♪ 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 n' kittens.
It's a fine day, isn't it?
Hey, you hear that?
That's Pete the Cat and his friends and boy,
they're sounding better
than a call to supper when you're hungry.
♪ Don't worry 'bout what you haven't done
♪ And just begin to begin
♪ Let me say that once again
♪ You just gotta begin...
♪ To begin!
ALL: Whoa!
We played it all the way through with out any mistakes!
I believe this calls for a round of high fives.
Make that high-tens!
NEVILLE: Yep! The band's practice was paying off.
So that's when Callie had a bright idea.
Guys, I have a bright idea.
I love bright ideas!
They're so much better than...
...not-so-bright ideas.
What is it?
I think we all agree we're getting better,
but we're the only ones who get to hear us!
Are we ready to play...
..in front of other people?
(GASPS) That's a GREAT idea, Callie...
I-I-I mean, you know, what's the point of playing
if there's no one to hear you play?
Fantastic!
But where do we play in front of other people?
Maybe we could play at the...
(KEEPS SAYING THE WORD 'THE')
Sally?
I got nothing.
I got something!
NEVILLE: That's the local mail carrier Burton Burrow,
he's a prairie dog.
Mr. Burrow! Do you know a place
where we could play in front of people?
Sorry. No. I meant I got something for you.
An invite to the town picnic today.
Ah, oui! I forgot the picnic!
Catch ya later, catagators!
Mr. Burrow was giving us a hint!
About mailing a birthday card to my grandma
cause I forgot last year?
What? No! The picnic!
Everyone in town will be there.
Why don't we throw a surprise concert there!?
So...we could play in front of the whole town? I'm in!
(ALL CHEER)
Whoa whoa whoa, the WHOLE, whole town!?
NEVILLE: And that is when the kids started to get cold paws.
The whole town is a whole lot of people.
I never thought I'd say it, but...
maybe it's too many people.
My feet are as cold as a blue freezy pop.
That cold paw feelin' spread like mulberry jam!
Why, even Pete was quiet.
Well, quieter than usual.
What if they don't like us?
Of course they'll like us!
We're gonna be fine! We just have to follow the plan.
Umm, pardonnez moi, what plan?
This plan.
The “In Case We Have a First Gig” plan.
You have a plan...already?
(LAUGHING) Of course.
I'm prepared for all of life's possibilities.
It's easy. Sally, you'll learn more notes.
Me and Gustavo will work on the rhythm stuff.
Pete will practice his solo, Emma will make the backdrop
and I'll go to the park and find the perfect place to play!
Meet you when the picnic starts!
And don't worry! Our first gig will be a gi-normous success!
Yeah! Don't be late!
♪ MUSIC ♪
I need more notes!
I need an idea for the back drop.
Its colors must be loud,
its style must be... stylish.
There is little time and EVERYONE will see it!
♪ MUSIC ♪
Found it!
Hey, Gustavo. That's not the rhythm.
This is the rhythm.
No. No. No. This is the rhythm.
GRUMPY: No, this is. GUSTAVO: No, this is!
NEVILLE: Now, you remember when the band was having fun playing
just a few minutes ago.
Well, they stopped having fun and started to fret.
And not the type of fret you find on the neck of the guitar.
(STRINGS TWANG)
Hey, little cat, gimme some paw.
That was a bit of a wilted spinach five there, bro.
What's wrong?
Hey, this doesn't have to do with your band
playing the surprise concert, does it?
NEVILLE: Pete told Bob about Callie's plan,
about being nervous,
even the part about “what if they don't like us?”
I hear ya. Playing for people can be scary.
And plans are cool, but ya can't plan for everything.
But you can plan to have fun.
You just gotta roll with it man.
♪ If you wanted to surf, but the waves didn't come?
♪ What would you do?
♪ What could you do?
♪ If the sign said stop, when you wanted to run?
♪ What would you do?
♪ What could you do?
♪ If you're worried that life
♪ could be all work and no play
♪ Or that the game of tag
♪ Isn't going your way
♪ Well, if it's out of your hands
♪ It's not worth your troubles
♪ Without rain, you'd never play in the puddles
♪ So just roll baby, roll
Feeling better, little dude?
Hey, boys! We better go!
There's gonna be a lot of traffic.
Since anyone who's ANYONE will be at the town picnic.
I don't think there's anyone in town who won't be there.
It's a big deal. DAD: Massive!
MOM: Huge. So, let's get going.
It was almost time for the surprise concert
but just as folks showed up, so did the wind!
Whoa!
I should travel like this more often!
Guys! Emma's backdrop! We'll play right here.
ALL: Ohhh....
Uh, it is so windy.
She will not stop fluttering about.
I'm sorry. I hadn't planned a plan that planned for the wind.
I have a bad feeling about this.
A bad feeling plus.
The band was a nervous wreck.
Not a one of them was having a good time.
Pete, what should we do?
Right, good, right. We can just...start to play!
Hi, everyone. Uh, we're going to play some songs.
Surprise!
Hello? Okay...
(CLEARS THROAT)
One...two...
One, two, three, four!
♪ (BAND PLAYING)
♪ If the waves worried they'd never hit the sand ♪
I can't really hear them over the wind. Can you?
Not. A. Note.
(WIND HOWLING)
♪ What would it do? ♪
♪ What could it do? ♪
( SYMBOLS CRASHING )
♪ Do you worry that life could be ♪
♪ All work and no play ♪
NEVILLE: Oh yeah, it went as bad as could be.
And I can tell ya, they had no fun at all.
Now they definitely don't like us.
Don't like us? They couldn't even hear us.
Ohh...At least it can't get any worse.
(WIND HOWLING)
(SPLAT)
NEVILLE: When Pete saw his brother Bob,
he remembered what he had said.
( BOB ) "You can't plan for everything,
but you CAN plan to have fun.
( LAUGHGING ) That's awesome.
Why are you laughing?
Our first gig was a gi-normous DISASTER.
( LAUGHING )
Yeah, but it is kinda funny!
( GUSTAVO LAUGHS ) Kinda?! It is ridiculous.
( LAUGHTER )
CALLIE: Yeah! EMMA: Bravo, bravo!
You look like a rocker now, Pete! Do mine, too!
Super-plus. Moi aussi!
NEVILLE: Pete told the band what Bob had said.
Have fun and focus on what you love doing
It can't be a disaster if you're having a good time!
We look like rock stars now!
Yeah! So let's rock!
♪ (BAND PLAYS SONG)
♪ If the waves worried they'd never hit the sand ♪
♪ What would they do? ♪
♪ What could they do? ♪
♪ If the sky worried it would never touch the land ♪
♪ What would it do? What could it do? ♪
♪ Do you worry that life could be all work and no play? ♪
♪ Or that the game of tag isn't going your way ♪
♪ Well if it's out of your hands ♪
♪ It's not worth your troubles ♪
♪ Without rain, you'd never play in the puddles ♪
♪ So just roll, baby, roll ♪
NEVILLE: The band was rockin',
just like they did in Pete's garage.
They weren't worried about the wind or being liked.
They just had fun.
And this is just their first gig!
Hey! They like us!
They really, really like us!
It's fun when things go as planned,
but it can be even more fun when they don't.
You gotta roll with whatever comes your way.
NEVILLE: (CHUCKLING) 'Til next time,
roll with what comes your way, cats ‘n kittens.
And keep on smiling.
( CAMERA FLASH )
♪ LOUD ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
♪ Bacon and eggs ♪
NEVILLE: Howdy, cats n' kittens.
Today's tale starts with an early morning jam session.
♪ Boo-ga-loo ♪
♪ Eggs and bacon ♪
♪ Booga-booga-booga-booga-loo ♪
♪ I'll play it after sunrise, baby ♪
♪ That's what-a I do, yeah...♪
( GUITAR CHORD SOUNDS, GRUMPY TWANGS BASS STRINGS )
Grumpy! Where was your pizzazz?
What my... what now?
Pizzazz! We were all adding pizzazz to the song!
Making stuff up!
Well, I thought we were doing the Bacon & Egg Boogaloo!
Not pizzazzing the Bacon & Egg Boogaloo!
( BEEPING ) What's that beeping sound?
It's my alarm to remind us to catch the bus.
It's your alarm to remind us to catch the bus?
( PANICKED )It's my alarm to remind us to catch the bus!
WE'RE GONNA MISS THE BUS!
( BEEPING CONTINUES )
( BUS ENGINE ) There it is!
Oh, dear.
Oh... We'll never make it to school now.
(SIGHS) I guess that's the end of our education.
AND THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE I WANTED TO LEARN!
Oh, Grumpy! We can still make it.
( BEEPING ) By my calculations,
we can get to school on time if we walk,
really, really fast.
Come on! Let's take a short-cut through the woods.
You mean the path through the trees in the park?
That's a long walk. We'll still be late.
Not if we take a shortcut through...
( SINGS ) ..the enchanted for-est!
You mean the path through the trees in the silly old park?
No, I mean...
( SINGS ) ..the path through the enchanted forest
in the silly old park.
It's still a long walk.
Yes, but it'll be a quickerer long walk if we ride!
What are you doing?
We're pretending to be Knights of the Forest! C'mon!
Let us ride, for the Sun King!
Let's Sally forth!
Love it! Sally ALL the forth.
C'mon Grumpy!
How does this help anything? Guys?
I just want to know how pretending is gonna help?
( STRANGE NOISE )
( CLICKS FINGERS )
So pretending to be knights
will make the trip to school “the funnerest”?
( SIGHS ) All right.
I guess I can try, but I'm not optimistic.
( BUZZING ) Ah...ah, my lunch!
Eh...uh!
I KNEW this wouldn't help!
( SIGHS ) Can we just get going?
Whoa, Matilda! Whoa!
Watch out, Knights! We have come to...
..the River of Lava!
What Lava?!
EMMA: C'est incroyable.
But...it's just a puddle.
NEVILLE: A river of lava? Or a muddy puddle?
( CHUCKLES ) I guess it's a matter of how you see things.
We need to imagine a way across this pudd...
..River of Lava!
I am First Officer Dak Billingsly of SpaceCat 3611.
From my jet-pack I can see a way across the lava!
There! Those rocks!
I have traveled back in time to find you.
Security Officer Pad Lillywell.
( GASPS ) Pad Lillywell.
The toad Security Officer
with nerves of iron and steely grey eyes and...
Eh...no! We can't fool around.
We have to cross this puddle and get to school!
Stop pretending and c'mon!
( SPLASH )
Guys! There's no lava. You're just walking on rocks.
It is better than the scorched feet.
They're not scorched, they're wet!
And I may have wet feet,
but at least I'll get to school on time.
NEVILLE: Yep, that's Grumpy all right.
( CHUCKLING ) Grumpy through and through.
And there's the castle. ( CHUCKLES )
I mean, school.
Pete knew they'd make it on time,
but he also knew they had to get back and get Grumpy.
To Grumpy!
ALL SHOUT: To Grumpy!
I'll show them.
Maybe I'm not as good at imaginating things as they are,
but I can get to school on time.
I'll, uh...
No biggie. Just cut right through!
( GRUNTS WITH EXERTION ) Ah!
Okay, I'm stuck. Hopelessly stuck.
( SIGHS ) I know.
I'm not making it to school any faster by being grumpy.
But I don't get how pretending
is gonna get me there faster either!
NEVILLE: So, Pete told Grumpy that it wasn't just pretend.
It was using your imagination to solve a problem.
See, we were late, so we galloped!
Yeah, but I'm not good with my imagination like you guys!
Sure, you are!
No, I'm not.
I mean...look!
You guys had fun and got through the woods.
I had no fun and ended up tangled in a bush
with wet feet and no lunch.
( PETE STRUMS GUITAR )
You are selling yourself short, mon ami. Listen.
♪ So you just missed the bus this morning ♪
♪ Couldn't catch it if you ran ♪
( CLAPPING )
♪ So you said that you won't make it ♪
♪ It was over before it began ♪
♪ Don't stop to wonder why ♪
♪ Just let your mind fly ♪
♪ And turn I can't into I CAN ♪
I can't! I can't imagine anything.
Sure you can!
You can imagine EVERYTHING.
What...I couldn't even think up a solo.
What? Do you joke?
♪ With some old gum you fixed my squeezebox ♪
♪ Made up the rules to No-Rules Tag ♪
♪ And catchin' flies you're like a ninja ♪
♪ But you're humble and don't like to brag ♪
♪ Imagine things are going great! ♪
♪ Yes, they are ♪
♪ Imagine things are going great! ♪
If you can fix my squeezebox,
you can get out of this, no?
Maybe. I mean...
I wanna try. But, we're running out of time.
Security Officer Pad Lillywell!
Pad Lillywell. With nerves of iron.
And steely grey eyes!
Yes, First Officer Dak Billingsly?
We came here to save these knights
from some Flying Dragons!
SALLY: Gosh! EMMA: En guarde!
Flying dragons sound nasty!
You have to free yourself
from this Flying Dragon web.
( EXERTION GRUNTS )
What would Security Officer Pad Lillywell do?
GET FREE! That's what!
( STRUGGLING GRUNTS )
Great! Now I need...
..a laser rope to pull myself up!
( GRUNTS )
It worked! SALLY: FREE!
CALLIE: Nice. EMMA: So bon!
What next, Officer Lillywell?
We must catch the Flying Dragons
as a gift for the queen! C'mon!
Follow Pete! CHARGE!
( GIGGLING ) Gotcha dragon!
Got you! And you!
Look! The castle is in sight!
But now we're almost out of time!
Uh, what do we do, Securité Officer Lillywell?
Easy. We just slide down the back of that Mega-Monster
and cross that rickety bridge over the lake of poison,
infested by Yukon Jumping Piranha Snails.
They're as vicious as they are slow.
Oooh, Piranha Snails. He is good.
Watch out for the Tree Ogre!
Did he just call me a tree ogre?
( CRASHING NOISE )
We made it!
That was fun! I love flying dragons!
Even Grumpy had fun, right? Grumpy?
My Queen, I have travelled across time
to bring these flying dragons to you.
I hope they please you.
Oh, why thank you, Grumpy.
But isn't that your lunch?
Uh...yeah. Sorry.
( TITTERING )
And that's how Grumpy learned
that the imagination can be used in all kinds of ways.
( LAUGHING ) 'Til next time, cats and kittens.
Just remember, your imagination
can take you anywhere.