02x05 - Say It Again, Ma'am!

[bunniefuu]

[quirky music playing]

[meows]

What do you need, Dinah?

Oh, you wanna go out, huh? Okay.

[meows]

Now what?

I wish you'd make up your mind, Dinah.

I'm in the middle of a good book. [sighs]

I'll tell you what,

since you obviously can't decide
which way you want to go,

I'll decide for you.

You go this way for a while.

And I'll go this way.

[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 ♪

It needs one last little touch.

[humming]

[chuckles]

There. Perfect.

Good morning, Your Majesty.

Oh, what you got there?

Hey, be careful.

-You're dripping on my painting.
-Oh, sorry, Your Majesty.

I do tend to drip after my morning dip.

[pop music playing]

♪ Just a little dip
A brief aquatic trip ♪

♪ A refreshing little slip ♪

♪ Into the water ♪

♪ An invigorating way ♪

♪ To start a lovely day ♪

♪ A little swim to give me vim ♪

♪ A little dip to give me zip ♪

♪ I did some laps ♪

♪ I did freestyle ♪

♪ I did the breaststroke
And the butterfly ♪

♪ I love to swim ♪

♪ And do the crawl
I do the backstroke ♪

♪ I love them all ♪

♪ An invigorating way
To start a lovely day ♪

♪ A little swim to give me vim ♪

♪ A little dip to give me zip ♪

♪ I feel alive and so revived ♪

♪ What a way to start the day ♪

♪ With a little dip and aquatic trip ♪

♪ A refreshing little slip
Into the water ♪

Well, make sure you dry yourself off.

I can't have a soggy bunny
splashing around the palace.

Now I have a special job for you.

I need you to take these pictures--

-Rabbit, are you listening?
-What? Oh!

Sorry, Your Majesty, I just hate it
when I get water in my ears.

Well, as I was saying
I want to have an art show,

so I need you to take care
of framing everything,

and make sure there's some nice music.

You know, something really classy
to put everyone in the mood

to buy my pictures.

I'm sorry, Your Majesty,
could you repeat that last part?

Repeat myself? Are you telling me
you still weren't listening?

Oh, no, Your Majesty,
I would never tell you that.

Good! Because I should never
have to repeat myself.

When I speak, I expect you to be all ears.

Oh, absolutely, Your Majesty.

When it comes to being all ears,
nobody beats a bunny.

Good, that's what I want to hear.

So, you know what to do?

Well, actually, uh, yes,
I just have to, uh...

And then you want me to, uh...

Because, uh--
And after that I'm just, uh-- And, uh...

Good! Because I don't want to hear
that you didn't hear me.

Now pick up those pictures
and change into your work clothes,

and get hopping.

Yeah, I'll get right on it, Your Majesty.

Oh, carrot sticks!

Carrot sticks? Fiddlesticks.

I only eat fish sticks.

Oh, leave me alone, Cat,

I've got enough troubles today
without dealing with you.

Hey, asking me to disappear
won't make your troubles disappear.

[sighs] I suppose not.

It's just that the queen has ordered me
to do something,

and I'm not sure
I understand exactly what.

Why don't you just ask her?

Oh, please,
we're talking about the queen here.

Admitting I didn't really listen
the first time is simply not an option.

If you're scared to ask her what she said,
then what do you think she said?

Well, apparently, she wants to have
a tart show, whatever that is.

Tart? Are you sure
that's the word she used?

I'm pretty sure she said she wanted me
to do something with the tarts.

I'm not sure exactly what.

And she mentioned music.

Though I didn't know what kind.

And she said something
about these pictures she painted.

Something about people wanting
to try them or fry them.

Oh, I don't know.
None of it makes any sense.

Hm. You're one befuddled bunny.

Too bad the queen intimidates you.

Don't be ridiculous.

The queen intimidate me? [laughs]

Silly.

-What do you mean by intimidate?
-I mean, she frightens you.

In other words, when you get around her,
you act like a scaredy cat.

[cackles]

A scaredy cat.

[yells]

So you really can't ask the queen
what she said?

Oh! It's unthinkable, Alice.

No, she'd be furious.

I'm afraid the cat is right,
the queen intimidates me.

Uh, why would the queen
go around acting like you?

She probably likes wearing bunny ears.

Can you blame her?

Not imitate, intimidate.

It means that when it comes to the queen,
as the cat so nicely put it,

I'm a scaredy cat.

Wait a minute, how can a rabbit be a cat?
They're nothing alike.

It's like comparing apples and oranges.

Actually, Alice,
it's like comparing cats and rabbits.

No, like comparing apples and oranges
is just a saying.

It means the two things are so different
you can't really compare them.

But oranges and apples
aren't so different.

-How true that is.
-Ha!

Allow me to demonstrate.

Crystal.

As you can see, apples and oranges
are both sort of round.

They both grow on trees.

They both make delicious juice.

And, of course, both apples and oranges
are no match for a 20-ton steamroller.

So you see, Alice,
comparing apples and oranges is easy.

It's comparing rabbits and cats
that's difficult.

Look, forget fruit.

The point is, I have to find out
what the queen wants me to do.

And I can't ask her myself.

[laughing]

We're not intimidated by the queen.

Why not let us ask her for you.

-That's no help.
-Why not?

We'd be happy to tell her
you weren't paying any attention.

Exactly.

Well, maybe you can ask the queen
in a way that she doesn't realize

it's Mr. Rabbit who needs to know.

Good point. We should be careful.

-Crafty.
-And clever.

-To say nothing of cunning. Cagey.
-Calculating. And cool.

-In other words, we'll be ourselves!
-We'll be ourselves!

[rock music playing]

♪ If it's interpretive info
You're inquiring about ♪

♪ Here's Hatter and Hare
To highbrow it out ♪

♪ We'll quickly and quietly
Quiz the queen ♪

♪ To quell your questions
As to what her orders mean ♪

♪ We'll casually
Carry on a clever conversation ♪

♪ And bring back a briefcase
Of big information ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves
No one does it as well ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves
It's something we can do swell ♪

♪ I love the way you do you ♪

♪ Back at you, my friend ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves ♪

♪ As a favor for our furry fuzzy
Favorite friend ♪

♪ Well, we'll chat up the queen
Until her royal ears bend ♪

♪ We'll get her to give up
The queenly goods right away ♪

♪ And then we'll let you know exactly
What she really had to say ♪

♪ Oh, we'll be charming, we'll be chummy
We'll be cheery and choice ♪

♪ The queen more virtually verbalize
Commands with her voice ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves ♪

♪ No one does it as well ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves ♪

♪ It's something we can do swell ♪

♪ I love the way you do you ♪

♪ Back at you, my friend ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves ♪

♪ We'll be ourselves ♪

See, Rabbit?
Just tell us what you need to know.

Well, all I know for sure is that
the queen wants to have a tart show.

Anything else you can find out
would really help.

No problem.

We'll talk to the queen.

You just relax, have a cup of tea,

-and, uh, leave the jiving to us.
-Leave the jiving to us.

[scat singing]

[Red Queen humming]

Just look at that lovely blossom.

It's as pretty as a picture.

As pretty as one of my pictures
in today's art show.

-Ha!
-[Hatter and Hare humming]

Oh, Your Majesty, what lovely flowers
you have in your garden.

They'd hold up better
if you kept them in water.

Is there a reason the two of you are here,
or are you just here to bother me?

Oh, no, no, no, we were just strolling by,
chatting about nothing in particular.

I was just saying to the Hatter, "I wonder
what the queen is having the Rabbit do

-for the big show."
-That's right.

Then I said, "I'm sure the queen
would be happy to tell us

exactly what the Rabbit is doing
if we see her today."

Right. I said, "If we do see the queen
and she tells us

what the Rabbit is supposed to do,

it's not that he doesn't know,
since he was listening closely

when she asked him to do
whatever it was she needed done."

Enough funny business
about the bunny's business.

-Why do you care what Rabbit's doing?
-We don't.

Whatever gave you that idea?

We're just looking forward
to the big tart show.

Well, I'm sure he's taking care
of everything just as I ordered.

When you say, "Just as I ordered,"
what do you mean exactly?

Give three examples
and explain your answer.

Look, if you must know,
he's taking care of the framing,

and he's in charge of finding
some nice music.

Hare, would you stop eating that apple?

We can't hear the queen
with all that crunching.

Sounded like she said "ice music"
but that can't be right.

Sorry.

[chuckles] Your Majesty,
what kind of music was that again?

Nice music.

-Doesn't anyone listen around here?
-I just didn't get that one--

Well, I'm not going to
repeat myself anymore,

if you want to hear the music
just come to the show.

Well, we just need--

Well, little-- Just a little--

[sighs] Couldn't you have brought
something quieter to snack on?

Sorry, I left the mashed potatoes
in my other suit.

[crunches]

Now as you can see, the whole idea
of framing tarts is pretty impractical.

For one thing, the fruit filling
drips all over the floor.

Mm-hm. Therefore, we feel certain
that the queen didn't mean framing.

Obviously, she meant flaming.

Flaming tarts? That doesn't make sense.

On the contrary, my dear Alice.
Or is the French say, au contraire.

Flaming tarts are fancy French desserts.

That's right. In French,
flaming tarts are called "tarts flambé."

But I don't know anything
about fancy French cooking.

Have no fear, Rabbit,
it just so happens that Hare and I

-are experts at making flaming food.
-Sometimes even on purpose.

[stammers] Yes. Well, the queen
does like fancy French desserts.

I guess flaming tarts
is what she must have said.

-But what did she say about the music?
-Oh, no, problem.

We did have a little trouble hearing her
at first, but we figured it out.

She wants some mice music.

Oh, are you sure she didn't say
"nice music"?

[laughs] No, Alice, why would she say
a silly thing like that.

Don't you know the Dormouse
is a talented musician?

No, but if you hum a few bars,
I'll fake it.

He plays for weddings,
birthdays and, of course, mouse parties.

Okay.

So, uh, now we know that the queen
wants flamed tarts for her tart show

with mice music playing in the background.

But what are you supposed to do
with those pictures she gave you?

[gasps] That's right.

I don't know. I didn't quite hear her.

Something about people wanting to, uh--

I don't know. Eye them or try them?
Oh, I don't know.

[gasps] Hey, why not ask Tweedle Dum
and Tweedle Dee what they think.

-They're really good at rhyming words.
-Great idea, Alice.

Okay, Rabbit, you're all set.

Hare and I will make the flaming tarts
or tarts flambé.

The Dormouse will provide the mice music.

If you like, I'll take the pictures
to the Tweedles

-while you get set up for the show.
-Thank you, Alice. Thank you all.

I'm sure that without your help

I would have gotten the queen's
instructions completely goofed up.

[laughs] That's our...

The queen painted these pictures
herself, huh?

Good thing she didn't quit her other job.

[laughing]

All Mr. Rabbit knows
is she said she wanted everyone

to do something with these pictures.

It sounds like "eye" or "cry."

Do you think you can help us
figure this out?

No problem, Alice.

We see this problem in our patients
all the time.

You don't just need a word.

You need the word to rhyme.

[hip-hop music playing]

♪ If you have a little itty-bitty
Bit of trouble ♪

♪ A-coming up with a perfect rhyme
Called Dum and Dee ♪

♪ We're brothers, you see ♪

♪ We make house calls anytime ♪

♪ Proficiently efficiently
Poetically satiric ♪

♪ We're the pros of prose
The peers of the lyric ♪

♪ For no reason at all
We have plenty of rhymes ♪

♪ We're the rhyme doctors ♪

♪ Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee ♪

♪ We're the rhyme doctors ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ We're the rhyme doctors ♪

♪ Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee ♪

♪ Because for us defining
And refining a rhyme ♪

♪ Is as easy as Parcheesi ♪

♪ Knick-knack patty-whack
Crackerjack Cadillac ♪

♪ Bric-a-brac, potato sack
Laugh attack ♪

♪ And for a holly jolly finale
Give a melancholy colleague a hot tamale ♪

♪ First to top, verbalist ♪

♪ We are the masterminds of rhyme ♪

♪ And 99% of the time
We come up with a line ♪

♪ In the nick of time ♪

♪ We're the rhyme doctors
Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee ♪

♪ We're the rhyme doctors ♪

♪ Hey, yeah ♪

♪ We're the rhyme doctors
Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee ♪

♪ Because for us
Defining and refining the rhyme ♪

♪ Is as easy as parcheesi ♪

So let's try to figure out
what the queen might have said.

What can you do
with one of these pictures?

It makes no sense
to "eye one" or "dry one."

And definitely not to try to fry one.

And nobody in their right mind
would buy one.

-That's for sure
-So, what could the queen have meant?

[bird chirping]

-Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
-I think so.

What? It was just a bird.

-We're good.
-Are you kidding?

When you look up "good" in a dictionary
it says "see Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee."

-I still don't understand.
-It's simple, Alice.

The word we needed
wasn't "lie," "try," or "pry."

In a word like the bird,
these pictures should fly.

Fly? But how can you fly a piece of paper?

You leave that to us.

In the meantime, go tell the Rabbit
that his problem is solved.

-Rabbit. Say cheese.
-Ah!

Gracious, Caterpillar, you ought to warn
a Rabbit before taking his picture.

I mean, I have been outside all day
my fur must look frightful.

-[yells]
-[yelps]

Sorry, but I did ask you to say cheese.

I guess I wasn't listening.

Anyway, I've got to go. I have to set up
for the queen's tart show.

The Hatter and the Hare
are making special flaming tarts.

The Hatter and the Hare, eh?

Perhaps I'll pass.

Well, I'm glad they're helping me.

I wasn't really listening when the queen
asked me to set up for the tart show.

So they found out
what I was supposed to do.

Why didn't you find out for yourself?

Well, I-- Oh, well,
the queen hates to repeat herself.

Ah! I see, you were intimidated.

It just so happens I have a story here,

which you may find interesting.

Once--

Once there was a goose named Sally

who lived with her gaggle by a pond
in the far north,

but Sally was an unusual goose.

When the time came each year
for all the geese to fly south,

Sally always stayed behind.

Her friends thought Sally
was a silly goose for not going with them

but she assured them that she had
lots of fun by herself each winter.

One year, a goose named Maureen
sprained her wing.

Since she couldn't fly south,
she had to stay with Sally.

"We'll have lots of fun,"
Sally honked happily.

But Maureen found that winter
on the frozen pond was no picnic.

"This is no fun," Maureen said,
"Why do you stay here every year?"

Sally admitted that she was afraid
to leave her home

and fly to a strange new place.

Maureen told Sally
that there was nothing to be afraid of.

In fact, she said if Sally
would help her fly,

Maureen would stay right beside her
in case she got scared.

So Sally helped Maureen fly south.

And Maureen helped Sally discover
that going to a new place...

wasn't so scary after all.

Well, I see that the goose was silly
to be intimidated by flying south,

but I'm not intimidated
by the queen anymore.

After all, her tart show is all planned.

-Well, thanks for the story.
-You're welcome.

Ah. But before you go, please
let me take your picture again.

Oh, so I can pose properly this time?

No, because the last time
I left the lens caps on.

I think you'll be very pleased,
Your Majesty.

Everyone's here for the show.

Tart show. What is this?

Take it away, Hatter and Hare.

Ta-da! Just as you ordered, Your Majesty,

direct from France by way of my kitchen,

Tarts flambé.

Flaming tarts.

Sorry, if they're a bit overdone.

And of course, we had to put them out
before anyone could eat them.

Hare, I think that one's still smoldering.

-Oh!
-[coughing]

-[Red Queen] Whoa!
-Get them while they're hot.

[stammers] Next, Your Majesty,
just as you commanded,

we did a little mice music.

Moustro, if you please.

And now a little tune I played
for this year's Mice Capades.

-[violin squeaking]
-Oh! Ow! What's going on around here?

And where are the pictures I painted?

-Right here.
-Just as you asked,

your pictures are ready
for everyone to fly them.

[gasping] My pictures.

You turned my beautiful pictures
into paper airplanes?

I know! It wasn't easy.

All that paint
made the paper hard to fold.

[cheering]

Stop. Stop. Stop this nonsense at once!

Is something wrong, Your Majesty?

Wrong? I asked you to take care
of framing my art for an art show,

and I get flaming tarts for a tart show!

-You mean you said "art" not "tart"?
-Yes.

[in unison] Oh!

The whole point was for everyone
to buy my pictures, not fly them.

And I wanted nice music not mice music.

I think mice music is nice music.

Hm. I guess we got confused.

-Now what are the odds of that happening?
-Two to one, easy.

Rabbit, how could you have managed
to goof up such a simple request?

[stammers] Well, I must confess,
Your Majesty,

I didn't exactly hear you too well

and I was afraid
to ask you to repeat yourself.

You can be a bit intimidating.

Look, I'm sorry, but I'm the queen.

Intimidation comes naturally to me.

[country music playing]

♪ Ever since I was a princess ♪

♪ I could barely lift a finger ♪

♪ Servants attended to my every whim ♪

♪ If I was bored
They'd bring a juggler or singer ♪

♪ If I was warm
We'd have a soda or a swim ♪

♪ You think that royalty is fun ♪

♪ Well, au contraire ♪

♪ My life was so sheltered
As the legal, legal heir ♪

♪ Everywhere I went ♪

♪ It felt like solitaire ♪

♪ It's not my fault ♪

♪ If I appear intimidating ♪

♪ From my perspective ♪

♪ You're all quite fascinating ♪

♪ It's only natural you do what I say ♪

♪ I just can't help it ♪

♪ That's how you treat a queen today ♪

♪ That's how you treat a queen today ♪

Listen, Rabbit, next time you don't
understand me, ask, don't guess.

But it makes you angry to repeat yourself.

It makes me even angrier
to have everything goofed up.

How true that is?

Look on the bright side, Your Majesty,
it's not a total loss.

Right. I mean, after all,

at least everyone can say
your art is very moving

I don't think so.

Still can't decide whether you want
to come in or out, huh, Dinah?

[meows]

Wait! Look at the time,
you must want your dinner.

I misunderstood. You're just hungry.

Well, tell you what, from now on
I'll listen more carefully to you

if you'll just meow
a little more clearly to me.

[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 ♪