01x39 - The Bunny Who Would Be King

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

What am I going to do, Dinah?

I can't keep putting off
answering my pen pal's letter.

Yvette will think
something happened to me.

You're right, Dinah. Something did happen.

I lost the election for class president.

Which wouldn't be so bad

except I kind of told Yvette
in my last letter that I'd already won.

When I wrote the letter,
I thought I was going to win.

It's just that Yvette is good
at so many things.

I wanted to have something to brag about.

And it's not like
she's ever going to find out.

Yvette's all the way in France,

and I'm here.

But not for long.

[theme music playing]

♪ Hold on to your seat
Let's go for a ride ♪

♪ Now that we're here on the other side ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Every day is something new ♪

♪ With music, rhyme and a dance or two ♪

♪ It's a curious place
With a wonderful crew ♪

♪ And you're never quite sure
What they will do ♪

♪ Use your imagination
You'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

Hello, Mr. Rabbit.

Hello, Alice.

[laughing]

Did you get a letter from a pen pal?

Letter? What letter?

-That letter.
-Oh, that.

"His Royal Majesty, the White Rabbit."

Who calls you that?

My brother.

-Don't ask me why.
-I didn't know you had a brother.

-Actually, I have 23.
-Well, what's this one's name?

Well, I don't like to mention it.

-Why not?
-Well, everyone gets so excited

whenever I do.

Very well.

Believe it or not, my brother is...

Rabbit DeNiro.

You know, the actor?

Star of Raging Bunny?

Cape Fur?

Taxidermy?

Sorry. Never heard of him.

Well, most people have.

He's a big movie star.

A movie star?

Oh, I've always wanted
to meet a movie star.

Yes, everyone does.

-What does your brother have to say?
-Oh.

Just the usual things.

Getting a lot of fan mail,

making a new movie.

Coming to visit me today.

Coming to visit me today?

Really? Rabbit DeNiro is coming here?

Oh, don't be ridiculous, child.
Why would a big movie star be coming here?

To visit his brother, of course.

His brother? Who's his brother?

Well, his brother is...

Is acting very strange.

Rabbit DeNiro is your brother?

[chuckles]

Why didn't you ever tell me?
You know he's my favorite movie star.

And he's visiting today? Oh, splendid.

I can't wait to meet him.

You can't do that.

Why can't I?

Because... Well, there won't be time.

He's only coming for a few hours.

A few hours are perfect.

Just enough time for tea and tarts.

And an autographed photograph.

♪ When a star walks through the doorway ♪

♪ And not a single sound is heard ♪

♪ Until the people rush to meet him ♪

♪ To get his signature ♪

♪ An autographed photograph ♪

♪ Hanging on my wall ♪

♪ An autographed photograph ♪

♪ Hanging on my wall ♪

♪ Where you can push your way
Through the people ♪

♪ For an autograph of a star ♪

♪ But you may only get a half a smile
As they drive away in a car ♪

♪ An autographed photograph ♪

♪ Hanging on my wall ♪

♪ An autographed photograph ♪

♪ Hanging on my wall ♪

So you're going to ask Rabbit DeNiro
for an autographed photo?

Of course not.

He's going to ask me for one.

What's the matter, Mr. Rabbit?
Don't you want to see your brother?

Oh, of course I want
to see my brother, Alice.

I just don't want to see him here.

So you see, Alice,

whenever I tell anyone
that Rabbit DeNiro is my brother,

well, I might as well be
the invisible bunny.

That must not make you feel very good.
Are you sure you're not making it sound

a little worse than it is?

You know, exaggerating.

No.

And I'll show you. Watch this.

♪ Tweedle Dum ♪

-Dee. Dum.
-Rabbit. We were just looking for you.

Oh?

Well, I just wanted to tell you
my brother is stopping by for a visit.

[both] Really? That's nice.

Did I mention that brother visiting
is Rabbit DeNiro?

[both] Rabbit DeNiro?

-Wow! Your brother is Rabbit DeNiro?
-This is so cool. I can't believe it.

I believe you have something
you wanted to tell me.

We wanted to talk to you about
introducing us to your famous brother!

-You weren't exaggerating.
-No.

Which is why
I wanted my brother to think--

Well, to think that I'm someone important.

So I sort of made up a little fib.

-How big a fib?
-Oh, just a teensy-weensy one. I, uh...

I told him I'm the king of Wonderland.

[all whistling]

On the fib scale of one to ten,
that's a ten.

[groans]

Surely you must have realized
your brother might visit someday.

Yes, but he's always been too busy
making movies to stop by.

Maybe your brother
doesn't have to know the truth.

If we can get the Queen
out of the palace for a few hours...

-We can make Mr. Rabbit the king.
-Right. King for a day.

Wonderful!
But first, we got to get rid of the Queen.

[shouts]

-Yeah.
-Right.

Yes!

Your Majesty, why aren't you ready yet?

-Ready? Ready for what?
-PU.

PU? I beg your pardon.

I-- No, I mean, PU, Princess University.

Your old school.

Today you're giving your speech
to the graduates.

-I thought it was tomorrow. Are you sure?
-Am I sure?

Why, Your Majesty,
I am the keeper of the royal calendar.

-And I never forget a date.
-Oh, let me see that. I--

[upbeat music playing]

♪ All the signs point to a speech today ♪

♪ It's in the stars ♪

♪ Your charts, it's destiny ♪

♪ This fact is more than logical ♪

♪ Your Majesty, it's astrological ♪

♪ Without a doubt I can say ♪

♪ I'm sure you're giving a speech today ♪

♪ My memory is first-rate ♪

♪ I never forget a date ♪

♪ Seize the moment and leave today ♪

♪ Time is everything ♪

♪ Now don't delay ♪

♪ Go give your speech at any cost ♪

♪ Remember she who hesitates is lost ♪

♪ Without a doubt I can say ♪

♪ I'm sure you're giving a speech today ♪

♪ My memory is first-rate ♪

♪ I never forget a date ♪

[shouts]

So, as you can plainly see, Your Majesty,

your speech is absolutely,
positively today.

But I'll miss meeting Rabbit DeNiro.

Oh! Don't feel too bad
about that, Your Majesty.

In person,
you can see he's losing his fur.

I guess I better go over my speech.

This one's called
Pampering the Princess Within.

Sorry I took so long packing.

I know you're in a hurry
to get out of here.

Are you sure you'll be able
to run things while I'm away?

Oh, don't worry about a thing,
Your Majesty.

I'll run the palace as if...

Why, as if I were king.

First of all, I want to thank you all

in helping me
with my plan to fool my brother.

And we're happy to help.

After all, if you need to fool someone,

you couldn't find more perfect fools.

-[coughs]
-How true that is.

Okay.

Now then, I'd like to go over my plan.

-First, I'll need someone to do my job.
-You want someone else to be king?

No, my old job.

You know, be a right-hand rabbit?

I'm the closest thing
to a rabbit, so I volunteer.

Thank you, Hare.

Now then, the rest of you
will act like my royal subjects.

You know,
take orders from me and so forth.

-All right.
-Yeah.

-All right.
-Sure.

Me too, Your Majesty.

Thanks, Dormouse.

-Now, Hare...
-Yes, Your Majesty.

I want you to go to the station

and pick up my brother
and bring him back to the palace.

-Can you do that?
-Yes, Your Majesty.

Okay. Hare should be here any minute.

-Any questions?
-Just one.

If the word knee is spelled K-N-E-E,

why isn't it pronounced "k-nee"?

Because the K is silent.

Wait a minute.

What does that have to do
with the price of--?

[Hare] Walk this way, Mr. DeNiro.

Whoa! [laughs]

Well, well, well.
My brother has done all right for himself.

Look at the size of this place.

-Hi. How are you?
-Hi.

His Most Royal Highness, King Rabbit.

Mr. Rabbit?

I mean, Your Majesty. Are you all right?

Carrot sticks.
How am I supposed to walk in this thing?

Why, could it be?

Yes, it is my brother.

[Rabbit laughs]

I still can't believe it.

I come to visit my own brother,
and look, a king.

A king? Where?

Oh! A king. Yes, of course. I'm the king.

I'm the king of Wonderland. I knew that.

[both] Long live the king!

The king thanks you, loyal subjects.

Now he would like to spend
some time alone with his brother.

Well, you know, brother, I kind of thought

you'd have time
to show me around Wonderland a little bit.

Oh, yes, well,
I really must get back to business.

You know what they say,
a king's work is never done.

So if you want to leave a little early,
well, I'll understand.

What, and miss seeing your kingdom?

No way, babe.

Your servant can fill in for you, right.

Yes, I suppose my servant
can give you the runaround.

The tour around Wonderland.

Mr. DeNiro, meet Mr. Caterpillar.

Hi. How are you?

Say you do look a lot like your brother.

He means your brother, the king.

Don't you, Mr. Caterpillar?

Oh, yes. The king.

That reminds me of a story.

"Once there was a bright
green chameleon named Casey.

Casey's friends admired
her beautiful green color.

But Casey wanted everyone to admire her.

So one day she heard some frogs say,

'What a beautiful yellow butterfly.'

Casey decided
she needed to be yellow as well.

Then Casey heard the butterfly say,
'What a beautiful blue bird.'

So Casey decided to turn blue also.

Then Casey heard the birds say,
'What a beautiful pink and orange fruit.'

So Casey added pink and orange
to her appearance.

Changing into so many colors
made Casey very tired.

But she felt it was worth it
if it made everyone admire her.

When Casey's friends saw her,

she asked them,
'How do you like all my new colors?'

Her friends didn't want to hurt
her feelings, but they told her,

'With all those other colors mixed in,

we can't see the beautiful green
you once were.'

Surprisingly,
Casey's feelings weren't hurt.

Deep down she liked being green best too.

So for then on,
Casey decided to be just herself."

Good story.

Say, haven't I seen you somewhere before?

Well, you probably recognize me
from some of your favorite movies. I'm...

I'm an actor.

I'm here visiting my brother,

the king of Wonderland.

Hmm.

[whispering] The cat's not in on the plan.
He's going to ruin everything.

The rabbit told you
he's the king of Wonderland?

[in normal voice]
Actually, Cat, if you'll excuse us,

Mr. DeNiro and I were just leaving.

Not so fast, Hare.

It may I interest Mr. DeNiro
that I know something about his family

that he doesn't know.

Oh, really?

Hmm. Well, let's just say
you're not the only actor in your family.

-What did he mean by that?
-Nothing. Just a little kitty comedy.

Mm.

Oh!

Hatter. May I formally introduce you
to Mr. Rabbit DeNiro,

the brother of our king.

Very pleased to meet you.

Hi. How are you?

Cup of tea?

-Oh, just half a cup.
-Oh.

Here you are.

You're beautiful.

[Hare & Mad Hatter laughing]

Don't ever change.

Hare, why aren't you sitting down?

You know,
I can't sit while on royal business.

Now, what are you doing on royal business?

I'm here for the king.

You remember? Our king.

Oh, of course, our king.
Mr. DeNiro, I have to tell you,

everybody in Wonderland
just loves our ruler.

I never hear a bad word said
about Her Majesty.

Her, uh... Her Majesty?

His Majesty.

There are well-loved rulers,
and then there are well-loved rulers.

-But ours, well, she's the best loved.
-Whoa! "She's"?

You just said "she."

Who said "cheese"?

Not "cheese." "She's."

These guys talking about the ruler
of Wonderland, and he said "she's."

That's because
your brother is the big cheese.

Nobody said "cheese."
But he did say "Her Majesty" and "she's."

What's going on here?

Is my brother the king or isn't he?

Of course.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ He's a ruler by inches ♪

♪ He knows most everything ♪

♪ And he's a wise kind of guy ♪

♪ We wouldn't trade him for a king ♪

♪ What he means is we don't need to ♪

♪ Because he is, you know, the king ♪

♪ Oh, right
How could have I forgotten ♪

♪ Such a most important thing? ♪

♪ He's tops, he's number one ♪

♪ He's the one who gets things done ♪

♪ Like a jack or an ace
He really occupies space ♪

♪ And today we're here to say
The king is for real ♪

♪ Yes, indeedy do
He's kinglike through and through ♪

♪ Of course that's what he is ♪

♪ The subjects are all his ♪

♪ He must be really smart
To pay this royal part ♪

♪ I can picture him alone in a crown ♪

♪ Up on a throne ♪

♪ He's tops, he's number one ♪

♪ He's the one who gets things done ♪

♪ Like a jack or an ace
He really occupies space ♪

♪ And today we're here to say
The king is for real ♪

Well, that's more like it.

Long live my brother the king.

Long may she--

-He.
-He reign.

-He.
-He.

My brother and the Hare
should've been here by now.

I certainly hope nobody threw
a monkey wrench in the works.

Don't worry.
I'm sure nobody goofed up the plan.

[clearing throat]

Brother, am I impressed.

You've got a beautiful kingdom,

your subjects adore you.

You are so lucky.

Well, that's because I rule
with a level head and a rabbit's foot.

Oh, rabbit's foot...

Made a little joke.

Whoa, look at the time.

I better throw my bag together

if I wanna make that train.

[shouts]

We did it. Can you believe it?
We pulled it off.

Yes. We made your brother believe
you're king of Wonderland.

And it's almost time for him to leave.

What could go wrong now?

[Red Queen] Rabbit!

I knew my speech wasn't until tomorrow

And I...

Rabbit.
Why are you wearing that silly getup?

Oh, this?
Well, you see, it's-- I-- It's my brother.

-Oh, Rabbit DeNiro is still here?
-Well, yes.

Good. I'll finally
get to meet my favorite movie star.

And he'll get to meet a queen.
You did tell him all about me, didn't you?

Well...

Actually, Your Majesty,

he doesn't exactly know
there's a queen of Wonderland.

-Mm?
-That is I...

I sort of...

I told him that I'm the ki...

I'm the ki...

I'm the King of Wonderland.

What?

You see, Your Majesty, it's just
that Rabbit DeNiro was such a big star.

We wanted him to think
that Mr. Rabbit is just as important.

And we figured
what you didn't know wouldn't hurt you.

I think I'm due
at a tea party at the Hatter's.

[laughing]

So...

you're the new king of Wonderland.

What does that make me?

Your humble servant?

Oh, I guess this servant's
taking place of your old one.

Hi. How are you?

Please, Your Majesty.
Don't give Mr. Rabbit away.

Well, brother, I'd love to stay longer,
but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask

your servant to take my bag
out to the coach for me.

Not nearly as afraid as I am, I'm afraid.

Would you please...

take my brother's bag?

You expect me
to take this out to the coach?

How dare you talk to my brother, the king,

in that tone of voice?

Tell her, brother.

How dare you
speak to me in that tone of voice?

Forgive me, Your Majesty.

[Red Queen laughs]

I forgot who I was for a moment.


♪ Every kingdom has the king ♪

♪ Ruling, decreeing and everything ♪

♪ King Rabbit sure has
An impressive ring ♪

♪ We all admire his kingly ways ♪

♪ We all follow what he will say ♪

♪ Because it's our duty to obey ♪

♪ Long live the king ♪

♪ Long live the king ♪

♪ We of Wonderland will always sing ♪

♪ Long live King Rabbit ♪

♪ Our king ♪

♪ So important, so regal ♪

♪ He's our leader ♪

♪ Refined, dignified ♪

♪ That's our leader ♪

♪ Long live the king ♪

♪ Long live the king ♪

♪ We of Wonderland will always sing ♪

♪ Long live King Rabbit ♪

♪ Our king ♪

Uh...

Brother,
there's something I must tell you.

Hey, long goodbyes are for the movies.

No, I shouldn't have told you I was king.

Why not? Hey, I don't mind.

Even if that makes me
just a lowly movie star.

But I'm...

I'm not the king.

I'm just a servant.

And you serve your subjects well.

That's why they adore you.

-[train whistle blowing in distance]
-Oh, uh...

That's my train. Gotta get hopping.

Hey.

Long live the king.

Huh?

Ciao.

Dinah, I've decided
to tell Yvette the truth

about losing the election
for class president.

After all, coming in second place
is still something to be proud of.

And I don't need to be class president
to feel important.

And I never know when Yvette
might show up unexpectedly for a visit.

Dear Yvette...

[theme music playing]

♪ That's all for now
But we'll see you again ♪

♪ Come back real soon
Now that we're all friends ♪

♪ Where every day is something new ♪

♪ With music, rhyme and a dance or two ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventures in Wonderland ♪