[spray paint can shaking]
[theme music playing]
♪ Okay, okay, okay ♪
♪ Mama K ♪
♪ Yeah, you already know One, two, three, four, let's go ♪
♪ From LSK you bet it, we don't play My sisters, my friends gonna slay ♪
♪ And you know we got the power Anything we dreaming is ours ♪
♪ What's coming, what's running, ekse We super don't stay in our lane ♪
♪ We're not playing, we don't play You're gonna know our name ♪
[singing in Chinyanja]
[theme music ends]
Get down!
[people screaming]
I have a new recipe.
One part avocado, four parts superhero.
Mash until creamy.
[chuckles]
[groans]
[grunts] [laughing]
[people screaming]
[grunts]
[groans]
[yelps]
That's it!
[grunting]
[groaning]
[back cracking]
At this age, better to delegate.
[grunting]
[Mama K grunts] Tie him up!
Careful, T-Mlilo. Make sure his claws can't cut through.
Don't worry. We got this!
Stealing again, Alley Gator?
My sweet sugar apple, Professor Greenthumbs, loves avocados.
Would you deprive my love of this tasty treat?
Stealing someone's heart shouldn't actually involve stealing. [gasps]
[laughs] Face it, Alley Gator, we've finally caught you.
Oh, really?
-[loud ringing sound] -[yells]
-[grunts] -[groans]
[grunts] What is that?
[cackling]
-[beeping] -A homing device? [grunts]
[Mama K] Ah-ah.
What is that?
[cackling]
[all gasping]
The weatherman is at your service.
[cackling]
[upbeat music playing]
[groans]
Storm Drain? What is this? A ka villain party?
What took you so long, Snowman?
For crying out cloud.
I'm not your car service. I should just leave you here, Teeth Face.
[yelps]
Wait, are Storm Drain and Alley Gator working together?
No!
Ati…
What is that?
[dramatic music playing]
Awe. Awe.
No, you don't.
[Storm Drain chuckles]
And the weather today is--
Hey, guys, this is snow! For reals!
[chuckles]
-Later! -[yelping]
Help!
[grunts]
M-Kozo, Za-Mpezi, grab hold!
Hello? Some help here!
Mm.
-[grunting] -[yelping]
[all grunting]
That was no ka villain party.
They left without a fight.
But at least I got a party favor.
Ah! T-Mlilo, you better not throw that at me.
Ha! I never waste food.
-[grunts] Brain freeze! -[laughing]
[groans]
Huh?
Where did it go? T.O.M.I., can you pilot the drone back?
-[T.O.M.I.] Yes, Mama K. -I'm gonna review footage.
[elevator dings]
[clears throat]
Why would Storm Drain save Alley Gator?
Yeah. When did they start working together?
It doesn't make…
Oh. [chuckles] Back already.
What were you watching?
Was that another drone? Were you chasing it?
No. I was just doing some research.
Let's see!
Uh, no, not right now.
Hau. What's going on, Mama K?
[chuckles] Nothing. Ah! You must be tired.
I think we could all use some nice-nice rest.
Imwe. There have been a lot of "nothings" from Mama K recently.
Yeah. She has been hiding things from us.
Like when we went to check in on Hangry Temwe
and Mama K was super secretive.
[Zee] And that photo Monde found in Mama K's secret drawer.
[Monde] And that other photo she hid from the box she brought from Uncle Chi.
Yeah, yeah. And all those clothes she was folding yesterday, wena…
What?
What gogo has that much laundry?
Super suspicious.
Hm. So what do we do?
Lock the doors.
It's interrogation time.
Leave it to me.
Time-time she'll be talking bwe-bwe.
Temwe, chill. We can't attack Mama K.
-Well, she needs to spill the tea. -[Monde] Exactly.
-We need tea. -Tea. Exactly. We need…
-Huh? -And biscuits.
Mmm. And biscuits.
-[stomach rumbling] -[sighs]
Okay, listen.
Anytime I wanted to hear some juicy stories from my gogo,
I'd serve her tea and biscuits,
and just like that, everything would come pouring out.
Hau, bo Monde. Enemy interrogation tactics.
[laughs] Look at you.
Let's do this.
Huh?
-[giggling] -[grunts]
Hm. [gasps]
[chuckles]
Eh?
-Huh? -[bleats]
Mama K, you've been a bit stressed lately.
Is there something you'd like to share?
I, uh…
[gasps]
Ahh…
You know you can trust us.
Share.
[chuckles]
Ooh, she's good.
Remember, Mama K, we are your team.
Mm. You forgot to say, "share." [chuckles]
[Team 4] Share.
[sighs] I just don't know if you're ready for this.
Whatever it is, we can handle it.
Spill the tea. Start talking.
Share.
Something has clearly been stressing you out,
but maybe we can help.
You can tell us.
Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm ready.
Mama K, didn't you tell us lying only creates bigger problems?
And to be brave, tell the truth.
Ah, I see, you girls actually listen to my words well-well.
[chuckles]
[sighs]
[bleating]
Okay.
T.O.M.I., bring up the research.
[T.O.M.I.] Yes, Mama K.
-[beeps] -[rumbling]
[Team 4 exclaiming]
[Temwe] What?
Whoa, Mama K,
when you keep secrets,
you really keep secrets.
And you've had this nice-nice tech hiding all along?
I did tell you I was a superspy, no?
Hau! I know her!
You do? From where?
Uh, in the history book of Zambia
about the time before… before now?
Or from my secret drawer?
Mm-hm.
Mama K, who's this?
[sighs] That… that is Chusi.
Chusi? Smoke?
Why is he called that?
A dark cloud can roll away without bringing a storm,
but with smoke something is surely burning.
So, he was a weatherman? Or he was a fireman?
Need some clarity here.
[sighs]
Chusi was the most elusive and dangerous criminal of his time.
Always appearing out of nowhere, gone before anyone could capture him.
Like a wisp of smoke.
Ayi! Where's he now?
I think he might be right here.
[yelps] Here, here?
No. I mean here in Lusaka.
During your fight, I discovered a cloaked drone
watching you all.
Ah, that's the drone you were looking at.
Yes, and today we saw Storm Drain and Alley Gator working together.
Are you saying there's someone behind the ka villain party?
Exactly.
I think there may be a mastermind behind all these villain attacks.
Chusi.
Your superspy life, a new-old villain.
We want the whole story, Mama K.
If that's even your real name.
It's Kumbukani.
Ha! I called it!
But my code name was Mkango, the "Lion."
Whoa.
I think you better sit down for this.
I already am.
Before creaking bones and graying dreads,
I was the leader of a young, elite, secret crime-fighting team for IAZ,
the Intelligence Agency of Zambia.
My team did our work right here, in the Lion's Den.
[Team 4] This Lion's Den?
[Temwe] Whoa.
[Mama K] We were the best spies in the business.
Joining me in the Lion's Den was our computer expert,
Code name Chipembele, the Rhino.
You may know him as Uncle Chi.
Uncle Chi? The Rhino?
A high-tech jobee?
Temwe, shh.
And I couldn't have done anything without my best friend
and closest confidant Towela.
An inventive genius.
Code name Imbwili, the Leopard.
Komai, we've apprehended every one of Chusi's henchmen.
But we're still no closer to catching him.
Leopard, come and see this footage from today.
Look. There's Chusi leaving the City Hall.
And…
[Mama K] How does he do that?
[Chi] See, there he is.
He just shows up out of nowhere.
They don't call him Smoke for nothing.
Whoo. We may never capture him.
No, we will.
And by the time we do, the Brainstorm will be ready.
Wait, what's the Brainstorm?
[girls shushing]
I'm getting to that.
See, Chusi was a master criminal, stealing top secret intel.
Original government files, codes, encrypted transmissions.
But every henchman we caught would tell us the same thing.
They knew nothing because Chusi kept all these secrets to himself,
in his mind.
[Team 4 gasping]
All by memory?
[gasps] Ati whati? Like… like a Wikibrainiac. Huh.
Exactly.
He would "upload" the files into his brain
and then destroy the original documents
so only he had access to crucial information.
[scoffs]
Then government no longer had access to their own intelligence.
Exactly.
We had to come up with a device that could retrieve
these crucial pieces of Chusi's memory
before he sold them to the black market.
[beeping, whirring]
[Mama K] So we invented--
-Brainstorm, mune. -[girls] Shh.
Chapwa. The sequence is complete.
Success. Double trouble super cats, Leopard and Lion catching rats.
[ululates]
Ah-ah. We can't celebrate
until we use it on Chusi and get that information back.
Well, the first step in doing that is delivering it to IAZ.
Should we wait for extra security from IAZ?
We don't want to be surprised by the Smoke.
Yes, the last thing we want is him getting his hands on the Brainstorm.
I don't think we should wait.
Mm. We haven't had a day's rest since I designed this thing.
I would really like one weekend with my family.
Which is why I don't think we should wait.
Let's get this delivered, so we can finally take a break.
Ah. My little Limbani. He's shooting up like a pawpaw tree.
Exactly. You need to see your son.
-We can handle this. -Let's go!
[upbeat music playing]
[yells]
[both grunt]
Everything okay, Rhino?
[both coughing]
Chusi!
I heard you were looking for me.
Well, here I am.
Surrender now, Chusi, and nobody needs to get hurt.
Give me that device you created or I guarantee someone will get hurt.
I'm sorry, what device?
This device.
What do you call it? The Brainstorm?
So clever.
Well, your little creation will never take my memories from me.
Those aren't your memories.
That information you stole belongs to the government!
Yes, and I can't wait to share my memories.
And nothing will stop me.
[grunts]
-[groans] -[yells]
No!
[grunts]
Who's the smoke now?
Still me.
You're not getting it.
[grunting]
Well, well.
[groans]
Lion, let's see what this Brainstorm
-can really do. -[Towela] No!
[grunts]
[yelling]
[exhales]
Ah…
[yells]
My eyes. My eyes.
[winces]
Oh.
Where am I?
Oh, Towela.
Who are you?
It's me. It's Kumbukani. Towela.
Towela?
Kumbukani?
Who are you?
Who am I?
[Mama K] Somehow instead of retrieving memories,
the helmet erased her memories.
[sighs]
We hadn't tested it.
Our plans must have been wrong.
What happened with the helmet was an accident.
[sighs] Yes, I know.
But I should have called for backup,
as my comrades suggested.
Then we could have gotten it to IAZ safely.
Maybe then Towela wouldn't have lost her memory,
and Chi wouldn't have lost his sight.
Your poor comrades!
We're so sorry.
Are you okay, gogo?
[sighs]
The hardest thing I had to do was tell Towela's son
what happened to his mother.
I still remember Limbani's eyes.
I wanted nothing more than to help him and Towela.
But IAZ feared that Chusi was still alive
and shut down our entire operation immediately.
They locked up the Lion's Den, and sent me and Chi into hiding.
I didn't even get to say goodbye to my best friend.
They covered it all up.
To this day, I still don't know what became of Towela or Limbani.
Oh, Mama K, that is so unfair!
You've had such a hard life.
No wonder you look so much older than your age.
[crying]
Why didn't you tell us this before?
Ah, well, crime levels dropped in Lusaka after IAZ shut us down,
so I thought perhaps Chusi was gone forever,
or maybe he'd even died in the explosion.
I wasn't planning to tell you anything unless I was sure he was back in Lusaka.
Besides, my history with Chusi is my own battle.
But you don't have to do this alone.
We've got your back.
And your front.
And your sides!
No! If Chusi is the one leading these villains,
it's just too-too dangerous.
I knew it was a risk creating a crime-fighting team,
but Chusi is another thing entirely.
I couldn't bear
losing one of you to that monster.
I just couldn't.
Not again.
Mama K, you've carried this alone for long enough.
And if he knows who you are, you need us now more than ever.
We'll fight for you.
After all, we are a team. Your team.
Your battles are our battles.
We are not afraid.
Eh, when Chusi gets a dose of Hangry Temwe,
he'll disappear like a wisp of smoke, for good.
Olo he is silent and deadly,
-and so am I. -[farts]
-[giggles] -Ayi, Temwe.
You don't have to be so literal.
We can do this.
We're Mama K's Team 4!
Mama K's…
[Team 4] Team 4!
Ati Mama K's…
[Team 4] Team 4!
Mama K's…
[chanting] Team 4, eh! Team 4, eh!
Okay. Okay. [laughing]
We'll do this together.
[bleating]
[all laughing]
Don't worry. We got this!
So, there is a puppet master pulling the strings?
Well then,
I guess it's time to smoke them out.
[upbeat music playing]