02x02 - The Hot Rocks of Rio Caper" (Part 2)

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Carmen Sandiego?". Aired: September 30, 1991 – December 22, 1995.*
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An orphan girl codenamed Black Sheep was found on the side of a road in Buenos Aires, Argentina roughly 20 years ago and is raised and trained to become a master thief by a group of villains
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02x02 - The Hot Rocks of Rio Caper" (Part 2)

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[theme music playing]

♪ Where in the world
Is Carmen Sandiego? ♪


♪ Sandiego ♪

♪ Where in the world
Is Carmen Sandiego? ♪


[Shadowsan] Trust me when I say
that you will each be greatly rewarded

for your part in capturing
Carmen Sandiego.

[chuckles] Cha-ching ba-ling!

[grunting]

But, Shadowsan, the other Instructors
told us you have been missing.

Keeping to the shadows
was a necessary strategy

until earlier today when I could
finally inform my colleagues at the island

that I once again
had Carmen Sandiego in my sights.

Not knowing who might have leaked
our whereabouts

at Countess Cleo's chateau in France,
I opted to keep my movements secret,

for we would have captured
our traitor that night


had we not been
suddenly surrounded by police.


Having no other recourse,

I chose to take extreme measures
to keep up appearances


in order to earn Carmen's trust.

I then left quite an elaborate
trail of breadcrumbs


to lure her back into our clutches

all over again.

But Black Sheep despised you.

How could you possibly
win her trust so quickly?

By knowing where she is most vulnerable,

by concocting falsehoods about her past,

by telling her exactly what it was
she wanted to hear.

I'll make you eat those falsehoods.

Is it my fault
that you were foolish enough to believe

that it was Coach Brunt
who found you as a baby?

What?

And in Moscow, of all places!

Coach Brunt has never
even set foot in Russia.

[laughing]

[all laughing]

You... won't get away with this!

I am afraid that I already did.

Ooh, snap!

Good one, boss-a nova.

I shall personally escort our prisoner
back to VILE Island,

where I will ensure
the appropriate punishment.

Before I do, the gemstones?

Tonight, in the belly of the beast... Ooh!

If Shadowsan checked in with the others,
he no doubt already knows the plan... Oh!

Enough of your insolence!

Tie him up.

I will return for him shortly.

Yes, Instructor Shadowsan.

You heard him!

My efforts to remain invisible
have been ruined.

Of all the VILE operations to target,
did you have to choose this one?

What? You supplied the hard drive
loaded with intel.

Maybe a note saying,

"Hey, stay away from South America"
would have been helpful.

[grunts] And do you mind?

[Shadowsan growls]

Tigress, report.

The gems are packed and ready to deliver.

And you're about to receive
a special delivery of a whole other kind.

Do tell.

Carmen Sandiego.

We nabbed her,
and Shadowsan's providing the return trip.

Shadowsan?

Mm-hmm.

You should have seen Carmen's face.

She looked like
she was about to ugly-cry.


You saw Shadowsan?

Yep, wearing some freaky-beaky bird mask.

He showed up
right after he spoke with you guys.


Spoke with us?

About how he was under deep cover,

and why he had to help
Carmen escape, and...


Did Shadowsan not call you today?

[roaring]

Untie me!

After them!

And, hey, you're the one who taught
Stealth at VILE Academy.

If you want to stay invisible,
keep your mask on.

Sneaking you past three dozen operatives
would have proven impossible.

Showing my face
was the only strategic option.

[distant thudding and shouting]

Cat's out of the bag.

[Player] Red, you're back online!

What did I miss?

Fill you in later, but let's just say...

I bumped into an acquaintance.

Ninja reappearing act!

Go!

[growls]

Mi amigo, they have taken the high ground.

[Cleo] The mind reels
at the possible layers of deception.

But it would appear
that the master of stealth

has been playing us all for fools
for quite some time now.

Since his recent field trip to Poitiers?

Or since the day
he brought that baby to our island?

Nurturing our future nemesis
under our noses for nearly years

while continuing to operate as our equal?

That would be quite the long game,
Dr. Bellum.

And what would he possibly
have against us,

after welcoming him into our fold
the way we did?

The fact remains,

if Shadowsan is allied
with Carmen Sandiego

and she is, in turn,
allied with this ACME...

Then VILE may no longer be
the world's best kept evil secret.

VILE is attempting to move

a half billion dollars' worth
of uncut gemstones out of Rio tonight.

That's probably more than enough
to fund every future plan

indicated on that hard drive you gave me.

So, shouldn't we be trying
to sneak back into the mine right now?

Could you not see their operation
has been thoroughly mined?

The gemstones have already been moved
to a second location.

Right, "belly of the beast," they said.
So, you're taking me to that location?

If I knew where it was, I would.

I was tracking
the operative Le Chevre, silently,

when these children became an unnecessary
and rather loud complication.

[muffled shouting]

[pants] Carm, we found Goat Boy,
but his buddy jumped us!

[pants] His disguise wasn't as obvious,
a mole wearing a bird beak.

[sighs] We never saw him coming.

So, uh, who's your pal?

Um, crew, meet Shadowsan.

Oh, man, the ninja?

The mean teacher who cheated Carmen
out of a passing grade

and tried to stop her
from escaping the island.

I might have mentioned you on occasion.

But what's past is past.

Shadowsan's on our side now.

Oh, man, I'm gonna get to learn
all the wicked ninja moves!

Hiyah! [gasps]

I can see that my training
has already begun, Sensei.

[growls]

- [phone beeps]
- [Zari] Security camera footage.

Why would our perpetrator
so openly flaunt her position?

Well, if Carmen has been here
in Rio de Janeiro for three days

and a major theft
hasn't yet been committed,

perhaps she was simply taking
the quickest route

from point A to point B.

Don't you mean point V?

She may have been rushing off
to meet her friends from VILE.

We shouldn't assume that Ms. Sandiego
is actually in league with the enemy.

By all accounts, Agent Devineaux
was not in his right mind

during his last encounter with her,

which means we shouldn't fully trust

whatever it is he told Chief
that he thinks he saw.

[man] Welcome back to Interpol,
Monsieur Devineaux.

We are delighted to see
you have fully recovered from your fall.

Fall?

The reason for your medical leave...
"onto the hood of your car."

Never mind that.

I am anxious to dive back in.

Ah, bon!

We have quite a backlog of case files
that need to be verified,

recorded and logged.

[thumping continues]

P-Paperwork?

[stammers] But I am an inspector,
a field agent.

Mm, no.

It says so here right here
in your transfer papers: "file clerk."

Doing our part for a safer world.

[groans]

- [festive music playing]
- [fireworks whistling, popping]

So here's
the half-billion-dollar question:


why would VILE wait until tonight
to move the gemstones


right in the middle of Carnival?

More children?

Please, tell me
this is another unruly prank.

No joke. Player's my secret w*apon.

You'd think it would be harder
to get a ton of gems

past all the party people down there.

Unless they use a parade float
to move them.

The "belly of the beast"?

We both know that hiding
in plain view is VILE's MO.

One thing isn't clicking.

The buyers are in Prague.

VILE can't actually drive a parade float
all the way to Eastern Europe,


can they?

I doubt floats actually float on water.

[gasps] Duck boats do! Quack, quack!

Are they making up words?

What are they talking about?

VILE mined the gems way under there.

If they need to get their booty
across town and into the water,

they'd need a float
that can drive on land and on sea.

[Player] You guys may be onto something.

These so-called "duck boats"
were built during World w*r II,


when they were used
to transport cargo and troops.


The Axis powers...
Germany, Italy and Japan...


seized a lot of European cities by force,

so America and England needed a way
to take back occupied Europe.


[Zack] And these duck boats
were the perfect way to do it.

[Ivy] They had six-wheel drive
and could float.

[Player] The Allied troops used them
to storm Europe from the water.

[machine g*nf*re]

After the w*r, the army had a surplus
of these floating tanks,


so they sold them around the world.

Now they're used in city tours
to haul visitors over land and water.


Boston Harbor's full of them!

If it quacks like a duck
and floats like a duck...

- [crowd cheering]
- [festive music playing]

[Carmen] We have a stray...

- and it's a beast.
- [camera shutter clicks]

[Player] Okay, so VILE's gonna float
or fly that thing

all the way to Eastern Europe?

[Carmen] They must have
a rendezvous in the works

somewhere out there.

Did you send Zack and Ivy scavenging?

[Player] Parade crew
has their marching orders.

Then, Shadowsan, it's time for you and me
to engage in a little Stealth one-oh...

one.

[sand crunching]

[woman screams]

And what if Shadowsan
should return for us?

I don't want a karate chop.

He's gone from the dark side
to the red side.

Which means we have permission
to teach "Teach" a lesson.

[gulps]

If you have any hesitation, mon ami,

just remember
all those painful origami lessons.

[fabric rustling]

[grunts]

[grunts]

Again with blowing my cover?

I was invisible to them.

[growls]

Again with running off without a note?

I saw an opening.
I thought I could save you the trouble.

No more saving me anything, please?

- We really need to talk.
- [Le Chevre shouts]

[Tigress growls]

[both] Later!

[grunts] Whoa-aaa!

Oof!

Ha ha!

Ha ha!

[both shout]

[El Topo and Le Chevre grunting]

[shouts]

Teacher's pet!

- [Tigress shouts]
- [grunting]

[both grunting]

[growling]

[shrieks]

Let me guess, friends of yours?

Stick around and find out!

[grunts] Yah!

[grunts]

[grunts]

[stones tumbling]

[Tigress growling, grunting]

[grunting]

[Carmen] I can help with that.

- Ha!
- [Tigress grunts] Ah!

[gasping, coughing]

Tsk, aw... kitty cats and water don't mix.

[both shout]

[water splashes]

What is it with you, me
and nighttime boat rides?

This is far from over.

We must find a way to transport

a half billion dollars' worth
of uncut gemstones without detection.

- Player?
- Arrangements have been made, Red.

You have clearance to rendezvous
with harbor crew.


[Carmen] Then we head for the harbor.

- [Tigress] Hey! Here!
- [Le Chevre] Oh!

Help!

[Zack] Carm!

Over here!

[gears whir]

[Zack] Last year's parade stock.

They got whole warehouses
full of this stuff here!

Bait and switch.

Yes, Professor,
we can now definitely confirm

that Carmen and Shadowsan
are working together.

[sighs]

Most unfortunate.

[Brunt roaring]

Now, would you care to explain to us
how you can so quickly lose sight


of a giant dragon?

- [Ivy singing]
- ♪ Samba, samba, samba, quack, quack ♪

♪ Samba, samba, samba, quack, quack
Samba, samba, samba, quack, quack ♪


- I've got two left feet, hey!
- Oh, yeah, check me out! [laughs]

And what do you suggest that we do
with a duck boat full of uncut gemstones?

What Team Carmen usually does:

give back to the community.

I found it by the door.

Ooh, what is it?

Isabel, no!
We don't know where it came from.

It's a rock.

A bank account has been opened
for a community fund.

[gasps]

That is a lot of money.

Who is this from?

A charitable foundation:
Black Sheep Incorporated.

[seagulls screeching]

So, here we are.

I suppose you are wondering
what is next, as am I.

It's a small world for thieves like us.

Just a matter of time
before we cross paths again,

trip each other up, blow our cover.

Next thing, the bad guys
are making a getaway

and we're at each other's throats
all over again.

So, you are suggesting
that we coordinate efforts?

Your knowledge of VILE
runs way deeper than my own.

I'd welcome your strategy.

- He did it!
- She did it!

[growls]

- I thought...
- My crew, my rules.

No more disappearing acts.

We learn to communicate.

I was on the island living a lie,

while you, a child,
achieved the unthinkable

by forging your own path.

You paved the way for me
to follow in your footsteps.

Without any question,

it is I who am the student
and you the master.

Communication also means no secrets.

[sighs]

I was a young operative for VILE,
sent to Argentina on a mission.

Bringing back an abandoned baby
was not that mission.

I wish I had more to tell you,
but I do not.

- You do see them?
- Of course.

Cafezinhos are on me.

Are you certain it's her?

- Yes, absolutely.
- Then we take her.

[horn honks]

[panting]

[gasps]

[Zari huffs]

[phone beeps]

[electronic chirping]

Still think she isn't working with VILE?

That face belongs
to one of the two operatives

your former partner ID'd.

And if you ask me, he seemed
pretty darn chummy with Carmen Sandiego.

[distant phone ringing]

[sighs]

[clicks]

Hello? Hello, hello?

Uh... thought it was my other pen. Heh.

- [groans]
- [pen clicks]

[festive music playing]
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