♪ Magic is real here ♪
♪ Far away from home ♪
♪ Anything can happen ♪
♪ When witches make the rules ♪
♪ Monsters are cool ♪
♪ The moon is our friend ♪
♪ I wanna stay with you ♪
♪ On Summer Camp Island ♪
♪♪
Well, first of all, I don't see
how anyone could remember
what they had for lunch
on the last day of school
-three years ago.
-Uh-huh.
And second of all,
it was pizza, not spanakopita.
Nope, I can still taste
that juicy spanakopita
like it was yesterday.
[ Knock on door ]
Both: Hey, I gotta
get the dooooor!
[ Both grunt ]
[ Insects chirping ]
What is it?
It's a moon rock
and a card.
It's from Ramona!
We haven't seen her
in forever!
She's inviting us to something
called "Midnight Quittance"
at the monsters' house.
A cel--
"Celebration."
"Celebration of time."
Yours says
to bring pepper.
And you're supposed to
bring salt.
This is the easiest potluck
of all time.
Oscar,
think about it.
Ramona is
an actual sorceress!
This is probably some kind
of crazy magic ritual.
Cool.
Wait, midnight?
That's way past
my bedtime.
Like, way past.
Come on, Oscar.
Live a little.
What could possibly
go wrong?
Hmm.
Yeah, you're right.
Who cares about bedtime
anyway?
Okay.
Well, midnight's not
for another four hours.
What are we gonna do
till then?
Let's resume
lunch-menu memory game!
-[ Sighs ]
-Spanakopita!
So, this is 11:45,
huh?
[ Owl hoots ]
Whoo.
[ Doorbell rings ]
Hey!
Oscar, my man!
Ha-ha!
Howard, my monster!
-Hedgehog.
-Howard.
Oscar,
may I take your coat?
Certainly.
Thank you.
You're quite welcome.
-Hi, Ava.
-Hi, Hedgehog.
I'm in charge of putting
the arrows up.
Ramona doesn't trust me
with a real job.
[ Chuckles nervously ]
-Hey, guys.
-Hi.
Are you excited for your
first midnight quittance?
Yeah.
Not too late for you,
is it, Oscar?
Uh, you know it.
Let's cut up the rug.
Oh.
It's not that kind of party.
We do chants, readings,
really low-energy kind of stuff.
Hard to stay awake to, but
I think you'll really like it.
Aah!
It's the Jabberwock,
the time-eating monster!
It's not
the real Jabberwock.
It's just papier-mâché.
Yeah, I knew this.
♪ I sing for you at midnight♪
Here are your pillows
for your chairs
'cause you're so tiny.
Wait, Howard, so why
are we thanking Time?
For moving forward.
It's all explained in this book,
"The Tome of Time."
Howard: A long time ago, we used
to live our lives out of order.
One day, you're an old monster
just plugging along,
and the next you're a whisper
of a monster
on your first day of everything.
And then back again
to an old monster.
It was all very confusing.
Until one night, two monsters
were making soup on a fire
when Time showed up,
attracted to the smell
of the delicious soup.
And a deal was struck.
Once a year, on this night,
we offer soup.
And in exchange, time only
moves forward, like an arrow.
Wow!
Isn't that cool, Oscar?
-[ Snoring ]
-Oscar!
Huh? Oh!
Uh, I wasn't sleeping.
Where's Ramona?
Ramon's in the kitchen
finishing the soup.
She's right here.
She's just in between
the seconds of the clock.
It's about time
we join her.
Ready, everyone?
-Ready.
-[ Yawning ] Ready.
Okay,
grab your moon rocks.
Hold the moon rocks in a circle
and hold hands
to be transported
to frozen time.
♪ I sing for you at midnight♪
[ Both gasp ]
Hello, poppets!
Together: Ramona!
This is one big pot of soup.
[ Giggling ]
I'm so glad you kids
could make it.
Before we begin our rituals,
has everybody peed?
Oh, pee!
Pee...
Yes. We saw that you put at
the bottom of your invitation,
"Arrive having peed."
-So we did.
-Wonderful!
Because once we begin,
we can't leave this room.
We begin by turning over
a jar of honey,
and we go until
the last drop falls.
Now we light this fire.
This candle represents the fire
of the first midnight quittance,
and we promise not to stray
from its light.
I promise.
-I promise.
Now, the youngest one
amongst us
reads the opening remarks
from the "Tome of Time."
Hedgehog
is the youngest?
Yeah. I'm five months older
than Hedgehog.
But don't think
you've offended me.
I know, it's just
my boyish good looks.
That's nuts.
"Time is lonely.
That's why
it never leaves us.
Time doesn't like
to be invisible.
That's why it shows up
on our faces and in our trees.
We may not know time,
but we know the gifts of time,
for we receive them
with each passing year.
Tonight, we welcome Time
to our table
so that
we may give thanks."
Very good.
And now for page 2.
"With linear time came our
understanding of the future.
The Jabberwock represents
thinking ahead,
worrying about what's next,
which is scary but necessary."
[ Drumming ]
I hate that guy.
Howard's not so bad.
No!
I mean the Jabberwock.
Mm-mm.
Ah ah-ah-ah. Mm.
"But by worrying so much
about the future"...
"...we started realizing
we were wasting the present.
The Time Babies remind us
to relish the moment
we're currently in.
We strive for a balance
between the two,
not feeding one
more than the other."
Now time for the most important
ritual of the night.
Each year,
we make time-noodle soup
as an offering to time.
[ Snoring ]
We must all contribute a bit
of time by stirring the soup.
Now I add
some special seasoning.
Next, four shakes of pepper.
And to preserve the soup,
the final, all-important
ingredient --
three shakes of salt.
Salt, that's me.
Hmm?
Oh, it must be --
[ Chuckles nervously ]
Nope. Nope.
Hmm.
Oh!
The salt's in my coat pocket.
Together: No!
No one can leave
the candlelight.
Why not?
Together: You promised!
It's Time.
You mean it's time
to go home?
No, it's Time!
And Time's hungry
for soup!
If Time doesn't get some soup
by the last drop of honey,
then our deal is broken
and Time stops moving forward.
And we'll go back to living
our lives out of order.
We have to get
to the closet.
But we can't leave
the candlelight.
What if we moved a candle
closer to the closet?
Theoretically,
it could work,
but I doubt we could
spare more than one
without invalidating
the ritual.
Oscar: I'll go.
After all, I'm the one
who messed everything up.
Well, yeah,
no duh, Oscar!
Yeah, we all assumed
you would do it.
Well, for the record,
I did volunteer.
Good luck, Oscar.
[ Sighs ]
Here goes.
Whoa!
[ Gasps ]
I hit some kind of force field
or something.
It's your feet. They're outside
the candle's light.
You gotta scrunch down.
-Lower.
-Lower!
Lower!
Okay.
Yeah, go, Oscar!
Come on!
Go, go, go.
-Come on, Oscar.
-Let's go.
-Come on, Oscar!
-Yeah, come on!
You got this!
What happened?
Why isn't he moving?
-Is he stuck in time?
-Oscar?
-[ Snoring ]
Oh!
Oh, no.
This is so late for him.
[ Knocking ]
Wake up!
-Come on!
-Come on, Oscar!
-Oscar!
-Wake up, wake up!
Oscar, wake up!
[ Glass shatters ]
[ Electronic beeping ]
[ Screeching ]
[ Groans ]
-[ Giggles ]
-Oscar!
Oscar!
Time...is...breaking...up!
Hedgehog!
Uh-oh!
Did...I...mess...up...
the...honey...thing?
Ha-ha!
Hey, spanakopita!
I knew it.
Yeah, too bad I brought
leftover pizza today.
Huh. Hey, remember this
in three years, okay?
What did we have for lunch
on the last day of school
three years ago?
Spanakopita.
-You remembered!
-Yeah.
Wait.
Can I change things?
Then all I need to do is wait
for the right moment...
and...and...
bingo!
The spanakopita!
-I mean...
-Oscar?
Three shakes of salt.
The salt!
It worked!
I got the salt, everybody!
Uh, yeah, you've been
holding on to it all night.
Go ahead, Oscar.
And three shakes of salt.
Man, you guys, have I got
a story to tell you.
[ Knocking ]
[ Clears throat ]
"We welcome you,
our oldest friend.
You're just in time this
Quittance eve to taste our soup
and bless us with an order
in which to believe."
[ Slurping ]
Ahh!
Oscar: Hey, look.
The soup
is just water now.
Yes, yes, as always.
Time has taken what it wanted
and left us just what we needed.
Time drank the soup
with a straw.
Now go ahead and add
the rest of the salt, Oscar.
And before you all place your
moon rocks in this ersatz ocean
and re-animate
the arrow of time,
I just want to thank you all
for joining me this night.
And thanks to Oscar
in particular.
Great job with the salt.
Now, farewell, my friends.
Until next time.
Hedgehog:
Till next time.
♪♪
Ah ah-ah-ah. Mm.