[upbeat music]
- Live from Presley's basement,
it's open mic night!
[both cheering]
If I pick your name,
that means you get five minutes
to perform on this stage.
- Okay, pick somebody. - Hm.
It's a receipt from when we bought the fishbowl.
Hm. "Prees-ly."
Is there a "Prees-ly" anywhere?
- You know it's me and that I just have sloppy handwriting.
- Hey, what are you gonna do with that popcorn?
- Quiet, this is my time.
Now I bet you're wondering,
what am I gonna do with this popcorn?
I am going to attempt
to catch ten pieces of popcorn
in my mouth...
in a row.
[both gasp]
- It can't be done.
- Please,
I need complete and total silence.
[dinging] - [yelps]
Oh, come on!
- Hey, we got a KidDING.
- [gasps]
The job is from Make-A-Mutt.
- What's Make-A-Mutt?
What's Make-A-Mutt!?
- Get ready, Munchy.
Lex is about to go off on a rant.
- Make-A-Mutt is a magical store
where you design a stuffed dog
and then a super cool machine,
the Mutt-O-Matic, builds it.
- Told you a rant was coming.
She hasn't even gotten to Nicholas the Ridiculous.
- Who's Nicholas the Ridiculous?
- He's the amazing man who runs the store
with his sidekick, Waggles.
- Who is Waggles?
- You did this to yourself.
- Waggles the dog is the mascot of Make-A-Mutt.
He was a stuffed animal that Nicholas the Ridiculous
brought to life.
- You can't bring a stuffed animal to life.
[chuckling] That's ridicul--
Oh, now I get the name!
- Presley, did you just eat floor popcorn?
- Quiet, this is my time.
[upbeat music]
[engine revving]
[lively rock music]
♪ ♪
[motor shuts off]
- Wow, you finally bought a riding lawn mower.
- Yeah, your mom fought me hard,
but I put my foot down.
And waited for her to go out of town to buy it.
- Can I take it for a spin?
- [chuckles] Oh, Fisher.
This is a serious piece of machinery.
It's for men with beards.
Do you have a beard, son?
- No, but I'm confident I can-- - That's right, no beard.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have to walk back to get my car.
- Wait, where's your car?
- Couldn't wait to ride this baby,
so I drove it home and left my car
at the lawnmower shop.
Also, I forgot to pay,
so they definitely want me to come back.
Now, while I'm gone,
hands off.
- I can totally drive this.
- Fisher, are you old enough to drive that?
- Of course I am.
Watch.
[engine revving]
Ah, this kitten can purr.
[lively rock music]
♪ ♪
Woo-hoo! This is awesome!
- Okay, Fisher, slow down.
- No way.
[screaming]
[crashing]
Oh, no.
- You are in so much trouble.
- I know, and Dad just told me not to drive it.
What do I do?
- You fix stuff all the time.
Why don't you just fix it?
- I fix electronics, not garages.
- Then my advice is for you to
hop back on that lawn mower
and ride it to Mexico.
- So dead, I'm so dead, I'm so dead!
- You want this taken care of quickly?
- Yes. - Call this number.
[phones beep]
- Who is this, a handyman?
- Nope.
Someone who fixes problems.
They call her...
[dramatically] the Wombat.
- The Wombat?
- No.
[dramatically] The Wombat.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I love this place so much.
There's the Mutt-O-Matic that makes the stuffed dogs,
and there's the Mutt Maker
where you customize your friend.
- Oh, look, it's Waggles the dog.
- Oh, but it's on a mannequin.
There was always someone
in the costume when we were kids.
- Aha! So you admit that
Waggles was never a real dog.
- Okay, honey, hit the button.
[triumphant horns]
- That means Nicholas the Ridiculous
is coming.
[goofy music playing]
- Greetings, friend!
I'm Nicholas the Ridiculous.
Walk with me to the Mutt Maker.
Remember, the sillier the walk,
the more magical the creation.
Let's make a mutt!
- Watch, you can make your dog any way you want.
- [gasps] I want to make my dog a cat.
- That's not how it works.
[Mutt-O-Matic powers up]
- And now the Mutt-O-Matic makes your new friend.
[magical music playing]
♪ ♪
[trumpet fanfare] [dog barks]
- I love it! - And she loves you!
$49.99 plus tax. Please pay here.
Goodbye.
- Um, excuse me, Mr. Ridiculous.
I don't know if you remember me but--
- Of course I remember you.
You had your birthday here three years in a row.
One of your friends always had too much licorice
and threw up.
- That was me.
- Well, we're here for the KidDING.
- Yes, of course!
Follow me to the back where the mutts are made.
- Oh, my gosh, we're gonna see the inside of the Mutt-O-Matic!
This is gonna be amazing.
- Wow, so amazing.
- What is this place?
- Yeah, I thought we were gonna
see the inside of the magical machine.
- You're looking at the magical machine.
- Wow.
She looks so lifelike.
- Marilyn isn't a machine.
She's the person who puts together the stuffed dogs.
- No, but I thought the Mutt-O-Matic made them.
- I know.
It's a little white lie we tell
to help sell the magic of the store.
- I can't believe this.
What else isn't real?
- Yeah, I mean,
are you even really ridiculous?
- You tell me.
Picnic table, picnic table, picnic table!
- Okay, you check out.
- ♪ I got, you got me ♪ ♪ We got this ♪
♪ I like the odds when we're side-by-side ♪
♪ I like the sound of that ♪
♪ Oh, we're taking off, gonna do this right ♪
♪ I like the sound of that ♪
♪ And when things go up in flames, we're on it ♪
♪ 'Cause I got you, got me, we got this ♪
- I can't believe this whole time
there was a woman back here making the stuffed dogs.
My whole childhood is a lie.
- In our defense, we tried to make a machine
that could make stuffed dogs,
but it became self-aware and tried to destroy us.
- Been there.
- Marilyn is retiring.
I hired you kids to take her place
until we can find a permanent replacement.
[alarm buzzes] - Oh!
That light means there's a customer.
Two in one day? We are killing it!
- Let me show you how this works.
When a kid customizes their doggy,
it pops up on this screen
and you hear a ding.
[alert dings]
the machine sends out the stuffed dog body.
Just attach the head, arms, and legs
like it looks on the screen.
Put it all together, blah, blah, blah.
Magic, magic, magic, and off it goes.
[magical music playing]
[trumpet fanfare] [dog barks]
- It's perfect!
- And he will love you forever!
That's $49.99 plus tax. Please pay here.
- Well good luck taking over.
Nothing but palm trees, fruity drinks,
and luaus for me.
I'm off to Rhode Island.
Woo-hoo!
- Guys,
I don't know if I feel good working here
and lying to kids.
- This place may have lied to you,
but it made you happy.
Now it's your turn to lie
and make other kids happy.
It's the cycle of lying and happiness.
- Nice 'sault.
- Thanks.
- Did Marilyn show you everything?
- Yep, we're ready to get to work.
- Oh. [chuckles]
There probably won't be any more work today.
Kids just aren't interested in stuffed animals
like they used to be.
- That is so sad.
- Kids stink.
- I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this place going.
- Hey, maybe we can help get the word out.
- Yeah, we can hit the streets
and tell people to come to the store.
- Are you sure people will pay attention to you?
- Oh, I'm sure. I can be quite loud.
Watch.
Mutts! Mutts! Mutts!
- Okay, we get it.
- Hey, I know how to get their attention.
- [gasps] Yes!
I'll put on the Waggles costume.
- Then we can make signs for Make-A-Mutt
and spin them around.
- Let's go lie to some children!
all: Yeah!
[upbeat music]
- There.
Maybe Dad won't notice.
- You're not gonna fix this problem with a houseplant.
- Are you the Wombat? - No.
I'm...the Wombat.
I solve problems.
- Why are you wearing a tuxedo?
- I'm not here to chit chat.
Let's see your mess.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh!
- My dad's gonna be back soon.
If he sees that I crashed his new lawn mower,
he'll never forgive me.
- If you do what I say, when I say it,
I'll get you out of this mess.
Now, first thing I need is some lemonade.
Lots of lemons, lots of sugar.
- I guess I could get you-- - I'll also need a blender,
an inflatable palm tree, and a bear trap.
- How is that gonna help? - The answers will come
at the end of this journey.
Still waiting on my lemonade.
Go, go, go!
- Right, right away, sir.
I mean, ma'am.
I mean, Wombat!
[upbeat music]
[car horn honking]
[funky music]
- Come to Make-A-Mutt!
Tell 'em Waggles sent you!
- I'm Waggles!
♪ ♪
- Attention, shoppers.
- Looking for a place to strut?
- Well, come on down to Make-A-Mutt!
♪ ♪
- Now the whole town can see our signs!
- I'm a flying dog!
- Hey, wait.
Aren't you afraid of heights?
- Oh, yeah.
[screaming]
- Oh, no, my sign!
Look out below!
- ♪ I'm stopping for a milkshake ♪
♪ On my way to the lawn mower store ♪
♪ Where I left my car in the parking lot-- ♪
[slurping]
[upbeat music]
- All right, I got all the stuff you asked for.
Now can we fix my garage?
My dad will be here soon.
- That's why I'm here.
All I need now is electrical tape, a whisk,
and a rocking horse.
- A "please" would be nice.
- Listen, pal.
Time is a factor.
I think fast, I talk fast,
and I need you to act fast
if you want to get out of this jam.
- Fine.
- I also drink fast.
So get me some more lemonade.
- [sighs] - Go, go, go, go, go!
[upbeat music]
- And that's how you get out of jury duty.
- Nicholas the Ridiculous, it worked.
We got you a ton of customers.
- And I got over my fear of heights.
- This is stupendous!
It's time for the Mutt-O-Matic
to make a dog for everyone!
all: Yeah!
- No, I mean get in the back and make some stuffed dogs.
- Oh, right.
- All right, kids. Who wants to see some juggling?
- I do! - Great.
Follow-up question, does anyone here
know how to juggle?
[alert dings]
- Oh, that's cute.
A dog with an orange head, blue arms,
and a green tail.
- Oh, that wasn't so bad.
[alert dings]
- Oh, looks like we got another order.
[alert dings] - Oh, looks like we got
two new orders. - On it.
- Head, tail. - Arm, arm.
- Looks like we found our rhythm.
Easy peasy.
[trumpet fanfare] [dog barks]
- Oh, isn't the Mutt-O-Matic amazing?
This is a perfect time to order more mutts.
- I want one.
[alert dings] - Yay, another order.
[alert dings] And another order.
[alert dings] Another?
[alert dinging] - Uh, that's a lot of mutts.
[alert dinging]
[alert dinging repeatedly] - Oh, come on.
- Blue. - Green.
Okay, yeah, you're right.
- Moving fast.
[alert dinging repeatedly]
- Green, pink.
Come on.
Kay. - Is this right?
Okay.
Things are moving so fast. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay!
- No, no. No tail!
[trumpet fanfare] [dogs barking]
[alert dinging repeatedly] [both screaming]
- Okay, come on!
- [stammering]
[alert dinging repeatedly] - [yelps]
Okay, this isn't easy or peasy! - [screams]
[upbeat music]
- Work faster, Lex!
[alert dinging repeatedly]
So many!
- Too many dogs coming too fast!
- Now I see why Marilyn retired
to the tropical beaches of Rhode Island!
[alert dinging] Can you hand me a blue head?
- Okay, hand me a purple tail,
- I don't have any purple tails!
[alert dinging repeatedly] Are you serious right now?
- Okay, it's got to slow down soon, right?
There weren't that many kids out there.
- Nicholas, check it out.
A birthday party.
We should crank the Mutt-O-Matic up to go faster.
- Great idea, Waggles!
[alert dinging repeatedly]
- Kay, Presley, hurry up.
- What is going on out there?
[trumpet fanfare] [dogs barking]
- Okay, I know this is hard,
but we have to make sure each dog is perfect
for the kids out there in the store.
[alert dinging]
- [yelps]
[alert dinging]
- This isn't the stuffed animal I ordered.
It has an arm for a tail.
- Mine is wrong, too.
It's all tails.
- Mine doesn't have a head.
- Mine has a head coming out of its butt.
- Fix it! - This isn't fair.
all: Fix it!
[alert dinging repeatedly]
- Gosh.
- Everyone, I assure you
the Mutt-O-Matic is working just fine.
- Okay, we gotta catch up!
We can't send out anymore wrong dogs.
- That dog has two heads!
- No!
- Lex, I have your shoes. I'll keep them safe!
- I'm your new doggy!
- [screaming]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Hurry it up, Fisher.
- Here.
Here's your stupid alpaca.
- Can you believe this guy called you stupid?
[as alpaca] I know, Wombat.
But at least I know how to drive a lawn mower.
- You're supposed to be helping me fix my garage.
Instead you have me running around,
getting random things.
It would have just been easier
to tell my dad the truth.
- [claps slowly]
And now you've reached the end of your journey.
- What happened to my garage?
And why is there an alpaca in the driveway?
- I messed up, Dad.
I drove your mower into the garage
and I didn't know how to tell you.
- Fish, you know you can talk to me about anything.
Even when you make mistakes.
- I know.
I should have been honest.
- Boom!
Lesson learned.
My work here is done.
You can keep all this stuff.
Except this.
It's coming with me.
- So that's it? I'm off the hook?
- [chuckles] Oh, no.
You are going to fix this garage door.
And when you're done,
I'm gonna give you some riding lawn mower lessons.
- Sounds good.
- But first...
I'm going to need some lemonade.
Go, go, go!
I know, I know,
I should be more firm with Fisher,
but it's hard to stay mad at him.
You have any kids?
[upbeat music]
- Is this really magical?
Because it looks like that girl
was working in that machine.
- What?
No, there is no one working in the machine.
That is crazy.
- [muffled] Lex, Lex!
[grunting]
I have your shoes.
Hey, why is everyone staring at us?
- We want a refund.
all: Refund, refund, refund!
- Okay, everyone.
May I please have your attention.
Okay, I know that you're upset that
the Mutt-O-Matic isn't magical like you thought.
But the real magic comes from the joy
of making a friend that will be with you guys forever.
- I want a dog with a head.
[children agreeing]
[magical music playing]
♪ ♪
- Wait, how is the machine running?
No one's back there.
- Maybe it is magical.
[magical music stirs]
[dog barks]
- This is the dog I wanted!
- It's a Make-A-Mutt miracle!
[all cheering]
That's $49.99. Please pay over there.
- I gotta see this.
- Marilyn?
I thought you retired to Rhode Island.
- Turns out it was more road than island.
- Well, thanks for bringing all the magic
back to the store.
- You've made a lot of kids happy.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Warms my heart.
[upbeat music]
- Thank you for getting Marilyn to come back, Wombat.
- It's my thing, Nicholas.
I fix problems.
I'm taking this dog.
I like it.
It has a head on its butt.
[upbeat music]