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Russell: [Gasp] You're going to hit the door!
[Thud]
Pets: Ooh!
Russell: Blythe, that must be some book.
Vinnie: Yeah, 'cause it's given you some bump!
Blythe: Hehe! Actually, it is a great book.
Zoe: Famished Fest. Didn't they make that into a movie?
Blythe: Yes, and it opens tonight. Youngmee, Jasper, and I are going to go see it, so we have to finish reading it today.
Sunil: Too bad school will interrupt your reading.
Blythe: Well, lucky for me, today's a half day. The teachers have to stay and do a bunch of teacher stuff, so we get to go home. Cool, huh?
Vinnie: Uh, the teachers stay after school and the students get to go home? Huh, just when I think I have things figured out. [Eats]
Blythe: Well, I should have plenty of time today to finish my book before the movie. Ah, finally - I'll find out if Annabelle can quash the rebellion and free Fergus in time to save their sector! See ya! Hi, Mrs. T. Bye, Mrs. T! [Thud] Dorp! Come on!
Mrs. Twombly: Goodbye, Blythe, and hello, pets! We've got a new camper today! Everyone, this is Captain Cuddles - his owner tells me he's a European polecat. Tres chic! [Laugh]
Captain Cuddles: Hello. As the pretty lady said, my name is Captain Cuddles. So nice to meet you all.
Russell: Right back at ya!
Zoe: Charmed!
Penny Ling: Hiya!
Sunil: How are you today?
Vinnie: I'm Vinnie!
Minka: Hi!
[Romantic theme]
Captain Cuddles: Bonjour.
(Pepper punches him in the arm and runs off.)
Captain Cuddles: Oww! Oh, what a strangely fascinating creature.
[Squeaking]
Buttercream: [Sighs] Aah! Itch! Itch! Itch itch itch itch itch itch itch! Itch monster! [Grunting]
Aunt Christie: No, Milton, I'm sure you told me it will be delivered on the 24th. Today's the 23rd. What?! It's the 24th?! Shoot! Uh, oh - okay, let me find that address. I-I'll call you back. [Sigh] Now where did I put that note? Oh, Buttercream, look at you! A-HA, there's that address! Hm, Buttercream, I don't know what I'd do without you.
[Door opens, closes]
Vinnie: [Singing] [Thud] Ohh, whoops! Sorry, buddy!
Zoe: [Sniffs] Ew! What in the world is the matter with you, Pepper? You acted so silly toward Captain Cuddles!
Pepper: [Scoff] Well, that's what I am, right? Silly! Look, I don't think Captain Cuddles is cute, and-and-and I don't like him in any way! Got it?
Zoe: Errrr, as Blythe would say, "What the huh?"
Russell: Pepper, did you know that skunks are sometimes called polecats? Hey, Captain Cuddles!
Pepper: Russell! Why are you calling him over here?!
Captain Cuddles: Oui?
Pepper: Aaaaah! Prickly prickly, ow ow! Pain, pain, hurts! [Yelp] [Thud] Aaaah!
Russell: I was just telling Pepper that sometimes skunks are called polecats and you're a European polecat.
Captain Cuddles: Ah, yes. But alas, skunks and polecats are not related by species. I am more of a, how do you say, weasel.
Pepper: [Snickering] You called yourself a weasel!
Captain Cuddles: Yes, and uh, you are a skunk. I find you very - how should I say - skunk-y!
[Romantic theme]
Pepper: WEASEL! (Punches him the arm again)
Captain Cuddles: Oww!
[Zoom!]
Russell: What was that about?
Zoe: Isn't it obvious, darling? Pepper's in major like with Captain Cuddles! [Laughing]
Buttercream: Hidy-hepper, skunky Pepper!
Pepper: Buttercream, I came in here to be alone.
Buttercream: Then I guess this isn't the place for you. I came in here 'cause I'm feeling downsy and bluish and frownsy and not fluish.
Pepper: What?
Buttercream: What? (Winds up, stamps her paw, and calms down) Anyhoo, Aunt Christie is busy as a bee and I got a hankering for some quing quang quality human time.
Pepper: Well, you're in luck - Blythe's coming home from school early today. I'm sure she'll hang with you.
Buttercream: Really? Sounds like my bluesies will be pinksies! So what about you, Pepper-mo-bepper? Why are you in the hydrant hideout?
Pepper: Just don't wanna see Captain Cuddles anymore for the rest of the day, or the rest of my life!
Buttercream: What's a Captain Cuddles?
Pepper: Just the dreamiest, most handsomest European polecat that's ever come into the day camp!
Buttercream: Wow pa-pow! Sounds like you should be spending the day with him!
Pepper: [Dreamily] I wonder what that would be like?
[Music]
Pepper: [Sniffs]
Captain Cuddles: [Sniffs] Aah, ohh! [Spits] Oh-hoho! Oo-la-la!
Pepper: [Laughing] Your face!
[Buzz!]
Captain Cuddles: [Yelping]
Pepper: [Laughing]
Pepper & Captain Cuddles: [Slurping]
[Splat!]
Pepper: [Laughing]
Buttercream: Well, that was a weird fantasy.
Pepper: Yeah, well, who asked ya?! Why don't you mind your own P's and Q's? AND THAT GOES THE SAME FOR YOUR BEESWAX!
Buttercream: Well, time for me to skedaddle! See you later, grumpy grumpster! I wouldn't go in there if I were you! And also and besides, I wouldn't go in there if I weren't you!
Zoe: [Gasp] I know just the thing to shake Pepper out of her skunk funk - a makeover!
Penny Ling: Really?
Minka: I don't know.
Zoe: Oh, come on, you two, it'll be fun. Meet me in the grooming area in ten minutes!
Minka: I sure hope she knows what she's doing.
Blythe: Hi, guys. I'm going to run upstairs to finish my book before the movie tonight.
Russell: Well, you better make it quick. Something's wrong with Pepper.
Vinnie: She's in the fire hydrant.
Blythe: Oh, no. Is Pepper sick?
Buttercream: She's got butterflies in her tummy and her head's all swirly on account of the cuddly captain!
Blythe: Um, Buttercream, what are you doing?
Buttercream: Pepper said you'd hang out with me today to turn my frownsy upside downsy!
Blythe: Er, what about Aunt Christie?
Buttercream: Ah, she's knows I'm over here. Oh pleasy pleasy, cousin wheezy spend the day with me!
Blythe: Okay, but first I've got to check on Pepper.
Zoe: Not to worry, Blythe, I'm on it!
Blythe: I do have to finish my book... Eeeh, okay, Buttercream. We can hang out for a little while.
Buttercream: Alrighty excitey!
Blythe: 100 pages to go and five hours 'til movie time. Hope I can do it.
Captain Cuddles: Non.
Zoe: Psst! Psssssst!
Russell: Huh? Excuse me, gentlemen.
Captain Cuddles: Mm-mm.
Russell: What is it, Zoe?
Zoe: Russell, I want you to know that soon you are going to see a new and very girly Pepper.
Russell: Really?
Zoe: Yes, and what I need you to do is to take Captain Cuddles aside and let him know, in a very subtle and roundabout way, that Pepper likes him.
Russell: Hm, okay.
Zoe: And I cannot stress this enough - it's important that you handle this discreetly and that you break the information to him gently! Now, can you do that?
Russell: Of course I can do that! Ha!
Captain Cuddles: No.
Russell: Oh, er, hey Captain?
Captain Cuddles: Oui?
Russell: Pepper likes you.
Captain Cuddles: Oh, thank you for this information.
Russell: No problemo.
Zoe: [Frustrated groan]
Buttercream: This is just what this bunny needed! [Laugh] Some quality human time! [Sigh]
[Phone rings]
Blythe: 'Scuse me, Buttercream. Hello? Oh, hey, Youngmee! Okay, I know you want to talk about the book before we go see the movie, but I haven't finished it yet, so don't. Really? That happened? No! Don't tell me! I'm hanging up now, I'll see you tonight! I have got to finish my book!
Buttercream: Blythe.
Blythe: Oh, sorry.
Buttercream: I love grooming time! [Laugh]
Pepper: I hate grooming time!
Zoe: This isn't a grooming, Pepper, it's a makeover.
Pepper: Well, whatever you call it, I don't like it!
Zoe: Just hold still while I put the finishing touches on your lashes and... voila!
Penny Ling & Minka: Wow!/Oh, Pepper!
Zoe: Now are you ready to see the new you, Pepper?
Pepper: Sure, I guess so.
Zoe: Check you out!
Pepper: Oh, here Zoe, you handed me a picture of a pretty skunk instead of a mirror.
Minka: That's no pretty skunk, Pepper, it's you!
Pepper: Well, it is me!
Penny Ling: How do you feel?
Pepper: Well, I feel the same. But, you sure all this makeup and junk will make the captain like me?
Zoe: Absolutely!
Pepper: Okay! Let me go punch him in the arm and see what happens!
Zoe, Penny Ling, & Minka: NO!
Zoe: [Laugh] There are a few things we need to go over with you before you're ready for the captain.
Buttercream: [Snoring] Aah!
Blythe: Aah!
Buttercream: Itch! Itch! Itch itch itch itch itch itch itch! Itch monster! [Grunting] Ohhh! Can't get to it! Can't get to it! [Straining] [Sigh]
[Laptop beeps]
Blythe: One sec, Buttercream, that's my computer. Hi, Jasper.
Buttercream: Ohhh, I'll probably never get this old itch monster!
Zoe: Now, Pepper, to discuss how to achive maximum cuteness at all times - Penny Ling.
Penny Ling: Well, Pepper, the main thing you have to remember is to always make Captain Cuddles feel like he's the center of your attention.
Pepper: And you don't think an arm punch tells him that? Huah!
Penny Ling: Ah! No! No! The way to achieve this is to - you might want to write this down. Never- I mean, always act like everything he says is funny.
Pepper: Everything he says - wait, everything he says?
Penny Ling: Yes, every joke he tells is the most hilarious one you've ever heard.
Pepper: Well, pfft, I doubt that's going to be the case.
Zoe: Oh, well, you don't really have to believe it.
Pepper: Then why would I laugh?
Penny Ling: Because he'll like it.
Pepper: Well, I'm not going to laugh at something that's not funny.
Zoe: That's not important-
Pepper: 'Cause I know what's funny, and I can't laugh at what's not funny.
Minka: Why not? I do it all the time!
Pepper: I'm a comedian!
Minka: [Laughs]
Pepper: You can't tell me to laugh at what isn't funny! It's like telling a scientist not to be science-y or like telling flowers not to smell, though I don't know how they can smell anyway since they don't have noses.
Zoe: This could take a while.
Pepper: It's like telling a handyman to be unhandy, or telling a sheep not to be sheepish...
Jasper: So, Blythe, you finished the book, right? Can you believe-
Blythe: Stop! I haven't finished it yet!
Jasper: What? But the big -
Blythe: Blop!
Jasper: And then the-
Blythe: Blorp!
Jasper: I had no idea that-
Blythe: Boppity-bip-borp!
Jasper: Real mature, Blythe.
Blythe: Bye, Jasper, see you later!
Jasper: But-
Blythe: [Panting] I've so got to finish my book!
Buttercream: Blibbity-Blythe! [Yodeling]
Captain Cuddles: Monsieurs, I wonder if you could help me with something.
Russell: Of course, what's on your mind?
Captain Cuddles: Well, I am wondering... Why do I find this Pepper so - how do you say it - attractive?
Vinnie: I have no idea.
Sunil: That is a good question.
Russell: Pepper?
Captain Cuddles: Well, you must admit that there is something about her.
Vinnie: I can't admit that.
Sunil: I don't see it.
Russell: Pepper?
Captain Cuddles: I would tell her, but I don't really know how. Forget I brought it up.
Vinnie: Forgotten.
Sunil: It is done, my friend.
Russell: Pepper?!
Zoe: Okay, Pepper, Minka has some invaluable advice about how to keep Captain Cuddles interested.
Minka: Yeah, so here it is. What I want you to do, Pepper, is just keep the conversation moving along.
Pepper: Oh, uh, keep the conversation-
[Smack!]
Minka: Don't write that down! I want you to keep all this locked up in that newly beautified, not so little head of yours. So, when you and the captain are together, you want to keep things lively. And if there's a dull spot, fill it in with a "WOO-HOO" or a "ZIPPITY-ZINGA"!
Pepper: Yeah! Woo-hoo! Zippity-zinga!
Zoe: But be careful not to work up a sweat and smear your makeup.
Pepper: Oh, no, of course not.
Penny Ling: And don't forget to add a little giggle here and there while remaining very lady-like.
Pepper: Oh, yeah. Giggle. Very lady-like.
Minka: Remain focused but pretty!
Pepper: Focused! Pretty!
Penny Ling: The center of your attention.
Zoe: Careful not to smear your makeup.
Minka: Zippity-zinga! Woo-hoo!
Zoe: Okay, Pepper. Are you ready to go find the captain and let him meet the all new Pepper?
Pepper: [Bugging out] Zippity-zinga! [Laughing wildly]
Zoe: I think this is going to work out just fine.
Blythe: Well, Buttercream, we played four games of butterscotch, watched three of your favorite animal network shows, and had lots and lots of grooming time.
Buttercream: It's been oodles of ages since Aunt Christie did that kind of stuff with me.
Blythe: Speaking of Aunt Christie, we'd better get you home. I'm sure she's missing you.
Buttercream: I'm not.
Blythe: What's that?
Buttercream: Oh, well... I was just thinkity-thinking... I want you to be my owner!
Blythe: Who to the what now?!
[Bouncing]
Blythe: Uh, it's just my lazy bunny! Heheh! Buttercream, please, can I just carry you?
Buttercream: Sure-oodles! Carry me back to your place!
Blythe: Buttercream, you have to go home. Aunt Christie would miss you so much if you stopped being her pet bunny.
Buttercream: That's what you say, say-you-er. She probably hasn't even noticed that this hare's not there, but with all her ringers and dingers and smartypants phones-
[Phone rings]
Buttercream: [Yelp]
Blythe: Oops, that's my smartypants phone. [Beep] Hello? Oh, really? Hold on, let me put you on speaker phone. Now, what were you saying, Aunt Christie?
Aunt Christie: Blythe, if Buttercream's done playing with her friends in the pet shop, could you bring her home?
Blythe: Sure. But she wasn't with the pets today, she was with me. She said- uh, I mean- I got the feeling she need a little human time.
Aunt Christie: Really? But I just played with her- oh... two days ago. Shoot. Well, I'm going to cancel the rest of my day and engage in a little quality bunny time.
Blythe: Good to know. We'll be right there.
Aunt Christie: There you are! I missed you, Buttercream!
Buttercream: [Chittering] [Straining]
Blythe: Uh oh, the itch monster's back!
Aunt Christie: I've got this one.
Buttercream: Ohhhhh! Heeheeheehee! [Sigh]
Blythe: You slayed the itch monster!
Aunt Christie: Thanks so much for spending time with Buttercream today, Blythe.
Blythe: No problem. We had a lot of fun, didn't we?
Aunt Christie: Oh, and have fun at the movie tonight. Wasn't the book great? I cannot believe Annabelle used Wallabaloo to free Fergus and save her sector! You did finish the book, didn't you?
Blythe: Uh-uh!
Aunt Christie: [Awkward laugh] Cupcake?
Blythe: [Munches]
Zoe: Well, there he is, Pepper.
Pepper: I can see, don't push! Don't push!
Penny Ling: You can do it. Just remember: laugh at his jokes.
Minka: No lulls.
Zoe: Look pretty.
Zoe, Minka, & Penny Ling: And no arm punches!
Pepper: Okay. [Sniffs, exhales] Okay. [Clears throat]
Vinnie: Wow.
Sunil: Look at...
Russell: Pepper?
Pepper: Hello... Captain Cuddles!
Captain Cuddles: Oh... Hello, Pepper.
Pepper: Teehee!
Captain Cuddles: What is so funny?
Pepper: You are! You're very funny! Tee-hee-hee! [Laughs, snorts] Oh, uh - [Clears throat] What have you been doing all day, Captain Cuddles? I'm sure something very, very interesting! Tee-hee!
Captain Cuddles: Uh, well, um... Let me see, I-
Pepper: WOO-HOO!
Captain Cuddles: Oh!
Pepper: [Groan] Hee-hee!
Captain Cuddles: Well, do you know any funny jokes? I love the good jokes!
Pepper: You do? I mean - I don't - know any funny jokes!
Captain Cuddles: Oh, well, I see.
Pepper: But do you like my flower? Tee hee?
Captain Cuddles: It is not the joke with the water in the face, no?
Pepper: No, it's not. [Beat] ZIPPITY-ZINGA!!
Captain Cuddles: Aah! I must go.
Zoe: Well, how do you like that? Ha, all my hard work right out the window.
Penny Ling: I'm sorry, Pepper.
Minka: You did good with the lulls.
Pepper: Thanks for all your help, but I think maybe I just gotta figure out how to be my own girly girl.
Blythe: The girls told me you were over here.
Pepper: Hi, Blythe. You finish your book?
Blythe: Someone finished it for me.
Pepper: Huh?
Blythe: Never mind. What's been going on with you?
Pepper: Ah, the girls tried to help me be girly. That didn't work.
Blythe: How come?
Pepper: I dunno, I guess I'm just not girly.
Blythe: Sure you are.
Pepper: Yeah, but not in the ways they wanted me to be.
Blythe: Then be girly in the way that you want to be. There's no one way to be girly.
Pepper: Really? Well, I do like this flower, and this eyeshadow is a good color for me, and I do like giggling with the captain!
Blythe: And I bet he likes giggling with you. Tell you what, you girly yourself up any way you want, then go and reintroduce yourself to Captain Cuddles.
Pepper: I'll do it!
Captain Cuddles: [Slurping]
Pepper: Hiya, Captain Cuddles. Let me reintroduce myself. I'm Pepper.
Captain Cuddles: Oh, no!
Pepper: Don't worry, I won't punch you in the arm.
Captain Cuddles: Oh, hehe! That flower, it brings out your eyes. I like it.
Pepper: Yeah, me too!
Captain Cuddles: So, Pepper, know any good jokes?
Pepper: Do I! Have you heard the one about the skunk and the European polecat?
Captain Cuddles: Why, no! How does it end?
Pepper: Well, I'd tell you, but I'm afraid to give away the punch-line!
[Both laugh]
Pepper: See what I did there?
Penny Ling: She remembered to laugh!
Minka: No lulls!
Zoe: And she went with the flower and a little shadow! [Sigh] I'm so proud!
Blythe: Looks like she found a way to be her own girly girl.
Russell: Pepper?
[End credits]