All language subtitles for Vimeo The Inbestigators Double Episodes - The Inbestigators - Series, Episode 1 and 2

Yes, it works.

My name is Ezra Banks, and welcome to
the first video blog case entry for...

Actually, I need to go right back to the
beginning, because this story starts a

long, long time ago.

Wednesday last week... It was early
before school, and I needed to ask the

principal a big favour.

Luckily, Henry and I are tight.

Don't call me Henry.

I thought because we talk a lot. You're
still Mr McGillick. Mr McGillick? You

know I'm a blue -sky -thinking, tech
-savvy guy.

You're also in grade five, and you have
yoghurt on your chin?

What do you want, Ezra?

Can I borrow the school credit card?

Oh, uh, it's a new one. Um, no.

But there's a pro host, 4 ,000, selling
online for $75.

No. It's website building software.

No. And if I'm redoing the school
website?

The thousandth time, you are not redoing
the school website.

He definitely had not said that a
thousand times.

900 tops.

My mum says I have a very busy mind, and
she's had some chats with Mr McGillick

about how I need to keep it stimulated.

Mr McGillis said I should find a special
project, but so far he hasn't liked any

of my ideas.

You said no to the water slide, no to
the monorail over the oval, no to the

invisible classroom.

Actually, I've thought of a special
project for you. Is it to download

that costs $75?

It's to look after our new student.

Look after our new student?

How is that a special project?

I told Henry no way.

It's non -negotiable. I've sent her off
to explore. I know she was keen to see

your classroom.

This was the worst special project ever.

I went outside and I couldn't see a new
girl, but I could see my friend Ava

selling cupcakes in the Pebble Garden.

Ava is always raising money for things
in the Pebble Garden.

Hi, Ezra. Want to buy a cupcake to help
build more bike racks?

Then more kids can ride to school, like
this little guy.

Sure. Did you know we have a new girl
starting today? I know. Her name's Morty

Miller, and she's so nice.

Which one is she?

I don't know. I haven't met her yet.

Ava is what my mum called a glass -half
-full person, and what I call a glass

-flooding -the -kitchen person.

She hasn't even met Morty, and she
already liked her.

I'm... Definitely saving her a cupcake.

For free. I'm going to see if she's in
the classroom, so come over when you...

Finished. A soccer ball bouncing off my
head could only mean one thing.

Kyle! You okay, Ezra?

People don't really know why Kyle and I
are friends.

I don't really know why Kyle and I are
friends.

Because Kyle is super sporty. And the
only time he doesn't have a ball in his

hand is when it's on my head.

Sorry, Ezra.

Kyle!

Sorry, Ezra.

Sorry, Ezra.

For someone with very good ball skills
out on the field, Kyle has terrible ball

skills around me.

Except this time it wasn't Kyle.

That wasn't me. That was Billy.

Carl had been doing soccer practice with
boys from our class and also Billy from

the other grade five.

Sorry, Ezra. I slipped over.

It's really muddy on the grass.

That's why we wear soccer boots.

My mum won't buy me boots until I get
good at soccer, but I can't get good at

soccer until she buys me boots. Well,
you need to get them soon because

picking a competition team next week.

Billy looked sad, so I told him, I've
never been picked for a sport team.

I didn't tell them I've never tried out
for a sport team.

Don't worry, Billy.

There's always next year.

I'll buy you a cupcake to cheer you up.

Can I have two cupcakes, please, Ava? Do
you have any money?

No, Ava, I'm trying to buy two cupcakes
without money. You don't have any, do

you? No, I don't.

Can I pay you back? That's what you said
at my sausage sizzle, my donut drive,

my biscuit bag, my... Yeah, and did I
pay you back?

No. Oh, sorry.

I shouldn't be asking for two free
cupcakes.

Just make it one.

Sorry, Billy.

No, Kyle.

No cupcakes until you pay me back.

Kyle really wanted a cupcake.

He kept arguing with Ava and I went to
go look for the new girl in our

classroom. Except the classroom was
empty.

So I went to our book corner and grabbed
my favourite book, the one with the

mystery riddles, and sat down.

The police get a call that a robber
they're after is inside a house at 33

Buckton Drive.

They don't know what he looks like, but
they know his name is Craig.

The police burst in to find a truck
driver, a carpenter, a mechanic and a

fireman sitting around the table playing
cards.

They immediately arrest the fireman.

Why? He's the only man.

The carpenter, the truck driver and the
mechanic can all be women, but the

fireman has to be a man, so he's the one
called Craig.

The fireman was the only man.

I think I just met my special project.

Woody? Yep.

Hi, Ezra.

How do you know my name? It's on your
bag, Ezra Banks.

This is a nice classroom.

Have you read this book?

No. Then how do you know the answer? And
why did you come in the classroom

window? I wanted to have a look around.
I mean, why did you come in the window

and not the door?

Are you not allowed to do that?

Um, I've never seen anyone do it.

I'll use the door next time.

Okay. Well, um, Henry said... I mean, Mr
McGillick said I should show you around

in here.

So, do you want... What?

Just happened.

I'm so excited to finally meet you.

Oh, isn't Morty here?

No, she went out the window.

Why? I don't know. She came in the
window, she went out the window.

If I was going to get to know my special
project, I needed to find a room

without windows.

I'm going to look outside.

And you wait here. Look after myself.

Ava's Alton landed on my foot and I
thought she must have sold about a

cupcakes because it was so heavy.

I couldn't stop thinking about Morty.

How'd she get that riddle about the
fireman so fast?

I got the book back off the shelf and
was re -reading the riddle when... I

have a ball magnet in me.

Kyle!

Sorry, Ezra. Ava said you met the new
girl.

What's the best sport?

Because when I meet someone new, that's
my burning question.

Ava couldn't find Morty outside, but she
did find Mr McGillick and they both

came into the classroom.

No, Ava, I am not filing a missing
persons report. But Mr McGillick, Morty

missing! Perhaps if we dial down the
drama... But Morty is not!

No one has seen us and she went out the
window!

Why did she go out the window?

Because I thought I should come around
to use the door.

Morty! You're here!

else would I be?

Morty looks like when a Labrador puppy
licks you on the face, which feels half

sweet, half disgusting.

I'm Ava.

That's Kyle.

And I gave you a cupcake for free.

And so where's my outing?

What? My outing with my cupcake money in
it.

I don't know. It was right there on the
shelf.

Ava's owl tin was gone.

What does it look like?

It's got an adorable little owl riding a
bike on its lid. And it has a lot of

money in it. My foot has the bruise to
prove it. What are you talking about?

You threw the tin on my shoe and it felt
like it was full of rock.

Because there was $80 in it. $80?

Almost. I had 40 cupcakes that I sold
for $2.

Except one I kept for Morty and one I
kept for me.

Who would take your $42?

Let's just say math isn't Kyle's strong
point. 40 times 2 minus 4.

Ezra, this is no time for a quiz.

Ava's owl tin has been stolen. And you
took it.

You needed to pay me all the money you
owed me, so you came here and took my

tin. Ava, he's been standing with me the
whole time.

Kyle didn't take it.

Oh. In that case... I'm so sorry, Kyle.
That was very unfair of me. Then who

took your $76?

$76? No -one took it. I've been the only
person here.

Suddenly, everyone was looking at me.
And the person looking at me the most

Mr McGillick.

Tell me this has nothing to do with the
website software you wanted to buy for

$75?

I know it looked bad, but if you're
innocent, there's no need to panic.

I swear on my life, I didn't take the
money!

I believe Ezra, Mr McGillick. It just
looks extremely suspicious because he

alone with the tin and nobody else has
been in here and he needed a lot of

money.

Ezra, can I see your bag, please?

I know Mr McGillick thinks I'm a bit
annoying because I have a very busy

But now he thought something terrible
about me.

He thought I was a thief.

I can't believe you could think that
Ezra would steal something. He's the

honest guy I know. He never lets me copy
in class or cheat on the test. And he

would never take something that wasn't
his.

And this is his own outing full of money
that he brought from home.

Right, Ezra?

I felt sick in the stomach.

Nobody said anything.

Except for Morty.

Why would Ezra leave his bag open if he
wanted to steal Ava's money?

I don't know. But Ava, you and Kyle take
Morty and find Miss Tan... Do you mind

if I ask a couple more questions first?
Thank you.

Ava, can you tell me everything you
remember about your cupcake store?

It was weird because Mr McGillish
actually let Ava stay and tell Morty

everything.

How she had set up her stall in the
Pebble Garden and how she had sold a lot

cupcakes. Then we both told Morty what
happened next with the soccer ball and

Billy and the boots.

And then Ava said what happened when I
went to the classroom.

Let's see.

Ezra left and Kyle and I were
squabbling, but I'd sold all my cakes

Oh, that's when Miss Tam called out.

Miss Chan's our teacher, Morty. Have you
met her yet? She's really nice.

And really clumsy.

She dropped her folders and called us to
help before all her papers blew away.

So we all went over and helped. Wait,
who went over to help?

Me, Ava, Mario, James, Justin, Archie,
Toby and Billy. No, Billy stayed.

He's not in our class, so I guess he
didn't think Miss Chan was talking to

OK, then what happened? Then I packed up
my stuff and came in here to see you.

You went here, but I left and threw your
tin at Ezra's foot and it felt like it

was full of rocks.

Is she the police?

Maudie did sound like the police. She
asked me exactly where did I put the

outing. So I showed her how I balanced
the tin up carefully, like a wheel,

and... Kyle!

What? You threw your basketball in here
and it hit me over there and did a big

bounce into this shelf. So, if your owl
tin was up like a wheel and your bag was

open next to the shelf, the basketball
would have hit the shelf and made the

roll into my bag.

That's how it got into my bag. See, Mr
McGillick, I didn't take Ava's money.

very sorry, I thought you did.

To be fair, what else was he supposed to
think?

I was so pleased that because of Morty,
now we knew the truth.

Almost knew the truth.

Oh, yay!

No one stole my money!

Well, actually, I'm pretty sure someone
stole your money. What are you talking

about, Morty? My money is right... No
wonder it felt like it was full of

It was.

Pebbles, actually.

Who put pebbles in here?

Someone who needed a lot of money in a
hurry to buy something.

Oh, Ezra, I stuck up for you.

Not Ezra.

Someone who needed a lot of money to buy
soccer boots.

My mum won't buy me boots until I get
good at soccer.

Wait.

Billy? I think when you said he might
not make the team if he didn't have

boots, Billy got desperate.

So when you all ran over to help Miss
Pat and left your outfits, he took the

coins and replaced them with pebbles
from the garden.

And to think I was going to buy him a
cupcake with money I didn't have.

How could Billy do this to the kids who
need somewhere to put their bikes?

Don't worry, Ava. Billy and I are going
to have a chat.

Oh, and thank you, Morty.

It's quite a first day you've had, and
the bell hasn't even rung yet.

Right, Ezra?

I got why Henry thought Morty should be
my special project.

He knew we would get on. But now, she's
given me an idea for a much better

special project.

You and I should start a detective
agency.

Cool. You know who else we should ask?
Morty.

She's pretty smart.

I was talking to Morty, Kyle. Really? I
would love that. I've always wanted to

be an investigator.

Me too. Can I join too?

I've always wanted to be a... What do
you call it?

Investigator, of course. What about you,
Ava? Oh, my goodness, yes!

We can have a cool agency office. Where
will our office be?

I knew the perfect place.

We have a granny flat out the back of my
house. We can decorate it and I'll do a

sign on the door. I can do a sign. What
will the sign say?

Our name, silly. What's our name?

It has to be catchy.

About the four of us. That says what we
do. And tells people that we're the best

investigators. That's the name. The
Investigator. The Investigator.

The Investigator.

Wait,

what did you guys call it?

The Investigator.

Uh -oh. I did it backwards.

Oh, and guess what? Henry really liked
this special project.

Well, Henry... Mr McGillick, welcome to
the investigators' first video blog.

Ava? Yeah, all right. You can do the
sign.

In an investigator's office, it's
sometimes hard to find... Because it's

really an office. It's this flat behind
Ezra's house. But one needs another

visit, which is tomorrow.

So we have to clean the fridge.

Ezra's at piano practice, so we said
we'd do it. On the condition that I can

any food I find in here.

So, because the office is hard to find,
Ezra and I made a flyer of where to find

us with a map.

And then we did a letterbox job.

Which was surprisingly successful.

Can we help you?

I'm looking for the investigator's
detective agency.

Our flyer had worked.

This is the investigator's detective
agency.

Where are the detectives?

Here. How old are you?

I'm 10. He's 11.

It says here that you have over 40 years
experience.

We do.

Between us, if you add up the ages, of
Ezra, me, Carl and Ava.

Yeah, I thought this was a proper
detective agency, not just kids mucking

around. I need someone who can actually
help solve a crime.

Did a crime happen at the frozen yoghurt
shop?

That's where you've come from now, isn't
it? On your bike?

How did you know that?

I know!

She was wearing a helmet.

No, she wasn't.

Oh, then I don't know. You've got your
pant leg rolled up, which my dad does if

he's wearing pants that will get stuck
in his bike chain.

So I'm guessing your bike is outside?

Yeah, it is.

And those pants look like part of your
uniform.

They are.

And you've got white splotches on them,
which look a lot like frozen yoghurt. So

I think you work at the frozen yoghurt
shop.

Wow, that's amazing.

How do you do that?

I'm very observant.

But then, I should be like you.

I'm very observant too.

Disgusting. Disgusting, by the way.

Mayonnaise. We persuaded the girl, whose
name is Sophie, that we were grown up

enough to help her. Find out why my
parcels are disappearing.

Your parcels?

From my online shopping.

Every parcel I've ordered lately has
vanished from outside my house.

How many parcels have you ordered? And
also, would you like a peanut butter and

salmon sandwich?

Um, no, thank you.

Yuck, Morty.

Anyway, Sophie, how many parcels have
you ordered?

Nine.

Nine parcels worth a lot.

My mum doesn't make heaps of money, so I
help out by buying my own clothes and

make -up. You must earn a lot at the
frozen yoghurt shop.

Maudie, it's rude to talk about how much
money people make.

Is it?

Yes. Well, that's what my dad told me
when I asked my Uncle Keith how much

he made as a dentist.

Sorry, Sophie.

So how do you know the parcels had
actually been delivered?

Hey, don't throw that tip out. It's
expired.

Does it have stuff going on it? Cos I
can pick it off.

How about a slightly old carrot instead?

Deal. So how did Sophie know that the
parcels had been delivered?

I get text messages from the post
office.

See? They've all arrived.

So the deliveries always happen around 4
.55?

Which is when I'm working at the frozen
yoghurt shop.

And when I get home, they're gone.

Can you find who's taking them? I have
$20 in my wallet.

Ezra tried to act like we got $20 all
the time.

Woo -hoo!

Yeah!

It didn't work. We arranged to meet
Sophie the next afternoon, straight

school, before she went to work. Oh,
this is when Ava and I came too.

I know this bit.

Wait, what happened again?

Sophie met us at her house with her best
friend, Grace.

This is my best friend, Grace. Grace!

I love your earrings.

Thanks. Soph gave them to me. I got them
online before my parcel started

disappearing. She buys everything
online.

She's so lucky. She gets so much money
at the frozen yogurt shop.

Grace, it's rude to talk about how much
money people earn.

I'm not sure Grace liked me saying that.

How dare you? I'm not rude. You're rude
for saying I'm rude.

Am I?

It's just super hard when your friend
can buy a lot of cool stuff because of

really cool job. Can you stop being
jealous so I can talk to the detective?

Detective? Don't be fooled by how little
they are. They're really smart.

Morty, look.

The postman must have put the parcels
behind this spot to keep it secret. And

this plant is one of those fly -trapping
killer plants.

The plant ate the parcels.

Really smart.

It was an aloe vera plant.

The only thing it can kill is a rat.
Yeah, pretty sure there's no such thing

an aloe vera plant.

Hello, Vera. How are you today, Vera?

We told Sophie we would talk to the
neighbours and see if anyone's noticed

anything. Great, thanks, guys. You're
actually paying them?

Someone is stealing from me, Grace. You
don't actually know if anyone is

stealing. Maybe a random dog is taking
them.

Or... Some big bird? Yes, a giant bird.

An eagle.

There are no eagles around here. And if
there were, what would an eagle want

with... lipstick, a hairbrush and cross
-training runners to look pretty while

it plays nest ball?

That was a joke.

Netball. Like netball, but the bird's in
the net.

I love sport themed jokes.

It's not a bird and it's not a dog. It's
a person and they're stealing.

Okay, well it's your money and it's not
like you don't... Sophie

has fallen over. It was really... Funny.

Odd. I mean, odd.

Very odd.

Oliver!

so much trouble.

Whoever Oliver was, he was about to get
yelled at. I just shipped over your

cricket bag and what is this skateboard
doing here?

I didn't even know we had roller skates.

Sorry, are you hurt? No, I'm fine, but
what has gotten into you?

This is my brother Oliver.

He was the neatest little boy a month
ago and now every day he leaves his

all over the floor.

Fine, I'll clean it up. No, you need to
go to Joanna's.

Sophie explained that Oliver went to
their neighbour's house until their mum

home from work.

Yeah, and their neighbour's name was
Joanna. And she was what my dad calls a

character.

There he is.

Hello, my good friend Oliver.

Hi, Joanna.

Joanna was singing.

But not like a song that you know. She
was singing normal sentences.

I'm so glad...

She seems fun.

You and I have a different idea of fun.

Joanna sang to everybody.

Hello, children.

Hello, grey.

Hey, Joanna.

How did work experience go when you
tried out at the throw your shop last

for five afternoons in a row?

Um, they said they're not hiring at the
moment.

What a pity, my little pretty.

Anyway, I'd better go home now.

Grace had been a bit mean to us, but we
felt sorry for her. She'd done work

experience for a whole week at the
frozen yogurt shop and still hadn't been

hired.

And now this lady, Joanna, was singing
about it.

And here's my selfie.

I wish I had a trophy.

Hi, Joanna.

Oh, you're selling good today.

Oh, I hope so.

I've got my... I audition on Fridays.
I've been trying to sing everything.

Joanna's an opera singer.

She's going for a part in a big new
show, so she's been practising for

And my little Oliver's been helping me
out every day, haven't you?

Suddenly we understood why Joanna was
singing all the time. She was desperate

get the part in the show and it was very
important to practise all the time.

It was also very annoying.

Oliver!

Oliver, shall we see what we should have
for a...

singing back.

Ava and I sang yes to afternoon tea, but
Oliver didn't want that.

They're not my friends.

They're with me, Joanna. They're helping
me find my missing parcels.

Well, I've told you online shopping
isn't safe.

It's not surprising if things don't turn
up. Perhaps you've learnt a valuable

lesson. Joanna, they have turned up.
Then they've been stolen.

We don't have thieves.

How could we with Dusty on patrol?

What's so interesting there, Dusty?

Joanna's little dog, and Ava was right.
She was adorable.

I love her, Joanna.

So does Oliver, don't you? He helps me
feed her, and every day at about five o

'clock, he takes her out for a toilet
time so you can do a little weave and a

little poos.

Weave and poos.

I love your garden.

It's so pretty with your garden toys.

Have you seen anything unusual in the
afternoons, Joanna?

I mean...

Have you seen anything strange?

Or anyone acting odd?

Let me think.

Was it a cat on the mat?

Or was it a rat?

Okay, we really need to talk to other
neighbours who don't sing.

Where's my phone?

I swear I put it in my bag.

Well, Mum says she can't go to work
without it, so... We have your number,

Sophie, so we can call your phone.

Before anyone could say anything.

Morty had swiped her phone.

Oliver, do you have my phone?

No.

Oh, I must have accidentally picked up
your phone instead of mine. My phone is

big and pink. How can that have been an
accident?

It wasn't.

Oliver took your phone on purpose, just
like he took your parcels.

When Morty said that Oliver had taken
the parcels, everything made sense.

Kidding. Nothing made sense.

Oliver isn't a thief and he's been with
Joanna every afternoon.

Yeah, and did you even hear what I said
about the pot plant?

Sophie, could you please excuse us for
just a second?

Ava and I thought Morty was wrong.

Morty, it wasn't Oliver. It was Grace.

She took the parcels because she was
jealous of Sophie's money.

but she was doing work experience when
the parcels were stolen.

Ah, that's right.

Well, what about Joanna?

She wanted to teach Sophie a lesson
about online shopping.

No. And have we ruled out the eagle?

I promise to be quiet. And I promised to
explain what had happened.

Oliver isn't a thief, really, but he did
take your parcels.

That's why Dusty was scratching.

What? But how?

Oliver brought Dusty out every day at 5
for toilet time and also to collect any

parcels that had arrived at 4 .55 at
your house and hide them in the little

Oliver thought if he took your parcels,
you would stay home, you wouldn't go to

work and you'd collect them yourself.

Is that right?

Also... Oliver was doing other things to
make sure you stayed home, like taking

your phone and leaving his stuff out
everywhere.

Wait, you wanted me to hurt myself?

I didn't mean for you to trip. I just
thought if I left my stuff all over the

ground, you would make me stay home and
clean it up instead of going to

Joanna's. But what?

Seriously?

Oh, is it me?

You don't want to be around me because
of the singing.

I know the audition is important.

No, no, I've been very selfish, haven't
I?

You really have been.

Now that was rude, Morty. No, no, she's
right. I've been way too obsessed with

this audition.

Still, Oliver, that's no excuse to
steal.

I wasn't stealing.

I was temporarily hiding.

Which I guess is kind of stealing.
Sorry.

And I'm sorry.

How about this, Oliver?

I stop seeing you when you walk through
the door at a quarter to four.

Oops.

Sorry.

It was a happy ending.

Sophie's parcels were just a little bit
squashed. And Oliver got to do normal

things like watch videos and play. And
yesterday, Sophie sent us a message

saying Joanna got the part in the show.

Awesome! Yeah, it was good.

I'm not talking about Joanna. I'm
talking about these sandwiches.

Oh, they're my peanut butter and salmon.
Mmm.

Ezra doesn't know what he's missing.

Mmm.