And this is Kneemoi, Carmen Sandiego's spaced out space fund.
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(singing) Kneemoi
Her last known whereabouts: Borneo, the world's third largest island. All societies have their own art forms and Borneo's Kayan, Kenyah, and Iban peoples are no exception. They practice the art of tattooing for generations. That's right, tattoos are not something your older sister thought up to scare your mom. They date back thousands of years to hundreds of different cultures. Not all of Borneo's people wear tattoos, but those who do take pride in their skin art. Or they did until today when Kneemoi skinned the tattoos away without a trace. She thinks they'd make great road maps on her home planet Roddenberry. Gumshoes, you've got to nail Kneemoi, catch Carmen, and stop...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
Kneemoi, take the tattoos to another rainforest in an African country on the equator. Many people there believe in magic.
Ah, yes. Even we aliens admired his basketball prowess.
Not Magic Johnson. Magic. You know, people turning into animals, that sort of thing. Lots of citizens follow a religion called Bwiti. It combines some Catholic rituals brought by French settlers with the magical belief of the original people.
Go to Libreville on the Atlantic coast until the pressure's off.
Okay, boss. Remember, keep your sleeves bon shiny.
(as he, the Chief, and the gumshoes prepare for departure to the Mississippi River) Okay, guys, uh, remember, it's time for us now to go the Mississippi River. We're gonna try to find Kneemoi and the tattoos. You guys all ready to go?
Uh, Greg? I got some information for us.
Time for us to get a move on!
Okay. We're goin' (shakes the screen as he holds it upside-down) Something is definitely the matter with this. Okay.
EErin
Want me to take your hat?
If you would take the hat please, and if you go out this way. I'll be-- You guys have a shoetree 'cause I forgot to pack mine. I wanna just make sure. I could borrow yours then? Great. (while traveling) Carmen can't outrun us while we're in this, Chief.
Yeah, but she'll probably see us coming.
Oh, another planet, another prison cell. Maybe I could spend my sentence getting to know Carmen better. Look for her in Europe.
And this is Wonder Rat, that self-glorifying snout-faced nibbler who works for Camren Sandiego.
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(singing) Wonder Rat
His last known whereabouts: the Australian Airwaves. Times are tough for Australian television. Recently, all three of the country's commercial TV networks declared bankruptcy, but one network is doing well: ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It's a government funded public network. Once regarded as a stodgy producer of science and news programs, ABC has become a crowd-pleaser. Or it had until today when Wonder Rat, with the help of his hired hopping hooligans, purloined the programming from ABC. While his ruse reconnoitered, the rat remained. Gumshoes, you got to catch Carmen, rope the rat, and solve today's case...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
WRWilliam Ragsdale
(hears the sound of a stampede) Remember the ACME Triangle of Excellence, Gumshoes: (forms the Triangle with his hands) Vigilance, Dedication, Courage!
Here's a list of places Carmen may have traveled.
Chief, what are you doin'? You are completely off. That is not the right thing. It's not time for that!
Well-- Well, you're right Greg. I was just going by this schedule.
Well, then, your schedule is wrong, Chief. I'm sorry. (lightning flashes a second time) Excuse me! We-- We already had the Lightning Round! Listen, guys. We're havin' some kinda scheduling problem. I'm sorry. Lemme go try to work this out. I'll be right back.
(the rest of the office sketch is the same as in "Unfair Exchange")
I think ACME's ready to spring a trap on you.
Geez, I'd better stop... (sniffs) ...sniffin' around here, then.
Take the network to a Spanish town on the Mediterranean Sea. It's where artist Pablo Picasso was born. You can hole up in the Gibralfaro, an ancient Moorish castle.
Gee, that's great! A TV network, a castle? Hoo-hoo! I'm travelin' in style! I wanna be as famous as Michael Jackson. Hee.
You're gonna be as busted as Michael Milton if you don't move your tail.
There's mustard on your sleeve.
No kidding. (rubs his sleeve) Oh, gee. Sorry about that. I'll take care of that later on. Okay, thanks, Chief.
(as the Chief, Greg, and the gumshoes travel to Indianapolis, Indiana)
Greg, didn't I tell you to get this road flattened?
Sorry, Chief. I've been busy trainin' Gumshoes.
(before the Jailtime Challenge) You guys were tied at the end of the last round. We flipped a coin. Antonio, you won that toin coss. Toin coss? That cossed toin. You won. (laughter) You're gonna go first. Go ahead.
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(each time Shoeprints are revealed) Near Scott's house!
1 mile from Scott's house!
(on his own) 1 mile from my house!
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(each time the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is revealed)
Netted network!
Pilfered primetime!
Aussie lossie!
Plunder down under!
No show!
Don't touch that dial!
Go, Antonio!
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(when Antonio wins the 2nd round) Wonder Rat! TOUCHÉ!
And this is Robocrook, Carmen Sandiego's silvery cylinder of slyness.
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(singing) Robocrook
His last known whereabouts: Kazakhstan. The Baikonur Cosmodrome is the huge complex where Soviet rockets were built and launched. Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, blasted off from Baikonur in 1961. Over time, the cosmodrome sent up over 800 rockets. The countries of the former U.S.S.R. want to continue their space program, but they're searching for a partner to share the program's expense. That search was interrupted today when Robocrook boosted Baikonur and blasted off. Gumshoes, you got to capture Carmen, recoup the cosmodrome, and derail that...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
...RUDE ROBOT'S RECKLESS, RIDICULOUS ROCKET RIPOFF!
(about the Clue-Fish) I gotta get rid of the fish here. (to the audience) You guys want me to... You want me to save it, or d'you want me to fry it?
AAudience
(chant) FRY IT! FRY IT! FRY IT! FRY IT!
Oh, no-no-no, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Hey! Hey! Hey! He's my buddy! I'm gonna save him! C'mon! (he throws the fish into the water) Sorry about that, audience!
Go to an ocean community off Africa's northwest coast. It's made up of 13 islands.
Which one is my destination?
Try Gomera. The locals sometimes speak a whistle language called Silbo. You know how to speak Silbo, don't you?
Sure. Just put your lips together, and blow.
Gomera was the last place Columbus visited before leaving for the New World. Legend says he was delayed because he fell in love.
You humans are hopelessly romantic.
At least we don't rust when it rains.
(as the Chief, Greg, and the gumshoes travel to Brasília, Brazil)
Boy, this is the way to travel, eh, Greg?
You said, Chief. Hey, pass the complimentary mixed nuts, huh?
And this is Eartha Brute, that brainless bruiser from Carmen's barge full of burglars.
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(singing) Eartha Brute, huh
Her last known whereabouts: Copenhagen, Denmark. Ah, Copenhagen's Tivoli Park at night, oh, the lights thousands in every color, and the music, there's a classical concert hall, a downstairs jazz club, an oriental theater, and the food, more than 25 restaurants serving everything from traditional Danish cuisine to quick snacks. I love the place, and I am livid because today, Eartha Brute, cruising through Copenhagen, trucked into Tivoli. The brass bands, bumper cars, and bright lights all beckoned to her so she burgled the whole batch. Gumshoes, you've got to relieve this...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
Eartha, those ACME agents are closing in. Head for a historical city in Japan.
(gasps) A hysterical city, Carmen?! Why are they so upset?
I said historical city, Eartha! No one's upset! There are hundreds of shrines there and millions of Japanese tourists visit every year.
Jeez, they come all the way from Japan? That place must be really special.
Earth to Eartha! This place is in Japan! Now, just get going to Honshū Island.
Carmen, have you been under a lot of stress lately?
(at the end of the 1st round) Uh, big problems here, Greg. Uh, we're out of ACME Travel Kits.
Well, Chief, isn't there anything you can do? Huh?
But what about the hologram? You could use the hologram!
(gasps) That's a great idea!
(as the Chief, Greg, and the gumshoes travel to Havana, Cuba)
(coughs) Aren't we a little conspicuous driving these?
Ah, Chief, she'll never see us comin'.
(coughs) Yeah, but she'll see the dust a mile away.
(as the gumshoes have been struggling to find The Warrant in the 2nd round)
Oh! (crowd screams) You have the Loot! You have the Warrant! Do you remember where Eartha is?!
CCollin
The Ice Cream Parlor.
(to the board) Is she still at Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor?!
(Eartha is revealed)
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(singing) Eartha Brute! HUH! BABALOO!!!
And this is Robocrook, Carmen Sandiego's burgling bag of bolts, bits, and bytes.
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(singing) Robocrook
His last known whereabouts: Carrara, Italy. In the 1st century B.C., Roman Emperor Augustus opened several marble quarries near Carrara. Their stone built The Pantheon, several Imperial forums, and many other buildings. The Roman Empire fell but the quarries live on. They provided stone for the Tower of Pisa, Michelangelo's David, the St. Petersburg Hermitage, and even New York's World Trade Center. There are now 225 active quarries around Carrara. Or there were until today when Robocrook, that titanium troublemaker, cruised into Carrara and cribbed every last crumb of marble. You got to catch Carmen and round up Robo. This time, you're...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
...PLAYING FOR ALL THE MARBLES!
And this is Kneemoi, Carmen Sandiego's flying fluid felon from a faroff galaxy.
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(singing) Kneemoi
Her last known whereabouts: the Pacific Ocean. In 1884, an international split the world up into 24 time zones. When it's noon Friday here, it's 11:00am in the next zone west here, and 10:00am here, 9:00am here, 8:00am here, and so on until you get all the way around to here where it's midnight on Thursday. Now this line between midnight Thursday and midnight Friday is called the International Date Line. But the world's timing went kaflooey today, gumshoes, when Kneemoi powered into the Pacific. She strolled from pole to pole and stole the whole Date Line. No one's gonna know what time it is until you get it back, gumshoes. Nab Kneemoi, catch Carmen, and solve today's case...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
And this is Patty Larceny, Carmen Sandiego's twinkling teenage terrorist.
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(singing) P-P-P-Patty
Her last known whereabouts: the world's transportation system. Over the last 30 years or so, airports and train stations around the world have adopted roughly the same set of sign pictures to assist their evermore international flow of passengers. The international transportation-related symbols can help you tell a denwa from a zōn. Or they did until today when Patty Larceny made a mad dash through every airport in the world and stole all the symbols. She also wrapped up a huge load of frequent flyer miles. Gumshoes, here's your job: capture Carmen, put Patty in the pokey, and bring back those symbols...
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(singing) Woo-ooo-ooo-oo
...SIGNED, STEALED, AND DELIVERED!
I used to be a sweet innocent schoolgirl. Now I'm a sweet guilty schoolgirl and it's all Carmen's fault! Go look for her in Europe.
Everybody, repeat after me! It's time...!
AAudience
Carmen Sandiego!
AAudience
Carmen Sandiego!
And this is Top Grunge, Carmen Sandiego's creepiest criminal crudball.
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(singing) Top Grunge
His last known whereabouts: the nation of Indonesia. Since the early Middle Ages, Indonesia has been famous for its spices. Ginger, cinnamon, saffron, and most important of all, pepper. The Dutch and the Portuguese invaded these islands in search of spice and occupied them for hundreds of years. Now, Indonesia is independent, but spice is still big business there. Just about all the pepper, consumed in the USA, comes from the Indonesian island of Java and Sumatra. Or it did until today when Top Grunge decided to do a little shopping. He roared through Indonesia and stole every last grain of spice in the rice, I mean, price. Gumshoes, you've got to stop that felonious flimball and solve today's case...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
... I ONLY HAVE SPICE FOR YOU!
And this is Double Trouble, Carmen Sandiego's felonious fraternal fakers.
Rockapella (singing) Double Trouble (Trouble)
Their last known whereabouts: Cannes, France. In 1946, Cannes began hosting the world famous International Film Festival. Each May, movie insiders from around the world converge in Cannes Palais des Festivals. Hundreds of new films are screened. The careers of many famous directors have been advanced here, from Francǫis Truffaut to Lina Wertmüller to Spike Lee. But the flicks stopped flickering today when Double Trouble boogied along the bagged the festival. They want to turn the palais into a drive-in movie. Gumshoes, your job is to drub Double Trouble, keelhaul Carmen, and answer Cannes anxious question...
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(singing) Oh!
...HAS ANYBODY CINEMA FESTIVAL?
And this is Patty Larceny, the scurrilous schoolgirl who scams for Carmen Sandiego.
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(singing) P-P-P-Patty
Her last known whereabouts: Mboro, Senegal. Just outside of the oceanside town of Mboro lies a small body of water called Lac Rose. Its name means pink lake in French. Here's why: the lake is a cloudy pink, not blue like the nearby ocean. The strange hue comes from the lake's heavy concentration of salt. Many local workers make their living from the lake, extracting salt or selling it. Or they did until today when Patty Larceny, who adores anything pink, cruised up to the shore, activated her VILE ShopVac, and drained the lake dry. Gumshoes, you've got to corral Carmen and polish off...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
Chief ...PATTY LARCENY'S PINK LAKE PINCH!
And this is Sarah Nade, Carmen Sandiego's raging wrongdoing rock-and-roller.
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(singing) Sarah Nade
Her last known whereabouts: the Indian Ocean. The Earth's crust is made of cold rigid rock, but just because it's solid doesn't mean it stays in one place. The crust in made of 20 or so massive slabs called tectonic plates. The plates float on a layer of molten rock. Their constant movement causes earthquakes and volcanoes and even shifts continents. Take the Indo-Australian Plate for example. Its movement detacthed Australia from Antarctica around 95 million years ago, then just 28 million years ago, it pushed up the Himalayan Mountains. Well, today, tectonic movement got a lot faster because Sarah Nade, using the sonic rumblings of her band music, blasted the Indo-Australian plate loose, gave it the hook, and dragged it away. Gumshoes, you have to undo...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
...the SONIC TECTONIC CATASTROPHE!
And this is Kneemoi, Carmen Sandiego's polymorphous pilferer from the planet Roddenberry.
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(singing) Kneemoi
Her last known whereabouts: Mongolia and China. You want to know about dry, I'll tell you about dry. The Gobi is the world's largest desert, that's dry. It's in the center of Asia, so it's extra far from ocean waters and the mountain ranges surrounding the Gobi keep moist air from getting in, now we're talking dry here. The thin grasslands, on the outskirts of the desert called steps, only get about 10 inches of rain a year. Now how's that for dry? Well, today, Kneemoi sucked up every last grain of the Gobi. She had a light dinner today, so she decided to follow it with a big desert. Gumshoes, you've got to crack today's case...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
...GOBI GO BYE BYE or the DESERT DESERTION!
ACME's eyeing your location.
That's okay! I have more eyes than they have!
You'd better move anyway. Go to the United States. Take the desert to a landlocked state where the Red River forms its southern border. This state has the largest Native American population in the USA. Hide the Gobi in the Arbuckle mountains.
Hide the Gobi? (chuckles) I haven't played that since high school!
And this is Vic the Slick, that slimy salesman from Carmen Sandiego's roost of Wranglers.
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(singing) Vic the Slick
His last known whereabouts: the East River in New York City. Completed in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge is an architectural and engineering masterwork. It linked two of America's biggest cities: New York and Brooklyn. These days, Brooklyn is part of New York City and the bridge is a vital artery. Every day, nearly 130,000 people drive on the bridge or walk or bike the elevated promenade. Until today, that is. Every crooked salesman dreams of selling the Brooklyn Bridge and Vic wants to be the first to succeed, so today, using his criminal cutting torch, he detached the bridge from its massive mooring and wafted it away. Gumshoes, you've got to vaporize Vic, catch Carmen, and bring back...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
And this is Kneemoi, Carmen Sandiego's out on bailey alien.
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(singing) Kneemoi
Her last known whereabouts: the legends of ancient Greece. And speaking of the legends of ancient Greece, here's one of my faves: Greece and Troy fought a 10-year war. Just as the Greeks were about to lose, they came up with a plan. They built a huge wooden horse, left it outside Troy's city gate, and scooted. The Trojan assumed the horse was a token of surrender. They hauled it in and partied. When the party was over, 50 Greeks hiding inside the horse snuck out and opened the city gates. The Greek army stormed Troy and burned it to the ground. Fact or fiction? No one knows. But one thing's for sure, the Trojan horse is gone because today, Kneemoi tweaked the time-space continuum and time warped into ancient Troy. She said hi to the horse, gave him the eye, then used her Roddenberrian resources to zap him out of there. Gumshoes, you've got to solve...
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(singing) Woo
...HAPPY HAPPY TROY TROY or...
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(singing) Woo
...THEY'RE SMARTA IN SPARTA!
And this is Eartha Brute, Carmen Sandiego's unbrainy barrel of burglarizing brawn.
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(singing) Eartha Brute, huh
Her last known whereabouts: the town of Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Just outside this lovely market town lies Atitlán Volcano, one of three volcanoes that surround Lake Atitlán. The lake is about 5,000 feet up in the Sierra Madres, and Atitlán Volcano rises 6,000 feet higher. The volcano hasn't had a major eruption in more than 100 years, but that doesn't mean the volcano's dead. The crater still smokes and steams regularly. Or it did until today when Eartha Brute chugged through Chichicastenango, looked across the lake, and absconded with Atitlán. Gumshoes, you've got to return Atitlán to Atitlán, bust Eartha and Carmen, and wrap up today's case...
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(singing) Woo-woo-ooo-oo
...CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LAVA!
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