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Prepare for episode 11 Evil Tree Island and the Fellowship of the Banana.
Amelia, the spoons on my nose.
Oh my gosh, it's staying there.
Yeah, it's because i polished it so well.
You didn't put any glue on it or anything.
No no, this is just my sweat.
Glands coming out of my pores.
Wow yep, we didn't know where your glands are.
Well, they're in my nose.
Hey kids, how's the polishing going on here?
It's good Dad.
We've gone through eight place settings.
Okay Arthur, you know great trick with the spoon there, but I think you're going to have to Dad.
This is just my nose pores.
Yeah, no, I'm really proud.
Just make sure to polish that again.
Natural nose.
Grease is an important byproduct of being a human.
Yeah, but you don't want it on your spoon.
Oh yeah, that's true.
Okay, when are we gonna eat with this silver?
Oh, we never do.
We never do.
It's important that as soon as the silver is polished, we wrap it back up in the cloths and put it back away in the cabinet, where the silver goes.
Dad, what if we ate with it tonight?
Oh, gosh.
Are you kidding me?
We could use china, too, Dad.
We could have a really special dinner.
Yes.
Well, it is Tuna Tuesday.
Oh.
Yeah, well, you know what?
Why not?
Any day can be a special day if you decide it is.
Golly, I don't know how I feel about actually using this stuff.
This was my great-great-grandmother's silver.
What are you going to do with it if you don't use it?
Oh, wrap it up in the cloth and put it away in the cabinet there.
You're just kind of not using it.
You're just keeping it to keep it.
You're hoarding something like a treasure.
Wow, I, ooh, treasure.
I never really thought of it that way.
I don't consider myself a treasure kind of guy, but you're probably right.
Are you a booty kind of guy?
Excuse me?
Are you a booty man?
I don't know that that's appropriate, young lady.
I'm just asking.
I mean, maybe, you know, booty is like treasure, but, you know.
Oh, no.
Oh, sorry.
You've probably been reading books.
Okay.
Yeah, no.
Okay.
Well, no, not necessarily.
I think greed can be a negative thing.
I mean, I know we live in a mansion somehow with multiple wings, but.
Yeah, maybe.
That's not really my doing.
But it was your great-grandmother's.
That's correct.
It was.
It was.
Ding dong doodly doo.
Oh, boy.
Hey, kids.
Carl, thanks for saying I could bring over some of my silver for them to polish.
That is so sweet.
You know, James, we actually have a real doorbell.
You don't just have to say the sound and walk right in.
You're so sweet, janice.
I think we're actually finishing up for the day, so you got here a little too late for that.
Well no, we still got lots of baking soda and aluminum foil.
So yeah, if you, if you kids, don't mind.
I just thought janice has, and a lovely jester has decided to cook dinner for us tonight, since it's tuna tuesday.
So uh yeah, i thought, just to show her our appreciation, we'd polish up her silver too.
It's not the tuna tubes again, is it?
No uh, that's the lunch thing.
I wasn't eavesdropping, but i did hear that there might be a special dinner tonight.
We're breaking out the good stuff, Janice.
Oh, yeah, the fine china, the silver.
I'll bring over candles.
Yeah, there's those goblets we got up in the attic.
Maybe we can bring down the goblets.
I thought those were just for the Ren Faire.
Well, hey.
It literally says Ren Faire on it.
That's right.
I love the Ren Faire.
Maybe you could polish them, too.
I know they're plastic, but I don't know.
I'd like them to have a high shine when we dine.
Ooh, a little rhyme.
Okay, kids, I'm going to get back over there and get going on my casserole.
But thank you so much.
I can't wait for tonight.
Yeah, take your time, Janice.
Take your time.
Yeah, I'll wait for you to fall asleep and not come over.
Well, I won't.
Love you.
Would you two mind running up to the attic and grabbing those goblets?
I'll take over silver duty just for now.
Oh, yeah.
No matter how long it takes us.
Okay.
Got it.
Let's see.
Okay, let's go.
What did Janice bring over?
What is this, anyway?
Okay, hop on my shoulders.
Okay.
I'm on him.
Pull it down.
Okay.
Clamber, clamber, clamber.
I'm clambering.
Did it get dustier up here?
You'd think we'd clean it as much as we come up here, but we just let it get dustier.
We don't clean, though.
We go to the Skytanics.
Okay, shh.
Don't say it out loud.
Okay.
Okay.
All right.
Here's the bottle.
Okay.
Ready?
Yep.
Here we go.
Whoa.
I have polish on my fingers still.
Oh, gross.
Children!
Oh, yeah, hey, Bottoms, we're in here.
Hi!
Oh, I'm so glad you're back.
I have to say, I am on top of the world.
Wow, you look great.
Yeah, i have just been feeling fabulous since i got back.
The captain is treating me with respect, oh good.
He's never done that before and i have to say i think it's thanks to you, Oh wow.
Well, maybe we just helped point out how valuable you really are.
That's so sweet.
Well, it's what we do.
We're sweet kids.
Dobbins!
Dobbins, where are you?
Oh, there you are, Dobbins.
I needed your opinion on... Oh, it's you two.
Hi, Captain.
Where have you been?
Where we normally are before we come here.
Earth.
Maybe you should go here more than there because... You want us around?
What?
No, I don't want you around.
I want you to come here, then go bring me more booty.
Why are you laughing at that?
It'll never not be funny.
It'll never not be funny.
What booty do you want us to grab?
Oh, you smell worse than normal today.
What's that smell?
It's like someone's pulling up old carpet in the basement.
Oh, you mean my fingers?
Smell them.
What is that?
It's polish.
It's silverware polish.
We've been polishing silver.
Captain, we talked about this.
Yes?
Some farts we keep inside, don't we?
We do do that, right.
Which would those be?
The ones where you say people smell.
But what if they smell?
You just, you smell and you think, and then you say nothing.
But I'm providing a service to these wee whippersnappers.
Now they'll know how bad their pong is, and they'll perhaps go home and put lemon wedges in their underarms.
Did you say pong?
Yes.
Pongs?
What are pongs?
What is that?
Um, it's like...
The smell of taco soup that got left in the thermos too long.
Oh, okay.
Which is what you two smell like.
Hey, that's pretty bad.
To my highly refined olfactory senses.
Pong is like one of the original computer games, so we'll take that as a compliment.
Blah, blah, blah.
Make no sense.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Let's head up to the deck, folks, because Cranklin seems very excited today.
He's been rolling around like a mad robot all day long.
Yeah.
Good.
All right, follow me.
All right.
Hey.
Ooh.
Joe built it.
Wow.
Just on his spare time.
Wow.
He said, I want a curly staircase.
Wow.
And he did it.
Now careful, it's all made of breadsticks. so you have to step gingerly.
Smells garlicky in here.
So you can't actually put weight on it.
You sort of have to, like, grab the banisters and just sort of hold yourself up like that.
Can we eat one?
Okay.
Oh, this banister is delicious.
Don't let Joe see that.
All right, okay, I'm up top.
All right, here we are.
Oh, Cranklin!
Look at him.
He's spinning around.
Look at him.
He's so happy.
He's been like that ever since he received his last transmission.
This one sounds like it might be something special, but we needed you Earth children here to be able to listen to it.
Here we are.
All right, we're ready.
My name is Sophia and my age is five and I'm from America.
There's a world, it's evil tree island where there's a tree that glows and talks.
People come in and try to steal the tree.
And it has a booty that's a banana that glows.
Goodbye.
No wonder.
No wonder you were so excited, Cranklin.
Sophia.
Oh, I've been looking for Evil Tree Island for years.
Finally, we have the coordinates.
Finally, I can get the banana that glows.
The glowing banana.
No, no, that's not called the glowing banana.
It's called the banana that glows.
Got it?
Yeah, the glowing banana is a completely different treasure.
Don't get them confused.
Which of the trees are evil?
Oh, they're all evil.
Yeah, all of them, every single one, even the one that glows and talks.
Oh yeah, every single one of them.
Oh, my god.
But here's the thing also, on the island, kind of keeping them in line, is a man called the gardener gardener cool yeah, so he's not evil.
He's not evil, and i think, if you can find him, that perhaps he can help you.
Help us get the glowing banana Right, right.
Oh, sorry, the banana that glows.
That's right, we'll get the glowing banana later.
Right now, I want...
The banana that glows.
Is the banana that glows growing off of a banana tree?
The evilest of all the trees, the one that glows and talks, has the banana that glows.
Its booty is a banana.
That's correct.
It's got a banana booty.
It has a banana for a booty.
That's correct.
So there's only one tree that glows and talks?
Yeah well, here's the thing about this island every tree is different.
Like this is a banana tree, then they have an orange tree, and then they have trees that don't even make sense, like There's a fork tree.
It's got forks in it.
Genuine dinglehoppers?
Yeah, dinglehoppers.
I don't know what that means.
I just repeated it.
Have you ever seen Little Mermaid?
Jeez.
Come on.
Get up some culture.
But I have seen a mermaid, but she wasn't little.
She was literally five times my size.
Oh yeah, but i'm a small man, a short king, if you will.
Yeah, a moment aside, just for a moment.
Um, what now?
You do know that the tree what glows and talks is very dangerous.
I mean, do you really think these two kids can get in there and get that banana that glows?
Captain, You are warming the cockles of me heart, because this is literally the first time you have cared about the children.
I mean, i don't care about them whatsoever, but you told me to pretend like i did, and so that's what i'm doing.
Okay, to be fair, if they get smushed, then they can't bring me more treasures like a glowing banana.
Yeah, you're getting it now.
It's dangerous.
I don't know.
I could go look in my bag of tricks and see if I've got something that can help them.
Well, what if Cranklin just came with us?
Yeah.
What?
I don't know.
I mean, for safety, you know, protection.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's saying he can't do anything.
He doesn't do much and he doesn't really protect anyone.
But yeah, if you want him to go, cool.
But what if he gets squished by an evil tree?
Why do you care more about Cranklin getting smushed than us getting smushed?
Oh, well, he has an important role here on the ship.
And you won't get squished, I'm sure.
I'm sure you will use your scampering abilities.
Do you have any kind of attachments or something that we could like put in his storage cubby for safety?
I have this handkerchief.
Oh, okay.
Cool.
Here, let me give it to you.
Here, take my handkerchief.
It is a gift from me to you to help you survive the most terrifying island in all the Cloud Sea.
It looks very jaunty tied around your neck, Cranklin.
All right, well, you better get going.
All right.
But if you were thinking that, like I was jealous that you want Cranklin to go instead of me, I'm not, so I don't know where you got that idea.
Well, we know that you just got into some real danger.
Yeah yeah, maybe we want to take a step back and we just wanted you to make sure that you're safe, because we would hate it if something happened to you.
You too Cranklin, you too.
Yeah, you too, Cranklin, yeah.
But you've got the handkerchief, so... Unless you just care about me a bit more.
Okay!
Well, look, I don't care who goes.
I just want that banana that glows.
Bring it back for me, booty!
Hey!
Go get that booty for your booty.
Okay, pulling the lever.
All right, I'm pressing the button.
Isn't that fun, Cranklin'?
It's so dark here.
This is ominous.
Yeah, I don't... Did you hear that?
Was that... Sounded like some kind of a beast sound.
Sounded like a growl.
Oh my gosh, we better start moving.
Okay.
It's okay, Cranklin, stay close to us.
Yeah, it's okay.
We got you.
We'll protect you.
Okay.
Okay, so we're just looking for a tree to glow.
Looking for a tree to glow.
It's me, the pizza tree.
Oh, yummy.
Wow, pizza tree.
That's right, I'm a pizza tree.
I grow pizza on me, but my favorite thing is stopping people.
No, wait, wait, wait.
Your branches look so laden with pizza.
Maybe we could take some of it off your hands and really eat it.
Yeah, you can do that if you want to.
That's how i send my seeds around the world.
First you eat the pizza, then i stomp you, then i throw you up in the air in the circle and then i frisbee you far away and then another pizza tree grow.
You are really like dexterous.
I like it.
That's what a pizza tree does.
Every tree different here on Evil Tree Island.
Okay, well, we're just going to run this way.
Come on.
Come on.
Whoa there, where are you going?
No, another tree.
You just ran into my folds.
Oh, oh, sorry, um, sorry.
No, it's fine.
I'm the sweatshirt tree.
I'm just hanging around.
Oh, wow.
You're so cozy.
I am.
You want to come inside my folds and never leave?
Uh, no.
We just would love to... Yeah, tempting, but... I'm a fall-autumn friend.
I'll let your folds out.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Get your chucky nuts off of me.
Franklin, I gotta go.
Franklin, come on.
Come on, Franklin.
No, no, no, Franklin.
No, no, no, Franklin.
Hey, you guys, you guys, you guys hey hey, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, follow me, follow me quickly, follow me.
He's gone, he's gone, he's gone.
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
Okay, we're in this clearing so we're safe.
There's no trees for about 10 miles around.
Wow, who are you?
My name is Sammy.
Sammy, how do you live among all these trees?
That's scary.
I actually live underground.
That's why you're a mole.
Yes, I live under there, and I have a whole family, but actually... Oh, my God, you're blind.
Yes, I can't see anything, but I can sense your presence and I'm the only one brave enough to come up here if I can scavenge things like sweaters and pizza for my family, and I saw you were in trouble, so I thought I'd better rescue you.
Sammy, thank you so much.
You definitely saved us.
My name is Amelia, and this is my brother Arthur.
I'm Arthur.
How very nice.
And who is this chunk of metal next to you?
Oh, that's Cranklin'.
Cranklin.
It's talking.
Yeah, Cranklin's a robot.
He's the same size as me.
He's five years old.
Five years old.
Which for us is like, you know, 200.
Yes.
I smell something.
Oh, my gosh.
Not you, too.
No, it's not.
It's just, like, a cleaned scent.
It's my silver polish on my fingers.
No.
I told you in nine weeks you had gotten this off before we left.
Let Sammy smell your fingers.
Okay, here's my finger smelling.
I love it.
You love it?
Really?
That's great.
And I have to say, I have a real nose for these things.
That's a good joke.
So what are you doing on my island?
Well, we're looking for the banana that glows.
You don't want to go there.
No, but we have to.
We have to get it.
That's in the center of the forest, and it's actually the most dangerous area.
You're on the outskirts right now.
This is the outskirts?
This is the outfit.
This is so scary.
It gets more dense as you go in the middle.
Oh, my gosh.
It's already so dark.
I know.
That's why it's easy for me because I can't see anyways.
Oh, yeah.
So it's like dark, light.
I don't know.
So once you go in the middle of things, it's incredibly dark and dense.
And there's a tree everywhere you look.
And they're not as friendly as the pizza tree.
What?
The pizza tree was not friendly.
Well, he's pretty friendly.
He says he wants to thump you.
His name's Mario, and he's kind of a tease.
You know what?
I thought it was, but I didn't want to, you know.
He's always like, it's me, Mario.
I'm like, okay, I get it.
We got one of those where we come from.
Yeah.
I don't think you want to go down there.
You won't be safe, so... Well, Sammy, we kind of have to.
Yeah, so I guess we've got to go without you.
Okay, listen.
If you're going to go, then you've got to meet the gardener.
Wait a minute.
What about the gardener?
That's what Tobin said.
Who?
Dobbins, that's our unky.
Unky?
I must have a hold of that.
Okay, listen, boy, I'm really going out on a limb here today.
But, yes, I'm going to take you too.
That was a great one.
That was really good.
I didn't even know I did it.
That's so funny.
Maybe it's time for you to branch out into other areas.
We won't leave you behind.
I'm going to tell this to my sister.
She goes, this is so funny.
Put on your trunks.
I'm sorry.
Humor's not my... I'm not the funny one.
I know you are the funny one.
I don't wear clothes, but Okay okay, so it's a bit of a trick.
Okay, if you follow me, i'll take you to the gardener as far as i can take you.
But my mom said you can't do it, you can't go very far.
And i said okay but um okay, so follow me down this path.
Okay good, getting colder, is that normal?
Yeah yeah, branches are.
I'm brushing my arms.
This is scary.
Just ignore them.
This island is divided into quadrants and each one has a temperature.
Yes, this is the most cold temperature.
Literally, you're going to freeze to death, so I think we should pick up the pace.
Okay.
We can run if you want.
I don't think I can run as fast as you.
Well, we can pick you up and hold you.
Really?
Yeah, of course.
Nobody's ever held me before.
That would be fabulous.
That's what we do.
Here, jump in my hand.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Run down this path, but be careful because there's about to be ice.
So what I suggest is just let yourself slide right down the path.
Okay.
Okay.
Ready?
Yeah.
Let's go.
Whoa!
Whoa!
Wait, I hear cracking.
Is the ice cracking?
Yes, this is not safe.
I've accidentally taken us down the wrong path and now we are on a frozen pond.
Oh no, I'm so sorry, throw me across the pond and you'll lighten up a bit okay oh oh, that's really nice.
That's really nice.
Two ounces will do it.
Okay ready Uh-oh, maybe it threw too far.
Oh, actually, you know what?
The ice has stopped cracking.
That's great.
Apparently, two ounces was what it took.
Wow, good thinking.
Yippee-yay-hah!
It's me, the gardener.
Hey, you two look like you're in need of help.
Grab this here rope.
I'll pull you over here.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
Oh.
Poor Cranklin!
What are you two doing out there on the frozen pond?
Didn't you see the sign?
No, it's so dark.
We couldn't see anything.
We were slipping so fast.
Yeah, well, we wrote it in Braille because mostly it's only moles that need to worry about it.
We don't got people like y'all running around here.
Oh, yeah, we can see and read, but not Braille.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Those bumps right there say, Dangerous Frozen Pond.
Don't you dare get up on there.
Wait, we gotta move fast.
Come follow me.
Follow me to my hideout.
Oh, wow.
Where's Sammy?
Oh, I saw you threw a little two-ounce nugget over there.
It landed over there in that pile of leaves.
Yeah, it was a little mole.
Oh, okay.
Sammy!
I'm fine.
That was totally fine.
I didn't mean to throw you so far.
Yes, I'm fine.
All right.
Oh, yes.
Hello, Gardner.
It's me.
Oh, hey there, Sammy.
I remember you.
Come on, quick.
We got to get out of here.
Okay, okay.
Let's go.
These trees are evil.
Evil, I tell you.
You've got a great arm.
Come on.
All right.
Yeah, yeah.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Now, I know this is going to sound strange.
You see that great big tree up ahead?
Yeah.
It's not a tree.
That's my hideout.
There's a secret door in it.
I push this knot.
I pull that twig.
I yank that root.
I wiggle that leaf right there and watch.
Come on.
It's like my house on Minecraft that I built.
Remember the house that I built?
It has like eight windows and then there's a door.
You can push the button and it goes underground.
It was awesome.
Sounds like you and me got the same mind, kid.
Because this here hideout goes underground too.
Come down this staircase here.
Whoa, is this made of breadsticks?
Oh, I wish.
Okay, food is hard to come by around here.
You gotta wrestle a pizza tree to get anything.
We met mario.
Yeah, we met him.
Oh, he's one of the nice ones.
He only tries to stomp you and then, kind of like, throw you around and then frisbee you.
Yeah, it's pretty rough, though.
Oh, it's real rough, but man, trust me, some of them are way worse.
Yeah, that's the least of your worries, though.
Don't even get me started about the trumpet tree.
Oh, trumpet tree?
What do they do?
Oh, yeah, man, that's one of the worst ones.
Well, of course, the worst one of all is the tree that glows and talks.
That's the tree we're looking for.
We need it.
No!
That's where they want to go.
Well, hold on a second.
Now I'm the gardener and I keep all these trees in check, but the one tree I don't mess with is the tree that glows and talks.
They're determined to go there and that's why I brought them to you Gardner, because I know that you can protect them like you protected my family in 1958.
Oh, wow.
That was a year.
Wow, you guys will go back a long time.
Well, yeah, 1958.
That was the year I lost my Jacqueline.
Oh, Jacqueline.
Yeah, Jacqueline was my special somebody.
But that tree that glows and talks.
Oh, it took her away from me.
Oh, my gosh.
It's getting up so sorry.
Sorry.
Is it 2025 here?
I'm just trying to check if it's 1958.
It's 1958 and a half here.
Oh, wow.
Yeah, we got a whole different calendar here on Evil Tree Island.
So this is recent.
Well, no, but our month's last year.
So, yeah, no, it was a long time ago, but quite recent.
Wait, your month is last year?
Month's last year is in our calendar.
Oh, I see.
Come on, get it straight.
I feel like this makes perfect sense.
Time is a man-made construct.
That's right, Amelia.
Of course, Sammy.
Thank you so much for helping us.
We really appreciate it.
Hey, maybe y'all can give Sammy a head start and just throw him as far towards his house as possible.
Oh, yeah, Arthur, you're great at this.
Okay, I'll get it.
Okay, well, we have to go up the stairs first.
Okay.
They'll be right back, Gardner.
Okay.
Jump in my little hands.
The coast is clear.
Okay, ready?
I'm going to spin three times so you'll go even farther.
Ready?
Ready?
One, two, three!
Whoa!
Heck yeah, that was a good throw.
Arthur, I think you should try out for football.
Wow, you think so?
I didn't know if Dad would be cool with it.
No, I don't think you should, actually.
It's a really dangerous sport.
But maybe you could be a discus thrower.
What's discus?
It's a disc that you throw.
Sounds fun.
Yeah.
Do you stomp something flat and then kind of toss it around and then throw it as far as you can?
No, it's not.
You just really just throw it.
It's already kind of flat.
Well, now, hold on a second, then, man.
That there discus, that gives me an idea.
Yeah?
If you can take something flat and throw it a long way, you might be able to convince the pizza tree to help us out.
Now, that pizza tree's about as nice as an evil tree's gonna get.
Wow.
Maybe if you can kind of say, hey, you and me, we're pals.
We both like the same kind of thing.
Okay.
Then maybe we got a chance against the tree that glows and talks.
All right, well, the pizza tree was back kind of a long way, so we got to run, huh?
Yeah, we got to go back.
Now, I'm the gardener.
I've been working here for years.
I know my way around, but this is a dangerous place.
I don't think you two seem to appreciate that.
Oh, well, we've got Cranklin with us, and maybe you could come with us, too.
All right, sure.
Four is better than two.
That's right, a little fellowship.
Well, you know, if we could just get that there banana off that there tree, everything would calm down.
That's the source of all the badness.
A banana well, it's a banana that glows oh, that's true.
I mean, our bananas have a lot of potassium.
Yeah right yeah, they get brown when they get old.
Well, this banana is it.
Whatever it's got in, it turns trees evil.
So if we got that banana, we'd be helping the whole island.
Yeah, the whole ecosystem would be doing me a big favor, too.
And who knows?
Maybe Jacqueline is still out there somewhere.
Jacqueline.
Okay, well, let's go find Pete to the tree.
Yeah.
All right. if you're sure about that.
Gardner, are you okay?
You seem hesitant, and I learned that word from my word calendar.
And this is your idea to go get the pizza tree, right?
Yeah well, you know, I lost someone that was important to me, and I just would hate to see something happen to you two.
You seem like nice kids, and I've been through it once before. a feeling of loss and loneliness.
You never know until you try, and we're here for you.
So maybe this is the best time to step out, face your fears, and come with us.
Yeah, when are you ever going to have the bravest kid named Arthur and a robot with you?
And the smartest kid on Earth, Amelia.
Arthur, thank you.
All right.
I like the idea y'all are bringing to the table here.
Let me get my gear on.
I got my utility belt grappling the hook.
I got this spray can thing here.
This is a natural pesticide.
It's made out of vinegar and dish soap.
Oh, cool.
And Franklin has a handkerchief if we need it.
Oh, yeah.
Oh.
Oh, I don't really see how that could be in any way helpful, but whatever.
All right, follow me.
Okay, here we go.
Up the stairs.
Yeah, we're going to go around the pond this time.
I know a shortcut.
See, it's not actually that long.
Sammy the Mole will probably follow the mole route, which is mostly underground.
But above ground, we're going to go over here.
We're going to loop to the left.
And I know that might look like a tree, but it's a crape myrtle, which is technically a shrub.
So don't worry about it.
It's not even tree-like.
Those are pretty.
They're pretty.
Grandma's yard.
Yeah, they're a pain.
They're like a weed.
You really got to cut them back every season or they're going to go crazy.
All right yeah, all right, we're getting close.
Wow, you're so fast.
Yeah, we're getting close to mario the pizza trees.
Oh, i see that sweater tree.
Stay away, stay away, stay away.
Is that a mushroom tree?
Yeah oh, it talks.
It's-a me, Mario the Pizza Tree.
Oh, and a mushroom tree.
That's crazy.
Um Mario, we were wondering if uh, we could uh, Get stomped, and then let me throw you in the air and then frisbee you.
Hey, pizza, tree pizza?
Mario mario, i'm sorry.
Yeah mario, you know i can throw just like you, no way.
Yeah, if you're gonna throw it just like me, then uh, you would have my respect, But in no way you gonna throw like me.
I smoosh a thing down, I throw it so far.
I spin three times first to get the maximum velocity.
That's exactly what I do.
And I didn't even know that you did it too.
Wait a second.
You're telling me that the non-evil tree can do it like me?
Oh, I'm telling you that all the way.
I tell you what, little thing, then.
If you can throw the disc farther than me, then Mario will do whatever you want.
Yes, this is it.
This is it, Millie.
I can do this.
Arthur, you got this.
But here's the other side.
If I throw farther than you, I get to stomp you nice and flat in a circle.
And then I toss you in the air.
And then I throw you even farther.
That'll be a lot of fun for me.
Oh, no, Amelia.
This is bad.
Okay, I don't know if we've ever been in this much trouble.
Okay, okay, okay.
Arthur, here's the thing.
Yeah?
I believe in you.
I've never seen anyone throw a mole as far as you threw that mole.
Really?
Yeah.
And I think that you can really do this.
That's a tree.
You're better than a tree?
Yeah.
I don't mean to be speciesist, but you got this.
All right, y'all, check it out.
Now, here in my equipment kit, I got two big old balls of dough.
I figured since we can't stomp a person right now, that we could stomp these balls of dough.
Did you say in your equipment kit?
Yes, it's in my equipment kit.
I got balls of various foodstuffs in here.
I got balls of dough.
Let's see.
I got a ball of popcorn.
It's kind of held together by some, like, sweet syrup.
Oh, can I have one of those?
Yeah, sure.
Here you go.
Okay.
Yum.
Just while I'm watching.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah, no, popcorn's perfect for watching a spectacle like this.
Now...
Good luck, Arthur.
Hey.
We're all counting on you.
Wow.
Good luck to you, too, Mario.
All right.
Don't watch me as I stomp with this snowball.
Look at my big...
Three root foot, stomp it so flat.
No way your little boy foot stomp that much.
Hey, look what I got.
Wow.
Come on, Jay.
Tossing the thing in the air.
La, la, la, la, la.
Now watch me throw it.
Wow, a hundred meter, a 200 meter, like a 5,000 meter.
Ow, my phone.
Are meters the same here as they are on Earth?
No, it's an evil three island meter.
Every meter got a thousand foot in it.
Oh, my gosh.
But our... But our foots are two quarts each.
Ay!
You mean like liquid measurements?
Or it could... Ay!
What do I look like, some kind of measurement expert?
You go, you go.
I'm an evil pizza tree.
Don't ask me all of these questions.
You just got to throw your dough farther than a Mario dough, and no way that's going to happen.
Arthur, you got this.
Look, his technique was really shoddy.
I mean, I've been to a lot of pizza places, and he was using the Roman method.
You got to use the Naples method.
You got this.
Yes.
Okay, I can do the Naples method.
Okay.
I just gotta flatten this dough disc.
Yeah.
I'm gonna jump on it.
One, two, three.
Whoa, look at that kid go.
Hey, good job, kid.
Come on, we're gonna stomp all around.
Do a little clog dancing.
Yeah.
Maybe Cranklin can help.
Cranklin, could you roll over this and flatten it?
That was perfect, Franklin.
Arthur, you can do this.
Lizard's sword lives inside of you.
OK.
One.
This popcorn is delicious.
Two.
That little boy, he's spinning it around like a tornado.
Three.
Yeah.
Look at that.
Look at that piece of dough.
Arthur!
It's a flight of 100 feet.
Okay.
2,000 meters.
Here we go.
Oh, no.
500 kilometers.
Oh, my gosh.
How many quarts?
22 million gallons.
I need to know how many ounces.
Like a million moles worth of ounces.
Don't know how you did it, but you threw the pizza dough farther than a mile.
That was incredible.
That was so cool.
Did you get it?
Did you film it?
What did that mean?
Oh, never mind.
I don't have a camp.
Look, Mario may be evil, but I'm a tree of my word.
You see, I got to help you.
I got to help you.
What do you need Mario to do?
Yes, you can help us.
You want to eat a little slice of this pineapple pizza I got here?
Yeah, oh, please.
I love pineapple.
All right.
Pineapple and tuna, of course.
Oh.
Ugh.
Why, you, uh, tuna good source of protein.
Mario, no.
Yeah.
You're handing them out.
Here you go.
You, you get one.
Gardener, you get one, too.
Tuna follows us wherever we go.
Yum, yum, yum.
Cranky, can we put this in your cubby?
Okay.
Thanks, Franklin.
OK, Mario, we need to get the banana that glows.
And we need your help getting it.
Waiter, you're going to go up against the tree that glows in the talk, sir?
Yeah, we... I mean, all the trees talks are here.
That's the normal.
But this one, it glows.
And it got the banana coming out of the booty area, you know?
That's what we're looking for.
We all have a booty area, too.
Like here, this is Mario's booty area.
I got some pepperoni in there.
Some sausage.
Yeah, I got some mushroom I borrowed from a mushroom tree.
Yeah, that's my booty.
But this one ain't got that special little banana to close the booty.
Wow.
Okay, great.
Yeah, that's exactly what we need.
Gardner, what do you suggest?
Well, I think we gotta get ourselves a five-prong attack now that there's five of us in our little fellowship.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So here's what I suggest pizza tree gonna be stomping, arthur gonna be flinging, cranklin gonna be rolling all around causing a commotion.
I'm gonna be spraying my natural pesticide right in that thing's eyes and sammy's gonna save the day.
Sammy's back.
But wait, i'm also supposed to do something.
I think Well yeah Sammy, Sammy's gonna burrow underneath, right.
I may be the only girl here, but I think I can add some value.
Oh, for sure, Amelia can.
Amelia, that's exactly what I came to say.
Okay.
Okay, so, first of all, do we have any sort of fabric?
Yes, Cranklin has a handkerchief on.
Okay, you take that and when everything has been gotten, you wave that in the air and then we'll jump in a secret underground tunnel that I have been burrowing.
Okay, so just to check, I'm a flag girl.
Yes.
Got it.
I've seen Fast and Furious.
Hey, you're not supposed to.
My sister and I have been burrowing tunnels since I got home and we think we've made one big enough for you all to crawl away once you've done your plan.
Back to our car?
All the way back to our car?
I don't know where that is, but it comes back here.
Yeah, but Amelia, you're the one that's going to have to grab that there banana.
You got the most important job of all.
We're all just the support for you.
Yes, Amelia.
You're the linchpin of this whole plan.
I'm going to grab the booty?
Yes, and then wave the flag once you've gotten it.
Wave the flag.
Wave the flag once I've gotten it.
Grab the nanner, and then we're going to get in that tunnel and crawl out of here.
Sammy, do you want to come with me?
If you want me to, I... You should, Sammy.
Okay.
Please, on my shoulder.
I'll show you where the tunnel is that my sister and I built.
Okay, great.
So everybody knows what they're doing?
Mario gonna be a stomping.
Is that right?
And I'm gonna be a throwing.
And Sammy and I are gonna be flag-girling it.
And grabbing booties.
And I'm gonna be spraying.
Yeah, all right.
We all got our jobs.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay great, this is gonna be dangerous y'all, but follow me.
We're going right to the center of the island.
Now remember, our island is split up by quadrants with different weather effects.
Oh yeah, what's the weather like in the center?
Is it hot?
It's the most unpredictable zone of all.
We don't know what we're gonna get once we get there.
Oh no, sounds like georgia, Okay.
Ooh.
It's getting a little humid.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, real sticky.
Ooh, it feels like there's a lot of static electricity in the air, like a thunderstorm.
Millie, your hair's sticking straight out.
So is yours.
Cranklin, you feel okay?
Whoa.
That there little robot's got static electricity just sipping all over his body.
It's like a little lightning rod.
I know I'm laughing, but I'm going to be honest.
I'm getting a little nervous.
You should be.
Because you see that little hilltop right there?
Yeah.
At the top of it.
That's where the tree that glows.
Oh, I can see it.
It's glowing.
It's so pretty.
Tiny yellow bright spot.
Yeah, even though it's so cloudy and dark up here, you can see that thing a-glowing.
Maybe that'll help us.
We'll know exactly what we gotta do and where to aim.
How far do we get from it when we start doing our stuff?
Mario can throw the dough from all the way over here and put it right on the face of the stupid tree.
Okay, I'm gonna start sneaking up closer to the tree.
Okay, okay.
Be careful.
I'm a little bit nervous.
That's okay, me too.
Mario gonna start throwing the dough around.
Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy.
All right, y'all sneak around the other side and get ready to spray it.
Amelia, you give the signal when it's time.
Okay.
I won't be able to see the signal, but I'll be able to hear.
Okay.
The width of the anchor.
Okay, okay.
I'll signal you in Braille.
Thank you.
What's up, my followers?
It's me, Shanana, the banana glowing tree.
I'm so happy to see you all today.
What I wanted to tell you about is this new serum that I got.
It's made with butterfly blood.
It costs $72, but that's OK, because I know you're good for it.
You can see I dab it onto my booty.
It keeps my booty soft, shiny, supple, and always glowing.
You can get this on my website, shenanatheglowingbananatree.com.edu.gov.
Cool, I don't see any things in the chat.
Gosh, Shanana Bermuda is an influencer.
Yes, don't listen to her or you'll start buying all sorts of products.
I told you this was dangerous.
Her booty is very supple.
I kind of wish my booty was supple.
I kind of got to put it in my cart and buy it later.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I want to let you know about this new crimper that I've got.
As you can see, my leaves look ocean fresh.
I have never been to the ocean in my life.
I live on the top of a very dark hill.
But my leaves glow, they shine, they bounce, and they have the waves of salt water in them.
Sammy, she looks amazing.
This is exactly the wife.
She's dangerous.
I feel like I need it.
I just put five in my cart.
No, no, no, no.
Stay focused on the plan.
Yo, yo, you gotta resist it.
You gotta resist it.
You're getting pulled into her evil spell.
I don't have any sort of wrinkles or lines or dark spots on my face because I take this beautiful supplement every morning.
It's made of vitamins that was ground up from happiness from the dreams of small children.
I took it out of their heads, poured it into a powder, and drink it every morning.
It's me, Pizza Tree.
Hey there, Shanana Glowing Banana Tree.
I got something for your face.
It's called the Big Bunch of Dough.
Aha!
Sammy, I got it.
Okay.
We got flags so everyone knows.
My booty's been touched.
Oh, there's the flag.
I'm going to go in there and spray this all over.
Oh, take that.
Here, you can't see me.
I'm running all around and spraying you with this.
This is a natural.
Yeah, anyway, you won't like it.
But it's not going to hurt the other plants.
Sammy, Sammy, where's the tunnel?
I can't see it.
I can't see it.
Do you see it?
I believe in you.
I will exact my vengeance on you.
Sammy.
We did it.
Sammy, thank you so much.
I'm sorry I was mean earlier.
I was just real nervous.
You weren't mean.
I thought you'd be very brave.
All right, now listen.
This is gonna be a bit tight, but we'll meet Mario and the gardener back by the tree.
Okay.
Okay.
Really?
Sorry, it's fine for me, but dirt is getting all over you.
It's good to practice our military crawl.
This is kind of fun.
Yes.
All right.
Hey, Cranklin.
Oh, no, he's getting dirt in his ears.
No.
No. franklin franklin yes dirt makes him gassy hey samia oh i don't feel so good oh mario oh no mario oh yeah i think that fella's gonna be okay he just got whacked pretty hard by the The shenanigans of the glowing banana tree before y'all yank that banana off of it.
I gotta say, when you said she glows and talks, I didn't mean that she knows and talks.
Oh, no, she's lustrous for sure.
Yes.
Yeah, yeah, no, no.
If I was a tree, I mean, I would want to look like that.
I couldn't look away.
I'd say do kissed.
Do kissed.
You know what I'm saying?
I put myself and my entire family in debt buying her products.
Now I get it.
You all look amazing, though, I will say.
Mario don't look weird, but he feel weird.
Not so evil.
Don't want to stomp anybody.
It's because of the banana.
You have the banana.
Now the evil gone from the root system.
It's helping.
Now, Mario, just like to make a pizza to give to people.
Hey.
Hey, do you have any pizza without tuna on it?
Yeah, it grow right off of my body.
Then you eat it.
Oh, yum.
Wow, that sounds yummy.
Arthur, grab this.
OK.
No tuna.
Mm-hmm.
Tuna-free pizza.
Hey, little boy, you like this sweet corn?
Oh.
You got a sweet corn pizza.
I love corn kernels on my cheese.
Yeah, no, it'll pop open like a little caviar when you eat it.
Yum.
I love sweet corn.
Thank you so much.
You saved our island.
Everything's going to be better.
Thank you.
You all helped us do this.
You were really brave.
Didn't find my Jacqueline.
That's all right.
Maybe she's out there somewhere.
Did you say Jacqueline?
Earl, I'm so sorry.
I was trapped by that ding-dang tree.
Oh, no.
I was working off all of my purchases, but look at me.
I'm gorgeous.
You look fantastic.
Thank you.
It's like I haven't even been gone for six months, I tell you.
You really have changed my life and the whole island's life.
You're the heroes of Evil Tree Island.
You're welcome back anytime.
We're going to have to think of a new name.
I don't know if anyone's ever called us heroes before.
That's pretty cool.
Yeah, y'all are definitely heroes.
Well, you're also heroes.
You helped us do this.
Thank you.
Yeah, we couldn't have done it without you.
I didn't do anything.
Oh, Jacqueline, maybe you did the most of all.
That's true.
You were the inspiration.
You were the wind beneath my wings.
Oh, that's sweet.
It's nice to be back.
It's nice to be back.
All right.
Well, we should get to our car, Arthur.
Oh, it's right over here.
It was really nice meeting you all and glad your island's going to be a lot happier now.
Yeah.
Well, okay.
I guess they're done talking to us.
Okay.
All right.
Let's go.
Yeah, get around.
Okay.
Come on, Cranklin.
Okay.
Come on, Cranklin.
You ready?
Okay.
Pull the lever.
Okay.
Pressing the button.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Welcome back, children.
You did it.
You survived.
We got the banana that glows.
I was so worried.
Feel how supple this is.
Look at it.
Here, let me touch it.
It's beautiful.
Yeah.
No age spots?
Dobbins, I think I've got a special place in me booty room for this.
I know just where you're thinking, Captain.
Right on my ficus.
Yes.
Wait wait wait wait, wait.
What if you put that banana on a tree?
It'll make it evil.
Oh, that sounds like fun.
No no, i need an evil tree on board.
Just think of how much use it can be.
You'll be in debt real quickly, captain.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but do you remember the last time we had an evil tree on this ship?
Well, the last seven times have all gone poorly, to be fair.
It's not been great.
Yeah.
All right.
I think we should put it elsewhere.
All right.
Maybe just in a banana-shaped chest.
I'll get working on it right now.
All right.
Oh, cool.
Children, thank you so much.
Yes.
It was wonderful to have you back.
We were heroes.
That's what they called us.
Of course, you're heroes every time I see you.
Aw.
Thanks, darling.
Thanks.
And Cranklin.
It was really nice having you by our side.
Well, we better get back in the barrel.
Yeah, I need to wash my hands.
We gotta eat tuna casserole.
Okay.
See you next time.
Okay, bye, diamonds.
Bye, diamonds.
Kids, where are those goblets?
The food's here.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, gosh.
We've been gone for like hours.
Yeah, Dad, we just found them.
Yeah, it took us a minute.
Oh, well, yeah, if you could bring them down, that'd be great.
We're ready, and man, is this a magnificent-looking meal that Janice has prepared.
I think it's a tuna roast.
Oh.
Okay.
I really switched it up.
You should see.
See the thickness of this gravy.
Incredible.
Gravy?
Gravy on tuna?
I was gonna do a tuna casserole, and then, you know what happened?
A banana fell in it.
I mean, what are the chances?
Okay.
Right off of a counter, into it, ruined everything.
Okay, we'll be right down.
What do you think happened?
Do you think that was...
Did we make that happen?
Honestly, I want to say that we did.
And I think it's pretty cool.
I think we're heroes again.
Yes!
All right, coming down.
We got the goblets.
Got the goblets.
They're shiny.
Thanks, kids.
You're my heroes.
Thanks, Dad.
We hope you enjoyed this episode of Tales from the Cloud Sea.
Amelia was played by Megan Leahy.
Arthur was played by Karen Cassidy.
Dad, Captain Squid Hand, Mario the Pizza Tree, and the Gardener were played by Travis Sharp.
Janice, Dobbins, Sammy, and the Mushroom Tree were played by Amanda Lee Williams.
The Sweatshirt Tree, Shanana the Glowing Banana Tree, and Jacqueline were played by Eve Kruger.
That's me.
Our producer and sound designer is Matt Silverman, who also played Crinklin the Robot.
Our theme music is composed by Matt Hobbs.
Our logo and character design is illustrated by Bob Al Green.
This episode is brought to you by Sophia from America.
Thanks, Sophia.
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