♪ 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
Check it out, JP. I'm the Cucuy!
Pfft! Check out this nightmare fuel.
Argh! Aah!
You really gotta warn me before you show something graphic.
[ Rustling ]
Kelsey's coming. Let's go hide and scare her.
-Rar! -Rar!
-Oh... -Oh...
Whoa, Kelsey, what happened to you?
[ Sighs ] I don't want to talk about it.
But what's with all that stuff in your hair?
And -- And your sword?
I don't want to talk about it.
Yeah, and where's Mortimer?
And I'm usually the smelly one of the group,
but you got a real pungency comin' off of you.
[ Neck cracking ]
I don't...
want... to talk...
about it.
Okay!
Someone's having a bad day.
Did someone say bad da-- Oof!
Oh, my gosh, are you okay?
[ Spits ] Oh, I am better than okay!
Because I am the champion of feeling and positivity.
The foe of bad vibes throughout the galaxy!
I am Sparkle Cadet!
And nobody can dull my sparkle!
-Oh! -Oh!
Ah. Pardon my entrance, I'm not quite used to your gravity yet.
I just moved here from space.
-Outer space?! -Outer space?!
Well, that makes sense because your outfit
is out of this world!
Especially the dishwashin' gloves.
Look, don't try to flatter me, because I am not like that.
Or maybe I am! I'm just kidding!
You're so funny!
So, Sparkle Cadet, what brings you to the creek?
Well, my parents had to move for work.
But I'm also on a mission!
To destroy that which dulls the sparkle of a sunny day!
An anti-sparkle force I like to call...
the Anti-Sparkle.
A malicious parasitic entity
that possesses unsuspecting life-forms,
feeding off of their happiness and spreading despair
until a misery engulfs the entire planet!
[ Breathing heavily ]
That sounds terrible.
Oh, my glitter!
Boop boop boop boop boop boop!
You reek of Anti-Sparkle energy!
Really? How do I get rid of it?
We have to find the source of the Anti-Sparkle and destroy it.
Well, if it'll get me out of this funk
I'm in, I'll do whatever it takes!
Gah! Let's just go.
Excuse me, Citizen!
We're on the search for malicious activity.
Have you had any negative experiences lately?
Well, we're in the middle of a bear market right now.
But other than that, no.
There's bears in this market?!
Hmm, something still doesn't feel cute around here.
We'd better search the area.
Ugh. Well, if we're gonna be here a while,
then I'll need a pick-me-up.
Can I get a soda, Kit? You can put it on my trade tab.
Ugh. All right, Kelsey,
but I'm gonna have to call my collectors on you soon.
Yeah, yeah, let 'em come.
I got it 'cause I got my head stuck in a banister.
-Gah! -Aah!
-[ Gasps ] -[ Growls ]
Are you two okay?
Oh, I feel great, Craig!
I think this splash of color makes me look very effervescent.
[ Coughing ]
Ugh! This much pollen must be against some
sort of air quality regulation!
[ Gasps ] Those snotty babies need my help!
Shining sparkle blast!
[ Coughing ]
Are you three okay?
Well, we'd be doing a lot better if Boris hadn't freaked out
and knocked us into all those flowers!
Boris told you! He saw evil tree!
An evil tree?!An evil tree?! An evil tree?!
Yes, with a sinister face.
Back in old country,
upstate Connecticut, trees with faces eat children!
Which way was it?
It was that-a-way.
[ Sneezes ]
[ Grumbles ]
Y'know, this is an opportune moment
to try to use my bubble soap as a face cleanser!
No! That's okay! Aah! No! Aah!
You got soap in my eye!
Oh, don't thank me, don't thank me.
There you go, germ-free.
Hey, uh, Kelsey, are you okay?
I'm fine!
These flowers, cute!
That tree, cute!
Your bumpy head, cute!
Oh. [ Chuckles ]
That crow eating those dead bugs, cute!
How do you keep doing that?
Oh, I just point my wand and say "cute!"
No, I mean, how do you act
so happy and sparkly about everything?
It's like you've never been upset before in your life.
I mean, I wasn't always this way.
Y'see...
long ago, in a far, far off galaxy
lived an average, everyday girl.
She moved with her parents from planet to planet,
never sticking around the same star system long enough
to know anybody or to understand their strange cultures.
So she gave up trying and kept to herself.
She felt hopeless.
Until one day, she tripped and spilled art supplies
all over herself!
She was so embarrassed.
Until she caught a glimpse of her reflection.
She didn't recognize herself.
But the girl she saw, she liked.
And from that day forward,
she swore not to bottle herself up anymore!
She'd let her inner sparkle shine across the universe!
♪♪
I am the champion of feeling and positivity!
Foe of bad vibes throughout the galaxy!
I am Sparkle Cadet!
And nobody can dull my sparkle!
Wait, the girl from the story was you?!
Yep! And ever since then, I decided
I wasn't going to let negativity rule my life!
Okay, but how?
You've just got to let your inner sparkle out!
Take my hand, I'll show you!
-Uh! -Observe!
First, we must activate our wands!
Now, repeat after me,
I call upon the positive forces of the galaxy
to shine their light through me!
Uh... you heard her, galaxy!
Make me shiny!
Ah! Ah! Aah!
Agh!
I don't think it worked.
Oh, man, are you okay?
[ Gasps ] Look!
Could it be...
the tree Boris was talking about?
Boop boop, boop boop, boop boop boop boop!
This is the source!
Evil tree, release this forest from your grasp!
It won't listen to reason.
We have no choice!
♪♪
Shining sparkle blast!
Whoa. This tree is tough.
Let us give it a try!
Spinning staff slash!
Get ready for...
bubble booty bump!
Ugh! Ohh!
I don't understand. My butt can destroy anything.
Car seats, underwear, a bridge once.
[ Shouting ]
[ Screaming ]
Kelsey, how do you feel?
I...
I feel like...
I got a splinter!
I-I don't understand.
If it wasn't the tree, then what is the source
of the Anti-Sparkle?
Don't you see?
The source of the Anti-Sparkle...
is me!
No, it cannot be!
Cannot it, Craig?
Cannot it not be?
Nothing good happens to me, everything I touch goes bad,
and everything is bad because I am the Anti-Sparkle!
And the only way to cull this evil
is for you to strike me down!
If I must, I will.
Shining sparkle blast!
When did the Anti-Sparkle get to her?
I don't know!
She won't tell us what happened today!
Ugh.
No bubbles can stop me!
I'm having a bad day and everything is terrible!
But why?
Why is everything so terrible?
I told you...
I don't want to talk about it!
I -- I know you don't, but maybe it will help!
Nothing else has!
No! No!
It's dumb! You don't want to hear it!
Yes, I do!
[ Grunting ]
Well, for starters, I tried to kick a stop sign,
then I fell into the mud!
Rah?
Why'd you kick a stop sign?
Urgh! I told you it's dumb!
No, it's not! Sometimes signs need kicking!
Just keep complaining, Kelsey!
Uh, I'm just mad at myself because I ran out of the house
and ran into the recycling bin!
Whoa!
That's it!
She doesn't need to let her inner sparkle out,
she needs to get her Anti-Sparkle out!
Keep whining, Kelsey! We want to hear it!
I was running out of the house because...
because -- Gah!
All: Just let it out!
Ah! Because Mortimer was sick!
[ All gasp ]
I accidentally fed him too much bird seed,
and he pooped on my head.
He's okay. I just...
I felt really mad at myself for making his tummy hurt.
Shining sparkle blast!
♪♪
Kelsey! How do you feel?
I feel...
a little better!
Sparkle Cadet: I'm sorry, Kelsey.
What made me feel better was to let out my most glittery self.
But sometimes you need to let out your most grossest self.
It's okay. You were just trying to help.
And now I have another tool in my arsenal
to battle the Anti-Sparkle -- Whoa, oof!
Don't worry about it. I needed a bath anyway.
I stink pretty bad.
♪ 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.