01x08 - Music To My Ears

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♪ [EERIE MUSIC]

[TYPING ON KEYS]

-Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ WHERE IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?

♪ CARMEN SANDIEGO

♪ WHERE ON EARTH CAN SHE BE?

♪ TELL ME WHERE IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? ♪

♪ CARMEN SANDIEGO

♪ WHERE ON EARTH CAN SHE BE?

♪ WHERE ON EARTH CAN SHE BE?

♪ OOOH

♪ SPHINX, MONA LISA...

♪ LEANING TOWER OF PISA...

♪ LONDON ZOO, TIMBUKTU

♪ CAN'T YOU HELP US FIND A CLUE ♪

♪ WHERE IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?

♪ CARMEN SANDIEGO

♪ WHERE ON EARTH CAN SHE BE?

♪ WHERE ON EARTH CAN SHE BE?

[ORCHESTRA TUNING INSTRUMENTS]

[CONDUCTOR TAPS BATON]

♪ [OPERATIC MUSIC]

♪ [NOISY GUITAR]

♪ [SINGING A HIGH OPERATIC NOTE] ♪

[EARTH RUMBLES]

♪ [FINALE]

AUDIENCE: Bravo! Bravo!

[CHEERS]

[CROWD MURMURS]

-They're almost out, Carmen.

-A good robbery must have music.

[CROWD GASPS]

-It's Carmen Sandiego!

-I do find Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony

so inspiring!

-Carmen's pulled off some

pretty wild thefts in her time, Chief.

-But why steal some opera house?

-This isn't just any opera house!

-We're talking about one of the architectural wonders

of the Twentieth Century!

This little masterpiece opened in

after years and million dollars creating

this design that picks up the sailboat imagery

of the harbor!

-[Aussie accent] And it is not a 'G'dye,

in the Land Daown Under, mates.

[PIANO PLAYS] -Hunh?!

-Hmm...

-Check it out, Ivy! I know that song.

-It's a waltz by Johann Strauss, called...

ummm...

-"On the Beautiful Blue Danube!"

-Right! And the Danube is a river in Europe!

Wanna bet that's where Carmen's gonna strike next?!

-Player, quick, bring up a map!

-Hello? Zack?

The Danube is the second longest river in Europe.

It flows almost , miles.

-Kinda' narrows down where Carmen could be... NOT!

-Okay, okay, what about this?

Carmen steals the opera house

on the night of a Beethoven concert.

And now she leaves us a waltz by Strauss.

Maybe there's some connection.

-It's worth a sh*t.

Player, cross-reference Beethoven and Strauss.

-Dateline .

CHIEF: Beethoven is born in Bonn, Germany.

-Thirty-four years later,

Strauss rocks the cradle in Vienna, Austria.

-Ludwig von Beethoven was one of

the famous composers of all time.

Yo, Lud' baby, get up off the floor.

You're famous, buy some furniture.

-Back in the 's,

this long hair really got into some serious tunes...

religious masses, chamber music, and symphonies.

-Hey, Chief, my piano teacher told me

that Beethoven went deaf

and he still composed music.

-That Dude was definitely into "heavy piano."

-And Johann Strauss, was into "music lite."

-But his old man didn't want him to become a musician...

even though he was no slouch in the music world.

-What are you doing! Music'll drive ya crazy!

... .so Strauss practiced the violin secretly...

-Forget the music! Get a job!

Learn to blow glass, anything!

... But Strauss persisted and went on

to write one of the most famous waltzes of all time.

-That's my Johann.

I always knew he'd be a great musician,

just like his old man.

Yo, yo, yo , yo Johann!

-No match so far. Keep scanning.

CHIEF: Check this out.

When Beethoven grew up,

he moved to the most famous city in Europe for music!

-Vienna, Austria!

Zack, both Beethoven and Strauss lived in

and wrote music in the same city.

-And Vienna's on the beautiful blue Danube!

That's gotta be where Carmen's going!

[PIANO MUSIC]

-Zack! Listen!

-Hey, don't look at me.

I couldn't carry a tune if it had handles.

And velcro.

-It's another part of the clue.

"A Little Night Music" by Mozart.

-Zack, doesn't that sound...

I don't know... kinda' funny?

-Yeah, that's because Carmen's playing it

in a minor key.

But it begins in a MAJOR key, like this.

♪♪

-Whoh! Think the minor key thing is a clue?

"Miners."

Um, Gold miners, silver miners, mynah birds...

-Or minor, as in a kid, not an adult!

Like Mozart, who was writing symphonies

by the time he was nine years old!

-Player, are there any musical whiz kids in Vienna today?

CHIEF: Extra, Extra, read all about it!

Tonight at the Vienna State Opera House --

A selection of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

featuring a year-old violin prodigy, Sebastian Keye.

-Whoo! Zack! Our "Minor Keye!"

-All right! Player, C- us

to the Vienna State Opera House, front row center!

-Check it out, you clue busting continent crashers...

or CBCC's!

You're heading north from Australia to Austria!

-Vienna, the largest city in Austria,

is famous for its music and architecture.

Like St. Stephen's Cathedral...

Schonbrunn Palace... and the State Opera House!

-Hey, that's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!

-Told you little Volfie was a MAJOR minor, Zack.

He started playing the harpsichord at age !

CHIEF: The piano had been around for a few years,

but Mozart -- more than any other composer --

helped make it popular.

Sorry, kids. Blame it on the "volf man"

when your mom makes you take lessons.

Allright, let's blow this mother keyboard!

C'mon. Let's check on the kid.

[gasps]

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

[yawns]

[GASP] Carmen Sandiego stole my violin! Help!

[grunts upon landing]

-She's headed towards St. Stephen's Cathedral!

Come on!

-Give it up, Carmen!

-Split up.

-Forget them! Carmen's in here!

-Whoah!

-You're mine, Carmen!

-Ugnghhhh!...

[shriek]

-Hold it right there!

-Come on, sis! The tower!

-Thanks for the Danube River clue, Carmen.

-Now we're going to send YOU up the river

for a good long time.

-The only "river" I'm headed for

isn't a river at all, detectives.

-No, Ivy!!!

-Auuughhhh!!

-Don't let go!!

-Afraid I can't take you with me, detectives.

You'll have to get off at the next stop.

-Whoahhhhhhhh!

[gasp] -Let go, Ivy!

-If we let Carmen pick our next stop,

it'll be a deserted island somewhere.

-Whoa -Oooaaahhhhh!

[screams]

-Chief! Help!

[grunts upon landing]

-You rang? Listen up, super-slayers of clue dragons.

They gave Sebastian Keye another instrument,

but he couldn't play a note without his own violin.

-Guess I'd feel the same if someone

snaked my keyboard, Chief.

-This wasn't just any violin.

It's a Stradivarius.

It's a very rare, year-old violin,

signed by its maker, Antonio Stradivari.

-Aren't there only like of them left

in the world, Chief?

-Only about if you don't get this one back!

What have you got on Carmen?

-She's going to a river that isn't a river.

Whatever that means?

-Hmmmm...

Zack, does the word "river" mean something

different in another language?

-Well, in German river is "Fluss."

It's "kawa" in Japanese.

"Rio" is Portuguese. In French...

-Wait, "Rio"?! Zack, what about Rio de Janeiro?

-Brazil?

-That's a river that's not a river --

because it's a city!

-But Rio de Janeiro means River of January.

The place must be named for a river.

CHIEF: Guess again, Zackmeister!

When the Portuguese landed here in January, ,

they THOUGHT Guanabara Bay was the mouth of a river.

-So they called it "Rio de Janeiro"

even though it's completely wrong!

-Whoah, so Rio is a city on a bay.

-It's worth a try!

Player, C- us to Rio de Janeiro!

-And hook us up with an Acme detective

who knows the music scene in South America!

CHIEF: Maestro, traveling music, if you please.

We're heading from Austria to Brazil,

a country so big it covers almost half

of South America.

-Rio de Janeiro is home of legendary Copacabana Beach...

Conical-shaped Sugar Loaf Mountain...

and the giant statue of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado.

IVY: Hey, Carnival!

CHIEF: There's nothing quite like this citywide

street dancin' bash every year.

♪ Bum-bum bum-bum bumba... Oh! ♪

-And the tourist industry's pretty doggone happy

with this little navigator,

for helping to put Rio de Janeiro on the map

to begin with.

"Having a wonderful time, wish you were here.

Found a New World today.

-Hey, it's Amerigo Vespucci,

the guy North and South America are named after!

-Correctamundo, Zackster.

But see, it was only because Amerigo there,

wrote these letters back to Europe,

where a German mapmaker believed

he had made the discoveries...

... . and named the TWO continents after him,

even though he wasn't even in charge

of the exploration!

-Copacabana Beach, Rio. Hey!

I bet Carmen doesn't strike 'til morning.

Let's go party, Sis!

-Don't even think abou it.

[gasps]

-Run!

[screams]

-Zack, look out!

-I am Maria, from Acme, Rio! Get in!

-You don't have to ask me twice!

♪ [DANCE MUSIC]

-So far, Carmen's been stealing things

connected with "classical music," Maria.

-I am going to see "Carmen" tomorrow night.

-You know where Carmen's gonna be tomorrow night?

-No, no, no. Not Carmen.

"Carmen," the opera, by Bizet.

Do you like opera, Zack?

-Oh... wha.. Yeah!

Opera's a musical where they sing all the words, right?

It's totally k*ller!

-Well, I am going to hear Leora Vincent,

doing selections from "Carmen."

-Hmm... A famous opera entitled "Carmen".

This would be just a little too hard

for Carmen Sandiego to pass up, don't you think, Zack?

-Maria, we've gotta warn Leora Carmen's

probably about to pay her a visit.

-C'mon. I know where she is staying.

-It's Acme Detective Agency!

Miss Vincent, please open up.

[YAWNS] Yes... ?

[strange rumble]

-What's that sound?

-It's coming from next room!

-That's Rajiv, my pianist!

-Let's go. We got what we came for.

-Kiiiiya!

-And you're what we came for, Carmen!

-Look, Clair! We're being rushed by adoring fans!

-Let's give 'em a private concert.

[OPERATIC HIGH NOTE]

-Ahhhhh...

-Ahhhhhh... .

-Don't follow us, detectives.

-Or you'll get an encore.

-Oh, man! That the worst thing I ever heard!

-Come on, let's find out what they took.

-Okay, listen up. Here's the Crime Net file

on those two henchwomen.

-Clair E. Net and her twin sister Cora Net!

-Minor crooks we busted in

a lip-synching scandal a few years back.

-Well, it looks like they're

expanding their repertoire, Chief.

-So far they've helped Carmen

steal the Sydney Opera House...

a twelve year-old prodigy's violin...

-Two of Leora's opera gowns,

and Rajiv's antique metronome.

-Something's not right.

I mean, other than the opera house,

there's nothing especially Carmen-like

about the other items.

What's the connection?

-Hot tip from Crime Net! Hey! I've got an update!

-Direct from Riu de Janeiru, Leora Vincent.

Let's hear it for her.

-That's what I call a clue a la carte!

-What? Eggs again??!

♪ [singing "Carmen"]

-Got it! -Hunh?!

[SINGING TRAILS OFF]

-My voice is gone...

as if I'd never practiced a day in my life!

-Can I have forgotten how to play??

-Zack, remember how year-old Sebastian Keye

said HE couldn't play either?

-Could Carmen have found a way to steal their talent?!

-Musicians' nerve and muscle reactions

become almost a*t*matic with years of practice.

-Maybe Carmen has somehow transferred these

neuromuscular patterns into that net device

we saw her carrying when she escaped!

-Well, if that net can steal talent,

let's hope it can RETURN it.

-We gotta find Carmen and get that net.

-Wait! Chief! You're breaking up!

♪ [singing "Carmen"]

-I am here to announce the greatest musical theft

in history.

Anyone could steal a Stradivarius...

But only Carmen Sandiego can steal what makes it

worth listening to -- talent.

♪ [RAPID MUSIC]

-Ivy, you hear that?

-Yeah. "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Rimsky-Korsakov.

-No, in the distance, behind Carmen.

It sounds like a bell!

-Player, drop out the main sound

and bring up the background.

[CLOCK STRIKES]

♪ La donne e mobile

-A clock striking, and waves lapping.

It's some seacoast town with a clock tower.

-Seacoast? In a world that's three-quarters ocean?

Ai! We'll never find her.

-C'mon, Maria, think!

Someone singing in Italian near a famous bell tower.

-Er... A singing gondolier?

-Near the clock tower in St. Mark's Square

in Venice, Italy!

-Player, do the C- thing!

CHIEF: Okay, listen up clue cruisers!

You're on your way from Rio de Jeneiro

to Venice Italy. Ohhh Solo mio!!!

-Look! Isn't that henchwoman Minnie Series

and her boyfriend Phil M. Critic?

-Yeah, and there's the most slippery conwoman

in the world, Lindsey Doil.

-Sharing a boat with daredevil stunt pilot,

Hugo First!

-It's like the "Who's Who" of Carmen Sandiego

back-up crooks.

-Let's follow them right to Carmen.

And put 'em all in the Who's-Through.

-Come on!

-I'll call for backup. I love doing that!

Don't let Carmen escape.

♪♪

-Look! There's the Net on stage.

-We'll never get it with the three stooges standing guard.

-Have you ever played a glass harmonica?

-Sure, you wet your finger and rub it

on the rim of a glass.

It resonates, and produces a tone. So?

-To make the perfect diversion,

I need to know the exact pitch

at which that glass resonates.

♪ [HIGH NOTE]

-G above high C.

Okay, Zack, you fill the rest of these glasses

to the same level.

-Ivy, write G above high C in here.

-I didn't take eight years of piano lessons for nothing.

But I hope Wagner won't mind us rewriting

"Ride of the Valkyries."

-They're coming back!

-I proudly give you...

Clair E. Net and her twin sister, Cora Net!

-When Clair hits those new high notes,

get ready to rock and roll.

♪♪

♪ [OPERATIC SINGING]

♪ [hits G above high C]

[grunts]

[glass shatters]

♪ [MUSIC BECOMES SLOPPY]

[CROWD LAUGHS]

Oh, noooooo! We're ruined.

[Screams]

[struggling wallas]

-Gee! I think I hear the fat lady singing

on this case, Carmen.

-That's another way of saying the Opera's over, detective.

But not for me.

Ciao!

-She got away!

-Well, at least we saved the Stradivarius,

the Sydney Opera House...

-And with this Net, we'll be able to give

the real musicians back their talent.

-Um, my favorite opera, "Rigoletto,"

is playing just down the canal, Zack.

-Oh... uh, maybe while we're in Venice,

we should go see it.

-Ah, Ivy, it is so hard to find a boy who loves opera.

-Yeah! Well, sometimes they can learn, I guess.

♪♪