03x15 - Happy Old Years

[bunniefuu]

- This is me, eliza thornberry,

Part of your average family.

I got a dad, a mom,

And a sister.

There is donnie. We found him.

And darwin? He found us.

Oh, yeah, about our house.

It moves,

Because we travel all over the world.

You see, my dad hosts this nature show,

And my mom sh**t it.

Okay, so we're not that average.

And between you and me,

Something amazing happened...

And now I can talk to animals!

It's really cool, but totally secret.

And you know what?

Life's never been the same.

[Both screaming and panting]

[Darwin screams]

[Upbeat percussive music]

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[Airplane engine droning]

- Eliza, look what I found behind the couch!

Ooh, it's kind of squishy,

But I think it's perfect for the head.

- Ooh, your mother's got a pumpkin!

I know what that means.

We're going to dress up and get lots of candy.

- No, dar, it's not halloween.

It's new year's eve.

- What's that?

Do we get candy canes?

- No, see, here, they make a man like a scarecrow

And call him the old year.

- That's very nice.

Do we get presents?

- You just got presents at christmas.

- Seems like years ago. [Sighs]

Thank you for the mittens, by the way.

- [Humming]

- Marianne, which pair of trousers

Should I donate for tonight's festivities?

- Hmm. Let me think.

It's hard to choose.

They're both so colorful.

- My thoughts precisely.

I've had these tweeds since oxford.

And the smashing whale pants were a gift

From that rather obsessive fan in cape cod.

- Dad, give up the plaid, please?

[Both laughing]

- Oh, I suppose I must.

In the spirit ofaño viejo,

The old year,

Adios, pantalones.

Spared again, whale pants.

We really must take up golf.

- So we're really going to burn this old year guy at midnight?

- Yes, and with him,

All of the family problems

That we want to leave behind with the old year

Before moving into the new.

We'll make a list.

- That won't be hard.

Early curfews, too many chores,

Debbie's messy side of the room,

Donnie taking stuff--

- Oh, now, eliza, he's not so bad.

My bandana!

- Ooh!

[Chattering indistinctly]

- Well, it looks like you've got the holiday spirit, donnie.

Debbie, have you found a shirt for our man yet?

- No.

All of my shirts are broken in

To the maximum degree of sloppability.

Wait, I found one.

I'll be right out.

- I say.

He's looking rather dashing.

- Ta-da!

Let the celebration begin.

- Debbie, that's the shirt that dad--

- Wait.

Does hideous pink clash with ugly plaid?

What am I saying?

The guy's got a pumpkin for a head.

- Something terribly familiar

About that frock, deborah.

- Yes, it was a christmas gift, debbie.

- It's a rather distinctive shade of--

I don't--is that magenta?

- It's pink.

Obviously someone didn't read my memo

About no more pink.

- [Gasps]

Um... [Groans]

Excuse me, chaps.

- Nice going, deb.

Real thoughtful.

- Your father bought you that blouse

In the marketplace in morocco.

I hope you didn't hurt his feelings.

- Oops.

- He looks great.

Ooh!

Eliza, do you want to write the list?

- What list?

- Of family problems that we're going to burn at midnight.

Don't you listen?

- I'll get you, squirt.

- Well, why don't I start, hmm?

[Sighs] let's see.

We travel so much in close quarters

That it's only natural

We sometimes forget to be kind to each other.

- Marianne,

You don't mean to say we're ill-mannered?

- Actually, I think we do pretty well,

But sometimes, we speak before we think.

- [Scoffs] thanks a lot, mom.

- Sometimes rude--

- Okay, okay, just say it.

You all think the biggest problem in this family is me.

- Poppet, whatever are you talking about?

- You all think I'm terrible

Because I didn't like the pink blouse.

Dad was so upset he ran into the commvee.

- Well, actually, I went looking for the receipt

So that you could exchange it.

- Hmm, nigel, didn't you trade

Your last tin of kippers for that blouse?

- Oh, yes.

- You gave away your favorite smelly fish for my present?

Oh, man.

- [Sniffing] - great.

Now I made dad cry.

Marianne, children,

Someone is approaching from the east

With freshly fried ecuadorian pastries and a...

[Sniffs] oh!

A llama!

[Chortles]

- It's santusa!

- Ugh! Some new year's eve.

When am I gonna learn not to open my big mouth?

- [Grunts]

[Giggles]

Senor alvarez, it's me, eliza. Remember?

I took santusa up the mountains last spring.

- Oh, how could I forget?

What are you doing here?

- We're actually on our way to peru.

But we wanted to celebrate new year's eve in ecuador.

- Oh, I'm doing that also.

I have family nearby.

- [Giggles]

- I think she remembers you, eliza.

- I know she does.

Could santusa stay overnight with us?

- Hmm. I don't know.

- Oh, please?

I'll take good care of her, I promise.

- Well, it is okay with me if it is okay with your parents.

- Mom, dad?

- Oh, we certainly had a fine time traversing the andes

With this cloven-hoofed ruminant...

[Chortling] eh, eliza?

Just nod and smile.

I never did tell your mother

You were lost in a blizzard.

- Mom?

- All right.

But remember our rule.

- No llamas in the commvee.

Thank you!

Come on, santusa.

- Here are some pastries for the celebration.

But you must not eat them until midnight.

Happy new year.

- Adios!

- Hasta mañana.

- Hasta mañana.

- Bye, alberto.

- We've got until tomorrow together.

What should we do?

- Well, we could take a walk or eat some grass

Or go see this long thing made of rope

That goes over a really deep hole in the ground

And people go on it and grab the sides

And go like this...

[Gasps]

- A rope bridge?

- Yeah. That's it.

- Cool.

- Eliza, can we talk?

Didn't this llama get you

In all sorts of trouble in the mountains?

And now she wants to go on some shaky old bridge?

- Yeah. Isn't it great?

Come on, let's go pack our stuff.

- So you work everything out with mr. Nervous knees?

- My knees are not nervous.

- Mom, dad, over here!

Hurry! Look!

That plane's trying to att*ck me.

[Airplane engine droning]

[Yelps]

- No, it's not.

Those are aerial acrobatics.

[Engine droning]

[Tires squeal]

[Engine rumbling]

Capital flying!

Nigel thornberry.

- Thanks, old sport.

Merrick dash.

You look a little green, young lady.

Hope mitzi's daredevil stunts didn't scare you.

- Mitzi? What's that, your plane?

- No, me!

So much better than matilda, don't you think?

- Whatever.

So are you guys, like, making a movie?

- Us?

Starring in a picture?

[Chuckles] oh, no, not at all.

- You mean you dress like that on purpose?

- Debbie.

- [Laughter]

Yes. We're stuck in a bygone era.

How refreshingly honest you are, debbie.

- Thanks.

Glad someone thinks so.

- How would you like to go for a ride?

- Me? In that old thing?

- Below us!

That's why we're here.

[Engine droning]

- To climb a mountain?

- No.

A volcano!

- So the plane isn't so bad,

And mitzi really knows how to fly.

She took us over the santa lucia mountain,

Which is really a volcano.

Isn't that cool?

They're volcano chasers.

- What's that?

- Don't you know anything?

They go to a volcano

And wait for it to, you know, blow up.

Mitzi gave me this jacket.

Vintage is so hot.

- That sounds like interesting work.

- [Scoffs] it's more than that.

It's incredible!

Do you know they go all over the world?

- We go all over the world.

- Whatever.

They are this close to danger all the time.

- We come close to danger.

- That's right.

Wasn't it just last week

You were bitten by a tsetse fly?

- Week before last.

Uh, no, no, perhaps you're right.

Well, I could check my rash.

- Ugh.

I am talking about lava here, not bugs.

Anyhow, mitzi invited me to come with them

To spend the night on the volcano.

[Giggles]

Can I go?

- Oh, I don't know, honey.

It could be dangerous.

- It's not.

The santa lucia hasn't erupted for, like, years.

- What about our new year's eve celebration?

- Heavens!

In all the excitement,

We never finished our list of things

To cast away with the old year.

- Yeah, well, can't you do that without me?

- No way. It wouldn't be the same.

- She has a point, deborah.

I'm sure if you told mitzi and merrick

That you had a prior commitment,

There would be no hurt feelings.

- Oh, right, right, bring that up again, dad.

So I just--i just go around hurting people's feelings, do i?

Fine.

I'll be in my room.

[Door slams]

- Hmm, did I miss another memo?

- Ugh!

[Groaning]

Ugh.

[Groans]

- Marianne, do you think

I should have a talk with deborah

About this whole pink blouse business?

I feel terrible.

- Let's give her a little time to cool off.

Don't you think senor old year is looking rather stunning?

- Oh, indeed.

He looks too good to burn.

[Door clicks shut, debbie gasps]

[Grunting]

[Santusa squawks]

Whoa. Whoa!

[Yelping]

- [Chattering]

- Shh!

Move it, monkey. I'm out of here.

- [Chattering]

- Hey! This girl is taking me away!

- [Grunting]

- Debbie!

Get back here with my llama!

[Gasping and groaning]

Oh, darwin, why didn't you stop them?

- I tried.

Debbie gave me that really scary look.

- Mom! Dad!

- We know, honey.

Debbie left to go catch up to mitzi and merrick.

- Yes, poppet.

I'm afraid you and your sister won't be together

For this most festive of holidays,

New year's eve.

Still, at least you have darwin and donnie

And your loyal llama companion.

- Oh!

- Nigel, we didn't exactly

Give debbie permission to go off.

- But she did leave a note.

That was quite thoughtful of her.

- Thoughtful?

She stole my llama!

- I'm going to radio mitzi and merrick

And tell them debbie is on her way.

- Oh, super fabulous idea.

- [Chattering excitedly]

- Come on, darwin. We're going to get santusa back.

- But, eliza, I'm sure debbie will bring her back...

Eventually.

- [Blowing raspberry] - yeah.

Tomorrow when santusa has to go home.

Let's go.

- [Continues blowing raspberry]

- [Grunting]

Ow. [Grunting]

Ow. [Grunting]

Hey!

No time for a snack!

[Santusa squawks]

You're not gonna spit on me, are you?

Nice llama. Nice llama.

Go ahead and eat.

[Grunts]

[Grumbling]

[Grunts]

Now where are we going?

[Grunts]

So I didn't bring you a carrot.

Will you just get over it?

[All grunting]

- Hello, young thornberrys.

Mitzi. You'll never guess.

Visitors!

- Is debbie here?

- Oh, is she coming for tea?

- Didn't my parents call you on the radio?

- It's hard to get a clear signal in this wind.

Do you think your sister is lost?

- She should be here by now.

She was riding a llama.

[Wind howls] never mind.

If you see her, tell her I'm looking for her

And to stay here with my llama!

- No, no, wait!

- Merrick!

Something's happening!

Bingo!

The volcano's erupting.

- There could be a mudslide.

Better try the radio.

Thornberrys! Do you read me?

Over.

- Nigel thornberry speaking.

Who's there?

Over.

- Merrick dash.

Just spotted daughter.

- Marianne, it's about debbie.

I can't make it out.

- Hello, can you hear me?

Repeat. Over.

- Little girl.

Chimpanzee.

- He's talking about eliza!

Hello! Merrick!

Where are you? Over.

- On the volcano.

There's danger!

- [Gasps] oh, no.

[Volcano rumbling]

[Both gasp] - heavens.

I think the volcano's about to erupt.

- Nigel, the girls are up there.

- Come on!

Crash! Oof!

Sorry, old man.

- Debbie!

Debbie!

Whoa!

[Both chattering excitedly]

[Engine revs]

- Debbie!

- Debbie!

- Debbie!

- Mitzi!

Merrick!

Ugh!

Is anyone on this stupid mountain but me?

Ow.

[Volcano rumbles] [groans]

[Screams]

No! No!

Llama! Come back!

[Volcano rumbling]

Whoa!

[Screaming]

[Volcano rumbling]

Boom!

[Volcano continues rumbling]

[Donnie and darwin chattering excitedly]

What was that big boom?

- I don't know!

[Volcano rumbling fades]

Santusa!

There you are.

- Is the sky falling?

- I don't know.

But this gray stuff is coming from the clouds

That makes people go like this...

[Coughs]

- Volcanic ash?

It's erupting?

- [Yelps] not good.

Must go.

- Santusa, where's debbie?

- She's still up there.

I ran when I heard the big noise.

- Good idea.

Let's run now!

- We have to get debbie.

[Engine sputtering]

[Engine purring]

- Nigel, are you sure about this?

Why don't we take the commvee?

- It'll be much quicker to spot them by air.

Buckle up.

- But nigel--

- Don't worry.

I'm sure the dashs will understand.

They seem agreeable sorts.

- No, I mean, can you fly this thing?

[Engine droning]

Nigel, you can fly a plane?

- What?

[Laughs] oh, that.

Oh, didn't I ever tell you?

- Ha! Ha!

- [Screaming]

Out of the way!

- [Yelps] crash!

- [Groans]

- Eliza, what are you doing here?

- I came here looking for you, 'cause you stole santusa.

- Oh, is that any reason?

The mountain's exploding!

- You said the volcano was safe.

- What am i, an expert all of a sudden?

I didn't think you would follow me!

- You don't think at all.

- Oh, back to that again.

I am so thoughtless.

Well, maybe I am.

- Deb?

- Excuse me. I'm having a breakthrough here.

Poor dad.

It wasn't that uncool a blouse.

Maybe if I dye it black-- - debbie!

Turn around!

- [Screams]

- Run!

[All gasping and screaming]

- Debbie!

Eliza!

- Hello!

Anybody there?

- Nigel! Is that you?

- Look up. [Chortles]

[Engine droning]

- Have you seen my daughters?

- Try the north slope.

We are on our way if we can get past the mud.

- Roger. Over and out.

[All screaming]

- Climb onto the pile of junk!

[All panting and screaming]

[Both grunting]

[Both sighing]

[All screaming]

- [Blowing raspberry]

[Engine droning]

- Hey! - Come back!

Both: down here!

Help!

- They don't see us.

Help! - Here!

Grab a stick.

- Help! Over here!

Help! Over here!

- Nigel, I don't see them.

- They must be on the other side.

Wait!

Oh, my brilliant daughter.

There they are.

Merrick, mitzi,

The girls are on a moving pile of logs

Kilometers up the northern slope.

Follow the plane.

- There's too much smoke.

- Nigel, under the seat, there are some flares.

- Found them. Over and out.

[Flare crackles]

[Engine droning]

- [Screams]

[All gasp]

[All screaming]

Crash!

[All screaming]

- Help!

- [Screams]

- Oh, man!

[All panting and gasping]

- Come on, debbie, you can do it.

- Go ahead, kid, I'll be okay.

[Peaceful music]

♪♪

- How can I ever thank you for saving my children?

- Oh, it was a team effort.

That was pretty quick thinking with the flag, debbie.

- Thanks.

But the ash really did a number on my new blouse.

I'm sorry, dad.

- Oh, poppet, don't fret.

And I vote we cast out polite response to gifts

With the old year.

Why, if I told you girls how much

I dislike getting neckties on father's day,

I would, um...

Be a liar!

Aha! And an ungrateful one at that.

[Both chuckle]

[Both sigh]

[Bell tolling distantly]

- Stroke of midnight.

Care to cut the rug with your best fella, mitz?

- Isn't he swell?

[Upbeat festive music]

♪

- They are so cool.

- Well, girls, shall we burn our old year?

- Do we have to, mom?

- Yeah, last year wasn't so bad.

And besides, don't you think we should keep him around

To remind us of our problems?

- Why, debbie, that's very sweet.

And mature.

- Come on, squirt.

Let's dance.

- Ha-ha! - Yeah! Yeah!

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!

- [Giggles]

- Well, nigel,

We made it through another year in one piece.

- [Chuckles] why, marianne.

What did you expect?

We're thornberrys.

Happyaño viejo,dearest.

- Happy new year, nigel.

- Hey, watch it!

Those are my feet!

Who taught you to dance, an elephant?

- Uh, no. Why do you ask?

[Upbeat festive music]

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[Peaceful flute music]

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[Upbeat percussive music]

♪

- Adios!

Hasta mañana.