01x05 - The Lost Prince

[bunniefuu]

♪ Steppin' softly in a danger zone ♪

♪ No w*apon in my hand ♪

[R-D beeping]

♪ It's just this brain designed by man ♪

♪ It's got me in trouble again ♪

♪ Trouble again ♪

♪ I put my life in jeopardy ♪

♪ In the service of my friends ♪

♪ I wouldn't care
But it's a dangerous affair ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm in trouble again ♪

[R-D whistles]

♪ Trouble again ♪

♪ In trouble, in trouble, in trouble ♪

[ship departs]

[engine whirring]

[skiff departs]

Doodnik's Café.

-According to the agency, this is it, R.
-[R-D beeping]

Well, I'm not certain what our new master
will require from us,

but from the look of things,
he's in dire need of a maintenance droid.

-[droid in passing chatters]
-And a translator. This is wonderful, R.

We'll finally get to do to do the work
we've been programmed for.

[R-D beeping]

Let-- Let me see.

That was, uh, three, uh,
Photon Fizzles,

one bowl of Giva Jumbo,

and two Supernovas.

Right.

Um, pardon me, sir,
but I didn't order any circuit cider.

[R-D beeping]

-R, have your sensors clogged?
-Hey.

I was here first. [scoffs]

See if I do clean-up duty for you anymore.

[grumbling]

Uh, that was, um, two Supernovas?

Go and look after Mr. Kleb.

He owns a piece of everything in town,
including this place.

Give him any trouble
and I'll melt you down into spittoons.

I just paid ya,
and now you're changing the deal.

[grumbling]

-[Kleb emits shrill wail]
-[old man shouting]

[groaning]

Show him the way out, Yorpo.

-[Yorpo grunts]
-Hey!

[screams]

[old man] Watch it.

What the--

Um-- Uh--

Bring me the usual, you fool.

-Oh, yes, sir. Coming right up, sir.
-[R-D beeps]

Aaah! [grunts] Oh!

[groans]

[alien] I must find him before IG-,
the bounty hunter, does.

I will pay you , keschels
if you can find him.

What makes this fellow so important?

You have his picture.
You need know nothing else.

So be it.

If I can't find him, no one can.

[R-D beeping]

Hmm? Aaah!

-[beeping]
-[Yorpo groaning]

[Kleb groans]

[Yorpo shouts]

-[R-D whistles]
-[crash]

-[R-D beeps]
-[café owner shouts]

-Out! Out! Out!
-[C-PO yelps]

And don't come back.

[C-PO grunts]

Oh, dear.

[beeping]

What are we going to do now?
We can't function without a master.

[beeping]

Have some self respect, R,
I would never stoop so low.

Okay, we have one R unit
and this other droid.

May I suggest we start the bidding
at something reasonable.

Say, oh, keschels?

keschels? We're worth
at least , keschels a piece.

[laughing]

keschels
and I'll even throw in a bonus.

Let's see…

Here! One hard working android
and two novelty items.

Do I hear ?

[crowd chattering]

You, sir.

Surely you can see that we're a bargain
at , keschels.

I'd really like to help you,

but I just spent my uncle's last keschel
on this mining droid.

[alien talking in crowd]

Sold to the tall gentleman
for keschels!

Oh!

[laughs]

-Oh, no!
-[R-D beeps]

[laughs]

[Yorpo laughing]

[android grunts]

[android grunting]

Leave him alone.

[alien speech]

Hey! He's falling apart as it is.

[alien speech]

[C-PO] Allow me to translate, sir.

Master Yorpo says he's only
a worthless android.

Tell your master I offer to trade
my , keschel mining droid

for you, the R unit, and the android.

-[C-PO speaking alien]
-[Yorpo speaking alien]

-He agrees. Oh, thank the Maker!
-[R-D beeping]

Come on.

Looks like you haven't been recharged
in weeks.

[Yorpo laughing]

So… what have we here?

[speaking alien]

[laughing]

-[Kleb laughing]
-[Yorpo talking]

Huh?

[Kleb] It's him! Julpa!

He's worth , keschels to me.

After them!

[beeps]

-Huh?
-[C-PO] Oh, dear.

[shouting]

-Oh, no. PO, can you drive?
-[engine starts up]

-Well, sir, I--
-Good.

[yowls]

[grunts]

[C-PO] Oh, dear.

[Yorpo shouting]

[Jann] That's it! Shake him off.

-[Yorpo shouting]
-[Jann] Aaah!

[Jann] Hey, PO.

[R-D beeps]

[C-PO yowling]

-[Yorpo laughing]
-[R-D beeps]

PO, look out!

[Yorpo laughing, yowling]

-[ship approaching]
-[Yorpo grunts]

No one gets between Kleb Zellock

and , keschels for long.

-[Jann grunting]
-[R-D beeping]

Uncle Gundy!

[shouting]

Let's see that new work droid.

Now remember,
his bark's worse than his bite.

It's gonna be smooth sailing
from here on with…

No work droid, Uncle Gundy.
I bought one, but I traded it.

You traded the work droid?

He traded the work droid.

Now we have two droids and an android.

You traded the work droid!

But Uncle Gundy, I had to save them
from this tyrant of a master.

There you go again,
helping out the whole blamed galaxy

and leaving us worse off
than we was before.

You're too soft, Jann.

And some day your kind nature
is gonna be your end.

I told you a hundred times.

[R-D beeps]

Oh, uh, thank you.

[groans]

Suffering satellites, boy.
What in the universe am I supposed to do

with two prissy droids
and a banged up android?

-[Jann] Huh?
-[C-PO] Oh!

[R-D beeps]

He's in rough shape.

[R-D beeping]

[C-PO] My goodness.

R's sensors indicate
that this creature is not an android.

-What?
-There is no trace

of non-organic mechanisms of any kind.

He is a complete life form.

-PO, give me a hand.
-Of course, sir.

Who is he?

[groans]

He ain't even an android?

As if things weren't tough enough
around here,

you bring home another mouth to feed.

-[Uncle grunting]
-[R-D beeps]

-Ow! [groans]
-[R-D honks]

[groaning]

We're not making a very good impression
on our new master, R.

-[growling]
-Go away. Scat! Go on, shoo!

Oh! I worked all day on this stew.

Go away, or you'll be in the pot tomorrow.

[growling, yelping]

Just in time.

Ow! Ow!

Master Gundy, what happened to your foot?

[R-D beeping]

Oh, um…

[C-PO] If you don't mind
me saying so, sir,

R's skin is much harder than your toe.

He's looking better already.
What do you think we should call him, PO?

Personally, sir, I'd call him "hungry."

[gulping]

[chewing]

-[squeaking]
-Oh. Oh, dear.

[straining]

[alien speech]

What?

Oh. Thank you.

[grunts]

Hmm.

Looks like all the grub
this creature's been eating did the trick.

Uncle Gundy will never say it, but I think
he's gotten to like our new friend.

-[rumbling]
-[Jann] Oh!

[Jann] A cave-in! Uncle Gundy!

[rumbling]

Uncle Gundy!

-[R-D beeping]
-[uncle groans]

Hold on.

[creaking]

[grunts, sighs]

PO, start up the Roller.
We have to get him to a medical facility.

[grunts]

Jann, it was good of you to save
this creature at the auction.

He just saved my hide. Thanks.

-Kez-Iban.
-Kez-Iban?

That's a Bocce word, sir.

It means, "He that returns from death."

Kez-Iban. Then that's it.

Our friend now has a name: Kez-Iban.

-I like it.
-[R-D beeps]

-[chattering]
-[cutlery clattering]

[skiff approaching]

-[music playing]
-[alien singing]

-[singing]
-[chattering]

[smacks lips]

-Well?
-[Yorpo laughing]

[Kleb] Ah.

Yes, this sample proves it.

We've found Nergon-.

The Empire needs Nergon-
for its proton torpedo detonators.

We're rich, Yorpo.

[Yorpo laughing]

[laughing]

What?

There goes my , keschels.

Yorpo, you know what to do.

Medical droid ,
please report to emergency sick bay.

Oh, thank goodness he's all right.

It'll take more than a cave-in
to break old Uncle Gundy.

[R-D beeping]

[whistling]

[R-D beeping]

-Kez-Iban is gone.
-What?

[R-D beeping]

Oh, dear. I'm afraid Yorpo
has made off with him, sir.

Come on.

I agreed to pay you , keschels
for finding him.

Why do you now demand more?

[slurps]

If others are willing to pay IG-
to hunt this Julpa,

perhaps they're willing to pay my price.

They would destroy him.
Finish what they started.

I am here to save him.

The only way to save your friend now
is to pay my price.

-[Kleb slurps]
-[Sollag shouts]

[Sollag grunts]

Put him down.

What have you done with Kez?

Ah.

We've been expecting you. Yorpo.

-[Sollag groans]
-[Yorpo grunts]

-R, do something.
-[R-D beeping]

[customer grunting]

[alien speech]

-[shouts]
-[Yorpo grunts]

[grunts]

[Jann] Let's get outta here.

[shouting]

-[groans]
-[stun g*n fires]

Miniature stunner. A girl can't be
too careful in these parts.

Uh, yeah, thanks, um…

Name's Jessica. Jessica Meade.

Jann Tosh. Thanks again.

-[R-D beeping]
-What?

[shouting]

[laser f*ring]

Nergon-?

Hmm, yes.

The most unstable raw element
in the universe.

Making it the most dangerous.

And the most valuable.

You're crazy, Kleb.

Anything could activate the Nergon
and blow this place into a million pieces.

Hmm.

Then I suggest you be very careful
when you carry it out for me.

[laughing]

Take them away.

-Oh, no.
-[R-D beeping]

[Jann grunts]

[scraper rumbling]

Kez.

PO?

This was the only way
to reach the power conductor

and deactivate the cable restraints.

We can now safely sever them, Master Jann.

[R-D beeping]

-[droid] Stop!
-[stranger] Aaah!

Get away from that power conductor,
or I'll--

It's you.

I came to help you, as you helped me.

[Sollag gasps]

Mon Julpa!

R's connected it, sir.

-I hope you've done a proper job.
-[R-D beeps]

Mon Julpa!

[alien speech]

[alien speech]

Do you understand all that, PO?

"I hold the royal scepter of Tammuz-an.
I am Mon Julpa, Prince of Tammuz-an."

Thank you for your help, Jann.

My memory was erased by an evil vizier
so that he could usurp my rightful throne.

Now I must return to Tammuz-an
and free my people from his tyranny.

Pity any and all
who stand in Mon Julpa's way.

You're a king? I mean, Kez.

I mean, your Majesty.

Kez-Iban, please.

[R-D beeping]

Sir, R's sensors have detected
rising levels of combustible gas.

He says if it's sparked
by those ore-cutters,

it could activate the Nergon.

And put this entire place
on the next planet.

We have to shut the power down.

-Then that is what we shall do.
-[Jann] Let's go!

-You heard him, R.
-[R-D beeping]

[grunting]

[crash]

R-D, what have you done to my leg?

-You crossed my wires.
-[R-D beeping]

Don't touch it.
I shall just have to put up with it

until I can get a professional
to do the job properly.

[scraper rumbling]

Slow down, R. Slow down.

Intruders. Set for stun.

-[Jann grunts]
-[droid] Aaah!

[droid shouting]

[Julpa grunts]

Mon Julpa!

[Sollag shouting]

[Sollag grunting]

[scraper rumbling]

-[Sollag] Stop it!
-[Jann] How?

-Master, I can't bear to watch.
-[R-D beeping]

Oh, my.

Oh! My leg.

Sorry. Oh, dear.

-[staff fires]
-[electric fizzle]

The master.

[Jann] R, PO.

[staff fires]

My poor master's gone. [gulps]
Curse my metal body.

-[Jann] This was just a little too close.
-[Julpa] Jann.

The gates, they're closing!

Faster, R. Faster!

Slow down, R. Slow down.

[yelping]

Thank goodness.

Oh, dear.

Oh!

[yelps]

-[C-PO shouts]
-[Yorpo laughing]

What are you doing?

I want them alive.

[alien speech]

Let them come up.

They're just anxious to start
loading up my Nergon ore.

That tube will take us
to Kleb's control platform.

[R-D beeping]

R reports the gas is reaching
critical saturation levels, sir.

I'm afraid it will ignite at any moment.

-[Kleb emits shrill wail]
-[shouting]

You must stop the ore-cutters
before it's too late.

They'll ignite the gas leak
and activate the Nergon.

Please, you must listen.

Never trust a droid.

-[expl*si*n]
-[Yorpo, Kleb shouts]

It's too late! We're doomed!

The Nergon is activated.

There's enough
to vaporize this entire place.

[yowls]

-[shrill wail]
-[all shouting]

[Yorpo shouting]

We're doomed. Doomed.

We've gotta stop Kleb.
He's the only one who knows the way out.

Which way?

We must split up.

We always seem to pick the wrong tunnel.

Hurry, Yorpo. Load all my keschel.

Always the wrong tunnel.

A stunner.

Make my day.

Drop them, Yorpo.

[alien speech]

You'll stay behind with the others.

[alien speech]

The keschels? Don't be greedy, Yorpo.

There's only enough for me.

-Over there.
-Yes, sir.

[Kleb shouts]

It worked!

[grunts]

-[R-D beeps, fires]
-[Yorpo yelps]

Everybody in.

Come on, Yorpo.

[skiff departs]

We're too heavy. Dump the cargo.

Oh, please hurry!

[alien speech]

Yorpo says we certainly know
how to pick a master.

[Jann laughs]

-And I know how to pick my droids.
-[R-D beeps]

R says Kleb will be quite angry
when he wakes up.

Because we're depositing him
in the nearest security cell?

No, sir. Because that cargo
we tossed out back there,

was all his keschels.

You know, if you hadn't saved my hide,

I never would have found that keschel vein
after the cave-in.

[laughs] But now we're rich boy. Rich!

And you say he's
an honest to goodness king?

Not a king, Uncle Gundy. A prince.

Thanks to you and your droids,

I am able to return to my people
and claim my throne.

And what of you, Jann?

-My place is here helping my uncle.
-So be it.

Without you, I would still be the
mindless creature that you took pity on.

Your kindness is a strength
that few can master.

You see, R, I knew we'd find
a wealthy master. Our troubles are over.

As for you two,

I still ain't got my money's worth
out of your steel hides.

But-- You don't mean--

You bet your bolts I do.

Now get working before I--

-[clang]
-[uncle] Ow! Ow!

-[R-D beeps]
-My goodness.

[R-D beeping]

R, behave yourself.

Oh! Oh! My leg.

[R-D beeps]

-[C-PO stammers] Sorry.
-[uncle groaning]

Thank you, R.

-Much better.
-[uncle laughing]