03x01 - Buster's Back/The Ballad of Buster Baxter

[bunniefuu]

♪ Every day when you're
walking down the street ♪

♪ Everybody that you meet
has an original point of view. ♪

( laughs )

♪ And I say hey! ♪

Hey!

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

♪ If we could learn
to work and play ♪

♪ And get along
with each other ♪

♪ You got to listen
to your heart ♪

♪ Listen to the beat ♪

♪ Listen to the rhythm,
the rhythm of the street ♪

♪ Open up your eyes,
open up your ears ♪

♪ Get together and make things
better by working together ♪

♪ It's a simple message
and it comes from the heart ♪

♪ Believe in yourself ♪

♪ For that's the place
to start ♪

♪ And I say hey! ♪

Hey!

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

♪ If we could learn
to work and play ♪

♪ And get along
with each other. ♪

Hey!

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪

♪ Hey! What a wonderful
kind of day. ♪

Hey!

ARTHUR:
Hey, D.W.

Hey!

Whoa!

( crash )

ARTHUR:
Mission control to Explorer .

BUSTER ( over radio ):
This is Explorer .

Hi, Arthur.

Hi-- how was Jupiter?

Gaseous-- wait till
you see my pictures.

Let's get together later.

It'll be like old times.

( crowd cheering )

ARTHUR:
Buster,
welcome back!

I have our bikes
ready to go.

It's great to come home

to my little town.

( loud thump )

( gasps )

Wow, this town's changed.

Huh?

No, it's the same.

You've changed.

( in mechanical voice ):
You think it's
the cosmic rays?

I don't think this is going
to be like old times.

Hi, guys.

( whining )

Come on, Kate.

Eat your breakfast.

( slurping )

( spits )

I had the worst nightmare.

Buster came back
completely changed.

Who's Bumpster?

Mom! make her stop.

She knows
who Buster is.

More eating and less arguing.

I'm trying to make
fried liver paste.

Ew!
Yuck!

( phone rings )

I got it.

Hello?

Yeah.

Yeah?

Yeah!

Arthur? Are you okay?

WOMAN ( on phone ):
Arthur? Hello? Hello?

Buster's coming home!

He's coming home today!

He's so happy.

Buster must be
bringing dessert.

What?

Whoo-hoo!

ARTHUR ( outside ):
Buster's...

coming...

home!

ARTHUR:
Buster's coming home!

What?

Strike three!

What?!

( both gasp )

( bubbly ):
Buster's pointing at a building?

Buster's... coming... home!

Hello? Arthur? Hello?

Are you there?

ARTHUR:
Buster's coming home!

( door squeaks open,
slams shut )

Make sure there's
plenty of food.

Buster eats a lot.

I know, I know.

Buster will love this.

How many kids get to
eat their own face?

What are you hiding from now?

( groaning ):
I'm looking for buster's
favorite, exciting, cool game

so we can play
when he gets here.

Hmm.

Got it!

Checkers is your
most exciting

cool game?

I don't even hear you.

Maybe he doesn't like
checkers anymore.

Maybe he won't be
your friend anymore.

He's been all around the world
and you've been in your room.

( Arthur humming loudly
to block out D.W. )

Buster won't want
to be friends

because I'm not
as exciting as
Wisconsin?

Maybe-- my cousin went
to Kentucky and came back

with an accent.

She came back

a different
person.

( gasps )

( with British accent ):
Pip-pip, tallyho,
crumpets.

People change
when they learn.

Would you play
with baby toys now?

No.

( tires screech )

Buon giorno, Arturo!

Arrivederci, Arturo!

Hi... uh, bye.

You must look
at this logically.

We'll check

your horoscope.

"You will change jobs."

I don't have a job.

Okay, how about Buster's?

"Big changes
in store."

( gasps )

"You feel like
a new person."

Oh, no!

( speaking Japanese )

( mule brays )

Howdy.

( gasps )

Howdy, howdy, howdy!

( door slams )

( elephant trumpets )

( gulps hard )

( in Scottish accent ):
No time for checkers.

We're training
for the nationals.

ARTHUR:
Whoa!

( elephant trumpeting )

This can't happen, can it?

Can Buster have changed
that much?

Sure, he did a lot
of new, exciting things...

But I did stuff
that was just as good.

( camera shutter clicking
furiously )

( TV playing )

The origin of
Bionic Bunny.

Now I've seen it
an even hundred times.

( eagle calling,
wind whistling )

Wow.

( animals roaring, growling )

What if Buster thinks
I'm boring?

I called the airport.

Buster's plane will arrive
in two hours.

I only have two hours

to get ready for the new Buster!

A book on
mountain climbing

and China
and Wisconsin.

I forgot the Sahara Desert!

Thank you, Miss Turner.

China... ( reading to himself )

The Alps...
( reading to himself )

Antarctic penguins...
( reading to himself )

( pal whines )

ARTHUR:
Oh, no!

Time's up!
Buster will be home right now!

MAN ( on TV ):
Could be another record
for the champ.

WOMAN ( on TV ):
In the all-Canada
knitting finals

Curcurillo knit an entire flag
and a dozen tube socks.

MAN:
Uh-oh, the champ has
jabbed himself.

WOMAN:
I see blood.

If the garment is stained,
he loses big points.

Did Buster call?

No, honey.

( dejectedly ):
Oh...

( studio audience applauds )

I hope I know enough stuff now.

I'm too nervous to read anymore.

( sadly ):
He's not going to call.

D.W. was right.

He doesn't want
to talk to me anymore.

( vacuum cleaner whirring )

( clicks off )

Arthur?

( sniffling )

I'm sure buster
will call you soon.

Yeah, right... sure, whatever.

( door closes )

Let's play checkers.

Checkers?!

I will not fritter
away valuable time

on such triviality.

If checkers is

your idea
of exciting

perhaps you need
a new friend.

I went around the
whole wide world,
you know.

( groans )

Aren't you going
to play checkers

with bus stop?

Buster-- and I have
other friends, you know.

If he doesn't want
to come over, fine.

There's Brain and Francine
and Muffy.

Like flying
in a plane

makes you a big man.

How interesting
can old ruins be?

BUSTER:
Really interesting.

Hi.

Hi!

Hi, Bus Stop.

Hi, P.W.

( giggling ):
You're silly.

I was organizing your photos.

Are you organizing
used tissues and
old gum, too?

Go away.

I brought stuff for you.

Presents!

Did you see
the white cliffs of Dover?

BUSTER:
Yeah, sure.

They were white, all right.

Wow!

Is this what foreign
doctors give sh*ts with?

No, that's...

That's the
Eiffel Tower.

It's feet tall--
right?

I guess.

I rode on
a double decker

in London.

In England, a truck
is a lorry.

Right?

I think so--
there was one thing

I wanted to do...

To climb Mount Everest

the highest mountain
in the world?

No, something exciting...

To walk on the Great Wall
of China?

No, I...

To ride a mule

down the Grand Canyon

a gorge
in northwestern Arizona?

No, no, no.

Something exciting.

I wanted
to play checkers

with you.

Just like
old times.

Really?

BUSTER:
I would've come over hours ago

but I fell asleep

On the ride home.

I thought you didn't want to.

What, and miss this?

Did you read all those?

I just started.

You think checkers is exciting?

Yeah!

Are you sure

you went all
around the world?

I thought it was exciting
before I went.

What'd you
think, D.W.?

He was going to be
all different now?

It was worth coming back
just for this.

Yay!
Aw...

I'm glad you
still like
checkers.

I was afraid you
might have changed
while I was gone.

After this game,
want some cake?

Yeah, but only
if we can play

another game of
checkers after.

Sure!

( guitar begins playing )

♪ This is the story
about the face on the cake ♪

♪ It belongs to...
Buster Baxter ♪

♪ Baby boy bunny Buster Baxter
was born eight years ago ♪

♪ At first all he did
was cry and eat ♪

♪ And eat and eat and grow,
eat and grow... ♪

That's all he did.

♪ He met Arthur,
they became friends-- ♪

It was an historic day.

♪ They always have lots of fun ♪

♪ They like
to read and play-- hey! ♪

♪ Then one day, Buster found out
he was going to go ♪

♪ Going to go bye-bye. ♪

♪ He went around the world
a couple of times ♪

♪ We thought
he'd left the show. ♪

♪ Buster Baxter went away,
then he came back ♪

♪ Buster Baxter,
this is what he found... ♪

It looks just like I never left.

Hey!

BUSTER:
Mmm, great cake!

I got to eat my own face.

That's exactly
what I said.

Ah, it sure feels good
to be back.

I was afraid things
would change.

BRAIN:
Hey, Buster.

Glad you're back.

While you
were gone

we started a
checker championship:

best of , games.

So far it's a tie.

We're scheduled
to finish today.

Oh, I
forgot.

Go ahead, I'll watch.

There's only games left.

But you just
came home.

Is there a way
we can all play?

♪ Arthur didn't want
to leave Buster out ♪

♪ Of that he can be proud ♪

♪ But when you're
playing checkers... ♪

♪ Three's a crowd. ♪

You can't move
that black piece.

That's my black piece.

No, it's my black piece.

That one's mine
and that's yours.

You're jumping your
own piece with my piece.

Brain is red and
his pieces go this way.

I'm black and
I go that way.

Buster, you have
red and black

a penny, a stamp
and a monopoly shoe

and you go that way.

Wait, that's...
oh, my brain hurts.

Maybe I should
just watch.

Thanks-- it's
only because

This is for
the championship.

It's just nice
to be with friends.

What did you say?

♪ This is the next day,
that's all I have to say, hey! ♪

BUSTER:
Arthur, want to see
my travel slides?

Oh, hi, Brain.

What's up?

We're writing
a book.

Like ours?

Sort of the same

but not exactly
like our book.

You and The Brain
are writing our book?

After them!

ARTHUR:
We're a perfect team

friar Brain.

I was able
to rescue you

using a
mathematical formula.

This is a right triangle.

The rescue swing's angle
of inclination and velocity

were easy to determine.

We'll get you yet!

( laughing )

You changed everything.

Some of your situations
were unbelievable.

But it was
exciting!

Now it's logical
and exciting.

Buster, you
weren't around.

You can help us now.

I'll do a scene where
pirates ride an Apatosaurus

and crush buildings.

Um... no, dinosaurs
and pirates never
coexisted.

Now they ride horses.

Horses don't crush buildings.

They crush flowers.

MOOSE:
♪ Buster Baxter went away
and he came back ♪

♪ He was starting to feel
like things had changed. ♪

Carpet of Doom!

I want to see that!

I'll call Arthur.

FRANCINE:
It's Buster.

You went to see Carpet of Doom
without me?

We didn't go...

We forgot to call you.

I was
about to say

We didn't go to
Carpet of Doom.

Come on, I know
Arthur wouldn't go

to a "Kresblain the
Merry Magician" movie.

You always said
you hated Kresblain.

He's so... blah!

I used to
not like
Kresblain.

Francine loaned
me all the tapes

and I caught
Kresblamania.

( gasps )

MOOSE:
♪ Kresblamania, it's insane-ia ♪

♪ How could Arthur
catch Kresblamania? ♪

We have
to go, honey.

Bye.

♪ Kresblamania, it's insane-ia ♪

♪ How could Buster
not catch Kresblamania? ♪

Did you
hear that?

He thinks
he's so above
Kresblain.

I think going away
turned Buster

into an s-n-o-b.

No, you don't...

No!

Really?

MUFFY:
He thinks
he's superior

because now
he eats snails.

Who wants to trade
for a peanut butter

and, uh...
more peanut butter?

You wouldn't like it--
no snails.

♪ Life can be tough as nails ♪

♪ When your friends think you're
a guy who likes to eat snails. ♪

( square dance music playing )

♪ The kids forgot
they learned to dance ♪

♪ When Buster
wasn't around ♪

♪ But boy, did Buster know it,
he couldn't do-si-do it. ♪

♪ He decided to get out before
he knocked everybody down. ♪

Change partners!

Promenade!

Quack like
a duck!

Look!

He thinks
he's too good

for square dancing, too.

( sighs )

♪ Buster was feeling more left
out with every passing day ♪

♪ Even when
he found something cool... ♪

Arthur, I found
a weird key.

Maybe it's the key
to a sports car.

When we find out,
we can split
it - .

That's Mr. Morris's.

You'd better put it back.

♪ Someone else had found it
first when he was away. ♪

( school bell ringing )

FRANCINE:
Kresblain Club meeting

at Muffy's house--
don't be late.

you want to come
to the Kresblain Club?

No, thanks.

Go ahead.

Well... see you.

Hmph!

When my family
used to travel

I felt out of place
back at home.

Yeah?

That's how I feel.

Kids think you're weird
if you accidentally use French

like c'est la vie.

I was only in France
a week.

A week? I was
only there a day.

You must be
an expert.

No, I'm not,
and I didn't
eat any snails.

But I watched TV.

ANNOUNCER:
Voici le lapin bionique

combinaison de technique
scientifique de point...

BUSTER:
They were the same shows
but in French.

You know how Bionic
Bunny always says...

I don't know
much about TV.

How about checkers?

I don't like
checkers-- see you.

( gavel bangs )

I wish Buster
were here.

The things we do
aren't exciting for him.

He didn't want
to write a book.

Because it had no snails in it.

We have nothing in common
with him.

We're still his friends.

If he likes new stuff

maybe we'd like it, too.

I never thought of that.

Let's throw a party
and watch his slides.

We'll see
what he saw

and have that
in common.

ALL:
Yeah!

( balloon inflates )

( music playing )

Wow!

Great idea--
this is fun.

Didn't you notice?

Notice what?

Buster isn't here!

Nope.

Well, that's it.

He obviously
doesn't want

to be
our friend.

Why else
wouldn't he come?

MOOSE:
♪ He's a sad, sad bunny,
a sad, sad bunny ♪

♪ TV isn't funny when you're
a sad, sad bunny-- yee-haw! ♪

Hey! that's not sad music.

( somber music ):
♪ He's a sad, sad bunny ♪

♪ A sad, sad,
sad, sad... bunny... ♪

( sighs )

I can't believe he didn't come.

What did he say
when you invited him?

I didn't;
Francine invited him.

No, Muffy invited him.

I thought Brain did.

Weighing the facts
using elementary deduction

I conclude that
no one invited Buster.

You think that's
why he's not here?

( doorbell rings )

MOOSE:
♪ Buster Baxter and his friends
got a brand-new start ♪

♪ It was just like
they'd never... been apart. ♪

( popcorn crunching,
slide projector clicking )

( laughter )

ARTHUR:
That looks so cool.

Buster, pass
the popcorn.

I thought it was for me.

You ate all
that popcorn?

I'm glad we're
having fun again.

I thought aliens had replaced
you with cyborg twins

programmed to make
me miserable.

OTHERS:
He's the same old Buster.

( others laughing )

MOOSE:
♪ That's how it happened,
you can see ♪

♪ To Buster and the kids
in Elwood City ♪

♪ Now they know
when you're close friends ♪

♪ You can always
get back together again. ♪

So, how long has
the singing guy been around?

What? I thought he
came here with you!

♪ Buster Baxter went away
and he came back ♪

♪ Buster Baxter... ♪

That was weird.

Yeah.

Mom!

There's a singing moose

in front of the house!

♪ Buster Baxter... ♪

♪ What a wonderful
kind of day ♪

♪ If we could learn
to work and play ♪

♪ And get along
with each other ♪

♪ You got to listen
to your heart ♪

♪ Listen to the beat ♪

♪ Listen to the rhythm,
the rhythm of the street ♪

♪ It's a simple message
and it comes from the heart ♪

♪ Believe in yourself ♪

♪ For that's the place
to start ♪

♪ And I say hey! ♪

♪ Hey! What a wonderful
kind of day ♪

♪ If we could learn
to work and play ♪

♪ And get along
with each other ♪

♪ Hey! What a wonderful
kind of day! ♪

♪ Hey! ♪