"The Artful Art Thief!" is episode 52, part two of the final episode of the series. It first aired June 19th, 2010.
Premise:[]
Is their an art thief in Gnarly Woods?!
Summary:[]
Mr. Russard is introducing the entrants for the art display contest when Cynthia steals the microphone from him and proceeds to show her entry to everybody. She pulls off the cloth to unveil her masterpiece- only to discover its missing. She panics and proceeds to faint, along with her cousins.
After recovering from this, she explains what it looks like and Mr. Russard asks if there could be a thief in Gnarly Woods. Cynthia is convinced that she knows the culprit and runs off. Alfred and Co. give chase to try to stop her, saying she can't suspect someone without proof like this but she refuses to listen. The trio head back to the scene of the crime to investigate. It's then they hear someone yelling and Milo assumes it could be the thief trying to seal from someone else. But Alfred recognizes that it is singing and follow the sound to Mr. Remy's house.
He explains he was practicing for an upcoming event and was recording it. Alfred asks to hear it, explaining that he might have picked up some other sounds in the process. They hear chirping in the background and Alfred makes note of it. It's then Tina and Louise run over and they tell Alfred that they found the items from Cynthia's display.
The trio follow them to find the items partially buried, and Milo spots a strange feather on the ground. They are joined by Cynthia, who remarks on them calling her items junk; they are authentic crystal. Alfred states she can have them back after they study them for clues and the four head over to Hedgequarters. Alfred asks to borrow an earring and Cynthia hesitantly hands it over, then they return to the scene of the crime.
There, Alfred places a tiny GPS unit on it in order to keep track of the earring. Then they hide into the nearby bush to find a strange bird show up and steal it. By this point Cynthia and Milo have fallen asleep, and they quickly got woken up after Alfred and Camille run after the bird. They come across Mr. Russard and Alfred approaches a nearby tree, stating the thief is in it. Mr. Russard offers to climb the tree for them, since it'd be safer for an adult.
After reaching the top, he finds the earring and Alfred asks if Magpie's were in the tree. Mr. Russard doesn't see anything, and Cynthia asks why they should care. Alfred explains that the Magpie's are responsible for stealing her display. Mr. Russard then tells Cynthia she should apologize to J.J. for making accusations, but suddenly, the magpie grabs her earring and escapes with it. She angrily chases after it, causing the others to start laughing.
Quotes:[]
- Alfred: "This is serious mysterious!"
- Milo: "I'll say! I've never seen so much fainting at once in my life!"
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- Cynthia: "I don't believe it... Arrest this raccoon!"
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- Cynthia: "Why are you bothering with a lame clue review? It's J.J, duh."
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- Alfred: "Cynthia, can I borrow your earring?"
- Cynthia: "This is no time to play dressup, Alfred..."
- Alfred: "I need it for the investigation. "
- Cynthia: "Ugh, fine."
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- Cynthia: "He, she, it stole my earring!"
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- Milo: That seems like an odd clue if you ask me..
- Cynthia: Nobody did.
- (moments later)
- Cynthia: If you ask me...
- Milo: Huh, I don't think we did. Did we Alfred? I'm trying to remember.
Trivia[]
- This is the second time one of the Payne girls is shown to wear earrings.
- The first time it was Louise, when her earring got attached to Milo's magnet during "The Malfunctioning Magic Beans".
- Louise sounds slightly different in this episode.
Goofs[]
- As Cynthia hands the earring to Alfred, it is solid purple. But in every other instance, its white and purple.
- When Mr. Remy says he hasn't even started to sing yet, he has teeth, which he normally lacks.
- Alfred's mouth line is missing when Cynthia says, "It's J.J. Duh."
- The hook piece of the earring changes length.