04x01 - The Tortoise and the Heir

[bunniefuu]

♪♪

(Blythe) So! Day one of my video blog!

I'm Blythe Baxter and this vlog is going to be about

what I want to be when I grow up. Welcome to... my room!

So what can I tell you about me?

Well, I live in Downtown City. Go to DC high. My dad's a pilot.

I love roller coasters, hangin' with my friends and fashion!

Like these pet designs.

And I organized the big Pet Fest you might have heard about.

My kiosk won first prize

at the International Pet Fashion Expo and--

[music stops]

Huh, I guess that's a lot of pet related stuff, isn't it?

Blythe, Blythe! Blythe, Blythe!

I mean, I love to do all kinds of fashion,

but I kinda get distracted sometimes by--

Blythe, we need you to settle this!

I can't miss the season finale of Celebrity FacePlant.

Sorry, but this is a crucial episode of Shake-A-Leg!

Both shows are on at the same time! What do we do?

You can watch Vinnie's show now,

and record Penny's show for later.

You know you're interrupting my video blog!

[gasp] Oh, no! My video blog!

Uh, video blog?

Ooh! Can we see?

[animal sounds]

You can watch Vinnie's show now,

and record Penny's show for later.

You know you're interrupting my video blog!

[gasp] Oh, no! My video blog!

[sigh] I officially look ridiculous.

Well, I look pretty good.

I like the way my scales look in this light.

Yeah, you can really see the contrast in my two-tone fur.

Come on, Vinnie, let's go set up the DVR!

♪ [ring tone]

Hi Blythe! Whatcha up to?

I was just recording a new video blog.

That is, until the pets distracted me

and made me look like some weird person who talks to pets.

But you are a weird person who talks to pets.

Minus the weird, of course.

[knock knock]

So you don't know how to use the DVR either?

No. I'll go get Blythe.

I mean, I love fashion design, Youngmee,

but I'd like to see what else the world has to offer.

Every time I try, though,

I'm distracted by the pets here at the shop...

or the pets from the neighborhood...

or do-gooder hamsters... or some poor lost Korean ferret.

But you love the pets!

Of course I do.

But since I'm the only person in the world who can talk to them,

nobody else really knows what it's like

to deal with these kinds of distractions.

Hey Blythe, we forgot to ask you about the DVR.

So what are you gonna do, stop talking to pets?

Yeah, I'm gonna stop talking to the pets.

[gasp] What?

Blythe, you're not serious?

Of course not. I'm just venting.

I would never stop speaking to the pets.

They're my four-legged besties.

Blythe isn't going to talk to us anymore!

♪ You think about all the things ♪

♪ That you love to do

♪ It all comes true

♪ You find a place you never knew ♪

♪ Where you're happy to

♪ Just be you!

♪ We can be [yeah]

♪ Who we want to be [yeah]

♪ At littlest pet shop

♪ You and me We can be [yeah] ♪

♪ Who we want to be [yeah]

♪ At littlest pet shop

♪ You and me

♪ [hums happy tune]

[panicked shouts]

Hold on, everybody!

This 'not talking to pets' thing must be a misunderstanding.

Uh, excuse me, Russell, but I'm usually pretty accur...accur...

I'm usually pretty right about stuff like this.

Hmm. I'm just gonna ask Blythe what she meant by it.

[clears throat] Blythe, the other pets have got this idea

in their heads that, uh, you're not talking to us anymore.

[chuckles] I mean, can you imagine?

♪ [continues to hum]

Blythe?

Blythe?

Wow, Blythe is really serious about this.

This can't happen! We can't not talk to Blythe!

Who's going to tell us which show to record and....

.... which ONE to watch live!

[door jingles and opens]

Oh, Blythe? Blythe, dear.

YOO-HOO, BLYTHE!

Oop, sorry Mrs. T.

♪ [pop tune]

I can't hear anything when I'm wearing these things.

Oh! Who's this fella?

This is Speedy Shellberg.

His owner, Mr. Jones, just moved into town

and needed to board him for the day

while he settles into his new place.

[New York accent] Mr. Jones is my nd owner

or is he my rd?

Ah, who can keep track?

Now Blythe, guess how old Speedy is!

I don't know... ten?

Oh, Blythe, you're not even close.

One hundred and fifty years old!

Wow! Speedy's been around a long time.

Hey! It's not the years; it's the mileage.

Mr. Jones says that Speedy has a tendency to wander off

and get lost, so please keep an eye on him.

[laugh] Really? How far could he go?

[All talking at once]

I bet I can get her to laugh, at least.

Hah! I'll take that bet.

Hi there, I'm Speedy. Whew! What a hot day, huh?

The sun is pounding down on me.

Last time there was heat like this was the summer of ' .

But it was a dry heat.

Uh, sun? But we're inside.

What are you, a wise guy?

I'm a hundred and fifty years old!

If I say we're outside, [gasping] we're outside!

A hundred and fifty years old?

I've heard that tortoises can live to ripe old ages.

(Vinnie) You must be a really wise tortoise, Speedy.

Imagine if we could live that long.

♪♪

C'mon pets! Blythe should be home any minute!

Vinnie, with your body replaced by robot parts,

is there still any part of you that's still you?

Uh, just my head... and my tail, of course.

A gecko's tail always grows back. You can't get rid of it.

[grunts]

Ooh, my back!

OK, everyone. Ready for Blythe's th birthday party?

♪♪

[whoosh]

♪♪

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLYTHE!

[electronic hum]

I can't believe it. She's STILL not talking to us!

Come on, Blythe!

years is a long time to give us the silent treatment! Ugh!

[slam]

Oh, my, that would be awful.

We can't spend the next years

with Blythe not talking to us!

[concerned chatter]

Whew, I could use a spritz. Oh, good, there's a shower stall.

♪♪

Blythe Baxter's Video Blog, take two.

It's been surprisingly quiet today,

which gave me the opportunity to really think

about the next big thing I'd like to experience.

And here's what I came up with...

I still have no idea.

♪ Speedy singing: I gotta be me! I gotta be me! ♪

Gotta tell ya, the water pressure in this shower stinks!

Uh, Speedy, that's not a shower. It's a dumbwaiter.

Oh, I'm sure the waiter's not dumb.

Maybe it's just a new menu. Did I interrupt you?

Don't worry about it. I'm just trying to work on my video blog.

But I'm not making any progress.

Hey, I may not have the best vision anymore,

but I can see when someone's got the blues.

What's the problem, Betty?

Uh, it's Blythe.

Blythe has got you down? Well, what did she do now?

No, I'm Blythe! You called me Betty, but my name's Blythe.

But you look just like a former owner of mine.

A girl named Betty Smith.

Oh, yeah? That's interesting.

I don't suppose Betty knew what she wanted to be

when she grew up, did she?

I don't remember. My memory's not like it used to be.

But I do remember one thing...

She could also speak to pets. Just like you.

That's nice. But I really have to get back to my-- Wait!

You had an owner who could speak to pets?

Wow! For a tortoise, that Speedy is surprisingly fast.

Speedy, COME BACK! WhOA!

[crash]

No reason to shout; my hearing is still perfect.

Speedy, you said you had an owner who could speak to pets?

Oh, sure.

Betty would always confide her biggest secrets to me.

At least I think that was Betty.

You know? Maybe I'm thinking about Theodore Roosevelt.

He used to always put whoopee cushions

on Mrs. Roosevelt's chair. Ho ho. What a nut.

Wait, no! Go back to the girl who could speak to pets.

Oh, right, the girl who could speak to pets.

Wait a second, that's you, Betty.

No, you were talking about another--

Trying to exercise my memory, huh?

I appreciate it. Keeps my faculties sharp.

Exercise your memory? No, OK, you just said--

Whoa, speaking of exercise...

[clunk]

it's time for my calisthenics.

[grunts]

OK, Speedy, I think you might just be a bit confused

about this 'other girl' who could talk to pets.

Confused? Not a chance.

A hundred and fifty years old and I'm still...sharp as a tack.

Oh, would you check my watch?

I think it's running a few minutes late.

Yeah. Sharp as a tack.

♪♪

What if Blythe never talks to us again?

I know just how to deal with our Blythe problem...

Reverse psychology!

What on earth is 'reverse psychology'?

It means we do everything in reverse!

We walk in reverse; we dance in reverse.

We even talk in reverse!

Er, uh... Reverse in talk we.

How will that help?

(Sunil) I know! I saw it in a movie once.

It makes time go backwards until we're back

to before Blythe decided not to talk to us pets anymore.

Agh!

[crash]

I don't remember that happening in the movie.

(Speedy) Pardon me, folks.

Would you happen to know what time the next bus is coming by?

(Russell) You're not at a bus stop, Speedy.

This is the Littlest Pet Shop Day Camp.

Got it! So, what are you all so concerned about?

Listen, we're kinda dealing with something, so if you don't mind?

Wait a second, Russell. Maybe Speedy has an idea.

He's got a ton of experience, after all.

You see, Speedy, Blythe is the only human who can speak to us.

But now she's not speaking to us and we don't know what to do.

Aw, don't worry, Betty's done this before. It's just a phase.

[all talking at once - not buying it]

Come on, you guys!

Speedy's been around for years.

Maybe we ought to listen to him.

♪♪

Now, where did you say that bus stop is again?

[groan]

[groan]

Hey, kiddo. What'cha been up to?

[sigh] Just trying to figure out what I want to do

for the rest of my life.

Oh, is that all?

Dad, what if I never figure out what I want to do with my life?

Aw, look, honey, not everybody knows

what they want to do with their life.

You're still young. Give yourself some time

to rack up a little 'life experience.'

You're right, Dad. Thanks.

Oh, speaking of life experience,

there's a pet tortoise downstairs who's years old.

What a life he must have had.

A tortoise, huh? You know, your mother had a pet tortoise

when she was a kid.

She named him 'Speedy Shellberg'. [chuckle]

She took him everywhere. People used to say,

'There goes Betty with Speedy Shellberg.'

Betty? But Mom's name was Lauren.

Yeah, but back then her nickname was, 'Betty.'

No idea how you get Betty from Lauren. [chuckles] Kids.

Betty... Baxter?

Well, that was her name after she married me.

Before that her last name was 'Smith'.

[door slams]

[crash]

Blythe?

Where's Speedy Shellberg? I've gotta speak to him right away!

Did you hear something?

I don't think so.

C'mon, pets, stop kidding around! I need to find Speedy!

Huh, I could have sworn I heard a voice.

Must've been the wind.

[giggle]

We're using reverse psychology.

Reverse psychology? To do what?

To get you to talk to us. And it worked!

HEY, EVERYBODY! BLYTHE's talking to us!

[big cheer]

Where did you get the idea that I wasn't talking to you?

Vinnie said he heard you say it.

Oh, no, I was just venting to Youngmee.

You're all my very special best friends

and I'll always want to talk to you.

Awwwww!

Except right now. I need to talk to Speedy.

I just found out that he was my mom's pet!

[excited chatter]

And according to Speedy, she could speak to pets, too!

GET OUT!

That means my mom probably went through all the things

I'm going through.

Talking to Speedy would be the closest thing

I ever have to talking to her! I've gotta find him.

I've got a million questions!

Ha ha ha! That 'speed demon'?

He's not going anywhere. I just saw him right over there.

Uh, he isn't 'right over there.'

[Everyone calls Speedy]

Speedy, where are you?

He's not in the dumbwaiter!

He's not behind the hydrant slide!

He's not under this decorative rock!

Well, we've covered the day camp. Where else could he be?

Uh, maybe he went into Mrs. Twombly's office.

What time is it? Oh, my!

It's time for my afternoon constitutional.

♪♪

How could a tortoise just disappear?

Where did you guys see him last?

Last time we saw him, he was uh...

...waiting for the bus.

That's funny. The only place he could get a bus is outside.

Uh-oh.

♪♪

All: SPEEDY!

[car horn honks]

Hey, I'm walkin' here!

We've got to catch Speedy before something bad happens!

He's a tortoise. Of COURSE we can catch him.

Russell, didn't you ever read the story

of the 'Tortoise and the Hare'?

The very speedy hare was overconfident

so the much slower tortoise won the race at the end.

That's just a bedtime story. This is real life!

♪♪

OMG! I think Speedy got on that bus!

Hmph! Just a bedtime story, huh?

That's impossible!

I told you Speedy was wise.

(Speedy) Come here often?

There he is!

Don't meet a lot of other tortoises out on the town.

Name's Speedy Shellberg, and yes, that's my real name.

Whoa!

♪♪

Hey, I'm not complaining,

but aren't we moving a little fast?

Whoa!

SPEEDY! LOOK OUT!

Whoa... Time for my meditation break.

Ommmm.

Ooohhhh!

Oh, no, I can't look.

[thud]

Ahhh. Meditation can take you to such great heights.

[panicked shouts]

♪♪

Come on you guys! Move it, move it!

♪♪

This isn't the health club!

[clamoring]

He must have gone down in the elevator!

♪♪

[clamoring]

[groan]

[tired chattering]

I don't see him. I don't see him!

There he is!

Yup. Time to swim my laps.

Speedy, no!

[panicked shouts]

Don't do it!

Oof! [gasp]

They drained the pool again?

Why doesn't anyone tell me these things!

[sigh of relief] He's OK.

He had a parachute. He had a parachute?

♪♪

Oh, hello. You going swimming, too?

Well, don't bother. The pool's empty.

Speedy, where in the world did you get a parachute?

It's a toy that one of my owners stashed in my shell years ago.

Ah, the young ones used to love to hide things in there.

Isn't that right, Betty?

Speedy, like I told you before, I'm not Be-

Wait a second. Do I really look like Betty?

Of course you look like yourself.

Oh, and I've got something of yours.

[clatter]

Your journal.

[gasp] My mom's journal.

I never let anyone see it. Just like you asked.

Speedy, do you happen to remember why Betty--

I mean why I didn't want anyone to read this?

Of course. You knew that nobody could ever understand

how it feels to have your ability to talk to pets.

So you wrote all about it in there, remember?

[sigh]

♪♪

'Dear diary.

I thought I always knew what I wanted to be when I grew up,

but when I discovered I could speak with pets,

well, it's turned everything upside down.

But in the best way.

Wait, did I just write I could speak to pets?

Yes, I can and you're the only one who knows, diary.

But I'm glad you do.'

Ah, Betty. You always did worry about what you were gonna be

when you grew up.

But take it from a guy who grew up a long time ago.

You've got plenty of time to find yourself, kiddo.

Things have a way of working out.

Just be yourself, and you can't go wrong.

♪♪

Blythe Baxter here, and welcome, once again, to my Video Blog.

I want to introduce you to some of my pet friends.

Say hello pets!

[animal sounds]

Today, I learned about someone who was just like me

when they were a kid.

And that person grew up to be someone really cool.

So who knows what the future brings?

I could grow up to be a pilot, a pet shop owner,

a fashion designer or even...a mom.

I could be all of those things.

The future seems limitless and no doubt full of distractions.

Sometimes you realize that distractions

don't keep you from your life... they are your life!

And that life is pretty great!