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(Scene shows Ben, who is looking for an item in the garage.)

Ben: (searches couch) No, no, no, where is it? Where is it?

Hank: (searches refrigerator) Are you sure you lost your newest amazing invention?

Ben: Don't be ridiculous. I specifically remember saying "eureka" when it was finished. Keep looking!

(Tom and Angela enter, sipping smoothies.)

Tom: (looks at messy garage) Wow, guys, we need to have a talk about keeping this place clean.

Ben: (searching upstairs) Don't just stand there sipping smoothies! Today is the deadline to submit for the Young Genius Award and I can't find my Miracle Slurper!

(Tom and Angela shrug.)

Ben: It uses high-powered suction to collect and purify water at a distance of up to 30 feet.

Angela: We'll help you find it! (sips) What does it look like?

Hank: Ooh, good question, Angela!

Ben: It's a tube and it's- (realizes Hank does not know what the slurper looks like) You don't know what it looks like?! Hank, you've been looking for it all day!

Hank: I figured I'd know it when I saw it.

Ben: (sighs) Well, it looks like a hollow tube with lights and a motor.

Tom: (gets realization) Um, when you say lights and a motor, you don't mean blinking lights and a small motor, do you?

Ben: Yes, exactly! Have you seen it?

Tom: (giggles nervously) Uh, here's the thing. Uh, the dictionary defines a "mistake" as something that you-

Ben: (interrupts) Where is it, Tom? Where is my top-secret, not-ready-to-be-seen-yet Miracle Slurper?

Ginger: (enters) Tom, that invention you said I could bring to school got me into trouble! I was using it to shoot spitballs at my teacher, but it got too powerful and the spitballs went through the wall, so my teacher took it away. You know which invention I'm talking about, right? The tube with the lights and the motor?

(Tom giggles nervously.)

(Ben angrily screams and jumps on Tom.)

(Theme song plays.)

(Hank and Angela restrain Ben from attacking Tom.)

Ben: You don't give away other people's things, Tom! You don't give away other people's things!

Tom: I can explain. See, it was early this morning and I was working hard on a project on my own.

(Flashback is shown of Tom in the morning. Tom has built a tower out of French toast.)

(Ginger walks by and notices the Miracle Slurper. He uses it to attract a plate.)

Ginger: Whoa, amazing!

Tom: (referring to French toast tower) I know, right? It's incredible.

(Ginger uses the Miracle Slurper to shoot the plate.)

Ginger: Can I take it to school?

Tom: (still referring to French toast tower) Yeah, that might be tough, but if you can find a way to get it there, sure.

Ginger: (giggles) Thanks, Tom! (leaves)

Tom: Huh? I dunno.

(Scene cuts back to present day)

Tom: So, the real problem isn't that I gave away your invention. It's that Ginger didn't try hard enough to make eye contact with me.

Angela: Wow, Tom. I think I speak for everyone when I say... that is one amazing French toast tower.

Tom: Thank you. I'll have you know it's as structurally sound... (touches tower) as it is mouth-watering.

Ben: Forget that, my invention is gone!

Hank: Well, it's not really gone. Ginger's teacher has it.

Tom: Right! All we have to do is go to his school and get it back.

Ginger: Except my teacher said that my parents would have to come get it.

Tom: Like I said, all we have to do is get Ginger's parents to go to his school and get it back.

Ginger: Except my parents are in the South Pacific riding submarines.

Angela: Wait, what? Why?

Ginger: Uh, for fun?

Tom: (takes out costume box) Okay, what if Angela and I pretend to be Ginger's parents, meet with his teacher, (puts on fake mustache) and get the Miracle Slurper back?