The Freedom Force Page #6

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[WHIMPERING, SIGHING]

[NATIVES CHANTING, DRUMMING]

So, what about

the Munchi-Munchi?

I've got an idea. When the moon goes

behind the clouds.

We'll descend from

above and make the

Munchi-Munchi believe

that we are lunar gods.

Who must enter

the temple of Onoffon.

In order to make

the moon reappear.

You just came up with that?

I read a lot.

So I have a pretty

active imagination.

Munchi Munchi. I sure hope

you can't understand me.

"Ring around the rosey.

Pocket full of posies.

"Who stole the cookie

from the cookie jar?

Onoffon, Onoffon, Onoffon!"

What do you know?

It actually worked!

Once we enter the temple, that's

hopefully when Dr. Ferguson will return.

So you two should

wait in the balloon.

But if the moon reappears.

You'd better be on your way.

[JOE] What about you?

It was nice to meet you.

But it's time for us to go.

[NATIVES MUTTERING]

[JOE] Either those three

are incredibly courageous.

Or they're completely crazy!

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

[ROARING, LAUGHING]

Torpedo, they're entering

the temple. Go finish them off!

[CHATEAU] Who is that

muscle-bound maniac?

[PASCAL] He's definitely not part

of the story, that's for sure.

I don't get it!

How do they enter the imagination?

I'm getting a lot on him.

Intruder, I've got you now!

Aah! What is that

octopus doing here?

From the looks of things,

whatever he wants!

This is all wrong!

You have to send it back!

[SCREAMS] Oh, no!

We have got to get

out of here, now!

Hurry, quick!

[SCREAMS]

[COMPUTER]

Total system failure.

All services offline.

Good-bye.

This is a disaster!

[SOBBING] It's okay, boss.

Right now, the most

important thing we can do

is to focus on the positive

side of all of this!

Here are the facts, Pascal.

We have lost the children.

And without the Imaginasium,

they can never return!

And, I'm going to lose my job tomorrow,

after the president's wife

is humiliated, because we couldn't fix

Jules Verne's stories!

And now, there's a giant

octopus running amok!

[GROWLS] Tell me, Pascal.

What is the positive side

of all this?

You have to calm down.

Let me see.

Missing children.

Furious first lady.

Crazy stories.

Octopus...

of course... aha!

I know the positive side.

Do you realize that the price for fresh.

Sushi-grade octopus

is over 12 Euros per pound?

And our octopus has got to

be at least 35,000 pounds.

That's over 400,000 Euros!

Assuming the euro doesn't

collapse before we sell

the entire carcass...

but just in case, maybe

we sell it to the Japanese and

insist on getting paid in yen!

[FATIGUED CHEERS]

[MUTTERING]

[ARISTOTLE] Peter, you realize if

the moon breaks through the clouds,

we're dead meat.

Did you have to say "meat"?

Look at that inscription.

"On," "off," "on."

Onoffon! Duh!

It's so obvious now.

Jules Verne was pointing us to the

restart button the whole time...

there you are.

Uhh...

Aah!

Aah!

Go, Nicole!

[GROANS]

You can do it!

Aw! [GROWLS]

Huh?

Nothing's happening!

On, off, on.

That's it! Pull

the lever down again!

Look. Look!

[MUNCHI MUNCHI MUMBLING]

[WARRIORS GRUMBLING] Oh!

[CHATTERING]

[TARZAN YELL]

Nobody messes with the

friends of the great profit...

aah... ungh.

Aah!

[MENACING GROWLS]

Guys, do you feel that?

The restart button.

It must have a delay mechanism in it

before it activates!

It's the portal!

We're saved!

[BABBLING]

Why is it taking so long to teleport?

The other parts of the story

must be resetting first.

[TALKING LOUDLY IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]

Aah! Get ready to go!

Come on, Houston!

Hang on tight, Nicole.

We'll get through this.

No! Where do you

think you're going?

Come back here!

Come back!

I'll get you... uh!

[ANXIOUS YELLING]

Na, na...

[ROARS]

[SCREAMS] Why? Why?

S'il vous plait, boss.

Please don't make me go!

Ze Professor.

He is a sadistic lunatic.

And I have half a mind

to drive us right over

this cliff rather than

spend another minute with him!

I agree. You have

only half a mind.

What? Come on! You still can't be mad

at me about the octopus.

It was your fault, after all,

moi?

Because I've warned you before that

that stinky cologne you wear

causes my eyes to tear...

which is probably the reason

why I hit the wrong button!

So there!

Well, if there's a solution

to this catastrophe,

the Professor will know it.

Hey-y! You're just in time.

I need your help

with a dilemma.

Which of these two items

came first?

Was it the cork.

Or the corkscrew?

Corkscrew. Hein?

Corks, of course. Hein?

It was the cork!

Obviously.

I disagree, it was

the corkscrew!

Minister Chateau, please! Why would

someone need to invent a corkscrew

if there were no corks that needed

to be pulled from the bottle?

And why would someone

plug up a bottle with a cork.

If there was no corkscrew

to open it with!

[SQUEAKS] The cork!

The corkscrew!

The cork!

The corkscrew!

The most perplexing puzzle.

And it's even more important than

the chicken and the egg conundrum.

Because what if the chicken needs

a drink in order to lay the egg?

Have you seen

profiterole or Peter?

I can't find them anywhere.

I guess they landed on a

different side of the boat.

I wonder what story this is?

Don't know. But if anyone

would, it's Peter.

Because he's read all

of Jules Verne's books.

I sure wish

he was here right now.

Nicole, are you and he...

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

He's my heart. No!

...By heart. I mean...

he really knows these stories by heart.

And that's very helpful.

My valet, Normalverbraucher,

just disappeared!

Reliable help

is difficult to find.

I have to catch the flying train

to rendezvous with capt. Nemo

and his nautilus submarine.

But now, Nemo has vanished!

So, we're in a mixed-up version

of 20,000 leagues under the sea!

But how can the story exist

without its main character?

Don't know. But that's what we're here

to fix with the restart button.

You thought you could

escape from me?

Run!

No!

[GRUNTS]

[PUNCH LANDING, GRUNTING] Ohh!

[GASPING] Huh?

[SADISTIC CHUCKLING]

Yah!

Oh!

[LAUGHING]

[YELLING]

[NICOLE SCREAMS]

Very interesting. Hmm.

Yes, very interesting!

So what do you think, Professor?

Here's what I think...

Very interesting.

Yes, we get that!

So, do you have a solution

to our very interesting problem.

Or not?

Which problem?

Ah, the kids!

Ze kids!

We have to find away to get

the kids back, Professor!

Oh! I have so much going on,

it's hard to keep track of it all.

Now, let's start from the beginning.

Was it the cork or the corkscrew?

Aah!

The kids, Professor.

Oh, yes, yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

I think I have an idea

that just might work.

[BOTH SIGHING]

It was about the time

I invented the yell phone...

which is like a cell phone, except

you have to shout into it.

Never really took off.

I don't know why!

But that has nothing

to do with this.

Oh!

Now, before the Imaginasium.

I made a prototype! I'm not

sure if it still works.

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