[upbeat music]
♪
- ♪ Hey
- What?
- ♪ Come over here
♪ The Cat in the Hat
is about to appear ♪
♪ He's whizzing over
to whisk you away ♪
♪ On a fabulous journey
today ♪
- He's coming!
- ♪ Now he's arrived
♪ In the Thinga-ma-jigger,
the thing that he drives ♪
♪ He's a cat
and he's oodles of fun ♪
♪ With his hairy helpers,
Thing Two and Thing One ♪
- Whoo-hoo!
♪
- Whoa!
♪
[laughter]
♪
- Whoa!
- Wahoo!
- ♪ It's the Cat in the Hat
♪ All of our adventures
start like that ♪
♪ Wherever you're going,
wherever you're at ♪
♪ The Cat in the Hat
knows a lot about... ♪
- ♪ He knows a lot about,
he knows a lot about ♪
all: ♪ He knows a lot
about that ♪
[laughter]
[gentle music]
- So you're sure you've got
everything you need
for the night?
- Yeah, Dad, everything
but Sally.
- Here I am.
Are you ready?
- Sure am, and I've got
the perfect thing for us.
A book called
"The Creeping Shadow."
Because you can't
have a sleepover
without a spoo-oooky book.
- Ooh, I hope it's not
too spooky,
or I'll never sleep!
- It's okay, Fish.
There's nothing
to be afraid of.
- Yeah, I haven't even
opened the book yet.
- Ah, whew.
[gasps]
What's that?
- [gasps]
- A creeping shadow.
- What kind of thing
makes a shadow like that?
- I don't know, but
I don't want to find out!
- Whatever it was,
it's gone now.
Everything's okay.
- Um...maybe you should
cancel the sleepover
just in case.
- Cancel?
But I wore
my best bedtime bowtie.
both: Cat!
- You're here!
- Did you happen to see
a creepy shadow out there?
- A creepy shadow?
Is that why you're thinking
of cancelling the sleepover?
both: Uh-huh.
- Well, then I got here
just in time.
Once you find out
how shadows are made,
then you'll know there's
no reason for feeling afraid.
- But where do we find out
how shadows are made?
- In Silhouette Valley.
It's full of surprises.
And shadows there come in all
shapes, sorts and sizes.
- Then what are we waiting for?
We don't want to cancel
our sleepover!
- Then we're off
to Silhouette Valley.
Your father won't mind
at all if you do.
- Nick to Dad.
Come in, Dad.
- Dad here.
Go ahead, Nick.
- Can we fly in
the Thinga-ma-jigger
with the Cat in the Hat
to Silhouette Valley?
We need to find out
how shadows are made.
- Silhouette Valley?
Sure.
- [gasps]
- Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Have fun!
- We can go!
We can go!
- I know, I know!
To the Thinga-ma-jigger!
- Yeah! Whoo!
- Whoo-hoo! Yeah!
- Buckle up!
[horn honks]
[playful music]
[whirs, clicks]
Flip the Jigger-ma-whizzer!
[boing]
[exciting music]
♪
Isn't this fun?
both: Whoo-hoo!
- ♪ Here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪
♪ The Thinga-ma-jigger
is up and away ♪
both: ♪ Go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪
♪ We're flying
with the Cat in the Hat today ♪
♪
- With its canyons
and mountains
and shadows and light,
this is Silhouette Valley,
a beautiful sight.
- Whoa.
It really is beautiful.
- Wow, this place is amazing.
- You should see it
when it's all lit up,
and you will!
Once all the light-bellied
brights arrive.
- Light-bellied brights?
What could they be?
[soft buzzing]
- Wait, I think
I hear something.
- And I think I see something.
Look!
[whooshing]
- [laughing]
What is that?
- That's a light-bellied
bright.
With its bright belly light,
it can light up the night.
[both laughing]
But I wonder where
the rest of them are.
- [chittering]
- What's it saying?
- Well, I haven't spoken
in the Brightenese language
in a while, but...
[clears throat, buzzing]
- [buzzes sadly]
- Ah-ha.
It can't find its friends.
They always travel together,
so the bright is really
lost without them.
- Oh, no!
- Finding out about shadows
will just have to wait!
We have to help this little
bright find its friends.
- [happy chittering]
- But how?
Hmm.
Cat, ask him where they were
the last time he saw them.
- [buzzing]
- [buzzing]
[chittering]
- Okay, everyone.
Follow that bright!
Keep your eyes peeled
for light-bellied brights.
- Hmm, I don't see
any light-bellied brights
around here.
- Me neither.
[gasps]
How did that shadow get here?
- [chuckles]
That shadow looks familiar.
- Sally's right!
- Huh?
Now that you mention it,
that shadow looks
a whole lot like me.
- Look, I have one too.
But where are
the shadows coming from?
- Hmm, now that's
an interesting question.
- Look, the shadows are gone.
- You're right!
And look, now they're back.
But why?
- [gasps]
It's the bright.
When his light shines on us,
the shadows appear.
- Yeah!
The bright's light shines
everywhere on the wall
except for where
the shadows are.
Let me try something.
- Now shadow!
- Shadow!
[gasps]
That's how they're made.
They happen when someone
blocks light.
- And that's why our shadows
are shaped like us
and move like us.
We're the things
the blocking the light.
- So even if we're alone,
we've got company.
Our shadows!
- [buzzes]
- But it's not the same
as being with your friends.
- [buzzes sadly]
- We've got to find them.
But where do we look?
- We don't have any clues.
- When you're searching for
answers and need a new clue,
you can always rely
on Thing One and Thing Two.
[whistles]
both: Whoo-hoo!
Hello.
- Hello, Things.
We're looking for
light-bellied bright.
We'll go this way,
and you need to climb up high
and see if there's
a swarm of them in sight.
[both cheering]
[both chittering]
[laughter]
[both laughing, chittering]
- Whoa!
- Is that a monster?
- If it is, then it's
the shadow of a monster.
- Ah, monster!
Oh, God!
- Yikes!
- [whimpering]
- [chuckles]
It's okay.
That was just the shadows
of the Things
on top of the rocks.
- [whimpering]
- [laughs]
- Did you see any
light-bellied brights
from up there?
- Uh-uh.
- Uh-uh.
- Then we've got
to keep going this way.
We know they're not back
where we came from.
- And now that we know
how shadows are made,
they're not scary anymore.
- Are you sure about that?
Those shadows are gigantic!
[all scream]
- Don't worry, those are
still our shadows.
- How could they be?
We're definitely not giants.
- Hmm, now this is
a giant mystery.
A definite head-scratcher.
- Look, the giant shadow
is moving like you, Cat.
Just like regular shadows.
- Oh!
- But they're not regular.
They're huge!
- But how?
Hmm.
Think, Nick.
Think.
- Ah, would you look at that.
- [gasps] Nick's shadow is
getting bigger and smaller.
- But why is it growing when
he walks away from the wall
and getting smaller
when he walks towards it?
- Can you shed some light
on that, Nick.
- I don't know.
The only thing
that changed is...
how close we are
to the bright.
Watch this.
- The closer you are
to the bright,
the bigger your shadow gets.
Maybe because you're
blocking more light.
- That explains everything!
But what about those shadows?
both: Huh?
- Those are the shadows
of the Things.
both: Hello!
- But if the bright
is right beside us,
what's causing those shadows?
- That must mean...[gasps]
There's another light!
Look!
[buzzing]
- Ah, it's the brights!
♪
Yay! Yeah!
- Ya-hoo!
[both chuckle]
- [chittering]
- We didn't find
your friends.
Your friends found us.
- Well, that's a good reason
to make a big buzz.
[laughter]
- Yay!
- Yeah!
- Looks like our work here
is done.
- [chittering]
- You're welcome.
Ah, and thanks for the light.
- [buzzing]
- Bye, brights.
- And bye-bye, shadows.
Thanks for all the fun.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye.
- Bye. See you later.
- Bye.
- All right, now we can
finally start our sleepover.
Yeah!
- I'll be there in two blinks
of a bright's belly.
I just need to get
my sleepover supplies.
- Okay.
Finally.
The only shadow we need
to worry about now is...
- Ahhh!
The creeping shadow is back!
[eerie music]
- What could be making it?
- How 'bout we all just
close our eyes
until it goes away again?
- It's okay, Fish.
- We just have to look
for the light,
and the thing that's
blocking it.
- If the shadow's
on the wall,
the light must be
coming from...
[gasps] the moonlight
shining through the window.
I think we've found what was
making the creeping shadow.
- ♪ I'm gonna have, have,
have, have a sleepover ♪
- It was the cat's tail
in the moonlight.
[chuckles]
Mystery solved!
[yawns]
- See?
[both yawn]
Shadows aren't...
scary at all.
- I got everything we need,
pillowy pillows,
a snuggly sleeping bag,
and a whole heap
of yummy snacks.
Let the sleepover begin!
[both snoring]
Nick? Sally?
Oh, Fish?
[snoring]
Oh, well.
What's a sleepover
without sleep?
Come join in a game
that we call shadow play.
It begins when the
light-bellied bright
comes our way.
When he flies up behind us
and shines his bright light,
the shadows he makes
are a magical sight.
- [chuckles]
Look, that's me.
- Hey, but where'd
that bird come from?
- [gasps]
You made that bird?
Let me try.
Hmm.
Look, a rabbit.
[laughs]
- Chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp.
- Ahh! Alligator!
- Look, Sally's shadow
came back when she did.
- Well, that's one thing
we can always count on.
♪
♪ Meet the friend
who follows me ♪
♪ My shadow goes
where I go ♪
♪ I move the same
as you can see ♪
♪ My shadow goes
where I go ♪
♪ Need a partner
for a dance ♪
♪ My shadow goes
where I go ♪
♪ It will match you
prance for prance ♪
♪ My shadow goes
where I go ♪
♪ When you lift your arms
or play a game ♪
♪ Your shadow always
does the same ♪
♪ Sing it loud,
let's all proclaim ♪
- ♪ My shadow goes
where I go ♪
- ♪ Shine a light
and it appears ♪
♪ My shadow goes
where I go ♪
♪ So let's all give it
three loud cheers ♪
all: Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
- ♪ My shadow
goes where I go ♪
- ♪ My shadow
- ♪ Shadow
- ♪ Shadows go where I go
♪ Our shadows go where we go
[upbeat music]
♪
- Hey, Nick.
Want to come play?
- I would, but I'm
really busy, Sally.
- Doing what?
- Sorting my rubber band
collection with Fish.
- And what
a collection it is.
- It's the best rubber band
collection ever.
- Sure is.
But is it as cool as...this?
♪
- Whoa, is that
a new basketball?
- Sure is.
- We're coming down.
Okay, Sally, show me.
- Bouncy balls are the best.
And this is the best
bouncy ball ever.
- Whoa, how high will it go?
- Try it and see.
- Okay, watch this.
[grunts]
Watch out, Fish!
- Wah!
- Ahh!
Oh, sorry, Sally.
I didn't mean for the ball
to get stuck in the tree.
- That's okay.
It was an accident.
That ball is pretty bouncy.
- Did someone say
"bouncy ball?"
Ahh!
- [chuckles] Hi, Cat.
- I love to bounce.
How bouncy is it?
- Uh, very.
- Oh, dear.
- Maybe we can find
another ball.
- Where are we going to find
a ball bouncier than that?
- I've heard of a place
known as Ballabaloo.
If you want a new ball,
that's the right place for you.
- Yes, please!
- Your father won't mind
at all if you do.
- Dad!
Can Sally and I go
to Ballabaloo
with the Cat in the Hat
to find a new bouncy ball?
- [laughs] Just so long
as you remember
to bounce back
before dinnertime.
- We can go, we can go!
- I know, I know!
To the Thinga-ma-jigger!
- Come on, Fish.
- You know what,
I think I'll stay here
and take care
of these rubber bands.
- Thanks, Fish.
- What a mess.
- Buckle up!
[horn honks]
[playful music]
[whirs, clicks]
Flip the Jigger-ma-whizzer!
[boing]
[exciting music]
♪
Isn't this fun?
both: Whoo-hoo!
- ♪ Here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪
♪ The Thinga-ma-jigger
is up and away ♪
both: ♪ Go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪
♪ We're flying
with the Cat in the Hat today ♪
- If you look down below,
you'll see Ballabaloo,
where I'm sure you'll find
bouncers galore just for you.
[gentle music]
♪
both: Whoa.
- This is amazing.
- Awesome.
- If we're ever gonna
find you a new ball,
this is the place.
[gasps] How about this one?
- Same size, same shape.
Give it a bounce.
- [straining]
Oops.
- That is not a bouncy noise.
- That ball
didn't bounce at all,
and it's full of holes.
- Those holes
are for fingers.
My mom has a ball
just like this.
It's a bowling ball.
Bowling balls are definitely
not bouncy.
- I wonder why some balls
are bouncy and others aren't.
- What an excellent question.
Perhaps we can watch it up
close with micromaboodle.
Now look closely
as I give it a bounce.
- That didn't bounce at all.
- With a micromaboodle,
you can rewind
and take another look.
[whirring]
- I still
don't see it bouncing.
- Why don't you turn
the other knob?
Slow it down and take
an even closer look.
[whirring]
- Now that we see it up close
and slowed down,
it looks like it did bounce
a teeny, tiny bit.
- [sighs]
A teeny, tiny bit
isn't good enough to replace
a bouncy basketball.
- It might not bounce,
but it's really roll-y.
[chuckles]
- Heavy balls like
this bowler...[grunts]
are really great rollers.
[upbeat music]
Ah!
♪
- Yahoo!
- Strike!
- Yes!
- Oh!
I want to try bowling too.
But you knocked down
all the pins, Cat.
- When you knock
something down,
do not cry or boo-hoo.
Simply call for some help
from Thing One and Thing Two.
[whistles]
both: Hello.
[grunting, chattering]
♪
- Ah-ha!
- Thanks, Thing Two.
[straining]
♪
Yeah!
This is the best ball ever
for rolling and
knocking things down.
- It's a whole new ball game.
♪
- Ta-da!
- Try to knock down
the rest, Nick.
- [straining]
Watch this!
[straining]
Whoa!
- Yikes!
- Look at that roller
go, go, go.
- Wait! Ball!
Wait!
I'm sorry I lost
your ball again.
- That's okay, Nick.
Bowling balls are fun,
but not as fun as bouncers.
- Hey, that one looks perfect.
It's the right size and shape.
Whoa, it's really light
and squishy.
Not like the bowling ball.
- But how does it bounce?
- Kinda weird.Watch.
- It's not bouncy
like my basketball,
but it does bounce,
and it's great for
keeping up in the air.
- Like to take a closer look?
- That ball
squashes and squishes
and snaps back into shape.
- Hmm, the bowling ball
didn't change shape
like the beach ball does.
Maybe squishing
and snapping back
is what makes a ball bouncy.
- You can't bounce a thing
that doesn't have spring.
- It's the best ball ever.
[both laugh]
Yay.
Yeah!
- It's a whole new,
new ball game.
- [grunts]
- My ball!
- Oh, no.
I did it again.
- It's okay, Nick.
A ball that can blow away
won't ever be a great bouncer.
- I'm sure you'll find
a bouncy ball to b*at them all.
And here's the very room
to find it.
- [gasps] A giant ball room!
Come on, Sally.
[all laughing]
- Yeah!
- Whoo-hoo!
- Yippee!
These balls are too hard.
They barely bounce at all.
- This one's fun,
but it's better for throwing.
- Throw it to me, Cat.
Over here!
- [groans]
[laughter]
- Balls, ball, everywhere!
But I don't see anything
like my bouncy basketball.
- You mean the best
bouncy ball ever?
- Oh, Cat.
It's perfect.
It's just like
my ball at home.
Right, Nick?
- It sure is.
Whoa!
- Ball overboard!
- Find that ball!
- It's lost in all these
other balls.
- Keep looking.
- It's gotta be here
somewhere.
- [sighs] It's gone.
- I'm so sorry you lost
your bouncy ball, Sally.
But how about playing
with this?
[laughs]
- Thanks, Cat,
but it's not the same.
- Hmm, maybe.
You know, that snapping
rubber band gives me an idea.
Back to the tree house.
- But what about
finding a bouncy ball?
- Cat, when Nick gets an idea,
it's time to go, go, go.
- One band, two band,
red band, blue band.
- [panting] Fish,
I need my rubber bands.
- They're right here,
and they're all sorted.
- That's great!
- Well, they were all sorted.
- Sorry, Fish,
but we've got work to do.
- Can I look now?
- Sure.
- You made a ball
out of rubber bands?
What about your collection?
- What's a collection for if
you can't do anything with it?
- I bet it's super bouncy.
- Super duper bouncy.
After all, rubber bands
are very snappy.
Ah!
[chuckles]
- Let's try it!
You try it.
- Really?
But what if I lose
this one too?
- Go ahead.
♪
My bouncy basketball!
[all cheering]
- I'm glad you got
your ball back, Sally.
- Me too.
Now we have
two bouncy balls,
and we can see which one
bounces higher
if we drop them both
from the tree house.
- Awesome.
Ha ha!
- It's a whole new,
new, new...
new, new, new, new,
new ball game.
[laughs]
[upbeat music]
♪
03x04 - Shadow Play/Play Ball
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Animated series follows the magical adventures of 6-year-olds Nick and Sally, who travel the world with the Cat in the Hat as their guide.
Animated series follows the magical adventures of 6-year-olds Nick and Sally, who travel the world with the Cat in the Hat as their guide.