Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV Series)

The Gateway Getaway (1991)

Lynne Thigpen: The Chief, Agnes Acme

Quotes 

• The Chief : Now here's the ruckus on Robocrook. He's a hunk of heavy metal masquerading as a man!

• The Chief : Greg.

  Self - Host : Yeah, Chief?

  The Chief : In my office right away.

  [all that can be seen on the monitor is the message "PRESENCE REQUESTED AT ONCE"] 

  Self - Host : Okay. Uh, I'll be right there.

  [to the gumshoes] 

  Self - Host : You guys stick here. Let me find out what she wants. My mentor calls.

  [He enters the office and is dubmfounded at what he sees] 

  The Chief : Greg, the investigation is starting to worry me. Now Carmen Sandiego...

  Self - Host : Chief... .

  The Chief : Don't interrupt! Carmen Sandiego is being extra tricky. Now...

  Self - Host : Chief!

  The Chief : Alright. What is it?

  Self - Host : Chief, uh, it's your face. Uh, there's one more than usual.

  The Chief : Well, I was getting to that! Now, if we're gonna crack this case, we'll need as many pairs of eyes as possible. So I've grown an extra face, and I suggest you do the same.

  Self - Host : That seems a little extreme to me, Chief. There's gotta be a better way. I know. We could offer the gumshoes a trip to anywhere in the lower forty-eight states. That'll get them to catch Carmen Sandiego.

  [applause] 

  The Chief : Oh. That should do it. Well, I don't need this anymore, then.

  [she puts her hands at the ends of her 'faces' and pushes them back into one] 

  Self - Host : [lauging]  Okay, good move, Chief. I tell ya, that two-faced thing was freaky. I mean, whoa, whoa, whoa! That was weird. I mean they were nice faces and all, don't get me wrong. But that is...

  The Chief : Go away!

  Self - Host : Yes, ma'am. Okay.

• Self - Host : You know, in tough cases like this, I always turn to Agnes Acme, the chief's great grandmother and the founder of Acme Crimenet. She always was on top of the information.

  [the camera pans over to a black and white photgraph of Agnes Acme, which suddenly comes to life] 

  Agnes Acme : Because I worked instead of wondering! Now, Robo went to a west African nation that was founded by freed American slaves. Monrovia, the capital city, was named for President Monroe. Now, hightail it over there and catch that crook!

  [the picture freezes up again] 

  Self - Host : You know, it's, uh, it's eerie. Sometimes I think she's actually speaking to me.

• The Chief : [during the slide show about Jakarta, Indonesia]  Emmanuel Chuch, built by the Dutch between 1834 and 1839. Now note the various architectural insolences here.

  [points at the screen] 

  The Chief : You will see that the columns here evoke that of the feel of an ancient Greek temple, and in the circular construction here, you will see the suggestion of a Roman arena.

  [Then she gets carried away and starts making shadow puppets in front of the screen] 

  The Chief : And also here, you'll see a giant bunny hopping off to market. Hop, hop, hop, hop. And then there's an evil, evil eagle coming after the runaway bunny. Runaway, runaway, runaway. And then you've got a snake coming by, and I used to be able to do a moose here. A friend taught this to me. But when you've got...

  [suddenly, she realizes what she's doing] 

  The Chief : Oh, sorry.