03x10 - The Days of Vine and Roses

[bunniefuu]

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-Ooh, look, a boa constrictor.
-[meows]

No, Dinah, not in the room.

Just in this book. See?
It's about exotic animals.

Not dogs and cats,
but animals that are unusual.

You know, strange, different
or from some faraway place.

See, this book is about animals
like lizards, monkeys and parrots.

I wonder what it would be like to have
an animal like that around the house.

Hm. While I think about it,
I know a place where everything is exotic.

[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 ♪

See, Better Palaces and Gardens magazine

is particular about the palace and garden
they put on their cover.

Right, Rabbit?

Oh!

Right, Your Majesty. Yes. Very particular.

So if I want them to pick my palace
and garden for this month's issue,

everything must be letter perfect.

Right, Rabbit?

Oh! Yes, Your Majesty.
Letter perfect. Tip-top. Shipshape.

If I have to put up a month of them
showing the palace and the gardens

of the Queen of Diamonds, Queen of Spades,

or especially the Duchess...

I won't be pleased.

-Right, Rabbit?
-Yes, Your Majesty.

Very fuzzy. Fussy.
Not pleased. Most unhappy.

-Talking a real crabapple.
-[clearing throat]

Well, my room is never this neat.
I don't know how you do it.

Oh! Simple, Alice.

It's all right-- Right here in my...

[chuckles]

in my handy booklet,
Rabbit Happy Household Hints.

♪ Look how the floors
They shine and shine ♪

♪ How do you keep this all in line? ♪

♪ There is a secret I devised ♪

♪ It's in this book
Here on page number five ♪

♪ You keep the palace so, so shiny ♪

♪ From where it's big to where it's tiny ♪

♪ There's not an inch of it that's grimy ♪

♪ I've always had a natural skill ♪

♪ To dust and clean
It gives me a thrill ♪

♪ I am supremely versatile ♪

♪ The palace windows gleam and gleam ♪

♪ You made these windows really beam ♪

♪ Well, first I scrape them
With a scraper ♪

♪ Rub them with soap
And then again with newspaper ♪

♪ It's fun to keep the palace shiny ♪

♪ From where it's big to where it's tiny ♪

♪ There's not an inch of it that's grimy ♪

♪ I've always had a natural skill ♪

♪ To dust and clean
It gives me a thrill ♪

-♪ I am supremely versatile
-You are supremely versatile ♪

Well, there can't be one thing
out of place

when the photographer from the magazine
shows up.

Egad!

Where did this come from?

[babbling]

What's that? Oh, that.

You bought that last year.
Don't you remember?

I was wondering
when you were going to notice how tacky...

Not the vase!

I mean the plant.

Oh, that?

That belongs to my cousin Kudzu.

What a strange plant.

It is exotic-looking, isn't it?
It's called a creeping twiny vine.

Creeping? It should be creepy.

What's that doing in my palace?

Well, Your Majesty, I'm plant-sitting
for him for a couple of days.

I thought this would look lovely here.

What garbage.

Not only does it give me
the heebie-jeebies,

but this is a red-only room,
no blue flowers.

Get it out of here.

But... But... But, Your Majesty,
this is a very expensive plant.

It needs careful and constant care.

Why, just look
at this enormous book of instructions.

Instructions? Don't you just give plants
plenty of sunshine and water?

Oh, no, no, Alice.

My cousin specifically told me
not to water this plant

and not give it plant food.

It says so right here on page 43...

uh, paragraph five.

Oh, come on, bunny. That can't be right.

I water my catnip garden every day.

This plant is not common catnip, Cat.

It says here not to give it plant food

and to give it a tiny drop of water
once a month.

Otherwise... Yes.

Whoa. That's what happens
if you ignore the instructions.

That's a pretty particular plant,
all right.

What is this? A garden club meeting?

Get someone else to take care of that.

-And as for you, Cat, I want you out.
-Yes?

But I want to be here
when the photographer comes. Please.

Tough tootsies.

The queen does not want you ruining
her palace pictures.

Ruining? That's not nice.

I thought the last picture I was in
turned out lovely.

-Um-- Well, it's interesting.
-[chuckles]

-[laughing]
-It's awful!

Now scat, Cat!

Yes. You and your smile
aren't wanted here.

Talk about crabby!

I'd think you'd want an extra smile
around here.

Hmm.

[announcer] Disney's Adventures
in Wonderland will be back after this.

[announcer] And now more
of Disney's Adventures in Wonderland.

Hmm.

Not the usual houseplant, Rabbit.

In fact, it's quite unusual.

"Un" being a prefix meaning "not."

Of course, and you're right.
This is no ordinary plant.

It's extraordinary.

"Extra" being a prefix,
meaning "more than."

I hope it's non-violent.

"Non" being a prefix,
meaning it won't bite.

Of course not.

I say, I...

I want you to promise me
that you won't give it any water or food

and that you'll read these instructions.

Don't worry. I've got a way with greenery.

I've got one house plant
that's 20 years old

and it's as pretty and green
as the day I bought it.

Show him, Hare.

My word.

Heavens. Look at... Why that's...

I say, that's...

Excuse me. This plant is plastic.

-How true that is.
-Could I have a cutting?

Run along, Rabbit.
Don't you worry your head about a thing.

You're sure you'll read
all those directions?

Oh, of course, I'll read them.

One of these days.

I've got a stack of library books
this high to read

before I'll get around to this.

You know, it's an interesting plant,

but if you ask me,
it looks a little droopy.

Why not give it a little water?

Oh, we couldn't.
Rabbit specifically said not to.

I'd hate to see it shrivel up on us.

Good point.
Besides, all plants like water, right?

That's right.

Oh, why not?

-He's a thirsty guy.
-Yeah!

Hey, speaking of thirsty,

-how about some tea?
-Oh!

[both scatting]

[growling noise]

[clearing throat] If your
stomach's growling, have a crumpet.

Good advice. I'll keep it in mind
in case I get hungry later.

[growling noise]

I have a growing sense
that something's happening here.

[growling noise]

Hare, has this plant grown
or is it just me?

I don't know. Let's check.

[cups breaking]

Nope. You haven't grown.
It must be the plant.

Amazing. You know, I have to admit.

I didn't think much of it at first,
but it's looking better.

I know. In a way, it grows on you.

Here we go. Pitch it in here.

Put pepper on it now.

What luck. I was thinking of grabbing
a snicky snack.

Excuse me. Have you seen an apple fly by?

Hey. Brother, check out the weird plant.

It is exotic, isn't it?

It's a creeping twiny vine.
We're taking care of it for the Rabbit.

It's very special.
It comes with these instructions.

You read that book?

We're waiting for the movie to come out.

We're taking it to
the Wonderland Plant Store for a new pot.

We were going there
to buy clippers to prune our apple tree.

We'll get a pot while we're there.

-Well, why not?
-Okay.

-Here.
-Okay.

We've given the guy a drink
and he's been out for his walkies.

Make sure he's home by 10.
It's a school night.

Well, let's get to the plant store.

Wait. Before you do that,

did you hear that the queen's palace
might be on the cover of a magazine?

-Better Palaces and Gardens?
-Mm-hm.

They haven't picked her palace once.

Maybe the queen's luck will change
if she has an exotic plant in her palace.

What a great idea.
We'll tell her you suggested it.

Uh, no, no, no. Don't do that.
I'd like it to be a surprise.

Okay.

One more thing.
The plant looks a little droopy.

Might wanna give it some of this.

Plant food.

-Guess it couldn't hurt.
-Wait.

Do you think we should check
if it's okay to give it food?

You know how to take care
of a silly little plant, don't you?

The Cat's right, brother.
All plants need plant food.

Well...

Okay. What could possibly go wrong?

Ooh-ee, now that is one fine twiny vine.


Ooh-ee, now that is one fine twiny vine.

It was nice of the Cat
to suggest we put it in here.

The queen will be surprised.

Let's put the rest of this
behind the throne.

Wait!

Didn't the Cat say we should give it
some food?

Right. I forgot. Here.

Hey. It likes this stuff.

It must be hungry.

Give it the rest of the jar.

[laughs]

Now that's a healthy plant!

I can't wait to see the look
on the queen's face when she sees it.

[announcer] Disney's Adventures
in Wonderland will be back after this.

[announcer] And now more
of Disney's Adventures in Wonderland.

Prune roses.

Mop floors.

Dust furniture.

Wash dishes.

Stop looking over at my shoulder.
Your whiskers tickle.

Trim hedges. Stop that.
How can I think if you're...

[shouting]

Rabbit! Rabbit!

Good gracious! It's a jungle in here.

It's the twiny vine.
But how did it get so big?

I don't know, but I can't let
the magazine photographer see this.

Well, uh... Well, uh...

maybe he won't notice.

I'm calling the Hatter.
He was supposed to be plant-sitting.

[phone rings]

-Hello, Hatter?
-Ah?

This twiny vine has turned into
the plant that ate Wonderland.

Why is it here and what did you do?

Your Majesty, may I be honest with you?

What if I say no?

Don't be fussy. We watered it
and handed it over to the Tweedles.

Oh! You gave it water?

Can't you follow instructions? Oh!

[phone rings]

-Tweedle Dum?
-Uh-huh?

What did you do to this plant?
Its huge, gigantic, monstrous.

She loves it. Gave it plant food. Why?

Plant food?
Didn't anyone read instructions?

Why did you put it here?

We can't take credit for that.
It was the Cat's idea.

The Cat? I should have known. Oh.

[phone rings]

[Cheshire Cat on recording]
Hi, this is the Cheshire Cat.

I'm not home right now,
but leave a message after the meow

and I'll call you back when I reappear.

Oh, and if this the queen...

reconsider letting me be in the picture.

Oh, drat that cat!

He did this because I wouldn't let him be
in the magazine photo.

You two keep trying to prune
and I'll talk to the Caterpillar.

Maybe he knows how to make
vicious vegetation vanish.

Oh...

Harrumph.

I'm telling you, it's awful.

My throne room looks like a scene
from a bad jungle movie.

I've always thought your palace
needed a bit of greenery.

I mean, it's so red in there.

Uh, anyway, I have a story here
which may be of some help to you.

"Once there was a sheep named Shirley,

who lived with her sisters in a pasture.

Shirley was always bored.

'Our flock, never goes anywhere,'
she complained.

One day, Shirley saw an ad in the paper.

The famous rock group Uriah Sheep
was giving a concert on a nearby farm.

'Let's go!' Shirley said to her sisters.

Off they went, ready to have
a wild and woolly time.

'Wait!' Shirley sister's said.

'Shouldn't we bring a map?'
'No,' said Shirley.

'I can find the way.'

So they left home.

They drove.

And drove.

And drove.
Shirley's sisters were getting worried.

'Shouldn't we ask directions?'
they wondered.

But Shirley refused to admit
that she was a little lost sheep.

And finally, the car ran out of gas.

Shirley felt sheepish.
Not only had they missed the concert...

but Little Bo Peep charged them
a lot of money

to find them and bring them home."

Sheep? Phooey.

My trouble is problem plants,
not lost livestock.

The point is the sheep
should have asked for directions.

Wait.

So you're saying since directions
can mean the same as instructions,

if we read the instruction book,
we might find out how to cut it to size.

About the size of it.

Why didn't you say so earlier? Good grief.

I ask for advice

and end up listening to sheep stories
until the cows come home.

Oh, harrumph.

-Rabbit! Alice! You need to read...
-The instructions.

-Go ahead, Mr. Rabbit.
-Rule number 137.

If you have been foolish enough
to ignore rules number one through 136...

give the twiny vine a dose of Degrow.
Let's show her.

Degrow? What does it do?

Your Majesty, "de" is a prefix,
meaning "reverse" or "go back."

So Degrow should make this plant
go back to the size it was before.

We hope.

Wow! It worked!

Quick! Get that out of sight.

Mr. Shutterbug, you may come in now.

Wait! You didn't take pictures.

Look, I love the room, I really do,

but it's just not quite right
for our magazine.

You see, Queen, green is in this year.

Now if you had some exotic plants,

like that one besides the throne,
only a lot bigger,

then maybe you would have a chance. Sorry.

Could you wait outside for just a moment?

The room wasn't quite ready.

-We've got to grow that plant again.
-How? We could feed it,

-but we're out of plant food.
-Have no fear. Have no fear.

You see...

just in case
we gave the plant too much Degrow

and it got too small,

-I also bought this.
-Regrow?

Yes. You see, "re"...

is a prefix, meaning "again."

So Regrow should make the plant sprout!

Save the lesson! Just use it!

-Come on.
-Here. Here. Yes.

Here, Alice.

Uh-oh.

[Alice] Wow.

I wonder if that stuff works on carrots.

Yoo-hoo!

Mr. Shutterbug!

Oh! Oh, I love it!

What a look! It's...

It's exotic. It's in.

It's green!

Will my palace make the cover
of your magazine?

Oh, no doubt about it.

I'd love to meet your decorator.

Actually, I've always had a flair...

Who needs a decorator?

I just simply follow
my sense of good taste.

While we follow the instructions.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ No need to call the decorator ♪

♪ Because I'm a royal innovator ♪

♪ From castles made of sand ♪

♪ To all of Wonderland ♪

♪ She's got that special regal flair
For knowing what looks fine ♪

♪ This glamour, grace and plain good taste
By imperial design ♪

♪ Nothing ever flashy
Nothing too abstract ♪

♪ It's a matter of taste
As a matter of fact ♪

♪ Elegance is part of me
Just look around and you will see ♪

♪ That tacky and I do not mix
It's a blemish I was born to fix ♪

♪ And when it comes to plants ♪

♪ I prefer them extra green ♪

♪ Just another tip
From your district culture queen ♪

♪ She's got that special regal flair ♪

♪ For knowing what looks fine ♪

♪ This glamour, grace and plain good taste
By imperial design ♪

♪ Nothing ever flashy
Nothing too abstract ♪

♪ It's a matter of taste
As a matter of fact ♪

Gorgeous!

Don't ever redecorate.

This room is divine.

Yes, it will be divine

once it's de-vined.

Once he goes, get out the Degrow.

[announcer] Disney's Adventures
in Wonderland will be back after this.

Hi, Dinah.

You know, I've been thinking
about this book on exotic animals...

and I decided I wouldn't want
a parrot or snake for a pet anyway.

Exotic creatures wouldn't be happy living
in a house.

And besides, I'd rather pet you
than a python any day.

[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 ♪