Recap / Moshi Monsters The Googenheist

The Googenheist is the twenty-third Moshi Monsters mission and the third mission of Season Three.

Part One Recap

It begins at the Volcano. Click on Elder Furi, who tells you that they have a small problem. Your monster is curious, so Elder Furi tells them that the Googenheim (an art gallery) is missing and to go to Ooh La Lane and see Scrumpy who's Monstro City's best detective.

Scrumpy introduces himself to you on Ooh La Lane. He suspects the museum was stolen and has not found any clues but somehow knows there are five to find. (There's an E.P.I.C.S. in the hole where the Googenheim was). Click on a giant pair of mittens on the far left (you'll have to scroll) and a little Moshling runs away. Scrumpy hands you a Monster Decoder, which you use by clicking the arrows to make the Moshling's face until it looks like the one who ran away. Scrumpy recognises it as a Moshling he knows, called Raffles. Despite calling Raffles a ruffian, Scrumpy realizes that Raffles can't be the the thief because although he steals things, he always puts them back, but maybe he saw something that they could use. When you asks where Raffles could be found, Scrumpy says that he might be at Simon Growl's art party because Raffles likes art. Find and click on a suitcase by a tree, then open your inventory (the blue pouch on the far right) and drag it onto Scrumpy. Apparently, it's locked, but they can't find a clue. There's a painting in the tree. Click it, open your inventory and hand it to Scrumpy. He recognizes it as being from the Googenheim. There is another painting by a building. Click it, open your inventory and hand it to Scrumpy. He also recognizes it as being from the Googenheim and suspects that the culprit dropped a lot of things. Click the print workshop to find another painting in the window, then open your inventory and hand it to Scrumpy, who identifies that it's also from the Googenheim. Now, hand him the giant mittens. He says that they are large so the suspect might also be large. They then decide to interview Raffles at the party the following week.

Part Two Recap

At the party, Simon says that he will unveil his masterpiece at six in the evening. (There's an E.P.I.C.S. by the gold records). However, Scrumpy wants to unveil it earlier so Raffles will show up. Click on a key, then open your inventory and drag it onto the clock. Then, click and drag to set it to six o'clock. He unveils it and it's a statue of himself. Raffles didn't come because he wants to be alone so Scrumpy suggests making everybody leave. Talk to the spray can Moshling, whose name is Misty. She's annoyed and says she cannot believe it. When you ask for clarification, she says she doesn't know if she should say but tells you that despite appearances, the statue is not made out of Rox. She says that it is fake and Simon made her spray paint it, but nobody would believe her, so you offer to scrub it off. Use your mouse to scrub the paint off the statue. Zack leaves and so does Simon, who's mad at you and Misty who's grateful. Scrumpy suggests pretending to be a statue as Raffles isn't interested in the fake one. Click the statue, then the pedestal. Raffles does arrive.

Part Three Recap

Raffles admits that he was about to steal the Googenheim but someone beat him to it and he got trapped under the giant mittens. He offers to pick the lock of the locked box. Open your inventory and hand it to him. Inside is an ad for a place called Crabby Cove. Scrumpy lets Raffles off and they go there.

At Crabby Cove, the Googenheim is attached to a giant crab. (There's an E.P.I.C.S. on the far left). Click on the Googenheim. The crab comes out. Apparently, he didn't know it was stealing or even what the Googenheim was. He just needed a new shell and asks for decorations. Click on the decorations. The little crabs won't let you get them unless you guess the punchlines to the jokes: Why did the crab cross the road? (to get to the other tide), why wouldn't the crab share his toys? (because he was shellfish) and why was the crab arrested? (because he was always pinching things). Now, collect the decorations, open your inventory and drag the decorations onto a house nearby. The crab then moves into the house and uses it for a shell. Raffles then shows up and asks to join you on your adventures. Now, you can adopt him. Then, a bunch of Twirly Tiddlycopters return the Googenheim.

Tropes

• Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Scrumpy wears only a hat and the Super Moshi wears its "super" accessories.
• Animate Inanimate Object: Misty resembles a spray can.
• Anthropomorphic Food: Scrumpy looks like an apple.
• Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Elder Furi doesn't wear shoes.
• Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Simon Growl and Zack Binspin wear T-shirts, jeans and shoes, Raffles wears a mask and a jumpsuit and boots.
• Fun with Acronyms: E.P.I.C.S. (Extraordinary Performance In Catastrophic Situations) awards appear.
• Leitmotif: Raffles has this theme that plays whenever he steals.
• Mister Strangenoun:
  • Scrumpy's name is a word for a drink.
  • Raffles's name means "lotteries".
  • Simon's last name is "Growl".
  • Zack's last name is two words ("bin" and "spin") stuck together.
• Mr. Vice Guy: Raffles may be a kleptomaniac, but he always returns what he steals and seems like a nice guy in general.
• Pun:
  • All three of the punchlines in Part Three are puns ("to get to the other tide", "because he was shellfish" and "because he (a crab) was always pinching things".
  • In Part Three, one crab tells another not to be "crabby".
  • In Part One, Scrumpy makes jokes about the paintings. He says, "EYE suspect" after looking at a painting of an eye, "It makes me scream" after looking at a painting of someone screaming, and "I don't want to MONA bout it" after looking at a Mona Lisa parody.
• Red Is Heroic: The Super Moshis wear red capes and masks.
• Sticky Fingers: Raffles (and his species in general) like to steal, however, they always return what they steal.
• Superheroes Wear Capes: Your Super Moshi wears a cape.
• Volcano Lair: The beginning takes place within a volcano that serves as the Super Moshi headquarters.