[giggles]
[doorbell rings]
Hi, Pandora. I'm running late. Be ready in a sec.
Starting your day with too much stress can be bad for your grades.
-Stress? Do I look stressed? -[laughs]
Your pants are on backwards.
[gasps] Oh, rats.
Hold on.
Okay, let's roll.
Doesn't Mr. Nibbles look cute? He's ready for pet day.
I'm done my report on him, too. Sorry you don't have a pet.
-You can do your report on Mr. Nibbles. -Thanks, but I have a pet.
And he's Captain Feathers!
[makes chicken noises]
[scoffs] Thanks, Trap.
You're not a pet or a chicken.
[chuckles] I beg to differ.
[makes chicken noises]
-I'm a chicken. -Thanks, Trap, but I'm bringing Max.
[beeping]
Hm.
Max doesn't qualify as a pet. He's a machine.
Nothing says a pet can't be a machine. I put a lot of work into my pet report.
Well, he is kind of cute, for a machine.
[crows]
♪ Who's the mouse who's fun and witty Scoops the news for New Mouse City? ♪
♪ Geronimo! ♪
♪ He's amazing, he's terrific Watch out, world, he's cheddarific ♪
♪ He's out of sight and in the know ♪
♪ Go! ♪
♪ He's the one we call Geronimo ♪
Oh.
[gasps]
Moldy mozzarella, look at the time! I'm late.
-Hey. What's up? -Thanks for coming in on your day off.
-I have an unexpected interview to do. -Oh. Happy to help out.
Professor Franz Ravenrat, my college mentor,
offered me an exclusive interview.
-Ravenrat? That weird, old, creepy guy? -The same. I haven't seen him in years.
He taught me about research, fact gathering, information evaluation.
Wow, sounds exciting.
[chuckles] Oh, it will be.
[Ravenrat] Geronimo Stilton. Hm!
How good to see you again.
I'm pleased that my most famous and my best student
is here to witness this big event.
My pleasure, professor. I love a big scoop.
[Ravenrat chuckles]
That you will have.
Observe.
New Mouse City.
Look at this mess.
Information going here, going there.
-It's scattered all over the city. -Information is important.
-You taught me that. -Yes.
And I've invented an ingenious plan
to take all of the world's information and control it myself.
[indistinct chatter]
-[kid 1] What is it? -[kid 2] Over there.
[kid 3] Whoa, cool.
-[squeaks] -[gasps]
[indistinct chatter]
[kids cheering]
-Very nice, Pandora. -Thank you, Ms. Delislice.
Next, Benjamin Stilton.
This is Max.
-Um, that's not a pet. That's a machine. -No, I take care of Max like a pet.
He loves me, keeps me company. We go for walks like any pet.
Okay, Max, do your thing.
Sit.
[chuckles] Good boy.
-[all gasp] -[kid 4] Wow.
Max can fix things, too.
Maybe Max can fix that old computer that doesn't work.
Well, show them, Max.
-All information needs to be collected? -Yes.
Information should be taken and controlled by someone who understands its importance.
Me.
That would affect the Internet and everyone's computers.
-[laughs maniacally] -[gasps]
Of course it would.
Allow me to demonstrate.
[all gasping]
I don't know what happened, but this isn't Max.
I need you all to sit tight while I check on what's happening.
Hmm. I can't connect to the Internet.
-[computer beeping] -Neither can I.
All the computers in the school are burned out.
Way to go, Stilton. Your pet ruined everything.
[indistinct chatter]
Ah, cheddar chunks.
Collecting information like this is an interesting theory.
Oh, it's not a theory.
I'm doing it right now.
[stammers] What?!
First, we start with the immediate area
and focus on computers, phones and music players.
Then we'll advance to libraries, universities and museums,
and finally, New Mouse City's Main Library.
But, professor, why do you need everyone's information?
For my Databots that I'm building.
The world's information will make them the smartest machines ever.
With my army of super-smart Databots, I will take over the world!
[laughs maniacally]
You've split your cheese! I will not let you get away with this.
I thought someone as smart as yourself would feel honored to help me,
Franz Ravenrat, take over the world.
I see that I was wrong.
[Geronimo whimpers]
-[door beeps] -Now...
to collect some data.
[indistinct chatter]
Class, calm down.
Manny, keep an eye on the pets. Wouldn't want them getting loose.
-I wonder if it's happening other places. -Maybe Max can find out.
[scoffs] I bet that little battery bucket got lost.
Manny, you're not helping.
Good boy, Max. What'd you find?
Hm. Everything looks normal.
Well, the best thing we can do is not panic. [gasps]
[gasps, then shrieks]
The pets have escaped!
Manny, you were supposed to watch them!
[all clamoring]
[kid 5] Move, move, move. Come on.
Hey, I remember reading in the school's library
about a scientist's plan to take information from computers.
[Thea] You're reporting Internet outages around Brie Street? Got it.
[phones ringing]
The Internet went dead, then your computer burned out?
What is going on?
Sunspots.
You know, they were put on the sun by aliens.
Trap, that's silly.
That's just what the aliens want us to think.
[gasps]
Computers are burning out all over New Mouse City. Weird.
It's them.
[singing scary music]
Trap, knock it off.
Everything is originating from this one spot. Mousard University?
-[Trap] Huh? -That's where Geronimo is.
[both gasp]
[singing scary music]
I'm gonna go to the university. Are you with me?
I'll stay and make sure aliens don't steal Geronimo's secret collection of cheeses.
Why not go pick up Benjamin and Pandora from school? It's letting out soon.
[yells]
[Geronimo grunting]
Professor Ravenrat, you can't do this!
Too late, Geronimo.
As soon as I've finished gathering up everyone's information,
my Databots and I will conquer the world.
[laughs maniacally]
[Trap] Hmm.
[gasps]
He's gone completely Limburger.
[whimpers]
Hello? Benjamin?
Pandora?
I'm here to take you home.
[grunting]
Locked up tight. Must be some way to get inside.
Hmm. Bugs always find ways to get in. So, I'll think like a bug.
I'm a bug. I'm a bug. I'm a bug.
I'm a bug, I'm a bug, I'm a bug.
[grunts]
Ha! It worked. [chuckles]
[Trap screams, then grunts]
[whimpers] Benjamin? Pandora?
Are you guys in here?
[Trap screams]
[Trap coughing]
Science lab. Whoo!
Note to self, don't touch anything.
[yelps, then grunts]
[whimpers, then shrieks]
[grunts]
[all gasping]
-[Benjamin] Trap? -[Pandora] A spider!
[whimpering]
Get it off!
Aw, it's only Tamera's tarantula, Mr. Skitters.
-He wouldn't hurt a fly. -What about mice?
-What are you doing here? -Ah, Thea sent me to pick you up.
She and Geronimo had to go see Professor Raven-somebody.
Look. Professor Ravenrat says that with an airship over the city,
he could collect the world's information and cut off everyone else's access to it.
[gasps] Geronimo's with Ravenrat right now. [gasps] And so is Thea!
[Ravenrat] Yes, yes, it's finally ready.
Geronimo?
[gasps] Who are you?
Oh, I'm Thea, Geronimo's sister.
Is he here?
-Why are you dressed like a computer? -Because--
[Geronimo] Thea!
-Geronimo? -[Geronimo] Ravenrat has to be stopped!
He's about to do something!
-He's become an evil maniac! -And I thought he was just creepy.
-[gasps] -[laughs maniacally]
[Thea grunting]
[gasps]
Hey, watch it.
You wanted to know where your brother was?
-Here he is. -[door beeps]
[grunting]
[door beeps]
Soon, the residents of the world will bow down before Franz Ravenrat
and his Databot army.
[cackles]
[cackling]
Soon, I will have all the information I need to activate my Databots.
[grunting]
-The door won't budge. -Oh!
[stammers]
-Oh. How about this? -Perfect.
[grunting]
A little help.
[both grunting]
-[yelps] -[Thea sighs]
You got any other bright ideas?
[gasps] Dinosaur. Funny.
I'm thinking, thinking... thinking.
-I've got it! -What?
How everyone can get out of the school. Just think like a bug.
-What are you talking about? -Shh. Quiet, Benjamin,
I'm trying to concentrate.
I'm a bug. I'm a bug. I'm a bug.
-[Benjamin] But, Trap-- -Shh.
[whimpers, then yells]
Hmm. Guess I'll have to think like a different type of bug.
Why don't you use the door?
-But-- But it was locked. -Yes, from the outside.
-[groans] -[giggles]
I pretended to be a bug for nothing? What a waste of good brainpower.
[bat clatters]
[ball thuds]
Okay, this isn't working.
[grunts]
There has to be some way out.
Oh. I think I know a way. This is a tank of compressed gas.
-Yeah, so? -It's basically a rocket.
I'll see if there are any more.
Hm. I've calculated the weight and thrust, considering the size of the skull,
-and the thickness of the door. -[yells] Just pull the pins.
Way to go, bro.
It worked.
-Except it ruined my best suit. -Come on, we have to stop Ravenrat.
[school bell rings]
Even though the Internet isn't working, you still have to do your pet reports.
Aw, cheddar chunks. I was hoping we wouldn't have to now.
[gasps] Look. Professor Ravenrat's airship is headed for New Mouse City's library!
-Can we stop him? -If only there was some way to get there.
-Don't you have a car? -Yeah.
Oh, yeah! Ha-ha! Come on.
Once I'm plugged into New Mouse City's Main Library,
I, Professor Franz Ravenrat, will have all the information.
And by cutting off everyone else's access to it,
it will all be mine!
[horns honk]
[whimpering]
[Geronimo] Are we there yet?
Look, there he is.
[brakes screech]
Benjamin. What are you doing here?
-Ravenrat's airship is headed this way. -[Thea] I think we're too late.
Max! What are you doing?
[cackles]
No!
Max did it!
[Benjamin] He shorted-out Ravenrat's ship.
[gasps]
Max!
[siren wailing]
No. The information was supposed to be mine, yes.
My plan was brilliant. Really, it was.
Just wait. You'll see.
You'll-- You'll all see.
[cackles]
-You'll see. -That guy is really creepy.
Sorry about your professor going crackers.
[sighs] Me, too.
But I got a great scoop. Just not the one I was expecting.
-Huh? -Oh, poor Max.
[beeping]
Not only did Max stop Professor Ravenrat, he saved our pet reports.
[all gasping]
Another reason why Max is a great pet, he can repair himself.
[all cheering]
Max received a special recognition for saving New Mouse City.
Professor Ravenrat remains locked up, where he no longer poses a threat.
From all of us here, thanks for watching. I'm Geronimo Stilton. Goodbye.