Carmen arrives in the year 2101 where she stops a heist of a powerful electro-magnet. Meanwhile, Zack and Ivy arrive at the future Acme Detective Agency where the wacky Future Chief doesn't recognize them. They try to prove who they are but run into a few scrapes with the law. Eventually, they meet up with Carmen in Africa. Although the detectives expose that she is a criminal, she escapes with the magnet and Zack and Ivy end up captured instead.

Carmen gives herself a Christmas present by downloading The Chief. Only he's got a virus and is losing his memory. He thinks that Carmen is still good and that Zack and Ivy are thieves.