Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal

Okay, Daisy, here we go.

You are ready!

Announcer: Ladies and gentle-mammals.

Sanctuary City's favorite champion,

Daisy Quokka!

She's the Quokka Weight Champion

of the entire world!

Announcer: I love that quokka! - Whoo-hoo!

Let's hear it for your champion!

This is a dream come true!

Whoo-hoo! Yes! Come on!

Alright! Huh?

I said this is

a dream come tru-u-u-u-ue!

Oh..

Frankie?

Oh. What's going on?

Ah!

I can't do it. I can't do it!

I can't do it. I can't do it!

- Ah! - Rarr!

Ah! Ah!

Up and at 'em, kiddo!

Uh, dad?

- Huh! Dad: Whoo-hoo, a dollar!

- Ooh, dad! - Morning!

Ah, she must be up already.

Golly gee, right in the snout!

You're sleeping on the floor again, kiddo.

You know, if you're trying to fix that lower back,

you need one of these rollers.

Morning, sweetie. I knew I heard voices.

Oh, right in the snout again!

Daisy! What have you done with your hair, little miss?

- Mum, I just got up from... - Like I was saying, kiddo.

You gotta roll out and transform that lower back.

- Dad, I don't need to... - Always brush...

Before and after you wake up, sweetie. Keeps the knots out.

Exactly. No more knots.

My name is Daisy Quokka.

And this?

This is how I start each and every day.

Okay, okay, I'm sorry, hon, I didn't mean to spook ya,

but it is time to get up! Come on!

Dad, be careful. Mm...

Audience: Daisy, Daisy, Daisy...

Ah, yup! One of the greats.

Who is he again? Nah.

- I'm sure it'll hit me. - His name is on the...

Eat up, sweetie, to make those smiley cheeks nice and toned.

Besides, why would you wanna stay in bed dreaming all day

when we're living the dream?

- Yup. That's the beach. - The beach!

We live right on the beach, Daisy.

I mean, have you seen it today? Look at those waves.

The third-degree sunburn, and that sand!

- So grainy! - Ah! It's hot!

See those guys having fun!?

Oh, what the hey. I'm gonna say hi!

Surf's up, dudes! Howdy-do, fellow grommets?

Daisy: So, are we living the dream?

Some might say yes, depending on how you look at it.

We all live on a beautiful island.

This is Quokka Rocks,

about ten kilometers off the coast of Sanctuary City.

Sandy beaches, sunny skies, salty air...

Oh, and one more thing.

- Quokkas! All: Quokkas! Quokkas!

Wait! Hold up one sec!

You do know what a Quokka is, right?

Well, let me educate ya.

Lights, please!

Thank you.

We quokkas are a strange species.

Kind of half-kangaroo, half-rat, crossed with a teddy bear,

resulting in a quokka. My eyes!

Change it. Change it. Change it!

Ah, phew! Much more like it!

We used to live a quiet, peaceful life,

all alone on ye old Quokka Rocks.

I am so, so lost.

Hey you, you, can you please help me?

Thank you so very much.

Daisy: One selfie changed it all.

That smile!

Next minute, everyone wanted a selfie with a smiling quokka!

Yeah, we were a hit!

And not just a big hit. A really big hit!

It was totally wild!

We were on T-Shirts, beach towels,

breakfast cereals, toilet rolls,

last-minute Wishmas gifts, mugs, calendars,

motivational posters, un-motivational posters,

and even ice blocks!

And I'll admit it, we are pretty dang cute.

We're so cute, in fact, that all quokkas now work in tourism,

taking selfies.

And my parents oversee the entire industry.

Now, don't get me wrong,

I love a good smile

as much as the next quokka.

And when you live in a place like this,

how can you not be living the dream?

- Quokka! - Here's your peanut here.

But whatever happened to mine?

Man on TV: For centuries,

animals proved themselves in the wild.

And now respect is earned in the arena!

This is the World's Scariest Games!

- Wow! - And there it is, folks.

Frankie slams the buzzer once again,

winning his fourth WSG title.

Frankie!

Daisy: From that moment on,

I began my training to win

the World's Scariest Games!

Huh?

Mm! Ah!

Daisy: I'm okay! - What?

Whoo!

Ah!

Daisy: But as Frankie says, "Never give up on your dreams."

So I didn't, and I actually got pretty darn good.

And then you have to swing across the vines to the finish,

but you can't land on the floor because the floor is lava!

Whoo-hoo!

I mean, for one, the games are finally back here

in Sanctuary City!

So, yes, maybe we are living the dream,

but it's time to live mine.

Today is the day that I finally tell my parents

what I'm going to do with my life.

- Mum, dad. - Mm-ah!

So good!

- Ah-ahem! - Huh! Daisy!

Your mother and I actually need to talk to you, too.

Oh! You did?

We know that tomorrow is a big day in the city

with the World's Scariest Games starting and all.

- You do? - We sure do.

- Go on. - So...

- Your mother and I saved up... - Yuh-huh.

And bought you a ferry ticket

to Sanctuary City!

- To Sanctuary City? - So you can be...

So I can be The World's Scariest Animal!

Ambitious and funny. Just like her old man.

What are we laughing about, huh?

Oh! That's not a joke.

Honey, she's... she's not telling a joke.

Ah, uh, sweetie, uh,

that is not what quokkas do.

Quokkas are... are small and smiley.

- I know, but... Dad: Like...

Look at these tiny weak arms.

And these problematic sausage-shaped fingers.

Like, seriously, who designed us?

Mum and Dad: What we were going to say is we want you to be

the new face of Quokka Rocks!