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(The episode begins in the middle of Brooklyn, where Mateo, Izzie, Logan, and Zoey were by Mrs. Castillo's food truck van)

Izzie: That's when we totally pulled a fast one on those turkeys, snuck by the Grimkeeper, and bam! Saved that cute little dreamer, like waah!

Zoey: Wait, you were quiet enough to sneak by? (Cooper arrives, backpack on, book under elbow, and bouncing a soccer ball) What really happened?

Logan: Ask Teo about the chicken. (chuckles)

Mateo: Can we please not? I just wasn't ready to Dreamcraft something?

Izzie: (laughs) OMG, the chicken! You should have seen it. (Zoey simply smirked) Guess you had to be there.

Cooper: Isn't the whole point of a secret organization that it's, you know, secret?

Izzie: Our secret is safe with them. Right, Mrs. C?

Mrs. Castillo: It's the tortoise I'd be worried about. (points to Señor Tortuga) He's such a gossip. (laughs as Señor Tortuga shakes his head, unamused) It's true.

Logan: (to Cooper) You got practice today? (Takes the ball and started to bounce it)

Cooper: My brothers said this might be the Sheep Week final event.

Mateo: Aw, for real? I gotta start practicing that now? (Logan laughs) What? You think you're not gonna make finals? Just because you bailed on our team? Please. (Logan turns to Mateo and throws the soccer ball at his face, knocking him down as the ball bounces back and Logan catches it) Hey!

Logan: I rest my case. (starts spinning it before moving to let it bounce on his chest)

Cooper: (approaches Mrs. Castillo and takes the taco she prepared for him) Hey, Ms. C, have any without… avocado?

Mrs. Castillo: I can make you a new one. It's no problem.

Cooper: (takes off backpack to put the book and burrito inside) Never mind. No time.

Mateo: (approaches Cooper) Hey, you can help me practice.

Cooper: (stammers) I'm seriously behind on homework. I… I got soccer and a presentation due for Ms. Putnam.

(Logan yelps as he had just kicked the ball high and turned to them, only for the ball to land on top of his head and bounce off)

Zoey: (chuckles) Oh, someone forgot about Ms. Putnam’s assignment.

Logan: No! No, I didn't forget. (rushes to Cooper, nudging Mateo aside and placed a hand on Cooper's shoulder) I knew Cooper would help me put something together. Right, Coop?

Cooper: (forces his hand off) Figure out your own problems! I got enough on my plate as it is. (turns around and walks away)

Logan: Wha-ho, chill, man.

Mateo: Guess that's more important than your friends.

Logan: (scoffs) Whatever. I don't got problems. (elbows him) You got problems. (turns to walk away as Mateo watches)

Izzie: Look at it this way, broseph. While Cooper is off stressing about whatever, we get to go to the Night Bureau and do something awesome. Probably something totally bonkers like…

(At the Night Bureau, Mateo, Izzie, Logan, and Z-Blob learn the objective they need to do)

Mateo, Izzie, and Logan: (shocked, in unison) Inventory? (Z-Blob jumps onto the table)

Logan: What's that?

Izzie: Aw, this is bonkers!

Mr. Oz: Ah, don't be such babies. (heads over to grab a box off the table and puts it on the floor) I need your help finding my copy of Einstein's Guide to Dream Relics. (takes off some books)

Logan: And that's my problem, because…?

Mr. Oz: (sighs while dusting his hands before grabbing his phone from the table) I hit a dead end on the Sandman.

Logan: (puts on a space helmet) Ha, check it out! (singsongy) #I'm a spaceman!# (tries to take it off, only to float into the air) Whah!

Mateo: Wait, can we go back to the fact that Einstein was a Dream Chaser?

Mr. Oz: (scrolls through his phone) You think he discovered the Theory of Relativity while he was sitting on the can?

Izzie: (moving back while watching a frightened Logan float by) And, you think the book is in this mess somewhere?

Mr. Oz: (walks away from the table) Well, I've checked all the usual places. (Mateo picks up a model rocket) It's gotta be here somewhere.

Logan: (now standing on the ceiling) Uh, where did all this junk come from? (jumps off to resume floating)

Mateo: I think he means, "Where did all this secret agent-y Night Bureau stuff come from?" (Izzie walks over to something)

Mr. Oz: Some of it the Night Bureau created. Very official. But back before the ol' Nightmare King, (Logan presses a button on the helmet and falls down to the ground, screaming. Mr. Oz then approached him) Dream World objects used to cross over all the time. (takes off the helmet from Logan)

Logan: Ah! That was totally on purpose.

Mr. Oz: (heads back to the table to put the helmet back) Some of those things can still go back and forth between Dreams and the Waking World. But nothing new has done that in a long time. (turns to Z-Blob) Well, nothing except that little guy.

(Title plays. A view of the observatory is displayed. Inside, Logan was sitting on the floor against a box before getting up as Izzie picks up a ray gun and aims it)

Izzie: How exactly is this useful?

Mr. Oz: Oh, that? It's supposed to help people remember their last dreams.

(Izzie aims at Mateo)

Mateo: No, wait--! (She fires at him, making him grunt before he started to move around, acting and clucking like a chicken)

Izzie: Whoa! (laughs)

Logan: (laughs) The chicken.

(Logan continues laughing as Mr. Oz takes the ray gun from Izzie and fires at Mateo, turning him back to normal)

Mateo: What happened? Did it work? (clucks)

Logan: (chuckles) Yeah, I'd say it worked.

Mr. Oz: Look, gang, some of this stuff could turn you into a puddle of goo. Or worse. What I'm trying to say is Dream World stuff in the Waking World is serious business. So, you know, take it seriously. All right, I got research to do. Find that book, but please don't turn Mateo into a chicken again. (screams) How did you get in here?

Zoey: Your lunch. 30 minutes or less. Delivery fee is not a tip.

Mr. Oz: I've been so wrapped up with trying to figure out this constellation we got from that dang seashell.

Zoey: Uh, I know space is your thing and all, but this "constellation" looks an awful lot like music notes.

Mr. Oz: What? There's no way.

Zoey: Yeah, this is totally bars of music.

Mr. Oz: We have liftoff! Oh! (chuckles) This is incredible, Zoey. Do you have any idea what you've done?

Zoey: Something worth a tip?

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Logan: Who's this lady?

Mr. Oz: Strick! Ah, Agent Strick.

Strick: That's Chief Inspector now, Agent Oswald.

Mr. Oz: Oh, haha. Uh, gang, this is Chief Inspector Celia Strick of Command Administration and Regulation for Night Bureau Activities and Protocols. CARNBAP for... short.

Strick: I thought we agreed, no more recruits after what happened last time.

Mateo: Last time?

Mr. Oz: Oh, uh. To what do we owe the pleasure, Agent... Uh, Chief Inspector?

Strick: Headquarters detected a major breach. A Dream World anomaly entered the Waking World for the first time in decades the other night. And wouldn't you know it, the energy signature was centered in Brooklyn.

Izzie: Wait, are you talking about the Night Terror?

Strick: A Night Terror?

Mateo: Oh, yeah! The Night Terror. (chuckles)

Izzie: We already took care of that turkey.

Strick: Well, as improbable as that claim may be, we are still picking up a substantial energy signature which I intend on thoroughly investigating.

Mateo: Uh, if you were to find an anomaly, hyp- hypothetically, what would happen to it?

Strick: We find it, capture it, and ensure no one from the Waking World ever sees it. Protecting the secrecy of our operation and ensuring the public doesn't witness anything out of the ordinary is a top priority.

(Mateo gasps)

Strick: Is there anything out of the ordinary here, Agent Oswald? Anything you wish to tell me?

Mr. Oz: Wha... No way. I know the rules. Speaking of, why don't I show you the reports I filed on the Night Terror. Transparency is my middle name. I am an open book. (whispers to the Dream Chasers) Hide everything.

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Mr. Oz: Now, Mateo's arm starts turning black and I freak out, see. I- I bring him over here to the lab where I can patch him up with the Edison Ray. And all this time, the kids are begging me to help find the Nightmare King, but I'm telling them no way, of course. I tell 'em no. --and I'm, I'm short on help so, you know, I- I figured, what that heck?

Strick: You were always too much of a dreamer, Oz.

Mr. Oz: Hold on!

Strick: It made you soft.

Mr. Oz: Oh, no no no. Please. I haven't told you about... Ah. Oh, geez.

Strick: Now... I am gonna see for myself exactly what kind of operation you're running here.

Mateo: Let's hurry and hide this stuff.

Izzie: The Locator. Locate any person in the Dream World.

Holographic woman: Greetings! To learn the meaning of life, press one.

Zoey: Cool party.

Mateo: What are you doing here?

Zoey: Well, I had a delivery, but... I thought I'd stick around to see the fireworks.

Mateo: Fireworks? What fireworks?

(Strick enters the room)

Logan: Wassup?

Strick All right, little anomaly. I know I can track you. I'll find you no matter where you go. (spots Z-Blob) The anomaly! I knew you were hiding something.

Mateo: Uh.. What?

Strick: I see you.

Mateo: Wait!

Logan: Uh-oh. (he accidentally zaps Strick with the Rememberator)

(Strick babbles and acts like a baby)

Izzie: Is she remembering a dream? What are you waiting for?! Zap her again!

Mateo: Uh, Inspector Strick? Are you okay?

Izzie: Well, it beats being a chicken.

Mateo: Okay, uh, everybody, stay calm. Before the inspector snaps out of it, we still gotta hide... Z-Blob?

Izzie: Hey, broseph...

Mateo: Z! (falls off the window)

Izzie: Hey, are you okay? Oh, good. It looks like he's okay.

Logan: Great, but what are we supposed to do about Strick?

Zoey: Anybody know any babysitters?

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Mateo: Z! Wait! No, no, no. This is not happening. (panting) Z, wait! Can I use your bike? Thanks, Jayden! Oh, this is bad.

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Cooper's mom: Hello?

Cooper: Just me, Ma. Forgot my cleats.

Cooper's mom: Did you get your presentation ready?

Cooper: When would I have done that?

Cooper's mom: Well, maybe you need to be a little more focused, like your brothers.

(Cooper sighs, he gets a call from Logan but declines it.)

Logan: Rats! What was that? Rats?

Mr. Oz: Gah. Trap me in my own observatory, huh? Yeah, well, we'll see about that. Pst! Pst! Logan!

Logan: Yo, Mr. Oz. What are you doing in there? Looking for rats?

Mr. Oz: How's it going? Has she found anything, uh, incriminating?

Logan: Yeah, uh...

Audio: The answer... the answers to...

Mr. Oz: Uh, just keep her distracted. I'm gonna try and find a way out of here.

Logan: Hey, Mr. O, you know that dream memory laser thingy? Eh, you don't know how to fix it, do you?

Mr. Oz: The Rememberator? Uh, that thing's always finicky. If, uh, if it's on the fritz, your target'll get stuck in the last dream they had. Really fries the short-term memory. Why, what's up?

Logan: Oh, um, nothin'. It's uh...

Mr. Oz: Look, just don't let Strick find anything unauthorized in this building. She can shut us down so fast it'll make your head spin.

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Mateo: What the...?

Kid: Mom! I want a big balloon, like that!

Cooper: Wait! Ms C. I- I haven't eaten all day. So hungry.

Mrs. Castillo: Ay, sorry, Cooper. Just shut everything down.

(Cooper grunts)

Mrs. Castillo: First thing tomorrow, I'll make you that burrito you wanted. No avocado.

Cooper: Oh, man. I've been so busy I... I can't believe I forgot I still got the other one.

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Logan: Okay, look. Bad news. Looks like she's gonna be stuck in her last dream until we can fix that Memory thing- thingy.

Zoey: Wait, this lady dreams about being a baby? I guess that's one way to relax.

Izzie: At least that gives us time to hide everything.

Logan: Yeah, Mr. O said the Night Bureau can't find out about any of this.

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Chief Inspector? Chief Inspector Strick, you've initiated a Night Watch alert. Do you need a rapid response team?

Izzie: (doing a Strick voice impression) Uh, hi there. I mean, this is Inspector Strick.

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Chief, is everything all right?

Izzie: Uh, of course! Everything is tip top. Real by the book here. In fact, it's better than all right. Is everything all right with you?

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Inspector Strick, please provide your verbal authentication password.

Logan: We need Coop. He needs to get over here and fix this thing.

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Cooper: This is... this is really good. What did you put on here?

Mrs. Castillo: Just the usual, plus that avocado you don't want. You like it?

Cooper: Oh, yeah!

Mrs. Castillo: Aha. It's hard to know what you want when somebody else is always ordering for you. Sometimes, you have to find your own way, mijo.

Cooper's brother: Coop!

Cooper: (gets a call from Logan) Yup. Uh, be right there! What the heck is going...?

Mateo: Z! Get down!

Cooper: Mateo?

Cooper's brother: Hey, Coop! I can't have my little brother breaking the family winning streak, all right?

Mateo: Come on, Z! Come down! Coop? What are you doing here?

Cooper: Dude, there's a giant green blob floating around Brooklyn. What's going on?

Mateo: Uh, I mean aside from the Night Bureau Inspector showing up looking for Z-Blob, Logan turning her into a baby, and Z escaping into the streets... You know, the usual.

Cooper: Wait. What? Slow down.

Mateo: Just... Don't worry about it. I gotta go get Z before anybody...

Cooper: Teo, stop. Seriously. I'm helping you.

Mateo: It's okay. I got it under control. You can go practice or study for your presentation if that's more important to you.

Cooper: Not really. No, it's not.

Mateo: For real?

Cooper: For real. Besides, how can I study right now? Z is cruising around the city like a frickin' parade float.

Mateo: Yeah, I kind of noticed that. That inspector said she's going to find whatever crossed into the Waking World and take it. The longer Z's out here, the worse this all gets.

Cooper: Inspector? I.. have no idea what you're talking about. But you're the one who can always come up with a plan, not me. Look, first things first, I need you to do what you do best.

Mateo: I swear if you say anything about a chicken, I'm out.

Cooper: What? No. Get creative.

Mateo: I got it!

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Logan: Come on. Come on. Where you at, Coop?

Mr. Oz: Don't worry, I can fix that.

Logan: Yo, Mr. O.

Mr. Oz: Logan! Tell me you managed to deal with Strick.

Logan: Oh, yeah, yeah, we dealt with her, it's fine. But uh, can you tell me about the Night Watch alert?

Mr. Oz: What did you do?

(Logan chuckles awkwardly)

Mr. Oz: Logan? Logan!

Mateo: Get ready. Here he comes.

Cooper: And your plan is again?

Mateo: Something creative. Up, up and away. Oop- Gotcha!

Cooper: Awesome! Nice work, dude. Now... now get Z to let out the air.

Mateo: You heard him. Slow and steady, little guy. Let's get you home. Don't worry, buddy. I've gotcha. Fire escape! Fire escape! Z-Blob!

Cooper: Teo!

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Night Bureau 2: (through the walkie-talkie) What's going on?

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Chief Inspector Strick. Verify your status and authenticate now.

Logan: We gotta get Strick back to normal so she can call off the alert before a whole army of secret agent-y people show up.

Izzie: I'm open to suggestions.

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Chief, we're sending units now.

Zoey: (clears throat) Chief Inspector Strick here. No need to send those units.

Izzie: Zoey, I could hug you.

Zoey: (scoffs) Please don't.

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Chief Inspector, I'm gonna need you to verify your status and authenticate.

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Mateo: Z-Blob! Nothing to see here. Everything's under control. We're cool. We're cool.

Cooper: Mateo!

Mateo: Touchdown. Thank you for flying Air Mateo.

Cooper: Next time... I ask you to get creative, can you maybe take it easy on me?

Mateo: You're the one that likes to go fast.

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Izzie: Any chance you can hurry up over there?

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Chief, please say again?

(Strick babbles)

Mateo: Mr. Oswald?

Mr. Oz: Will someone tell me what's going on here?

Logan: Coop! Aw man, you totally gotta help us fix this.

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Chief Inspector, I need you to verify your status and authenticate.

Cooper: Uh, where- where- where's the instruction manual for this?

Mateo: There are no instructions! You just gotta tackle it one step at a time. Coop, you got this.

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Chief, we've got a lock on your location. We're initiating containment protocol override.

Automated voice: Containment protocol initiated. Containment protocol initiated.

Mateo: Great. Just what we need. Cooper, we need your mad skills, buddy.

Mr. Oz: What happened to the lights? Is that the alarm? That sounds like the alarm! Why is there an alarm? Ah, what did you do, kids?

Mateo: Hurry! Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!

Mr. Oz: (sighs) Talk to me! What's going on out there? Strick? Str... I can explain this! A little help here. (grunts) Hello? Anyone?

Cooper: Ha! I think I got it.

Logan: Go! Go! Go! Here, I'll do it. (zaps Strick with the Rememberator)

(Strick yells)

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Hang in there, Inspector. Night Watch units are inbound on your location.

Strick: Is that a model SK-three Rememberator? (baby voice) I... (normal voice) I... I see. Which one of you modified the device?

Logan: This guy.

Cooper: Uh, yeah... I did, ma'am. I'm sorry.

Strick: This is Chief Inspector Strick. Authenticating eight five Bowie Edison Zulu Disco. Stand down immediately.

Night Bureau 1: (through the walkie-talkie) Uh, Chief?

Strick: I said stand down! The SK-three is a tricky model. Causes pretty severe short-term memory loss. This is a very creative modification to the circuitry. Looks like Oz got lucky with at least one of you.

Logan: So, you're not gonna shut us down? That's crazy.

Strick: What for? Agent Oswald's proclivity for hoarding useless Dream World junk? The Night Bureau needs more Dream Crafters like this one here.

Mateo: So you don't remember... anything?

Strick: Return all this contraband to the Dream World. Immediately. And if I find out about anything else unauthorized, I will shut you down before your little heads hit the pillow. Understood?

Mr. Oz: Whoa! Much appreciated.

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Strick: Woah, interesting.

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Mr. Oz: Cooper, I gotta say...

Logan: Party at the landing tonight!

Mr. Oz: What? Oh.

(Logan beatboxing)

Izzie: You coming to the party?

Zoey: Can't.

Izzie: I get it. Sure. You're probably busy doing something way cooler.

Zoey: No, I mean... no one can enter your landing unless you invite them.

Izzie: Oh? Oh! Well, in that case...

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Mr. Oz: I'm glad you finally joined us today. What kept ya?

Cooper: Uh, you know. Guess I just had a hard time... finding my own way.

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