♪ 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
Craig: Once we fix up this rain spout with some duct tape,
we'll be able to keep water out of the stump.
No more soggy maps!
Yeah, and no more trench foot.
Uh, guys, can you lower the spout a bit?
I can barely find my bearings.
Unh...unh...
-Ohh! -Ah! Much better.
Guys! Guys!
I've fallen through the soft, flaky crust of the Earth!
The worms have finally had enough of us
walking on their roof!
You all need to save yourselves before it's too late!
Huh?
Cardboard?
Huh.
A lotof cardboard.
I think we need to investigate.
Okay, but -- but how am I gonna get up?
Cr-- Craig. Uh, uh, okay.
Craig, you're -- I'm sinking. I'm -- You're --
Erggh! [ Thud ]
Whoa.
-Hunh! -Unh!
[ Groans ]
All: Whoa.
Craig: It's some kind of underground bunker.
Kelsey: Made of cardboard.
[ Groans ] It's sealed shut.
Huh?
"If you found this note,
it seems things have gone terrible wrong.
I'm sealing my lab. I hope for the safety of the creek
that this packing tape is strong enough
to keep this menace at bay."
Signed, Carter Brown.
Carter Brown. The kid who built that cardboard mech
that almost destroyed the creek?!
Perhaps now you'll see what cardboard is reallycapable of!
[ All screaming ]
Ugh!
Packing peanuts! Aah!
♪♪
Uh, Kelsey, don't forget -- Craig helped build it.
Helped?! It was Craig's idea to make it walk!
I didn't know he was making a giant cardboard war robot.
Although the packing-peanut cannons should've been a hint.
What do you think is in there?
Something bad. Made of cardboard, I'm guessing.
[ Sighs ] Well, there's one person
who might have some answers --
the guardian of Cardboard City, Zoe.
Zoe: Yep, this is from him.
It's his signature cardboard -- corrugated fiberboard.
And also his s-signature.
We should look into this.
The last thing I want is for Carter
to pull another one of his stunts.
We're still trying to rebuild from the lastrobot attack.
[ Ding! ]
[ Sloop! ]
But that happened months ago.
Huh. Well, I guess it's been a while since you stopped by.
Let's just go find out what's behind that door.
♪♪
-Aah! -Hyah!!
It's just a box.
-Aah! -Whoa!
Wh-o-o-o-oa!
[ All screaming ]
[ Thuds ]
Craig: Whoa. Carter Industries?
Man. So many options. W-Which way should we go?
Look. There's a computer.
Crayon. Looks like the same operating system
Carter used in his mech.
I might be able to hack into it,
maybe find some sort of map of this place.
Ugh. It's not working.
Oh, duh. The power's not on.
[ Click ]
-Carter! -Wait. I think it's a hologram.
-He's not moving. -It's so lifelike.
Kelsey: Press play!
Craig: Boop.
Log number 2157.
I just barely escaped from Cardboard City with my life.
Why do I keep doing this?
I keep making the same mistakes over and over.
I let my emotions get the better of me.
I wish I was more like cardboard.
Cardboard does not envy. It does not boast.
Cardboard is patient. It is helpful.
Like when you need to mail sweets to your grandma
or carry home a lost kitten.
I should be more like cardboard.
Maybe there is a way.
I have to do more research in my lab.
Carter out. Bwow!
Carter, you boxhead. What are you up to?
He wants to be more like cardboard?
Like...foldable?
I don't know, but I think we'll find more answers in his lab.
[ All gasp ]
Duct tape, packing tape, masking tape?
And boxes sizes small to large?
This place has everything!
I don't know. It seems pretty creepy to me.
[ Pop ]Aah!
Sorry. Bubble wrap. C-Couldn't resist.
I'll put it back right after this.
[ Popping ]Done!
Blueprints. For some kind of helmet?
Craig: A map of the human brain?
"50 Fun Things To do with Cardboard On A Rainy Day"?
What does it all mean?
Well, if there's a menace, it's definitely behind this door.
Ugh! Looks like you need some kind of key card to open it.
Bwow!
Craig: Another computer? Beep.
Log number 3104.
Okay. I think I figured it out.
These feelings that are holding me back --
what if they could be replaced with cardboard?
Through my research, I think I may have discovered a way
to replace my temporal lobe with a cardboard brain!
-Wait. What?! Beep! -Rewind it.
Brain cardboard a with lobe temporal my replace
to way a discovered have may I think I research my through!
Through my research, I think I may have discovered a way
to replace my temporal lobe with a cardboard brain!
Then I could control my emotions
the same way I control cardboard
to, uh, create things -- like this cupholder
or this tissue-box shoe.
If I can pull this off, then m-maybe
Cardboard City will take me back,
and then I could finally be friends with Zo-Zo again.
Carter out. Bwow!
-Zo-Zo? Who's that? -Me.
A-ha!
Bingo! Beep!
[ Imitates whoosh ]
♪♪
-So, uh...Zo-Zo? -Yep. Heh.
That's what Carter used to call me
when we first started hanging out
back when our world was still this side up.
[ Thunder rumbles ]Zoe: It was raining that day.
I went to take shelter in what I thought
was an empty refrigerator box, and that's when I saw him.
I'm sorry. I didn't realize anyone was in here.
Uh, no, no. Please. Stay.
He let me warm myself by his fireplace
and regain my strength with a hot bowl of cardboard stew.
Ahh. The name's Zo--Zo -- Zoey.
[ Chuckles ] Well, nice to meet ya, Zo-Zo.
We kept hanging out, and he kept bringing boxes to the creek,
but one day, a few other kids showed up,
and Carter got jealous.
As more kids arrived in our new city, he only got worse.
And, well, you know the rest.
Whoa. I think we found the menace.
Well, at least this door will be easy to open.
Craig: Carter?
Carter! Are you in here?!
♪♪
Another log. Beep!
Kckck! Log number 7284.
The procedure is complete, but something has gone wrong.
I assumed cardboard would seamlessly meld with my mind.
But, ugh!
It seems it has a personality of its own!
I am no longer Carter!
I'm -- AAAH! -- Card-borg!
[ All scream ]
For too long, kids have bent cardboard to serve their wishes!
But now it is time for cardboard to bend kids!
Aaaah!
♪♪
Attack!
[ Grunting ]
Unh!
-Robot fist. -Aah!
[ Whirring ]
Aah! He's -- He's gonna bring the whole place down!
Get him to stop, Craig! He's your best friend!
W-We hung out, like, one time!
Zoey: Carter, stop!
You're gonna get us all crushed!
Scanning. Nonbox life-form detected.
-Unh! -Robot fist. Robot fist.
Cool robot fist!
Unh! It's me! Unh! Zo-Zo!
Z--
Aah!
Ugh! Zo-Zo?
Zo-Zo! I didn't want you to see me like this!
Then why did you do this to yourself?!
Because I needed to fix myself!
I wanted to be your friend again!
I wanted so badly to make things right.
But I couldn't show my face at Cardboard City.
I just felt too guilty for all that I had done,
so I had to make a change.
Ugh! You could've just helped us rebuild Cardboard City!
There are houses that need taping,
boxes that need folding!
Errgh! No!
Cardboard will fold for no one! Aaah!
No! I don't want to destroy again!
Kelsey: Oh, the cardboard is taking over!
Carter, listen. We can fix you.
We built a war machine together,
and we can unbuild a war machine together.
Uh, Craig?
Unhhhh!
Uh, here, I gotcha!
Unhhhh! Aaahhh!
[ Zip! ] [ Rumbling ]
Carter: It's not going to work.
The operation was too invasive.
I used double-sided tape.
I got another idea.
♪♪
Okay. There might be a way I can isolate the cardboard neurons
to an external card drive
and restore your brain to its original state,
but it could be tricky.
I'll have to do a lot of typing and code-y things
and probably at some point say, "I need more time!"
You have to reset me.
Reset you? I can't do that.
There's a chance that could erase all your memories!
It could, or maybe it could take me back
to how things were -- before, ugh, boxes.
Ugh! Just do it.
♪♪
[ Rumbling, alarm blaring ]
I'm sorry, Zo-Zo.
[ All scream ]
♪♪
Uh -- Carter? Carter?
Car-ter? Who is Car-ter?
Carter! We're alive! It worked!
Carter, it's me. It's Zo-Zo.
What is Zo-Zo?
[ Gasps ] Oh, no.
This is awk-ward.
Initiating escape protocol zero one -- running!
Wait!
Ju-ju-ju-ju-ju...
[Tearfully] Carter. You boxhead.
One, two, three!
-Ugh! -Oh, it's super-light.
♪ Ooh
Zoey, um, I'm really sorry
I didn't come back sooner to help.
I just felt so bad about what happened.
Well, that day will haunt the dreams of my people
for years to come.
But I'm glad you're here now.
♪ 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.