Nicky and Alex are riding their Little Tikes rocking horses and imitating cowboys, under the watchful eyes of Becky and Jesse, which the twins call him instead of "Daddy". Jesse tells "Butch" and "Sundance" to be careful or they'll suffer "saddle sores". And Becky is more shocked when they call her by her first name instead of "Mommy".
Plot Summary[]
During Stephanie's patience card demonstration, Michelle lets everyone know that she has lost her bike and assumes that someone stole it, so the family begins a search for it. Stephanie suggests there be a reward for it, and Michelle suggests it be $1,000,000. Danny thinks it's too much, but Michelle insists that her bike is special in that it has a basket. Danny suggests that they indeed search for it. He assigns Stephanie and D.J. to the schoolyards, Jesse and Joey the video arcades and fast food joints, and Danny will travel on his own bike to the bike pads, while Michelle gets a lift in Jesse's car.
Later on, Danny, Jesse, and Joey have each brought home three bicycles that looks a lot like Michelle's, as all three of them have baskets, but it turns out that none of them belong to Michelle.
At the same time, the disappearances of the three bikes is being investigated by Crime Catchers, a neighborhood watch program led by Mrs. Carruthers, who is helped by Kimmy. Mrs. Carruthers works at the school Michelle goes to, and she also seems to have a crush on Joey.
During the search, Jesse feels threatened when he meets Leonard Schultz, the tough-looking father of Davey Schultz, a kid who had been riding one of the three bikes that was brought home. The bike belongs to Davey's sister, and he had borrowed it from her. It turns out that Michelle's bike was not stolen—she had forgotten that she left it at her friend Derek Boyd's house during a rainstorm. This makes Michelle realize that she should remember where she put her stuff from this point on. And as Jesse is about to take her out for ice cream and frozen yogurt with the rest of the family, she can't locate her jacket, which Jesse finds for her as she did not know that she already put it on. He chases her, picks her up, tickles her, and twirls her around (as the audience applauds and the EP credits appear).
Quotes[]
[Danny and Mrs. Carruthers move towards the kitchen.] Danny: You can't go in there. Move 'em, move 'em, move... 'em "on up to the Eastside, the deluxe apartments in the sky." Well, I miss The Jeffersons. Don't you? How many Lionels were there, do you remember? Mrs. Caruthers: One mystery at a time, Mr. Tanner.
[While Stephanie distracts Kimmy with a card trick (see Gallery)...] Mrs. Caruthers: We don't have time for this poppycock. Danny: Nonsense! There's always time for poppycock. [Note: The word "poppycock" itself means "nonsense".]
Trivia[]
The title of this episode was taken from the American title of a 1948 Academy Award-winning Italian film of the same name.
A few days prior to the original airing, ABC aired a promo for the episode, along with one for the sitcom Phenom which followed.[1]
Goofs[]
Michelle mention that their is a Kermit the frog sticker on her bike, so when she, Jesse, Danny and Joey found those 3 bikes they should’ve noticed that the Kermit the frog sticker isn’t on any of those bikes.
It's unknown why Michelle didn’t just call her friends and see if any of them has seen her bike, however she probably didn’t think about it at the time till Derek came to her house to return the bike.
When Stephanie does the card trick for Kimmy, she pulls the five of spades out of the deck. It then cuts to a close-up of Stephanie and she holds the jack of clubs.
Jesse told Leonard his name is Joey because he was afaid Leonard will kill him for stealing his kid's bike if he knew his name, but he didn't consider using his real name Hermes (revealed in The Legend of Ranger Joe).
Gallery[]
The twins dressed as cowboys riding plastic rocking horses
Kimmy and Mrs. Carruthers investigating the crime
Mrs. Carruthers
Jesse and Michelle driving around in an attempt to find Michelle's bicycle
Jesse stealing back "Michelle's" bike
Jesse, Joey, and Danny all think they have found "Michelle's" bike
D.J. shows the family a wanted ad she found portraying Jesse's face
The father of the kid who Jesse stole the bike from, Leonard Schultz, shows up at the house
Stephanie distracts the Crime Catchers with a card trick as D.J. and Steve sneak the bikes out of the house
Jesse and Joey sit on the couch with Leonard
Leonard realizes that Jesse was the one who took his kid's bike
Michelle proclaims that her bike has still not been found
Derek shows up and explains that he’s had Michelle’s bike since she left it at his house last week
