03x08 - Deface in the Crowd

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

My school pictures finally came,
Dinah. See?

-[meows]
-What do you think?

Oh, come on. It can't be that bad.

Hey!

A mustache.

-Now, who could've--?
-[Brian giggling]

Oh, I see.

Very funny, Brian.

He must have done this when I set it down
to get a glass of water in the kitchen.

Well, he wouldn't think it was so funny

if something happened
to one of his comic books.

Hm...

I'll take some time to decide
on the best way to get even.

[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 ♪

[indistinct chatter]

Thank you all for coming.

But I'm sure that
once you see my new statue,

you'll agree it was worth the trip.

And if not, at least the food's free.

Oh, yeah!

Hello! Oh! Sorry we're late,

but I had to iron my overalls.

And Pinniped couldn't
find any matching socks.

-[laughing]
-Oh, Pinniped. Yeah...

How does an invisible friend
see if his socks match?

[Walrus groaning]

What's the matter?

There doesn't seem to be
a place for Pinniped.

Oh! Sorry.
I think I'm sitting in Pinniped--

Pinniped's, uh, place.

I wasn't going to come this afternoon,

but then the queen graciously
gave me the afternoon off.

Without pay.

And I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Pinni--

All my other plates are in the dishwasher.

You can use one of mine.

What?

No, thank you?

-Well, you heard him, Dormouse.
-Okay.

Ahem. Now, before I unveil my statue,

-let's all have a crumpet. See?
-[chattering]

-Hare.
-Oh! Dum.

-Rabbit.
-Thank you.

-Alice.
-Thank you.

-Mr. Walrus.
-Oh! [laughs]

Eh-- Oh. Ahem.

Excuse me,

but there aren't enough crumpets
for Pinniped to have one.

Um, no offense, but Pinniped never seems
to be hungry at tea parties anyway.

I know. I keep telling him
he doesn't eat enough.

He's so thin, you hardly know he's there.

Pinniped, have mine.

No?

Well, all right. As long as you're sure.

[laughing]

Good one.

And now, the moment
you've all been waiting for.

Or at least the moment
that I've been waiting for. Ta-da!

[gasping]

It's a bust!

It's a little disappointing,

but you don't have to broadcast it.

No, "bust" as in a statue of someone

from here up.

Who is it, Mr. Hatter?

My great-great-grandhatter,

speaker of those famous words of wisdom:

"Show me a person
with a good head on his shoulders

and a good hat on his head,

and I'll show you my vacation slides."

[pop music playing]

♪ Life is so divine
Underneath a hat of mine ♪

♪ Inspiring words of wisdom ♪

♪ Great-Great-Grandhatter said ♪

♪ Blue is different from red ♪

♪ Inspiring words of wisdom ♪

♪ When the going gets tough ♪

♪ Go the other way ♪

♪ Enough is enough
If you ate a big lunch today ♪

♪ If at first you don't succeed ♪

♪ The instructions you should read ♪

♪ Inspiring words of wisdom ♪

♪ The hats that he made
May not have fit well on the head ♪

♪ But he inspired me so much ♪

♪ With the words he said ♪

♪ Every dark cloud
Will rain down on a crowd ♪

♪ So before you count your chickens ♪

♪ Buy a hat ♪

♪ My great-great-grandhatter
Said all that ♪

♪ Inspiring words ♪

♪ Wow, that's inspiring! ♪

♪ Inspiring words of wisdom ♪

There! I hope you all see

why I'm so pleased to have this statue.

Now, are there any questions?

Yes. May I have more tea, please?

[chattering]

-Lunch sounds very good.
-All right.

Thank you.

-Walrus. Here you go.
-[chattering]

Now, is everyone happy?

Uh, Pinniped doesn't--

Pinniped! Why are you leaving?

What do you mean
you're tired of being ignored?

Wait, what's the matter, Mr. Walrus?

Dear me!

I don't think anyone meant any disrespect,
but nonetheless,

Pinniped left in quite a huff!

-Really?!
-[huffs]

[dramatic music playing]

Well, it was a great party,

but I'm glad to get things tidied up.

You know me, I'm a regular neatnik.

Say!

You didn't tell me
you've been doing some painting!

Oh, I like the choice of colors.

But to tell you the truth,
the work is a little sloppy.

[gasps] No!

Don't you see?

This wall has been defaced!

Messed up, written on, ruined, spoiled!

That's terrible!

Who would do such a thing?

A vandal, that's who.

Have I met the Vandal family?

Uh, no, "vandal" isn't a name. A vandal is

someone who damages
or defaces other people's things.

Like my teapot. [groans]

Can you believe it?

I ran it through the dishwasher
just yesterday.

[in unison] Hm...

I'll bet this was done by the same vandal
who defaced my wall.

Let's take a closer look!

-Oh. Oh, h*! Whoa!
-Uh-huh. Oh!

Oh, yeah. The word "nine."

Now look at my wall.

You were right! It says "nine" here too!

-What does it mean?
-Who knows.

Four plus five, six plus three,
seven plus two.

No matter how you look at it,
it all adds up to the same thing.

It sure does.

[in unison] A real mess!

Oh, boy, look at that!

-I'll never get this clean!
-We'll take care of that.

[alarm beeping]

[yawns] Ah!

Time for my cat nap.

There's nothing like a little snooze
in my favorite sunny spot.

Hey! What gives?!

[sniffing] Hm...

Wet paint.

How tacky.

And the word "din."

As in a lot of noise.

[purrs]

I'm going to make quite a din
when I catch the rat

who defaced my bench!

[growls]

[chattering and laughing]

Hey, Dee, look!

All that ugly writing and drawing.

It's graffiti!

Yuck! This looks awful!

Who would deface the bridge
by putting graffiti on it?

There's a name. "Ned."

I don't know anyone called Ned. Do you?

No. But whoever he is,

I don't think much of
the way he signs his name.

It's a shame.

Wow, what a pretty place!

Well, don't get used to it.

-Why, Mr. Cat? What do you mean?
-Hm.

This must be one of
the nicest places in Wonderland.

Hm. From what I've seen,
it's the only nice place in Wonderland.

Everywhere else is covered with graffiti.

-Really?
-Uh-huh.

Well, I don't see any graffiti
around here.

In fact, everything looks picture-perfect.

[pop music playing]

♪ A place like this is a dream come true ♪

♪ I'm lucky to be standing here
And so are you ♪

♪ The trees are tall and shady
And the flowers are in bloom ♪

♪ Everything is picture-perfect ♪

♪ A place like this is one of a kind ♪

♪ It's awesome in its beauty
It's such a special find ♪

♪ The view's so pretty
And it's magically designed ♪

♪ Everything is picture-perfect ♪

♪ What a lovely spot ♪

♪ I like it here a lot ♪

♪ The clouds up in the sky
Look like angels floating by ♪

♪ A place like this
Is such a special treat ♪

♪ From the leaves on the trees
To the grass under my feet ♪

♪ It's so fantastic
It really can't be beat ♪

♪ Everything is picture-perfect ♪

♪ Everything is picture-perfect ♪

♪ Perfect! ♪

Oh, really?

I wouldn't call that suitable for framing.

[Alice] Oh, no! Graffiti!

See what I mean, Alice?

Or do I need to draw you a picture?

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.

Rabbit!
I just saw this month's phone bill.

What are all these calls
to 555-carrot--? [gasps]

Rabbit.

What is the meaning of this?

Well, I don't know, Your Majesty.

Except right there,
where someone wrote "dip in."

I can't make heads or tails of this!

I don't literally mean,
"What does it mean?"

I mean, "Who's responsible
for this awful mess?"

Excuse us, Your Majesty,

but it's probably the same person

who's responsible for the graffiti
that's all over Wonderland.

Unfortunately, we don't know who it is.

The only clues we have
are a few words the vandal wrote.

"Ned, nine, din, den..."

And there! "Dip in."

[gasping]

Wait! I didn't see the connection before,

but now that I add these two words...

Yes. Yes!

"Ned, nine, din, den, dip in."

-Don't you see what it means?
-Of course!

The vandal knows nothing
about sentence structure.

Whatever the words mean,
the problem is obvious:

Wonderland looks terrible.

You know what really gets my goat
is when I have to clean up--

Please, Rabbit.
We're talking about graffiti, not goats.

Your barnyard problems will have to wait.

Besides, what makes me mad

is that I have to clean up
someone else's mess.

-Oh, exactly!
-Well, I'll say this.

Normally, I'm a very
understanding queen, right?

Hey!

-Oh, yes!
-That's better.

My point is,

I don't mind people expressing themselves,
but this is where I draw the line.

Oh! Oh!

Actually, I'd say somebody
already drew it for you.

Oh, I mean this is
where the problem stops!

I don't care how,
but we must catch the vandal.

[clears throat]

I hereby deputize you all

as official graffiti guards.

-Ooh!
-All right!

Now all we need is a plan.

Wait! I know.

There's one thing
no graffiti vandal can resist.

-Good idea.
-I have a great idea.

There!

No vandal can resist a blank wall.

-So now what do we do?
-Simple.

We hide out
and wait for the vandal to show up.

As soon as we see him
start to deface this wall,

we push the button.

What button?

This button!

Uh, sorry.

[groans] Well, one thing's for sure.

When the vandal tries to write on this,

we'll have the last word.

[funk music playing]

♪ Someone really sneaky
Is about to be undone ♪

♪ I suppose he thinks
He's a real clever one ♪

♪ Dirtying up Wonderland
All over the place ♪

♪ I can't wait to catch this guy
And see the look on his face ♪

♪ We're gonna have the last word ♪

♪ We've laid out our trap ♪

♪ The bait has been set ♪

♪ We'll catch him in the act ♪

♪ We'll hold him in the net ♪

♪ He may be big and tough
But that won't even matter ♪

♪ If you and I aren't strong enough ♪

-♪ We've got the Hare ♪
-♪ We've got the Hatter ♪

♪ We're gonna have the last word ♪

♪ What's been going on here
Is bad and absurd ♪

♪ Graffiti makes a mess of things ♪

♪ Hasn't he heard? ♪

♪ We're gonna have the last word ♪

♪ We're gonna have the last word ♪

♪ Word ♪

[laughing]

I can't wait to see the vandal's face
when we catch--

Oh, no!

I can't believe it! We just
took our eyes off it for a minute.

And there's a word. "Pen."

Pen? That's odd.
I can swear this was paint, not ink.

Hello, lads! How's the trap coming along?

Not well.
You might even say it's a write-off.

[Hatter] Oh, no!

Look at this!

Oh, man. Look at your grandhatter.

His face... is defaced.

My statue. I don't understand.

How could someone do this
to something that means so much to me?

Poor thing.

Why can't that vandal
pick on somebody his own size?

I'm really sorry, Hatter.
This must be quite a shock.

I'll say. Just look at those colors.

I mean, the man never wore anything
besides earth tones in his entire life.

This is terrible. Just terrible.

Ruining a wall is one thing,

but harming a prized personal possession
is unthinkable.

I don't get it.

How could the vandal do this
without our seeing him?

Without seeing him...

Hm, that is a good question.

[suspenseful music playing]

Ah, Caterpillar! Oh!

Oh, I see even you have
fallen victim to the graffiti vandal.

Yes, and let me tell you,

scrubbing graffiti off of mushrooms
is a lot of work.

I need another pair of hands.

Oh, yes, quite so.

Listen, I was wondering,

may I ask your advice?

Yes. My advice is don't sit there.
It's covered with wet paint.

Oh, yes.

About this graffiti problem,

it just so happens
I may know who's responsible.

Really? Well, I'd like to give him
a piece of my mind.

Yes, but I also believe
I know why the vandal defaces things.

I think he feels that
nobody pays attention to him,

so he paints graffiti
in order to be noticed.

In a way, I feel sorry for him.

You feel sorry for him?

What about the people
whose property he's defaced?

I think you should listen to this story.

Once there was an old oak tree,

which was the favorite stop for
woodpeckers flying south for the winter.

The tree was nothing fancy,

just a place
to take a load off your wings,

chirp with friends
and get some good grubs.

Then, one day,

a woodpecker named Bill
decided to carve his name in the tree...

so his buddies would know he'd been there.

Bill's buddies picked up on the idea...

And soon, every woodpecker
who passed through left his mark.

After a while, the old tree
was more pecked than wood.

Until finally, it simply fell over.

The woodpeckers' thoughtless vandalism

had destroyed their favorite tree!

When the woodpeckers
realized what they'd done,

they tried to think of
another place to go instead.

But they couldn't come up with anything.

In fact, you might say...

they were stumped.

So you see,

when you leave your mark
in a way that destroys property,

everyone loses.

I see what you mean.

Well, perhaps it's time
someone said so to the vandal.

-Thank you, Caterpillar.
-Mm-hm.

Mr. Walrus, what's wrong?
You seem a little down in the dumps.

Yes, indeed I am.

I'm feeling so sad and lonely.

Lonely?

Well, isn't Pinniped here?

No. In fact, I don't think

you'll be seeing much of
my invisible friend anymore.

You see...

I discovered who was
scrawling graffiti everywhere.

I'm afraid...

it was Pinniped.

I can't believe it.

That's terrible!

That's what I told him.

But he said he was doing it

because he felt as if
no one cared about him.

I think he even suspects
that some people don't believe in him.

So the graffiti was just to get attention?

Precisely. But he went too far!

I told him, "I can't be friends

with someone who doesn't
respect my other friends' property."

Well, after that,
things went from bad to worse

and, finally, he stomped off.

I'm sorry, Mr. Walrus.

It must be tough
to lose such a close friend.

Yes, it is.

But I still have friends like you.

Until he changes his ways,

Pinniped won't have any friends at all.

As if I didn't have enough to deal with.
What with waxy buildup on the furniture

and unsightly water spots on the dishes,

and now the palace is covered with-- Ah!

Graffiti?

Your Majesty...

Your Majesty, come quickly!

Oh, good grief! What's the big emergency?

Can't you see I'm drying my hair?

[gasps] Hey!

How did you clean it so quickly?

I didn't, Your Majesty!

Someone has cleaned it up for me.

Say, is that a new look for you,
Your Majesty?

-What?
-Because I like it.

Oh, stop that!

The only new look around here
is my clean courtyard.

It's the same all over Wonderland.

When we got up this morning,
all the graffiti was gone.

Even Mr. Hatter's statue
has been cleaned up.

My great-great-grandhatter
has never looked better.

At least, as good as he can,
considering he's carved out of stone.

Who did this good deed?

Actually, I can explain.

Or rather, Pinniped can.

Pinniped.

Yeah. Well, that about says it all,
doesn't it?

Uh, sure, but something so important
is worth repeating.

Out loud, preferably.

Sorry. Pinniped tends to mumble
whenever he gets nervous.

[laughing]

He simply wants to apologize
for being the graffiti vandal.

And he promises never to do it again.

In fact, he spent all night
cleaning up the mess he made.

Pinniped was the vandal.

That explains why we
couldn't catch him. We couldn't...

see him.

Yes! But he left clues.

All those words that were in the graffiti,

"Ned, nine, din, den, ten, dip in,"

had something in common.

Besides bad penmanship?

Yes! Follow me.

All the words use the letters:

P, I, N, E, D,

which are the letters in Pinniped's name.

[gasping]

Oh, very clever!

But, uh, one question still remains:

Yes, what kind of soap did he use?

Oh, no. No.

Question is, why did he do it?

Oh, to get attention!

He said that sometimes
he feels no one knows he's around.

He feels... invisible.

He is invisible.

Well, be that as it may,

he now realizes there are
better ways to get attention

than defacing property.

I'll say. Personally, I recommend this.

Attention! Attention!

Anyway, Mr. Walrus, does this mean
you and Pinniped are friends again?

Friends?

Just look at us!

Can't you see the smiles on our faces?

[pop music playing]

♪ When you feel invisible ♪

♪ And you have to say, "I'm here!" ♪

♪ Just talk to me, my friend ♪

♪ 'Cause friends are always near ♪

♪ Seeing is believing ♪

♪ You can see we're not apart ♪

♪ Your eyes won't tell lies
When they're seeing with your heart ♪

♪ Seeing is believing ♪

♪ We've made a brand-new start ♪

♪ To see our humble home
As a priceless work of art ♪

♪ Now, the colors ♪

♪ Oh, the colors that come naturally ♪

♪ I've got a smile on my face
And so does he ♪

♪ The grass is greener ♪

♪ And Wonderland looks cleaner ♪

♪ Now that everybody lives in harmony ♪

♪ Oh, seeing is believing ♪

♪ You can see we're not apart ♪

♪ Your eyes won't tell lies
When they're seeing with your heart ♪

♪ Seeing is believing ♪

♪ We've made a brand-new start ♪

♪ To see our humble home
As a priceless work of art ♪

♪ Seeing is believing ♪

You know, Dinah, I've decided
not to deface any of Brian's things.

What he did was pretty rotten,

but ruining his stuff won't make up
for what he did to mine.

Besides, once Mom and Dad find out,

he'll be mowing lawns for a month
to pay for a new picture.

-[chuckles]
-[purring]

[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 ♪