Superbook (2011–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Jonah - full transcript
Joy witnesses the theft of a bike by a school bully. To Joy's surprise, the principal offers mercy to the thief instead of offering justice. Joy, Chris and Gizmo join Jonah on his journey, from inside the whale to saving the sinful Ninevites. Joy relates to Jonah's frustrations, but is also convicted to live out God's forgiveness, even with someone she doesn't like.
Jonah...
Huh?!
Whoa! Ooof!
Who's there? Who calls my name?
It is I.
Lord?
Get up and go to the
great city of Nineveh.
Announce my judgment against it
because I have seen how
wicked its people are.
Lord, that place is
home to enemies
who have attacked
and killed your people.
They deserve your wrath.
They curse your name, Lord,
and do not deserve even
a chance for forgiveness!
Jonah...
No! I cannot!
I will not go there!
Jonah...
Destroy the city, Lord.
Bury it.
But I beg you,
leave me out of it!
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ The Word for all the world
♪ The Story's forever alive
♪ Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook ♪
Whoa-hooa-hooa
Careful, Gizmo!
It is all under control, Joy!
Ahh! Too close!!
Can't you steer on that thing?
That's Gizmo's job.
Gimme a break.
Brake?
No! She didn't mean...
WHAAAAAA!!!!
Ohhh!
I'll WALK to my first class,
thank you.
I'm in charge of the
recycling program today.
Recycling, huh?
Is this aluminum?
Do NOT get any ideas.
What is THIS??
I'm after lunch MONEY,
not your lunch!
Tuna fish??! Phht.
Next time I see you, I want two
dollars each, got it?
Oh...
and a cookie!
Cool bike! Hmmm, someone
forgot to lock up!
And you'resure it was Sharon?
Definitely, Principal Travis.
She pulls this stuff
all the time.
She's the one who threw
my backpack
into the pool last month!
She's been in and out of
my office all year.
Maybe this time... we can help
her make another choice.
I... I don't understand.
What if you and I go talk to her
and give her a chance
to come clean.
Come clean? Wha... she's a crook!
Punishment might just push
herfurther down that path.
Meet me after school and
let's try it my way first.
Hey guys, you wanna go
to the mall? I don't know.
I have to do homework.
There's an outfit I need.
Hey, Joy. What's up?
I can't believe it. This
school is soft on crime!
Sharon Myers stole a bike
in broad daylight
and Miss Travis just wants
to let her slide by...
give her mercy or something.
Humph!
A girl like Sharon has to
be taught a lesson.
Superbook!!
Whoaaaa!!
I am taking you to meet a man
who is running from God...
Someone who must be
shown mercy himself
before he can show it to others.
Whoaaa!
Where are we now, Gizmo?
We don't need an info-scan
to tell us we're on a ship, Joy!
Whoahhh...
And it takes me a while
to get my "sea legs!"
Argghh... I've got me
own Sea Legs, mateys!
See? Waterproof, made
for floatation
and they have these neat
little anchors on them.
Oh, and the best part...
You there!
Get below, before the waves
knock you off the deck!
Whoaaaaa!
You actually heard God's voice?
Yes. Telling me to
go to Nineveh,
a city filled with
God's worst enemies...
killers of His people.
God wanted me to warn them He
was about to pass judgment.
But why warn them?! So they
repent, say they are sorry,
and then receive God's mercy?
I say no! If Nineveh is doomed
then let it be doomed!
So you ran away from God?
Technically speaking,
hidingfrom the all-knowing deity
is statistically impossible.
I'm beginning to
understand that.
Here he is! Below deck!
Shiver me motherboard!
How can you sleep
at a time like this?
Get up and pray to your God!
Maybe He will pay attention
to us and spare our lives.
Let's ask our God to show
who caused all this trouble.
What are they doing?
We will cast lots!
They must be trying to
see if Jonah caused the storm.
He's the culprit!
Why has this awful storm
come down on us?
Who are you? What is
your line of work?
What country are you from?
Who are your people?
I am a Hebrew, and I worship
the Lord, the God of Heaven,
who made the sea and the land.
You see?! It IS his fault!
He told us before that he was
trying to flee from his God!
Why did you do it?!
What should we do to you
to stop this storm?!
Throw me into the sea and
it will become calm again.
No!
I know that this
terriblestorm is all my fault.
There's got to be another way!
Take him. Throw him over.
Get him off this ship!
No! Wait!
Give him to the sea!
Guess we need to pick
better friends.
You are friends with the Hebrew?
Take these three as well!
Look out! The mast
is coming down!
O Lord, do not make us die
for this man's sin.
And do not hold us responsible
for his death.
You have sent this storm upon
him for your own good reasons.
Overboard with all of them!
Whoaaa!
Ha ha! The sun!
Sea legs? Outboard propellers!!
I am so sorry, my friends.
Don't worry about it. See,
even the storm's cleared now.
All's well that ends well,
I always say.
Uh, Chris... I am detecting a
very large creature
just three fathoms below us.
Huh?
What do we do?
Try to taste disgusting!
Yuck! And I thought fish
were slimy on the OUTside.
This is unbelievable.
Disaster follows me at
every turn! I will
not live through this.
Jonah, I think if God wanted
you dead, you'd be dead.
I almost think He
wants to save you.
Next time He should just send
some life preservers.
You ran in the
opposite direction
from where God wanted
you to go. And it seems like
He's done one thing afteranother
to pull you back to Him.
He pursues me, even now.
I cried out to you in my
great trouble, Lord,
and He answered me.
I called to you from the land ofthe dead,
and Lord, you heard me!
It feels like we're moving
in a new direction.
It sure does.
You threw me into the
ocean depths,
and I sank to the
heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild
and stormy waves.
But you, O Lord my God,
snatched me
from the jaws of death!
As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the Lord.
And my earnest prayer went out
to you in your holy Temple.
Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all
God's mercies.
But I will offer sacrifices to
you with songs of praise,
and I will fulfill all my vows.
For my salvation comes from
the Lord alone.
Ohhhh!
Amazing. "Full terrestrial
expectoration."
You mean we just got barfed up.
Arise. Go to Nineveh,
that great city,
and preach to it the
message that I tell you.
And now to Nineveh.
Though they do not deserve
the warning I bring.
C'mon, move along,
you lazy beast!
Hmm? Awww!
Cheat me again and
I'll cut you down!
You calling him a liar?
How do you even talk to
these people, Jonah?
Steal from me, will you??
People of Nineveh!!
The Lord, my God has sent me to
announce His judgment
against your city because He
has seen your wickedness!
Forty days from now,
Nineveh will be destroyed!
Oh man, Jonah's sure
not gonnamake any friends
deliveringTHAT kind of message.
I do not think "making friends"
is the mission God
has in mind for him.
Jonah says these people are
his enemies... but...
they're people too.
Oh, heed me, Nineveh! Your
days are drawing to a close!
Nineveh will be destroyed by
a heavenly force so mighty,
the likes of which its citizens
have never seen,
not in ALL the enemies Assyria
has ever fought combined!
Jonah, if God has shown
YOU so much mercy...
Yes, saving youfrom that storm...
And then getting you out ofthe
belly of that giant fish...
Why wouldn't He show the
samekind of mercy to the Ninevites,
I mean, if they'rewilling to change?
Do not even speak those words!
These people do not deserve
God's forgiveness.
Even if we ask for
it with all our hearts?
Prophet, we have
heard your words.
We are fasting and have
put on this sack cloth...
We have sat in ashes to show all
that we are asking forgiveness.
It is amazing.
Your words have been heard by
all of Nineveh.
From the
greatest to the least of us.
This cannot be!
Even the king has
heard your words.
This day, I proclaim
to the city of Nineveh...
No one, not even the animals
from your herds and flocks,
may eat or drink
anything at all.
People and animals alike
must wear garments of mourning
and everyone must pray
earnestly to God.
They must turn from
their evil ways
and stop all their violence.
Who can tell? Perhaps even yet
God will change His mind
and hold back His fierce anger
from destroying us.
Jonah sure seems upset
about something.
Well, it's been forty days
andeveryone has repented.
Didn't I say before I left home
that you would do this, Lord?
That is why I ran
away to Tarshish!
I knew that you are a merciful
and compassionate God,
slow to get angry and filled
with unfailing love.
You are eager to turn back from
destroying people.
Ugh! I'd
rather be dead than alive.
Is it right for you to be angry?
I have done what the
Lord asked of me!
And He gives me this plant
to shade my head
and provides me comfort. But
then He shows the same mercy
to all the sinners of Nineveh.
Where is the justice in that?
I always thought that
whensomeone does something wrong,
they should be punished.
Butwhen I do the wrong thing,
I'm pretty glad thatGod forgives.
But you and I live better
lives than those people!
Oof! So much for shade.
I'lllook for some more cover.
Is it too much to save one
little plant, Lord?
The only thing that
gave me comfort?
Is it right for you to be
angry about a plant?
You have had pity on the plant
for which you have not labored
nor made it grow.
It came up in a night and
perished in a night.
And should I not pity Nineveh,
that great city,
in which are more than
120,000 persons
who cannot discern
between their right hand
and their left?
If I accept mercy from God,
I have to be willing
to give it to others.
Even Sharon Myers?
Superbook!
Excuse me, guys.
I think I have anappointment to keep.
So we wondered if you'd heard
anything about a stolen bike.
Uh... You want my help?
Whoever took it may have
just made a mistake.
They still have
time to do the right thing.
I... I took it.
I don't know why I did it.
It was stupid. And...
I'm sorry.
That took guts, Sharon. I'm
not going to punish you,
if you can help us return the
bike to its rightful owner.
I guess I can do that.
If God let a whole cityoff the hook,
I think I can giveSharon
Myers a second chance.
Time to go home!
I'll walk this time. I've got
some thinking to do.
Suit yourself, Joy.
But you don't know
what you're missing!
Whoooa!
Ahhhh!
That does it!
I'm walking with Joy!
Walking's good.
I like walking. Walking's
good! I do it all the time!
Oh, walking, walking...
♪ Jesus, You died
upon a cross
♪ and rose again
to save the lost.
♪ Forgive me now of all my sin
♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and friend.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You.
♪ Jesus, You died
upon a cross
♪ and rose again
to save the lost.
♪ Forgive me now
of all my sin
♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and friend.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ and help me, Lord,
to live... for You.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ Help me, Lord,
to live for You.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ Won't You make it new?
♪ And help me,
Lord, to live
♪ to live for You. ♪
♪ You and I
Just imagine
♪ What can happen
Traveling through history
♪ Flying high on a journey
Within a mystery
♪ Seeing as we're meant to see
♪ Wisdom that's so clear
♪ If we have the ears to hear
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ The Word for all the world
♪ The Story that's forever true
♪ It's the Word that shines
♪ with the light from above
♪ that God in His love
gives to you
♪ So come take a ride
There are wonders to see
♪ Adventures inside
For you and for me
♪ His Word is forever alive
♪ Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
Huh?!
Whoa! Ooof!
Who's there? Who calls my name?
It is I.
Lord?
Get up and go to the
great city of Nineveh.
Announce my judgment against it
because I have seen how
wicked its people are.
Lord, that place is
home to enemies
who have attacked
and killed your people.
They deserve your wrath.
They curse your name, Lord,
and do not deserve even
a chance for forgiveness!
Jonah...
No! I cannot!
I will not go there!
Jonah...
Destroy the city, Lord.
Bury it.
But I beg you,
leave me out of it!
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ The Word for all the world
♪ The Story's forever alive
♪ Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook ♪
Whoa-hooa-hooa
Careful, Gizmo!
It is all under control, Joy!
Ahh! Too close!!
Can't you steer on that thing?
That's Gizmo's job.
Gimme a break.
Brake?
No! She didn't mean...
WHAAAAAA!!!!
Ohhh!
I'll WALK to my first class,
thank you.
I'm in charge of the
recycling program today.
Recycling, huh?
Is this aluminum?
Do NOT get any ideas.
What is THIS??
I'm after lunch MONEY,
not your lunch!
Tuna fish??! Phht.
Next time I see you, I want two
dollars each, got it?
Oh...
and a cookie!
Cool bike! Hmmm, someone
forgot to lock up!
And you'resure it was Sharon?
Definitely, Principal Travis.
She pulls this stuff
all the time.
She's the one who threw
my backpack
into the pool last month!
She's been in and out of
my office all year.
Maybe this time... we can help
her make another choice.
I... I don't understand.
What if you and I go talk to her
and give her a chance
to come clean.
Come clean? Wha... she's a crook!
Punishment might just push
herfurther down that path.
Meet me after school and
let's try it my way first.
Hey guys, you wanna go
to the mall? I don't know.
I have to do homework.
There's an outfit I need.
Hey, Joy. What's up?
I can't believe it. This
school is soft on crime!
Sharon Myers stole a bike
in broad daylight
and Miss Travis just wants
to let her slide by...
give her mercy or something.
Humph!
A girl like Sharon has to
be taught a lesson.
Superbook!!
Whoaaaa!!
I am taking you to meet a man
who is running from God...
Someone who must be
shown mercy himself
before he can show it to others.
Whoaaa!
Where are we now, Gizmo?
We don't need an info-scan
to tell us we're on a ship, Joy!
Whoahhh...
And it takes me a while
to get my "sea legs!"
Argghh... I've got me
own Sea Legs, mateys!
See? Waterproof, made
for floatation
and they have these neat
little anchors on them.
Oh, and the best part...
You there!
Get below, before the waves
knock you off the deck!
Whoaaaaa!
You actually heard God's voice?
Yes. Telling me to
go to Nineveh,
a city filled with
God's worst enemies...
killers of His people.
God wanted me to warn them He
was about to pass judgment.
But why warn them?! So they
repent, say they are sorry,
and then receive God's mercy?
I say no! If Nineveh is doomed
then let it be doomed!
So you ran away from God?
Technically speaking,
hidingfrom the all-knowing deity
is statistically impossible.
I'm beginning to
understand that.
Here he is! Below deck!
Shiver me motherboard!
How can you sleep
at a time like this?
Get up and pray to your God!
Maybe He will pay attention
to us and spare our lives.
Let's ask our God to show
who caused all this trouble.
What are they doing?
We will cast lots!
They must be trying to
see if Jonah caused the storm.
He's the culprit!
Why has this awful storm
come down on us?
Who are you? What is
your line of work?
What country are you from?
Who are your people?
I am a Hebrew, and I worship
the Lord, the God of Heaven,
who made the sea and the land.
You see?! It IS his fault!
He told us before that he was
trying to flee from his God!
Why did you do it?!
What should we do to you
to stop this storm?!
Throw me into the sea and
it will become calm again.
No!
I know that this
terriblestorm is all my fault.
There's got to be another way!
Take him. Throw him over.
Get him off this ship!
No! Wait!
Give him to the sea!
Guess we need to pick
better friends.
You are friends with the Hebrew?
Take these three as well!
Look out! The mast
is coming down!
O Lord, do not make us die
for this man's sin.
And do not hold us responsible
for his death.
You have sent this storm upon
him for your own good reasons.
Overboard with all of them!
Whoaaa!
Ha ha! The sun!
Sea legs? Outboard propellers!!
I am so sorry, my friends.
Don't worry about it. See,
even the storm's cleared now.
All's well that ends well,
I always say.
Uh, Chris... I am detecting a
very large creature
just three fathoms below us.
Huh?
What do we do?
Try to taste disgusting!
Yuck! And I thought fish
were slimy on the OUTside.
This is unbelievable.
Disaster follows me at
every turn! I will
not live through this.
Jonah, I think if God wanted
you dead, you'd be dead.
I almost think He
wants to save you.
Next time He should just send
some life preservers.
You ran in the
opposite direction
from where God wanted
you to go. And it seems like
He's done one thing afteranother
to pull you back to Him.
He pursues me, even now.
I cried out to you in my
great trouble, Lord,
and He answered me.
I called to you from the land ofthe dead,
and Lord, you heard me!
It feels like we're moving
in a new direction.
It sure does.
You threw me into the
ocean depths,
and I sank to the
heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild
and stormy waves.
But you, O Lord my God,
snatched me
from the jaws of death!
As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the Lord.
And my earnest prayer went out
to you in your holy Temple.
Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all
God's mercies.
But I will offer sacrifices to
you with songs of praise,
and I will fulfill all my vows.
For my salvation comes from
the Lord alone.
Ohhhh!
Amazing. "Full terrestrial
expectoration."
You mean we just got barfed up.
Arise. Go to Nineveh,
that great city,
and preach to it the
message that I tell you.
And now to Nineveh.
Though they do not deserve
the warning I bring.
C'mon, move along,
you lazy beast!
Hmm? Awww!
Cheat me again and
I'll cut you down!
You calling him a liar?
How do you even talk to
these people, Jonah?
Steal from me, will you??
People of Nineveh!!
The Lord, my God has sent me to
announce His judgment
against your city because He
has seen your wickedness!
Forty days from now,
Nineveh will be destroyed!
Oh man, Jonah's sure
not gonnamake any friends
deliveringTHAT kind of message.
I do not think "making friends"
is the mission God
has in mind for him.
Jonah says these people are
his enemies... but...
they're people too.
Oh, heed me, Nineveh! Your
days are drawing to a close!
Nineveh will be destroyed by
a heavenly force so mighty,
the likes of which its citizens
have never seen,
not in ALL the enemies Assyria
has ever fought combined!
Jonah, if God has shown
YOU so much mercy...
Yes, saving youfrom that storm...
And then getting you out ofthe
belly of that giant fish...
Why wouldn't He show the
samekind of mercy to the Ninevites,
I mean, if they'rewilling to change?
Do not even speak those words!
These people do not deserve
God's forgiveness.
Even if we ask for
it with all our hearts?
Prophet, we have
heard your words.
We are fasting and have
put on this sack cloth...
We have sat in ashes to show all
that we are asking forgiveness.
It is amazing.
Your words have been heard by
all of Nineveh.
From the
greatest to the least of us.
This cannot be!
Even the king has
heard your words.
This day, I proclaim
to the city of Nineveh...
No one, not even the animals
from your herds and flocks,
may eat or drink
anything at all.
People and animals alike
must wear garments of mourning
and everyone must pray
earnestly to God.
They must turn from
their evil ways
and stop all their violence.
Who can tell? Perhaps even yet
God will change His mind
and hold back His fierce anger
from destroying us.
Jonah sure seems upset
about something.
Well, it's been forty days
andeveryone has repented.
Didn't I say before I left home
that you would do this, Lord?
That is why I ran
away to Tarshish!
I knew that you are a merciful
and compassionate God,
slow to get angry and filled
with unfailing love.
You are eager to turn back from
destroying people.
Ugh! I'd
rather be dead than alive.
Is it right for you to be angry?
I have done what the
Lord asked of me!
And He gives me this plant
to shade my head
and provides me comfort. But
then He shows the same mercy
to all the sinners of Nineveh.
Where is the justice in that?
I always thought that
whensomeone does something wrong,
they should be punished.
Butwhen I do the wrong thing,
I'm pretty glad thatGod forgives.
But you and I live better
lives than those people!
Oof! So much for shade.
I'lllook for some more cover.
Is it too much to save one
little plant, Lord?
The only thing that
gave me comfort?
Is it right for you to be
angry about a plant?
You have had pity on the plant
for which you have not labored
nor made it grow.
It came up in a night and
perished in a night.
And should I not pity Nineveh,
that great city,
in which are more than
120,000 persons
who cannot discern
between their right hand
and their left?
If I accept mercy from God,
I have to be willing
to give it to others.
Even Sharon Myers?
Superbook!
Excuse me, guys.
I think I have anappointment to keep.
So we wondered if you'd heard
anything about a stolen bike.
Uh... You want my help?
Whoever took it may have
just made a mistake.
They still have
time to do the right thing.
I... I took it.
I don't know why I did it.
It was stupid. And...
I'm sorry.
That took guts, Sharon. I'm
not going to punish you,
if you can help us return the
bike to its rightful owner.
I guess I can do that.
If God let a whole cityoff the hook,
I think I can giveSharon
Myers a second chance.
Time to go home!
I'll walk this time. I've got
some thinking to do.
Suit yourself, Joy.
But you don't know
what you're missing!
Whoooa!
Ahhhh!
That does it!
I'm walking with Joy!
Walking's good.
I like walking. Walking's
good! I do it all the time!
Oh, walking, walking...
♪ Jesus, You died
upon a cross
♪ and rose again
to save the lost.
♪ Forgive me now of all my sin
♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and friend.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You.
♪ Jesus, You died
upon a cross
♪ and rose again
to save the lost.
♪ Forgive me now
of all my sin
♪ Come be my Savior,
Lord and friend.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ and help me, Lord,
to live for You.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ and help me, Lord,
to live... for You.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ Help me, Lord,
to live for You.
♪ Change my life
and make it new
♪ Won't You make it new?
♪ And help me,
Lord, to live
♪ to live for You. ♪
♪ You and I
Just imagine
♪ What can happen
Traveling through history
♪ Flying high on a journey
Within a mystery
♪ Seeing as we're meant to see
♪ Wisdom that's so clear
♪ If we have the ears to hear
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ It's the Word for all time
♪ The Word for all the world
♪ The Story that's forever true
♪ It's the Word that shines
♪ with the light from above
♪ that God in His love
gives to you
♪ So come take a ride
There are wonders to see
♪ Adventures inside
For you and for me
♪ His Word is forever alive
♪ Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook
♪ Hosanna, sing hosanna
♪ The Word... Superbook