>> How to be an international
spy, with Buns...
Mr. James Buns.
Step one: be suave.
Very suave.
Translation: Cool, very, very
cool, hmmm.
Ahhh!
Oh, not to be confused with
chilly or not hot, you
understand, but cool.
Ahhh!
Um, ahem, yes, step two.
Learn to lose your tail.
Oh, not the one wiggling behind
you mind, the tail being the
fellow following you.
Okay?
[Door slamming]
Oh, looks like I really did
lose my tail this time.
I am good.
Whoa!
And, finally, step three.
Master the art of disguise.
You do not need me to explain
this one, do you?
Ahhh!
Ahem.
This only goes to show you
cannot outwit Buns.
Mr. James Buns.
♪
♪ So today we're gonna
♪ Take the time to show you
♪ The br-br-bright side
of the dark side ♪
♪ Only think you oughta
♪ No, you really gotta
♪ See the br-br-bright side
of the dark side ♪
♪ Ruby Gloom, Ruby Gloom
♪
♪ We're gonna show you why
♪ There's more than
meets the eye ♪
♪ The br-br-bright side
of the dark side ♪
♪ Only think you oughta
♪ No, you really gotta
♪ See the br-br-bright side
of the dark side ♪
♪ Ruby Gloom, Ruby Gloom
♪
>> This is your last chance.
What is the answer?
>> Uh, the barometric pressure
of a gloomy day with a westerly
rear flank upslope downdraft
is... 6
>> You are correct.
[Cheering]
>> Congratulations!
You have just made the finals
of the Gloomsville Town
challenge and the chance to win
the coveted big brain.
[Applause, cheering]
>> Ta-ta, Skull Boy!
>> He's the man.
>> Whee-hee-hee!
>> Ruby Gloom reporting live.
With me is the Man.
Man, may I call you Man.
To what do you attribute your
incredible success?
>> Oh, is it brains?
No, no, books.
I got it... butter.
>> None of the above, Ruby.
I owe it all to this little
baby: my luck charm.
It brings me luck.
>> And you supply the charm,
of course.
>> Jelly beans?
Crochet... no, no, armadillo?
♪
♪ Shoo shoo shoo...
♪ You made the finals
♪ And it's going to our heads
♪ I'll call you
"Your highnesses" ♪
♪ We'd like that instead
♪ Your team's so very fine
♪ That's right
♪ We're going all the way
this time ♪
[Cracking]
♪ Oh, I think I pulled
my spine ♪
Whoa!
[Laughing]
[Sighing]
>> Ladies, enough tomfoolery,
or Trishfoolery, as it were.
We must prepare for the finals.
>> Oh, come on, Poe, celebrate.
>> Victory dance!
Victory dance!
>> Well, okay, I guess I could.
Whew!
I'm beat.
[Clapping]
>> Ahem.
Time is of the essence.
Where is Skull Boy?
[Skull Boy moaning]
>> Hail the conquering hero!
>> Sorry I'm late, everybody,
but I'm not in the mood for
a party right now.
>> Good chap!
He doesn't want to party,
he wants to practice.
What dedication, what devotion!
>> I can't practice either.
>> What... what?
>> Why, what's the matter?
>> The worst!
My lucky charm, it's missing.
And, without it, I won't be able
to get even one answer right.
>> Are you sure?
>> Believe me, without my lucky
charm, I can't do anything.
>> That's bad luck, and I would
know.
>> I got to keep looking for it.
>> Wait.
Why don't you let us help.
>> Really?
>> Well, sure.
With all of us working together,
we'll find it in a flash.
>> That would be so great.
>> And what, may I ask, are we
looking for?
>> A horseshoe.
>> Well, that shouldn't be hard
to spot.
>> A seahorse horseshoe.
>> ALL: Ohhh.
>> For a baby seahorse.
[All sighing]
>> A baby miniature seahorse.
>> ALL: Oh.
>> Okay, everybody, equipment
check.
Misery?
>> Multi-dimensional rake!
[Thudding]
Check.
>> Iris?
>> Upside down finder mobile.
[Animal screaming]
>> Hey, come back, little guy.
Oh, sorry.
Check.
[Wheels squeaking]
>> Poe?
>> Check.
[Machine clanking]
Top-of-the-line lucky charm
locator.
I'm demanding my money back
and a written apology.
>> All checked and accounted
for.
>> Good.
Now, remember, shout if you
find anything.
>> What do you have there,
Skull Boy?
>> A metal detector.
It will detect metal up to
50 feet underground.
Look, it's found something
already.
Whoa!
In your bag.
>> "Metal Classics of the 70's."
It was a prize in my cereal box
this morning.
[Crashing]
>> IRIS: Found it!
My long-lost spring loaded
shoes.
Oh, sorry.
>> MISERY: Found it!
My great-great nana's keepsake,
a piece of the Hindenburg.
[Sighing]
Sorry.
>> POE: Found it!
My long lost big buffer 5000.
Oh, I'm so delighted.
[Skull Boy sighing]
>> Sorry, Skull Boy, but worry
not, we will find that lucky
charm if it takes us until pigs
fly.
>> ALL: Yeah.
>> I'm never going to find it.
>> Did Luella Thornton Horton
give up on her quest to
discover prunes?
>> That's not a real person.
>> You're right, but still...
[Metal detector beeping]
>> Ah-ha!
>> SKULL BOY: I've hit
something!
>> What is it?
What is it?
>> It's another metal detector.
[Sighing]
>> Skull Boy, as captain of this
team, it is my duty to solve
all problems that may arise.
I know exactly what is required
here.
>> Great, what?
>> Obviously what we need is,
well, some kind of solution,
yes, something extremely clever
yet deceptively simple.
Um, oh, I know, let's, um,
sleep on it and no doubt the
answer will arrive in due
course.
>> That's a great idea, Poe.
>> It is?
>> We put Skull Boy to sleep
and through hypnosis get him to
recall where he used the charm.
>> Um, yes, my idea exactly.
[Clock ticking]
>> POE: You are getting sleepy,
very sleepy.
Good.
Now, I want you to think back
to when you used the charm.
Think back... thinking...
thinking...
[Laughing]
[Groaning]
[Laughing]
[Fingers snapping]
>> Well, what did you find?
>> That I really need my lucky
charm!
>> Skull Boy?
Skull Boy?
>> Oh, hi, Ruby.
>> Come down.
The team can't practice without
you.
You're their rock.
>> Ruby, without my lucky
horseshoe, I'm no rock.
I'm more like a... uh...
See, I can't even come up with
a response.
>> You don't need the charm.
You need confidence.
Come on, I'll show you.
>> Whoa-oh-oh!
See.
If I had my charm...
>> To Skull Boy, for the
championship, what is the
ectoplasmic consistency of
a ghoulish spectre?
>> Um... uh...
>> That's an easy one.
>> I have heard you answer that
many times in the past.
>> You can do it, Skull Boy.
>> I don't know, I don't know!
Corduroy, is that it,
corduroy?
See.
I'm no good without my good
luck charm.
I probably wouldn't even get
my own name right.
Go ahead, ask me.
>> Uh, okay, Skull Boy, what is
your name, Skull Boy?
>> Rufus?
Donald?
Eduardo?
Norbert?
Oh, oh, what am I going to do?
Are you sure it's not Norbert?
>> The Great Hurricane of 1780
happened in, I'm going out on
a limb here, but I'm guessing
1780?
Yes!
Misery, you are a machine.
>> Misery, about my lucky charm.
What do you think I should do?
>> Stay away from the Caribbean
during hurricane season.
>> Uh... bye.
>> Iris, the big brain trophy
is within our grasp.
Now, remember, you must hit the
triangle before giving the
answer.
What --
[Triangle ringing]
>> Bo Diddley!
>> Iris, you must wait until you
hear the entire --
[Triangle ringing]
>> Question?
>> Yes.
>> Yes!
One right for Iris, yes!
>> Iris, Poe, what do you
suggest I --
[Triangle ringing]
>> Bo Diddley!
[Poe moaning]
>> Uh, yeah, thanks.
I'll ask Ruby.
[Triangle ringing]
>> IRIS: Constantinople?
Green Tea?
Squirrel?
>> Deep down, you know what you
have to do, Skull Boy.
>> Oh, can you pass me the
shrink wrap?
>> Hmm, shrink!
Great idea, Ruby.
>> Huh?
>> So you see, Doc, I just
don't know what to do.
>> Skull Boy, we have here a
very interesting pickle.
[Munching]
Ow!
I can see that, Doctor, but
what about my dilemma?
You see, Skull Boy, the
horseshoe is merely a symbol.
What matters is the meaning
you give it.
You lose one, so you find
another in which to invest
meaning.
Ow!
Gee, thanks, Doc.
Hey, you're really good at this.
[Voice of Doctor]
Yes, yes, yes, okay.
Cash or cheque?
No strudel.
I'm watching my waistline.
>> Bubonic plague?
>> Misery, the category is
"Things that taste yummy."
>> Point being?
>> Hey, guys, I found the
solution to my problem.
I just need another lucky charm.
Any ideas?
>> Sure, I have one.
>> Ahem.
[Triangle ringing]
>> I have one.
>> Better.
>> Whenever I go through a door,
I rub my hands on the doorknob
four times.
It brings me all kinds of luck.
Try it, Skull Boy.
>> Uh, okay.
[Squeaking]
>> Now ask him a question, Poe.
>> From "Things that go smoosh."
If I'm really steamed and I hit
a wall, I will smoosh.
What am I?
>> Uh... um... uh...
Bagpipes?
>> A potato!
>> I should have got that one.
>> Skull Boy, help me out here.
What's a 7-letter word for
a problem that's puzzling?
>> Flummox.
>> That fits.
Thanks.
>> Other ideas?
Come on, guys.
>> I got one!
These socks were worn by my
great, great, great granddad's
great, great grandma's great
uncle.
[Gasping]
He caused the Flood of '36,
the Fire of '53, and the Broken
Ladder of '61.
>> Gee, doesn't sound like it
brought him much luck.
>> He survived each of the
disasters wearing these socks.
Try them on.
Go on, Poe, ask him a question.
>> Here's an easy one.
What bone in your body laughs
when you tell it a joke?
>> Uh...
[Clocks ticking]
The... the crossbone?
>> No, the funny bone.
The crossbone just gets really
mad.
>> See!
Your grandfather's lucky socks
can't even help me!
>> Hmm, maybe we should try his
lucky underwear.
>> No!
No, that's quite all right.
Thank you.
>> Hey, Skull Boy, my horoscope
said that if I were a woodchuck,
today would be a great day for
chucking wood.
Which got me thinking, how much
wood could I chuck if I were a
woodchuck and I could chuck
wood?
>> 7.8 cords.
So, does anybody have any more
ideas, huh?
Huh?
>> Um, here's one.
Let's have a party.
>> Great idea, Ruby.
>> But... but how's that going
to improve my luck?
>> The Great Hall in half an
hour.
See ya there.
>> Hey, you forgot your...
socks.
[Heavy metal music playing]
>> RUBY: That's it, Poe!
Ruffle those feathers!
[Laughing]
>> I got to admit, he does look
pretty funny.
>> Yeah.
By the way, I'm knitting a pair
of pants for Gloomsville's
oldest resident and I can't
remember if he has two legs,
four legs, or more legs.
>> Oh, that's easy.
It's the old aardvark who runs
the library.
He's got four legs.
And speaking of legs, lift them
higher, Poe.
>> If I were at the lowest point
in Gloomsville, where would I
be?
>> Higher.
The Blue Funk Canyon, just
north of Weeper Gulch.
Here, here, let me show you.
>> Woo-hoo!
Rattle those bones, Skull Boy!
>> Skull Boy, what's the root
of a square tree?
>> A square root.
>> The colour of a yellow-blue
horny toad?
>> Grey.
>> What's your name?
>> Skull Boy, of course.
>> Not Rufus or Norbert?
[Music stops]
You know, Skull Boy, you've
been answering questions
perfectly without the lucky
charm.
I think you're ready for the
competition.
[Gasps]
>> C-c-competition?
>> Just treat it like the party.
Have fun and the answers will
come.
>> You really think that'll
work?
>> Absolutely.
>> Have fun and the answers
will come.
[Bell dinging]
>> What is the answer?
>> No, what's your answer?
>> I asked you first.
>> I asked you second.
And second comes before first
when you start third and count
backwards.
I'm ahead of you, get it,
a head.
>> Your answer, Skull Boy.
>> Ha ha ha!
Whoa!
The flute.
[Buzzer]
>> Wrong.
It all comes down to one final
question.
>> Time out!
Time out!
Skull Boy, can I speak with you
a minute.
>> Oh, certainement,
mademoiselle.
>> Skull Boy, what's going on?
>> I'm having fun.
>> Are you really?
>> No.
In fact, I've never worked so
hard at having.
And it's killing me.
>> When I said have fun and the
answers will come, what I should
have said was have fun, be
yourself, and the answers will
come.
Of course it doesn't rhyme
as well.
>> But I don't have my lucky
charm.
>> You don't need luck.
You just need to be yourself.
>> Lucky me?
>> Exactly.
[Bell ringing]
>> I've got to go.
Good luck.
I mean, you'll be great.
>> The final question.
The colloidal suspension of a
plasmatic particle as expressed
by a dog's bark is what?
You have 10 seconds to come up
with an answer.
[Clock ticking]
[Bell dinging]
>> Time is up.
What is your answer?
>> The answer is...
[Barking]
[Howling]
>> You are correct!
[Applause]
Congratulations!
You are the new Gloomsville
Town champions!
>> All right!
[Cheering]
>> See, Skull Boy.
You never lost your charm after
all.
You're the --
[Triangle ringing]
>> The tops?
The best?
The champ?
>> Correct.
[Laughing]
All of the above.
[Dragging, straining]
>> That's got to be the
heaviest brain around.
>> Outside of Skull Boy's,
of course.
>> Where should be put it?
>> Well, everybody knows that
for maximum good fortune, a
brain trophy must be placed
against the wall no more than 50
arms lengths from the doorway.
>> You sure, Poe?
I heard it was no more than 25
and perpendicular to the door.
>> I heard you should keep it
away from open flames, metal
objects, and out of the direct
line of any electrical currents.
>> Skull Boy, what's your
opinion?
Skull Boy?
>> Norbert?
>> Okay, today is our first
rehearsal with our new band
mate.
>> Yeah, his name is Jack.
>> Len, you're messing up the
shot.
Let's leave the camera work
to me, okay?
It's complicated.
There, that's better.
[Music box winding up]
Now let's rock the first song,
Jack!
>> Take it, Jack!
>> Okay, it's his first gig.
He, uh, just need to warm up.
>> Come on, Jackie!
Let's rock out this time!
>> Yeah, hit it!
>> Len, I'm afraid somebody's
not working out here.
>> How could you fire me, Frank?
I'm your brother.
[Door opening]
>> IRIS: Jack!
There you are.
Let's play.
♪ Oh, Danny boy
♪ The pipes, the pipes
are calling -- ♪
[Door closing]
>> He was the best band mate
we ever had.
You're not gonna still fire me,
are you, Frank?
[Sighing]
♪