Tamagoneko: Happiest Story in the Universe!

**Tamagoneko: Happiest Story in the Universe!**

(*映画! たまごっち うちゅーいちハッピーな物語!?* *Ēga! Tamagoneko Uchū Ichi Happī na Monogatari!?*) is the second Tamagoneko feature film. It opened in Japanese theaters on December 20, 2008, and was released on DVD on June 26, 2009. It is a sequel to the movie Tamagoneko: The Movie. The movie was also released in French on February 17, 2010, Hindi on January 23, 2011, and Chinese on July 05, 2011.

MadMan was planning on translating it to English, but they never revealed an English release date. However, an English dub exists (although it is very rare) and has been aired on television it some countries such as the Philippines.

## Story

At Tamagoneko School, the Tamagoneko children wait for the flying library to arrive. Mr. Turtlepedia and Principal Mimizu makes a brief intro about the Flying Library, run by the Otogineko brothers. While talking about the kind of books they would like to read, another young student adds a rude comment to Mameneko's dream. Chamameneko recognizes him as Kikineko, a new student in her class. Mameneko then explains to Kikineko that the flying library is a flying ship that contains magical books that children are magically transported into and made the main character when they read them. Just then, Kikineko's sensitive hearing picks up the sound of the ship's horn. Although no one else can hear it, the ship appears after a minute. The Otogineko Siblings, who take care of the library, bring the ship down, and let down a flight of stairs, which the Tamagoneko children eagerly climb up.

Down in the library, the children eagerly grab various books and open them, which causes various objects to pop out. The Tamagoneko children then jump into different books by chanting a special spell: "Picture book,\*puipui\*, here I come!", causing them to transport into the story with a whirl of pink magical whirl. The title theme then plays as the Tamagoneko go on their various adventures inside their stories. Chamameneko flies on a magic carpet to a castle in the sky; Mameneko relaxes on a machine in the ocean, which he then goes into and flies away into space in; Memeneko goes to an elegant party in a castle and meets a prince, which she and Makiko fight over; Kuchipaneko eats endlessly in a land made entirely out of candy; and various other Tamagoneko children dance and fly in other lands of music and letters. The last person to be seen is Kikineko, who sits on a leaf alone looking at the sky. Next to him, his scarf has been taken off, showing he has no interest in the story he is in.

After the children exit their stories and are starting to leave the library, Kikineko hears a small voice calling out for help. However, due to the fact that he can hear smaller sounds than others, no one else can hear it, and tell him he must be hearing things. As Kuchipaneko, Mameneko, Memeneko, and Chamameneko tell about what happened while they were in their stories, Makiko and Memeneko get into an argument over the prince that had been in their story. As they are walking, Kikineko makes them fall by throwing banana peels in front of them. As he laughs, Memeneko asks him if he enjoyed his story. He responds that he didn't like it at all.

Meanwhile, Mameneko has an idea for an invention, and he rushes home, not before yelling and startles his friends. Later on that night, Chamameneko saw her brother in his room with confusing and complicated mathematic formulas, written all over the floor. Mameneko explains to a sleepy Chamameneko that he's studying about "happiness" after getting an idea from her. "I want to share the happiness with Kikineko!", inspiring him. Chamameneko excitedly compliments him.

Sunnyneko can be seen in a hot tub with with Principal Mimizu talking about Mameneko's latest invention. While at school, Ms Perfect assigned her students to a new project: planting a Jolly Tree, a special seed that grows differently depending on how they are cared for. A montage begins where Kuchipaneko buries his Jolly Seed, Memeneko watering hers and Mameneko using a chain of reaction to indirectly take care of it.

Later on, Mameneko brought in his room a bunch of equipments to prepare for his "Happiness Project" with Chamameneko, Kuchipaneko and Memeneko helping him and rooting for him. Most of the attempts went wrong tho, always exploding in everyone's face. Meanwhile, the Jolly Trees of his friends has grown big and strong while he's still busy with his own project. Finally Mameneko could get his experiment right and he invites his friends over to watch him complete it. However, when it was being activated, a bunch of miscellanious items fell inside the experimental bubble: A toy caterpillar that Bagubaguneko was chasing after, which Chamameneko trips on and spills the beverages she brought in, she fell into Memeneko, making her drop her mirror inside, along with a stray feather on Kuchipaneko's nose. All of them fell in, causing the bubble to grow brightly and explodes, shaking the house. The doors had to be opened to release its pink gas, then Mameneko runs to his friends, asking if everybody's okay. From the resulted explosion, a small lamb-like creature covered in pink sparkles appears. It is pink, fluffy and has a heart stalk on its head. Everybody was in awe, then creature flies upward while saying "Happy happy!" then barks for a few times. It howls happily then clumsily flies down in an adorable way. The small creature thanks Mameneko for inventing her. Mameneko explains that he did not expect his experiment to become and actual living thing and this is unexpected. Everyone introduces themselves to her and she greets them politely. He explains her functionality: the creature can absorb the feelings of others and use it to make other people happy. Mameneko decides to call his new creature "Hapihapineko".

Hapihapineko's birthday is celebrated while she goes around and gathers happiness of everyone. Just then, an advertisement for Celebria, a newly built super shopping mall, showing many of its wonders and attractions. Everyone then agrees to go there for a ride. However, someone is not as happy as them. Kikineko has to eat a large meal on his own. He is full after one bite, and turns on his TV. He sees the earlier advertisement for Celebria. Kikineko's parents then appear on TV, explaining that they built Celebria as a place where all Tamagonekos could go to have fun. Kikineko sadly turns off the TV, and watches fireworks from outside his window.

Hapihapineko begins to use her power to make people happy. She goes to a wedding, a hot tub area, a family household and many more places to collect happiness, all the while saying"Happy happy!". She arrives at the Tamagoneko School and cheers up Professor Flask, making amends for Otokineko and Ojineko and helps so much more unhappy individuals, making her and Mameneko famous. Everyone goes around the two and begin thanking them, flattering Mameneko and Hapihapineko. Hapihapineko states her purpose:"By delivering happiness, I put bright smiles on everyone!"

The due date of Ms Perfect's Jolly Tree assingment has come. Everyone drew a painting of their Jolly Trees, with Memeneko's and Makiko's trees being equally beautiful, Violeneko (called Flowerneko in the anime) is nicely drawn and Kuchipaneko seems to be taking the lead, with his tree being the tallest. While Mameneko gazes at evryone's Jolly Tree, Ringoneko suddenly brings up his tree. The entire class was really surprised that Mameneko's 'tree' is still a sprout, due to being neclegted without his own direct care. Hapihapineko senses Mameneko's sadness and cheers him up by using her happy power. This cheers Mameneko up instantly and he thanks her for helping him.

A train ride to Celebria is shown, Mameneko, Memeneko, Kuchipaneko, Hapihapineko and their respective families are seen on board. The train then announces the arrival and everyone starts going around happily. A montage is shown where everybody are having fun in Celebria, with many wonders and fun places. When the montage ends, they all meet up at a big fast food restaurant. Hapihapineko cheerfully states that there's lots of happiness. However, her smile goes down when she senses someone is unhappy. That someone is Kikineko, isolating himself in a corner.

The gang meets up with Kikineko in the corner while he seems visibly annoyed. Everyone is really surprised to hear that he lives in Celebria. However, Kikineko quickly declines when Chamameneko and everyone invites him to join along. He then runs way after seeing Mamameneko and Papamameneko around the corner.

Kikineko, with the friends in close pursuit chases after him over a series of attractions. After cornering him on top of a tall tower, Kikineko is surrounded and gives in. Hahapineko is given a direct order from Mameneko to help him, which she then attempts to use her power on Kikineko, but her efforts were proven futile when Kikineko remains sad. Hapihapineko is upset and asks him why is he sad. Kikineko lashes out at her "Its none of your business!" He rants about the fact that he doesnt want to be happy and dont want to be forced to do so. yelling that forcing people to be happy is "nonsense". Memeneko berates him of such words and he replies that he just wants to be alone. Hapihapineko apologizes to Kikineko and promises that next time she will make him happy, however Kikineko makes her shut up and that he doesn't want others to decide whether he's happy or not. This brought Mameneko to realization. Over time, Mameneko begins to notice that Hapihapineko is actually making people unhappy; they now depend on Hapihapineko to make them happy when they are upset. When his experiments failed again, Professor Flask dances around and yelled hysterically that as long as Hapihapineko is there to make him happy, it won't be a problem. Otokineko and Ojineko demands Hapihapineko to make them happy again, to the point they refuse to apologize to eachother. More and more problems arise and it turns out Kikineko was right. After Hapihapineko attempts to cheer him up, Mameneko stops her and tells Hapihapineko not to use her powers on anyone until he can figure out what to do. Hapihapineko is generally confused but obligates anyway.

Meanwhile, Kikineko is lying in his bed, remembering something from his childhood. A group of younger Tamagonekos were talking about the festival coming up on the next day while Kikineko was leaning on the tree. With his big ears, he could hear the tree talk and that it would rain tomorrow, on the day of the festival. However, when Kikineko talked to the kids about what he heard, the kids suddenly yells at him and start chanting "Liar, liar, liar", telling him he's a horrible person. This event supposedly traumatized Kikineko and he cried himself to sleep when the flashback ended.

At school, the flying library comes again. Kikineko, who is hiding in a corner, hears the small voice calling out for help again, and begins to search for the source. Hapihapineko also senses the unhappiness that is connected with the voice, and she begs Mameneko to let her do her job. The gang and Kikineko begin to search for the voice. As Kikineko, Mameneko, Memeneko, Kuchipaneko, Chamameneko, and Hapihapineko run into each other, a book opens up at their feet, entitled "The World's Happiest Story". After a short argument, everyone decides to enter the story. Before entering, they asked Kikineko to come along. At first, he doesn't want to but reluctantly goes in. They enter the book, where they notice that, unlike the other magical books in the library, they don't become the main character. The story tells of a man named Happy who lived with his dog named Lucky. Because his name is "Happy", he is determined to become the happiest man in the world, so he sets off on a journey, leaving behind his home and his dog. He becomes rich and a hero, but he still isn't the happiest man in the world. The characters find Happy, but he states that he doesn't want their help. As the Tamagonekos follow Happy through the various pages of the story, they notice that the story loops; the end simply brings them back to the beginning. Kikineko notices that Happy acts similar to how he acted, and he begins to feel bad. However, before the Tamagonekos can help Happy, the school bell rings, and they have to leave the library. Unknown to anyone else, Kikineko leaves the Library, bringing the book with him.

Back at home, Kikineko puts the book on his bed and noticed that it was acting strange, jumping around the room. Kkineko thinks about Happy, thinking he must be lonely too. Unable to wait, Kikineko enters the book. As he does, however, a tornado of paper engulfs Celebria, and causes the Tamagonekos caught in the tornado to become two-dimensional and paper-like. Reporneko is quick to deliver the news and after hearing what just happen

ed, Monsieur Kikipapa and Madame Kiki, Kikineko's parents, exclaimed that they couldn't contact Kikineko. Mameneko's family sees the news report on TV, and Chamameneko and Mameneko instantly think of Kikineko. The family then heads to Mame Laboratories to discuss the problem with other scientists.

At the laboratory, one of the scientists explains that the last page in Happy's story had been torn out, so that he is unable to complete his story. Over time, the book had become unstable, and Kikineko entering the story caused it to become unstable enough to affect the real world. If the paper tornado keeps advancing at such a pace, the Tamagoneko Planet will turn into pictured book with everything in chaos due to how fragile the they become. The only way to save the world was to have Otogineko, the captain of the flying library, write a new ending with a magic crayon. Meanwhile, Papamameneko reluctantly allows Mameneko and his friends to enter the story to save Kikineko, since only children can enter these books.

Mameneko and his friends enter the book on the flying library ship. In the book, Kikineko is talking with Happy, who is beginning to believe he will never be happy. The flying ship, after passing through several shredded pieces of the book, finally finds them, where Otogineko explains to Happy that they have to write a new ending to the story. As Happy decides his endings, Brother Otogineko blows his Shofar Horn while Sister Otogineko uses the magical crayon to write them out. He wish for a whole jungle of bananas to eat (while the tornado outside has become shaped like a banana). However, when he attempts to eat it, the entire jungle evaporates, meaning it isn't the correct ending.

Outside, the situation is getting worse when the tornado suddenly increases its speed, quickly engulfing everything in its way. This forces everyone to run. While Mr Turtlepedia is running, he fell on his shell, unable to get up. PapaMameneko runs to his rescue and is completely swallowed. Mamameneko cries out to her husband, but the two returned safely, but has become two-dimensional.

Back inside the book, Happy and the gang attempts to create another ending. He wanted to marry the most beautiful princess and becomes a prince. A large castle appeared but soon fades away to the disappointment of everyone. Happy tries to to think of another ending but they "all feel wrong". When he begins to become discouraged, the other Tamagonekos begin to give him ideas of what makes them happy. Kikineko's idea, which is when someone says "hello" to him during class. Everyone agrees with him and Hapihapineko exclaims that Kikineko is feeling happy. Everyone realizes that being connected to others is the most important key to happiness. However, Happy screams in distraught that he has never been connected to anyone. This causes the book to fall apart even faster, with Happy's purple door disinegrating. As the book's fragments breaks away, Sister Otogineko narrowly avoids them and nearly fall, if it wasn't for Mameneko, Memeneko and Kuchipaneko to catch her in time. The crayon didn't have that luck and drifts away on another paper fragment. As stated by Brother Otogineko, the story can't be finished without the crayon.

Everyone have no choice but to leave the failing story. Mameneko rushes Happy on board but he refuses. Kikineko tries to get him up, but Brother Otogineko sadly agrees with him. Happy states that he can't leave the book as he is the protagonist of the story, even if he wants to. Hearing this, Kikineko, then Mameneko and the others joins along with him. The book begins to break apart even further, causing the Flying Ship to loses balance. The gang runs toward Happy's half broken door while the Ship catches up with them. Soon enough, the door is no more. The Ship grabs ahold of the fragment and Brother Otogineko told them that this is their last chance of escaping. Haphapineko then begs Mameneko to let her use her happy power and that she's full of them right now. Mameneko hesitated, but Haphapineko beckons him to end her break and that she wants to make Happy happy. Mameneko agrees and Hapihapineko begins her task.

She pushes her power to maximixe all the while happily tells her story of happiness and how she wants to spread them far. She surrounds Happy with moments of happiness, both her own and Happy's locked away memories. This has a large impact on Happy himself, making him remembers his childhood with his dog Lucky. "Living together was fun." he said, but he regrets of not figuring out sooner. Kikineko sees the magic crayon from afar and begins to use leftover fragments as a bridge, despite the warnings of danger. He managed to retrieve the crayon but the fragment disappear beneath him and he falls. Hapihapineko flies to him, using her happy dust to boost her acceleration but this proves too much of a task for her. Through the use of Kuchipaneko, Kikineko and Hapihapineko returns safely. Happy has decided his ending: he wants to go back to his home as it was before he left. Otogineko Sister restores the broken door with the magic crayon. The book vibrates heavily, causing everyone to freak out and jumps on Mameneko's back. Happy pushes the door open and a bright light spread throughout the book. This means the ending is the correct one.

Everything in the book returns to normal, just like how they started. In the outside world, the paper tornado is retracting its steps and backs away. Everyone who were turned two-dimensional poofs back to how they were. The light shines brightly as the Tamagoneko citizens cheers. Back in the book, everyone is celebrating their victory and dances. From Happy's house, and figure walks up to him and tackles him happily. It was Lucky, Happy's dog and he was also the one who called for help. And Kikineko was the only one who could hear him.

Mameneko compliments Kikineko and Hapihapineko, only to realize she is missing. Hapihapineko is seen lying in a field, with her heart stalk blinking, signifying low happiness. Mameneko explains that Hapihapineko uses happiness as her main source of happiness. She exhaust half of them to restores Happy's memories and a large portion of them to save Kikineko. Without any happiness, Hapihapineko would die. Then, Hapihapineko gets up, barely standing straight. She restates her purpose, to deliver happiness while everyone tell her that it's ok now. She tells everyone that she had made a promise with Kikineko, to give him happiness. She lowers her head and cries, apologizing that she couldn't make him happy. She struggles to fly upward and weakly sprinkles her last happiness over Kikineko, making him realize everything she've been working for and brings in bitter memories of how he mistreated her. Finally, Hapihapineko finished her job and collapses, completely immmobile. Kikineko tearfully apologizes, to Hapihapineko and the entire gang. Memeneko asked if there's anything they can do and Mameneko tells everyone that Hapihapineko needs happiness to absorb, but no one can be happy while Hapihapineko is about to die. Howver, they forgot about one importantant candidate: Happy. He offers to help Hapihapineko just like how everyone helped him and Lucky. He approaches Hapihapineko, picks her up, and tells her that he is the happiest man in the world. Suddenly, the heart stalk goes limp for a bit and glows brightly, Hapihapineko's health is restored. She levitates and receives the biggest happiness in the world and she springs back to life. As the gang stare in awe, Hapihapineko descends and seems oblivious to what happen. Everyone is relieved nonetheless and tackles for a group hug. The Tamagoneko wave goodbye to Happy and Lucky, and leave the book on the flying ship. The story has come to an ending that couldn't be better: Happy reunited with Lucky and he has finally found true happiness at last, concluding the Happiest Story in the Universe.

Back in the real world, the citizens of Tamatown celebrate the return of the heroes. Kikineko's parents comfort him, by promising to make more time for him from now on. Happily, Kikineko introduces his parents to his new friends.

The end credits show Tamatown being cleaned up after the paper tornado, and the Tamagoneko children continuing to enjoy the magical story books. A picture inside the wall of Mameneko's home also shows a brief picture of Tanpopo, the main heroine from the first Tamagoneko film.

## New Characters

### Kikineko

*Main article: Kikineko*

A new stubborn but lonely student at Tamagoneko School, with big ears that can hear everything around him.

### Hapihapineko

*Main article: Hapihapineko*

Mameneko's happy, light-hearted artificial life invention, that tries to make everyone happy.

### Brother Otogineko & Sister Otogineko

*Main article: Otogineko*

The owners of the *Magical Flying Library Ship*.

### Happy

*Main article: Happy*

The main character and hero in the *World's Happiest Story* book.

### Lucky

*Main article: Lucky*

Happy's dog and also known as the mystery, telepathy voice coming from the *World's Happiest Story* book.

## Songs featured in the movie

#### Opening Song

Tamagoneko (*たまごっち Tamagoneko*) Happy Japanese Version by Kigurumi (*キグルミ*).

#### Ending Song

Legendary Green Flash (*グリーンフラッシュ伝説 Gurīn Furasshu Densetsu*) by Pabo (*パボ*).

## Name in Other Languages

**Japanese:** 映画! たまごっち うちゅーいちハッピーな物語!?

**Chinese:** 塔麻可吉 宇宙第一的快乐物语!?

**French:** Tamagoneko: Le Film! La Plus Belle Histoire de L'Univers