CSI: The Mealworm Vats

Ninja Hedgehog: “Hey, Vermin, somebody’s here to see you. But keep stirring the mealworm vat.”
Vermin: “HISSS! I told you, my name is Jill! If you keep calling me Vermin, I’m reporting you to Animal Resources!”

Vermin: “HISSS! Nasty dog, stinking up the office! What’s next, cooking fish in our microwave?”
Lulu: “Hi, Vermin. Horatio Caine here has some questions for you about the feathers I found out in the backyard.”

Horatio Caine: “Mmmph mmph mmph? Mmmph mmph, mmph mmph mmph.”
Vermin: “HISSS! What?”
Ninja Hedgehog Commander: “Hey, you. No filming our top secret mealworm vats.”
Producer Smurf: “I’m not smurfing the vats, I’m smurfing the true crime investigation going on around the vats.”

Horatio Caine: “Mmmph mmmph mph mmmph. Mmph mmmmph mmpphhhh.”
Vermin: “HISSS! You sound like Dennis when he had a stuffie or a piece of furniture in his mouth!”
Ninja Hedgehog Commander: “The vats are still in the picture. Our mealworm growing technique is a trade secret and you can’t film it.”
Producer Smurf: “A trade secret? Smurf me a break. The entire technique is Vermin sits there smurfing them with a paddle all day long.”

Vermin: “HISSS! I haven’t got time for this! Lulu, tell your human to submit his questions in writing!”
Lulu: “He just wants to know your whereabouts around the time the bird exploded in the backyard.”
Vermin: “HISSS! Well why didn’t he just say so? I was here, stirring the mealworm vats! Just check the time clock, it’ll tell you when I punched in and when I punched out!”
Horatio Caine: “Mmmph mmmph mph mmmph. Mmph mmmmph mmpphhhh.”
Ninja Hedgehog Commander: “How do you know so much about our secret mealworm growing technique?!”
Producer Smurf: “Are you smurfing me? All Vermin does is smurf about it! I have to listen to her smurf on and on and on about how much she hates it.”
Ninja Hedgehog Commander: “Really.:”

Suddenly …

Scrooge: “You’re in violation of your NDA and your employment is terminated. You and your guests are now trespassing and must leave the cave immediately.”

Shortly thereafter …

Horatio Caine: “This is the toughest case I’ve ever seen. Everyone has an alibi.”
Vermin: “HISSS! Thanks a lot for getting me fired! My mealworm options were just about to get vested, too!”
Producer Smurf: “Yeah, nice smurfing, Lulu. That wasn’t very smurfy of you.”
Lulu: “Me? You’re the one who ignored the ‘no filming’ sign. I just can’t believe our own lawyer was working for the ninja hedgehogs.”
Scrooge: “I agree, that was a shameful miscarriage of justice. Perhaps you’d like to hire me to sue the ninja hedgehogs for wrongful termination?”
Ninja Hedgehog Commander: “Psst, before you go, can we bottle some of your stench? We’re thinking about getting into cheese-making.”