[THEME MUSIC]
♪ Pete the cat is 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 ♪
♪ Pete the cat ♪
Hotdog in a bun, hotdog is so yum.
With ketchup, mustard, and relish, a hotdog is so delish.
[laugh] Hey, cats and kids, I didn't see you standing there.
You never know where inspiration
for something creative can come from.
A friend's joke, something you saw on the street.
Hey, this hotdog inspired me to sing a hotdog song.
Oh, hey, Pete!
Today's story is about what happens when
our favorite blue cat and his band
discovered they'd become that inspiration
but for someone else.
♪ Beyond the swamp, there's a way of livin' ♪
♪ Never clean off the griddle ♪
♪ Break out the fiddle ♪
♪ While we play the washboard wiggle ♪
♪ Toss in a nickel ♪
♪ Let the bottle ripple, you lost a nickel ♪
♪ Break out the fiddle ♪
♪ When we play the washboard wiggle ♪
♪ Washboard wiggle, washboard wiggle ♪
NARRATOR: Pete had never heard music like this before,
and he wanted to share it with his friends.
♪ Get creative, my brother ♪
♪ And that's life's secret sauce ♪
♪ One cat says his bucket is empty ♪
♪ He ain't got nothing to show ♪
♪ Another cat flips it upside down ♪
♪ And makes himself a bongo ♪
♪ Can make yourself a bongo, oooooh ♪
-Great, guys! -Yes!
Sorry, Pete.
We just wanted to finish practicing the song
for the talent show tonight.
Did you want to tell us something?
NARRATOR: Pete was excited to share what he'd heard.
He thought the gators were super inspiring,
and he wanted his friends to hear them play.
Ooh, I never met a gator before.
And they have many teeth.
It is pretty cool, no?
Who wants grape juice?
And a nice slug water for my little, Toad.
Mom.
Thanks, Mrs. Grumpy's mom!
Did I hear you mention the gators?
I think you'd like them a lot.
Their family just moved here from New Orleans.
They live right across the pond right there.
-Yeah. -I guess.
They have a band too.
In fact, they're playing in the talent show just like you.
Well, have fun practicing.
They're in the talent show?
There has never been another band in the show before.
And if they're as good as Pete says,
then they're our competition.
I agree with Pete. We should go hear them,
especially if they're our competition.
ALL: Agreed!
But we have to be quiet about it.
That way they won't find out that we found out about them.
Listen, that must be them.
OK.
That is a very cool sound.
That song.
It sounds familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.
♪ One cat's bucket is empty ♪
-♪ Ain't got nothing to show ♪ -No, sir!
♪ Another cat flips it upside down ♪
♪ Makes himself a bongo ♪
[gasp] That's "One Cat's Bucket!"
The song we've been practicing for the talent show.
The gators stole our song!
[gasp]
Why didn't Pete gasp?
He should be here gasping with us.
Pete! We need you over here to gasp with us.
Come on.
Let's go back to the garage so they don't catch us
catching them stealing our song.
♪ Makes himself a bongo ♪
♪ so make yourself a bongo ♪
♪ Make yourself a bongo ♪
I must say, I am very impressed by the way
they play our song.
It is pretty super pluse.
And I am not plused about it.
It was definitely new and exciting.
What if they play our song at the talent show tonight?
What if everyone thinks their exciting, new way
of playing our song is newer and exciting-er than us!
NARRATOR: Pete was surprised that the Gators
were playing their song, but he thought
everyone was overreacting.
Wait, what if they're not trying to compete with us?
But are trying to be us?
[gasp]
They can't be us.
We're us!
If they are us, then who are we?
I think we're still us, and there
are just them trying to be us?
Gus is right.
If they're trying to be us, we have
to beat them at their own game
-and be more them than they are. -Yeah!
NARRATOR: Now Pete was getting more and more confused.
The Gators were playing one of their songs.
So, if they're being us by playing our song,
how do we be more them than they are?
The Gators were wearing big hats,
so we need bigger hats, baby!
The Gators wear sparkly vests and suspenders.
It was pretty chic.
We need sparklier vests and suspendier suspenders, baby!
My vest, she is very tight.
The Gator's music sounds like,
♪ Doo di doo di dop dop di dop ♪
We need to be doo di doo di dop doppier, baby!
♪ You can't always wait for the perfects wave ♪
♪ sometimes you got to ride the wave you got ♪
♪ Sometimes stuff don't go your way ♪
♪ And sometimes that can happen a lot ♪
NARRATOR: Now Pete always liked being like they were,
not whatever this was.
What was a blue cat to do?
OK. I think we're ready.
Exciting new look, check.
Exciting new sound, sort of check.
By sort of check, you mean we sound terrible, don't you?
Yes.
And it's time for the talent show.
If this is going badly,
why don't we just be us for the talent show?
I agree. My vest is too tight.
I like being us much better.
I could breathe then.
But if the Gators are being us and we're being us,
then we'll all be being us.
This is going to be the worst,
and most confusing, talent show ever!
Pete's right.
No one is better at being us than we are.
We can be more us than any old Gators.
Let's do it, 'cause we are us.
ALL: We are us!
Now let's go show those Gators how us is done.
Um, Grumpy, are your parents swimming in the pond?
Um, no.
Hello, y'all! We didn't mean to surprise you.
We went for a swim before the talent show
and saw you're all here. Thought we'd say hi.
Teeth.
Oh my, yes.
We have about 80 teeth each.
Where are my manners?
I am Garnet Gator.
These here are my brothers and sisters.
Gary, Grier, Greg, and Sonya, after our grandmother.
Hey.
Was that "One Cat's Bucket" you were playing?
We love that song. C'est bon.
You speak ze French?
Oh, oui! We're Cajun.
Now am I going batty, or are y'all dressed like us?
Oh, see, we thought that since you were going to play our song
in the talent show, that we should take
your sound and sparkly vests.
It sounds silly now when I say it out loud.
Oh, cher, we're not going to play
"One Cat's Bucket" in the show.
Did y'all hear us playing it? We was just warming up with it.
We'd never play your song for the talent show.
[sigh]
How do you even know the song?
We heard y'all practicing for the talent show last week.
Such a good song, y'all.
We were so inspired by it that we wanted
to jam it out for ourselves.
Inspired by it?
Oh, sure. Ever since we heard it,
we've been practicing like crazy gators.
Oh, so you played our song--
For inspiration.
We didn't mean to steal it. We're sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
I overreacted.
We've always been the only band in the talent show,
and we thought you were competition.
Um, I was the one that said that, and I apologize for it.
Nah, don't you worry about that.
We're just happy to meet, y'all.
Listen, we don't want to compete with you.
We just want to play.
So, why don't we all play together?
-We can make something new. -[gasp]
Y'all want to play with us? We'd be honored.
We can have a good old fais do-do.
Back home in New Orleans, that means dance party.
Ah, I love it!
Fais do-do!
You want to play with us too?
Of course! Let's play.
Oh, as soon as we take off our you costumes.
♪ You can't always wait for the perfect wave ♪
♪ Sometimes you got to ride the wave you got ♪
♪ Sometimes stuff don't go your way ♪
♪ And sometimes that can happen a lot ♪
♪ Yeah, one cat's bucket is empty ♪
♪ He ain't got nothing to show ♪
♪ Another cat flips it upside down ♪
♪ And makes himself a bongo ♪
See what happens when two new sounds come together?
It makes inspired music. But enough chitty chat.
I want to go, go, go to the fais do-do.
[laugh] Until next time, cats and kittens.
-Remember-- -Music isn't about competition.
It's about collaboration.
Hello, cats and kittens.
Pete and his pals' favorite adventure cat Ohio Sphinx
is keeping them busy.
[door shuts]
[rumbling]
He must make it out of the catacombs,
or the golden mouse could fall into the wrong paws.
Oh, Pete. I can't look.
Tell me when it's over.
[scream]
What was that?
The weather forecast didn't mention heavy tea showers, eh?
So it looks like my tea steeper
and coffee-anator needs repairing.
Ah, the timer gave out.
You know what that means.
It means we have to go down to the flea market
and try to find a replacement pocket watch.
The flea market?
[gasp] Oh, my stars, that's going to be so delicious.
Um, Mr. Pete the Cat's dad, just let
me know where the fleas are.
Oh, Grumpy, sorry for the confusion.
A flea market is where cats and prairie
dogs sell collectibles or just about anything except fleas.
Oh, thanks, Pete.
I'm OK.
It's just a very misleading name.
As a lover of all the things, these things are
just old and [sneeze] dusty.
Gesundheit, Sally. Don't forget.
What's old and dusty to you, may be a treasure to another cat.
Or maybe it would be nice to finish
watching Ohio Sphinx instead?
Well, the sooner we find a replacement
that looks like this, the sooner we can go home.
And you know what? It might be more fun
if you treated this like an adventure.
NARRATOR: Oh, this gave Pete an idea.
What if they pretended to be explorers
like Ohio Sphinx, who was searching for the pocket watch?
Pete, that's a brilliant idea.
Hello, Biz.
Nice to see you.
I'll tell you kids, the best place
to have an Ohio Sphinx-style adventure
is at Mr. Biz Burrow's booth.
He's got the biggest stall in the whole flea market.
Hello, kids. They call me Biz
because finding rare objects is my business.
There's many precious finds in there
if you have the heart to search for them.
Bonjour, monsieur Biz Burrow.
We are searching for this.
We're also pretending to be explorers from Ohio Sphinx.
In that case, you should all borrow some outfits
to get in character.
I'll be the skeptical history professor, Rex Toadarian.
I'll be the courageous explorer
and Ohio Sphinx's close friend, Marmant Montolvan.
I will be the ambassador of culture, Coco Lafitte.
I'll be the code specialist, Speed Breaker.
And I'll be the traveler.
Seems my character's been to all the places.
What about Pete?
Oh, he should definitely be Ohio Sphinx.
Don't you look like marvelous explorers?
Now, before you enter, let's call it
the Jungles of Junkari,
be aware that everything is a tad messy,
but the pocket watch you seek may be near the tableware--
[clears throat] I mean, the Ancient Tableware Temple.
So enter at your own risk, and have fun, kids!
[whooping]
Mr. Biz said the pocket watch could
be in the Tableware Temple.
Look, it's just straight ahead!
Ohio's right. We should watch our step.
I would do so but it appears I am sinking.
[panting]
Oh no! She's sinking!
Yes! Help pull her out!
Would you look at that.
Those kids are playing pretend and tidying up my booth!
[panting] I am forever grateful
for your heroic assistance.
We're glad you're OK, Coco.
OK, for real this time.
We should all watch where we're going.
Callie, watch out!
How will we reach the Temple of Tableware?
[exhale] Well, uh, look at those shoes!
I mean, pieces of wood.
What if we match up the wood and make a bridge out of it.
Excellent thinking, Speed Breaker.
That's looking sharp.
By gum, we did it!
Look! It's the Tableware Temple
GUS: The pocket watch must be in here somewhere.
Wait.
What is this box?
Oooh.
Aw.
Aw, all we're finding is junk.
Oh, my dear toad.
You found my great uncle's coin collection.
These are priceless.
Mr. Biz, how can a bunch of old coins be priceless?
Actually, old coins can be worth quite a lot.
Looky here, that's the Cat of Liberty on the back.
That's a rare coin.
KIDS: Whoa.
Oh, now we really have to find Mr. Pete
the Cat's dad's pocket watch.
It could be priceless.
You might have more luck in... Metal Mountain.
You can't miss it. It's a mountain a metal ju--
er, um, I mean, precious relics.
ALL: Thanks, Mr. Biz Burrow!
Look!
That's got to be Metal Mountain.
Pete's right. We must untangle these vines to clear our path.
And they're still tidying up the place.
There is Metal Mountain,
but the Old Cassette River is in the way.
That's a great idea.
Let's use these vines to swing over The Old Cassette River.
[cheering]
This is the biggest pile of things I've ever seen!
Which is saying a lot because you've seen my room.
[exhale] Oh, Ohio.
I really don't think we stand a chance of finding
the pocket watch treasure.
Perhaps we should tell your dad we simply cannot find it.
NARRATOR: The kids felt that finding the pocket watch
was impossible, but then, Pete remembered what Biz and his dad
had said that sometimes what seems like a heap of junk,
well, it just might turn out to be a heap of treasure.
[music playing]
♪ Sometimes an old spoon is just an old spoon ♪
♪ But to another cat for the silverware set ♪
♪ It's a precious piece that is bound to make 'em swoon ♪
♪ Sometimes a shoe seems like an old shoe ♪
♪ But to another cat it turns one into two ♪
♪ It becomes priceless from another point of view ♪
♪ So put on your thinking cap ♪
♪ Make something splendid out of scrap ♪
♪ Because one cat's junk is another cat's treasure ♪
♪ A pocket watch is a funny little clock ♪
♪ But to another cat who knows the tick from the tock ♪
♪ It's the magical key to make the mystery unlock ♪
♪ What appears to be a pile of debris ♪
♪ Or a stack of junk higher than the eye can see ♪
♪ Becomes shiny and new when you see it differently ♪
♪ What this cat views isn't what that cat sees ♪
♪ Hello, a flea market doesn't even sell fleas ♪
♪ Because one cat's junk is another cat's treasure ♪
Ohio, you nailed it!
We just needed to change our perspective,
and we found our treasure!
Congratulations, young explorers.
My kiddo heroes.
You found the pocket watch.
Now we can go home.
(SADLY) Yay.
Why the long faces, eh?
I thought you couldn't wait to get out of here.
NARRATOR: Pete explained to his dad
that they had so much fun pretending to be explorers,
they were actually pretty bummed about leaving.
Oh, I see. Well, I had been meaning
to find some egg beaters to perfect my latest invention,
the Eggomatic Whiskinator.
ALL: Yay! Thank you, Mr. Pete the cat's dad!
If an egg beater is your quest,
I'd try the Lagoon of Lost Spoons.
Ha, I'm Ben Burrow, Biz's cousin.
And since you did such a great job tidying up his booth,
oh, I mean, since you tamed the Jungles of Junkari,
if you find that precious egg beater, it's yours.
ALL: To the Lagoon of Lost Spoons!
NARRATOR: So you see, every search
can be quite the adventure. And remember--
One cat's junk can be another cat's treasure.
♪ Go, Pete, go, go, Pete, go ♪
♪ Go, go, go, go, go, Pete, go ♪
♪ Here I am on the move ♪
♪ Taking my time, just feelin' the groove ♪
♪ All my friends are here ♪
♪ 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 ♪