Frisco Rumble

## Stats

**Frisco Rumble** is the 5th episode of the series *The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures* that aired on March 14, 1998. The setting in this episode is the United States.

## Summary

Emily and Alexander arrive in San Francisco, California. After they nearly get run over by a cable car at their cousin meeting spot, they are greeted nicely by their cousin Ernestine. She shows them to her human girl friend Jeannie, sitting in a cable car. Ernestine says that they'll see a lot in the city by riding a cable car, and Jeannie explains how the cable cars move and stop, as the grumpy driver Murphy also does the actions. Though, Ernestine questions why they stopped at the bank. Murphy claims that he has to check the wheels, so the three mice also go and see what's going on. Murphy doesn't do anything and just crouches while listening to a deliverer give money to the bank teller, as he says that they'll bring more money at 3pm. Murphy gets back in the car and accidentally bumps into a lever, causing the car to move and bump. Jeannie comments that she thinks Murphy is a terrible driver and she doesn't like him, which makes Murphy start up the car and it moves fast. To make matters worse, he also takes the gripper off the cable.

After a wild ride down the lane, the cable car is soon to head to Jeannie's father, Mr. Hallidie. Jeannie gets Murphy to stop the car, and Mr. Hallidie confronts Murphy for putting the passengers in danger once again, and dismisses him. Murphy says "he'll be sorry" for doing that. Ernestine mentions that mice don't need cable cars, as they have their own way of getting around San Francisco. They slide down the gripper and land on the underground cable, which they move on. Meanwhile, in a little rodent city, the peace is broken after a loud crash is heard, and then everyone panics about an earthquake, so they all escape at once which causes the cable to slow down. The three mice however ride back to the cable car powerhouse, and up the window they can see Jeannie and her dad also come, but their car begins moving slowly. When they get there, her dad tries to find the problem, so Emily suggests that they go through the cable system to see what the problem is. The cable is even slower when they ride it, so they find it best they walk. They get to the Ratview Acres which Ernestine finds shocking that it is empty, and then they find all of the rats on the cable line, which eventually breaks entirely. Emily, Alexander, and Ernestine then hear that an earthquake is coming, so they decide to go warn Jeannie.

Jeannie and her dad find the broken cable at the bank, when all of a sudden the bank alarm goes off as it was robbed. The robber who comes out looks just like Mr. Hallidie, and the real one also sees this. The robber runs down the opening leading underground, and he passes the three mice and takes off his disguise, unveiling that the robber is actually Murphy. The cop arrives at the scene of the crime and Jeannie tries to explain that her father is innocent, and the real robber went down under, but considering the dollar bills near Mr. Hallidie, the cop isn't convinced and he takes Jeannie's dad away. Alexander, Emily, and Ernestine arrive and now have two problems on their hands - the earthquake, and getting Mr. Hallidie out of jail. Ernestine explains to Jeannie the situation with the earthquake and how it caused the cables to break. Alexander gives her a mustache from the disguise for proof that the robber was disguised as Jeannie's father, but at the police station, the chief says that it doesn't prove anything. Jeannie tries to say that there's an earthquake coming but he also doesn't buy it, but after he goes into the room, the place, and the entire town, begins to shake.

A police man on a bike drives around and announces the earthquake, causing pandemonium. Eventually, his bike ends up crashing in a parked cable car, and he falls inside of it. Fortunately it ends quickly, and afterwards, Emily, Alexander, Ernestine, and Jeannie go to where they found the mustache underground for some more clues. One thing they find is a light coming from the utility room, which should be empty at the night time. Alexander and Ernestine creep over to see anything, and they find Murphy with a light counting his stolen money. He gets up to make his getaway, but he sees Jeannie again. Another earthquake starts up again, and it causes water to burst out, washing away Murphy who can't swim. Emily says that they must save him, so Jeannie finds a rope and catches him, then pulls him out. They escape from down below and Murphy thanks her, but he's not through yet and gets in his getaway cable car.

He starts the car again and the mice are able to crawl in, but Jeannie has to briefly run after it. When she gets into the car, she tries to wake the police man passed out in the car after the crash, and the mice move Murphy's bag of money to the cop. Another earthquake begins and it starts splitting the road, but eventually the cop wakes up and Jeannie tells him that the real robber is driving the car. The car rail forms into a ramp that sends the car flying, and it lands off the rail and in front of the bank. It also breaks apart. Murphy tries finding the money in the mess but it's too late for him, and Jeannie returns it to the other police. Murphy is caught and the police agree to let Mr. Hallidie go. However, when they do, an aftershock happens and they quickly get out before the entire police station collapses, and so do other buildings. The chief insists they give her a medal for not only proving her innocence, but for also warning them about the earthquake. Now that the town is in destruction, they have lots of cleaning up to do and Murphy is forced to help. Emily and Alexander agree to help as well.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode that doesn't end with Emily and Alexander at home putting a picture in their photo album.
* The blonde passenger on the cable car looks back smirking after Alexander's comment about Murphy needing to take a driving lesson after accidentally rocking the cable car. Besides *All I Want for Christmouse,* this is one of the rare times where an adult hears/acknowledges a mouse.