After securing pretzels from a pretzel cart, the penguins notice that a boy on a school field trip had observed their operation, and believe him to be composing a dossier on them. Rather than take immediate action against him, Skipper instead wants to focus on the boy's "spy master," and they soon discover a museum brochure which has an exhibit on Madagascar, further adding to Skipper's suspicions on the boy. Julien then comes by and notices that his "royal booty scratcher" was in the photo of the museum display and requests the penguins get it back for him. When they turn him down, Julien assembles a ragtag "team" of his own to do the mission instead, with Mort taking on the role Skipper would for the penguins, Fred for Kowalski, Maurice for Rico, and Julien himself for Private. Meanwhile, the penguins observe the boy, Ronald, telling his teacher about having seen their operations, but the teacher rejects his account. Shortly after, the school group leaves for the museum. At the museum, the lemur-led group pursues Julien's booty scratcher and the penguins attempt to get a hold of Ronald's notebook, leading him to again tell his teacher about being pursued by the zoo penguins. The penguins ultimately fail to obtain Ronald's notebook before the children leave the museum, in part because they got Julien's scratcher for him, but they successfully use a brainwashing helmet on the teacher after she reads Ronald's report.