02x16 - Fabulous Feathers/Name That Sound

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!". Aired: August 7, 2010 - October 14, 2018.*
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Animated series follows the magical adventures of 6-year-olds Nick and Sally, who travel the world with the Cat in the Hat as their guide.
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02x16 - Fabulous Feathers/Name That Sound

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[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ Hey ♪
both: what?

- ♪ Come over here ♪

♪ The cat in the hat
is about to appear ♪

♪ He's whizzing over ♪

♪ To whisk you away ♪

♪ On a fabulous journey today ♪

Both: he's coming!

- ♪ Now he's arrived ♪

♪ In the thinga-ma-jigger ♪

♪ The thing that drives ♪

♪ He's a cat,
and he's oodles of fun ♪

♪ With his hairy helpers ♪

♪ Thing two and thing one ♪
- ta-da!

- Whoo-hoo!

♪ ♪

- Whoa!

- Whoo-hoo!

[All cheering]

- Whoa!

All: ♪ it's the cat in the hat ♪

- ♪ All of our adventures
start like that ♪

♪ Wherever you're going,
wherever you're at ♪

♪ The cat in the hat
knows a lot about ♪

All: ♪ he knows a lot about ♪

♪ He knows a lot about ♪

♪ He knows a lot about that! ♪

[Laughter]

[Both giggle]

- All right, nick,
name this sound.

Moo!

- That's an easy one.
It's a cow.

- Right.
Okay, your turn.

- Name this sound, sally.

Roar!

- A lion!
- Right!

- It sounded more
like a blue-backed bear to me.

- It's the cat.
- The cat in the hat.

- No doubt about that.

Can I have a turn?

- Of course you can, cat!

- Nick, sally,
name this sound.

[Growls, whistles, caws]

- [Laughs]

- That's a hard one.

It sounds like
it could be a bird.

- Is it a monkey?

- It's a cricket,
of course.

- I've heard crickets, cat.

They don't sound like that.
- They don't?

- They sound like this.

[Blubbers lips]

Aw.
- That's not it either.

It's more like...

[High-pitched chirp]

[Sighs]

- It's really hard
to make a noise like a cricket.

- I wonder how they do it.

- [Laughs]

My friend clarence
from grassy-grove-dell

Will know how to make a noise
like a cricket,

Because he is a cricket!

- Can we go meet clarence?

- You can!

Your mother will not mind at all
if you do.

- [Laughing]

Mom, can nick
and I go to grassy-grove-dell

To find out
how to make a cricket noise?

- Grassy-grove-dell?
Sure, you can go.

Say a noisy hello
to the crickets for me.

- We will!
Thanks, mom!

Both: we can go!
We can go!

- I know!
I know!

To the thinga-ma-jigger!

- I want to play the sound game.

Name this sound.

[Horn honks]

[Both laugh]

- Fish, you're funny.

- That's because
I'm a clownfish now.

- You're not like
any clownfish I know.

You're funnier!

Now, buckle up!
[Horn honks]

Flip the jigger-ma-whizzer.
- [Laughs]

- [Laughs]

[Horn honks]

[Instruments play]

[Pop]

- Isn't this fun?

- Yippee!
- Yahoo!

- ♪ Here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ The thinga-ma-jigger
is up and away ♪

Both: ♪ go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ We're flying
with the cat in the hat today ♪

- ♪ In grassy-grove-dell
the truth will be found ♪

♪ How crickets make
a crickety sound ♪

All: ♪ here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ Go, go, go, go, go ♪

♪ ♪

[Horn honks]

- There's grassy-grove-dell!

[Cricket chirps]

- I think
I hear a cricket.

- I can't see clarence
anywhere.

- Clarence is small,
and we're still very tall.

Press the shrinkamadoodle,
sally.

- [Laughs]

- Look, a bee!

I can do a bee noise.

Buzz!

- Wow, there are lots
of insect noises here.

- Here comes clarence.

- Wow, he leaps fast!

- Let's go after him.

- Come on, cat.

- Oh, isn't this a good time?

Clarence, wait up.

- Do you see that?

In just one leap,
his big legs move him so far.

- How can we ever catch up?

- By leaping like a cricket,
of course,

With go-go jumpers.

One for you, one for you,
and one for me.

Watch how it works.

- Cat?

- Oops.

Forgot to set it to cricket.

Both: cricket!

[Both giggling]

Whoo-hoo!

- [Chirping]

- Clarence.

- Cat in the hat,
it's so nice to see you.

- I have to admit,
it's nice to be seen.

[Both chuckle]

- I'd like you to meet
my friends, sally and nick.

Both: hi!

- Ooh, nice to meet you.

- Didn't you hear us calling?

- Oh, sorry I didn't.

Leaping through the grass,
I get dust in my ears.

- Try this.

- Whoo-whee,
that's better.

- Your ears are there?

- But of course.
Where are your ears?

- On the side
of our heads.

- What an unusual place
for ears.

Cat, your friends
are funny.

- And clever too.

They want to find out

How you make
your fantastic cricket noise.

- Oh, I've never been
called fantastic before.

- I myself think
I'm getting better at it.

[Clears throat]

[Growling]

- Oh, cat.

- Keep practicing.

- Can you show us
how you do it?

- Well, of course I can!

- Wow!
Nice wings!

- Thank you, nick.

Okay, here it goes.

[Chirping]

- Look, his wings
are moving.

- The noise stops
when his wings stop.

- [Chirping]

- Moving his wings

Must have something to do
with making the noise.

- Clarence, you listen
with your legs.

Do you sing
with your wings?

- Good guessing!

Yes, I suppose the secret
is in the wings.

You don't have wings
hidden anywhere, do you?

- No, we don't have wings,
clarence.

- Well, come closer
and take a good look.

- [Chirping]

- Cat, I can't really see
what he's doing.

- Hmm, bigger would be better.

A perfect use
for my micra-ma-boodle.

- What does that do?

- Why, it biggifies tiny things,
of course.

- Wow, look at that.

- One wing
has a scraper on it.

- Touch it if you want.

- Okay.
It feels scratchy.

- Right, now look closely
at the other wing.

- The other wing
has a row of teeth.

- And it kind of looks
like a comb.

- Wow, scraping the comb thing
makes the sound.

I thought
wings were for flying.

- For girl crickets, yes,

But us boys
can also use our wings

To call out to friends,
like emily over there.

I'll call her over.

[Chirping]

Hmm, I guess
I'm just not loud enough.

- Allow me.
Emily!

- Oh, no, no, no, no, cat.

Thanks so much, but she'll be
listening for my cricket sound.

[Chirping]

Aw, I guess
I'm just not loud enough.

- Maybe we can help you.

- We are great
at being loud.

- To be noisier crickets,
I know what to do.

I'll call on the help
of thing one and thing two.

[Whistles]

[Both grunting]

Both: hello!
Ta-da!

- Wow!

- Why, yes,
the winger-ma-thinger!

[Both speaking gibberish]

[Both laugh]

- Whee!
- Whoo!

- [Laughs]

- We've got wings,
just like a cricket.

- We can get really noisy now.

- Nice work, things.

- Bye-bye.
- Bye.

- A-one, two,
a-one, two, three.

♪ If you got a wing ♪

♪ Make it sing ♪

Both: ♪ zoom, zoom, zing ♪

- ♪ Scrap nice and loud,
feel so proud ♪

Both: ♪ zoom, zoom, zow ♪

♪ Girls and boysie ♪

♪ Let's get noisy ♪

♪ And make a cricket sound ♪

- ♪ That's it ♪

[Laughs]

♪ ♪

[All humming]

♪ ♪

Both: whoo!

- Hmm?
Huh.

- Emily isn't coming over.

- Let's do it faster
and see what happens.

- Faster, go, go, go!

♪ If you got a wing ♪

♪ Make it sing ♪

Both: ♪ zoom, zoom, zing ♪

- ♪ Scrap nice and loud,
feel so proud ♪

Both: ♪ zoom, zoom, zow ♪

- ♪ Girls and boysie ♪

All: ♪ let's get noisy ♪

♪ And make a cricket sound ♪

Whoo-hoo!

- Clarence, it's up
to you now!

- [Chirping]

- Oh?

- It's working!

- Hi, clarence.

Long time, no see.
- Hi, emily.

Thanks for coming over.

- Ooh, I had to.

That was really noisy.

- Well, thanks.

I did have a little help
from my friends.

- They were good at being loud,
but your noise was fantastic.

- That's what I said.

- Well, thank you so much,

Nick and sally,
for your help calling emily.

- And thank you for showing us
how you make a cricket sound.

- Bye!
- See you later!

- See you later!
- Bye!

- We've had lots of fun
at grassy-grove-dell,

Seeing how crickets
make noise so well.

For clarence the cricket,
it isn't a bother.

He scrapes one wing
on top of the other.

- Here, this can be
the scraper wing!

- And this can be
the scratchy wing!

- Now let's try
calling like a cricket.

- Okay!

[Scraping]

I hear you, cricket.

Whoo!
Here I come.

Whoa.
- Good leaping, miss cricket.

- You are very noisy,
mr. Cricket.

- Hey, you two noisy leapers,

What a fantastic sound
you're making.

Where did you learn
how to do that?

- A fantastic cricket
showed us.

Both: ♪ if you got a wing ♪

♪ Make it sing ♪

♪ Zoom, zoom, zing ♪

♪ Scrap nice and loud,
feel so proud ♪

♪ Zoom, zoom, zow ♪

[Laughter]

- Today, I have a very hard
question for you.

Which of these three animals
have four noses?

Is it a porcupine,
or is it an owl,

Or is it a slug?

Did you say that the slug
has four noses?

That's right!

Their noses
are called tentacles,

And slugs use them
to smell and see.

Did you get it this time?

Well, next time,
I'll stump you for sure!

Both: time to take a picture
with our snap-o-rama cameras!

- I'll take the picture.

- And I'll guess
what it is.

It looks like a bunch
of needles.

Oh, it's some kind
of animal.

Hmm.
A porcupine!

- You're right!

- Why is he covered
in needles?

- Those are called quills.
They use them for protection.

- Next time,
I'll take the picture.

- [Giggles]

[Humming]

- That hat
looks great, sally.

- Thanks, nick.

It used to have feathers,
but I lost them.

- Did you look
in the dress-up trunk?

Let's see.
Huh.

No feathers in here, but check
out this old baseball cap.

[Laughs]

Hey, batter,
batter, batter.

- [Laughs]

- Hmm.

Where else can we find feathers
for your hat?

- Feathers?

I was just taking a nap when
I heard someone say feathers.

- It's the cat!
- The cat in the hat!

The feathers
are for sally's hat.

- Hmm, these are not
the right feathers for that.

Feathers for hats
need to be snazzy and jazzy

And pizzazz-zazz-zazzy.

[Both laugh]

- I know, we'll go ask
my friend puranjay the peacock

In feathery flats
for some feathers.

He's a bird
with the most fabulous feathers

You've ever seen.

- Maybe we'll get
some fabulous feathers

For your baseball cap too, nick.

- A feathery
baseball cap?

Awesome.

- Can we go?

- Your mother will not mind
at all if you do.

- [Laughs]

Mom!
Oh, mom.

Can nick and I go with the cat
to feathery flats

To find fabulous feathers
to wear in our hats?

- Fabulous feathers

From feathery flats
to wear in your hats?

Oh, yes,
that sure tickles my fancy.

- Thanks, mom.

Both: we can go!
We can go!

- I know!
I know!

To the thinga-ma-jigger!

- My favorite fabulous feather
makes a great pen to write with.

- Words just fly
onto the page.

Speaking of flying,
buckle up!

[Horn honks]

Flip the jigger-ma-whizzer!
- [Laughs]

- [Laughs]

[Horn honks]

[Instruments play]

[Pop]

- Isn't this fun?

- Whoo-hoo!
- Yippee!

- ♪ Here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ The thinga-ma-jigger
is up and away ♪

Both: ♪ go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ We're flying
with the cat in the hat today ♪

- ♪ We'll ask puranjay
in feathery flats ♪

♪ For fabulous feathers
to wear in our hats ♪

All: ♪ here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ Go, go, go, go, go ♪

♪ ♪

[Horn honks]

- Welcome to feathery flats,
home of puranjay the peacock.

- How will we find puranjay?

- Oh, he's easy to spot.

- [Cawing]

- And even easier
to hear.

That sounds like him now.

- [Cawing]

- And hello to you.

Nick, sally,

Allow me to introduce
my feathery friend,

Puranjay the peacock.

- I am happy to meet you.
- Hello!

- Hi, puranjay!

- What brings you
to feathery flats?

- We're looking for feathers
to wear in our hats.

- Well, then you've found
the right bird.

Now, I don't mean
to boast,

But I have lots
of fine feathers.

- Lots and lots!

- No kidding.

Long ones, short ones,
even different colored ones.

- I've never seen
so many feathers.

- I think puranjay
can spare one or two, don't you?

- Oh, well,
I'd be happy to help,

Just as soon as I
find my friend pabni.

- Who's pabni?
- Another peacock like you?

- Oh, no, she is a peahen,
a lady peacock.

- Oh, I have an idea.

Who's for a game
of find the peahen?

Both: yeah!

Pabni!
Pabni!

- How will we find her?

- Maybe peahens
look like peacocks?

Look for feathers
like puranjay's.

- Hmm.

[Gasps]
over there!

- Pabni, is that you?

- No, it is me,
puranjay.

- Isn't this fun?

[Laughter]

- Maybe pabni will hear us

If we shout louder,
like peacocks.

- Great idea, nick!

- Let me show you
how it's done.

- [Cawing]

[Both cawing]

- Wow, that was loud.

No one can miss
that call.

- [Cawing]

- Oh, is that pabni
calling back?

- Most definitely!

This way!

- Wait, you dropped
some feathers.

[Both laugh]

- [Cawing]

- You dropped this.
- Hmm?

Oh, that's perfectly normal.

My feathers
fall out all the time,

And I just grow new ones.

- Whew.

Aren't you hot
under all those feathers?

- Who, me?

I never lose my cool,
thanks to my fluffy pinfeathers.

- Like the ones
you dropped.

How do teeny-weeny feathers
keep you cool?

- Well, they let the heat out,

But they don't let it
back in.

- How about pinfeathers
to wear in our hats?

- Pinfeathers are great,

But they're really too small
to wear in our hats,

Some of which
are quite tall.

- [Cawing]

- Oh, oh, oh,
I hear pabni calling me!

[Cawing]

- Look at this feather that
dropped from puranjay's wing!

- It's very different
from a tiny pinfeather.

- Yeah, this feather's straight
and strong.

- That's because
it's for flying.

Flight feathers
have to be big and strong

To do all that lifting.

- Hmm, feathers like these
would look great in our hats.

- They do make
great hat feathers, but...

- They're not very snazzy...

- Jazzy...

- Or pizzazz-a-zazzy!

- [Cawing]

All: follow that bird!

- Where did he go?

- This way!
Follow me!

Hello?

What are you waiting for?

The sooner we find pabni,

The sooner you can have the pick
of my feathers.

- But we'll get all wet!

- Well, not if you're covered
in feathers, like me.

- Wow, you're all dry!

- It's another fantastic
feathery trick.

Water rolls off.
It just doesn't stick.

- If we had feathers, we could
go under the waterfall too.

- And not get wet.

- At times like this,
there's just one thing to do,

Whistle real loud
for thing one and thing two.

[Whistles]

[Both cheer]

Both: ta-da!

[Both laugh]

Both: hello!
- We need to get across.

- But we don't want
to get all wet like you.

Both: hmm.

Ta-da!
- Feather umbrellas!

- Follow me, friends!

Both: bye-bye!

Both: thank you!

- Your turn.
- Whoa!

- How about waterproof feathers
in our hats?

♪ Water falling,
la, la, la ♪

[Shouts]

[Both laugh]

- Oh, dear.

- Pabni!

- I don't get it.
Puranjay was easy to find.

- Why is it so hard
to find pabni?

Ooh!

- [Caws]

- I'm very sorry.
I didn't see you there.

- But I recognize
that call.

You must be pabni.
- Hi.

- Oh, goody,
you've found her.

- You're pabni?

Those feathers
make you very hard to see.

- Aren't they fabulous?

I want to be a mom
one day.

If other animals can't see me,
they won't come steal my eggs.

- Wow!

Some fabulous feathers
are hard to see,

While other fabulous feathers
are hard to miss.

- Like puranjay's.

- You know puranjay?

- We're helping him
look for you.

- Let's peacock call
to tell him the good news.

[All cawing]

- Huh?
Pabni!

There you are.

I'm so happy to see you.

I've been saving something
just for you.

Both: wow!

- Don't you just love
big show-offs?

It's a special
peacock hello.

- I can't resist it.

- Peacock tail feathers
have just one job to do,

Make peacocks look
fab-fab-fabulous to peahens.

- Feathers like that
would look great in my hat.

- And my baseball cap.

- I agree.

They're definitely jazzy
and snazzy.

- Do you mind
if we take some?

- Why, certainly.
I'm done with those.

Take as many as you want.

- Awesome.

- Fabulous feathery feathers
are fun.

Each one does a job
that needs to be done.

Some feathers are big,
some feathers are small,

But show-offy feathers
are the best of all.

Both: yay!

- Now that's
pizzazz-zazz-zazz-zazzy.

[Laughter]

- Thanks for the tail feathers,
puranjay.

- And thank you
for helping me find pabni.

- These will look great
in our hats.

- Oh, you big show-offs.

[Laughter]

- Check out my hat.

- No, check out my hat.

[Both laugh]

- Don't you love
fabulous feathers?

They're good
for so many things.

- Like keeping you cool
and keeping you dry.

- And keeping you safe
and helping you fly!

- As well
as looking fabulous.

- There's one more thing
feathers are great for.

- Really?
What's that?

Both: tickling!

- Tickle, tickle, tickle!

[Laughter]

- Welcome to hat chat.

- Today we're going
to interview dr. Twiggles.

- Hello!

- Those are pretty flowers,

But I thought
you were a tree doctor.

- Oh, I am.

Both trees and flowers
are types of plants.

I take care of them all.

- Even this
strange-looking tree?

- Oh, especially that,
but it's not a tree.

That's actually
a flower.

- But it's so huge!

- This flower
is called a titan arum.

It's one of the largest flowers
in the world.

- Um, it kind of stinks.

- Yup, it has that smell because
some kinds of bugs love it.

Those bugs
follow the smell

And help to spread the titan's
seeds to help new ones grow.

- Thank you for showing us
all about this neat plant,

Dr. Twiggles.

- You're welcome!

[Laughs]

- ♪ When you get hot,
you start to sweat ♪

♪ Your forehead
gets a little wet ♪

♪ But what you won't know,
I don't suppose ♪

♪ Is cows sweat
through their noses ♪

♪ We were
hot, hot, hot ♪

♪ Now we're
not, not, not ♪

♪ We were
hot, hot, hot ♪

♪ But now we're not ♪

♪ And what about dogs
when they get hot? ♪

♪ Do they sweat
through their noses? ♪

♪ No, they do not,
when they've been for a run ♪

♪ Or spent too long
in the sun ♪

♪ They start to pant,
cooling down with their tongue ♪

All:
♪ we were hot, hot, hot ♪

♪ Now we're
not, not, not ♪

♪ We were
hot, hot, hot ♪

♪ But now we're not ♪

- ♪ Well, elephants cool down
in a different way ♪

♪ Their giant ears
fan the heat away ♪

♪ A friend, the hippo,
he stays cool ♪

♪ By rolling
in a muddy pool ♪

All:
♪ we were hot, hot, hot ♪

♪ Now we're
not, not, not ♪

♪ We were
hot, hot, hot ♪

♪ But now
we're not, not, not ♪

- The forest in spring
looks so shiny and new.

The buds are bud-green,
and the bluebells are blue.

The baby birds hatch,
and the young squirrels chatter.

So it's worms for the former,
and nuts for the latter.

In the summer,
the forest's awake and alive.

Bees carry nectar
from flower to hive.

There's plenty of sunshine
and good things to eat

And time for a nap
or a doze in the heat.

In the autumn, the leaves
turn to yellows and reds,

And bears all retire
in their winter beds.

Some birds fly south,
where it's warm and it's bright.

Other stay in the cold,
and they hunker down tight.

But in the winter, the plants
and the animals all wait,

For they know...

- Shh.

- The spring will return
with the melting of snow.

- Today, I have a very tricky
question for you.

There are many different kinds
of beans.

Which of these beans
can move around on its own?

Is it a cocoa bean,
or is it a green bean,

Or is it a jumping bean?

Did you say
that it's the jumping bean?

That's right!

The bean moves around
because there is a baby moth

Moving around inside.

Did you get it this time?

Well, next time
I'll stump you for sure!

[Music playing]

♪ ♪
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