01x04 - Triangle Day/The Storm

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Just another quiet day on the island.

Wrong.

Today was going to be
a very different sort of day.

Do you hear that, Circle?
It sounds like a balloon losing air.

I'm sure it's a bird.

Balloon bird?

It's…

I think he's saying "it's."

It's what?

Triangle Day!

Triangle Day?

Triangle Day!

"Triangle Day."

Triangle Day!

-Triangle Day!
-What is Triangle Day?

A whole day of three-corner festivities.
I can't wait!

But wait.

You still haven't explained
what it actually is.

There's so much!
I can't tell you. I have to show you.

Triangle Day! Triangle Day, Triangle Day.

-What's wrong? Seems like fun.
-Triangle Day! One, two, three.

Come on, Circle.
You know Triangle as well as me.

How do we know
this isn't all just a big prank?

It's one day. How much damage can he do
in one day?

Okay. I'll go along with it. For now.

Triangle! What?

-You can't eat those.
-They're chips.

Those are decorative chips.
Eating comes later.

My fellow shapes,

it is with utmost pride
that I hereby benevolently welcome you

to the Triangle Day experience.

This is a beautiful day
full of mysterious, hallowed traditions.

So, without further ado,
we begin the first Triangle Day tradition.

The totally real and completely legitimate
giving of gifts to triangles.

And not just any gifts.

Triangle Day tradition states
that you must choose the most special,

important thing you have
and give it to a triangle.

I don't see any other triangles around,

so, I guess that's me.

Told you.

Meh, I'm going with it.
I want to see what this is all about.

It's beautiful, Circle.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Square, your turn.

Here you go, Triangle.
My cherished pebble. Take good care of it.

Are you sure this is your favorite thing?

I've never really heard you talk
about this pebble before.

Well, you know me. I don't like to brag.

Yeah. Sure.

But, you know what I have heard
you talk about a lot? Your sunglasses.

Triangle Day.

Yeah, those are very important to me.

Happy Triangle Day.

Happy Triangle Day!
Now, onwards! To more festivities!

All right! Tradition number two.
The sacred triangle dance.

Yeah! Sounds festive.
Any relation to square dancing?

No. Could not be more different.

We don't know the moves.

Don't worry. The moves are in the song.

Bow to your partner and you'll see
How fun the triangle dance can be

One, two, three, that's the order
It's not square dancing

There's just three corners

Grab your partner, do-si-do

Now wiggle up high and wiggle down low
All join hands and step to the right

If you don't have feet
Just keep it tight

What does that even mean?

Now take your hand and touch the floor

Now don't touch the floor
Now touch the floor

Spin as fast as you can muster
Now faster, Square! Do it, buster!

Wait, that's part of the song?

Do a somersault, stand on your head

Now try and break-dance
Till your face turns red

That's the end of a triangle song

If you missed any steps
You did it wrong

End of side one.

That's two Triangle Day traditions down.
Congratulations!

Are you having as much fun as I am?

Great! Back down the mountain.

All right, all right.

It's time for tradition number three.

The triangle song!

Didn't we just do that?

That was the triangle dance, Square.

Are we allowed to sit
during the triangle song?

Of course not! Does an orchestra sit down
while they play a beautiful symphony?

Actually--

Follow me back up the mountain! Hey!

I mean, come on!

I know, I know.

This totally might be a prank,
but I'm in too deep.

If there is a point to all of this,
I have to know what it is.

Come on, Square. You can make it.

We've got to see what this is all about.

Triangle,
why haven't we heard of any of this?

Is this really part of--

That concludes the triangle song.
Back down the mountain!

He is definitely messing with us.

At this point,

even Circle was beginning to question

how traditional
these traditions really were.

So tired. Just need a little pick-me-up.

Uh-uh-uh. No eating yet.

My esteemed guests,

I regret to inform you
that Triangle Day is nearing its end.

Thank goodness.

Sadly, there is only one Triangle Day
tradition left to go, but it's a big one.

If you two will follow me,
it's waiting for us…

Back up the mountain.

Back up the-- Yeah, that's the spirit!

Carry me up?

Triangle Day!

Now,
for the moment we've all been waiting for,

the toughest
Triangle Day tradition of all.

-It's time for--
-No!

No more traditions!

We've been running up
and down this mountain all day.

We gave you our favorite things.

We danced ourselves into the ground.

We-- We can't take it anymore!

Triangle,
what Square here is trying to say is,

what is this all for?

After all we've been through,

you want to know what is Triangle Day for?

I'm so glad you asked,

because the fourth
and final Triangle Day tradition

is the Triangle Day feast
of explaining Triangle Day!

It's tradition to end every Triangle Day
with full bellies

and a full understanding
of what it is we're celebrating.

No, Square. Have them all.

Square, Circle,

Triangle Day isn't just about gifts
or music or dancing,

although I am a great dancer.

In the end, Triangle Day is a day
where I get to be fully me.

I know sometimes I'm loud
and my energy can be hard to match,

but you did your best,
and I appreciate that.

It means so much to me
that you gave me these gifts,

even though I sometimes break your things
accidentally all the time.

Triangle Day means a lot to me,
no matter what.

But it was nice to share this one
with my two best friends.

Especially since it's pretty hard
to do a triangle gift exchange

when I'm the only triangle I've ever met.

Triangle,
I think I speak for both of us when I say

thank you for letting us spend
your special day with you.

Yeah. I'm sad it has to end.

Well, actually, there is still
one final Triangle Day tradition to go.

I never thought I'd say this,
but bring it on!

Is it another lap up the mountain?

It's time.

Every Triangle Day,

the sun hits the island just right
and something very special happens.

It unlocks the triangle door.

Thank you
for spending Triangle Day with me.

This part is actually just for me.

-But--
-See you tomorrow.

Happy Triangle Day, Triangle.

Let's go, Square.

Happy Triangle Day.

What a lovely day
to enjoy the great outdoors.

Or is it?

It's time.

Okay. Wind's picking up speed, check.

Barometric pressure dropping, check.

A deep sense of unease building, check.

Wait. "Check" is really bad!

There's no time!

No doubt about it,
there's a big storm on the way.

Oh, my, I hope Triangle knows that.

Doesn't look like it.

What? Who?

A storm! It looks like a big one.

Could it be?

Circle! There's a big storm on the way!

We've got to prepare our
designated safety zone, or DSZ for short.

AKA your cave, ASAP,
AKA as soon as possible!

Consider it done. Or CID, if you like.

I do.

Now, between your lights and my supplies,

the only thing left is to make sure
everybody is accounted for.

-Square? Here. Circle?
-Here.

Excellent. And Triangle?

Yeah! Come on!
Hit me with everything you've got!

Triangle, what in the world are you doing?

Grabbing myself
a front-row seat for the show.

What?

Don't you realize there's a big storm
heading straight for the island?

Yeah. Like I said, the show.

What exactly is it you're hoping to see,
Triangle?

Only one of the biggest, strongest
and flashiest things of all time.

Maybe you've heard of Mother Nature?

We've met, yes.

Big storms mean big spectacle.

They can topple whole trees,
blow you clean off your feet,

or zap things with lightning
and turn 'em into dust!

I've only read about it before.
I want to see it up close.

I see.

But couldn't those things all happen
to you if you're outside in the storm?

Nah, I'll be fine.
That's why I brought this.

Triangle, you get down from that tree
and into Circle's cave with us right now!

You're messing with our plan.
Also, this is very dangerous.

No way!
This storm is gonna be something amazing

I might only be able to see
right here and now,

and you expect me
to go into the boring, old indoors

I've seen a million times before?

Ha! Yeah, right!
Nothing will make me miss this storm.

"The Storm."

All right. Have fun, Triangle.

By the way,
I'm about to make hot chocolate.

Do you want some before your show starts?

I will go in for one cup of hot chocolate,

but then I'm coming right back outside
before I miss anything.

All right, let's make
with the hot chocolate. Chop-chop!

Just a moment.

I have to get some more light
to see what I'm doing.

I'm gonna miss every--
Forget it, I'm going back outside.

Don't be silly.
This will just take a second.

I've never seen Circle's cave
like this before.

Looks pretty cool.

No, I want to go out and see the storm.

It'll take a little bit
before the water's hot,

so, what should we do while we wait?

I brought just the thing.

It's called "Stellar Chronicles."

A thrilling area-control game about
striving for dominance over the galaxy.

Looks pretty fun.

Maybe I could stay for one game.

No! This is taking forever!

Games? Boiling water?

I came in
for a quick cup of hot chocolate,

and now I'm probably missing entire trees
getting flipped like pancakes.

Outside rules, inside drools. Bye!

Are you sure you don't want to play?

You fly spaceships and blow up planets.

And look, there's even a character
that looks just like you.

It does look like me.

But if I stay in, I'll miss the storm
dousing everything in buckets of rain

or smiting plants with lightning.

I wanted to experience something amazing.

Well, I mean…

…does that character have any cool moves
or whatever?

Yes.

This one gets to move first,

and it starts off
with the most powerful ship in the game.

A really cool ship and,
all these little spikes on it.

See?

They're lasers, I think.

Yep, that sounds like me. Pretty cool.

So, how do you play?

Well,

first you grab 20 asteroid tokens
and 50 quasar tokens.

The object of the game
is to collect space dust points.

Whoever gets the antigravity card
gets another player's quasar tokens,

and then--

Yeah.

And now that I've used
the antigravity card,

I gain all of Square's quasar tokens,

which gives me just enough to purchase
the delta quadrant pip. Ha! Yes!

Nice play, Triangle.

Yeah. Good one.

You know, Square,

if you had gotten
all those space dust points in turn four,

you could've been in the lead right now.

Isn't life funny?

-Yes, funny. To some.
-Square.

Hi-- Yeah. Hilarious, in fact.

The hot chocolate's done.

Suddenly, Triangle remembered something.

The hot chocolate's done.

He was so deep in the game

that he had completely forgotten about why
he came into the cave in the first place,

and especially forgot about
what he was missing outside.

-Thanks, Circle.
-My pleasure.

Here you go, Triangle.

You haven't tried the hot chocolate yet.
You were so eager to have some before.

Yeah. Finally got what I came for.

Well, you got your hot chocolate, so I
suppose you'll be going back outside now?

To witness nature's fury and all that?

Uh-oh. Triangle needs
to make his choice once and for all.

Go outside and brave
the chaos of the elements

or stay in with his friends
where it's warm and safe.

Yeah. I-- Of course I'm gonna go outside.

But first, I demand another cup
of hot chocolate.

And while we're waiting for that,
we may as well finish the game.

I was about to win anyway.

Sure.

Sounds good to me.