01x19 - Elephant Triumvirate Book 6: Trunkumvirate Triumphaphant/Z.O.R.B.Z. (Zorbular ...

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[male singer] ♪ StuGo ♪

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[singing] ♪ StuGo ♪

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[echoing] ♪ StuGo ♪

[narrator] Ten thousand years have passed

since the great forgettening

when everyone forgot how to breathe,

except for the elephants,

-who inherited the Earth.
-[elephant trumpeting]

Ivory Olfactess

thought she was like any other elephant.

But that was before she met

-Nostrildamus...
-[elephant trumpeting]

-...and the Craven Prince, Cobrunk.
-[hisses]

And on their twisted trunks,

shone a map to a legendary
four chambered peanut.

Whoever assembles the Quadranut...

...will possess its four powerful powers.

Chamber One. The power of mass.

Chamber Two. Dream stomping.

Chamber Three. Just a regular nut.

Chamber Four.

Nobody knows.

"Nobody can remember."

There's a difference.

[Larry and Chip mimic trumpeting]

Hey, Francis,
cool it with the ketchup, huh?

We only have 20 boxes
for the whole summer.

Hey, guys, check out
this dry eel I found outside...

What?

Costumes, theme snacks, LARP fights.

[both grunting]

It's book club.

W-Why didn't you invite me?

You always say we read dumb books.

-What? No...
-[Chip grunts]

I love Elephant Triumvirate. [shudders]

You do?

Uh, yep, yep. Always have.

Now hand over
those peanuts and that cape.

Wait. What's your favorite book?

Elephant Triumvirate
Book 2: Tusks Not Bound?

-Uh...
-Elephant Triumvirate Book 3:

A Fearful Earful.

Book 4. The fourth book.

-Francis, lay off.
-Uh, Book 6.

[others gasp]

You've read Elephant Triumvirate

Book 6: Trunkumvirate Triumphaphant?

Duh, yeah, I was just reading it.

-[elephant trumpeting]
-[gasps, bottle breaks]

-Francis, come on!
-How?

The author went missing before
they could finish the series.

Right.

I... I... I got an advanced copy.

-[others gasp] What?
-That's impossible.

Well, I know the author.

[others gasp]

-How?
-She's my aunt.

Your aunt is Colonel John Stoneman?

That's her pen name.

This is your aunt?

That's... her pen...

face.

No way!

Yes!

Now, please, I need to LARP
in these elephant feet.

Wait. If you have the manuscript,

you can bring it up right now.

Uh...

Yes. [laughs] Of course.

[kids trumpeting]

And here I go to do that,

right... now.

What did you call this again?

Ketchup.

We gotta figure out a way

for the triumvirate to find the Quadranut!

Huh?

Secret Twin Sarah. Time clone Sara.

I need your help.

Okay, so I think Merian said
these are the main characters,

and we've got to unite the clans

and put this special nut together
before this evil guy does, okay.

So how do we make that happen?

Do these animals need to talk?

In real life, they don't talk.

What if I spice things up with,
like, a little bit more blood?

Okay, but how is blood
gonna unite the clans?

I've got it!

[gasps] She's doing this.
She's writing the book.

Presenting Book 6!

[gasping]

-[Merian] Hey, Sara.
-What?

Um, these books are 800 pages long.

This is five.

You're not saying this was
the whole book, are you?

Uh...

Sara, did you lie?

Is this just about hanging out
and eating ketchup?

-We can give you ketchup.
-[Pliny] Not too much ketchup!

It wasn't a lie.

I'm just giving you guys
one chapter at a time

so your eyes don't pop
out of your stinking heads.

-Oh, okay.
-Yeah, totally.

I'll go get the rest, right now.

[Sara as Ivory] It's me, Ivory.

I'm stuck in the cliffhanger
from the last book.

[in a husky voice] Don't be scared, Ivory.

It's me, Tusky boy.
I'm here to save you.

[in a creaky voice] No, no, no.

He can't actually...
You can't talk, actually.

-Oh--
-[in a squeaky voice] Hey!

Don't forget I was here too.
I was here the whole time.

Don't forget about me, Pipsqueak.

Well, we are all here now.

Let's find the secret to that fourth nut!

How?

Girls, we may be in over our heads here.

What's in the fourth Chamber
of the Quadranut?

It can't be more blood.

That doesn't make sense.

Well, we need to come up with something.

It's not like the author,
Colonel John Stoneman,

is on the island.

[Colonel Stoneman] This is the author,
Colonel John Stoneman.

I'm on the island.

Can anyone hear me?

I've escaped confinement,
but my captors are in pursuit.

[panting]

[sniffs and growls softly]

[Mr. Okay] Howl!

Come on, then,

you canine abomination.

[eel gasps]

You showed up at just the right time.

We feel the same way.

Can I take your scarf?

Ah, yes. Thank you.

How did you end up here?

Here now that, my dear, is quite a tale.

You're of course, familiar
with my bestselling

Elephant Triumvirate books.

Big fan.

Well, I've been struggling
to complete the series.

To clear my head,

I engaged in my favorite pastime,

sailing my small racing sloop
around the Caribbean seas.

Unfortunately, mishap and disaster

were fated to befall me.

Dr. Lullah nursed me back to health.

We bonded over literature

and our mutual fascination

-with talking animals.
-[glasses clinking]

-[♪ soothing music]
-For a time, it was pleasant,

but I miscalculated.

As a symbol of my gratitude,

I gave her one of my famous

Colonel John Stoneman back rubs.

She couldn't get enough.

Lullah imprisoned me

and forced me to give her
and her weird dog

back rubs every few hours.

My forearms became incredibly sore.

But thanks to you,
I'm a free man once again.

This is gonna be a lot easier on you
if you don't resist.

I can't believe we're gonna
get to read Book 6 soon.

[sighs] I know what you mean.

If I don't find out what's in
that fourth chamber by sunset,

I'm going to die.

This is by far, the coolest thing

Sara has ever done for us.

[glass clinking]

Francis, stop.

There's no way
you're gonna finish all that.

Guess we're gonna find out.

[Francis gulping]

Write the stupid book

so I can go to my friends' weird party!

I spent 16 months in a Merman prison,

and I didn't tell them
the secret of the Quadranut.

I will not cower to fan requests.

That's perfect.

We're not fans.

All the same,
the dog man is on my trail.

He'll be here
before I can finish my manuscript.

Oh, we took care of that.

[panting]

[sniffing]

We've got all the time in the world.

Not really, though.

So hurry up and tell us what's
in the fourth nut chamber.

[whispers] You're going to
have to k*ll me.

[elephant trumpeting]

-Jeez, man.
-So intense.

If you had read my books,
you would know that

the secret of the Quadranut
cannot be stolen.

It must be earned.

Hmph. [chuckling]

I'd rather throw my manuscript
down a volcano

than give it to you. [chuckles]

That's it!

I hold in my hands, the conclusion to

Elephant Triumvirate Book 6!

[mimicking trumpeting]

"Mmm. What a journey
we have been on today.

And how fitting it ends
at a volcano.

The same place we last saw
Ivory Olfactess.

Now, just let me sort these pages.

Uh-oh.

Oh, ah, whoops!

-Oh no!
-No, no, no.

That's okay.
Just summarize it.

Summarize it for us!

Tell me what's in that nut!

Whoa...

-Ahhh!
-Sara!

Ahhh! No!

Don't come closer, though.
It's very, very dangerous.

Sara, stop LARPing.

We want to read Book 6.

Chip's running out of time.

They're blank.

[kids gasp]

Sara, what's going on?

-Uh, well, the thing is--
-Wait.

Have you even read Book 6?

Well, not exactly.

Is that all our ketchup?

[sniffs] It is.

I know what's going on here.

You just wanted to make fun
of our talking animal books.

And waste our ketchup.

Argh, we'll never know
what's inside that Quadranut!

Guys, wait.

I can explain.

No, don't listen to her.

We know how good she is
at telling stories.

You gonna finish this?

Elephant Triumvirate Book 1.
[clears throat]

"An elephant's duty is to stop--"

[Sara] Hey, guys.

[kids exclaim]

Sorry to interrupt your party.
I know I lied,

but I tried to finish the book for you.

Hmph!

All right. Where were we?

Ah, yes. [clears throat]

"Stomp, stomp, stomp,
toot, toot, stomp."

Um, maybe we should read it.

Chip's not looking too good.

Do y'all taste metal?

Argh. Fine.

"Elephant Triumvirate Book 6."

[Merian as narrator] One day,
Ivory Olfactess noticed something strange.

Her best friends had excluded her

from a party with all
of her favorite things.

It dawned on her that once again,

her good taste
and willingness to express

true but unpopular opinions

about books had made her an outcast.

So to spend time with her friends,
she lied.

She lied a mighty nut of a lie.

But it only pushed her further away

until she was exiled.

But in this exile, she finally learned

the real secret of the quadra-nut.

[whimpers excitedly]

[Merian as narrator] Chamber four
granted her the power of...

"I'm sorry".

What?

Apology accepted.

Sorry we didn't invite you
to the book club.

Of course you can join in.

Yes!

Your aunt, Colonel John Stoneman,

would be proud.

Yes, she would be.

-[bottle squirts]
-Thank you.

[chuckling with mouth full] Mmm. Yes.

-What do you call this?
-Ketchup.

This is what should be
in the fourth nut!

[typewriter clacking]

[Larry panting] Hurry!

My hands only do this when

there's something to crank nearby.

Oh! That way.

Larry, there are no gachapon machines
in the jungle.

[Larry yells]

Larry?

[shouts excitedly]

[all gasp]

Whoa. I've never seen one
this size before.

-We're gonna need some big old coins.
-[grunts]

-[static buzzes]
-[Capsule Machine] Zorbz!

[Capsule Machine reading]

Turn the wheel.
Receive your Orb.

Push the Rorb. Yell "Borb!"

And watch it zevolve into a Zorb.

Zorbz!

[kids gasping softly]

-[grunting]
-[machine cranks, dings]

[giggles] Come to mama.

Borb?

Maybe they're all expired?

Yeah, maybe.

[Pliny] Ahhh!

[Capsule Machine] It's Voltagin!

The humble leader of the Zorbz.

When they aren't fighting,

you can find them roller skating

or enjoying pizza.

Woo-hoo! [laughs]

So cool.

Me next!

[Capsule Machine] That's Skullen,

the unpredictable bad boy Zorb.

They've hidden
a very dangerous knife

somewhere on this island.

Show me where, Skullen.

[Capsule Machine] Chromer,
the metallic muscle freak!

Could easily crush a bald eagle

with their bare hands.

-[crunches]
-Ooh. Nice.

[Capsule Machine] Aguaza,
the sensitive Lord of the Aquatic World!

Their poetry draws from
thousands of years of sadness

collected from
the universe's consciousness

and will make anyone
instantly cry.

They also have Water Blast!

They're perfect.

[Capsule Machine] Blazex, fire!

Fire, fire, fire! Ahhh!

Okay.

[humming]

There we go. So in love.

-[ground rumbling]
-Huh?

It can't be...

-[Capsule Machine] Zorbz!
-[kids yelling]

Oh, my turn, my turn.

[machine dings]

Oh, I'm gonna get the best one.

[Zorb coughs]

[wheezes and retches]

Um...

[Capsule Machine] Glands.

[coughs]

Is it sick?

[Capsule Machine] No.

It's just Glands.

Glandz with a "z" on the end?

[Capsule Machine] With an "s".

I see.

Um...

Orb?

Huh? Whoa!

Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[laughs excitedly]

Huh?

[Capsule Machine]
D-D-Diaper Mode, activated!

What? No!

Hey, dude, ours Zorbz
gave us cool power armor

and other stuff.
What did yours...

[electricity buzzing]

[Sara] I found the knife!

Oh, yay! I gotta go.

Where was it?

No, no, no, no, no.

Hah. Zorbz, huh?

You know about Zorbz?

Do I know about Zorbz?

I almost became a Zorb Lord,
back in the day.

Yep, we used to norb and gorb.

Then we'd floorb, torb, horb
shorb, until they pourbed.

-[Glands coughs]
-That sounds great.

Too bad Glands is a total dud.

A dud? Glands is a sleeper.

You've got to find the right trigger

to unlock its zevolution.

Hmm.

It would be cool to see

what this little thing's
got inside them.

[sneezes]

Unlocking their potential is hard work,

but that's what makes it so fun.

[sneezes]

Now, I'd love to help,

but sadly, my zorbing days
are long over.

I'll just leave you with this advice.

Follow your zeart
and you can do no zwrong.

[grunts]

Hey, hey. Not like that.

With Zorbz, you can never
zive up and never zurrender.

Then show me how,

unless you've ziven up.

Gah, fine.

I won't stop until Glands
is the most powerful Zorb

on the island!

[coughing]

No, no, no, no, no.

He's choking on his own boogers.

[kids chattering indistinctly]

Now, let's start with some
basic zammands.

Go ahead, tell Glands
what you'd like it to do.

Glands! Roll up that small hill.

[burps]

[grunts, breathes heavily]

No sweat.

Maybe try a little more
oomph in your zammand.

Glands, roll but better maybe.

[grunts and sputters]

Now, if Glands can't even
make it up this tiny hill,

then maybe there is no hope for them.

No, no. Glands will get it
this time. I know it.

[Glands and Larry grunt]

Done. Still no zevolution though.

That's 'cause you're babying it.

A Zorb needs to be challenged.

It's time to apply
a little positive pressure.

[others clamoring]

Chromer, eagles release!

Aguaza, dive!

That's so cool!

Anyone bold enough
to take Glands on in a zuel?

Heck, yeah. [laughs]

Skullen is hungry for fresh souls.

-[skeletons yell]
-[gasps] Help, help!

This is it, Glands.

Get in there and show them your stuff.

[coughs]

Oh, man. Let me just...

[chuckles nervously]
I didn't teach him that.

Uh, actually, maybe
when he's feeling better.

I don't want Skullen
to catch whatever he's got.

[whistles]

Is that a Chromer?

How about you, big dog?

That's okay, actually.

Glands could use a break.

It is not okay. Cowards zuel us!

[Glands coughs]

Um, I guess we could.

We accept your challenge.

Give us your worst.

Maybe not the worst, medium is good.

[Glands breathing heavily]

[whispering] You got this.

Positive pressure. Haha.

[loudly] Now fight!

Okay, Glands.

Use your roll attack.

[coughs]

Aguaza, use beauteous bubbles.

Come on. You don't gotta go
that easy on us.

[sneezing]

Got him. He's okay.

Good job out there, buddy.

Eh, fine job.

This job was a job.

[coughs]

Don't coddle him like that.

He's a Zorb, he can norb it.

I don't think Glands likes to fight.

He kind of just likes to...

do his thing.

[grumbling and wheezing]

Doing your thing
doesn't make you zevolve.

No, we've got to turn up
that positive pressure.

Turn it right up to

friendly force.

-Florb it!
-[panting]

Put some yorb in your gorb.

-Florb till that storb is gorb.
-Ow!

Careful, he gets motion sick.

Come on, you greasy little Zorb.

-Get porbit!
-[splashes]

[grunts]

Glands!

Ah, gorb zorb it!

This is it.
Zevolve or dissolve!

[coughing]

-Glands!
-[Glands wheezes and groans]

I've thrown it off everything.

Nothing works.

The key to zevolution
must be on the inside.

Yes, on the inside.

We have to look inside, Larry!

[Larry] No!

Dude, what is your problem?

Why are you pushing Glands this hard?

[sighs]

[gasps] Wait.

You're diaped up, too?

I could've been the champion,
the Zorb Lord!

I'd mastered all the Zorbz,

except for Glands.

I tried everything.

Handstands.

The hippo thing.

[grunting]

Friendly force.

I tried the hippo thing like 40 times.

Nothing worked. I finally zave up.

I, zurrendered.

Dang it.

I got rid of my Glands.

Come on.

Almost.

Yeah.

And I hit the basket in one shot.

Impressive.

Not zevolving Glands
is my most haunting failure.

But thanks to you,

I'm getting another chance.

Well, if it's that important to you,

I guess we could keep trying.

Right, buddy?

[gurgling]

[creature growling]

Uh, so what's the plan here?

We tried positive pressure
and friendly force.

At this point, Glands needs
a full blown Kojo crisis.

Never zurrender!

-[creature growling]
-[Larry] Ahhh!

Let's get outta here, Glands.

No, make him fight.

Dude, this isn't working.

[creature growls]

Hi, Larry!

We thought you might get
yourself into trouble.

You guys!

Larry, it's now or never.

Put Glands into the fight.

Get it in there and zevolve.

Nah, man. If he doesn't want to zevolve,

that's fine with me.

Glands is just Glands.

That's good enough.

-[coughs]
-[whooshing]

Oh, whoa.

No. It can't be.

[coughs]

Oh, okay. Yeah.

It's like a little diaper saddle, huh?

Ew, ew, it has a smell.

Oh. Yeah, okay, nice.

Diaper helmet.

I'm picking up what you're putting down.

[chuckles] Nice.

What in the zorld?

[Capsule Machine] He has zevovled
and is now Glandz, with a "z".

Behold the power of acceptance!

The power of acceptance?

[retching]

[grunts]

I accept you!