To Catch A Critter/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "To Catch A Critter".
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(Smidge is singing while walking near flowers. She is carrying a basket and she smells one of the flowers.)
Smidge: (sniffs) Ah. (She puts the flower in her basket.) There. All set for my picnic with Milton Moss. (She skips over to Poppy and shows the food she packed.) I got the fanciest meat and cheese… flavored cupcakes. The village’s finest bottle of… chocolate milk.
Poppy: (chuckles) Whoa!
Smidge: Then, after we eat, that’s when the real fireworks begin. (She picks up the flower and it shoots fireworks. It has a heart with the letter S and two Ms.)
Poppy: Ooh! Milton’s gonna love all of this. He told me he thinks you’re pretty special.
Smidge: (gasps) Really?! (Her watch chimes and she gasps.) I’m late to meet Milton at the Pet ‘N’ Vet! No time for hugs! Bye! (She runs off for a moment and comes back to hug Poppy and pick up her basket.) Sorry. The excitement, it’s got me talking crazy. (She squeezes Poppy and leaves again.) Love you! (Meanwhile, Milton is checking the heartbeat of a Glitter Worm.)
Milton: Well, Mr. Sprinkles, for a glitter worm, this heart sounds perfectly normal. It’s the other four hearts that worry me.
Smidge: Milton? (Milton sees her and gasps.)
Milton: Smidge.
Smidge: Hello.
Milton: Hi.
Smidge: Ready for out picnic?
Milton: Uh-huh.
Smidge: I’m glad.
Milton: I’m glad you’re glad.
Smidge: I’m glad you’re glad I’m glad.
Milton: I just need to grab the marshtato salad I made. Be… right… back. (He walks backwards into his pod.)
Smidge: (sighs) Oh, my Guh. It’s already going so well! Don’t you think? (The critters squeal at her.) Actually, I have no idea what you’re saying, so I’ll just assume you agree with me! (She accidentally opens her basket. It reveals three firework flowers.) Uh-oh. (The flowers shoot fireworks and the critters squeal with fright and run.) No! No, no, no! Please, don’t! (The critters break through the fence and escape.) Oh, my Guh! I let Milton’s critters escape! (hyperventilating) OK, don’t panic, Smidge. With some clear thinking, you can make all of this right before Milton gets back.
Milton: I’m back! (He gives a bowl of marshtato salad to Smidge.)
Smidge: Oh, my Guh! (Milton sees his critters running around.)
Milton: Oh, no! How did the critters get out?!
Smidge: I’m so sorry, Milton. It’s my fault. B-But maybe it will all work out. I mean, maybe they’ll just come back on their own, right? (Milton shudders in terror.) OK, maybe not. But I can fix it! I’ll follow the tracks and bring them back! (She starts following the tracks.) At the end of these tracks we’ll find your sweet little critters. See? I swear, I’ll find them.
Milton: It’s OK, Smidge. I know this was an accident. And I’ll find them all… (Smidge gasps.) … eventually...
Smidge: (groans) Oh.
Milton: … if I’m lucky… which I’m not. But first, I have to calm things down here. (He goes to calm down the critters.) Easy, little ones. I know you’re spooked, but let’s not panic. (One of the flowers shoots fireworks again.) Uh-oh. (The critters attack him and he screams.) Stay back! Just go home! I’ll see you later!
Smidge: Sorry, Milton. I can’t go home. Not until I make this right. (Smidge goes to her pod, grabs a net, and changes into a safari outfit.) Ha-ha-ha! (We reveal that she was in a background of the forest.)
Poppy: Hey, Smidge. What you doing?
Smidge: Posing dramatically before I go fix my mistake with Milton by catching some missing critters. Want to come?!
Poppy: Sure! (She and Smidge high-five and follow the tracks.)
Smidge: Hm. The four missing critters diverged here. I say we start with the Two-Horned Heckler. We’ll need some help. (She and Poppy get Branch to help.)
Poppy: All right, Branch, you’re on. (She takes out a microphone.)
Branch: (Through the microphone) Why did the tree get in trouble? Because it was being knotty. (The Two-Horned Heckler appears, blows its horns like a tuba, and blows a raspberry. Branch grunts with annoyance.)
Smidge: Poppy, now! (She and Poppy use their hair as nets to capture the Two-Horned Heckler.
Poppy: That’s one down. (Later, she gets ready to take a picture of Smidge by flowers.)
Smidge: The Shutter Beetle can’t resist the chance to strike a pose.
Poppy: OK, Smidge, smile in 3, 2, 1! (The Shutter Beetle appears and several photos are taken as Smidge captures it in a net. She grabs it and it growls.) Woo-hooooo! Say “cheese.”
Shutter Beetle: Cheese! (Next, Poppy and Smidge search for the Flopper Hopper.)
Smidge: If you let a Flopper Hopper get into water, it’s gone for good. (The Flopper Hopper eats a bug. Smidge is seen above it. Then she jumps down and tries to capture it, but it hops away Smidge runs after it.) Get back here! (The Flopper Hopper tries to jump into the water, but it bumps into a background made by Poppy.) Fake pond.
Poppy: Gets them every time.
Smidge: Just one critter left- the Subtle Sloth. (Soon, she and Poppy look around with binoculars.) Oh, my Guh! Where is this thing?! (grunts) We’ve been out here for hours! Milton’s gonna be so worried! (She bangs on a tree.) DESPAIR, DESPAIR, DESPAIR! (A Sugar Sloth lands in her arms.) Found him! (The Sugar Sloth turns over.) Well done, despair!
Poppy: Um…
Smidge: What? Smidge, that’s not a Subtle Sloth. That’s… a Sugar Sloth.
Smidge: OH, MY GUH! Is that bad?
Poppy: Subtle Sloths have a stripe on their backs. That creature does not. See? Also, if exposed to a full moon, Sugar Sloths transform into a ferocious beast with an insatiable appetite for sweets! (Satin and Chenille appear.)
Satin: Poppy, thank goodness we found you! DJ Suki needs your help!
Satin and Chenille: She’s… sleep-deejaying! (We show DJ Suki deejaying while sleeping. Some Trolls can be seen running around.)
Poppy: Ooh! Smidge, take the critters we already have back to the Pet ‘N’ Vet. I’ll meet you there as soon as I can.
Smidge: But I don’t have them all yet. I haven’t fixed my mistake with Milton.
Poppy: I know. But you tried. If you tell him that, he’ll understand. (She leaves with Satin and Chenille.)
Smidge: (groans) Why couldn’t you have a stripe on your back? (She comes up with an idea.) Wait. Yeah. (She takes out a marker.) Why couldn’t you? (The Sugar Sloth grunts as she gets ready to draw on it. Meanwhile, Poppy, Satin, and Chenille are riding DJ Suki’s Wooferbug. Poppy jumps off.)
Poppy: Thanks for dropping me off. You guys sure you can get DJ home?
Satin: Uh-huh.
Chenille: Mm-hm. (DJ Suki is seen sleeping.)
DJ Suki: (snores) Make some noise. (snores again)
Poppy: Good. I want to support Smidge. She was so worried about Milton. (She goes to Milton’s pod.)
Milton: Thank you, Smidge. (Smidge gives him a hug.) Thank you so much! I can’t believe you found all four critters. (He opens the cages holding the critters.)
Poppy: All four critters? Hm.
Milton: (sighs) And now that everything’s back to normal, we can finally have our picnic.
Smidge: Oh. Well, Milton, I didn’t do this just so we could have a picnic.
Milton: I know. But I want to. Please?
Smidge: OK.
Milton: Thank you.
Smidge: No, thank you.
Milton: No, thank… you. (He goes back inside his pod backwards.)
Poppy: Smidge!
Smidge: Uh-oh.
Poppy: Please tell me you found all the right critters and that you didn’t paint a stripe on a Sugar Sloth.
Smidge: What? No! (Poppy becomes suspicious and she takes out the marker.) OK, obviously, I did it. But now Milton won’t worry, and I can find the Subtle Sloth later. Plus, the Sugar Sloth isn’t a problem unless there’s a full moon, which isn’t for three weeks.
Poppy: (Putting her hands on Smidge’s shoulders) No, Smidge. Not that kind of full moon.
Guy Diamond: (offscreen) Milton! (Poppy gasps.) I think I found one of your Pet ‘N’ Vet critters.
Poppy: (Pointing to Guy Diamond) That kind of full moon!
Guy Diamond: Oh, Milton! (His bottom shines and the Sugar Sloth sees it.)
Sugar Sloth: Huh? (It growls and turns into a beast. Then it breaks through the fence.)
Smidge: Oh, my Guh! Oh, my Guh! Oh, my Guh!
Poppy: It’s gonna eat all the sweets in Troll Village! (She and Smidge run after the beast. Meanwhile, a pink female Troll is walking her baby as it licks a lollipop. The beast appears, roars, and takes the baby’s lollipop. As it runs off, the baby starts crying. The pink Troll tries to give it a carrot, but it keeps crying. A red male Troll is about to break a piñata shaped like Cooper with four Trolls behind him. The beast appears, rips the piñata, and eats the candy. The Trolls scream and run away.)
Cooper: Hey! You’re not even wearing a blindfold! (The beast roars, causing him to poop several cupcakes. It roars again and he runs away while still pooping cupcakes. Poppy and Smidge then appear.)
Poppy: (gasps) Oh, no! That way leads straight to the sugar motherlode! (At the Sprinkles mine, lots of sprinkles are produced.)
Mine Troll Boss: Ah, the Sprinkles Mine. A never-ending supply of sugary goodness. (Just as he looks at a yellow sprinkle, the beast licks it.) Huh? Who’s there? (The beast roars and eats all the sprinkles in a minecart. It then runs into he mine. Screaming from some Trolls can be heard.)
Smidge: Oh, no. What do we do?
Mine Troll Boss: Nothing we can do. The Sugar Sloth will eat all the sprinkles. I hope you like your sundaes… plain.
Poppy and Smidge: NOOOOOO!
Smidge: No! I won’t let this happen.
Poppy: Smidge, where are you going?
Smidge: Where I should have gone from the beginning. To get a critter expert! (Soon, Milton arrives at the mine. Some Troll miners scream as they run out of the mine.) Is there anything you can do?
Milton: Yes. Some critters fall asleep when they hear the right song. (He gets a flute out of his coat and plays it, causing the mine Troll boss to fall asleep.) Oops. Wrong song. (The beast is heard roaring.)
Smidge: Hurry, Milton! (Milton tries to play a lively melody, but the beast roars again. Smidge gasps and sees a yellow male Troll carrying the Sugar Sloth who as fallen asleep.)
Troll #1 and #2: Aw!
Troll #1: Can I keep him?
Smidge: Thank you, Milton.
Milton: Of course. But I don’t understand why you didn’t get me in the first place.
Smidge: Because I felt bad about my mistake from before. I just didn’t want it to wreck our friendship.
Milton: Oh, Smidge, one little mistake isn’t gonna change that. You should feel comfortable being 100% honest with me.
Smidge: Really? Well, then I guess you should know that I occasionally forget the lyrics to “Happy Birthday”.
Milton: Oh, you don’t actually have to tell me know.
Smidge: Also, I drool in my sleep sometimes. Uh, OK, all the time.
Milton: Uh, I-
Smidge: Oh, and this one time, I got frosting in my hair and left it there for three days. Not because I didn’t notice it. It just smelled good. Pretty weird, huh?
Milton: Not that weird. (He takes frosting out of his hair.)
Smidge: Is that…
Milton: Frosting. Been there six days.
Smidge: Aw! Gross, but… aw! (Milton laughs.)
Poppy: You know, you two never got to have your picnic. How about a moonlit stroll instead?
Smidge and Milton: A moonlit stroll? (That night, they go on a stroll while Guy Diamond shines on a hill. Smidge takes Milton’s hand as if they are about to dance. Then one of the flowers shoots fireworks, forms the words “The End” in the sky and the episode ends.)
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