♪ Pete the Cat ♪
♪ He's one groovy dude ♪
♪ He'll put you in a happy mood
♪ He's got a funky style ♪
♪ And a cool attitude ♪
♪ Pete the Cat ♪
♪ Yeah he's all that ♪
♪ He knows where it's at ♪
♪ Pete the Cat ♪
Hey, there, cats and kittens. My name's Neville.
I'm the guitar teacher round these parts.
And today we're visiting one of my favorite students,
Pete the Cat.
That there? That's Pete the Cat's house.
And right about now, he's upstairs
getting ready for school.
Cause today, well today is Picture Day.
And old Pete was having a tough time
choosing his coolest outfit.
Pete thought his blue shirt was pretty cool.
Even the color was “cool blue.”
But, was it cool enough?
So Pete tried out a lot of outfits.
Some were comfortable, some were colorful,
and this one was ready for the beach,
but were they cool?
Pete started thinking that maybe
he just didn't know how to look cool.
Luckily for Pete,
he knew an expert in all things cool.
His brother, Bob.
Like I said, Bob is an expert in all things cool.
Hey, little bro, what's shaking?
All dressed up for Picture Day?
I get you. You want my help to look cool.
Am I right?
Let's have a look.
You know what, you're all good, brah-vacado.
You know what to do!
♪ FUNKY MUSIC ♪
NEVILLE: But Pete didn't know what to do.
Bob was speaking a language of cool
that Pete just didn't understand yet.
So Pete decided to ask his friends!
They'd help him look cool
or my name isn't Groovalicious.
Which it isn't, it's Neville.
I think already told ya that, didn't I.
While Pete was looking for his pals,
he caught sight of his reflection in a window.
Hmmm, he thought to himself.
Maybe I do look cool after all.
But sometimes when you try to find your friends,
your friends end up finding you.
And Pete always did think that Grumpy Toad
looked pretty cool on his mini-bike.
All dressed up for Picture Day huh?
(SIGHS) Seems like we have to do this every year.
Hmmm. You wanna look cool yeah?
Well believe it or not, I can actually help you with that.
I always feel coolest when I'm riding my mini-bike.
I can go fast, I can go slow.
But however I go,
I always wear my cool helmet!
NEVILLE: Pete thought Grumpy had a point.
Helmets are as cool as a blue popsicle.
If you wear my spare helmet,
you'll look really cool too.
Yep! That's pretty cool.
You're welcome.
NEVILLE: Now, Pete thought the helmet looked kind of cool,
even though it was just a little too big.
Pete walked over to his friend Sally the Squirrel's house.
Ah, she lives in a tree. (GLASS SMASHING)
Hey, Pete! Up Here!
Whoa, cool helmet, Pete.
So, you want to look cool for Picture Day, huh?
Is that what you're telling me? You wanna look cool?
For picture day?
Wait, you wanna look extra cool?
No! You wanna look extra double cool?
(CRASHING) Stop it!
You wanna look extra double gold-acorn
deluxeawesomeattude level cool?
I know just the thing!
A shirt with polka-dots. HUGE POLKA-DOTS!
Think of the largest polka-dots you can
and then TRIPLE the size. I got just the shirt.
Somewhere.
(THRASHING, BANGING) Now where is that shirt?
Here? Nope! Here?! Nope.
Gotcha! Nope. (MORE BANGING)
(LAUGHING) What is this thing? A-ha!
A shirt with giant polka dots.
Okay, I guess it's just a dot,
but even one dot is cool.
NEVILLE: Now, Pete thought the shirt was pretty cool,
but it was tighter than a bongo drum.
And squirrel polyester?
Well, that might be the itchiest substance known to cat!
Looking good, Pete!
Pete still didn't feel like he looked Picture Day Cool, but...
(SINGING) Hey... do you hear that?
Why, I'd know Pete's pal Callie's singing voice anywhere.
She just might be the one to put the chill back in Pete's outfit.
The cool chill.
Yeah!
(SINGS) Cat-go and the nine lives!
♪ We're gonna make you feel real good ♪
(GROWLS) Pete, over here!
Yeesh! Whatever you're wearing sure doesn't seem...
..like it was planned out.
NEVILLE: Pete took a good look at himself
and found it nearly impossible to disagree with Callie.
You wanna look cool for Picture Day, right?
Well, I don't know if all this is cool,
but what I do know is how rocking-cool
my red clunky cowboy boots are!
They also help me reach my microphone.
Lucky for you I have another pair!
Looking cool, Pete.
Don't worry! You'll learn how to walk in them in no time!
(CRASHING)
NEVILLE: Pete was hot and itchy, off balance,
and well, I've seen some mighty cool strides in my day
and this was not one of them by a Texas mile.
Pete, may I say to you...
you look incroyable.
Well, if it isn't Pete's very cool friend Emma the Pug.
She's from Quebec, way up in Canada.
This is the most cool outfit I have ever seen
for the Picture Day.
It has flair, it has pizazz,
it is ridiculous in its bravery.
But, alas, it is missing a certain je ne sais quoi.
I know just the thing to make it cooler!
Wait til you see what Emma had in mind.
It was magnificent.
C'est magnifique!
The feather boa is so you.
You look super-cool!
See you at Le Jour du Photographique!
Or as you say,
the Picture Day!
♪ BLUES GUITAR PLAYS RIFF
Hey, Pete.
Later, Pete.
NEVILLE: Well, in life, when your friend Dennis the Turtle
passes you in the fast lane
it may be time to re-evaluate.
Pete had listened to his friends
and he knew his friends were cool
so why was he feeling so very uncool?
Pete? Boy-howdy, I almost didn't recognize you!
You look like you were attacked by a closet!
I see a little bit of Grumpy and Emma,
those are Callie's boots
and that has to be a Sally shirt,
but where's the Pete?
Now, don't be blue, my man.
That's the thing about clothes.
You can always go home and change!
Now, I think it's good to take advice.
But I think it's fair to say
that Pete listened a little too much to others
and not enough to himself!
Pete?
That helmet looks a little too big for ya.
(LAUGHING) And that shirt, I mean...
It's nice, but it looks a little tight and itchy.
And those shoes!
Those must be really hard to walk in, bro-seph.
Hey Lil cat, you're trying way too hard!
Trust me, bro, Pete the Cat is already cool
You don't gotta do a thing,
you just gotta be you.
♪ SONG INTRO
♪ You'll never be happy being somebody else ♪
♪ No matter how hard you try ♪
♪ Walking around in another cat's clothes ♪
♪ Is only gonna make you cry ♪
♪ You gotta be you ♪
♪ Just gotta be you♪
♪ Yeah, you gotta be you, you, you ♪
♪ Just gotta be you ♪
♪ Won't rock a tuxedo like a penguin can ♪
♪ As a bird you would never fly ♪
♪ Gotta rock this old world like only Pete the Cat can ♪
♪ You can't do better, I'm telling you why ♪
♪ You gotta be you ♪
♪ Just gotta be you ♪
♪ Yeah, you gotta be you, you, you ♪
♪ Just gotta be you ♪
♪ Now you're getting it ♪
♪ And no one else will do ♪
Hey looking good, Pete.
(SONG CONTINUES) Thumbs up, Pete!
You look fantastic!
♪ You gotta make sure that you're singing your own song ♪
Oh, Pete! Tres bon!
♪ You gotta be you ♪
♪ Just gotta be you ♪
♪ Yeah, you gotta be you, you, you ♪
NEVILLE: And guess what?
When Pete said 'cheese',
he felt as cool as, well,
Pete the Cat, which, in case you aren't aware,
is pretty cool.
I gotta scoot. Stay cool til I see you next.
And remember, you just gotta be you.
You just gotta be you. That's a great little song.
(NEVILLE SINGS) You just gotta be you.
♪ Just gotta be you ♪
Good morning, cool cats and kittens.
It's a fine morning for a cat tale,
and this one's all about Pete and his family
taking a little trip to the beach!
(ALL SINGING) ♪ Well, the car's loaded up with all our stuff ♪
♪ And we got our seatbelts on ♪
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
♪ Yeah, we're going to the beach ♪
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
♪ Waves and sand and surf and a song ♪
♪ Everybody's coming along♪
♪ We got boards on top, sunscreen on ♪
♪ And we're singing a happy song ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Well we're going to the beach ♪
♪ Yeah, we're going to the beach ♪
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
♪ Yeah, we're going to the beach ♪
♪ We got beach chairs, sandals, towels and shades ♪
♪ Paddles and balls and buckets and spades ♪
♪ We're rambling on So everybody...
♪ Sing along ♪
♪ About going to the beach ♪
♪ Yeah we're going to the beach ♪
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
♪ Yeah we're going to the beach ♪
Everybody! ♪ We're going to the beach ♪
♪ Yeah we're going to the beach ♪
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
♪ We're going to...the...beach ♪
Yeah!
(PETE STRUMS UKULELE)
NEVILLE: You see, this wasn't just another day in the sand.
It was the day that Pete's brother Bob
was gonna teach him how to surf.
Wow! Those are some waves, huh?
BOB: Look at those waves crash!
You excited?
Today's the day you're finally gonna ride those bad boys.
Be back for you in a few, brorangutan!
CATABUNGA!
NEVILLE: Now Pete had wanted to learn to surf
ever since he first saw his brother hanging ten.
But now that the day was actually here
and he saw those waves, well,
Pete was having some second thoughts.
(SINGS) Go Pete go, go Pete go.
♪ Go go go go go Pete go ♪
♪ Go Pete go, go Pete go ♪
♪ Go go go go go Pete go ♪
Eh...Honey? Have you seen my...
Magazine? You bet.
'Motor Cat' for you,
and the latest Clawdia Cattrell novel for me!
Excellent, thank you!
There's a great article in here about...
(YAWNING) hemispherical pistons,
tappet heads and...
..and turn signals. (SNORING)
NEVILLE: You can see they're fairly serious about relaxing.
As for Pete?
Well, he's kinda the opposite of relaxed.
(WAVES CRASHING) Wa-hoo! Yeah!
You ready to go in?
You've been asking Bob to teach you to surf forever!
C'mon, Pete, the water feels great!
(WATER SPLASHING)
He's a little chilly right now, Bob.
He'll be out when it warms up.
Cool. I'll check back in a bit.
NEVILLE: Now Pete's mom is pretty smart.
She suspected there might be something more going on,
than a little morning chill.
The sun's a little higher, and so is the temperature.
BOB: Mmm, The water is warming up, Pete!
Grab your board and paddle out!
NEVILLE: Pete wanted that lesson real bad,
but now, he was holding back.
If you ask me,
I'd say Pete wasn't too sure about those waves.
Pete wants to play in the sand right now, Bob.
That's cool. But the ocean awaits, brah!
Pete? You'd rather play in the sand than get a surfing lesson?
But you play in the sand every time we come to the beach.
Don't you wanna try something new?
This is lovely, but it's getting hot.
The water looks nice and cool.
Pete had himself a plan for keeping cool.
You think that's gonna keep you cooler
than getting in the water?
Okay. But remember.
if you wanna learn to surf, ya gotta get in the waves!
NEVILLE: Well, there's no denying it.
Even buried in sand,
Pete is one cool cat.
Well, that hot old sun had to rise,
and that little strip of beach
was getting hotter and hotter.
What??
Would you like a nice, cold juice?
NEVILLE: Now, one thing is true about Moms everywhere.
You just can't fool them.
What's going on? You love the water!
You're a good swimmer and it's a great way to cool off!
C'mon, honey. Let's... let's just go for a walk.
(SPLASH) NEVILLE: Yeah, I'll tell you,
that water felt more refreshing to Pete
than a big glass of lemonade!
Why are you stalling? You love swimming.
What's...what's stopping you?
NEVILLE: Fact is, Pete does love swimming,
and he's good at it too.
But the something stopping him?
Well, it was all around them.
Wah, uh...ah!
Ow...ah! (SPLASH)
Here's your board, Pete!
We'll be right here watching.
Right here.
Okay, Pete. Now we surf.
NEVILLE: Bob is one super-cool cat.
So he got hip to Pete's problem.
Hmmm, you worried about the waves there, little bro?
NEVILLE: So Pete let Bob know the truth.
See, even though Pete is a good swimmer
and he likes being in the water,
he was just a teensy bit afraid of those awesome waves!
Hey, don't be down, li'l dude!
Waves can be scary. That's no big deal.
I was afraid you didn't want to surf anymore.
Do you?
Nice.
Then I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
I was scared of the waves, too, at first.
But the best way to stop being scared of something,
is to get to know it. You in?
Well, then. Let me introduce you to the waves!
♪ MUSIC ♪
♪ Go Pete go, go Pete go ♪
♪ Go, go, go, go....
Good job, li'l dude!
Oh... uh, Pete? You can stand up.
NEVILLE: Truth is, Pete was a little scared
when the wave threw him.
But like Bob said,
scary things aren't so scary, once you get to know them.
Gimme some paw, li'l cat!
Yeah! You wanna go again?
Attaboy, Pete!
Come on, you can do it, lad!
Go Pete, go!
NEVILLE: That's the thing about this cool cat Pete
there's just no keeping him down.
Go Pete, go!
MOM: Yeah! DAD: What was that? My bandana?
Pete! Pete?! Bob!
Good crab, good crab. Come on now.
Gimme the magazine.
NEVILLE: Today turned out so well for Pete,
his mom had a hard time getting him to stop!
Hey Pete! Bob! Come in now. The sun is going down, boys!
Aww! Just a little longer?
Okay, just one more wave, okay?
Thanks, Mom!
Thank you...wheee!
You're welcome, Mr. Crab.
Oh dear! You've been in the sun way too long.
♪ Go Pete, go ♪ (SONG PLAYS)
Nice wave.
Well, what do you think?
It's okay to be afraid,
but it is more fun to surf!
Well said li'l bro.
Well, I'm gonna get my board and grab a wave or two
before the sun goes down.
Until I see you again,
you cats ride that wave.