01x02 - Spirit Cats

[bunniefuu]

-[electricity crackling]
-[Kitti Katz] Meow!

[upbeat music playing]

[panting]

[pants] Late.

Late. Very late.

[pants]

Morning!

-[screams] Cleo!
-[Cleo meows]

-Uh, why were you in the cupboard?
-There's a secret entrance.

Got 'em all over the house.

Now, if we're done with question time,
what's for breakfast?

Breakfast?

Oh, right.

Okay.

-[splat]
-That's more like it.

[munching]

You're welcome.

I tell you, prowling the city all night
really works up an appetite.

And this is the part where you ask,
"So, what did you see, Cleo?"

[munching] My mouth is full.

I saw some new Spirit Cats,
and they were clearly up to no good.

And here's where you say,
"This is a job for the super cat girls."

-No, I don't.
-[meows]

Because I didn't ask to be a Chosen One.

Your Kat Kouncil pals
need to find someone else.

I can't believe I'm talking to a cat.

[meows]

-[gasps]
-[meows]

Morning, Tabitha.

Huh. Morning, Aunt Lulu.

See you at soccer.

Uh, pretty early to be going to school.

Uh… [chuckles]

Well, after all, I am the new girl.

Got to make a good first impression.

Bye!

[meows]

[theme music playing]

♪ Meow, meow, meow, meow ♪

♪ Meow, meow, meow, meow ♪

♪ Meow, meow, meow, meow ♪

♪ Meow, meow, meow, meow ♪

♪ Woo! ♪

♪ Ruby Kitti! ♪

♪ Hey! Sapphire Kitti! ♪

♪ Emerald Kitti! ♪

♪ Kitti Katz! ♪

♪ Meow! ♪

[school bell rings]

And then you ditched
the museum field trip.

Not the best way to make
a good first impression, was it?

Sorry, Mr. O'Keeffe.

Now, since none of us wants this incident
on your permanent records,

-I have an assignment.
-Ugh.

-Ooh! Is it an essay? I'm very good--
-[O'Keeffe] No, Kia.

This is detention.

I want you all to sweep the floor,
erase the chalkboard,

and scrape up all the gum
from under the desks.

-[Tabs] Ugh.
-Go on. Get started.

-Ugh.
-[door closes]

So, what are you in for?

You know, things. Bullies.

Beats getting stuffed in a dumpster.

[intriguing music playing]

Shh.

Cleo saw some Spirit Cats last night.
Wants us to check 'em out.

Sorry, not interested.

That's what I told her.

Well, I think it might be cool
to take down some scary cats.

It might be dangerous.

Besides, who knows if we can actually
turn into superhero cat girls again?

We don't even know
what turns us into kittens.

I think I do.

This morning at home, I was worrying
about a chem exam, then poof!

Instant kitten.

So, you're saying…

fear of tests?

Well, when you say it out loud, no.

Luckily, I turned back to normal
before my mom saw me.

See? We're bad at this.

The Kat Kouncil can find somebody else.

I don't care about their dumb Spirit Cats.

-[clattering]
-Speaking of which.

[growling]

Spirit Cats.

-[clattering]
-[gasp]

-Should we go after 'em?
-No!

We're high school students,
not the Spirit Cat police.

-Not our problem.
-Might be.

[growling]

[screaming]

-Whoa!
-[clattering]

What in the world?

Oh!

Just… just clean it up.

[all sigh]

[Tabs] Meow!

Hey, Zami.

Hey, Tabs. Uh, this is Valentin.

Nice to meet you, uh, Tabs.

[chuckles] Uh, short for Tabitha.

Well--

Can we have a word?

Do not flirt with my boyfriend!

-I wasn't flirt--
-[whistle blowing]

[Aunt Lulu] Okay, team. Line up.

Final warning.

Coming, Coach Birman.

[scoffs] Why didn't you warn me
he was Charity's boyfriend?

Everyone knows that.

Hello? New girl.

Anything else you want to share with me?

Um… Oh, he's also Kia's twin brother.

-Oh, this school is a regular soap opera.
-Huh?

Ladies, meet my niece Tabitha.
She's trying out for the team.

Really? How nice.

Can I help with
Tabitha's tryout, Coach?

That's very kind of you, Charity.

[chuckles]

-It'll be my pleasure.
-[chuckles]

[mystical music playing]

[whimpering]

[Dobie barks]

[barks]

-[upbeat music playing]
-[grunts]

Oh, Tabitha. You're good at this.

Uh, thanks.

Keep up the good work, girls.

What do you say we kick it up a notch?
Work on your reflexes?

Grand.

-[upbeat music continues]
-[gasps]

[gasps]

[grunts]

[grunts, pants]

-[Tabs groans]
-[chuckles]

So, what do we do next?

Ugh!

Find out if you can score.

-[upbeat music continues]
-[groans]

Roxi, stop her. Why didn't you stop her?

Whoa!

[groans]

-Tabs!
-Tabs!

What happened?

[groans]

[whistle blowing]

[Aunt Lulu] Charity!

Me?

You okay, Tabs?

-[groans]
-Easy now.

[grunts, yells]

[Tabs] All I wanted to do
was make friends. Fit in.

But no. So far this week,
I've been turned into a house cat,

sent to detention,
and mugged by the queen of mean girls

because she thought
I was trying to date your brother.

Well, on the bright side,
you made the team

and Coach Birman benched Charity
for the next two games.

So, now we just need a name
for our superhero team.

No, we don't need a name,
because we're not going to be superheroes.

We're going to march into that Kat Kouncil
and tell them we're done.

Not sure about the marching.
Gonna be more like slinking.

Fine.

[purring]

Think furry thoughts.

[purring]

[meowing]

[Flea groans]

Ow! Oh, ow!

What happened to you?

I was checking
on some rescue cats in a pet store.

Had a little run-in with a…
With a hamster.

Aw. I love hamsters.

Blech!

Sure, they look like sausages with legs.

But trust me, they're nasty.

Plus, they have very sharp teeth. Ow!

-[hiss]
-[moans]

But enough about me.
You three up for some training?

-That's not why we're here.
-What?

You think you can get by on instinct?
Use up a couple of nine lives?

No. Case in point, my recent situation.

Without my training,
I'd have been hamster chow.

[grunting, yelling]

Ha! Dirty rodent
didn't even know what hit him.

So, why are you all banged up?

On my way out, I, uh…
I tripped on some stairs, you know.

You know what I hate? Gravity.

Flea, we don't want any training
because we don't want to be Chosen Ones.

Ugh.

You hearing this?

[Lazy Alf snores] Well, that's okay.

You don't have to be the Chosen Ones.

Great.

How do we get rid of these necklaces?
Or cat collars?

Uh, I meant to say, you don't
have to be the Chosen Ones for long.

How long?

All you have to do
is round up the Spirit Cats

and find the gemstone that
imprisons the evil goddess Anubia.

Then you can go back
to being normal, boring humans.

You make it sound like a bad thing.

Until then,
you will remain the Chosen Ones.

[Huggie] Oh! [clapping]

-[Lazy Alf yawns]
-Oh.

This is Huggie,
one of the Kat Kouncil members.

Uh, he's a… dog?

-Yeah, but he thinks he's a cat.
-[panting]

Meow!

By the way, where's Cleo?

Off doing reconnaissance.

But she'll be back
by the time you're done training.

[sighs] We told you, we don't want any--

[screaming]

Whoa.

Finally.

Trixie! We thought you were lost.

Guess we won't be needing this. [grunts]

[Tabs] Flea! This isn't funny!

Now, can you get us down?

You're cats. You can do that on your own.

But first,
we need to work on your reflexes.

Oh, not again!

[screams]

[grunts]

Yeah! [grunts]

-[Tabs] Oh!
-[Zami grunts]

[screams]

Whoa!

Help!

[Demon Dog grunts]

[suspenseful music playing]

[grunting]

Ha!

I sense you are obedient and fearful.

This pleases me. Speak!

We live to serve you, great Anubia.

We were drawn here when the Cat Guardian's
sarcophagus came to the museum.

But by the time we arrived,
your gemstone was gone,

as were the Guardian and the Spirit Cats.

In their stead were three kittens

who later transformed
into powerful cat girls.

Cat Guardians. [grunts]

Did you at least find my scepter?

Well… [clears throat]

…we did find the case
that held the scepter.

But it was, uh, empty.

[grunts]

[whimpering]

[Anubia] Very well.

I shall retrieve it myself, while
you three start capturing Spirit Cats.

-It shall be our honor, O Awesome--
-[Anubia] Ugh.

I must depart.

I'm still too weak.

I cannot stay outside
of the gemstone for long.

Come. We must capture the Spirit Cats.

But what if we encounter those cat girls?

Then that will be their last encounter.

[screaming, grunting]

[Zami] Whoa!

Woo!

Okay. Now, climb down the tree.

Move it, move it, move it!

[Tabs] Uh…

This looks easier when real cats do it.

[grunts] Ouch!

Meow!

Hey, what's the holdup?

I'm afraid of heights, okay?

No sweat. Parachute jump.

Parachute what? I don't have a--

Jump and spread out your paws.

No way. Not happening.

[grunts]

[screams]

Parachute!

[screams]

-Amazing!
-Woo-hoo!

Oh, it worked!

Of course it did. [chuckles]

[Cleo] Attention Kat Kouncil! Come in!

[groans]

[thud]

I'm at Bignell Park.

And I'll give you three guesses
what I found.

[growling]

-[sighs]
-[gasping]

Did we mention
there's many kinds of Spirit Cats?

Hairball spitters, you met them.

Electrifying cats. Blizzard-breath cats.

Fire-blasting cats.

[Tabs] Well, what kind are these?

No idea. But they look harmless.

Yeah.
And all you gotta do is take their gems,

freeing them from the dark magic
that gives them their powers.

Easy, right? You got this.

You guys keep saying "you"
like you mean us.

Relax. These Spirit Cats
will be great practice for you.

Like I said, they look harmless.

-[Spirit Cat growls]
-[Cleo] Uh-uh. [meows]

[growling]

[roars]

Think we got a problem. [meows]

[Cleo whimpers, meows]

[Cleo meows]

[growling]

[screams]

Whoa-h*-h*.

Might have been wrong.

-They definitely don't look harmless.
-Cleo!

We have to save her.

-[meowing]
-[chuckles]

I knew they'd come around.

[intriguing music playing]

[man grunts]

-Whoa!
-[horn honks]

[gasping]

Which way?

Follow me.

[Spirit Cats growling]

-[Tabs] There!
-[growling]

How did you know?

Feline intuition?

Tabs, what are you doing?

Jumping. Come on!

Now purr!

[purring]

[electricity crackling]

Ruby Kitti!

Emerald Kitti!

Sapphire Kitti!

[all] Meow!

-Meow!
-Meow!

[screeches]

-Huh. Well, that worked out.
-[Spirit Cat growls]

Not yet, it hasn't.

[Demon Dogs growl]

Those Spirit Cats
need you to help them out.

Help them out? We just scared them off.

-[Demon Dog barks]
-Spirit Cats aren't bad.

They're just under a curse.

We want to free them.
We don't want them harmed.

[Zami] What about those Demon Dogs?

-Oh, them you can harm all you want.
-Yes!

-[Demon Dog barks]
-I mean, yes, just this one time.

-[growling]
-[grunting]

[roars]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[roar]

[Tabs whistles]

Bad, bad doggies!

[growling]

Turns out, insults, bad idea.

Okay. Isn't feeling too comfortable
up here. Not much room to move.

[grunting]

Just think of it as if we were balancing
on those tree branches at the Kat Kouncil.

Only if we fall now,
we get eaten by Demon Dogs.

[screams]

[Demon Dog] Get them!

Ha!

You see? Just like ducking tennis ba*ls.

Sure, if the tennis ba*ls had…
nails and teeth.

[grunts]

[meows]

Remember, we've got something they don't.

Crazy cat skills.

Woo-hoo!

Come on! Let's do this!

[roaring]

[roars]

Hi-ya!

Hi-ya!

Hi-ya!

[roaring]

[all] Hi-ya!

[groans]

Wow!

[grunting]

[groans]

[screams]

[groaning]

[all] Meow!

[grunts]

[Cleo meows]

There they go!

-[Demon Dogs laughing]
-Oh, they've got two Spirit Cats!

Yeah, but they missed that one.

[purrs]

Easy, kitty, kitty, kitty.

[growls]

Uh-uh-uh. No biting.

That's it. Now, remove the gem.

[growls]

[gasps]

-[Tabs gasps]
-[Kia] Whoa!

[gasps]

Whoa!

[gasps]

Wow!

[sighs] That's better.

Thanks.

[meows]

You three make a good team.

What do you mean?

Those Demon Dogs
got away with two Spirit Cats.

This proves we shouldn't be
the Chosen Ones.

Only proves this was
your first Spirit Cat rescue.

Save one today,
save the others some other day.

-Aw, aren't you adorable?
-[trills]

How would you like
to come with me, little cutie?

[purrs]

See?

That Spirit Cat is himself again
thanks to you,

and he's already found a new home.

[Charity] Ugh.

-[whimpers]
-[grunts]

Good ol' Dobie.

[sighs] At least I know
you'll always be loyal.

[growls]

-[keyboard keys clacking]
-[chiming]

-Check out Cisco's vlog.
-Tabs, did you see it?

-I'm looking.
-[Cisco] What's up?

Cisco here.
Check out the action at Bignell Park.

[grunting]

Unbelievable, right?
Look at those cat-like moves.

Bam, bang, boom.

[Kia] Check out the hits.
We're going viral.

Don't know who those cat girls are,
but they need a name.

So, I'm giving them one.

The Kitti Katz!

[Zami] Kitti Katz.

Whoa. I like it.

-So, Tabitha, what-- what do you think?
-[meows]

Superheroes here in Los Gatos?

Right. Pretty weird. [chuckles]

You know, Tabitha, you don't ever
need to keep secrets from me.

-[sighs] I know. I should have told you.
-[Cleo gasps]

-I just… I didn't know how to explain it.
-[Cleo clears throat]

That's okay. Mr. O'Keeffe told me.

Told you what?

About you skipping out
on the museum field trip

and about you
doing detention this morning.

So, you're off the hook. [chuckles]

With him at least. [chuckles]

Look at me trying to be a mom. [chuckles]

Anyway, no more secrets. Okay?

Sure. Yeah. Sorry, Aunt Lulu.

-Won't happen again. I promise.
-[Cleo laughs]

From now on, I'm staying out of trouble.

[meows]

[phone rings]

[D.O.G. agent] Agent O'Keeffe,
we have the museum camera footage.

Send it to me.

[intriguing music playing]

[O'Keeffe] Huh?

-Nothing more?
-The recording went blank after that.

[O'Keeffe] Ah-hah.

Hmm…

Hmm.

[closing theme music playing]

♪ Meow! ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ Meow! ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ Meow! ♪