[The episode begins with a shot of a neighborhood that has been covered in flower decorations]
Piri Piri (singing): ♪ Today's amazing. Today is special. Today is Arbor Day. Makes my little heart full. [Piri Piri is on top of a tree branch] Arbor Day. What's it all about? Well, if you really want to know... Then come with me. And lets find out. [Piri Piri is brought down to the ground by a few butterflies] A long time ago all the spirits of the trees were trapped inside a rock by a mean old king and queen. But then one day Princess Acornelia came. She helped them escape. So each year we celebrate and we sing and we dance and we'll prance through the streets sharing treats, hugging trees, filled with glee. Can't you see that Arbor Day is the best? So much magic and zest. I just love how it feels. I'm so glad that it's real. ♪
[Camera pans at the library, Piri Piri putting up decorations on the bookshelves]
Piri Piri: There. Gorgeous.
Harvey: That's a cool color scheme, Piri.
Piri Piri: Thank you, Harvey. Although, it's not as magnificent as your Arbor Day flower crown.
Harvey: My mom hot-glued it for me. It's pretty adorable
Bartleburt: Excuse me, are you responsible for all the glitter happening here? You know, it's impossible to get out, and Carol is gonna have a fit.
Piri Piri: [Gasps] Mr. Bartleburt! Happy Arbor day, sir. As a tree spirit, you must be so exited for this sacred day.
Bartleburt: Eh...
Piri Piri: I know what'll get you into the holiday spirit: the story of Arbor Day. It's so magical. [Piri Piri gives Bartleburt a book] It's so magical. How the heroic Princess Acornelia came to the tree spirits' rescue. I love the stories about strong women.
Harvey: Who doesn't?
Bartleburt (looking at the book): All the tree spirits are trapped in a rock for 1,000 years? What? You know, this book isn't very accurate, I got to say.
Piri Piri: Huh? What do you mean?
Bartleburt: I mean, this isn't anything close to what the rock even looked like. [Bartleburt shows a picture from the book to Piri Piri] I know. I was there.
Piri Piri: [Gasps] You were? Mr. Bartleburt, you have to tell me everything that happened! Oh, my gosh. I have the best idea. What if we made a movie about the history of Arbor Day? We could direct it together.
Bartleburt: Um, no. [laughs]
Piri Piri: Oh, please? Mr Bartleburt, we have to share your story! Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, please?
Harvey: Aw, how can you say no to her? She's adorable.
Bartleburt: All right. Stop it. I'll--I'll do it. I'll tell it.
Piri Piri: Yay!
[Scene cuts to everyone in the woods wearing plants as clothes, following Bartleburt]
Bartleburt: Yeah, so um, here it is.
Piri Piri: [Gasps] Oh, my gosh. This is the rock where you and your people were forced to live for all those years.
Bartleburt: Oh, no, no, no. That's it over there. [Scene cuts an apartment building]
Piri Piri: The Rock Apartment Complex?
Bartleburt: Ha-ha, you didn't think we were trapped in an actual rock did you? I mean, how would that even work? Because you know, science. So how are we doing this? You're gonna act it out, and I talk? Or what?
Piri Piri: Yes. My friends and I are here to help.
Harvey: We're ready to act our butts off, sir.
Bartleburt: Okay, well, you don't really need all those costumes.
Piri Piri: Oh, really? You didn't wear costumes? What did you wear?
Bartleburt: Oh, I don't know. Cardigans, turtlenecks, slacks... Anything beige, really.
[Scene cuts to everyone wearing suits and having nice haircuts]
Bartleburt: There we go. That's more accurate.
Piri Piri: Okay, everyone. Our story starts off with our heroes, the tree spirits wandering in search of a new home.
[Camera points at bushes rustling as Harvey and Claire pop out of it]
Harvey: Oh, no. Our homes were ravaged by Vikings! We need to find a new one.
Rooter: I'll scout ahead and fight off any enemies with my karate skills.
Claire: Here, take this magical crystal to protect you. I put our hopes and dreams in it.
[Scene cuts to Piri Piri holding the camera next to Bartleburt]
Piri Piri: Oh, my gosh. This is beautiful. What do you think?
Bartleburt: Oh, you know, I have to say it was a bit far-fetched. We were basically just looking for a new apartment since my mother-in-law kicked us out. She wasn't a Viking, but she sure was a beastly.
Piri Piri: Um, o-okay. We'll make those adjustments and keep going.
[Scene cuts to Piri Piri and Bartleburt with the camera]
Harvey: Wow, so glad we have this new apartment.
Claire: Finally, a place where we can watch the golfing channel and be happy.
Princess: Yeah, right. Better watch out, 'cause this diva queen is coming, and you're all ugly.
Kratz: But not as ugly as me, the awful king.
Claire, Rooter, and Harvey: We're doomed!
[Scene cuts to Piri Piri and Bartleburt with the camera]
Bartleburt: [Groans] Sorry. It's incorrect again. I mean, they weren't royalty. They were just our landlords.
Princess: As if! That's a load of bull-oney!
Piri Piri: Now, now. Settle down, Princess. This is a real perfect story of Arbor Day. Bartleburt knows what happened, so let's trust him.
[Princess, Kratz, Claire, Rooter, and Harvey all sigh]
Piri Piri: Don't worry, guys. At least there's still Acornelia.
[Camera points to Princess, Kratz, Rooter, Harvey, and Claire]
Harvey: Oh, my! Who will save us?
Piri Piri: I will!
[Scene cuts to Piri Piri hanging onto a tree dressed as Acornelia]
Piri Piri: Princess Acornelia! Fear not, good spirits of the trees, for I, with my trusty magic sword of goodness, have come to liberate you.
Bartleburt: Okay, you know, that was good. [scene cuts to Bartleburt with the camera] Here's the thing, though. She wasn't the princess. She was our on-site manager. Her name wasn't Acornelia. It was just Cornelia. Everyone just loves acorn puns around here.
Piri Piri: But, sh-she was magical, wa-wasn't she?
Bartleburt: No. No magic. Eh, well, except her ambrosia salad. Now, that stuff is magical.
Piri Piri: Oh... If you don't mind, I think I'll need to go take a break.
Bartleburt: Okay, well, I guess we'll just keep going then.
[Scene cuts to Piri Piri sitting on a tee stump, sadly looking at her book]
Piri Piri (singing sadly): ♪ Arbor Day. What's it all about? Arbor day. I guess I just found out. Arbor Day. Nothing Special [Piri Piri knocks down all the Arbor Day decorations around the woods] Turns out Arbor Day isn't even real. ♪ [Piri Piri thumps her head on a tree, then begins tearing pages from her book before laying down gently]
[Scene cuts to Bartleburt with the camera]
Bartleburt: So in this scene, Harvey, you're trying to read the newspaper, but Rooter, next door-- well, he's got his TV turned on way too loud, so then Claire-- you're at the kitchen table and you're playing Sudoku.
Claire: Um, Mr. Bartleburt? I think it's time for me to go home, and also, I don't like this.
Princess: Yeah, this isn't glamour. This isn't fashion. I'm out of here!
Rooter: Yeah, I don't know. I got to go.
Bartleburt: You guys want to quit before the lease termination scene?
Harvey: Sorry, Mr. Bartleburt. I don't think this turned out as fun as everyone thought it would be.
Bartleburt: But I tried to make it as accurate as I could.
Harvey: Well, yeah... I actually don't even know what a lease is, or a landlord. And I don't give a hoot because I'm nine years old. I guess Piri Piri's version of the story just felt more like a celebration. Well... happy Arbor day Mr. Bartleburt. [Harvey gives Bartleburt a leaf as Bartleburt starts to look sad]
[The scene cuts to Piri Piri's home, where she sits on her bed, sad and sighing]
[Piri Piri's mother, Hanzi, enters her room]
Hanzi: Piri, Piri? Rise, my child. Rise from this darkness. [Hanzi turns on a lamp]
Piri Piri: Please, Mother. I don't feel up to seeing anyone right now.
Hanzi: Oh? Not even for... Princess Acornelia? [Bartleburt comes in dressed as Princess Acornelia]
Bartleburt: Oh, hey. Hello, there.
Piri Piri: Mr. Bartleburt, you look very pretty, but you are not Princess Acornelia.
Bartleburt: Uh, but of course I am... with my magical sword, and my beautiful hair, and all that.
Piri Piri: Acornelia didn't have any of those things. She was just your kindly, on-site manager. None of it's real.
Bartleburt: You know, Piri, even if your version of Arbor Day isn't, um, necessarily accurate, that doesn't mean it's not meaningful. The way I celebrate Arbor Day is to remember all the facts, but the way you celebrate, with all your songs and dances-- Well, it makes everybody happy, and I'd say, that's pretty magical. Piri? Piri, could you say something? I'm starting to feel a little uncomfortable.
[Piri Piri starts happy crying]
Piri Piri: Do you really mean it? Do you really think I make Arbor Day magical?
Bartleburt: [Sighs] Yeah, I really do. Oh, I almost forgot... [Bartleburt returns Piri Piri's book and notices that all of the pages she ripped out have been taped back together]
Piri Piri: Thank you, Mr. Bartleburt.
Bartleburt: That's all right. You're welcome. What do you say, let's make that movie-- the real version of Arbor Day with a little touch of Piri Piri magic?
Piri Piri: I'd like that very much, but you have to be Princess Acornelia, because you look amazing in that costume.
Bartleburt: I do look pretty good, huh?
[The scene cuts to a crowd watching a movie in which Piri Piri, Harvey, and Rooter are tied up]
Princess (in the movie): There's no escape from you losers.
Kratz: You're legally bound by this contract. [Evil Laughter]
Harvey: Oh, no! What are we, the tree spirits, going to do?
Piri Piri: Hark! I hear salvation approaching.
[Bartleburt arrives dressed as Princess Acornelia]
Bartleburt: Yes, it is I, Magics Princess Acornelia, who is also your brave and kind on-site manager.
Piri Piri: Oh, thank you, beautiful Acornelia! Now all of the tree spirits can go and live in peace.
Bartleburt: Yup. Happy Arbor Day, everyone.
Kratz, Princess, Harvey, Bartleburt, Piri Piri, Rooter, and Claire: Happy Arbor Day!
[A sign that reads "The End!" appears, and the episode concludes]