# Boys! If we get it wrong
# We'll make it right
# We're not alone
# Girls! We can become one
# When we work together!
# Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese
# Guess you're stuck with me
# Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese
# Guess we're family. #
SLOW EERIE PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
Hissss!
Ah! Turn it off, turn it off!
Even the movie's cover is scary. You mean this?
BOY SCREAMS
Wait, no, that's Cat's Happy Elf movie.
Whoops! Wrong one.
You mean this...?
Yeah, that's the one I meant to go, "Aaah!" to.
It ain't scary, it's boring.
Why, I could be throwing one of my
basement dance parties right now.
Yeah, Boy, this isn't scary at all.
It's not even in colour.
With this curse thrice spoken,
you shall be banished to the shadow realm.
One, Greb Nefual E Neg!
Two, Greb Nefual E Neg! Three...
I'm serious, Girl.
My barber's neighbour's dentist said, "Greb Nefual E Neg"
three times in real life and no-one's seen him in years!
Like your spine? Oh, ha-ha.
You know what? There's nothing funny about shadow realm creatures
nibbling on your appendages for eternity.
Greb Nefual E Neg. Greb Nefual E Neg.
Greb Nefual E Neg!
GIRL CACKLES
Nooo! You've doomed us!
Huh? Did we get doomed-ed-ed?
Tchuh! So much for your curse.
Now, if y'all will excuse me,
I've got a dance party to booty shake at.
Can I come? I've been working on my popping and locking.
I'd rather see you...roll over! CHEESE SNAPS HER FINGERS
Can't...disobey...command!
UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYS
CHEESE WHISTLES CASUALLY
DOG PANTS AND WHIMPERS
DOG CLEARS HIS THROAT
HE GASPS
Rabbits. Not on my watch.
Woof! Woof! Woof, woof, woof, woof!
Grrrrr!
EERIE MUSIC PLAYS
LOW RUMBLING GROWL
DOG WHINES
Huh? Hey, where's Dog?
I mean, he's been gone a while.
Dog! Whistle, whistle!
OK, what? You know I can't whistle.
Dog! Whistle!
HE GASPS
You realise what this means?
Mrow? No! And that's disgusting.
It means Dog's been banished to the shadow realm,
all because of...
..Girl.
Seriously? That stuff is bogus.
Tch! Tell that to my barber's neighbour's dentist.
Oh, wait, you can't...
..cos he's in the shadow realm!
If only all dentists were in the shadow realm, am I right?
Buh-dum-tsh!
Just trying to lighten the mood.
Here, Dog, Dog, Dog!
It's no use. Dog's not out here
cos you said that word three times.
What word? Greb Nefual E Neg.
Huh? Greb...Nefual...E Neg.
Sorry, what's that word?
GIRL AND MOUSE GIGGLE
Nice try, but there's no way
I'll say Greb Nefual E Neg again.
BOY GASPS
Oops!
Ah! It's not funny. Now one of us is going to be next!
We need to stick together. Let's get Cheese.
I'll get the crackers!
Man, tough crowd.
BASSY DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
Get ready to get down, ravers.
Your dancing queen has arrived!
CRICKETS CHIRP
BASSY DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES
And here comes the drop!
Aaaaaah!
Cheese? Where are you?
Cheese, I...
BASSY DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES
Uh...freaky.
Totally... Make friends out of
inanimate objects and googly eyes,
why didn't I think of that?
Yo, Cheese. Cheese?
It's too late, she's gone.
Gone to the shadow realm.
No, I'm sure there's a logical
explanation for Dog and Cheese's whereabouts.
Agreed. Let's split up and look.
Mouse, take the back yard, Boy and I will check the front.
Cat, you...
..you just do you.
OK, let's check in by text regularly, every ten minutes.
Pff! Only imbeciles would believe in shadow creatures.
Uh, aaaaah!
THUD
EERIE MUSIC PLAYS Ungh!
EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES
LOW RUMBLING GROWL
Aaah! Please don't nibble me, shadow creatures!
Phew! He-he, it's just you two.
Uh, hey, which one of you yelled,
"Please don't nibble me, shadow creatures"?
Sssh! The shadow creatures ARE real.
I've seen one with my own eyes.
Long sharp tusks,
pink leathery skin,
squinty little eyes.
ROCKS FALL
SHRILL MUSIC INTENSIFIES
CHEESE GASPS
ROCKS CONTINUE TO FALL
LOW RUMBLING GROWL
That's our cue - run!
CAT SNORES
Mrow...
Huh, it's been ten minutes and two seconds
and still no text from Mouse!
Duh! Nobody ever messages you
cos you always spell out your emojis.
Ouchy face, single tear, that hurt.
Eh, they're probably just playing an epic prank, right, Cat?
BOY SCREAMS
She was just here. Where did she go?
OK, that is it.
I'm going to find our family out there in the real world
cos they are not in some silly shadow realm!
Now, let's suit up.
DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS
OK, what? Our family's keepsakes
will help me psychically communicate with them in the shadow realm.
O-M-G, it's just a movie!
What happened to the boring, unimaginative, rational Boy?
Uh, he's in hiding.
This is hysterical Boy
and he's saying, "The shadow realm is real!"
We start our search...
..here.
Mrooow?
THEY GASP
We've made contact.
This must be a portal into the shadow realm!
Cheese's tiara is picking up faint traces of her.
Ha! Who's stupid now?
Still you.
What if they're somehow trapped under the basement?
Ssh! Their keepsakes are sensing other portals.
SHE SIGHS
It's just a hole in the ground
and I'll prove it.
Oh, no! Girl's been taken!
Wh-which means...I'm next!
Dog? Cheese?
Mouse? Cat?
Meh, who am I kidding? Cat never comes when she's called.
ROCKS FALL
OK, enough! Prank's over, guys.
Come with me if you don't want to be nibbled.
Dog? How did you know it was me?
Your...breath has a particular scent.
Which is a nice way to say stop licking yourself.
THEY GASP
EERIE MUSIC PLAYS
Welcome to the shadow realm, Girl.
SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY
ALL: Aaaaaah!
OK, OK, think... I could - one, move away,
move cities, countries, continents.
The world is mine!
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
HE SIGHS
Stupid family.
I'm coming for you!
BASSY DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
Through the shadowy realm, I shall not be a scaredy Boy.
Though I walk through the shadowy realm, I shall not be a scaredy Boy.
Though I walk through the shadowy realm,
I shall not be a scaredy Boy. Though I... Aaah!
EERIE MUSIC PLAYS
Aaaaaah...!
Aaaaaaaah!
Aaaaaah!
THWACK
GIRL GROANS
Oh! You're here! Boy! Oh, thank Dog!
Hey! Why are you wearing MY tiara?
LOW RUMBLING GROWL
EERIE SHRILL NOTE
You were right, Boy.
The shadow creatures ARE coming to nibble us for eternity!
ROCKS FALL
LOW RUMBLING GROWL
If we ever get out of this, I swear to take movie night seriously.
DING
Wait! The movie!
In it, the old hermit says a curse to undo the bad juju.
It's...Ix-Swejar-Ix-Smote!
And now you finally remember this?!
Like I said, I hate scary movies.
Well, what are you waiting for?
Get out there and say it!
OK, here I go!
HE INHALES DEEPLY
If I don't make it back,
take care of my bobbleheads.
CHEESE WHIMPERS
No, I've got to do this, Cheese,
for the family.
Oh, yeah, sure thing,
I just wanted my tiara back.
Ix-Swejar-Ix-Smote,
Ix-Swejar-Ix-Smote...
Aaaaaaaaah!
Boy!
BOTH: Nooooo!
LOUD STOMPING
Guys, it's coming for us!
LOW RUMBLING GROWL
Aaaaah!
BOTH: Aaaaaaah!
Aaaaaaaaah!
Sorry about the scream,
stubbed my toe, but we don't need to worry
about shadow creatures any more.
SQUEAK
Fascinating, a Heterocephalus glaber,
AKA naked mole rat.
Oh, they're so naked. So are you.
But at least I'm ashamed of it.
Hey, what do you say we leave
this little guy in his home
while we head back to ours?
LOW RUMBLING GROWL
SQUEAK
HIGH-PITCHED OINK
Mystery solved.
And Boy, I've got to hand it to you,
you were totally brave down there,
even if we did get kind of carried away. Thanks, ha!
Yeah, guess it took a spooky adventure
to realise that some things are just hocus-pocus.
Well, let's go.
SHRILL MUSIC PLAYS
BOY SIGHS
Come on, Cat.
Mrow.
OUTRO POP MUSIC PLAYS