02x12 - Time and Distance

[bunniefuu]

[all] Ta-da!

[eyebrows squeak]

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♪ Answer Time! ♪

[clock ticking]

[beeps and rings]

-[all speaking]
-What's shaking?

Hi, Boop.
Can you tell me where wool comes from?

Boop. Boop.

-Boop.
-[bleats]

Wool comes from sheep?

-Boop.
-[bleats]

Thanks, Boop. Thanks, sheep.

-Boop.
-[/i]You're welcome.

Boop?

Hey, Bang.
Can you teach me how to tie a knot?

Totally, dude.

You just make a loop like so,

and pull one end
through the loop and tighten.

Thanks.

[grunts] No problem.

Uh, you wouldn't happen to know
how to untie a knot, would you?

You got it. Glad we could help.

[air leaking like flatulence]

-Huh?
-[air leaks]

Really, Hub and Bub? A whoopee cushion?

[both giggling]

-Whoopee cushion.
-[both giggling]

[groans]

[alarm beeping]

Hey, look.
Got a Level Three question coming in hot.

Oh, StoryBots! Thank goodness.
I'm so glad I got through to you.

Whoa. Are those Giuseppe's pizzas?

They sure are, Bing,
and they're piping hot.

Oh, I love Giuseppe's pizza!

Yeah. That dude makes some sweet za.
[smooches]

Boop. Boop.

Anchovies?
[scoffs] Boop, nobody likes anchovies.

I like anchovies.

Uh, StoryBots?

Hey, sorry to interrupt you,
but, uh, I need to deliver these pizzas.

Giuseppe's has a -minute delivery
guarantee or the pizzas are free.

Oh man, the only thing better than pizza
is free pizza.

Well, Bang, that's the problem,
because they're not actually free.

If I don't deliver 'em on time,
I have to pay for them.

Oh no, that doesn't sound very fair.

You're telling me Bo.

Last week, I bought dinner for people,
and I don't even know them.

Okay. How can we help you
deliver these pizzas on time?

Well, Beep, there's two ways I can go,

and I need to know
which will get me there sooner.

Oh, well, do you know
which one is shorter?

Well, one route is two miles
and the other route is five miles.

That's easy.
Go the short way. Problem solved.

But Bing, I can drive faster
if I take the longer route.

How fast can you go?

I can drive miles an hour
on the longer route,

but only miles an hour
on the shorter route.

-Then go the fast way.
-It's more complicated than that.

It is [/i]more complicated than that,
and I'm running out of time!

Okay, team. Who do we know
that can help us get an answer?

Oh, Speedy Lightning
is the fastest StoryBot around.

He's racing today in the secret race…
I mean, I know where to find the answer.

-[chuckles awkwardly]
- Oh, thank you, Bing.[/i]

But please hurry. I only got minutes
to deliver all these pies.

{\an}Don't worry, Pizza Delivery Lady.
We are on the job.

[whirring and suctioning]

♪ Answer Time! ♪

[whirring]

Hi, StoryBots. Can you tell me a fun fact?

[whirring]

[fun fact machine]
Fun fact number ,.[/i]

Did you know frogs don't drink
the same way people do?

They absorb water through their skin.

[romantic French music playing]

[French accent] Oh, here are the drinks
for the lovely couple. [chuckles]

-[glasses clink]
-[slurps]

-[gasps]
-Ah.

[sighs] I can't take you anywhere.

What?

[whirring]

Hi! How hot is the desert?

[whirring]

-[whimsical music playing]
-[both sighing]

-Hey, Dink?
-[sighs]

What, Doink?

Well, how hot do you think it is
out here in the desert?

[groans] Well, obviously it's gotta be
a thousand degrees.

A thousand degrees? Are you bonkers?

It's gotta be a million degrees out here!

[laughs]

Wait, wait, wait. A million degrees?

Doink, if it was a million degrees,
we'd both be on fire.

-[laughing]
-[chuckles sarcastically] Oh yeah?

Well, if it were only , degrees hot,
I'd barely be breaking a sweat.

It's too hot to argue,
Mr. Million Degrees.

[bird screeches]

-I'm not arguing, you are.
-[laughs] We're now arguing about arguing.

-It's too hot for that.
-That's what I'm saying. You're arguing.

-No, you are, Doink. You are.
-You are, Dink. You are.

-Doink, you are… Doink. Doink. Doink.
-Dink. Dink. Dink. Dink. Dink.

-[both scream]
-[vulture screeches]

Oh. I'm terribly sorry
to have frightened you,

but I overheard your disagreement
and thought I could help.

The average daytime temperature
in this desert is degrees Fahrenheit.

But there are some days
when it reaches degrees or more.

[both crackling]

What do you think,
we were born yesterday? [laughs]

If it were degrees, I'd be freezing.
[laughs]

Yeah! Yeah, yeah.

Hey, Dink. It's degrees.
Let's go build a snowman!

[both crackling]

Can you believe that vulture?

What would a vulture know
about the desert?

[both laughing]

[sighs]

[screaming]

[announcer] Next stop,[/i]
the Archives Department.[/i]

[Bing screaming, crashes]

[grunting]

Huh?

[mischievous music playing]

-[door viewer scraping]
-[Gob] What's the password?

[discreetly] Pickle sandwich.

[Goob] Hey, Gob, is that right?

[Gob] I don't know. I forgot.

[Goob] Huh. Me too.

Ah, Goob, just open the door!
It's me! Bing!

[Gob] Oh. Hey, Bing.

-When does the super-secret race start?
-Uh…

I think, like, now.

-[triumphant music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

Oh, great.

Have you two seen Speedy Lightning?
I need to ask him a question.

[zooming]

Uh, I think he went thataway.

[announcer] Our first racer
is the unbeaten champion

of the super-secret racing club,

Speedy Lightning!

[laughs]

I am the greatest! I am the greatest!

[crowd cheers]

[announcer] He doesn't always take
the conventional route, but he's quick.

[fans cheering]

[announcer] And the challenger,
a newcomer to the racing club,

Ada from the Math Department!

Hello!

-[crickets chirping]
-[pink StoryBot] Mmm?

Ada's racing against Speedy? Yeesh.

[announcer] Racers, to your starting line.

Remember, there are no set paths
to the finish line and no rules.

Anything goes!

On your mark, get set…

[zooming]

[announcer] Go!

Oh, I dropped my hat.

Just gonna pick that up.

-[exciting music playing]
-[zooming]

Boy, that Speedy sure is fast!

[zooming]

-[ambient music playing]
-[laughs]

[zooming]

[ambient music continues]

[zooming]

[ambient music continues]

Whoa, she's fast.

[zooming]

But I'm faster!

-[zooming]
-You got this, Speedy!

[exciting music playing]

[zooming]

-[Ada humming]
-[ambient music playing]

Pardon me.

Madam. Oops.

-[mummy mumbles]
-[gasps]

[muffled] The legend is true!

Ada looks like she's ahead.
What's going on?

[zooming] What? She's at the world's
biggest hedge maze already?

[zooming]

Final stretch.

Can't let this race get any closer.
See ya! [zooming]

-[chuckles] Oh.
-[rattling]

[rattling]

[Ada] Right down the middle. Woo!

-Finish line, here I--
-[announcer] We've got a winner!

-Winner?
-[announcer] What a race time!

There's no way!

Ada, that was amazing! How'd you finish
in less time than Speedy?

Well, being the fastest

doesn't always mean
you get to the finish line first, Bing.

Distance plays a role too.

A friend's trying to figure out
the fastest way to get deliveries done.

Think you could help?

Of course, Bing.

Let's head back to the Math Department
and see what we can do.

[whirring]

Hey, StoryBots.
Why do my fingers get wrinkly in the bath?

[whirring]

-[fanfare]
-[narrator reads]

-[metal swishing]
-Ha, ha! Take that, filth.

And that, grime.

Ha! Thought you could hide between my…
[gasps] My fingers!

What fiendish work is this?

[smacks lips] They're just wrinkled, sir.
It happens--

There's only one would cast a spell
to wrinkle all the people of the land

and turn them into puckered prunes.

Walda the Witch!

-Uh…
-We must break this spell!

Fine. But shouldn't you put on
some clothes first?

What? Oh, indeed. Pardon me.

Onward, Prancey!

All right.

[narrator] And so the heroic duo[/i]
traveled across the kingdom.[/i]

-[Prancey galloping]
-[bell rings]

Rise, my child.

Rise from the dark depths of the world!

[laughs maliciously]

-[Sir Foolhardy] Halt!
-Huh? Ugh.

Can't you just leave me alone?

Nay. I will not allow you to turn the
proud people of this province into prunes.

You think I'm turning people into prunes?

-[laughing]
-Oh, do not attempt to deceive me, witch.

I caught you in the act
of casting the wrinkling spell.

Uh, nope.

I summoned this giant cyclops

to help me reach the high shelves
in my kitchen. See?

Hello.

-Then how do you explain this?
-[screech]

Were you taking a bath?

[gasps] Were you watching me
in your crystal ball?

Because that is a serious invasion
of privacy!

No! Fingers just get wrinkly
in the bathtub!

-Lies!
-She's right, sir.

How… What… But how?

Cyclops, would you please
show this guy your hand?

[chuckles]

[gasps] This beast's fingers
are wrinkled as well.

Many scientists think that's because
when your skin is tight and wet,

it becomes slippery,
making it hard to pick things up.

When the skin wrinkles,
it makes it easier to grab things.

But how do your fingers know
that they are in water?

- Watch and learn![/i]
-[chiming][/i]

[Walda] When you're in the water[/i]
long enough,[/i]

the water seeps under your skin

and nerve endings
tell the brain you're wet.

Your brain sends a message
to your blood vessels to shrink.

When blood vessels shrink,

it makes room for the skin
to collapse over them.

That's how the wrinkles appear.

Uh, and the wrinkles make it easier
for wet fingers to pick things up.

Unhand me, you…

Wait, you picked me up so easily
with your wrinkled fingers.

Oh, wonderful brain.

You are quite…

[distant] Ingenious!

[crashes]

Looks like I have the rest of the day off.

Hot tub time!

-[easy music playing]
-[relaxed] Ah.

♪ If you're wet long enough
Water seeps through your skin ♪

♪ Making its way to nerve endings within ♪

♪ And once they sense the wetness ♪

♪ What do they do? ♪

♪ Get this ♪

♪ They tell your brain you're wet
So your brain answers back ♪

♪ By sending a message out quick ♪

♪ To your arteries, veins
Capillaries as well ♪

- ♪ To make 'em skinny ♪[/i]
- ♪ Also known as "constrict" ♪[/i]

♪ And once they're smaller ♪

♪ They make some room
That your skin crumples into ♪

♪ Those are the wrinkles you see
It's extraordinary ♪

♪ What water makes your skin do
Verse two ♪

♪ Some scientists guess
That the reason for this ♪

♪ Is that wrinkles might help
With your grip ♪

♪ And some even suppose
It's the same with our toes ♪

- ♪ That wrinkles can help you not slip ♪[/i]
- ♪ Yep! ♪[/i]

♪ There's a lot going on
Whenever you go for a dip ♪

[splashes]

[both screaming]

[announcer] Next stop,[/i]
the Department of Number-y Stuff.[/i]

-[both screaming]
-[Bing grunts]

I still don't understand
how you b*at Speedy.

I told you, Bing,
it's not just about time and speed.

It's also about distance.

How does someone running slower
b*at someone running faster?

Well, Speedy was so confident
in his ability to go at a fast speed,

he didn't bother to think
about the distance e was going.

I'm still confused.

Look, Bing.

The blue string represents
the distance that I took in the race.

And the red string represents
the distance that Speedy traveled.

Whoa! Even though he was running faster,
he had to travel more distance,

so you got to the finish line
in less time?

Precisely, Bing!

That's why even though my speed
was way slower

and his was way, way, way faster,

I made it to the finish line first.

I needed less time to travel my distance.

-It's math!
-[string snaps]

-[cow moos]
-Whoa! Math is cool!

Can it help me
figure out my friend's delivery route?

I'm certain of it.

Here, put this on.

Huh?

Time, distance, and speed
are all related, Bing.

[clang]

If you know any two of them,
you can figure out the third.

So if you know the distance and speed,

you can figure out
how much time a trip will take.

How do you do that?

Let's say you have to travel
four miles in total.

-[keyboard clacks]
-[beeping]

[Ada] If you can go two miles in one hour,

it will take you one, two hours
to get where you're going.

Oh, I think I'm starting to get it.

Fantastic. Now, let's figure out
this problem for your friend.

[keyboard clacks]

[whirring]

How far do they have to travel?

Well, one route is two miles.

-[keyboard clacks]
-[beeping]

And the other is five miles.

-[keyboard clacks]
-[beeping]

[Ada] Okay.

What's their speed on each route?

Well, for the two-mile route,
ten miles per hour.

-[keyboard clacks]
-[beeping]

{\an}And for the five-mile route,
miles per hour.

-[keyboard clacks]
-[beeping]

Perfect. That's all we need
to run the simulation.

Are you ready, Bing?

Ready, Ada.

[suspenseful music playing]

[machine blares]

[beeping]

Whoa! So the slower car won because
it took less time to go its distance

than the other car did.

Exactly.

Wow! Math is awesome.

It sure is, Bing.

And math can do even more.

If you know speed and time,
you can figure out distance.

And if you know time and distance,
you can figure out speed.

Uh, that's great and all, Ada,
but I really gotta go.

-Gotta get this answer back to my friend.
-Oh. Okay, Bing. You got it.

Thanks for the help, Ada.
Gotta go. See ya! Bye! Woo-hoo!

Good luck, Bing!

Send my best to the g*ng!

[whirring]

[ticking]

♪ When you ride on a train, fly in a plane
Or take a boat to cross the sea ♪

♪ It's always gonna take some time
To get from point A to B ♪

♪ If you know the distance you'll go ♪

♪ And you know your speed
Whether fast or slow ♪

♪ You can tell how much time it'll take
For you to complete any trip you make ♪

♪ Time, distance, and speed
They're all connected, that's agreed ♪

♪ It's a cool thing to know
So let's proceed ♪

♪ With time, distance, and speed ♪

[ticking]

♪ If it takes ten minutes
To walk to the park ♪

♪ At a speed that's easy and slow ♪

♪ It'll take less time
If you ride your bike ♪

-♪ As fast as you can go ♪
-[bicycle bells ring][/i]

♪ Even at the speed of a rocket ship ♪

♪ It'd take more time
To go to Mars on a trip ♪

♪ Than to drive two blocks
Which is not so far ♪

-♪ At a turtle speed in an old car ♪
-[horn honks][/i]

♪ Time, distance, and speed
They all go together, that's guaranteed ♪

♪ A bit of math is all you need ♪

♪ To know your time, distance, and speed ♪

[ding]

Hello, Pizza Delivery Lady,
can you hear me? Come in.

Bing, thank goodness you're back.
I was getting worried.

Did you figure out the quickest route
for my delivery?

I sure did.

Time, distance,
and speed are all related.

If you know any two,
you can figure out the third.

Uh, Bing, that's all well and good,

but I just need the answer
so I can get moving.

Oh, yeah. Sorry.
You should take the two-mile route.

The two-mile route? Really?

But I can go twice as fast
on the five-mile route.

But you have to drive
more than twice the distance.

Oh, so what you're saying is,

even if I'm going slower, I can get there
sooner because the distance is shorter.

Exactly!

Oh, thank you. You are the best!

Now I better get going
so I can deliver these pizzas on time.

Glad I could help.
Good luck with the delivery!

All right, catch you later!

-[static crackles]
-[theme music playing]