Captain Stottlemeyer: What do you mean, you don't know! You're the damn magician!
Natalie: What happened to him?
Karl Torini: I don't know what more to tell you. It's not supposed to be a vanishing act. It's a simple prop gag. Look, the sections move back and forth like this, and that's it, that's the whole gag! I'm as mystified as you are.
Captain Stottlemeyer: Yeah, well, you'd better get un-mystified, and fast. Where's your assistant?
Karl Torini: Probably backstage.