?

I'm just being sly

in a way that doesn't
draw attention to myself.

Oh, okay, well, yeah, hmm.

Well, in that case,

I've got a question for you.

How low can you go?

[scoffing]
Not even a challenge.

Lower.

I said lower.

No one could go that low.

[cracking joints]

[playful music playing]

[everyone cheering]

Hey! You!

Not impressed with my moves?

What?

Oh, no, it's not you.

I can tell based on how you're acting,

you're not like everyone else here.

What? I totally am.

Wyldfyre is my real name.

Dangit!

I mean Filedwire.

Filed... wire.

Well, Filedwire,

something tells me
you also think it's weird

everyone's fine to just party on

and accept what Lee's telling us,

but-- but--

[sighing with exasperation]

It's okay, you're right.

I've been thinking the same thing.

I might have proof

that Lee's version
of what happened with the Merge

is a big lie.

Can you meet me later?

Lloyd,

being the slyest clue-finder ever,

I got something.

About Arin's parents?

Not really, but maybe.

I found a neighbor who has some ideas

about what's really going on down here,

and he's ready to expose Lee's secrets.

This is where he said to meet.

[knocking]

Lee?

That's my name!

Isn't it a delight to say?

Just rolls off the tongue!

Uh, didn't know this was your house.

It's not.

Just getting it ready for its next tenant.

What happened to the old tenant?

Moved to Cavern Five.

Huge waterslide fan.

Everyone's free to move around
wherever they want!

I see.

Well, we won't keep you.

The guy that lived here

was gonna blow the whistle on Lee.

And Lee just made him disappear.

[mechanisms clicking]

Lee needs the neighbors
to not ask certain questions.

- But why?
- Look!

Why are you snooping around here?

[whispering]
Keep your voice down!

Lee has ears everywhere.

You two are new,

so you probably aren't working for him.

Who are you?

Who I am isn't important.

What I am is a former journalist.

I woke up in the Land of Lee
about a year ago,

so I figured I'd set up
my own community newspaper.

At first, Lee was supportive,

but once I started digging into his story,

I found inconsistencies.

Go on.

What if

the world wasn't really destroyed?

How do we know it's not still out there?

I was supposed to get more info

from the neighbor who lived here,

but now he's gone missing.

The world is still there.

We're Ninja from the outside.

We're undercover here to find two people.

[sighing] I'll help you find your people

if you'll help me tell everyone
the truth about the outside.

Deal?

Then follow me.

There's something you need to see.

Hey! My junkyard!

[clanking]

Who did this?

[Rontu yelping]

[grumbling sheepishly]

[groaning]

Riyu, who's this big jerk?

Junkyard-owner Kreel,

I am Riyu's teacher, Master Rontu.

My student and I are responsible

for the condition of your yard.

Huh, well, I was hired
to demolish all that junk.

I just hadn't gotten around to it yet

'cause it's hard work,

and hard work's not my whole thing,

but this is perfect!

Two reckless dragons
doing all the wrecking.

I see.

In that case, we can demolish
anything you need,

as long as we can continue to train here.

Sure, works for me.

[Riyu grumbles]

Sometimes things are not
as we expect them to be.

Let us resume.

[determined grumbling]

[screeching]

[slamming]

[tango music playing]

[Jay] Neighborhood tango class?

So dumb!

Just keep your eye out for name tags

saying "Jenny" or "Barry."

[thudding]

[music continues]

Wow!

You two don't need lessons.

You're in perfect sync!

No, we're not!

[beeps]

[wearily]
I love Lee. I love Lee.

That's the guy I told you about!

He's brainwashing him or something.

We gotta get him out of here.

No...
you won't be doing that.

Gotcha, fakers!

Boy howdy,

you are some bad, bad neighbors.

What is this, Lee?

Look, almost everyone in my land

is a true, honest friend

who is just happy to be here,

but every once in a while,

some no-good beatnik

gets a hair-brained idea

that your old pal Lee
isn't on the up and up!

Now, listen,

everything will make sense

when you look at this flower.

[coughing and spluttering]

Soon you'll forget

all your uncharitable ideas about Lee,

and we'll be best friends once again.

[tense music playing]