Gene's Four

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## Overview

**Gene's Four** (**Le casse du siècle** in French) is the 4th episode in Season 1 of the Super 4 series.

## Synopsis

When The Chameleon's fuel tank is ruptured, the Super 4 need to steal some Albaperonium fuel from Dr.X's Tower in Technopolis. However, it is guarded by infra-red laser beams, robot guards, and security cameras, and Gene discovers that his medieval friends don't even know what lasers, robots, or cameras are!

## Plot

The episode starts in the ocean, the Super 4 cruising along it in their high-tech Chameleon. Ruby and Gene are arguing about who gets to pilot The Chameleon; Ruby wanting to prove her pirate skills by driving around the dangerous Technopolis reefs, while Gene is worried that she might crash The Chameleon. Alex then intervenes, requesting that Gene let Ruby take control of the vehicle just this once. However, during the argument, The Chameleon is still moving quickly - straight into the reefs. Attempting to steer clear of them, Gene turns as quickly as he can but alas, he could not prevent The Chameleon from sustaining damage.

Fortunately, the Super 4 are unharmed... but Gene quickly realises that, as a result of the crash, the fuel of The Chameleon (known as "Albaperonium") had leaked out of the ship, leaving them with no functioning vehicle. The problem was, Dr.X had confiscated all the remaining Albaperonium in a safe, leaving them with nothing to power The Chameleon. Although the other Super 4 members believe they can break into the safe, they fail to realise how tight Dr.X's security actually is, the safe being guarded with robot sentinels, with infrared beams and security cameras to alert Dr.X if a break-in were to take place. This defense mechanism is, in Gene's own words, "impenetrable". Despite this, the team eventually agree to proceed with the break-in, due to how important The Chameleon is to them.

Arriving at Dr.X's tower in Technopolis, the Super 4 manage to get to the first level of the tower, a corridor filled with security cameras. Together Alex and Alien manage to point the cameras the other way, so that they can sneak through undetected. The second corridor however is lined with hypersensitive heat detectors which can detect any humans passing through because their bodies are warm. Although Gene is ready to admit defeat, claiming that technology is unbeatable, Twinkle thinks of a clever solution: freezing the heat detectors, thus disabling them.

As the Super 4 close in on the safe, they encounter some extra robot guards, a sign of Dr.X's recently upgraded security. With Gene ready to give up yet again, Alex, Twinkle and Ruby attack the guards head on, swiftly destroying them all. Upon the destruction of the other guards, a bigger, more advanced robot menacingly approaches the Super 4. However, Gene stuns the robot in comedic fashion, asking it for the answer to the equation "1 ÷ 3", which is a number with no end, causing the robot to repeat the number "3" over and over again.

Once the Super 4 arrive at the room containing the safe, they notice something unusual: the infrared beams protecting the safe are now moving. This was an extra, last resort defense mechanism that Dr.X had implemented to ensure that they could not reach his safe. However, Ruby, due to her pirate upbringing and her lust for treasure, manages to expertly dodge all the beams, disabling them and allowing the others to get to the safe. Just as they reach it though, Dr.X arrives with a huge amount of robots backing him up. Believing he has caught the Super 4, Dr.X orders his robots to fire lasers at them. Inexplicably though, the robots end up blowing up the safe, leaving them and Dr.X shrouded in smoke, while the Super 4 managed to escape and get inside the safe.

In the safe, Gene quickly manages to locate the Albaperonium, meaning ther mission is complete and they can return to The Chameleon. Waiting for them on the outside though, is Dr.X and his army of robots. The Super 4, however, with their quick thinking, manage to lure the robots into the safe and use a huge magnet to stick them to the ceiling. Left with no guards, Dr.X is powerless to stop them as the Super 4 swiftly flee the tower and return to The Chameleon, their freshly refueled vehicle allowing them to successfully escape from Technopolis.

Not satisfied with the adventurous heist they pulled off, Ruby continues to ask Gene if she can pilot The Chameleon, providing a cyclical narrative to the episode. The episode ends with Twinkle planning a heist of her own, in order to retrieve her favourite brush from the Fairy Queen's palace, with the other members of the team clearly not enthused about the idea of another break-in.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Ruby
* Twinkle
* Alex
* Gene
* Alien
* Dr.X

### Locations

* Technopolis: Dr.X's tower
* The Technopolis reefs