03x43 - Revenge of the Zeros

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Electric Company". Aired: January 19, 2009, to August 27, 2012.*
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03x43 - Revenge of the Zeros

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Zero -- zero is the number

that comes before one.

It also means nothing.

Ruin -- when you ruin

something, you mess it up.

Amount -- amount is how much

there is of something.

Correct -- if something is

correct, it means it's right.

Check -- when you

check something,

you make sure it's correct.

So we have Zero, Ruin,

Amount, Correct, and Check.

Watch out for them

in today's show.

I'm here at Paul the Gorilla's

Annual Banana Festival

and what an appealing day

it's been so far.

Ha, ha, appealing!

From the banana photo booth, to

the strange but wonderful banana

petting zoo, to the always

popular cart of banana stuff.

(laughing)

And now, to the Nothing But

Banana Sculpture Contest.

Let's see how Paul scores Marcus

and Keith's banana Eiffel Tower.



And Annie and Danny's

banana Taj Mahal.



(applause and cheers)

. -- we can b*at that.

Ours is

definitely a .

Paul...that sign said

zero, as in nothing.

As in no points at all.

Did you see our

banana Taj Mahal?

Did you see it?

Because it looks just

like the real thing.

What am I missing?

Annie!

You said you were going

to read the rules?

Hey, I don't read rules, ok?

What kind of Prankster

do you think I am?

But...

(cheering)

A zero?

Danny Rebus

is not a zero!

A nothing! A nada!

They get it!

Well, that does

it from the park.

Paul and I are off to

the diner to get ready

for the Banana

Festival Party!

Hope to see you

there later, bye.

Hey guys, I think your

sculpture was really awesome,

even if it did have

a strawberry on it.

Gee, thanks.

I'm really sorry that

you guys got zero,

I thought your sculpture

was really awesome.

Will we see you

at the party?

You might.

Come on Rebus, are you

thinking what I'm thinking?

That depends on what

you're thinking.

(whispering)

I'm sorry, all I heard

was ruin the party!

Shhh!

Was that loud?

Yes!

Hey you guys!



Feel the power

Feel the power

Feel the power, yo

And plug it in!

It's electric

(Electric Company)

Get connected

(Electric Company)

It's electric

(Electric Company)

Get connected

(Electric Company)

The power we perfected

is electrically connected

So use it as directed

and expect to be respected

Just turn it on

and you will see

That you belong

in the company!

Feel the power

Feel the power

Feel the power, yo

And plug it in!

Plug it in, everybody!

Electric Company

Electric Company

Electric Company...

Electric Company!

Yes, Paul,

the food is all set.

And yes, I ordered the

shiny banana balloon.

Seriously Paul, relax, I got

this party under control.

Oh what?

Have you seen

Danny and Annie?

No, why?

They're going to try

to ruin Paul's party.

Are you serious...why?

Come on, why are they going

to mess with my man, Paul?

We heard them say it.

I saw them too.

They were upset because

they got zero points

at the sculpture

contest.

Guys, you're

upsetting, Paul,

he's already

nervous enough.

Paul, look at me, dude.

No one is going to ruin

this party, ok? Nobody.

Come on, look around, you see

any Pranksters in this diner?

Nope! Exactly!

All right, Scrambler,

what's our move?

A delivery...Rebus,

it's go-time, come on.

Broadway Banana Products.



balloons for

dollars.

So you want a zero,

Paul the gorilla?

We'll show you a zero!

(laughing)

Let me just double-check

the order here.

Oh, my bad, I almost gave you

ten balloons for dollars.

That's correct.

No sir, no, it says

here that you ordered

zero balloons

for dollars.

No wait, wait...

That would be , , , ,

, , , , , , and zero.

There you go, zero balloons;

that will be dollars.

Just send me a check.

What just happened?

Let me see that -- Marcus,

put your power on this.

All right, let's

check this out...

So the correct order was

balloons for dollars.

But if you take the one

from here, move it here.

Zero balloons for dollars,

which means the amount of

balloons and the amount

of dollars was scrambled.



They think we're zeros

and there's nothing to us

In their boots

they're all the same

Tell them, Danny...

'Cause when you do not

give respect to a zero

You are making a big mistake

Tell them, Annie...

They're going to be so sorry

Watch what happens when

you don't appreciate a zero

Something won't add up

Check out these zeros

next to the number one

Six zeros make one million

(Go zero)

You see it's now one million

My hero!

Ignoring zero's power

Could be the biggest

mistake of your life!

Zeros could ruin

what you're doing

Until you learn to

appreciate a zero

Something won't add up!

They can't ruin this party,

all that wonderful food.

Do you realize that

I eat celery for dessert

every single night?

Whoa, every night?

No, I take that back,

once I had to eat dog food.

Gnarly; did you like it?

Why don't you watch this

and decide for yourself.



The Importanator

helps you figure out

what's important in a sentence.

What's important?

Capital letters --

I know what that means.

People -- Amy and Tim!

Bold -- tigers;

Tim juggles tigers?

Italics -- on a tightrope.

Be good, I'll be back soon.



I feel silly; why are

we dressed like dogs?

For the Woof-Woof, Crunchy

Yummy Dog Food Contest.

If I direct the best commercial,

we win a year's supply

of dog food.

But I eat cat food.

You'll get used to it.

Here's the script...

And action!

Cut! Cut! Cut!

Donnie, the word "this"

is in italics.

Oh, italics...So?

That means you have to stress

that word when you read it,

really make it stand out.

Action!

Cut!

Donnie, nice job

stressing the italics,

but you don't have to

stress the word that much.

Let's try this

one more time, ok?

All right, Fuzzball.

Action!

No more dog food!

I'm a cat, I'm a cat!

Hey y'all, look what I can do.

I can raise a letter

to the sky

It's bigger and better

Texas-sized

I can stretch a letter

and make it rise

When it's time to...

Capitalize

Take a look at this sentence.

Look at all those

lower case a's!

Ah! Time to capitalize

what's important.

If it's a start of a sentence

Raise up Armadillos

If it's a place or a person

I have an uncle in Austin

If it's a day of a week

or month in a year

Raise up August

That's capital A's y'all!

Now it's clear

I can raise a letter

to the sky

It's bigger and better

Texas-sized

I can stretch a letter

and make it rise

When it's time to...

Capitalize

Yeah!

So what's happened so far?

Let's check out the scores at

the Banana Sculpture Contest.

We got a . .

Now for the Pranksters score...

That's the number zero...

that means we scored nothing,

no points at all, zero!

Then we'll make some

trouble at the party.

Hey, you guys!

We'll change the amount of

stuff they order for the party.

The amount is how much

you have of something.

bananas.

We'll use zeros to make

the amount more or less.

Though a zero can mean nothing

Some say it doesn't count

A zero has the power

to change the amount

I could take one banana

and make it ten

Now watch what happens

when I do it again

The amount goes up

It becomes

Who made this mess?

The zeros...

Yeah, we did

We didn't end up as

Banana Sculpture heroes

But we'll ruin this party

with the power of zeros

I've never seen

him this way.

Yeah, he took the balloon

thing a little personally.

Ok, thank you, thanks

anyways; all right, bye.

What happened?

Unfortunately, they're all sold

out of shiny banana balloons.

But, we're going to get some

nice normal yellow balloons.

(cheering)

Who doesn't like

nice yellow balloons?

Paul, Paul, come on man,

look at me, look at me.

I'm not going to let Danny

and Annie ruin this party, ok?

Check it out, I made a list,

a list of everything else

we'll need for the party.

When the next delivery comes,

I check the amount on the list.

If it's wrong, we send it

back and we get it right.

Come on, come on,

who loves ya?

Come on, yes!

Annie, you're a genius.

Broadway Banana Products

Company, perfect.

He's loading up

the truck now.

Awesome!

I can't change the list

while he's staring at it,

go distract him.

Distract him? I don't

know how to distract him.

He sells banana stuff,

ask him about that.

Go! Go!



Excuse me, sir.

Do you know where I might

be able to find banana --

Banana what?

Banana...fanny packs?



It's our most popular item,

let me just check.

Hey no!

You want this,

don't you?

You know what?

You're in luck, my friend,

because this is free for you,

and I'll get the straps.

There you go,

that's yours.

If your friends ask you,

which they will,

you got that from

Barry Banana.

I most certainly will.

You have a good day.

Ok!

Hector, delivery.

Barry?

So, I have got cases

of bananas for dollars;

napkins

for dollars;

paper plates

for dollars;

banana pinatas

for dollars;

and one banana-fanna-fo

fanny pack,

and that's just

for the heck of it.

Barry?

That is my name.

Those are not the

correct amounts.

Yes, they are.

No, I wouldn't pay dollars

for paper plates.

I ordered paper plates

for dollars.

See, your whole

list was scrambled.

Well, this has never happened

in all my years

of selling quality

banana products.

Actually, it happened

earlier today.

Oh...right.

We can't get our order

past the door,

Hector has all the amounts

written on that list.

Well, I guess we'll just

have to change the list.

Oh...nice thinking, Rebus.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

All right,

this is the plan.

Jess, you're going to come with

me, we're going to go with Barry

to the warehouse and we're going

to get these orders right.

Keith?

I'll go inside

and help John.

You're the man, dude.

Marcus, when you're done

setting up the tables,

I just need you to call

and check on the music.

And remember to stick to the

amounts on the list, all right?

No problem.

Let's banana split.

Let's do it.

We got to get

to that list.



Go, go, go.



Go, go!

Ok, they ordered

one-man banana band.

Let's make it .

Oh, that will be

awfully loud.

Hey, you really know

how to ruin a party.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

We'll borrow this zero

from here and...

(laughter)

One Man Banana Bands --

all the banana music

you need in one banana man.

Hi, I just wanted to make sure

that one-man banana bands

are coming to

the Electric Diner.

Are you sure that's

the correct amount?

My order slip says that

Hector just ordered

one-man banana band.

Just one? Nope, I'm afraid

you've been pranked,

I've got the correct amount

right here -- , one zero.

Ok sir, you got it,

thanks for calling.

Those Pranksters can't

get anything past

Marcus Barnes...

Barnes...Barnes.

one-man

banana bands?

That's going

to be awesome!

I don't know, dude,

I smell trouble.

Oh yeah,

I smell that too.

Because sometimes when you

buy too much of something,

things go very wrong.

And your aunt, who happens to be

a witch, gets very mad at you.

What are you

talking about?

You're about to find out.



If you thought ketchup and

mustard were a great team,

meet pictures and words.

Take a look at this picture --

you see some guy

and some chicken --

oh, and some Ninjas!

But who are they?

Why are they fighting?

Well, according to the words,

that guy is Eduardo;

the chicken's

name is Dante;

and they are a world traveling

Ninja fighting team!

Little tip for you --

pictures are your friends.

Let me explain...

When I was little, I was

obsessed with dinosaurs.

I had dinosaur stuffed animals,

and dinosaur bed sheets,

and I'd romp around

my room like a dinosaur...

with my cat named Dinosaur.

And of course, this was

my favorite book...

Before I could even read,

I would look at the pictures

and learn everything I could.

Like, just from this picture, I

figured out that some dinosaurs

eat plants, but I still

wanted to learn more.

That's when I started to read

and I remember I saw

this picture...and next

to it, this sentence.

But what did it say?

That big word freaked me out,

so I looked at the picture.

It's a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

I could read Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Then another tough word...

I looked at the picture --

bones, it's a skeleton.

That's the word.

Wow, I couldn't believe it!

bones!

I had to tell somebody.

So I told Dinosaur,

and you know what he said?

"Meow"-- he always says that.

(howling)

(honking)

ALL:

Aunt Hildegard!

Boys, you're spending too much

money on household supplies.

And I wrote this

report to prove it.

Luckily, I've taken the most

important information

and put it into this

handmade bar graph.

Nice graph.

Silence!

The taller the bar,

the more you have spent.

First, shampoo -- as you

can see by this short bar,

you have spent dollars

on shampoo this winter.

This is...

(gasping)

...quite good.

We rock.

Rinse and repeat.

Silence!

On trash bags, you have

spent dollars.

This is...

(gasping)

...not bad.

But then, we get to this

tall bar for toilet paper...

dollars on toilet

paper this winter!

Who is responsible?

Give me a break;

it's cold out there.

Nuggets! Chill,

little hamster.

How can I chill, I mean, one

minute Annie and Danny are

ruining the party, the next

minute Hector is saving it.

And now, one-man banana

bands are about to show up?

Loud music is not

good for my headaches.

Did I mention

I get headaches?

Uh Werewolf?

Oh, party's starting!

Wait for me!

Hey! Come on in!

The party's going on.

You're going to bring more

to the party, of course.

Hector, we checked the amounts

of the deliveries,

everything is correct.

Nice, and there's the

one-man banana band!

Welcome to

the party, sir.

You see Paul, it's

coming together.

Oh yeah!

And there's another one-man

banana band, I didn't ask...

Excuse me, no,

hold up, dude!

I think there's a

little of a mix up.

Hector? Hector?

Hector?

No...Where are you

coming from?



Marcus? Marcus?

Can I check that list?

Yeah.

Ok...I don't know

why we have so --

yep, one-man

banana bands.

We ordered

one-man banana band!

What?

They must of scrambled it

when I wasn't looking.

Hector, it is really

loud in there.

I know, man!

Please don't leave.

Come on guys,

it's so much fun.

Wait, guys! Please...

Paul, trust me, this party's

gonna go on as scheduled...

somehow.

Hector?

Yes.

I've got an idea.



I don't see any sign of

the Electric Company.

Did we actually

b*at them?

I mean, of course we b*at

them, I knew we would.

We're victorious.



You can't

prove anything!

Not now guys, we don't

have time to talk,

someone ruined

the banana party.

We don't know anything

about those banana bands.

I mean, we don't know anything.

Oh, we know you

guys didn't do it.

You do?

I mean, whoever ruined the party

pulled a really good prank.

It was a good prank, wasn't it?

Yeah, the only person

that could pull a really

good prank like that

is Francine.

What about us?

What about you? You guys

didn't score a single point

in the Banana

Sculpture Contest.

Ha! That shows

how much you know.

We did ruin the banana party,

and there is nothing

you can do about it!

(laughing)

Oh!

I think you owe

Paul an apology.

Sorry, Paul.

And Barry, the banana

product delivery guy.

Sorry Barry, the banana

product delivery guy.

What are you going

to do to us?

Well, you made us order

one-man banana bands;

we only needed one, so the

other nine are all yours.

Gentlemen, take it away!



This is too much!

, , , ...

Kapow! Prankster Planet!

The Wordsuckeruppernator

is sucking up words

So it's Jessica and

Marcus to the rescue!

There are buttons

to shut it down

But pushing them all

is up to you!

Boom! Prankster Planet!

Kapow! Prankster Planet!

Meanwhile, in the city...

Rebus power, don't fail me now!

There's the off button!

What's with that

weird machine?

Weird machine?

Nobody insults the

Danny Rebus Maker,

because the Danny Rebus Maker

can make as many Danny Rebuses

as Danny Rebus wants

the Danny Rebus Maker to make.

BOTH:

Huh?

I'll just enter the amount

of Danny Rebuses I want.

A and a , oh that's

ten, and kabloomie! Whoa!

Ten brand new, handsome,

brilliant Danny Rebuses!

I love you all.

Come on!

Dannies, surround them!

Danny, what's up

with your Dannies?

Yeah, they're just

standing there.

That's weak.

That's it!

It's one thing to insult the

Danny Rebus Maker, but nobody

insults the Danny Rebuses that

the Danny Rebus Maker makes.

BOTH:

Huh?

Watch what happens when I

change the amount of Dannies.

I'll add a to this

making ten times as many.

That's !

A "boo"and a "yah."

Whoa! We're

surrounded!

Woo-hoo!

We got 'em boys!

You're geniuses, all of you.

How are we gonna

get to the button?

Danny, great work.

You too, Danny.

Oh hi, Danny.

Ugh, I thought one

Danny was bad enough.

Hey! What if we knock

them over, like Dominoes?

Maybe the last one

will push the button.

Great idea.

Danny's distracted. Now!

No, no!

Dannies, get up!

Are you sleeping, Danny?

Come on, push that

button! Yeah --

or knock it

into a sewer.
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