>> Hello, everyone.
It's time for another Scaredy
Bat Nursery Rhyme Review.
If that is okay with you, of
course.
Welcome.
Join me, please, as I review the
bone chilling tale entitled Jack
and Jill.
Ooh...
[Clearing throat]
"Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water."
Oh, this tale is not so bone
chilling.
Where was I?
"Jack fell down and broke his
crown."
By "crown," they mean his head,
of course.
Ooh, his head!
Watch out, Jack!
>> Huh?
>> Do not kick the bucket!
>> Whoa!
Ooh, ooh, oh!
>> Ooh, my.
Oh, but what of his friend?
Um... "and Jill came tumbling
after."
>> Where are you?
Ah!
Ow, ow, ow, ow!
Ow.
Sorry.
I am very sorry, but I cannot
read another word.
Excuse me while I file this
under "T," for "two wings way
down."
Now then, tune in please, next
time, when I will review
Goldilocks and Three... Bears!
Ooh, I suddenly do not feel so
well.
Goodbye.
♪
♪ So today were gonna
♪ Take a time to show ya
♪ The br-br-bright side
of the dark side ♪
♪ Only think you oughta
♪ No, you really gotta
♪ See the br-br-bright side
of the dark side ♪
♪ Ruby Gloom, Ruby Gloom
♪
♪ We're gonna show you why
♪ There's more
than meets the eye ♪
♪ The br-br-bright side
of the dark side ♪
♪ Only think you oughta
♪ No, you really gotta
♪ See the br-br-bright side
of the dark side ♪
♪ Ruby Gloom, Ruby Gloom
>> And this is the time my
Great-Great-Great-Really Great
Grandmother got a bit of a
cough.
But luckily, it never grew into
the black plague... for her.
Maybe she should have taken a
sick day and stayed home.
>> Uh, thanks, Misery.
That's quite an impressive
collection of family photos.
Huh, Skull Boy?
>> Uh, yeah.
I wish I had family photos.
In fact, I wish I had a family.
>> You must of had a family at
some point in the past.
>> You're right, Ruby.
But, what's past is past.
Unless, if I build a time
machine, I can actually go back
and meet my ancestors, in the
past!
I wouldn't be surprised if they
were all great inventors, too!
>> I wouldn't be surprised
either.
This automated slide projector
you've rigged up, works like a
charm.
[Motor chugging]
>> Yeah.
[Howl hooting]
[Snoring]
[Chainsaw buzzing]
[Yelling]
[Jackhammer pounding]
[Metallic clanging]
>> Hmm...
>> Good evening, Skull Boy.
It appears your noisesome
tinkering has interrupted my
beauty sleep.
And you know how prone I am to
crow's feet.
>> Sorry for the racket, Poe.
But, I'm building a time
machine, so I can go back and
meet my ancestors.
>> Do you mean time travel?
What a thoroughly intriguing
idea.
Have I perchance mentioned that
my ancestor, Paco, was the pet
budgie of the great poet, Edgar
Allen Poe?
>> You may have, once or twice
or thrice.
>> I've just been struck with
the most dazzling idea.
Why don't I assist you?
I could be your co-pilot, hmm?
>> Sure, I don't see why not.
[Laughing]
Excellent.
[Tool noise resuming]
>> SCAREDY: What a delightful
contraption.
What is it?
>> It's a time machine, Scaredy.
>> The Time Vaulter, to be
exact.
The name was my contribution.
>> And this device here is the--
>> Time Skimmer.
Again, my name.
>> It shows the vaulter's
position anywhere in time.
See?
[Electronic beeping]
>> Incredible, Skull Boy.
But, how will you find your
family?
>> Easy, Ruby.
All I do is put on this cap,
think about meeting my
ancestors, whoever they are, and
zap, it takes us right to them.
I don't have a name for it yet,
though.
>> How about "The Thinking Cap?"
>> Good one.
>> Drat.
Why didn't I think of that?
>> Now, time to do some
travelling.
Must... meet... ancestors.
[Whirring]
>> Ah!
Bye, guys.
Good luck.
[Ticking]
Time travel must be so much fun.
[Both screaming]
>> Where do you suppose we are?
Or rather, when?
>> Not a clue, but maybe this
bone belongs to one of my
ancestors.
>> Yes, possibly, if your
ancestor was a giant or a
dinosaur.
>> Did you say dinosaur?
>> Yeah, I did, didn't I?
[Screeching]
[Yelling]
>> We must have gone all the way
back to prehistoric times, which
would make that a pterodactyl.
Huh?
>> That-- that can't be Misery.
Can it?
>> I'll bet it's one of her
ancestors, maybe even the first.
[Screeching]
>> Birdie, shoo!
[Screeching]
Watch out for that cliff.
[Crashing]
I warned him.
>> BOTH: Try again!
[Air horn blowing]
>> I'm queen of the world!
>> Misery?
[Gasping]
"S.S. Titanic?"
Oh no!
[Bell ringing]
Oh, that can't be good.
[Both yelling]
>> Incoming.
>> Try again, quickly!
>> MISERY'S ANCESTOR: Too late.
>> This isn't working like I
thought.
>> Yes, why is it we keep
bumping into Misery's ancestors
and not yours?
>> Maybe it's because I saw so
many of them in her slideshow.
>> Well then perhaps you should
let me take the wheel, as it
were.
>> That's nice of you to offer,
Poe.
>> Anything for a friend.
>> Hey!
Now this looks like the kind of
place my ancestors might hang
out.
Uh, maybe he was one of them.
>> Books, desk, writing quill,
this is it, the actual study of
the great poet, Edgar Allen Poe.
>> And Paco, your ancestor?
>> Oopsie.
He must have crossed my mind for
the merest instant.
Anyway, now that we're here...
Oh, alas, nobody home.
[Chirping]
Ah, there you are.
[Chirping]
Ah, he appears to have alluded
you, the clever little chap.
[Chirping]
[Tapping]
[Electricity surging]
>> Oh no, it's going to blow!
We have to get back to our time
before it does.
>> But-- but Paco, I didn't get
to meet him.
>> Sorry, Poe, maybe some other
time.
>> Oh no!
>> Oh my...
>> I think something's gone
terribly wrong.
[Crashing]
>> Oh dear.
>> Oh, we made it back, just in
time.
[Chirping]
[Gasping]
>> I don't believe it.
>> SKULL BOY: He must have
stowed away.
>> Yes.
Friends, I give you my ancestor,
the celebrated Paco!
Oh, at last, a kindred soul with
whom I may engage in witty
discourse and debate.
[Chirping]
>> Your ancestor seems very
nice, Poe.
>> But he is not much of a
talker.
>> Oh, contraire, he simply
chooses to speak in an ancient
tongue--
[Chirping]
-- in which, as luck would have
it, I am fluent.
[Clearing throat]
Chirp-- Oh, I mean--
[Chirping]
>> So, what did he say?
[Chuckling]
Yes, Paco told me to tell you
that although he'd love to stay
and chat, he really must rest
after his harrowing trip.
A-ha, yes.
[Chirping]
>> He said all that?
>> I am also very keen to do
something less stimulating.
Goodbye.
>> Hey, congratulations on the
time machine, it obviously
worked.
>> Yeah, I just wish I had met
one of my own ancestors.
>> You mean you didn't?
>> Long story and now it looks
like the vaulter's grounded for
good.
>> Not for good, not for bad,
not even forever, Skull Boy.
More like "not for long."
I'll help you put it back
together.
>> Thanks.
>> Repeat after me, "the doom in
this room is due mainly to the
gloom."
[Chirping]
Perhaps an enticement would
help.
Paco want a cracker?
[Chirping]
"The doom in this room--"
[Chirping]
Oh, close enough.
Oh well, since a serious debate
seems unlikely, what should we
do instead?
[Chirping]
Ah, hide and seek, is it?
Very well.
But you're it.
No peaking.
[Giggling]
I know the perfect place to
conceal myself.
[Whistling]
[Chuckling]
He'll never find me here.
[Chirping]
[Laughing]
[Chirping]
Ha, good, the coast is clear.
[Door clanking]
Hmm?
Oh, drat, locked.
Hello?
Paco?
[Banging]
Anyone?
>> SKULL BOY: And then we landed
back here.
>> Whoa, that was a long story,
but it is kind of neat that you
got to meet so many of Misery's
nanas.
>> I just realized, Ruby, we
left one of them on the Titanic.
Maybe we should have rescued
her.
>> I'm sure she made it off the
boat, or we wouldn't have our
Misery.
What's that Doom?
Uh-huh.
Really?
You think that's possible?
Then-- then that must mean...
Skull Boy, we really do have to
fix the time machine.
>> It's okay.
If we can't, we can't.
>> No.
Don't you see?
Since Paco is Poe's ancestor, he
has to return to his present, so
his descendants can have a
future.
>> In other words?
>> If we don't get Paco back to
the past, Poe might not exist.
>> What?
[Gasping]
>> What did you say?
>> If we don't get Paco back to
the past, Poe won't have a
future.
No ancestors, no Poe.
>> That's what I thought you
said.
>> I'll go find Poe.
You stay here and fix The Time
Vaulter.
I know you can do it, Skull Boy.
[Crashing]
[Sighing]
[Polka music playing]
>> I sure do love conducting--
[Lighting sizzling]
-- electricity.
>> Perhaps we could do something
less shocking?
>> Uh, sure.
[Music stopping]
[Chirping]
Oh, hello.
Who are you?
[Chirping]
>> This is Paco, gifted ancestor
of Poe.
[Chirping]
>> What do you think he's doing?
>> He appears to be seeking
something.
[Chirping]
Ooh, here is an idea.
We could play hide and seek.
>> Well, I was going to clip all
my hangnails, but okay.
[Chirping]
Come on, Paco.
Let's hide.
>> Why am I always it?
One, two, three, four, five...
99, 100.
Ready or not, here I come.
[Thunder rumbling]
[Gasping]
One, two, three on Misery!
[Sighing]
>> How did you know?
>> Now that I have found you,
perhaps you could help me search
for Paco, hmm?
>> Sure.
These hangnails aren't going
anywhere.
♪
[Snoring]
>> That can't be Frank and Len,
they went shopping for guitar
picks.
[Squawking]
[Gasping]
>> Ooh, sorry, no Paco here.
Move along.
Nothing to see, nothing to see.
Come on.
>> Where is everybody?
Poe?
>> MISERY: Paco?
>> That's an odd echo.
>> Ruby?
>> Misery, Scaredy, have you
seen Poe?
>> No, we can't find Paco
either.
>> We have looked everywhere.
>> Are you sure you looked
everywhere?
>> Everywhere, but the garage.
>> Oh, we did not dare enter for
fear of the horrid beast that
lives within.
You should have heard it, Ruby.
[Screeching]
[Making biting noises]
[Barking]
[Blowing raspberry]
[Groaning and squealing]
Like that.
>> I've heard that sound before.
Maybe we aren't too late.
>> Uh, excuse me, what does she
mean by "too late?"
[Snoring]
There it is!
The garage monster!
>> That's no monster, that's...
[Crashing]
>> Home free!
>> Poe, you're still here.
>> Of course I'm still here,
Ruby.
I was merely playing hide and
seek with Paco.
After a stimulating poetry
recitation, of course.
[Sighing]
Who am I kidding?
Paco can't speak a word of
English, let alone a long dead
language.
In fact, I seriously doubt if
Paco really is my ancestor.
Oh dear, I suddenly feel very
odd.
[Electricity surging]
>> You are also looking very
odd.
>> Egad!
What's happening to me?
[Yelling]
[Gasping]
>> We have to find Paco and get
him back to the past, before you
disappear for good.
Oh and Skull Boy has to put The
Time Vaulter back together
again.
>> Is that all?
>> What next, Ruby?
We've already searched the whole
house.
>> Ooh, Paco has a real talent
for hiding.
He's very clever, for a budgie.
>> He is rather clever, isn't
he?
>> Maybe he is your ancestor
after all.
[Electricity buzzing]
>> Oh, dear.
Are you okay, Poe?
>> A bit woozy.
Do you think a quick snack might
prove beneficial?
>> No problem.
We need to come up with a
game plan anyway.
>> Well, excellent!
I have some toothsome treats in
my study.
>> If Paco isn't in the house,
he must be somewhere on the
grounds.
We'd better split up, guys.
>> After snacks, of course.
I'm simply dying for a cracker.
>> Dying?
>> Oh, sorry.
Poor choice of words.
[Munching]
To Paco, something tells me that
our feathered friend is not far.
I can almost hear his sweet
silver-throated chirps.
[Chirping]
[Gasping]
My cracker!
>> Good thinking, Poe.
You used Paco's favourite snack
as bait.
>> I did?
Oh, yes, I did.
[Buzzing]
>> Now it's all up to Skull Boy.
All right, you did it!
>> Whoa!
What's eating Poe?
>> Not sure, but I hope taking
Paco back to the past fixes it.
>> Oh, it appears, dear Paco,
that this is goodbye,
Arrivederci, Sayonara.
[Chirping]
Yes, I couldn't have said it
better myself.
And I couldn't be prouder to
call you, "family."
[Sniffling]
Adieu, sweet Paco, adieu.
I fear that we shall meet
nevermore.
[Chirping]
>> Nevermore.
[Gasping]
>> My little Paco said his first
word, "nevermore," "nevermore."
[Electricity surging]
[Groaning]
>> Whoa, déjà vu.
[Crashing]
[Electricity surging]
>> SKULL BOY: Ow.
>> Skull Boy, that didn't take
long.
>> Well, you know what they say,
"time flies when you're having
fun."
>> What happened to Paco?
>> Oh, he's back home, safe and
sound.
>> Then that must mean...
[Electricity buzzing]
>> I'm whole once more!
Oh, kudos, Skull Boy.
To my study all, juice and
crackers are on the house.
>> Great.
[Chuckling]
>> I can help you fix it again.
Maybe you can still meet your
ancestors.
>> Thanks, Ruby, but no thanks.
I've learned my lesson about
tampering with time.
Besides, I already have a
family, right here, right now.
>> One second I was dusting
Paco's cage, then poof.
>> I'll get the welding mask.
>> "Take thy beak from out my
heart and take thy form from off
the door.
Quoth the raven, 'nevermore'"
Nevermore?
Isn't that the word you taught
Paco?
>> It is, indeed.
Do you suppose he might have
inspired the great poet?
>> Well, we can't prove it, but
we can't disprove it either.
>> An excellent point, Ruby.
Excuse me whilst I tell the
others about my proud place in
poetry's pantheon.
[Laughing]
>> You're right, Doom.
Poe's a funny old bird, but
thankfully, he's our funny old
bird.
[Old timey music playing]
>> RUBY: "My Movie Hero!" The
Sequel.
[Sheep bleating]
[Old timey music playing]
[Bleating]
[Train chugging]
[Whistling]
[Bleating]
[Clanging]
[String note sounding]
[Chugging]
[Bleating]
[Crashing]
♪