02x08 - Dr. Terrifico's Strength Tonic

[bunniefuu]

Who's there?

Diana Cameron.

This Dr. Terrifico's

Strength Tonic doesn't work.

I'd like my locket back.

Shoo, urchin.

No refunds.

Please, sir.

The locket's the only thing

I have left from my ma and pa.

Eight years I've been at the orphanage,

in and out of the infirmary,

while the big, healthy kids get adopted.

Nobody wants a sickly child.

You promised this tonic

would make me hardy and strong.

I traded my most

precious possession for a lie.

If you don't leave, I'll drag you

back to the orphanage myself.

- Now scat!

- You charlatan!

I hope one day you feel as small

and stupid as you made me feel today!

Where did it go?

What have I done?

I just wanted my locket back.

What the blazes?

I think Dad's involved

in these tablets going missing.

What? Dad's been a little off but

there's no way he's been stealing stuff.

Dad wanted to go to Istanbul.

"Cuneiform Tablet, Babylon."

It says here it went missing

from a private collection in Istanbul

when Dad blacked out.

That could be a coincidence.

There's more.

Dad blacked out in India.

"Babylonian tablet stolen

from Rajasthani museum."

And this one,

a local auction house report

a tablet was stolen

while we were in New Mexico.

Dad was here.

Dad couldn't have stolen

anything while we were in New Mexico.

He was knocked out.

I don't want it to be true

but I'm presenting facts.

Dad's blackouts

and the thefts coincide perfectly.

What about the Black Ribbon?

He spied on us. He attacked Dad.

He could have followed us to Turkey

and India and stolen the tablets.

What does your facty-fact chart

have to say about that?

I don't know, but

Hey, did something just spray me?

I feel weird.

- It's like I

- Russ?

Where did you go?

Now I feel weird.

How? What?

Pandora!

Russ?

Pandora, down here!

What happened?

I don't know how but we shrunk.

Are you kidding me?

Come on. That's

Dad! Over here, help! We've shrunk.

Over here, help!

Help!

Yay! We're saved.

- In you go.

- Dad, what are you doing?

Worked like a charm.

Dad, take us out! This isn't funny!

Two nuisances taken care of.

It's not a joke.

Sky, my dear, glad you called back.

It's Mom. Maybe she can hear us.

Come on!

I wanted to stop by the museum.

Nothing particular. Just to say hi.

Pandora went to Devi's

and Russ is doing homework.

Yes. Fantastic. See you soon.

Dad just lied to Mom.

What if he's on his way to shrink her too?

We have to warn her.

This is beyond messed up.

It's infuriating.

It's Linda.

Hi!

Linda, it's me, Pandora.

Look out!

It's like she doesn't recognize me.

She definitely does not, Pan.

Quick! Into the tubes.

Linda's only this energized

when she's really hungry.

Let's give her food that isn't us.

I just put flies in the tank.

She obviously wants something fresher.

When I say "go", you run that way.

I'll go this way.

Meet me under the waterfall, okay?

- No. Not okay.

- Now! Go!

I see what you did there.

Taking advantage of bearded dragons'

terrible depth perception. Nice!

Yeah, that's obviously what I was doing.

Also, I know Linda.

She always misses that turn.

I thought I knew Dad too.

There's got to be an explanation for this.

To clarify by "this," you mean

shrunk us and left us to be lizard food?

Her depth perception

seems pretty good all of a sudden.

To the platform.

Linda won't fit.

Larry, did you see Alex leave?

He's not in his study.

Nah. But look here.

This is what I was talking about.

This is new.

Something's still snacking on this briar.

We captured Chompers.

There must be an additional culprit.

The briar is under attack, but why?

Artifacts activating.

Alex losing his connection.

Damaged briar.

It all must be related.

We may have

a bigger problem than we thought.

Alex, how long have you been there?

Where is the Throne of Sargon?

It arrived.

It'll be in place by the end of the day.

I can't believe

it's actually going to be here.

I have some time before my next meeting.

Wanna get a coffee?

I'd rather admire these splendid artifacts

and your amazing work.

Admire away.

Before I forget,

is Pandora eating at Devi's?

She didn't tell me.

Okay. I'll text her and ask.

Keep going. Keep going.

It's all over me.

Gross.

If we can get to your phone,

we can call for help.

How are we gonna get out of the tank?

The water bottle.

We can climb it to the top of the tank.

Come on.

Quick question.

How long

does Linda usually sit on this rock?

Anywhere from one to six hours.

Six hours. Six hours!

Adopt a goldfish, I said, but no.

You had to get a Kaiju as a pet.

This isn't Linda's fault.

She's following her reptilian instincts.

I know.

It's Dad's fault.

It doesn't make any sense.

And I don't mean the data you found,

I mean Dad.

He's not himself.

The blackouts. The briar.

Dad said he couldn't trust his mind.

What if he's literally not himself?

You mean like possessed?

I read about that in The Creepy Chronicle.

If Dad is possessed

who knows what he'll do next.

We've gotta warn Mom.

After we move this lizard.

Leave that to me. I got a Pan-plan.

'Sup, Linda. I'm a fly.

Don't you wanna eat me?

Not good.

I'm gonna lose my grip.

Yummy fly in your tummy.

Yeah.

Hot, hot, hot.

Russ? Hurry!

It's a butt dial.

Pandora?

- Well, I have to go to my meeting.

- Yes.

Good luck. I'll see you at home.

Thanks.

Can you pick up some

Alex?

Georgia.

- May I speak to you?

- Alex, hi.

Are you looking for Sky?

I believe she went into a meeting.

I need to talk to you about her.

- Pandora?

- Hello! Devi!

It's me, Russ!

Hello, Pandora?

I'm too small. She can't hear me.

"Come to my room ASAP. SOS."

Oh, Pan. Did you

get yourself cursed again?

Devi will be here in ten.

Great. But I still gotta find

a way to get out of here.

Don't worry. Cowboying is in our

blood.

Come on, Russ.

Yes!

I'm stuck.

Pan!

No!

Sky is acting strange.

Sleepwalking, blacking out. I'm worried.

That is very concerning, Alex.

Perhaps Sky needs some help.

I tried to tell her that

but she insisted she's fine.

Then I found this in our closet.

Sky had this?

Yes. I figured you'd want it back.

She lied to me.

She lied to all of us, Georgia.

Linda! You open up right now!

Pandora!

Pandora?

Devi! Devi, down here!

Pandora?

No one was answering, so I let myself in.

Hey! Hello!

Come here! Down here!

Russ! What in the

Pandora is in Linda's mouth.

You have to get her out of there.

Pandora is What?

Devi, you're my hero. Once again.

Pandora, I

I am so glad you're okay.

Me too.

I smell like lizard breath.

I don't even care.

I'm freaking out.

How did this happen? How do we fix it?

Can you walk to the bookshelf?

Pan, see that bottle?

I saw Dad holding it.

I think he sprayed that on us.

"Dr. Terrifico's Strength Tonic."

Strength tonic shrunk us?

I'm sorry, your dad did what?

Dad's acting like, well, a villain.

Yeah, and I'm guessing that bottle

came from downstairs.

Meaning

It's cursed.

Meaning I'm not touching it.

I learned that from the die block.

Good call.

Can you take us to the Restricted Wing?

Sure. What's the Restricted Wing?

There's a little more to this

cursed situation than I told you.

No kidding. Spit it out, Pan-Van.

Let's walk and talk.

Once upon a time

there was a greedy cabbage-brain

named Cornelius Vanderhouven.

He's a really, really old dude, but

And we went downstairs to the basement.

There were all these

really creepy artifacts, right?

But I thought

Then the ghost disappeared like whoosh.

And then, let's see.

Russ turned into a puppet.

And that's when I shrunk.

Yeah, yeah.

This wing has been under your house

the whole time I've known you?

It's Devi. Freeze.

Hello?

I'm supposed to find Larry and Stanley?

I need to tell them

Russ and Pandora are actively cursed.

- Larry!

- Down here! It's us!

Over here!

Well, shiver me timbers.

Are you a talking skull?

Since when can skulls talk?

Can't speak for all skulls, but for me

it's been over a hundred years.

Stan, come off it. Look.

- Russ! Pandora!

- A little help here!

- We got shrunk

- Uh-huh. Answers later, mate.

It's urgent. Crikey.

Stanley, take the robot upstairs

and fetch Dr. Terrifico's

Strength Tonic off Pandora's shelf.

No time for shock either.

I need you to help carry some journals.

I'm worried about Mom.

Mom's gonna be fine. Mom's a beast.

Yeah, but look what Dad did to us.

Who knows what he could do to her.

For the last time, that's not Dad.

Well, whoever it is.

For the last time, Linda,

we are not lunch!

We're running out of table!

Someone help us!

We found something!

Oh, no!

That was a close one.

You're telling us.

Bad, Linda! Bad!

No flies for a whole day.

Hank, please escort Linda back upstairs,

where she can cause no more mischief.

In other news, I think we know

how to break the curse.

It's an affidavit of authenticity

from 1855.

Signed by the street sweeper

who sold Cornelius the tonic.

He swears he saw a girl use it

to shrink Dr. Terrifico's wagon.

She sprayed the tonic on Dr. Terrifico,

saying she'd hope he'd feel small one day

like she felt.

His wagon shrunk immediately.

The girl cursed the tonic.

Sounds like she didn't mean to.

It says, "She ran away shocked

and confused about what happened."

Powerful emotions can cause curses,

like with the puppet.

The girl was mad at Dr. Terrifico

for making her feel small.

Her rage transferred into the tonic,

so when she sprayed him

it made him small literally.

So to break the curse, we'd have to fix

whatever made the girl angry.

Correct, Devi. Excellent reasoning.

But the girl's definitely dead.

What can we do about her rage now?

We would probably need her locket.

That's what she wanted,

but who knows where it might be.

Hold your rudder. I have an idea.

There it is.

"Dr. Terrifico's Medicine Show."

It's the wagon from the affidavit.

Yep. And if Dr. Terrifico

had the locket when he shrunk,

it's probably still inside.

Got it.

"Diana Cameron, 1840."

If we knew where she was buried,

we could reunite her with it.

I can find her grave site.

Soothsayer, eh? I knew I liked you.

No. The online grave site directory.

Here we are.

Diana Cameron's final resting place.

I hope you got out

of the orphanage eventually, Diana.

It sounds like

you didn't even need the tonic.

It takes strength to

stand up to a bully like you did.

Here's your locket back.

Just like you wanted.

Devi comes through again. Our hero.

Yeah, well, that was something.

It's not over. We gotta find Mom.

I just hope we're not too late.

Yahoo! They broke the curse!

Among other things.

Chompers, we meet again.

And you brought a friend.

You wanted to see me, Georgia?

Sky, it has come to my attention

that this was in your house.

Can you explain yourself?