02x65 - The Mystery Unravels

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[crowd cheering]

-Goodbye!
-Goodbye, Buffy!

-Goodbye!
-Goodbye!

[grunts]

L.B., you're not gonna
get away with this.

Give me back my gold!
W-W-Whoa!

Hey, Twank, are you still
hanging around?

-[laughing]
-I demand that you
give me back my gold.

[crying]
But... it was our
wedding present.

L.B., give it back, or--
or you're fired!

Who cares?

Now that we're rich,
we quit.

You stay out of this,
you horn-headed harpy.

[crying]

Did you hear
what he called me?

I sure did!

And if I knew what it meant,
I'd probably be really angry.

Well, so long, Twicks.

-No, no, wait!
L.B., don't.
-Huh?

Oh! You can keep the--

Ouch!

Gold!

Ah!

Thanks for dropping by!

[laughing]

Okay, Louie. Riptide Shores
and the Land of Ying.

And step on it.

[distant chatter]

[Grubby laughing]

That's right. And watch this.

-Ooh!
-Wow!

-Oh, my!
-Wow!

And this
is the decoding tray.

It allows us to read
the crystal book.

-Read it!
-Yeah, we wanna hear!

This book was written
a long, long time ago.

"Now continues the written
record of Wyma the Illiper,

humble scribe to the court
of King Philben,

defender of the Illiper realm.

in the 20th year
of King Philben's reign..."

Wyma the Illiper:
...we journeyed to
the Hard To Find City

seeking aid from
an older civilization.

A great drought had stripped
our land of crops.

King Philben offered tribute
and begged for help

to save his subjects
from starvation.

They asked the Gutangs
for help?

I don't think so, Grubby.
Listen to this.

"We were overwhelmed by the
kindness of the inhabitants
of that place."

Wyma the Illiper:
They revealed to us
the wonders of their city

and the powers of their
amazing crystals.

They constructed vast
underground aqueducts

to carry water.

[gasps]

Our kingdom was saved
by the knowledge
of The Kind Ones,

for that
is how we called them,

and when The Kind Ones ran
out of farmland of their own,

they did not make w*r upon
their neighbors,

but developed underwater
farming techniques

and grew food at the bottom
of Leekee Lake.

And they gladly shared
their surplus food

with their
lesser neighbors.

Thus it was that the peanut

and a leafy green
called "lake lettuce"...

"...became staple foods
throughout Grundo."

Heavens to Grundo!

That explains those
mysterious, uh, tunnels,

in King Nogburt's moat.

Teddy:
And the tunnels
from Leekee Lake!

And those same guys must have
invented the sub-water boat.

And your diving suit,

and, and gobs of other stuff.

[chuckles]

Boy, this is almost as exciting
as discovering root stew.

[chattering]

[Teddy chuckles]
It's a long story, folks.

I wouldn't know
where to begin.

Well, it all began the day
we met Newton Gimmick,

and he showed us this
fantastic invention.

Uh, why, yes.

It was my airship

that made the start of our
adventure possible.

Teddy:
That's right. It got us
to the Hard To Find City

where we discovered
the crystals.

There, with our new friends,
Prince Arin and Princess Aruzia,

we discovered the crystals.

This one says "Imagination."

Oh!

This one says "Honesty."

And this one, "Bravery."

-Trust.
-Friendship.

All:
Freedom!

[L.B. sighs]

Just sniff that scum.

From now on,

whenever
I smell swamp scum,

I'll think of you.

Uh, I'd like to say,
"Welcome to the Pig Out Arms"

but nobody is.

Did you have reservations?

Uh, no, but we do have
serious doubts. [laughs]

Uh, very funny.

[clears throat]
Just wait till you see
your bill.

Now, that's really a joke.

I'll be back...
when I feel like it.

Bon appetit, horn-heads.

Isn't this place romantic? Oh!

Yeah. And it's right
next to the dump.

And it's famous
for its poor service.

That waiter kind of
reminds me of Tweez.

-Only he's not as dumb.
-Who is?

I wonder what
our ex-boss is up to.

Tweeg:
Somehow the seashells
turned into gold.

Oh, but buttermilk
also turns into gold,

so I need buttermilk
seashells,

or is it sea-milk
butter-shells?

What are you clowns
staring at?

Can't you see I'm going mad?

Do something! [crying]

Insult me,
for crying out loud!

Uh, okay...
Um, what's black and white
and red all over?

That's not an insult,
that's a riddle,
you nincompoop.

-Oh.
-[Tweeg crying]

When it comes to insults,

none of you can hold
a burnt-out candle to L.B.

and Buffy.

Yeah, we miss them too, boss.

I discovered the power
of the first crystal

when I plugged it into my
artificial sunlight machine.

[beeping]

Oh, my!

Gimmick:
It shrunk us smaller
than, uh, Elves.

[screaming]

Grubby:
And then Gimmick's
pet Fob, Fuzz,

tried to have us
for lunch,

but we got away. [laughs]

Teddy: If it hadn't been
for the reducing machine,

we would never have been able
to rescue the crystals
from M.A.V.O.

[beeping]

Do all the crystals
make things smaller?

No, just the first one.

The second one
duplicates things.

Yeah, remember the time
Gimmick duplicated me with it?

[machine rumbling]

Oh!

-Huh?
-Huh?

Gimmick:
And that discovery allowed us
to duplicate soldiers

and save King Nogburt's kingdom
from a Gutang invasion.

[crystal buzzing]

Teddy:
And when you discovered
the third crystal

made things invisible...

Oof!

-[Tweeg and L.B. gasp]
-...that allowed us
to rescue Fuzz.

[groaning]

[laughing]

-I remember that.
-Gimmick: So do I.

That seemed to be
our week for rescues.

[laughing]

Yes, we also
rescued the crystals

from the bottom
of Leekee Lake.

-Oh!
-Gimmick: And you recovered
Quellor's black box,

leading to the discovery
of the seventh crystal.

I wonder if Quellor's found out
that he doesn't have
the seventh crystal anymore.

You see, my pets,
the cracked crystal is gone!

If any of the M.A.V.O.
morons discover this,

our power as Supreme Oppressor
will be gone.

[squawking]

Ruxpin and his friends
must have it.

They were last seen flying
south from Bounder Pass

toward Rillonia.

Find them, my pets!

And bring the cracked
crystal to me.

[laughter]

Are our newlyweds having
an absolutely marvy time?

-Both: Yeah.
-Don't worry, we can fix that.

Here's today's paper.

[grunts] Oh, boy,
oh, boy, oh, boy,

"The Grundo Gazette."

Wrong.
It's "The Ying Yacker."

Oh, I love this place.

You wanna see
the funnies, honey?

No, thanks. I'd rather
you read it to me.

Well, now, let's see.

Dateline, M.A.V.O. HQ.

"Mrs. Maggotheart said today,
'We will not tolerate this lax
behavior any longer.

Jack W. Tweeg,
pay your dues or else.'"

So, what else is new?

Here's something else--

a report that Tweeg
has lost his mind.

[scoffs]
And they call that news?

A terrible monster had me
trapped beneath the water.

I would have been done for
if it hadn't been
for the crystals.

[monster snarling]

So that's what
the fourth crystal does--
it makes oxygen.

Burl: And that's where I become
part of this amazing story.

Teddy: Yes, you saved me
from the monster.

And then we found the
incredible sub-water boat.

Gimmick: Yes, the sub-water
boat proved quite useful

in solving the, uh, problem

of King Nogburt's
mysterious drought.

Grubby: You mean, you meant
to go fooling around in all
those dangerous tunnels?

Oh, well, actually,
the king and I became, uh,

[chuckles] lost.

[all laughing]

And all this time
I thought you went exploring

and you just didn't
want to take us along.

What else can the crystals do?

Well, the fifth crystal
can make you move real slow.

Or real fast, if you've got
quick-thinking friends.
[chuckles]

[grumbling]

But the special discovery
I made

is that the sixth crystal
can fly.

If you accidentally spill
orange juice on it.

[chuckles]

The crystals can do lots of
wonderful things, Liza.

But I'm most grateful
for the power of the seventh.

So am I, son.

Liza:
What does it do?

Well, it has the power
to erase a memory,

or restore it.

For ten years,
I wandered through Grundo,

unable to remember my home
or my wonderful family.

I would have stayed
that way forever

had I not met three
wonderful friends.

[crystal buzzing]

I-- I remember waving goodbye

to my beautiful wife, Ilana,

and our baby son.

Ilana?

And-- And what was
your son's name?

My son's name... was Teddy.

Teddy: And that's why M.A.V.O.
must never get possession
of the crystals.

In their hands, their power
would be used to spread evil
across the land.

That's why I'll do everything
I can to keep the crystals safe

for as long as I live.

Grubby:
And I'll help ya, Teddy.

Gimmick:
So will I.

Hmm...

[metal creaks]

[evil laughter]

Octopede child:
But who could have made
these, uh--

-Teddy: Crystals?
-Yeah, who made them
in the first place?

Teddy:
Well, we don't know,

but maybe the answer's
in this book.

I'll keep reading.

Teddy:
"The seventh crystal
made it possible..."

Wyma the Illiper:
"...for the Kind Ones to store
knowledge in a memory library.

In it, the achievements
of this great civilization
were recorded."

[excited chattering]

There's just a little more.

"But desolation and despair
have swept the land."

Wyma the Illiper:
"The dreaded Gutang warriors
captured the Hard to Find City.

Even now,
the Kind Ones are escaping.

Some head north,
the remainder go south

with Theodore the Wise,
leader of the city.

The seventh crystal
has been stolen.

The six others are already
in the hands of the Gutangs.

But Theodore holds the key.

Without his half
of the medallion,

the Gutangs will never gain
the power of the crystals.

Now I must flee.

Farewell on your southern
journey, Theodore.

I will always remember
your words:

'Only the pure of spirit
will find the treasure
of knowledge.'

Those words that are
the heart and soul

of the great
Illiop civilization."

All:
Illiop civilization?!

Illiops invented
the, uh, crystals?

Illiops built
the Hard To Find City?

And that's where your
medallion came from, son?

Well, it must be.
The crystal book says that
Theodore the Wise came south.

He must have settled
here in Rillonia.

But the book also said
that some Illiops went north.

Well, that means there
might still be Illiops

somewhere in Grundo,
or even Ying.

Oh, now, you must admit,

we've given you
every opportunity

to knuckle down and pay your
dues like everybody else.

This is your last chance.

Don't you see?
No, I mean "seashells."

They were gold, but they
turned into buttermilk.

Oh! [laughs]
Okay, boys, get him!

Uh, ready when you are,
Trudge.

No!

L.B.: Can we have
a little less noise

for the returning
of the newlyweds?

Oh, L.B.,
nice to see you.

Oh, and please accept
my congratulations.

Thanks. Now,
about this dues re-bop.

I think you'll find...
this will cover it.

Oh! This will do nicely.

Oh, thank you, L.B.

-You can let him go, boys.
-Yow!

And here's your receipt.

Uh-uh-uh. Not on the horn.

[laughing] As you wish.

Let's go, g*ng.

Hiya, boss, how's it going?

I'll never forget this, L.B.

Never!

Mwah! You came to my rescue
in my hour of need.

[kisses]

You gave up
all that gold for me.

Well, not quite.

-What do you mean?
-Show him, Buffy.

We kept enough to pay ourselves
and the boys what you owe us.

So, starting today,
you get a clean slate.

Really? Hmm.

Well, in that case,
do you suppose I could
arrange a small loan?

With your credit rating?
Forget it, Twank.

[laughing]

Once and for all,
the name is Tweeg!

-♪ Adventuring we go ♪
-♪ Adventuring? Oh, no! ♪

♪ We're off on another
exciting journey ♪

♪ Going adventuring, it can
sure be full of danger ♪

♪ Full of fun ♪

♪ So let's go adventuring,
everyone ♪

♪ Adventuring, hee hee ♪

♪ Adventuring, whoopee ♪

♪ You never know
what the day will bring ♪

♪ So let's go adventuring ♪

♪ We might discover a treasure
or a beautiful princess ♪

♪ We'll probably
meet some monsters

♪ And get
in a terrible mess ♪

♪ But whatever's gonna happen,
we will never be able to guess ♪

-Teddy: ♪ That's what
I like about ♪
-Grubby: ♪ I hate about ♪

All:
♪ Adventuring ♪

Gimmick: Uh, uh, yes.

Teddy:
♪ Adventuring we go ♪

Grubby:
♪ Adventuring? Oh, no! ♪

♪ We're off on another
wild goose chase ♪

♪ To some ridiculous,
creepy place ♪

♪ But we'll learn so much
before we're done ♪

♪ So, let's go adventuring,
everyone ♪

♪ Adventuring with friends ♪

♪ Adventuring, again? ♪

♪ You never know
what the day will bring ♪

-♪ So, let's go adventure ♪
-♪ Fun and adventure ♪

♪ Let's go adventuring ♪

Grubby:
Oh, I hate adventuring.

Gimmick:
Oh, Grubby. You'll find it
positively, scientifically, uh,

stimulating. [laughs]

[all laughing]

Gee, Teddy,
here I was thinking

our adventures were over
for a while.

Actually, with our new
discoveries,

it looks like
they're just beginning.

That's right, Gimmick.
We have to find out if there
are other Illiops in Grundo.

And finally
return all seven crystals
to the Hard to Find City.

[grumbles]

[crystal buzzing]

[thunder cracks]

Teddy: That's why I'll do
everything I can to keep
the crystals safe.

Which won't be for long,
Illiop!

[evil laughter]

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