The Case of the Girl with the Long Face

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0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Every day when you're walkin' down the street

0:00:05 > 0:00:07# Everybody that you meet

0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Has an original point of view

0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # And I say, hey!- Hey!

0:00:12 > 0:00:17# What a wonderful kind of day If we can learn to work and play

0:00:17 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other

0:00:21 > 0:00:23# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

0:00:23 > 0:00:26# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street

0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!

0:00:29 > 0:00:32# Get together and make things better By working together

0:00:32 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart

0:00:37 > 0:00:41# Oh, believe in yourself For that's the place to start

0:00:41 > 0:00:46- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day

0:00:46 > 0:00:51# If we can learn to work and play And get along with each other

0:00:51 > 0:00:57# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #

0:00:57 > 0:00:58(Hey, DW!)

0:01:00 > 0:01:02- Hey!- Whoa!

0:01:02 > 0:01:03CRASH

0:01:06 > 0:01:08Watteau, old chap,

0:01:08 > 0:01:12Paris is beset by crimes so strange only you can solve them.

0:01:13 > 0:01:16SIRENS WAIL

0:01:16 > 0:01:19A thief broke into the Louvre, stole the frames,

0:01:19 > 0:01:21but left the paintings behind.

0:01:25 > 0:01:27The Eiffel Tower is missing...

0:01:27 > 0:01:28THEY GASP

0:01:28 > 0:01:31..and has been replaced by a giant baguette.

0:01:32 > 0:01:36And I suspect someone's let the animals out of the zoo.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39- FRENCH ACCENT:- What gives you that idea, Bastings?

0:01:39 > 0:01:40Just a hunch.

0:01:40 > 0:01:41HE SHOUTS

0:01:41 > 0:01:47Eh, another day, another puzzle to solve brilliantly. Who cares?

0:01:48 > 0:01:50Fern, why'd you stop?

0:01:50 > 0:01:53We're right in the middle of an exciting case.

0:01:53 > 0:01:56I'm sorry, George, I just feel sad.

0:01:56 > 0:01:58I think I'll go home.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01Sad? Why are you sad?

0:02:01 > 0:02:05- I don't know. - FRENCH ACCENT:- It's a mystery.

0:02:05 > 0:02:07But you're the world's greatest detective!

0:02:09 > 0:02:13Who else can I get to solve the case of why you're sad?

0:02:13 > 0:02:14DOORBELL RINGS

0:02:15 > 0:02:17- THUNDER CRASHES - How about me?

0:02:17 > 0:02:20Buster Baxter, private eye.

0:02:28 > 0:02:30It was a Tuesday

0:02:30 > 0:02:33and the rain ran down my window like Mum's chilli bubbling

0:02:33 > 0:02:38over the pot, but she wasn't the only one spilling the beans.

0:02:38 > 0:02:44So, you see, Mr Baxter, my friend Fern hasn't smiled in a week.

0:02:44 > 0:02:47And you want me to find out why?

0:02:47 > 0:02:50If she doesn't cheer up soon, I'll never learn who freed

0:02:50 > 0:02:54the animals in Virgule Watteau And The Paris Perpetrator.

0:02:54 > 0:02:55Hmm. Quick question,

0:02:55 > 0:02:58how many antenna does Fern have sticking out of her head?

0:02:58 > 0:03:00Uh, none.

0:03:00 > 0:03:02No antennae.

0:03:02 > 0:03:05It was clear Fern had not been replaced by an alien.

0:03:05 > 0:03:07This was going to be a tough one.

0:03:09 > 0:03:12Buster, what are you doing with my old tape recorder?

0:03:12 > 0:03:16Taking notes on the case. Every private detective uses one of these.

0:03:16 > 0:03:18Well, the chilli's ready.

0:03:19 > 0:03:22All right, Mr Lundgren, I'll take the case.

0:03:22 > 0:03:23Right after dinner.

0:03:26 > 0:03:28It rained the whole week.

0:03:28 > 0:03:32Water trickling like maple syrup over blueberry pancakes.

0:03:32 > 0:03:36And, like syrup, I stuck to Fern as she...

0:03:36 > 0:03:37Goes to lunch.

0:03:37 > 0:03:38Eats alone.

0:03:45 > 0:03:47Returns library books.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49Doesn't take out new ones.

0:03:49 > 0:03:50Shh.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54"Shantih shantih shantih."

0:03:56 > 0:03:58Sits through poetry appreciation class

0:03:58 > 0:04:01and doesn't appreciate the poem.

0:04:01 > 0:04:05Fern is definitely not herself, but who's to blame?

0:04:07 > 0:04:11Buster, no mumbling during class into a tape recorder.

0:04:13 > 0:04:15BELL RINGS

0:04:17 > 0:04:19I'm sorry, Mr Ratburn, it won't happen again.

0:04:21 > 0:04:26I gave the cops the slip but my time in the pokey had put me

0:04:26 > 0:04:28behind the eight ball.

0:04:28 > 0:04:31So, I headed straight for the local ice cream joint

0:04:31 > 0:04:33to see what I could churn out.

0:04:33 > 0:04:36- The usual?- Make it a double.

0:04:36 > 0:04:38Scoop.

0:04:38 > 0:04:41I hear you're after whoever it is put Fern in a funk.

0:04:43 > 0:04:47- You said a mouthful.- Maybe you should question her friends.

0:04:47 > 0:04:49Maybe I will.

0:04:49 > 0:04:53- Maybe you should!- Maybe I'll question you.- Maybe I'll answer.

0:04:53 > 0:04:55Maybe you gave her a bad batch of jimmies

0:04:55 > 0:04:57and you put that sourpuss on her face.

0:04:57 > 0:05:00Maybe you should look at my rating from the ice cream authority.

0:05:00 > 0:05:04It's an A. I always get an A!

0:05:04 > 0:05:06Maybe I owe you an apology!

0:05:06 > 0:05:09- TAPE RECORDER BEEPS - Oops, hold on.

0:05:09 > 0:05:11Tape's run out, I've got to flip it.

0:05:11 > 0:05:15I did see Fern argue with Muffy a few days ago.

0:05:15 > 0:05:17Why don't you ask her?

0:05:17 > 0:05:18Hmm.

0:05:21 > 0:05:24Muffy Crosswire, heiress to an automobile empire

0:05:24 > 0:05:26and queen bee of the playground.

0:05:26 > 0:05:31One thing I knew about heiresses, a talk with her wouldn't come cheap.

0:05:31 > 0:05:36I'll tell you all I know, Detective, but first I need your help.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40Thanks for helping me shop, Buster,

0:05:40 > 0:05:43Bailey sprained his elbow playing badminton.

0:05:43 > 0:05:48It's OK. But can't use tape recorder with arms full.

0:05:48 > 0:05:49Whoa!

0:05:49 > 0:05:50CRASH

0:05:51 > 0:05:55I've heard about your investigation, Detective, but I'm innocent,

0:05:55 > 0:05:56I tell you.

0:05:56 > 0:06:00That's what everybody says right before I get them to confess.

0:06:00 > 0:06:03Well, I'm not everybody.

0:06:03 > 0:06:04So I see.

0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Nice sparklers.- Thank you.

0:06:08 > 0:06:11- Nice glad rags.- Thank you.

0:06:11 > 0:06:14- Why'd you make Fern sad? - I didn't mean to!

0:06:14 > 0:06:15SHE GASPS

0:06:15 > 0:06:16Ah-ha, gotcha!

0:06:16 > 0:06:19All right, here's the whole sordid story.

0:06:20 > 0:06:25A few days ago, Fern wore a new lavender bow in her hair to school.

0:06:25 > 0:06:29And everyone knows that colour bow is your signature look.

0:06:29 > 0:06:34Fuchsia or purple I'd be fine with, but lavender?

0:06:34 > 0:06:36We got into an argument.

0:06:37 > 0:06:41I swear, I didn't know she'd take it so hard. Please give her these.

0:06:41 > 0:06:45Five bows in all the colours of the rainbow.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48They'd look better if we weren't in black and white.

0:06:48 > 0:06:53A friendship tied up in knots over a bow, I just put my finger on it.

0:06:54 > 0:06:58So you think she's sad over a hair accessory? I don't know.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00That doesn't sound like Fern.

0:07:00 > 0:07:04Trust me, George, it's all because of this fight she had with Muffy.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06Just wait and see.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10You're early, I...

0:07:10 > 0:07:13Oh, you're that private eye, Buster Baxter.

0:07:13 > 0:07:14What are you doing here?

0:07:14 > 0:07:18I brought something, a package with your name written all over it.

0:07:19 > 0:07:22My name isn't the Mill Creek Mall.

0:07:22 > 0:07:26Inside the bag. It's from the heiress Muffy Crosswire.

0:07:26 > 0:07:30- An apology in blue, orange, green... - Oh, yes, I...

0:07:30 > 0:07:34- forgot all about our little spat. - So, that isn't why your sad?

0:07:34 > 0:07:38No, it isn't. You fellas are swell, but this dame's still down in the

0:07:38 > 0:07:41dumps and a pretty ribbon isn't going to pull her out.

0:07:41 > 0:07:43Good day, gentlemen.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45See, I told you.

0:07:45 > 0:07:48I could have sworn I had this case cracked.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50No offence but Virgule Watteau

0:07:50 > 0:07:53would have put the clues together by now and...

0:07:53 > 0:07:55That's it, clues!

0:07:55 > 0:07:57There's one staring us right in the face.

0:07:57 > 0:07:59Remember what Fern's just said?

0:07:59 > 0:08:01'You're early, I...

0:08:01 > 0:08:02'Oh!'

0:08:02 > 0:08:04Just who was she expecting?

0:08:04 > 0:08:08I was no mathematician, but this story wasn't adding up.

0:08:11 > 0:08:15- I don't see anyone suspicious. - It's a stakeout, be patient.

0:08:15 > 0:08:17There's something fishy going on here

0:08:17 > 0:08:20and it isn't just this ham and anchovy sandwich.

0:08:20 > 0:08:23Want a bite? We could be here for hours.

0:08:33 > 0:08:35How long has it been?

0:08:35 > 0:08:3715 minutes.

0:08:37 > 0:08:38I better get more snacks.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40Wait! She's coming out.

0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Someone's chasing her. - Not if we can help it.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02You've got nowhere left to turn. Show us who you are.

0:09:03 > 0:09:05The Grey Dove.

0:09:05 > 0:09:07Uh-oh.

0:09:07 > 0:09:10- FRENCH ACCENT:- I knew you would come to me sooner or later.

0:09:10 > 0:09:15When something goes wrong, everyone suspects the Grey Dove. Why?

0:09:15 > 0:09:17Just because I'm big and scary-looking

0:09:17 > 0:09:19and like to steal things?

0:09:19 > 0:09:22That might have something to do with it.

0:09:22 > 0:09:23Why were you chasing Fern?

0:09:23 > 0:09:27Chasing Fern? I was jogging with the lady.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30I told her that exercise would help her kick her bad mood.

0:09:30 > 0:09:33Oh. Then why did you run away from us?

0:09:33 > 0:09:35Ah, force of habit.

0:09:35 > 0:09:39- So you're not the one who upset her in the first place?- No.

0:09:39 > 0:09:43And if I did, I would have sent her a nice apology note.

0:09:43 > 0:09:47If you aren't doing this for free, I demand my money back.

0:09:47 > 0:09:49Hmm, an apology note.

0:09:49 > 0:09:52That gives me one more idea.

0:09:54 > 0:09:57It was a crazy plan, but like a kid in a movie theatre

0:09:57 > 0:10:00at the end of the film, I was down to my last gumdrop.

0:10:00 > 0:10:04So, let me get this straight, you put an apology note on her locker

0:10:04 > 0:10:05but you didn't sign it?

0:10:05 > 0:10:07That's right.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09When she reads it, she'll go to thank someone

0:10:09 > 0:10:12and that someone will be our culprit.

0:10:12 > 0:10:14Pretty smart, huh?

0:10:15 > 0:10:16Here she comes.

0:10:26 > 0:10:29And then, in the case with as many twists as a pretzel

0:10:29 > 0:10:32on a roller-coaster, we took one last sharp turn.

0:10:34 > 0:10:35Ratburn?

0:10:35 > 0:10:38I did not see that coming.

0:10:38 > 0:10:40Run!

0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Buster.- George.

0:10:47 > 0:10:48What are you two doing?

0:10:50 > 0:10:52So, nobody made you sad?

0:10:52 > 0:10:55I tried to explain it before to George,

0:10:55 > 0:10:57sometimes I just get the blues.

0:10:57 > 0:11:00Buster, haven't you ever had a bad day for no particular reason?

0:11:00 > 0:11:05- I'm not sure.- Don't worry if you do, you'll feel better soon.

0:11:05 > 0:11:07It's kind of like when it rains and rains,

0:11:07 > 0:11:10sooner or later the sun always comes out.

0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Wow.- One good part of my blue periods is that

0:11:13 > 0:11:16I often get great ideas for my stories.

0:11:16 > 0:11:17For example...

0:11:17 > 0:11:20- FRENCH ACCENT:- Virgule Watteau awoke from her stupor

0:11:20 > 0:11:23with the answer to the Paris mystery.

0:11:23 > 0:11:26The weeks of rain had caused the locks in the zoo to rust

0:11:26 > 0:11:31and crumble, so the animals had freed themselves.

0:11:31 > 0:11:32Great twist!

0:11:36 > 0:11:39The case was solved, the sun was out,

0:11:39 > 0:11:42I'd learned something new about the human heart.

0:11:42 > 0:11:44But, for some reason, I just felt...

0:11:44 > 0:11:47Say, Baxter, why the long face?

0:11:47 > 0:11:49Hmm, it's a mystery.

0:11:49 > 0:11:51Why don't you tell me all about it

0:11:51 > 0:11:54over a bowl of something cold and sweet?

0:11:54 > 0:11:57You know, Brain, this could be the beginning of a beautiful,

0:11:57 > 0:11:58hot fudge sundae.