Original subtitles

[theme song]

♪ Whenever there's a crime or trouble ♪

♪ That no one can solve at all it seems ♪

♪ That's when they come and on the double ♪

♪ Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries ♪

♪ It might be day or night whenever ♪

♪ Conditions are right for them to flee ♪

♪ Somehow it all still fits together ♪

♪ Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries ♪

♪ If there's a full moon ♪

♪ An old house with rotten stairs ♪

♪ Just wook awound you ♪

♪ Chances are we'll be there ♪

♪ Someday I'll eat that darn canary ♪

♪ And then I'll be happy yessirree ♪

♪ But Hector thinks you should be wary ♪

♪ Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries ♪

♪ The chase goes on with each new mission ♪

♪ With backdrops a-plenty globally ♪

♪ And through it all they're in contention ♪

♪ Sylvester and Tweety ♪

♪ Mysteries ♪

[instrumental music]

[film whirring]

[beeps]

[instrumental music]

(male narrator) Why is it that Sylvester always chases Tweety?

And more importantly

why can't the cat ever quite catch

the little yellow canary?

To find out, we must first turn back the clock

to a time when the world was young

and the sea covered 80% of the earth's surface.

In this wondrous evolutionary liquid farmyard

frolicked single-celled animals

the earth's earliest living beings.

And, heh heh

yes, these simple animals

were probably the oldest ancestors

of our favorite characters.

I tought I taw a puddy-blob.

I did! I did tee a puddy-blob.

that propelled them through the water

and eyes and antenna

for sensing their environment

and skeleton and fins to become precursors

of the creatures we know today.

Heh heh. Looks like our catfish

is after some bird's-nest soup.

Hmm.

But he gets in pretty hot water himself.

[screams]

This pursuit impulse may be a constant

but mother nature is always moving forward.

From fish, our friends developed legs and tails

and soon, air-breathing lungs.

As they begin their long climb out of the water

to start life on land as air-breathing creatures.

The Numbus Canine, Hector.

Oldus Battis, Granny.

Yellowus Flittius, Tweety Bird.

And the Lunkus Headus

more commonly known as Sylvester.

Ha ha ha ha.

Ha ha ha.

Rawk!

Grrr.

[sniffing]

Hector is adapting well to life on land.

His nose has become a sensing device.

And while he may be top dog

of the barnyard primeval

he soon learns that, in the prehistoric world..

[growling]

...dinosaurs still rule the earth.

Could it be that gravity on Terra Firma

prevents this human creature from walking upright?

Could be escargot.

(male narrator) Some animals discover they can fly..

- Hmm? - Hah!

...while others discover their place

in the Jurassic food chain.

[growls]

(Sylvester) 'Ow! Oow! Ohh! Ooh!'

[burps]

Yeow-oh!

[sniffling]

(male narrator) It looks like our new inhabitants

have found safety in numbers.

screech

Huh? Huh?

[yelps]

(male narrator) The prehistoric river is an ideal spot

for our friends to observe dinosaurs

like these plant-eaters

with their horns and protective armor

or these long-necked specimens

here for a drink of water

or a dinner of river spinach.

[burps]

These are hadrosaurs

commonly known as duckbills

for their amusing appearance.

"Amusing?" You said it, buster.

Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!

Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Ooh. They certainly grow 'em big

in these prehistoric times.

[wolf whistle]

Nice thing.

Nice.

Nice thing.

Bye, guys.

(Sylvester) 'Ohh! Whoa!'

'Whow! Ow! Ow-ow-ow!'

(male narrator) The fire from the young earth's crust

is sudden and powerful.

[all gasping]

[clamoring]

Roar, shmoar.

That volcano's nothin'

compared to my empty tummy.

[growling]

[rumbling]

See? What'd I tell ya?

(male narrator) It appears that our friends

have discovered a little thing called fire.

It's a crazy idea..

...but I can come up with a doozie now and then.

Heh heh!

Let 'er rip, boys!

[grunts]

Let's eat.

(all) Aw! No fire.

No fire.

(male narrator) And so necessity becomes the mother

er, Granny of invention

to produce the world's first great discovery

the invention of..

The boat.

(male narrator) Our ancient mariners

make the world's second great discovery.

Watch that ancient jazz, buster.

(male narrator) Oh, um, sorry about that.

Their boat cannot float

and so some creatures

less directly successful on land

return to our evolutionary liquid farmyard.

But the process of change continues

as our creatures continue to adapt

to life out of water.

This is for the birds.

(male narrator) Here we see environment

directly influencing development.

Onward evolution.

Now don't try this at home, people.

(male narrator) Behold! The miracle of evolution.

I'm the new compact, sporty-edition Tweety. Ump!

And I'm the old reliable birdy snatcher

and devourer-rrr-rr.

Heh heh heh heh.

I guess puddy wants to evolve, too.

No. Same old puddy.

Look. A sail cat.

'You can fly, puddy.'

[growling]

chomp

(male narrator) With evolution

the patterns of behavior

developed unique to each specimen.

whack

grrr

Huh?

Take that, you dinosaur.

Hector, Sylvester, come back here.

Hah!

Grrr!

[roar]

crash

Holy moly!

Does that feel good!

Hee hee hee!

Oh, what a sweetie.

[growls]

[heavy footsteps]

Nice things.

(male narrator) So, why is it

that Sylvester chases Tweety?

- Ow! - Ow!

I'd say it's what you call tough love.

[theme music]