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This article is a transcript of the episode "The Cat's Car" of Infinity Train.

Speaker	Dialogue
[The episode begins with an outside shot of the Infinity Train while it also plays the theme song. The scene transitions to Tulip, Atticus, and One-One leaving the Dinosaur Baseball Car.]
Tulip	Thank you! We'll never forget you!
Atticus	[bows]
Mildred the Tyrannosaur	[dinosaur roars]
[the door closes shut]
Atticus	What was that fella's name again?
Tulip	I kind of already forgot.
Glad-One	Well, I'm gonna call him Mildred the Tyrannosaur.
[crash]
Tulip	Aah! Hoo!
[The bridge between the Dinosaur Baseball Car and the next one retreats]
Tulip	[gasps and runs away to the platform of the Dinosaur Baseball Car]
[A new car comes on top of the train, moving in front of Tulip, descending into place. A bridge is made between the new car and the Dinosaur Baseball one.]
Tulip	So, cars on the train can just move around?
Glad-One	I like it! Feels wild and unpredictable.
[Top shot of the Cat's Car. We can see a chandelier, ladders, shelves filled with objects and a 4:3 CRT television set on the ground]
Tulip	[opens the door] Who-oh-ohah! What is this place?
[Scene changes, focusing on the characters now]
Atticus	It looks to be a study.
Sad-One	What do they study, hoarding?
Tulip	[places One-One on a table nearby]
[The scene shows different objects stored in the car, as Tulip explores it]
Atticus	[chomping]
Tulip	Hey, get out of there.
Atticus	[stops chomping from a trash can] What? Me? No, of course not, no.
Glad-One	[talking to an Earth globe] Hello, me-shaped thing! Are you my mum? And if so, where have you been?
[the globe is "silent"]
Sad-One	Rude.
Cat	[from afar] If it isn't my favorite person named after a flower for no good reason.
Atticus	[growls at her]
Cat	[climbs down] Calm down, dog. [jumps on the floor]
Atticus	Is this the cat you told me about?
Tulip	Unfortunately, yes.
Glad-One	She's a real gem.
Tulip	One-One, last time we saw her, she tried to kidnap you.
Cat	Kidnap? Je n'oserais jamais! I seem to recall we had a deal, you backed out, I left you alone, and you abandoned me to the relentless splashes of a thousand Randalls. Litter under the box.
Tulip	Fine. What are you doing here?
Cat	Me? Why, you're the ones who oafishly stumbled into my humble abode.
Sad-One	Nice place, but your mom's a little quiet. [spins the globe]
Cat	[face expressing anger, her claws are out] Don't touch that! [retreats her claws, places her left paw over her right one and sighs] I apologize. Everything here is extremely important to me. [places left paw on her heart]
Tulip	[picks up One-One and places him in her backpack] Yeah, well, it's really dusty [starts walking away] and boring to me, so we're leaving.
Glad-One	[waves] Good-bye, former kidnapper!
Sad-One	I miss you already, and it's emotionally confusing.
Cat	Wait! Don't you want to explore the kismet that brought us together?
Tulip	Nope. I don't trust you.
Cat	That prickles my whiskers, kitten, but I understand. Au revoir. Oop! [knocks down a stack of tapes and gasps] Oh, my! Be a dear and help me with those fallen items, would you? I'd do it myself, but, well, you know. [gestures with her paw]
Tulip	[grumbles and picks up a tape from the floor]
Tulip	[gasps] Wait. Where did you get this?
Cat	I procure so many wonderful things. Why?
Tulip	Because... i-it has my name on it. [flips tape to show "Tulip Olsen" written in green, with caps, on the label]
Cat	Oh, is that one yours? I suppose we ought to give it a look?
Glad-One	Great idea!
Atticus	Careful, Tulip. I don't trust it.
Tulip	[crouches to be eye level with Atticus] Ooh, what if it's important?
Cat	[jumps on the floor] Of course it is. [takes tape from Tulip and rushes off] This tape contains everything that makes you you. [places tape in the VCR under the TV] Every passenger has one.
Tulip	[gets up] Every passenger?
Sad-One	Guess you're not special.
[The scene transitions to a shot of a fancy, red armchair with a lamp standing to its right, and a little table in front of the lamp. The armchair is in front of the 4:3 CRT television set]
Cat	[climbs on the table] Yes, and every one of them has a little number from a little tape, just like you.
Tulip	How's this connected to my number? [leaves backpack on the floor and sits on the armchair] Who made it? How does it help me?
Cat	My dear, it will be much simpler if we just watch.
Tulip	[hesitantly floats finger in front of the "play" button of the VCR] Uh...
Cat	In you go.
Tulip	[presses the "play" button]
Atticus	[from the left side of the armchair] I'm not sure about this.
[Strings build up in the background. Cat is resting with a smirk on her face on the right side of the armchair.
Tulip	Huh?
[The TV turns on with a sound, and white noise covers it. Static and white noise are the only thing on the TV. The strings build up even more, even faster.]
Atticus	Maybe you shouldn't...
[Tulip's eyes are caught up by the TV static hissing]
Tulip	[gasp] Ugh.
[The scene transitions to Tulip in a large white room.]
Tulip	Huh? [panting as she runs away from a rectangle of television static] Atticus?! [the rectangle is in front of her now] Aah! One-One?! [Tulip uns away, going into a wall. She stops, and panics a little more] Aah!
[A screen zooms up to Tulip, showing a scene of a Christmas tree falling on her as a baby.]
Baby Tulip	[giggles as picks up a Christmas tree decoration, making the Christmas tree fall on her]
Tulip	Huh? I remember that.
Andy	Oh, no! [rushes to get the tree back up]
Megan	Oh, no! [rushes to pick Tulip up]
[Megan and Tulip are smiling, with Tulip in Megan's arms. Andy gets the tree back up]
Andy	Are you okay, honey?
[The screen cuts to Tulip and Mikayla on a school bus. Both girls are giggling.]
Mikayla	[yelling] Corn Nutters! Corn Nutters!
Memory Tulip	[also yelling] Bucket! Bucket! Bucket!
[The screen cuts to a younger Tulip and her mom stargazing.]
5 year old Tulip	Mom, look! I can see Orion's belt... and part of his pants.
[Tulip taps on the screen, and is pulled into the next memory of her in a car.]
[The car radio is playing "Word Up" by Cameo]
Tulip	[seeing herself in the car] Aah!
Tulip	Hey. You're me.
6 year old Tulip	[dancing to the song] ♪ Wave your hands in the air ♪
Andy and Megan	♪ like you don't care ♪
[Scene cuts to DolphWorld. Chairs are seen behind Tulip.]
Tulip	What's going on? [dolphin chitters] Whoa! DolphWorld? [dolphin jumps through hoop] I used to love this place! I wonder why it closed. [looks at a crowd cheering]
[Scene shows the chairs from farther away, showing the Olsen family of the past. They have beverages, while young memory Tulip is wearing a dolphin cap. Tulip looks with shock at them. The entire crowd is cheering]
[The scene zooms in on the family. They have dolphin shaped cups.]
Megan	Oh, Tulip, how about those dolphins?
8 year old Tulip	[smiling and looking at both parents] They look so beautiful in their natural state.
8 year old Tulip, Andy, and Megan	A pyramid! [they clink their cups and giggle]
[The crowd cheers and claps]
Tulip	Oh, yeah! This day was so much fun!
[Scene transitions to a first person point of view. Tulip is putting on her glasses]
Tulip	I'm home! [sees another Tulip walk downstairs] I'm... still in a memory.
[Scene shows TV static on a wide screen TV. The TV switches to the "Selling N Shopping TV", which bears the logo of the Infinity Train. Atticus has human proportions and is wearing an apron and a suit.]
Atticus	Are you tired of owning things that aren't doughnuts, but could be doughnuts?]
Sad-One	[wearing a wig and a sweater] Every day of my miserable life.
Atticus	[slamming the Donut Holer on the table] Then buy a Donut Holer!
Tulip	[smiles as she watches TV within a memory of hers]
[The scene shows several photographs pasted on a well behind Atticus of holed objects]
Atticus	Easy to grip, and certainly not a scam. Ha-ha! [winks]
Glad-One	Certainly not a scam?! [waves hands] Say no more! I'm spending my life [wig falls off] savings on it!
Tulip	[laughs]
[The scene shows a younger Tulip place a blanket on the couch in front of the widescreen TV. Indistinct male muffles are heard. Young memory Tulip is smiling. Tulip walks next to young Tulip, trying to understand the muffled sounds. TV static hisses, showing a human-like shape tucked in that blanket, then instantly changes back. Tulip gasps.]
Tulip	What was that?
Andy	Great news, bud!
[Tulip checks the source of the words out. "Tulip's Tape" starts playing. She is looking at a room where Tulip's parents are wearing blue "Family 4ever" sweaters. A banner on top is saying "Congrats Tulip". The room has colorful balloons.
Megan	You got a full scholarship to Vassar, the school for smart people too creative for their own good!
Tulip	Ah, that's better!
Andy	But who cares about school? Step aside, Shigeru. You just became Ultra-Galactic World President of game design!
Tulip and Andy	[laugh and hug each other]
Megan	[picks up a double-onion ice cream cake] Who wants to celebrate with double-onion ice cream cake?
Memory Tulip	Me!
[Megan cuts a slice of the cake. The music gets distorted, and her smile is creepy and forced. The memory is filled with indistinct chatter.]
Tulip	This isn't right. [runs to the hallway] Something's changing my memories!
[Memory Megan becomes the Steward, while memory Andy extends his neck, both walking towards Tulip. The girl back out, getting stuck to a door. Static takes over her shoes. She tries getting unstuck, falling to the ground. She is back in the big, empty, bright, white room. Static starts taking over her body.]
Tulip	Get it off! Get it off! Get it off! [static takes over more of her body as she looks at her palm, bearing the number '89']
Megan	Tulip...
[The scene transitions back to the DolphWorld memory. Tulip is covered almost entirely, except for her head, in static.]
Megan	How about those dolphins?
8 year old Tulip	They look so beautiful in their natural state.
Megan, Andy and young Tulip	[cheering] A pyramid!
Tulip	This isn't how it happened.
[The scene changes with static noise, showing us a grimmer DolphWorld.]
Dolphin Handler	Uh... [lacking excitement] Let's hear it for Dolphmu!
[A dolphin slowly passes through a hoop, with barely any clapping from the crowd]
Dolphin Handler	[whispering in her headset] What do you mean she won't wake up?
Tulip	Oh. So, that's why they closed DolphWorld.
8 year old Tulip	[rubs fists on her eyes] Mom, Dad, can we move closer?
Megan	See? I told you she needed glasses, Andy.
Andy	Well, maybe you should've taken her to the optometrist, Megan.
Megan	When?
8 year old Tulip	[sighs and lies down on the seat]
Megan	When am I supposed to do that?
[Andy and Megan are talking a little more, indistinctively]
Tulip	Oh, yeah. They were fighting. Hmm. [static goes down to her chest]
Andy	Anytime. You can do it literally anytime.
Megan	Okay, I'll be sure to add it to my free time between my double shifts at the hospital.
Andy	It's not like I'm sitting around...
Tulip	[static frees her hand] Why'd the static go down?
[Tulip is taken back to her home. She looks at her memory self go down the stairs. She walks to the widescreen TV. Atticus and One-One are both holding Donut Holers.]
Atticus	[jingle] A-ha! Donut Holer!
Tulip	They shouldn't be here.
[The ad changes to another one. The TV shows lots of bikes parked outside a shop named "Harry the Bike Guy"]
TV announcer	Harry the Bike Guy! [bike bell noises] He's woke for the spokes! ["Bikes @ $100" sign]
Blonde man	It isn't a sham, I am.
Tulip	It isn't a sham, I am.
Tulip	Dad was there.
Andy	[appears on the couch. He is crying and twisting on it]
Memory Tulip	[appears, as she comes with a blanket to tuck Andy in]
Andy	Huh? So, [sniffles] you're tucking me in now? [hugs memory Tulip]
[TV static buzzing takes Tulip to another memory]
Andy	Awful news, Tulip.
Megan	[with an evil voice, as "Tulip's Tape" is playing] We're getting divorced!
Tulip	[static takes all over her, except for her face]
[The room catches fire]
Andy and Megan	[evil voices] Divorce! Divorce! [faces become slightly devilish] Divorce! [faces become devilish]
Memory Tulip	[sobs, her tears making a puddle reaching her ankles]
Andy and Megan	[evil laughter] Divorce!
Ugly Irwin	[is floating around, on fire, with an evil laughter] Hahaha! Divorce!
Tulip	No! [covers her ears, as the camera zooms on her face] This isn't what happened, either! [music suddenly stops]
[The camera is zooming out of Tulip, showing Megan and Andy sit, with sad, pensive faces, at the table]
Memory Tulip	[walks towards the room] We having dinner here or going out?
Andy	Neither. We just want to talk to you.
Megan	Talk with you.
Andy	She gets it.
Tulip	[backs out] This is how it happened.
Memory Tulip	[takes a seat]
Megan	Tulip, we want you to know we both love you so much, but... things are going to be changing soon.
Memory Tulip	Changing? Uh, is this like a puberty thing? 'Cause if so, I'm fine! [tries getting up from her seat]
Tulip	[sighs]
Memory Tulip	[walks away] Let's just go get Chinese food and...
Andy	Tulip, sit.
Megan	Andy.
Memory Tulip	[takes a seat and sighs] What?
Megan	You might have noticed Dad and I have... [Tulip's static retreats to her shoulders] problems, sometimes, like.. arguments, things like that.
Andy	We've tried to fix things, but your Mom and I decided to take some time off from each other.
Memory Tulip	[grabs a napkin and holds it tight]
Andy	Are you... okay?
Memory Tulip	[passive-aggressive] Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?
Tulip	You're not.
Memory Tulip	Are you... getting divorced?
Megan	Well... [Memory Tulip is tearing the napkin apart, in thin sheets] right now, we're just separating.
Memory Tulip	But then you're gonna get divorced after that.
Tulip	[quoting from memory] "It's not that simple."
Andy	It's not that simple, bud.
Memory Tulip	Yeah, it is. You're either married or you're not. What else is there? [tears the napkin a little more]
Megan	Tulip, please. We just want you to know that none of this is your fault.
Memory Tulip	[raises tone] I know that! Why would it be?!
Tulip	Ugh. I remember how scared I was.
Andy	Tulip, I'm so sorry.
Tulip	How mad I was. How alone I felt.
Megan	Things change, but our love for you won't. We just want you to understand...
Memory Tulip	[angrily, with raised tone] I understand perfectly! [gets up and slams table with both arms] Things were fine, but then you [points finger] decided to change everything! [leaves]
Tulip	That's definitely what happened. But knowing it sure doesn't feel any better. I guess... I was the one changing my memories. [looks at her parents]
[The static is gone from Tulip. It takes hold of her surroundings. Tulip gets sucked out of her memory tape, as she passes through recodings of her recent memories, and wakes back up to reality]
Atticus	... watch that tape without thoroughly sniffing it first!
Tulip	[puts hands on her eyes, under her glasses] Ah! [she angrily stares with her right yes, between her fingers, at Cat]
Cat	Why, look at that! Awake already.
Tulip	You tried to trap me?!
Cat	Can one really be trapped when reliving such happy memories? Perhaps you want to sit down again, give it a closer look?
Tulip	[picks up her backpack] I saw everything I needed to see.
Cat	[runs in front of Tulip] Let's not be hasty, my petulant perennial! What about your number?
Tulip	[looks at her number, as it changes, closing her hand] I don't care. [puts a glove on her right hand]
Cat	But it's going down! The train must think you're doing well.
Tulip	Oh, wow! So, it's a good thing my number's going down? I'm growing as a person?! Thanks, Train! So glad an inanimate object likes me! [points at herself with her right thumb] No more numbers, no more mystery. [leaves and opens the door]
We don't like you. [rolls away]
[The door closes itself]
["The Conductor Appears" starts playing]
Cat	[panicking] How?! [jumps up, hiding a tape in her clothes, on her chest]
[Her car is moved quickly in front of the train. It stops, with Cat flipping and landing on the floor, slowing herself down with her claws. The lights go out. The Steward corners Cat with its arms.]
The Steward	Where is the passenger?
Cat	Um, she isn't exactly here at present. And she may have taken the ball with her.
The Steward	[lights up its blue flaming eyes]
The Cat	The tape! It should have trapped her!
Red sinus waves	[appears from the shadows, making sinus wave sounds]
The Steward	[wraps its arms around Cat's body]
Cat	Mercy, please! [straining] You know I'm the only one who can help you... [the Steward tightens its grip] find... [the Steward tightens its grip even more] them!
Red sinus waves	[makes sinus wave sounds]
The Steward	[releases Cat]
Cat	Thank you. I will not disappoint.
The Steward	Do not fail again! [destroys some shelves of Cat with its spinning arms]
Cat	No. No! [begging stance] My... My things!
[The red sinus waves entity disappears into the shadows]
[End credits roll]
[The Cartoon Network Studios logo opens, showing Tulip in the Wasteland flip her hand to the audience as the number changes fast, continuously. The Cartoon Network Studios logo closes.]

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