[theme music playing]
♪ Go, go, go, go! ♪
♪ Team Zenko Go! ♪
♪ Go, go, go, go! ♪
♪ Zenko Go! ♪
♪ Team Zenko Go! ♪
[upbeat music playing]
[Yolanda coos]
Next hole, 325 feet.
Here goes. Yah!
[chittering, sniffing]
Whoa. Nice shot, Ari. So close.
-Whoo! I almost got a hole in one. -That's gonna be hard to beat.
No!
-Whoa. -All in the wrist, Ari. All in the wrist.
You should keep the scorecard forever.
Uh, hey, where'd it go?
[Niah] Mm...
Hey, kids. What you looking for?
Hi, Uncle Ian.
Our scorecard for disc golf. We can't find it.
Huh, you lost something too? 'Cause I can't find my favorite sweatband.
The polka-dot one.
It kept your forehead dry and fashionable.
[Sam] What's up, everybody?
Just looking for Ian's sweatband and our score sheet.
No way! You guys lost stuff too? 'Cause I can't find my hat anywhere.
Uh, you mean the one you're wearing?
I have five of these. It's my look. But I lost Number 3.
Keep an eye out, would you?
Hope you find your scorecard.
Gotta be here somewhere.
What's up, Fawna?
Huh? Oh. I lost my gardening glove. So not groovy. [sighs]
-Got those seeds you ordered, sis. -Right on, Donna.
Hey, you got a scrunchie I could borrow? Mine went missing! The strangest thing.
Oh. I'll find you one. Come on.
Uncle Ian, Sam, Fawna, Donna all lost something today.
And so did we. What's up with that?
I don't know, but it sounds like Zenko time.
[dramatic music playing]
[beeping]
Ponzu, mission mode.
♪ Go, go, go, go! ♪
-Whoo! -Yeah!
[hums]
Ha!
[all] Niah!
Ari!
Ellie!
Jax!
Team Zenko Go!
-We heard the gong. What's gone wrong? -We're not exactly sure.
But a bunch of stuff is missing around town.
Yeah.
Ian's sweatband, Sam's hat, Ari's score sheet,
Fawna's gardening glove, Donna's hair scrunchies.
[Ponzu chitters]
Hmm. Ponzu's missing something too. Napzu.
It's a napkin he folded into an origami squirrel.
[chitters]
-Ponzu, I didn't know you did origami. -His origami's actually very good.
-I taught him myself. -Oh, cool.
We gotta find out what's happening with all this missing stuff.
[chitters]
Ponzu has a point. Napzu didn't just walk off by himself.
Auntie Yuki, are you saying there's a thief in Harmony Harbor?
I don't know. But something weird is up.
And, team, it's your job to get to the bottom of it.
Ooh. I love a good mystery.
Just remember, sometimes a customer thinks they want edamame,
but they'd be just as happy with wasabi peas.
Uh, we'll be sure to keep that in mind.
All right, let's solve this mystery! Team Zenko...
[all] Go!
This is where Sam said her hat disappeared.
If I were a hat, where would I be?
Hmm.
[stealthy music playing]
Hmm. My hat senses tell me...
nothing.
When I got my detective merit badge in Junior Moose Patrol,
with a gold star for Extra Snoopiness, they said,
"The next best thing to new evidence is a new look at old evidence."
Okay, so, what do we know so far?
Well, everyone was outside when they lost their stuff.
-Yeah. All the stuff was kind of small. -It was all sort of soft.
So, what does that mean?
Well, obviously when you put small and soft and outside together, you get...
something?
[all sigh]
I know what I've got, an idea. Jax, we're gonna need one of your socks.
Huh?
-Be brave, my little socky. -Okay, the bait's all set.
Something small, soft and outside.
If the thief's around, they're gonna go for it.
[stealthy music playing]
Keep your eyes open, everyone.
It's hard to concentrate when your ankle's cold.
Shh. I think I hear something.
We've got movement! Go! Go!
[gasps] Socky!
Did you catch them?
So shooting glue balls in the dark, not a good idea.
[beeps]
-Well, that could have gone worse. -Really?
No, not really.
And Ponzu and I didn't see anybody run out of the park.
Then what happened?
Hey, maybe whoever took my sock is invisible!
[both] Huh?
But I saw something in my binoculars moving really fast.
Hmm.
Maybe if the thief didn't run out, it's because she flew out.
[all] Yolanda!
Wait.
Small, soft stuff is what went missing?
-Could she be building a nest? -If she is, we've gotta find it.
Sounds like a plan. Let's fan out.
Don't worry, Socky. I'm coming.
[dramatic music playing]
-That nest could be anywhere. -Yeah, how are we gonna find it?
Wait. I have an idea.
That's the park. And where was the stuff lost?
Here, here, here, here, here and here.
Look, a circle. And what's in the middle of that circle?
A-ha! That stump! Yolanda, we know where you live.
Come on!
-[chitters] -Oh! An origami of me?
[chitters]
Oh. Yeah. I knew that.
Exactly where it showed up on the map. Yolanda's nest.
[Ellie] There's all the missing stuff!
Socky, you're okay!
[squawking]
-[yells] -Whoa!
Come on, Yolanda! It's not even your size!
Yolanda! What is with her? Whoa.
[Ellie] Maybe she's protecting her eggs. Or babies.
-[yawns] -[Ellie] Wait.
Pigeons don't have teeth. That's a gopher!
Huh? A baby gopher?
I learned about this for a school project.
Sometimes birds take care of small mammals separated from their real moms.
[Ari] I wonder how the little gopher got lost.
Poor thing probably misses his mom.
-We should get him home. -But how?
You saw Yolanda just now.
She was all "squawk" and "screech"
-and "Don't mess with the nest!" -So, what do we do?
Wait, it's like Yuki said.
Sometimes a customer thinks they want edamame,
but they'd be just as happy with wasabi peas.
Brilliant. We'll feed Yolanda wasabi peas and wait until...
-Oh, that's not what you meant, huh? -No.
We need something else cute to switch out for the baby gopher.
But what?
I have a plan, but first, Jax, I, uh, need your other sock.
Of course you do.
[upbeat music playing]
[chittering]
Ponzu, step away from the peanuts.
[grumbles]
[Jax shivers]
I hope this works, because my feet are freezing.
You made a nest out of pipe cleaners?
-Very crafty. -This is nothing.
I once made a bunk bed out of paper clips.
[dramatic music playing]
[exhales]
[both] Aw.
[snoring softly]
[cooing]
All you, Jax.
[knocking]
[chitters]
-[chitters] -[tender music playing]
[both purring]
[both] Aw.
-We did it! -Great teamwork, Zenkos!
Now we just have to return everyone's missing stuff.
[all chittering]
Good job, team. There was a lot to that Zenko.
We returned everybody's stuff.
Plus, we got the baby gopher back to its mom.
And got Yolanda a new friend to cuddle in her nest.
And I got warm ankles again. Well, one ankle, at least.
Aw. We forgot to bring Ponzu his origami squirrel.
Oh, don't worry. He's been working on something else.
And there's no way he's gonna lose this one.
-He calls it "Napzilla." -[Zenkos] Awesome.
[chitters fanfare]
[screeches]
[upbeat music playing]
[both panting]
-See Ellie? -Nope, I think we lost her.
Ha! Think again.
[dramatic music playing]
Almost got...
Taginator! You're it, Jax!
[laughs]
You guys are in Taginator trouble now!
-Hey, Ian. -Oh, hi, kids.
[Ian sighs]
-What's up? -I can't find my badminton racket.
I thought maybe I left it here.
-Looks like you've got a ton of rackets. -I do. But this one's special.
It's called Red Lightning. My grandpa gave it to me.
Said it was carved from a tree struck by lightning.
Maybe that's why your overhead smash always hits like thunder. Whazam!
Yeah, I need to find it soon.
I have a match in half an hour against Ace McKuen.
Ace...
The guy you beat in the All-Harmony Harbor tournament.
Barely. With Red Lightning.
I don't know if I can beat him without her.
And if Ace figures out how much I need that racket, oh, boy.
-Poor Ian. We gotta help him. -By serving up a big Zenko!
Come on!
[dramatic music playing]
[beeping]
Ponzu, mission mode.
♪ Go, go, go, go! ♪
-Whoo! -Yeah!
[hums]
Ha!
[all] Niah!
Ari!
Ellie!
Jax!
Team Zenko Go!
I heard the gong. What's gone wrong?
Ian's got a big badminton game today. A rematch with his toughest opponent,
Ace McKuen.
-But his favorite racket is missing. -[Niah] Oh. Red Lightning.
My great-grandpa gave it to him.
Yeah, and he thinks he can't win without it.
Like Ponzu thinks he can't win his video game without his lucky headband.
[chitters]
-[squawks] -[announcer] Too bad! Game over!
[chitters]
Well, your headband can only do so much.
Anyway, it sounds like your mission is cut out for you: help Ian find his racket.
Right. So let's start by looking in the places Ian plays badminton.
Got a list of them in my... Facts About Folks book.
-Where is it? -I'll keep an eye out for it.
In the meantime, team, you better get cracking on the Zenko for Ian.
But I've never done a mission without my green book.
Like I always say, there are lots of good recipes in cookbooks.
-But the best ones come from-- -I know.
-The heart. -No.
The heart's just a big muscle.
I was gonna say from your brain. You know, where you keep your memories.
[Ponzu laughs]
Anyway, let's start this mission.
Team Zenko...
[all] Go!
Maybe it's in here.
-Hey, hey! Ian-meister! -Oh, uh, hi, Ace.
Nice headgear. Loving the whole fruit look.
You really pull it off. And now you did pull it off.
So, Ian, man,
you ready for the ultimate badminton throw-down?
Uh, yeah. Totally, uh, ready. But shouldn't we warm up first?
With, like, jumping jacks?
Uh, sure. Gotta get those badminton juices flowing.
And one! And two! And three!
[groans]
Oh, yeah! I'm getting in the zone! This rematch is gonna be epic!
[stealthy music playing]
Okay, let's find that racket.
Nothing under the bed.
[sneezes]
Except a family of dust bunnies.
No, Ellie! That's where Ian keeps his...
-[yelps] -...soccer balls.
Hey, a badminton racket.
Hmm. Wrong color.
Let's clean up this "ball-valanche" and keep looking.
-[knocking on door] -[all gasp]
[Donna] Delivery for you, Ian.
Oh. Is this open?
Uh, Ian?
Yoo-hoo!
Ah. Another soccer ball.
Third one this week. Is he eating these things?
[whistling]
-Whew. That was close. -And we still haven't found the racket.
If it's not here, where could it be?
Let me check my green book. Oh, right.
[sighs]
-Hey. Today's Tuesday, right? -[all] Mm-hm.
I'm pretty sure Ian plays badminton with Mr. Tanaka
on Tuesday mornings at the community center.
Maybe he left his racket there. Let's go.
Oh.
This might serve up some help for us later.
[Ace grunting]
Ah, all right, Ian-arooni! Let's hit the court already!
Uh, yeah, just a sec, Ace. I, um, can't decide.
Green? Or maybe silver?
Whatevs, Ian-ator.
Let's go!
[sighs]
Oh, look. There's also purple.
Hey. Is that Red Lightning?
Ian must have left it here by accident.
-We can swap it with this blue one. -Better hurry.
-Uncle Ian's match starts soon. -Zenko-chucker to the rescue.
[stealthy music playing]
Goodness!
You sure put a lot of spin on that one.
Whoa, flower power.
Yes! We got Red Lightning!
This isn't Red Lightning.
Fawna must have a red racket too.
There you are, little birdie.
[gasps]
Badminton is far out!
It's really catching on.
Just this morning I lent Gabriel and Luis some equipment
so they can play at home.
Mr. T might've accidentally lent Ian's racket to Gabriel and Luis.
Come on. We don't have much time.
[dramatic music playing]
Whoa!
[groans]
[chuckles] So close, Ian-doodle-dandy.
Maybe I'll try my purple racket next.
Nice one, little bro.
You win!
Woo-hoo!
[gasps] That's gotta be Red Lightning!
-I'll grab it. -Hang on.
They're getting ready to play another game.
We only have a few minutes to get that racket to Uncle Ian.
What do we do?
[sighs] I bet if I had my green book, I could come up with a good idea.
Come on, Jax. You don't need your book to have a good idea.
Yeah, I do. I'm kind of lost without it.
Nuh-uh. Remember what Yuki said?
A good recipe can come from a cookbook, but the best ones come from up here.
[Ellie] Yeah.
If you had your book with you, what would it say?
Other than "Ian owns way too many soccer balls."
That's probably because he coaches soccer and needs them for the team.
[gasps] Hey, Luis is on that team.
So there must be a soccer ball around here somewhere.
Ah, perfect! Ari, grabinator.
Jax, I don't think Ian needs any more soccer balls.
This isn't for Ian. It's for my plan. Okay, listen up.
[whispering indistinctly]
Hey,
are we playing badminton or soccer?
-Where'd that ball come from? -Someone must've kicked it over our fence.
Let's return it to them.
Nice, Jax.
-Perfect placement. -What can I say?
I get a kick out of helping others.
[dramatic music playing]
Let's move.
[Ari] Ooh.
Oh, no! Is the game over already?
Aw, we're too late.
Ian-meister! Great win, buddy!
Thanks. And I didn't even have my lucky red racket.
I think you used every color racket except red.
And I still won.
I think Uncle Ian learned a lesson today.
I think maybe I did too.
Now to get Red Lightning back to him.
Let me grab some water and then we can-- [gasps]
Red Lightning! But how?
-Where did...? -Ian-credible!
You found your lucky racket! How cool is that?
How about another game, Ace? You know what?
-You can use my favorite racket. -Wow, really?
Thanks, Ian,
best human being.
Yeah!
Hey, team! Look what Ponzu found in the bushes.
Ta-da!
[gasps]
How did it end up there?
You must've dropped it when I was swinging you up onto the truck.
Yeah. Glad to have it back.
But if I ever lose it again, everything I need is right up here.
Ow.
Jax, likes to hit self in head with this book.
-Good one. -[laughs]
Oh, Jax.
[theme music playing]
♪ Go, go, go, go! ♪
♪ Team Zenko Go! ♪
♪ Zenko Go! ♪
-♪ Go, go, go, go! ♪ -♪ Team Zenko Go! ♪