A Spy is Born I.The spies are called in when the two highest-grossing actors in Hollywood are kidnapped in broad daylight. While undercover to protect the 3rd-highest-grossing celebrity, the culprit somehow manages to sneak away with an old camera as the girls' only clue. That night, Alex goes undercover as the 4th-highest-grossing actress, she is kidnapped and Sam and Clover are instantly frozen. Jerry unfreezes them and reveals the kidnapper is a wannabe movie director named Marco Lumière and follows Alex's com-powder to a remote island. On the island, Lumière reveals his plot to create his own movie masterpiece using the kidnapped actors and actresses by putting them through deadly traps and "special effects", all of them real. Sam, Clover and Alex, however quickly save the stars and capture Lumière with his own trick. Although the mission is successful, Lumière unfreezes and escapes into the ocean. The next morning, Alex does not show up at school, with Sam and Clover receiving a message from Alex who has been kidnapped by Lumière and is now held hostage. In the subplot, Sam was voted "Most Popular Student" in the yearbook, and becomes a school celebrity.