Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Season 1

Duke Igthorn:
Move it! Time is money. Or it would be if I were paying you.

Zummi:
Gummis, as you know, The Great Book of Gummi will never be finished. It contains history of Gummi bears the world over, and now we have made a contribution. [Zummi writes on blank page.] Today, we helped a young boy save his kingdom.

Angelo Davini:
My cage traps! More animals for my collection.

[Gummis have been captured and are suspended in hanging cages]

Sunni:
Do something, Zummi!

Tummi:
Pretty bells.

[Angelo Davini approaches and is surprised to see he has caught Gummis]

Angelo Davini:
Talking bears? But that means..you are Gummi Bears? But I thought they were only fairy tales.

Zummi:
Oh no, no, no. We are not Bummi Gears, I mean Gummi Bears.

Tummi:
We, are, uh, dressed like Gummi Bears on our way to a costume party!

Sunni:
We cannot talk either!

Angelo Davini:
Do not try to con a con artist! You are Gummi Bears! You should all be honored to meet me. I am an artist, and I am going to immortalize you in stone.

Sunni:
Oooh! I always wanted to be immortalized.

[Angelo Davini throws petrifying powder on Gummis, which transforms them into statues. Grammi and Gruffi have gone on separate searches for the others]

Grammi:
[talking to herself] Ooh, I am going to fix his wagon!

Angelo Davini:
[talking to himself] Gummi Bear statues will bring me a fortune.

Gruffi:
[talking to himself] I will teach him to mess with Gummi Bears!

[Grammi attempts to attack Angelo Davini the same time Gruffi attempts a Tarzan-style attack. Angelo Davini bends over, causing Grammi and Gruffi to collide with each other]

Grammi & Gruffi:
[in unison] OOF!

Gruffi:
Hey, what is the big idea?

Grammi:
Me? I almost had him when you..

[Bickering continues as Grammi and Gruffi hide in Angelo Davini's wagon, which is now headed towards Castle Dunwyn]

[Grammi and Gruffi are repairing a broken tablet, which contains a spell that can change the other Gummis back to normal. They are bickering over it the same way they bickered over a jigsaw puzzle earlier]

Grammi:
You put in the first piece, so I get to put in the last one.

Gruffi:
Yeah, but I found the tablet.

Grammi:
Why can you not be big about this?

Gruffi:
Is that another short joke?

Cavin:
This is no time to argue. Your friends need you!

[Gruffi is taken aback that he is reminded of his leadership role in Gummi Glen, much less by a human. Gruffi then behaves like a gentleman towards Grammi and allows her to repair tablet]

Gruffi:
After you.

[Grammi, Zummi, Cavin and Cubbi have taken Quicktunnels and stopped at nearest station]

Cubbi:
I hope we get to battle some trolls!

Grammi:
Cubbi dear, we are in unfamiliar territory. Do not wander too far from us!

Zummi:
OK, the map says to look for a little waterfall.

[Group approaches roaring waterfalls depositing water in a chasm that has a maritime boundary separating Drekmore and Dunwyn. The chasm is connected by a rope bridge]

Grammi:
[surprised] A little waterfall?

Zummi:
[nervous] Oh my, oh my, I cannot go on.

Cavin:
What is wrong?

Cubbi:
Zummi is scared of heights.

Cavin:
Oh, no! You do not have to; you can wait here.

Zummi:
No, you will need me to fix whatever is wrong at the pumping station.

[Zummi sets out on rope bridge first, Cavin follows closely behind]

Grammi:
Do not look down! Look at the trees on the other bank!

Cavin:
You are doing great.

Zummi:
You just keep your eye on the goal...Whoa!

[Gust of wind shakes rope bridge, which causes a vial of Gummiberry juice to fly out of Zummi's pocket and into the water below. The jostling traumatizes Zummi]

Cavin:
Zummi, are you alright?

Zummi:
[stammering] I-I-I, I cannot move!

Grammi:
He is frozen with panic!

Cavin:
I am going to try something else.

Cubbi:
Try anything.

Grammi:
Yeah, like a swift kick in the patootie!

[Pumping station. Grammi and Zummi are astonished by the marvel of civil engineering]

Grammi:
Gummi Bears built all this?

Zummi:
Every Gummi warren in this part of the world must have gotten their water from here.

Grammi:
And all this has run for centuries without anyone taking care of it. Oh Zummi, it is terrible what we have forgotten.

Zummi:
When I suggested we come here, I had no idea we would be rediscovering our heritage.

Unwin:
Look, the princess!

[Cavin turns away; Unwin hits him into a pigpen]

Unwin:
Ha ha! I win!

Sir Tuxford:
Easy, Unwin! He is younger than you.

Unwin:
Well, that is too bad for him. Face it Shrimp, you are too weak to be one of the King's soldiers. As for me, my reward. [Looks at Calla's room] My inevitable victory was inspired by you, fair princess! Show me a sign that I am worthy!

[Entire pot of dirt gets dumped on Unwin's head]

Calla:
Oops! [giggles]

Cavin:
Unwin embarrassed me in front of the princess. He said I am too small and weak to be a knight. And the worst part is, he is right.

Grammi:
Nonsense. That is Unwin is just a big bag of wind!

Sunni:
Well, I think Cavin ought to ignore that brute.

Cubbi:
No, you need to bash and smash!

Gruffi:
Do not waste your time!

Grammi:
I would flatten that Unwin into a pie crust!

Tummi:
Pie crust, yum!

Cubbi:
Bash and smash!

Zummi:
STOP! Everyone! Gummis, we are all nobles and no peasants. We are not being helpful by bickering. Now, does anyone have a practical solution to Cavin's problem?

[Gummi Bears stare into space]

Cavin:
How about Gummiberry juice?

Cubbi:
Yeah! Just drink your Gummiberry juice and POW!

Zummi:
No, no Cubbi and Cavin! Gummiberry juice is only for emergencies, not for selfish activities like bopping bullies. To become a real knight, you must train, practice and study.

[Cavin still does not seem inspiried by Zummi's sage advice. Other Gummis save for Cubbi depart]

Cubbi:
Maybe there is an answer in the Great Book.

[Giant has captured Cubbi]

Cubbi:
Help, Cavin!

Giant:
Yeah, help him, Cavin, you flea!

Cavin:
Strength and speed did not work Cubbi. All that can match him is size.

Cubbi:
Don't wish that Cavin, then you will be like him!

Giant:
Oh? So you want to bigger, eh? Well that's exactly how I got into this mess. I was once a small fry like you, and bullies picked on me and called me names. So I came to the wishing stone. But my size frightened everyone so much, I had to live alone in this cave.

[Giant clubs rocks, breaking them and sending the wishing stone to Cavin]

Giant:
So go ahead and make your wish, cause it'll be your last!

[Giant holds club over Cavin so as poised to kill him]

Cavin:
I wish... I wish the giant was my size.

Giant:
No! Not that!

[Giant shrinks smaller, then re-transforms into a little boy]

Boy:
Hey! I am back to normal! Thank you.

Cubbi:
You did it, Cavin, you won!

Cavin:
I learned being super strong, super fast or even super big was not the way to solve my problems.

Cubbi:
No, being super smart was!

Boy:
Sorry I tried to clobber you two. Force of habit.

Cavin:
That is fine, you are forgiven. For right now how about the three of us figure a way out of this cave!

Boy:
Don't look at me. I lost my strength.

Cavin:
I got it! We will wish ourselves out of here.

Cubbi:
But you used your wish.

Cavin:
You have not.

Cubbi:
Yes! Smart thinking, Cavin. I wish that dumb old boulder would fly out of here.

[Boulder flies away from cave entrance, in doing so it causes a cave in. Trio escapes being buried alive and makes it to forest]

Cavin:
Well, that is the last wish for the wishing stone. I learned my lesson, I am never going to wish my problems away. I only want to be as big as my body intends.

Cubbi:
I get you Cavin, although I would wish myself a little bigger!

Boy:
So long, pipsqueaks.

[In Dunwyn Castle, Cavin is combat training]

Unwin:
[grunting] Just, uh, say when you have had enough.

Calla:
[talking to herself] Come on Cavin, you can do it.

[Cavin utilizes a move he remembered against the giant, knocking over Unwin]

Sir Tuxford:
Those were clever tactics.

Cavin:
Thank you, Sir Tuxford.

Calla:
You will be a worthy knight one day, Sir Cavin.

[Calla drops a rose which Cavin catches gracefully]

Cavin:
Thank you, My Lady.

[Princess Calla, tired of her royal life, is masquerading as a peasant girl, and it is raining]

Princess Calla:
It's getting dark. I'm wet, I'm cold, and I'm starving.

Cavin:
Welcome to peasant life, Your Highness.

Princess Calla:
When I get my hands on you, you'll regret the day you were carved!

[Gummi Bears were able to rescue Grammi from getting kidnapped. Grammi is in the living room recovering from her ordeal]

Gruffi:
Who knows what would have happened had the ogres captured you? You are important to us.

Grammi:
[sweetly] Aw, you really mean that?

Gruffi:
Of course. Who else will make our Gummiberry juice?

[Grammi hurls seat cushion at Gruffi]

Grammi:
[annoyed] Thanks for the concern, muttonhead! [calm] But actually, you are right. The time has come for me to share the recipe with someone else.

Gruffi:
Do not look at me. I do not know a ladle from a teaspoon. Cubbi is too young, Zummi would get it all backwards, and Tummi?

Grammi:
Tummi would wolf down the ingredients before I even got started. That only leaves Sunni.

Gruffi:
Naw, too flighty. And lately, no respect for Gummi traditions.

Grammi:
Nonsense. Sunni is a fine young woman who respects the old values.

[Sunni enters living room]

Sunni:
Presenting, the new Sunni!

[Sunni reveals she has dyed her hair pink, shocking Grammi and Gruffi]

Gruffi:
Remember, the fish is quick, so in order to catch it, you need to be quicker.

[Grammi appears]

Grammi:
Here Cubbi, I brought you some lunch.

Gruffi:
Why do you think we are out here? I am trying to teach the kid how to survive in the forest!

Grammi:
That is how I knew he would be hungry.

Grammi:
Well, we got back Gruffi but we lost the sprite.

[Cubbi tries to look for it]

Grammi:
[sighing] Do not waste your time. Sprites do not leave tracks.

Cubbi:
Gruffi says everything leaves tracks, if you know what to look for.

Grammi:
[angered, controlled voice] Gruffi is sometimes wrong, sweetums.

Cubbi:
Look! The tracks left by the sprite's honey pot!

Grammi:
[resigned tone] I suppose he is also sometimes right.

[Great Gummi Exodus. Hundreds of Gummi Bears are running screaming.]

Gummi Boy:
Look Mother!

[Warren is shown being subject to arson and huge plumes of smoke are rising.]

Gummi Old Man:
Run! Run for your lives.

[Gummi soldiers aid civilians in getting them on board Gummarines, large naval vessels. As Gummarines set sail, Gummi Bears look despondent to see their homes destroyed. A Gummi boy and girl look in shock as scene fades to 500 years later. Faces of Gummi boy and girl are replaced with equally shocked faces of Sunni and Cubbi.]

Zummi:
So the Ancient Gummies sailed away across the sea; safe from the jealous humans who would steal our secrets and destroy our great culture.

Tummi:
[depressed] I hate sad endings.

Tummi blows his nose with a shawl Grammi has been knitting, obviously annoying her

Cubbi:
How come our ancestors did not go with them?

Zummi:
Well Cubbi, a small tribe elected to stay behind. Their mission was to preserve Gummi Glen and to signal the others when it was safe to return home.

Cubbi:
[excited] Really?! Then what?

Gruffi:
[derisive] Then nothing. Humans stayed human, so the Great Gummis never came back.

Cubbi:
How were the Gummi Glen Gummis supposed to tell the others they could return?

Grammi:
The ancients built some kind of great machine that could send messages across the ocean.

Sunni:
But it's safe now, right?

[Gruffi makes an annoyed grunt]

Cubbi:
Just think, if the bears returned, I would have someone to play with!

[Gummis imagine Gummi Glen during the time before the Great Gummi Exodus, with flags, banners and many Gummis. Sunni is elegantly dressed as several male Gummis look in admiration.]

Cubbi:
And I'd be a great Gummi warrior!

Sunni:
And I'd be a Gummi princess.

[Zummi is surrounded by the Great Gummis]

Zummi:
And I would learn from the great Gummi wizards.

[Zummi casts spell making Gummi magicians float in air while Grammi brings out cake]

Grammi:
And there would finally be Gummis around who appreciate my cooking.

Tummi:
I appreciate it!

[Fantasy turns to reality as the Gummis then hear echos; the acoustics reminding them of the sparsely populated warren]

Sunni:
And we would not be alone any more.

Cubbi:
Let's signal them to come back!

Grammi:
It is a lovely idea, sweetheart, but we've never been able to find the signal machine.

Zummi:
Oh my, oh my! It would be wonderful though.

[Castle Dunwyn. Duke Igthorn and Toadwart sneak into castle town]

Duke Igthorn:
Condemned? So this is what Gregor does to my childhood home?! [Duke Igthorn removes barricade and enters abandoned house] Ah, my old books! Let us see, here it is!

Children's Book Title:
Tall Tales of the Gummi Bears

Duke Igthorn:
The Great Gummi-Scope is in a mountain with an underground stream. It can send a message or burn with its beam. Ha ha ha! Did you hear that Toadwart, it can "burn with its beam!"

Toadwart:
Simple Toadie love stories. But your Dukiness, it is only make-believe.

Duke Igthorn:
Since we know that Gummi Bears are real, it stands to reason that Gummi inventions are real too, sparrow brain!

[Gummi Bears take quickcar to Mount Sentinel]

Zummi:
Well, it looks like Cavin guessed right.

Gruffi:
[reluctant] I think this machine is dangerous and we should leave it be!

Cubbi:
I found it!

[Gummis enter a room with the Gummi Scope, a gigantic machine]

Tummi:
Wow, the Great Gummis never did anything small, did they? [Tummi examines lever] Since we are underground, maybe this makes it go overground!

Zummi:
Well, let us do it!

Gruffi:
No, no, no! If we raise this scope, Duke Igthorn could find it.

Grammi:
But making contact with the Great Gummis is worth the risk.

Gruffi:
We need to give this more thought. We cannot act now. It is not the Gummi way!

Zummi:
But Gruffi, hold on! Our ancestors stayed behind so this very job could get done. Now it is incumbent upon us to follow through. This is the Gummi way!

Gruffi:
You're right. [pulls the lever himself]