01x06 - Copy Cat/Heropotamus

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Bye!

Munroe:
woo hoo! Thanks again,
guys!

See you again soon!

Badou:
zawadi, your family
is so cool.

They all do everything
together.

Yeah, everything.
"Stripes-r-us!"

Your uncle zeke said,

"A herd that runs together,
funs together."

That wasn't my uncle zeke.

That was my uncle zak.

It was?
Are you sure?

I was standing
right there!

Really?

I thought that
was your cousin zelda.

I thought
it was zoey.

What's the matter
with you guys?

Can't you tell me apart
from the others?!

Hmph!

Huh?

Badou:
sorry, zawadi.

We were just saying

What a great herd
you belong to.

I know.
It's just...

Sometimes being with my family
makes me feel like...

Well, just another
stripe in the grass.

Another spine
in the hind, huh?

I think it'd be cool
to be in a herd.

Zawadi:
I want people to see me,
okay? Zawadi.

I just want to be...
One-of-a-kind.

[Branch snaps,
zawadi gasps]

[Roars]

[Shrill scream]

Hey! Tame towners!

I was just coming
to say hi.

That's dandy andi.

Wazzup?

Both:
hey! Hello.

Zawadi:
[screaming]

Badou:
zawaaaadi! Come back!

Dandy andi:
dudes! Give a little dunk
from the trunk!

Unh!

Here's some quill.

Unh.

Oh, that is real chill.

You know,
I wasn't scared of you.

I know it,
spiky dude.

Zawadi's gonna be sad
she missed you.

Hey, that's what zebras
are designed to do, dude -

Run from trouble!
Twanggg!

Now, come on.

I'll walk you as far
as the city gates.

Some of my amigos
have seen sleek

Cruising the edge
of the jungle.

That leopard's not as cool
a kitty as I am.

Seeing andi
was tusk-tastic!

You shouldn't have
run so fast.

I couldn't help it,
okay?

Whoa!

Badou:
papi!

Hello, badou.

Zawadi. Munroe.

Your royal kingliness,
sir.

Babar:
zawadi, did I hear you say
couldn't help running?

Was it from something
you thought was dangerous?

[Chuckles sheepishly]
it was such a zebra thing
to do.

Babar:
good. You acted on instinct;

That's what all animals do.

A zebra knows that the best way
out of trouble is to run!

Just like a porcupine
knows

To turn himself into
a spiky ball of quills.

Instinct is a kind
of memory,

One that gets all animals
out of trouble.

I don't want to be
like other zebras!

[Strange howl in distance,
zawadi gasps]

Be cool, girl.

The savanna's your home.

You're just not used
to being out here alone.

[Animals howl and squawk,
zawadi gasps]

Or not!

No!
I'm going to find andi,

Look him in the face,

And conquer my instinct to run.

That'll make me different
from zak.

And ziggy... And zoey...
And-

[Low growl,
zawadi screams]

[Growling]

[Snoring,
then growls ferociously]

[Gasps]

Oof! Agh!

Huh?

What in a cat's paws
is a little zebra doin'

Wandering the great grass sea
alone, huh?

[Chuckle]
uh, I was actually...

Looking for you.

Oh yeah?
Little ol' me?

[Chuckling]
oh, shucks!

Wazzup?

I am, as you pointed out,
a herd animal.

But you,
you're one-of-a-kind.

So I was wondering...

Yeah?

If you could give me
a few tips

On how not to look
and act

Like every other zebra
on the planet

And be one of a kind?

Well, I think you've come
to the right cat.

Okay, zee...
Pay attention.

I call this my "act-cool-in
the-face-of-danger" move.

Now, imagine this:

A herd of hungry hyenas
about five feet away.

I watch 'em
from the corner of my eye.

My tail flicks
from side to side.

I'm telling 'em:
"I know you're there,

But I don't care."

All right.
Now you try.

I know you're there
and I don't care.

[Laughs nervously]
hah-ha-ha!

Whaaaaa! Oof!

Oh boy.

Being different is really about
doing what you want,

When you want,

Even if the rest of the cats
don't want to.

For example,
maybe I just want to...

Oh... Lie down in the sun
for four hours.

Yeah!

Lie in the sun
for four hours!

[Andi snores]

[Sighs]

[Shrieks]
whooooaaa! Whoa! Whoa!

You see what I mean, zee?
We are so cool.

Every cat has his or her
own distinctive sound.

Completely individual.
Mine...

Sounds a little like this.
[Clears throat]

[Coughs]
here we go.

[Ferocious roar]

[Wind gusts]

Okay. You try.

[Gives a shrill whinny
followed by some braying]

[Not impressed]
w-wow.

That... That was... Different.

Yes!

Hey, zawadi.
Whatcha doing?

Doing my thing, badoulio.

Stretching out in the sun,
nappin'.

Cool, huh?

Uh, sure.

You wanna play a game
of birdie bonk?

Nah.

That's old-school zawadi.

I'm known as "zee" now.

She's been in the sun
too long.

Her brain melted.

Hey! Porcupine
to weird girl:

Bring back our friend.

But this is me.

Andi taught me how
to be one-of-a-kind.

A one-of-a-kind what?

Well, if you're gonna be
that way,

Then I'm gonna go
where I'm appreciated.

Munroe:
where's that?

Zany zebra town?

She said that
andi taught her.

That might be
where she's going.

So?

So, andi said sleek
has been seen

Near the edge
of the jungle.

We better stop her.

Right!

Andi? Yo! Big guy!
It's zee.

[Chuckles]

How many zebras have
ever tracked a lion?

Zawaaaadi!

Hey, zee!

Andi:
yo! Tame towners!

Andi!
Have you seen zawadi?

Zee?
Not since yesterday, dude.

You want some help
looking for her?

[Strange animal sounds
all around]

[Worried]
oh...

I'm not supposed
to be here.

But then would an ordinary
zebra be here

Alone in the jungle?
Huh?

Look at me!
Look at me!

Sleek:
I am.

Oh! Sleek!

[Shrill whinny]

[Growls]

Ahh!

[Loud piercing scream]

Zawadi?

Zee!

zawadi!

[Piercing scream]

Wait.
I hear something.

[Sniffs]

That way!

[Piercing scream]

[Growling menacingly]

[Growling menacingly]

[Screaming,
loud splat behind zawadi]

Sleek:
help! Help me!

Ooh! Ungh!

Ungh! Oooooh! Ungh!

Zawadi:
stop moving!

Sleek, you have to fight
your natural instinct to move!

Easy for you to say,
zebra.

Actually, I do know.

Badou, munroe and andi:
zawadi! Zawadi! Zee!

[Laughing]

Sleek:
hurry! I'm sinking fast!

That is why
it's called "quick" sand.

Andi:
yeah!

Well, so what do you think
we should do, zee?

Get me out of this muck
right now!

Please?

I suppose we should
do something.

Andi:
move slowly.

Slow like it's honey,
sleek.

She's got it!

[Giggles]
somebody's going to be busy
licking mud off her fur.

For a week.

[Growls angrily]

[Roars]

Hmph!

Hi-yah!

Zee, I don't know
any other herd animal

Who would've tried to rescue
a leopard in trouble.

Pretty dumb, huh?

Pretty amazing!

Yeah!

I can't think of another zebra
who's as strange...

I mean, who's as-

Andi:
who's as one-of-a-kind.

Ungh!

Wah!

Whoa!
Whoa!

Papi?

Cool sneaks,
your highness!

Thank you, zawadi.

I heard what you did
for sleek.

Yes, sir.

Following your instinct
is natural,

But what you did...

That took real courage.

You're truly one-of-a-kind.

Munroe:
wow! A king on wheelie-sneaks.

He's not afraid
to be himself.

Just like you,
zawadi!

Thanks!

Being a one-of-a-kind zebra
is way cooler than being-

A copy cat?

[Laughing]

[Whinnies and brays]

Hoo-wah!

[Trumpets]

All:
[laughing]

King babar:
...then heropotamus rode
the avalanche

Down to the white wizard's lair

And saved the polar bear chief's
daughter!

Wow! Heropotamus must be
the best hero ever!

That he is, jake.

He's tougher than tusks,

Quick as a monkey,
and sly as a...?

Jake:
a fox!

[Chuckles]

What else did he explore,
papi?

And did he find
the treasure?

Did he?

Jake:
did he battle monsters?

Grrr!

[Chuckles]

Oh, maybe one or two.

Badou and jake:
[impressed] ooooh...

Heropotamus explored
every corner of the jungle,

Climbed every tree he saw.

And in all his adventures,

There was only one treasure
he never brought back.

The golden bananas.

Bananas?
I love bananas.

These are golden bananas,
jake.

Bananas made of gold.

Legends say they're hidden deep
within the thorn thicket.

That's not far!

Just past gallop's
grotto.

Why couldn't he find
the banana treasure?

There was an ancient riddle
that heropotamus couldn't solve.

"Entry within cannot
be yours,

If only your eyes
look for the doors."

Cornelius:
excuse me, great heart.

There's an urgent matter
to attend to.

Ambassador crocodylus has been
growing spink weed

In his bathtub again.

[Chuckling]

The last time
it got into the plumbing

And clogged the pipes.

King babar:
very well, cornelius.

I'll have a talk with him.

You children run off
and play.

I'll tell you more heropotamus
stories another time.

Jake:
heropotamus is pretty neat,
isn't he 'bu?

He sure is, jake.
But...

But what? What 'bu?
What are you thinking?

What if someone went out and
found the golden bananas today?

Then wouldn't he be
the best explorer ever?

Okay, everybody ready?

Uh-huh! Yup!

Then follow me and watch

As I discover
the golden bananas!

Badou-opotamus, ho!

"Badou-opotamus"?
Really, 'bu? Really?

Why not chikupotamus?

Yeah!
Or... Or me-opotamus?

Come on, guys!

You heard
my papi's story.

If anyone knows the jungle
like heropotamus, it's me!

Your papi also said heropotamus
climbed every tree he saw.

Well, who is the best climber?
Me who, that's who!

Yeah!
And um... And...

I bet heropotamus ate
mango jelly burgers.

Nobody likes mango jelly burgers
better than I do!

Well, we can't all
be heropotamus!

So whaddya wanna do, bu?

How about...

Whoever gets to
the golden bananas first

Gets to be heropotamus?

Okay.

Sure.

Okay, then may
the best explorer... Win!

[Laughing]

Wooo-hooo!

Last one to the thorn thicket
is an aardvark's uncle!

I'm faster in the trees
than you are on the trail!

I am, 'bu!

Only if you know
where you're going!

Whoa! Oof!

Chiku:
ooh! Rump bump, 'bu!

Time for me to make
some monkey miles!

Whaaaaa!

Ungh!

[Laughing]

Jake:
smell ya later, guys!

And jake pulls ahead
into the jungle!

The big, dark...

Spooky...

Jungle.

[Animal cries nearby]

Ahhhhh!

I wasn't scared.

We must have taken
a wrong turn.

I don't recognize this part
of the j-borhood at all.

Chiku:
the jungle gets really thick
from here on in.

Really thick.

Some explorers
we turned out to be.

Maybe this is why heropotamus
never found the golden bananas.

Chiku:
no, he was stumped
by the riddle.

Remember the riddle?

Well, I sure wouldn't
want to be him,

Out in that spooky jungle,
all alone.

Hey! That gives me
a tusk-tastic idea!

Heropotamus was alone
like jake said, right?

But we're not.

Huh?

I bet the three of us
can figure out

How to find those
golden bananas.

Do it together?

We could be team heropotamus.

Coooool!

Jake:
yeah! [Giggles]

Chiku, how high can you climb
one of these trees?

Going up
isn't the problem.

It's going forward.

Going forward is
the problem, 'bu.

Why?

I've got a plan.

Chiku:
okay, 'bu! Okay!

The grotto is back
behind us,

And I see warbler's reach
over there.

So we came too far east.

We need to go back down
the trail...

About a hundred steps
past the last bend...

And head north.

Chiku, keep an eye out
for buttonstone brook.

We can follow it as far
as the baobab grove.

Will do, 'bu!

What can I do, bu?

Um...
Stick close, okay?

I can do that.

Hey, 'bu.

[gasps]

Looks like it gets
all mucky ahead.

Mucky and marshy.

[Sniffs]
I smell spink weed.

We nearly walked
into a swamp.

Good job, chiku.
We'll cut around it.

Right-o.
See ya!

Anything you want me to do,
badou?

Um...

Don't get lost.

Right!

Stinkies!

Chiku:
look out, jake!

Ungh! Ungh! Ungh!

Can I do anything, 'bu?

Sure.

You can... Not fall!

Gotcha!

Chiku:
guys! Hey, guys!

I see it!
I see the thorn thicket!

Come on!

It's just ahead!
Not far at all!

This way!

All:
[gasp] whoa!
Uh-oh!

Nits and gnats.

How are we going
to get past that, bu?

I'm not sure, jake.

Hang back a little while
we check it out, okay?

No way I can
push through.

Can you climb over?

Uh uh.
Not a chance.

Not with all those spikes
and jabber thorns.

[Sniffing]

Hey, guys!

[Sniffing]

There has to be
a way inside.

[Sniffing]
you guys smell that?

What about the riddle?

We have to solve
the riddle.

Right.
Um...

"Entry within
cannot be yours..."

Jake:
it's not very strong...

[Sniffing]
and it smells kinda...

Sweeeeet!

Yeah!
Hey, how'd you know?

Do you smell it too?

No! I just figured
out the riddle!

We can't use our eyes
to find the way in,

So maybe we have to use
something else...

Like our noses!

Jake's got the best nose!

Badou:
right!

Jake, can you track
that smell?

You betcha, 'bu!

Just watch!

[Sniffing]

It's coming from
behind here.

Unnnnnnggghh-yah!

Chiku:
a tunnel! It's like a tunnel
going under the thorns!

Yay, jake!

Badou opened it!

Yay, badou!

Yay, team!

Hunh.

Which way?

I don't know.

Jake, can you still
track that smell?

Yup!

[Sniffs]
it's this way!

All:
[in awe] wow!

Tusktastic!

Chiku:
awesome!

Badou:
this is it!

The golden bananas!

Chiku:
only they're not real gold.

Jake:
they're real bananas!

That's what
I was smelling!

Time for a climb?

Yup!

This is better than gold.

Look out below!
Look out!

Neat.

ha ha.

Coooool!

We did it, guys!

All:
team!

Hero!

Potamus!

[Laughing]

Badou:
papi! Papi!
Look what we found!

King babar:
badou!

Are those...?

Yes, they are.

The golden bananas!

[Chuckles]

Mmm... Oh my.

I'd forgotten how delicious
these were.

Huh? Forgotten?

Chiku:
but you said heropotamus
never found the bananas!

You did, your majesty.

Heropotamus didn't find
the bananas.

Because he worked alone,
right?

And we worked
as a team.

That's how we found the bananas
years ago.

Who was on your team?

That's you and nana!

Jake:
and cornelius!

Chiku:
and my dad!

Wow, papi.

I guess heropotamus isn't
the only legendary explorer,

Is he?

King babar:
no, badou.

We come in all shapes, sizes,
and ages.

Now, if I may have
one more banana?

All:
[laughing]