02x15 - Freebird/Sean's Robotic Arm

[bunniefuu]

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

♪ That's his name ♪

♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

♪ He'll rocket to fame ♪

♪ When he arrived, he created a buzz ♪

♪ 'Cause there was no house ♪

♪ And then there was, he said ♪

- ♪ People of Earth! You ain't seen nothing yet! ♪

♪ I'm from Bortron , and my name is Jet! ♪

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

♪ That's his name ♪

♪ He looks like us ♪

♪ But he isn't the same ♪

- ♪ I'm a space tripper and a galaxy crosser ♪

♪ My parents brought me here in a flying saucer ♪

- ♪ And just to prove it was a fact ♪

♪ He flew them out to space and back ♪

♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[spaceship whirring]

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

- ♪ He showed up, and now it's a blast ♪

♪ Looks like the future really got here fast ♪

- ♪ Nice to meet you, human race ♪

♪ Tell me all about the place ♪

- ♪ Jet Propulsion! ♪

- ♪ Jet Propulsion! ♪

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all: Ready! Jet! Go!

[inspiring music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, look at that weird kind of V shape moving up there.

- Huh, what is it? Some kind of odd shaped cloud?

- I'm not really sure. Hey, let's get a closer look.

Hang on, guys.

[laughs] That's not a cloud.

It's a bunch of birds.

- What, birds?

Oh, they are birds.

- It's so cool how they fly together in a V like that.

Maybe that way they have the best view ahead.

- Or is V their favorite letter?

- Hmm, could be.

Either way, Earth and its creatures are fascinating!

What a planet. Okay, back to Boxwood Terrace.

[calm music]

- You guys, I'm so glad you're back.

There's a great big bird I've never seen before

in Jet's backyard. - What?

First a V-shaped cloud of birds, now this.

Is this bird season on Earth?

[both laugh] - It's not, Jet.

Because there isn't really a bird season.

Birds are here all year round.

- Like today. Come look, you guys.

all: Wow.

What kind of bird is it?

[playful music]

- Maybe some kind of duck?

- It looks more like a swan.

- [squeaks]

[robot noises]

- What, a robot?

[in robot voice] Hello, Earth robot bird.

Welcome to-- - Hang on, Jet.

Let's not get too close to wild animals.

- Jet, I don't think that's a robot.

I think that's a bird called a snow goose.

Look, same wings, and beak. - And tail, and eyes!

You're right, Sydney. It is a snow goose.

Hi, snow goose. Why are you here?

Are you lost? - Huh.

Maybe it lost something, and is back looking for it.

- Maybe it used to live here, and it's just visiting.

- [honks]

- [honks]

- [honks]

- Wow, he can talk snow goose?

all: That's Sunspot!

- Oh, I have an idea.

Let's name the goose Hank, because he honks.

- [honks]

- See, Hank honked!

- I have another idea.

Let's set up a place to observe the snow goose.

We can call it our Observation Station.

- Yes! - [honks]

- Oh, sorry.

[quietly] Yes!

[groovy music]

♪ ♪

- There, now it looks like a bush.

So we'll blend in.

- Okay, let's observe our snow goose,

and write down and draw what it does.

- [clears throat] Right now,

Hank appears to be resting.

- Now he's eating.

[playful music]

♪ ♪

And now he's hanging out in the shade.

- Near a bush.

- Ooh, he's picking the ground again.

- [honks] - Ah!

- But now he's hopping and flying.

Maybe Hank's exercising?

- [honks]

- Brr, it's cold. Winter is coming.

I guess Hank is okay with that. He is a snow goose.

- But you don't get much snow here.

We better let Hank know this, pronto.

- Hi, snow goose. I just wanted to tell you

that we don't really get much snow in our neighborhood.

Sunspot, can you say that in goose to Hank?

- [honks]

- [honks]

- Looks like it's eating tiny seeds,

and bits of plants and grass.

- [laughs] Well, he won't run out.

There's a lot of it in the yard

and he's the only one here.

- More birds! [giggles]

[honking]

- Huh, now Hank has help.

We should call them Hank Two and Hank Three.

Hiya, Hanks!

- [honking]

- Ha, that Sunspot.

He's even providing healthy snacks.

- But we still don't know why Hanks One, Two and Three

are here in Jet's backyard.

- How do we find out?

- Research, booyah!

[honking]

[distant honking]

- Hey, kids. all: Hi, Dr. Rafferty.

- I heard about the snow goose.

- Welcome to our Observation Station.

- Perfect name, Sydney.

You know, I've been a bird observer since I was your age.

- Really? Cool. So Dr. Sean's mom,

we think all the snow geese are here because they want to rest.

Or need food, or are looking for snow,

since it's getting a little colder out.

- I'm very impressed.

You're right, it is getting colder out,

and the season is changing.

- Winter is definitely coming,

so I bet the birds are getting ready.

- Yeah, the other animals are too.

Floyd and the other squirrels

are gathering and storing food for the winter.

- And look!

Even Mr. Petersen and Mitchell

are both wearing their winter hats already.

- Mm-hmm, animals are preparing for the big winter

just like you and your family would prepare, right?

- Yeah, we'd probably buy extra food,

and make sure we had warm clothes.

- Like coats, and hats.

- And meatballs!

Wow, more birds? The sky is full of them!

- Hey, why don't we get a bird's eye view?

To the tree house! all: Yeah, whoo-hoo!

[honking]

- Hello, more snow geese.

Or should I say, Hank Four and Hank Five.

- And here comes Hank Six, and Cynthia.

What? They can't all be named Hank.

The birds are heading for your yard, Jet.

Let's go see them.

[groovy music]

[honking] [slurping]

[giggling]

- Wow, look at all these birds!

I told you it was bird season.

- Jet, there are only four Earth seasons,

and probably one mystery reason why the birds are all here.

- They love my yard! Mystery solved.

My yard has good food and friendly service.

One Hank told another Hank, who told another Hank.

- Who told Cynthia. - Wait, found it.

The birds are here because of

something called bird migration.

- [laughs] I knew it!

Wait, no I didn't. What is bird migration?

- According to my big book of birds,

during migrations, birds have favorite stopover places.

- Says here that every year, lots of birds make a big trip

from where they live during the summer

to a warmer place in the winter.

- Then they go back in the springtime.

- So the trip's called migration?

- Exactly. When it starts to get cold,

birds fly to where it's warmer, looking for food

and safe places to nest and raise their babies.

- Oh.

So the Hanks and Cynthia want to get away from the snow

and cold to where it's warm, and there's food.

- Food! Knew it.

- Wow, so much flying. Their wings must get tired.

[honking]

- Look, more snow geese.

- Welcome, welcome, welcome, to all you new Hanks.

- I was right.

Jet's backyard is a place where the birds rest.

- Right, and eat, and get more energy.

- They sure like whatever that seed is on the ground.

- Hey, my mom puts seeds in bird feeders in our yard,

and in a birdhouse.

- Wait, houses for birds?

[laughs]

Hey, what if I make the yard full of little houses

for each Hank and Cynthia?

- Well, maybe we should think of other ways

to make the yard more bird-friendly.

[groovy music]

- We can make a bird feeder. - And a bird bath.

- Yes, and plants that birds like.

- Plus the right seeds.

- Plus, I can teach them to river-dance!

[Irish folk music] [grunting]

♪ ♪

[trombone whimpers]

Or not, I don't have to.

[adventurous music]

♪ ♪

- Tada, our bird-friendly yard!

- The birds love it.

And so do I. They'll be our new neighbors,

and stay in the yard forever and ever.

- Jet, remember, the birds are on winter migration.

They're just stopping by here.

- Or are they?

I bet all the Hanks and Cynthia are staying right here.

- Looks like all the Hanks and Cynthia are leaving right now.

- What? Come on.

- Goodbye Hank One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, and Seven.

Goodbye, Cynthia.

[gasps] I just got a great idea.

all: Let's follow the geese!

[horn honks]

- Did all of you just say,

"Let's follow the migrating birds flying in a V formation"?

- We, kind of. [all laugh]

- It's amazing the birds don't get lost.

- Look at them all fly together.

Flapping at the same time. - In a V shape!

How do they do that?

both: I was about to ask that.

- Let's see, migrating birds fly in a V

because they don't have to flap their wings as hard

when they fly behind each other.

- Oh.

- And that also means the snow geese are close enough

to communicate with each other.

all: Honk! - [honking]

- What's that other honking sound?

[kids laughing]

all: Fly, Sunspot, fly!

[upbeat music]

all: Excelsior!

- And now here's my friend, astronomer Amy Mainzer!

- Thanks, Jet.

Earth is covered with living things.

They live in every nook and cranny of our planet.

Living things come in all kinds of sizes,

shapes, and colors.

Over a long, long time, living things can find ways

to survive in even the most extreme places on Earth.

For example, polar bears survive in the ice and snow

at the Earth's North Pole.

Their thick white fur helps them blend in

and stay warm.

Life even survives in some of

the hottest places on Earth,

like these cracks deep under the ocean

where hot molten rock seeps out.

Even though the water can be hotter than an oven,

certain types of clams and tube worms do just fine there.

Even though we find life in so many different places on Earth,

we have yet to find it anywhere else in the universe...yet.

Today we're learning a lot

about how life might exist somewhere else

by studying life in all kinds of different places on Earth;

super-hot, super-cold, on land, and in the ocean.

So the next time you go outside, just remember,

whether you walk, crawl, swim, or fly,

Earth's a great place to live.

[imitating spaceship noises]

- And then, astronaut Neil Armstrong

takes his first steps on the moon.

And says-- - One small step for man...

all: One giant leap for mankind!

- Welcome to my moon colony, Neil Armstrong.

I've been expecting you. - Coming in for a landing!

- Oops.

No!

Neil!

Astronaut Neil Armstrong!

- I'm sorry, Sean. - It's okay, Mindy.

Accidents happen.

Let me just reach down and get him out.

[grunts] I can't reach it.

The hole is too narrow. - Maybe my arm is small enough.

- It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay.

- My arm doesn't reach far enough.

- What if it's not okay?

No, it's gonna be okay. It's gonna be okay.

Or, or is it?

Ah, thanks, Jet.

Ah!

- Hey, I almost forgot about these.

You think maybe they'd help? - Oh, right.

How could we forget your Bortronian robotic arm?

- You know, I'm getting so good at acting like an Earthie kid,

I didn't even think about it.

- Yay, Jet, you can do this.

You can save Neil Armstrong.

- Do you have him? - I've got something.

Well, hey, I've been looking for this soccer ball.

- Uh, that's a golf ball, Jet.

- No wonder it was so hard to kick.

Here, let me try again.

[grunting] [computer beeping]

Whoa! - Oh, no.

Are you okay? - Sure, it was nothing.

[all groan]

- Don't worry, I just have to get my mom to fix it.

Be right back.

- [groans]

- I know the action figure is special to you.

- He's not just an action figure.

He's astronaut Neil Armstrong,

the first person to walk on the moon.

The very first person.

- Wow, no wonder he's so important to you.

- That's not the only reason.

This Neil Armstrong action figure

has also been on a lot of adventures

with me here on Earth.

He was with me on my first roller coaster ride.

He was with me on my first bike ride.

He was with me on my first sleepover.

Neil Armstrong isn't afraid of the dark.

And space is dark.

And I want him to be with me on all the other adventures

I'm gonna go on.

- Don't worry, Sean.

We won't give up until we get him out.

- Yeah, I'm sure Jet will be back here any second.

Jet! - [squeaks]

- Good news and better news. - [squeaks]

- What's the good news?

- The good news is my mom said she has to ship the arm back

to Bortron for repairs.

Should take about one Earth week.

With rush intergalactic shipping.

- One whole week? What's the better news?

- Uh, let's just focus on the good news.

- [sighs] - Okay, nobody panic.

We've got to think. What would Neil Armstrong do

in this situation?

- Scream for help?

- Help, help, help, help, help, help!

- No, not that. He'd make a plan.

- Exactly, like a rescue mission.

- Yeah. - So let's do that.

- Great.

Let's each go get something we think

will get Neil out of this hole.

- Got it, be right back.

Hang in there, Neil Armstrong.

Hang in there, Sean. - Thanks, guys.

I'm fine, I'm just gonna stay here and wait.

And not even think about my Neil Armstrong action figure.

Remember Neil Armstrong,

you've been in tight situations before.

You've been a test pilot, an astronaut.

- [squeaks] - That's the spirit.

I love how you never complain.

- [squeaking]

- Of course he never says anything.

He is an action figure.

- [squeaks]

[concertina music]

- Thanks, Sunspot. That's Neil's favorite tune.

- Whoa, this looks good.

Uh... [blowing]

- How is blowing bubbles going to help

get the Neil Armstrong action figure out of the hole?

- How, uh, I was hoping you'd know.

- Maybe this wand could be a good stick.

See how the end of it has that big loop thingy?

It could reach in and hook the action figure.

- Hey, yeah, that's it!

- And I've got an idea, too.

- Let's see, there's got to be a stick around here somewhere.

- [squirrel chitters] - Hi, Floyd.

I'm looking for a stick.

Wow, thanks, Floyd.

Gonna need a grabby thing at the end of it.

Oh, hey, I've been looking for that.

What did you need it for?

- [squirrel chitters] - A backscratcher?

Oh, I'll bring it back when I'm done.

- [squirrel chitters]

[groovy music]

- Hi, Mitchell! - Whoa!

Hi, Mindy.

- Are you playing with your detective action figure?

- He helps me with my cases.

- Great, I have a case for you. - You do?

I mean, I might have an opening.

- Sean's Neil Armstrong action figure

accidentally dropped down a hole.

And we're trying to reach it.

- That does sound like a problem.

- Great, so you'll help?

- Well, it doesn't sound like a detective problem.

- Okay, but can I borrow Cody to dig around the hole?

- [exhales] Hang on,

let me check his schedule.

- [snoring]

- Yep, he's good to go.

- Oh, hey, you guys.

- We each brought something to help

rescue Neil Armstrong action figure.

I've got a stick with a grabby thing on the end.

- I've got a giant bubble wand to bend around corners

And it's got a big old loopy thing to hook him.

- And Cody's going to dig the hole wider

to make it easier to reach Neil Armstrong.

- [barks] - Great ideas.

Cody should go first.

- Whoo-hoo, go Cody, yeah, whoo!

- [panting] [whimpers]

- Is there a magic word to get him to start?

- How about one of these?

- [barking]

- It's working!

- [whimpers]

- Now I think he's stuck.

- Aww, let's get him out. Come on, Cody.

We can't have two things stuck there.

- [groans]

- Let me try my grabby stick.

[grunts]

I think I can grab,

but it can't get around the corner.

- Oh, mine can! It's really bendy.

[grunts]

I reached around the bend, but I couldn't grab it.

- And the ground isn't soft enough

for Cody to dig a bigger hole.

- So, that's it?

- Well, none of our tools or our ideas seem to be working.

- So, we're quitting?

- We're not quitting, we're stopping.

- But that's the same thing.

- You guys, I know Neil Armstrong

had challenges on his missions.

But did he give up? Did he ever quit?

No, and neither will we.

No, failure is not an option.

- But you always say it's okay to try and fail.

- Not this time.

Anyway, there's one thing we haven't tried.

[all stammering]

- How about everything all at once,

all at the same time?

- What does that mean, exactly?

- [squeaking]

[all gasp]

- It's so crazy, it just might work.

[adventurous music]

♪ ♪

- That's really amazing. - And we made it ourselves!

- Let's fire this robot arm grabber thingy up!

- Hmm.

This would be easier if the hole was wider.

- Perhaps detective Mitchell and his sidekick,

detective Sherlock Holmes action figure,

can be of assistance? - Mitchell, you came!

- Well, I couldn't really leave

Cody all alone to help you, could I?

Anyways, it was Sherlock's idea.

- Thanks.

- [deep voice] You're welcome.

[normal voice] Now watch this!

- Oh, I get it, the water makes the soil softer.

- Now dig, Cody, dig! - [barks]

- Go get it, Cody!

[whimsical music]

- It's wider. Cody, you did it!

Let's try it again!

- It fits, but where's Neil?

- [squeaks]

- Wow, Sunspot, did you put your own camera down that hole?

- Now we can see what's down there,

and use the stick to get Neil out.

- Okay, down, then around one bend,

One, two, three, grab!

- We got something, I think it's Neil Strongarm!

- Neil Armstrong. - Oh, yeah, him too.

[all cheer]

- Whoo, who knew a stick, a bubble wand, some tape,

and a dog treat could join together like this.

- Thanks, everybody.

You knew how important my Neil Armstrong

action figure sidekick is to me.

Welcome home, Neil.

- Well, it was the least we could do.

Right, Commander Cressida?

- Detective Sherlock Holmes agrees.

- Stuffy Bear too!

- Uh, Sunspot is kind of my sidekick.

- [squeaks]

- [gasps] No, Cody, come back.

- He's got Commander Cressida!

- Don't worry, Sydney.

Commander Armstrong and I are on it.

[triumphant music]

♪ ♪

- Whoo, thanks, Sean.

I guess the stick really does come in handy.

- You can say that again.

[upbeat music]

[all laughing]

all: Oh, Sunspot.

- Hi, I'm astronomer Amy Mainzer.

You've probably seen a printer

that can print things on a flat piece of paper.

But what if you had a printer

that would actually let you print in all three dimensions

at the same time?

I'm here in the Jet Propulsion Laboratories

-D printer lab, where we can do just that.

So I'm here with Don Scudamore.

Don, can you tell us a little bit about your job,

and how the -D printer works?

- I'm a manufacturing engineer here at JPL.

This portion of my job is the model shop,

and we do -D printing in here.

The way that a -D printer works

is it builds on a tray, and it builds

your plastic part one layer at a time.

[calm music]

- So the -D printer kind of grows this whole part?

- Exactly, on this one you can really see the layers.

On this comet, you can see each layer.

- Oh, yeah.

So we actually just send the shape from the computer

to the -D printer, and it just grows it.

- If you can model it in -D, then we can print it.

This is the comet.

The actual shape, not the actual size of the comet

from the Rosetta mission, and this Philae lander

just landed on there.

- So we use -D printers to help us understand

how to fly missions to comets, and even land on them.

- That's correct. - You can imagine,

someday, the astronauts will be on the space station,

printing all of the things they need to fix the station.

Who knows, someday maybe we'll be living on Mars,

and using -D printers to print spare parts

like this wheel here, or even food.

You could even maybe, someday, print pizza.

Ooh, pizza. Is it time for lunch?

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♪ Pul- ♪

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