| Humanarian | ||
|---|---|---|
| Episode | What Did You Say? | |
| Character(s) | Zoe Trent Minka Mark Penny Ling Pepper Clark Sunil Nevla | |
| Sung by | Kylee Epp Kira Tozer Laura Hastings Tabitha St. Germain Peter New Sam Vincent | |
| Length | 1:50 | |
| Season | Season 1 | |
| Episode Transcript | What Did You Say? | |
| International versions | ||
Humanarian is a song sung by the pets in What Did You Say?, as a result of their speculation as to whom a human being would see if they got sick (if pets see a veterinarian, humans must see a... humanarian!), which then leads to obsession with the new made-up word in the form of the song.
It appears to be a homage to early 80's New Wave/Synthpop and the early days of MTV, circa 1981 or 1982. The song is a parody of Jem and the Holograms. Minka looks like Jem and Penny Ling looks like Shana. The song itself sounds somewhat inspired by The Human League's Don't You Want Me.
Lyrics
- [Zoe]
- Humanarian!
- [Zoe]
- When Blythe got up this morning, there was something wrong
- Something she couldn't explain
- [Pepper]
- She came to hear us talking, but instead of a song
- [Minka]
- Our words were all in vain
- [All]
- Why can't she hear us talking, Russell?
- Russell, why can't she hear us speak?
- A humanarian!
- You can be a humanarian!
- Take her temperature and make a plan
- Because we need to cure this sick
- This sick human
- Don't stop until she hears us talking
- Don't stop until she hears us speak
- [Penny Ling]
- Tap her on the knee and look inside her ear
- Can you see anything wrong?
- [Pepper]
- Just scream really loudly to see if she can HEAR
- [Sunil]
- Maybe I should play this gong
- [All]
- Why can't she hear us talking, Russell?
- Russell, why can't she hear us speak?
- A humanarian
- You can be a humanarian
- Take her temperature and make a plan
- Because we need to cure this sick
- This sick human
- Don't stop! Don't stop! (Why can't she hear us talking, Russell?)
- Don't stop! Don't stop! (Russell, why can't she hear us speak?)
- Don't stop! Don't stop! (Why can't she hear us talking, Russell?)
- Don't stop! Don't stop! (Russell, why can't she hear us speak?)
- Russel: I'M NOT A HUMANARIAN! I AM....AN ANIMAL!!!