01x43 - A Tight Squeeze

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♪ Once upon a future time ♪

♪ In a place called Stardust Bay ♪

♪ Countin' down to adventure now ♪

♪ Rockets on a mission, we're on our way ♪

♪ Space Racers ♪

♪ Surfing the solar winds ♪

♪ Space Racers ♪

♪ Together the fun begins ♪

♪ Way out where the planets, moons, and stars ♪

♪ All shimmer shine ♪

♪ Havin' a great time exploring ♪

♪ Space Racers ♪

Hey, wait for me!

[clanking, clattering]

Robyn! C'mon, the time capsule launch is in hour!

I know!

I can't decide what to put inside it...

my first telescope

or my favorite astronomy books!

Well, you better make up your mind soon

or they're gonna launch the capsule

without including anything from you in there.

Uhhh! Okay, the books.

No, the telescope!

No, the books!

Hey, guys.

Hey, Eagle.

What've you got there?

Some weird rocks from my collection,

plus a bunch of video files showing me

breaking speed records.

Twenty-five years from now

when someone opens up that time capsule,

they're gonna be so stoked to see me in action!

Maybe.

But not as stoked as you are

when you watch yourself!

Ha ha. Hey, anyone see Raven?

I think he's still looking for something

to put in the capsule.

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Whoa! What's that smell?

Vulture: Limburger cheese- flavored fuel bars.

Future Space Racers will get to taste

my favorite energy snack.

You know, Limburger only grows better

as it grows older and riper!

You mean they're gonna get even stinkier?

The smellier the cheese,

the more delicious it is, Dodo.

P.U.!

I'm loading my favorite "My Lunar Pony" cartoons

into the database!

Headmaster Crane: What a wonderful tradition --

launching time capsules into space

to preserve our memories for the future.

♪ A friend is a friend, is a friend... ♪

Heh-heh!

Reminds me of when we were young racers,

just like Starling here.

Before we launched our time capsule,

a bunch of us cadets squeezed in

to see just how many could fit inside at once!

Just for fun.

Pretty silly, huh?

Nah, not at all. Every school's got its funny traditions!

True.

But look at us, all grown up now.

We couldn't fit in that tiny space anymore.

Oh no?

We're still in good shape.

I bet we could! Whatta ya say, Craney?

I don't know. I, I, uh...

Well, okay.

Oh.

Ha-ha. Why not!

[clatter]

Ha-ha!Oh!

[all laughing]

[laughter continues]

Ha ha! Hey Boss, your nose cone,

it's, like, all sideways and funny-looking!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Ooh. Ha-ha!

[alarm sounds]

Look, everybody, I shut the door!

We're stuck in here for the next years!

Ha-ha-ha!

Uhh, heh-heh. Heh-heh.

Actually, he's right.

Uh, right about what?

The hatch! It's locked tight!

I designed it to open again

only after the capsule travels

slooowly to Mars,

and then back to Earth in years.

Ha-ha. Ha-ha-ha.

Oh, ha-ha-ha.

Ha...ha...ha.

Hmm. Hmm-hmm.

What are you saying, Coot?

I'm sayin' there's no way to open that hatch!

Okay, the joke was funny.

Now open the door and let us out!

Not a joke.

That baby is sealed tight.

Dodo, you...dodo!

I, uh, I didn't mean to close it, Boss.

Oh, dear. This is not good.

Heeeelllllp!

What are they doing?

They've been in there for a while now.

Shouldn't they come out

before the time capsule takes off?

Ava: Affirmative.

Spacecraft is set to launch itself

in four minutes.

Then why don't they come back out?

Ava: Once the hatch is closed,

it cannot open again

until the flight has been completed.

So, Headmaster Crane and Coach Pigeon,

and Coot and Vulture, and Dodo

are all trapped in there?

Ava: T-minus three minutes until lift-off.

We need to get that hatch open!

Well, Mr. Coot always says,

"The right tools get the job done."

Starling, that's it!

We can use tools to unscrew the hatch!

We just need the right tool...a screwdriver!

Oh no!

They're not screws, they're bolts!

A screwdriver won't work!

Ava: T-minus two minutes and counting.

Wait, we can pull the hatch off.

I'll do it! They don't call me

"The Incredible Hawk" for nothing!

Who calls you "The Incredible Hawk?"

Ugh!

Uughh!

It won't budge.

It's no use,

Coot designed this thing too well.

Let's stay calm, guys.

Come on, focus! We can do this!

Ava: Launch sequence is initiated.

In , , , , .

We have lift-off.

Aaaahhhhh!

We're blastin' off!

We've gotta catch that thing

and figure out how to open the door!

Booster Rockets?

Engaged! Engaged!

Wings? Back! Back!

Space visors? Down! Down!

Blast off!

♪

Look, two solar sails opened up.

Yeah, with the Sun powering it,

it can fly like that forever!

Our teachers don't have forever.

I just hope they're okay in there.

Hey!Ahhh!

How long we gonna be in here?

If you clear a path

maybe I can get to the hatch...

try and figure out how to open 'er up.

As a wise rocket once said,

"To investigate a problem is to solve it."

'Scuse me! Pardon me!

'Scuse me! Sorry!

'Scuse me! Pardon me.

Ha, hah-ha, ha-ha. Hah-ha-hah!

What is it?

He stepped on my funny bolt!

[sniffs] Oohhh! It stinks in here.

My Limburger cheese- flavored fuel snacks.

What?! I'm hungry!

Those things smell like

dirty, unwashed wheels.

"My Lunar Pony": ♪ A friend is a friend is a friend... ♪

Ooops.

I think I broke something.

Please, make it stop.

That song!

That stinky smell!

That noise!

I'm gonna go nuts in here!

What are we gonna do?

Yeah! They can't just stay in there for years!

Well, no teachers for years

means no homework for years.

That part doesn't sound so bad.

Eagle!

You know I'm just kidding!

Too bad we can't make

years go by faster --

then the capsule would open up on its own.

What if... what if the time capsule traveled the same distance

it's supposed to travel in years...

only much, much faster?

Huh? Would that work?

Well, it's just a hypothesis, but...

Wait. What's a "hypothesis"?

It's a possible explanation for a problem.

You never know if your hypothesis will turn out to be true

until you investigate it further.

Ava, can you please show us

the time capsule's flight path?

Ava: Affirmative, Cadet Robyn.

See, the time capsule is programmed

to travel very slowly along this path

until it reaches Mars,

then circle around the planet,

and then slowly travel back to Earth.

But if we speed it up along the same path

so that it covers the same distance,

only a lot faster...

Then the hatch might open up sooner?

Exactly.

As long as Coot designed it

to open based on the distance it goes

and not how long it takes to travel.

That's a great idea!

Just remember -- it's only my hypothesis.

The only way we'll find out

if it'll work is to test it.

♪ Friendly, friendly, friendly, friendly... ♪

Uh, that smell.

There is only one way to stop that stinky odor.

Vulture, you must eat those smelly cheese snacks.

All of them.

Fine!

I don't care, they're yummy!

Uh, I don't think

that's such a good idea, Boss.

[chewing]

[time capsule shakes]

Look, the dials and meters are goin' haywire!

We've gotta go even faster!

Let's turn up our thrusters

as high as we can.

Switching to full velocity!

We're speeding up!

Look, the dates on the calendar are changing.

The capsule thinks it's June !

Now it says October , Halloween!

January , my birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Now it's May !

That was a fast birthday.

I didn't even get any cake!

Ava: Space Racers are now circling the planet Mars.

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And open!

Uh, open!

Hatch, open!

Why isn't the hatch opening?

Yeah, we flew the capsule

the same amount of distance

that it was supposed to travel for years.

Ohh, our experiment failed.

Ava: According to my calculations,

the time capsule has almost traveled its full,

pre-programmed distance.

Almost? How much further does it need to go?

Ava: Approximately one meter.

One meter! One meter! One meter!

[all groaning and grunting]

Ohh. My tailbone!

Uuuhhh!

I ate too much.

Told you so, Boss.

My hypothesis was correct!

We tested it and proved it!

Yay!Woo-hoo! Hooray!

Coot: Hot-diggity!

Oh, thank you for rescuing us, cadets.

That was very resourceful of you.

Raven: Wait! Wait for me!

Ohh! Thank goodness.

I thought I'd missed the launch of the time capsule!

I've got this cool cactus plant

I wanted to put in there before it took off!

[all groan]

Huh? What's that all about?

[laughter]

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