- This is me, eliza thornberry,
Part of your average family.
I got a dad, a mom, and a sister.
There is donnie--we found him.
And darwin--he found us.
Oh, yeah, about our house--it moves,
'Cause we travel all over the world.
You see, my dad hosts this nature show,
And my mom sh**t it.
Okay, so we're not that average.
And between you and me, something amazing happened...
And now I can talk to animals.
It's really cool, but totally secret.
And you know what?
Life's never been the same.
- The egyptian desert often holds hidden treasures.
And I believe eliza is finding some right now.
Good show, poppet.
- Whoever answers this next pharaohs and pyramids question
Correctly can move out of the tomb of eternal sleep.
- I've been in the tomb of eternal sleep since you
Started this lame game.
- In what year was cleopatra born?
- Um, give me a second.
- Deborah?
- Dad, I'm not even playing.
- Very well, pumpkin.
- Tyler?
- B.c., In alexandria.
- Well done, tyler.
You certainly know your egyptian history.
- [Chattering]
- I learned all about it in my favorite movie
Of all time,duncan leduc and cleopatra's crypt.
I've only seen it, like, times.
- Did you know that mumsy believes we thornberrys
Are distant relatives to none other than
The queen of the nile herself?
- Cleopatra? Yeah, right.
- [Monkey chatter]
- I haven't even read that yet, you mummified monkey.
Darwin!
- [Hooting]
- Next question.
What does a camel store in its hump?
- Water.
- No, fat.
- Oh, bravo, eliza.
- Nigel, that reminds me.
As soon as we get to siwa, we need to get
A couple of camels.
- What are you going to film, uncle nige?
- The largest of egypt's wild cats,
The caracal, from the turkish wordkarakulak.
The caracal camouflages itself
In its sandy environment,
Which makes filming them quite a challenge.
- Eliza, you can't move through the valley of kings
Unless you drink water from the well of knowledge.
- No way.
Look, tyler, I think I know how to play, okay?
- We're here.
- Look, everyone, the siwa oasis.
- Oh, goodie.
- [Hooting]
- [Chattering]
- Oh, my goodness.
It's even more beautiful than I imagined, nigel.
- Mom, can I go check out that temple of amun
That we passed back there?
- Yes, you and tyler may go check out
The temple of amun.
- Oh.
- Are you sure the temple's open?
- Of course, it's always open.
- Whatever you say.
- [Chattering]
- So, dad.
Grandmumsy, cleopatra, what's the deal?
- Apparently mumsy's great grandmother had a necklace
That she claimed had been passed down
From cleopatra herself.
So mumsy enlisted the help of a genealogist,
But she never got a definitive answer.
- Well, I'm all over it.
Just call me "deb-opatra".
- Wow.
Follow me.
- Yeah. Like I have a choice.
- Miss, the temple is not open to the public.
It is not safe.
- Now imagine that.
You know, I heard somewhere that it's always open.
Now where did I hear that?
- Okay, that's enough.
Boy, it's hot out here.
- Here, drink.
You look a little funky.
- Forget the temple.
Let's check that out.
- I don't know how you put up with her.
- [Hooting]
[Keyboard clicking]
- Oh, hello, great, great, great, great, great, great,
Great, great-no time.
Guess what.
According to my research, old cleo and I
Have a lot in common.
First of all, she didn't like snakes. Ah!
Everyone knows I hate snakes.
She loved grapes.
I love grapes.
And the topper, she liked makeup.
Please. It's uncanny.
- But, deborah--
- And check this out, you can't deny it.
We look so much alike.
- I'm not sure I see the resemblance, pumpkin.
- Oh. Hello?
How can you not see it? Okay.
Picture me, ready, with black hair,
A little eyeliner, bangles, mom?
- Oh...sure, I see it.
In the eyes.
Just try not to conquer rome today.
- Up you get, poppet.
- Ooh. Ah, thank you darling.
- [Chattering]
- Oh, no, off you go.
- Debbie, please, keep an eye on donnie.
- No prob.
Every queen should have a servant boy.
- Cuz.
Where you going?
- Hello? Isn't it obvious?
I'm diving in.
- Eliza, wait.
I think you're seeing--
- Oh.
- Uh. A mirage.
[Sputtering]
I tried to warn you, but you always got to be right
About everything.
Got to have your own way, be the boss.
- That is not true.
- Oh, yeah?
First the game, then the temple,
And now the mirage.
You can't stand it when anyone else is right.
- Did you hear that?
- Yes, it sounded like... [Gibberish]
- Tyler says I have to be right about everything.
He thinks I'm bossy.
- Really, you?
- I'll show him.
Today I'll do everything his way all day long.
- You're going to let someone else be the leader?
- Yes. Now follow me.
- Ughhhh.
- So, ty, what do you want to do next?
- Me? [Chuckles]
You're asking me?
- Of course, cuz.
Whatever you want to do, I want to do.
- I'd kind of like to see the market.
- The market?
I mean, the market!
Yeah, great idea.
- All right.
Allons-y, mes ami.
- Alonza, what?
- That's what dunc always says.
It means, "let's go, friends."
In french.
Induncan leduc and buddy james,
He meets a stowaway who later becomes his sidekick.
I mean, it's not as good as the others,
But he does this really cool thing where you--
Hey, what's this?
Aaaaah!
- Tyler?
- [Shrieks] oh, no!
- Tyler?
Where are you?
Both: ahh!
All: ahh!
- Uhh.
- Oh, no.
How are we supposed to get out of here?
- Go ahead, say it.
- Say what?
- It's all my fault.
If we had been doing things your way, we--
- We wouldn't be stuck in a hole in the ground right now.
[Sighs]
So, ty, what do you think we should do?
- Me?
Take a look around?
- Great idea.
Lead the way.
- Oh, man.
I bet this is some kind of ancient burial chamber.
- Yeah, right...
You are!
- Of course I am.
Allons-y, mes ami.
- Ugh.
Wow. Look at this.
This cat's on the throne like a queen.
- Hey.
I bet there's mummies down here.
Let's go.
- But I want to look at this--
- Come on.
- Ugh.
Okay. Okay.
Eww.
- Oh, who knew sand could be so beautiful?
Now we just have to find those cats.
Right, nigel?
Nigel?
- Back here, sweetness.
Tallyho, camel.
[Grunting]
Ooh, you're so recalcitrant.
- Don't worry, dear.
I'm sure this is just a little glitch.
Come on.
Come on, boy.
[Clicking]
- [Spitting noise]
- Ugh.
Well, animals are really your area of expertise, dear.
- Hmm, odd.
The dromedary is usually a good-tempered, patient,
And--whoa!
Amazingly swift beast.
Whoa!
- Oh, wow. Look at that.
I wish I could read this.
Maybe it's a story about the mummies buried here.
- I can figure this out.
This is just like in
Duncan leduc and the mummy's tomb.
Dunc read some glyphs, and figured out where
The mummies were kept.
- Ty, that's a movie.
This is real life.
- Well, where do you think they get
The stuff for the movies?
From real life.
Okay, let's see.
This cat's paw is pointing to a mummy on the left,
So the room's got to be that way.
- No, it's not.
- Hey.
Who's the leader of this expedition?
- Ooohh.
I'm sure those hieroglyphics said to go the other way.
- Which way leads to food?
- Dar, this is about mummies, not your stomach.
- Then, who cares?
- [Trumpeting]
- Your queen has arrived.
- [Licking noise]
- Ugh! Donnie!
Come, servant boy.
You know, donald, it was my people,
The ancient egyptians,
Who invented the concept of beauty.
- The mummies should be right around here.
- Wait, what's that?
- Eliza!
- Tyler what are you--
- What was that?
- A booby trap.
The ancient builders set up traps
To catch grave robbers.
They're probably all over the place.
Just stick close to me.
I know what I am doing.
- [Hooting]
- I guess darwin can tell who's in charge.
- Ooh.
Ooh, ooh, ew! Get it off me! Ooh.
- You know you really should just follow me.
[Chuckles]
Eliza, don't move.
- Quit messing around.
We already saw the booby traps.
- No, I am serious.
Don't panic.
- Scorpions.
- Yep.
Dunc deals with them all the time.
Stick with me kid, and you'll see.
- Kid?
Tyler you are so self-- - eliza, please.
Just watch and listen to the master.
- What a show-off.
Ooh, he acts like he knows everything
With his lame movies and his, "allons-y mes ami."
- Do I have to remind you, those scorpions
Almost had you for lunch.
Speaking of lunch, what have you got in your backpack?
- [Purring]
- Look, dar, a cat.
- Here, kitty, kitty.
- Mrooowww! - [Shrieks]
- Tyler, I'll be right there.
I've got to... Get a stone out of my shoe.
Hi, what are you doing down here?
- It is I who should be asking you that question.
You interrupted my nap.
- Oh, I'm sorry if we woke you.
We kind of fell down here, your highness.
- You fell?
I wouldn't know anything about that.
You see, we cats are a little more
Light on our paws than you humans.
- You look just like the cats in all the wall paintings.
- Well, I should.
They are my family, and this is their tomb.
I come here to honor them.
- So this is a tomb for humans and cats?
- Absolutely.
In this part of the world,
Cats have always been considered
Very, very special.
- And you are, your highness.
- After all, besides people, the only other animals
Deemed worthy of mummifying were cats.
- Speaking of mummies, your highness,
Could you tell me how to get to the mummy room?
The human one, I mean.
- Well, certainly not the way
Your little friend is going.
- I knew it!
- In fact, I'd warn him if I were you.
That way is very dangerous.
The only creatures that survive that way
Are the rats.
I, of course, find them very tasty,
But you should find another route.
- Thanks...your highness.
Tyler, stop! You're going the wrong way.
- Oh, yeah? Which way should I be going?
Oh, let me guess, your way.
- No. I mean, yes.
Just do it my way this time.
- No way.
The master knows what he's doing.
- Tyler.
- Not again.
[All screaming]
- I tried to tell you.
- Yeah, yeah.
I'll get us out of here.
Aha! The lever.
This'll do it.
See, no problem.
- What's going on?
- I don't know.
- The walls.
- We're going to be crushed!
- I knew it.
I should have never let you be in charge.
- Hey.
What do you mean, "let me?"
- I decided I'd let you be the leader,
Just to prove I don't always have to have my own way.
- What?
- Yeah. Dumb idea.
- Hey, I read the hieroglyphics.
I knew about the traps, and, oh, yeah, I saved your life.
- Yeah, and you made the walls close in.
Now we're going to do it my way.
Oh, there has to be a release somewhere.
That must be it.
Uuhhh.
- Oh, yeah, your way is much better.
[All screaming]
- Ugh, over here.
Tilt the camera up to your queen.
Okay, servant boy, I'm ready for my close-up.
- Uh, um, ah.
- I'm here in egypt, land of my people,
To trace my royal heritage.
Uh, donnie?
Donnie, where are you?
- Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, waaa.
- Aauuugh!
Oh, come on.
- [Grunting]
- We are in the siwa oasis
Observing the exquisite caracal cat.
You can see how it camo--
[Sputtering]
- Nigel, take cover. - [Coughing]
This is just not our day.
- They're getting closer.
Ahh.
- We got to stop them.
Hey.
This looks like what duncan le duc jumped on
Induncan le duc and the historic stone of siam.
- Will you just forget duncan le duc?
- Trust me, I know how to save us.
- What are you doing?
- It's not working.
But when he jumped on the stone of siam,
It was a release to the netherworld.
- Duncan le duc may have jumped alone,
But it looks like this stone takes three bodies.
Darwin, come on.
We all need to jump.
Ready, set-- - go.
[All screaming]
- Real life is so much better than the movies.
- Your highness?
- [Purring]
I was in the middle of a perfect dream.
I had just pounced on a rat.
- I'm sorry to disturb you again, your highness,
But is this the way out?
- Not for long.
- Oh, no, the sand is pouring in.
Tyler, I see the way out.
- Never seen a real mummy up close.
- Tyler, come on! If we don't get out now,
We're going to be buried alive.
- Let's get out of here!
[All grunting]
[All coughing]
- We made it.
- Oh, no.
Now we'll never find that mummy chamber again.
- Yeah, but wasn't it cool?
At least we got to see it, thanks to me.
- You're right. And we got out, thanks to me.
- Okay, let's go...
Wherever you want.
-Allons-y, mes ami.
- So how did it go with the cats, uncle nige?
- It was a bit of a flop, I'm afraid.
- We never got our caracal footage,
Thanks to that sandstorm.
- Yes, our filming came to something of a "sandstill."
- How about you, ty?
Did you and eliza do anything interesting?
- Nah, not really.
- Well, I did.
In fact, I captured it all on video.
Prepare to be mesmerized.
I made this for grandmumsy to prove our royal heritage.
I'm here in egypt, the land of my people,
To trace my royal heritage.
- I think debbie's dehydrated.
She's obviously seeing things.
- Look, marianne.
- Oh, isn't she beautiful?
- She certainly is.
- Just call me cleo.
- Now, how did donnie manage to locate and film
A caracal cat?
- Thank you, loyal subjects.
You may bow down before your queen.
Muah!
[Laughter]
- Klasky csupo.
- [Chattering]
03x06 - Queen Of Denial
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Eliza travels the world with her unusual family, as her parents make wildlife films.
Eliza travels the world with her unusual family, as her parents make wildlife films.