♪ 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 ♪
Howdy cats and kittens! Get comfy,
because I have a beaut of a cat tale for you today.
(BEEPING)
(DOOR SLAMS)
Someone was moving into the house across the street,
and that means Pete the Cat was about to meet
the new kid.
Well, that's our guitar lesson for today.
Why don't you go say hello to your new neighbor.
Hey, how's it going?
Guess what? The new family has a kid your age.
He's around...
Sorry! It's a prairie dog thing.
So the kid, yeah, he's around somewhere.
But he's a little shy.
Okay, gotta keep moo-ving!
Get it? (LAUGHS) I crack me up.
Pete was intrigued, but a shy new guy
is not so easy to find.
So Pete looked everywhere. Out front...
Around the side...
Even out back.
It was almost like someone was watching him the whole time.
But who?
(KNOCKING)
Hi. I saw you and you saw me
and I saw that you saw me seeing you.
I am Gustavo Ornitorrinco.
Forgive me for hiding. Mr. Burrow, the mover,
said you're Pete the Cat,
the coolest cat in this pueblo.
Oh, I see you're admiring my tee-shirt.
It's First Officer Dak Billingsly
from SpaceCat 3611.
You look a lot like Commander Whiskers Macavoy,
the tough, but fair, Strike Force Leader.
From the third season?
He saved the Catlings of the Omega Quadrant.
You don't talk much, huh?
Cool. I, uh...
I have a trampoline.
Truth be told, Pete wasn't thrown by the tee-shirt.
He'd just never seen a platypus before.
Ah! You're looking at my bill, no?
I am a platypus. Are there other platypi here?
Or platypuses? Either is acceptable.
(SIGHS) I was afraid of that.
There were no platypi where I used to live
in Historic Weaselburg.
But I guess when you have a duck's bill and a beaver's body,
it can be hard to fit in.
But that's why Pete is the coolest cat.
And Pete knew exactly the group of friends who could help.
So the new kid is a wombat?
No, a woodchuck.
He's from Historic Weaselburg
so he's probably a weasel, which is awesome.
Zut alors! They are here!
Hola!
- Uh...that's no wombat. - Woodchuck!
I come from Patagonia,
but I was raised in Mexico.
But I was born in New Jersey, if that helps.
Mais oui, he is a platypus.
Ahhh!
Correctimundo. I am Gustavo Ornitorrinco.
Platypus.
Bill and feet of the duck, body of the beaver!
C'est magnifique!
Ah, you must let me paint you.
Like a house?
No, paint-paint you! Emma’s an artist.
She’s from somewhere else, too! Quebec in Canada.
Oh! Enchanté, Emma.
Je m’appelle Gustavo Ornitorrinco.
Parley vous Francais, Goose?
Oui. Un peu. Pero hablo Español muy bien.
What?
Hi Gustavo, I’m Callie.
And this is Sally and Grumpy.
That’s my name. Grumpy.
Hi.
That’s a cool shirt.
Hey, hey! It’s First Officer Dak Billingsly
from SpaceCat 3611.
You’re a fan, too?!
It’s an okay show.
I guess.
If by “okay” you mean
the best TV show in this star system.
Agreed.
So what do you like to do, Gustavo?
Well, I enjoy watching SpaceCat 3611.
And I am an avid collector of SpaceCat 3611 action figures.
Still in the box. Um... and... oh!
I also collect souvenir dish towels.
That last part was a joke.
- Hee-hee! - Good joke!
- Excellent! - Good one. - Oh so funny.
So... what do you like to do, like... outside?
Oh. I don’t play outside that much.
When I do, it feels like people
are staring at me all the time.
What do YOU like to do outside?
All kinda things.
We could climb a tree!
I don’t really climb that well.
And heights can give me a nose bleed.
We could play Leap-Toad.
Or “Leap Frog” as they say?
Oh, oui, this is fun. Comme ca!
Your turn, Gustavo, give a leap!
Wow! You guys are excellent leapers.
Alas, I am not.
Oh, I know! We can paint!
Great idea! Let’s paint!
Oh, excellenté! I’ve never even held a paintbrush before.
Whoa. Uh...cool duck hands.
Et voila. Let us paint.
What could go wrong, right?
Ugh...wrong.
Ay! I am so sorry.
No, I like it. I call it “Chaos Theory”
and I think it is revolutionary.
I think it is more ruined than revolutionary.
Pete’s right, let’s huddle up!
Give us a second, Gustavo!
There has to be a game that he’ll want to do, too.
Oh! Acorn Hunt!
- Mmm, No-Rules Tag? - No-Rules Tag with rules!
Perhaps some improvisational dance?
Thanks, guys. I appreciate it,
but I'm used to being the odd platypus out.
The only platypus out.
Except for my Papi. See you.
♪ When you have moved around a lot ♪
♪ You learn what you are and what you are not ♪
♪ It doesn't really matter what you do ♪
♪ The other kids only see that you're new ♪
♪ It's the hardest thing you ever did ♪
♪ Makes you feel that you could flip your lid ♪
♪ The longest slide down you ever slid ♪
♪ And that's what it's like...
♪ Being the new kid ♪
You guys, Gus seems pretty upset.
What should we do, Pete?
Great idea!
Let's climb that tree!
He means we should go find Gustavo.
Even better!
Now the obvious place to start was Gustavo’s house.
But they were in for a little surprise.
Whoa! Cool beat.
Huh! He must have a big radio.
No, I think it is live music.
It does sound like it’s being played right now...
(LOUD DRUMMING)
Now, look at that. Seems this little platypus
does have something that he can do with his new friends,
now doesn’t he?
Well, what? What was it?
Was it a big radio?
(DRUMMING CONTINUES)
Are we climbing the tree again?
- Sally! - Sorry!
CALLIE SINGS: Don't worry about what you haven't done
♪ And just begin to begin
♪ Let me say that once again
♪ You just gotta begin...
♪ ...to begin!
Maybe they did not see me.
We see you, Gustavo!
Eh...hello?
Wow! That was... AMAZING.
Oui, Goose! You are super-plus cool, man!
Really? Me? Cool?
But you guys are amazing!
No, you are!
It was like BANG-CLANG SPLASH-BANG-CLANG
only amazinger!
She’s right, that was rockin’.
You know. Definitely above average.
Really? Thank you.
Pete’s right! We don’t have a drummer.
We need a drummer, a cool drummer.
Who drums on the drums!
- Parfait! - That's perfect! I guess.
- Wanna do it, Gustavo? - Are you kidding me?
Gustavo Ornitorrinco reporting for duty!
Like Pete always says,
we’re all the new guy at some point.
(CALLIE SINGING)
Just remember, never judge a platypus by his bill.
We all have something that makes us cool.
So til we meet again, don’t hide your light away.
Let it shine, little cats!
(CALLIE SINGING)
CALLIE SINGING: ♪ How big it was, and just begin to begin ♪
Howdy cats and kittens.
Pete the Cat and his pals
have been practising the same songs over and over again.
♪ You've gotta begin...to begin!
Wow! We sounded great!
Better than great! But I think it's that time again.
Time to go looking for acorns...
More like go looking for new songs.
Y'know, CatGo and the 9 Lives have 58 songs
and we only have two...
Ahem! Excusez-moi,
but may I share with you a song I wrote?
Perhaps it could be our new song, possibly?
I didn't know you wrote songs, Emma!
This is great!
We can double our song productivity.
Yeah! More songs, baby!
Well let's hear it, Emma.
You will not only hear it with your ears,
but you will see it with your eyes
and feel it with your...
Feet?
Uh...oui. And your soul.
I begin.
May I present to you...
La Vie en Aubergine.
(SINGS IN FRENCH)
(SINGS IN ENGLISH) ♪ The egg is floating on the sea ♪
♪ The great big duck is here with me ♪
♪ And the fish is in the cup ♪
(SINGS IN FRENCH)
Everybody!
(SILENCE EXCEPT FOR TRIANGLE)
So...did you like it?
Uhm...
Emma! That was...so different.
Different in a good way?
Different...in a different way.
- What's an aubergine? - It's an eggplant.
Oh! So the song is 'Life in Eggplant'?
What?
Yeah, I didn't get it either.
So nobody liked it?
Pete, did you think my song was too different?
- I liked it. - Thank you, Gustavo.
But you need not make me feel better.
You didn't like my song? C'est dommage.
Now, pardon me. I must exeunt.
Emma, wait!
Oh no! I didn't want to hurt her feelings.
But her song was very...
- ..uh...different? - Exactly!
I wanted more songs, but...
..more songs that sound like Pete's songs.
I happen to really like it.
We have to sound like us, not like different.
(SIGH) I'll see you guys later.
See ya!
Bye.
You are right about Emma's song, you know.
It IS different.
But different is strange.
And strange is weird and weird is unique
and unique is good!
There is a lot of different in the world.
And like Emma's song,
it can be awesome.
Pete was curious about what Gustavo said.
He wanted to understand Emma's song,
so he went on the hunt
for all the things in his life that are different.
First we spread the wrap with peanut butter,
then add four Brussels sprouts,
three anchovies!
One cup of boiled Yucca root
and a dollop of my homemade sweet relish.
Now Pete's Dad was a great cook,
but when he made food just for himself,
well...
Pete! I see you there.
Did my wrap's aroma lure you in?
You just have to try my newest creation, Pete.
Ah, don't try to get out of it.
You're forgetting the Three Bite Rule.
See? My peanut butter-brussels-sprout
anchovy-boiled-yucca-root wrap may seem odd,
but it is pretty good once you give it a try.
Pete realized that his Dad's odd taste
makes life an adventure.
♪ Can't find a rhyme for persimmon ♪
♪ Cause I don't know what a persimmon is ♪
♪ I think it's a fruit ♪
♪ Maybe like a cherry ♪
♪ I better scoot to my dictionary ♪
♪ The persimmon is an edible fruit ♪
♪ Of a number of a species of trees ♪
♪ In the genus Diospyros ♪
♪ Now I know, ho, ho, ho, what a persimmon is ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪
Now Pete saw that his Mom's way of writing songs
is pretty different.
But he wouldn't trade her strange singing for anything.
And Grumpy Toad, hey, what is he wearing?
And is that a lollipop?
Ah! You're wondering why I have a big lollipop
if I don't like lollipops.
Well, check it out.
Flies! Come to me!
Check out my triple-fly-toad-magic. Plus!
(SLURPING)
Oh, who am I kidding? I don't have much appetite.
I still feel bad about Emma's weird song.
Why couldn't it be normal, like us?
Oh, my outfit? I'm a Fly Ninja.
Observe...huh!
Ahhh...ungh...
Yeah, Pete thought those were some sweet moves,
but told Grumpy he was a toad dressed as a ninja
eating a fly lollipop.
And that's pretty different when you think about it.
Tumbling toads! That's true, Pete.
I guess I’m different, too. And it’s awesome!
Hey! Look! It’s Emma. Emma!
C’mon, Pete! We gotta catch her!
Where'd she go?
Hey guys! Check out my new acorn invention.
I call it the Spindlecorn-3000.
Wait! 4000.
Just a sec!
Acorn Yarn! This way, I can eat acorns,
live in and among acorns
and wear acorns too!
Look! My first Acorn Sweater.
Turning your food into clothes you can wear?
You know what that is Sally?
- What? - Different.
Hickory nuts! I AM different.
Man, I wish I didn’t make Emma feel bad about that song.
Uh, me too.
That’s why we’re gonna find Emma. Wanna come?
Do I?!
- Hey guys. - Hi.
Did Emma come rolling by here?
No, but I was just thinking about her.
I still feel bad about that weird song.
Listen. Pete was on the hunt for different things
and it turns out,
Mr. and Mrs. Pete the Cat are different.
And news flash. I'm different, too!
So am I.
And different is totally awesome!
But we still have to sound like us.
CatGo & the 9 Lives don’t do different sounds.
Hey! This is from CatGo’s second album.
Hello, I hope you like our new song.
It’s very experi...MENTAL!
Two...three...four!
(STRANGE MUSIC)
That’s an awesome song,
but not like Catgo’s other songs. It's so...
Different?
So we should give Emma's song another chance, right?
Yes! If different is the new normal,
then the new normal is weird.
And I want things to get weird. Real weird.
The kids were beginning to see that different is daring.
So Pete wanted to show Emma they’d seen the light.
Great! You go find Emma, we’ll go set up.
What now?
(CALLIE SINGS EMMA'S SONG IN FRENCH)
It is weird.
It is esoteric in its courageousness.
Just like you, Emma. And me.
And me, of course.
And me. Even me.
(EMMA SINGS REPRISE)
(EMMA SINGS VERSE IN FRENCH)
And that’s how Pete and his friends
came to love Emma’s Weird Song.
In fact, it became one of their favorites.
I guess all we are saying is,
give weird a chance.
(SINGS IN FRENCH) Everybody!