02x02 - Toadal Confusion/Hero Hideaway
Posted: 10/02/22 09:28
both: ♪ If you're a kid
with powers ♪
♪ Then where's
the place to be? ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
♪ If you have super strength ♪
♪ And can lift
a ton or three ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
man: ♪ If your power
lets you fly ♪
- ♪ You're like me,
Lucita Sky ♪
woman: ♪ Like to help out
when there's trouble? ♪
- ♪ Oh, you bet,
I'm Benny Bubbles! ♪
man: ♪ Teleport
in no time flat? ♪
- ♪ Sara Snap can,
just like that! ♪
woman: ♪ Use super tools
to save the day? ♪
- ♪ Like AJ Gadgets,
I'm on my way! ♪
both:
♪ How do they save the day? ♪
all: ♪ Well,
the scientific fact is ♪
♪ They use
all kinds of powers ♪
♪ They just need
a little more ♪
man: Practice!
both: ♪ If you're
a future hero ♪
♪ Come and you will see ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
Mr. Sparks:
It was a beautiful day
in downtown City Town.
The sun was shining,
the birds were singing...
and skaters
were catching some air
at the gnarly
new skateboard park!
[rock music]
- The City Town
Skaters Committee
is, like, super proud
to declare Sidekick Park
officially open!
Ha-ha!
- Aw, cool!
- Fantastic!
[ribbits]
- Uh, huh?
[dramatic music]
Whoa.
Dude, what is happening?
Mr. Sparks:
Meanwhile, at Hero Elementary,
another grand opening
is underway.
- Whoa!
You made me a skateboard?
- A rocket-boosted,
self-balancing skateboard.
- Thanks, AJ!
Now I can learn how to skate!
- Just in time
to use the new skate park.
- These rocket boosters
should help me learn fast!
Whoa!
[quirky music]
Oops. Sorry, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks]
- You do have a helmet, yes?
AJ: She does now!
[beeping]
- The Sparkinator!
Sara: Huh?
Why are there toads
at the skate park?
Benny: Oh! The poor toads!
They could get hurt!
- And the poor skaters!
It's not safe for them, either.
- We have to do
something!
- Well, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
[exciting music]
all: Sparks' Crew
to the Rescue!
♪ ♪
- Coming!
Just let me grab my skateboard.
♪ ♪
[crash]
Uh, I'll have to catch up
to you.
- [squeaks]
♪ ♪
By the time
they got to Sidekick Park,
things were "toad"-ally
out of control!
[quirky music]
- Look at all the toads!
- Those smooth walls
are great for skateboarding
but terrible for the toads.
They can't get a grip
to climb out!
- Come on, team!
Let's give 'em a boost.
- Uh...
[upbeat music]
- Aww!
♪ ♪
- Ugh...
♪ ♪
- That's all of 'em.
- Great,
and just to make sure
it doesn't happen again,
bubble up!
[triumphant music]
- A bubble wall!
Great idea, Benny!
- Sparks' Crew to Mr. Sparks.
We got all the toads
out of the skate park.
Mission accomplished!
- Fantástico!
That was fast.
- Eh, rescues are what we do.
[ominous music]
[squeaking]
♪ ♪
- What? Hey!
We just saved you!
- Ugh.
On second thought,
I don't think we're done yet.
Call you later.
- Why did the toads
come back?
- Hmm, I don't know.
Maybe we can find out
using our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
- Okay,
let's investigate!
We can start by observing.
- Yes! We shall look around
to see what we notice.
[mysterious music]
- Hmm.
I notice that all the toads
are on this side
of the skate park.
- You're right!
And I notice something too.
[gasps]
Their cute little
wet footprints!
- Toad tracks!
That's a good clue.
Tracks can show us where
the toads are coming from.
- We should follow them
and find out.
- Let's go!
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
- Look!
They're coming from that pond!
[quirky music]
- It's just like
in my comic book,
"Toad Invasion
from the Green Lagoon."
- Uh...hmm.
I'm gonna need more info.
- Thought projecting!
In the comic book,
But when they are old enough,
they come out and live on land.
Mostly in the woods.
- Oh!
Like the woods
on the other side
of the new skate park?
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
So we had the problem
all wrong.
It isn't about keeping toads
out of the skate park.
- We have to help them
get across it
so they can get to the woods
on the other side.
- [gasps]
I know what we need.
A toad trampoline.
- Hmm.
- Or maybe a zip line?
Sara: Yeah!
AJ: What about flying drones?
- Cool!
- Wow.
- Uh, guys,
maybe there's a simpler way.
Like a bridge?
Sara: Oh! Yes!
- But what kind of bridge?
- Well, it needs to be long
enough to reach across.
- Long! I'm on it!
This should be long enough.
- A sandwich?
- An extra-long sandwich!
Okay, there we go.
Ta-da!
It's perfect for a toad bridge!
Ahh.
[quirky music]
- Uh, well...
It was long.
- And tasty for those birdies!
- Okay, maybe a sandwich isn't
quite perfect for a bridge.
- We need something
that's not floppy.
Something more sturdy.
all: Hmm.
- [gasps]
What about cardboard?
- Maybe.
Let's try it!
- Consider it done!
♪ ♪
Hi!
I'd like to order
two dozen pizzas, please.
Hold the pizza.
- So...just the boxes?
- [laughs]
Look at all this cardboard!
- Hmm, now we just have to turn
it into some kind of bridge.
- We'll need some glue
to hold it together.
- I'll get some from school.
Be back in a snap!
School!
[whooshes]
- [grunting]
- Hi, Mr. S!
Did you find your skateboard?
- Not yet.
How's the mission going?
- We're building a bridge
so the toads can get across
and go to the woods,
but we need some glue.
- [squeaks]
- No, Fur Blur, no!
- [squeaks]
- Oh, no!
- Uh, closet organization
isn't your superpower, is it?
- Not so much, no.
A few sticky minutes later...
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- This cardboard bridge
should be strong enough
for toads,
but will they use it?
- Oh, let's use
our Superpowers of Science
to test it out.
Toads, come back!
We need a volunteer!
♪ ♪
- Oh, no!
Ahh! No!
Toads--no! Oh!
- The bridge!
Turn off the water!
Ugh!
♪ ♪
- Uh-oh! Whoa!
Off is the other way!
Whoa!
- Oops.
♪ ♪
- Looks like cardboard
falls apart when it gets wet.
- I'll clean it up.
- Well, that was a flop.
Again.
- Hey, you know what
Mr. Sparks would say?
We didn't fail!
We just found another way
that didn't work.
- Right, and we learned
that we need
to build our bridge
out of something that's sturdy
and won't fall apart
if it gets wet.
Any ideas?
all: Hmm.
- Lawn mower.
- A lawn mower bridge?
I don't get it.
- No, look!
There's a lawn mower coming!
Oh, no!
- [gasps]
- Uh-oh.
- It's okay, Benny.
The toads are hopping away.
- Oh, yeah, yeah,
right towards a busy street!
[dramatic music]
- Oh, no!
Good thing I've got
a rocket-powered skateboard!
Ahh! Ahh!
- But you haven't
practiced yet!
- Oh, no!
Ahh!
Whoa-ah-oh!
♪ ♪
[laughing]
Whoa!
Go that way!
♪ ♪
- It's working!
The toads are heading
for the pond!
- [gasps]
But so is Sara!
- Ah! Ahh!
- Sara! You gotta stop!
- How?
Uh! Uhh...
- Bubble up!
- Whoa-oh-ohh!
Whoa!
Ugh!
- You okay?
- I'm fine.
- Wish we could say the same
for your skateboard.
[sad music]
[groans]
Benny: Uh-oh.
The toads
are on the move again.
- Oh, we still need
to build them a bridge.
- Maybe not.
Check out that log.
It's long enough,
and it's also sturdy.
- And wood doesn't fall apart
when it gets wet.
- So maybe we don't
need to build a bridge.
We can just use
this log as a bridge!
- I love it when
we all pull together
to solve a problem!
Come on!
Mr. Sparks:
And so they pulled together
in more ways than one, using
their amazing teamwork to...
watch Sara
put the log into place.
- I hope this works.
What if the toads
don't notice the bridge?
- Better give them
a little hint.
Bubble up!
♪ ♪
- Here they come!
Benny: [laughs]
Yay, toads!
[all cheering]
[exciting music]
[upbeat music]
- It's too bad
the rocket boosters
got ruined in the pond.
Maybe I can fix them.
Sara: Thanks, AJ,
but I think I'll learn
how to skate without them.
I just have to keep trying.
Whoa!
- Just like how
it took us a few tries
to find the right thing
to make our bridge.
- Look! It's Mr. Sparks!
[rock music]
- Just catching some air!
Ahh-ha-ha!
Whoo-hoo!
- Wow!
- Cool.
- Awesome!
- Whoo-hoo!
- Whoa! Oops.
Mr. Sparks:
And so the next time
you're trying to figure out
what to make a bridge out of,
"toad"-ally do like
the Sparks' Crew!
Learn from your mistakes,
never give up,
and always wear a helmet.
"Toad"-ally.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
[upbeat music]
Mr. Sparks:
At Hero Elementary,
our students learn
to be brave.
- [gulps]
Whoa!
Oh, yeah! Yippee!
♪ ♪
I did it!
- Excuse me.
- Hey, what's the box for?
Mr. Sparks: Our students
learn to be helpful...
- I'll get it for you.
♪ ♪
Here you go!
- Look out! Coming through!
- Huh.
I wonder where he's going.
Mr. Sparks:
And our students learn
to think outside the box.
- Oh, cool!
- Yeah. A new hoop.
- Oh, I meant the box.
♪ ♪
- I wonder what AJ's doing
with all those boxes.
[exciting music]
[laughter]
- Oh, yeah, awesome!
- Everyone,
I have something to show you!
Follow me!
[playful music]
♪ ♪
Come on.
It's over here.
♪ ♪
- I wonder what's going on.
- What could it be?
- [clears throat]
As you know,
some of my favorite heroes
have their own super hideaways.
So I made one for us.
Presenting the Sparks' Crew
Hero Hideaway!
all: Wow!
♪ ♪
Mr. Sparks: Aha!
So that's what you've been
working on all week!
- Yes! Come on.
Let me show you around.
- Whoa, it's so awesome!
- Come on, let's go!
- Cool, ha-ha!
I love it!
- This is amazing, AJ!
- Oh, yeah, I can't believe it!
- Wow!
- It's got everything
a hero could need:
a landing pad over there,
room to store gadgets,
a hidden passageway--
- Where?
I don't see a passageway.
- That's because
it's hidden, Benny.
- Oh!
[all laugh]
- And it has a lookout tower,
but maybe it should
be a little taller.
I'll put some more boxes on.
- I'll help you.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
- Uh-oh.
AJ, wait!
- Huh?
Oh, no!
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
- Oh, dear.
- No!
No, no, no!
I worked so hard on this!
Ahh!
- AJ!
- Oh, he must
be so disappointed.
- It's okay, AJ.
- It is not okay!
It's terrible!
I wanted it to be the best
hero hideaway ever!
- Deep breaths.
- [breathing deeply]
- I get why you're upset, AJ.
You worked so hard
to build that hideaway.
I'd feel the same way.
- And sometimes when things
don't go the way we planned,
we can learn from it
to make things better.
- Yeah!
Maybe if we can figure out
what went wrong,
then we can help you
build a new hideaway.
- You'd help me do that?
- Of course!
Helping is what we do.
- Who's the crew
who knows what to do?
♪ ♪
all: Sparks' Crew
to the Rescue!
♪ ♪
- Okay.
Let's try again.
- Excelente!
So how can you figure out
why the hideaway
didn't stay up?
- Ooh!
Maybe we can use our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
- We can start by investigating
what went wrong.
- Hmm. Thought projecting!
Here's what the hideaway
looked like before.
- Let's observe
and see what we notice.
both: Hmm.
- I notice the tower
seems to be tilting.
Whoa! Ugh.
Lucita: You're right! Look!
When I put my box on top,
the tower started to wobble.
- [squeaks]
- And when I put
another box on top of that,
the whole thing fell apart.
- Wait!
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
I think I see
what the problem was.
AJ, go back a little,
to just before it fell.
Look!
It's really tilting at the top.
But did you notice the bottom?
The ground is tilted too!
- Great observation.
- Maybe that is why
the hideaway fell over.
The ground under it
wasn't flat.
- So that means
we just have to
build the hideaway
on ground that is flat!
- Yeah!
So where is a nice, flat place?
♪ ♪
- How about right here?
It feels flat to me.
- Oh, yeah!
Come on, team!
Let's get those boxes
and build a hideaway!
[exciting music]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
- Ha-ha! Aww.
♪ ♪
Ha-ha!
- Ha! Last one.
♪ ♪
- Now presenting our new...
Hero Hideaway!
- Um, does anyone else
notice...
it looks a little...wobbly.
[all gasp]
♪ ♪
- Ohhh!
Oh, no.
- It's super wobbly.
- Any ideas why?
- We built it on flat ground;
it should stay up.
- Maybe we should test it
to make sure.
You know, give it
a little push.
- [squeaking]
- Be careful, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks]
[quirky music]
♪ ♪
- Phew.
- [squeaking]
[rumbling]
[squeaks]
- Uh-oh!
[all gasp]
♪ ♪
- Oh, no!
- Fur Blur!
Ahh, I'll get you!
- [squeaks]
- Almost got you!
[grunts]
Fur Blur!
Going...too...fast!
- Bottom of hill!
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
- Thanks, Sara.
- Heads up!
- [gasps]
♪ ♪
- Bubble up!
♪ ♪
- [squeak]
both: [gasp]
♪ ♪
- I'll stop you!
Huh?
- Oh, no! Fur Blur!
- [squeaks]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Gotcha!
- [squeaks]
♪ ♪
[all cheering]
- I'm glad she's okay.
[sad music]
I just wish
our Hero Hideaway was too.
Aww.
♪ ♪
Mr. Sparks: It looked like
our heroes' hideaway
had had it.
- [sighs]
I just wanted us to have
our own special place,
just like other heroes.
- So let's build it again.
- Wait, we've got to figure out
what went wrong first,
so we don't keep making
the same mistakes.
- But we built it
on flat ground.
Why didn't it stay up?
[jaunty music]
- Hmm.
Maybe it's time
for a little break.
- Mmm, mmm.
Thanks for the treat, Mr. S.
- Sí, gracias.
- [laughs] De nada.
Now, did anyone notice
any differences
between that big
ice cream cone up there
and the ones we're eating?
- Oh. Yes!
That big cone
has a flat bottom,
and these cones
have pointy bottoms.
- I wonder why that is.
- Doesn't matter.
Both kinds are delicious.
[slurps]
- I don't think
a cone like this
would be able to stand up
on top of an ice cream truck.
See?
- Wait a minute.
I know what we did wrong!
- Uh, uh,
should have ordered
the other kind of cone?
- No, I know what we did wrong
with the hideaway.
- You do?
- Thought projecting!
Remember how wobbly it was?
- Super wobbly.
- And then when Fur Blur
leaned on it...
- Oh, I can't look again!
- [squeaks]
- It fell down!
But did you notice the bottom?
It's smaller at the bottom
and then gets wider
as it goes up!
The bottom isn't wide enough
to hold it up.
- [gasps]
Kinda like an ice cream cone!
- And that cone
is wide on the bottom,
so it does stay up.
- So that's what we have to do
with our hideaway:
make it wider on the bottom!
- Excelente!
- Then let's go rebuild
that hideaway, team!
- Uh, can we finish
our ice cream first?
- Oh. [laughs]
Yeah.
Then let's go rebuild
that hideaway, team!
- Lick fast, everyone!
- Oh, it's delicious!
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
AJ: Now, remember, the bottom
has to be wider than the top.
- And we have to build it
on the flat ground.
all: Mm-hmm.
- Let's do this.
♪ ♪
- Uh-uh. Wider!
♪ ♪
We did it!
Our new, new Hero Hideaway.
- It's the best hero hideaway
I've ever seen!
- Well done, class!
You figured out a great way
to solve the problem.
- It should stay up this time,
because we learned
from our mistakes.
We built it on flat ground...
- Check.
- And we gave it a wide base
so it won't fall over.
- Double check.
Now time to test it.
- [squeaks]
- Mr. Sparks,
will you give it a little push?
- Are you sure, AJ?
- I'm sure.
- Okay.
[grunts]
- [laughs]
It stayed up!
- Sparks' Crew officially
has a Hero Hideaway!
- Ha, yes!
- Finally!
- We did it!
- Fantástico!
- Great hideaway, AJ.
- We did it together!
Now, come on!
Oh, I can't wait!
Lucita: Let's go!
Benny: Oh, so cool!
Sara: It'll be awesome!
- Ha!
I found the secret passageway!
Mr. Sparks: So our heroes
made mistakes,
learned from their mistakes,
and then there was
no mistaking it:
they built a hideaway
fit for heroes.
Way to go, class!
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
man: Time to learn
how to hero!
Hey, you.
Yes, that means you!
Let's go hero,
using your Superpowers
of Science!
Today's superpower is...
the power to figure out
a solution.
woman: ♪ Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna make? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna build?
What's it gonna take? ♪
♪ What's your plan?
Whatcha gonna use? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna try
and whatcha gonna do? ♪
♪ Uh oh, something's
going wrong ♪
♪ And you're the hero
that comes along ♪
♪ You can brainstorm
lots and lots of ways ♪
♪ To solve the problem
and save the day ♪
♪ Figure it out,
figure it out ♪
♪ Come on
let's figure it out ♪
♪ Never fear,
heroes are here ♪
♪ To engineer a solution ♪
- ♪ Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna make? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna build?
What's it gonna take? ♪
♪ What's your plan?
Whatcha gonna use? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna try
and whatcha gonna do? ♪
♪ Uh oh, something's
going wrong ♪
♪ But don't give up,
keep going strong ♪
♪ Heroes work
until they find ♪
♪ Another plan,
another design ♪
♪ Figure it out,
come on, figure it out ♪
♪ Come on,
let's figure it out ♪
♪ Never fear,
heroes are here ♪
♪ To engineer a solution ♪
- ♪ Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna make? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna build?
What's it gonna take? ♪
♪ What's your plan?
Whatcha gonna use? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna try
and whatcha gonna do? ♪
- ♪ Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna make? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna build?
What's it gonna take? ♪
♪ What's your plan?
Whatcha gonna use? ♪
♪ To engineer a solution ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
with powers ♪
♪ Then where's
the place to be? ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
♪ If you have super strength ♪
♪ And can lift
a ton or three ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
man: ♪ If your power
lets you fly ♪
- ♪ You're like me,
Lucita Sky ♪
woman: ♪ Like to help out
when there's trouble? ♪
- ♪ Oh, you bet,
I'm Benny Bubbles! ♪
man: ♪ Teleport
in no time flat? ♪
- ♪ Sara Snap can,
just like that! ♪
woman: ♪ Use super tools
to save the day? ♪
- ♪ Like AJ Gadgets,
I'm on my way! ♪
both:
♪ How do they save the day? ♪
all: ♪ Well,
the scientific fact is ♪
♪ They use
all kinds of powers ♪
♪ They just need
a little more ♪
man: Practice!
both: ♪ If you're
a future hero ♪
♪ Come and you will see ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
Mr. Sparks:
It was a beautiful day
in downtown City Town.
The sun was shining,
the birds were singing...
and skaters
were catching some air
at the gnarly
new skateboard park!
[rock music]
- The City Town
Skaters Committee
is, like, super proud
to declare Sidekick Park
officially open!
Ha-ha!
- Aw, cool!
- Fantastic!
[ribbits]
- Uh, huh?
[dramatic music]
Whoa.
Dude, what is happening?
Mr. Sparks:
Meanwhile, at Hero Elementary,
another grand opening
is underway.
- Whoa!
You made me a skateboard?
- A rocket-boosted,
self-balancing skateboard.
- Thanks, AJ!
Now I can learn how to skate!
- Just in time
to use the new skate park.
- These rocket boosters
should help me learn fast!
Whoa!
[quirky music]
Oops. Sorry, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks]
- You do have a helmet, yes?
AJ: She does now!
[beeping]
- The Sparkinator!
Sara: Huh?
Why are there toads
at the skate park?
Benny: Oh! The poor toads!
They could get hurt!
- And the poor skaters!
It's not safe for them, either.
- We have to do
something!
- Well, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
[exciting music]
all: Sparks' Crew
to the Rescue!
♪ ♪
- Coming!
Just let me grab my skateboard.
♪ ♪
[crash]
Uh, I'll have to catch up
to you.
- [squeaks]
♪ ♪
By the time
they got to Sidekick Park,
things were "toad"-ally
out of control!
[quirky music]
- Look at all the toads!
- Those smooth walls
are great for skateboarding
but terrible for the toads.
They can't get a grip
to climb out!
- Come on, team!
Let's give 'em a boost.
- Uh...
[upbeat music]
- Aww!
♪ ♪
- Ugh...
♪ ♪
- That's all of 'em.
- Great,
and just to make sure
it doesn't happen again,
bubble up!
[triumphant music]
- A bubble wall!
Great idea, Benny!
- Sparks' Crew to Mr. Sparks.
We got all the toads
out of the skate park.
Mission accomplished!
- Fantástico!
That was fast.
- Eh, rescues are what we do.
[ominous music]
[squeaking]
♪ ♪
- What? Hey!
We just saved you!
- Ugh.
On second thought,
I don't think we're done yet.
Call you later.
- Why did the toads
come back?
- Hmm, I don't know.
Maybe we can find out
using our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
- Okay,
let's investigate!
We can start by observing.
- Yes! We shall look around
to see what we notice.
[mysterious music]
- Hmm.
I notice that all the toads
are on this side
of the skate park.
- You're right!
And I notice something too.
[gasps]
Their cute little
wet footprints!
- Toad tracks!
That's a good clue.
Tracks can show us where
the toads are coming from.
- We should follow them
and find out.
- Let's go!
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
- Look!
They're coming from that pond!
[quirky music]
- It's just like
in my comic book,
"Toad Invasion
from the Green Lagoon."
- Uh...hmm.
I'm gonna need more info.
- Thought projecting!
In the comic book,
But when they are old enough,
they come out and live on land.
Mostly in the woods.
- Oh!
Like the woods
on the other side
of the new skate park?
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
So we had the problem
all wrong.
It isn't about keeping toads
out of the skate park.
- We have to help them
get across it
so they can get to the woods
on the other side.
- [gasps]
I know what we need.
A toad trampoline.
- Hmm.
- Or maybe a zip line?
Sara: Yeah!
AJ: What about flying drones?
- Cool!
- Wow.
- Uh, guys,
maybe there's a simpler way.
Like a bridge?
Sara: Oh! Yes!
- But what kind of bridge?
- Well, it needs to be long
enough to reach across.
- Long! I'm on it!
This should be long enough.
- A sandwich?
- An extra-long sandwich!
Okay, there we go.
Ta-da!
It's perfect for a toad bridge!
Ahh.
[quirky music]
- Uh, well...
It was long.
- And tasty for those birdies!
- Okay, maybe a sandwich isn't
quite perfect for a bridge.
- We need something
that's not floppy.
Something more sturdy.
all: Hmm.
- [gasps]
What about cardboard?
- Maybe.
Let's try it!
- Consider it done!
♪ ♪
Hi!
I'd like to order
two dozen pizzas, please.
Hold the pizza.
- So...just the boxes?
- [laughs]
Look at all this cardboard!
- Hmm, now we just have to turn
it into some kind of bridge.
- We'll need some glue
to hold it together.
- I'll get some from school.
Be back in a snap!
School!
[whooshes]
- [grunting]
- Hi, Mr. S!
Did you find your skateboard?
- Not yet.
How's the mission going?
- We're building a bridge
so the toads can get across
and go to the woods,
but we need some glue.
- [squeaks]
- No, Fur Blur, no!
- [squeaks]
- Oh, no!
- Uh, closet organization
isn't your superpower, is it?
- Not so much, no.
A few sticky minutes later...
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- This cardboard bridge
should be strong enough
for toads,
but will they use it?
- Oh, let's use
our Superpowers of Science
to test it out.
Toads, come back!
We need a volunteer!
♪ ♪
- Oh, no!
Ahh! No!
Toads--no! Oh!
- The bridge!
Turn off the water!
Ugh!
♪ ♪
- Uh-oh! Whoa!
Off is the other way!
Whoa!
- Oops.
♪ ♪
- Looks like cardboard
falls apart when it gets wet.
- I'll clean it up.
- Well, that was a flop.
Again.
- Hey, you know what
Mr. Sparks would say?
We didn't fail!
We just found another way
that didn't work.
- Right, and we learned
that we need
to build our bridge
out of something that's sturdy
and won't fall apart
if it gets wet.
Any ideas?
all: Hmm.
- Lawn mower.
- A lawn mower bridge?
I don't get it.
- No, look!
There's a lawn mower coming!
Oh, no!
- [gasps]
- Uh-oh.
- It's okay, Benny.
The toads are hopping away.
- Oh, yeah, yeah,
right towards a busy street!
[dramatic music]
- Oh, no!
Good thing I've got
a rocket-powered skateboard!
Ahh! Ahh!
- But you haven't
practiced yet!
- Oh, no!
Ahh!
Whoa-ah-oh!
♪ ♪
[laughing]
Whoa!
Go that way!
♪ ♪
- It's working!
The toads are heading
for the pond!
- [gasps]
But so is Sara!
- Ah! Ahh!
- Sara! You gotta stop!
- How?
Uh! Uhh...
- Bubble up!
- Whoa-oh-ohh!
Whoa!
Ugh!
- You okay?
- I'm fine.
- Wish we could say the same
for your skateboard.
[sad music]
[groans]
Benny: Uh-oh.
The toads
are on the move again.
- Oh, we still need
to build them a bridge.
- Maybe not.
Check out that log.
It's long enough,
and it's also sturdy.
- And wood doesn't fall apart
when it gets wet.
- So maybe we don't
need to build a bridge.
We can just use
this log as a bridge!
- I love it when
we all pull together
to solve a problem!
Come on!
Mr. Sparks:
And so they pulled together
in more ways than one, using
their amazing teamwork to...
watch Sara
put the log into place.
- I hope this works.
What if the toads
don't notice the bridge?
- Better give them
a little hint.
Bubble up!
♪ ♪
- Here they come!
Benny: [laughs]
Yay, toads!
[all cheering]
[exciting music]
[upbeat music]
- It's too bad
the rocket boosters
got ruined in the pond.
Maybe I can fix them.
Sara: Thanks, AJ,
but I think I'll learn
how to skate without them.
I just have to keep trying.
Whoa!
- Just like how
it took us a few tries
to find the right thing
to make our bridge.
- Look! It's Mr. Sparks!
[rock music]
- Just catching some air!
Ahh-ha-ha!
Whoo-hoo!
- Wow!
- Cool.
- Awesome!
- Whoo-hoo!
- Whoa! Oops.
Mr. Sparks:
And so the next time
you're trying to figure out
what to make a bridge out of,
"toad"-ally do like
the Sparks' Crew!
Learn from your mistakes,
never give up,
and always wear a helmet.
"Toad"-ally.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
[upbeat music]
Mr. Sparks:
At Hero Elementary,
our students learn
to be brave.
- [gulps]
Whoa!
Oh, yeah! Yippee!
♪ ♪
I did it!
- Excuse me.
- Hey, what's the box for?
Mr. Sparks: Our students
learn to be helpful...
- I'll get it for you.
♪ ♪
Here you go!
- Look out! Coming through!
- Huh.
I wonder where he's going.
Mr. Sparks:
And our students learn
to think outside the box.
- Oh, cool!
- Yeah. A new hoop.
- Oh, I meant the box.
♪ ♪
- I wonder what AJ's doing
with all those boxes.
[exciting music]
[laughter]
- Oh, yeah, awesome!
- Everyone,
I have something to show you!
Follow me!
[playful music]
♪ ♪
Come on.
It's over here.
♪ ♪
- I wonder what's going on.
- What could it be?
- [clears throat]
As you know,
some of my favorite heroes
have their own super hideaways.
So I made one for us.
Presenting the Sparks' Crew
Hero Hideaway!
all: Wow!
♪ ♪
Mr. Sparks: Aha!
So that's what you've been
working on all week!
- Yes! Come on.
Let me show you around.
- Whoa, it's so awesome!
- Come on, let's go!
- Cool, ha-ha!
I love it!
- This is amazing, AJ!
- Oh, yeah, I can't believe it!
- Wow!
- It's got everything
a hero could need:
a landing pad over there,
room to store gadgets,
a hidden passageway--
- Where?
I don't see a passageway.
- That's because
it's hidden, Benny.
- Oh!
[all laugh]
- And it has a lookout tower,
but maybe it should
be a little taller.
I'll put some more boxes on.
- I'll help you.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
- Uh-oh.
AJ, wait!
- Huh?
Oh, no!
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
- Oh, dear.
- No!
No, no, no!
I worked so hard on this!
Ahh!
- AJ!
- Oh, he must
be so disappointed.
- It's okay, AJ.
- It is not okay!
It's terrible!
I wanted it to be the best
hero hideaway ever!
- Deep breaths.
- [breathing deeply]
- I get why you're upset, AJ.
You worked so hard
to build that hideaway.
I'd feel the same way.
- And sometimes when things
don't go the way we planned,
we can learn from it
to make things better.
- Yeah!
Maybe if we can figure out
what went wrong,
then we can help you
build a new hideaway.
- You'd help me do that?
- Of course!
Helping is what we do.
- Who's the crew
who knows what to do?
♪ ♪
all: Sparks' Crew
to the Rescue!
♪ ♪
- Okay.
Let's try again.
- Excelente!
So how can you figure out
why the hideaway
didn't stay up?
- Ooh!
Maybe we can use our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
- We can start by investigating
what went wrong.
- Hmm. Thought projecting!
Here's what the hideaway
looked like before.
- Let's observe
and see what we notice.
both: Hmm.
- I notice the tower
seems to be tilting.
Whoa! Ugh.
Lucita: You're right! Look!
When I put my box on top,
the tower started to wobble.
- [squeaks]
- And when I put
another box on top of that,
the whole thing fell apart.
- Wait!
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
I think I see
what the problem was.
AJ, go back a little,
to just before it fell.
Look!
It's really tilting at the top.
But did you notice the bottom?
The ground is tilted too!
- Great observation.
- Maybe that is why
the hideaway fell over.
The ground under it
wasn't flat.
- So that means
we just have to
build the hideaway
on ground that is flat!
- Yeah!
So where is a nice, flat place?
♪ ♪
- How about right here?
It feels flat to me.
- Oh, yeah!
Come on, team!
Let's get those boxes
and build a hideaway!
[exciting music]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
- Ha-ha! Aww.
♪ ♪
Ha-ha!
- Ha! Last one.
♪ ♪
- Now presenting our new...
Hero Hideaway!
- Um, does anyone else
notice...
it looks a little...wobbly.
[all gasp]
♪ ♪
- Ohhh!
Oh, no.
- It's super wobbly.
- Any ideas why?
- We built it on flat ground;
it should stay up.
- Maybe we should test it
to make sure.
You know, give it
a little push.
- [squeaking]
- Be careful, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks]
[quirky music]
♪ ♪
- Phew.
- [squeaking]
[rumbling]
[squeaks]
- Uh-oh!
[all gasp]
♪ ♪
- Oh, no!
- Fur Blur!
Ahh, I'll get you!
- [squeaks]
- Almost got you!
[grunts]
Fur Blur!
Going...too...fast!
- Bottom of hill!
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
- Thanks, Sara.
- Heads up!
- [gasps]
♪ ♪
- Bubble up!
♪ ♪
- [squeak]
both: [gasp]
♪ ♪
- I'll stop you!
Huh?
- Oh, no! Fur Blur!
- [squeaks]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Gotcha!
- [squeaks]
♪ ♪
[all cheering]
- I'm glad she's okay.
[sad music]
I just wish
our Hero Hideaway was too.
Aww.
♪ ♪
Mr. Sparks: It looked like
our heroes' hideaway
had had it.
- [sighs]
I just wanted us to have
our own special place,
just like other heroes.
- So let's build it again.
- Wait, we've got to figure out
what went wrong first,
so we don't keep making
the same mistakes.
- But we built it
on flat ground.
Why didn't it stay up?
[jaunty music]
- Hmm.
Maybe it's time
for a little break.
- Mmm, mmm.
Thanks for the treat, Mr. S.
- Sí, gracias.
- [laughs] De nada.
Now, did anyone notice
any differences
between that big
ice cream cone up there
and the ones we're eating?
- Oh. Yes!
That big cone
has a flat bottom,
and these cones
have pointy bottoms.
- I wonder why that is.
- Doesn't matter.
Both kinds are delicious.
[slurps]
- I don't think
a cone like this
would be able to stand up
on top of an ice cream truck.
See?
- Wait a minute.
I know what we did wrong!
- Uh, uh,
should have ordered
the other kind of cone?
- No, I know what we did wrong
with the hideaway.
- You do?
- Thought projecting!
Remember how wobbly it was?
- Super wobbly.
- And then when Fur Blur
leaned on it...
- Oh, I can't look again!
- [squeaks]
- It fell down!
But did you notice the bottom?
It's smaller at the bottom
and then gets wider
as it goes up!
The bottom isn't wide enough
to hold it up.
- [gasps]
Kinda like an ice cream cone!
- And that cone
is wide on the bottom,
so it does stay up.
- So that's what we have to do
with our hideaway:
make it wider on the bottom!
- Excelente!
- Then let's go rebuild
that hideaway, team!
- Uh, can we finish
our ice cream first?
- Oh. [laughs]
Yeah.
Then let's go rebuild
that hideaway, team!
- Lick fast, everyone!
- Oh, it's delicious!
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
AJ: Now, remember, the bottom
has to be wider than the top.
- And we have to build it
on the flat ground.
all: Mm-hmm.
- Let's do this.
♪ ♪
- Uh-uh. Wider!
♪ ♪
We did it!
Our new, new Hero Hideaway.
- It's the best hero hideaway
I've ever seen!
- Well done, class!
You figured out a great way
to solve the problem.
- It should stay up this time,
because we learned
from our mistakes.
We built it on flat ground...
- Check.
- And we gave it a wide base
so it won't fall over.
- Double check.
Now time to test it.
- [squeaks]
- Mr. Sparks,
will you give it a little push?
- Are you sure, AJ?
- I'm sure.
- Okay.
[grunts]
- [laughs]
It stayed up!
- Sparks' Crew officially
has a Hero Hideaway!
- Ha, yes!
- Finally!
- We did it!
- Fantástico!
- Great hideaway, AJ.
- We did it together!
Now, come on!
Oh, I can't wait!
Lucita: Let's go!
Benny: Oh, so cool!
Sara: It'll be awesome!
- Ha!
I found the secret passageway!
Mr. Sparks: So our heroes
made mistakes,
learned from their mistakes,
and then there was
no mistaking it:
they built a hideaway
fit for heroes.
Way to go, class!
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
man: Time to learn
how to hero!
Hey, you.
Yes, that means you!
Let's go hero,
using your Superpowers
of Science!
Today's superpower is...
the power to figure out
a solution.
woman: ♪ Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna make? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna build?
What's it gonna take? ♪
♪ What's your plan?
Whatcha gonna use? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna try
and whatcha gonna do? ♪
♪ Uh oh, something's
going wrong ♪
♪ And you're the hero
that comes along ♪
♪ You can brainstorm
lots and lots of ways ♪
♪ To solve the problem
and save the day ♪
♪ Figure it out,
figure it out ♪
♪ Come on
let's figure it out ♪
♪ Never fear,
heroes are here ♪
♪ To engineer a solution ♪
- ♪ Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna make? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna build?
What's it gonna take? ♪
♪ What's your plan?
Whatcha gonna use? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna try
and whatcha gonna do? ♪
♪ Uh oh, something's
going wrong ♪
♪ But don't give up,
keep going strong ♪
♪ Heroes work
until they find ♪
♪ Another plan,
another design ♪
♪ Figure it out,
come on, figure it out ♪
♪ Come on,
let's figure it out ♪
♪ Never fear,
heroes are here ♪
♪ To engineer a solution ♪
- ♪ Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna make? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna build?
What's it gonna take? ♪
♪ What's your plan?
Whatcha gonna use? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna try
and whatcha gonna do? ♪
- ♪ Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna make? ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna build?
What's it gonna take? ♪
♪ What's your plan?
Whatcha gonna use? ♪
♪ To engineer a solution ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪