Transcript for Seize the Cheese[]
(Scene: The park. An autumn leaf falls into a leaf pile.)
Narrator: Autumn is here. The first day of the fall season, and everybody's outside, savoring the beautiful weather.
(Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making guy happily bursts out of the leaf pile. A policewoman glares at him, and he looks disappointed.)
(Scene: The Botsford residence. Bob longingly looks out the window, then sulks on the couch, where Becky is playing a video game and TJ is watching.)
Narrator: Becky, don't you want to go outside?
Becky: Can't talk now. I'm playing the new Pretty Princess and Magic Pony Power Hour video game. (Bob squeaks in frustration and leaves.)
Narrator: So you're just gonna sit there all day and play a video game?
Becky: Uh-huh.
Mr. Botsford: Becky, TJ, are you still playing that Pretty Princess game?
TJ: Huh? No! I was just looking at the screen and thinking about how fun this game is-- isn't.
Mr. Botsford: Well, good news, because we are going out of the house, and we're going hiking in the woods! (Mrs. Botsford joins him with a walking stick.)
Becky: Yeah, have fun.
Tim: Becky, don't you want to savor this wonderful weather by spending the day outside?
Becky: I am outside. In the magical land of Sparkletopia. (Her game character dodges an attack.) Whoa!
Mrs. Botsford: Honey, seize that controller.
Mr. Botsford: I'm on it, dear.
(Mr. Botsford jumps into the air and does several flips. TJ runs out of the way.)
Becky: Nooooo! (Mr. Botsford falls to the ground next to her, then gets up and starts tugging on the controller. She gets a game over and lets go.) Aww!
Mr. Botsford: Sorry, Becky. It's time to go outside.
(Mr. Botsford opens the door, and Becky is briefly blinded by the light. Birds can be heard outside. Becky groans as she follows her family outside.)
Narrator: Come on, Becky. On a day like today, everyone should be outside!
(Cut to Dr. Two-Brains' prison cell. Dr. Two-Brains is scratching mouse pictures on the wall.)
Narrator: Well, everyone except the criminals in the city jail, heh.
Dr. Two-Brains: (groans) It has been seven long days since I was seized by WordGirl and locked in this jail! (sits on his bed) Luckily, I've been able to secretly work on this: (takes out a raygun that looks like a yellow magnet) my latest invention, a magnet that attracts cheese! When I turn it on, it will seize cheese from all over the city and bring it right to me! (The sound of a pick is audible in the background.) Now to just flip-- What is that annoying bink, bink, bink sound? (The camera moves to his henchmen, who have just dug their way into the cell. Dr. Two-Brains gasps happily.) Ohh!
(Cut to Warden Chalmers, who is distracted by a video game. After this, cut to outside the prison, where Dr. Two-Brains and his henchmen emerge from the hole.)
Dr. Two-Brains: Phew. Great work, men! Now, let's fire up this new invention and spend the rest of the day seizing all the cheese in town!
Unnamed Henchman: Um, boss? Before you do that, we were thinking... (While he speaks, Charlie presses a button on a remote, sending down a ladder from Dr. Two-Brains' blimp.) Since we broke you out of jail and all, maybe today you'd let us do what we want.
Dr. Two-Brains: (climbs the ladder) You know what? You fellows have earned it. Tell me, what would you like to do today?
Unnamed Henchman: We want to go apple picking.
Dr. Two-Brains: (with false enthusiasm) Ooh, apple picking! (bluntly) No.
Unnamed Henchman: But boss, it's the best way to savor a beautiful day like today! You go around picking apples off of trees.
Dr. Two-Brains: (stares at the unnamed henchman for a few seconds) Yeah, then what?
Unnamed Henchman: Well, then you eat them.
Dr. Two-Brains: Hey, you sound what that sounds like? Boredom!
(Charlie, on the verge of tears, runs away from the blimp's controls.)
Unnamed Henchman: But boss, you said...
Dr. Two-Brains: Yes, I know what I said... Let's go apple picking.
Unnamed Henchman: Yeah! (Charlie returns to the controls.)
(Scene: The forest. As the blimp flies overhead, Becky sulks by the Botsford family car. Bob is next to her, looking annoyed.)
Narrator: Meanwhile, on the hiking trail... It looks like someone else isn't too thrilled about the plan for the day.
Mr. Botsford: Who's ready to go hiking?
Mrs. Botsford and TJ: We are!
Mr. Botsford: (imitates a buzzer) Wrong answer! You see, none of us are ready without our supplies. We can't go hiking in the woods without them. Fortunately, I've packed this bag... (struggles to pull the huge bag out of the car trunk) with everything... we could possibly... need. (The bag falls on his foot, and he yelps.) Sweet creamy pumpkin pie! The bag is on my toe.
Mrs. Botsford: Oh, sweetie!
(Mrs. Botsford and TJ struggle to lift the bag off Mr. Botsford. On the other side of it, an annoyed Becky lifts it with one hand.)
Mr. Botsford: Whew!
Becky: Dad, what's in here?
Mr. Botsford: All the essentials: bug spray, suntan lotion, extra socks, tool chest, turkey sandwiches, patio furniture, bowling ball. (He grabs one of the sandwiches just before Bob is able to bite down on it.) Sorry, Bob, but I'm gonna have to seize that sandwich from you. You'll get to savor this delicious sandwich when we get to our picnic spot just five short miles up the trail! Everyone grab a handle, and away we... (He and his family struggle to move the bag.) Woo-hoo-hoo! Very heavy!
(Scene: The apple orchard. Dr. Two-Brains is standing on a ladder, looking at an apple on a tree.)
Narrator: Meanwhile, at the orchard, Dr. Two-Brains is about to pick his very first apple.
Dr. Two-Brains: (groans) How does this thing work? (The unnamed henchman makes a grabbing motion with his hand.) Grab hold of it. (picks the apple off the branch and holds it aloft triumphantly) Pick.
Unnamed Henchman: Good going! (Charlie applauds Dr. Two-Brains.)
Dr. Two-Brains: You know, fellas, I was completely wrong. This is even more boring than I thought! (throws the apple away)
Unnamed Henchman: What have you got against apples?
Dr. Two-Brains: I like cheese. Only cheese! And apples have nothing to do with cheese! How do you like them apples?
(A farmer pops out of the apple tree.)
Farmer: Well well, it sounds like somebody has never savored the taste of the tastiest snack in the world: apples and cheese! (holds up a plate of sliced apples and cheese cubes)
Dr. Two-Brains: Apples and cheese?
Farmer: (laughs) Mmm, mmm! (holds out the plate as Dr. Two-Brains and the unnamed henchman approach) Just wait until you savor this tasty treat. Here.
Dr. Two-Brains: Why, thank you. (eats a handful of cheese and apples) Mmm. (His pupils turn to apples as the background turns into images of cheese and apples.) Cheese! Oh my word, this changes everything! I must have more. Lots more! We've got tons of apples. Now we just need to go get tons of cheese!
Unnamed Henchman: Boss, you promised we'd spend today picking apples.
Dr. Two-Brains: Well, that doesn't matter 'cause now I have the power to make the cheese come to me! (takes out his magnet gun)
Farmer: Oh, well, what's that?
Dr. Two-Brains: Wherever there's cheese, it will seize that cheese and bring it to me! Seize cheese. (gasps) That's what I call it, the Cheese Seizer! Hail Cheese Seizer! (to his henchmen) You know what the word "seize" means, right?
Unnamed Henchman: Uh...
Dr. Two-Brains: Yeah, I'll tell you. The word "seize" means to take something and capture it. This device seizes cheese, therefore I'm calling it the Cheese Seizer. We all on the same page now? (The henchmen shrug.) Cheese Seizer, seize the cheese!
(Dr. Two-Brains laughs maniacally and activates the Cheese Seizer. It attracts cheese from Sammy Sub's head, a young boy's grilled cheese sandwich, the Federal Cheese Reserve, the grocery store, and the sandwich shop.)
(Scene: The forest. The Botsfords, excepting Becky, are struggling to pull Mr. Botsford's bag.)
Mr. Botsford: Pull, family, pull! We're making great progress!
Becky: (carries Bob away and sits down on a log) Mom, dad, don't you think there are more relaxing ways to spend the day?
Mr. Botsford: By doing what, Becky? Playing video games?
Becky: That is one of many options.
Mr. Botsford: Young lady, we are staying on this hike no matter what.
(A mass of floating cheese knocks Becky over. Bob grabs some to eat.)
Becky: What was that?
Mr. Botsford: Becky, what is it now?
Becky: I'm pretty sure I just saw a flying piece of cheese.
Mrs. Botsford: Oh, Becky. Flying cheese? Oh, you'll say anything to get off this hike, won't you? (chuckles)
Mr. Botsford: Come on, Becky, let's get moving.
Becky: (Another piece of cheese hits her in the head.) Bob, you know where there's cheese, there's Dr. Two-Brains. (thinks for a second, then gasps) Bob! I know what we can do. I'll stay here, and you'll go find Dr. Two-Brains and stop him on your own. (Bob looks unenthused.)
Mr. Botsford: Becky.
Becky: Gotta go, Bob, good luck!
(Becky runs away, and Bob glares after her. She comes back to put him on a floating cheese wheel, then goes to help her family with the backpack. As Bob rides the floating cheese wheel, he puts on his superhero outfit. He finds his balance and starts to enjoy the ride, using the wheel as a hoverboard. He shows off to the townspeople.)
Man: Yeah.
(Scene: The apple orchard. Dr. Two-Brains, sitting on a large ball of cheese, grabs a floating piece of cheese and eats it. Underneath him, Charlie struggles to hold the Cheese Seizer.)
Dr. Two-Brains: Mmm! Mmm, mmm, mmm! Oh, cheese Louise, this is the best day ever! Snacking has never been easier. (tries to grab the cheese wheel Captain Huggy Face is riding on, then screams) Good heavens, there's a monkey on my cheese!
Unnamed Henchman: It's Captain Huggy Face!
Dr. Two-Brains: Uh-oh. This can only mean one thing: WordGirl! (Captain Huggy Face smiles and wags his finger.) No? Well, then who's gonna stop me? (Captain Huggy Face points at himself and flexes.) You? Too late. I've already taken everybody's cheese!
(The unnamed henchman grabs Captain Huggy Face from behind, and Dr. Two-Brains eats another handful of cheese. The unnamed henchman traps Captain Huggy Face in an apple barrel.)
Unnamed Henchman: Gotcha now, monkey!
Dr. Two-Brains: This day keeps getting better and better! (laughs evilly) Whoo!
(Scene: The forest. The Botsfords are pulling the backpack, with Becky feigning exertion.)
Mr. Botsford: So... tired.
TJ: I'm tired...
Becky: Maybe... we should all... take a nap.
Mr. and Mrs. Botsford and TJ: Good idea. (fall to the ground and start snoring)
Becky: Word up! (flies ahead)
(Scene: The apple orchard. Dr. Two-Brains and his henchmen are full to the brim from eating cheese. The unnamed henchman is carrying the apple barrel containing Captain Huggy Face and Charlie is carrying the Cheese Seizer.)
Dr. Two-Brains: Boys, I never thought I'd say this, but I think we ate too much cheese. Look at my belly. I'm stuffed full of cheese.
(All three fall to the ground.)
Unnamed Henchman: We're all full of cheese.
(Captain Huggy Face breaks out of the barrel and prepares for battle, only to see Dr. Two-Brains and his henchmen sleeping on the ground. He looks back and forth between the Cheese Seizer and Dr. Two-Brains, then gets an idea. He jumps onto Charlie and grabs the Cheese Seizer.)
Dr. Two-Brains: Uh-oh! (runs away) Run! Run for your lives!
(Captain Huggy Face aims the Cheese Seizer at Dr. Two-Brains and his henchmen and activates it, pulling them towards him.)
Unnamed Henchman: I want to run, but I can't!
(The Cheese Seizer attracts them, pinning them to a nearby tree.)
Unnamed Henchman: What just happened?
Dr. Two-Brains: We're so full of cheese, the Cheese Seizer seized us!
(WordGirl flies up to the group.)
WordGirl: Don't worry, Huggy! I'm here to... (Captain Huggy Face happily gestures towards Dr. Two-Brains and his henchmen.) do nothing, since you already stopped Two-Brains. Great job. Let's hear it for the best sidekick a superhero could ask for!
(A crowd gathers and cheers for Captain Huggy Face.)
Man: Fantastic!
Dr. Two-Brains: Yeah, hooray. Please, WordGirl, take me to jail?
WordGirl: Not yet, Two-Brains, I want Huggy to savor this moment. (Captain Huggy Face squeaks in confusion.) Oh, well, when you savor something, that means you take the time to enjoy it. You can savor the thrill of victory, or you can savor the taste of a fresh-picked apple.
(Captain Huggy Face enjoys the crowd's cheering and accepts a bouquet of flowers from the apple farmer. WordGirl flies up to him.)
WordGirl: But we probably shouldn't savor this moment for too long, (whispering) or else somebody might notice we were gone.
(WordGirl grabs Captain Huggy Face, flies Dr. Two-Brains and his henchmen to prison, then flies to the forest. The other Botsfords are still sleeping.)
Becky: You know what, Bob? After all that, I think this looks like a perfect way to spend the rest of the day. (Bob squeaks in agreement, and they walk off.)
Narrator: And so... (Becky hushes him.) Sorry. (Becky lies down against the backpack to nap as Bob takes out a reflector to sun bathe. The narrator speaks quietly.) And so, as our heroes settle in for a well-deserved nap, remember this: When you're looking for excitement, seize control of your remote, then tune in and savor another thrilling episode of WordGirl!