Original subtitles

It is estimated that there are some 10 quintillion insects alive

at any one time. But forget about them.

This is about me, Lloyd. I'm a fly.

OK, if we want the Arachnofly bumper special edition,

we'll need to club together. I've got some apple. Abacus?

Hm. Cheese, maybe. Could be lint.

I've got a big smile and these eyes.

Yeah, that might work. Scare Roger into a bargain.

Roger.

We want the Arachnofly bumper special edition,

and we are not taking no for an answer.

No. Well, we tried our best.

Please?

Shoo.

The store's closed for a private event.

Someone wanted to read every comic book I've got

and had the crumbs to cover it.

Really? Who?

Can someone give me a wiggly whoo-hoo?

Mr Wiggly!

No, no singing.

♪ Who wants to wiggle All day long? ♪

♪ Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle! Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle! ♪

Hey? He's a maggot entertainer.

Lloyd saw his show. Said it was very...

Energising!

Exhausting.

Aren't you meant to be a butterfly by now?

Well, maybe, but I was having so much fun as a caterpillar,

what with all the wiggling and the singing.

♪ Who wants to undulate As they move along? ♪

No, no, no. No more wiggling or... ooh

Is that the Arachnofly bumper special edition?

I've got them all.

Bumper special, bumper regular,

double bumper, double bumper special. Want a look?

Ahhh.

Ah!

Hm. Oh!

Mr Wiggly, why haven't you pupated yet?

I thought you were fine with dissolving into liquid

and reforming as a butterfly.

Oh, yes. No problem with that anymore.

I've even been practising. Practising?

I'm pupating very soon, actually, maybe even today.

But I wanted to cross a few things off the old chrysa-list

before I do.

Chrysa-list?

Yeah...

it's a list of the really fun stuff you can do as a caterpillar

before becoming a butterfly.

Oh, I should make a chrysa-list.

If I had one last day as a fly, I know exactly what I'd do.

I'd go jam balling, I'd go soap sliding. I'd pack it all in.

Oh, I hadn't really thought of anything beyond the comics yet.

I was struggling for ideas.

Lloyd's always full of good ideas, and he rarely regrets them.

Then you can be my chrysa-list.

You can give me the funnest last day ever,

and then I'll pupate happy.

Yes, I can do that.

I'll make the funnest chrysa-list ever.

Can I get a wiggly whoo-hoo?

Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!

Whoo-whatever. Come on!

Oi! You're meant to put them back.

Hm?

Stay close, Abacus, and stay alert.

OK, Lloyd. Do you need more strawberry jam?

Keep your voice down.

We don't want Team Blackberry to find us.

We're going for a stealth attack.

They found us.

Oh.

Ooh, so close.

Ahhh.

Aaah!

Incoming!

Aaah! Aaah!

Aaah!

This is the end.

We've got her pinned, Lloyd.

Yeah, but where's Mr Wiggly?

This is supposed to be his day.

Can I get a wiggly whoo-hoo?

Well, I think that's quite enough jam balling for today.

Won't be able to do that when I'm a butterfly.

Not enough hands.

What's next on the chrysa-list?

You know, I'd love to explore somewhere

that I couldn't go as a butterfly.

Oh, because of your big flappy wings getting in the way?

Well, you're in luck. I know just the place.

You've not truly experienced the ant colony

until you get kicked out of it by Queen Libby.

And Lloyd has a lot of experience.

Oh. Guards?

Wiggly whoo-hoo!

What's next?

What a day!

I'm having a wiggly good time.

One last thing for the chrysa-list before you pupate, Mr Wiggly.

Yes, it's soap sliding!

Oh, my. I'm not sure about the...

We could go straight to pupating.

All this fun is exhausting.

Soap sliding it is. Fine.

I'm very good at this, so just do as I do.

Uh, ohhh! Whoo-hoo! Whee!

Look at that!

Ayyy!

Ta-dah! Nailed it.

I don't think I'm ready, Lloyd. Oh, sure you are.

Just do it exactly like PB and exactly not like Abacus.

Ahhh.

Ahhh. Ahhh.

Whoo. Ahhh.

Wiggly whoo-hoo! I did it!

I actually did it! We did it! Let's do it again.

Again?

But you said you were gonna pupate after we did this.

No, no, no.

There's got to be something else we could do for my chrysa-list,

and... What about plughole potholing?

It's like he doesn't want to pupate.

Yeah, I'm starting to think you're right, PB.

What's he scared of?

He is about to transform completely after dissolving into liquid.

I'd be scared, too.

Yeah, but I thought he was over that.

It was a whole thing.

Maybe he just needs encouragement

from someone who understands what he's going through.

Ah, you're right. I know exactly who that is.

I know it's scary, but once you take that first step,

the rest is plain sailing.

Who wants to go first? Me!

Yay.

Whoo-hoo!

And that's fun, is it?

It's brilliant. Probably even better if you can't already fly.

Abacus can't fly. He'll show you how fun leaf gliding is.

I'll give it a go.

I'm OK.

There, see? Nice soft landing.

But he's got body armour.

Ehh, fair point.

There, see? Nice soft landing.

WHOO.

You'll be fine.

Yes, Miss Butterfly. Oh, please.

Miss Butterfly is my mother. Call me Cornea.

Yes, Miss Butter. I mean, Miss Cornea.

Here goes nothing.

Three, two, one!

Ahhhh.

I don't think he's going to land on the leaf.

Right. Quick!

Wait for me!

Ahhh.

Oh, there we go.

Oh, no.

Keep flapping. It's working. Keep flap... Ahhh.

Yeah.

Whoo-hoo. Whoo-hoo.

Hey, this is fun!

Wiggly whoo-hoo!

I'll miss doing this when I have wings.

You can still bounce with wings.

Wiggly whoo-hoo!

Wiggly whoo-hoo! Miss Cornea, what are you doing?

Bouncing!

But you're a sensible, serious grown-up.

Oh. Well, I don't know about serious.

Or sensible.

But you're a... excuse me saying, boring butterfly.

Boring? Cornea's not boring.

Is she not? But she's an adult.

Is that why you've been putting off pupating?

Because you think you'll stop having fun?

Well, yes, because I'll be an adult.

Adults can still have fun.

No, really?

Well, even read comics

and go jam balling and do soap sliding?

Oh, I love soap sliding! Of course.

Oh, plus, nobody can tell you to stop because it's bedtime.

That's probably the fastest I've seen anyone become a chrysalis.

It was as gross as I'd hoped it would be.

Mr Wiggly?

Pupating is not really a spectator sport, so we're gonna head off.

Okey-dokey. Thanks for fun. See you when I'm done.

I'll take good care of him until then.

Mr Wiggly, are you liquid yet?

Not yet, but the practise is paying off.

Yes!

Practise?

Captions by Red Bee Media

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