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but, you seem to be missing an arm and a leg!

Ferrero, you're disappearing, look!

Impossible, and also very inconvenient right now.

Where did he go?

I just knew entering this race

wouId be a terrible idea.

Traveling around the world in a hot air balloon?

l'd really like to know in whose

imagination this stupidity was born?

HoId on, Jose!

We're in for the ride of our Iives!

Does anyone see anything?

Not yet.

Anyone else?

Nothing.

What's up with the fish?

They're afraid of something!

l feel a strange presence.

It's coming!

Stay back! l'm going in!

No! Don't attack it! Stop!

Come back!

Here l come! You can

kiss your suckers goodbye!

Divers! Prepare to attack!

On my count! 3, 2, 1! Throw!

It did nothing!

Gentlemen, good news.

After much research we have finaIIy

come to the unmistakabIe conclusion...

...that we Americans now have the ability,

forthe first time,

to assembIe a kind of giant buIIet

which will carry a crew of humans...

...inside of it and wilI actuaIly be abIe

to make the journey around the sun...

Who are you?

Forgive my interruption,

gentlemen, I'm so very sorry.

l am the Emperor Afejad,

King of the underwater city ''Esplendora.''

Are you a member of our Gun Club?

Have you paid your fee?

No, I'm afraid l'm not a member.

This is an outrage!

You cannot be here, this meeting

is exclusiveIy for members only!

Not only that, we're in the process

of changing history...

...and you dare to interrupt?

You should be ashamed!

Again, my apologies, l meant

no disrespect to any of you.

But, by any chance,

did you see a giant octopus?

Pick up the pace, Normalverbraucher.

The Flying Train has arrived and

you're going to make us miss it!

But Sir, don't you think this trip

could be dangerous?

Great endeavors are for the brave.

I've got this completely covered,

don't you worry about that.

Normalverbraucher? NormaIverbraucher!

Where are you? Where did you go?

We're not going to make the train,

NormaIverbraucher! NormaIverbraucher!

- Normalverbraucher!

- Normalverbraucher!

NormaIverbraucher! NormaIverbraucher!

What a tragedy!

NormaIverbraucher! NormaIverbraucher!

Normalverbraucher...

Verbracher!

Minister Chateau! Monsieur Minister!

This is a calamity! An absolute calamity!

Pascal, what could it possibly be this time?

Normalverbraucher!

What happened to NormaIverbraucher?

What a disaster.

What're we going to do now?

Je ne sais pas! (l don't know.)

Well, looks like we'll have to

go see the Professor.

- Oh, no, no, no, no!

- Oui! Oui! (Yes!)

- Oh, no!

- Oh, Oui!

- PIease, no!

- Oui!

But, Minister Chateau, please,

with aIl due respect,

je ne se pas (I don't know)

if it is a good idea...

...for us to go and ask

the Professorfor his help!

Pascal, there's no one that knows more

about science fiction than he does.

Oui! But, the Professor is also

totally crazy! Completement fou!

Oh, please, who isn't crazy these days?

Last time l saw him, he got angry

and tried to transform me into a fly!

It was an absolute nightmare!

You made him angry?

He's aIready a mad scientist,

don't make him madder!

Anyway, he doesn't understand...

...the difference between science and

science fiction, he's completely nuts!

Yes, that's true. l guess you couId say

he's a IittIe unbaIanced,

but he is a genius and probably

the only one who can save us.

Did l teIl you about the time

he attacked me with a flyswatter?

Well, at least he didn't spray you with insecticide.

The IIIusionarium exists! I knew it!

Visogneaux left an open portal to his imagination,

but the technology of his time

didn't make it possibIe.

Now, they have designed that part but,

something has gone terribly wrong,

a real disaster,

the stories have alI gotten

mixed up, turned around!

We now have 48 hours to resoIve this!

So, what's your suggestion, Professor?.

Do you really think it's possible for us...

...to put the stories back

into their original state?

l might have a solution, but first,

I need Pascal's help on an experiment

I've been working on.

I knew this was going to happen

and you can forget it! No.

I don't understand.

If I apply eIectricity to the body

then the light bulb should go on.

Yeah, that is unusuaI,

maybe there's not enough current?

In regards to your problem, Chateau,

something sparked an idea!

Could it be the smeIl of

my burning flesh that sparked it?

J'ai mal a la tete. (l'm having a headache.)

Please, Pascal! Do not interrupt the Professor.

This may sound kinda risky,

and it's onIy an idea,

but l really can't see another solution

to such a compIex situation.

As you know, everyone thinks

Visogneaux was a huge faiIure.

WeII, wasn't he?

No, no, no! Visogneaux was

actuaIIy ahead of his time!

And, his most important invention of aIl,

just happens to be something that manages to...

...help every computer in the entire world to work!

Jean Visogneaux invented the microprocessor!

ls that what you're saying?

No.

Was it the binary code?

No. l can't feel my legs...

The internet!

No!

What then?

Shutting down, and starting up again!

See? Jean Visogneaux invented the Reset button!

Shut down, and start up.

Shut down, and start up.

Oh, yeah, l see!

And how exactly does that help us?

It's simple! All noveIs are systems,

and each Visogneaux novel...

...has a Restart button imbedded

inside of it, so there ya go!

So what you're saying is I just need

to go in and find the Reset button!

ExactIy! But, you'II need to form

a team of specialists that are very...

I don't know... let's see, special?

ls everyone ready to go?

Oh, no, no, no. Not yet,

we're still missing the little girl.

Here she is now! WeIcome!

Welcome my dear children,

welcome to ''Project Visogneaux!''

You have each been specially chosen

to be a part of history!

We have brought you aIl here for

a very special and ultra secret mission.

Please excuse the IittIe outburst

of our subordinate!

That is my assistant Pascal.

Now, as l'm sure we aIl know,

one of the greatest failures of

French Literature of the 19th century...

...was a man named, Jean Visogneaux.

And, in regards to that, we have

been confronted with a big problem,

alI of Visogneaux's stories

have gotten somewhat mixed up.

So, how do you expect us to help?

Well, l'm glad you asked!

Believe it or not, we have an amazing invention!

A machine like nothing you've ever seen before!

It has the technology to insert you kids...

...right into the imagination of this great man!

The IlIusionarium!

The goal is for you to go out

and unravel the stories,

so we can return them to their originaI state.

So how come you picked us?

WeII, first of all, because

you are all twelve years old,

and that is the age at which

Jean Visogneaux's imagination...

...was the most impressionable and receptive.

Right! Which should make it all much easier...

...when it comes to teleporting

aIl of you into his imagination.

So, do you understand?

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