03x01 - The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing But the Tooth/The Winter of Quack's Discontent

[bunniefuu]

It's a sunny day

I feel brand-new

There's about a million things that I could do

Whoa, would you like to...

Do them, too?

Yeah

Well, it's a big wide world

And it's waiting for me and you.

[clapping to music]

Let's look around

What will we see?

Round every corner, a discovery

Whoa, there's no place I'd...

Rather be

Oh, yeah

Well, it's a big wide world

And it's waiting

For me and you.

Peep, Chirp and Quack are playing their favourite game.

hide 'n' seek.

Actually it's more like a game of seek.

No one's good enough to hide from a duck.

[rustling]

Aha!

See?

I found Beaver Boy, and he wasn't even playing.

[sighs deeply]: Ahoy, Blue Sailor.

You sound funny.

Do you have something in your mouth or...?

Oh, no!

What happened, Beaver Boy?

[sighs deeply]

What do you mean? What's wrong with the beaver?

Quack, can't you tell?

He's missing his tooth.

No!

Really?

Yes, I lost it.

See?

Hmm... hmm.

Interesting.

Can you still be a beaver with only one tooth?

[gasps]

Quack!

Of course you're still a beaver.

Being a beaver has nothing to do with teeth.

Not much, anyway, you know.

Do you know where you lost it?

Maybe we could find it.

I don't know. I don't remember.

You were swimming with Quack a lot yesterday.

Maybe... The fish!

The fish will know where it is.

It's white and big and it's called a tooth.

Beaver Boy needs it to be a beaver.

White and hard... oh, yeah!

I found something like that yesterday.

[bubbling]

[Quack inhales deeply]

Well, no, no, no, no, no.

It's flat.

Like my foot-- quack.

White... hard... flat.

Got it!

The button was close, but not close enough.

No tooth... uh-uh.

You know, maybe we could make you a new tooth.

We'd just need to find the right stuff.

Careful, don't touch that.

That's mine, that's mine.

That one there's mine.

And that-- that, that, that's mine.

Why do you keep saying that?

It's all yours.

Well, I'm just, you know, reminding you.

[sniffs, quacks]

Hey!

Would this work?

A cr*cker?

No!

Th-th-that wouldn't work at all.

You never know, Quack.

It's worth a try.

But I was saving that...

for, uh... for you.

Yeah! It was going to be a present for you.

Can't be anymore, I guess.

Oh, well-- no present for you.

[chomping]

It doesn't work.

Here-- try this.

Hmm!

[gasps]

[chewing]

[swallows]

Sorry.

Okay, first rule about beaver teeth

is they can't taste good.

[quacks]

After they carefully measured Beaver Boy's tooth

from every possible angle...

Ouch!

...Chirp had a clearer idea of what they needed.

Okay, the new tooth needs to be hard and flat...

And sharp.

...and sharp, and the same size as the old one.

So I can chomp through trees and be a beaver again.

What are you talking about?

You are still a beaver.

We think.

PEEP [mumbling]: Would this work?

Well, it's not the right shape.

[clinking]

But it's hard and white.

And long enough.

You know where I found that?

It's a great story.

[chuckles]

Oh, boy, those were the days, my friends, those were the...

Anyways, it all started a long, long,

very, very long time ago,

and I'll start at the beginning.

[Quack chuckling and quacking]

And so then I said, "Oh, go on, you can't fool me.

"You're talking to a duck. You're talking to a duck!"

[laughs at his own words]

So then I said...

Look, everybody-- it's done.

[squeaking]

Ta-dah!

[all cheering]

Are you ready?

Here it goes.

Oops... wait.

I wasn't ready.

[squeaking]

Poor Beaver Boy.

His new tooth just wouldn't stay in.

I guess it has to be attached to your mouth.

[crying]

My grandfather was a beaver.

My mother and father are beavers.

Being a beaver is all I know how to do.

Beaver Boy, I'm telling you-- you are still a beaver!

Hey, I know!

You can be a fish.

Fish don't need teeth.

[burbling like a fish]

Hey?

Quack! Beaver Boy is still a...

[Quack burbling]

Oh, forget it!

[sighs]

Being a beaver was sort of fun while it lasted.

Why, son, what's the matter?

I lost my tooth.

You didn't lose your tooth-- you broke it,

probably while you were chewing a tree.

Do I have to go live with the fish?

Live with the fish?

Of course not.

You know, son, the very same thing happened to me.

I was gnat-gnat-gnatting away one night

when snap! My tooth broke off.

But it kept on growing,

and pretty soon it was as good as new.

Really? As good as new?

Even better.

[shouts with joy] Yes!

The next day Beaver Boy rushed to Quack's pond

to share the good news.

BEAVER BOY: Has it grown yet?

Father said it'll grow right back.

It looks a tiny bit longer than yesterday.

Yay!

Look again.

Is it longer now?

Um... no.

[Quack yawns]

In time, Beaver Boy grew his tooth back.

Not fast enough for some people, though.

Not fast enough.

My mom brought bowls and recipes.

A recipe tells you what to do.

We are going to see which recipe is best for sculpting.

We're going to be making all kinds of clay.

This is oat dough.

I wouldn't think you could really make anything

besides stickiness on your hands.

It doesn't keep its shape.

It just springs back.

I wouldn't say it's good for sculpting things

that can, like, stand up on their own.

And I'm trying to make a volcano, but it won't stay up.

It's sinking.

To make super goop, just cornstarch and water.

Come on, try to touch it!

No way.

Touch it, touch it.

Mine is getting all bouncy.

Can I touch it?

Sure.

This super goop is so super

I can make a big waterfall.

It's too runny to make a sculpture.

My recipe is for four cups of flour,

/ cup of salt, one cup of water, one tablespoon oil.

My play clay came out very good.

I made an elephant.

When I form Demi's recipe into a shape, it stays.

It doesn't spring back.

Demi's recipe works the best for sculpting.

See if you can make some dough that's good for sculpting.

[sighs]

Yes, that's Quack, sitting in a slipper.

He dragged it down from the dump after his pond froze.

[slurping]

Winter isn't too bad when there's snow.

When there's snow, you can build stuff...

and make tracks...

and sled down hills...

[all shouting happily]

And build stuff!

But without snow, there's not much point to winter.

[Quack sighs sadly]

I know what I'll do.

I'll go visit the Beaver and cheer him up.

Hello?

Anybody home?

Hello...?

Yes?

Who is it?

Me.

Who's "Me"?

What do you mean who's m...?

It's me me!

Quack!

Quack! Quack! Me!

Quack.

Ahoy, Blue Sailor.

Come on in.

So, what have you been doing?

Not much.

Sleeping.

Eating.

Here you go.

It's all I could find.

Sticks?

Again?

[crunching loudly]

You want to go do something?

Um... no.

Want a stick?

Um... no.

Hi, Quack!

Hi.

What's the matter with you?

What's the matter?

I'll tell you what's the matter.

It's freezing, I've got ice all over my pond, and...

and... Beaver Boy won't play with me.

Try sliding.

It's fun.

Whoops.

[Peep giggles]

Except for the falling part.

Whoa!

Look, Peep.

You can see right through the ice!

Hey, yeah!

There's a rock and some grass and...

[gasps]

Where are the fish?

I don't see any fish.

Huh.

You're right.

No fish.

They must have gone away.

Peep, fish can't "go away."

They're probably stuck under the ice somewhere.

Stuck?

Did the fish need help?

Did Quack suddenly have...

[Quack gasps]

something to do?

My fish are stuck?

Under the ice?

Whoa...oa...oa!

This is... t-terrible!

I'm sure it's fine, Quack.

Fine?

How can you say that?

What do you know about fish?

Nothing.

Exactly.

Move aside, thank you.

I must rescue them.

But how?

Let me see, thinking... thinking out loud

and thinking inside, too

and thinking all around and thinking...

What should I do?

There's too much ice.

Why don't you just sit down and... melt it?

Hmm.

Good idea!

I like the way you think, Chirp.

Oh, yeah, it's working.

Oh yeah, I can feel that--that's melting.

Mm-hmm.

I... uh... oh!

Ow! Ooh!

[grunting]

Freezing!

C-c-c-cold, cold, cold, cold, c-c-cold...

[sighs with relief]

Okay.

I need another idea.

Why do I have to think of something?

They're your fish.

Oh, all right.

When a duck looks at you like that,

you've got to come up with something.

So Chirp did.

I think that's enough.

So what we have to do

is throw these rocks at that exact spot

until we make a hole.

Got it?

Well, I think you'd better stand back.

I don't know my own strength.

Here we go.

[grunting]

[quacks, then grunts]

[Peep gasps]

Whoa... whoa!

[rock splashes]

[straining]: Okay, that didn't count.

It turns out that birds aren't very good at throwing.

So Chirp had to think of something else.

Ready, set, go!

[rock rumbling]

[loud crack]

PEEP: We did it!

[all cheering]

Yippee!

[cheering]

[all quiet]

It didn't go through.

Now what?

Jump as hard as you can and try to land right... there.

Ready?

Go!

You know who would be really good at this?

Beaver Boy.

He's been eating all winter and he's gotten

really, really... whoa!

[ice cracking]

I told you it wouldn't...

It worked.

Yay for me!

C-c-c-c-cold.

C-c-c-c-cold, cold, cold.

What am I doing?

Oh yeah, rescuing fish.

Fish!

I'm coming to save you!

Where are you?

Oh!

Fish!

[crying with joy]

I found you!

[takes a deep breath]

I said, I found you!

I'm here!

[yawning]: Hi, Quack.

Are you okay?

Do you need a rescue?

You look a little... odd.

I'm fine.

We're all just waiting for the pond to get warmer.

Quack was realizing

that fish aren't exactly a barrel of laughs in the winter.

So, um, anything I can do for you?

Do you need something new?

For your museum?

Well, okay, then.

Boy, where has the time gone?

I'll be on my way.

Places to do, things to go...

[chuckles]

Uh, take care now.

Bye-bye! [quacks]

So that's the story

of how Quack bothered the beavers

and didn't save any fish.

Next winter, I'm staying in bed.

Are the fish okay?

Ah, they're fine.

Didn't need saving.

Waste of time.

Good night.

Winter's like that sometimes.

Sometimes there's nothing to do but wait for spring.

Or...

[Chirp giggles]

...wish for snow.

Yay! It's snowing! Whoo-hoo!

Wake up, Quack.

Let's make a snowball.

[both whooping and laughing]

We are filling plastic containers with water.

Can somebody pass me some?

And we are going to put

little sea creature toys in the water.

Now we're going to freeze all these things

and see what they look like later today.

Demi's Mom took our stuff out of the freezer

when it was halfway frozen.

Look, kids.

There's a thin sheet of ice on the top

and there's all water below.

I think the top

is freezing first and the bottom is freezing last.

We are going to freeze them some more.

Hey, kids, I think our stuff might be frozen now!

Oh, that's cool!

Whoa!

Oh, it's cold!

It's cold! It's cold! It's cold!

It's too cold.

[whistling]

Drip, drop, drip.

Let's take the stuff outside and melt it and play hockey!

It's a lot smaller than it was and...

The sun is melting the ice when we're sending it back and forth

and that's how it gets shorter and shorter.

This is what melting looks like when you speed it up.

See what happens when water freezes and when ice melts.