01x04 - Moondreams

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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?

NEIL ARMSTRONG: That's one small step for man...

-And one giant leap for Carmen Sandiego.

[intercom beeps] -Get the car, please.

-Hunh... ?!

[BIRD SHRIEKS]

-Oh! Shooo... go away... Go! Get out of here! Go!

-Don't be afraid. He's just a pet.

-Hey, wait. Aren't you, uh... somebody?

-We're all "somebody."

-Hunh?

-Brian, is she someone famous?

-Oh, man! That's Carmen Sandiego!

Call the Police!

[over P.A.] We've got every bridge and tunnel

off Manhattan Island covered.

You can't escape, Carmen!

-Before we leave New York, cut across to Times Square.

I arranged a little surprise for everyone

in "The Big Apple."

[gulps]

[moo]

-We've got you surrounded, Carmen Sandiego.

Come out with your hands in the air.

-Hey, look! It's Carmen Sandiego!

[crowd gasps]

-Ha! Nice trick! But the real Carmen's in here!

[crowd chatter]

-If you think you can get away from me this time,

you're dreaming, Carmen.

♪ She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes! ♪

♪ She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes! ♪

♪ She'll be comin' round the mountain ♪

-I don't get it, Chief!

If Carmen paid for the toy, what's the crime?

-Okay, okay. It wasn't technically a theft.

-But Carmen Sandiego's definitely up to

something B-I-G, and that spells huge!

-Known Henchmen have been meeting

in cities from Pakistan to Peru, China to Chile...

and various longitudes and latitudes in between.

Hey! Where ya goin'?!

-There must be something special with

this toy for it to grab Carmen's attention.

-Well, these "Illuma-Pads" are pretty cool toys.

Maybe all those henchmen want to play with hers.

-Zack!

The salesgirl remembers two things from the incident.

Each of the henchmen had similar tatoos.

-The symbols for yin and yang.

The Chinese emblem for opposites that complement.

Like male and female.

-And they had a very unique bird on...

-Bingo! -Hunh?

-We might just have nailed the country

those henchmen were from, Ivy!

-The henchman's bird was a cormorant.

-Hello? Zack? Cormorants live

on coasts all over the world.

-But only along certain rivers will you find these.

Player, Info-Scan trained Cormorants.

CHIEF: Yes, anglers!

No more squishing slimy worms onto hooks!

No more fish getting away with your bait!

In fact, no more bait.

-Some fishermen in China train wild cormorants

to pluck their catch right out of

the Yangtze River for them!

-Zack, if the Henchmen had these

Yin and Yang tattoos and a trained Cormorant...

-The first place I'd look is China.

Player, bring up that map of

known Henchmen activity again, please.

-Henchmen were spotted on the move in Gansu Province...

further south in Guangdong...

-And look! There's activity in Sichuan

near China's longest river, the Yangtze!

-Could be it!

Player, C- us to the Far East!

CHIEF: Ni-hau, buckaroos.

You're flying from New York City, USA

to the People's Republic of China.

-At over - / million square miles,

China is the third largest country,

right behind Russia and Canada.

-Okay, listen up clue busters.

Finding a couple of henchmen in China

isn't going to be easy.

More people live here than in any country in the world.

Over a billion strong.

-So, if the Earth's about , miles around...

and you placed every person in China end to end,

they could probably circle the globe

more than times!

-But don't get me wrong!

When most of Europe was looking for a light switch

to get out of the Dark Ages,

the Chinese were not just lying around!

-They were busy inventing everything

from paper and the compass,

to gunpowder and fireworks.

CHIEF: You'll be landing shortly.

-Well, what do you know?

The Yangtze is almost , miles long,

and we put down right on the mark, little bro'!

-Whatever Carmen's up to

looks like it's kicking into high gear.

Come on!

[hushed conversation in Chinese]

-Ivy! You hear that?

-Uh, Zack, I don't speak Chinese.

-It's something about getting to Xi Chang

before nightfall.

[in Chinese]

-Now they're saying somebody's outside the door...

-Ooooff... . -Ungghhhh!

-Hey! They didn't say anything about a net.

I'm sure of it.

-At least we know they're headed

to someplace called Xi Chang.

[struggling] Great.

Now, if we can just shake free.

-Ooof... Ughh...

-I hope this doesn't hurt...

-Ooof... Ughh...

-You okay?

-Yeah! But not for long!

[coughing] Stay low!

There's more air below the smoke!

-Breathe into the wet rag, Ivy!

[COUGHING]... It cuts out the smoke...

[COUGHING]

We gotta get out of here!

[coughing, struggling]

-Whoah!

[gasps]

[coughing]

-Well, the henchmen lost their Junk,

and we lost the henchmen.

[coughing] But we know where they're going.

If we can find this Xi Chang place.

-But what's Carmen up to?

I mean, she buys a lighted pegboard toy in New York,

then has henchmen on the move,

over , miles away in China.

What's the connection?

-Player, info-scan Xi Chang, Sichuan Province.

CHIEF: Picture, if you will, an ordinary field

in a region called Daliang Shan.

It's a tranquil existence. Tend some hogs.

Drink some tea.

But there's more here than meets the eye.

-There's the Xi Chang launch center,

for space satellites and it's only about

one football field away from working farms!

Talk about half-time show...

-Unless Carmen's taking up farming,

I'd say Xi Chang's launch center sounds like

the best place for us to start, Zack.

Zack... ?

-We're in luck, Ivy!

There's a merchant on his way to Xi Chang.

He'll give us a lift!

-Shouldn't we find security

and let them know we're on the grounds?

-I've got a feeling they already paid security a visit.

Come on.

-Oof.

-Mind if we give you two a hand?

[gasp] -Gotcha!!

-Where'd they go?

-Well, at least we stopped them

from ripping off this rocket.

-Um, Zack... Look.

-Okay, now see, this is bad.

-A cheap ten dollar kid's toy

and now some of the most expensive space hardware

in the world.

-Three rockets, three lights...

-What's Carmen up to?

-Duck!

-Yikes!

-I guess Carmen wants to see

all our daily nutritional requirements are met

while we're away from home.

-Hey, this is a big piece of litmus paper.

It can tell if something is an acid or a base.

-And Carmen gave us an orange!

Zack, oranges have natural acids!

It must be part of a clue.

-The orange's acid will turn this litmus paper

from blue to red. Watch.

[chuckles] Pretty cool, huh?

-Looks like a message.

-Carmen must have written on it

with some kind of base, like Borax,

that neutralizes acid,

keeping the letters blue.

"I'm taking a trip and I'll be blue...

Love, Maria."

-Where's she taking a trip to? And who's Maria?

-Player, info-scan "Maria," please.

-Maria, Maria, she's our gal!

If she can't do it, no one shall!

CHIEF: Meet Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress,

Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Archduchess of Austria

in the 's. What a resume, huh?

Had sixteen children, one of whom was...

... Marie Antoinette, known in Spanish

as Maria Antonia...

-This is getting us nowhere.

-Wait a minute! Ivy, Carmen just stole rockets.

Maybe she's taking a trip into space

and maybe Maria isn't a "who," but a "what."

-I have no idea what you're talking about, Zack.

-Look, years ago, Galileo thought

those dark patches on the moon were water.

So he named them with the Latin word for seas...

"Maria."

-Okay, Einstein, then what's this part mean

about being "blue"?

-Well... A blue moon is when there

are two full moons in one month, right?

-Okay, fine. Player, info-scan lunar activity.

When is the next time there are two full moons

in a month?

-Whoah! Doesn't happen very often.

That's why people say "only once in a blue moon."

A-HA! You're in luck, crime busters.

The next blue moon is in four days!

-Ivy, it takes astronauts three days

to fly to the moon.

If the trip Carmen is taking is gonna reach it

on the blue moon, she'd have to leave by tomorrow.

-But these Long March Rockets

don't carry astronauts.

-Hey, I'm hungry.

-Zack, look!

-So? Lots of oranges come from Florida.

-Forget the snack, Zack! Carmen said,

"I'm taking a trip... "!

What's in Florida that she might want to steal next?

Think outer space, rockets...

-Woah... The space shuttle at Cape Canaveral!

-Player, booster rocket us to the Sunshine State!

CHIEF: Okay, moondreamers, you're C- -ing it

from China to one of the flattest places in America,

The Florida Peninsula.

-It's surrounded on three sides by water

and the highest point in the state

is only feet above sea level!

-And more coastline than any state except Alaska!

-Let's not forget the Everglades...

and the Florida Keys, an arc of Islands

that juts out miles into the Gulf of Mexico!

-Hey! Check it out, Space Cadets!

Cape Canaveral's been America's premiere launch site

since , when our first astronauts, Able and Baker,

weighed in at a mere nine pounds a piece.

-Yes, these brave monkeys went into space

before man ever dared to try.

-The Apollo Eleven astronauts made history when...

... Neil Armstrong became the first human

ever to set foot on the moon!

[gasps] -But no time for parties now,

we're splashing down in Cape Canaveral, Florida,

the launch site of the Space Shuttle!

Today's recyclable space ship.

-Uh, one more thing Florida is known for, Ivy.

-What's that?

-Alligators!!!

-I've got a a feeling the only way out of here

is the way he came in.

-Run!

[struggling grunts]

-I'm gettin' too old for this.

-Oww!

-Oh, man. This is bad.

[struggling]

[struggling] Quick, Zack...

your belt!

-What are you nuts, Ivy?

What made you think you could hold his jaw shut?

[struggling] Zoology class, little bro'.

Alligators have enough power to crush cow bones

like kindling, but not much at all

for opening wide.

-Easy, big fella. Easy.

No one's going to hurt you.

Get ready to run, Zack.

-We gotta talk to the Chief about fixing

that C- glitch.

-Or, I gotta take wrestling lessons.

-Hey, they don't piggyback

the space shuttle away from Cape Canaveral.

This is the launch site.

-All security personnel report to your stations!

-Carmen Sandiego has stolen the Space Shuttle!

-All personnel are busy with this crisis.

I'll be with you shortly.

-Great. Now how are we going to find out

where Carmen's gone?

-Hi, I'm Michelle. Can I help?

-Naw, Thanks. You're just...

-A kid?

-Uh... no. I meant, you're just...

pretty darn impressive in that space suit.

Why are you wearing a space suit?

-Welll, I go to Space Camp here at Cape Canaveral.

We were going to get a chance

to watch the space shuttle launch...

-Until Carmen stole it, huh?

-Yeah.

-Well, maybe you can help us find out

what she's up to, Michelle.

-But why would she take the shuttle away?

Why not just launch from here?

-Depending on the mission,

you always have a different launch window.

-Launch window? What's that?

-Well, see, the moon's a moving target.

It travels around the Earth at

more than miles per hour.

-So, you have to aim at a spot way

in front of the moon, and let it come to you

right at the end of your three day flight?

-Right! And if Carmen had launched from here,

say, ten minutes ago, given average speed...

... she would have missed the moon

by thousands and thousands of miles.

-Then, working backwards,

where on earth would the launch window be...

-... if Carmen wanted to reach the moon

exactly when it's full.

[mumbling] Full moon is in exactly...

uh-huh... and the flight time is...

uh-uh...

-With those parameters,

the ideal place is in the Andes Mountains of Peru.

-But at this specific longitude and latitude,

temperatures sometimes go

below degrees Fahrenheit.

The launch would just

shut itself down automatically.

-Knowing Carmen, she's got that covered.

Player, C- us to these coordinates.

-I wish I knew where we were going.

This llama's not exactly comfortable.

-Well don't sweat it, little bro'.

There's Carmen's launch site.

-What is she thinking of?

-Okay. Coast is clear.

Here's the Illuma-Pad she bought

at that toy store, Ivy.

-But what's she doing with it?

-Hmm...

-Only one way to find out.

-Woah! The rocket payloads are filled

with red and black dye.

-Biodegradable no doubt?

-And this program is set to launch the stolen rockets

to specific locations on the lunar surface!

-When the colored dyes are released,

Carmen's image will appear on the face

of the full moon...

... like a giant paint-by-number!

-And she'll orchestrate the whole thing

from her bird's eye view

aboard the stolen space shuttle!

[span]COMPUTER: Prepare for launch. [/span]

-Zack, you've got to stop the launch.

If she gets away with the space shuttle

and those Long March Rockets,

it could set international space programs back years!

-But it could take days to break her code!

[span]-T-minus three minutes [span] and counting.[/span][/span]

-We don't have days! Come on!

-Carmen!!

-I want them to watch... from a distance.

-Whoahhhhhhhhhh!

-Zack! Follow me nice and easy. hand over hand.

[yells]

-Jump for the cliff!

[struggling, exertion]

-You okay?

-Just tell me when it's over.

-C'mon, Zack. We're running out of time.

[COUNTDOWN] T-Minus seconds...

... ... ...

... ... ...

-Ivy! At seconds before lift-off,

those boosters fire up and the whole launch site

will reach almost , degrees!

-Temperature! That's it!

-Hunh?

-Michelle said the launch system automatically

shuts down if the temperature goes

below forty-one degrees. Come on!

-Where are we going?!

-The temperature monitoring gauge!

-The CO in this fire extinguisher

should lower the temperature enough to...

-We're toast at seconds! Just do it!

[span]-Twelve... Eleven... Ten... [span] nine... [/span][/span]

[span]-Eight... [/span]

[span]-Launch aborted... [/span]

[span]Temperature below [span] safety levels.[/span][/span]

[span]Launch [span] aborted.[/span][/span]

-All right, Ivy! We did it!

[happy yelp] Now, with a little luck,

we can nab Carmen.

-You froze me out this time detectives,

but there's always going to be another full moon...

and another chance.

[gasp]

-Well, if it's any consolation,

Michelle will be glad we saved the space shuttle.

-Yeah, and who knows, maybe she'll become

the first woman on the moon instead of Carmen.

♪ WHERE IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?

♪ CARMEN SANDIEGO?

♪ WHERE ON EARTH CAN SHE BE?

♪ WHERE IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?

♪ CARMEN SANDIEGO?

♪ WHERE ON EARTH CAN SHE BE?

♪ WHERE ON EARTH CAN SHE BE?