Nobody in Ratropolis knew this just yet, but the Toad was back! This time, he was on the hunt for a tiger's eye, a gemstone that could bring focus to the mind of the wearer. It could also heal inner illnesses like headaches.
The Toad wanted the Tiger's Eye so he could focus on his plan for revenge against Roddy and Rita, so he ordered his hench rats, Whitey and Spike to go and look for a tiger's eye.
"If there's one around here," he said, "get it."
Whitey and Spike decided to have a look around the underground city without getting caught.
"There's one!" called Spike.
He had seen a tiger's eye about to fall into the sewage water. Spike reached out and grabbed the gem.
"I got it!" he said.
But when he turned his head, he saw Whitey holding a box with one big button in the middle. The box also had two nozzles. Whitey aimed the nozzles at two nearby rats and was about to press the button when he heard Spike.
"Whitey, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Just testing out my new gadget, the Portable Mind Swapper," Whitey explained. "Ordered it last month. You press this button and flash! Lightning flies out of the nozzles and hits two living beings. Then, they switch bodies!"
Spike wasn't convinced.
"You've just been scammed, Whitey," he said. "Switching bodies is just impossible."
"It is?" asked Whitey.
"Of course!" groaned Spike. "And I'll prove it."
He looked around and saw a nearby slug.
Then Spike told Whitey, "Use the machine on me and that slimy creature!"
"OK," replied Whitey as he got ready to zap Spike.
Spike closed his eyes and raised his head regally, but when he took a step back, he slipped on a puddle of sewage – and dropped the tiger's eye!
Meanwhile, Roddy was busy trying to remove parasites from Rita's boat, when he heard a splash.
"Uh, Rita?" he asked.
Rita pressed a button and a robotic arm from the boat dove into the place where Roddy had heard the splash. When it emerged, it was holding a brown gem.
"What is that?" Rita asked as Roddy climbed into the boat.
"It's a tiger's eye," explained Roddy. "It's meant to bring focus to your mind."
Rita grabbed the tiger's eye to have a look at it.
"Looks like we'll have to make sure no one else gets their hands on it," she said.
Unfortunately, Spike and Whitey saw the whole thing.
"Looks like the boss will be annoyed," sighed Whitey.
Spike walked off back to the floodgates.
"But what about you and the slimy creature?" Whitey asked.
"Forget it," Spike called back. "The bet's off!"
Back at the floodgates, the Toad was furious about who had the tiger's eye.
"Don't worry, boss," replied Spike, "we can always find another one."
But the Toad wasn't going to take that chance.
"Go!" he ordered. "Capture Rita and Millicent and retrieve the tiger's eye!"
(Musical Number: The Prize Returns to Me)
(Note: This song is sung to the tune of VeggieTales' Oh No! What We Gonna Do?)
Toad: Capture Rita and her friend
Make sure you get them when they least expect it now
And also get the tiger's eye
It would be a great sight to see
Catch those pesky rodents now
I'll freeze them with my liquid nitrogen
Then I'll say "Oh happy day!
At last the prize returns to me."
Capture Rita and her friend
Make sure you get them when they least expect it now
And also get the tiger's eye
It would be a great sight to see
Catch those pesky rodents now
I'll freeze them with my liquid nitrogen
Then I'll say "Oh happy day!
At last the prize returns to me."
Getting the tiger's eye for me
Is your biggest goal
Spike: We will never let you down, boss
After all, you're in control
Whitey: Can I use my new device
On two cockroaches first?
Toad: No way, you've been scammed
Believe me, scams are the worst!
When I get my hands on the gemstone
I'll freeze those rats and say, "Yay, yippee
Oh, finally I have the tiger's eye
I can't believe it, the prize returns to me!"
On Rita's boat, Rita and Roddy were down at the room below looking for a place for the tiger's eye.
"Let's not put it anywhere near the compact mirror I installed," suggested Rita.
Roddy nodded in agreement. "How about over there?" he asked as he pointed to the thing with electrical circuits.
"Yeah, that's a good idea," replied Rita.
Just then, they heard a splash outside. They ran to the deck to have a look – right before Whitey grabbed Roddy and Rita. Spike snatched the gem and went to confront the rats with three other hench rats of the Toad.
"Thanks for the tiger's eye," Spike told Rita. "The boss will be so happy!"
Hearing those words, Rita knew what that meant.
"He's back!" she whispered to Roddy.
On the way to the floodgates, Whitey was still trying to use his Portable Mind Swapper.
"Whitey!" groaned Spike. "What did I just tell you?!"
"You told me, 'The rats are somewhere nearby. Keep quiet'," Whitey replied.
Spike groaned again. "No! 'Switching bodies is impossible', that's what I said!" he yelled.
When Spike wasn't looking, Rita grabbed the tiger's eye. Soon, the hench rats walked into the Toad's lair.
"We got the gem, boss," said Spike.
The Toad was pleased. "Well done. Now hand it over!"
Spike checked his pockets. The tiger's eye wasn't there. Rita thought it would be a good time to escape. She and Roddy snuck off but right before she could leave the door, she showed the tiger's eye to the Toad.
"Looking for something?" she asked.
The Toad was shocked. "The tiger's eye!"
He turned to his hench rats. "Get them!"
Rita looked around, desperate to look for an escape plan.
"So, what's our plan?" Roddy asked.
"Our plan is to get out of here," Rita responded as she pointed to a window. "Through there."
So the rats ran to the window. Whitey was the only hench rat who didn't chase them because, you guessed it, he was trying to test his Portable Mind Swapper again! But Spike noticed.
"Whitey, put that thing down!" he ordered.
Obeying Spike's order, Whitey dropped the gadget. It didn't break, but when it landed, its button was pressed. Two lightning bolts zipped out of the nozzles. The Toad turned just in time to see one of the lightning bolts hit him in the chest. It electrocuted him, before he passed out.
As for the other lightning bolt, it bounced all over the room. Roddy turned around and saw the lightning bolt.
"What the?!" he asked in surprise.
Suddenly, the other lightning bolt struck Roddy, giving him an electric shock. Two seconds later, everything went black!