Here is a concise summary of the provided transcript:
**Main Plot:**
* The main character (Tom) can't find his invention, the "Miracle Slurper" (a water collection and purification device).
* It's revealed that Tom had given the device to Ginger, who used it to shoot spitballs in class, getting it confiscated by his teacher, Ms. Fanthrax.
* Since Ginger's parents are unreachable, Tom and Angela pretend to be them to retrieve the device from Ms. Fanthrax.
* However, Ms. Fanthrax recognizes Tom from his school days and gives him (along with Angela and Ginger) detention.
**Detention and Aftermath:**
* Tom uses his one allowed phone call (per school handbook rule 437) to inform his mom, who promises to come for him.
* Before his mom arrives, Tom meets another character, Benjamin Velma, who is interested in the Miracle Slurper.
* The episode ends with Tom stuck in detention, setting up a potential escape or resolution in a subsequent episode.
Here are the extracted key facts, each with a number and in short sentences:
1. **Deadline**: Today is the deadline to submit for the Young Genius Award.
2. **Missing Invention**: The "Miracle Slurper" invention, a water collection and purification device, is lost.
3. **Invention Description**: The Miracle Slurper is a hollow tube with lights and a motor, using high-powered suction to collect and purify water up to 30 feet away.
4. **Invention Misuse**: The Miracle Slurper was used to shoot spitballs at a teacher, causing trouble.
5. **Current Location**: The Miracle Slurper was taken away by Ginger's teacher, Miss Fanthrax.
6. **Parental Unavailability**: Ginger's parents are in the South Pacific, riding submarines, and cannot retrieve the invention.
7. **Plan to Retrieve Invention**: Angela and Tom plan to pretend to be Ginger's parents to retrieve the Miracle Slurper.
8. **Teacher Recognition**: Miss Fanthrax recognizes Tom as her former student.
9. **Detention**: Tom, Angela, and Ginger are given detention by Miss Fanthrax.
10. **School Rule**: According to the school handbook (Rule 437), students in detention are allowed one phone call to a parent or guardian.
11. **Phone Call Recipient**: Tom uses his phone call to contact "Hank" (initially mistaken for "Mom").
12. **Additional Detainee**: Benjamin Velma is also in the detention classroom.