A Galactic Goodnight/Transcript

June: Art by... Edvard Munch.

Quincy: And...

["Für Elise" playing]

Leo: Music by... Ludwig van Beethoven.

The scene starts in the Rocket Room for a sleepover at nightfall.

Leo: Hi, I'm Leo. And guess what? My friends and I are having a sleepover in the rocket room.

Quincy: Whoo Hoo!

[All laughing]

Leo: We all brought our sleeping bags and pillows so we can sleep here with rocket.

[Rocket jingles]

Leo: That's right, Rocket. It's bedtime. I have a special trick that I do before I fall asleep. Do you want to see what it is? Every night, I turn on my baton night light.

[Baton jingles]

Leo: And that helps me fall asleep.

Annie: Oh.

Quincy: Cool.

June: I have a sleeping trick, too. I always do a sleepy spin before bed. Whee...

Quincy: Hugging my instrument blanket helps me fall asleep.

Annie: I can't go to sleep until I sing a goodnight song. La la la la la la la la la...

Leo: What do you do before you go to sleep? Oh, cool.

Quincy: Now we can all go to sleep. Good night.

[Rocket jingling loudly]

Annie: Oh-no! It sounds like someone is having trouble falling asleep. Who has trouble fall asleep? You're right, Rocket can't go to sleep.

[Rocket jingling and struggling]

Quincy: Rocket sounds upset.

June: He's trying to fall asleep, but he can't do it.

Leo: Cone on, guys. Rocket, don't you have a special trick that helps you fall asleep?

[Rocket jingling sadly]

Annie: Oh-no, Rocket doesn't have a sleeping trick.

Quincy: Here, Rocket, try to hug my instrument blanket.

Leo: I wonder if that made Rocket go to sleep.

Annie: His lights are turning off. His antenna is sagging.

Quincy: Do you think Rocket is sleeping?

[Rocket jingling loudly]

All: [Laughing] No.

Annie: That didn't make Rocket go to sleep.

June: What do we do now?!

Quincy: Rocket loves that planet mobile.

Leo: That gives me an idea. Maybe the planets could help Rocket fall asleep. We can go to outer space and count the planets.

Annie: Yeah, that will make rocket so tired he'll fall asleep for sure. There are nine planets in outer space, Rocket.

Leo: If we count all nine planets, I promise you'll fall asleep. Will you come to outer space with us and help Rocket count the planets? Great! We've got a mission!

[Baton jingling]

Leo: We need to count all nine planets so Rocket can fall asleep.

Annie: Yay!

June: Excellent!

Quincy: All right!

Leo: To Rocket!

All: We've got a mission!

Leo: Come on! Welcome aboard! Buckle your seat belts!

June, Quincy and Annie: Seat belts buckled!

Leo: Prepare for blast off! We're going to need a lot of power to blast off. Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

[Rocket starting]

Leo: June is patting. Quincy's patting. Annie's patting. But we need more power! Put your hand on your lap and pat with us. Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. Faster! Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat!

[Rocket whirring]

Leo: Now raise your arms as high as your can and say blast off!

All: Blast off!

Annie: Hold on tight cause here we go!

All: Whoa!

Leo: Rocket, put out your back up booster. We have to break through earth's gravity.

Quincy: Go, go, go!

Leo: Now we can count the planets and make Rocket go to sleep.

Quincy: So where do we start?

June: The first planet is near the sun.

Annie: Look, look, look, there's the sun.

Quincy: Whoa, cool.

June: Do you see a planet near the sun? You do? Where is it? Yes, you found it. That's the planet Mercury.

Annie: Don't worry, Rocket. I'm going to help you count the planets so you can fall asleep. I made up a planet counting song.

[Rocket jingling]

Annie: Count the numbers with me.

[Planet Counting song plays]

Annie: Mercury is closest to the sun.

Mercury is planet...

All: One!

Annie: Then is off to Venus...

All: Two!

Annie: Venus...

All: Two!

Annie: Is where we flew.

Our home planet Earth is number...

All: Three!

Annie: Sing with me, the Earth is...

All: Three!

Annie: After Earth comes Mars, is planet...

All: Four!

Annie: Right next door is planet...

All: Four!

[Song stops]

Quincy: Whoo-hoo!

Annie: Yay, Rocket!

Quincy: We counted four planets.

Leo: I wonder if that made Rocket fall asleep. Come on. Let's go see.

[They land on Mars]

Annie: His lights are turning off.

Quincy: His antenna is sagging.

June: Do you think Rocket is sleeping?

[Rocket jingling loudly]

All: No.

June: He's not sleeping yet.

Leo: We only counted four planets. We need to count all nine planets to make Rocket go to sleep.

Annie: Look, look, look, that's the biggest mountain I've ever seen! That's Olympus mons the biggest mountain in the solar system.

Leo: Whoa.

Quincy: Amazing. [hears music] I hear something and it's coming from way up there.

Leo: It's a Mars rover.

Annie: Mars rover sounds worried. Something must be wrong.

June: I see what's wrong, look!

Leo: Oh, no, it's a dust storm!

June: And it's heading this way.

Quincy; Mars rover is telling us to come to the top of Olympus mons! Then we'll be safe.

Annie: Uh-oh, Olympus Mons is getting stepper.

Leo: And the dust storm is getting closer.

Annie: We have to help Rocket climb faster.

Quincy: I have an idea. I can play a climbing song to help Rocket climb faster.

[Plays piano]

Quincy: It's working! The climbing song is helping Rocket go faster. But we have to go faster. The dust storm is almost here. I need you to help me play the climbing song so rocket can go faster. Quincy: Can you play the piano on your lap, like this? Great. You're doing it. But the dust storm is almost here. Play louder! Crescendo! Even louder! Crescendo!

Annie: We made it! Yahoo!

June: Fantastic. That dust storm can't get us now.

Quincy: You did an awesome job playing piano with me.

Annie: Mars rover, thanks for warning us about the dust storm.

Leo: Hey, guys. Maybe all that climbing made Rocket fall asleep.

Annie: His lights are turning off.

Quincy: His antenna is sagging.

Annie: Do you think Rocket is sleeping?

[Rocket jingling loudly]

All: No.

Annie: He's not sleeping yet.

Quincy: The only way to make Rocket sleep for sure is to count all nine planets.

Leo: Let's go team!

Annie: Thanks Mars Rover.

All: Blast off!

Annie: Come on. Let's sing the counting song for Rocket. Count the numbers with me.

[Planet Counting song plays]

Annie: Mercury is closest to the sun.

Mercury is planet...

All: One!

Annie: Then is off to Venus...

All: Two!

Annie: Venus...

All: Two!

Annie: Is where we flew.

Our home planet Earth is number...

All: Three!

Annie: Sing with me, the Earth is...

All: Three!

Annie: After Earth comes Mars, is planet...

All: Four!

Annie: Right next door is planet...

All: Four!

Annie: Big Jupiter is number...

All: Five!

[Song stops]

["Moonlight Sonata - 3rd Movement" playing]

All: Whoa!

Quincy: Something is very wrong here!

Annie: Oh-no, we're stuck in one of Juipter's swirling winds!

Leo: We need to fly back and forth through he wind to get out of here.

June: I have a plan. I can teach Rocket a swirling wind dance. That will help him fly through this swirling wind. Can you wave your arms over your head to the music, like me? Wonderful. We're flying through the swirling wind.

Quincy: It worked. Rocket flew through the swirling wind!

Annie: Hooray. Way to go!

["Moonlight Sonata - 1st Movement" playing]

June: Uh-oh, Now we're stuck in a different wind. It's a rolling wind. Come on. Now let's show Rocket a rolling wind dance. Can you roll your arms, like me? Stupendous.

Leo: It's working.

Annie: Rocket is flying through the rolling wind.

["Moonlight Sonata - 3rd Movement" playing]

Quincy: Uh-oh, more swirling wind.

June: Do the swirling wind dance.

["Moonlight Sonata - 1st Movement" playing]

June: Rolling wind. Do the rolling wind dance.

["Moonlight Sonata - 3rd Movement" playing]

June: Swirling wind.

["Moonlight Sonata - 1st Movement" playing]

June: Rolling wind.

Annie: Yay!

Quincy: Whoo Hoo! Hooray!

Leo: We made it through Jupiter's winds!

[Rocket jingles]

Quincy: I cannot believe it!

June: Thanks for dancing with me. You were fantastic.

Annie: Listen. Rocket sounds very quiet. Maybe all that flying made him fall asleep.

Quincy: His lights are turning off.

Annie: His antenna is sagging.

Leo: Do you think Rocket is sleeping?

[Rocket jingling loudly]

All: No.

Annie: He's not sleeping. The only way Rocket is going to sleep is if we count all nine planets.

Quincy: Let's go for it. Rocket, zoom back to the sun.

[Zooming]

Annie: Count the numbers with me.

[Planet Counting song plays]

Annie: Mercury is closest to the sun.

Mercury is planet...

All: One!

Annie: Then is off to Venus...

All: Two!

Annie: Venus...

All: Two!

Annie: Is where we flew.

Our home planet Earth is number...

All: Three!

Annie: Sing with me, the Earth is...

All: Three!

Annie: After Earth comes Mars, is planet...

All: Four!

Annie: Right next door is planet...

All: Four!

Annie: Big Jupiter is number...

All: Five!

Annie: Just a short drive from Saturn...

All: Six!

Quincy: Saturn is six!

Annie: Uranus is...

All: Seven!

Annie: ''It looks blue. Neptune...''

All: Eight!

Annie: Looks that way too.

[Song stops]

Quincy: Cool. We counted all the way to planet eight.

Leo: What number comes after eight? Nine, yes! Planet nine is the last planet we need to count for Rocket to fall asleep.

Annie: Planet nine is Pluto. But I don't see Pluto anywhere.

June: That's because it's the smallest planet. Pluto is very hard to find.

Quincy: Uh-oh, Pluto is hiding.

June: He's behind one of those planets.

Leo: Do you know which planet planet he's hiding behind? Yes, there he is. He's hiding behind Neptune.

Quincy: Pluto, it's time to go back where you belong.

Annie: We need to count all the planets so our friend, Rocket, can fall asleep.

[All the planets line up]

Leo: Al right, team, this is it. It's time to count all nine planets.

June: Go, Leo!

Quincy: You can do it!

Leo: Are you ready? Great! Now, count with me.

[Planet Counting song plays]

Leo: ''Mercury is closest to the sun. Mercury is planet...''

All: One!

Leo: Then It's off to Venus...

All: Two!

Leo: Venus...

All: Two!

Leo: Is where we flew.

Our home planet Earth is number...

All: Three!

Leo: Sing with me, the Earth is...

All: Three!

Leo: After Earth comes Mars is planet...

All: Four!

Leo: Right next door is planet...

All: Four!

Leo: Big Jupiter is planet...

All: Five!

Leo: Just a short drive from Saturn...

All: Six!

Quincy: Saturn is six!

Leo: Uranus is...

All: Seven!

Leo: ''It looks blue. Neptune...''

All: Eight!

Leo: Looks that way too.

Last not least is Pluto, number...

All: Nine!

Leo: Last in line is Pluto...

All: Nine!

[Song ends]

Annie: Yes!

June: Perfect!

Leo: All right! That was great! You counted all nine planets!

Quincy: And listen.

[Rocket snoring, jingling sleepily]

Quincy: His lights are turning off.

Annie: His antenna is sagging. And he's making a snoring noise.

Leo: Do you think Rocket is sleeping?

[Rocket snoring]

Leo: Yes, he is sleeping! We did it! Now let's blast off and get Rocket home to his bed. But be very quiet. Pianissimo. We don't want to wake him up. [Whispering] We're going to need a lot of power to blast off! Put your hands on your lap and pat the beat pianissimo. Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. Now raise both arms and whisper "Blast off!"

All: [Whispering] Blast off!

[Zooming quietly]

Annie: Quiet as a mouse, don't make a peep

Tiptoe creep

Let Rocket sleep.

[Rocket snoring]

Leo: Say "Goodnight, Rocket." Goodnight, Rocket. [Whispering] Mission Completion!

[Baton jingling]

Leo: It's time for...the curtain call!

[Applause]

Leo: Let's clap for our team! Clap with us! Let's clap for Annie! Quincy! June!

Others: Leo!

All: (whispering) Rocket.

[Rocket snoring]

June: Let's clap for the art! Clap for "The Scream" by Edvard Munch.

Leo: And now for the moment you've all been waiting for: Let's clap really, really hard for the special music we've heard today!

["Fur Elise" playing]

Leo: "Fur Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven!

All: Yay, Beethoven!

June: You've helped a lot today.

Quincy: Give yourself a hand. Go on, clap for yourself.

June: Bravo! Bravo!

Leo: See you on the next mission!

[Rocket jingling sleepily]

[All cheering]

Leo: Sleep tight, Rocket.

[The End credits begin and this episode is dedicated to a loving memory of a British actor who voices Judge Claude Frollo, Shere Khan, the Magic Mirror from the House of Mouse and Monsieur D'Arque named Tony Jay.]