Won't You Be Our Friend?

Won't You Be Our Friend? is a The Masked Show movie, which is able to watch on Netflix.

## Plot

Caterpillar is hopeful to meet a new friend as Insect City welcomes the new insect moving in.

## Summary

The movie opens with a shot of the sky, before showing Insect City and Panda’s house. Caterpillar opens the door to the sound of a doorbell, greeting the viewer. In the background, there’s a trunk honking. The truck turns out to be a moving truck, filled with boxes, that Caterpillar follows to its destination, alongside the viewer. Panda joins him. Caterpillar doesn’t know what type of truck it is, but Panda tells him that it is a moving truck, signalling that a new insect must be moving into a house. Caterpillar is excited over the aspect of a new friend, and he and Panda go to say hello. However, when they ring the doorbell, no one answers. Panda and Caterpillar decide to come back later, and decide to tell all their friends, and everyone else, about the new insect moving to Insect City. This spurs on a song: New Insect is Coming that Caterpillar, Panda, and his friends (Butterfly, Ladybug, Bee, Dragonfly, Black Widow, and Firefly) sing.

Caterpillar and Panda stop to talk to Carnivorous and Playing Mantis, who are also excited to meet the new insect. Caterpillar is still super excited, and wants to take some sunflowers to the new resident - he even wants to sing the Welcome Song to him. As Caterpillar and Panda pick sunflowers, Caterpillar ponders if he has ever moved to a new house (which he hasn’t because he’s always lived in his house in Masked City), when they see the new resident. The new insect is Monarch. We witness her, and Monarch’s parents, unpacking everything from the boxes. Now that Caterpillar and Panda know that who the new insect is, they hurry to greet them. This time, when they ring the doorbell, someone answers - Monarch. They give her the sunflowers and sing her the Welcome Song, and are even welcomed into her home.

It turns out that it is not just Monarch and her parents in the house, but her brother and sister, Charlie and Ariela. Caterpillar introduces himself to them, before Monarch’s Mum suggests that Monarch shows Caterpillar to her room. They hunt around the house before they find Monarch’s room. Caterpillar is surprised by all the boxes, but Monarch tells him they had to pack everything away so they could move. Then Caterpillar goes to the toilet in their bathroom. Whilst he is gone, Monarch says that she still misses her old room. Monarch’s family and Monarch start to sing To Make a Place Feel Like Home. When Caterpillar returns, he offers to help Monarch unpack her boxes. Ariela unpacks Monarch’s toy trains, and Monarch gives Caterpillar a yellow one to match his Hug-Time Bracelet. Caterpillar then finds something fluffy and brown in one of the boxes, it turns out to be Jason the hedgehog who really likes to sing. Jason is sad because he misses his old friends, but Monarch says that he will like it in the their new place. Jason agrees and jumps in the hammock that Monarch set up. Caterpillar realises that Monarch has extra beds in her room, which Monarch says are from Charlie and Ariela. Caterpillar is surprised, and asks the viewer if they share a room with anyone, he also wonders what it would be like to share a room with Butterfly.

Caterpillar and Monarch are finished with their unpacking, and now there are tons of empty boxes. They decide to play with the boxes, but don’t know what to do until Ariela suggests that they make a house with all the boxes. Monarch’s Mum suggests that they should play outside. Outside, they find Panda and tell her what they’re doing. Monarch, Charlie, Ariela, and Caterpillar get to work on building a house, fit with a tunnel. Charlie and Caterpillar decide to decorate the tunnel using Caterpillar’s crayons from his heart box. Caterpillar reflects on his childhood as I Will Always Love You plays. Now that the box house has been finished, Monarch’s Mum wants to show her children something. They go back into the house and up to Monarch’s room, where it has been fully finished by Monarch’s parents.

Monarch is super happy about her room being complete, however, she is missing just one thing, her bedtime book. The group check everywhere, the sofa, the bookshelf, and all the boxes but still can’t find it which makes Monarch really upset. Monarch’s Mum says that the bed time book must have gotten into one of the other boxes but there are still so many left to open - so everyone pitches it and starts to unpack. This starts a song; Make This House Feel Like Home. However, even with all the boxes unpacked, they still can’t find Monarch’s bedtime book.

The doorbell rings. It’s Pillar and Post with an envelope for Monarch and her family. It turns out to be an invitation to a welcome party at the Enchanted Forest. Monarch and her family are very excited about this, especially about the surprise. Caterpillar tells them a little about the Enchanted Forest, before asking the viewer what they think the surprise is. Panda announces that she found Monarch’s book, much to Monarch’s happiness. Ladybug then arrives to take them all to the Enchanted Forest.

The group all get to the Enchanted Forest, where night has fallen. Caterpillar and the residents of Masked City sing the Welcome Song to Monarch and her family. Monarch notices that there are loads of different animals and objects and insects at Masked City but Caterpillar assures her it will be okay. Monarch offers to read her book; Leopard and the Little Mammoth Cub. After the story, a cameraman takes a picture of them all. It is now time for the surprise. Everyone heads outside with Panda to find the surprise is fireworks. It is time for Monarch and her family to go back home for bedtime. Monarch is glad to have friends like Caterpillar in her new place. The friends separate to go home. Caterpillar speaks to the viewer about his new friend, Monarch. The movie ends with the credits and Katrina And The Waves’ Walking on Sunshine.

## Voice Cast

1. Bobby Berk as Caterpillar

2. Natalie Imbruglia as Panda

3. Madeleine Sami as Monarch

4. Nolan North as Monarch’s Dad

5. Tara Strong as Monarch’s Mom

6. Kevin Spacey as Charlie

7. Kari Wahlgren as Ariela

8. Paul Ego as Playing Mantis

9. Frankie Seaman & as David Seaman as Pillar & Post

10. Roger Craig Smith as Jason the Hedgehog

11. Michelle Williams as Butterfly

12. Lindsay Lohan as Ladybug (singing voice provided by Kelly Osbourne)

13. Gladys Knight as Bee

14. Sophie Monk as Dragonfly

15. Raven Symone as Black Widow

16. Teyana Taylor as Firefly

17. Fátima Ptacek as Carnivorous

18. Nicola Roberts as Queen Bee

## Songs

1. New Insect is Coming

2. To Make a Place Feel Like Home

3. I Will Always Love You

4. Make This House Feel Like Home