[upbeat music]
♪
- ♪ Hey
- What?
- ♪ Come over here
♪ The Cat in the Hat
is about to appear ♪
♪ He's whizzing over
to whisk you away ♪
♪ On a fabulous journey
today ♪
- He's coming!
- ♪ Now he's arrived
♪ In the Thinga-ma-jigger,
the thing that he drives ♪
♪ He's a cat
and he's oodles of fun ♪
♪ With his hairy helpers,
Thing Two and Thing One ♪
- Whoo-hoo!
♪
- Whoa!
♪
[laughter]
♪
- Whoa!
- Wahoo!
- ♪ It's the Cat in the Hat
♪ All of our adventures
start like that ♪
♪ Wherever you're going,
wherever you're at ♪
♪ The Cat in the Hat
knows a lot about... ♪
- ♪ He knows a lot about,
he knows a lot about ♪
all: ♪ He knows a lot
about that ♪
[laughter]
[upbeat music]
♪
[grunting]
- [whimpering]
[both grunting]
[playful music]
- Okay, whose idea was this,
anyway?
- It was my idea
to use the trunk
for our dress-up clothes.
- And it was my idea
to put it up in the tree house!
Then we can play
tree house pirates!
- Or cowboys
and space monsters!
- Well, as long
as you're both sure,
let's go!
- Ready for liftoff.
- Uh-oh.
Ahh!
- Whoa!
Got you, Fish.
- Do you really think
you're gonna get this big thing
all the way up there?
- Well, now that I see it
from here,
the tree house is a lot higher
than I thought.
We might need some help.
- Did someone say help?
- Cat?
- Where is he?
- I'm here to save the day!
- That's not the kind
of help we need, Cat.
There's no fire.
[boing]
- Whaa!
[laughter]
- [sighs]
Really, Cat?
- Sorry, Fish.
Let me get that for you.
- We need help lifting this
trunk up into the tree house.
- It should
be easier to lift
now that you're
not in it anymore.
- [grunting]
Nope, still heavy.
Hmm.
Or maybe we could make
a dress-up trunk out of this.
- It is a good box,
but I like my trunk better.
- Okay.
- All right.
[exciting music]
- Everyone lift together!
[all grunting]
Hey!
Why did it get heavier
all of the sudden?
Oh.
[laughing]
[grunts, groans]
- It's no use!
We can't reach.
- I know for a fact,
and I promise it's true,
there really is nothing
that you two can't do.
- The Cat's right.
There must be a way
we can get this all the way up.
♪
- Hmm.
You might get help
from a simple machine.
- A simple machine?
What's that?
- And where can we get one?
- Actually,
there's more than one,
but you'll find them all
in one place:
Machine-a-ma-zoo!
Wow!
- Machine-a-ma-who?
- Machine-a-ma-zoo!
- Let's go see!
♪
- Dad, can we go
to Machine-a-ma-zoo
to look for a simple machine?
- Machine-a-ma-zoo?
Sounds like a simply
wonderful place!
Have fun!
[chuckles]
- We can go, we can go!
- I know, I know!
To the Thinga-ma-jigger!
- Good luck! Have fun!
See you when you get back.
- How come
you aren't coming, Fish?
- Watching all that lifting
tired me out.
[all laugh]
- Buckle up!
[horn honks]
[playful music]
[whirs, clicks]
Flip the Jigger-ma-whizzer!
[boing]
[exciting music]
♪
Isn't this fun?
both: Whoo-hoo!
- ♪ Here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪
♪ The Thinga-ma-jigger
is up and away ♪
both: ♪ Go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪
♪ We're flying
with the Cat in the Hat today ♪
- We've arrived at a place
that is useful to you.
Full of simple machines,
it's Machine-a-ma-zoo!
♪
- Wow.
Look at all these things!
[laughs]
- Uh, Cat?
Are you sure we've come
to the right place?
I thought we were looking
for a machine
to help get my dress-up trunk
up the tree.
- That's exactly
why we're here!
- But these aren't machines.
That's a machine.
- A spectacular one, too, that
does many wonderful things.
But simple machines
are simpler
and can help you do jobs
you can't do on your own.
- [laughs]
Yeah!
- Sally, pushing and pulling
can be hard to do.
Even harder when something
is bigger than you.
But a simple machine
can be helpful with that.
You might move a mountain,
or even a cat!
[laughs]
- Okay, but what's
this clothesline doing here?
- It's here because it's a
simple machine called a pulley.
Aha!
I wondered where I left
my washing to dry.
Ooh, my socks!
Oh!
[chuckles]
What are those doing here?
[laughs]
- But we don't need something
that moves
this way and that way.
We need something
that moves this way
to get the trunk up
into the tree house.
- Which one is the best
for that?
There are so many things!
- Maybe two more things
can help you decide.
[whistles]
[both cheer]
both: Yeah!
[laughter]
[exciting music]
[excited chatter]
- Whoo-hoo!
both: Ta-da!
- Hi, Things.
Can you help us find a machine
that will get our trunk up
into the tree house?
[excited chatter]
Great, let's go!
[excited chatter]
[curious chatter]
Hmm.
That thing goes up.
Is that a machine?
- It's a wonderful,
wonderful, wonderful
simple machine
called a ramp.
- Come on, Nick,
let's give it a try!
[laughter]
- Pushing uphill
is a lot easier than lifting.
- Yeah!
This ramp really works.
- But this only reaches
to the top of the Cat's hat.
- We need a ramp
high enough
to reach the top
of the tree house.
- Hmm.[gasps]
That one might work!
♪
- But that's too big
to fit in the backyard!
We'll have to keep looking.
- Uh-huh.
- Uh-huh, uh-huh!
- Uh-oh!
- Bye-bye!
- Follow those Things!
[both cheer]
[exciting music]
[chattering]
[laughing, cheering]
[splash]
- Where'd they go?
- Oh, no!
They must've fallen down
this well.
I hope they're okay!
both: Huh?
both: Hello!
[excited chatter]
- Oh, how those rascally Things
love to play!
But now that they're in there,
we'll have to get them out.
- How?
It's a long way down!
- Maybe we can use
this rope.
- I like it!
- [grunts]
- Jump in the bucket!
both: Yay!
Whoo-hoo!
- Yeah!
- [grunting]
- [laughing]
- [grunts]
These two Things
are heavy!
[dramatic music]
- Need a hand?
- Thanks.
[upbeat music]
Two people pulling together
is much easier than one.
♪
[both grunting]
[both cheer]
- Aww.
- This rope sure helped us
pull up the Things.
[laughs]
- [gasps]
If we pulled up
two Things with this rope,
how easy would it be to pull up
only one thing,
like my dress-up trunk?
Maybe this simple
pulling machine
is the one we've
been looking for.
- It is called a pulley.
[laughs]
- We gotta try it![laughs]
- To the Thinga-ma-jigger!
♪
- Okay. One, two, three.
both: Heave!
[grunting]
[splash]
- It's still too heavy!
- And I can't help pull
because I'm holding onto you!
- I don't get it.
The rope worked so well
in Machine-a-ma-zoo.
Are we missing something?
- Hmm.
Lifting the trunk didn't work,
and now pulling it up
isn't working either.
- Hmm.
What to do,
what to do?
- I guess it's time
for Plan B.
- [sighs]
I'll go get the box.
♪
- You gave it a good try.
- Fish, we won't be needing
this rope anymore.
- Okay.
I'll help untie this end.
- [grunts]
- Hey, put me down!
- Sorry, Fish!
How did that happen?
I pulled down,
and you went up!
- Whoa!
♪
- Very interesting.
[creaking]
- Hmm...
- What's up, Nick?
- It's just like at the well
in Machine-a-ma-zoo!
When we pulled down
on the rope,
the Things came up,
remember?
It's the same thing!
Throwing the rope
over that branch
changed the direction.
- The branch works
just like the pulley!
- Fascinating!
- We built a simple machine
right here
in our backyard!
- And I bet it can help us
lift more than just a fish.
- Ready to give it another go?
- You bet! Heave!
[both grunting]
♪
- Wow! Pulling down
is helping us
move the trunk up.
- Up, up, up!
Whoo-hoo!
♪
[all cheering]
♪
[both grunt]
- Wow!
Our pulling machine worked!
- Aren't simple machines
simply wonderful?
- They sure are.
- And so is this
dress-up trunk.
There's all kinds
of great stuff in here!
- Yep, it's only the best
dress-up trunk in the world.
- Well, if you'll excuse me,
it's time to tidy up.
- Okay,
I'll help down here.
Whoa!
Cat, I'm still attached!
- Oh. Oh, boy.
Sorry, Fish!
- Sorry? What for?
- It's fun!
[all laughing]
- Introducing a Thing...
- Doo-doo-doo, ha!
- Or two...
- Doo-ha!
- About...
[both chatter]
Simple machines!
When Thing One and Thing Two
have a big job to do,
they use simple machines
in Machine-a-ma-zoo.
[both laughing]
With these simple machines,
they can get the job done.
Can you see how they work now,
Thing Two and Thing One?
Now, a pulley's a rope
that goes over a wheel.
If you're lifting things up,
then a pulley's ideal.
- Ta-da! Whoa!
- Ho-ho!
- A lever's a bar
resting on a support.
When it lifts up our Things,
is it work or a sport?
[laughter]
Okay, Things,
that's enough now.
[laughter]
[whistles]
both: Huh? Oh!
[chattering]
Ta-da!
- A wheel on an axle
moves heavy things well.
- [grunting]
[humming]
- With no wheel, it's harder,
as Thing Two can tell.
- [laughs, humming]
- These are simple machines
at Machine-a-ma-zoo,
but they're also in places
much closer to you.
[laughter]
If you open your eyes
and look all around,
you might see some here
in this little playground.
So, I hope you now know,
from these comical scenes,
a thing or two
about simple machines.
[soft music]
♪
- Okay, Fish, we need you to
settle this once and for all.
- Absolutely!
I am ready to go.
- What's the most important
superpower?
- Speed...
- Or strength?
- Well, that is a very
interesting question.
- Speed, right?
I'm Super Sally,
the fastest slider anywhere!
Watch!
Whoo-hoo!
Top that, Nick!
- You mean...
Mighty Nick!
Watch this, Fish!
[grunts]
I am so strong,
I can lift this bucket of sand
in one hand,
and lift you
in my other hand!
[grunts]
- Whoa, whoa!
- See?
- Whoa, easy!
both: Whoa!
- Whoa!
- Whoa. Ah.
- So speed is the most
important superpower.
Right, Fish?
- Yeah!
Speed is great.
- No, strength!
- Uh, yeah, strength
is very important too.
- Fish, you have to make
a choice.
- Uh, uh, uh...
- How about "sprength"?
[laughs]
- Cat!
- What's "sprength"?
- I mixed
your superpower, speed,
with your superpower, strength,
and got sprength!
Isn't that super?
- Sprength.
I wish I thought of that.
- Sprength is good!
It rhymes with strength,
the most important superpower!
- Uh-uh.
Watch how fast I can zoom
down the slide, Cat!
I'm Super Sally!
Whoo-hoo!
[grunts] Huh?
- I hate to point this out,
Super Sally,
but that wasn't so speedy.
- But I just zoomed down
a minute ago.
- Hmm. Ah!
Oh, dear.
- What is it, Cat?
- I'm afraid you've got
a serious case
of loss of slideyness.
- Loss of slideyness?
But why would she lose
her slideyness?
- Well, I don't know that,
but I do know where
to find out.
Hmm, let me see where--
aha!
My frictionary.
Ah!
The number one reason
for the loss of slideyness
is too much of a force
called friction.
- A force?
You mean, like a superpower?
- What kind of superpower
stops someone
from sliding fast?
- Well, there's no better
place to go
than the Frictionarium
for a "fact and friction"
expedition.
Shall we go?
Your father won't mind at all
if we do.
♪
- Dad, can we go
to the Frictionarium
for a "fact and friction"
expedition?
- The Frictionarium?
Well, if you don't want
to stick around here,
I guess that's
the place to be.
- We can go, we can go!
- I know, I know!
To the Thinga-ma-jigger!
Buckle up!
[horn honks]
[playful music]
[whirs, clicks]
Flip the Jigger-ma-whizzer!
[boing]
[exciting music]
♪
Isn't this fun?
both: Whoo-hoo!
- ♪ Here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪
♪ The Thinga-ma-jigger
is up and away ♪
both: ♪ Go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪
♪ We're flying
with the Cat in the Hat today ♪
- Frictionarium's near.
Let's all give a cheer.
There are slides of all sizes
awaiting you here.
♪
- Wow, this place
is fantastic!
- I can't wait to zoom down
all these slides!
- Same here!
- Well, Super Sally,
which slide will it be?
- I don't know.
There's so many to choose from!
- [gasps] Look at that giant
loop-de-loop!
- Not doing that one.
What about these slides?
- Okay.
Race you to the top!
- [laughs]
- Mighty Nick
picks this one.
Watch me...go!
Whoo-hoo!
Yeah!
Come on, Super Sally!
Pick a slide, and slide!
- I'll try this one.
- Well, doesn't that look
like an excellent choice.
- Here I go!
[squeaking]
Uhh!
Huh?
Oh, no, my slideyness
is still lost!
- But that
doesn't make sense!
How come I zoomed
and you didn't?
- Especially since
I'm Super Sally.
- I'm going down your slide
to see what happens!
Watch this!
Whee!
[squeaking]
- Now you've lost
your slideyness!
- But I had it
on the other slide.
- Hmm. [gasps]
I should try your slide!
- Remember what my friend
Zippy Zaroo used to say:
if at first,
you don't slide fast,
slide, slide again!
- All right, here goes!
Whoo-hoo! Yipee!
- You did it!
- Super Sally got
her slideyness back!
- Yay, Sally!
- Yahoo!
- Our turn!
- Cat, what are you doing?
- Hold onto your fins,
'cause now the sliding begins!
Yahoo!
- Whoa!
[laughter]
- [groaning]
- All right!
Super Sally is back,
and so is my slideyness.
- I knew you had it in you!
- Hmm.
Sally got her slideyness back
on one slide,
but not on the other side.
- Yeah.
What's with that?
And why did Nick lose
his slideyness on my slide?
- Well, now that you
mention it,
those are excellent questions!
- There's only one thing to do.
- Please don't say we have to
try out the other slides.
- We have to try out
the other slides!
- I think I'll sit this one
out, if you don't mind.
- All right, Fish, but you'll
be missing a whole lot of fun.
- [sighs] Phew.
- To the slides!
both: To the slides!
- Ready, set, go!
- Slidey!
- Sort of slidey.
- Oh! Ahh!
[squeaking]
Ah![groans]
Not all that slidey.
- We slid down all the slides!
- Some were really slidey.
- And some weren't
slidey at all,
but we don't know why.
- What's different?
- We must be missing something.
- Well, you know
what I always say:
if you look very closely
and open your mind,
you just might be surprised
by the things that you find.
- Look very closely?
- With what?
- With the Micro-ma-boodle!
It makes the smallest things
look ginormous
so you can see
what's really happening.
- Cool!
So we can see
what's making us slide
or not slide.
- But if we're all looking,
who's going to be sliding?
- When you two can't do
what you need to get done,
it's a good time to call on
Thing Two and Thing One.
[whistles]
[both cheering]
both: Hello!
- Now let's see.
♪
Okay, Thing One,
slide down the slidey slide.
- [grunts, huffs]
[both chattering]
Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo,
whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
- What happened?
It was too fast to see.
- No problem.
Let's hit the replay button
and take a closer look.
[whirring]
[mysterious music]
- I still don't
see anything, Cat.
- Let's watch Thing Two slide
down the not-so-slidey slide.
♪
- [grunts]
Wahoo!
Oh. Hmm.
- Let's take a closer look.
- Look how rough
the slide is.
The other slide
wasn't like that.
It was smooth.
- I think you're
onto something, Nick.
Let's go check!
- Okay.
[upbeat music]
[squeaking]
This side is super smooth.
- Let me check this one.
This one is really rough.
The slide with a rougher
surface stopped us.
- And that must be
what makes friction.
- [laughs]
Now you've got it!
My, aren't you two
so clever.
Hey, Fish!
They've got it!
- We can go home! Yay!
Oh. Oh!
Oh, help!
both: Oh, no!
- Fish!
Super Sally is on the way!
- H-E-L-P!
Help!
♪
- Whoa!
- Super Sally's got you!
- And Mighty Nick's got you!
[laughs]
- Now, that's what I call
spectacular teamwork.
- I'm so glad
I got my slideyness back
in time to rescue Fish.
- And I'm even gladder!
Can we go home, now that
we have all the answers?
- We don't have
all the answers.
- We don't?
- We still don't know why
Sally lost her
slideyness at home.
- I think we have to take
a closer look.
♪
Look!
We don't need
the Micro-ma-boodle
to see what's happening.
- Yeah, it's covered
with bumpy stuff.
It's really rough.
What is it?
- I remember!
When you showed Fish
how mighty you were,
you spilled some water
and sand on the slide.
- And when it dried,
it made the slide rough!
- And that's why
I had too much friction
and lost my slideyness!
- And that's why I say,
and it's totally true,
there simply is nothing
that you two can't do.
[laughing]
Hey.
Who turned the rain on?
- We have to see
if we're right.
- And there's only one way
to know for sure.
Let's clean off the slide!
[squeaking]
- Slide, Super Sally!Slide!
♪
- Wahoo!
[laughs]
Yay!
- We did it!
- And you did it by putting
your two superpowers together,
just like...
all: Sprength!
♪
[upbeat music]
♪
03x03 - Pulling Together/Fact and Friction
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Animated series follows the magical adventures of 6-year-olds Nick and Sally, who travel the world with the Cat in the Hat as their guide.
Animated series follows the magical adventures of 6-year-olds Nick and Sally, who travel the world with the Cat in the Hat as their guide.