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Innocence.
Justice.
Passion. For crumb cake.
[gasps] Ah, corn!
Ah, there we go.
[clears throat]
This is the story of a crime so devastating,
so jaw-dropping and so twisted,
it shook the McGee family to its core: The Crumb Cake Caper.
[thunder crashes]
It was the most romantic day of the year.
Happy anniversary, Dad!
Dad goes all out every year.
Dinner, decorations.
[horn sound]
Even bakes Mom his famous passionfruit crumb cake--
heavy on the passion.
Just like their first date!
[gasps]
[Dad screams]
Come on!
[all gasp]
Why?!
[all sigh]
Geez, Pete! We thought you were, you know...
-Bleh. -It's worse!
Someone ate my passionfruit crumb cake!
[all gasp]
What kind of inhuman monster would do such a thing?
-[munching] -Hmm?
-[gasps] You! -Whoa! Whoa, me?
I mean, come on, does this sound like the thing I would do?
Mm. Good game, huh?
A little privacy please?
[gasps]
Okay, fine, but this wasn't me--
I--I was outside when it happened!
Oh! Like you can't poof whenever you want,
wherever you want!
Your story is as flimsy as your ectoplasm.
Sharon? Darryl? Back me up here.
You should just come clean now.
Stick to your story and don't let 'em break you.
I didn't do it!
Molly, you believe me, right?
Well, I mean, you do steal a lot of food.
But you are my best friend.
Yeah! Yeah, and best friends stand by each other.
You taught me that!
Scratch, look in my eyes.
Do you Molly McGee Guarantee you didn't do it?
I 100% Molly McGee Guarantee it.
[grunts]
[silly noises]
The Molly McGee Guarantee is an unbreakable bond of trust.
It's like a pinkie promise dipped in a blood oath
wrapped in the American Constitution.
Plus, it's super fun!
I believe you, which is why...
I've assembled you all here today
for the trial of the century!
Uh, Molly, what's going on here?
Justice is what-- Whoa! Oof!
Justice is...
Justice is what's going on!
I'm going to prove beyond a reasonable doubt
-that Scratch is innocent! -[nervous chuckle]
And what's more, I'm going to expose
the real crumb cake crook!
The true passionfruit pastry pilferer, the, uh, uh...
Sweet treat swindler?
Funny you should say that
because Scratch wasn't the only one with a motive.
Was he, Mother?
This is ridiculous.
That cake was for me.
I was organizing the basement.
Mm. Convenient.
But do you or do you not secretly hate
Dad's passionfruit crumb cake?
Objection! Sharon loves my crumb cake!
It was love at first bite!
Ah, yes, your first date with Dad.
Look at that smile!
The glassy eyes, the subtle grimace.
That smile is fake!
What? No, it's not.
It's clear as day, Mom!
You love Dad, but you hate his cake!
Forced to eat it year after year after--
Okay, fine! I do hate that cake!
The taste! The texture!
And worst of all, the way it pretends to be chocolate,
but it's just a lie!
It felt real good to say that out loud.
Someone needs to fight back against carob.
It is not chocolate!
Sorry, Pete. I don't love your cake,
but I do love you!
[crying] It's fine.
I'm not questioning if our whole marriage
is based on a lie or anything...
So it was you, Mother.
You pretended to organize the basement, when really...
You snuck up to the kitchen
and disposed of the cake to save your tastebuds!
Okay, you caught me!
I did think about throwing it away!
[evil laugh]
Just throw it out, Sharon,
no one will know.
But Pete'll be crushed...
But it tastes so so bad...
But he made it with love.
But he also made it with carob.
I put the cake back.
It was right there for all to see!
Or it would have been, if it weren't for
those dirty handprints all over the dome...
[gasps] Wait a minute!
We have new evidence in the case!
Ugh! There's only one criminal in this family
with hands that dirty!
You're right, Scratch. I call to the stand...
Darryl!
I want my lawyer.
My client has no comment at this time.
You've got nothing.
My alibi is air tight.
I was up in my room, doing homework all day!
Really? That's the alibi you wanna go with? Homework?
I submit you were actually doing... theftwork!
[both gasp]
[phone rings]
Hello? I won a free cruise from a contest I didn't enter?!
Wow. Let me get my checkbook.
[horn sound]
[Molly] You were in deep with the Lunch Money Bandits!
The only way out was to bribe them with cake!
-[screams] -You slipped up.
This is enough to put you away for eight to ten...
-weeks of grounding. -Oh ho! We got him!
Ah, but that's where you're wrong.
I touched the cake dome, sure. But I never touched the cake.
I just needed the dome to catch Heidi Hairylegs.
You know, my pet tarantula?
I was gonna ask Dad to help, but he seemed busy.
[whimpers] W-when did you get a pet tarantula?
Also, you caught it, right?
Uh, yes. Yes.
Whew, that's a load off.
So... if it wasn't you...
there's only one possibility left.
Yeah. Scratch!
No! You! I call Dad to the stand!
What! Can you even call the prosecution to the stand?
Also, is it hot in here? I'm sweating!
I'm sweating!
Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad...
Here we were, thinking you were so distraught over the missing cake.
But it was all a lie!
Thanks to Darryl's testimony,
I found evidence that'll blow this case wide open!
-You burned the cake! -[cries]
And since the cake symbolizes your love for Mom,
you couldn't bear for her to see it!
So you got rid of the evidence
-and created a cover story! - [screams]
It was an accident!
How dare you frame Scratch!
Admit what you did! Admit it!
Wow. I really need to take Molly scaring with me.
I mean, she is flat out terrifying!
You just wind her up and watch her go, man. Whew!
It's - no, no, no, no, no, no.
It is not what it looks like.
My old recipe got lost in the move.
[whistles]
So I tried a new recipe
which was from a British website,
so I had to convert everything from the metric system.
Fine. Okay. Totally. I put the cake in the oven
and it turns out, I do not understand Celsius.
[screams]
Aha! Case closed!
So what's the punishment?
I say we go cruel and unusual!
You are hereby sentenced to hand-washing Darryl's gym socks!
Oh!
-Ahh! -Eh, that's fair.
I'm not done! Yes, I burned the cake!
But I also messed up those metric conversions,
so I had a whole lot of extra batter!
Which I used to make a new cake!
Which you ate!
Objection!
[stomach grumbles]
Speaking of eating, when's dinner?
No one eats till Scratch's name has been cleared!
But I'm starving! Ooh, crumbs!
[all gasp]
Molly, will you please state for the record
what is dripping off Exhibit B, the cake plate.
Ectoplasm.
And who is the sole member of this household
who produces ectoplasm,
and is therefore the only one
who could've committed this crime?
Scratch.
You gave the Molly McGee Guarantee.
Molly, I have no idea how that got there!
You--you have to believe me!
[Dad] Now what did you suggest as punishment, Scratch?
-Ah, that's right: -No, no, no. Don't say it!
[Dad] hand-washing Darryl's gym socks!
-Ugh! -Again, fair.
This is your last chance.
Admit that you ate the cake
and I'll drop the entire punishment.
I'll never confess to a crime I didn't commit!
Molly? You still believe me, right?
[gasps] Fine.
[retches]
"Extra carob"? Ugh, this recipe's worse than the old one!
[gasps]
Carob? Wait!
-I can prove my client is innocent! -[gasps]
Observe...
-[gags] -[all] Whoa!
[car alarm sounds]
Scratch couldn't have eaten the cake!
He has a carob intolerance!
I shared that in confidence.
Sorry, Scratch, it was the only way to clear your name!
We're sorry, too.
Guess you were innocent the whole time.
Thanks for sticking by me, Moll.
I got your back like you've got mine.
I Molly McGee Guarantee it.
Aw, Scratch! Come here, buddy.
-Oh! -All right, okay. Five-second rule.
You know, the only thing that's bothering me
is who did eat the cake?
I don't know, Scratch.
I guess we'll never know...
[slurping]
Yeah, we'll never know.
Huh. Add it to the list.
Oh, hey, by the way, thanks for the birthday cake, guys.
I loved it. Yeah, just a couple things:
It wasn't my birthday.
Also you spelled my name "S-h-a-r-o-n."
But it's actually Geoff: G-E-
We know your name, Geoff!