03x24 - Just the Fax, Ma'am/Duchess Treat

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

Dinah, I did it.

I talked Mom into buying me
a pair of Nouveau jeans.

She kept saying they cost way too much,
but I convinced her I needed them.

Everybody at school has a pair.

If you don't wear Nouveau jeans,
you're a loser.

-So, what do you think?
-[meows]

[groans]

I guess they are a little goofy-looking,
aren't they?

Maybe Mom was right.
Those other jeans did look better.

[groans] Nobody wears them anymore.

If I went to class
wearing a pair of those,

I'd stand out like a sore thumb.

I'll go visit a place where I don't have
to worry about what I wear.

[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 ♪

[quirky music playing]

Oh, dear. Now the Duchess has
more fruit punch than the Queen.

Oh, no. Now the Queen has more fruit punch
than the Duchess.

Now the Duchess has more fruit punch.

Now the Queen has more fruit punch.

Excuse me, Mr. Rabbit.

Now the flowers have more fruit punch.

Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.

That's all right, Alice.
It's not your fault.

I'm always a jumpy bunny

on the days the Queen decides
to have lunch with the Duchess.

[chuckles]

You see, Alice, the two of them
have always been rivals.

You know,
always trying to outdo each other.

Oh. Well, I'll bet
they're constantly competing.

Oh, they are. They are.

If one of them thinks
the other is getting more,

they break into a royal tizzy.

Like when my little brother thinks
I got a bigger piece of cake than him.

Exactly.

Well, if they feel that way,
maybe they shouldn't be having lunch.

Oh, no, no. Deep down, they're friends.
It's just that...

Well, remember,
we're talking about a duchess and a queen.

They're more than just competitive.

In other words, they're royal rivals.

[pop music playing]

♪ When you're royal
You've got to keep on top ♪

♪ One-upmanship comes with the job ♪

♪ When royalty face off over tea ♪

♪ Better stand back, it's a sight to see ♪

♪ Oh, royal rivals, royal rivals ♪

♪ They've got to have
Perfectly timed arrivals ♪

♪ An entrance grand
To gain the upper hand ♪

♪ If you were royal
You would understand ♪

♪ When royals compete
Ooh, the sparks fly ♪

♪ These are two royals
Who won't settle for a tie ♪

♪ Coming in first
Is the name of the game ♪

♪ It's part of being royal
There's no one to blame ♪

♪ Oh, royal rivals, royal rivals ♪

♪ They've got to have
Perfectly timed arrivals ♪

♪ An entrance grand
To gain the upper hand ♪

♪ If you were royal
You would understand ♪

[both laughing]

There. Now there isn't a thing
they can say

the other got that they didn't.

Except indigestion.

What are the pens and paper for?

Oh! To finalize plans
for tomorrow's fundraiser.

Every year, the Queen and the Duchess
donate their time

to help raise money
for the Wonderland Library.

Oh, that's generous of them.

[stammering] Uh, well, yes.

They say they do it
because it's a good cause...

but actually, Alice...

to tell the truth...

they also do it
to get their picture in the paper.

Unfortunately for the Queen,

since the society page
loves to photograph people

in the latest,
most up-to-date styles, the, uh...

the Duchess seems to attract
the photographers.

Oh.

Well, I'm sure the Queen's more concerned
about a good cause

than getting her picture in the paper.

Alice, take a good look
at these old copies of the Wonderland Bee

and tell me what's wrong with them.

I'll tell you what's wrong.

They each have a photograph of the Duchess
and not me.

And just listen to this photo caption.

"The Duchess, seated in the center...

leads the fashion pack again this year,
wearing an inspiration in orange chiffon.

Oh, and the Red Queen was there too."

Oh!

Maybe she does make Mr. Redwell's
list of best-dressed royals every year.

But so what?

She's not such a great dresser.

Is she, Rabbit?

Is she, Rabbit?

Rabbit!

Hm? Oh. [chuckles]

Uh, sorry, Your Majesty.

I-- I-- I...

I was just thinking, wouldn't it be fun

if Alice joined you and the Duchess
for lunch?

Uh, I don't think it would be safe.

I mean, polite for me to intrude.

Oh, please intrude.

Otherwise, they'll get in a food fight
like last year.

[laughing]

Yes. Join us, Alice.

Lunch would be lovely

as long as she doesn't call me
by that nickname she used

when we were kids in the cotillion.

Twinkle Toes.

Oh! I'm sure she hasn't
thought of that in years.

[Duchess] Oh, Twinkle Toes!

Well, I think that about
takes care of all the details

for the library fundraiser.

Yes, and I must say, it does my heart good
to give of my tré valuable time

to hoi polloi who crave reading material
and have none.

Why, Duchy, I didn't know you had a heart.

Have you decided yet
what you're wearing to the event?

Oh! I haven't given it a thought.

What will you be wearing
to the library fundraiser?

I haven't given it a thought.

You believe me?

Oh. What's not to believe?

It's obvious you don't spend any time
thinking about your wardrobe.

-What are you wearing, Your Grace?
-Oh...

The latest style.

Oh! The latest style, my patootie.

Your shoes don't match.

They're not supposed to.

Wearing mismatched shoes
is the latest in fashion.

For those of us who care about fashion.

Oh, don't make me laugh.

Somebody put on the wrong shoes
by mistake,

and now she's calling it fashion.

-Yes. Somebody did put on the wrong shoes.
-Stop that.

And it wasn't I.

Anyone for fruit punch?

Don't worry.
We can say anything we want to each other.

After all, we are the best of friends.

[dance music playing]

[dance music playing]

♪ We're the best of friends ♪

♪ We'll go to the very ends of the world
For each other ♪

♪ As long as we can go there undercover ♪

♪ We can, indeed we do
With helpful hints and howdy-dos ♪

♪ And what's new ♪

♪ We even compliment each other's shoes ♪

♪ We'll do anything for each other ♪

-♪ Well, maybe, that depends ♪
-♪ We're the best of friends ♪

♪ We're the best of friends ♪

♪ We'll go that extra mile ♪

♪ Just to make each other smile ♪

♪ But of course ♪

♪ We'll go that extra mile
In our own style ♪

♪ We'll do anything for each other ♪

-♪ Well, maybe, that depends ♪
-♪ We're the best of friends ♪

♪ We're the best of friends ♪

♪ We're the best of friends ♪

♪ We're the best of friends ♪

Gosh, Your Grace. Don't you find it hard
to keep up with the latest styles?

They change so quickly.

Yes. That's why Mr. Redwell puts out
a helpful fashion magazine.

I suggest you get a copy, Twinkle Toes.

Have Rabbit get me a copy
of the next issue

as soon as it hits the stands.

Well, hello. What have you got there?

It's a fashion magazine for the Queen.

Oh. May I flip through it?

-If you hurry. Be careful!
-Oh.

This is the latest issue.

Hot of the presses.

Ah! It's Mr. Redwell's fashion magazine.

Vanity Mare,
the magazine for the royal clotheshorse.

Since when is Her Majesty so concerned
with the latest fashion?

Oh. Since she had lunch with her rival,
the Duchess.

She won't be happy
until she's on top of the latest fashions,

wearing what everybody else is wearing.

So she wants to look like
everybody else, hm?

That reminds me of a story.

Once, there was a cat named Carla,
who always copied everyone.

She copied what everyone else wore.

She copied what everyone else ate.

[crows]

And she copied what everyone else said.

[crows]

Of course, always copying everyone else...

did have its problems.

But Carla never worried about that.
She went right on copying anyway.

Then one day, Carla was sitting around,
looking for someone to copy,

when she saw some ducks.

She decided to copy them.

Once she caught up,
the ducks were pedaling around a pond.

Carla watched one duck
do a beautiful swan dive.

She decided to copy him.

Carla had forgotten one thing.

Cat's hate the water.

And that's how Carla discovered
that being a copycat was all wet.

Actually, I don't think the Queen wants
to copy everybody else

as much as she wants everybody
to copy her.

Isn't that the same thing?

[stammering] Uh...

Oh, I don't know.

Now I'm confused.

Is the whole point of fashion
to look the same as everybody else

or different from everybody else?

I think it's to look different
from everybody else...

but in the same way.

Thanks to this magazine,

for once, I'll be able to wear
the latest fashions

to the library fundraiser.

And then your picture will be in the paper
instead of the Duchess.

What?

It can't be.

Duchy was right. It says right here
that the newest trend in royal fashions

is mismatched shoes.

But she was already wearing
two different shoes yesterday.

Oh! Exactly.

So now if I wear them,
it will look like I'm copying the Duchess.

If I don't wear them,
I'll look hopelessly out of style.

Chin up, Your Majesty.

Maybe you can wear the next new fashion
before she does.

-Yes, Alice.
-Hey, Twinkle Toes. What are you doing?

What does it look like?

Being fashionable.
I'm wearing two different shoes.

Are you kidding? Wearing mismatched shoes
went out of style minutes ago.

What's fashionable now
is a single elegant glove

worn just above the elbow.

Elegant?

That has more holes in it
than Swiss cheese.

But that's the idea.

Do I have to teach you everything
about fashion?

Your Grace, Her Majesty and I

just went through Mr. Redwell's
latest magazine,

-and we didn't see anything about a glove.
-We didn't.

You're just making this up to get my goat.

Oh, please, dear.
I never kid about fashion.

Stop with the bad puns.

Just tell me how you get
the latest fashion so fast.

Simple. I'm hooked up
to Mr. Redwell's fashion fax.

You know what a fax machine is?

Someone calls you,
they put a page in their fax machine,

and a copy of it comes out in yours.

I know what a fax machine is.

I just didn't know
Mr. Redwell had a fashion fax.

And before his magazine even comes out,

he takes his latest fashion designs
and faxes copies to me.

See, Twinkle Toes,
you have to get up pretty early

to outdress me.

Oh, harrumph!

-There we go. Okay. We got it. Oh!
-[Hare] Uh-huh, uh-huh.

There you go, Your Majesty.
One-- Da-da-da--

royal fax machine, with all the trimmings.

Oh, yeah. Spicy stuffing, cranberry sauce,
and, of course, candied yams.

Hare, the trimmings for the fax machine.

Oh.

Handset, power cord and, of course...

-paper.
-Paper.

Tell me how this works.

Very simple.
First, Mr. Redwell will call your number.

-He'll feed into his machine...
-Feed?

I knew it was good
I brought the cranberry sauce.

You just feed them paper.

Okay. I think it's going to be
pretty dry without the sauce.

Oh, stop this!

Just tell me if I'll be getting copies
of Mr. Redwell's latest fashions

before the Duchess.

You will, Your Majesty.

See, when I connected the fax,
the gentleman on the other end promised me

you'd get the newest fashions
before anyone.

Oh, goody. Now we'll see who gets
her picture on the society page.

That's right.

[chattering]

Hi, Mr. Dum, Mr. Dee.

What's underneath?

-Oh, wouldn't you like to know?
-That's what she said.

Oh, please. I can keep a secret.

Well... all right.

Alice, every year,
the fundraiser for the Wonderland Library

is about as much fun
as paying an overdue fine.

So we decided it needed a little pizzazz.

Imagine, if you will,

everyone files into the charity tea.

Instead of the same stage,
they look up and see...

A big book?

Exactly!

Well, it is interesting,
but it is just a big book.

Well, don't forget, Alice.

You can't always judge a book
by its cover.

[hip-hop music playing]

♪ First impressions are important
There's more to know ♪

♪ You have to look harder
For things that don't show ♪

♪ Maybe what you see
Isn't always what you get ♪

♪ Don't be sure of things
You haven't checked out yet ♪

♪ You can't judge a book by its cover
We would not advise you to try ♪

♪ You can't judge a book by its cover ♪

♪ Sometimes there's more
Than meets the eye ♪

♪ A food may be sour
That you think will be sweet ♪

♪ Don't jump to conclusions
Stay in your seats ♪

♪ Something very, very big
Could turn out to be small ♪

-♪ A moth big as a butterfly ♪
-♪ A race car can stall ♪

♪ You can't judge a book by its cover ♪

♪ We would not advise you to try ♪

♪ You can't judge a book by its cover ♪

♪ Sometimes there's more ♪

♪ Than meets the eye ♪

A demonstration.
If Dum would kindly step behind the book.

Instead of having Her Majesty
and the Duchess make the same entrance

through the same curtain,
we'd give them this to walk through.

The book opens.

Providing a dazzling photo opportunity.

[Dum groans]

Um...

We need to work out a few bugs.

Come on. Come on, silly fax machine.

Surely Mr. Redwell's designed
something new by now.

Expecting a fax, Your Majesty?

Yes, from Mr. Redwell.

Hm. Speaking of fashion, shouldn't you
be dressed for the fundraiser by now?

I can't get dressed
until he tells me what to wear.

Why don't you just wear something
you think looks nice on you?

I can't. It might have gone
out of fashion five minutes ago.

-[fax machine beeps]
-Oh!

-Hm. [purrs]
-[laughing]

In a moment, Cat,
I'll hold in my hot little hands,

from Mr. Redwell, the latest fashion.

Oh! [laughs]

-[fax machine beeps]
-Oh! Ah.

That's Mr. Redwell's latest fashion?

Yes, and nobody has it yet, but me.

[purrs]
You think you'll look good in that?

Who cares? As long as I'm wearing it
before the Duchess.

-[laughs]
-Hm...

Tsk, tsk, tsk. [purrs]

I'd like to welcome everyone
to the library fundraiser.

Then why don't you?

Okay, I will. Welcome, everyone,
to the library fundraiser!

Yeah!

The theme of this year's fundraiser
slash fashion show

is reading, it's always in fashion.

[cheering]

And now without further delay,
let's welcome our lovely royal hostesses.

First, Her Grace, the Duchess!

-[fanfare playing]
-[cheering]

Uh, you sure you want your picture taken
with that hat?

Of course, I do.

This design is the latest design
from Mr. Redwell's fashion fax.

[Red Queen] Run, Duchy!

I'm wearing the latest,
most up-to-date fashion from Mr. Redwell.

-[laughing]
-[gasps]

[Duchess] Oh, Twinkle Toes.

What are you wearing?

What does it look like?

A clown outfit.

How true that is.

Well, that just shows what you know.

It happens to be the latest,

most up-to-the-minute fashion
from Mr. Redwell's fashion fax.

And I got it first.

Let me see that fax.

Didn't you read the logo
at the bottom of the page?

This design was faxed to you
by Clown Clothius,

for the best-dressed clown in town.

-[laughs]
-So what?

It didn't come from Mr. Redwell.

Your fax machine was hooked up
to the wrong number.

Impossible.

Hatter, you hooked it up.
Tell her that's impossible.

[whistles]

I'd say it's not impossible
and the proof is in front of me,

wearing a really goofy rubber nose.

I guess there's no question
who's going to get her picture

in the society page this year.

Uh, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Don't you all realize Her Majesty wore
this ridiculous outfit deliberately?

I did?

-Nice try, Rabbit.
-But she did.

Her Majesty merely did it
to make a very important point.

What would that be?

Yes. What would that be?

Uh...

Uh, the point would be that-- That, uh...

That some are so determined
to wear the latest fashions,

they wear it even if-- Even if...

Even if it makes them look like a clown.

Yes.

What a powerful statement.
May we quote you on that for the paper?

Of course. And furthermore...

[clears throat]
who are these designers anyway

and why do we let them
tell us what to wear?

I guess because we don't want
to be different from everybody else.

A-ha!

But if everybody else jumped off a cliff,
would you do it too?

Depends. Do you get a parachute?

And would the parachute go
with this outfit?

Oh, stop this!

I just mean we should decide for ourselves
what looks good on us.

As much as I hate to admit it,
you're right.

From now on, I'm not going to wear
anything that I don't wanna wear,

no matter what chucklehead says
is the latest style.

Starting with this ugly hat.

-Oh!
-All right!

Good idea, Your Grace.

-There's no style like your own style.
-[Rabbit] Yes.

[pop music playing]

♪ You know, if wearing top hats
Became a popular fad ♪

♪ Our trend-setting Hatter
Might get madder ♪

♪ Although the Cheshire's stripes
Are always in style ♪

♪ Sometimes, he goes out
Wearing only smile ♪

♪ There's no style like your own style ♪

♪ There's no style like your own style ♪

♪ There's no style like your own style ♪

♪ Wearing whatever, wherever
Whenever we want ♪

♪ If the in-crowd parades around town
Wearing crowns ♪

♪ Twinkle Toes might be found
Wearing a frown ♪

♪ If this sort of thing
Became hot on the scene ♪

♪ Everyone would look like a queen ♪

♪ There's no style like your own style ♪

♪ There's no style like your own style ♪

♪ There's no style like your own style ♪

♪ Wearing whatever, wherever, whenever ♪

♪ Whether it's fowl
Whether it's feather ♪

♪ Whatever the weather
We're wearing whatever we want ♪

Your Majesty, we'd sure love to get
a photograph of you for the society page.

That is, if you don't mind
all of Wonderland seeing you as a clown.

Oh, absolutely.

In fact,
sh**t as many pictures as you like.

-Okay.
-But...

don't you dare print any of them.

[laughing]

Okay.

You can come out from under the bed now.

I've decided I'm not going to wear
those goofy-looking pants after all.

I don't care if everybody else wears them.
They look terrible on me.

-[meows]
-You're right.

When my friends see me
wearing something different, who knows?

I might start a new trend.

[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 ♪