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 ♪
[upbeat music]
Sparks: At Hero Elementary,
my students
are always ready
for hero training.
♪ ♪
And sometimes their lessons
are more than meets the eye.
- So what are we
gonna be learning today?
- I don't know, but Mr. Sparks
said to meet him here.
- Where is Mr. Sparks anyway?
- I'm right here.
- Uh, where?
- Can you see me?
- No.
[gasps]
Mr. Sparks must be invisible!
- So that's
what we're learning today?
How to be invisible?
- Well, not quite.
- Whoa.
Were you standing there
the whole time?
- [chuckles] Yes.
But you didn't see me
because I was camouflaged.
- Huh, camel what?
- Camouflaged.
It means I blend in with
what's around me like this.
- Whoa, it is really hard
to see you there.
- [chuckles]
Yeah.
Camouflage makes you
almost invisible.
- Sí, lots of animals
use camouflage too.
Do you notice any around here?
- Hm, nope.
- I don't see
any animals at all.
- Then their camouflage
is working.
Look closer.
♪ ♪
- Huh.
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
[squeaking]
- Hm.
- Huh.
[device clicks]
♪ ♪
AJ: [gasps]
That twig is walking!
- Wait, it isn't a twig.
It's an insect.
- It looks
just like the twigs around it.
- Isn't that
amazing camouflage?
- Hey, look at this.
That grasshopper
blends right in
with the leaves on this bush.
- You're right.
It's very hard to see it
because it's camouflaged.
- [squeaking]
[squeaks]
♪ ♪
- Wait a minute.
Fur Blur's camouflaged too!
- [squeaks]
- [chuckles]
We didn't even see you there,
you little cutie patootie.
- [squeaks]
- Aw.
- Not all heroes
can be invisible,
but camouflage can make you
very hard to see.
[Sparkinator beeping]
- The Sparkinator!
- There must be trouble.
[Sparkinator hums]
Sara: It looks like a horse
is on the loose in the city.
Benny: Oh, the poor horsey--
it could be in danger.
Lucita:
We have to do something.
- Well, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
♪ ♪
[together]
Sparks' Crew to the Rescue!
♪ ♪
Sparks: So my students rushed
to the scene quickly.
They were not horsing around.
- Oh, oh.
Chestnut, come back!
Oh.
♪ ♪
- Fear not, sir.
Sparks' Crew is here to help.
- What happened?
- Well, we were at my farm
just outside the city
when Chestnut got loose.
She ran all the way here.
Poor girl's scared.
Can you catch her?
- We'll do our best.
- Thank you.
Here, these might help.
- Huh?
What are these thingies?
- I know.
Thought projecting.
I've seen them in a comic book.
They go next
to the horse's eyes.
- Yes, they're called blinders.
When you put them on her,
Chestnut can't see things
off to the side
that might scare her.
[Chestnut neighs]
- Oh no,
Chestnut is heading downtown.
- Oh!
[dramatic music]
- Oh no.
Oh, please hurry.
- Come on, team, let's go.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[Chestnut neighs]
There she is.
- [screams]
- We're coming for you,
Chestnut!
♪ ♪
- No, don't be scared.
Don't worry.
- [neighs]
♪ ♪
- Shh, shh, it's okay, girl.
- [neighs]
- [whooshes]
We only wanna help.
- [neighs]
[dramatic music]
[neighs]
♪ ♪
- That horse
gets scared easily.
♪ ♪
- [neighs]
[whooshes]
- Poor thing.
♪ ♪
- She's going that way!
Come on!
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
- Oh no, look!
[car horn honks]
- [neighs]
[soft dramatic music]
- Phew, we need
to get Chestnut
away from the street
to someplace safe.
- The park is safe.
There's the entrance.
♪ ♪
- How do we get her
to turn into the park?
- Don't worry, I got this.
[whooshes]
[upbeat music]
[whooshes]
- [neighs]
[whooshes]
[neighs]
♪ ♪
- Great job, Sara.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
- Looks like Chestnut stopped
to snack on those flowers.
- So how do we catch her?
- Maybe we can use
our Superpowers of Science.
[dramatic music]
Yeah, let's start
by brainstorming.
You know, thinking up ideas
to solve this problem.
- Well, we know Chestnut
gets scared
when she sees us,
so it would help
if we can put
these blinders on her.
- Hey, yeah, they block
how much she can see.
- And if she
can't see us coming,
she won't get scared
and run away.
♪ ♪
Benny: Yeah, then we can
catch the sweetie
and bring her back safe.
- But how are we gonna
get the blinders on her?
She'll definitely
see us coming.
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[sighs]
Not if we put them on
from the back.
Don't worry, I got this.
Saddle.
[whooshes]
[upbeat music]
[whooshes]
- [neighs]
- Oh, whoa!
Chestnut!
[screams]
[whooshes]
Okay, I did not think
that through.
- Chestnut
didn't see you coming,
but she felt you.
- I think we need another plan.
- How about this?
Thought projecting.
I put the blinders on
from above.
If I use my jet pack
to fly high,
she won't see me
or feel me,
and I can swoop down
and put them on.
- That sounds like a good plan.
- There's just one problem.
She might hear
your jet pack coming.
- True.
[jet pack whooshes loudly]
- [neighs]
- It does make a sound.
- But I can fly quietly.
I'll try your plan.
- Good idea.
- Here you go.
Good luck.
♪ ♪
[communicator beeps]
- Lucita,
be careful not to scare her
or she'll run away again.
- Don't worry,
I'll stay nice and high
where she can't see me.
AJ: Not too high, Lucita.
We don't want you
to get dizzy.
- Ooh, too late.
[screams]
[sighs]
- Oh no!
Bubble up!
[suspenseful music]
- Oh, oh.
- [neighs]
[dramatic music]
- Oh.
♪ ♪
Thanks, Benny.
- [sighs]
Well, that's another plan
that didn't work.
- But remember
what Mr. Sparks says.
"Now we know what not to do,
so we're getting closer
to finding a solution."
- Right, we can't give up.
- Yes, we shall come up
with yet another plan
to put the blinders
on Chestnut.
- Where is Chestnut anyway?
- I don't know.
- I don't see her.
- Oh no, we lost her?
Oh, poor Chestnut
lost in the big city.
She could be anywhere!
- There she is.
- Huh?
♪ ♪
- Where?
- Right there near that hill.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
[chuckles]
I didn't see her there.
- She blended right in
with the things around her.
- She was camouflaged.
- Hey, that gives me an idea.
Ooh, maybe we can get close
to Chestnut
if we're camouflaged.
- Hey, yeah,
then she won't see us.
- And we could get close enough
to put the blinders on.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
how can we be camouflaged?
We don't look anything like
the things around us.
- Not yet, but I have a plan.
Come on!
♪ ♪
[playful music]
- So am I camouflaged?
- Oh, yep.
You look just like a bush.
How do I look?
- You blend right in, Lucita.
♪ ♪
- I noticed Chestnut
likes flowers, so...
- [chuckles]
That's great camouflage, Benny.
- I've got the blinders.
- If we can get close enough,
I should be able
to put them on Chestnut
using my arm-o-matic.
- I think we're ready.
- Let's do this!
[dramatic music]
- Shh.
- [whispering]
Let's do this.
[playful music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- Oh.
[giggling]
[giggling continues]
- [chuckles]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[device whirs]
♪ ♪
- We did it.
- I've got her.
- She can't see us,
so she's not running away.
- Oh, I can't believe
it worked.
- Yahoo, we did it.
We did it.
[soft dramatic music]
- Oh, I'm so happy
that you're back, Chestnut.
Come here.
I was so worried
about you, girl.
Thank you, Sparks' Crew.
- Happy to help, sir.
- Oh, by the way,
I don't think
you're gonna have to feed her
for a while.
[laughs]
Chestnut!
You're eating
all my camouflage!
[laughs]
Sparks: So, with
a little camouflage,
my hero students
saved the day.
Yes, the Sparks' Crew
is the best team
you'll ever see.
Or not see!
- [neighs]
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
[upbeat music]
Sparks:
It was a quiet morning
for Mr. Quivers
and his itty-bitty dog, Bitsy.
- Oh, good girl.
That's a good girl.
Oh, now, fetch.
- [barks]
Sparks: But trouble
was about to pop up.
- [barks]
- What kind of crazy plant
is that?
- [grumbles]
[soft dramatic music]
- [screams]
Forget the ball, Bitsy!
Come on.
Let's go.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Sparks: Meanwhile
at Hero Elementary,
my students were having a ball
with their hero training.
- Follow that fur ball!
[dramatic music]
- Remember, heroes need
to be able to track
even the smallest
of things.
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
♪ ♪
- But this small thing
is super fast!
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
[whooshes]
Gotcha.
- [squeaks]
- Huh?
[playful music]
- [squeaks]
- Good try, students.
And good work, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks]
[Sparkinator beeping]
- The Sparkinator.
- There must be trouble.
[Sparkinator beeps and hums]
- Oh--oh me, oh my.
Oh, this is scary.
- It's Mr. Quivers.
He looks scared.
- Aw, so does Bitsy.
We must help them!
- Well, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
[dramatic music]
[together]
Sparks' Crew to the Rescue.
♪ ♪
- Have no fear.
Sparks' Crew is here.
- Oh, thank goodness.
- What's wrong, Mr. Quivers?
What's scaring you?
- In the backyard!
- [laughs]
It's just a cute, little bunny.
- Behind the bunny.
♪ ♪
- All I see
are a couple of plants.
- Yes, those!
[whooshes]
- What's so scary
about plants? Huh?
[ground rumbles]
[screams]
- You see?
Those crazy plants keep
popping up out of nowhere.
They scare my little Bitsy.
- [barks]
- Okay, they scare me too.
- Don't worry, Mr. Quivers.
We'll figure out
what's going on.
- Yes!
Wait, how?
- Maybe we can use our...
[together]
Superpowers of Science!
- Let's start by asking
some questions.
Like, why do these plants
pop up so fast?
That's not how plants
usually grow.
- They must be super plants.
Only super plants
can grow this fast.
- [gasps]
I've seen something
like these before
in one of my comic books.
"Branch Man Versus the Super,
Purple Pop-Up Plants."
- The super, popple, what?
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
They look
just like these plants.
- Mr. Quivers, did you
plant these in your backyard?
- No, I wouldn't plant those
super, purple whatevers.
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- Then where do they come from?
- That's another good question.
[communicators beep]
- Come in, Sparks' Crew.
- Hola, Mr. Sparks.
- More problems reported
at the soccer field.
[alarms blaring]
[plants springing]
- Do the problems have to do
with the super, purple
pop-up plants?
- Yes.
How did you know?
- 'Cause that's
what we've got here too.
Thanks, Mr. S.
- Maybe we can find out more
at the soccer field.
We'll be back Mr. Quivers.
Quivers: Okay!
♪ ♪
Sparks: So they headed
to the soccer field
where those purple plants
kept popping up,
making a pesky problem.
♪ ♪
- [blows whistle]
Time out.
♪ ♪
- Don't worry.
Sparks' Crew is here to help.
- Oh, good, these plants
keep popping up on our field.
They're ruining our practice.
- [gasps]
Look, more surple, purple--
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- What he said.
- Coach, did you
plant these here?
- No, this is a soccer field.
We don't want anything
growing here except grass.
- Then the question is--
why are they growing here?
- [gasps]
Look, more bunnies!
Aw.
- Can you do anything
about these plants?
- We'll try our best.
- Thanks.
Come on, team,
let's take a break.
- We have to figure out
what's going on here.
Huh?
♪ ♪
- Uh-oh.
[all scream]
Did you see that?
Thought projecting.
Something fell of the plant
and made another plant grow.
- Hm.
- Uh, Lucita, don't panic,
but one of those things
is on you right now.
- Oh, oh, it's a bur.
When I hike in the woods
with my abuelita,
I always get burs
stuck on my clothes.
- I can see why.
It's kind of pointy
with little hooks on the ends.
- Yeah, they
really stick to things,
and burs have
a surprise inside.
- Really?
Let's see.
[device clicking]
Hm, those look like seeds.
- Yep, burs have seeds in them.
When a plant drops a bur,
it falls to the ground
and the seeds grow
into more plants.
- And because these
are super plants,
the super seeds
grow super fast.
- So that's why we keep
seeing more zupper--zurple--
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- Yeah, that.
- These plants drop burs,
which makes more plants,
which makes more burs,
which makes more plants,
which makes more burs--
- But wait.
That doesn't explain
how the first plant got here.
- Oh, yeah.
Where did the seeds
that made that plant
come from
in the first place?
- [gasps]
Maybe this will
give us a clue.
Inside here are different
kinds of seeds.
[soft dramatic music]
- You're right,
but where did these come from?
- Hm.
From over there!
[dramatic music]
Come on, let's investigate.
[upbeat music]
See?
These come from maple trees.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
how did seeds
from this tree
get all the way over there?
- By flying!
- Whoa!
[chuckles]
Cool.
- Whoa.
♪ ♪
- And if the wind is blowing,
these seeds
can fly really far.
- So is that how
the purple burs get around?
They fly in the wind?
- Oh, let's test it
with my expand-o-fan.
- Here comes the bur.
[dramatic music]
- [gaps]
I got it!
♪ ♪
Uh, I don't think
this bur flies.
- So then how did the plants
grow on the soccer field
and in Mr. Quivers' backyard?
- And why are we seeing
so many bunnies today?
Oh, not that I mind,
you little cutie-wootie.
[bur pops]
Hey, what's--
[screams]
- [gasps]
Another sipple, pipple--
plant thing!
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
But how did it grow here
away from all the other plants?
- It came from the bunny.
One of the burs
was stuck to its fur.
Look, there's another!
See?
When they scratch it off,
another plant pops up!
- So that's how the burs
get around.
They hitch a ride
on an animal or a person.
- So now the question is--
where are the bunnies
getting these super burs?
- Let's investigate.
Follow those bunnies!
♪ ♪
- Huh?
♪ ♪
[laughs]
♪ ♪
[twig snaps]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
♪ ♪
[grunts]
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
- Looks like the bunnies
are heading there.
- [gasps]
The City Town greenhouse!
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
Aw!
- Oh, they're coming here
to eat the supersized
vegetables.
Mmm.
- Wow, there are lots
of super, purple pop-up plants
growing here.
[upbeat music]
- Super, purple
pop-up plants!
- Super, purple pop-up plants--
oh, wait,
you got it right this time!
- Yes!
- Look, that's how the bunnies
are getting in there.
- The burs stick to their fur,
and the bunnies
carry them away.
- Then the burs drop off
somewhere else and pop--
the seeds make more plants.
- No wonder these plants
are all over town.
- Okay, team, here's the plan.
We should get the bunnies
away from those plants
and fix the fence
so they can't get back in.
- Let's do this.
♪ ♪
- That way, little cuties.
- [sniffs]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
[sighs]
Problem solved.
- Yeah, now the bunnies
won't be spreading
those super burs
all over City Town.
- But there are still
super, purple pop-up plants
out in the city
dropping super burs
and making more plants.
- Then we'll
just have to move them.
Come on!
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
Phew.
- Don't worry,
we know the perfect place
for these plants.
♪ ♪
- Greenhouse.
[whooshes]
- [sighs]
Thank you, Sparks' Crew.
Okay, team.
[blows whistle]
Back to practice!
♪ ♪
- Well,
that's the last of them.
- Oh, thank you.
You've made me so happy.
- [barks]
- And Bitsy too.
♪ ♪
- [barks]
- Aw, I think she wants
to play fetch, Lucita.
- [barks]
[laughter]
- Come on, team,
follow that dog.
Sparks: And that's
how my super students
solved the problem
of the super popple--
uh, super urple--
super, purple pop-up plants.
Whew.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
- It's 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 explain.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You found a mystery ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ What clues do you see? ♪
♪ Can you figure out a way ♪
♪ To use your evidence
to explain? ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ Use what you know ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ Why do you think so? ♪
♪ Yeah, you could
save the day ♪
♪ Save the day
when you explain ♪
♪ When you explain ♪
♪ Tell others what you found ♪
♪ So you can figure out ♪
♪ How to save the day ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You found my evidence ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You can try again ♪
♪ You're a hero
when you say ♪
♪ You can really explain ♪
♪ When you explain ♪
♪ Tell others what you found
so you can figure out ♪
♪ How to save the day ♪
♪ Can you explain? ♪
- ♪ Can you explain? ♪
- ♪ Can you explain? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
04x03 - What You Don’t See/Super Purple Pop-Up Plants
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Lucita Sky, AJ Gadgets, Sara Snap and Benny Bubbles work with their teacher, Mr. Sparks, to help people and solve problems.
Lucita Sky, AJ Gadgets, Sara Snap and Benny Bubbles work with their teacher, Mr. Sparks, to help people and solve problems.