I'm here blogging from the world famous Professor von Volt's laboratory.
For those of you who haven't heard yet,
Thea Stilton was on a photo safari in Africa a few days ago
where she rescued a young gorilla.
The gorilla had been wounded by a snare and was wandering in the wild alone.
She brought him back to New Mouse City for medical treatment.
Coincidentally, Professor von Volt has been working
on the first ever Universal Animal Translator.
-It's ready. -Yes, you heard me.
This incredible device will allow all the different species
of the animal kingdom to communicate directly with mice.
This should really blow your whiskers. How's it going?
The ape is recuperating at the university and with the help of this translator,
we should be able to figure out what happened to him
and bring him back to his family in Africa.
That being said, we should test the translator before going to the university.
Ooh! Absolutely. Let's try it on my goldfish, Gompers.
Agh. Who cares what a goldfish has to say? We should find a more interesting animal.
Trap, Gompers will do just fine for the test run.
[clears throat]
Hello, Gompers, I am Geronimo Stilton.
How are you today?
Well, hi, guys.
Whoa, this is amazing.
Congratulations, this is incredible and should help--
Hey, could I ask you a favor?
-Um, sure, go ahead. -The big guy, over there...?
Trap? What about him?
Tell him to stop stealing my food. You hear me? Stop eating my flakes.
Stop. He's doing it right now.
[laughs]
♪ 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 ♪
[people chattering]
[woman] Do you know who tried to trap the gorilla?
How is he feeling?
Please, please, calm down.
In a few moments, your questions will be answered. If you please, professor.
[clears throat]
This device is the first ever Animal Translator.
It will allow us to understand and be understood by the gorilla.
[all muttering]
Hello, there.
Hello.
What is your name?
My name is Rudo.
[all cheering]
Rudo, welcome to New Mouse City.
-We'd like to know what happened to you. -Go find wise old Hooga.
-You must help, before it's too late. -Oh, my goodness.
[static]
Gentlemen, ladies, you're upsetting Rudo.
So, tell us, Rudo. Who is Hooga? Who needs our help?
Banana. Banana.
In a minute. Tell us who hurt you.
Banana.
We have to go to Africa and find Hooga.
We don't even know who Hooga is. Or what he is.
Gorillas live in social groups. The way Rudo spoke about him makes it clear
Hooga must be the leader.
The survival of an entire colony of endangered gorillas could be at stake.
Hmm. Yes, yes, you're right. We've got to help.
Ugh. Even if it means flying to a different continent
notoriously filled with mosquitoes.
We better go over there before they start asking questions again.
Rudo, where are--?
Rudo seems to be doing pretty well on his own.
[all laughing]
We might have a slight problem. I'll call you back.
[Benjamin] Oh, look at those plains, Uncle G. It's beautiful.
-Ah! No, thank you. -I wish Rudo could've come along.
Me too, but the flight would have been too hard on him right now.
He's still recovering.
How are we gonna find Hooga?
Don't forget, Benjamin, we have the Universal Animal Translator.
We'll ask every animal we meet. We'll find one who knows him.
Everyone hang on.
[yelling]
I haven't done anything yet.
Oh. Right. Sorry.
[Thea] Now hang on.
[Geronimo screams]
[whimpering]
-Oh, come on. It wasn't that bad. -Compared to what, dental surgery?
Did anybody see that?
-See what? -I--
I thought I saw someone watching us.
Nope, we're all alone.
Ah. I must be seeing things. Could be the heat.
[Trap yelps]
Go away. Ouch!
Stop it.
Ouch! Stop it.
Excuse me, but could you stop picking at my cousin's head?
Why? Rhinos love it when I pick ticks off their head.
I am not a rhino.
Hoo, hoo. Playing hard to get. That is so like a rhino.
[yelling]
What's your name, Mr. Tick Bird?
Timothy. But you can call me Tim.
Why are you picking at my head?
You've got ticks. Rhinos are a tick bird's best friend.
We eat the bugs off of your skin and keep you clean.
That's nice, but I'm not a rhino.
[laughing]
Right.
Never mind. Maybe you could help us.
We're looking for a gorilla named Hooga. Do you know him?
Hooga? Sorry, nope, never heard of him. Gotta go now.
Huh?
I think that tick bird was lying to us.
-I think so too. -Hmm.
We'd better get started. We have a lot of ground to cover.
A lot of ground to cover.
Don't worry, that's why Volt gave us these super-fast ATVs.
Awesome.
Yes, awesome.
[yelling]
We're in no rush. Let's slow down a bit.
We can't. It's getting late. We have to move forward.
Over there.
-A band of gorillas passed by here. -You can tell that by the branches?
No. By the paw prints.
-It's getting dark. We should set up camp. -Good idea.
[all snoring]
There's a gorilla in my tent.
[yelps]
There's a gorilla in my tent!
[screams]
Help!
Trap?
Ben? Thea?
Gentlemen, let's try to resolve this. Who among you is Hooga?
Are they laughing?
Hello, my name is Geronimo Stilton.
I'm looking for a gorilla called Hooga.
[all laughing]
A gorilla named Hooga?
[laughing]
What's so funny, rhino?
[animal roars]
I am Hooga.
Why do you seek me?
Let me explain, sir.
It's them, Hooga. They were looking for you.
Did I do good? Did I?
Thanks a lot. I thought you were my friend.
[shudders]
Why are you looking for me?
There is a young gorilla, Rudo.
[roars]
Rudo was stolen from this land and taken away by mice like you.
Wait a minute. We rescued Rudo.
I think I should eat you.
He was taken away because he needed to see a doctor.
In fact we should eat all of you.
[whimpers]
Look, mice bones are really tricky. You could choke.
Your Ben Pad, quick.
It doesn't come with a lion-repellent function.
Show him the footage of Rudo.
Please, take a look at this.
See? We treated him very well.
Maybe not all mice are bad.
I believe you when you say that you helped him, but the other ones...
Which other ones? There are other mice here?
Yes, the ones who tried to capture me.
They have captured many animals.
-Where are these other mice? -Follow me. I will show you.
So, I love the mane. Who does it?
[yelling]
Since Hooga said that you and your friends are good guys,
I decided that it was okay for us to be friends.
Great.
Why don't you find a nice rhino to peck at?
I had a rhino, Faru, my best buddy,
and one day, he just disappeared.
[crying]
I'm sorry, Tim.
I'll be your buddy if you want.
Ouch!
Shh.
We have arrived.
They've trapped our friends.
They're teaching them to do strange things.
It looks like these mice run a circus.
Very good.
But wait a minute.
[trumpets]
-What is that elephant doing? -She's stealing the bike.
These mice are training your friends to be thieves.
So, not only did they capture our friends but they forced them to steal, too?
[roars]
I'm going to tear them apart.
Wait.
Looks like we've got ourselves a lion for the circus.
Ha, ha. That was easy.
But do we need a lion? You know, they don't make good thieves.
We'll think of something. We can always use him to do tricks, for our cover.
We're supposed to be a circus, remember?
[laughing]
I almost forgot.
[both laughing]
[all animals chattering]
Please, one at a time.
My name is Nimea.
Hooga is the leader of our pride. We have to get him back.
Everyone, please calm down.
You saw how the circus mice captured Hooga.
They're smart and well-prepared. We have to outsmart them.
No, we must attack.
We might lose a few, but that's a risk we are willing to take.
No. I refuse to lose anyone.
Maybe we can alert the authorities and have them sort this out.
Geronimo, there's no time for that.
[sighs]
I have an idea. Trust me and we won't lose anyone.
If my plan fails, then you can go ahead and do it your way.
How does that sound?
First, we need to know what's going on,
how many mice are there and how they've defended the camp.
-This place isn't protected at all. -I'm not so sure.
See this spot? Ben, can you zoom in on it?
That's a trap.
They're very organized. I bet you they have more hidden surprises.
So, now we need to come up with our own.
[yelling]
What's next?
One of us will sneak into the camp, unlock the cages and release the animals.
The circus mice will give chase and fall right into our traps.
The other animals will then help the escapees get away.
Can you go back to the previous image?
Okay, now I know who's responsible for this.
-What do you mean? -Zoom in there.
Look at what they're eating.
[Benjamin] Potato chips.
Chippy Crunchrat.
Who else?
[as Chippy] Hello, I'm Chippy P. Crunchrat,
CEO of Chippy Industries.
[in normal voice] What?
Trap, you sound like him.
Oh, I know. I'm a master of impersonations.
I'm also a master of disguises, deceptions and sandwich making.
So, who's gonna infiltrate the camp?
What? Oh, sure. Okay.
Are you sure you can handle this?
Ha, ha! I got it covered. Just watch.
[yelling]
[laughing]
-Oh, no. -Now what are we gonna do?
Maybe we could make a run to try to rescue him.
It's too dangerous. They'll capture us all.
I have an idea.
Yep. Uh-huh.
[as Chippy] What is the meaning of this? Do you know who I am?
-Huh? -I am Chippy P. Crunchrat.
Oh, really. That's interesting.
'Cause guess who I'm on the phone with right now.
Uh... Heh, heh.
[in normal voice] Who?
Yes, sir, Mr. Crunchrat.
He was pretending to be you.
Thought he could outsmart us. Okay, sir.
-We'll get rid of him. -Oh, no.
Hey.
[all animals shouting]
Come on. Go.
-Come on. Come on. -Come on.
Go now.
Help.
[all shouting]
Come on.
[all shouting]
The park rangers came this morning and shut down the circus.
They won't bother you anymore.
We're going to do a big article about Crunchrat's involvement in this.
We'll make sure the so-called circus is shut down.
Geronimo, you and your family took great risks for us.
To thank you properly, we would like to have a celebration before you leave.
A party? I love parties.
Yeah.
[all laughing]
I'm now blogging from Africa, where we've made friends with some of the locals.
What they don't know is that we have a little surprise for them, too.
Rudo has recovered from his injuries
and Professor von Volt has brought him back to be with his friends.
Come back to visit us whenever you wish.
Thank you, Hooga.
Hey, buddy, I'm heading back now.
I don't know what your plans are
but if you wanna come back to New Mouse City with us...
Thanks, Trap, but what would Faru do without me?
He has even more bugs than you.
[laughing]
Hey, thanks for all you did.
I couldn't have done it without you.
[yells]
Man. That was a big one.
-Bye. See you. -Bye-bye.
[all roaring and trumpeting]