Jonny's Golden Quest (1993) - full transcript

[beeping]

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

[door opens]

[footsteps]

[whirring]

[beeping]

[pounding on door]

[gasps]

Unh!

You won't get away
with this, Jonny.

zap



["Jonny Quest Theme" music]

zap zap zap

[panting]

[whirring]

zap zap

Ah!

'Game's over, Jonny.'

No!

Argh!

[beeping]

Bull's eye!

Great shot, Race, but I'll bet
you a cheeseburger and fries

I get away next time.

- 'Excellent time, Race.'
- Thanks, Dr. Quest.



Let's hook you up
and check your vital signs.

Your heart rate
never went above 80.

All in all not a bad workout.

[barking]

I get to be the bad guy
next time, Dr. Quest.

And I will not be caught
so easily as Jonny.

Sim sim sala bim!

Whoa!

Ha ha. It takes more
than a few magic tricks

to beat an I-One agent, Hadji.

[beeping]

Hi, mom! What's up?

Jonny, tell your father
3-DAC is receiving a call

from Intelligence One
and it's coded Geronimo.

We're on our way, Rachel.

Geronimo, dad?

Top priority, Jonny.
From Washington.

(male #1)
'As always, Dr. Quest,
all Intelligence One missions'

are of utmost concern
to national security.

Of course, Commander Peros.

This particular case could be
vital to our interests

in the southern hemisphere.

'Race Bannon, your family's
bodyguard has instructions'

to remain armed at all times.

You'll also need
to be accompanied

by a world-ranked biologist.

It just so happens
I know someone

who'd be perfect for the job.

(Commander)
'Your wife is a step
ahead of you.'

I've already agreed
to go along, Benton.

[kisses]

Wow! Mom's finally going
on a mission with us.

[barking]

I'm patching you through
to I-One headquarters, Peru.

Buenosdias, Dr. Quest.

There are reports
of strange mutations

in a remote region
of our rainforest.

[beeping]

(Race)
'What do you make of it,
doctor?'

- In my opinion..
- Looks like..

[chuckles]
You first, doctor.

I can't tell much
from the pictures.

But these genetic anomalies
could drastically alter

the entire ecosystem
in that region.

You mean,
those plants and animals

might become extinct, mom?

Could be, Jonny.

We'll BioCom sweep
all living organisms

within a select test grouping.

Race, prepare Questor-I
for takeoff.

Rodger. Johnny, Hadji,
I'll need your help.

[barking]

Yeah, you too, Bandit.

Benton, if we can't reverse
these growth patterns..

I know. They could destroy
the primary food chain

on a global scale.

Intelligence One, Peru,
has made arrangements

for a civilian contact
to escort you to the study site.

'Good luck, Team Quest.'

'And proceed
with extreme caution.'

[tires screeching]

Well, uh,
what do you think, Rachel?

(Rachel)
'When you said
we'd be roughing it, Benton'

'I thought you meant no
room service after midnight.'

This place looks
completely deserted.

[tires screeching]

Not completely.
Everybody down!

Dad, you gotta do something.

[chuckles]

I think Race
can handle this himself.

[laughs]
Oh, is it really you?

No, I'm a hologram.

Mwah.

Of course, it's me.

You know something, Bannon?

In this light,
you're almost as handsome

as you always thought you were.

Huh?

Dr. Quest, Rachel, I'd like
you to meet Jade Kenyon.

Jade Kenyon Bannon.

Um, yeah, my ex-wife.

(both)
Wife?

Why, Race, you never said
anything about

ever being married.

And he probably never told you
he served time

for armed robbery either.

Armed robbery?

[laughs]
Jade.

Okay. Only kidding
about the jail thing

but we were married

for one brief week
12 years ago.

(Race)
Jade was a freelance operative
working for I-One when we meet.

(Jade)
I remember
we made some team, Bannon.

We flushed out the biggest

illegal weapons dealerin Europe.

(Race)Remember how we ran off

and got marriedthat same weekend?

(Jade)How could I forget?

It's not every girlwho gets to spend her honeymoon

breaking out ofan Iraqi prison.

(Race)That's kinda when we realizedour careers wouldn't qualify

either of us for thehoney, I'm home award.

So we agreed it'd be better
to go our separate ways

rather than tie each other down.

And you just happened
to be passing

through the
Peruvian rainforest today.

Not exactly.

I ran into some weird mutations
a few weeks back

and gave I-One a call.

You're our civilian contact?

Fastest 5000 bucks
I ever made.

[Race chuckles]
Same old Jade.

Always looking to..

[growling]

(Jade)
Besides, I hoped I-One
would send you in.

Okay, everybody, this place is
a little off the beaten track.

So hop up, strap in
and hang on to your lunch.

Come back down the mountain
tonight and I'll buy you

a drink at the best little cafe
for miles around.

From the looks
of this place, Jade

it's gotta be the only cafe
for miles around.

[both laughing]

Bannon, a lot happens
in 12 years and I..

...I have something
to tell you.

Come on, Race. Dr. Quest needs
you down at the river.

I'll be right there, Hadji.

What were you
going to say, Jade?

Um, I'll tell you tonight.

Be careful.

Since when is careful
in your vocabulary?

This is
our best I-One case ever.

Well, taking a trip
to the jungle

is more exciting than anything
I ever did at 12.

Oh, mom, I mean
the other cases with dad

they were exciting and all

but we never just kinda hung out
and talked about stuff.

Like I do with you.

Well, you should try it out
with him, Jonny.

- Dad's a great listener.
- Yeah, uh..

Funny how Jade wanted
to see Race again.

You think they still
love each other?

Well, they say you never
get over your first love.

It'll happen to you someday.

All that handholding,
smoochy stuff? No way!

Well, it all depends
on the girl.

But I bet you like
all that smoochy stuff.

I'd rather hold these
crocodile eggs any day.

[dolphins clicking]

[clicking intensifies]

Why are they acting
so strangely, mom?

I don't know. Maybe there is
a glitch in my voice chip.

Come on. Let's see if they'll
give us a ride back to camp.

[dramatic music]

(Race)
'After this mission, I might put
in for a vacation, Dr. Quest.'

First thing's first, Race.
Adjust your back focus.

What in the name of..
Race, get out of there! Fast!

Two heads aren't always
better than one.

[growling]

Hurry!
Get the winch, Hadji.

- Take it away.
- Going up.

[growling]

Whoa! Mom, look.

Clam down, big fella.
No one's gonna hurt you.

Until we have a chance
to study these samples

everyone stays out of the river.

But, dad, I know
how to take care of myself.

No rebuttals, Jonny.
We've got too much work to do.

Okay, Race, release him.

[Race grunting]

Hey, come on, pal,
a bright guy like you can find

a million exciting things
to do in a jungle.

Like what?

Well, like tracking
those iguana footprints

along the shore there

or taking a hike
up Volcan Misti.

Or challenging Race

to a 100-yard dash
back up to camp.

Losers make
the burgers and fries.

(both)
Alright.

- You got it, Race.
- You're on.

On your mark, get set, go!

[barking]

And as for you,
Mr. We-got-too-much-work-to-do

this research is our job.

Jonny and Hadji should
have a little fun.

I didn't mean
he couldn't have fun, Rachel.

It's just whenever I talk
to him, it sounds like--

You're giving instructions
to one of your lab assistants?

And yet you always know
exactly what I mean.

Hmm. Jonny would call it
smoochy stuff.

We can communicate without words
getting in the way.

Yes. If only I could do
the same with Jonny.

As he grows up, he seems
to be slipping away from me.

[gasps]

[screaming]

(Benton)
'Race, help!'

[Rachel screaming]

That's mom.

What in the world
are those things?

[imitating dolphins clicking]

Come on, they're heading inland.

- Here, Race.
- Good thinking, Jonny.

We can follow them anywhere
with a tracking bug.

Great shot, Race.

We'll stick to them like fleas
on a stray dog. Right, Bandit?

[barking]

[heavy breathing]

Pity how all good things
must end, Dr. Quest.

After years of near-fatal
captures at your hands

we finally meet face to face.

Why am I not surprised
that it's you, Dr. Zin

behind that genetic cesspool
down in the valley?

And why do you always insist
on meddling in my affairs?

Do I go where you work
and bother you, Quest?

[coughing]

[inhales deeply]

No matter

at least now
I get to meet the missus.

Look.

(Rachel)
'Benton.'

(Zin)
'Do my children
frighten you, my dear?'

'Quest, you will be the first'

'to witness
my crowning achievement'

to create life itself.

[laughs]

They are my crudest beginnings.

[gibbering]

Get up, you cretin.

(Benton)
'Rachel, look,
he's disintegrating.'

I created you.
Do as I say.

Guess you can't even make people
who'll work for you, eh, Zin?

About to die
and still that rapier wit.

After you're gone, where,
oh, where shall I find

another rival so close
to my own class?

Look under any rock.

[laughs]

(Rachel)
'Leave him alone, you monster.'

[laughs]

[coughing]

[inhales deeply]

These Replicants
are my earliest experiments.

Let me show you something
in a later model.

Snipe!

My team has solved the genetic
decomposing problem altogether.

And now I'm ready
to use the secret

on recreation of...myself.

[laughs]

[intense music]

Behold! A perfect duplicate.

And I defy you to tear us apart.

[laughing]

[both laughing]

zap zap zap

[screaming]

(Benton)
'It's Race!'

(both)
Unh!

- Ready, Hadji?
- Ready.

Geronimo!

zap zap zap

(Hadji)
'Sim sim sala bim!'

[grunting]

My hero.

[gasps]

Mom!

(Benton)
Good work, Jonny.

- Are you alright, Rachel?
- Yes, Benton.

Dr. Quest...catch.

The door! Hadji!

Sim sim sala bim!

zap zap zap

Aah!

[glass shattering]

[grunting]

We have to neutralize
Zin's army of mutants.

Stop!
You're destroying my children.

Cowards!
Where are you going?

zap zap

[growling]

boom

This place is gonna blow.
Come on, we gotta get out.

(Zin)
Happy to oblige, Quest team.

Benton!

- Rachel!
- Mom!

'Mom!'

zap zap zap

Look out, Jonny! Get down!

Get the cable climber ready,
Jonny.

You got it, Race.

zap zap zap

zap zap zap

boom

[Replicants screaming]

[barking]

(Race)
'Jonny, you and Hadji
take the truck.'

Gotta get to mom.

Jonny!

We're gaing
on them, Jonny.

You, Quests!
Such a persistent breed.

Look out, Jonny.

Say goodbye
to the boys, Mrs. Quest.

No! Zin, don't!

Incoming!

boom

[Zin laughing]

That should take care
of those brats.

Jonny!

[barking]

Unh!

[barking]

Dad!

Help us!

'Shoot, dad.'

Shoot!

Go ahead, Quest.

Laser burns leave
such unsightly scars.

(Jonny)
'Dad, what are you waiting for?'

[Zin laughing]

You gotta shoot now.

I can't.

(Rachel)
'Benton!'

(Zin)
I always knew
you were a coward, Quest.

[laughs]

[beeping]

boom

Your husband will pay for
what he's done with your life.

Mom!

'He's got mom.'

'He's trying to get away.
Dad, do something.'

boom

Rachel, no!

Mom! He killed mom.

Jonny, I--

- Why didn't you shoot?
- I couldn't, son.

- I would've hit your mother.
- You let mom die!

You let her die.

[sobbing]

[barking]

- Here, Jonny.
- Thanks.

You cannot throw away your
anger with those stones, Jonny.

- Talk to me.
- Oh, what's the use?

It's not gonna bring mom back.

Talk is just talk.
Actions speak louder than words.

[barking]

(Benton)'That's the lastof Zin's mutant cells.'

'Like his clones'

all the mutated samples
have self-destructed.

The last satellite sweep
of the region

indicated
no further contaminants.

It's my hypothesis that Zin
never found the secret

to successful cloning.

And if he did,
the secret died with him.

Case 2785X..

...closed.

(3-DAC)
'Dr. Quest.'

'I'm receiving an urgent call
from the White House.'

Accept the transmission, 3-DAC.

Very well, Dr. Quest.

zap

Good evening, Mr. President.

Benton, what is this malarkey
about you quitting I-One?

Retiring, sir.

I'm taking a professorship
at Cambridge.

But you're our top operative.

If you need more bodyguards,
better equipment, name it.

I appreciate your confidence
in me, sir

but after losing Rachel,
I just can't subject my family

to the dangers of this line
of work any longer.

I have a family myself, Benton.

We'll always hold a place
for you on the I-One team.

Thank you,
but it's not necessary, sir.

Good luck.

3-DAC, begin permanent shutdown
of the compound.

[barking]

Dr. Quest, for the last
six years I've put up

with all manner of harassment
from this creature.

[growls]

zap

[whimpers]

Bandit, down, boy.

[barks]

Dr. Quest, I wish to know if you
will be taking me with you, sir?

Of course, 3-DAC.
Now, begin the shutdown.

I'm going to check on Jonny.

There must be something
we can do

to make him
change his mind, Race.

[sighs]
Let me know if you think
of anything, Hadji.

You okay?

I was just lookin'
at mom's dolphins.

Yes, well, I'm afraid, son

that given our time frame,
we've got to let them go.

Would you take the other end?

Perhaps if we
did this together--

No!

Jonny, I know this is hard

but your mother would've wanted
them to be set free.

How do you know
what she'd want?

Maybe she'd want us to stay
here and not run away.

- I'm not running.
- Giving up then.

This place, I want everything.

Jonny, please.

I don't wanna talk
about this, okay?

'Son, if you close off
all communication'

things will only go on
deteriorating between us.

I care about you.
Race and Hadji care about you.

- We're your family, but if--
- Yeah, you're my family.

The only difference is Hadji
tried to help mom escape.

And Race
would've made that shot

but you didn't do anything.

Ah, they're at it again.

Hey, Jonny,
want to go into town?

Yeah, let's get out of here.

Dr. Quest.

I had no way of knowing
she was going to die, Race.

But still, could I have
made that shot?

No one could've made it, Benton.
Stop blaming yourself.

Jonny's doing enough of that
for both of you.

'He's gonna have to face
his demons by himself.'

Jonny, slow down.

Whoa!

Help. Hadji!

'Get away from me.'

[barks]

[snarling]

Relax, Jonny.

What's going on, Hadji?

El dia de los muertos.

The day of the dead
is an old Mexican celebration.

[instrumental music]

[crowd cheering]

Mom would've loved this.

Remember when she took
us to Mardi Gras?

[Bandit growling]

[chuckles]
And Bandit thought
all the floats

were giant puppy chew toys.

[Bandit growling]

[both laugh]

This is the first time
I've ever seen bones bury a dog.

[growls]

[both laugh]

[crowd cheering]

[barks]

Bandit, already knows
which mask he wants.

You're hurting me.

Give me that. It's mine.

Hey, let her go.

Sim sim sala bim!

[men yelling]

Are you alright?

Sim sim sala bim!

Did he just do
what I think he did?

Stick around.
He's full of tricks.

[all scream]

[all yelling]

This vehicle has four gears
and all of them slow.

Do that magic trick again
and get them away from us.

Sorry, this truck is too heavy.

I can lift little more
than my own body weight.

[Bandit barking]

(Jonny)
'Bandit, get out
of that powdered sugar.'

Achoo!

Look, Hadji.

Maybe Bandit's got an idea
for losing those guys.

[whimpering]

[coughing]

[laughs]
That should teach you.

Too much sugar
always wipes you out.

How can I ever thank you?

I'm, uh, you're, uh, I mean..

He with the tongue of a thousand
knots is Jonny Quest. I am..

[whistling]

Sorry, Jonny, gotta go.

No, wait!

Your mask.

Hey, easy!
We're not the bad guys.

[speaking in Spanish]

You gotta believe me.

They had knives
and were chasing some girl.

Jonny, look.

[speaking in Spanish]

He says it is made of gold.

A golden mask?

The police think the mask

is part of
a major smuggling operation.

And they are searching for
Jonny's mystery girlfriend.

It's a good thing you called
I-One Headquarters, Dr. Quest.

Thank you for expediting the
boys' release, Agent Mendez.

De nada.

Perhaps in return
you could look into

this gold smuggling case for us?

Sorry, I am retired.

But, dad, that girl
is in big trouble.

And so are you, young man.

Do you see what can happen
when you run off all hotheaded?

I was just trying to help
someone, but I guess

since you've quit I-One, you
don't believe in that anymore.

Race, would you finish up here?

Uh, Jonny.

I'm no psychologist, Hadji

but I bet taking this assignment
would do both of them some good.

Hmm. Let's see what
we can do, eh, Dr. Bannon.

(Race)
'Nope, Hadji, based on some
of the artifacts we found'

on other I-One missions,
I'd have to say

it's definitely Ming Dynasty.

Not so, Race.
I'd say Japanese origin.

My week's salary
against your allowance

'that those are
Chinese engravings.'

Well, you better get your eyes
checked, Race, after you pay me.

You're both wrong.

It's not from any dynasty and..

Oh.

And I'm not taking this case.

- No.
- Of course, not.

This is just
professional curiosity.

[beeping]

3-DAC, run a molecular
infrastructure scan

on this mask.

[beeping]

[dramatic music]

beep

Hmm. Definitely not an antique.

'These grooves etched into
the mask are still sharp.'

They should be rounded with age.

But it looks ancient.

That's an old counterfeiters'
trick, Hadji.

Simple shoe polish.

Spectra analysis complete.

The mask is composed of
100% pure gold.

That's a scientific
impossibility.

- Gold bullion at best is only--
- 99.87% pure.

[Benton gasps]
They've done it.

Someone has made synthetic gold.

[man speaking indistinctly
on TV]

What's going on?

Some TV signal must be jamming
our security system.

(man on TV)
'Tell the one you love
how much you care. Buy her two.'

[gasps]

Jonny, your dad wants you
inside right away.

Alright.

[beeping]

[beeping]

[beeping]

Look, the security perimeter
is shorting out.

Must be a glitch
in the hanger alarm.

Let me go kick
a few circuits.

creak

[dramatic music]

zap zap zap

(Jonny)
'Dad, Race is trapped
in the vacuum chamber.'

He'll suffocate.

Air being sucked out.
I can't..

The lock's melted shut.

And the vacuum cannot
be shut off.

Dad, what are you doing?
That'll take too long.

The oxygen is almost gone.

[growling]

[Bandit growling]

(Jonny)
'He's going to fly
the protype.'

(Benton)
'Don't do it, Race.'

Go, Race!

Aah!

Alright.

[groans]

- Are you okay, Race?
- Yeah. I think so.

Well, that was great. You took
a chance and it came through.

(all)
Huh?

(Hadji)
'It looks like
someone redecorated.'

Ah, it must have been
the guy who jumped me.

The mask!
Where is the gold mask?

And where is Bandit?

[Bandit barking]

Who needs a security system
when we've got you, boy.

slurp slurp

[laughs]

- Hmm.
- Dr. Quest, look.

That is one of Zin's replicants.

He must have survived
that volcano blast.

If he did, then maybe
Zin is still alive.

And mom.

I'm not receiving you.

Have you made it
into the Quest compound?

Come in, damn it.

Zin! Is my mother there?
Is she still alive?

You.

The last time I saw your mother,
she was destroyed

with my most perfect clone.

'I told you you couldn't tell
the difference between us'

'but I will begin again.
I..'

Secret for processing

synthetic gold.

If Zin's after this mask

he's probably involved with
whoever is making the gold.

And if we track them down, we're
bound to run into Zin again.

Makes sense to me.

- Dr. Quest?
- We are going after him, right?

Uh, it's a job for one
of the other agencies.

Dad, you can't walk away
from that murder.

I'm not walking away
from anything, Jonny.

- I have to protect this family.
- That's Race's job.

He can do it better
than anybody.

We gotta go after Zin tonight
before his trail gets cold.

Dr. Quest, I have someone
here with a story

I think you want to hear.

That's her.
The girl from the village.

My father went into hiding
when he started making gold.

- Where is he, Jessie?
- I don't know.

I got a message to deliver
that mask to a friend of his.

And this friend was going to
get the gold process patented

so your father could come
out of hiding, is that right?

Yes, so we could
be a family again.

What do you mean?

I've lived in boarding schools
most of my life

so I never got to know
my father.

But if I can just deliver
that mask to..

To whom, Jessie?
You can tell us.

No.

Jessie, a maniac named Dr. Zin

is after your father
and his secret.

I'll tell you,
but only if I can come along.

This is no time
for bargains.

If your father was in trouble

wouldn't you wanna help
save him?

Uh, yeah, sure.

That gold process could throw
the entire world into a panic.

I-One has to find that Devlon
before Zin does.

I'll take responsibility
for Jessie.

You mean Team Quest
is back in business?

Yes, but only for standard
surveillance.

No unnecessary risks.

Welcome back, Dr. Quest.

Let's call headquarters.

Zin, you're dead meat.

(Jessie)
'My father's message said
to deliver the mask'

'to a man named Chikara.'

Okay, Jessie, point the way.

He lives in Tokyo.
He'll know where my father is.

With Quest searching for Devlon
and his gold formula

the game is now
more interesting than ever.

(Jade)
'Your Replicant almost
blew it last night, Zin.'

What?

Can't a genetic mutant
make a mistake..

'...Jade?'

I've done my part, I'm not gonna
see this deal fall through.

Rest assured there will be
no more slip-ups.

[screeching]

Hey, Race.

How do you know if someone,
like, say a girl

or someone likes you?
But like more than a friend.

Someone like a girl,
but not a girl?

Uh, what planet
do these creatures come from?

Okay, a girl.

'Like Jessie?'

Oh, that's a good example,
but I'm not saying it's her.

Oh, of course, not.

But how would I know
if she likes me?

Well, whenever she came around,
your charming good looks

would make her hair
stand on end.

[laughs]

You two about ready back there?

We're coming.

Have you ever been anywhere
like Tokyo?

No, I went
to the Ice Capades once.

The address my father sent me
is on this street.

It should be around here
somewhere.

There. That's where
we'll find Chikara.

What apartment number?

[groans]

I think we found him.

Stay down.

crash

[grunting]

That must be him.

Jonny, your father
said to stay here.

Yeah, well, Race would go
after them first

and ask questions later.

[screams]

Only one way to catch them now.

(Dr. Quest)
'No. No, Jonny.'

I'll go after him, Dr. Quest.

zap

(Jessie)
'Jonny, what are you doin'?'

Just gonna get the drop on 'em.

Whoa!

Jonny!

Let go of me.
Let go of me, lizard lips.

Flyin' dragon, Jonny.

Unh!

Chikara, you're comin' with us.

- Race!
- Jonny, get back.

[groans]

Say hello...hero.

Jade?

Yes. Now, say goodbye.

[Zin groans]

Jonny, that was
the bravest thing I ever saw.

That was the most
foolhardy thing I ever saw.

- Are you alright, son?
- Yeah, sure.

Race, do we make
a great team or what?

Not too bad if I say so myself.

With Chikara dead
and Jade working for Zin

what's our next move?

- Jade?
- Yeah.

She wanted to tell me
something back in Peru.

Maybe she was going
to warn you about Zin.

The only way we'll ever know
is if we can pick up the trail.

- No, Jonny, it's too dangerous.
- Dad, I can handle myself.

Your father is right, Jonny.
I can move faster without you.

We've lost our only lead
to finding Devlon.

And I need your help
scanning 3-DAC

for a new tact on this case.

Jonny, the hotel's
back this way.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.

Jonny is so angry with you
all the time.

I think maybe he's going
to blow up like a volcano.

I'm doing what I can, Hadji

but he's got to want
to work it out.

Um, I'll meet you guys
back at the hotel, okay?

Hey, Jonny,
get out of the way.

Jessie, wait up.

You handle yourself
pretty well for a girl.

And you're pretty rude
for a boy.

I'm not rude.

Alright, look, I'm sorry
about that girl thing.

No. I meant rude the way
you ignore your dad.

What did he do to make you
so mad at him?

I'm not in the mood
for 20 questions, okay?

I know one thing for sure.

When I find my dad, I won't
treat him like you do yours.

Yeah? Well, don't be
disappointed if you find out

he isn't everything
you thought he was.

Uh-uh-uh. There you go
being rude again.

Hey, no fair.

[laughing]

Whoa!

[laughing]

- Real cute.
- You're pretty cute yourself.

Especially
when you're surprised.

Hey!

Boo!

[gasps]

[laughing]

[Jessie and Jonny laughing]

- Hey, Jonny.
- No, Hadji.

Let's leave them alone.

Jessie could be just
what Jonny needs right now.

Ah-ha! Tranquility often appears
when least expected.

That's very wise.

Did your mystic teacher
give you that advice?

No, this fortune cookie
gave it to me.

chomp chomp

[both laughing]

[laughing]

(Dr. Quest)
'There's something very odd
about this case, 3-DAC.'

'Something I can't quite
put my finger on.'

'Jessie wants us to find'

where her father
is processing his gold

and yet she doesn't seem
to know much about him.

'Scan this picture and see
what you can come up with.'

[beeping]

[growling]

Standard photographic paper.

No useable prints
or trace elements.

Any record of Dr. Devlon

in any of the world-wide
metallurgical associations?

[whimpering]

- Negative.
- Alright.

Let's start with what we know.

Give me all word clusters
associated with the word gold.

[beeping]

[growling]

zap

[howling]

Bandit!

That'll teach you to bite my..

Bite my..

'Bite my..'

3-DAC, return to cluster scan.

[beeping]

[Bandit whimpering]

Only if that mongrel is
relegated to separate quarters.

Sorry, Bandit,
you brought this on yourself.

I hope someone rembered
to pack aspirin.

- Are you alright, Race?
- Oh, I'm fine.

I caught up with Jade and Zin,
but lost them

when three Replicants mistook me
for a punching bag.

Don't worry, I'll take care of
you, Race. I'll go get some ice.

It's just a silly little cut.

You know boys and battle scars.

I don't think
I do anymore, Race.

Lately, he treats you more
like a father than he does me.

Don't be silly, Benton.
I'm no match for you.

Give him time.

That seems to be all I've got
to give him these days anyway.

Dr. Quest, D-Dr. Quest,
I have something imp-imp-imp..

Funny. That's just
how I feel, 3-DAC.

Bandit took a bite
out of its tail.

(3-DAC)
'Word clusters associated
with gold. Alchemy.'

Alchemy. That's turning metal
into gold, right?

So say the legends.

(3-DAC)
'Cross match,
Leonardo da Vinci.'

[chuckles]
Bandit's bite really has 3-DAC
on the fritz.

It just went from fairy tales
to famous artists.

It might be
onto something, Race.

Aside from being a gifted artist

it's believed da Vinci
also dabbled in alchemy.

(3-DAC)
'Checking world-renowned experts
in da Vinci.'

'Anhausen, Blackwell,
Chang, Devlon.'

'Dr. Vincent Devlon, Ph.D.
Universita De Roma.'

(Dr. Quest)
'Bull's eye, 3-DAC.'

Dr. Devlon was an art history
major, computer expert

and he minored in metallurgy.

Da Vinci. Da Vinci..

Didn't I-One
investigate a heist

of famous da Vinci papers
about a year ago?

(3-DAC)
Affirmative-tive-tive.

Stolen fromMusee d'Art de Paris.

Case open, no suspects

Not until now.

[heavy breathing]

Without a single clue to go on,
Dr. Quest still moves forward.

He's almost a worthy opponent.

Find out exactly what they know.

And if Race Bannon
gets in the way, kill him.

[inhales deeply]

- Slowly.
- No!

No one will stand between me
and the gold process.

Take her away, Snipe.

[grunting]

So, Quest...the game continues.

[instrumental music]

- How does my hair look, Hadji?
- The same as it always does.

What's all the fuss, Jonny?

We're just gonna meet
your dad at the museum.

Yeah, I know.

Say, Hadji, uh...what
do you think of Jessie?

Hey, Race, Jonny wants to
know what I think of Jessie.

Oh, Hadji!

I don't want to know, Race.

Hey, Jonny.
Got a trick for ya.

If you wanna impress a girl,
take her to a horror movie.

Why a horror movie?

When the ghost appears she'll
get scared and snuggle up close.

Trust me, works every time.

Thanks for the tip.
But who's talking about girls.

Uh, can I try some
of your cologne?

[Hadji and Race laughing]

What? What did I say?

[Hadji and Race laughing]

[instrumental music]

[humming]

Think Jonny's ever gonna
ask me out, Bandit?

[barking]

I just hope he doesn't
try that dumb old trick

of taking me to a horror movie.

[growling]

What's the matter, boy?

[intense music]

[growling]

[gasps]

Shut the balcony door, Hadji.

I'm going upstairs to get Jess.

[intense music]

Ah!

rip

Help, Race!

[grunting]

[grunting continues]

[growling]

[dramatic music]

Put me down! Ah!

[grunts]

[ululating]

Huh?

[shattering]

[growling]

Sim sim salabim.

[Indian classical music]

Okay, no one move.

Too late, Race. We have
the problem all wrapped up.

- Nice Tarzan move, Jessie.
- Thanks.

In my boarding school
that was the only way

to get out and have fun.

Another one of Zin's army.

So tell me, you slimy knothole
geek, where's your boss?

[groaning]

Don't jerk me around.

[screeching]

Stay back, kids.

[bubbling]

Looks like a reject
from the slime factory.

(Race)
'Looks to me like Zin
hasn't found the secret'

'for keeping his clones
from degenerating yet.'

Come on, let's
get to the museum.

'Gotta rember to leave room
service a big tip tomorrow.'

(male #2)
'Pardon,monsieur, but I
do not rember anything'

from the night the da Vinci
papers were stolen.

This synapse-imager
will unlock those memories.

Now, just relax.

[beeping]

Let your mind drift back
to the night of the robbery.

[beeping]

[zapping]

Oh! Look, Jessie, it's your dad.

(Jessie)
'Uh, yeah.'

[growling]

[barking]

[alarm blaring]

thud thud

[all laughing]

[alarm blaring]

He's just
a memory image, Bandit.

Arreter!

(Benton)
'Hit the freeze frame.'

- It's Devlon alright.
- Looks like a tranqua-dart.

It induced a coma-like state
so the guard saw everything

and remembered nothing.

Fast forward to where
he steals the papers.

[whirring]

Da Vinci often wrote in codes
spelling words backwards and..

- Uh, curious.
- What is it, dad?

It appears da Vinci encoded some
kinda formula into this drawing.

(Benton)
'If my Italian's right, this
is a formula for making gold.'

But he-he would have needed
an incredible power source

as strong as the sun.

Well, if da Vinci
couldn't make gold

what good was this
formula to Devlon?

Hey, if someone got their
hands on nuclear energy

couldn't that supply
the kinda power

da Vinci only dreamed about.

Good thinking, Jonny.

Let's check 3-DAC for
any thefts of uranium-235.

[beeping]

Devlon's trail is warming up.

[zapping]

[instrumental music]

Don't worry.
I won't let you fall.

Mom, catch me, catch me.

[both laughing]

Jonny? Jonny?

Jess, I was, um...just
doing a system's check.

- Your mother was beautiful.
- Yeah, she was.

Do you wanna see
a memory of your dad?

No, I-I can't.

I mean, um...I'd
rather just keep him

in my head the way
I remember him.

Is that Peru,
where she died?

- Who told you that?
- Uh...I don't know.

- Your father, I guess.
- Yeah.

Did he also tell you
that she'd still be alive

if it wasn't for him?

boom

And when the time comes

I'm gonna finish
the job he couldn't.

(Jessie)
'Jonny.'

[door slams shut]

[instrumental music]

[zapping]

Mama, I miss you.

[swooshing]

3-DAC's been acting a little
strange since Bandit

took a bite out
of it's power pack.

[whimpering]

I hope it holds together.

(3-DAC)
There have been six, six, six
uranium thefts around the world.

in the last two years.

Four were re-re-recovered.

One was stolen by a known
terrorist group still at large.

- And the sixth?
- No leads.

It was taken from
a university lab in Rome, Italy.

Wait a minute.

Devlon graduated
fromUniversita di Roma.

Affirmative. Dr. Devlon, 1968.

Devlon must've
stolen the uranium

to smelt his synthetic gold.

I'll have Race set
a course for Rome.

Hi-yah!

[groans]

[grunting]

Easy, Jonny,
it's just a workout.

But I gotta learn
your flying dragon kick.

It takes months,
even years to prepare.

I don't have that long.

Hey, Race, since I've been
working on my marksmanship

when do you think I can start
carrying a weapon like you?

You know, there are better
things out there than being

a crack shot or a third
degree black belt.

Maybe. But those things
can get the job done.

No, Jonny.

Those things allow other
people to get their jobs done.

I'm your father's protection.

But he's the person
I-One counts on.

Maybe you should spend
some time talking to him

about what he does.

He's a pretty incredible guy
if you give him half a chance.

Yeah, sure.

Ahem, Race, would you go reset
the automatic pilot for Rome?

Devlon's trail
just got red-hot.

Right away, Dr. Quest.

Jonny, we need to talk.

You know, there are times

when it's difficult for a father

to find the right words.

Um, dad...can we do
this another time?

Race might need help
with the autopilot.

You always knew what I
was trying to say, Rachael.

'Why can't it be
as easy with Jonny?'

[engine revving]

Si, the theft
was three months ago.

Do you know a graduate student
who received his PhD here

in 1968? A Dr. Devlon?

Devlon? Devlon? Oh, yes.

Brilliant man.
Never showered.

In fact, I've seen
him around the campus

'doing research
for a book I believe.'

Always comes in at night.

- So, he's still in the area?
- I don't know.

You could come back later
and ask the night librarian.

[revving]

[intense music]

It fits. Devlon here doing
research, the uranium missing..

[sizzling]

Look out, Jonny!

[sizzling]

[dramatic music]

Jonny, why are
they attacking us?

Sim sim salabim!

[Indian classical music]

boom

Get to the van, everybody.
I'll cover you.

[gunshots]

[theme music]

[tires screeching]

[gunshots]

(Race)
'Looks like Zin is branching
out and hiring the local muscle'

'instead of using
his replicants.'

'Hang on, I'm gonna try and lose
them in St. Peter's Square.'

[music continues]

[tires screeching]

thud

Race, when I said I wanted
to sightsee around Rome

this isn't exactly
what I meant.

[gunshots]

[all screaming]

[tires screeching]

Oh, I always heard how romantic
you Italians are. He he.

[gunshots]

thump thump thump

[screaming]

[music continues]

[splashing]

Well, what do you know?
Three cons in a fountain.

(Race)
'Let's get 'em to I-One
headquarters for questioning.'

(Race)
'Here's a new one, Dr. Quest.'

'The goons are
real city employees.'

And get this, they don't
work for Zin but for Devlon.

Then he is in the area.

- Do they know where?
- No.

They were paid to keep quiet
about power fluctuations

around the city. And he
always contacted them.

- Power fluctuations?
- Hmm. A series of brownouts.

My guess is Devlon is tapping
into the city's electrical power

to fire his nuclear
smelting process.

Jess, go find Jonny and tell
him we've got great news.

zap zap zap

The way you're shooting, Elvis
will have a hit before you do.

zap zap zap

Jonny, your dad says
my father's in the area.

That means Zin can't be
far behind. Come on, Jonny.

Yeah, um, I'll be right there.

'I'll see your ugly
face again real soon.'

[zapping]

This time the job
will be finished right.

You'll pay for my
mother's death, Zin.

[instrumental music]

slurp

slurp

[barking]

[speaking in foreign language]

[speaking in foreign language]

[barking]

We can monitor
the power stations

for the source
of the next brownout.

That might take too long and Zin
could get to Devlon ahead of us.

Hey, Hadji,
remember that project

I did for the science
fair last year?

Yes.

I bet we can find Devlon
using the same basic idea.

Come on.

[instrumental music]

(Benton)
'You know, Race, I'm glad Jessie
came along on this mission.'

'I think she's helped Jonny in
a way I haven't been able to.'

[whirring]

[music continues]

When this over, Dr. Quest,
you've really gotta find a way

to get through to him.

Hmm, wish I knew how.

[rumbling]

Heh. This has become a real
fly by the seat of our pants

reconnaissance mission.

The idea's pretty simple.

These batteries will
put out a small force field.

And when they pass through
Devlon's force field

it will create
an electromagnetic induction.

I think I missed
the simple part.

This compass will seek
out the more powerful

of the two
electromagnetic fields.

Leading us right to Devlon,
uh, I mean my father.

Well, since you kids
know what we're doing

let's split up and get to it.

- I'll go with you, Race.
- Uh-uh. Sorry, Jonny.

I'm already on Race's bike.

Why don't you go with your dad?

(Benton)
Plenty of room here, son.

Jonny, hop on, and let's
get this thing cranking.

Yeah.

Well, it looks like
it's you and me, Bandit.

woof

[engine starts]

[intense music]

[engine revving]

How long do you suppose
this will take?

- Could be all night.
- Sounds good to me.

[compass beeping]

(Jessie)
We must be getting close.

I'm getting a strong reading
in the Piazza Di Roma

We're on our way, Jonny.

The compass is
pointing over there.

click

- Huh?
- What's happening?

click

[rattling]

clank clank clank

The scooter is magnetized.

Looks like Jessie
is not the only one

attracted to Jonny's
magnetic personality.

[all laughing]

[clattering]

Everything indicates
we're dead in the center

of Devlon's
electro-magnetic field.

I don't get it.
There's nothing here.

meow

[growling]

woof woof woof

[cat yowling]

[cat shrieking]

woof woof woof

Bandit won't take a chance
chasing that cat underground.

Wait a minute.

In school, we studied
about how the Romans

built one of the world's
first sewer systems.

(Benton)
Right, Jonny.

There is a series
of underground aqueducts

and catacombs
right beneath us.

(Race)
'The perfect place for
Devlon to process his gold.'

This place gives me the creeps.

Hey, Jonny, this reminds me
of a horror movie I once saw.

Right, Race.

And remember those ghosts we
stood up in Tower of London?

You don't mean real ghosts,
do you, Jonny?

Stay close to me, Jess.
I'm not afraid of any..

(both)
Ghost!

Haven't you two heard
of will-o'-the wisp?

In India,
we call ituzal aloo.

When swamp gas glows
during an electrical storm.

And the pocket of methane gas

must be lit by the charged air
particles from those bare wires.

'So, if-if we
follow those cables--'

They'll lead us right
to Devlon's hideout.

- Gold.
- 'Yes.'

More gold than agenie
could conjure up

in a 1001 nights.

[sizzling]

- Dr. Devlon, I presume?
- What?

Get away from me.

[gunshot]

I know, he sent you.

We won't harm you.

You're here to steal my secret.

Jessie, tell your
father who we are.

Uh, Hadji, I..

Dr. Devlon,
we brought your daughter.

Daughter? I've never
seen this girl in my life.

Working with unshielded uranium
has affected your mind, Devlon.

We can help you.

[rumbling]

[groaning]

Ah!

zap

(replicant #1)
Leave and you die, human.

Uh!

- No, Jessie!
- Mother.

Jessie, thank goodness,
you're safe.

- Huh?
- "Mother?"

I love it when
a plan comes together.

And you all did what I
wanted so well. Ha ha ha.

Race--

Nothing you can say

will make up for
what you've done, Jade.

- I'm not working for Zin.
- Silence!

[wheezing]

(Race)
'Ever think of joining
a health club, Zin?'

[hissing]

Dr. Zin, please,
here's your gold formula.

I'll come back and work for you.
Please show mercy.

Mmm...well, Devlon, perhaps I
should give you a second chance.

[snaps fingers]

zap

[sizzling]

But then again,
I've never been known

for making good
management decisions.

You're a madman, Zin.

People get what they deserve,
Dr. Quest.

Devlon discovered da Vinci's
formula for synthetic gold

for me, but he got greedy.

And it was because
of your interference in Peru

that he was able to steal it.

[wheezing]

So, it was only fitting
I tricked you

into finding him for me again.

You mean the gold mask
was a plan

so we take this case
and lead you to Devlon?

Jessie, you're part of this?

Jonny, listen, please.
Zin kidnapped my mother.

I had to pretend Devlon
was my father or he'd kill her.

By simply following
this tracking device

you did my work for me.

It's all been for nothing, Zin.

When your synthetic gold
hits the streets

every government agency
from Washington to Tokyo

is going to come after you.

Oh, you think
too small, Quest.

This isn't about money.
It's about life, eternal.

Injections of 100%
pure gold are the key

to ending the degenerative
process in my clones.

With this, I will be able
to clone myself forever.

[wheezing]

Oh, that's some
masterplan, Zin.

Living for all eternity as
a wheezing, dried-up, old fig.

Good point, Mr. Bannon.

But to be immortal as a physical
specimen such as you..

Now that would be
worth living for.

(Jonny)
'Race!'

[Zin laughing]

Zin, when I get out of here..

[grunting]

I will integrate your
perfect genetic structure

into my clones.

And to the rest of you,
as they say in Rome

arrivederci.

You know the drill.
Get going!

[whimpering]

A thousand pardons,
but I have a last request.

Please gaze upon
this stone.

What's so special about..

(Hadji)
'Deeply, gaze deeply
and do as I command.'

You must let these people go.

Let these people go.

[laughing]

But this one I will finish off
with my bare hand.

No more tricks, boy!

Sim sim salabim!

[screaming]

Come on, everyone out!

Sim sim salabim!

That was quick-thinking,
Hadji.

Jess, let me see
your watch.

If I can reverse the signal
we can home in on Zin.

Some friend of Race's
you turned out to be.

Jonny, I know
what you're thinking.

That I lured you
and your family to the Amazon

from the very beginning.

Sure, you wanted to tell Race

that you were working for Zin.

No. I found those mutations and
called I-One like I told you.

I was hoping Bannon would be
sent in because I..

It was time I told him
that he had a daughter.

Race, my father?

Jessie, when we split up, I
didn't even know I was pregnant.

But you always said
my father was dead.

I had to make a choice.

Maybe it was a bad one

but I decided it'd be better
for you to have no father

than to take the chance Bannon
might not accept having a child.

I can't believe this.

You didn't even give me
a chance to know him.

He wasn't dead.

But if Zin kills him
it's your fault!

(Jade)
'Jessie.'

Jessie, wait up!

What have I done?

Don't worry, Jade.
We'll save Race.

Everybody deserve
a second chance.

Everybody.

(Benton)
'The homing device indicates'

'the desalinization plant
dead ahead.'

That's where Zin
must be hiding.

I'll radio I-One
for back up.

Dad, we can't wait
that long.

Jonny, that place might be
infested with replicants.

If we go in
we could get killed.

And if we don't go in,
my dad could get killed.

You stay put then. I'm not
afraid to stand up to Zin.

vroom

Jonny!
No, it's too dangerous!

[screaming]

- Let go!
- Let go!

Get Bandit.

[clicking]

Let me go, scale-face.

(Benton)
'They've got Jessie.'

They must have Jonny
inside the plant.

We can surprise them if we
go in through the salt chute.

[gasping]

(Zin)
'With your genetic structure
added to my clones'

they will have pure strength
of mind and body forever.

Then the gold injections
will make me perfect.

[grunting]

[Jessie grunting]

Let me go!
You're hurting me.

How in the world
did you get here?

I brought her.
Let her go!

You, Quest.

You're like a bad virus.
I can't get rid of you.

Seize them!

Give me a boost, Hadji.

Sim sim salabim!

Phew! Not a second
too soon, Dr. Quest.

pew pew pew

Jonny, look out!

pew pew

I told you, let me go!

Hold on, Jessie!

Here, dad.

- Dad?
- Uh, I'll explain later.

The game's over.

- Let my father go, Zin.
- Or what, boy?

Shoot, Jonny!

Jonny, shoot.

Yes, shoot.

I can't.

A coward,
just like his father.

[dolphins clicking]

[grunting]

boom

A-ah!

The place is going to blow!

Help!

Let's get out of here!

Flying dragon, Jonny.

How'd you do that?

We gotta get out, now!

[rumbling]

Ah!

Jonny!

arf arf arf

Jonny, where are you?

The rest of the plant's
gonna blow!

- Go on, dad.
- Not without you, son.

I got a way out. Go now!

Jonny, no.

[dolphins clicking]

crash

Son!

boom

(Zin)
No!

This can't be happening.

No-o!

boom

Jonny.

Daddy, hold me.

We got a lot of catching up
to do, Bannon.

[Jonny coughing]

Jonny!

Dad!

Dad, I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.

Don't worry, son.
Zin did himself in.

No, I'm sorry
for accusing you

of not shooting
when Zin had mom.

I couldn't take
the shot either.

You don't have to say
anymore, Jonny. I know.

I blamed you when it was Zin
I hated all along.

I'm sorry.

Sometimes it takes a while
to sort out feelings

to say the right words.

- I miss mom.
- I do too, son.

I wanna go home, dad.

(3-DAC)
'Initiating re-establishment

'of all house functions,
Dr. Quest.'

It's good to be
back in business, 3-DAC.

Welcome back.

[growling]

Looks like Race
is almost ready to leave.

[snarling]

Bandit, I have returned
with a peace offering.

arf arf

(Jonny)
'Your old computer housing?'

Gee, do you think
Bandit will like the idea

of using it for a bed, dad?

Looks like he's going
to sleep on it

and then let us
know later, Jonny.

[snoring]

Dr. Quest, Jonny,
it's time to say goodbye.

Well, this is goodbye,
huh, Jonny?

Yeah. Until we see
each other again, I guess.

mwah

Don't ask.
I just felt like it.

What's the big deal
about kissing anyway?

Yeah. I'd rather go
jet-skating any day.

Me too.

Say, how were you able
to do that flying dragon kick

back at Zin's place?

I guess it runs
in the family.

[both laughing]

Well, we're all set.

Race, I'll understand
if you want to leave I-One.

Believe me, I know
how important a family is.

No, Dr. Quest,
I signed on to protect

you, Jonny and Hadji
and I'll do my job.

But you know, I've got a lot
of back vacations stored up.

I think it's time
I started taking some of it.

- Just do me a favor.
- Anything, doctor.

Go to some remote place
where you'll be sure

not to run into any trouble.

Good idea.

You know, I've always wanted to
take a long relaxing sea cruise.

(all)
Bye!

- Have fun.
- See you soon.

[burbling]

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