[theme music playing]
♪ One, two, three, below! ♪
[snarls]
Go. Hunt.
You would be proud of Aja.
She gamely faced a dangerous bounty hunter and emerged victorious in battle,
and received a B-plus on her English paper.
That's a language here, and B is a letter.
It seemed very important to her.
[Mother] Commander Vex, there appears to be a cat-like creature--
Silence! Varvatos Vex is in the midst of a debrief.
-[cat shrieks] -[Beta growls]
As for Krel, Varvatos believes
he is begrudgingly starting to acclimate to this dump heap--
[Mother] Unknown being attempting to breach perimeter.
Permission to vaporize?
If there is to be any vaporization, it shall be done by Varvatos!
It's been too long since he killed something.
[snarls]
-[Mother] Intruder alert. -[barking]
A "cat-like creature," indeed.
Hardly worthy of Varvatos' attention.
[Zadra] Lord and Lady Tarron, can you hear me?
-Lieutenant Zadra? -Can you hear me?
[Mother] Intruder alert.
[beeping]
-Intruder alert. -[barking]
[Zadra] Prince and Princess Tarron, can you hear me?
Varvatos hears you, Lieutenant,
and is grateful to discover you're not dead!
If you can hear me, there was a traitor on Akiridion-5.
Sweet Seklos, this blasted--
Beta, step aside!
Their shields are too strong, brother.
[Alpha] Then we must devise another means of attack.
[meows]
[groans]
[Zadra] If you can hear me, I know the identity of the traitor.
Repeat. I know the identity of the traitor.
With four words, the Palchuk is gonna make your dreams come true.
Me. You. Bon. Fire.
What's a bonfire?
Without me? [chuckles] Exactly. [grunts]
Can I bring my little brother?
[Palchuck] What? No!
Besides, my Vespa only carries two.
Oh! This is a local courting ritual.
You are asking me on a date.
What? No! [chuckles]
Maybe. It's a group thing.
Okay, then. I have to go somewhere else now.
Okay. I'll, uh, I'll pick you up at 7:00 on my Vespa for the group thing!
[chuckles]
Little brother, sorry I can't work on the daxial array tonight.
The blond and primitive oaf asked me to go to a bon-bon fire party.
Aha! He has what the humans call a "crush" on you.
Of course!
I must have crushed something when I kicked him in the face.
Human dating customs are very strange.
Listen to my voice, Steve. I've matured.
And mature people go into the woods
and hunt the legendary Arcadian Billycraggle.
According to myth, legend, and the Internet,
that's when the Billycraggle emerges from its cave!
Hush your manly voice!
No creeper talk around the plebes.
Psst! Krel, let's hang out tonight. It'll be a bros' night.
Why? [scoffs] I'm not your brother.
Bros. Dudes. On the hunt for adventure!
We'll do guy stuff, become best friends, and share all our secrets.
I'll go first.
I wet the bed until eighth grade.
Okay, now you go.
Another perfect test, Mr. Tarron.
-I don't know how you do it. -[boy grunts]
Everyone knows Ms. Janeth only gives out one A-plus.
That was always mine before you came here.
And now you get Bs.
Yeah, I suggest embracing the change.
I'll meet you at 7:00! Wear comfortable shoes.
Ugh!
-What is that? -Just a second, dear, I'm trying to--
Oh, Lucy, it's our little princess's first party!
-Now, don't you be nervous, honey bunny. -I'm not nervous.
What do you know about being nervous? You're robots. Ugh.
-This one's for the scrapbook. -[Aja groans]
Just be home by curfew, little lady, or you'll be grounded.
Grounded. Fresh ground pepper. Add a kick to your salad!
[Mother] More to the point,
if you are not home in time, your human forms will wear off.
-Ugh. -[Mother] Unknown being
attempting to breach perimeter.
-Permission to vaporize. -Permission granted.
No, no, no, no! Don't vaporize my date.
I mean, my... I mean, the Palchuk.
[sniffing]
-Why are you acting so strange? -Oh, kleb!
You've attended enough royal court galas to handle one Earth date.
[Dadblank chuckles] Hey, put her there, son.
-[whimpers] -Heck of a grip you've got there, pal.
Now let's discuss your intentions towards my princess.
I don't want to hear about any hanky-panky up on Lovers Lane. Capisce?
Nope. No hanky or panky, Mister-sir, and ma'am!
Your mate is taking a gamble
broadcasting on an intergalactic walkie-talkie like this.
Anyone can trace the signal. Not good.
The information Lieutenant Zadra is in possession of
-must warrant such a risk. -Ooh!
What sort of info does she have?
Varvatos does not know,
hence why he is here seeking your aid.
What do you think it is? Bounty hunters?
Morando's plans?
How to get salsa stains out of terrycloth?
Because I've got this terrycloth apron...
Varvatos fears it might be the identity of a traitor.
Someone close to the royal family disabled the force shields,
enabling Morando and his forces to attack the palace.
Of all the great houses to betray!
How could they? The villainy! The evil!
Perhaps he has a perfectly legitimate reason?
Come on, Vexy!
There's no good reason to betray those kids or their parents!
Varvatos is certain the traitor is tortured by regret.
Only a fool would listen to the likes of Morando.
We need to fix this, pronto.
Lieutenant Zadra needs to hunt down and rip the traitor's head off,
and I shall help.
Whoever had the gall to aid such an attack,
we will have him or her exposed, disemboweled, and dishonored.
Dishonored?
♪ Oh, give me a home ♪
♪ Where the buffalo roam ♪
♪ Where the deer and the... ♪
-[Palchuck laughs] -[all coughing]
Welcome to the... bonfire?
-Wow! It's so beautiful and warm... -♪ Where seldom is heard... ♪
-I just want to hug it. -[singing continues]
Whoa! Watch out.
Fire is hot and dangerous.
Like me. [laughs]
Ow!
♪ Home, home on the range... ♪
Yeah! Ooh!
♪ Where the deer and the antelope play... ♪
[music stops]
-[Aja humming] -[camera shutter clicks]
-Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! -Guess we're not dancing?
Don't sweat it. Maybe they will later.
How about a s'more?
Some more what?
[laughs]
Oh! Oh.
I'll go find the marshmallows.
Wait, you're with Steve? [gasps]
Are you like together-together?
Why are you repeating yourself-self?
OMG! Steve and Aja.
You can be Staja! [chuckles]
Or Ajeeve! No, no, no, Staja. Let's stick with Staja.
I'll just keep my own name, thanks.
Hey, are you having a good time, Aj?
-[Aja] Mm.
-Not really. -[clicks tongue]
-This might be my first and last date. -[gasps] Your last date?
No! We just made Staja a thing!
You can't break up with him yet.
The secret to a great date is just to be yourself.
Of course. Who else would I be?
Speaking of dates, where's your Toby-pie?
T.P. and Claire went with Jim to visit his Uncle Marlin or something.
Boring! That's so lame.
It was a dark night.
Not unlike tonight.
Two campers were lost in the deep woods...
when suddenly they heard a rustling!
-[screams] -[panting]
The campers rushed into the thicket, only to face the Billycraggle!
[all screaming]
What's a Billycraggle?
Half billy goat, half craggle,
with the horns of a ram and the breath of a lunch lady.
-[exhales] -Ah!
But it wasn't always that way.
The Billycraggle started out as a lost camper.
[Krel groans] Are we lost?
I don't like the "outdoors."
-Everything is covered in dirt. -Shh.
According to myth, legend, and the Internet,
the Billycraggle only appears when the Dog Star is at its brightest.
And that only happens once a century? [scoffs]
You don't believe this Billycraggle actually exists, do you?
Trust me.
Anything is possible in this town.
-[snarling] -What was that?
[growling]
Don't worry. I have experience dealing with creatures of an unknown origin.
Eli, don't!
We come in peace.
I'm Eli, friend to creepers!
-Eli, that's not a friend! -B-b-b-b-b...
Eli, friend.
You, creeper.
[whimpers]
[shrieks]
[screams]
[grunts]
[sighs]
[growls]
What the-- I knew it!
[grunts]
Are you all right?
-Do you know who that was? -In fact, I do.
We just faced the Billycraggle!
...he looked at me. Boom!
[Eli screams]
The Billycraggle is in the woods!
Run for your lives
before he eats your face and makes your intestines fluffy!
-[all laughing] -[camera shutter clicks]
You're a little late. Steve already told the Billycraggle story.
The Billycraggle is real, you guys!
Krel saw him, too.
Where is my sister and the blond oaf?
You mean Staja. [chuckles]
They're probably sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
So, uh, this is the tree that I told you about.
[Aja] Wow!
Look at all the wooden arms.
There must be dozens!
Pretty romantic, huh?
[exhales, sniffs]
-[sniffing] -[screams]
We don't have trees on Akirid-- I mean, Cantaloupia.
Oh. Desert climate. Cool. [grunts]
[Palchuck coughs]
[grunts]
Aja?
-Aja? [gasps] -Trees are the best!
-Why do you hide them in forests? -What?!
Hey, wait for the Palchuk! [grunts]
You are fast. [grunts]
Whoa! You are not like other girls, are you?
[grunting]
[grunts]
[gasps]
Are these stars?
No. They're fireflies.
The universe...
I forgot how vast it is.
Back home, Zadra would tell us stories about the universe.
-Zadra? -She, um, worked for my parents.
Oh, like your babysitter?
She would never sit on babies, but she was tough,
and she told us stories about beings on other planets.
[chuckles] Yeah, like those exist.
It always sounded so... adventurous.
You see that super bright star?
That's called the Dog Star.
And that star is the Cat Star. And that big one...
that's the Elephant Star.
[Aja chuckles]
You're making those up.
No, I swear on the, uh, Platypus Star.
You're glowing.
I am?
[screams] No. You're like glowing, glowing.
[Aja gasps] Oh, no!
-I've gotta go. Thanks. [sniffs] Bye! -[whimpers]
[sniffs]
How could I have been so stupid?
Aja?
[grunting]
[squeals]
Aja! [coughs]
[groans]
Aja, you dropped your... protractor?
-[Krel grunts] -Krel! We have a problem. A bad one.
Great Gaylen! We should've listened to Mother.
-Don't ever tell her you said that. -[growling]
Ugh, make that two problems.
-[Aja] Zerons? -Yes.
My serrator! I must've dropped it when I was in a tree with Steve.
Were you K-I-S-S-ing?
No! We need to keep the Zerons away from the bonbon party.
And survive.
Good idea.
[toy squeaks]
We're getting close.
[phone ringing]
Try moving that wire thing over there.
-[ringing continues] -Your pants are ringing.
-[grumbling] -[phone beeps]
-What? -A-hoy! This is Lucy Blank.
I have Mother on the horn for you.
[Mother] Commander Vex, the heirs have not returned to the Mothership.
-[groans] -Our little princess is on a date!
[Mother] Technically, it's a "group thing,"
but by my calculations,
their transductions will have already faded.
Are you telling Varvatos Vex
that the princelings are about to expose their true forms
to a group of loose-lipped teenagers? [grunts]
Rewind that, Lucy. She's on a date with who?
[gasps] No way! But she kicked him in the face!
-She-- -[static crackles]
Lieutenant Zadra! Zadra, it is Varvatos Vex.
Can you read me?
[Stuart] Yes, ma'am, I did!
Okay, Lucy, I've gotta go.
Aja and Krel can't go all light show in the woods.
Commander Vex, the royals need you right now.
[barks]
-[chokes] -[grunts]
[Alpha] Where is the girl?
Oh, she's, um, hanging around here somewhere.
Yah!
[Aja grunts] No, no, no!
[Omega] Cute. They're trying to fight.
Krel!
I told you! The Billycraggle is real!
I knew I smelled lunch-lady breath.
[engine starts]
[engine revs]
-Steve! Steve! -Huh?
We need to clear the area.
The Billycraggle is not like our other friends.
-The Billycraggle isn't real, Pepperjack. -[distant growling]
Sounds real to me.
-[stammers] But Aja! -She's fine. She's with Krel. Let's go!
[Palchuck grunting]
Aja!
[gasps]
-Give me the serrator. -Then I'll be defenseless.
At least you can throw a punch.
[Zerons grunting]
Now climb!
I do not like this Mother Nature. I prefer the Mothership.
Ah!
Ah! [grunts]
What gloober invented trees? [grunts]
Those trees are saving your lower posterior right now,
and they are majestic!
-[gasps] -[serrator beeps]
That serrator would come in handy right about now.
-[grunts] Time to shred. -No, no, no, no, no, no.
I've been wanting to play one of those.
You can't have the serrator and the guitar.
[growls]
Not the guitar!
Three against two. [grunts]
-You don't stand a chance. -[Krel yells]
[gasps]
-[snarls] -[grunts]
[screams]
-[thudding] -[both grunting]
-[Aja] No! -[both yelling]
[Alpha] They can't run. Move in.
Krel, where are you? Help!
[grunts, pants]
[gasps]
[grunting]
-Krel? [snarling]
-[barks, pants] -Lively!
But what are you doing here, Luug?
Do you still like trees now?
That's not funny!
-And you need to get out of here. -Not without you.
Nice shot, Luug!
[Luug growls]
[Alpha] You dropped your weapon.
[Vex] Drop yours.
The royal heirs are under the protection of Varvatos Vex!
[grunts]
[shrieks]
[Alpha] You always wanted a glorious death, Varvatos.
-He can't take on all three. -Let's even the score.
Vex, shield!
Ah!
You two need to get back to Mother.
[Aja] You can't take all three of them alone.
[Alpha] She's right, Vex. Give up.
[yells]
[Aja grunting]
-[sizzling] -[screams]
-[barking] -You do not hurt them!
Varvatos Vex protects the Tarron Family...
with his life!
-[Alpha growls] -[Aja grunts]
[Vex] Quickly!
[Omega] Alpha!
[howls]
We almost died, but, hey, a Zeron got fried.
Is that from Steve?
Ugh, sweet Seklos! The Staja is a thing now.
[blows raspberry]
♪ Staja, Staja, makes me wanna... ♪
There's nothing that rhymes with Staja.
[phone chimes, buzzes]
Yeah! Smiley face!
Ha, ha!
It was a date!
[grunts, chuckles]
[grunts, gasps]
[chuckles] Yeah!
What the--
My protractor does not do this!
[static crackles]
-[Zadra] Princess Aja? Prince Krel... -Lieutenant Zadra.
-Where are the royal heirs? -They are safe.
-Where exactly are they? -This is not a secure transmission,
but Varvatos Vex swears on his life that the children--
You are a traitor, Commander. I trusted you,
and the king and queen trusted you, and you betrayed them.
Will you stand by my side one last time,
my friend?
I will, my king.
I know it was you, Vex. Protect my children.
-Please let Varvatos explain. -Save your words.
If you cause the royal heirs any harm,
then I promise to make your death slow, painful,
and without glory.
I am coming for you!
[communicator clatters]
[Aja laughing]
Was that long enough? Were you able to follow the signal?
The royals are on a derelict planet called Earth.
Good. We'll need a ship,
and then we'll kill the traitor.
[theme music playing]