# Boys!
# If we get it wrong, we'll make it right, we're not alone
# Girls!
# Six 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. #
BEEP, EXPLOSION
MOUSE SCREAMS, THUD
MOUSE GROANS
Mouse, your invention malfunctioned again.
Oh, did it?
I had no idea.
I've been working on it every day for months
and I just can't get it right!
I'm getting real sick of it!
In fact, I'm getting sick of all of this!
Our lives have become so routine.
Remember yesterday?
EXPLOSION, MOUSE SCREAMS
THUD
And the day before yesterday?
EXPLOSION, THUD
Or the day before that?!
EXPLOSION, THUD
Every day is the same.
Well, Cat missed that last one, so technically that was different.
MOUSE SIGHS
This monotonous routine
is making my brain stale.
I'll never finish my invention like this.
Well, if you're feeling stuck, then switch up that routine.
Why should he? Doing the same thing all the time is safe
cos you always know what's going to happen. Yeah, it's great.
Mouse, if you want to change,
then you've got to start thinking outside the box.
But I'm a rodent of rationalisation,
discernment, and other big words you don't understand!
I wouldn't know where to start!
Then I shall show you the way, Mouse.
I shall show you the way.
Huh?
OK, living outside the box.
See this normal pillow?
Observe.
But pillows are for sitting and sleeping,
yet you...hit me with it?
Oh, scientifically I can't explain how you used the pillow
for something other than what it was created for.
I'm freaking out here!
MOUSE HYPERVENTILATES
Who said pillows can only be used for certain things?
Now give it a whirl.
Eh... Erm... Well...
OK.
MOUSE GROANS
You call that a whack?
Wait.
This is kind of...
MOUSE CHUCKLES
..fun.
MOUSE LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY
I haven't felt this alive in years!
BOTH: Living outside the box!
THEY LAUGH
Yeah!
ON TV: With us is zookeeper Mike...
Living outside the...
Stop yelling that!
We get it already.
Plus, you're not outside the box, you're just being weird.
We boycott this weird agenda!
Fine. But I can see up the newsreader's nose.
Looks like he needs to do a little finger mining.
THEY LAUGH Just so you know, everyone else here
thinks you're acting totally ridi... Please teach us your ways!
Your new lives look so fun!
Sure!
We shall begin your training by going into the kitchen for a snack.
But instead of walking...
Rolling? Wow, I would've never thought of that.
CAT GROANS
DOG SIGHS
Whee-hee!
Enjoy!
Now, who's next?
Hello, Uncle Bob, my name is Socky Socksteen.
Hm. I don't know a Socky Socksteen.
But I do know a Socky Sockbird.
You actually know other talking sock puppets?
Anyway, I'll take four smoothies, please.
Sorry, but we don't serve sock puppets here.
Legally, as long as that sign's up, I can't serve you.
But without a sign, I can!
Here you go.
GIGGLING
Ha! That was great.
So, what's next, girl?
Next?
Well, to be honest, we've done so many bizarre things this week,
I think I'm going to take a little break.
ALL: What?!
Yeah, I kind of miss doing some things the old way.
But, hey, keep doing what you're doing.
See ya.
Eh, OK.
Luckily Girl taught me well, so now I'll come up with new ideas!
Hate to break up your party, but I need to take a shower.
Shower?
Who said this is only for showering?
We're using it as a hot tub!
Cat, bubbles!
MOUSE AND CHEESE: Living outside the box!
MUFFLED VOICES
What the...?
Meow!
GIRL SCREAMS
Who said a cat can't be a pillow?
CAT LAUGHS
HORN BEEPS
Ah!
LAUGHING
Who said kitchens can't have bumper cars?
Living outside the... Enough!
We've lived outside the you-know-what for long enough.
It's time we go back inside.
Never in a million eons!
This fun-loving me is the new improved me.
But what about your experiment?
This was all to help you think differently so you could finish it.
Ha! Who needs boring science when I can do this?
Whee!
Hm, what's a 36-letter word for unhappy sister?
Crud-crummy-butt-punching -toilet-stinkers!
Hey, that fits!
So, Girl, how's life outside the...?
I hate it!
I've created a monster and his two monster followers.
All driving me up the wall.
Oh, so would you now say that following a routine is...?
Great! Routine is the bestest of the best.
Just help me get Mouse back to normal.
Pretty please.
MOUSE WHISTLES
MOUSE GASPS
My device!
Wow! How did you guys rebuild it?
I'm no dummy. I graduated third in my class in obedience school.
There were only three of us, but still.
Hey. I never even thought to do this.
But by doubling the gamma wave output,
you solved the exploding issue.
Really? Wow!
We just took a guess on that one.
Kind of makes you want to become all sciencey again and join us, huh?
Erm... Erm, nah, nah, nah. I mean...
INTERNALLY: That thing is awesome!
Nah, I'm good.
Maybe this will change your mind.
Time to turn this baby on.
Wait! No-o-o!
Wow. Wow.
What's wrong?
It's beautiful.
Yes, but this is an interdimensional portal.
You didn't prepare for what could come through.
Oh, you mean like this thing?
THEY SCREAM
BOY GROANS
A-a-ah!
A-a-ah! Wa-a-ah!
Whee!
Get your greasy appendages out of my face!
Woohoo!
What are we going to do?!
You let a real scientist take charge!
You mean...
That's right. I'm back!
I'll return this beastie to its own dimension with science.
And science tells me I should double the polarity.
MACHINE HUMS
Note to Mouse - don't do that again!
Erm, well, if I recalibrate the nuclear battery,
it should freeze the tentacles.
MACHINE WHIRS
Ah! You froze me in a very unflattering pose!
Wait. I'm still thinking inside the box.
Maybe I need to think outside the box to find a solution.
THEY SCREAM
Hm, now what would I never do with my inventions?
Aha!
Mouse! Come on, Mouse! Get back here!
Don't leave us! Please! Please!
You coward! Aa-a-a-ah!
Let's hope this works.
BOY SCREAMS
Phew!
Wait, Mouse, did you just turn it off with the TV remote?
Yeah, because it made no scientific sense.
It should not have worked.
Ha! We all just got really lucky.
Then it's decided, routine and living outside the box
have their benefits but they should be balanced.
Life is like riding a bicycle.
Without balance, you will fall.
Hey, that's pretty profound, buddy.
Huh? I was just reading what was in my fortune cookie.
Hey...
..anyone seen Cat?
CHEESE GASPS
Last time I saw her,
she was surfing on that slimy slime thing.
ALL: Uh-oh.
CAT LAUGHS MANIACALLY
Oh.