01x15 - How We Defeated a Jingle Bell Bully

[bunniefuu]

[Electric Bloom singing]
♪ Oh, feels like Christmas ♪

Hey, Bloomies!
We wanted to wish you a...

-Merry Christmas!
-Feliz Navidad!

-Happy Hanukkah!
-Feliz Hanukkah.

Nice! [laughs]

Okay, speaking
of the holidays,

BloomThereItIs asks,

"What was your first Christmas
like together?"

-Magical.
-Incredible.

Traumatic.

It's a classic holiday story.

[Posey] 'Twas the week
and a half before Christmas...

[Jade]
And all through the school...

[Posey]
Two Bloomies were planning...

[Jade]
To Christmas-b*mb Tule... ip.

[Posey]
Close enough.

Tulip is going to be
so excited

that we decorated her locker.

Totally. She's gonna be like,

"Yes! Christmas!"

'Sup?

'Sup?

What is that? Mistletoe?

Oh, what, this?

[♪ romantic music plays]

No, it's, uh...

arugula. Hah.

Cool. You can never
have too many greens.

-Smooth.
-Let me live.

Oh, she's coming.

This is gonna be so great.

Who could possibly love
Christmas more than Tulip?

[♪ orchestral music playing,
"Joy to the World"]

-[grunts] I hate Christmas!
-[music stops]

Tulip. I'm sorry, did you say,
"I hate Christmas"?

Or did you say,
"I ate Christmas"?

Because, honestly,
that would make more sense.

No, I definitely said,
"I hate Christmas."

Okay. I don't know
who this is,

but the real Tulip
can't be far.

Let's spread out and find her.

I didn't always
hate Christmas.

I used to love it.

Let me take you back
to the day it all changed.

December 20th, 2018.

My age, eight.

My height, shorter.

My nightmare, about to begin.

[clapping]

My turn to sing. [laughs]

Okay.

[singing] ♪ Deck the halls
with boughs of holly ♪

♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪

Your singing is gross.

Try Silent Night.

But just the silent part.

[children laugh]

♪ 'Tis the season
to be jo... ♪

[squeaks]

[laughs] Did you just squeak?

No.

[children scream]

Nice job, Squeaks.

You k*lled Santa.

After that, I was "Squeaks,"

the girl who chopped Santa
in half.

But... it wasn't your fault.

It doesn't matter.
I was an outcast.

And ever since that day,

I don't even like thinking
about Christmas.

Well, it probably didn't help
that we Christmas-bombed you

with Santa and lights
and that confetti cannon.

-Confetti cannon?
-[machine whirring]

[in slow-motion] No!

Anyway, not a big fan
of Christmas.

[Electric Bloom singing]
♪ You and me ♪

♪ You and I ♪

♪ I got your back ♪

♪ And you got mine ♪

♪ We're in this forever ♪

♪ Wherever we go
we go together ♪

♪ It's all for one ♪

♪ It's you and me ♪

♪ 'Cause all we are
is all we need ♪

♪ We're in this forever ♪

♪ Wherever we go
we go together ♪

Posey and I were not gonna
let some kid from years ago

make Tulip hate
Christmas forever.

No one should hate Christmas.

Especially Tulip.
I mean, she's pure joy.

They're not wrong.

And so,
we had our holiday mission.

Operation Help Tulip Love
Christmas Again

Because She Deserves it
and We're Her Best Friends.

We said we were gonna
shorten that.

We say a lot of things.

Hey, Tules.

So, we were thinking,

what if we sign up for
the annual Holiday Sing-Off

at Lacy's Department Store?

Let me get this straight.

You want me to do
a Christmas thing

after I told you
I hate Christmas?

Do I need to reset the scene?
My height,

-shorter--
-No. [nervous chuckle]

We heard you, Tules.

But maybe singing carols
with your best friends

will be so magical you'll fall
in love with Christmas again.

I mean, I do love singing
with you guys.

And the winners,
which will be us,

get a three-minute
shopping spree

where you get to grab
as much stuff as you can.

I mapped it out!

It's the perfect route.

We hit electronics hard,
loop back around for makeup,

and on our way out,
patio furniture.

And you know what they have
in patio furniture?

Don't say it. Don't say it.

Garden gnomes.

[squeals] How can I say
"gnome" to that?

Okay, fine. We can sign up
for the contest.

[all squealing] Yes!

It'll never not be on me.

What up, little elves?

You guys told me you were
interviewing to be rappers.

I didn't realize
it was gift wrappers.

Yeah, we didn't either.

But we already came up
with this. Check it out.

[rapping] ♪ It's... Lucas and The Vince
and we're here to say ♪

♪ Nothing' like wrapping
for the holiday ♪

♪ Gotta get gifts done
with no delay ♪

♪ Before Santa rolls up ♪

[both] ♪ In his big
red sleigh! ♪

-Ooh, whoo!
-[Lucas grunts]

Yo, sick bars.

But do you actually know
how to wrap presents?

Me? No.

But this guy? Dude is fast.

He can wrap anything.

Pointy, odd-shaped, alive.

-Nothing he can't wrap.
-Oh, really?

-[cutting and folding]
-I'd like to see him try and wrap that--

Whoa! [laughs]

Lucas, you're good.

All right. I have to go
find a gift for Jade.

It's our first
Christmas together, so

I wanna get her something
really special.

Well, no presh,
but we wrapped the gift

that Jade got for you,
and it's pretty perfect.

-What is it?
-Whoa.

An elf never tells.

Let's just say, it walks the line
between thoughtful and practical.

Like every time you look
at it, you're gonna think

"I'm really glad I have this."

But again, no presh.

Okay, yeah. But the more
you say, "No presh,"

the more I'm feeling
a lot of presh.

Yeah. On second thought,

if I were you,
I'd start to freak out.

[rapping] ♪ It's Lucas
and The Vince ♪

♪ And we're not gonna lie ♪

♪ If you mess this up
Jade's gonna-- ♪

Probably just, like, go home
and be really upset

and maybe not call you
for a while.

Happy shopping!

Meanwhile, Jade and I were
moving forward with

Operation Help Tulip Love
Christmas Again Because...

I'm just gonna call it
Operation Christmas.

Good call.

Okay, I'm gonna go sign us up
for the Holiday Sing-Off

-because I hate Christmas.
-Tulip!

Because I don't
hate Christmas.

I'll take it.

[both singing]
♪ Two Shellys walking out-- ♪

We get it. You sing what
you're doing.

Just skip to the end.

[both singing] ♪ We signed up
for the Sing... ♪

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The Sing-Off.

You think
you're gonna beat us.

Also, "Ew, bro.
Ew. Ew, bro."

Did I miss anything?

[singing] ♪ That covers it ♪

[both] Hey, watch it, bro.

Ah! Michelley!

Shelly. What's up, cuz?

Greetings, cousin.

You look well.

"Greetings"? "You look well"?

Okay, is LeBrock LeBroken?

And you guys are cousins?

Like Mom's side? Dad's side?

Or is it like family friends,
but you call each other cousins--

Posey, you're getting
tangled up in your business.

Hey, cuz, I like your shirt.

Hang on.

Hello? Oh!

It's National Diss
Your Cousin Day?

Okay. I'll let her know.

I don't like your shirt.

Man, I walked right into that.

It's okay. I walk into stuff
all the time.

-I don't know who you are.
-Shelly Sharp.

I don't care who you are.

Whatever. My band and I need
to sign up for this contest

that we've won
three years in a row

and are about to win again.

Kelly! Other Kelly! Come.

Wait.

Is your band named--

[singing] ♪ Michelley
and the Kellys ♪

Yep. I thought about it,
and you sing it.

Well, it's official.

We're signed up for
the Sing-Off,

and I gotta admit, I'm actually
feeling pretty good about it.

What up, Squeaks?

[both, echoing] Squeaks,
Squeaks, Squeaks.

[squeaks]

Oh, no.

After running into Michelley,
my Ghost of Christmas Past,

I didn't know
if I could do the Sing-Off.

It brought up a lot
of bad feelings.

But my best friends weren't ready
to give up on me yet.

Tules, if we beat Michelley,

you'll finally be able to put
your trauma where it belongs,

-in the past.
-I don't know.

No, yeah, you're right.
It's no fun just breaking out into song.

[singing] ♪ O, Christmas tree
Christmas tree... ♪

Guys, I'm really
not in the mood.

Totally, totally, totally.
We hear you.

[singing] ♪ Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
I made it out of clay... ♪

Seriously! Guys, not now.

[all singing]
♪ Joy to the world... ♪

You'll never beat Michelley and the Kellys
with that garbagio.

They won with that song
last year. So, if you do it,

you'll just look like a bunch
of sad little copy-kitties.

[singing] ♪ Jo-jo-jo-joy joy
Joy Jo-jo-joy ♪

[vocalizing]
♪ Joy to the world ♪

Why are you showing this
to us?

Are you trying to help us?

That's not cool. Maybe it is.

Okay, I'm very confused
right now.

Yeah, why would you help us

when you're competing
in the Sing-Off too?

Because I need Michelley
to lose

and I don't care
who she loses to.

She makes my life miserable.

She told my whole family
that I'm obsessed with frogs.

So now every gift I get,
for every holiday, is frog themed.

I hate frogs!

You think that's bad?

Michelley once told everyone
in music class to ignore me.

So, I started
ignoring me, too.

I didn't talk
to myself for weeks.

Oh, yeah?

Well, Michelley and I were
both born on February 28th,

so she made me change
my birthday to the 29th.

I only get to celebrate
on leap years.

Legally, I'm only
three years old.

Michelley ruined Christmas
for me.

Michelley ruined family
for me.

Tulip, I'm so sorry
for what she did to you.

I'm so sorry
for what she did to you.

Did they forget we were here?

I just wish someone would
finally knock Michelley down a peg.

[gasps loudly]

OMG. The enemy of my enemy is

my enemy's cousin.

[gasps] OMG. I don't know
what that means.

We both want Michelley
to lose,

so Electric Bloom and
The Two Shellys should team up

and compete
in the Sing-Off together.

-[both] Girl, what?
-Bro, what?

Think about it. What's better
than a three-part harmony?

A five-part harmony!

Ew. Sorry, instinct.

Actually, I love this idea.

Let's join forces and give Michelley
a taste of her own medicine.

Wait! So are you saying

Electric Bloom should team up
with The Two Shellys?

I don't like it either, bro,
but it's the only way to win.

Well, then I'm in.

[sighs] Okay. Me too.

-Me three.
-[all scream]

How long have
you been standing there?

Honestly? Hours.

Well, I did it.

I found the perfect gift
for Jade.

A new journal for her poetry.

It's just like the one
she has.

I crushed it.

I did crush it, right, guys?

Like, compared
to what she got me?

Honestly, I forgot
what she got you.

Ooh, she's coming.
Lucas, do you think you could

-wrap this super quick?
-Got it.

-Hey.
-Hey. What are you doing here?

I was inside doing a dry run
'cause we're totally

winning the Sing-Off
shopping spree.

Can you push the cart
while we spree?

'Cause if I go like this, I could get
both sides of the aisle at the same time.

She's a keeper.

Here you go, man.

What's that?

This?

It's just a Christmas gift
for this girl I kinda like.

Oh. She sounds perfect

and amazing
and really cool. [laughs]

It's me, right?

Yeah,
but you forgot beautiful.

Aw.

I'll open it on Nochebuena.

It's a Christmas
Eve tradition.

Thanks, D.

Let's see Santa top that!

Uh, he might be able to.

Dude, not cool.

We modern bros support
each other.

No, I mean, look.

The journal I bought for her?

-Dude!
-I'm sorry.

Just-- I had so many gifts
to wrap, and I...

I was moving fast and Jade was
doing that arm flapping thing.

If that's the journal,
then what did I give Jade?

Well, the only other thing
I wrapped that size was a book.

Okay. Yeah. Books are cool.

It's called
How to Ghost Your Girl.

What?

Ghosting means ignoring
someone you're dating.

-So, in the future--
-I know what ghosting means.

I just don't want
to do that to Jade.

Then why'd you give
her that book?

Okay. If we're gonna
perform together,

we need a name
for the five of us as a group.

How about The Two Shellys?

Um...

Hello?

[groans] Okay, fine.

"The Two Shellys and Some Other Girls,
But Like Who Cares?"

Um, us. We care.

Whatever. Next on the agenda.
What to sing.

We were thinking a medley
starting like this.

[singing] ♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪

♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪

♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪

♪ And a Happy New Year ♪

Well, we want to do
something like this.

[singing] ♪ Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh ♪

♪ O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way ♪

♪ Ha, ha, ha, deck the halls
with boughs of holly ♪

[all singing] ♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪

♪ 'Tis the season
to be jolly ♪

♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪

♪ La, la, la ♪

♪ Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
Come light the menorah ♪

♪ Let's have a party
We'll all dance the hora ♪

♪ Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming ♪

♪ Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings ♪

♪ Four calling birds
Three French hens ♪

♪ Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open ♪

[vocalizing] ♪ Sleigh ♪

Whoa, what just happened?

We weren't just good.

We were like we-could-work-
for-Santa good. [laughs]

We're gonna beat Michelley.

Yeah, we are! Prepare yourself, Christmas,
because here comes

The Two Shellys and Some Other Girls,
But Like Who Cares?

[all singing]
♪ One-horse open ♪

[vocalizing] ♪ Sleigh ♪

Who would have thought?
Electric Bloom

and The Two Shellys
making music together.

We're like if Drake and Kendrick
got over their beef.

Paul Drake and
John Kendrick in 11th grade.

They do not like each other.

Hey, you don't go
to this school.

So, you must be the smart one.

Really?

Did someone tell you that?

Why are you here?

-Family stuff.
-[gasps]

No one died.
Just come over here.

What are they talking about?
We need to know what they're saying.

Don't worry, I got this.

I'm an expert at reading lips.

I saw in your stories
that you five teamed up.

-You watch my stories?
-In like an ironic way.

She's saying something
about her eyelash.

The five-part harmony
is intriguing.

I want a piece of that.

Now she's saying
she wants a pizza cat.

So, what do you say?

You wanna ditch them
and join us this one time?

I'll even let you have
your birthday back.

-[gasps]
-You can finally turn four.

I think she's saying dogs
eating car seats on the moon.

Yes, dogs eating car seats
on the moon.

Like I said, if we team up,
it would be crazier

than dogs eating car seats
on the moon.

So, what do you think, cuz?

[sighs] Okay, cuz. We're in.
But I get to tell everyone.

Deal.

-Family--
-Family announcement.

We made up
and we're forming a new group.

-[all] What?
-I said--

Family announcement, we made up
and we're forming a new group.

Kellys, take positions.

Shelly!

Introducing, Michelley
and the Four Kellys.

We go by Kelly now.

We go by Kelly now.

Oh, and that holiday mash-up
we all came up with for the Sing-Off,

-we're taking it.
-What?

-No way.
-You can't do that.

Ring, ring. Oh!

Look who's calling, it's...
yes, we can.

And since we won last year,
we get to perform first.

Which means that if you try
to steal our medley,

you'll just look like
tragic medley stealers.

Right, Kellys?

I snap now.

Bye-bye, Squeaks.

[laughs haughtily]

[squeaks]

No! I was just learning
to love Christmas again.

And why are there always
Christmas trees next to me?

What is this? Christmas?

Any hope I had of loving
Christmas again was gone.

It turned out the enemy
of my enemy

was also my enemy,
but also my enemy's cousin.

Translation. We should not
have trusted the Shellys.

I guess Christmas and I will
never rekindle our spark.

We're like cottage cheese
and peanut butter

or cottage cheese and salsa
or plain cottage cheese.

Man, cottage cheese
is disgusting.

Tulip, I'm just as upset as you are
that they stole the mash-up.

But don't worry, okay?
We'll figure this out together.

Yeah. The most important thing
is that you're happy

and you get
your holiday spirit back.

Forget about the contest.

Thanks, guys.

But I think I just need
to be alone right now.

Of course.

We're here if you need us.

[♪ sentimental music playing]

[Tulip]
I took a walk to get away from Christmas,

but it turned out Christmas
was everywhere I looked.

[girl] You seem sad.

What's wrong?

I'm just feeling a little...

[both] Down.

Yes. Wait.

Eight-year-old me,
how are you here?

Holiday magic, honey.

Let me guess, Michelley?

Yeah, she's back.
And at the worst time, too.

I was finally ready
to embrace Christmas again.

Really?

Yeah. Jade and Posey made me
feel like maybe I could.

Who are Jade and Posey?

Oh, right.

You don't know them yet.

They're my best friends.

One's organized and is gonna
run the world someday.

And the other one's artsy
and is gonna destroy it,

in a good way.

They sound awesome.

You have no idea.

I wish I had friends like that
in my life.

You don't yet.

But you will
when you're older, like me.

Wait. I'm me and I'm older.

I'm older me.

What am I doing?

I have Jade and Posey and
so much love in my life.

Why am I letting Michelley
ruin Christmas for me?

I'm Tulip Juniper Aoki

and I'm celebrating Christmas
this year.

[♪ festive music playing]

Thanks, little me.

You guys!
I just went for this walk,

and there were these lights
and there was me,

but I was schmall,
and everything felt right,

and I love you guys and I'm so
happy to have you in my life.

-Tulip?
-Wait. You're back from your walk?

Oh. You guys missed it.

I came in
and said this big thing.

I'll sum it up for you.

Me, Christmas, Schmall me,
you, love.

We're doing the contest!

-Really? We are?
-With what? They stole our medley.

Which is why we're writing
our own Christmas song.

We'll do it, on one condition.

We Christmas-b*mb the heck
out of this room.

To music.

[♪ upbeat festive music plays]

I don't hate it.

Hey, man, we came up
with a plan

for you to get that gift back
from Jade before she opens it.

-Lay it on him.
-Okay.

All you gotta do is rent
a Santa suit,

sneak into Jade's house
in the dead of night,

swap the gifts,
erase the security footage,

then escape out the chimney
before the alarm goes off.

Easy-peasy.

What part of that was easy
or peasy?

Hey, you.

I couldn't wait
till Nochebuena,

so I opened your gift.

We have a lot to talk about.

I didn't mean it.

It was a joke. [laughs]
Yeah, it was a joke.

Really? So, you're not
my number one dude?

Oh, yeah.

I did wrap that shirt in a box
about the size of a book.

What? Okay, what's going on?

I accidentally gave you
the wrong gift.

But I do want to be
your number one dude.

I just meant to give you this.

-A new journal?
-For when yours gets full.

Dante, this is so thoughtful.

Also, I hope you don't mind,
but I wrote the first entry.

[chuckles]

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

I know we've been hanging out a lot,
but I just wanted to make it official.

So, will you?

How can I say no
to my number one dude?

I'm not crying.

You're crying.

I know, man.

[singing] ♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open ♪

[vocalizing] ♪ Sleigh ♪

[audience cheering]

Try beating that, Squeaks.

That's Mrs. Squeaks to you.

That's right.
Tulip's married now.

-To Christmas.
-Yeah!

Ooh, you here to see
your girlfriend?

Yeah, I am.

-That's awesome, dude.
-Yeah. We're really happy for you, man.

What up, holiday people?

We're Electric Bloom.

And what's that in the air?

Do you feel it?

I do! It feels like Christmas.

[singing] ♪ Whoa, Christmas ♪

♪ Oh, feels like Christmas ♪

♪ Whoa, Christmas ♪

♪ Oh, feels like Christmas ♪

♪ We can go and build
a snowman out in the snow ♪

♪ Ooh, wop-bop
A-ooh, wop-bop ♪

♪ Or watch somebody steal
a kiss under the mistletoe ♪

♪ Ooh, wop-bop
A-ooh, wop-bop ♪

♪ My gift isn't under
the Christmas tree ♪

♪ It's having you with me ♪

♪ Feels like Christmas ♪

♪ Let's make this Christmas ♪

♪ The best Christmas ♪

♪ We ever, ever
ever, ever had ♪

♪ We'll sit by the fireplace ♪

♪ Warm smiles on every face ♪

♪ And for always ♪

♪ You'll always be part
of my Christmas plan ♪

♪ Feels like Christmas ♪

♪ Whoa, Christmas ♪

♪ Oh, feels like Christmas ♪

[audience cheering]

[Posey] That's right,
Electric Bloom won the Holiday Sing-Off.

And then everyone got all mushy 'cause,
you know, Christmas.

You sounded pretty good up there, Tulip.
Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Michelley.

Hey, I liked your song.

Also, thanks.

-For what?
-For reconnecting me with my cousin.

I know she was just using us
because she thought we'd help her win,

but we actually ended up
having fun together.

Also, I'm so happy she lost.

-Merry Christmas.
-Merry Christmas, bro.

Miracles do happen.

Our first Christmas together
was truly magical.

Yeah, because
we won the Sing-Off

and the shopping spree.

We stuck to my map
and pulled in a huge haul,

which we gave back
to the community.

Because that's what this time
of year is all about.

[Tulip]
And one kid in the crowd really stood out.

[♪ emotional music playing]

[Electric Bloom singing]
♪ Feels like Christmas ♪

♪ Let's make this Christmas ♪

♪ The best Christmas ♪

♪ We ever, ever
ever, ever had ♪

♪ Whoa, Christmas ♪

♪ Oh, feels like Christmas ♪

[♪ theme music playing]

[kids imitating fanfare]

High five.