Tutter quotes from Bear in the Big Blue House

Tutter

[as Bear's foot is blocking the pumpkin] Well, it's nice to see you, too, Bear, very nice, but I don't mean to complain; Bear, I don't want to complain, but your big old foot, it's kind of in my way!

Bear

Oh, sorry. [his foot moves out of the way]

Bear

I think I can finally cha cha cha [Cha cha music plays as Bear dances into the living room]

Bear

1, 2, 3, cha cha cha, 2, 3, cha cha cha. [Bear sits on his swing] you know? I've been dancing so much today that right now I don't really feel like cha cha chaing, maybe I'll sit here and swing for A while, you know? To and fro, fro and to [Bear swings on his swing] [bear is disturbed by...]

hey Bear. What are you sitting down for bear

Bear

Oh hi everybody!

Bear

I'm just sitting here swinging, you know? To and fro, fro and to

But Bear, we're you going to cha cha cha today?

Yeah Bear

Treelo

Let's do cha cha cha (laughs)

Bear

well, yeah I was but... You know? I've been dancing so much today, that I don't really feel like it now

Huh? No cha cha cha

Pip

Bear are you feeling okay?

Pop

Bears gotta be sick

Pop

I think he's sick, probably very ill

Bear

Guys guys guys, I'm not sick I just don't feel like dancing right now

Hey Bear, don't you feel that itching?

Bear

Itching?

Tutter

Yup

Treelo

And the twitching? (Laugh)

Tutter

Oh oh oh yeah, and bear, don't you feel that scritching? The scritching bear the scritching

Bear

Not to mention it, I do feel a scritching

Oh and don't forget the scratching, aww, the scratching

Bear

Scratching? Now why do you have to say it? [Treelo goes over to the radio]

Tutter

scratching ha ha ha [Treelo turns on the radio]

And now for A high school selection, a song that's sweeping the country

Bear

I'm starting to feel something

YAY!

A song that you know your gonna love, the bear cha cha cha

Bear

[looks at the visitation date on Grandma Flutter's letter] Oh, my. Oh, my, my, my, my, my.

Tutter

What? What's wrong, Bear?

Bear

Nothing. Nothing is wrong, Tutter. No. It just says that your grandma should be coming here... today.

Tutter

[shocked] You took one of my cheeses from the cheese drawer? But I was going to make a two cheese cheesecake, Bear!

Bear

I'm sorry. Don't you have enough?

Tutter

No, Bear! No, I don't have 'em. Look, look, I had two cheeses.. If you took one of those cheeses away, I only have... one cheese left! And, that's what I needed to make my two cheese cheesecake.

Tutter

Guys? Um, guys? Oh, come on, guys! I can't see what I'm stirring!

Sorry, Tutter.

Pop

But we just wanted to taste one more time…

Pip

…to make sure it's good.

Pop

Yeah, just to be sure.

Tutter

Oh… [sees the batter is gone] Hey. Hey! Where'd all the batter go?!

Don't look at us. [look away from Tutter, who looks at the camera in confusion]

Oh, there, Treelo. That looks great. Bear's sure gonna love this present. [laughs]

Treelo

And hug, too, right?

Oh, yeah, Treelo. We'll give Bear a big hug, too. A bear hug. [laughs] Tutter, how's the cake coming?

Tutter

Huh? Oh, well, it was petty good, Ojo. Ha. Pretty good. But Pip and Pop KEEP PUTTING THEIR HEADS IN THE BOWL!!!

Us?

Tutter

And now I've got to start all over.

Pop

We were just testing it.

Pip

Yeah. Besides, we have nothing to do.

Pop

Yeah. How are we supposed to decorate the living room with Bear resting in there?

It would ruin the surprise.

Tutter

Oh. Uh, they've got a point, Ojo. How will they gonna decorate the living room with all the party decorations if that big old bear is sleeping in there?

Oh.

Treelo

[gasps] Oh! Cha-cha-cha! Cha-cha-cha!

Oh, Treelo, we haven't got time for dancing right now. [Tutter nods] We've got to get ready for Bear's big birthday party.

Tutter

Yeah.

Treelo

[grunts] No. Bear cha-cha-cha. Bear cha-cha-cha.

Tutter

Treelo, look, we don't care if it's the porcupine cha-cha-cha! We still haven't got time to go dancing around and…

Oh, oh, oh! Hey! Yeah! Yeah, yeah! The cha-cha-cha! Treelo's got a great idea about how to get Bear out of the living room. Now, everybody listen up. This is what we're gonna do, okay? Okay? All right, Treelo…

Bear

[laughs] Wow. That was great cha-chaing, every… [sees that Ojo, Treelo, Tutter, Pip and Pop are gone] everybody? Um… [to the viewer] Hey. Where did everybody go? Hmm… Oh, well. There's nothing like cha-cha-chaing on your birthday. But, you know, oldest cha-cha-chaing has made this bear hungry. You know what I could go for? A whole mess of cooked and buttered string beans. [taps lips] Mmm. Let's go down to the kitchen and make some.

[to Tutter and Treelo] How's it going, you guys?

Treelo

[with two popsicle sticks glued to his fingers] A little bit stuck to me again. Oh, oh. Uh… [to Ojo] Treelo almost done.

Tutter

[grunting] I'm stirring, Ojo. I'm stirring as fast as I can! [Treelo tries to get the popsicle sticks off his fingers] Oh, still too lumpy!

Tutter

Stir, stir. [grunts]

Uh… great.

Tutter

Stir, stir. [grunts]

Pip! Pop! Where are you?

Pip

I don't know. Maybe…

Pop

Hey, Ojo.

Pip

Oh, there's Ojo.

Oh, there you are. How's it going?

Pop

Oh, well…

Pip

Oh. Oh, well, we had a little bit of difficulty with the, uh… uh, the crepe paper.

It's going, um… real good.

Uh… oh. okay. Well, could you just hurry up a little, okay?

Pip

Okay, no problem, Ojo. Okay.

[laughs] Oh, Pip and Pop. [to the viewer] Oh, what do you think we should do next for Bear's big birthday party?

Bear

Hey, Ojo.

[gasps] Bear! [looks around]

Bear

Ojo, are you okay?

Uh, uh, uh, uh… [yells out to her friends] Hello, Bear. [Tutter, Treelo, Pip and Pop appear]

Tutter

Huh? Bear?!

Bear

Oh, uh, hi, guys.

Uh… Bear! What are you doing, uh, doing here? Uh, I mean, right now. I mean, now.

Bear

Well, I'm going to the kitchen to make a whole mess of cooked and buttered string beans. Want some?

Huh?! No, Bear, no! You can't make any cooked and buttered string beans right now. [the kids shake their heads]

Bear

No?

Tutter

No, no, no, Bear. Not even a whole mess of them! [to the viewers] Whatever that is.

Bear

Well, why not?

Tutter

Why not? Why not, indeed? Well because we have to, uh… Uh, we have to…

We have to, uh… take a bath. [nods] Yeah.

[agreed]

Bear

Okay, okay. If you guys really want to take a bath…

Pop

We do.

Bear

Then everybody into the tub.

[cheering]

[to the viewer] Bear's going to be done drying his fur any minute. Are you guys finished yet?

Treelo

Look. I am. Treelo finish.

Tutter

Uh… W-well, the cake is at a very delicate point, Ojo. A-a very delicate point.

We need lots more decorations.

Bear

[offscreen] Hey, everybody!

[gasp in shock]

Bear

Who wants a mess of cooked and buttered string beans?

Bear

Hello? Everybody? I'll be right down.

Bear

Hmm. Everybody's acting a little odd today. Hmm. [to the viewer] Do you happen to know what they're up to? Hm? Oh, well. Let's go down to the kitchen and try and find 'em. Come on.

Bear

Hello? Hello? Gee, I wonder where everybody went.

Pip

Quiet.

Be quiet, you guys.

Pop

Quiet.

Pip

I was being quiet.

Tutter

Will you guys just be quiet?

[to the viewer] Shh, shh. Don't tell Bear. Remember, when Bear turns on the light, yell, "Surprise!" Okay?

Tutter

Oh, here he comes!

Okay, everybody hide. Hide, hide. Hide, hide.

Bear

Hey. It's dark in here. Well, I'll just turn on the lights. [turns on the lights]

Surprise!

Bear

Agh!

Happy birthday, Bear! Yay! [laughter]

Bear

Oh, wow! This… This is great! I mean, I didn't want a fuss made, but… Wow! I… I can't believe it!

Tutter

Well, it's just begun! Hit it!

Bear

Now, let's see…

Tutter

Okay, Bear.

Bear

Hm?

Tutter

I'm ready! Let's go!

Bear

Oh!

Tutter

[laughs] Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

Bear

Hi, Tutter. How's the mouseapult working?

Tutter

This is it, Bear. This is it. [gasps] History in the making. And you are there! [laughing]

Bear

Wow.

Tutter

Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

Bear

You know, Tutter. This is very exciting.

Tutter

Yes. Mm.

Bear

Let's watch.

Tutter

Oh! Um, uh… Actually, Bear, uh, could you spare a moment or two to, uh, help a mouse?

Bear

Well, sure, Tutter. What can I do?

Tutter

Oh! Okay. Great. Now, you just carefully drop the wedge of brie on the other end of the mouseapult when I say go, and stand back. Stand back and watch this mouse fly, Bear. Watch me fly! [laughs]

Bear

Okay, Tutter.

Tutter

Yeah.

Bear

But, Tutter…

Tutter

Huh?

Bear

…be careful.

Tutter

Oh, of course, Bear. I'll be careful.

Bear

Okay.

Tutter

Okay.

Bear

Ready?

Tutter

Ready.

Bear

Set?

Tutter

Set. Let'er rip, Bear. Let'er rip.

Bear

Tutter!

Tutter

[spitting rice out of his mouth] Great cheeser's ghost. Oh. What happened? Where am I? I've gone so far, I… [gasps] I'm on another planet! It seems to be made of strange grainy substance. Hmm. Very interesting. I've never seen…

Bear

Tutter.

Tutter

[yells] What, where?!

Bear

Tutter, Tutter, Tutter, it's okay. It's okay. It's me. Bear.

Tutter

B-Bear? Wh… How did you get up here in outer space? Wow! That mouseapult works a lot better than I thought, huh?

Bear

Tutter?

Tutter

Wow! Whoa…

Bear

Tutter, Tutter. Tutter?

Tutter

What? Yes, Bear?

Bear

You landed in the rice can.

Tutter

Huh? The rice can? [looks at it] Oh! [laughing] The rice can. I'm in the rice can, Bear.

Bear

Yeah.

Tutter

[laughing]

Bear

Tutter? Are you okay?

Tutter

[panting] Oh, oh, yeah, yeah. I'm perfectly okay, Bear. Just a little, um, grainy. Just a little grainy, Bear. Well, I guess it's back to the old drawing board again. Well, see you later, Bear. Goodbye.

Bear

Okay, Tutter. Good luck.

Bear

Look, Tutter's taking a nap.

Tutter

More cheese for King Tutter.

Tutter

[offscreen] I'm afraid! I'm afraid!

Huh?

Tutter

[holding Kitty] Yeah. I'm really, really afraid! [whimpering and glups]

Bear

Oh! Hi, Tutter.

Tutter

"Hi"? Is that all you can say? "Hi"? The whole sky is falling down around us, and-and making lots of loud awful noises and all you could say is "hi"?! Oh!

Bear

Tutter, I can understand. Storms can be scary, sometimes but, believe me, we're safe and sound inside. There's nothing to be afraid of.

Bear

Guys, guys. It's okay. It's okay. Look. I have my trusty Bearcraft flashlight.

Huh? [Bear turns on the flashlight] Oh!

Bear

See?

Hey, you guys, oh, look, Bear's got a flashlight.

Treelo

Hello, flashlight.

Yeah.

Bear

Yeah. See, Tutter? [moves the flashlight to the floor, but Tutter is not there]

Hey, where's Tutter?

Treelo

Hey.

Tutter?

Bear

Tutter?

Treelo

Tutter?

Tutter?

Treelo

Tutter?

Where'd you go?

Bear

Oh, Tutter!

Tutter

Huh?

Bear

Tutter, it's okay. Sometimes in a storm, the lights do go out, but sometimes they come back on again really soon.

Tutter

R-R-Really?

Bear

Really. And as long as I have my flashlight, everything's okay.

Tutter

Well, okay, Bear, okay. But, you know, a little noise to a big old bear like you can be an awful lot of noise for a little, bitty mouse like…

Bear

Tutter?

Bear?

Bear

Tutter?

What's wrong with Tutter?

Treelo

Yeah. [gasps] Look! Look!

Tutter

Bear! [stammers] It's… it's… IT'S A GIANT MOUSE!!! [screaming]

Bear

Tutter, Tutter, it's okay. It's just your shadow.

Tutter

What? What?

Bear

It's the shadow, that the flashlight is making on you.

Tutter

[stammers] Me? [stammering] Really?

Bear

Yes. If you move your tail, the tail on the shadow will move, too.

Tutter

Yeah? [wags his tail] Wha-? Hey! Hey, yeah! It is me! Hey. [the lights went back on again]

Treelo

Hey! The lights!

Yay! The lights are back! [Bear nods to the viewer]

Tutter

Hey, where'd the giant Tutter go? [turns to the camera in confusion]

Tutter

[climbing up the stairs to find Treelo and Ojo in a game of hide-and-seek] Okay, now, Bear said there's nothing to be afraid of. Heh. Nothing to be afraid of in the Big Blue House. [grunts and laughs] Ojo, Treelo, where are you guys?

Pip

Hey, that's Tutter.

Pop

Oh. He'll love this. Come on.

Pip

Yeah! [giggles]

Tutter

I-I wonder if they're in the bedroom. Uh, [Pip and Pop start moaning] where are you guys? You know, I'm not sure I feel like playing anymo…

Beware! We are the two-headed purple flower monster! Beware!

Tutter

[to the viewer] There's a two-headed purple flower monster! [screams]

[laughing]

Pop

Hey, do you think he liked it?

Pip

I don't know, let's go ask him.

Pop

Yeah.

Tutter

[humming "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"] Oh, Bear… Oh, hi, Bear.

Bear

Oh, hey, Tutter. What are you up to?

Tutter

Well, I was just gonna have a snack, Bear. Would you like to join me?

Bear

Oh, I'd love to, Tutter. What is on the menu?

Tutter

Oh, heh, well, I have some fresh tomatoes from my little garden here.

Bear

Ooh. [He and Tutter smell the tomatoes]

Aaah.

Bear

They smell so good, Tutter.

Tutter

Yeah, yeah, hmm. [taps lips] So, Bear, uh, what have you been up to today?

Bear

Oh, I just came back from the otter pond…

Tutter

Mm-hm.

Bear

…Ojo found this really cool bug.

Tutter

[screams in shock] A BUG! [flees back to his mousehole]

Bear

[looking around] Tutter? [sees Tutter from his mousehole] Tutter.

Tutter

[scared] Bear, Bear, I'm down here.

Bear

Tutter.

Tutter

[whimpers]

Bear

Tutter, what's the matter?

Tutter

The matter? What's the matter? The matter is bugs, Bear. Bugs! [shivers]

Bear

But, Tutter, it was just a little bug.

Tutter

Little? Little bug? Heh. Well, it may be to a big old bear like you, but to a mouse, they're giants. [to the viewer] GIANTS I TELL YOU!

Bear

Well, Tutter, I can understand why you're worried but…

Tutter

Yeah, I'm worried, Bear. Those bugs with their pinchers, and crazy wiggling antennas and the wings fluttering. [wriggles]

Bear

Tutter. Tutter, Tutter. Breathe in.

Tutter

[inhales]

Bear

Breathe out.

Tutter

[exhales]

Bear

Now, Tutter, the bug is way out at the Otter Pond and you're in here.

Tutter

Oh, you don't think these bugs like I do, Bear. One minute they're out there. And the next minute they're right in your face eating all your food! [whimpers] Just don't let Ojo bring it in the house, Bear, okay?

Bear

Okay, Tutter, I'll tell her.

Tutter

[sighs]

Bear

[to the viewer] Some of us don't like to be around bugs but, that’s okay, too.

Tutter

Yeah.

Bear

But, you know, Tutter, there are some bugs that are useful.

Tutter

Well, that's all well and good, Bear. All well and good. Er, but, if you don't mind, I'd rather bugs not be useful around me. Huh! See you later, Bear, goodbye.

Bear

Oh, uh… Okay, Tutter. Bye bye.

Tutter

Bye now.

Tutter

[looking through binoculars] I'm looking for you, bug. You're not gonna sneak up on this mouse. [sees Bear and Treelo] Wait! Wait! I see them! Two bugs! Boy. Real furry ones, too. One's big and brown and the other one's green and white and-- Oh, no! They're getting closer! [screaming]

Tutter?

Bear

It's Bear. [Tutter stops screaming]

Treelo

And Treelo. [chuckles]

Tutter

Oh. It's just you two. You scared me out of my wits. Huh!

Treelo

[chuckles] Sorry, Tutter.

Bear

We didn't mean to, Tutter, but what's with all the sandbags?

Treelo

Yeah.

Tutter

Well, a mouse has to protect his home, doesn't he?

Treelo

Protect?

Tutter

Mm-hm.

Treelo

From what?

Tutter

An invasion. An invasion of bugs! [looks though the binoculars]

Bear

Treelo, Ojo found a bug out by the otter pond.

Treelo

Ah, a bug.

Bear

But, Tutter, there's nothing to worry about. That kind of bug never comes inside.

Treelo

Yeah, no come inside, Tutter. No come inside.

Tutter

Hmm. I don't kno…

Hey, everybody.

Hi, Ojo!

Bear

Hey, Ojo.

Hi.

Bear

Um, Ojo, I thought you were out looking for your bug?

Yeah.

Oh. Well, I was and I followed her right in the front door.

Tutter

What? [realizes the bug is in the Big Blue House and gasps] The bug's in the house?! The bug's in the house?! Red alert! [screams]

Bear

Tutter! Tutter, clam down. Treelo, Ojo and I will look for the bug and take him back outside.

Treelo

Yeah, look for bug.

Yeah. Yeah, okay. Here buggy, buggy.

Treelo

Here, bug! Here, bug! Here, bug!

Here buggy, buggy. Here buggy, buggy.

Bear

Tutter?

Tutter

Buggy, buggy, buggy. Ah! Buggy.

Bear

Do you want to come with us?

Tutter

Oh! Um… [smacks lips] No thanks, Bear. I'll stay right here on alert. For your realize, Bear, there comes a time in every mouse's life when he is tested by fate when he must stand or fall when he's against the pomp and cir--

Bear

Okay, Tutter. Okay. Okay. I'll be right back.

Tutter

Oh. Uh… [Bear leaves] Oh. Okay, Bear. No problem! Heh. After all, what am I? A mouse, or… a mouse? Um… erm… Well, heh, I'll be fine right here… [worried] all alone. [hears a noise and gasps] What was that? [looks through the binoculars] Bear? Bear? Is that you? [the bug appears crawling along the wall towards him] Ojo? Come on, guys, this isn't funny.

Bear

There. It looks pretty good, huh? …for a skunk. [sniffing] And for a skunk clock, it smells pretty good too.

Bear

Suddenly, I'm a little sleepy. Um, I think I'll go take a nap for a few minutes. I'll be back. [exits the kitchen]

Tutter

Oh, hickory dickory! [the camera pans down to him] What is making that noise. It's… [scoffs] Gee whiz… [he is seen holding Kitty and his blanket] How can a mouse take a nap around here with all this ticking and tocking! Bear! Who is making all that noise? Bear?

Tutter

[founds the problem] Aha! [turns around; to the viewer] Look at that. Will you? [growls]

Tutter

Humph. Now let me see, go up the stairs here… up the left… up the right… [panting] Boy, lot more stairs than I remember from last time. Oh, trying to take a look. Now, where is that… where could… oh, yeah! Ahem. Um, excuse me, Mr., um, Skunk. Um, I know you must be a guest of Bear's and I-I hate to be rude… but would you mind terribly, I mean, would you terribly mind, wou-- would you ju… [shouting] OH, WOULD YOU JUST BE QUIET?!?

Tutter

Aha. Well, um… You see, this mouse is trying to take a nap and-and with all that tick, tock, tick tocking… Well, heh, it is pretty noisy. [laughs]

Tutter

Excuse me, um… [gulps] M-M-Mr. Skunk? H-Hello? Um… W-w-well, a-at least you could answer me! Would you-- Hey. Hey wha-- Quit looking at me like that! W-Would… [looks at the skunk clock's tail pendulum] And quit wagging your tail! W-Would… Stop, I mean it now! Stop it, please!

Bear

[entering the kitchen] Tutter?

Tutter

Just stop it! Stop it! [gasping]

Bear

Tutter? Tutter! Tutter! Take it easy. Now, breathe in… [Tutter deeply breathes in] Breathe out. [Tutter exhales and gulps in horror] Now, Tutter, tell me what happened?

Tutter

[mumbling] Well, th-this skunk-this skunk, Bear, [Bear looks confused] i-is-is scaring me. HE'S SCARING ME!! [gasping]

Bear

Skunk? Wh--? Oh, you mean my new skunk clock?

Tutter

Clock? I don't know anything about a clock. All I know is that skunk won't even answer me, Bear. And those eyes. Those eyes! [goes crazy]

Bear

No. No. Tutter, Tutter, take it easy. See, it's not a real skunk, it's a clock - in the shape of a skunk.

Tutter

Huh?

Bear

Yes. It's a clock. See? The numbers.

Tutter

I-I guess I do see the numbers, Bear, but… that's a strange skunk!

Bear

Tell you what, Tutter. Why don't you come on down and I'll show you something. Okay?

Tutter

Oh. Okay, Bear, but I don't know what there is to see.