♪ La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la ♪
-[grunts] -Mmm.
[Wammawink] ♪ In Centaurworld ♪
-[neighing] -[vocalizing]
[squeaks]
It's okay, Horse.
You're not stuck. You're fine.
We'll get you out of there. It's gonna be fine.
You know what? Just… Just leave me here.
Okay. [gasps]
What are we gonna do? How are we gonna get her out of there?
-[grunts] -Oh, I'm so proud of us.
Good job, everyone.
Aw, I missed it. How did you get Horse out of that hole?
First,
Sunfish Merguy got the Whaletaur Shaman to puke up water
to fill the hole, thinking Horse would float to the top.
Yeah, but Horse was like, "I'm drowning. I'm drowning. I'm drowning."
Then, from my portal tummy, I grabbed a rope,
but thought, "Nah. Too fancy."
Then a ladder, but thought, "Nah. Too obvious."
Then a helicopter, but thought, "Nah. Too helicopter-y."
But then I found a straw!
We gave Horse the straw so she could breathe.
Then we froze her into a block of ice.
-[ice crackling] -[yelling]
Ugh, this is the third time you have frozen me for no reason!
You should have just left me down there.
Is this about the hootenannny thing?
Oh, I never meant to be your Jeffica. Please don't be upset with me.
[sighs] I'm not upset with you. You recruited the holetaurs.
The hootenanny is a good idea. You're good at this, and I'm not.
[sighs] I'm just a horse who is bad at Centaurworld.
Do you really think the hootenanny is a good idea?
It's a good
-recruiting tactic. -[yelling]
Horse, you have a singing voice. You could sing at the hootenanny.
-Maybe not a solo, but a duet. -[grunts]
All right, I think we're losing focus here.
We've got a hootenanny to plan. [chuckling]
And the first thing we need to do is, uh… Mmm…
team-building exercise!
[groans] I'm a little skeptical. What'd you, uh, have in mind?
Hmm…
[chuckling]
[Centaurs] Who wants to Bunch O' Scrunch?!
[gasping]
-[grunts] -[Centaurs] Aw!
Bunch O' Scrunch!
[groans, chuckling]
[Centaurs] Aw!
-Bunch O' Scrunch! -Bunch O' Scrunch!
Oh! [chuckling]
-[squeaks] -[chuckling]
[Centaurs] Bunch O' Scrunch!
[chattering]
[sighs] What is this?
-You know what? Don't even tell me. -Wait. Where ya going, Horse?
I'm gonna need your measurements and Social Security number.
Just play your stupid games. None of you understand what I'm going through.
[soft music playing]
[groans]
[sighs]
Um, hey, baby girl.
We're about to start the Scrunch-Run of the Sniff-Snirk.
And you know we need our Scrunch-master to Snirk.
-You don't already have one? -Well, we could have two.
Wammawink, can't you just see that I wanna be alone right now?
[whimpers]
I'm sorry. Look, I know you guys are having all this fun
with the hootenannies and the Scrunch-Runs.
But you know what's coming, Wammawink. You've seen this firsthand.
What do you mean?
I mean, you've seen what the minotaurs are capable of.
-You lost your family. -[gasps]
Your whole village was set on fire. I saw it.
It was down to just you and that one ladybugtaur.
[sighs] I've never told anyone about that before,
not even the herd.
I'm sorry to bring it up.
It must have been so painful, Wammawink.
I… I saw it when the shamans put me in your dream.
What? That… That wasn't a dream.
Dreams are full of merdudes, gills,
eggs.
[blabbers] Wait!
[gasps] Horse!
You were in my backstory! [gasps]
The tree shamans didn't send you anywhere.
Th… Th… They were showing you powerful magic you already had!
Oh, awesome.
-Powerful magic. Like my tail? -Stand up.
-Stand up! -Whoa!
Even Waterbaby doesn't have backstory magic. Oh! [gasps]
But she told me all about it. Yes, I… I remember she said, uh, something about…
[murmuring]
Oh, yes!
-Run at me. -What?
Go about 40 paces away and then charge at me as fast as you can.
Dude, no.
You won't hurt me. You'll go all up in my brain. I think.
-No, I'm not doing that. You'll die. -[neighing]
I'm ready. You just gotta… Just… Just go fast.
[whimpers] Run at me!
No! Look at you. You're horrified.
If you do it incorrectly, you could cause blunt force trauma,
but you won't cause blunt force trauma,
because you'll do a good job jumping into my backstory! [whimpers]
-Ah! Forget it. -Do it! Do it now!
Fine.
-Is this far enough? -Further! Further!
Okay. [grunts]
[Horse] This good?
Yes, that's perfect!
-But how… How do I-- -Just do it! Run all up in here!
Ah! Fine! Ah!
Yes! Yes! Run, baby girl! Run like the wind!
-[yelling] -[screaming]
Ah!
[groans]
-[grunts] -[screams]
Oh. Okay. Nobody can see me. Same rules as last time, I guess.
[panting]
[bubbling]
Oh, thank goose.
[baby Wammawink] ♪ For we are all just fragile things ♪
♪ Soft and small and… ♪
Hey, where are you goin'?
Oh.
Come back here. It's dangerous out there.
I can keep you safe. I just have to practice a little more.
Oh. Uh…
[strains]
I kinda did it! Whoa!
Wait!
Now I can put it around you.
Huh?
Aw, your first moment of overbearing misguided affection.
[gasps] Ooh!
I'm gonna keep working on it!
[gagging]
Wammawink. I thought you were getting the cheese poofs
and monocles for the Sniff-Snirk.
Hey, where's Horse?
-Ah! -[Glendale] Oh, there she is.
Wammawink! [laughing]
You were right! It worked! Oh.
[gagging]
[Ched] What kind of nonsense is this? Hmm?
-Wammawink! Wammawink! [echoing] -Oh!
Did it work? Did it work?
It did! I was all up in your brain.
Oh, yay, you!
♪ Magic, magic you ♪
♪ Baby's second spell ♪
What is going on here?
By the way, Glendale, it's your turn to Splurf-Dorrf the Sflü.
But we're out of mulch, so…
No mulch? No, thank you!
Skippy card! Skippy card! Not it! Not it!
The Sflü can wait, Gebbrey.
Horse has the ability-to-jump-into-backstories magic!
Oh, good. Another dumb, useless magic thing that Horse can do.
Ched!
That's it! You're next.
Next what, Horse?
-[groans] -Oh! Now, hold on now. [chuckling]
You can't just torpedo into your friends' brains.
Ask first.
No way Horse is getting all up in my brain.
I know what she's gonna do. She's gonna fart.
Leave all kinda Horse farts there.
-[yelling] -Horse! No!
Oh! Who wants to Bunch O' Scrunch?
The Sflü!
Oh no. The Sflü is broken. I lost the game,
-just like I lost my jacket. -[sad piano music playing]
[laughing] Ya tried to get me, then ya missed me! Meh.
[panting, yelling]
Horse! No!
[whimpering] Nuts to this!
[yelling] Oh.
-[screams] -[grunts]
-[Wammawink] Hello! -[yelling]
-[panting] -You dropped this.
[panting, yelling]
Hey! [chuckling]
Bye, evidence! Get outta my face!
Wait up! [chuckling]
You got nothing on me! I'm clean!
[screams]
Well, I have no idea what you're talking about.
I… I've been chasing you, you dropped all this stuff,
and I'm trying to give it back.
So you're not the Crimetime Authorities?
Uh, no.
You… You need some help?
It seems like you might be in a bit of trouble.
Well, that looks like a fun and convenient storage unit.
Trust me, you don't want any part of this.
You should just go. Everyone else does. That's what happens when… When…
That thing doesn't scare me.
[Horse] It should.
It makes me steal things, so scram.
I'll steal anything and everything you own.
Eh, that might be a good thing. I'm actually a bit of a hoarder.
You've been warned.
♪ I might look like I'm alone ♪
♪ I don't hang with any others I don't have a dad or mother ♪
-♪ Well, maybe I did before ♪ -[burps]
♪ But I'm never on my own ♪
♪ There is someone always with me And she says she must assist me ♪
♪ So I don't freak out no more ♪
♪ She tells me everything And everyone must go inside ♪
♪ When my portal tummy's hungry There's nowhere you can hide ♪
♪ I get nervous when I steal But when I steal, I feel so free ♪
♪ Life is tough for portal tummy and me ♪
[dinging]
Well, I don't think your magic is a burden at all.
You don't?
So you're cool with me pocketing these souvenirs?
I don't mind.
-I got scrunchies for days. -Yeah, she does.
Mind if I tag along?
[soft music playing]
Uh, yeah, sure. I'd like that.
Hear ye. Hear ye.
It is I, the King of Leaves. [laughing]
And also, it is my birthday.
Hey, what's happening? Ah! No, don't put me in there!
-For the love of foliage! -Ooh! That's a real shiner!
Hey, you wanna see my helicopter? I have a license.
Wait up, new BFFF!
[gargling, grunts]
Missed me! Missed me! Now Zulius gets to kiss me!
I mean, only if he's interested. [gasps] Oh, wouldn't that be something?
Is this happening? Is this finally happening?
[screaming]
Where am I?
-And a one and a two and a three! -Is that a Ched nest?
Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Oh yeah.
[Malangella] Gather, yon Tulip Steppers. [laughing]
Two minutes to countdown to the Tulip Step!
[Horse] Wait a minute.
Ched grew up in the horsetaur fortress?
♪ Oh, it's my very favorite time of day ♪
♪ Except for maybe When it's huggy time with Mr. Cuddlekins ♪
♪ It's time to put My snuggle friends away ♪
♪ Time for pulling on my big-boy pants And shining up my jousting lance ♪
[sighs] They're so cool. And big.
-[squeaks] -I wanna be a Tulip Stepper too, but…
♪ I don't know where to begin though I'm just watching through my window ♪
♪ Am I just the Tulip Stepping champ Of this lonely bedroom? ♪
Aw!
Poor Ched.
It is kind of adorable though.
[grunts] I gotta stop being negative. I mean, I'm not a horsetaur, but…
but I can do this.
♪ Now I may not be as big as them And I may not be as strong ♪
♪ But if I wanna be A Tulip Stepping champion ♪
♪ Why can't I ♪
[panting]
♪ Be one? ♪
-[trumpets blowing] -[gasps]
Okay. I'm ready. Yeah. Cheddington is ready for sure.
Yeah!
-[sighs] -[yelps]
Whoo! That's it! Get a good stretch going!
You got this!
[young Ched] You guys are my heroes!
[groans] Not these clowntaurs.
Hey! Look over here! Look over here!
[dinging]
Swordy Jordan McWhistbeanz looked at me? Wow!
Well, Splurf-Dorrf my Sflü! [chuckling]
Is that who I think it is?
Wait. Can Malangella see me?
Nope! I can't see ya. [yelling]
All right! What are you waiting for, big boys?
[grunts] Wha… Wait! Wait!
♪ Doo-doo-doo, la-la-la Skipping, yes ♪
Malandrew!
Dainty dandelion child! You're standing in the middle of the Tulip Step field.
-Come inside before you catch the croup! -But Grandmama, I want the ball.
What? What ball?
All I see is big boys. Big boys as far as the eye can see.
No, Grandmama.
[deep voice] The ball.
Oh! [chuckling] That there? That's not a ball.
That's Chedwick Chederick Chedward Chedlington Cheddison Chedboy.
If you want a ball, I can get you a ball, in any number of colors.
Bedazzle blue, baby pink, blanched almond. You know what to do.
Deep champagne, shallow champagne,
garbage, heat wave, jazzberry, middle-aged, or other colors.
Poor Malandrew. He's got the gray scale.
No, Grandmama. I've made up my mind and I want this ball.
I'm not a ball. Ah!
I'm a finchtaur, a strong, tough finchtaur.
-And I'm a Tulip Stepper. -[squeaks]
Watch!
-Yeah! Oh! Yeah! Ooh! Mm! Ah! Ooh! -[humming]
Ah! Ah!
Mm! Ah! Ooh! Ah!
[panting]
Can't believe I'm saying this, but that was kind of impressive.
Well, I never! [stuttering]
Just kidding. That… That is a ball.
What?
[crowd laughing]
[laughing]
[Malangella yelling] Have fun with that ball.
[sobbing]
[sighs] Okay, I think I've seen enough.
[gargling]
-[yelling] -[grunts]
[Zulius] Gasp.
That's it! I always knew you were the worst, but this tops it all!
Like a rotten cherry on the top of a delicious, rotten sundae.
What did you find out, huh? Did you meet Mr. Cuddlekins?
He was more than a stuffed beartaur, you know!
-Don't even tell me! -Ched, calm down.
You calm down.
You can't tell me anything,
unless it's "goodbye, Ched." "I'm leaving here forever, Ched."
"And you were right about everything, Ched!"
I saw how the horsetaurs were to you. And I would never treat you that way.
Oh! [stammering] Huh?
And you know what? You're a good Tulip Stepper.
A solid B minus.
-Oh, I'll B minus you! -[squeaks]
[kisses, squeaks]
This magic is powerful. I think I'm really starting to master it.
I went into three backstories.
Three, Wammawink! All right, now who's next?
I'm an open book! [chuckling]
-Do Zulius. He's giving you permission. -Yeah!
Durpleton!
Horse, you didn't ask!
[Horse] What is your deal, man?
-Horsatia Wighair Beansz, no! -[screaming]
[grunts, groans]
[marching]
[Young Durpleton humming]
Come on, toy child. I believe in you.
"Sorry, Mr. Durpleton. I'm resting my peepers."
Please just call me Durpleton. Mr. Durpleton is my father.
Durpleton Durpleton! [groans]
Your name is Durpleton Durpleton?
Keep it down!
Your mother, Gurple Durpleton, and I, Tony Durpleton,
are trying to read The Economost, my favorite publication.
Yes, reading. [inhales]
I love how the words follow one another.
Doot, doot, doot.
Like lemmingtaurs off a cliff.
-[popping] -And then, silence.
[laughing]
Which is what we'd like from you, Durpleton Durpleton,
silence!
-But Daddleton, I-- -You see? Ah! Gah!
How many times have I told you?
It's Father, sir, or Tony Durpleton.
[Tony] Nicknames are a shortcut for the incompetent!
-Sorry, Father-- -[yelling] Not now!
♪ Please, sir ♪
Sh! Sh! Come on. How many times have I--
-♪ Please, sir ♪ -Shh! [coughing]
-Durpleton. -Durpleton.
♪ Please, sir Please, sir, please, sir ♪
-♪ Please, son ♪ -♪ Please, sir ♪
-♪ Can't you see I'm trying to read? ♪ -♪ I don't wanna be a dum-dum ♪
-♪ What is it you could possibly need? ♪ -♪ I just wanna make you proud ♪
-♪ I wish you were ♪ -♪Wanna make you say out loud ♪
-♪ A clever baby boy ♪ -♪ I'm your clever baby boy ♪
♪ Oh boy, Dad, let's play Let me show you all these toys I made ♪
-♪ Not now, do your homework ♪ -♪ Know you hate it ♪
-♪ When I make a lot of noise ♪ -Gah!
♪ But hey, maybe someday You and I can have a heart-to-heart ♪
-♪ Once I learn how to control my fa-- ♪ -[farting]
Ah, Durpleton!
-[tires screeching] -Ah!
That is disgusting! No son of mine is gonna… [groans]
[dramatic music playing]
[thundering]
Take care of yourself, son.
[gasps] Durpleton, no!
[grunts, groans]
[Tony] ♪ I will not say anything nice ♪
♪ Until you do the things I require ♪
-♪ That you do ♪ -[thundering]
[thundering]
[marching]
[thundering]
[rain tapping]
♪ I still love you ♪
♪ You're the best dad ♪
♪ And you're handsome and smart ♪
♪ Just please say something ♪
♪ From the heart ♪
[marching]
[sobbing]
-How could they do that to you? -[teen Ched] Everybody's a jerk.
[crying]
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
Everybody's a jerk, not you.
You could be okay, but everybody else, jerks.
Come on now, buddy. Deep breaths.
[deep breaths]
I feel… [sniffles]
…better now.
Yeah, cool. Hey, I'm pretty good at this, aren't I?
Eh, W… What are you doing?
You get a Durple-hug.
Nope. Nope, sorry. Don't do hugs. Sorry. Ched's not a hugger.
-[grunts] -[squeaks]
-[sighs] -[squeaks]
I mean, I'm doing this for you. Just…
Hm… Hmm… It's warm.
[sniffles]
[helicopter whirring]
You two seem like you're looking for a new herd.
-Herd! -Herd!
[rattling]
♪ For every orphan child who's abandoned We find new family units to land in ♪
♪ Helicopter mother above us ♪
♪ We're your brand-new sons And you'll love us ♪
Wait, is that Zulius?
Wha… What?!
[whirring]
-[grunts] -[groans, panting]
Are you out of my brain?
-[squeaks] -Oh, Stabby, you're the handsomest boy.
Durpleton, your parents were total jerks.
I mean, you're sweet, you're creative.
You made the coolest Durp-In-The-Box I've ever seen.
Nuts to this, Horse. It's weird that you magically went into all of our brains.
It's weird and dumb
and you have dumb magic 'cause you're dumb and useless and… [inhales]
…a crap-head!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Ched.
No, Ched's right.
What I did was weird.
It's coo.
Look, I've been selfish.
I… I was throwing a pity party for myself.
But now, I've seen that we've all been through stuff.
Baby girl, you're right. We've--
"We've all been through stuff." Yeah, obvi, Horse.
Glad we could be of service to you on your journey, Horse.
I mean, not all of us.
Come on!
You wouldn't believe what's in here. Do it. Do it now!
Please.
Horsey… Horsey, dear. So you're on board with the hootenanny?
Yeah.
Is it too late for me to be the Scrunch-master?
Of course not!
Durpleton, can you see about finding us a new Sflü?
I got more mulch!
Sflü's still broken, ya tree-bag.
Aw, nuts to this.
[Zulius] Okay, I'll tell you!
I have a traumatic backstory. Picture it!
[Zulius] Me, younger, basically this. [chuckling]
There was an alley… [gasps]
…and a top hat.
Pearls for days!
[closing theme music playing]
[Horse galloping]
[neighing]
[whimsical music playing]