02x09 - Dog Day Mid-Afternoon

[bunniefuu]

[vehicle horns honking]

[theme song playing]

[Lunella] ♪ Ooh, my feet
touched the ground ♪

♪ Here I am, world
Hear that trumpet sound? ♪

♪ Yeah, I have arrived ♪

♪ And me and my girls
'bout to dip and slide ♪

♪ Swerve, better make way ♪

♪ Skurt-skurt,
I got rules to break ♪

♪ Workin' nonstop
Now it's time to drop ♪

♪ Ooh, honey, boom
Cute, smart, and clever ♪

[singer] ♪ If you didn't know it
Now-now you know ♪

- ♪ Moon Girl Magic ♪
- [Lunella] ♪ Yeah, I'm Magic! ♪

- [singer] ♪ Thought you knew? ♪
- [Lunella] ♪ Thought you knew, baby? ♪

[singer] ♪ Genius inspiration overflow ♪

- ♪ Moon Girl Magic ♪
- [Lunella] ♪ Moon Girl Magic ♪

- [singer] ♪ Thought you knew? ♪
- [Lunella] ♪ Thought you knew, baby? ♪

[giggles]

[gasps] Whoa!

Excited about this
science class field trip, Coach,

but what exactly are
our pedagogical objectives here?

Well, see, they added "art" to STEM,

so it's STEAM now,

and I'm just tryin'
to do right by you kids,

so here we are!

Ah, you're doing great, Coach.

I heard this new crystal exhibit
is going to be amazing!

Uh, you mean you heard the exhibition

is going to be amazing.

"Exhibit" is the verb,

"exhibition" is the noun.

Cool. Now I'm exhibiting
signs of annoyance.

[whistle blows]

All right, STEAM-ers! Huddle up!

Okay, I'm gonna pass the baton

over to our guide for the day, Mr. Stern.

That's Dr. Stern. Dr. Stern.

I have a PhD.
I have six PhDs, actually.

So it should be...

Anand, that's you in the future
if you're not careful.

Oh, I wish!

Welcome to the National Art
Institute of New York.

Today I shall endeavor to cultivate

some semblance of art appreciation.

And I'd appreciate it
if you'd all follow my rules.

No phones, no pictures, no yo-yo's.

No touching the art.
Don't look at the art too long.

You'll wear it out with your eyes.

If you must breathe,

do it through your nose in short bursts.

- Ready?
- [thunder rumbles]

- Yeah.
- I guess.

[growling]

[all talking]

[clears throat] Please,

no talking to our annual pass patrons.

Mr. Dinosaur is a true art aficionado.

[growls]

Do not disturb him.

[sighs]

[theme music plays]

What an incredible, undeserved honor

for your young eyes to see,

the first time this object
has ever been on display.

Hailing from the Indian state
of Karnataka,

may I present... the Crystal of Karwar.

- [all] Ooh!
- [Lunella] Wow!

Shh! But yes, "ooh" is correct.

- No video!
- Wow!

- [alarm sounds]
- Ah!

As you can see, the crystal's carvings

mirror an Aquarian star pattern.

They indicate that this crystal
was likely used

in a peacekeeping ceremony
in Karnataka.

With all due respect,

my grandparents are from Karnataka,

and there's no way that
that crystal is from there.

- As I'm sure you know...
- I probably do.

...the coloration of crystals
is determined by the elements

found in a region's soil.

Based on the flora of Karnataka,

a crystal of that color

- would not be possible.
- Well, now...

Exactly how did the museum
get this crystal, anyway?

Did it come with
the correct provenance?

Add to the rule list,
no questioning provenance or--

I mean, look at these runes.

Do they look like they're based

in Indo-Aryan language structures?

I'm sorry, do you have
a PhD in Linguistics? No?

Well, new rule, only PhDs
get to talk today, children.

Now, on to the Contemporary Art gallery!

Now!

Hmm?

Is that...

Kree?

- S'up, Earthling?
- Uh, hey there, Marvin.

- You got a sec?
- Uh, I'm in P.E. class now,

death moat obstacle course,
but, yeah, hit me!

[groans]

Okay, so, I'm at a museum, and...

do you know what this is?

The Crystal of Korath!
[groans]

What are they doing with that?

You-- you have to get it out of there!

- Why?
- The Crystal of Korath

is the most sacred part of Bloodvember,

the Kree Festival of Battle.

It creates brutal battle conditions

to challenge warrior contestants,

and to amuse my father.

When exposed to the light of any star,

in your case, the sun,
it starts to activate.

And when exposed to direct sunlight...

Whoa! I'm talking whirlwind storms,

sulfuric rains, and who knows

what kind of damage it'll cause on Earth.

- Uh...
- How attached are you

to the island of Manhattan?

Um, very!

I'll be there as soon as I can.

But in the meantime,
you've gotta get it out of there!

Put it in your Boom Locker
ASAP or--

No cell phones in the museum!

Wait, listen.

I was talking to my friend
about the crystal.

It's mega-dangerous!

Dangerous... ly fascinating, maybe.

This isn't story time.

It is listening-to-me time.

No, seriously,

if we don't get it out of that display,

the crystal's gonna cause storms,

winds, utter devastation!

This cell phone
could cause utter devastation,

radio waves jostling the art.

- I won't have it!
- No, I'll just--

- I'll put it back in my bag!
- That bulky thing?

You're going to knock into
a Ming Dynasty porcelain vase.

- Devil! Get in here!
- [gasps]

[grunting]

Ah, come on, brain, do your thing.

Gotta nab this crystal, but how?

No Devil, no Moon Girl gear...

[laughter]

No problem.

Y'all. Anand was right about the crystal.

- Yes!
- I looked into it.

And let's just say,
it doesn't belong here,

and could cause some major
pain-in-the-astronomical damage.

No!

We need to get that crystal
out of here like yesterday!

So... we're planning a heist?

No, no, no, no, no.
We're just relocating an artifact.

Yeah, that's a heist.

Don't toy with my emotions

because I have been waiting for this day!

I have seen literally
every heist movie ever made.

Whoa, hold on.
Shouldn't we tell an adult?

[nervous chuckle]
Let them handle it?

I tried that. Dr. Stern didn't believe me.

Plus, we just don't have time.

But we're just kids.

True, we're just kids,

STEM kids with high-powered brains

who can do just about anything

when they put those brains together.

Come on, who wants
to save Manhattan today?

All right. Stem Club, assemble!

[theme music plays]

[theme music plays]

So you're saying that the longer
the crystal's exposed to sunlight,

the worse the weather will get,

until the point of direct contact
and then...

Manhattan's sunk. Literally.

We need to get another look
at that gallery ASAP.

I got you. Stern said no phones,
not no watches.

[beeps]

We just need to calculate
the path of the sun,

factoring in the angle of the skylight

versus the plexiglass case

to determine the point
of direct sunlight...

Ah, thanks!

Okay, assuming the plexiglass
is 3/4 of an inch thick...

we have until...



[all gasp]

Oof. Cecilia. Any thoughts
on getting past security?

[gasps] All my thoughts
are about getting past security.

For your consideration,
one foolproof heist

broken down into three easy steps.

- Whoa.
- Whoa.

Nice work, Cecilia.

Hello. Lunch is over, children.

Unrewarding task of shaping
small minds, resumed.

It's go time.

[electricity crackling]

[thunder rumbles]

In the mummification process,
the internal organs

were removed and then put
into these ceremonial...

[Cecilia] Step one:
Get into the security room

and put the crystal gallery monitors
on a loop.

The guards change shifts
at precisely 2:15.

Strawberry fruit leather,
innocent children's snack?

Or tool for espionage? Oop.

The infrared lights can't read
the red of the fruit roll,

so it'll just bounce back the oils

from the last person's fingerprint.

[beeps]

Then I download the CliqClaq video

I got of the Crystal of Karwar
before I was rudely interrupted.

New guard's around the corner!

Come on, come on, come on!

[beeping]

[whistling]

[whistling continues]

[both exhale deeply]

[Lunella] Step one, check.

[Cecilia] Step two: Trick the guards

into disabling the curtain alarm

that protects the crystal.

Game on! Literally.

The level up music from my game

is the same frequency as the alarm.

And the acoustics of the arches

send the sound waves
bouncing around the curve,

making it sound like it's coming
from the display case.

[♪ level up music plays]

Huh?

[funky beat music playing]

[whistling]

[digital sound effects]

[alarm blares]

What?

Uhh...

[Cecilia] If we can get
the guard far away enough,

he won't want to run back.

[alarm blares]

[guard groans]

Hey, Dani, you got eyes
on the crystal?

The alarm keeps going off.

All good here, Donny.

Can you just turn it off
till someone can take a look?

Not exactly standard procedure,
I'm afraid,

but... tough stuff.

[upbeat theme playing]

Whoo-hoo!

Step two, check.

[Cecilia] Step three.
We wait until the guards

walk away from the gallery
on their regular loop,

then we swoop in!

Y'all keep Stern
off our tail?

Too easy, Cap.
Let's roll, ladies.

- [both] I got this!
- What?

No, I-- I got this.
I'm the muscle.

I'm the one who knew
the crystal was bad news.

C'mon, please.
Everyone else had a thing.

Okay, Anand, you're the muscle.

Yeah! Nothin' gonna stop us now.

[epic theme playing]

[Anand screams]

- I can't do this! Abort mission!
- What?

[camera shutter clicking]

What's going on? We have, like,



and then goodbye NYC.

I can't do this! Time to give up!

You can be the muscle, whatever.

I know I act like I know everything,
but I don't!

I'm just a kid. I mean,
what if we just left the crystal here?

Is that so bad?

[thunder crashes]

[energy crackling]

[sighs] I can't do this.

I can't do this, I can't do this.

Look, something very real

and very bad will happen
if we don't do this.

Just because we're kids,
you know, it doesn't mean

we can't do something really important.

Like you said,
it's because of things you knew

that got us here, Anand.

It's like my grandma once told me...

The bird doesn't need to trust the branch

when it trusts its own wings.

What does that even mean?

It means you need to trust yourself.

Believe in yourself,
even when the adults don't.

And for what it's worth, I believe in you.

- You do?
- Yeah, I do.

[inspiring theme playing]

Now go, Anand, and be the muscle.

[exciting theme playing]

Ahem!

- What are you--?
- Aah!

I assumed "don't steal the art"

went without saying.

Big yikes. But all heists hit a snag.

We'll just call this step 3.5.

Operation Chaos.

[electronic whirr]

♪ Who's laughing now? ♪

♪ No more doubt
'cause we running the town ♪

♪ Just look around
Change is now ♪

♪ Fast as the speed of sound ♪

♪ Never count us out
You can't tear us down ♪

♪ Your head is in the clouds
Our feet are on the ground ♪

♪ We are powerful ♪

♪ We are never
afraid to do what's right ♪

♪ And we'll do it every time ♪

♪ Whoa
We got the brains ♪

♪ You know we got the guts ♪

♪ We got the strength
and you know that's because ♪

♪ We're the super generation ♪

♪ Zero limitations ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ We're the super generation ♪

♪ Zero limitations ♪

[exaggerated ticking]

♪ We got the brains
You know we got the guts ♪

♪ We got the strength
and you know that's because ♪

♪ We're the super generation ♪

♪ Zero limitations ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

Whew!

[panting]

- Aah!
- [grunts]

[gasps and grunts]

Whoo!

Aah!

Ha! You kids really thought

you could take the Crystal of Karwar?

Remember, I am always
two steps ahead of you.

[rhythmic music plays]

[mellow music plays]

[wind whooshes, thunder crashes]

You can sit in the security
break room upstairs

while I look
for your teacher.

No touching anything,
no sitting too loudly.

How clean are your hands?

[weary sigh]
I guess we'll take the stairs.

Will we, though?

Oh. Right. Well, um... Hmm...

I'll just meet you up there, boss.

[smooth theme playing]

[wind whooshes]

[exaggerated ticking]

[scoffs] Look,
I know you don't believe us,

but that crystal is from not India,

and we're just trying
to do the right thing.

No time for your make-believe, children.

Hey, you win. You got us.

But just 'cause we're kids

doesn't mean we don't
deserve your respect.

We're really smart and capable.

And trustworthy.

I know you don't think much of us,

but weren't you a kid once?

[chimes cascading]

I got over it.
You are all going down for this.

[Dr. Stern] Coach Hrbek.

A word.

[bell dings]

Took the what with the whoosit?

Ah, nah, not my team.

I'm telling you, they stole the crystal.

- [Anand chuckles dryly]
- You think we did what?

[quiet snickers]

I have proof!

Look! [gasps]

Oh! My art history book?

I'm just trying
to cultivate my small mind.

What? But I-- I--
But I know they took it.

I saw it with my own eyes.

Come with me.

[bell dings]

[device beeps,
mechanism whirrs]

Hmm!

[whirring]

[resounding clank]

What, what, what,
what, what, what?

But I-- I saw him.

[loud ticking]

You stole it! I know you stole it,

you no-good, infantile, foolish little--

Hey! Now, hold up there.

Nobody yells at my kids like this.

Yeah, Stern. What are you thinking?

They are liars.

They said that
the crystal was dangerous

and that something terrible
would happen at 3:00 p.m.!

Oh, that must have been our--
What did you call it?

Make-believe, I think it was.

I-- They-- You-- They--
I-- Look, I--

I know you did something.

But... we're just kids.

What could we possibly have done?

Here's the part of the heist movie

where we show you
the whole story of what went down.

[sound shuttles backward]

♪ What a night
Feet to the pavement ♪

♪ Under city lights ♪

♪ Move to the rhythm
of the sirens going ♪

♪ Ohh, ohh, ohh ♪

♪ 4-3-2-1
Say you wanna join the fun ♪

♪ Runaways ♪

♪ Painting the avenue ♪

♪ A million ways
Look to the moon ♪

♪ And you might
hear us howling, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ If you wanna be
one of the kids ♪

♪ Gotta run with the kids
Run with the kids, ohh ♪

♪ If you wanna be
one of the kids ♪

♪ Gotta run with the kids
Run with the kids, ohh ♪

♪ All night, all day ♪

♪ We've got each other
till the end of every... ♪

Okay, USB cables,
chargers, whatever you got.

Retainers, please, and thank you.

Please don't break this.
My mom will end me.

♪ We've got each other
till the end of every road ♪

♪ If you want to be one
of the kids ♪

♪ Gotta run with the kids ♪

[thunder crashes]

[growling]

♪ Ohhh ♪

[energy crackling]

[energy powers down]

[exaggerated tick]

[rumbling]

[birds chirping]

Okay, so there were
more than three steps.

Boom. Classic heist reveal.

Happy to cite my references upon request.

No offense, Dr. Stern, but I'm not sure

you're qualified
for the line of work, man.

A lot of children come to museums,
and, well,

you kind of...

"hate" might be a strong word, but--

[Dani] Time for you to go, Dr. Stern.

This is my museum.

Who's going to explain
the exhibits now?

Actually, it's exhibition.

- See ya!
- [jeering]

[Dr. Stern grumbles]

Ugh! You crushed it today, fam.

Especially you, bud.
I knew you could do it.

Of course I could.
I am a super genius, you know.

Mmm... let's say regular genius.

[light chuckle]

But, yeah,
you're pretty super overall.

And someday I'm gonna have six PhDs.

Well, then, I'm-a have seven.

[Anand] I'm thinking eight, actually.

[pigeons cooing]

[grumbling]

Whoo!

What?!

[laughter]

And so then we were like,
"Well, we're just kids.

What could we possibly have done?"

[laughter]

I've never been so proud
to be a Kid Kree.

[chuckles]
Missing Earth pizza, huh?

I mean, you can get pizza on Hala,

but you usually have to battle
a legion of demons for it,

and by then, it's usually cold.

[both chuckle]

Anyway, here's the crystal.

Oops. Now the Boom Locker's
all greasy.

Yeah, thanks
for getting it back to me.

Sounds like it was pretty rough.

You're, uh, really something else.

[soft sigh]

[soft chuckle]

Ahem.

Well, uh, uh, cool.

Thanks for the boom pizza.

I mean, the pizza and the boom thing.

You too. I-- I mean...

um...

[effort grunts]

Well...

Uh, bye.

Bye.

- ♪ I know, I know ♪
- ♪ You like it ♪

- ♪ I know, you know ♪
- ♪ You want it ♪

- ♪ I know, I know ♪
- ♪ You like it ♪

- ♪ I know, you know ♪
- ♪ I got it ♪

- ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ I know, I know you like it ♪

- ♪ I know, you know ♪
- ♪ You want it ♪

- ♪ I know, I know ♪
- ♪ You like it ♪

- ♪ I know, you know ♪
- ♪ I got it ♪

[instrumental music playing]

[music ends]