01x03 - Glue

[bunniefuu]

[all] Ta-da!

[eyebrows squeak]

[hydraulics whirring]

[beeping]

[rock music plays]

-♪ Answer Time ♪
-♪ Answer Time! ♪

-♪ It's StoryBots: Answer Time ♪
-♪ Answer Time! ♪

♪ They live in your computer
And they got a job to do ♪

♪ They're all about learning
They make it fun too ♪

♪ When you have a question
They answer it for you ♪

♪ It's StoryBots: Answer Time ♪

♪ Answer Time! ♪

[ticking]

[beeps and rings]

-[all speaking]
-Boop, boop!

Hi, Beep. How many muscles
are there in my body?

-[keyboard clacking]
-Wow.

There are over muscles
in the human body.

In fact, it takes
over of them just to smile.

Like this.

Ah.

Hi, Bo. Wanna play hide and go seek?

Oh, I love hide and seek!

One, two, three…

Oh! We're starting! [exclaims]

-…four, five…
-[crashing]

Wait! No, no, no!

-…six, seven…
-Oh, over here.

-All right. No, no. Over here!
-…eight, nine, ten.

Oh, goodness!

Where are you hiding? [laughs]

Hi there!

-[Boop's eyebrows squeak]
-I found you.

Oh, yep!

Ya got me.

Well, that was fun!

But also stressful.

Boop.

Linguine, pepperoncini, zucchini,

ham, Spam, clams…

Whoa, Bang, you're on a roll
with those answers.

Ha! Nah, I wasn't answering questions.

-I was just ordering a burrito.
-[whirring]

You put all that on a burrito?

Yeah, man. Variety is the spice of life.

-[sloshing]
-Want a bite?

[gags]

[alarm blares]

Looks like we got a Level Three coming in.

Oh, hey, StoryBots.
It's great to meet all of you.

Ho… ly… bananas!

Are you seeing what I'm seeing?

Boop!

Uh, my name's Mr. Wonderful,

and I have a little TV show called
Mr. Wonderful's Land of Imagination.

Oh, we know who you are, Mr. Wonderful.

You're, like, totally our idol and stuff.

Yeah. We all grew up watching your show!

I've seen all episodes! Twice!

StoryBots, you all are so kind.

I wish I could sit and chat
and get to know each of you,

but I have a little problem on my hands.

Oh, we would do anything
to help you, Mr. Wonderful.

Yeah, what can we do for you?

Well, it seems
that the magical door knocker

to the Land of Imagination

has fallen off.

[record scratches]

[all] What?

If you can't use
the magical door knocker--

Then you can't get
into the Land of Imagination!

And millions of kids will be, like,
totally disappointed and stuff!

Yeah, we are in a little bit of a bind,
StoryBots.

What? Did someone
just say the door knocker

to the Land of Imagination has fallen off?

The show starts in minutes!
What are we gonna do?! [screams]

As you can see,
everyone around here is a little upset.

Little.

You actually don't look that upset,
Mr. Wonderful.

Yeah, you know, it's--
it's kinda my thing.

Have you tried to glue
the magic door knocker back on?

Actually, Bing, I-- I did,
but the glue didn't work.

Boop boop, boop, boop boop!

Exactly, Boop.
If you can show me how glue works,

then I can reattach the door knocker
and get back into the Land of Imagination,

and we'll have our show.

Hey, my friend Emmett is, like,
super into making models,

and he uses glue all the time.

Maybe he can help us
figure out how glue works.

-Of course!
-Awesome idea. Emmett could totally help!

That's a really good idea, Bang.

I love it. And I sure would appreciate
if you could help.

There's only minutes
to showtime! [screams]

And so would he.

Don't worry, Mr. Wonderful.
We are on the job.

[whirring and suctioning]

♪ Answer time! ♪

[whirring]

Hey, StoryBots.

How will I know
what direction I'm going in?

[whirring]

[announcer] Do you feel lost?

Hmm.

[announcer] Directionless?

[sadly] Mmm…

Are you worried that you
or a loved one are unable to navigate?

I'm telling you, honey,
I know where I'm going.

[sighs]

[announcer] Well, now there's hope.

Now, there's cardinal directions.

With four primary directions, north,

south, east, and west,

you'll be able to find your way
to just about anything.

There are countless ways of guiding
your direction, such as a compass,

the sun, or even the stars in the sky.

Full speed ahead, crew!
Follow the North Star!

[rowers grunting]

But once you've found your orientation,

it's just a matter of knowing
that north is opposite south,

that east is degrees clockwise
from north,

and that west is opposite east.

[bot] Every time I wanted
to watch the sunrise,

I'd end up looking the wrong way.

[grumbles]

[bot] And watching
the sunset was even worse!

[groaning]

But now that I know the sun rises
in the east and sets in the west,

I haven't missed a single one.
Thanks, cardinal directions!

[announcer] Side effects include
arriving on time, better directions,

a stronger grasp of geography,
and understanding maps.

Ask your cartographer
if cardinal directions are right for you.

For those in search of even more clarity,
try intercardinal directions.

Use only as directed.

We know the search can be long,

but with cardinal directions,
there's a way.

[screeching]

Maybe we should
ask someone for directions.

[chuckles sheepishly]

[whirring]

Hey, StoryBots.
Can you please tell me a fun fact?

[whirring]

[automated voice] Fun fact number .

-[dings]
-[printing]

Did you know that snails
can take super long naps?

Some have even slept
for up to three years!

-[snoring]
-[mother] Okay, sleepy head.

It's been three years, time to wake up.

Huh?

What time is it?

-November.
-[sighs]

Just five more months, please.

-Okay, dear.
-[sighs happily]

Such a little angel.

[snoring continues]

[lullaby plays]

-[whooshing]
-[screaming]

[automated voice] Next stop,
Emmett's mom's house.

-[whistling]
-[approaching screaming]

-[crashing]
-[Bang groans]

[Bang] Whoa.

Uh, Emmett? You, like, in here?

[gentle music plays]

Wow.

-This place is wild. [exclaims]
-[toy train whistles]

-[chugging]
-[whistles]

[chuckles] And a "choo choo" to you too.

[laughs]

-Whoa!
-Hey, Bang!

Oh, hey, Emmett. How ya doin', man?

[chuckles] Great, Bang. I just glued on
the last piece of my biggest model yet!

[fantastical music plays]

Whoa-ho. Awesome.

But, uh, speaking of glue,
I was hoping you could help me

answer a question for my friend,
Mr. Wonder-- Huh?

Emmett, honey, come upstairs for lunch.
Bang, you're welcome too, dear.

Oh, uh, thanks, Mrs. Emmett's Mom,

but I, like, totally ate
a burrito before I got here.

Be right there, Mom.

-[whirs]
-Sorry, Bang.

But Build Your Own Sandwich Day
waits for no man.

Feel free to take a look around
the shop while I'm gone.

♪ Build Your Own Sandwich Day
Gotta build that sandwich, yeah ♪

Don't worry, Emmett.
Your stuff is safe with me, man.

Huh? No way!

A perfect scale replica
of the Space Blower-Upper

from SpaceBots in Outer Space?

Man, this is, like, the most totally rare,
one-of-a-kind model I've ever seen.

Better be super careful around this one--

Whoa! [groans]

Huh?

[dramatic rock music plays]

Oh!

[exclaims nervously]

[yells]

[groans]

[sighs]

-Huh?
-[rumbling]

Uh… [grunting]

[train whistle blows]

Whoa!

[clattering]

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

And one more slice of bread oughta do it.

Hurry and eat, Emmett, dear.
You don't want to leave Bang waiting.

Oh, Bang's the chillest guy I know.

What could possibly go wrong?

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

[clattering]

[rumbling]

[exclaims]

[grunting]

Ahhh!

[grunts and chuckles] Hey, what's up?

[sighs]

-[train whistle blows]
-Huh?

[screams]

[gulps]

Phew. That wasn't so bad.

[screams]

-[cloth springing]
-[groans]

-[rousing march music plays]
-[whimpering]

-[cannons f*ring]
-[crashing]

-[smashing and shattering]
-[coughing]

[coughs]

Hey, Bang, are you--

-[dramatic music plays]
-[gasps]

[whirring]

Hi, StoryBots, my name is Finley.

How deep is the ocean?

[whirring]

-Hey, uh, Dink?
-Yeah, Doink?

How deep do you think the ocean is?

Oh… what, feet?

-[record scratches]
-A hundred feet?

It's gotta be way more than that,
like-- like, uh, feet!

Wait, wait, wait. You think
it's three whole feet more than ?

At least!

Oh, yeah? Who-who-who told you that?

-A zebra? [laughs]
-Oh, a zebra? That's really funny, Dink.

-You're a real comedian, aren't ya?
-Yeah, and I got a joke for you.

I know a guy who thinks
the ocean is feet deep!

-[laughs]
-[menacing music plays]

Okay, that's it. That's it!
I cannot be friends with somebody

who thinks the ocean
is less than feet deep.

Oh, yeah? Fine, I won't be friends
with you either then, okay?

-Fine. Okay, fine.
-Fine.

[both] Fine.

-Fine! Fine. Fine!
-Fine! Fine, fine!

[both scream]

Pardon me, but I couldn't help
but overhear your argument

and thought I could settle matters.

The deepest part of the ocean
is , feet,

or almost seven miles.

[chimes]

[both laugh wildly]

Yeah, right, buddy,
and I'm the King of England!

[both laugh and chortle]

Thirty-six thousand feet?

[both laugh]

Can you believe that shark thinks
he knows how deep the ocean is?

-[both laugh]
-What would a shark know about the ocean?

[light comic music plays]

[groans]

[slide whistle plays]

♪ We're diving down, down, down, down
And then we'll dive some more ♪

♪ In the big deep ocean
That we love to explore ♪

♪ We're dropping low, low, low, low
Because we're going to go ♪

♪ To the deepest known point
On the ocean floor ♪

♪ Under the waves, there are valleys
And hills all around ♪

♪ On the average
It's about , feet down ♪

♪ That's over , school buses
All in a stack ♪

♪ Or T. rexes ♪

♪ What a fun fact! ♪

♪ But there's a way, way, way, way
Deeper place we know ♪

♪ The Mariana Trench
Is where we've gotta go ♪

♪ Where the lowest known point
Is called Challenger Deep ♪

♪ As low as , feet ♪

♪ That's tall skyscrapers
Under the sea ♪

♪ Or Statues of Liberty ♪

♪ If you could sink Mount Everest
Down that deep ♪

♪ There'd be a whole mile of water
Up over its peak ♪

♪ We're dropping down, down, down, down
Then we'll drop some more ♪

♪ Where hardly anyone
Has ever gone before ♪

♪ We've gotta dive, dive, dive
Till finally we arrive ♪

♪ At the lowest known point
On the ocean floor ♪

♪ Nearly seven miles down
On the ocean floor ♪

[whooshing]

[automated voice] Next stop,
Emmett's mom's house.

[whimpering]

Emmett, dude, I am so sorry.

I am totally gonna fix all these models,
starting with this ship.

[rumbling]

Uh, at least I saved
the Space Blower-Upper ?

[cracks]

[shatters]

They're-- They're-- They're all broken.

[gasps softly] This… is…

amazing!

[eyebrow squeaks] Uh, come again?

[laughs] Think of how much fun it'll be
putting all these models back together!

Oh, man, that is such a relief.

I thought you were
gonna totally, like, freak out.

So, uh, while we're fixing stuff,
do you think you could tell me

how glue works for my buddy Mr. Wonderful?

[chuckles] Well, you've come
to the right place, Bang.

I know all sorts of ways glue works.

In fact, I can show you
two main ways that glue works.

The first is called mechanical locking.

Mechanical locking, huh?
How does that work?

[laughs] Just listen.

♪ When you use a gob of glue
Just what exactly does it do ♪

♪ To get things sticking? ♪

♪ It can fix a flower pot
Or any broken toy you've got ♪

♪ But how? ♪

-Uh-oh!
-[crashes]

♪ If you magnify the smoothest stuff ♪

-♪ It's coarse and rough, you'll see ♪
-[Bang groans]

♪ Cracks and dents are many
Yes, there are plenty ♪

♪ Here and there, everywhere
Roughness is the key ♪

♪ Glue goes into tiny cracks
It oozes into all the gaps ♪

-♪ And there it hardens ♪
-Oh! [grunts]

♪ Everywhere that it can drip
It gets a firm and hearty grip ♪

♪ And so ♪

♪ When it dries completely
Then its grip is good and strong ♪

♪ There you go, good as new ♪

♪ Through and through
'Cause the glue won't let go ♪

-[whistles]
-That's mechanical locking.

But glue also works on a molecular level.

♪ Atoms make up everything
That's the rule ♪

♪ Though they're tiny, not very large ♪

♪ And they combine into clusters
Called molecules ♪

♪ Which often can have
An electric charge ♪

♪ Those have a couple of different ends ♪

♪ Positive and negative too ♪

♪ And when opposing ends line up
They stick to each other ♪

♪ Like pairs of magnets do
It's true! ♪

There's a name for that.
Van der Waals forces.

♪ Now the molecules of glue
Are clinging by the millions ♪

♪ To the things you're joining ♪

♪ So it helps them stick together ♪

♪ That's the coolest thing
I've ever seen ♪

♪ Glue can work in many ways ♪

♪ I've shown you only two ♪

Glue!

♪ But when you build a model truck
Or fix a handle on a cup ♪

♪ Just think of all the great things ♪

♪ Glue can do ♪

[snaps fingers]

Whoa-ho-ho-ho!

Man, Emmett, you sure know your glue.

Well, better give Mr. Wonderful
his answer. Thanks a lot, man!

No problem, Bang. Any time.

Take care, brother. See ya. Bye!

See ya later! Take care! Goodbye!

-[door closes]
-[whistling melody]

[shattering]

Oh, darn, it's broken.
Guess I gotta fix it again.

[laughs]

[whirring]

[school bell ringing]

Welcome, class.

There are two primary theories

that explain how glue
sticks things together,

which my assistant, Gopher,
will help me demonstrate.

Mm-hmm.

The first theory is called
mechanical locking.

Even the smoothest-looking surfaces

are rough when you put them
under a microscope.

Mechanical locking happens

when wet glue pours
into all of the small crevices

and dries.

[Gopher exclaims]

It grips the microscopic rough surfaces
and holds them together.

[Gopher exclaims]

[yelps]

The second theory is called
van der Waals forces.

It claims that things stick together
at the molecular level.

[yelps]

-[gasps]
-Molecules are groups of atoms.

[yells]

[objects shattering]

Some of them have positive charges,
and some of them have negative charges.

[Gopher grunts weakly]

When molecules with positive charges

and molecules with negative charges
line up, they stick together.

-[crackling]
-[yells]

[glass shatters]

Similar to the way opposite ends
of a magnet stick together.

-[screams]
-[crashing]

While van der Waals forces
and mechanical locking

are the primary ways
that glue makes things stick together,

people are still learning
about how glue works--

[Gopher yelps]

…and inventing new ways
to make better glues.

-Isn't that right, Gopher?
-[groans weakly]

[yells] A monster!

[panting] Class dismissed!

Run for your life!

And that's how glue works.

[sighs]

[whooshing]

-[keyboard clacks]
-Uh, hello?

Mr. Wonderful? Are you there?

Oh, Bang, I'm so glad you're back.

Did you figure out how glue works
so I can get the knocker on the door?

My friends are getting
a little antsy here.

It's only one minute to showtime!
We're doomed!

I sure did, Mr. Wonderful.

But first, can you tell me
what the surface of your door feels like?

Oh. Why, Bang, it's incredibly smooth.

Like my bald head.

Therein lies the problem, dude.
It's too smooth.

Do you happen to have
any sandpaper nearby?

You know what? I do have some sandpaper.

Right here.

Sweet! Now all you gotta do
is sand down the part of the door

that the knocker sticks to.

[grunts]

[sanding]

So, Bang, why are we using sandpaper
to make the smooth door rough?

It creates grooves and crevices
that the glue can sink into.

Then when it dries, it'll, like,
totally hold the knocker in place.

That's called mechanical locking.

Wow. Sounds very complicated.

That's nothing, man. You should
hear about van der Waals forces.

Done!

All right. Now try re-gluing
that knocker back on.

[squirting]

[squishing]

Look at that. With the rougher surface,

the glue stuck the knocker to the door.

Mechanical locking for the win.

Bang, thank you so much for all your help.
I wish I could stay and chat, but--

There's only ten seconds
to showtime! [screams]

…but it looks
like my show is about to start.

Oh, it's our pleasure,
Mr. Wonderful, dude.

-Really glad we could help!
-Good luck with the show!

Thank you all, StoryBots.

I love you, and I'll see you
in the Land of Imagination.

-[static crackles]
-[theme song plays]