- Whoa!
Flug!!
Coming, my lord Black Hat, sir.
Oh!
And Demencia?
What can I do for you? 'Cause I'll do anything for you.
Anything.
Huh?
I am sending you both
to an alternate dimension.
Sir, but why?
A creature from our world
has been interfering
with a longtime client's plans.
While normally in the form of a squid,
it may have taken on a human form to disguise itself.
I need you to find him and bring him to me!
Tentacles are such a good look on you, boss.
Shush.
It's believed to be in a trifling little town
called Monte Macabro.
Sir...it's Macab--
Silence! Now, if you don't want me
to sew that bag shut over your head forever,
you better find that squid and bring him to me!
I'm craving calamari.
Now...where's that bear?
Logic and deductive reasoning tell me
that it's either the jaguar knight
in the temple with the obsidian dagger,
or it's the winged serpent on the chinampa
with the wooden club.
Our mark could be anyone.
A baby!
You! Can't! Eat! Babies!
I skipped lunch.
Speaking of...
Aw, yeah.
Victor, it's my turn.
Well, you're taking too long to make a decision.
Aah! Monster!
Taco, taco, taco, taco, taco!
I'm, uh, Doctor Flug.
Nice to meet you.
We're looking for someone, and, um,
we're travelers who've come here from --
Another dimension, right?
You both only have four fingers.
An anomaly like that is too conspicuous to happen twice.
What are you doing here?
A big, nasty squid.
It look like
Well, that's what it used to look like.
Now it's --
as one of the citizens of this very town?
How do you keep doing --
I fancy myself a master of deduction.
Fascinating.
Maybe we can put our heads together to find the perp.
Hey, I ain't helpin' nobody
unless there's something in it for the Vicster.
I like this kid.
So...grease my palms a little, bag-boy.
Huh, howzabout I give you, uhm, your own butler robot?
Yeah, baby, now we're talking.
Now, let's talk strategy.
In conclusion -- The cephalopod in question
is a freshwater creature, making it averse to sodium chloride.
Contact will force a transformation,
exposing its true form.
Talk normal!
To put it simply, if it touches salt,
it'll turn back into a squid.
Oh. So let's just throw salt at every weirdo in town.
If they get all squiddy, we've got our creep.
Yeah. Salt the squid.
If you start salting everyone,
won't the creature get wise and hide?
We're much better off taking a scientific approach to this.
Whatever, Nerd Squad.
We ain't doing your math problems.
Yeah. We're gonna bag that squid way before you fools.
Who needs brains when you got guts?
Oh, yeah?! Well, you --
Your guts are, uh...
Uh --
They're gone, Val.
I know.
So, do you sharpen your teeth to look like that or --
What are you doing with all that salt?
Huh, Don, my gut is telling me
that you're acting pretty suspicious.
Yeah, why are you asking so many questions, sir?
Sounds kinda...
fishy!
Get back here, you traviesos!
Yeah, I figured.
Wait till you see my homemade forensics kit.
I found all this stuff in the garage.
Here's my magnifying glass and a pipet.
I've pulled the profiles of everyone in town.
The smartest way to find the suspect
would be to figure out who dislikes salt.
If only I had a record
of everyone's dietary preferences.
I've been keeping track of what everyone eats
since literally Day 1 of working at the stand,
and not to boast, but the whole town eats our food.
Are you up for a few hours
of data entry?
Nerd Squad.
Uh... Nerd Squad!
Let's see, let's see.
Who will be our first victim -- uh, I mean suspect?
How about those happy little children?
No one would ever suspect someone so innocent.
Let's book 'em.
Salt the kids!
Aah!
Stay away from my Victor!
So, is that it? All the data's been logged?
Yes, and I'd like you to do the honors.
Really?
Hola, Victor, mi nin--
Ay!
Lupe? Of course.
She loves swimming in the lake.
It makes perfect sense.
Yes! Another win for science!
Whoo! Nerd Squad!
We can't let them catch the squid before we do.
Oh, they won't.
Aah! Yes.
Vamonos.
Shall we?
I believe the smartest person in the room should go first.
Oh. Well, thank you. I --
So we'll have to go through at the same time.
- Help! Let us out! - Is there anybody out there?!
Look at that no-good squid.
She must be getting ready to feed.
Huh?
Gotcha, squid face.
Any second now!
Look, Demencia, she's about to transform.
Get back here, Victor!
Cacao, get out of the way!
Wait, actually, stay there.
Aah!
Cacao?
Aah!
Is this normal baby behavior in your world?
Uh, yeah, I think so.
It's chocolate.
I think we found the squid.
So, what's the plan to catch it?
Um, plan? I didn't really think it through that far.
Flug's more the planner.
Yeah, so is Val.
I think we know what we gotta do.
Okay. Now that we've eaten, let's go free the Nerd Squad.
Help, help!
Vic, it's Cacao!
Cacao is the squid!
Yeah...we know.
Now what? How do we catch him
in that giant ugly squid form?
Ah, so you need the Nerd Squad now, huh?
Yes. Release the nerd power. I'm sorry.
Why don't you ever apologize to me like that?
I don't know.
Okay. You and Victor distract the monster.
We have genius work to do!
Hey, you. Your stupid chocolate tastes like butt!
Yucky stupid butt chocolate.
Uh-oh.
Help.
Are you guys done yet?
Almost. We just have to calibrate the hypoconductors.
Please don't eat me, freaky baby.
Cacao.
Help?
On it, Vic.
It's nap time, kid.
Shot obstructed.
We can't risk hitting your brother or Demencia.
Cacao.
Huh?
There.
Bull's-eye. Or squid's eye, perhaps.
Very clever.
Cacao.
Thanks to your help, we have nullified the threat.
I just can't believe
that Cacao was a monster in disguise this whole time.
I kinda knew ever since we did time together.
By the way, where's my robot butler?
Butler!
I'm gonna name you...
Butler.
So I still don't understand.
Cacao's a bad guy?
Um...what do you mean?
Cacao!
Aah!
We've apprehended the hero, just as you asked, sir.
You work for this guy?
Hey, Butler. You kinda look like that funny hat guy.
Huh?
B-Butler? Butler!
No! Butler-r-r!
Bring that hero to me.
Yes, my lord.
Cacao.
Hero? But what about Nerd Squad?
And he was a -- he was a monster. And --
Oh, didn't anyone tell ya, kid?
We're the bad guys.
Tootles.
Let's go home, hot stuff.
Wha-- But how could -- how could --
how could they be the bad guys? And -- And --
I'm bad now?
No.
Nooooo.
I'm bad now.
No.
I'm bad.