03x14 - The Adventures of Spectacular Man

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

[birds chirping]

Boy, Dinah, some vacation
Mom and Dad are planning.

I thought we were
going someplace neat, like Hawaii,

where I could go swimming in the ocean.

Where are they planning to go?
South Dakota.

They said they want me
to see some mountain.

It's called Mount Rushmore
and it's a national monument.

You know what a monument is, Dinah.

It's a carving or a statue
of somebody famous.

Here it is, Mount Rushmore. Wow, look.

Somebody carved the faces
of four United States presidents

on the side of a mountain.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

Boy, I guess there are lots
of amazing things to see in this world...

and out of it.

[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 ♪

Hello.

♪ 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 ♪

Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right.

I know they're in here somewhere.
I've got dozens of them.

I didn't know you liked
superhero comic books so much.

[crashing]

[gasps]

Here they are.

[giggles]

Boy! Here you go.

The hours I used to spend
looking at these.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ I could never get enough
Of superhero comic book stuff ♪

♪ For hours
I would stare at these pages ♪

♪ I haven't seen these books in ages ♪

♪ But now it seems like yesterday
I'm so glad they weren't thrown away ♪

♪ Yeah, I remember all of these
Superheroes and their enemies ♪

♪ Flying off into danger
To rescue lots of total strangers ♪

♪ Fighting monsters in outer space
To save the Earth and the human race ♪

-♪ Let's look through a comic book ♪
-♪ Let's look through a comic book ♪

♪ Let's take a look through a comic book ♪

♪ Hey, this guy had a magic ring
He could do most anything ♪

♪ And this guy ran at super speed
To help out those who were in need ♪

♪ Here's the master of escape
I always loved his purple cape ♪

♪ Remember when the giant frog
Tried to eat Amazing Dog? ♪

♪ Hey, how about when Captain Wow
Turned into a flying cow? ♪

♪ I even loved the way they smell ♪

♪ Yeah, comic books are really swell ♪

-♪ Let's look through a comic book ♪
-♪ Let's look through a comic book ♪

♪ Let's take a look through a comic book ♪

-♪ Pow ♪
-♪ Pow ♪

-Could you help me move this?
-Oh, yeah.

[both groaning]

[both panting]

[both groaning]

Ugh.

Oh, gosh. Yeah, when I was a little tyke,

I would have given anything in the world
to be a superhero.

Oh, me too. Flying through the air,
having super-strength.

And wearing one of those
really spiffy superhero outfits.

Yeah. [giggles]

[both sigh]

[ticking]

[yawns]

It's getting late, Hatter.

-I'm gonna go home and go to bed.
-Go ahead.

You know, you should really
get that clock fixed.

-Goodnight.
-Nighty night..

[Hare] Bye-bye.

[yawning]

[sighs]

[chuckles]

[sighs]

Boy, things haven't changed much
since I was little.

I still wish I could be a superhero.

Golly, I didn't know that when you wished
upon a star you got to keep the star.

Hmm, how about that?

Oh, no. I forgot to have Hare
help me move this back.

Well, maybe if I really
throw my weight into it. [chuckles]

Wow, I didn't mean
to push this clear over here.

How did I get so strong?

Whoa!

Wait a minute.

It's this star.

It gives me super strength.

It's true.

[laughs]

This star gives me super powers.

Which means,
I can leap tall hats in a single bound,

run faster than a rabbit on roller skates,

be more powerful than the Queen.

Why, I can be a superhero.

I want everyone in Wonderland
to be at the dedication of my monument,

so be sure to put up
every last one of those flyers.

Don't worry, Your Majesty.

Soon every-- So--

Soon, everyone in Wonderland
will know about your special day.

-What special day?
-Oh, Alice!

Today, I announce the completion
of my royal monument. [laughs]

They built a monument to you?

Naturally. And it's monumental.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ My monumental monument ♪

♪ Is this year's biggest art event ♪

♪ My wondrous royal face ♪

♪ Is going to be in a special place ♪

♪ My monument is really swell ♪

♪ After all, let's celebrate ♪

♪ The prettiest, most important queen ♪

♪ To rule this lovely place ♪

♪ I'm so excited, I just can't wait ♪

♪ Until I get to dedicate ♪

♪ My monumental monument ♪

♪ Is regal and it's permanent ♪

♪ My monument is really swell ♪

♪ After all, let's celebrate ♪

♪ The prettiest, most important queen ♪

♪ To rule this ♪

♪ Lovely place ♪

It's time for Spectacularman.

Defender of truth, justice,

and reading comic books
under the covers with a flashlight.

Hark, what do I hear
with my super hearing?

Mr. Hare, I'm really in the mood today
for a nice tea party.

Uh-oh.

-[Alice] Hi.
-Hi. [chuckles]

Gee, Mr. Hatter, I don't remember
you having a telephone booth in your yard.

I... Yeah, it's new.

It's a little courtesy for my friends.

So they don't have to run inside
every time they want to make a call.

Uh, Hatter, there's no dial tone.

It-- It's not even connected.

Uh, well, of course it isn't.

You think I want a bunch of freeloaders
running up my phone bill?

-Tea, Alice?
-Yes, please.

All right.

-There you go. Take a seat.
-Yeah.

Gee, Hatter, you seem
to be a little tense?

I guess you don't know your own strength.

How true that is.

Uh, Mr. Hatter,
is your undershirt glowing?

My what?

Oh! Yes, it is. Yes, it is.

Because of my detergent. My new detergent.
Why my clothes positively shine.

Yeah, I'll get the cream for the tea.

[Hatter] Whoa!

[thud]

[Hare] Hatter, have a fall?

No thanks, I just had one.

-Are you hurt?
-No, no, no, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Wow! Not only do I have
super strength but I can fly.

[chuckles] I'll go get that cream now.

[Hare giggling]

[chuckling]

Oops. I guess I'm a little unhinged today.

[chuckling]

Boy, I really don't know my own strength.

If I'm not more careful,
everyone will discover my secret identity.

And know that I,
the mild-mannered Mad Hatter,

am really Spectacularman.

[Hatter laughing]

-Bye-bye. Ta-ta.
-Toodle-oo. Toodles now.

So glad you could make it. Come back
when you can stay longer. [laughs]

Sheesh, I thought they'd never leave.

They may think life is just
one tea party after another.

But I've got a responsibility,
to be the protector of Wonderland.

[heroic music playing]

You see, Dum,
there's an art to flying a kite.

You have to think of it as part of you.

As though your arm were stretching up
all the way into the sky.

Uh-huh.

Don't look now, but your arm
just got stuck in a tree.

Oh, no. We'll never get the kite
out of that tree. It's up way too high.

Not if the Cheshire Cat's around.
He can float up there and get it loose.

Cat, can you hear us? We need help.

[Dee] Can you hear us? We need help.

Somebody's in trouble.

This is a job for Spectacularman.

[heroic music playing]

Have no fear, Spectacularman is here.
[chuckles]

Oh, hi. Hey, hi.
Here's your kite, gentlemen.

Courtesy of Spectacularman.

[heroic music playing]

[both] Who was that masked man?

[upbeat music playing]

♪ There is new guy on the rise
Who flies through the skies ♪

♪ He's hard to recognize
Because he wears a disguise ♪

♪ If your situation is jeopardized
He'll neutralize and stabilize ♪

♪ We'd never tell you lies ♪

♪ We've seen it with our own eyes ♪

♪ Stronger than a raging bull
Faster than a hurricane ♪

♪ Does anybody know
From where this superhero came ♪

♪ Who was that masked man? ♪

♪ He falls from the sky
With the greatest of ease ♪

♪ To rescue helpless stranded
Little kittens stuck in trees ♪

♪ One thing is for certain
Our hero aims to please ♪

♪ He'd swoop down to cover
The Red Queen's mouth ♪

♪ If he thought she were about to sneeze ♪

♪ Stronger than a raging bull
Faster than a hurricane ♪

♪ Does anybody out there know
This superhero's name? ♪

♪ Who was that masked man? ♪

♪ Who was that masked man? ♪

-♪ Who was that masked man? ♪
-♪ Who was that masked man? ♪

[birds chirping]

Oh. [sighs]

Oh! Oh!

Oh, Spectacularman.

Oh.

[humming]

♪ Scrub, get the corner ♪

That's it. Oh. Oh. Oh.

Whoa!

[Spectacularman] Hold on.

[yelling]

[Spectacularman] Bye-bye.

Oh! [coughing]

[Red Queen] "Spectacularman
in Wonderland."

"Spectacularman, wonder of wonders."

"Spectacularman, one spectacular guy."

Oh, harrumph! If I hear one more word
about Spectacularman,

I'm going to have a royal fit.

Good news, Your Majesty! [screeching]

If we act now, we can save five wobucks
by joining the Spectacularman fan club.

[yells]

But, Your Majesty,

Spectacularman will even throw in
an eight-by-ten autographed photo

and an official decoder ring.

Rabbit, that's not the point.

Today is the day
I dedicate my monument to monument,

and all anybody is talking about
is Spectacularman.

Oh, can you blame them, Your Majesty?

After all, he is
the biggest thing in Wonderland.

That is, if you fall for that sort of...

selfless, courageous, noble,
lion-hearted sort of person.

Which, of course, I don't, Your Majesty.

Well, he'd better not show up at
the dedication of my monument to monument.

As far as I'm concerned,

Spectacularman has grabbed
his last headline.

[heroic music playing]

[chuckles]

[Caterpillar] Spectacularman! Help!

Here I come!

[chuckles]

Uh, excuse me,
you don't look like you need help.

Uh, well, to be honest with you, I don't.

I just wanted your autograph.

My autograph? Oh, all right.

Uh, but just this once.

My time is better spent saving
the good citizens of Wonderland.

"To my pal, Caterpillar, best wishes.

Spectacularman." Here you are.

Uh. Oh, uh...

Just "Spectacularman"?

Well, you didn't expect me
to sign my real name, huh?

Huh? Huh?

Hold on a minute.

This wasn't some fiendishly clever plot
to get me to reveal my identity, was it?

-Oh, of course not.
-Well.

But I think you should
listen to this story.

Okay.

[Caterpillar] Once there was a raccoon
named Rocky who was born without a mask.

[raccoons laughing]

The other raccoons used to laugh
and call him names.

And they never let poor Rocky play
in any raccoon games.

[raccoons chattering]

So Rocky decided, if he wasn't
born with a mask, he'd get one.

But the other raccoons knew
his mask was only store-bought.

So they continued to make fun of him
because he was different.

Then one day, a new raccoon moved in
to the neighborhood.

-Her named was Raquel.
-[whistling]

Some of the raccoons did some goofy things
trying to be her friend.

Even Rocky put on his mask
in order to get her attention.

But he was so nervous speaking to Raquel,

he accidentally knocked off his mask.

Boy, was he embarrassed.

But before he could run off,
Raquel said, "Wait."

You see, it turned out
that all these years,

Raquel had been wearing a mask too.

So Rocky and Raquel finally learned

that they could make good friends
just by being themselves.

[both laughing]

So you see, Spectacularman?

Wonderful things happen
when you take off your mask.

Nice try, Caterpillar.

But no one gets to know
the secret identity of...

Spectacularman.

Bye.

[yelling]

Whoa. Okay. Uh-huh.

Yeah.

[sighs]

Boy, this superhero business

is a lot harder
than I thought it was going to be.

And it's really crimping my tea time.

[sighs]

But I'll be fine now.

[woman] Spectacularman, help! Help!

[groans] All right!
Hang on a second. I'm coming!

[panting]

Oh, boy.

[man] Spectacularman, help! Help!

Oh, all right!

[groaning]

[panting]

Hatter, this is no time for tea.

It's time for the dedication
of the Queen's monument. We can't be late.

[Hatter groaning]

So that's Mount Wonderland.
Isn't it something?

It's something, all right,
but I'm not sure what.

Okay, are you two ready to capture
this moment for the history books?

All set, Your Majesty.

I'm having a little trouble getting
all of your mouth into the picture.

-It's so big.
-What? How dare you!

I have a perfectly little
queen-sized mouth.

Uh, Your Majesty, I think he meant
your mouth on the mountain side.

I knew that.
Let's keep this show on the road.

Greetings, one and all,
from high atop Mount Wonderland.

[rattling]

What in the world is that awful noise?

Oh. I believe it's me, Your Majesty. I--

Surely Your Highness hasn't forgotten

I'm just a teensy, weensy,
binsy bit afraid of...

heights!

Well, knock it off
with your knocking knees.

You're causing the platform to sway.

-What's going on up there?
-Isn't it obvious?

The Queen's starting the ceremony
with the trapeze act.

Hmm, I'm not so sure

Oh, Rabbit! Get your ears out of my face!

Oh. I'm trying, Your Majesty.

Oh, Rabbit! I--

I'm-- I'm going to, to sneeze!

Oh, no. No.

[all yelling]

This sure looks like
a funny way to dedicate a monument.

For goodness' sakes, Cat.

Can't you see we're having
technical difficulties?

If I were you, I'd start calling for help

and hope Spectacularman hears you.

Oh, no. Don't even mention Spectacularman.

Why, Her Majesty would never ever
think to ask him for help.

Oh, get real, Rabbit.

I'd call the Duchess
if I thought it'd saved my royal patootie.

Help! Spectacularman, save me! Help!

They look like they're really in trouble.

[Rabbit] Help!

[Caterpillar] What's to become of them?

[Rabbit] Help us!

[heroic music playing]

[heroic music playing]

Have no fear, Spectacularman is here.

Whoa, whoa.

Women and bunnies first!
Women and bunnies first!

Oh, for goodness' sakes, Rabbit,

if you're that
scared of heights, you go first.

Thank you.

Hold tight, Rabbit, and don't look down.

[Spectacularman humming]

Ooh. Very good. Wonderful.

[groaning]

-Here he is again.
-Have a nice day.

Mr. Rabbit, are you all right?

[giggling]

Hey, guys.

Whoa.

-There you go.
-Bravo! Bravo! [laughs]

Spectacularman,
that was, well, spectacular.

Yes, it was.

So spectacular, in fact, I want you
to return with me to the palace.

-To receive a medal?
-No.

I just think it would be nice to have
a superman around the house.

-What?
-Oh, well,

there's lots of stuff that Rabbit
just doesn't have the strength to do.

Like replanting those big trees
and moving all that heavy furniture--

But, Your Majesty,
I won't have any time to myself?

Well, that's the super sacrifice
a superhero has to make.

Uh, could you all excuse me
for just one moment?

[indistinct chattering]

Sheesh, being a superhero wasn't at all
what I thought it was going to be.

It's all work and no tea. Who needs it?

I guess there's only one thing left to do
with my superpowers.

Hatter, where have you been?
You missed Spectacularman.

No, I didn't miss him,
in fact I just saw him.

And he told me to give you a message.
He said he's not coming back.

[all gasp]

What? But I have work for him to do.

Yeah, I know.

I mean, no-- He told me that
he had other universes to see.

Other planets to visit,
other people to save.

[all groan]

I guess it was pretty selfish of us

to think we could keep Spectacularman
all to ourselves.

Yes, we're just lucky
we had Spectacularman as long as we did.

Caterpillar's right.

We should all say,
"Hooray for Spectacularman."

I'll start.
[in Spectacularman voice] Hoor--

[clears throat, in normal voice]
Uh, hooray for Spectacularman.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ Hooray, Spectacularman
Hooray, Spectacularman ♪

♪ Let's all stand and sing and shout ♪

♪ Hooray, Spectacularman ♪

♪ He soared through the air
To reach cries of despair ♪

♪ He never was late to change our fate ♪

♪ We hold our heads high up to the sky ♪

♪ It's our lucky day and we sing ♪

♪ Hooray ♪

♪ Hooray, Spectacularman
Hooray, Spectacularman ♪

♪ Let's all stand and sing and shout ♪

♪ Hooray, Spectacularman ♪

♪ In our hearts and minds
His memory still shines ♪

♪ With super powers
Above us, he showers ♪

♪ Without delay
He saved the day ♪

♪ For this we say ♪

♪ Hooray, hooray ♪

♪ Hooray, Spectacularman
Hooray, Spectacularman ♪

♪ Let's all stand and sing and shout ♪

♪ Hooray, Spectacularman ♪

You know, Dinah, I've been thinking.

I really do want to see Mount Rushmore,

and not just a picture of it in some book.

A monument that's that monumental
should be seen in person and close up.

But not that close up.

Seeing it from below
with my feet firmly on the ground

will be close enough for me.

[giggles]

[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 ♪