03x17 - Odd Woman Out

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

What do you think, Dinah, do I look like
I could be a famous scientist?

-[meows]
-Thanks.

At least you believe in me.

Unlike certain little brothers
I could mention.

Brian makes me so mad sometimes.

We were talking about what we want to do
when we grow up

and when I said I wanted to be a scientist
who studies outer space,

he said I'm not smart enough
because I'm a girl.

I told him
there are lots of women scientists

but he wouldn't listen.

Oh, who cares?
I know I can do whatever I want,

whether it's explore outer space
or other space.

[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 ♪

[chattering]

Attention!

This meeting of the Oddballs Club
will now come to order.

-[chattering]
-Gentlemen, your Oddball hats.

[clears throat] All right.
Next the Oddball handshake.

Save it.

[laughing]

Now the Oddball motto.

Manly men one and all
We never let a fellow fall

Thin or fat, short or tall
Each of us are true Oddballs.

Now, Mr. Secretary, please read
the minutes from our last meeting.

Uh-huh. Let's see, uh, 233, 234, 235.

That's concludes the reading
of the minutes. Any old business?

Any new business?

Any new funny business?

-Yes.
-[both sigh]

Uh... Oh!

How do you keep an elephant from charging?

You take away its credit card. [laughs]

[stammers]
You see, if you take away his...

I think we need to elect
a new humor chairman.

Forget business.

-We all know why we joined this club.
-Punch and cookies before the meeting?

That and we all like
a good game of Oddball after the meeting.

In that case,
the meeting is now adjourned.

All in favor?

[Alice] Hi, Mr. Hatter my I come up?

[gasping]

A girl.

We can't let her see us like this.

Hi, you guys.

Hi, Alice.

-What's behind your back, Mr. Rabbit?
-[gasps] Uh, nothing much.

Well, it looks like some kind of helmet.

Helmet?

[all laughing]

Oh, come on, Alice.

Don't you know an official
Oddballs Club hat when you see one?

Um, no.

Well, I should hope not.
After all it's top secret.

Doesn't seems to be secret.

All of you know about it, don't you?

Oh, whoa.

-Sorry, we can't tell you.
-So, what does your club do?

I'm afraid that's classified.

-Are all of you in this Oddballs Club?
-Uh, no comment.

Well, if I join the club will you tell me?

[gasping]

[laughing]

This club is for the... well, guys only.

Women ladies, girls, gals and females
are strictly prohibited.

Prohibited? You mean can't join? Why not?

[scoffs] Nothing personal, Alice,

but I don't think
we could explain it to you.

You see, it's a guy thing.

[dance music playing]

-♪ This club is really special ♪
-♪ And it's a lot of fun ♪

♪ But only men can be let in ♪

♪ No women, not a one ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ It's a guy thing
And you don't understand ♪

♪ It's a guy thing
And you're a girl in a guy's land ♪

♪ Our club's designed with men in mind ♪

♪ You really wouldn't get it ♪

-♪ After all, you're just a girl ♪
-♪ You might as well forget it ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ It's a guy thing
And you don't understand ♪

♪ It's a guy thing
And you're a girl in a guy's land ♪

-♪ We do the things that men do best ♪
-♪ You wouldn't stand up to the test ♪

-♪ Stick to stuff that girls do ♪
-♪ And let us handle all the rest ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ It's a guy thing
And you don't understand ♪

♪ It's a guy thing
And you're a girl in a guy's land ♪

♪ It's a guy thing ♪

It's nothing personal, Alice.

You're in the club too, Dormouse?

Yes, but, uh,
he's not a full-fledged member.

I'm just the mouse-cot.

I still don't see why you prohibit girls
from joining your club.

Girls can do anything guys can.

Anything? [laughs] I don't think so.

For one thing,
a girl could never play oddball.

What's oddball?

-Oh!
-[laughing]

It's the official Oddballs Club game.
We played it after every meeting.

I'm good at sports

I bet I could play
if you gave me a chance.

I don't think so.

It's against the rules of oddball
to let a girl play.

Hm. If you ask me,
oddball is pretty strange.

No, no, it's odd. If it were strange,
then it would be strange ball.

Which is a completely different game.

But it's okay if you're confused, Alice.

As we said...

It's not the kind of thing
a girl can understand.

-[Hatter] Righty-roo.
-[Hare laughing] You got that right.

And then they said I was prohibited
from joining their club

And then they said I was prohibited
from joining their club

because I'm a girl.

Have you ever heard anything so silly?

The silly thing is that you want to join
their goofy guys' group to begin with.

Any club with such ridiculous rules
couldn't be worth joining.

Maybe so, but I don't have the choice.

No matter what I want to do,

I can't join the club
because I'm not a "guy."

[chuckles] Too bad you don't have
whiskers on your face,

maybe then they'd let you in.

Whiskers on your face, no problem.

Uh-- [laughs]

Thanks, Mr. Cat, but I don't think
these whiskers will do much for me.

Are you kidding?
They look fabulous on you.

Hm. Red 6 on a black 7, Your Majesty.

The point is,

cat whiskers will not help Alice
get into the exclusive Oddballs Club.

An exclusive club? You mean
it's only for certain special people?

Right, in this case certain special people
who aren't girls.

Alice, if joining this club
is so important to you,

I'll speak to the Oddballs Club president
about changing the rules to let you in.

-You would do that?
-Yes.

Oh, thanks, Your Majesty.

Personally, I don't see
what all the fuss is about.

Of course,
I've never been much of a joiner.

We cats like to keep to ourselves.

-Oh, wait! What about these whiskers?
-[Cheshire Cat] Oh, I'm sorry.

Shampoo them at least three times a week

and always use a conditioner
to avoid split ends.

Oh, I think she means
she doesn't want them anymore, Cat.

[gasps] She doesn't?

Hm. Well, okay, if you insist.

Boy, you try to give a person
some beauty tips...

[cackles]

So, what's the big idea
not letting Alice into your club.

Excuse me, what club would that be?

The Oddballs, of course.

Never heard of them.

Oh, knock it off. I know all about
your exclusive little group.

Okay. Let's just say,
for the sake of argument,

that there is such a thing
as this, uh, Oddballs Club.

What's wrong with prohibiting
certain people from joining?

It's wrong, that's what's wrong.

And for the last time,

stop acting like this
chuckleheaded club of yours is a secret.

You know, I think we need to elect a new
secret-keeping chairman.

-Righty-roo
-Mm-hm.

All right, Your Majesty,

we admit that our group is,
uh, well, exclusive.

But you have to understand the Oddballs
are more than just a bunch of guys.

We're a bunch of guys
who like to wear silly hats.

See, the point is our club
hasn't changed in ages.

I come from a long line of Oddballs.

My grandfather was an Oddball,
my father was an Oddball.

-And, of course, you're an Oddball.
-How true that is.

You're not ordering us
to change our rules,

are you, Your Majesty?

I could, but I'm not going to.

I'm hoping you'll have enough sense
to see that your rules should change.

Because times have changed.

[rock music playing]

♪ It's time to change these silly rules ♪

♪ It's the proper thing to do ♪

♪ For when you keep out others ♪

♪ It's only hurting you ♪

♪ 'Cause times have changed ♪

♪ Old rules are obsolete ♪

♪ You've got to start all over ♪

♪ Make a change that is complete ♪

♪ A club that is exclusive ♪

♪ You certainly must see ♪

♪ Is out of fashion, out of style ♪

♪ Soon will cease to be ♪

♪ Each day can be better ♪

♪ More happy than the last ♪

♪ If we'd look to tomorrow ♪

♪ And let go of the past ♪

♪ 'Cause times have changed ♪

♪ Old rules are obsolete ♪

♪ You've got to start all over ♪

♪ Make a change that is complete ♪

♪ A club that is exclusive ♪

♪ You certainly must see ♪

♪ Is out of fashion, out of style ♪

♪ Soon will cease to be ♪

So it's time.

Do I have your promise
you'll think about letting Alice in?

Your Majesty,
as president of the Oddballs,

I promise to look at this problem
from all angles,

to view it from all sides,
to turn it inside out,

and to run it up the flagpole
and see who salutes it.

[hiccups] You can take that as a yes.

Oh!

Caterpillar!

-We need to ask you--
-Shh! Shh! Shh!

[man on TV] Tune in tomorrow,
we'll hear Garth Grasshopper say...

Here's looking at you, Katydid.

Sorry, I don't like to be disturbed

while I'm watching All My Insects.

That's okay.
Listen, we need to ask you something.

We have a very secret exclusive club--

-Oh, you mean the Oddballs.
-Uh, yeah.

Anyway, up to now, you see,
our club has been a guys-only group,

but lately we have been getting
hassled by, uh, well, you know...

not guys.

Our question is, is it really so bad
that our club prohibits them from joining?

That depends.

Sometimes when you prohibit someone
from doing something,

you're also discriminating,
prohibiting them for a bad reason.

Oh, come on, we know it's wrong
to discriminate against someone

but, uh, we're just talking about
a nice little guys-only club.

Is that so terrible?

I think you should listen to this story.

Once there was a pack of sled dogs
who lived in the far, far north.

Every year they entered
the big sled dog race.

And every year they lost.

One year, after losing as usual,

the dogs heard a husky laugh.

Her name was Diane.

"What's so funny?" The dogs growled.

"We'd like to see you do better."

"No problem."

Diane barked in reply.

"In fact if you let me join your team,
I'll show you how to win."

The other dogs howled with laughter.

"A girl in our pack? No way."

"Fine." Diane sniffed.

"Then I won't help you."

The pack wanted to win.

So they decided to give Diane chance.

"You're losing because you're all pulling
in different directions," Diane said.

The pack saw that Diane
wasn't barking up the wrong tree.

Her advice made sense.

So when it was time for the next race,

the pack all pulled together,

and for the first time ever...

they won.

The team turned to Diane
and wagged their tails in thanks.

You see, not only had they all learned
to pull in the same direction,

but they also had learned
that a girl could be top dog.

So do you see my point?

Huh. Maybe we have been discriminating
against women, gals and girls.

You're right. In fact, I think it's
about time we had a gal in our group.

[laughing]

You, mean it? You're really going
to let me join the Oddballs?

That's right.

We decided we were wrong
to discriminate against you.

So on behalf of Oddballs everywhere...

Welcome to the club.

[cheering]

How does it feel to be, uh,
one of the guys?

It feels great.

[pop music playing]

♪ I really feel better ♪

♪ I feel really proud ♪

♪ Where I couldn't go before ♪

♪ Now I'm allowed ♪

♪ You all did the right thing ♪

♪ I'm glad you realized ♪

♪ Even if you're a girl ♪

♪ You can still be one of the guys ♪

♪ I waited and waited ♪

♪ I wanted this bad ♪

♪ You made me so happy ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm feeling glad ♪

♪ And I won't let you down now ♪

♪ Lose all member rights ♪

♪ Thank you for letting me
Become one of the guys ♪

♪ Thank you for letting me ♪

♪ Become one of the guys ♪

Welcome aboard, Alice.

It's good to have you
as our new special member.

Special member?

Right, unlike all of us
who are just regular members.

What's the difference
between special and regular?

Well, a special member does
special things, but no regular things.

Whereas, a regular member
does regular things but no special things.

Well, what regular things can't I do?

Uh, you know, the usual.

You can't wear the Oddball Club hat
or do the Oddball Club handshake

-or play the Oddball Club game of oddball.
-Or eat the Oddball Club sandwich.

Wait a minute.
What's the point of being in a club

if I can't do any of the fun things
the rest of you do?

Oh, don't worry, Alice, as we've said,
you have special things to do.

And to help you do them,
we'd like to present you with this.

Your official Oddball apron.

An apron? Why are you giving me this?

So you don't get your clothes dirty
doing the official Oddball dishes.

What?

Oh, I get it, because I'm a girl

you think all I'm good for
is doing the dishes.

Alice, that's not true.

No, we also think you'd be terrific
at doing the official Oddball sweeping up.

-[cheering]
-Thanks, but no thanks.

If this how you welcome girls
into your club, I'd rather not join.

-But...
-[Hatter stammers]

Alice seems very confused.

First she wants to join, then she doesn't.

Just like a girl.

I'll bet she wanted the apron
in a different color.

You try to do a girl a favor...

[chattering]

[ringing]

Hello.

Hi, Your Majesty,
is the White Rabbit home?

Uh, he's around somewhere, why?

Well, it's time for our Oddballs Club
meeting and he's not here.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I'm afraid the Rabbit
won't be able to make it.

Uh, at the last minute,

I had, uh, several hundred chores
for him to do.

But you always give him time off
for Oddball meetings.

Oh. I feel just terrible about this.

It must have slipped my mind.

But if Rabbit can't come,

we'll have an even number of guys
at the meeting

and you can't play oddball
with an even number.

Oh. [clicks tongue]

Dear me,
you are in a pretty pickle, aren't you?

Your Majesty, this is no time
to talk about cucumbers

preserved in a solution
of brine and vinegar,

I've got big troubles here.

[stammers] Tell you what,
it just so happens that I know someone

who would be perfect to take
the Rabbit's place at your meeting.

Uh, and unless I'm mistaken,

uh, this person
will be a great oddball player.

Oh, that's wonderful, send him right over.
Your Majesty, how can I ever thank you?

Oh! A nicely written note sent with a box
of chocolates and a dozen roses will do.

[laughing]

There, you're all set.

Thanks for helping us out, pal.

What'd you say your name was again?

[in deep voice] Bud.

Nice to meet you, Bud

Save it.

And here's your official Oddball hat.

Now, these are the rules.
Oddball is played by three teams.

One team bats, the other guards the goal.

What about the third team?

The third team is called the odd man out,
that's you.

You pitch the oddball

and try to strike out players
from the other two teams.

Now, let's play oddball!

[cheering]

-Let's go, Bud.
-All right, Bud.

-All right.
-Let's see what you're made of.

Strike one, you're out.

-Hey.
-[Hatter] Wow.

All right!

Let's go, Dee. Give it up. Give it up.
Let's go, Bud. Let's go, Bud.

-You're out too. Our turn.
-All right.

Yeah!

Whoa, that Bud really knows
how to throw some heat.

What a guy.

What a guy.

No one got a single hit.

-You're a natural oddball pitcher, Bud.
-Better than a girl any day, huh?

Are you kidding?

No girl could ever play oddball
the way you played it.

Really?

-It's funny you'd say that.
-[laughing and chattering]

Yeah-- What?

[gasping]

-It's a girl!
-It's Alice.

[Red Queen] And it's about time.

Hold it.

Only Oddball Club members
are allowed to play oddball.

And girls can't be club members.

But Alice is a girl
and she did play oddball.

So that means...

Alice is a club member?

I'm so confused, it's too much for me.

Could this be the end of the Oddballs
as we know them?

I certainly hope so.

Can't you see how ridiculous it is

to prohibit women, gals, and girls
from your club?

You've been discriminating,
plain and simple.

It's time you changed your silly rules.

We may have to change the rules.
After all, Alice did play oddball with us.

Wearing a really dapper mustache no less.

Well, Alice, would you like to join
the Oddballs Club as a regular member?

I don't think so.

Well, not even if we make you
activities chairman?

I don't think she'd join even if you
made her activities chairperson.

The thing is,
I shouldn't get into your club

just because I fooled you
into thinking I was a guy

or because I was good at some game.

Exactly, you should let her in
because it's the right thing to do.

Gal or guy, everyone should have
an equal chance to join.

Huh.

Maybe it's time to break up this club
and start a new one.

You mean instead of the Oddballs...

Start a new club where everybody is even.

[country music playing]

♪ Today is a brand new day ♪

♪ All of us are free ♪

♪ To stand side by side ♪

♪ And be treated equally ♪

♪ So let's even out the odds ♪

♪ It's the proper thing to do ♪

♪ With a club for guys and gals ♪

♪ One that's fresh and new ♪

♪ We can play and dance ♪

♪ We'll have a lot of fun ♪

♪ So let's even out the odds ♪

♪ And start a club for everyone ♪

♪ A club with open doors ♪

♪ Would certainly be grand ♪

♪ Its members could include ♪

♪ All of Wonderland ♪

♪ So let's even out the odds ♪

♪ It's the proper thing to do ♪

♪ With a club for guys and gals ♪

♪ One that's fresh and new ♪

♪ We can play and dance ♪

♪ We'll have a lot of fun ♪

♪ So let's even out the odds ♪

♪ And start a club for everyone ♪

♪ Let's even out the odds ♪

♪ And start a club for everyone ♪

♪ Yahoo ♪

[laughing]

Okay, okay, okay.

So we'll start a new club.

But can we at least keep the old hats?

-Well...
-Well, I don't know.

[chattering]

You know, Dinah,

If that little brother of mine

thinks there are things I can't do
because I'm a girl,

I'll have to prove him wrong.

And as for his saying
girls aren't as smart as boys,

I'll remind him about that the next time
he needs me to help him with his homework.

-[meows]
-[laughs]

[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 ♪