[both laughing]
Aah!
[both laughing]
[both laughing]
-[whirring] -Come on, guys, let's go!
-Yeah, whoo-hoo! -Yeah, dude!
[laughing]
Boop.
♪ StoryBots ♪
♪ Livin' inside computer parts ♪
-♪ The StoryBots ♪ -[yelling]
♪ Helping kids get super smart ♪
♪ They love to learn Love to learn ♪
-♪ And adore adventure ♪ -Whoo-hoo!
♪ And answering questions Is their business and pleasure ♪
♪ There's a whole department Whose only task ♪
♪ Is to answer anything we ask ♪
♪ So let's see if Team B Can solve another mystery ♪
-♪ The StoryBots ♪ -[all whooping]
♪ Meet Beep and Bing Bang, Boop and Bo ♪
♪ Just ask them what you wanna know Just ask the StoryBots ♪
♪ And when they get a stumper That demands investigation ♪
♪ It's to the outer world On a hunt for information ♪
♪ StoryBots ♪
♪ Got a question? Got lots? ♪
♪ If something's got you baffled Worry not ♪
♪ Just ask the StoryBots ♪
♪ Just ask the StoryBots ♪
Boop.
[whirring]
[Hap grumbling]
[phone ringing]
Oink! Moo! Quack!
Huh?
[oinking] You called?
I was just answering questions! Get back to work!
[duck quacks]
[Hap harrumphs]
-Whaddya got? -Observe.
Some dilly-dalliers.
The anti-dilly-dallier.
[Hub and Bub shout]
[Hap sniffs] That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
Now make it louder!
Mongoose! Fingernail! Minivan!
[alarm blares]
Holy bananas!
Who am I gonna get to answer that?
[yelling and grunting]
[groaning]
[Bo gasps] Oh, no! Where's Inky?
[Bang] No worries, dude! She's right there!
[bubbling sound]
[Hap growls]
[Bing] Hey, Hap, she likes you!
Inky is a great hugger!
[Hap growls] Stop this dilly-dallying!
We've got... [grunts]
a question... [grunts]
to answer!
Answer Team B reporting for duty, sir!
[audibly straining] It's about time!
[comical grunts]
Just answer the question.
Hi, StoryBots, my name is Asher.
-Hi, Asher! -How ya doin'?
I have a question for you.
What do you want to know, Asher?
Where do planets come from?
You mean, like, how are planets made?
-Yeah. -Oh, that's a great question!
I love planets! Oh! What planets can you name, Asher?
Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.
Whoa. What does this kid need us for?
Yeah, why not just call up someone on Saturn and ask them?
Other planets other than Earth can't have life
because they're either too hot, too cold,
or y-- or your head will get frozen.
[record needle scratches]
Um... thank you for the warning.
[laughing]
Oh, I got it! I know where to find the answer!
[dialing keypad]
[horn blares]
StoryBots, prepare for transport.
Let's find out where planets come from!
[StoryBots] Outer World, here we come!
[whirring]
[Hap] Get off of me!
There's work to do!
[alarm blares]
[Hap grunts]
[Hub and Bub laugh]
Dilly dally!
[Hub and Bub laugh]
[all yelling]
[all yelling]
[yelling stops]
Aah!
Oh! [laughs] I could get used to landings like this!
I'll say! Outer space is the best!
And it's a great place to find out how planets are made!
-[Bang] Sweet! -[Bing] All right! Awesome!
[Beep] Come on, guys, let's go!
-[overlapping happy shouts] -[Bo] Planets, here we come!
...thirteen! Fourteen!
[Beep] Excuse us! Mercury?
[Mercury] Fifteen!
[pants] I'm not gonna be the smallest planet forever.
Sixteen!
I'll show them!
Um, it looks like you've got your hands full.
We'll just go to the next planet.
Good luck with your workout!
Twenty!
[groans] Spotter! Spotter!
Spotter!
[Beep] Excuse us, Venus? Venus?
[Venus panting] Hey, StoryBots.
Ohh!
[all shout]
Um, are you okay?
If you can call degrees Fahrenheit okay...
[panting] ...then I guess I'm doing okay.
Aah!
[all shout]
Uh, maybe we'll just go ask Earth.
[StoryBots] Bye!
[Beep] Earth, can we ask you a question?
Can I get you a glass of water first?
No, thank you. We--
Are you sure? I just have so much of it, you know?
We're okay, but we really--
What about some fresh fruit? Pineapple, kumquat?
-[Earth] Huh? Huh? -[Bing] Can you just tell us--
Oh, I know what you would like! Don't you go anywhere!
[humming]
Um, maybe the next planet will help us?
Uh, Earth, we really need to get going!
[Bang] Thanks for your hospitality!
Snow cones!
Aw, sh**t.
[Beep] Hello, Mars, can we ask you a question?
[Mars giggling] I-I mean, sure.
-We're trying to ans-- -[Mars giggles]
Ahem, sorry, go ahead.
Do you know how--
[Mars laughing]
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Seriously. You were saying?
Can you tell us--
[Mars laughing]
Come on, guys, let's try the next planet.
[Mars laughing] Stop! Stop! Stop!
That tickles! [laughing]
[Beep] Excuse us? Jupiter? Saturn?
Good day, StoryB--
[Saturn belches]
Terribly sorry!
Please excuse my friend, StoryBots.
Saturn and I are gas giants,
which means we're made mostly of...
[Jupiter belches]
...gas.
[Beep] Excuse us? Uranus?
[Uranus yawns] Hi, StoryBots.
Sorry to wake you, but we were wondering if--
[Uranus snores]
Uh, hello?
Sorry.
Lying on my side makes it hard to stay awake.
What were you saying?
Do you know how--
[Uranus snores]
Ugh!
[Beep] Hello, Neptune?
[Neptune shouts] What?!
[shouts] We were wondering
if you know how planets are made!
[shouts] Same old, same old.
My storms are still loud, but other than that I'm doing well!
[shouts] No!
Can you tell us
how planets
are made?
[shouts] Thanks! I think the blue looks nice too!
Well, guys, I think we've officially run out of planets to ask.
What are we gonna do now? Ash needs an answer!
Uh, that dude kinda looks like a planet.
Planets. Planets. Planets.
Uh, excuse us, we're trying to answer a question about planets.
Did you say planets?
Yes.
I was classified as a planet once.
I was Pluto...
[voice echoes] the ninth planet!
But the definition of a planet changed,
and that status was taken from me.
One day, I will be a planet again,
and we'll see who gets the last laugh!
[crazed laughter]
[Beep] Uh, Mr. Pluto?
[Pluto] Huh?
Do you know how planets are made?
Alas, the answer lies somewhere beyond our solar system,
out there, in deep space.
[StoryBots] Whoa!
[record needle scratches]
Unfortunately, I'm stuck here, in the Kuiper Belt,
with all of these non-planetary knuckleheads.
-[Kuiper objects murmur] -[asteroid] Duh, hello!
Hm... well, it looks like we have to go deeper into space.
Exactly. Let me give you a hand!
[StoryBots] Ahhhhhhhh!
[Pluto] If you find out how planets are made,
let me know!
All right, let's see here.
Oh, there's the star Sirius...
the Pleiades star cluster...
mm-hmm, mm-hmm, and uh...
[sharp gasp] ...an undiscovered planet?
I've done it! I've discovered a new planet! I'll be famous!
[Hub and Bub] Hmm?
[Bub hums melodramatic music]
[Hub and Bub giggle]
Planets.
[Hub and Bub giggle]
[planets singing] ♪ We are The planets of the solar system ♪
♪ Different sizes for every one ♪
♪ The music never ends We are such good friends ♪
♪ And we all orbit the sun ♪
♪ Here comes the sun Rapping first on this track ♪
♪ From the beginning I'm the center of the solar system ♪
♪ Planets be spinning around me ♪
♪ So hot I'm roasting, ya see? ♪
♪ Now I pass the mic To the planet closest to me ♪
♪ Mercury, the smallest planet Small as earth's moon ♪
♪ Yo! ♪
♪ I get super hot and cold And I spin very slow ♪
♪ I'm Venus, I got mountains And volcanoes that spray ♪
♪ I'm the same size as Earth But spin the opposite way ♪
♪Yeah, I'm Earth I'm the home to every boy and girl ♪
[stars] ♪ Such a beautiful, beautiful world ♪
♪ I'm Mars, the red planet I got deserts and ice ♪
-♪ And I've got two moons ♪ -[moons] ♪ Nice! ♪
♪ That's like one moon, twice! ♪
♪ I'm Jupiter, the biggest planet ♪
♪ I'm humongous, gargantuan ♪
♪ I spin the fastest, rap the fastest, Plus I'm handsome ♪
-[Jupiter] ♪ Blam, son! ♪ -♪ Oh, please, I'm Saturn ♪
♪ Check out my beautiful rings ♪
♪ Made up of billions of rocks, dust And other things ♪
♪ I'm Uranus, I say that with pride ♪
♪ Okay, I lied ♪
♪ I'm embarrassed 'cause I'm the only planet lying on its side ♪
♪ I'm Neptune-- I'm cold, dark Windy and mysterious ♪
♪ I'm very stormy, so bring An umbrella-- I'm serious ♪
[planets] ♪ We are the planets Of the solar system ♪
♪ Different sizes for every one ♪
♪ The music never ends ♪
♪ We are such good friends ♪
♪ And we all orbit the sun ♪
[StoryBots yelling]
Goodness! We've been floating for a really long time.
Yeah, man!
Outer space is, like,
so totally vast and stuff.
[StoryBots] Ooh!
It really puts things into perspective.
Yeah.
We could be floating out here forever--
[loud clang]
[StoryBots] Huh?
Whoa!
[Bang] A spaceship, man!
Greetings, space people!
We are your friend!
[alarm chirps]
StoryBots!
[StoryBots] Huh?
Hi!
Wait, what are you guys doing
all the way out here in interstellar space?
What are we doing out here?
What are you doing out here!?
Oh! I'm doing my job. I'm a professor of astronomy!
Buh-- a professor of what-cha-see?
Astronomy!
The study of celestial objects and phenomena.
[cricket chirps]
You know, the study of planets and stuff.
-Oh, right, I heard of that. -Of course!
I'm a Gemini.
Well, it was nice to see you, StoryBots,
but I gotta run.
I got a class at : back on Earth.
Before you go, can you help us answer a question
for a kid named Asher?
Oh... I don't know if I can.
Uh... well, I can if it's quick!
He wants to know how planets are made.
Oh, that's easy! It's just dust, gas and gravity!
I gotta run! Bye!
[StoryBots] Wait! Professor!
[reverse warning beeping]
Yes?
We know what dust and gas are.
But, like, what's gravity?
Gravity's a force in the universe that pulls objects together.
Yeah. I really have to go.
Good day to you!
[StoryBots] Wait!
[professor] Yes, I know, I know.
I'm not gonna be running behind. I'm gonna be there super, super early.
Yes. What now?
We still don't understand what gravity is.
Okay, here. Watch this.
[disco music playing]
Uh... professor?
Oops! [chuckles] Wrong program.
[professor] Oh, no.
[puppy] Oh, hi.
Intensive--!
[professor] Ah, here we go.
Now, to understand gravity,
imagine this grid represents empty space.
Watch what happens to it when we introduce an object.
[Bo] The object is bending the grid!
Correct. That's because it has mass!
What's mass, Professor?
Mass is the amount of stuff that an object is made of.
The more mass an object has, the more it bends space.
Oh, cool, man!
[professor] Look what happens when we place an object with less mass nearby.
[Bang] Whoa, it's like it's rolling down a hill!
Exactly!
The bending of space causes objects with less mass
to move towards objects with more mass.
That's gravity!
-[Beep] Wow! That is so cool! -[Bing] Wow! Amazing!
Oh, dear, look at the time.
I really have to get going. Okay.
Bye, StoryBots!
[StoryBots] Wait!
Really?
We understand what gravity is now,
but we still don't understand how it forms planets.
Remember, gravity alone doesn't form planets, StoryBots.
That requires an enormous cloud of dust and gas.
So to get our answer, all we have to do
is find an enormous cloud of dust and gas?
Exactly! Now can I go?
Yeah! Of course!
You don't wanna keep the students waiting, dude.
[sighs]
Okay, bye!
Come on, guys, let's go find an enormous cloud of dust and gas!
[Bang] Yeah! Let's go find some dust and gas, man.
[Bing giggles] Gas!
Hmm? [giggles]
[Bub giggles]
Huh? Aaahhh!
[Bub giggles, Hub whimpers]
[balloon bursts]
[Bub groans]
[Hub and Bub] Hmm?
[both laughing]
Gravity.
[Hub and Bub laughing]
[vocalists] ♪ Spinning all around us ♪
♪ In the universe ♪
♪ Is what scientists call space-time ♪
♪ Matter is the stuff That makes up everything ♪
♪ From a star, our planet ♪
♪ To a lemon or a lime, so ♪
♪ Where there's matter It'll bend space-time ♪
♪ Which is curious as can be ♪
♪ And that bending action Is the cause of attraction ♪
♪ That we now know is gravity ♪
♪ Now, mass is a word For the amount of matter ♪
♪ In anything you'll ever find ♪
♪ And the greater the mass Any object has ♪
♪ The more the bend it'll make In space-time ♪
♪ So, the bigger the bend The stronger the pull ♪
♪ On other things all around ♪
♪ It's how the mass Of a great big planet ♪
♪ Pulls smaller things Down to the ground ♪
♪ It's how the moon keeps spinning So close to the earth ♪
♪ While the earth spins happily ♪
♪ Around the sun With its super humongous mass ♪
♪ Creating powerful gravity ♪
♪ That's the force of gravity ♪
♪ That's the force of gravity ♪
♪ That's the force of gravity ♪
Whoa!
The professor wasn't joking!
This cloud of dust and gas is, like...
[voice echoes] ...infinite!
Yeah, but I still don't see what it has to do with making planets.
Well, hold tight, 'cause I think we're about to find out!
[StoryBots] Whoa!
[dust particles shout happily]
Whoa! Who are you guys?
We're dust and gas particles!
You made it just in time!
Just in time for, like, what?
Just in time for this cloud to collapse.
Um, what do you mean by collapse? [nervous chuckle]
There's finally enough dust and gas particles
at the very center of the cloud to bend space!
That causes gravity to kick in!
And that gravity will make
most of the other particles in this cloud fall to the center, like this!
[StoryBots] Aaahhh!
[StoryBots shouting]
[Bo] I don't like clouds that collapse in on themselves!
Dudes, is it me, or are these particles getting bigger?
We're getting bigger, all right!
The collapse is causing all of us...
To smash into each other...
And form clumps!
The collisions release energy, which creates heat!
Eventually, the center of the cloud gets so hot, it forms a star!
[Bo gasps] Like a cute little twinkly star?
More like a huge ball of burning gas star!
Let's do this!
Cannonball!
Let's get outta here!
[StoryBots screaming]
[StoryBots screaming]
-[star] Hi! -[StoryBots] Huh?
Sorry I almost incinerated you!
Oh, don't worry about it! These things happen all the ti--
[StoryBots screaming]
Ohh!
What's happening now?
Well, after a star is formed,
there's still some dust and gas particles left floating around,
and we get to become planets!
[StoryBots] Planets?
So, can you tell us how planets are formed?
Ahhh!
As dust clumps move around the star, we smash into each other.
[groans] And grow more massive!
[comical shriek]
[groans]
[comical scream]
[scream continuing]
[groans]
So now you're a planet, right?
Not even close. We're just planetesimals.
What's a planetesimal, man!?
We're massive enough
that gravity keeps us together and makes us round.
But we're just the building blocks of planets.
You're just building blocks?
[StoryBots screaming]
[planetesimal groaning]
Are you a planet now?
No, I'm a protoplanet.
We're like baby planets.
[Bang] Look out, dudes!
Incoming!
[Beep, Bang, Bing and Bo] Ahhhhhh!
[StoryBots groan]
[protoplanet] Ohhhhhh...!
[StoryBots groan]
[Kid Planet] StoryBots!
[StoryBots] Huh?
Hi! [giggles]
[Bing huffs] You gotta be a planet now, right?
Well, am I massive enough that my own gravity has made me round?
-Yep. -Oh, yeah, definitely round, uh-huh.
Am I orbiting a star?
Hi, again!
-[Beep] Yeah! -[Bo] Oh, yeah, uh-huh.
And are there any other clumps in my path as I orbit the star?
[Bing] I don't see any clumps!
[Bang] Smooth sailing, dude!
Then I'm finally a planet! Yay!
[StoryBots shout happily]
Well, it looks like we got our answer, guys!
[happy shouts]
-[Beep] Bye, planet! Bye, stars! - [Bo] Buh-bye! Buh-bye, now!
Bye, StoryBots! Come back soon!
[giggles]
[Narrator] StoryBots fun fact
number thirty-nine million, six hundred twenty-two thousand forty-two.
Did you know that Brussels sprouts stink when you overcook them
because they're rich in a compound that contains sulfur?
[elevator bell dings]
[elevator music playing]
[carrot sniffs] Ooh.
[radish sniffs, groans]
[eggplant] Ew!
[potato sniffs] Ohh!
[broccoli] Huh! It's not me!
[all sniffing]
[Brussels sprouts] Huh? No, no!
I-I'm just overcooked! I swear!
[vegetables groan]
It was only an extra two minutes!
Aww!
[music playing]
♪ Go Brussels, go Brussels Go Brussels sprouts! ♪
♪ Go Brussels, go Brussels Go Brussels sprouts! ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, what now? ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, boy, get down, Brussels! ♪
♪ Go, get down, Brussels ♪
♪ Go, Brussels sprouts! ♪
[scratching]
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ Brussels, Brussels, Brussels Brussels, Brussels, Brussels ♪
♪ Sprouts ♪
♪ Brussels sprouts ♪
[Hap grumbling]
[telephone rings]
Baboon! Unicycle! Jug band! Huh?
[StoryBots grunt, Hap screams]
Huh? Anyone see Hap?
[StoryBots] Huh?
-Not me. -No, I don't see him anywhere.
Must be in the bathroom.
-[Boop] Hm? Boop. -[Hap screaming]
[StoryBots] Huh?
[StoryBots scream]
[Hap grunts]
[Bang chuckles] Gravity at its finest!
What are you doing here? I told you to get an answer, not dilly-dally!
We got the answer, Boss. We know where planets come from!
It all starts with dust, gas, and gravity, man.
Gravity is a force in the universe that pulls objects together.
It causes huge clouds of dust and gas to collapse in on themselves.
That collapsing generates so much heat that a star is born!
After the star is born, there's, like,
still some dust and gas particles left floating around.
Those particles smash into each other and form clumps!
Those clumps smash into each other and form planetesimals!
And those planetesimals smash into each other and form protoplanets!
When protoplanets get big enough that they're rounded by their own gravity--
Orbit a star--
And clear all the other objects in their path out of the way...
[StoryBots] That's where planets come from!
Just-- just gimme that tape!
[puppy] Oh, hi!
Huh? What the heck is this?
Oops, wrong tape.
[sheepish chuckle]
[Hap grumbles]
♪ When giant clouds of dust And gas collapse, a star is born ♪
♪ And from the leftover Bits of dust and gas ♪
♪ New planets often form ♪
♪ It starts with the force of gravity Which pulls objects together ♪
♪ That's what causes clouds Of dust and gas to cave in ♪
♪ Cave in ♪
♪ And a crash as big as those ones are ♪
♪ Makes so much heat That it forms a star ♪
♪ And that's when A planet's story begins ♪
♪ Because that new star is surrounded ♪
♪ By leftover dust and gas around it ♪
♪ And those little bits, they bump And sometimes stick to form a clump ♪
♪ At first it's called a planetesimal ♪
♪ And if it keeps on growing Then you call it a protoplanet ♪
♪ Which as the name implies ♪
♪ Is almost planet size! ♪
♪And when it gets so big That its own gravity rounds it out ♪
♪ And it's cleared a path around the star That we just sung about ♪
♪ There's one more planet in the sky ♪
♪ Giant clouds of dust and gas collapse A star is born ♪
♪ And from the leftover bits Of dust and gas ♪
♪ New planets often form ♪
♪ When giant clouds of dust And gas collapse, a star is born ♪
♪ And from the leftover Bits of dust and gas ♪
♪ New planets often form ♪
Whoa! That was out of this world!
[StoryBots celebrate]
Hey, look everyone, it's Asher!
-[Beep] Hi, Asher! -[Bo] Hi, Asher! Hello there!
[Bang] Good to see you, buddy!
So, what do you think, Asher?
Whoa! Gravity is cool!
Yeah! Gravity is awesome!
And sometimes painful!
Thanks, StoryBots. See ya!
[StoryBots shout happy farewells]
Enough with the farewells!
We've got questions to answer! Scram! Move!
-Go! Go! Move! Go! Go! Go! Move! -[Bing] Bye, Boss.
[Hap] Bye-bye!
♪ StoryBots ♪
♪ Livin' inside computer parts ♪
♪ The StoryBots ♪
♪ Helping kids get super smart ♪
♪ They love to learn Love to learn ♪
♪ And adore adventure ♪
♪ And answering questions Is their business and pleasure ♪
♪ There's a whole department Whose only task ♪
♪ Is to answer anything we ask ♪
♪ So let's see if Team B Can solve another mystery ♪
♪ The StoryBots ♪
♪ Meet Beep and Bing Bang, Boop and Bo ♪
♪ Just ask them what you wanna know Just ask the StoryBots ♪
Boop.