02x09 - The Bubble

[bunniefuu]

[♪]

(inhales deeply)

Aah! Now that's fresh.
Ha, ha!

A "Fume‐Free Friday"
is going according to plan.

Wonderful, clean air,

and not a speck
of exhaust in sight.

(distant engine roars)

- (rap music blasting, bass pounding)
- (exclaims)

Please tell me
that's not...

Happy Friday, suckers!

Check out the car

my mom gets to drive!
Whoo!

- (rap music continues)
- (Gabby laughs)

Can I just tell you
how happy I am

you did that story on the
Havensburg Low‐Rider Club?

Let's show 'em what she can do!

- (gasps)
- (shattering)

- (rap music continues)
- (engine revs, exploding)

- (steam hissing)
- Gabby: Whoo!

- (engine backfires)
- (laughing)

Oof...

Aah!

- Whoo!
- (engine backfires)

I think they get it!

Yeah...

(sighs happily)

What?

Theme song playing...

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ I do normal like a fish
rides a bicycle ♪

♪ Fit in like summer
and an icicle ♪

♪ Don't fight it,
just be an original ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ I roller skate
outside the lines ♪

♪ When I try to stay in,
it's no surprise ♪

♪ It's a fail, it's okay,
I'm one of a kind ♪

♪ One of a, one of a kind ♪

♪ So anytime I feel
some type of way ♪

♪ Don't understand
the human race ♪

♪ So what, so what, so what ♪

♪ I do my thing,
I do my thing ♪

♪ You do your thing,
You do your thing ♪

♪ When we don't fit in ♪

♪ We stand out in the crowd
and we shout it loud ♪

♪ I do my thing,
I do my thing ♪

♪ I'm the one and only,
I'm the one and only ♪

♪ Don't try to fit in,
Don't try to fit in ♪

♪ Mm‐hmm, I do my thing ♪
[font color=#FF FF]*GABBY DURAN AND THE UNSTABLES*[/font]

[font color=# FF ]Season Episode [/font]
Episode Title: [font color=#FFc f]"The Buble"[/font]

I can't believe you drove
to school on Fume‐Free Friday!

Oh, come on! How could
I have possibly known

today was Fume‐Free Friday?

Student:
Fume‐Free Friday!

Fine. I'm sorry.

But I don't see why
it's such a big deal

if one awesome mom‐daughter duo

rolls up to school
in a sweet ride.

It'd be one thing if you
just drove here, Gabby,

but revving the engine
on a car that old?

Your mom produced like a
week's worth of air pollution.

Unnecessary driving
like that might be why

Havensburg's carbon footprint

is the biggest it's been
in years.

Okay, I admit,
I didn't know that.

But, to be fair,

I have a pretty full life,
since I'm always...

(softly):
"baking bananas."

We've really gotta
come up with a better code

for babysitting aliens.

So occasionally,
I miss a few things.

Wesley:
It's more than that, Gabby.

I bet you didn't even notice
the new kid, Mark.

We got a new kid?

Wesley:
Yeah.

We're all pretty sure
he's an undercover journalist

doing some story
about junior high.

Hmm.

No offense, but you kinda
live in your own little bubble.

- What?
- I'm sending you a link to Burst My Bubble.

It's a news site about
the most important things

going on in the world
right now.

(phone chimes)

Okay, I can tell just
from the font choice

that this is gonna be boring.

Do I really have to do this?

This is important, Gabby.

As a person,

you can't be fully‐formed

till you're fully‐informed.

My actions this morning
were inexcusable,

and I sincerely apologize.

I let my excitement at driving
that car override my judgment.

Can you blame me, though?

With the big block engine
on that thing?

And, I mean, ha‐ha,
the hydraulics?

You just flip that switch
and it's like...

Um, anyways...

What I'm saying is
I am so, so sorry

for ruining Fume‐Free Friday.

Pay it no mind, Ms. Duran.

Uh... I put up a, a brave face,

but the truth is, Fume‐Free
Friday was ruined for me

a long time ago.

Happy Fume‐Free Friday,
fellow cyclists!

- (bike bell dings)
- I had just got a new bike,

and was so proud
to be bicycling.

That is, until...

Are those training wheels?

(bike bell dings)

Principal Swift doesn't
know how to ride a bike!

(all laughing)

You all have detention!

The entire school has detention!

- Whoa‐oh‐oh‐oh!
- (students continue laughing)

(exclaims)

Oh...

Bicycles aren't really a thing
where I come from.

So I didn't learn
when I was young.

I attempted to teach myself,
but to no avail.

I am doomed to be an adult man

who will never know the
joy of carefree cycling. (sniffs)

Don't b*at yourself up over it.

Learning to ride a bike
is hard for a lot of people.

Mostly children.

Oh, well, did your children
find it hard?

Uh, absolutely not.

But that's just because
I'm a world‐class teacher.

Some have called me
"The Bike Whisperer."

(gasps) Really? Well...
Well, who, exactly?

Oh, humph. You know...

Some.

Oh, oh, yeah. Mmm.

Well, could you...

maybe teach me to ride a bike?

First lesson...

you don't ride the bike.

You ride yourself.

I'll see you tomorrow at noon.

All right, Wes. Fine.

I'll learn about what's
going on in the world.

"Texas‐sized garbage island

in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean."

Okay, that can't be a thing.

Yep. It's a thing.

This isn't gonna be fun...

How many hurricanes are there?

(crowd chanting over computer)

The bees are dying?

People are saying Black lives
don't matter? That's awful!

We're not even recycling
the recycling?

Person trades house
for knee surgery...

Fires rage in the Amazon...
Glaciers are melting...

Worst food crisis
in years...

Toxins in the drinking water...

Teacher spends full salary
on school supplies?

(echoing):
School supplies?

(panting)

Huh?

Wes! The Earth is on fire,
and we've gotta fix it!

[♪]

I don't wanna alarm anyone,

but you should all be
very alarmed right now.

Earth is in trouble, guys.

And only we can save it.

I'm talking air pollution,
water pollution, land pollution...

All the pollutions!

Plus climate change,
systemic racism,

hunger, wildfires...

Oh, did I mention
the bees are dying?

Oh, no.

Are the A's and C's and other
Alpha‐Bits in danger, as well?

Yeah, I really did mean
to text Sky, not you...

Sky's dad.

So, you can go.

Not problem. I have all day.

Someone's gotta do something.

And since we're the ones
with alien knowledge

and super advanced technology,

it should probably be us.

So, what ideas do we have?

I think we should focus on
tangible things

we can do in the community.

For instance,
I'm preparing meals

for healthcare workers
at the hospital.

Delicious Havensburg honeysuckle
mayonnaise sandwiches.

Ooh! Hmm...

Mmm! Okay, this is delicious.

Why, thank you.

But your plan's garbage.

If we're gonna
make a difference,

we have to think bigger
than sandwiches.

Or, do we need to think
bigger sandwiches?

No, I, I hear it now.

(alarm blaring on phone)

You see this?

More bad news is coming in
every second, people.

We need to act fast. What
other ideas do we have?

I can invent a cloning device

to repopulate
endangered species.

Perfect. Anyone else?

I just got this super‐vacuum
from Blurt.

He said it'll suck up
anything in the galaxy.

(vacuum whirring)

- Oh!
- (vacuum powers down)

I'm gonna use it
to suck up dogs.

Everyone loves them so much!
I don't trust it.

They're the real problem.

Or you could use it
to pick up trash.

I hear you loud and clear:

dogs are trash and
I'm suckin' em up!

We'll talk later.

I will wage w*r on all
gas‐guzzling modes of transport,

as if they were
my one true enemy.

Don't hurt anyone, but I
love where your head's at!

I can donate green bean.

Once again, kinda weird
you're still here.

(soft chattering)

We're doing it, team.

We're gonna change the world.

(humming)
Oh!

Where is Ms. Duran?
She said she'd be...

(dance music playing)

(gasps) Oh! Ha‐ha‐ha!

Yeah!

[♪]

(Principal Swift exclaiming)

Aah! Ooh!

Principal Swift:
(chuckling) Wow.

That was quite an impressive...

Ooh! Nope, she's back at it.

(dance music playing)

(laughs) Oh!

(Principal Swift laughing)

- Oh!
- Impressive, no?

Mmm.

I'm sure you'd like to do
moves like that.

Oh, goodness yes.
(laughs)

Unfortunately,
you're not ready for that.

Um‐hmm.

Before you can ride a bike,

you have to learn
the nuts and bolts.

- Mmm.
- Literally.

(laughs): Oh! How did you
take it apart that fast?

I'm the Bike Whisperer.

Now, put it back together.

Right. Yes.

I can do that.
(laughs)

(clears throat) No problemo.

(gasps, whimpers)

Big problemo.
(chuckles)

Also, I'm not sure I understand

how exactly this will
help me ride a bike.

You will.

(whimpers) Wait!

Gabby: Here we go.
"Operation: Save the World."

How's it going out there?

It's going great.

I super‐vac'ed up every
hunk of junk in this park.

[♪]

Wait, you didn't, like,
vacuum up the slides

and swing sets
and stuff, did you?

You just said no dogs!

Kali, talk to me.

The battle on fuel‐inefficient
transport fares well.

I have slain my first
gas‐guzzling behemoth.

Gabby (over phone): Wait!
That's the car my mom's been...

borrowing.

Maybe don't slay
anything else, okay?

(computer beeps)

Ugh! Why isn't anything working?

(alarm blaring on phone)

Seriously? More bad news?

Hey! So, for the record,

I am very proud of you for
stepping outside your bubble.

Do you think maybe
you should slow down a bit?

We're trying to solve some
complicated problems here.

Slow down?
We can't slow down, Wes!

Everything was great when I didn't
know what was going on in the world.

But now I do,
and it's all terrible,

and I'm not gonna feel
okay again until I fix it!

Rooney! Where're we at
with those bees?

They aren't gonna
repopulate themselves!

It's getting close. I just have to
make a few final adjustments.

We don't have time
for adjustments.

We've got bees to save.

(bees buzzing)

So, if everything works
like it's supposed to,

the augmenter and
duplicator oscillators

should be able to copy
the bees' DNA

while simultaneously
enhancing their natural size,

strength, speed, and appetite.

Gabby, are we sure
this is a good idea?

Ugh! Of course this is
a good idea, Wes!

The bees aren't thriving, so,

we gotta make 'em thrive.
Hit it!

- (bangs)
- (electricity sparking)

(zapping)

Holy stromboli! It worked!

Four bees, strength now at %.

- (buzzing)
- More!

- More bees, or more bee strength?
- Both.

Rooney:
Yeah, that's not a good idea.

This is a highly
unstable process.

We need to keep testing this
over a few days.

- Maybe weeks.
- Look, Gabby.

We've done a lot of good today.

Maybe we can just
let this one go.

- (alarm blaring on phone)
- Are you not reading the news?

Every moment we wait,
the world keeps getting worse!

- (bees buzzing)
- So, we need more bees,

we need them even stronger,

and we need them now!

- Stop!
- (clangs)

- (power surging)
- (electricity sparking)

(whimpers)

(gasps)

(zapping)

Turn it off!
That's too many bees!

- (zapping)
- (Gabby and Jeremy yell)

(shattering)

(buzzing)

Okay, so I might have
overdone it a little...

(buzzing)

- Hey, there, nice bees!
- (Wes whimpering)

Does it tick anyone
else off how delicious

these honeysuckle mayonnaise
sandwiches are?

The bees! The bees!

- Aah!
- (gasps)

(Jeremy screaming, crying)

- Orb: What's going on down...
- (buzzing)

Not like this!

- (shattering)
- (thuds)

My beautiful sandwich...
They ate it.

(pants) What is with these bees?

Looks like we've just created

a super‐aggressive race
of electro‐m*rder bees!

Oh, cruddlesticks!

From the looks of their DNA,

they've got a taste for
honeysuckle mayo.

Oh, no! Olivia's making a bunch of
honeysuckle mayonnaise sandwiches

for her charity event!
We have to warn her.

B‐but how are we gonna
get there before the bees?

[♪]

- (rap music blasting)
- (tires screech)

(bass thumping)

Thanks, Sky's Dad. Always
helps to have an adult around here

with a driver's license,
am I right?

What's a driver's license?

How you doing back there, pal?

I'm bad! Real bad!

Copy that.

(distant indistinct chatter)

Oh...

Where are the bees?

When I eat too much honeysuckle
mayo, I get kinda sleepy.

Maybe they stopped to take a nap
in their little honeycomb bee beds?

Aw, do you think
they have little beds?

- (distant buzzing)
- Oh!

(screaming)

So, no bee beds, then?

Be one with the bike.

I'm trying! Ooh!

It's not working. Aah.

Just do it.

Be one with the bike.

(inhales, exhales slowly)

- (crashes)
- Aah!

- (thuds)
- Oh! Whew!

What was that?

Did you close your eyes?

I was trying to be one
with the bike!

That's not how you do it!

You're not giving up on me,
are you?

(exhales slowly)

Do not yell at your
daughter's principal...

(inhales, exhales slowly)

I'm not giving up on you.

Oh... (pants)

It's just... The Bike Whisperer

needs a little time to herself.

- Dina: Who closes their eyes?
- (footsteps departing)

How does one
"become one with the bike?"

Oh! (panting)

Wait...

(munching)

(groaning)
Mmm?

Ooh... (exhales)

(squishing noises)

[♪]

Principal Swift:
Ooh! This is nice.

- Mmm... Aah!
- Dina: Principal Swift!

- (Principal Swift grunting)
- I just got an alert from Burst My Bubble!

There's some kind of electrical
bee swarm at the hospital! (gasps)

Olivia's there
passing out sandwiches...

Wait. Where'd he go?

And why are there two bikes?

No time. I gotta
get to the hospital.

[♪]

Principal Swift:
Ow!

What was that?

- (screaming)
- (loud buzzing)

Giant k*ller bees!

(all screaming)

Why didn't you just let me
stay in my bubble?

I'm asking myself
the same thing.

(screaming)

Doctor (yelling):
My honeysuckle mayo sandwich!

We've gotta do something.

Bingo!

(upbeat song plays
through headphones)

Hey! Oh, hey, Gabby...

I'm gonna need all of this.

Aah!

Aah!

Hey, bees! I'm covered in
delicious honeysuckle mayo!

Come and get me!

- (screaming)
- (bees buzzing)

That's it! Over here!

Now, Jeremy!

But that dog!

- (panting)
- Like...

what's he up to?

Are you kidding me?
Get the bees!

(vacuum powers up)

- (vacuum powers down)
- It should have been the dog.

Sorry again about the whole

giant swarm of
electro‐m*rder bees thing.

I guess maybe I went
a little overboard

trying to solve everything
all at once.

It's okay. It's easy to feel
overwhelmed by things.

That panicky,
high‐strung feeling

is what some of us call home.

That's why I try to focus...

on the little things.

Yeah. I think you might
be on to something, there.

Is that your mom?

(dance music playing)

Principal Swift:
Ooh! (grunts) Ow!

Is everything okay?
Are the bees still here?

No, Mom. Everything's fine.

- (pants)
- Things got a little scary there for a sec.

But...

(rap music blaring,
bass thumping)

Oh, no! I was borrowing that!

Oh!

Principal Swift: I did it! I
became one with the bike.

Now to wait until
no one's around

before transforming back.

Check it out! Free bike.

Let's smash it with
my mom's sledgehammer.

Principal Swift:
(groans) Oh!

[♪]

Gabby: Next time on "Gabby
Duran and the Unsittables"...

Jeremy, we need to talk
about your blobbing out.

I'm hosting an
open mic fundraiser.

You can sing, dance...

♪ Cheeeeeeese! ♪

Here's to giving my
best friend an alien potion

to turn his terrible voice
into gold.

(in Gabby's voice):
♪ When life... ♪

(in Wes' voice):
♪ Is so hard... ♪

(gasps) Oh!