01x24 - Good Citizens Club

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♪ Strawberry shortcake ♪

♪ She's a berry bitty girl ♪ ♪ with berry big possibilities ♪

♪ And fruit-filled fun ♪ ♪ is the secret to her recipe ♪

♪ She may be small ♪

♪ No task is too tall ♪

♪ She'll be your best bud ♪ ♪ just give her a call ♪

♪ Strawberry ♪ ♪ she's a berry bitty girl ♪

♪ Strawberry ♪ ♪ with big possibilities ♪

♪ Strawberry shortcake ♪ ♪ with big possibilities ♪

♪ Strawberry shortcake ♪ ♪ she may be small but ♪

♪ No task is too tall ♪

♪ For strawberry shortcake ♪

Does everyone have everything they need?

Why yes we do, strawberry. Thanks for asking.

Yes, we do.

(Giggles) then dig in!

(Marching band music playing)

What was that?

Oh! Is it the berrykin marching band practice season already?

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No, that's not for another month.

- Let's go find out! - Yeah!

- Come on! - We've gotta see what this is!

- What is it? - Very exciting.

(Marching band music playing)

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Together: we want to announce--

(Clears throat)

Together: we want to--

- I beg your pardon. - Oh no, I beg yours.

- After you. - No, after you.

- No, you first. - No, I insist.

One ladybug argument coming up.

(Giggling)

Why don't we say it together?

What a wonderful idea, sadiebug!

Together: we're starting a new club!

And we want you to join!

A club? Run by sadiebug and kadiebug?

But, they're always arguing.

How much fun could that club be?

Unless it's a debate club.

Together: behold!

Our good citizens club!

See? We even have membership pins!

A good citizens club?

Really?

They do seem to be getting along.

Maybe they've turned over a new leaf?

Make it a whole tree!

Pardon me, but what exactly does a good citizens club do?

What exactly is a "citizen?"

A member of the community. So a good citizen is...

A kind and helpful member of the community!

Uh, yeah! And good citizens do...

Good citizen-sy things!

Like bringing soup to sick berrykins?

Donating old clothes to the needy?

Keeping berry bitty city clean?

Uh, sure!

And if you do something really good citizen-sy

You get membership pins! See?

Blueberry: ooh! A membership pin!

And we even have a motto!

Oh! What is it?

Sadiebug: "happy to serve others!"

(Girls excited murmur)

So, what's next?

Do we do helpful things for the community and its citizens?

Together: you got it.

Just do as many of those things as you can

Before our first meeting tomorrow evening

At the good citizens clubhouse!

And then, we can talk about, uh, those, uh,

Good citizen-sy things that we all did!

And think up some new ones, too?

Definitely.

- Sure thing. - Why not?

(Girls cheering)

Oh! Wait, wait, wait!

Last minute special delivery!

Super-duper, really important,

Highly special good citizens club first meeting reminders!

Ladybugs: - sorry, my fault. - No, my fault.

Kadiebug: no, mine!

Please make sure you deliver all of them before tomorrow!

Hi orange. I was thinking I might bring some snacks,

Or something to the meeting tonight.

Do you have any crackers?

Hi, plum. Sure. I'll get them.

Wow, orange! Pretty!

Oh, isn't it? My good citizen's club membership pin.

It came in the mail. Where's yours?

Um...my mail hasn't come yet.

(Raspberry giggling)

Hey, plum! What do you think?

I created a whole new fashion statement to go along with

My good citizen's club membership pin.

Wow! That's a berry creative idea, raspberry! I love it.

Strawberry: nice outfit, raspberry!


Oh wow! Oh you look great!

Oh yes, fantastic!

I have to go check my mailbox. I can't wait to see my pin.

(Gasp) I didn't get one!

Why didn't I get one?

How am I supposed to go to the meeting tonight

Without a membership pin? I don't understand.

Well, I'll just have to ask the ladybugs what happened.

(Knocking)

Maybe she went to do a good citizen thing by herself?

Well, I'm sure she'd like to join us.

It's way more fun to work together.

Let's leave her a note on the door.

We'll tell her that we're over at the berry grove

Helping the berrykins dig a new path for a stream

So that it will go around the grove

Instead of right through it!

Berry good idea.

Kadiebug: over here!

Sadiebug: no, over here!

Oh good, you're here!

Kadiebug: it'll be way better here!

No, here!

No, here!

Plum(clears throat) excuse me.

Oh, plum!

We were having a um...

Discussion about where to put the banner.

Together: where would you put it?

Uh...right in the middle?

Excuse me, but the other girls have

Good citizens club membership pins,

And I'm just wondering what I need to do to get mine?

Is there some sort of test or something

I have to pass to show I can "serve others?"

Uh...plum, would you mind giving us some privacy

For a moment so we can have a um...

A, um, "club leaders" conference.

Of course! I'll be just right outside, ready for my test!

You forgot to send her pin!

Did not! Must have been you!

You're always forgetting something!

(Ladybugs arguing)

Plum: are you ready with my test?!

What are we going to do?

We can't lose her as a member of our club!

I guess we'd better give her a test like she wants.

Oh, uh, right!

But we don't have a good citizens club test to give.

Well, she said she wants a test on "serving others."

Together: oh, plum!

Plumready to show I can be a good citizen!

Do you want to be in the good citizens club?

Yes!

I can't hear you!

Yes!

I still can't hear you!

(Yelling) yes!!

You must take the test of good citizen-ness.

Whatever it is, I'll do my berry best.

Yes, yes, yes!

So, your first test will be...

To paint the clubhouse inside and out so it looks nice

Before the first meeting of the good citizens club!

Inside...and out? (Whew)

- Is that too hard? - 'Cause instead you could--

Absolutely not too hard for me!

I am happy to do my best to make the good citizen's club

Look fabulous for everyone.

Kadiebugoh, no, no, no! Start on that side.

You're blocking my tan over there!

I don't know...

I think that blue clashes with my eyes.

Can you do a lighter shade?

Plumwhat's that?

Here! Give me the paint brush.

That's more like it.

Kadiebug: that looks like a rabbit.

Sadibug: it looks like a flower.

(Ladybugs arguing)

(Sigh) finished!

Together: exactly the way we wanted it!

Plum: are you sure?

You think it's not good?

Should you do it over?

No, no. It looks terrific. Really.

Let's wait to get the other members' opinion

Before we go changing anything.

So it that it? Do I get my pin now?

Well, you've finished the first test!

Congratulations!

First test? How many are there?

Uh...three.

Yup, three's good.

We always use three.

Oh. (Sigh)

I wonder where plum is?

Yeah, she's missing all the mud.

Plumi'm sorry, but, I have to ask.

Just what exactly does this have to do with being a good citizen?


Well, all that painting made me hungry.

And all that painting made me thirsty.

And obviously we need snacks

And drinks for tonight's meeting, right?

Yes. I actually have some crackers I was going to bring--

That's it? We'll need a lot more than just crackers

And drinks too!

And we need to sample the snacks and drinks first...of course!

But what does snack tasting have to do with good citizenship?

It's, um... Making sure it's good.

For the citizens, of course.

Are you sure?

Absolutely!

Together: "happy to serve others!"

Plumokay, I can make peanut butter and glimmerberry

Sandwich surprises,

Blueberry and lemon will like those, and kiwi smoothies.

Huh.

(Reading) "dear plum, when you are finished,

We are over at the berry grove

Helping the berrykins dig a new path for a stream.

Oh, no! The other girls are already doing good deeds

For the community! I'm so behind! I've got to hurry!

(Water gushing)

(Cheering)

Berrykin : the stream won't be in the way any more.

Berrykin : wow! You helped us fix the berry grove!

(Sigh) too bad plum missed this.

A little of this! A little of that! And a little more of that!

(Plum struggling)

(Knocking)

Plum! Are you there?

Well our note's gone, so she must have gotten it.

I wonder what's been keeping her busy all day?

I know! Let's leave her another note!

Sorry we missed you at the berry grove.

I'm sure you've been berry busy being a "good citizen."

See you at the meeting. Love, us!

Eww! You call this a snack?

How about this one?

Together: blech!

But the snacks aren't just for you.

I thought this was about the other club members, too?

Uh, oh. Well, okay. These'll do.

Time to move on to test number three.

Number three?

You're only one test away from your membership pin.

Well, okay. But this is the last one!

Just give us a sec to have another club leaders conference.

(Annoyed grunt)

I think planting flowers in the community garden

Is a great project for the good citizens club.

And I have all the right things to do it with.

And I have just the right design for it, too.

This is gonna to be great!

Plum will love it, too. She loves planting flowers.

I wish I knew what she was doing all day.

It's almost time for the club meeting.

She definitely wouldn't miss the first meeting.

She came by this morning and picked up

Some crackers for all of us.

That's so nice of her. Let's go by and pick her up.

Plum(clears throat) well, did you decide yet? What's my final test?

This place could use a little color.

But I already painted it... Pink, like you wanted.

What she means is... Color and fragrance.

So...cut some flowers from the community garden

To decorate the clubhouse with!

How about I gather some flowers from the forest?

But the prettiest flowers are in the community garden.

You aren't supposed to pick flowers from the community garden.

Those flowers are for everyone to enjoy in the garden,

Not for us to take home for ourselves.

I'll pick some flowers from the meadow.

My favorites ones are in the community garden.

But community service isn't about what your favorites are.

Don't you understand?

If everyone picked those flowers for themselves,

Soon there wouldn't be any left, and no one in berry bitty city

Would be able to enjoy them anymore.

(Annoyed grunt) we could enjoy them. We thought you wanted to serve others?"],…}

Others like us . We thought you wanted to be a good citizen

Like everyone else in the club.

Well, are you going to pick those flowers?

No.

Saying "no" is simply unheard of in the good citizens club!

Then I guess I can't be in your club.

"Can't" be in our club?!

B-but...you have to be!

(Reading) I'm sure you've been busy being a "good citizen". (Sigh)

(Knocking)

Welcome back, plum

Oh, we missed you!

Good to see you again!

Where have you been all day, fellow good citizen?

I bet you've been doing good citizenly things.

(Crying)

Gee, was it something I said?

Something's certainly not right. Plum?

Orange: what's wrong, plum?


Tell us. We're your friends.

(Sobbing) I'm not a good citizen.

What? But plum, you're one of the

Berry, berry best citizens I know.

I...i didn't pass the tests that you all passed,

So I'm not in the club.

Tests? What tests? I didn't take any test.

I didn't take a test. Did you?

- Nope, not me. - I don't think anyone did.

What are you talking about, plum?

The ladybugs didn't give you tests?

Then, how come you all have membership pins and I don't?

Didn't yours come in the mail?

I don't know what's going on,

But I think it's time for us to have

A "good citizen" word with the ladybugs.

(Ladybugs arguing)

Sadiebug: you call that a flower?! Now that's a flower!

(Laughing) and like you would know!

Are you saying I can't pick a flower?

I'm saying that you couldn't pick a flower to pick

If the flower picked you!

Strawberry: uh, excuse me!

Ah! (Chuckles) early for the meeting, are we?

We're here to find out why you gave plum

A "good citizens test" and not any of us.

Um...sorry.

Uh, we can give you girls tests too, if you want.

(Frustrated sigh) why would any of us have to take a test at all?

Especially plum. Plum is always a good citizen.

You weren't going to cut the community flowers, were you?

Together: um...?

Well yeah, because plum wouldn't. So we have to.

Plum wouldn't?

No. It was her final test.

But she said no. Can you believe it?

Uh...excuse me. How come I never got

A good citizens club membership pin, but everyone else did?

We don't know why you never got it.

We um, mailed your pin out with the others.

But... But what about the tests?

We sorta, kinda got the idea from you.

Me?

Well, you seemed like you really wanted to take one so...

Because I thought all my friends had!

You don't have a clue about what makes a good citizen, do you?

Why did you start this club anyway?

Well, um, so we could be in a club.

And be, you know, really popular?

And be the leaders.

Like the bosses of the club.

No one's ever wanted us in a club before!

I guess now we know why we're...

...not very good citizens.

Sadiebug, oh kadiebug.

I think your idea for a good citizens club is a great idea!

Together: you do?!

But you definitely didn't follow your own club's mission.

"Happy to serve others."

You have to be the ones to serve others, not others serving you.

We're so sorry for not acting like good citizens.

And we promise we'll do better from now on.

Strawberry, will you take over as club leader?

I'm glad to see you've learned your lesson, but...hmm.

I know someone who has already proven

She'd make a perfect club leader.

Cutting the community flowers and taking them for yourselves

Isn't being a good citizen.

But saying "no" to something you feel is not good

For the community, was a brave

And very good-citizeny thing to do, plum.

Me?

(Everyone cheers)

Well...if that's the case, I call the first meeting

Of the good citizens club to order!

(Gasp)

The chair leader recognizes blueberry!

I move that we hold our first meeting as a campout!

(Happy chattering)

(Girls chattering)

Plum(clears throat) your attention please!

Now, I'd like us to vote on strawberry's idea

That the club do something good for the entire community

By planting more flowers in the community garden.

And after that we can spruce up the town gazebo!

And maybe sew warm scarves for the berrykins for the winter?

Stylish ones, of course.

And we can...

Um, um, um...

Oh! Oh! We eat snacks! (Chuckles)

What if we... Like make snacks!

For the berrykins in the berryworks!

Yeah, 'cause they all work so hard!

I think that's a lot of good ideas for our club to do.

I call for a vote. All in favor?

Everyone: aye!

The "ayes" have it!

(Cheering)

And now, I officially declare that at the close

Of our first meeting of the good citizens club,


We should... Sing a song!

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♪ Everyone listen up, ♪ ♪ here my proclaimation ♪

♪ About taking dreams ♪ ♪ seriously ♪

♪ Erase your fears, ♪ ♪ don't worry 'bout perfection ♪

♪ All that matters is ♪ ♪ what you believe ♪

♪ Feel inspired, learn, ♪ ♪ ask a million questions ♪

♪ Be the berry best ♪ ♪ you can be, yeah! ♪

♪ Just imagine all the ♪ ♪ possible directions ♪

♪ Let's make history! ♪

♪ Say it loud! ♪ ♪ And be proud! ♪

♪ Go on raise your voice ♪ ♪ and shout it out! ♪

♪ Say it loud! ♪ ♪ Make your sound! ♪

♪ Ya gotta always ♪ ♪ stand your ground ♪

♪ Beyond any doubt ♪ ♪ say it loud! ♪

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