Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Page #7

- Thanks. Bye.

- Good luck.

- Good luck, good luck.

Hey, fellas.

Is that a pirate's blouse?

Yaar!

Yes, it be!

Yaar-some!

Climb aboard, matey!

How's he doing?

He looks like he's having fun.

He does?

They look impressed.

Good.

That is exactly what I am talking about.

You have multi-players...

Survivor-style.

It's Survivor on a space station.

That's so cool. Multi-player.

What do you think?

- Yoshi's gonna flip.

- It would be sick.

To Ben.

The space pirates.

- Space pirates.

- Space pirate.

Are you sure you're not adopted?

You should try a shrimp.

They're really good.

I'm allergic to shrimp.

You should know

what your girlfriend's allergic to.

Yeah, sorry.

X-O-X-O?

Anthony, I just can't believe, on the

most important night of our lives...

you brought me to a place where

I have to watch my food...

get cooked in front of me.

Who goes to Nagamaki before the prom?

It's so amazing, okay?

Look! It's Hope and Dale

and Heather and Dave!

Hey, guys.

Hey, Celia. What's up, Anthony?

O-M-G! You look beautiful.

- Love it.

- Thanks.

Don't you guys just love this place?

Totally. I die for it.

Oh, my God, me too.

I'll catch you guys later?

Okay.

Space pirate!

Space pirate! Space pirate!

Sake bomb!

It sounds like it

couldn't be going better.

Chef Ananda! Shrimp me.

You ready?

Yeah, I'm ready.

One! That was one.

Yeah!

Fire it up!

Three!

Four!

Keep it going.

Five!

Six!

Seven!

Eight!

Nine!

Ten!

Mom, Dad's on fire!

I hope so!

No, no, no. He's really on fire!

Drop and roll, Ben. Drop and roll.

Drop and roll!

Stop, drop and roll, honey.

Dad?

I still have me arms!

Thank you for your time.

Nice job, you really nailed it.

Really nailed it, Ben!

You know who you are?

You're the flaming pirate of Nagamaki!

Thank you!

- Dad!

- Hey, guys.

Are you okay?

Yeah! I'm good.

I'm fine.

It's all good.

It's all good.

Dad...

you don't always have to steer

your ship with positivity!

You keep us up

and we really appreciate it.

But some days are just bad.

Nothing can fix it.

Trust me.

I would know.

At least we're all together now.

It's my job to take care of you guys.

And, make sure you don't have bad days.

- And when you do, it's on me!

- Ben.

I think that you just...

got to have the bad days so you can

love the good days even more.

This day has been terrible!

Terrible day.

Yeah! A horrible day!

A no-good...

Very bad day!

You know what I think?

I think this day sucks!

Yes! It does.

Thank you!

I love you guys.

Come here.

Can't breathe!

- You sure?

- Yeah, totally. Come with us.

Okay, cool. All right, so, good news.

They have room...

and they said we could go with them.

I don't know.

What do you mean, you don't know?

We're not going in some busted-up

minivan with your crazy family.

You know what, go without me.

Excuse me?

You want me to go

to the prom without you?

Yes. That's what I want.

I'm sticking with my family tonight.

You're choosing them over me?

Yes, Celia. I am.

Because they're my family.

And if they're crazy,

then I guess it makes me crazy, too.

Have fun at the prom, Duchess.

What are you doing?

Forget it.

So, what? No prom?

It's junior prom.

The real one's next year.

What about Celia?

I realized there's

more important things than Celia.

- You sure?

- Very.

Good to have you on board.

Thanks, Dad.

What was that for?

I didn't wish you happy birthday yet.

When there's a smile in your heart

There's no better way to start

Think of all the joy you'll find

When you leave your past behind

How did he get in there?

It's okay.

Dad, be careful.

There it goes.

It's okay.

Stay behind me.

Wow.

Guys, there is a kangaroo out there.

And an emu.

I don't think they were meant to

be presented in quite this way.

And a wallaby.

Wow, you really know your animals.

Yeah, they're all Australian.

What's going on?

I don't think they were meant to

be presented in quite this way.

- No.

- Hi!

You must be the Coopers.

Hey, yeah!

This was supposed to be a petting zoo?

A confined Australian petting zoo.

Yeah, it is. One of the pens was

open and the kangaroo got out.

Yeah, the kangaroo.

There was also a

crocodile in our entry hall.

So sorry about that.

We had him in the pool,

and we got distracted.

You don't have to worry about it.

I'll put him back in the pen.

Okay, you got him from here on out?

- Yeah!

- Okay, great. Thanks.

We got you, Mr. Cooper.

- It'll be fine, right?

- Yeah.

- I don't think he's gonna get out again.

- No.

You guys did all of this for me?

Yeah! Your mom and I thought you

might enjoy a night in the Outback.

You can pet him if you want.

His name's Winston.

Hello, Winston.

This is amazing.

Okay, guys?

We've got guests coming any minute.

So here's what we have to do.

Emily, you're on music.

Anthony, fire up the barbie.

Mom, snacks.

Alexander, why don't you help Mom keep

Trevor away from

anything that will eat him?

Baby safety. 10-4.

I think we're all good now.

Super Coopers!

Lenny! Get back here.

Lenny! Someone get him!

- I am on it!

- Ben!

Lenny!

- Ben!

- Dad?

Lenny!

Okay!

That was pretty good!

Where are you?

Where are you?

Hey!

Hey there...

party kangaroo.

I'm Ben...

and I want you to join me...

back at the party.

Yeah!

Nice work, Mr. Cooper.

Thank you, Dwayne.

Come here, Lenny. Here we go.

What's up, man?

Pretty cool, huh?

This party's gonna be killer, dude.

Hey, guys!

Your dad is hardcore!

Dude, did you see that?

- Hey! Hey!

- G'day.

You must be my Australian cowboys.

- We sure are.

- Awesome!

Wow! You guys are in good shape.

Hey, Nina, how are you?

It's the video game guys!

- Yeah.

- No, it's a great time to talk.

No. Just a little bit

of the hair was singed.

- Really?

- I know.

I know that was a lot of shrimp!

Dude!

Hey, you came!

Happy birthday!

This looks amazing!

Yeah, thanks.

Look, this has been

a really, really crazy day.

Looks like it turned

out pretty good to me.

Yeah.

Have a good weekend, Nina...

Have a good weekend, Greg.

- And thank you for everything.

- Thank you for your call.

Thanks.

How are you? How was that call?

It was great. I got the job!

- You got the job?

- Yeah.

It's fantastic!

They thought I was fun!

Even after you singed your arms...

Even after the thing and the thing.

"I still have me arms"?

I was a fiery pirate! They loved it!

Wow!

You know what the best thing is?

As long as I'm getting the work done...

I can make my own hours.

I'll be able to still do carpool

and see the kids all the time.

Wow, I am so happy for you.

What about you?

What about your call? How did it go?

Dick Van Dyke's reading went viral.

500,000 hits today.

You're kidding me.

Nina says the book is gonna be huge.

That is fantastic, sweetie!

Yeah...

it's great!

I cannot believe

we pulled this party off.

We really turned this day around.

What's that?

What are they doing?

That's the Thunder from Down Under.

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