♪ Who's gonna help when the danger overwhelms ♪
♪ And the mysteries are piled high? ♪
♪ Who's gonna be around, never gonna let you down ♪
♪ When you're on a wild ride? ♪
♪ Your friends are always by your side ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek, he's gonna save the day ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek ♪
[ Hoofbeats ]
[ Neigh! ]
[ Whoosh! ]
[ Thud! ] -Wow.
I could watch them jump all day.
[ Beeping ]
[ Inhales deeply ]
[ Note plays ]
Dinner!
[ Thuds ]
6:00 already?
[ Chuckles ] Guess we better head home.
[ Whoosh! Whir! ]
[ Thud! ] -Wow!
I-I could watch them jump all day.
[ Note plays ]
Timekeeper: Dinner!
6:00 already? Guess we better head home.
[ Grunting ]
Wow. I could watch him jump all day.
[ Grunting continues ]
It really does feel like we've been watching him all day.
Nah, it's only...
6:30?!
We're late for dinner!
[ All screaming ] -Wait for me, my candy!
Has anyone seen my little brother?
Has anyone seen my little brother?!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
♪♪
[ Birds chirping ]
[ All panting ]
Oh!
I can't believe we were all late for dinner.
I know. Being grounded for one day felt like an eternity.
I started to forget what your faces looked like.
So thank you for texting me those pictures
so I could remember.
My dad was so mad I was late,
he wouldn't even let me have dessert.
But I think that was because he ate mine because I was late.
[ Chuckles ] You're lucky.
My parents weren't mad.
They were disappointed.
[ Gasps ] [ Gasps ]
I don't understand.
Why didn't the Timekeeper play the tuba?
Maybe her lips fell off.
Hm, maybe. Let's go see.
Timekeeper!
Are your lips still there?
Is she even there?
[ Grunting ]
Man, how does she do this with a tuba?
I don't know. It's hard enough with long sleeves.
She probably swole as heck.
Tubas are the densest instruments on the planet.
She's gone.
[ Clicking ]
Juice box is still full.
It's all just the same note.
You guys, the other day was Daylight Savings!
She didn't turn the clocks ahead.
That's why we were late!
The Timekeeper forgot Daylight Savings?
Not gonna lie -- I forgot, too.
But keeping time is her job!
She's the Timekeeper. It's the one thing she does!
Look at all these clocks she has --
how hard could it be?!
I hope she comes back,
o-or else we'll all be late for dinner again.
But where would we find her?
We -- We -- We never even talked to her.
Well, there's one place every creek kid goes.
I was so grounded,
they wouldn't even let me have any candy!
Ohh. Ugh! [ Thuds ]
Did you trade this juice box?
Hmm. Nope. This is cranberry juice.
I only deal in cranberry cocktail --
you know, cran-pear, cran-alope, cran-anana, cran-range.
Where'd you find this stuff, anyway?
It was up in the Timekeeper's tree.
She's gone, and we thought maybe you'd know where to find her.
After all, you trade with everybody in the creek.
That's true.
However, I've never had the Timekeeper come through here.
She must bring her own snacks or something
since she has to sit up in that tree all afternoon.
[ Sighs ] What are we gonna do?
We're kids! We got playing to do.
We can't constantly be checking our phones!
Half the kids here don't even come to the creek
with a full battery.
Like, I'm at 10% percent right now.
I-I-I can't waste that on checking the time!
What if -- What if I see something funny
I want to take a picture of, like a snake in a little wig?
Well, if the Timekeeper's not here today,
someone is going to have to step up and fill in for her.
Wow, Craig! You'd do that for us?
Wha-- I-I wasn't --
A noble sacrifice for the common kid.
No, I-I --
Well, well, let me just grab
a Choco-Roll for our new Timekeeper.
Well...but -- but just for today.
Welp...Project Yum Yum Dinner Drum is complete.
That's the only thing I had planned all afternoon.
[ Sighs ]
This is boring.
[ Laughter in distance ]
Hey! Muddy buds!
Making beards, huh?
Hey, maybe you can throw some mud up here.
[ Sighs ] You can't hear me.
[ Sighs ] Whatever.
I thought you'd be able to see more from up here,
but all you can see is the meadow.
Is this all the Timekeeper ever sees?
♪♪
Finally!
Dinner!
♪♪
Hey, Craig.
Well, that was terrible. What'd I miss?
Eh, nothing much... until we ran into Wildernessa,
and she let us ride Cheesesticks around the creek!
Ah! Riding that dog was so...much...fun!
You really missed out, Craig. [ Chuckles ]
Aw, Craig! You should have been there!
It was one of our best times we've ever had!
But, then, I thought, "Nah, he's probably having so much fun,
and it's totally fine,
and he's not gonna feel bad about this whatsoever."
If the Timekeeper isn't back tomorrow,
it's your turn to take over.
Is he mad at us?
This shouldn't be too hard.
I just got to sit here a little bit,
then I get to bang on this sweet drum.
[ Chuckles ] Time will fly by.
[ Chuckles ] Well, I bet it's time right now.
Aw! 3:02?!
I want to play it now!
It's like having a little scab I want to pick, but I can't.
Maybe I could just play it super lightly.
♪ Little scab gets a little tap ♪
♪ A tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-a-roo ♪
[ Buzzing ] Agh!
Common vampires!
You won't get me, you night devil!
[ Grunting ]
[ Drumbeats echo ]
Huh? Doesn't it seem kind of early?
Whatever. I'm not getting grounded again!
The drum summons Boris!
Uh-oh.
Wait! W-- I drummed prematurely!
There's still more time to play!
If the Timekeeper is still not back tomorrow, it's my turn.
Those amateurs.
This is gonna be no problem,
'cause I got something they don't got --
mental stamina.
Plus I'm smart and setting a timer.
[ Foghorn blows ] I should be able to hear that.
And now to catch up on
"The Adventures of Obsidian Jetstone: Space Dragon"!
[ English accent ] "Chapter One --
The dragon who lived..."
And as Obsidian Jetstone
looked upon his home world one last time,
the roar of the ionic engines kicked in,
and with a blinding flash, he was gone.
The foghorn of his ship echoing across the cosmos."
[ Foghorn blowing ]
Wow. I can hear it now.
Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
No, you were supposed to be loud enough for me to hear!
Aaah!
Oh, no!
Dinner!
[ Panting ]
It's dinner! Dinner!
Aah! Dinner!
[ Breathlessly ] Dinner...
It's...dinner...time.
You didn't tell Kit?!
I tried, but my legs are so tiny,
and my heart is so big.
Kit's been grounded?!
But what -- what are we gonna eat?
How am I gonna trade this foil ball
for a rubber band ball?!
That's it. We have to find the Timekeeper.
We can't do her job.
We have the attention spans of a --
Hey, it's part of the drum I made!
♪ Single ladies to the floor! ♪
[ Grunts ] Oh, I got it!
Love's coming to me! Okay, so, my turn.
So now I'm the bride and you guys are the bridesmaids.
Wait. Ohh! We got distracted!
We got to find the Timekeeper, and fast!
Kelsey: There's got to be some clue here.
It's like she just disappeared.
If she really left the creek, she could be anywhere.
Or...anywhen!
The Timekeeper kept time,
and in the end, time kept her.
But she probably just quit and moved schools or somethin'.
That's very possible.
I just don't understand why she'd leave.
Where else would she go?
[ Gasps ]
[ Panting ] Just a little further!
[ All gasp ] [ Note plays ]
Timekeeper!
Don't call me that!
I'm not the Timekeeper.
W-What're you talking about?!
You've got all those watches on --
of course you're the Timekeeper!
No. No, I'm not.
I-I can't be Timekeeper anymore.
The Timekeeper keeps the time, and I lost it.
I'm supposed to help everyone know when it's dinner,
but I-I forgot to change the clocks,
and -- and everyone got in trouble!
Hey, it's okay. It's okay.
You made one mistake.
We tried being the Timekeeper, and we made tons of mistakes.
Yeah, I got a bunch of kids grounded.
And I'm terrified of vampires.
And I realized it's kind of lonely.
Well, it's not lonely to me.
I'm not great at playing with other kids,
but keeping time lets me do it.
Even if I'm not right there with them,
I get to be up there with my schedules and clocks,
helping everyone.
[ Sighs ] But then I forgot Daylight Savings. I...
Hey, being the Timekeeper is a heavy responsibility
[Chuckling] as heavy as carrying that tuba around.
It's a sousaphone.
The point is, you're important to everyone at the creek.
We should've let you know that.
Thanks, uh...
-Craig. -Craig.
[ Foghorn blows ]
It's almost dinner!
We have to tell everyone now!
Quick! Blow the superphone!
-Sousaphone! -Whatever! Super salad?
To-may-to, to-mah-to. You got to play it!
I-I can't! The acoustics are all wrong here.
I have to get back to my post!
[ All panting ] -Hurry!
[ Grunting ]
Aah! Ohh! Aah!
Timekeeper!
Here! We can help you!
♪♪
[ All panting ]
Okay, go, go, go!
♪♪
Dang! She might not be able to run with that thing,
but she sure can climb.
Told you she was swole.
[ Inhales deeply ]
[ Loud note plays ]
Dinner!
[ Sighs ] Yes!
Craig: Hey, Timekeeper!
If you ever get lonely up there and you need a pal,
hit us up!
Thanks!
You know, everyone calls me "Timekeeper,"
but I call me "Beth."
Glad you're back, Beth.
See you later, Beth!
[ Plays mid-tempo music ]
♪ When it's time to go to bed ♪
♪ I know I don't have to feel alone ♪
♪ 'Cause I'll see you tomorrow ♪
♪ At the creek ♪
Just like I drew it.