[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]
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...
3:00!
[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,
12 minutes till direct sunlight,
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]