Professor, I have to go to the bathroom really bad.
Hold it in, Liz. We're almost there.
Where the hell are we going, anyway?
The Breckmore Research Institute.
Aww, research?
This is the last time candy gets me into someone's car...
Welcome, Professor.
Delighted to have you all here.
Thank you, Nigel
Err...Dr. Gainsworth.
Please, call me Nigel.
It sounds...right coming from you.
These are my assistants, Roger, Carl, and Liz.
Hi Dr. Gainsworth, man, guy, person.
- Hello, I'm Liz. Nice to be here, I guess.
-- Hey, nice place you got here, doc.
This is Felix, my assistant.
A pleasure.
Tell us about the work you've been doing here.
Well, as you all know, one of the issues of agriculture is pest control.
Obviously pesticides aren't the final answer
because they become less effective over time
and farmers have to use  more and more to get the results they need.
We have created a genetically engineered lifeform
a Gardener, if you will
that will not only protect the crops from pests
but also provide them with nourishment.
The crops or the pests?
The crops.
(Gainsworth)
Here is an image of a Gardener.
We have mixed frog DNA with bee DNA, and gopher DNA, among others.
So if it's got all those animals' DNA
why does it look like throw up?
We chose this amorphous appearance in order for it to be more versatile
in its role of protecting crops.
Then how do you address the problem of dealing with this Gardener
as soon as it's exterminated all the pests?
Or in the winter, what will it eat?
In either of those two cases
the Gardener will become dormant until it's needed again.
Observe as a wasp is introduced to the environment.
Oh my gosh.
It ATE it!
With no more pests detected
the Gardener once again becomes dormant.
Do it again, do it again!
I would very much like to see your process of creating these creatures, Nigel.
I'll show you in my office.
Aww, Professor!
You're going to take HOURS.
Can we go in the dome cornfield and play with the green blob things?
I don't see any harm in that.
Though, due to their dormancy, they won't respond to you.
I doubt they'll provide you with much amusement.
You don't know them, Nigel.
Especially Roger.
A non-responsive blob creature will captivate them for hours.
Very well.
Felix will show you to the fields.
(Roger)
There sure is a lot of corn in here.
What do you need it all for, huh Felix?
The corn provides a suitable environment for our experiment.
(Felix)
Ahh, here's a Gardener.
This one's called Bertie.
Aww, that's cute!
You gave them all names.
How do you tell them all apart?
We don't.
Poke!
Poke!
Didn't you hear the guy?
He said it'd be unresponsive.
I don't care.
This is so fun, and you can't deprive me of any fun.
This is amazing.
Absolutely amazing.
I take it you approve, Professor?
I can't believe how much you've accomplished
since you were my student.
It's been nearly thirty years.
My, has it really been that long?
How time flies...
Poke.
Poke.
Poke.
Poke.
Are you done yet?
I want to get back to the lab.
I've got an experiment running.
Do you really?
No...
I'm just using our supercomputers to download funny cat videos from the Internet.
I knew it!
Come on, Roger.
Let's watch some cat videos.
Yeah, yeah, I'm coming.
I sure am hungry, though.
(eating)
Hey, hey, look at this, guys!
Oof!
Roger!
My leg's kinda numb.
It's not supposed to do that.
Do what?
The bee DNA.
It stung him!
Stung me?
It views you as a threat to the corn.
We have to--
Its friends.
They're supposed to be dormant, too!
(Felix)
Go!
(scream)
(Liz)
Felix!
That one assistant you had in my time...
What was her name?
Edna?
(klaxon)
See, I told you pushing the big red button would bring them here.
What's going on?
Where's Felix?
The Gardeners attacked us.
That's impossible!
They're dormant.
Supposed to be.
Can you explain this behavior, Nigel?
The only possible explanation
is that they have located a pest that is threatening the crops.
Roger DID take a piece of corn.
No, we specifically designed them to recognize ONLY pests.
They're supposed to disregard humans.
Supposed to, supposed to, supposed to.
Everyone's saying that around here!
Is THAT supposed to?
Carl, please.
There's an explanation for this.
This way!
Well, doc.
What's up?
As we explained earlier, we combined DNA from various lifeforms to create the Gardener.
Yeah, there's bees, frogs, gophers...
And humans.
We added human DNA.
What?
For them to be the most effective in their roles as crop protectors
we gave them the human ability to think.
To use logic.
To problem solve.
I see.
So they saw Roger as a pest
even though they shouldn't.
They used some sort of twisted logic to make their conclusion
then devised a twisted solution.
To call the other Gardeners?
combine to make one giant Gardener?
And then eat us?
Essentially, yes.
What are our options here, Nigel?
Obviously we can't wait here!
Eek!
Oh no!
We're screwed.
