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♪ StuGo ♪

♪ StuGo ♪

♪ StuGo, StuGo, StuGo ♪

♪ StuGo ♪

♪ StuGo ♪ [laughs]

[singing] ♪ StuGo ♪

♪ StuGo ♪

[echoing] ♪ StuGo ♪

[sailor over radio] SOS! SOS!

Is anyone reading me?

We've run afoul of a very aggressive pod of sea lions.

Please, someone help us! Our location is--

Oh, no! They've breached the cabin!

[screaming]

[♪ march music playing over radio]

Now hit them with the party face.

Heh.

Who needs more snacks?

-[grunting] -[giggling]

-Hey, is this thing greased? -Hoops! My turn!

-I'm going vertical! -That's impossible.

Any snack refills, Pliny?

Ooh, yes, please. Larry, you want some...

[gasps]

-You're incredible! -[grunting]

A couple of cool party kids right here. Any refills?

No? Okay.

Keep enjoying yourselves. Just keep doing that.

Thank you!

Hey, Francis!

You don't want to let Pliny hog the hula hoops.

I mean, she is really hula-hooping it up, you know?

But I mean, it's a hula hoop party after all,

so that could be fun if you got in there and just, you know...

But only if you actually want to. I mean, it's fun.

It's not supposed to be forced fun. You know what I mean?

It's like everyone's just having fun

because the party's so great, right?

But you're clearly engaged

in reading that fire extinguisher, so keep doing that.

This is the best Party March Hula Hoop Hour Party

I have ever thrown.

It is so much better than my last one!

Everyone is so happy,

and this is so perfect!

[Francis] I'm going for a walk.

[♪ tense music playing]

What? [chuckles nervously]

Why? Is it the music?

We only get the marching station, but I can hum!

Oh, my goodness! We can hum, like...

[humming]

I'd just like to be alone right now.

[horn blaring]

Chip, stop leaning on the foghorn!

Sorry, jeez.

What just happened? Hey, is Francis mad at me?

Hmm, I don't know.

Francis can be pretty hard to read.

Remember when she had food poisoning?

No!

Exactly. She didn't make a peep.

But I knew, though, I figured it out.

[slurping, coughing]

It's happening again.

Mmm, I don't think she's sick this time.

No.

I mean, this is just like Samantha,

from back home.

She was one of my best friends.

Then one day, she left my birthday party early.

After that, she stopped saving a seat for me at lunch,

and we never spoke again!

Y'all never talked again. Why?

I asked my parents to move states. Fresh start.

And ever since then, I worked extremely hard

to make sure everyone likes me at all times.

It's why I invented Party March Hula Hoop Hour!

But then, why did she leave?

[gasps] Was it the humming?

It's probably 'cause you said there would be good snacks

and there's no good snacks.

Maybe her phantom elbow's acting up.

The snacks are actually very good.

The phantom elbow's never been proven,

and Francis isn't mad.

Just go ask her.

No, she said she wants to be alone.

If I go out and ask her if she's mad,

I run the risk of making her mad,

just like Samantha.

[whimpering]

[screaming]

I need intel. Initiate the brain trust!

Okay, I need everyone to tell me everything

they remember about when Francis left.

Every detail matters.

Oh, uh, I seem to remember Francis having a good time.

Whoa, yeah.

Francis, are you seeing this?

But then she just slowly faded into mist.

[Merian] Wait, mist?

Are you sure you weren't just standing too close to Chip?

[breathing heavily]

Oh.

That doesn't sound right.

I remember everything that happened perfectly.

I was standing an appropriate distance from Pliny

and breathing normal, when Francis approached.

Chip, I heard you got some new tactical camo gear.

Do you have ten surprising uses for it you could tell me?

[Chip] Of course I obliged her,

until I noticed her empty juice cup,

a certain shuffling of the feet,

and then her hasty exit.

I know the signs.

She left because nature was calling!

There's no way.

Francis only uses the bathroom after we've all gone to sleep.

-Yep. What I said is wrong. -Privacy's great.

No, no, no.

I'll tell you what happened.

-[all cheering] -Yeah!

You hula that hoop.

Yeah!

[screaming]

-[screaming] -[device beeping]

Ah!

[screaming]

Ah-ah-ah!

[Merian] This is a disaster.

Why don't you just check the tape?

Tape? [chuckles nervously]

What tape?

[chuckles]

Oh, Merian. The tape.

[Larry grunting]

[Pliny cheering]

You got this!

Whoo-whoo!

Sara, what the heck?

Hey, I didn't make it, I just found it and used it.

Computer, show Francis leaving the party!

[sighs]

[Merian] There, freeze frame!

Dang it, she is hard to read.

Computer, enhance!

[sighs]

[groans]

So, what do you use this for?

Mostly watching people trip over the bottom stair in front of the cafeteria.

[keyboard clacking]

[screams, groans]

[panting]

[screams, groans]

Wait, that was from last month.

How far back does this thing go?

-I don't know. -Perfect.

Re-initiate brain trust!

We can make an emotional matrix by pinpointing moments

in the past where we know what Francis was feeling.

Then we use the matrix to decode the face she made

when she left the party determining once and for all

if Francis, is in fact, mad at me.

[both] I love the Matrix.

So here we have Francis while Chip was telling her

ten things she doesn't know about tactical camo.

-Bored. -I don't trust this data.

[Merian] Next, we have Francis

when she thought she saw her grandma.

Ecstatic.

And when it turned out to just be a coat rack.

Sadness.

And here is the moment she decided

to leave the party.

Wait...

Oh, no, no, no, no!

[gasps] They're all the same!

[screams] We're getting nowhere!

It's time for drastic measures.

Are you gonna talk to her?

What? No.

Chip's gonna use his tactical camouflage

and get close enough to Francis to gauge her mood.

I thought you'd never ask.

[pants, groans]

-[Sara giggles] -[coughs, exhales]

Tactical slide.

[Merian] Why is she still out there?

That's gotta be a bad sign, right?

[scoffs] It's not looking good.

She's been standing in the same spot for hours.

Something must be wrong.

-[foghorn blaring] -Ah!

Sara, stop!

I can't live like this.

What's taking Chip so long?

Chip! Come in, Chip!

Have you gotten any information? Over.

[Chip over radio] Not exactly.

Why? What happened?

Well, the tactical camo worked too well

and I've been adopted by a pod.

[Merian over radio] What?

Honestly, I should have seen this coming.

[Merian] Well, leave the pod!

I need to figure out what's going on with Francis!

Understood. I'll ask the matriarch if I can leave.

[barking]

[Chip barking over radio]

[Chip] Yeah, that's gonna be a no.

Anyways, I'll be back in a week after I've weaned.

Chip! Chip!

[screaming]

[panting]

I'm calling it. She hates you.

This is Samantha from back home all over again.

I can't handle this.

I have to get out of here.

Maybe I can move to the mutant camp.

-Start fresh. -No, Merian. Don't run.

You can hide in the floor.

There's a pretty big rat down there.

But you'll be okay.

Just remember, she's the boss.

You're in her house now.

[rat squeaking]

Hi... Hi.

[♪ eerie music playing]

[humming]

-[screams] -No. I can't do this again.

I don't care if Francis hates me.

I've gotta talk to her.

[screams]

Merian!

[Merian screaming]

Ah! He's doing two at a time!

[Merian screaming]

[groans]

[sighs]

Just ask her if she hates your guts, Merian.

Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.

Okay.

Um, Francis?

Do not approach me.

[gasps]

[grunts] No! I'm not gonna lose another friend!

I'm sorry if I did anything that upset you

at the Party March Hula Hoop Hour.

I'm sorry for humming.

And I was wondering if you hate me.

What?

No. I love you.

[laughs]

Wow!

I have been freaking out a little bit.

I really couldn't tell if you were mad at me.

Yeah, I get that a lot.

People decide how they think I feel.

No one ever really just asks.

Sometimes I just like a little Francis alone time.

Sorry I worried you.

Ugh! Don't apologize.

I was just worried this was going to be a repeat

of Samantha from back home.

Who's Samantha?

Someone who isn't you.

You're my friend Francis,

who likes to be alone sometimes.

And you're my friend Merian who cares a lot.

I'll save some snacks for you when you finish your walk.

[grunting]

I'm stuck.

Clams. They usually let go by sunrise.

Oh! That's why you said don't approach you.

[humming]

[gasps] Humming?

[both humming]

[♪ march music playing]

[seals barking]

[slurping]

This kid is amazing!