01x04 - Burdette Queen Ant/One Monkey Too Many

[bunniefuu]

Oh.

Nngh! Uh!

Hey, welcome back to the big, big world.

♪ It's a big world

♪ It's a big, big world

♪ It's a big world

♪ Such a big, big world

♪ It's a big world

♪ It's a big, big world

♪ It's a big world

♪ It's a big, big world

♪ It's a big, big world...

♪ Don't you agree?

♪ Big enough for you and me!

♪ I'm a big old sloth

♪ I may be slow

♪ But see my friends swing high and low ♪

♪ Come to the big world

♪ It's a big, big world

♪ Come to the big world...

♪ Such a big, big world!

♪ It's a big world...

♪ It's a big, big world...

♪ It's a big world

♪ It's a big, big world

♪ Find your tree house, the tree's so tall ♪

♪ It's a big world after all.

I love the ants.

Wow, look at them go!

You guys are so great.

So organized and tiny.

I love you!

Wow!

You know, from way up here,

those ants look like... like... little tiny ants.

Hey, don't go away!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

Don't go away.

Oh, don't go!

Oh, my.

Hey, Bob, just checking up on everybody today,

and I was wondering, how's it going?

I'm, um...

worried about the ants.

Really?

Doesn't it seem like Bob's always worried about the ants?

What's happening now, Bob?

I don't know...

I just don't know.

The ants just don't seem to, um, understand me.

I can't see why.

Well, Bob,

you are an anteater,

after all.

Well, Bob, maybe I'll go

do some Tai Chi with my old friend, Oko.

Personally, Snook,

I don't find ants that interesting.

In fact,

I can think of many

more fascinating creatures.

Hmm...

Why, birds, for example-- like me.

SNOOK: Yep, birds

sure are interesting.

Uh, yeah, I guess.

I wonder where they went.

[ chuckling ]: Don't worry, Bob.

I'm sure the ants just went back to their nest.

Well, I think nests are very interesting.

Yeah, I guess.

They must be bringing back food for the queen.

Queen?

The ants have a queen?

Yup, um, every nest of...

[ gulps loudly]

ants has a queen.

SNOOK: Yep, they have

a very special relationship.

The queen ant stays behind

while the worker ants gather food

and bring it back to her.

Well, I'm surprised I didn't think of it sooner!

Yeah!

Uh, Burdette, think of what sooner?

I don't think we've ever had a queen

in the World Tree before.

BURDETTE: And let my royal self

thankest you in advance

for your support, my loyal subjects.

BOTH: What's a subject?

As queen, I have decided to decree...

or bestow--

whatever--

an official duty upon you both.

What is she saying?

I have no clue.

[ clears throat ]

Oh, I think she means she has something for us to do!

Indeed I do.

You have the great privilege

to send out wide and far a message

to all the inhabitants of the World Tree.

Okay...

BURDETTE: Tell one and all

that just as ants have their queen,

I, Burdette, am now

queen of the World Tree.

[ yawning ]: Got it.

Who are we telling this to?

Everyone!

And what should we tell the animals

who want to know why theycan't be queen?

[ no voice]

Good question.

Well...

because I thought of it first!

That will be all.

Oh, well, okay... I guess.

WINSLOW: See you.

Now it's time to practice my queenly wave.

Go down through the river,

hold a coconut,

share it with a friend.

There you are!

We were...

[ shushing]

Share it with a friend

and rest.

Whoa...

That was good, Oko.

Thank you.

Snook, it is very good

to do Tai Chi together.

[ insect buzzing]

Hmm? Oh, you were excellent, too, my friend.

[ insect buzzing]

Oh, yes, yes.

Let's go practice those moves again.

We must fly!

[ insect buzzing]

Yes, I know.

Oko is very funny!

SMOOCH and WINSLOW: Snook!

Oh, sorry.

How are you guys?

Well, we wanted to come earlier...

But we've been too busy helping the queen.

She is completely...

Oh, the queen.

Hold on. Who?

Queen Burdette!

Burdette wants us to go around

telling everybody

she's queen of the World Tree.

I didn't even know we had a queen.

Did you?

Well, we'd better get going

or the queen will be mad.

You know, I don't think...

Smooch? Winslow?

Hmm.

Hmm. I may be just a lowly sloth,

but I think maybe I should try

and get an audience with this queen.

[ chuckling ]

Hey, Bob.

[ shouts]

What are you up to?

Uh, I'm building a nest.

Okay, building a nest.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, why are you building a nest, Bob?

What's wrong with where you live now?

Well, I do like my home,

but Queen Burdette thought a nest might be better.

I see.

Hmm.

Uh, I don't know if a nest

is right for you, Bob.

I mean, you are an anteater, after all.

Burdette said it would help my chances

of becoming Minister of Ant Relations.

Right...

Um, did you happen to see

which way Her Highness went?

I think she was going to see Ick.

Thanks, Bob.

I'm off to see the queen.

Hey, Ick, have you seen Burdette?

You must mean Queen Burdette.

She was just here,

and I am thrilled to announce that I have been named

Minister of Underwater Affairs!

Uh, congratulations?

Hmm... you think I could get appointed Minister of Slowness?

What a good idea.

You should ask the queen.

Okay.

Well, see you, Minister.

Come on.

I have an idea.

[ squawks ]

Uh, hey, uh, Wartz.

[ squawking ]

Hey, Madge?

Oh, Snook!

Uh, Madge, does Wartz

seem to be acting a bit... odd to you?

A suggestion from our new queen, I think.

Rather interesting, actually.

It seems Burdette thought Wartz would sound better

if he squawked instead of croaked.

Ah, so you've heard about the new queen?

Oh, yes, my good sloth, Snook.

That's precisely why I've been doing some research.

I've prepared a report fit for a queen.

This should be good.

MADGE: You see, ants live in communities,

and in the World Tree,

we make up a kind of community, too.

WINSLOW: But how do those ants

put up with having a queen?

Yeah, she's had us running around all day!

Well, I think Burdette might have gotten the wrong idea

about what a queen ant does.

Be a pain in the...

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!

[ Madge chuckles]

Even though some ants work to help the queen,

the truth is the queen works just as hard as everyone else

in the colony.

In fact, you could say

she has the hardest job of all.

She has to set up new nests

for the ants to live in.

Oh, hello there!

Are you all waiting for instructions from the queen?

I'm ready.

Not exactly.

What?

Remember when you told us you were the queen of the World Tree

just like the ants have a queen?

Of course I remember.

It turns out being queen ant

is more than just telling everybody else what to do.

Yeah.

The queen ant works just as hard as the other ants.

If not harder.

And she cares for all of the other ants.

And even raises the young ones.

Well... maybe she raises them from afar.

Sure is a lot of ants to take care of.

Yeah, and I bet the queen ant never has any free time

to sit in her nest and feel the breeze fluff her wings. Hmm?

Really?

Uh, um, you know...

I was thinking... you monkeys don't really need a queen.

So you don't want to be queen anymore?

Never cared for the job, really.

Oh, all that ordering people around-- it's exhausting.

Well, Burdette, I think there's

one last thing you need to do.

Uh... what's that?

As Minister of Underwater Affairs,

I will now take questions from the floor!

Okay, lily pads, line up, line up!

BURDETTE: So, I really have to tell Ick

since I'm not queen anymore

he's back to just being

plain old Ick?

[ yammering at lily pads]

I think we're going to have to break it to him slowly.

[ chuckling ]

ICK: Right, you look great.

Okay, Frances? Yes.

No, Frances, you've had enough floor-time.

A question from over here?

[ song begins ]

♪ From a distance I can see a world that is for everyone ♪

♪ I can hear a dawning that has just begun ♪

♪ And everywhere I go

♪ I see creatures that are big and small ♪

♪ All within the curve of the world... ♪

Everybody sing, yeah!

ALL: ♪ The curve of the world

♪ Is blue d green and green and blue ♪

BOTH: ♪ Green and blue

ALL: ♪ The curve of the world is for you and me and me and you ♪

BOTH: ♪ Me and you, hey!

ALL: ♪ We can see a world that is for everyone ♪

♪ We can hear a dawning that has just begun ♪

♪ And everywhere we go

♪ We see creatures that are big and small ♪

♪ All within the curve of the world ♪

♪ All within the curve of the world ♪

Everybody sing it now!

♪ You and me and the curve of the world! ♪

[ hooting to music]

[ laughing]

[ snoring ]

Oh...

[ yawns ]

I was having a little snooze.

[ yawns again ]

You know, I love to wake up

and see the whole world all turned around.

That's what happens when you sleep upside down.

[ man singing exuberant African chant ]

Cool, huh?

[ yawns again ]

[ snoring ]

W-what?

[ yells ]

What was that?

WARTZ: Oops!

Uh, sorry about that, Snook.

Oh, Wartz!

Ook, ook!

Huh?

Ook, ook, ook!

Okay...

Uh, that wakeup was a little sudden

for a sleepy sloth.

Uh...

Do you want to fill me in

on what's been going on?

Ook, ook!

Uh, Wartz, you're walking kind of funny for a frog.

Ook, ook!

That's because-- ook--

I'm not going to be a frog anymore.

Whoa... huh.

How interesting.

But... if you're not going to be a frog,

then what are you going to be?

Just curious.

I'm going to be a monkey.

A monkey?

Yes, it's time to release my inner monkey.

That's what Winslow keeps telling me I should do.

Oh, I forgot...

Ook, ook

Oh, Winslow says that.

I'm still not very good at scratching under my arms yet.

Ook, ook!

But I'll get it!

I've got my whole life ahead of me as a monkey.

But, uh, Wartz,

you might be able to act like a monkey,

to pretend for a little while, but...

No worries!

I'm just about to tell Smooch and Winslow.

They're going to love my new monkey self.

Let's go!

Well, okay.

Let's go see what those two monkeys are up to, w*r...

uh, monkey.

Ook! Ook!

Ook, ook!

Okay, Wartz, I'll hang out here.

Ook, ook!

Ook!

[ snoring ]

[ Winslow yells ]

[ Smooch yells]

It's okay!

It's me, Wartz.

Ook, ook!

Wartz the monkey!

Ook, ook!

What on earth is that frog doing?

I have no clue.

Ook, ook!

Wait, you mean "Ooh, whook"?

Yeah.

Ook.

MONKEYS: Oh...

[ hooting ]

Wartz, what are you doing?

Yeah-- stop acting like such a... monkey!

But... I'm with you guys now.

I'm living the monkey life!

The monkey life!

Cool.

Welcome, fellow monkey!

Ook! Ook!

Gee, ook, ook!

Thanks, fellow monkey.

WINSLOW: I've always said,

you can't have too many monkeys.

Unless they're all in a bed

and I don't want to start on that one.

WINSLOW: Yep--

everybody wants to be a monkey!

[ percussive music playing]

♪ No one swings like a monkey, no one clings like a monkey ♪

♪ No one sings like a monkey when he's glad... ♪

Well, you do seem to get noticed.

♪ No one plays like a monkey or parades like a monkey ♪

♪ 'Cause you know a monkey's never, ever sad. ♪

Really?

♪ So come on and do the monkey

♪ Come on and do the monkey

♪ Monkey, monkey, monkey... monkey. ♪

Ooh, ahh, oo-ooh, ahh!

SNOOK: Whoa, cool dance, guys!

Come on, let's dance with Smooch and Winslow!

♪ No one lands like a monkey on two hands like a monkey ♪

♪ And then flips over and stands up on two feet... ♪

Whoa!

♪ So come on and do the monkey

♪ Come on and do the monkey

♪ Monkey, monkey, monkey...

♪ Monkey

Do the monkey!

♪ It doesn't matter, pick some key ♪

♪ But in a rhythm that's funky ♪

♪ Do the monkey, monkey

♪ Monkey!

Yeah!

♪ Do the monkey, monkey... monkey! ♪

[ song ends ]

[ snoring ]

Ook, ook!

Oh, hey, my little frog-- I mean, monkey, friend.

Okay, fellow monkey, we'll show you the ropes.

I mean,

the vines.

Yes, you'll be a very rare kind of monkey,

a frog-ocet monkey.

Yeah, a frog-ocet,

you know, like "marmoset."

Wow!

I'm a frog-ocet!

Whoa, a frog-ocet!

Isn't it fun to pretend?

Have you ever pretended to be a monkey?

Just remember, Wartz--

you can alys go back to being a frog

and if you need anything, come see me, okay?

Sure, Snook-- ook, ook!

Come on, Wartz.

We've got a lot of a whole lot

of monkeying around to do!

Great.

Job well done.

Now back to sleep.

Well, frog-ocet, you're just in time

for the most important part of a monkey's day.

Swinging from vines?

b*ating your chest and doing the Tarzan yell?

[ imitating Tarzan yell ]

Nope.

Breakfast.

Bananas and tree sap!

It's the best.

Mmm...

Yum, yum, yum.

You guys don't eat flies?

Even a few?

Sure.

SMOOCH: Yeah, sometimes

when we're swinging through the trees

with our mouths open.

They fly right in.

I coughed one up once.

WARTZ: Uh...

cool.

[ weakly]: Ook, ook.

Okay, Wartz--

just take a good bite out of the tree trunk over there

with your teeth, and suck the sap out.

Yeah, it's tasty stuff.

But, uh... I don't have teeth.

Well, then you can have some bananas.

We eat them, too.

Great.

And now it's time for a little exercise.

That sounds like fun.

Yeah.

The morning race to the top of the tree.

And you have to do it like a monkey.

SMOOCH: Use your hands.

And tail, like monkeys use.

Last one up is a howler!

Whoo!

I can't go that fast!

Hands?

Tail?

Frogs don't have those.

I'm just not getting the hang of this monkey business.

[ Winslow laughing]

You know, Smooch, I'll never understand

exactly why my nest always has to be the finish line

for your monkey races.

[ monkeys giggling]

Gee...

we don't know either.

Yeah, sorry to wake you up... again.

Oh, monkeys!

[ out of breath ]: Hey...

Hey, Burdette.

I'm... I'm going to be a monkey.

Wartz, you're finally here!

We've got to go.

See you, Burdette.

Want to be a monkey, eh?

[ out of breath ]: Yeah...

There's... nothing better.

SMOOCH and WINSLOW: Come on, Wartz!

Oh, monkeys...

Frogs.

Unbelievable.

All right.

It's time for...

Vine swinging.

You can grab one.

Whoo, I'm having fun!

Not as much fun as I'm having.

Hey, save some fun for me!

Ook, ook.

Hey, Wartz...

How's that monkey thing going?

Okay.

Well, you know,

I don't think I could be a monkey either.

Really?

You don't?

Nope.

Not at all.

I'm way too slow to be a monkey,

I don't really like bananas,

and I love to hang upside down,

and there's...

Hey, I love to hang upside down, too.

I like to sleep underneath leaves.

Maybe I could be a sloth!

[ laughing]

Nice idea, Wartz.

I would be flattered, bupretending is one thing.

Hate to break this to you,

but you'll always be a tree frog

and that's a really great thing.

Really?

Are you sure?

Tree frogs are the best!

I mean, you're an amphibian.

How cool is that?

And you've got that sac,

and I've heard flies are pretty tasty...

uh... but don't tell Tse Tse that.

But I can't keep up with Smooch and Winslow,

and I'm not good at swinging on vines.

And I'm afraid they won't like me.

Um... hey, Wartz!

Sorry we lost you back there.

Yeah, are you okay?

You ol' frog-ocet...

uh... I mean, frog.

Um, Wartz, we were wondering if you could do something for us.

Really?

Me?

I'm not really that good at the monkey stuff.

Monkey stuff?

Forget it!

We were... hoping

you could show us how to hop

like a tree frog!

Really?

I'd love to!

Hey, maybe you could show me, too?

Sure!

Start hopping with me.

SNOOK, SMOOCH and WINSLOW: Cool!

[ animals grunting and laughing]

[ soft guitar music playing ]

♪ The world goes spinning round and round, it's true ♪

♪ We've had our time, and now we're through ♪

♪ But you and I forever will be friends ♪

♪ We'll try to touch the sky where clouds never end ♪

d♪ And we'll search for wonder all around ♪

♪ And you'll find me hanging upside down ♪

♪ And you and I together in a big, big world ♪

♪ We'll try to touch the sky in a big, big world ♪

♪ You have to go, I know it's time ♪

♪ So give me five

♪ This whole world is yours and mine. ♪

♪ La, la-la, la, la, la, la-la, la, la ♪

♪ La, la-la, la, la, la, la-la, la, la... ♪

You know, there are so many amazing creatures

that live here in the World Tree.

Yeah, we got marmosets, anteaters, turtles, monkeys,

birds, ants and frogs... and you!

Yep, you're an animal, too.

Not to toot my own horn or anything,

but I think we sloths are pretty interesting animals.

Did you know that I'm an herbivore?

All sloths are.

It means that we only eat plants, sh**t, leaves

and sometimes fruit.

That's a good diet for slow-moving creatures like me.

Leaves are pretty easy to catch.

[ chuckles]

One of my favorite animals is my friend Wartz.

He's a red-eyed tree frog.

Tree frogs are really great climbers, yeah.

Most have sticky pads on their feet,

and those pads help them climb trees

and leap through the treetops.

Whoa, tree frogs sure are amazing,

and I think Wartz is the most amazing tree frog I've ever met.

Don't you?