A three-part musical comedy adventure starring Professor Elemental in his first vaguely-coherent plotline. With emphasis on the word 'vaguely'.
The premise is simple: two Ancient Artifacts have been mysteriously stolen, and legend says that if the two are ever combined, then whoever holds them will have absolute power over life and death. For some reason, Professor Elemental is decided to be the best person to investigate.
Links are here: Episode One
Episode Two Episode Three
This work contains examples of:
- Anachronism Stew: Professor Elemental is a Steampunk Quintessential British Gentleman dressed in a typical Adventurer Outfit from Victorian Britain but living in the modern day. He's too old-fashioned for phones or cars, but perfectly fine with instant two-way communication through screens in the bottom of a high-tech teacup.
- Artifact of Doom: The frog and needle can be combined into one in the wrong hands.
- Back from the Dead: What the Artifact of Doom is capable of. Elemental uses it on both himself and his brother.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: Simon insists on waiting until his pre-decided time to enact his Evil Plan, even when he knows the heroes are onto him.
- Born in the Wrong Century: Professor Elemental would clearly be more at home in the 1800s.
- Cain and Abel: Simon and his brother.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Simon.Simon: For the love of all that's... evil!
- Continuity Nod: Several nods to Professor Elemental's songs, including his tea obsession from Cup of Brown Joy and his ape butler from ''Animal Magic'.
- Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Peter appears to be working for both Elemental brothers simultaneously.
- Evil Counterpart: Simon has shades of this, given that he too is an eccentric professor who dresses in Steampunk gear.
- Flynning: The climatic fight. With bread.
- Look Behind You:Elemental: Ooh, what's that?Simon: I'm not falling for that one.Elemental: No, really.Simon: Oh, really? [He turns][Elemental flees]
- Luke, I Am Your Father: Simon is Professor Charles Elemental's brother.
- Mistaken for Murderer: Simon believes that Professor Charles Elemental murdered their father. Charles tries in vain to explain that their father was actually killed by one of his own evil experiments and Simon was never told the truth so that he wouldn't have to accept that his father was an evil scientist.
- Non-Human Sidekick: Geoffrey.
- Noodle Implements: Professor Elemental Senior was killed in a tragic accident involving, among other things, an otter. It turns out he was a Mad Scientist who tried to make weapons out of animals. The otter exploded while he was working on it.
- Only Sane Woman: Clara Fitzsimmons, who works for the museum from which the frog statue was stolen and ends up joining the professor in his adventure.
- Out-Gambitted: The Professor manages to defeat Simon using a bizarre gambit involving a baguette and some pickpocketing.
- Retcon: Geoffrey is now a gorilla, rather than an orang-utang. And it appears that the professor is now an animal lover, which doesn't quite match up with his characterisation in the Animal Magic song.
- We Will Meet Again: Parodied by Simon.
- What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?:Elemental: You have telekinesis?Simon: No, I just attract bread. Normally it's sodding annoying.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Simon just wants to ressurect his dead father. Unfortunately, his father was an evil Mad Scientist who's better off dead.
