A Mouse-vellous Treasure Hunt

## Stats

**A Mouse-vellous Treasure Hunt** is the 12th episode of the series *The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures* that aired on April 11, 1998. The setting in this episode is Mexico.

## Summary

Emily and Alexander arrive in sunny Mexico on a steamship. Emily questions how they will get from the anchor area to shore, which Alexander answers when he finds a life preserver in the water. They get on it and all is smooth until a submarine emerges from the water, causing a wave that sinks the preserver, but they are saved by a human girl that also has Carlos, a mouse cousin. Carlos mentions that the submarine belongs to Barton McScavenger, who has a cat named Nibs, and they use the submarine to steal treasure other people find. Maria's father says that the bank won't give him another loan, so they have to find the treasure in the San Gallante, a sunken galleon, or else they will have to sell their boat. Maria says they must get to work as they only have two days.

Emily, Alexander, and Carlos board their ship as well, and they start moving until Barton rams into their ship. He laughs that he hopes that they will find the San Gallante so he can steal all the treasure and take credit for finding the ship like he always does. Maria is sure that they will beat him this time. Maria explains to Alexander and Emily that the San Galante was a ship from the 16th century that sank after a storm one night with its treasure. Though popular belief is that it is just a story, Maria's father is sure it exists. Carlos shows Emily and Alexander his invention down a hole in the floor, a "mouse sub" made from home materials that, according to him, works like Barton's sub. They are shaken by the anchor and Jose is ready to go down, but he gets snipped in the foot by a crab. Barton laughs when Maria throws a bucket of fish at him, and Jose kicks the crab at him as well. After he leaves, Jose puts his helmet on and jumps into the water. Maria is also going to jump down as well, so Emily and Alexander get into her helmet.

They jump into the big ocean and Emily is wowed by the view on the floor. Maria decides to stay away from her father's view for a while. Alexander gets frightened by a shark, but it is actually just a dolphin, who looks playful. He swims away and wants Maria to follow him, but a big octopus then taps Maria's helmet. They run away and Maria falls into a hole, where she discovers a land where the water is shallow. She briefly stays but then starts swimming again after Emily reminds her that if her father gets up the ship first, he'll be worried about her disappearance. Maria finds a shipwreck in another hole, but it is not the San Gallante as it was made of wood, and the ship they find is metal. However, she finds a telescope with San Gallante on it. The octopus grabs Maria again, so she hits it with the telescope. The dolphin taps the octopus, so it starts chasing the dolphin. Barton, underwater in his sub, spots Maria. She and her father come back up to the surface again.

Her father mentions that what she did could've been dangerous, but Maria shows him the telescope she found, and he is thrilled. They go back under the sea and Barton spies them on the ship, ready to follow them to the treasure. While underwater, Maria almost forgets where the ship is until Emily reminds her. Barton first plans to get rid of Jose so they can get a closer look at the wreck, so he nips through Jose's airline. Maria tries to tie a knot, but it's no use, as he's losing air, so she takes him to the air area they found previously. Maria says that she'll go back to the boat to get the spare airline. She sees Barton tearing through the boat, and Alexander has an idea to stop him. They put seaweed in his submarine propeller. On the ship, Carlos says that he took his mouse submarine out for a test voyage, and it works. Emily and Alexander ask Carlos if they can use his sub, but he says it's still got a few flaws, but he agrees to do so anyway.

Maria returns back with the airline, while meanwhile, the mice return to the ship where Barton is still going, even though he had been slowed down, he still hasn't stopped. They get an idea and tease the sleeping octopus that they had passed, which chases them again. Though, Carlos answers that they have to get to the surface in five minutes, as the air limit will be over. They meet their dolphin friend, who they follow. The octopus also follows and pulls Barton's sub out of the ship, and he finishes them. The mice discover that the San Gallante had been under the metal ship all this time, and find Spanish doubloons. But they have no time to tell Maria as they have exactly a minute left before they lose air. However, the dolphin rescues them and takes them over to the air pocket. They tell Maria the news and she jumps back in the water, and so does the mouse submarine. The dolphin leads them right to the treasure, and all's well that end's well for Maria and Jose as they are famous. They are congratulated by a crowd, who also laughs at Barton and his foiled sub that gets swept away by a wave. Back at home, Alexander dives into a jar full of water. He blows water out of his snorkel and laughs at it.