1 00:00:01,802 --> 00:00:03,037 [bell rings] 2 00:00:03,104 --> 00:00:04,672 - [sighs] 3 00:00:04,738 --> 00:00:06,840 Hey, it's the last day before spring break, 4 00:00:06,907 --> 00:00:09,210 which means a week without Jenny, 5 00:00:09,277 --> 00:00:11,179 the girl of my dreams. 6 00:00:11,245 --> 00:00:13,581 She even comes with a cool magical halo effect. 7 00:00:13,647 --> 00:00:15,716 [shimmering tone] 8 00:00:15,783 --> 00:00:18,352 - Ahh, get them off! Get them off! 9 00:00:18,419 --> 00:00:19,987 - [grunting] 10 00:00:20,054 --> 00:00:23,557 - It's okay, kids. I've got my pigeon net. Ah. 11 00:00:24,258 --> 00:00:25,293 [birds squawking] 12 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:27,495 [rumbling, people screaming] 13 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:30,964 Perhaps we'll cut today's still life lesson short 14 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,167 and just watch some TV. 15 00:00:33,234 --> 00:00:34,935 - [sighs] You guys know me. 16 00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:38,306 I love when teachers put on educational videos, 17 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:40,641 but not during my favorite subject, art. 18 00:00:40,708 --> 00:00:42,676 I mean, I'd much rather be drawing right now-- 19 00:00:42,743 --> 00:00:44,878 [gasps] Oh, my sweet baby hyenas! 20 00:00:44,945 --> 00:00:46,614 NARRATOR: A disruptor is something, 21 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,084 or on this case, someone, who interferes with the structure 22 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:51,452 of the system it belongs to. 23 00:00:51,519 --> 00:00:53,721 One of nature's most reliable disruptors 24 00:00:53,787 --> 00:00:56,790 is the spotted hyena. 25 00:00:56,857 --> 00:00:59,059 And for the animal kingdom of Namibia, 26 00:00:59,127 --> 00:01:01,395 they are a big pain in the behind. 27 00:01:01,462 --> 00:01:02,463 [crunching] 28 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:04,165 [all scream] - Awesome! 29 00:01:04,232 --> 00:01:06,567 [upbeat music] 30 00:01:06,634 --> 00:01:08,969 * Don't wanna go to school today * 31 00:01:09,036 --> 00:01:11,705 * The sun is red hot, and I wanna play * 32 00:01:11,772 --> 00:01:14,342 * But if I get caught they'll make me pay * 33 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:16,144 * Detention again * 34 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:17,645 - * Big Nate, Big Nate * 35 00:01:17,711 --> 00:01:19,045 - * Math and social studies just ain't my thing * 36 00:01:19,113 --> 00:01:20,514 - * Big Nate, Big Nate * 37 00:01:20,581 --> 00:01:22,216 - * Rocking with my band is where I'm king * 38 00:01:22,283 --> 00:01:27,855 * Stealing the teacher's teeth or bailing on a test * 39 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,191 - * Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh * 40 00:01:30,258 --> 00:01:31,459 * Big Nate * 41 00:01:31,525 --> 00:01:33,127 [loud clang] 42 00:01:33,194 --> 00:01:34,495 [loud crash] 43 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:36,997 [bell ringing] 44 00:01:37,064 --> 00:01:37,931 ["Cum on Feel the Noize" playing] 45 00:01:37,997 --> 00:01:41,335 [all cheering] 46 00:01:41,402 --> 00:01:43,637 - Ohh, yeah! Spring break, baby! 47 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:44,905 You wanna come over tomorrow? 48 00:01:44,972 --> 00:01:46,707 I found a new fire ant hill in the backyard. 49 00:01:46,774 --> 00:01:48,842 Figured we could relocate it to Ellen's underwear drawer. 50 00:01:48,908 --> 00:01:51,179 - Can't. I'm heading on a road trip with the parentals. 51 00:01:51,245 --> 00:01:52,580 - We tried that once, 52 00:01:52,646 --> 00:01:54,515 but the motels in my dad's price range 53 00:01:54,582 --> 00:01:57,050 were a little sketchy. 54 00:01:57,116 --> 00:01:59,152 [door creaking] 55 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:00,154 [eerie music] 56 00:02:00,221 --> 00:02:01,989 [toilet flushing] 57 00:02:02,055 --> 00:02:03,624 [growls] 58 00:02:03,691 --> 00:02:05,559 - Did that rat just-- - Yeah. 59 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:06,994 And there's also a clown in the bed. 60 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:08,196 [eerie laughter] 61 00:02:08,262 --> 00:02:09,630 * * 62 00:02:09,697 --> 00:02:13,100 - We're more of a staycation kinda fam now. 63 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:14,568 So where are you guys headed? 64 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:16,603 - The "Highway to Hodag". 65 00:02:16,670 --> 00:02:18,772 Which is actually just a normal highway 66 00:02:18,839 --> 00:02:21,175 to Rhinelander, Wisconsin. 67 00:02:21,242 --> 00:02:22,643 - Oh. And what's a Hodag? 68 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:25,546 - Only a super cool ancient creature from the 1700s. 69 00:02:25,613 --> 00:02:26,714 - Huh? - Said to have 70 00:02:26,780 --> 00:02:27,948 the head of a frog, 71 00:02:28,015 --> 00:02:29,283 the grinning face of an elephant, 72 00:02:29,350 --> 00:02:31,084 and the back of a stegosaurus. 73 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:33,053 Legend tells of the Hodag roaming 74 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,923 the woods of Rhinelander to this very day. 75 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:37,425 - Ohh. 76 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:39,192 Oh, wow. 77 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:40,661 That sounds amazing. 78 00:02:40,728 --> 00:02:45,199 My family's never gone on a vacation as cool as that. 79 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:47,401 [sad music] 80 00:02:47,468 --> 00:02:49,703 [whimpering] 81 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:51,103 - Ah, I can't believe I'm saying this, 82 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:54,074 but, uh, you wanna come with us, Nate? 83 00:02:54,141 --> 00:02:57,110 - Whoa! Oh, I thought you'd never ask! 84 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:58,646 - [chuckles] 85 00:02:58,712 --> 00:03:02,149 all: * I've been workin' on the railroad * 86 00:03:02,216 --> 00:03:05,819 * All the live long day * 87 00:03:05,886 --> 00:03:08,556 - Hit us with that famous freestyle, Mrs. Pope. 88 00:03:08,622 --> 00:03:10,157 - My pleasure, Mr. Pope. 89 00:03:10,224 --> 00:03:12,826 * I'm Mrs. Pope and I fix up teeth * 90 00:03:12,893 --> 00:03:15,329 * I bring in the charm and I mean no harm * 91 00:03:15,396 --> 00:03:19,099 * I will not boss ya if you make sure to floss-uh * 92 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:22,370 * Working in the dentist's office all the live long day * 93 00:03:22,436 --> 00:03:24,272 - All right, fam. 94 00:03:24,338 --> 00:03:25,973 What's next on the schedge? 95 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:29,042 - Uh, looks like, "Give my Regards to Broadway," 96 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:30,311 by George M. Cohan. 97 00:03:30,378 --> 00:03:31,912 - Wow! So you guys plan out 98 00:03:31,978 --> 00:03:33,914 all of the songs for your trips? 99 00:03:33,981 --> 00:03:36,650 - Sure do. A mix for no family bickering 100 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:38,118 once we get on the road. 101 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:40,788 - And more time for fun. [beeping] 102 00:03:40,853 --> 00:03:44,358 Oh, honey, looks like it's almost my turn at the wheel. 103 00:03:44,425 --> 00:03:46,627 - And not a second too soon. 104 00:03:46,694 --> 00:03:48,896 Mama Pope has to drop off a package 105 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:50,598 in the little girls' room. 106 00:03:50,664 --> 00:03:52,366 [tires screech] 107 00:03:52,433 --> 00:03:54,735 - Ah, ahh, ohh, ohh. 108 00:03:54,802 --> 00:03:56,804 - Wow, you guys really figured it all out. 109 00:03:56,870 --> 00:03:58,372 I mean, even the car temperature 110 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:01,008 is set to a perfect 72 degrees, 111 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:03,076 with a slight breeze from the east. 112 00:04:03,143 --> 00:04:04,845 [wind gusts] 113 00:04:04,912 --> 00:04:07,515 - Yeah, but sometimes I wish we could be a little more 114 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:08,849 "go with the flow." [beeping] 115 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:10,818 Time for me to go to the bathroom now. 116 00:04:10,884 --> 00:04:13,987 [carnival music playing] 117 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:15,088 * * 118 00:04:15,155 --> 00:04:16,589 - Yeah-ha-ha! 119 00:04:16,656 --> 00:04:18,659 - Yeah! 120 00:04:18,726 --> 00:04:20,661 - Yeah! - Who's ready 121 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:24,031 to get their Hodag on? [all laugh] 122 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:26,934 - Haunted Hodag Hayride, folks. 123 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:32,340 Guaranteed to see a real Hodag, or you get a partial refund. 124 00:04:32,406 --> 00:04:34,808 - Whoo-hoo-hoo! - Whoa, a real-life Hodag! 125 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:37,110 This place is mind-blowingly cool. 126 00:04:37,177 --> 00:04:39,313 If only my dad could see me now. 127 00:04:39,380 --> 00:04:43,082 [razor buzzing] 128 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:44,284 - Huh? 129 00:04:44,352 --> 00:04:46,186 Ahh! 130 00:04:46,253 --> 00:04:48,589 - Ugh! So what should we do next? 131 00:04:48,656 --> 00:04:50,724 Grab some world famous Hodag hotdogs? 132 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:52,526 [all laughing] - Whatever. 133 00:04:52,593 --> 00:04:54,061 What's so funny? 134 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:57,865 - Lunch isn't slotted for another hour, ya goof. 135 00:04:57,931 --> 00:05:00,200 We still have 60 more minutes 136 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:01,869 of Hodagging before then. 137 00:05:01,935 --> 00:05:05,038 - Sweet! You know, I think I can really 138 00:05:05,105 --> 00:05:07,708 get behind this whole structured vacation thing. 139 00:05:07,775 --> 00:05:09,142 - Oh, we're like this at home, too. 140 00:05:09,209 --> 00:05:12,179 - Where you're welcome to join us any time, Nate. 141 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:14,748 Any time. Any time! 142 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:17,618 ["We Are Family" playing] 143 00:05:17,685 --> 00:05:19,286 - * We are family * 144 00:05:19,353 --> 00:05:21,422 * I've got all my sisters and me * 145 00:05:21,489 --> 00:05:22,590 - [laughing] 146 00:05:22,656 --> 00:05:24,492 - [growls] - [screams] 147 00:05:24,558 --> 00:05:26,760 - * We are family * 148 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:30,163 - [laughs] - [screams] 149 00:05:30,230 --> 00:05:34,101 - [grunting] - * We are family * 150 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:36,870 - [screams] [all laugh] 151 00:05:36,937 --> 00:05:39,907 - Best week of my life! 152 00:05:39,973 --> 00:05:43,243 [shutter clicks] - * We are family * 153 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:46,079 - Hey, Dad, uh, can you turn that thing off for a second? 154 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:47,481 I'm calling a family meeting. 155 00:05:47,548 --> 00:05:48,682 - It's a newspaper, son. 156 00:05:48,749 --> 00:05:49,717 You can't-- 157 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:51,784 Uh, sure I'll turn it off. 158 00:05:51,852 --> 00:05:52,886 Bleep, bloop, boop, boop. 159 00:05:52,953 --> 00:05:54,955 [imitates machine shutting down] 160 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:56,457 Ellen, family meeting! 161 00:05:56,524 --> 00:05:57,558 - Right here, Dad. [texting] 162 00:05:57,625 --> 00:05:58,726 - Okay, gang. 163 00:05:58,792 --> 00:06:01,695 I'm about to change our lives. 164 00:06:01,762 --> 00:06:03,397 I'm gonna teach you about... 165 00:06:03,464 --> 00:06:05,298 [imitating drum roll] 166 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:07,134 Structure! 167 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,737 - Okay, from the genius who tried to build a tree house 168 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:11,171 out of frozen waffles? 169 00:06:11,238 --> 00:06:12,773 - [laughs] Yes. 170 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:15,042 I wanna start scheduling our days more efficiently 171 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:17,244 and free up time for more fun. 172 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:20,514 That means you, Dad, need to plan ahead for dinner. 173 00:06:20,581 --> 00:06:21,915 - All right. I'll admit, 174 00:06:21,982 --> 00:06:24,317 soy sauce and crouton night wasn't my finest moment. 175 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:25,285 But I can plan. 176 00:06:25,352 --> 00:06:26,920 - Okay, great! 177 00:06:26,987 --> 00:06:29,923 Then as orderly and organized as possible, let's eat and have 178 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:31,124 ourselves a movie night. 179 00:06:31,191 --> 00:06:32,893 - You're on! 180 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,295 Now, if you mix the different cereals together, 181 00:06:35,362 --> 00:06:37,731 you get a whole new flavor experience every night. 182 00:06:37,798 --> 00:06:41,334 Observe: [munching] 183 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:42,670 - I'm going to my room. 184 00:06:46,373 --> 00:06:48,175 NARRATOR: While the antelope's long legs 185 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:50,611 may help them jump high, they are ill-prepared 186 00:06:50,678 --> 00:06:52,212 for the inexorable ambush. 187 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,582 - Notice the efficiency of planning. 188 00:06:54,648 --> 00:06:56,817 Instead of scrolling through the channel guide for hours, 189 00:06:56,884 --> 00:06:58,486 I picked something we can all enjoy. 190 00:06:58,552 --> 00:07:01,989 NARRATOR: Watch, now, as the enraged predators pounce. 191 00:07:02,055 --> 00:07:03,891 [animals growling] [fighting efforts] 192 00:07:03,957 --> 00:07:05,793 - It's my turn with the-- - [grunts] 193 00:07:05,859 --> 00:07:09,196 I am the Remote King! 194 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:10,063 - [screams] 195 00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:11,198 [crashing] - Ow! 196 00:07:11,264 --> 00:07:13,000 [groaning] 197 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:15,035 Why don't we just turn off the TV? 198 00:07:15,102 --> 00:07:17,270 Uh, let's, like, enjoy a family activity. 199 00:07:17,337 --> 00:07:19,473 Like, I don't know, a--a puzzle? 200 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:23,243 [both laugh] 201 00:07:28,148 --> 00:07:29,316 - I'm moving in with the Popes! 202 00:07:29,382 --> 00:07:30,350 - Okay, son. 203 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:31,685 Hey, bring back ice cream. 204 00:07:31,752 --> 00:07:32,853 - Maybe forever. 205 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:34,555 As in, like, you know, permanently. 206 00:07:34,622 --> 00:07:36,123 - See if they have mint chip, 'kay? 207 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:38,859 - Uh, and Mr. Eustis is dropping off Spitsy later. 208 00:07:38,926 --> 00:07:41,128 He's going to a polka festival in Orlando. 209 00:07:41,194 --> 00:07:43,430 - Ahh, the Paris of the South. 210 00:07:43,497 --> 00:07:44,932 - Yeah, oui, oui. 211 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:47,568 [slams door] 212 00:07:47,635 --> 00:07:49,603 Imagine all the awesomeness that being organized 213 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:50,638 is gonna bring me. 214 00:07:50,704 --> 00:07:52,372 I'll get Godfrey off my back. 215 00:07:54,174 --> 00:07:55,676 [shimmering tone] 216 00:07:55,743 --> 00:07:59,146 I'll become internationally recognized for my art. 217 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:02,282 Then I can build that awesome backyard theme park 218 00:08:02,349 --> 00:08:04,852 I've always dreamed of. [crashing] 219 00:08:04,918 --> 00:08:06,554 - Yah-hoo! 220 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:08,889 NARRATOR: In rare instances, when rejected by its own herd, 221 00:08:08,956 --> 00:08:11,291 a hyena may look to enter a new species' domain. 222 00:08:11,358 --> 00:08:13,326 [doorbell dings] - Oh, hi Nate. 223 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:14,628 Back so soon? 224 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:16,964 - You said I was welcome at any time, right? 225 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:18,699 - Oh, yes, we did. 226 00:08:18,766 --> 00:08:19,967 Come on in, pal. 227 00:08:20,033 --> 00:08:23,070 [easygoing music] 228 00:08:23,136 --> 00:08:24,605 - Hey what's that, Mrs. Pope? 229 00:08:24,672 --> 00:08:27,374 - The official Pope Family Activities Schedule. 230 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,409 Or as we call it PFAS. 231 00:08:29,476 --> 00:08:30,711 - You penciling in some fun? 232 00:08:30,778 --> 00:08:32,511 - We sort of pencil in everything. 233 00:08:32,580 --> 00:08:34,782 - Everything goes on the schedule, Nate. 234 00:08:34,847 --> 00:08:39,486 Francis, you've got a toenail clipping session in 45 seconds. 235 00:08:39,553 --> 00:08:40,953 - Okay, I get it. 236 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:44,024 We can do anything as long as it's on the schedule. 237 00:08:44,091 --> 00:08:45,859 - "The schedule is law. 238 00:08:45,926 --> 00:08:47,060 PFAS for life." 239 00:08:47,127 --> 00:08:49,096 That's our motto, Nate. 240 00:08:49,162 --> 00:08:51,464 - Hmm. 241 00:08:51,531 --> 00:08:53,300 - Where's Nate? Isn't this his dog? 242 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,102 - Ugh, no. 243 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:56,870 It's Mr. Eustis's dog. 244 00:08:56,937 --> 00:08:58,939 We're dog sitting, don't you remember? 245 00:08:59,006 --> 00:09:00,407 [squeaks] 246 00:09:01,909 --> 00:09:03,911 - He left us his garage door opener? 247 00:09:03,977 --> 00:09:05,445 Well, that's weird. 248 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:08,616 Well, you must be hungry, boy. 249 00:09:08,682 --> 00:09:10,651 Is this your food or your medicine? 250 00:09:10,718 --> 00:09:12,820 - Uh, I think it's food. 251 00:09:12,886 --> 00:09:16,223 This stuff is written in like, well, it's--it's in English. 252 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:17,758 It's just really boring. 253 00:09:17,825 --> 00:09:20,060 - [muttering] Chocolate diddley, yada, yada. 254 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:22,229 Ah, we'll figure it out. 255 00:09:22,295 --> 00:09:24,297 - Huh? - Now does the medicine go 256 00:09:24,364 --> 00:09:26,399 in the front door or the back porch? 257 00:09:26,466 --> 00:09:28,568 - Can we just, like, assume it's his mouth? 258 00:09:28,636 --> 00:09:31,104 - Okay. But for the record, I was game. 259 00:09:31,171 --> 00:09:32,706 Wow, this thing's on tight. 260 00:09:32,773 --> 00:09:34,474 - Ugh, here. - Okay, you hold I pull. 261 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:36,209 - Let me-- - One, two-- 262 00:09:36,276 --> 00:09:39,212 [dramatic music] 263 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:40,614 * * 264 00:09:40,681 --> 00:09:44,985 Ahh, ooh! - [screams] 265 00:09:45,052 --> 00:09:47,320 [swallows, retches] 266 00:09:47,387 --> 00:09:50,057 [vomits] 267 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:51,625 - Uh, hey, Dad? 268 00:09:51,692 --> 00:09:53,761 When was the last time that you saw Spitsy? 269 00:09:53,827 --> 00:09:56,129 - Well, now that you mention it, I have no idea. 270 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:57,798 This morning, maybe? [dog howling in distance] 271 00:09:57,865 --> 00:10:00,167 Uh-oh. Sounds like old Spits 272 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:01,902 fell down the well again. [laughs] 273 00:10:01,969 --> 00:10:04,938 - We don't have a well, Dad. - Hmm. 274 00:10:05,005 --> 00:10:06,539 Spitsy! 275 00:10:08,842 --> 00:10:10,778 - What's on the schedge, fam? [all exclaim] 276 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:13,480 - Oh, we were just enjoying some downtime, Nate. 277 00:10:13,546 --> 00:10:15,315 - Oh, that's weird. 278 00:10:15,382 --> 00:10:17,084 I don't see "downtime" on here. 279 00:10:17,150 --> 00:10:20,587 [tense music] 280 00:10:20,654 --> 00:10:22,422 You guys up for an activity? - Ahh! 281 00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:23,891 [plate shatters] Ugh. 282 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:27,661 Uh, well, I'll be gluing this plate back together now 283 00:10:27,728 --> 00:10:29,496 if you'd like to join me. 284 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:31,098 - Yeah, that sounds like fun. 285 00:10:31,164 --> 00:10:35,035 Ah! 286 00:10:35,102 --> 00:10:37,370 Wow, I'm gonna need a lot of glue. 287 00:10:37,437 --> 00:10:39,506 - [chuckling nervously] 288 00:10:40,507 --> 00:10:41,909 Oh, hey, Francis! - Ahh! 289 00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:43,343 - What's next on the old schedge? 290 00:10:43,410 --> 00:10:44,611 I'm bored. 291 00:10:44,678 --> 00:10:47,114 [dog barking in distance] 292 00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:49,516 [phone ringing] 293 00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:50,918 - We've looked everywhere! 294 00:10:50,984 --> 00:10:52,753 - It's like he's inside the house 295 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:55,488 but also somehow outside the house. 296 00:10:55,555 --> 00:10:57,257 - [gasps] 297 00:10:57,324 --> 00:10:58,558 What are you doing, Dad? 298 00:10:58,625 --> 00:10:59,827 - I think he must be in the walls. 299 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:01,194 It's the only logical explanation. 300 00:11:01,261 --> 00:11:03,731 - Okay, but I mean, isn't there a better way to-- 301 00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:06,499 [grumbles] 302 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:09,002 [rooster crows] - Uh, another 303 00:11:09,069 --> 00:11:10,370 beautiful morning. 304 00:11:10,437 --> 00:11:11,872 [all exclaim] 305 00:11:11,939 --> 00:11:14,141 - [slurping] 306 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:16,476 - Oh, uh, hi there, Nate. 307 00:11:16,543 --> 00:11:18,411 - I know what you've all been thinking. 308 00:11:18,478 --> 00:11:21,414 "We don't have time to schedule everything for Nate." 309 00:11:21,481 --> 00:11:25,052 Well, lucky for you, I took the planning into my own hands. 310 00:11:25,118 --> 00:11:26,419 [clanking] 311 00:11:26,486 --> 00:11:28,188 From now on, every minute of every day 312 00:11:28,255 --> 00:11:29,823 will be scheduled by me. 313 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:31,859 - He can't do that. Can he do that? 314 00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:34,594 - There's no rules against it in the Pope Family Charter. 315 00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:38,899 - Come on Popes, we've got some fun to get through. 316 00:11:38,966 --> 00:11:41,401 The game: "Floor is Lava." 317 00:11:41,468 --> 00:11:46,807 - Okay. So our engineered hardwood floor is hot lava? 318 00:11:46,874 --> 00:11:48,608 - Oh, yeah. So you better not fall in. 319 00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:50,110 - What happens if we do? 320 00:11:50,177 --> 00:11:52,645 - Well, when you do, your skin will be scorched 321 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:54,381 and it'll, like, sluff off. 322 00:11:54,447 --> 00:11:55,682 You're gonna need a lot of grafting. 323 00:11:55,749 --> 00:11:56,649 It's pretty horrific. 324 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:59,052 [all scream] 325 00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:00,320 Ready? Go! 326 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:02,155 [rock music] 327 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:03,891 - Ahh! 328 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:06,159 - Uhh! 329 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:07,127 - Ohh. - [sighs] 330 00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:09,863 - [grumbles] - [laughs] 331 00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:12,432 - Okay, so, uh, what's the play here, Fran Fran? 332 00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:14,367 Jump, or drown? - [whimpering] 333 00:12:14,434 --> 00:12:16,904 - Either way, you know, the options aren't 334 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:18,471 looking that great from here. 335 00:12:18,538 --> 00:12:21,041 - Uh, Nate, can we take a break? 336 00:12:21,108 --> 00:12:21,975 [sighs] 337 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:23,176 [grunts] - I'll tell you 338 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:24,744 when it's break time. [beeping] 339 00:12:24,812 --> 00:12:26,346 - Begin break time. 340 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:27,714 - Okay, it's break time. 341 00:12:29,116 --> 00:12:32,219 Yah! [panting] 342 00:12:32,285 --> 00:12:33,486 Aren't you guys gonna join? 343 00:12:33,553 --> 00:12:34,988 all: Uhh-- 344 00:12:35,055 --> 00:12:37,024 Come on, guys! It's on the schedule! 345 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,626 I mean, seriously, it's like I understand 346 00:12:39,692 --> 00:12:41,761 the Pope family laws better than they do. 347 00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:44,898 Now, I have adjusted the schedule 348 00:12:44,965 --> 00:12:46,900 such that everyone in the house is allocated 349 00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:48,601 ten minutes in the shower... 350 00:12:48,668 --> 00:12:50,337 - Oh, I mean, that doesn't seem so bad. 351 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:51,371 - Combined. 352 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:52,705 - And there it is. 353 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:55,408 [struggling efforts] 354 00:12:55,475 --> 00:12:57,978 - Well done, Popes. Well done. 355 00:12:58,045 --> 00:13:00,280 - Aren't you gonna go next, Nate? 356 00:13:00,347 --> 00:13:01,681 - Oh, no, no, no, no, no. 357 00:13:01,748 --> 00:13:03,583 I only bathe during the full moon. 358 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:05,819 For reasons I simply cannot go into. 359 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:09,589 - [yawns] 360 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:14,862 [crashing] 361 00:13:18,498 --> 00:13:21,401 Huh, that's weird. 362 00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:22,903 [gasps] 363 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:28,608 [dog howling in distance] 364 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:30,510 - It's like the dog just vanished. 365 00:13:30,577 --> 00:13:32,012 Poof, gone. 366 00:13:32,079 --> 00:13:34,081 And where is Nate, for Pete's sake? 367 00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:35,915 - I think he said something about moving in with the Popes. 368 00:13:35,983 --> 00:13:37,317 But I mean, that can't be right, can it? 369 00:13:37,384 --> 00:13:40,253 - No! Where is he? 370 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,754 [crashing] 371 00:13:43,056 --> 00:13:45,492 [muttering] - Dad, what are you doing now? 372 00:13:45,558 --> 00:13:48,795 - What if Spitsy left our version of perceived reality, 373 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:50,630 in hopes of getting Nate back? 374 00:13:50,697 --> 00:13:52,165 We could be dealing with an auxiliary 375 00:13:52,232 --> 00:13:53,800 plane of existence here. 376 00:13:53,867 --> 00:13:57,437 Our home may contain a portal to another dimension. 377 00:13:57,504 --> 00:13:59,072 - Uhh, hold that thought. 378 00:13:59,139 --> 00:14:01,541 All right, remember what your therapist, Dr. Freudeline says, 379 00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:04,611 "Meet your bonkers family members at their own level. 380 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:06,980 Only then can you hope to help them." 381 00:14:07,047 --> 00:14:09,983 Okay, Dad, let's find the entrance to that portal 382 00:14:10,050 --> 00:14:12,585 or my baby brother and the neighbor's weird dog 383 00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:15,822 could be stuck in outer space forever. 384 00:14:15,889 --> 00:14:18,625 [phone ringing] 385 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:19,960 Nate? - [indistinct chatter] 386 00:14:20,027 --> 00:14:22,829 - Oh, hi! Mr. Eustis! 387 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:24,597 - [indistinct chatter] - You're on your way back 388 00:14:24,664 --> 00:14:26,399 from Orlando? Okay. 389 00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:28,135 - [indistinct chatter] - It was less humid 390 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:30,103 than you hoped, okay. - [indistinct chatter] 391 00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:33,073 - You'll be back tomorrow? [laughs] Okay. 392 00:14:34,841 --> 00:14:36,809 - I think something's really wrong with him. 393 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,578 - Uh, you don't say. 394 00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:41,848 - He's destroying our lives, Son. 395 00:14:41,915 --> 00:14:45,585 - I want that boy out of my house. 396 00:14:45,652 --> 00:14:47,654 [intense music] 397 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,522 [all gasp] 398 00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:51,824 - [humming] - Um, hey, Nate? 399 00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:58,731 - I prefer Nathaniel. 400 00:14:58,798 --> 00:15:00,833 - Help! That not me out there! 401 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,870 Get me outta here! Please! 402 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:07,774 [thunder rumbling] 403 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,011 - [snoring] 404 00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:15,748 Porcupines go next to the puppets 405 00:15:15,815 --> 00:15:18,651 so they can stay in alphabetical order. 406 00:15:18,718 --> 00:15:20,553 - [snoring] 407 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:27,760 * * 408 00:15:31,231 --> 00:15:33,433 [rumbling] 409 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:37,004 [gasping, panting] 410 00:15:37,070 --> 00:15:39,539 - [laughs] I'm free! 411 00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:43,376 I'm free! [gasping] 412 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:44,544 [inhaler hisses] 413 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:47,480 [doorbell dings] 414 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:48,915 [gasps] - Hi, there. 415 00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:51,184 - We're about to bend the very fabric of reality. 416 00:15:51,251 --> 00:15:53,386 So I can't buy any Girl Scout cookies right now. 417 00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:55,088 - Umm-- 418 00:15:55,155 --> 00:15:58,091 [dog barking in distance] 419 00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:02,795 Mr. Wright, it's me Francis. 420 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:04,231 - Francis, come in. 421 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:06,633 And actually, I would like some Girl Scout cookies. 422 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:09,669 - Mr. Wright, I have a plan to get both of our families back. 423 00:16:09,736 --> 00:16:10,970 But I'm gonna need your help. 424 00:16:11,038 --> 00:16:12,939 - [gasps] Ahh! 425 00:16:13,006 --> 00:16:14,407 You can bring Nate back to us? 426 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:17,477 - I'm desperate to bring Nate back to you. 427 00:16:17,544 --> 00:16:18,778 Ahh! - Great Scott. 428 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:20,480 This drawing is a cry for help. 429 00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:21,614 Ellen, come down here! 430 00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:25,118 - [grunts] 431 00:16:25,185 --> 00:16:28,121 - Look, proof that Nate's alive! 432 00:16:28,188 --> 00:16:30,257 - [gasps] 433 00:16:30,323 --> 00:16:34,694 If this is Nate's art, then where is Spitsy, hm? Hmm? 434 00:16:34,761 --> 00:16:36,396 - I don't know where the dog is, 435 00:16:36,463 --> 00:16:37,797 but I bet Nate does. 436 00:16:37,864 --> 00:16:39,399 - Take us to him. - Okay. 437 00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:41,834 But I need something from your house before we go. 438 00:16:46,573 --> 00:16:49,509 [rock music] 439 00:16:49,576 --> 00:16:51,644 * * 440 00:16:51,711 --> 00:16:54,114 - I really hope you're right about this. 441 00:16:54,181 --> 00:16:59,386 * * 442 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:01,221 all: Hm. 443 00:17:01,288 --> 00:17:03,756 - Holy smokes. Is that my son? 444 00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:06,358 - A--a little more to the right, old chaps. 445 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:08,627 Oh, hello, former family. 446 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:10,863 Once the backyard amusement park is completed 447 00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:12,531 and our artisanal frozen juice sticks 448 00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:14,101 have been artisanally frozen, 449 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:16,903 we will enjoy said artisanally frozen juice sticks. 450 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:19,339 Then, allow 30 minutes of digestion 451 00:17:19,406 --> 00:17:20,973 prior to mounting our roller coaster. 452 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,011 Then, and only then, we shall dine on chocolate lasagna. 453 00:17:25,078 --> 00:17:27,314 - [whimpering] 454 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,015 Help me. 455 00:17:29,082 --> 00:17:31,451 - You guys ready? 456 00:17:31,518 --> 00:17:34,521 - I said to the right, you unlicked gibbon. 457 00:17:34,587 --> 00:17:35,655 [struggling efforts] 458 00:17:35,722 --> 00:17:38,225 I say, take your filthy hands off me! 459 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:41,261 This is not on the schedule! 460 00:17:41,328 --> 00:17:42,995 [grunts] 461 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:45,198 What is this rudimentary rubbish? 462 00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:47,400 Whose prints are these? 463 00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:49,502 - This is your art, Nate. 464 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:51,138 You drew this stuff. 465 00:17:51,204 --> 00:17:55,041 - I--I who--who is Nate? 466 00:17:55,108 --> 00:17:57,110 Some kind of naive expressionists? 467 00:17:57,177 --> 00:17:58,778 - It's you. You're Nate. 468 00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:00,413 And we want your old self back. 469 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,383 This weird, super realistic art with a British accent, 470 00:18:03,450 --> 00:18:04,784 it's not you! 471 00:18:04,851 --> 00:18:06,253 - Huh? 472 00:18:06,319 --> 00:18:09,256 [dramatic music] 473 00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:10,990 * * 474 00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:13,226 [blubbering] 475 00:18:13,293 --> 00:18:15,162 [eerie music] 476 00:18:15,228 --> 00:18:18,431 - Uh, guys, what's happening with Nate? 477 00:18:18,498 --> 00:18:20,200 - Oh, I'm trying to get out! 478 00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:22,435 Ahh! 479 00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:23,903 Ooh! 480 00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:30,009 ANNOUNCER: Big Nate versus Nathaniel! 481 00:18:30,076 --> 00:18:32,445 Three, two, one. 482 00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:34,247 - Hmm. - Uh, what's going on? 483 00:18:34,314 --> 00:18:35,615 ANNOUNCER: Fight! 484 00:18:35,682 --> 00:18:36,749 [video game music] 485 00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:39,219 - Ah, ah, ahh! Ahh! 486 00:18:39,286 --> 00:18:43,089 * * 487 00:18:43,156 --> 00:18:45,057 [screams] 488 00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:50,363 - Huh? 489 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:52,899 - [grumbling] 490 00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:55,134 - Huh--ahh! 491 00:18:55,202 --> 00:18:58,538 * * 492 00:18:58,605 --> 00:19:00,273 [gasps] 493 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:02,342 * * 494 00:19:02,409 --> 00:19:04,143 [screams] 495 00:19:04,211 --> 00:19:06,179 Uh! Yah! 496 00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:07,247 - [laughs] 497 00:19:07,314 --> 00:19:08,781 - Ugh, that does it. 498 00:19:08,848 --> 00:19:10,417 Hey, wait a second. 499 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:16,155 * * 500 00:19:16,223 --> 00:19:17,524 - [grumbles] 501 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:20,693 - Now part of your complete breakfast. 502 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:25,332 * * 503 00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:26,533 ANNOUNCER: Whoops. 504 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:28,935 Out of cereal. 505 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:31,404 - Should have planned ahead for that. 506 00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:32,605 * * 507 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,342 - [whimpering] 508 00:19:35,408 --> 00:19:36,443 [beeping] 509 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:37,544 [gasps] 510 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:38,778 [beeping] 511 00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:40,112 [explosion booms] [screams] 512 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:41,180 [grunts] 513 00:19:41,248 --> 00:19:47,520 * * 514 00:19:49,055 --> 00:19:50,623 [clang] 515 00:19:54,761 --> 00:19:56,563 - Please, Nate. 516 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:57,664 Come back to us. 517 00:19:57,730 --> 00:20:00,667 - The world needs your awesomeness, 518 00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:03,236 [echoing] awesomeness, awesomeness. 519 00:20:03,303 --> 00:20:07,440 - They need my awesomeness! 520 00:20:07,507 --> 00:20:09,476 Huh? Ooh. 521 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,011 - [laughs] 522 00:20:12,078 --> 00:20:17,116 Stopping you is all too easy when I follow the plan! 523 00:20:17,183 --> 00:20:18,285 [crashing] Huh? 524 00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:20,553 - Try and plan for this! 525 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:22,589 - Huh? 526 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:26,158 - It's bed time, Schedule Boy. 527 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:29,228 - No! 528 00:20:35,635 --> 00:20:37,770 - Uh, what-- 529 00:20:37,837 --> 00:20:39,739 What--what's going on? 530 00:20:39,806 --> 00:20:41,408 - Nate's back? 531 00:20:41,474 --> 00:20:43,343 Nate's back! 532 00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:44,577 - We've always got your back! - Oh, I missed you! 533 00:20:44,644 --> 00:20:45,845 Oh, I love you so much! 534 00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:47,314 Nate, don't leave me again! 535 00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:49,616 - Okay, seriously, you have to leave now. 536 00:20:49,682 --> 00:20:52,619 [light music] 537 00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:53,920 * * 538 00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:56,523 - Ahh, home sweet home. 539 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:57,990 - And not a second too soon. 540 00:20:58,057 --> 00:21:00,327 Son, there's no easy way for me to tell you this, 541 00:21:00,393 --> 00:21:03,029 but we lost Spitsy to an alternate universe. 542 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:05,197 - Uh, are you sure about that? 543 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:08,167 - I've never been more certain of anything in my entire life. 544 00:21:08,234 --> 00:21:11,738 - [sniffing] 545 00:21:11,804 --> 00:21:13,105 [barking in distance] - Huh? 546 00:21:13,172 --> 00:21:15,408 * * 547 00:21:15,475 --> 00:21:16,709 [high-pitched whistling] 548 00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:18,645 - [howls] - [laughs] 549 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:19,812 I missed you too, buddy! 550 00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:21,748 [laughs] That's a good dog. 551 00:21:21,814 --> 00:21:23,082 Yes, boy. - We thought that thing 552 00:21:23,149 --> 00:21:25,084 was the neighbor's garage door opener. 553 00:21:25,151 --> 00:21:27,320 - Nope. I told you to follow the instructions, didn't I? 554 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:29,088 - Please don't leave us again, Nate. 555 00:21:29,155 --> 00:21:31,524 I'll buy groceries. Ellen will be nicer to you, 556 00:21:31,591 --> 00:21:33,259 won't you, honey? - Probably not. 557 00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:35,762 But the point is, Dad really went off the rails this week, 558 00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:38,398 and it was honestly pretty scary. 559 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:39,466 - Mm-hmm. 560 00:21:39,532 --> 00:21:40,600 - Okay, okay. 561 00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:42,769 So what you're both saying is-- 562 00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:44,036 - I need help-- - You missed me! 563 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:45,638 - I never said that. - Don't embellish, Nate. 564 00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:48,708 NARRATOR: And so, you see, nature can be quite cruel. 565 00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:49,976 It knows no pity. 566 00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:52,211 It can leave its victims shaken. 567 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:53,413 [all sigh] 568 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:57,183 - We're safe. It's going to be okay. 569 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:59,852 NARRATOR: But in the end, balance is always 570 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:02,188 restored in the animal kingdom. 571 00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:04,791 [animal howling] 572 00:22:09,696 --> 00:22:12,699 [intense electronic music] 573 00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:19,672 * * 574 00:22:35,822 --> 00:22:38,491 * *