"PENN:" "Wherever good is threatened... heroes rise to the challenge and always save the day!" "( grunts )" "Except when they don't..." "( groans )" "And that's when I go to work." "♪ Zap in two dimensions Every day, it's my job!" "♪" "♪ To be a hero save the world And make things right ♪" "♪ Kung fu moles, rescue trolls Punch a zombie, score a goal!" "♪" "♪ I'm a robot!" "I'm a rabbit?" "I'm a knight!" "♪" "♪ Stretching, swinging, spying, Flying, flipping ♪" "♪ Monster-kicking!" "♪" "♪ Boone and Sashi Always sticking by my side!" "♪" "♪ No villain's gonna stop ♪" "♪ Penn Zero:" "Part-Time Hero!" "♪" "♪ Penn Zero:" "Part-Time Hero!" "♪" "♪ Penn Zero:" "Part-Time Hero!" "♪" "Penn Zer... ( screams )" "You're going back to plant world." "Good luck!" "( Zapping )" "Uh, Phyllis?" "We're still here." "( Nail file scratching) ( growls )" "Perhaps mani-pedi was bad idea." "Uh... ( grunts )" "Upsy-daisy." "BOONE:" "Penn looked lost in thought, but that was actually the face he made when he had to go to the bathroom." "Hey!" "Stop narrating things that aren't even true!" "BOONE:" "Penn's objections couldn't cover up the obvious." "It was "go" time." "( sarcastically ) I'm Boone and I think I'm so smart and important because narrating's so hard." "BOONE:" "Like Penn could do better." "Oh, I could!" "Couldn't" "Could!" "Couldn't!" "Could!" "( Woman scat singing )" "Orchid!" "Enough scatting!" "What do you want?" "Is your brother Fern pretending to be missing again so he doesn't have to deal with his annoying sister?" "Not this time." "I want what every girl plant wants..." "To be a famous so-a-a-at singer." "But to do that, I need to make an album, and that takes money." "I'm a damsel in distress." "Will you be my knight in shining armored flower... (scatting) ♪ pot ♪?" "I'd like to help, Orchid, but the truth is, I don't have any money." "Plus everyone hates scat singing." "So, no, thanks." "Get out." "Oh!" "(Scatting )" "BOONE:" "Sashi shoved Orchid out the door, but what she really wished she could shove out were her jealous feelings." "( growls )" "( thunder )" "Sorry." "No time for knocking!" "( Groans ) I'm Rootilda Lacecap." "I'm sure you've heard of me." "The baroness of potting soil." "Yes?" "No?" "Come on, catch up." "I'm the richest plant in Plantywood." "Fancy rsum, madam, but what does that have to do with me?" "BOONE:" "Once again, Penn needed to make everything about him." "Ugh!" "I'm sorry, Ms. Lacecap." "We have a pesky narrator following us around and..." "Please call me Rootilda." "And that's not a narrator." "That's my third cousin's grand-seed and only heir," "Basil Perennial!" "♪ Dun dun duh!" "♪" "You were in my pocket the whole time?" "He did know Basil was in his pocket?" "Lucky guess." "But that's not why I'm here." "I have a rare form of non-prunable leaf rot." "( Dramatically ) I don't have much time left," "My empire needs to stay in the family, so I'm giving it to Basil." "Anyhoo, come by tomorrow and we'll deal with all the paperwork." "May your leaves stay green." "( Thunder )" "How rude!" "She scratched our wall!" "Wait, is our mission to fix this wall?" "'Cause I'm, uh, not much of a handyman." "Nope." "Our mission is solve the mystery surrounding Basil, aka Boone." "BOONE:" "Once again, Boone was at the center of Penn and Sashi's lives." "Better get you planted." "Boone was their sun, moon, and... ( screams ) stars!" "Where's Basil?" "Oh, he's here." "Yeah, we just wanted to enjoy some peace and quiet before the meeting." "But he's around." "Oh, he's around." "Sash?" "( Grunting )" "Ohh, that feels good!" "Hyah!" "( As Arnold Schwarzenegger ) I feel so powerful!" "Sign here and this will all be yours!" "( Light shatters ) ( Boone screams )" "( gasps ) Boone!" ""You'll never see Basil alive again, unless you pay one million Chlorobills"?" "( Window creaks )" "Big Red!" "Big Red!" "( Sashi shouts )" "What did you do with Boone, you villain?" "Boone's missing?" "I was climbing in to kidnap him." "Oh, really?" "Try and deny that this is your embarrassingly poor handwriting." "Try it!" "I dare you!" "Yes, that's my note." "I had a break-in at my hideout." "The only thing stolen was my ransom note, so I had to write a new one." "Very clever, trying to throw us off with two notes." "Where's Larry?" "Can he back up your story?" "Oh, he's been gone all day." "It's been rather lovely." "Why, you can't be this dumb." "Stop lying and spill the beans!" "I don't know anything." "I am this dumb!" "Save it!" "You're going to cool your roots in the hoosegow." "Hey, isn't that Orchid's brother Fern?" "Employee of the Month?" "Oh... uh... yes." "He's our branch manager." "Something about the case against Big Red didn't seem quite right." "But if Big Red's telling the truth, then who really kidnapped Boone?" "Penn had a hunch that Fern was involved, but he didn't know how." "He hoped Orchid could put him in touch with Fern." "Yes, this was a twisty mess of a case, all right." "Twistier than the twistiest pretzel." "You don't have to do that." "ANNOUNCER: "Big Red Arrested fr Kidnapping Potting Soil Heir!"" ""Basil Still Missing." "Big Red plays dumb."" ""Big Red Looks Terrible in Pictures!"" ""Big Red Sues Headline Writer and Photographer."" "The Greenhouse is pleased to introduce..." "Orchid." "( Applause )" "( band playing slow jazz )" "( feedback )" "This one goes out to one special detective." "♪ A detective needs a case ♪" "♪ Like a lady plant needs a vase ♪" "( scatting )" "♪ The clue's not in outer space ♪" "♪ It's right in front of your P.I. face ♪" "( scatting ) ( hiccups )" "( groaning )" "( belches )" "I told Orchid I didn't want to hear anymore scat singing." "It's just a bunch of sounds!" "Sing words!" "Hey, there, Skip, you got time for a quick quesh?" "Anything to drown out the sound of that." "No so much a fan of Orchid's do-wop-a-doobee-do- scoobity-bop?" "It makes me want to break my own stems!" "She keeps asking me for money to make a scat singing album." "It's not happening!" "You ever see her brother Fern come in the club?" "Fern, the potting soil executive?" "No, but I wish he did." "Now that Basil's out of the way," "Fern's next in line to take over the company." "I bet he could get Orchid a job that doesn't involve making everyone's head hurt!" "Okay, okay, that's enough." "Thank you, Orchid." "Ow!" "Easy with the thorns!" "( Applause )" "Even though the case was tough to crack, like an egg with an unusually hard shell," "Penn had an idea that might just crack this eggy case wide open, like a walnut." "Mm, you're getting worse." "ANNOUNCER: "P.I. Sets Up Big Meeting At Potting Soil Company" "To Try To Solve Case Once And For All."" ""P.I. Annoys His Partner with Crummy Narrating."" ""Big Red Still Looks Terribe In Pictures!"" "Why did you make me get out of my flower bed to come down here?" "I assumed you'd found Basil, my third cousin's grand-seed and only heir." "Like drinking milk past the expiration date," "Penn didn't feel too sure about that." "Is he narrating himself?" "Yeah." "Rippen?" "How'd you break out of the slammer, and how'd you find us?" "When I saw the newspaper headline about this meeting," "I tunneled out of jail, so I could kidnap Basil for real." "I don't have time for this." "I'm a busy hydrangea." "That's just the thing." "You're not a hydrangea." "( Gasping )" "And you're not Rootilda!" "Ahem!" "Uh, he's right." "Then this impostor must be the only plant who had a motive to kidnap Basil..." "Fern." "Nope, it wasn't me." "But, hey!" "Then who's in the Rootilda costume?" "Allow me to explain." "When Rootilda left our office, she scratched the wall, but hydrangea's don't leave scratches like that, neither do ferns." "FERN:" "It's true!" "Only plants with thorns scratch like that." "Plants like... roses!" "( Gasping )" "I put it together in the club when I saw Orchid scratch the manager." "Ow!" "Orchid wanted Basil out of the way, so Fern would take over Rootilda's company and have the money to fund her unpopular scat singing career," "Thank you." "You've been a great audience." "( Scatting )" "You're not going anywhere, sister." "So she waited until Fern and Rootilda were on a business trip to Leaf Vegas." "That gave her the opportunity to impersonate Rootilda so she could kidnap Basil." "For a plant, you're one smart cookie." "You're not gonna flirt your way out of this one, lady." "How did you know Big Red was gonna try and kidnap Boone so you could frame him?" "LARRY:" "Uh, I can answer that one." "I met Orchid to get some sightseeing tips and accidentally told her Big Red's whole plan." "( laughing )" "That just leaves the most important question..." "Where's Basil?" "BOONE:" "Sadly, for a cactus," "Penn wasn't that sharp." "Escaped an hour after I took him." "Then why didn't you come back?" "Boone wanted to teach Penn a lesson..." "A lesson about narrating." "All right, Boone, you're right." "It's not as easy as it sounds." "Penn had just made the understatement of the year." "Listening to Penn try to narrate was like listening to a cat choke on a fur ball..." "Sad and gross." "Whoops." "( Pot shatters ) ( groans )" "BOONE:" "Penn was the kind of guy who'd drop his friends and break their pots and then walk away." "( Music playing )"