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On the commune, we loved summertime

because frequent droughts meant we didn't have to take a bath.

But in the real world,

we looked forward to summer for a different reason.

- I'm so glad school's over. - Me, too.

My brain is full.

Guys? There's still two weeks left.

Can you at least pretend to learn?

I'll do my best.

Hey, Rainbow,

you want to sign my yearbook?

And that's why no one in this room

will live to see the eighth grade.

Hold on. Wait, what?

Oh. Now you're interested.

No. Go back to signing your little yearbooks.

No. Please. We want to live.

Okay. Fine.

This is a hole in the ozone layer.

It's caused by the CFC we use in our hairsprays,

air conditioners, and refrigerators.

And scientists say that it won't be long

till the ozone layer is completely gone.

No big deal, right?

Wrong!

Because when it's gone, the sun's ultraviolet rays

are gonna come down and give us skin cancer.

And, yeah, that's the one reason

why it won't be great to be white.

And you should say everything you can

while there's still time.

Speaking of... Timmy?

I would love to be your stepmom,

so if you could give my number to your dad...

then maybe someone would get an "A."

♪ In the mix ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, they keep trying ♪

♪ But they can't stop us ♪

♪ 'Cause we got a love ♪

♪ That keeps rising up ♪

♪ In the mix ♪

♪ Life turns around ♪

♪ 'Round and 'round it goes ♪

♪ Ooh, it's a mixed-up world ♪ ♪ Ooh, it's a mixed-up ♪

♪ And that's for sure ♪ ♪ Mixed-up ♪

♪ In the mix ♪ ♪ Baby ♪

♪ We're gonna get by ♪

♪ We're gonna ♪ ♪ On our own, side by side ♪

♪ Love's all we need to be free ♪ ♪ Lo-o-o-ve is all ♪

♪ I got you, you got me ♪

♪ Yaaaaay us! ♪

♪ I-I-In the mix ♪

♪ Yaaaaay us! ♪

♪ I-I-In the mix-ish ♪

News reports continue to pour in from the disaster at...

Ever since I found out about the hole in the ozone,

I was glued to the news.

It's so hard to watch what people are doing to the planet.

Then don't.

...detected as far away as Sweden.

What? I want to watch "Night Court"!

...10 kilometers, causing...

The hole in the ozone layer could cause blindness

and kill everything in the ocean.

It was like the news was a car wreck and I couldn't look away.

But then I saw the way that I could help.

This Friday is Earth Day,

the biggest secular observance in the world,

started in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson

after a major oil spill in Santa Barbara, California.

The first Earth Day was a tremendous success,

with everyday citizens demonstrating

how they could help save the planet

by volunteering at home, at school, or at the office.

That was it.

If I could get my school to celebrate Earth Day,

then I could save the planet.

But if we don't continue its legacy

by making some serious changes soon,

it may be too late to save the planet.

- One for you and one for you. - Thank you.

Bowdie, what's going on?

You didn't sleep over there, did you?

Have you ever dreamed that you woke up

but you were still actually sleeping?

I must have fallen asleep watching the news.

Did you guys know there's a big hole in the ozone layer?

NASA says it'll be gone in 20 years.

This is what you worry about?

Dag, do all mulattos

carry the weight of the world on they shoulders?

Nope. That's just her. Mm.

Yeah. I sleep like a baby.

Whoa. Two teeth came out.

At least you have good news.

I forgot to study for a math test.

Why are you guys being weird?

Yeah, why was everyone being weird?

Relax, Bowdie. We've seen this kind of thing before.

You probably didn't hear of, uh, acid rain,

but that was just an excuse to take lead out of gasoline

so they could charge more to fill my Jaguar.

I had to get a Ferrari.

I have a Ferrari.

Well, I can't just hope the planet fixes itself.

If I could get the teachers

to let us start doing Earth Day at Mondale,

maybe we could start a recycling program

or plant some trees or ban CFCs at school.

What's Earth Day?

It sounds suspiciously Caucasian.

But... I don't know.

Do you think the teachers will listen to me?

They will if you have a clear plan.

Write down what you just said and give it to them.

Yeah. We'll help, too.

I mean, I've been slacking on composting.

I'll get the people at the office to volunteer.

On behalf of the office, no, thank you.

Okay. I'm gonna talk to Ms. Collins at school today.

Why do you all encourage her?

Another tooth.

See?

I had a weird morning.

I guess I zoned out on my way here

and ended up back at school.

Strange.

I had a weird morning, too.

This lady told me a pointless story.

Whatever, Harrison.

Did you throw away my sign-up sheet for Earth Day?

Technically, I recycled it.

Come on, if we don't honor Earth Day,

your granddaughter will be very disappointed.

Well, then you shouldn't disappoint my granddaughter

by telling her.

Could you at least stop eating

out of those Styrofoam containers?

But this is a McDLT.

It has a cool side and a hot side.

The Styrofoam keeps the cool side cool and the hot side hot.

Or would you prefer my hot side cool and my cool side hot?

How is this even a debate?

This is really important to Rainbow.

You know I love that kid,

but you're talking about Styrofoam.

Recycling.

You... You seriously suggesting

that major companies start basing their business decisions

on 13-year-old girls?

Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to finish my lunch

before my hot side is cool and my cool side is hot.

Hmm?

Okay, people were losing teeth and ending up back at school?

Things were definitely weird, but I still needed Ms. Collins

to help me with my Earth Day plans.

Um...

whose student is this?

Hey, Ms. Collins, would you like to help me

get Earth Day started at Mondale?

Uh, yes, it's so nice to meet you, too,

for the first time, mystery student.

What are you doing here?

I found other schools that have done Earth Day,

and this shows that it actually increased recycling

in the surrounding areas.

Yes, that seems like "off the clock" work,

Earth Day,

and while we'd love to, right, our union, eh...

forbids it.

But you're the one who taught us

about the hole in the ozone layer

and how we're all gonna die.

Mm... yeah, but that's in 20 years.

What you need to worry about

is the pop quiz I'm giving this afternoon.

Wait, what?

You see what happens when you make me waste

a perfectly good menthol?

Anyway, I'm sure this mystery child

will figure this out all by herself.

That was strange, even for Ms. Collins.

And Aunt Dee-Dee was...

well, she was still Aunt Dee-Dee.

Oh, that doesn't go there.

- That's not trash? - That's compost.

Compost's not trash?

Yes, but that's not just trash. It's organic waste.

Uh, this one's trash, and that one is recycling.

So you got three different piles of garbage?

White people really are something special.

How is trying to help the environment a white thing?

Because we didn't make the mess.

We couldn't even own trash for over 400 years,

but now you want me to help you sort it?

Well, uh, in our defense, this is a very simple system.

Sorry, but since we never got our reparations,

littering is one of the only ways

black people get to feel powerful.

Speaking of which...

Oh, dude! My Birks!

I couldn't count on anyone.

Not my teachers or my parents.

But I still knew all I had to do was stay positive.

We don't have long to live.

What are we gonna do?

I've always wanted to see the Grand Canyon.

No. I mean about the ozone layer.

This seems like something the adults should handle.

Adults don't care. They're 30. They've lived their lives.

Look, I've been watching the news, and this is really bad.

Scientists say the UV rays coming through the ozone hole

gives skin cancer to humans and animals.

They're calling it AIDS from the sky.

It's true. They really called it that.

Come on. You really think there's a hole in the sky?

I just played tetherball, and I didn't see any hole.

I want a rematch, by the way.

Bring it on, baby arms.

Stop. I told you short arms run in my family.

Have you guys seen that music video where that really cute guy

- brings that girl into her drawings? - This was my dream.

Why couldn't I get them to listen to me?

Come on! Stay focused.

We need to figure out how we're gonna start Earth Day at Mondale.

Dude, do we have to do this right now?

Lunch is the only break we get.

Yeah. We're trying to be polite by ignoring you.

Well, you're not gonna be able to ignore it when your face melts off.

I'm trying to save your lives. Or are you too dumb to see it?

Geez, Rainbow.

My teachers failed me, my friends failed me.

It seemed like this dream was about to turn into a nightmare.

Unless...

Just kidding.

I would never.

I couldn't even dream of a little sister who loved me.

I couldn't wake up, and what had started as a dream

was turning into a nightmare.

Hey! How'd it go today?

Bad. No one wanted to help me with Earth Day.

But before you say anything, I'm not giving up.

I'm writing a letter to the superintendent.

- A letter? - Yeah.

I'm gonna demand that he require Mondale to do Earth Day.

And you're gonna do that in a letter?

God, we failed her.

Bowdie, do you think your father and I would be legally married

if we had tried to fight the power with postage?

No. We wouldn't.

The only way we'd be able to live together is a lifetime

of me pretending to be her terminally ill patient.

And you kids couldn't live in the house with us.

You'd blow our cover.

You'd have to live in the shed.

So, if you appreciate flooring,

you need to pay it forward by fighting back for real.

Bowdie, you have to look at adversity in the face

and fight back by any means necessary.

I don't know.

Bowdie, letters take too long, and they don't always work.

So you can't just sit here and let the planet burn.

Trust me, you're doing what's right,

and everybody will see that.

Not everyone.

Santi, you know hairspray's bad for the ozone!

Oh, well. Bangs are more important than the environment.

Johan, come on.

Spray deodorants have CFCs in them.

Use roll-on.

But spray doesn't tempt me to eat it.

See? I think I'm more of a letter person.

No, this is how you look adversity in the face.

- Yeah. - But I...

- How are you so strong? - My bangs!

Okay, I was gonna look adversity in the face.

Well, maybe not exactly in the face.

Air conditioning was a problem?

Not anymore.

You [bleep] [bleep]!

- Rainbow, what's that? - Oh.

Nothing.

It's not nothing. Open your locker.

I think Rainbow's the one who's been stealing

everybody's hairspray and deodorant.

No.

But whoever's been doing it is a humble hero,

so we should probably keep their secret.

Did you break the thermostat, too?

It was so hot, I passed out during gym.

And I was at the top of the climbing rope.

I feel like we shouldn't worry about who this person is

as much as how we're gonna tell our grandkids about her.

Ms. Collins, Rainbow's the environmental terrorist.

I can't believe you made me snitch.

You're the reason we don't have any more Styrofoam.

Thanks.

Now all our hots are cool and all our cools are hot!

Yeah, Rainbow, you're the worst!

I expected this kind of thing from everyone else, but Micaela?

I couldn't take it anymore.

How can you be so ungrateful?

Because of what I did,

you guys might live long enough to do what you want.

You'll be able to find a new best friend.

You two will live to fight over who will be homecoming queen.

It'll be an honor to be nominated.

It's gonna be a race war.

Rainbow, I'm sorry, but you're suspended.

Wait. Suspended?

But I'm a hero.

No, you're a thief and a vandal.

Now get your stuff and go home.

Now!

Okay.

This was yours.

I had to use glue this morning.

Ms. Collins left a message on the answering machine.

Any idea what she wanted to talk about?

Yeah.

I...

I got suspended.

You got suspended? What happened?

Well, I was doing what you said...

throwing away Styrofoam and stealing cans of hairspray.

But I got caught.

We told you to look adversity in the face,

not sneak around like some creepy weirdo.

- Mm. It's better than writing a letter. - Well...

But if anyone asks, you should say you got sent home

for tear-gassing the principal.

Yeah, tear gas.

All right, things were starting

to go off the rails just a little bit.

Wait, so am I not in trouble?

Bowdie, you'll never be in trouble for fighting the power.

Plus, we're not about to let them suspend you

for being a hero.

That's right.

Now, let Milk and Chocolate show you how it's done.

We're going to a PTA meeting.

When my dad fought the power,

he was as cool as the wind blowing through his hair.

And when my mom fought the power,

she was just as cool as Dad.

Even if Hollywood fans didn't take into account

the fact that she had different hair texture.

But as confident as they were, I was anxious...

hence my pajamas in public.

Dreams are so weird.

My daughter does not deserve to be suspended

for participating in Earth Day.

So I worry that this kind of targeted discipline

sets a dangerous precedent for future students.

Nerd!

Um, why are you here?

Um, why are you here?

We heard the coffee isn't bad.

Plus, being single isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Look, you can't suspend our daughter

for trying to do the right thing.

So, as much as we love our kids,

we also love getting home to watch "The Fall Guy."

So you guys ready to put it to a vote?

All those in favor of ignoring everything those two just said?

Great. See ya next month!

Well...

- that didn't work. - Mm.

Guess we should try writing a letter.

A letter?

But you said we have to look adversity in the face.

- I never said that. - He never said that.

- Did I say that? - You never said that.

Maybe you should try writing a letter.

Yeah, try it.

- You have good handwriting. - Mm-hmm.

What's wrong with you guys? I thought you loved the Earth.

I never said that.

- Did I say that? - You never said that.

- I never... - Stop it!

I'm leaving.

...pour in from the disaster

at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

and has been released into the air

since the explosion on April 26th,

and radioactive particles have been detected

as far away as Sweden.

So, I got kicked out of our room

just so you could sleep on the couch?

This is not okay.

Mom? Dad?

Bow?

What's going on?

I had a dream I was trying to save the school and I couldn't.

W-What happened?

But I woke up, and the planet's still on fire,

and there's nothing we can do.

Okay, hey, come here.

You're having a bad dream.

But it felt so real.

They're saying the ozone layer will be gone in 20 years,

and people don't care.

It's like they're dumb or something.

Oh, I know you're upset, but you can't call people dumb.

Just because they don't completely agree with you doesn't make them dumb.

Plus, 20 years is a long time.

There are some really smart people trying to fix this.

They'll figure it out.

But what if they don't?

Remember when Santi was a baby?

Whenever she wouldn't stop crying,

we'd all go out and lie in the weeds

and watch the clouds go by.

That always worked.

It's just not fair I might not get that with my own family.

Oh, you see that?

Everything you're feeling comes from love.

You love the planet so much that you're scared

you're not gonna be able to share it with your future family.

That's beautiful.

But don't let yourself get so upset

that you forget there's other people out there

who love their families just as much as you do,

'cause they're the ones who are gonna help you save the planet.

Yeah, but I don't know how to get them to help me.

I was gonna ask to speak at the assembly tomorrow, but...

Well, whatever you decide to do,

just remember our strongest weapon will always be love.

I'll try.

We know you will.

You okay? You want to come snuggle with us?

I think I'm too big for that.

Ohhh!

- Good night. - Good night.

Thankfully, it had all been a bad dream.

Here is Rainbow Johnson

to tell you why Earth Day is so important.

Rainbow.

Hi. My name's Rainbow, and I love the planet so much,

I want you to help me save it.

When we lived on the commune, we lived off of the earth.

We grew our own food...

Mondale observed Earth Day for the first time that year

and every year after that.

See, 1986 was a time

when people still took the time to get to know each other.

Hey!

Republicans and Democrats listened to each other

because they knew the environment

doesn't care which side of the aisle you're on.

The world belongs to all of us.

So, what's this, uh, ozone thing all about?

And Mom was right. 20 years was a long time.

And there were plenty of scientists

who loved the Earth enough to fix the problem.

We also had world leaders

who listened to the scientists and to each other.

And together, we changed laws.

Companies like McDonald's helped change our lifestyles.

And we changed the world.

- All right! - That's great.

If I break a nail, you'll wish I hadn't.

So, as we approach the 50th anniversary of Earth Day,

memories of that time in 1986 give me hope.

And since we already saved the world once,

I know nothing's gonna stop us from doing it again.

I couldn't yell, my legs didn't work,

and then I woke up.

Hmm. That's so weird.

Why do your legs never work in dreams?

My legs work fine in mine.

Must be a poor thing.

Can we go back to the part

where you cut me off and talked back to me?

- It was a dream! - That's no excuse.

So, what kind of weird stuff was I doing?

Honestly... you weren't that different.

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