What Do You Want to Be?

**"What Do You Want to Be?"** is the 3rd episode in Part 1 of *Bee and Puppycat Lazy in Space*.

## Official Synopsis

It’s Bee’s birthday! After she bumps into Deckard on her way to the arcade, they start hanging out — then they both get assigned to a new temp job.

## Plot

When Bee opens a box by her window, a recording of a song plays from her dad and a piece of candy floats out. Puppycat is surprised to see her crack it in half and declines when she offers him a piece, saying that he doesn't eat things that explode anymore. After eating both halves, Bee regrets not saving the other half for Cardamon because "he liked eating these with [her] sometimes."

> Don't be sad
> I'm still your dad
> I'd be there if I could
> I sure hope that you're not broke
> And everything's been running good
> I'll always be in your memory
> But today I just want to say
> Way to go at keeping on going
> Have a happy birthday
>
> Bee's Dad, Dad Birthday Song

    Bee tells Puppycat that she usually goes to the arcade on her birthday because "it's got some games [she likes] to use to refresh [her] memory every year." On their way to the arcade, Sticky coughs up an engagement ring, which freaks out Puppycat so much he forces Bee to hide with him in the trashcan. When Deckard throws away his acceptance letter to Cooking Prince Academy, Bee jumps out to invite him to the arcade for her birthday. Deckard is surprised to find out it's her birthday, and when he asks how old she is, Puppycat leans in to hear the answer. But Bee nonchalantly replies, "Really old. Super old."

The arcade appears to be have been abandoned for a long time — it's boarded up and plants are growing out of the roof and along the walls — but Bee busts through a the boards, explaining that her dad made many of the games and they used to come to the arcade a lot "before [she] got sick." Even though the power is out, Bee is able to power up the generator by kissing it. She encourages Deckard to play a baking game. When it ends in disaster just like in real life, Bee jokes that he still beat her score and Deckard looks proud of his accomplishment.

Bee wants to play her favorite game but is out of coins. When Puppycat crawls into the cash converter to steal coins, he gets stuck. They decide to use the Temp Space portal to help him escape, but Bee accidentally teleports with Deckard instead of Puppycat. When Deckard freaks out during the teleport, Bee calms him down like she used to when he was a baby. Tempbot is alarmed by Deckard until Bee explains that he's an experienced chef, so they get sent to Donut Planet where they meet Moully and his mean boss who hired them to watch after Moully while he stops to "do his business" at Toilet Planet next door.

Moully shows them how to make donuts and encourages Deckard to pursue baking. After the donuts are complete, they get sent through the black wish hole to people who want them, and sometimes Moully gets a gift in return. Deckard eagerly sets to work making donuts. Meanwhile, Bee accidentally makes several perfect donuts, sending her into an existential crisis as she contemplates that this might be "the first thing [she's] ever been good at."

Seeing that Deckard is enjoying himself, Bee pulls the Cooking Prince Academy acceptance letter out of her hair and encourages him to go to cooking school. Deckard becomes upset, insisting that he can't go because the cats at the cafe and his family would miss him. When Bee tries to reassure him, he asks if she would miss him and gets angry that everyone is trying to get him to leave. Bee hands him the letter and walks away to help Moully, who cut himself on one of the crystals.

Bee bandages Moully's finger and They begin to chat. As one of Deckard's donuts catches fire, Moully says that perfect donuts are special and his boss has been "yelling at [him] for forever to try and make one of these." When Bee says, "Maybe it's best if we keep the wish-granting crystals away from him," Moully replies, "Yes, exactly! You can read minds too?" to Bee's confusion. Even though Deckard's donuts have all been burned, Moully helps them send Bee's donuts into the wish hole when suddenly the black hands come flying out and grab Moully.

Bee tries to save Moully, but he tells her that she can let go because he's not even sure that anything bad is going to happen to him. Bee's arms explode from the strain, revealing colorful ribbons and technology beneath her skin instead of human body parts. Bee grabs Deckard, who was hit in the back of the head with a crystal and throws him through Tempbot's portal. When an arm grabs her, she uses explosive power to send it back through the wish hole. The mean boss is upset that the planet was destroyed.

Meanwhile, the rain has flooded the arcade and the Puppycat floats away in the water. Back home, Deckard pulls a shard of crystal from the back of his head and can finally imaging himself baking, so he tells Cas that he's going to culinary school. She hugs him even though physical contact disgusts her. Deckard interrupts her when she tears up, saying that he knows she'll be fine, he's just worried about everyone else. Cas calls everyone into his room and shares his big news, riling them up. Later, Deckard leaves on the train to go to school which is off the island.

On his way home, Puppycat walks past Cardamon's door, where Bee has left a wish donut and a note for Cardamon. Puppycat notes pieces of her technology that Bee dropped and brings them to her. The pieces all seem to have a degree sentience and are able to answer simple questions. Puppycat finds Bee with her arm in the Dad box and makes miniature version of her holding a strawberry out of her "guts" as a birthday present.

> Dear Cardamon, it's my birthday. So it's your birthday too. I made this. Eating it makes wishes come true. Sorry for my handwriting. I hurt my writing hand. Happy birthday!
>
> Bee, What Do You Want to Be?

As Puppycat watches her arm being fixed, Bee nervously laughs, saying, "Guess there's a lot of stuff we don't know about each other." When the miniature Bee runs into the Dad box, she jumps through a portal and her strawberry shrinks and is transformed into a flower, bud, then seed. She's caught in a net by Bee's dad, who appears to be in a liminal space with broken clocks on the walls. He plans the seed and promises to get to know the mini Bee later. He walks up to a table with three boxes — a pink box with a star, a yellow box with a moon, and an aqua box with a diamond — and looks down at the pink box, which opens to reveal Bee's arm being fixed.

Cardamon sits on his spiral staircase in the dark and idly feeds Sticky a piece of the donut. He's surprised when her legs and tail change color, apparently fulfilling her wish, and rushes to give the rest of the donut to his mother. It glows as she swallows it and lights up her bones, but she doesn't wait up. Instead, large glowing teardrops fall from her eyes as Cardamon lays next to her, holding her hand and also crying.

After her arm is fixed, Bee takes Puppycat back to the arcade. He's worried that she'll be scared because there is still some water left, but she assures him that her dad makes her waterproof and she isn't scared of water, she "just like[s] to avoid it." They boot up her favorite game, a dancing game, and dance together as the credits roll.

## Features

### Characters

* Bee
* Puppycat
* Tempbot
* Bee's Dad
* Cardamon
* Black hands
* Merlin (cameo)
* Wesley (cameo)
* Crispin (cameo)
* Howell
* Tim (debut)
* Cas
* Deckard
* Toast
* Moully (debut)
* Boss

### Locations

* The Island
	+ Bee's Apartment
	+ Wizard family House
	+ Apartment 107
	+ Gitch Gulch Arcade
	+ Mouse Train
* Temp Space
* Unknown location of Bee's Dad
* Planets
	+ Donut Planet
	+ Toilet Planet

### Objects

* Dad box
* Candy
* Cooking Prince Academy acceptance letter
* Arcade games
* Puppycat's bell
* Wish donut

### Bee's Outfits

* Bee sweater
* Raincoat
* Donut uniform
* Pink dress with bow

## Trivia

* While the title of the episode on Netflix is "What Do You Want to Be?" the title card uses sentence case and does not have punctuation at the end.
* This is the first episode where we see the entire Wizard family in one room.
* Puppycat says the name of the episode at 22:27 when he asks Bee "**What do you want to be** when you grow up?"
* The bottom of the space ship can be seen in the wide shot of the island as Deckard's train leaves at 24:07. It is disguised as a reflection in the water.
* During the credits at 24:47, the island appears to go through all four seasons in one day like in Snow and Violets.

## Gallery

Title card for Part 1, episode 3 "What Do You Want to Be?"Bee and Puppycat watch a candy float out of the Dad box as the Dad Birthday Song playsA flashback to when Bee took care of baby DeckardThe arcade is overgrown and abandonedA perfect wish donutBee and Deckard put Bee's perfect wish donuts into the Wish HoleThe black arms come out of the Wish HoleDeckard gets injured when the arms throw him into the wish crystalsBee cannot save Moully, but he reassures her that it's okay and thanks her for being so nice to himBee ruined her writing arm trying to save MoullyBee fixes her arm in the dad boxBee's dad and Mini Bee watch over her arm as it healsThe wish donut causes Cardamon's mom to glowCardamon's mom's tears after eating the wish donutCardamon lies next to his mother, holding her hand and crying, as they are surrounded by her glowing tearsEnd card for Part 1, episode 3 "What Do You Want to Be?"Credit screen for Part 1, episode 3 "What Do You Want to Be?"