02x01 - Fractions

[bunniefuu]

[all] Ta-da!

[eyebrows squeak]

[hydraulics whirring]

-[beeping]
-[rock music plays]

-♪ Answer Time, Answer Time ♪
-♪ 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! ♪

[clock ticking]

[beeps and rings]

-[all speaking]
-[Bing] Hey, how's it going?

Hi, Bo. What is a baby skunk called?

Oh. [laughs]

A baby skunk is called a kit.

[laughs]

Isn't that stinky?

[slowly] Yes, but they are still so cute!

-Oh! [thuds]
-[objects clatter]

Hi, Bang. Could you whistle?

Of course, dude. Check it out.

[inhales, blows forcefully]

[inhales, blows intensely]

Oh, wait, wait. I… I got it.

[objects clattering]

[whistle blows]

See? I told you I could whistle.

[doo-wop singing]
♪ Shooby dooby dooby doo-wop, baby[/i]… ♪[/i]

-Excuse me!
-[record scratch]

Could you please practice somewhere else?

Aw, we already tried everyone else's desk.

Why do you need to practice on a desk?

-[barbershop trio] I dunno.
-Ugh.

You can practice on my desk.

-[barbershop trio] Yay!
-[alarm beeping]

There's a Level Three coming in.

[mysterious music plays]

StoryBots! I can't believe
I got through to you.

Hold on a second.
I need to secure this channel.

[keyboard clacks]

Oh, okay.

Uh, what can we do for you, Mister…

You can just call me
by my code name, Cosmic Caller.

But why are you called Cosmic Caller,
Mr. Cosmic Caller?

It is because I am the world's
foremost authority on UFOs, UAPs,

and visitors from other worlds.

For years,
I have been scouring the cosmos,

looking for signs
of intelligent alien life.

Whoa. Have you found anything?

[laughs]

Oh, I sure have, StoryBots.

Get a load of this!

[keyboard clacks]

Uh, what are we looking at?

[Cosmic Caller] Look, it's right there.[/i]
The white dot![/i]

[StoryBots] Uh-huh.

That's a UFO!

It is?

Uh, it kind of looks like
a speck of dust to me.

Boop.

All right, StoryBots.

I see my photographic evidence
hasn't convinced you.

How about some physical evidence?

Whoa. What's that, dude?

It must be some kind of
alien language or code.

There is absolutely,
positively no other explanation for it.

Well, I'm not so sure
there's no other explanation for it.

Maybe this is a blueprint for some sort of
advanced alien technology.

Who knows? It could even be the solution
to world peace.

I don't know, StoryBots.
That's why I called you.

I need your help in deciphering it.

Hey, I know who can help us.
Alabama Smith!

Oh, that's a great idea, Bing.

Yeah, Alabama Smith's always going on
adventures and decoding ancient languages

and figuring out secret codes.

Hold up the message so I can copy it.

Okay, but remember, Bing,
this is super top-secret information.

-[scribbling]
-[muttering] Got it.

Great. I just know this message contains
information the world can benefit from.

Go, Bing!

You got it, Cosmic Caller.
We are on the job.

[whirring and suctioning]

-♪ Answer Time! ♪
-[whirring][/i]

Hey! Where does snow come from?

-[whirring]
-[happy music playing]

-Hey, Dink?
-Yeah, Doink?

Where do you think snow comes from?

Snow? Oh, that's easy.

Everyone knows that
snow comes from the moon.

[record scratch]

The moon? That's completely absurd!

Everybody knows snow
is created by snow fairies.

[laughing] What? Snow fairies?

[crackling]

And you think I'm [/i]absurd? [crackling]

Oh yes, I do. In fact…

In fact, you're the most
absurd StoryBot I've ever met.

Oh, well, at least I'm not the one

that thinks little tiny snow fairies
go around making snowflakes!

-[laughing]
-All right. That's it!

I cannot go ice fishing with somebody

that thinks snow floats down
from outer space!

Well, I can't go ice fishing with someone
that believes in snow fairies. [laughing]

-Fine! I'll pack my stuff and go home.
-[ominous music playing]

-Fine. Good, Doink.
-Fine, Dink.

-Good. Good, Doink. Bye, Doink.
-Bye-bye.

-Bye, Doink.
-So long. Bye-bye.

-[growls]
-[Dink and Doink scream]

Hey, guys.

You know,
snow simply comes from the clouds,

like rain.

In fact, it's exactly like rain,
except the water is frozen

when the temperature
is zero degrees Celsius or below.

[both crackling]

Yeah, right, mister.
And I'm the Statue of Liberty!

Yeah, we're not falling for
that old trick.

-"Snow comes from clouds."
-[both laughing]

-Come on, Dink. Let's get outta here.
-Yeah. I'm with you, Doink.

Let's get a snow cone.

[both laughing]

[whirring]

Hi, StoryBots. How do you make bread?

[whirring]

[singers] ♪ Bread, bread[/i]
How do you make it? ♪[/i]

♪ Gotta make the dough
Before you bake it ♪

♪ Mixing up flour and water at least
Plus salt and a special ingredient ♪

♪ Yeast ♪

♪ You knead it, stretch it vigorously ♪

♪ To give the bread
Good structure and consistency ♪

♪ Gotta let it sit for an hour or two ♪

♪ To let the little yeast microbes do
What they do ♪

♪ When they eat, eat, eat
The sugars in the dough ♪

♪ They make carbon dioxide
That's a gas, you know ♪

♪ It forms little bubbles
They're tiny in size ♪

♪ As the yeast makes more
They make the dough rise ♪

♪ When it's doubled in bulk
It's ready to bake ♪

♪ Half an hour or less
Is the time it'll take ♪

♪ To get puffy and crusty
In the oven's heat ♪

♪ You take it out, let it cool
And it's ready to eat, yeah ♪

♪ Bread, bread, cut a thick slice
Fresh from the oven it's especially nice ♪

♪ With butter or jam
Or another great spread ♪

♪ There's just nothing better
Than fresh-baked bread ♪

[song ends]

-[whirring]
- Hi, StoryBots.[/i]

What's in the news these days?

[whirring]

[announcer] You're watching StoryBots News[/i]
on channel and /, WBOT,[/i]

with your hosts
Story Storyberg and Bot Botson.

Breaking news. Science has proven
tomatoes are not actually vegetables.

They're a fruit, since they contain seeds
and grow from the flower of the plant.

Oh, I guess I'm on the wrong team.

[giggles]

-[party music playing]
-[fruit] Yeah! We're having better times.

[chanting] Fruit! Fruit! Fruit! Fruit!

[whooping and chanting in the distance]

[gloomily]
I wish we were having better times.

[sighs] Me too, potato. Me too.

[screaming]

[announcer] Next stop,[/i]

Alabama Smith's office
at StoryBot University.

[jazz music playing]

[Bing screaming, grunts]

Looks like Alabama Smith's not here.

"Went looking for the lost, well-hidden,
difficult-to-find Temple of Fractions."

"/ of a chance I'll find it,
/ of a chance I don't come back alive."

[record scratch]

Oh man, how am I gonna find
the Temple of Fractions?

Hey, a map to the Temple of Fractions!

-[adventurous music playing]
-Well, that's convenient.

Woo-hoo!

[adventurous music continues]

[rumbling]

-[laughing maliciously]
-[heart thumping]

Uh, excuse me. Is this the way
to the Temple of Fractions?

Yeah, down the road that way.

Yeah. If you pass a giant skull,
you've gone too far.

Oh, great. Thank you.

-No problem. Bye.
-Our pleasure.

[adventurous music playing]

-[birds squawking]
-[insects chirping]

Finally, the Temple of Fractions!

-[mysterious music playing]
-Hello?

Alabama Smith, you in here? [echoing]

[thumps, crashes]

Alabama Smith!

Hey, look, a coin.

-[rumbling]
-Must be my lucky day.

Alabama Smith? Alabama Smith?

Alabama Smith?

{\an}Hmm. Alabama Smith must've filled this up
to the first line.

{\an}I bet it opened that door.

{\an}Alabama Smith!

Alabama Smith!
He's just gotta be around here somewhere.

Hey, look, a rope.

And there's that secret code.

Three over five?

[gasps] I bet Alabama Smith
went through that hole.

I know how to get to him.

Alabama Smith, here I come!

Huh? Not the spikes!

[screaming]

[whirring]

Hello, StoryBots. My name's Winnie.

What is a verb?

[whirring]

[keyboard clacking]

[phone barking]

What the… Why's my phone barking
instead of ringing?

-[air horn honks]
-Verb swap!

-[air horn honking]
-[laughing]

"Verb swap"?

A verb is any word
used to describe an action.

I just swapped one verb with another verb.

[phone barking]

You swapped the verb "ring"
with the verb "bark"?

[chuckles] Yeah. Pretty funny, huh?

-[phone barks]
-How will I get anything done--

-[air horn honking]
-[laughing]

[hooves tapping]

Why the heck is my horse dancing
instead of galloping?

-[air horn honking]
-Verb swap! [laughing]

-[hose burping]
-[yelps]

Why is the hose burping
instead of spraying?

-[air horn honking]
-Verb swap! [laughing]

Shiver me timbers!
Me boat is sinking instead of floating.

-[air horn honking]
-Verb swap! [laughing]

Hey, kids. Just remember,

a verb is any word
that describes an action. [laughs]

[expl*si*n blasts]

-[birds chirping]
-[groans]

Why did my horn explode instead of honk?

[all] Verb swap!

[laughing]

[Bang] ♪ If you need a word[/i]
To communicate an action, that's a verb ♪[/i]

-[StoryBots] ♪ Verb, verb, verb ♪[/i]
-♪ A word like spin or bounce ♪[/i]

♪ Or jump or pounce ♪

-♪ Or skip or fly like a bird ♪
-[StoryBots] [/i]♪ Skiddeldy dee ♪

♪ You can talk about things
And people too ♪

♪ But when it comes to what they do
You need a verb, verb, verb ♪

-♪ It's an action word ♪
-[StoryBots] [/i]♪ It's an action word ♪

♪ Anytime you wanna say
You're gonna ride a bike or run and play ♪

-[StoryBots] ♪ Verb, verb, verb ♪[/i]
-[Bang] ♪ Or maybe draw or cook ♪[/i]

♪ Or read a book ♪

♪ Or dance the day away ♪

♪ Or even swim at the cr*ck of dawn ♪

♪ The word that says what's going on
It's a verb, verb, verb ♪

-♪ It's an action word ♪
-[StoryBots] [/i]♪ It's an action word ♪

♪ A word like sing or laugh or squeak ♪

♪ Or eat or drink or hide or seek ♪

♪ You may have heard that a verb ♪

[all] ♪ Is an action word ♪[/i]

[song ends]

[announcer] Next stop, a scary,[/i]
spiky wall at the Temple of Fractions.[/i]

[screaming]

[grunts]

[adventurous music plays]

Alabama Smith! It's you. It's really you!

Of course it's me.

What're you doing here?
This is no playground, kid.

I've been trying to find you
to answer a question.

Question?

Yeah. Since you know all sorts
of languages and ancient codes,

we hope you can decipher something for us.

Okay, kid, but make it quick.

What does this secret code mean?

That's not a secret code, kid.

That's math. Those are fractions.

-Like that.
-[dramatic music plays]

Wow! Those numbers are fractions?

Exactly. And look at this.

One, two, three, four, five.

Why are there
five equal marks on the rope?

Those marks are part of the puzzle
to get to the next chamber,

and the fraction is the key.

So it is [/i]a secret code!

No, no. It's still math.

{\an}Listen, kid, numbers like , , and
are called whole numbers

{\an}because they talk about whole things.

So, like, one hat or three rocks?

Exactly.

And fractions are used
to talk about parts of a whole thing.

Like /, or /,

or /.

They're always written
with a number on top

and a number on the bottom.

The bottom number tells you how many
equal parts make up the whole thing.

Oh, like the five equal marks on the rope.

Now you're getting it, kid.

That's why the bottom number is five.

The top number tells you

how many equal parts
of the whole thing you're using.

Oh. So, like, three?

Yeah, so we need to use / of the rope.

One, two, three.

Hold tight, kid.

[Bing screams]

[continues screaming]

[grunts] Ow!

Woo-hoo! That was awesome!

We're not there yet, kid. Look.

Whoa. Another deadly fraction puzzle.

-I got this, Alabama Smith.
-Bing, wait! No!

{\an}[grunting]

{\an}What?

{\an}[temple rumbling]

{\an}Uh-oh. Well, that can't be good.

{\an}[grunting]

Hurry up, kid. Move!

Let's see. The bottom tells me
how many equal parts for the whole,

so eight.

Pick up the pace, kid!

Top number tells me how many
equal parts of the whole to fill in. Five.

Bing! Hurry!

Uh, three, uh, four, uh, five!

Phew!

Great job, kid.

[grunting]

-You did it.
-[inspiring music playing]

Wow.

Yup, there it is.

The famed golden pizza cutter.

It'll cut any whole pizza
into perfect / slices.

Wait, you came all this way
and risked your life for a pizza cutter?

Yeah, well, I really like pizza.

Yeah, I get that. Anyway,
thanks for your help, Alabama Smith.

I gotta get back with my answer.
Gotta go. See ya. Bye!

-[temple rumbles]
-Bing, wait! No!

-Oh, not again!
-[rumbling]

-[Alabama Smith grunts]
-[sheep bleats]

[Alabama Smith] Ow.

[whirring]

[singer] ♪ When you got / of a cake[/i]
Or a chocolate shake ♪[/i]

-♪ That's a fraction ♪
-[backing vocals] [/i]♪ Fraction ♪

[singer] ♪ If you toss / of a bagel[/i]
To the birds ♪[/i]

-♪ That's a fraction ♪
- [backing vocals] [/i]♪ Fraction ♪

[all] ♪ / of a pie ♪[/i]

♪ / of a fry ♪

[singer] ♪ / of a cinnamon roll ♪[/i]

♪ It's a super-cool fact
A fraction is part of a whole ♪

[backing vocals] ♪ Part of a whole ♪[/i]

[singer] ♪ The number on the bottom[/i]
Says how many equal parts there are ♪[/i]

[backing vocals]
♪ All the parts there are ♪[/i]

[singer] ♪ The number you're counting[/i]
Out of those ♪[/i]

-♪ Goes on top of the bar ♪
-[backing vocals] [/i]♪ On top of the bar ♪

[singer] ♪ If you take / of your blocks[/i]
Out of their box ♪[/i]

-♪ That's a fraction ♪
- [backing vocals] [/i]♪ Fraction ♪

[singer] ♪ If you just wanna play[/i]
With / of your clay ♪[/i]

-♪ That's a fraction ♪
- [backing vocals] [/i]♪ Fraction ♪

[all] ♪ / of a chain ♪[/i]

♪ / of a train ♪

[singer] ♪ / of the fishes in a bowl ♪[/i]

♪ It's the main attraction ♪

-♪ A fraction is part of a whole ♪
- [backing vocals] [/i]♪ Part of a whole ♪

-[singer] ♪ That's math in action ♪[/i]
-[/i][backing vocals] ♪ Math in action ♪[/i]

[singer]
♪ A fraction is a part of a whole ♪[/i]

[backing vocals]
♪ A fraction is a part of a whole ♪[/i]

[song ends]

[keyboard clacks]

Hello? Cosmic Caller, are you there?
Come in.

Bing. Bing, is that you? Yes, I'm here.

Have you deciphered
that advanced alien message yet?

I sure did. And guess what?

It's the blueprint
for advanced light-speed travel.

I knew it! I knew it. I totally knew it.

Uh, no. It's actually just--

It's the design
for a super powerful force field.

-Uh…
-I know![/i]

It's detailed instructions
on how to build a giant space robot.

[mimics robot whirring]

No, Cosmic Caller.
It's not a secret code or alien language.

It's just fractions.

Fractions?

Yeah. Numbers that represent smaller parts
of a whole thing.

Come on, that's impossible, Bing.

I mean, this is so obviously
an alien message that…

Wait a minute.

[gasps]

What is it?

It's… a recipe.

From aliens?

Oh, no, no, not aliens.

This is from my grandma.

Your grandma's recipe?

Yeah. And look, those are [/i]fractions.

They specify the amount of ingredients for
Grandma's super-secret apple pie recipe.

It's / a spoonful of sugar, and…
And look, / a stick of butter.

Wow. So the message was just a recipe
for apple pie all along?

Not just any apple pie, Bing.

This is my grandma's
super-secret apple pie.

I'm sure those aliens will stop at nothing
to get their hands on it.

Uh, if you say so.

Hey, I gotta secure this recipe, stat.

Thanks for all your help, StoryBots.
This is Cosmic Caller, over and out.

[keyboard clacking]

-[static crackles]
-[theme music playing]