Dr. Seuss’s the Sneetches (2025)
Director: Bronagh O’Hanlon
Writers: Dr. Seuss, Dustin Ferrer
Based on: Dr. Seuss children’s story, “The Sneetches.” This story was originally published in 1961 as the main story in the collection The Sneetches and Other Stories. The original book is a satirical tale about prejudice and discrimination, featuring two groups of bird-like creatures: the Star-Belly Sneetches and the Plain-Belly Sneetches. The 2025 Netflix special adapts this core concept, though it updates the “Plain-Belly” Sneetches to “Moon-Belly” Sneetches and focuses on the friendship between two young members of the opposing groups.
Stars: Amari McCoy, Sophie Petersen, Christopher Fitzgerald
Release date: November 3, 2025 (Netflix)
Plot: The story focuses on the Sneetches, bird-like creatures divided into two rival groups: the Star-Bellies and the Moon-Bellies. The communities have long enforced separation due to their different markings, with each side considering itself superior. However, the special follows an unexpected friendship between Stella, a Star-Belly Sneetch, and Pearl, a Moon-Belly Sneetch. Through their bond, they ultimately teach their segregated communities that outward differences are meaningless, proving that “Sneetches are Sneetches,” and uniting the two groups on the beach.
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Dr. Seuss’s the Sneetches (2025) | Transcript
Oi!
[crab squeaks] Ooh!
[screams] Oh, ow, ow!
[exciting music plays]
Oh! Huh.
Hello there. Allow me to introduce myself.
I’m David O’Doodle Van Donkel McFuzz, and my job is to tell it like it is, or… like it was.
I come from this island surrounded by beaches, and the folks who live there, well, they’re called the Sneetches.
Now, Star-Belly Sneetches have bellies with stars, while Moon-Belly Sneetches have moons upon thars.
But the Moon and StarBellies did not get along.
Each thought they were better and the other was wrong.
Here, uh, you can see for yourself.
Oh no, not those MoonBellies again.
Aw, you StarBellies think you’re so special.
But everyone knows that moons are better than stars.
Psh! We’re better!
No, we’re better!
[David sighs] They felt far too different to share the same space.
[blow raspberries]
[David] So they went their own ways and made their own place.
The Star-Belly Sneetches, they went to the trees, while Moon-Belly Sneetches, they went to the seas.
Yes, that’s how the island of Sneetches arranged.
But this is a story of how it all changed.
[snoring]
Yahoozo!
Let’s see.
[snores] [Sneetch] No, no, no.
[chatters] Ooh, that’s good.
I know!
[groans]
[Sneetch] Woohoohoo, I love that!
[groans] To the drawing board.
Ah.
[hums] Ah.
Aha!
[yelps] Oh, oh, oh!
[Sneetch grunts] Oh.
Hm? Ah.
[yawns]
Ooh, I’ve got it!
[yelps, screams]
Oh, Bean, you’re awake.
Uh-huh.
[both giggle]
Check it out. I just had the best idea for an invention!
[Bean] Oh.
I gotta show Mom and Dad.
[yawns]
Huh?
There will be breakfast.
Oh! Ooh!
[Sneetch laughs]
[Bean chatters] Yahoozo!
[gasps] Oh! Oh. [chuckles] There’s my Stella Bella.
Morning, sweetie.
Come on, come on! You gotta see my idea!
Okay, are you ready?
Ready.
Are you really ready?
Yep, we are really ready.
But are you really, really?
[sighs]
[parents laugh]
[Bean chatters]
Okay, okay. I just want you to know this is the best idea I’ve ever had.
Drumroll, please.
[Bean chatters]
Prepare to be amazed by…
Oh!
…kite wings.
Huh.
Two kites pop out of the backpack like wings.
Then you can fly into the sky and see the stars up close.
Woohoo! [whistles] Woohoohoo!
Ohho?
I-It’s really so creative, sweetie, but, uh…
Don’t you like it?
It’s not that I don’t like it.
It’s just… Star-Belly Sneetches don’t fly.
Why would we need to do that?
Oh, I don’t know.
Because it would be awesome!
[Bean chatters]
[sighs]
Why don’t you like anything different?
Oh, sweetie, we do.
We like that you’re different.
We just don’t want you to be too different.
Well, we let you have a pet monkey.
That’s pretty strange, right?
[chatters] Oh!
Star-Belly Sneetches rely on tradition.
We do the same thing day after day… year after year.
That’s part of what makes us great.
[sighs] And boring.
Aw.
Aw, Stella Bella, aren’t you gonna stay?
No. [sighs] I’m gonna go get some fresh air.
Okay, sweetie, but don’t be late to Star practice.
I won’t.
[chatters]
[Bean squeals]
[Bean chatters]
[exhales]
[groans]
I don’t get it, Bean.
Why do Star-Belly Sneetches always want everything to be the same?
[chatters]
[slurps]
There are so many new thoughts just waiting to be thunk.
[upbeat music plays]
♪ I love the feeling
When I jump out of bed ♪
♪ With a giddy little thought
Popping out of my head ♪
♪ And I’ve got to get it down
Before it flies away ♪
[backing vocals] ♪ It flies away
It flies away ♪
♪ Something no one’s
Ever thought of before ♪
♪ Something every Star-Belly Sneetch
Would adore ♪
♪ Something that could make this world
A brighter place ♪
[backing vocals] ♪ A brighter place ♪
♪ I know it might be a little peculiar ♪
♪ I know it might look strange ♪
Ah!
♪ But if you really want
To be an inventor, Bean ♪
♪ You can’t be afraid of change ♪
♪ I’m not scared
To think big and bold and new ♪
♪ Something different can be
Something wonderful too ♪
♪ I’m not scared
To go and flip my point of view ♪
♪ Something different can be ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Something different can be ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ I can’t stop flowing
My brain keeps going ♪
♪ The piles of sketches
Are growing and growing ♪
♪ This one’s a Herkamazerk ♪
♪ Different, sure
But that thing could really work ♪
Ah! [chatters]
♪ Exactly, it’s like nothing before ♪
♪ It might be a little bit kooky ♪
♪ But, Bean, that makes me like it more ♪
♪ I’m not scared
To think big and bold and new ♪
♪ Something different can be
Something wonderful too ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ I’m on a mission to create ♪
♪ Sure, tradition can be great ♪
♪ But sometimes something different ♪
♪ Can be wonderful too ♪
[Bean giggles]
Huh?
[chatters]
Huh?
[Sneetch mumbles]
[intriguing music plays]
What? Bean, you’re still hungry?
Uh-huh.
[yelps] Oh, ho! [sighs]
[yells] Oh.
[chuckling] Here, let me help.
Huh?
[gasps] Oh my stars!
Oh, ho?
It’s a picture of a Moon-Belly Sneetch in a floaty-float.
Ah!
[chatters] Hm. It looks just like my kite wings.
Oh.
[alarm rings] [screeches] Oh no! We’re late for practice!
Come on, Bean!
[groans]
[chatters]
[David] The Star-Belly Sneetches were in quite a tizzy, planning and prepping and keeping quite busy.
See, the Star Celebration was coming up soon, and they were getting ready on that afternoon.
[sighs] Where is that girl?
Here I am!
[yelps] You must not have seen me come in.
Oh, guess not. Hm.
Okay, my shining stars, it’s time to rehearse the Sneetch Speech.
This is the part where all the young kids say that Star-Belly Sneetches are better than Moon-Belly Sneetches.
Hm!
Um, I have a question.
Uh, yes, Stella?
Have you ever met a Moon-Belly Sneetch?
Met a Moon-Belly Sneetch?
Well, of course not!
Okay, well, if we’ve never met them, then how do we know that Star-Bellies are better?
[all gasp] Oh boy.
[crashing]
[chuckling] Now, Stella, well, this is the speech Star-Belly Sneetches have given for generations.
Yeah, but why do we say that?
Is there a reason?
Of course there is.
The reason is that we have stars.
Uh-huh.
And they don’t.
Uh-huh.
[chatters]
And so our stars make us better.
But that doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Now, Stella, that’s just the way it is.
Question time’s over.
Let’s practice our speech.
[sighs]
Aw.
[David] Stella kept thinking about the picture she saw and couldn’t get it out of her head.
She thought about Moon-Belly Sneetches all day, and later when she was in bed.
♪ I’m not scared
I’m just interested in you ♪
♪ Who you are and what you do ♪
♪ Is what they teach us really true? ♪
♪ We’re all Sneetches ♪
♪ What if we just start anew? ♪
♪ Couldn’t something different be ♪
♪ Something wonderful too? ♪
The very next morning, Stella got her bag packed.
She couldn’t keep thinking.
She needed to act.
While other StarBellies were working away, Stella decided she just couldn’t stay.
So Stella and Bean walked toward the beach to see if they could find a Moon-Belly Sneetch.
Okay, Bean.
Tell me if you see any MoonBellies.
[Bean chomps] Huh? Bean?
Sylvester McMonkey McBean!
This is serious.
How can I say I’m better than Moon-Belly Sneetches if I’ve never even seen one?
[gulps] Oh.
[squeals]
Hm. The water looks pretty empty.
Maybe it was silly to think I could just come out here and find a… [gasps] …Moon-Belly Sneetch!
[Bean squeals] Right over there!
Oh my stars!
A real Moon-Belly Sneetch!
In a real floatyfloat!
Ooh, I’m gonna go introduce myself.
[yelps]
[chatters urgently]
I know the beach is forbidden, but I’m just gonna go say hi, and I’ll come right back.
[frightened chattering]
I don’t know what’ll happen, Bean, but that’s half the fun, right?
Uhoh.
[inhales]
[dramatic music plays]
[music stops]
[gasps]
Phew.
[gasps, chatters angrily]
[squeals]
[Stella] Hello!
♪ Just me and a crab working on my boat ♪
Excuse me!
♪ Yeah, yeah, we are gonna fix it ♪
Hi there!
♪ Just working away
Here is where I’ll stay ♪
♪ I’ll be working all day ♪
Hi! I’m Stella Sneedly.
Oh, you surprised me.
I mean, it was a good surprise.
Not like, “Surprise! I’m… I’m a ghost.”
[laughs awkwardly]
Anyhoo, I’m Pearl Puddlesnuff.
It is nice to…
Oh, star.
Star?
Star!
Um, surprise! [laughs awkwardly]
[crab trills] How did you get here?
[gasps] Did you go on the Forbidden Beach?
[crab growls] Well…
YYYou… Uh, don’t…
Uh, don’t you move!
Are you scared of me?
What?
Whoa!
[crab yelps] No. [scoffs] No way. Ha ha. [yelps] Okay, yes. I’ve heard terrible things about Star-Belly Sneetches.
Really? Like what?
[crab chatters] Well, I heard that StarBellies have long claws and sharp fangs.
Hm. Nope. No claws. No fangs!
Okay, I can see I was wrong.
Still, you shouldn’t be here.
[Bean mutters]
Go back to the trees.
[chuckles awkwardly] Please.
[Bean squeals] It’s okay, Bean. We’re just talking.
[yelps, blows raspberry]
[squeals] [Pearl] Dudley!
[Stella] Bean!
Dudley, do not pinch the monkey!
I’m sorry.
Dudley can be a little protective.
I get it. Bean’s always protecting me too.
Whoa! Bean! Stop it!
Okay, now we’re both on the Forbidden Beach.
This is bad. Very, very bad.
How about you just take your things and…
Whoa.
Did you draw this?
Yeah. Nobody really understands my…
Kite wings!
Huh?
They’re awesome!
Really? You think so?
Actually, definitely, yeah.
Hm.
Come with me.
[Dudley squeaks, gasps]
[Bean taunts] Huh?
[Dudley and Bean chatter]
[gasps]
Hm. How in the world did you think of this?
Oh, I’m kind of an inventor.
Ideas sort of pop into my head.
But that’s all they are. Ideas.
I’ve never been able to make any.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Pearl! You forgot to mention that you’re a building genius!
What? That’s silly.
You’re silly.
♪ You’re just a strange, silly Sneetch ♪
Sorry. I sing sometimes.
It’s a little weird, right?
Nah, I like it.
[Dudley grunts]
[Bean chuckles]
[Dudley grunts] Huh?
[both grunting]
[Stella] Whoa!
Huh?
Just one more turn, and…
There! Watch this.
Oh my stars!
I can’t believe you actually built my kite wings!
Wings. No wings.
Wings. No wings. Wings!
Um, Stella, be careful with that.
Now, come on!
Let’s take this baby for a test spin.
[Bean squeals] Yahoozo!
[gasping]
[laughs] Whoa!
Uhoh.
Whoa!
[gasps] Stella?
[groans] That was awesome!
[both laugh]
[groans]
[Dudley] Aw.
[Stella and Pearl laugh]
Hey, Pearl. I have a question.
♪ Do you like to dance? ♪
♪ I dance every night before bed ♪
♪ You do? ♪
♪ I do ♪
[both] ♪ Me too ♪
♪ Do you like to think by ♪
♪ Standing upside down on my head? ♪
♪ You do? ♪
♪ I do ♪
[both] ♪ Me too ♪
♪ But can you juggle? ♪
[scoffs] ♪ I could go all night ♪
Whoa!
♪ Do you love your buddy? ♪
Bean and me? We’re super tight.
♪ I’m having so much fun ♪
♪ Me too. I don’t want this to be done ♪
♪ Me too ♪
[both] ♪ I feel like
Something special’s begun ♪
♪ You do? ♪
♪ I do ♪
[both] ♪ Me too ♪
♪ You do? ♪
♪ I do ♪
[backing vocals] ♪ Me too ♪
♪ You do? ♪
♪ I do ♪
♪ Oh, I know we’re not supposed to ♪
♪ Yeah, I know that’s what they say ♪
[both] ♪ But I’ve never felt this close
To a friend until today ♪
♪ I feel like I’ve been waiting
My whole life ♪
♪ To meet a Sneetch like you ♪
You do?
I do. Do you?
I really do!
[both] ♪ Me too ♪
♪ Me too ♪
♪ Me too ♪
[music stops]
[Bean groans]
[both laugh] Hm?
Huh? Oh, I should probably get back.
Well, goodbye forever.
Oh, I was kind of wondering if you want to meet back here tomorrow.
[groans]
Actually, definitely, yeah.
It’s just, are you sure we won’t get caught?
Nope. But that’s half the fun, right?
Well, I don’t know if I’d call it fun, exactly.
And… you’re gone.
See you tomorrow!
[both laugh]
Well, those two little Sneetches, they met every day.
After Stella woke up, she and Bean snuck away.
Stella knew that she shouldn’t set foot on the beach, but she liked spending time with this Moon-Belly Sneetch.
And the more that those Sneetches started to share, the more that those Sneetches started to care about staying apart, which felt awfully unfair.
[both laugh]
Hm?
[sniffs]
[growls]
[exclaims]
Ow!
[Dudley] Aw.
[Dudley exclaims]
[Dudley squeaks]
Ooh.
[Dudley laughs]
[exclaims]
[both chomp]
I can’t believe your house is right over there and I’m not even allowed to come see it.
My parents would drop an anchor if I brought you home.
If you want to come to my house, you’ve got to have a moon on your belly.
Hm.
I wish we could make a machine that would put a moon on my belly.
Then I could see everything.
Oh, I better go.
But I’ll see you tomorrow, right?
I will see you bright and earl…
And… you’re gone.
Hm.
Well, the sun came up. What do you know?
The Sneedlys were up and ready to go.
This was a day for StarBellied cheer ’cause the Star Celebration was finally here.
[Mrs. Sneedly hums] Huh?
[Stella yawns]
Aha! There she is, our shining star.
[yawns] Dad, the celebration hasn’t even started yet.
Oh. Mm.
Mwah. [squeaks] But, Stella, we need to document every moment.
This is the most important day of your life.
No pressure.
Hm.
[laughs] Honey, are you ready for your Sneetch Speech?
Yep, memorized every word.
But… now that you mention it, I was wondering, why exactly do we think StarBellies are better than MoonBellies?
[squeals]
[all gasp]
Oh, not this again.
Why would you even ask something like that?
On today of all days?
Okay, okay. It was just a question.
That’s the problem, sweetie.
You don’t need to question everything.
You just do what StarBellies have always done, and you’ll be fine.
Well, I gotta go.
Oh, we better get going too.
There’s supposed to be heavy rain tonight, so everybody think dry thoughts.
And don’t be nervous about your speech, Stella. We’ll be cheering for you.
Make us proud, kiddo.
[sighs]
Aw.
Before the celebration, which was later that day, Stella went to meet Pearl so they could go play.
Hiya, Pearl!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What is that?
Oh, this old thing?
[Dudley sings a fanfare]
Just a moonon machine!
[dramatic music plays]
[Stella and Bean gasp]
You built my sketch?
Actually, definitely, yeah.
You just walk through here and the machine puts a moon on your belly.
Does it really work?
You gotta go through the machine to find out.
And… you’re gone.
[Bean gasps] Oh, this is bad. Or maybe exciting.
Could be bad. But I’m excited!
[machine squeaks]
[machine boings, hoots]
[machine rattles]
[grunts]
[music stops]
I’m a Moon-Belly Sneetch? [gasps] I’m a Moon-Belly Sneetch! [laughs] I’m a Moon-Belly Sneetch! [laughs] [gasps] Yahoozo!
It really works!
Amazing!
Oh yeah, we did it! Whoo! [laughs] [gasps]
[groans]
Now, come on! Let’s go!
You can show me everything.
Your house, your family.
Uh…
Ooh, your toothbrush.
You wanna come see Moon-Belly Village?
Like now?
Yeah, the Star Celebration isn’t until tonight.
This is my chance to come see how MoonBellies live.
Oh, I don’t know.
I kinda just built the machine to see if I could do it. [laughs awkwardly] I… I gotta think about it.
What is there to think about?
We’re best friends.
It’s not fair that we have to stay apart just because of what some grumpy old Sneetches decided a long time ago.
So, what do you say? Are we doing this?
Actually…
Definitely, yeah!
[laughs]
We’re doing this!
We are doing this!
[Stella laughs]
[Bean chatters]
[Dudley exclaims]
Yahoozo!
[David] The two girls set off.
They sailed in the breeze.
[gasps]
[David] And Stella was amazed by the sights on the seas.
♪ Hello! ♪
♪ Hello! ♪
♪ Hello! ♪
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What just jumped out of the water?
[fish squeaks]
[giggles] Those are fish!
Feesh!
Great name.
[Bean groans]
[gasps] Whoa!
Check it out, Bean! Floatyfloats!
Whoa!
Can I drive your floatyfloat?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
You don’t know how to drive a boat.
Especially this one.
I made it myself. [giggles] Please, please, please, please!
[sighs] You can hold the steering wheel, but just for a…
[Pearl screams]
[Stella] Woohoo!
Now we’re talking!
[Bean yells]
[all gasp]
[Stella] Yahoozo!
[Sneetch 1] Whoa!
Whoa!
[laughs]
[Stella laughs]
[Bean screeches]
[yells]
[Dudley] Uhoh.
[screams]
[Sneetch 2 hums]
[Stella] Woohoo!
Oh, come on!
Uh, oh, oh!
[Bean screams] Whoa!
Stella, you need to slow down!
Whoa!
Sorry, Mrs. Zooligan. My friend’s just never been on a boat before.
A Moon-Belly who’s never been on a boat?
[gasps] Stella, stop!
[Sneetch 3 gasps, yells]
[groans]
[Dudley trills] That was…
Terrifying! [sighs] Stella, it’s very, very important that no one finds out you’re a Star-Belly Sneetch.
So please just play cool.
Psh, of course I’ll play it cool.
[splashing] [yells] Did you see that?
Feesh are so strange!
[Pearl] Stella!
Oops. [giggles] Cool. Got it.
Now, come on, come on, come on!
I want to see everything.
[upbeat music plays]
♪ I can’t believe it’s really starting ♪
♪ Look at this, look at this ♪
♪ So much I’ve been dying to see ♪
[giggles, gasps]
♪ I can’t keep my eyes from darting
Look at this, look at this ♪
♪ Just keep it cool, follow my lead ♪
Right. Keep it cool, follow your lead.
No problem.
Whoa!
[Stella] ♪ Look at this
Look at this, look at this ♪
[laughs awkwardly] Hi.
♪ Look at this, look at this
Look at this, look at this ♪
Um, Stella.
♪ Smiling Sneetches greet me ♪
♪ Fish, they love to meet me ♪
♪ There’s so much I don’t want to miss ♪
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
Look at that!
Whoa!
[gasps]
♪ We’ve got snorkels! ♪
♪ Have a seat ♪
♪ Climb aboard! ♪
♪ This can’t be beat ♪
Can we get two floms, a snizzler, and a twizzleberry treat?
Ranjit, grab a treat.
[Stella chomps] That was just the receipt.
♪ Look at this ♪
♪ Look at this ♪
♪ Look at this ♪
♪ Look at this ♪
♪ Look at this, look at this ♪
♪ Look at this, look at this ♪
♪ Look at this, look at this ♪
♪ Smiling Sneetches greet me ♪
♪ Fish, they love to meet me ♪
Presenting your snizzler.
Your snizzler.
Your snizzler.
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ My head is spinning around ♪
♪ New sights, new scents, new sounds ♪
♪ I can’t believe
This place really exists ♪
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ And this and this and this! ♪
♪ And this and this ♪
[Stella giggles]
Oh my stars! I love it here.
The food’s so yummy, and the water’s so watery.
Everything is just so different.
[yelps] That never gets old.
[Pearl giggles] Now that you’ve seen everything, we should get you back home.
But I haven’t met your family yet.
[gasps] Ha! You cannot meet my family.
Especially my brother.
Huh? Why not?
Because we’ll get caught, Stella.
And then we’ll be in big, big trouble.
Please, Pearl. I just want to say hi, and then I’ll go back home.
I promise.
I don’t know.
♪ I’m singing a song just like you ♪
♪ And I’m begging to meet your family ♪
[Pearl laughs]
♪ Fine ♪
But we have to keep it quick.
Woohoo!
Yeah!
[Bean sings]
[gasps]
[Dudley grumbles]
As they were rowing, the best friends were glowing.
The day had been great, and it was still going.
Now Stella would meet Pearl’s family of Sneetches before heading back for her Star-Belly speeches.
[gasps]
Hello? Anybody home?
Ooh!
[Mrs. Puddlesnuff] We’re in the kitchen.
[Pearl] Oh, hi, Mom. Hi, Dad.
I, um, wanted you to meet my… my new friend, Stella.
[Stella] Blub, blub, blub.
Hm.
Oh! So nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Puddlesnuff.
Ooh! And you must be Polly.
Love your feesh.
[toy squeaks] [laughs] You funny.
[boy] Hm.
Let me guess. You’re Petey.
The name’s Detective Pete.
My little Petey Pie thinks he’s a real detective. Don’t you, honey?
Mom! I am a real detective.
I notice everything.
Well, nothing to see here.
You probably have an important case to get back to. Am I right?
Isn’t it a little strange that we’ve never seen you before?
We know every Moon-Belly Sneetch.
Right. Well, Stella lives far, far, so far away.
We wanted to say hi.
Now we’re going to go. Byebye.
Pearl, honey, you can’t just bring a friend over and then leave.
[gasps] Stella’s staying for dinner.
She is?
She is?
I am?
You are. Moon-Belly Sneetches take care of each other, and Stella is a Moon-Belly Sneetch.
[gasps]
[laughs nervously] Perfect!
[laughter]
I’ve got a good one.
Why do ducks have feathers?
Uh, I don’t know. Why?
To cover their butt quacks. [snorts] [laughter] That’s a good one!
[laughter]
Now, kids, there’s something we need to talk about.
There is a storm rolling in tonight, and it may not be safe to stay in Moon-Belly Village.
If the waves get too big, we row to shallow water.
You understand?
Huh.
Got it.
Yes, Dad.
Have you ever tried asking the StarBellies if you could stay with them?
Stella!
[dramatic music sting]
You know, just until the storm passes.
[chortles] We don’t need any help from Star-Belly Sneetches.
They wouldn’t help us, even if we asked.
But…
You can’t trust a Star-Belly Sneetch.
Oh.
[burps]
Excuse me.
[laughter]
Now, who wants dessert?
I made fresh kelp cookies.
I do!
I do!
Mm.
I have to say, Stella, it’s really nice to see Pearl with such a good friend.
We’re just over the moon that you’re here.
[groans]
[mocking] “We’re just over the moon that you’re here.”
Give me a break.
That Sneetch is hiding something, and I’m gonna find out what it is.
I’ll call this “The Case of the Suspicious Sneetch.”
[cackles] [laughter]
[chomping]
Oh!
Huh? [gasps, yelps]
[Petey] Hm.
[Dudley trills]
[squeals]
[Bean squeals]
Oh.
[Petey] Hm.
There’s gotta be a clue around here somewhere.
Hm.
[Bean squeaks]
[Bean chatters quietly]
Well, well, well. What do we have here?
[Dudley chatters]
[Petey] Huh?
Now, Dudley, I just want to see what’s in the backpack.
Ouchie! Ow! Ow! Ouchie! Hm.
My booty!
I’ll get you, you cranky crab!
[Dudley growls]
[Bean squeals happily]
[growls]
Hm. Hey! Where’d all the cookies go?
Oh, I’m sorry, Peteykins. We just ran out.
I ate five.
[growls]
Well, Stella and I are going on a boat ride.
Okay, but keep an eye on the weather, girls.
And if the waves get too big…
Row to shallow water. Got it. [chuckles] Whoo!
Thank you for dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Puddlesnuff. It was yummy.
And I enjoyed chatting with… Whoa!
Gotta go!
Oh! Well, isn’t she a peachy Sneetch?
I’m going on a boat ride too!
[Petey growls] Hm. What’s bothering him?
I don’t know.
[suspenseful music plays]
[Petey] Hm.
Hiyah! [grunts] Thanks for everything, Pearl.
This was the best day ever.
Actually, definitely, yeah.
It was pretty great.
[gasps] And you still have your Star Celebration.
[gasps] Wait. Wait. Wait!
Uh, I’m waiting.
I just had a great idea!
Whoa!
We should use the machine to put a star on your belly.
Then you can come to the celebration tonight!
[Bean chatters]
There’ll be food and music and rides.
You’ll love it!
The Star Celebration?
Oh, I can’t. Can I?
No, I couldn’t. Or could I?
Of course you can!
Now, come on, come on, come on!
[Pearl giggles] So the girls rowed toward their machine on the beach to make our friend Pearl a Star-Belly Sneetch.
But Petey was rowing closely behind.
He wanted to see what dirt he could find.
[Petey strains]
There you go! Good as new.
Well, hello, little star.
It’s nice to have you back. [giggles] Can you change the machine to put a star on your belly?
Actually, definitely, yeah.
I hope. [laughs nervously] Help me get some of these pieces loose.
The Forbidden Beach?
What are those two up to?
[gasps] Aha! A Star-Belly Sneetch!
I knew she was hiding something!
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!
I’ve got to tell someone! Whoa!
Whoa!
Ouch.
And this goes here, and…
[gasps] The celebration is starting!
Are you almost done?
I made the changes, but I need to test it.
Make adjustments, test again.
We don’t have time for that!
Now, come on, come on, come on!
Okay, okay. Whoa!
[machine rattles, boings, and beeps]
Well, how does it look?
[Dudley] Oh.
[Bean] Bleurgh.
Uh, not great.
Oh no! I forgot to tighten the fuzz guzzler.
Oh, don’t worry. I can fix it.
Uh, no one will notice your star is a little… different.
Everyone will be watching the celebration.
[Pearl] Are you sure?
Nope, but that’s half the fun, right?
Now, come on! The parade’s about to start.
[thunder rumbles]
[David] Pearl entered the forest and felt very small.
The flowers were huge, and the trees were so tall.
As she looked all around, she couldn’t help grinning.
And before she knew it, the parade was beginning.
Oh, I better go get ready.
You stay with Bean and watch the parade, okay?
I’ll be cheering for you!
[Bean] Woohoohoo! Woohoo!
♪ Dumdumdumdum
Deedeedeedoodadaday ♪
♪ Star Celebration! ♪
♪ Dumdumdumdum
Deedeedeedoodadaday ♪
♪ Pure jubilation ♪
[all] ♪ Dumdumdumdum
Deedeedee ♪
♪ Raise your stilts ♪
♪ And toot with me ♪
♪ Show how proud you are ♪
♪ To be a star ♪
♪ To be a star! ♪
♪ Dumdumdumdum
Deedeedeedoodadaday ♪
♪ Dumdumdumdum
Deedeedeedoodadaday ♪
[parade leader] ♪ Dumdumdumdum
Deedeedee ♪
[all] ♪ Hold your bellies high with me ♪
♪ Show how proud you are to be a star ♪
[kazoos play]
♪ Show how proud you are ♪
To be a star!
To be a star!
♪ To be a star! ♪
♪ To be a star! ♪
[cheering] Hooray!
And now, for my favorite part of the ceremony, the Shining Star speeches!
Go, Stella!
Woohoo!
That’s my friend!
[Sneetch] Woohoo!
[clears throat] We’re Star-Belly Sneetches, and we love our stars.
We’re better than Sneetches with moons upon thars.
Huh?
And that’s why we stay away from Moon-Belly Sneetches, ’cause we’re the best Sneetches to ever roam the beaches.
Woohoo!
Yes!
Go, Stella!
[laughs]
[David] Stella looked at her friend, looked her right in the eye, and Pearl looked as though she might start to cry.
Your turn, Stella. Go make us proud.
[gasps] I really want to, Mom, but I don’t know if I can.
Of course you can. Just be yourself.
Be myself.
[clears throat]
You can do it, Stella Bella.
Stella knew all the words she was supposed to say.
But then she recalled all she’d done that day.
The MoonBellies weren’t mean or selfish or rude.
They treated her well and fed her good food.
As Stella stood there, her feelings, they grew, until Stella knew what she needed to do.
Excuse me.
Um, hi, everybody.
There’s something I need to say.
And it might sound a little different.
Oh no.
Oh yes.
I just wanted to say that…
[Petey] Aha!
[gasping] There she is.
[Mrs. Puddlesnuff] Don’t worry, Pearl!
We’ll save you!
Mom, it’s not what you think.
I can, um, explain.
The jig is up.
Give me back my Moon-Belly sister!
Shooting stars!
Moon-Belly?
A star on her belly.
[child] Hm.
[gasps] It’s not a real star. It’s a fake!
[gasping]
[Sneetch] A fake star?
Attention, everyone.
More MoonBellies are coming.
They’re on the Forbidden Beach.
[gasping] StarBellies, report to the beach!
Don’t let those MoonBellies come any further.
To the beach!
The Case of the Suspicious Sneetch is closed.
Ow!
[Bean laughs] Cranky crab.
[blows raspberry]
[David] The rain started pouring and soaked every Sneetch as they met facetoface right there on the beach.
Oh my.
I think I’ll have myself a nice cup of tea ’cause this is as dramatic as it could possibly be.
Leave it to a Moon-Belly.
Why would you bring a Moon-Belly Sneetch to your silly celebration?
We didn’t bring a Moon-Belly.
Maybe you sent her over as a spy.
[gasping] We would never.
Just more proof that Star-Belly Sneetches are the best kind of Sneetches.
MoonBellies are the best, and everybody knows it.
That’s right.
We’re the best.
No, we’re the best.
[overlapping speech]
[Stella] Everybody, stop!
My whole life, I’ve heard that Star-Belly Sneetches are the best kind of Sneetches.
Yeah!
Oh yes.
But I don’t think a star makes anyone the best.
[gasping] And neither does a moon.
[gasping]
Take Pearl, for example.
Pearl isn’t the best because she has a moon on her belly.
Pearl is the best because she’s so smart.
And she’s a building genius.
Sure, she can be a little kooky, but there’s no one else like her.
And she’s my best friend.
And Stella isn’t the best because of her star.
Stella is the best because she’s always thinking about how things could be different, about how they could be better.
Stella’s amazing.
♪ And she’s my best friend too ♪
Aw.
Don’t you see? No kind of Sneetch is the best on the beach.
[Sneetches scoff]
It’s a nice idea, girls, but it’s just not realistic.
Now, come on, Pearl. Let’s get you home.
[Pearl sighs]
[thunder crashes]
[gasping]
[Sneetch 1] Watch out! Trees are falling!
We’re doomed.
The forest is not safe!
I repeat, the forest is not safe!
Oh.
[cries]
[Mrs. Puddlesnuff] Polly!
MoonBellies, steer clear of the seas.
The waves are too big!
Aw, come on, Puddlesnuff.
Our boats can handle these waves.
[dramatic music sting]
Never mind.
The waves are getting bigger.
Soon this entire beach will be underwater.
[Sneetch 2] Underwater?
We have to go back.
Stella, we’ve gotta do something!
Hm. Come on. Think, think, think.
Huh?
[gasps] I’ve got it!
[exciting music plays]
See? It’s a shelter to keep us dry, but there’s also…
A balloon to help us float!
It’s brilliant.
Think you can build it?
Actually, definitely, yeah.
Let’s do this.
[music fades]
Everyone, listen up! Pearl and I have a plan to keep us safe from the storm, but it’s gonna take all of us working together.
Work together? I don’t know.
Are we really gonna listen to little kids?
[thunder crashes]
[yelping]
[Sneetches groan]
Okay, girls, let’s hear your plan.
Here’s what we’re gonna do.
We’re gonna build a floating shelter, and we’re gonna build it fast.
StarBellies, collect all your decorations.
Doing it!
Got it!
MoonBellies, bring your boats onto the sand.
Let’s do this. [grunts]
[exciting music plays]
Put the boats over there and the sails over there.
One, two, three.
[Bean shrieks] Keep sewing. We need to stitch all the sails and decorations together.
[Dudley trills]
Looking good. But we need more air if we want this thing to float.
Haul!
[panting]
Whoa!
That’s it. There you go.
[Sneetch 3] Never thought I could’ve done this.
[Stella] Every Sneetch inside.
[thunder crashes]
Keep it moving.
Everybody hurry.
Climb aboard.
Great work, everyone.
Whoa! You built a retractable ramp?
You like it?
Yeah!
[both gasp] We gotta go. Now.
[Bean squeaks]
Okay, Pearl, that’s everyone.
I’m closing the roof.
[Sneetch 4] Whoa!
[rumbling]
Dad, what’s that sound?
Oh, that’s the sound of a giant wave heading right for us!
Oh, brace for impact!
[screaming]
[Stella] Oh my stars!
[dramatic music plays]
[groaning]
Oh no!
What’s going on?
What’s happening?
Oh no!
We’re going up.
[child] Yeah!
We’re floating!
[cheering] All right!
Oh, why are we going backwards?
Good news, our float works.
Bad news, we’re floating away.
[gasps]
[screaming]
[Mr. Puddlesnuff] This is not good.
Oh, we’re being dragged out to sea!
Oh, no, no, no.
We’re drifting away!
[Sneetch 5] We’re going backwards!
Okay, this is bad. Really, really bad.
The baddest of the bad!
Pearl, if we tie our shelter to that rock, it’ll keep us from floating away.
What are you talking about?
That rock is way too far.
You’d have to fly to reach it.
Fly?
[both gasp] Kite wings!
[both yelp]
[ramp whirs]
Stella, are you sure we can do this?
Nope. That’s half the fun, right?
Hey, where are the girls?
[gasping]
[Pearl] Here we go!
Pearl! Stella!
We are doing this.
[both scream]
Woohoo!
Woohoo!
[both laugh]
This is awesome!
And terrifying. Oh!
It’s so awesome!
But I’m terrified.
Whoa!
Whoa!
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on.
Come on.
[Bean chatters]
You got this, Stella!
[Stella] Whoa!
[screams]
Woohoohoo!
Woohoo! [laughs] Yeah! [laughs] We did it.
They did it!
They did it.
[Sneetch 6] Well done!
[music fades]
[Pearl] Hey.
[laughs] [gasps] Stella!
[yells] Pearl! Pearl! Help!
[groans, yells]
[dramatic music plays]
Everybody pull!
[Sneetches strain] Oh no.
[Stella strains]
[Stella grunts, yelps]
Stella, close your kite wings.
I will catch you.
I can’t! I’m too scared!
Trust me. Press the button.
[Stella] Oh!
Uh…
[Pearl] Now!
[yelps, screams]
[grunts] Gotcha!
[sighs] Thanks, Pearl.
[both laugh]
[tense music plays]
[both yelp]
That was a close one.
Too close.
Way too close.
[thunder crashes]
Ready to get out of here?
Oh yeah.
Whoo!
Wow!
[Stella] Yahoozo!
[music stops]
[all strain]
[grunting]
Oh, thank goodness!
You’re alive!
Thank our lucky stars.
My baby.
You saved us! Yay!
[Bean laughs]
[Sneetch 7] Go, Stella!
Go, Stella! Go, Pearl!
Go, Pearl!
[cheering]
[Pearl chuckles]
Storm’s not over yet, but we’re in this together.
Everyone huddle up.
It’s gonna be a long night.
[laughter]
You seem like you know what I’m talking about.
[laughter]
[Pearl hums]
Hi, Petey.
Um, I just wanted to…
Well, I wanted to say…
Thanks for making a floating shelter that saved all of Sneetchkind.
You’re welcome.
No problem.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, there’s a strange smell over there, and I’m gonna find out what it is. [cackles]
[both laugh]
Huh?
Whoa!
[Pearl gasps] Look, everyone.
Huh?
[grunts] [gasps]
[uplifting music plays]
[Sneetch 8] The moon looks beautiful.
[Sneetch 9] So do the stars.
The storm has passed.
All right!
[cheering]
[Sneetch 10] We did it!
[Sneetch 11] Sneetchtastic!
See what we mean?
No kind of Sneetch is the best.
If the moon and stars can share the skies, maybe us Sneetches can share the beaches.
Mm.
Mmhmm.
[chortles] Well, a year went by, and I’m happy to say the Sneetches got quite a bit smarter that day.
That day, they decided that…
Sneetches are Sneetches.
And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches.
[cheering]
[Dudley] Aw.
Yeah!
Woohoo!
Yeah!
Well done, girls.
Oh, my little Peteykins. Mwah, mwah!
Mom!
A Moon and Star Celebration.
You girls made a brandnew Sneetch tradition.
I’m just so proud. [cries] Me too. [cries] [laughter]
♪ We’re not scared ♪
♪ To think big and bold and new ♪
♪ Something different can be ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ Take a look
From someone else’s point of view ♪
[all] ♪ Something different can be ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ When tradition gets it wrong ♪
♪ Let your heart rewrite the song ♪
[both] ♪ Turns out something different ♪
♪ Can be wonderful too ♪
[upbeat music plays]
♪ Look at this ♪
♪ Look at this ♪
♪ Look at this ♪
♪ Look at this ♪
♪ Look at this, look at this ♪
♪ Look at this, look at this ♪
♪ Look at this, look at this ♪
♪ Smiling Sneetches greet me ♪
♪ Fish, they love to meet me ♪
[Sneetch 1] Presenting your snizzler.
[Sneetch 2] Your snizzler.
[Sneetch 3] Your snizzler.
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ My head is spinning around ♪
♪ New sights, new scents, new sounds ♪
♪ I can’t believe
This place really exists ♪
♪ Look at, look at this ♪
♪ And this and this and this! ♪
♪ And this and this ♪
[uplifting music plays]
[intriguing music plays]
[dramatic music plays]
[suspenseful music plays]
[serene music plays]
[upbeat music plays]
♪ Something different can be ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪
♪ Something wonderful too ♪
♪ When tradition gets it wrong ♪
♪ Let your heart rewrite the song ♪
♪ Turns out something different ♪
♪ Can be wonderful too ♪
