Tweeg
and LB are on a journey to visit Tweeg's mom, Eleanor.
LB asks what his mom is like, Tweeg says she's a rotten little troll,
which is why he loves her so much.
Tweeg gets the "Diamonds" that he and LB stole from Gimmick's out of
the wagon to give to his mother, obviously hoping for her approval. He
decides it wouldn't hurt to keep just one for himself though. Tweeg
makes LB wait at the wagon while he goes to talk to his mother, LB asks
if it's because Tweeg would be embarrased when Elanor makes fun of him
in front of LB. Tweeg says he would never be embarrased in front of a
"lowly bounder."
QUOTE-
TWEEG-
"Keep a good eye on the wagon for me while I'm gone, LB, there's a lot
of villains around here"
LB-
"Yeah, too bad you aint one of em!"
Tweeg
rings the doorbell just as Elanor is spraying on "a hint of garlic".
Eleanor seems surprised that she's got a visitor, and thinks it must be
a door to door salesman. When she finds out it's actually Tweeg, she
shrieks and slams the door, telling her pet Sparky that it's much worse
than a salesman, it's her son.
QUOTE-
ELEANOR-
"Oh well, being his mother's a dirty job... but somebody's got to do
it."
Eleanor invites Tweeg in and asks him if he's managed to do anything
really bad lately. He pulls out the "diamonds" and tells her he has
stolen them just for her. While she's not quite ready to say she's
proud of him, Elanor does seem a lot happier to see him after this
revelation.
Elanor
examines the "Diamonds" and tells Tweeg they aren't Diamonds at all,
but something much more valuable. Tweeg begs her to take him to MAVO,
where he hopes to gain membership by giving these valuables to Quellor.
They load up the wagon and head on their way.
Back
at Gimmick's, the trio are very upset over the missing crystals. They
decide to head up to Tweeg's and ask him if he stole them. Nobody is
home and Tweeg's door is wide open, so the trio ventures in. They don't
find Tweeg, but they do find a MAVO membership drive letter Tweeg
recieved in an earlier episode. That gives them the idea to head to
MAVO and get the directions to MAVO headquarters from the
flyer. While Gimmick and Grubby aren't too happy about the idea of
heading anyplace where "Monsters and Villains"
reside, Teddy manages to talk them into it.
Eleanor is making LB and Tweeg pull the cart, and berates them for not
going faster. She advises Tweeg that when they get to MAVO, he should
be on his worst behavior. When they arrive, Elanor gets into an
argument with Ickley Bognostraclum, the MAVO gatekeeper. He initially
refuses her entrance to see Quellor, citing paragraphs in the MAVO
rulebook which state "Nobody Sees Quellor". When she shows him the
Crystals he relents, taking them to see if Quellor will let her gain
access. While in the process, Ickley decides to keep a crystal for
himself as well.
QUOTE-
BOGNOSTRACLUM-
"Never pass up an opportunity to steal something. PARAGRAPH 48,
SUBSECTION 27!"
When Quellor sees the Crystals, he is very excited. He tells Ickley to
summon the MAVO council for an emergency meeting, and grants immediate
membership to Tweeg. At the meeting, MAVO calls on the Understander Of
Legends to interperet the writings on the MAVO walls. She says that
it's a simple warning- that until MAVO is in possession of the
crystals, they will never be free from the "threat of goodness." She
adds later that MAVO must always keep the crystals out of the hands of
Illiops. LB tells Tweeg, who tells Ickley that Teddy is an illiop.
QUOTE-
QUELLOR-
"What is the meaning of these interuptions, Bognostraclum?!"
BOGNOSTRACLUM-
"Well, uh, I have just been told that the crystal was in the hands of
Teddy Ruxpin, a Lollipop!"
LB-
"Illiop... It's Illiop!"
A Very angry Quellor says that if more crystals are in the Illiop's
hands, MAVO's very existence is threatened. He will not rest until MAVO
is in possession of the rest of the crystals, and anyone who stands in
the way of that will suffer. Quellor tells Tweeg that if he wishes to
live to see the day he's a MAVO member, he'll bring him the remaining
crystals. Ickley gives Tweeg back the crystal he stole, saying he must
have "misplaced it" earlier. Elanor gives Tweeg back the crystal she
stole as well, saying it must have gotten stuck behind the "Cheap
upholsterey in that Wagon of yours!" Tweeg pulls out the crystal he hid
earlier, and LB admits to also "saving (a crystal) for a surprise",
meaning Tweeg only needs to find the one remaining missing crystal
before he returns to MAVO.
