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Mmm! Tuna fish!
I'll take that.
Hey! That's my lunch!
Looks like it's my lunch now.
Move it, dead guy.
Sure, no problem. I'd rather sit on the floor anyway.
Dad, you can't just steal
people's lunches and take their seats.
Honey, I'm the boss,
which means I get to do whatever I want
and no one can stop me.
- Nana! - Don't call my mother!
Oh, what is it, baby?
Dad thinks he can do whatever he wants,
just because he's the boss.
Oh, that fool ain't the boss of nothing.
Yes, I am, Mother.
This entire bookstore is my domain.
My domain.
Gross.
Well, I know a domain that's not under your control.
It's called the Public Domain.
- What's the Public Domain? - It's a place no-one controls.
That's preposterous.
You're preposterous!
Now hush up and let me explain!
See, when an author
writes a book, they get to control it.
But 70 years after the author's death,
their book gets released into the Public Domain,
a lawless place where there is no control
and books are allowed to live free.
Wow! So there's actually a place
that even Trigon can't control?
- Mmm-hmm. - That sounds like paradise.
We should totally go there.
Good luck.
Any place that's beyond my control
must be light years away.
Actually, the entrance to the Public Domain
is just next to the public toilet.
Huh, I've never noticed that before.
Boy, I could fill a room with what you don't notice.
Now come on, my babies. Let's go.
Public Domain, here we come!
This is it!
Whoa.
It really is paradise.
Welcome to the Public Domain!
Winnie-the-Pooh!
You're like one of our favorite books.
It's so nice to see you here.
It's nice to be here,
surrounded by all of the other fabulous books
that live in the Public Domain.
There's Cinderella.
King Arthur and Mother Goose.
Rapunzel and Moby Dick!
Ooh, and my favorite book, Pinocchio.
Hold it right there. Did you just steal my watch?
No.
- Liar! - I'm not lying.
Then why is your nose growing?
This is for a limbo party.
Hey, I love to limbo.
Enough! No one lies to me and gets away with it.
Hey, why can't I use my magic to control this book?
Because this is the Public Domain.
No-one controls books here, silly.
Then we have to get out of here.
These books are free to do
whatever they want without any repercussions!
Yeah, but so are you.
Good point.
Give me back my watch!
Trigonthalamule, you leave that poor book alone!
No, no, it's cool.
I'm getting pummeled like a real boy.
Ah!
Hmm. Maybe this place isn't so bad after all.
I do believe you will love it here.
We have an ongoing game of three-on-three volleyball.
And Dante's Inferno makes a delicious barbecue.
But whatever you do, I wouldn't go in there.
Why? What's in the jungle?
I'm not entirely sure,
but late at night, you can hear the echoes of distant groans.
Just like home.
Wow. This place really is a paradise.
Oh, wonderful. The moment has arrived.
Here it comes!
The Hollywood Pipeline!
What's Hollywood doing here?
Baby girl, for decades,
Hollywood's been coming to the Public Domain
to mine for ideas.
Hollywood does practically run
on remakes these days.
When I first got to this island,
I thought surely I'd be forgotten.
But this pipeline is our chance to get back into the limelight.
Pick me!
There goes Treasure Island!
And all of the Little Women!
It appears I am next.
Oh, bother. I didn't get picked.
Perhaps, I just don't resonate with modern audiences.
Wait, look!
How marvelous!
Oh, bother. I'm stuck!
Everyone, push.
Oh, my! I'm back in the Hundred Acre Wood.
And all my friends are here as well.
What! Oh, this is so humiliating.
Aw, Dad. I think you look cute.
Now.
Let us get our paws on some of that delicious honey.
Yay. Almost there.
Look at him, working so hard to steal that honey.
Classic Pooh.
Oh, boy.
Oh, goodie! Christopher Robin brought an axe.
That will most certainly help us acquire that honey.
Silly, old bear. This axe isn't for honey.
It's for you!
Christopher Robin! Have you lost your mind?
Why would you want to hurt little old me?
Because you said we'd be together forever.
And here I catch you playing with other friends!
But you're supposed to be off at boarding school.
You know what they say.
All work and no play
make Christopher Robin a dull boy.
- What's going on here? - I'll tell you what's going on.
Hollywood has remade Winnie the Pooh
into a horror movie!
Oh, bother. What to do?
Run!
Follow me. We'll be safe in there.
Is there another way out of here?
I don't see one.
I am beginning to think
that coming here was a bad idea.
Everything about this is a bad idea!
Here's Chrissy!
You asked for this, Pooh Bear!
Well, Pooh, the good news is,
audiences won't be forgetting you anytime soon.
But a horror film?
How could Hollywood do that
to such a sweet children's book?
It's the Public Domain.
They can do whatever they want to us.
Over and over.
Hollywood keeps warping us into terrible remakes.
And if you're remade too many times...
you get all used up.
So this is where all the groans are coming from.
Help me.
So much for paradise.
I guess this island isn't as free as we thought it was.
It's being controlled by the Hollywood Machine.
We have been foolish and deluded.
This way, my babies.
We have to stop Hollywood before it warps anymore books!
Pick me, pick me.
Finally! My very own remake.
Oh, come on!
How do we stop the Hollywood Machine?
We need something that will gum up the works.
Yeah, something it doesn't know how to deal with.
Well, if there's one thing
Hollywood doesn't know how to deal with,
it's an original idea!
Then grab hands and form a circle.
We need to think up an original idea for a film or TV series!
Think, think, think!
It has to have an original story.
And original characters.
And an original voice.
This actually requires some effort.
I see why Hollywood doesn't do it.
Think as hard as you can now!
Whoa!
It's an original idea!
It's beautiful.
Quickly, get it to the pipeline!
Leave it to me.
Whoa!
Almost there.
It's working!
The Hollywood Machine don't know what to do with it!
Quick, everyone, this way!
Oh, bother!
Welcome to Azarath!
Make yourself at home, baby.
At last! A place where we can truly be free.
Silly, old bear.
You're in my domain now.
If anyone needs me, I'll be reading on the toilet.
This place is terrible!
Oh, bother.
Welcome to our nightmare.