JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain/Transcript

Underlined text indicates pieces of dialogue that were cut from later releases.

Sign-In Menu
Sign-In Bot: Well! Hello! We've been waiting for you. Please sign in. We've got a busy day ahead. If you're new to this school, please use the keyboard to enter your name.

[If the player clicks on the computer on the top right screen]

Sign-In Bot If you see your name on the list and want to continue your game, please click on it. If you do not see your name, or you want to start another game, please enter a name using your keyboard.

[If the player types his/her name and clicks on the enter key]

Sign-In Bot: Please enter and have a seat. Sit up straight. No slouching in this classroom. Is that gum in your mouth? Sorry, my mistake.

Classroom
[''The player moves the cursor to the TransQuizzer on a table. The player then clicks it to pick it up. Suddenly, the lights dim, and the objects in the classroom start moving around by themselves, a few seconds later, a robot crashes through the window of the classroom. He grunts as he gets up'']

Botley: If Professor Sparks had meant for me to fly, he'd have given me wings. But what could I do? This mission is too important. (as he looks around) Now where could it be? (He notices the player and jumps in surprise. He then smiles) You startled me! I didn't think anyone would be here. Hey, you've got that, uh, the, the, uh... TransQuizzer! Now be careful with that thing. Don't drop it. The future of the world may depend on that little machine in your hands. (as he gets in a thinking position) That is, if I'm not too late. There's just so little time and so much to do. (gets an idea) But wait! (thinks to himself again) Nah. (looks at the player briefly before speaking again) Well, it's worth a try. (turns to the player) Listen, I need your help, and if you think you can handle it, you can help me save the world. I am Android XL2, but you can call me Botley. That's what Professor Spark calls me. His daughter Polly calls me... (frowns) ...W-Well, never mind what Polly calls me. The Professor created me as a prototype companion device. You see, he was having such trouble finding sitters for Polly, cause she scares them all away. So he invented me. I'm also programmed to be her friend. (rolls eyes) And believe me, it's tougher than it sounds. I'm not getting to the point, am I? Um, here, let me start from the beginning. (He presses the red button on his chest which opens up the compartment on his chest, which shows screens of what's been happening in the world lately. A miniature version of his head appears next to each screen that lights up to explain what happened) This morning, Polly's father -- He left for another one of his famous inventor's conventions, and he programmed me to keep an eye on Polly. I'm supposed to keep her out of trouble. With Polly, that's always tough. But today, it was impossible! After coming home from school and madder than I've ever seen her, Polly locked herself in her father's secret chamber. Now, I really shouldn't tell you this cause I've been programmed for secrecy. But this being a world emergency and all, well... The Professor has an honest-to-goodness time machine up there, and it really works! Not only that, but Polly sent 25 of the other androids back in time! The whole world is changing! And the changes have Polly written all over them. Cars don't exist anymore, and now everyone has to travel by pogo stick. An orangutan has just been elected President of the United States in a landslide! And the Statue of Liberty is now the Statue of Licorice! (The compartment closes as we go back to the classroom with Botley.) It's all happening so quickly! But with your help, I think we can rescue all the androids and maybe stop the world from getting too weird! (holds out his hand) Just hand me the TransQuizzer. I think it's got all the information we need to get started.

[Once the player gives Botley the TransQuizzer, he puts it inside his compartment.]

Botley: Cool! Now hang on tight and come with me!

[He presses the blue button on his chest, a rocket booster appears on his back, and then he (and the player) zoom out the broken hole in the glass window back towards Mystery Mountain.]

Front Door
Botley: Phew! Sorry about the landing. I wasn't programmed to fly. Well, this is it. Home sweet home. Polly should be inside. Um, as I was saying, this is the Professor's Mountain. Polly should be inside, and I just bet she's watching us now.

 [The TV screen goes up and Polly's monitor turns on.]

Polly: Oh, Snotley, you're back! I've been looking for you.

Botley: My name is Botley.

Polly: I can see you've brought help, and you've got the TransQuizzer!

Botley: [aside, to the player] She knows we need it to save the world.

Polly: Didn't my father teach you it's rude to tell secrets, Rotley? Well, I suppose he's told you his side of everything, but what does he know? Today when I was at school, the teacher handed us a surprise quiz. I already knew all the answers, and she knew I knew them. So just to have some fun, I made up my own answers to that dumb old quiz. But instead of laughing like she was supposed to, she gave me a big, fat zero! I felt faint and short of breath! No one's ever given me a zero before!

Botley: Well, that's not quite true, Polly. I remember just two weeks ago.

Polly: Be quiet, Plotley, this is my story! Anyway, after getting my first zero ever, I got the most brillant idea! Instead of settling for a bad grade, I changed history to match my answers.

Botley: So you sent 25 of your father's robots back in time to change history?! How could you do that, Polly?!

Polly: Oh, that was the easy part, since Daddy just invented that "Handy Dandy Time Machine" upstairs. Everyone should have one. I just marched those robots into the machine, pushed a few buttons, and voila! Unfortunately, there's still one more question, the extra credit question, and it's super hard! That's why I've been looking for you, Notley.

Botley: That's Botley! And I want nothin' to do with your plan, Polly, just bring those robots back! Don't you see? You could destroy us all!

Polly: [mockingly] You could destroy us all! [normal] Puh-lease, Spotley, if you're so scared, why don't you just bring them back yourself? You've got my TransQuizzer; now all you need are the questions on my history quiz. To make it so easy even you can figure it out, I'll leave the disc with the first part of the test on the first floor. That's 5 questions total. Just plug that disc into the TransQuizzer, then figuring out where I sent the robots should be simple. But I'm warning you: if I don't get 'em all back soon, I'm sending you off to do the extra-credit question. Oh, and by the way, you have to get in the house first, and I changed the locks. Good luck!

[Polly's monitor turns off and the TV screen goes down.]

Botley: [to the player] Oh, that's just great! How are we gonna get into the mountain?



Botley: And now, our destiny!

First Floor
[Botley goes inside Mystery Mountain]

Botley: This is the Professor's home and laboratory. It's an entirely self-sufficient environment. We don't have to leave the mountain for anything. The professor even included recreational and cultural activities, so me and Polly wouldn't get bored. Maybe later we'll have time to explore, but now we have to stop Polly from making the world too weird. To do that, we need to find that quiz disk. (looks around and sees the first quiz disk near Music Room door) Hey, there it is. (The disk is acquired) Pull out the TransQuizzer by clicking on the inventory button on the utility belt.

(The player clicks on the inventory button on the utility belt and the TransQuizzer is brought out)

Botley: Alright! It looks like the disk should be inserted in the slot near the top of the TransQuizzer.

[The two screens on the TransQuizzer turns on to reveal Miss Winkle and Polly Sparks]

Miss Winkle: Good morning, Polly. I hoped you've studied for the quiz today. You may have a lot of natural ability, but even geniuses need to study.

Botley: That's Polly's teacher, Miss Winkle. At that school on the hill, everything's state of the art. All the quizzes are personalized, programmed, and videotaped by the teacher. Pretty cool, huh?

Miss Winkle: Now, today's quiz is all about inventions and discover is. Something you should know plenty about Polly. [gasps] But no fair asking your father for help. [laughs]

Botley: See? Everyone's impressed by the professor.

Miss Winkle: There are 25 questions total, Polly. 5 on each of the 5 disks I passed out to you and the rest of the class. That's five different levels. So sit up straight, put on your thinking cap, and select your first question.

Botley: Okay. What we should do first is select one of the quiz questions. Just click on any one of the five buttons near the bottom of the TransQuizzer. Since we've got to bring all the robots back, the order doesn't really matter.

(If the player selects the first button on the TransQuizzer and clicks on the yellow button)

Miss Winkle: People once thought the Earth was the center of the universe and everything revolved around it. That's because when they looked up in the sky, the sun and the stars all appeared to be moving around the Earth. A nice idea, but appearances can be deceiving. Today we know that the earth revolves around what?

Polly: Miss Winkle, as everybody knows: I am the center of the universe!

[The answer shows for the question shows: Me, Polly Spark!]

Miss Winkle: Yes, Polly! You're exactly right. The whole world revolves around you.

Botley: Heavens. Polly is just too much to bear. She used to think she was the center of the universe. Now she really is. We need to go back in time and straighten this mess out, or life as we know it will change drastically. Click on the inventory button to put away the TransQuizzer.

[The player clicks on the Inventory and puts away the TransQuizzer]

 [The TV screen goes down and Polly's monitor turns on.]

Botley: Polly, you know I've been programmed to clean up your messes, and that includes bringing back my robot pals. I know you won't tell me where they are! But how about a little hint?

Polly: Well, it just so happens, Sotley, that I realized long ago that you would try to mess up your work. So I covered my tracks by hiding clues all over the mountain. Four clues total. You and your friend will have to find and collect them all, and even if you can find them all, which I highly doubt you can, you will still have to go to daddy's time machine and figure out where I sent the robot, if you expect to beat me. Oh, by the way, you know how daddy feels about amateurs going into the time machine room, it's a very sensitive piece of equipment, you know. So, before a hunk of rusty bolts like you can get inside, you'll have to earn a bunch of invention points. A thousand of them should just about do it for starters.

Botley: Well, Polly, okay. It looks like we have no choice to play by your rules as unfair as they are. Just tell us what we need to find for this mission.

[The TV screen static sound]

Polly: Relax, Scutley, it won't be so bad. I sent Russian robot, Cosmo-Bot to put me in the center of the universe. You can get him back if you find these four clues. A pig, a sundial, a postage stamp, and a dollar bill. But, why mess up a good thing?

[Polly's monitor turns off and the TV screen goes up.]

Botley: Cosmo-Bot and I never used to get along, but now were pals. I can't believe Polly reprogrammed him for a selfish purposes. We have to find those clues and get Cosmo-Bot back. Finding the clues should be a little less hopeless with my powerful sensoring device. Professor Spark cooked me up this way so I could better keep an eye on Polly. I can monitor every nook and cranny of the mountain. SHH...! I'm gonna try to sense this area out for clues. [sensoring device blinking] Hey, we're in luck! I'm sensing a mission clue in the Painting Gallery. There's another mission clue in the Professor's virtual collection. That's in the art gallery!

Kitchen Door
(starting the activity for the first time)

Botley: This is the door to the kitchen. Everyone eats here; Polly, her dad, and of course, all us robots. The professor put a lock on it months ago, because some of the robots were getting a little gluttonous. I mean, they'd eat all the time if they could. I used to know the combination, but it looks like Polly's changed this lock. You can figure out the combination if you can figure out the math problems that appear on the door.

(Mort appears, peeking out through the window on the door)

Botley: That's Mort peeking out from inside. He's one of the nicer robots around here, but he gets a little cranky when he hasn't eaten.

Mort: Thank goodness, you're here! My stomach's rumbling, and I don't know how to cook.

Botley: I'm not sure what Polly has planned for us inside, but we need to get beyond this door!

Mort: You certainly do, because Polly has left me in charge of some invention points you'll need, and I'll hand them over if you feed me well. I'll even try to help you out. Anything to speed up my lunch. I know a lot about math, and I'm famished!

Botley: Click on the arrows on the tiles at the bottom of the equation. The up arrows will increase the number, the down arrows will decrease it. When you think you've got the correct number in the tile, click the glowing enter button beneath it. If you want, you can also enter numbers using your keyboard, then press 'Enter'.

Maestro's Door
(starting the activity for the first time)

Botley: This is the door to the Professor's concert hall, which he usually keeps locked so  none of the less musical robots around here pound too hard on the piano. But the door doesn't open with a key. Instead, it uses a password. You have to figure out the password by unscrambling the four words on the left side of the door. I'm not so good with spelling, but luckily we've got some help. Hey, Bothoven!

Bothoven: Huh? Hello? Who's there? Oh, Botley, it's just you! You should have called my name instead of just scuffling around out there.

Botley: Uh, sure. Okay, listen, Polly's up to no good again, and we're trying to stop her. We're having trouble with this lock. Can you help us?

Bothoven: Huh? Speak up! Don't mumble.

Botley: CAN - YOU - HELP - US?!

Bothoven: Now, Botley, If I just gave you the answers, Polly would reboot me in a heart beat. But if you're really having trouble figuring out one of the words, click on the button next to it and I'll see what I can do. Good Luck!

Botley: Okay! What you must do is unscramble the letters on the left side of the door to create four words. Each time you unscramble a word, you'll be rewarded with at least one letter in the password, which appears on the right side of the door. When you unscramble those letters, you've figured out the password and the door should open. Easy!

Ending Cutscene
Polly: So, Rotley, you think you've foiled my plan by rescuing all those robots? Well, my test score may be zero now, but there's still that extra credit question, and Ms. Winkle says that extra credit questions always more than make up for the rest of the test. This extra credit question involves the origins of the universe. Now, we all know she's expecting me to discuss the Big Bang, but I'd rather discuss the Big Bot. Yeah, that's right, I think the universe started with a robot named Botley!

Botley: Me?! But I thought there was... I don't know... mutual respect developing between us!

Polly: Save me the schmaltz, Blotley. Daddy programmed you to obey me. So I order you to march on over to the handy-dandy Time Machine and set those dials to way, way back -- to the beginning of the universe.

Botley: But, Polly, the beginning of the universe would mean the end of me!

[Cut to the Professor's chamber]

Botley: You can't mean that!

Polly: You should never have tried to stop me, Plodley. I mean, I didn't deserve that big fat 'F' on my test. No! I really had no choice but to send those robots back to change history so I could get the 'A' I so richly deserved -- the 'A' Ms. Winkle refused to give me! :[At this point, Professor Spark enters the room and glares at Polly] I know my father said I was never ever under any circumstances to play with his time machine. But I know in my heart that if he were here right now, he'd say "Polly, Ms. Winkle robbed you! Now go out there and change the history of the world you brave, brilliant, beautiful little girl!"

Professor Spark: Ahem.

Polly: Uh-oh! [she turns around and smiles nervously at her father]

Botley: Professor Spark! Oh, it's so good to see you!

Professor Spark: Hello, Botley. Hello... Polly.

Polly: So how was the annual Time-Warp Inventor's Convention, Daddy? As fun as usual?

Professor Spark: Yes, it was very informative. Very informative indeed. Funny how you think you know a thing or two about history, and then all of a sudden, it changes on you.

Polly: But, Daddy, I-I-I can explain!

Professor Spark: I'm waiting.

Polly: Um... umm... Botley made me do it! He must have a faulty chip or something. I tried to stop him, but he was out of control! Oh, Daddy, I'm so glad you're home!

Professor Spark: Nice try, Polly, but I think Ms. Winkle might tell a different tale.

Polly: Oh, Daddy, Ms. Winkle just doesn't understand. I thought she did, but she doesn't.

Professor Spark: Fortunately, Polly, she understands enough to let you retake that quiz, right now.

''[Ms. Winkle appears on another monitor.]''

Ms. Winkle: Hello, Polly. I'm so glad to give you this opportunity. Of course, because you took the test once, I can't give you the same questions. So I've made up another test, just for you. I hope you've been brushing up on your Latin!

Polly: Latin? Latin?! Oh, but Daddy!

[Cut to the Robot Roost]

Botley: Good old Professor Spark. Nothing gets by him.

Polly: You just wait till next time, Snotley!

[Polly's monitor turns off and the screen goes up.]

Botley: Okay! Now that all the Robots are home safe, feel free to stay and explore the mountain all you want. But don't count Polly out just yet. She could still show up at anytime.