Help, I Shrunk My Parents

Hi, remember me?

Hey Felix.

Hey Giulio.

That's me.

Are we ready?

Let's go.

Felix Frontman,

formerly kicked out of my old school.

Hey!

Hey!

This is Ella, my best friend at the Otto Leonhard School.

Hello.

Wanna ride?

Sure.

Chris and Robert are also part of the gang.

Formation complete.

We saved the Otto.

And of course Mario is with us too.

Hey.

Hey Mario.

Hi.

Our School has become much more colorful

and happy since then.

And the highlight has to be

the Otto Leonhard learning course.

They say you don't even notice that you're learning here

but you end up understanding stuff much better anyway.

And you know what?

Schmitty is really chill now.

Well, at least she's trying.

If I'm a hurry, you help me at once

and if I'm feeling bored, I do sports with you.

Riders need their horses and smokers their ashtrays.

Gardeners love the soil and earth

and I love my...

Ashtray?

Huh, ashtrays?

Calculator.

My calculator.

My calculator is very, very important to me.

I know this is an English class I'm substituting

but this was meant to be a little example

of a poem about something that is meaningful to us.

I want you to get together in groups of four or five

and try to write such a poem, okay?

Alright, let's go!

So what do you think?

Write a poem.

Better than a dictation exercise.

Alright, so what's really important for all of us.

I like anything that flies.

'Cause you're always winging it with your schoolwork?

Ha ha, you're a bunch of jokers.

How about our parents?

Uncool.

But they are important to all of us, don't you agree?

Well.

It really depends on how we approach it right?

That's a load of crap.

What?

Why?

Mario's right.

Parents was a stupid idea.

It was your idea.

Yeah, still, let's think of something else.

Okay.

Alright, what else is there?

Music, music's good.

Nah.

The internet?

Nah.

Friendship.

Friendship is good.

So are we still on for this afternoon?

What?

We were going to meet.

Crap, that's right.

Totally forgot.

Sorry.

Watch it.

Hey.

What's with him?

See you tomorrow okay.

Mario, wait up.

Ella is kinda glued to him lately.

Why are you jealous?

Me?

Of course not.

Yeah right, of course not.

Ah!

Oh, Mr. Michalsky.

Wonderful.

Just wonderful, our new Otto Leonhard Museum.

Straight A with a star.

We have to drink to this sometime soon

with a nice glass of...

Sage tea.

Absolutely.

Well then, I'll finish cleaning up

and we're all set for the parents

council meeting on Saturday.

Don't worry.

And hopefully they'll approve the money

for the Otto Leonhard School concept.

It's hard to say no to you Miss Schmitt-Gössenwein.

I'm not sure if this belongs here.

Ah, I found it when I was cleaning the learning course.

I'm afraid these are the sad remains of Hulda Stechbarth.

Hulda Stechbarth?

Yes, you know, after he shrunk her back then.

That horrible teacher

who wanted to take his school away from him.

I would prefer it if you'd get rid of it.

I'll take care of it.

Thank you Mr. Michalsky.

Very good work.

Really outstanding.

Have a nice evening.

Thanks.

You too Headmistress.

Thank you.

Agh!

Oopsie!

Ah, dammit!

Ah, oh.

Ah.

Ah.

There we go.

Better.

Hi Dad.

Hey.

Are you cooking?

Cooking?

Ah, yes, there's something in the stove.

You know that Mom will be here any minute right?

Ah!

Ah no.

Give me a hand for a second.

Okay.

Thanks, you're the best!

Let's go.

Hurry up Dad!

Okay.

Hello my boys!

Hi Mom.

Hi pretty lady.

How was your day?

Great.

Mm, something smells weird.

Ah, did you try to cook?

Oh!

Oh, well what counts is that you tried.

Yes, I have something important to talk to you guys about.

Well, we can't eat that.

We'll find something else.

Did you go shopping?

Come on Peter, we agreed that you would

do more at home while I'm at work.

Okay, family meeting.

Sit down, please.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

So, since you've been back from New York

I've been kind of treading water.

I don't get it.

Me neither.

Professionally.

I'm not really moving forward career wise

and so I've decided to apply for a job.

Okay.

As a structural engineer.

Okay.

In Dubai.

What!

You want to leave!

But Peter, we've just been through that.

I know, I know.

And that's why I thought that this time

we can all move together.

- Uh. - Move to Dubai.

No way, I'm staying here.

Alone?

Felix, you're a bit too young for that.

Dad, all my friends are here.

Okay, okay stop.

Nobody's going to Dubai for now.

Hey, how can you say that?

You've just been abroad yourself.

Yes, and that's why everything here is upside down now.

Come on Peter, it's total chaos.

Chaos, what chaos?

Just because we're not playing

by your perfect rules you mean?

What's that supposed to mean?

Don't fight!

We're not fighting.

Everything's fine.

I just think that Felix and I might have created

our own rules in the meantime.

And what kind of rules are we talking about?