01x01 - A Fort of One's Own/Twelve Angry Birds

[bunniefuu]

- [meows]
- [triumphant chords]

[chirping]

♪ How, what, where,
why? What, where, why? ♪

♪ How, what, where,
why? What, where, why? ♪

♪ Ada Twist, scientist ♪

♪ She's gonna find out
What the answer is ♪

♪ Under here, over there ♪

♪ Science is
everywhere you look ♪

♪ With Iggy Peck, architect ♪

♪ And Rosie Revere, engineer ♪

♪ So much to do and
you can help too! ♪

♪ A mystery, a riddle,
a puzzle Or a quest ♪

♪ There are wonders to discover
And hypotheses to test ♪

♪ Science is the best! ♪

♪ Ada Twist, scientist ♪

♪ She's gotta find out
What the answer is ♪

♪ Everywhere science is
She's forming a hypothesis ♪

♪ Connecting polka dots 'Cause
this is Scientist Ada Twist! ♪

[Ada speaking]

[upbeat music playing]

[alarm rings]

[purrs, meows]

Morning! Time to get up.

What would I do without
my little alarm clock?

- You'd be late.
- [laughs] Oh, Ada, you're right.

I would be late. I don't
know how you do it.

Oh! Good question.

Why do I wake up at the
same time every day?

How can I come up with an experiment to
assess how good my internal clock is?

Do I get some coffee in me before
I tackle all these questions?

[laughs] Yep.

[Ada hums]

- [yawns] What's for breakfast?
- Mom's making pancakes.

- With a little help.
- Just pull the string

and that starts a chain reaction
that ends up in delicious yumminess!

[bouncy music playing]

[Mom] Oh!

- Arthur! Breakfast!
- [Arthur groans]

Hi, little man.

- [sighs]
- [chuckles] Rough morning?

Someone woke up on the
wrong side of the bed.

Hmm. If a bed has two sides,

shouldn't there be a 50-50 chance
of waking up on the right side?

So how is it possible that you
always wake up on the wrong side?

Thanks, Dad.

It's too early for questions!

Mom, I'm going out to my fort
to practice my magic tricks.

It's a play-date of one.

When Iggy and Rosie come over,

we'll be experimenting with
ways to make goo gooier.

- Nice! Let me know how it goes.
- Boring!

I'm a scientist.
Scientists never get bored!

Loading the lab.

[thrilling music plays]

- Hey, Ada.
- Hiya, Ada.

Hi, Iggy. Hi, Rosie.

How's the goo coming?

Good. I've been doing
some experiments.

[upbeat music plays]

[screeches]

[crashing]

Oh! [laughs]

[boing]

- [squelching]
- Ah! [laughs]

Turns out a little baking
soda makes it less sticky.

Saw your brother
outside. Cool fort.

Lemme guess! Iggy Peck,
architect, you wanna go see it?

Oh, I so do! Yes, please!

I… eh, uh, I mean, I just like
to see how things are built.

- [laughter]
- Come on, let's check it out.

- So cool!
- [Rosie] Amazing!

Look at the broom-handle
support. And pillow foundation?

And the details with
the bucket turrets!

This fort is fierce.

- I know.
- Hey, Arthur. Can I come...

Nope. This is a solo fort.
That means it's a fort for one.

I don't know. I'd guesstimate
that this fort could fit

two adults and four kids.

Or six kids and one adult.

Or six kids and two adults if
everyone got really friendly.

I'm gonna say it could fit
something like 3,000 goldfish.

With or without water?

[water rushing]

Hmm, without.

[water splashing]

Water leaks.

You don't really know a fort

until you know how many
aliens it can hold.

Depends on what size aliens,

- and if they can float.
- [gasps]

Solo as in me!

No goldfish. No aliens. No
one asking questions. Just me!

- [sighs]
- A fort lock? Nice.

You're just kids, but trust me,
when you get a little older,

sometimes you'll just
need a little me time.

That's cool. I just... I'd love
to see how you designed it.

- What if we make you a deal?
- I'm listening.

Okay, if we can open the
lock without touching it,

from behind this line,

you let us in.

Hmm.

No touching? Back here?

I'll make that deal.
'Cause that's impossible.

- [door slams, locks]
- [sighs] He's right. It is impossible.

Ada wouldn't have suggested
it if it was impossible.

Go ahead, Ada.

Tell Iggy how we're gonna open
the lock from behind the line.

- Oh! I have no idea.
- What?

I have no idea right now.

Scientists look at stuff that seems
impossible and unknowable all the time.

If it's impossible and
unknowable, why even try?

'Cause it only seems that way.
We just need to break it down.

By asking a lot of small questions,
we can answer a big question.

Break it down and ask around!

Right. Like, how
do we get in there?

Oh! You know what we need?

A today do-over?

A unicorn?

A brainstorm.

Oh! I love a brainstorm.

♪ Brainstorm, brainstorm ♪

♪ Throw in every thought you've
had No idea is ever bad ♪

♪ Brainstorm, brainstorm ♪

♪ Gather your friends Try to
find the how, the what, the why ♪

♪ Brainstorm, brainstorm ♪

♪ Let our imaginations
Become great new creations ♪

♪ When we brainstorm, brainstorm
Brainstorm, brainstorm ♪

♪ Hey ♪

- You start.
- What if we melt the lock?

[splashing]

But we might end up
melting the whole fort.

And my brother.

Or we could put the
whole fort on rollers,

and hook it to a flock of seagulls,
who'd roll it right over to us.

Oh! But the fort might be too heavy for
the seagulls, even if it's on wheels.

Or I could build a lock-picking robot!
But that might take a week or two.

I won't be out here
for a week or two!

I wish I could knock that
lock right off! [grunts]

[gasps] You moved the
dirt without touching it.

That's it! We need
a chain reaction.

Right! You only touch the first
domino, but they all fall.

Yep. The energy in the first
domino transfers to the second one,

and then the third
and the fourth.

I can design something that would
take the energy we use to start

and transfer it across
the yard to the lock.

- Cool!
- I love it!

[curious music playing]

Okay. It's ready.

- [gasps] That looks amazing.
- [Rosie] Nice!

On paper it does. I just... I
really wish I was a better builder.

That's what you have me for.

You design it and I'll build
it. I can build anything.

First, we need a supply run.

[upbeat music plays]

Dad, can I borrow...

-Sure, hon. Thanks!

[laughs]

- [meows, growls]
- Thank you, Mooshu!

[meows]

- How's it going out there?
- Good. Yeah, totally good.

Uh-huh. I'm just gonna go
stretch out in my solo fort!

[bouncy music playing]

Screwdriver.

Hammer.

Wrench.

And we're done!

- Wow!
- Amazing!

So the energy we start with
here ends up over there!

Exactly. It's physics.

Okay, okay, okay,
let's do this thing!

[all] Three, two, one!

Energy blast off!

[springing]

[music builds]

- [squeaks]
- [gasps]

- [music cuts]
- [all gasp]

- What happened?
- [Arthur scoffs]

The energy, it stopped!

- But why?
- I don't know.

Well, that's it
then. We're done.

What? No! We just have
to try something new.

Like what?

Maybe the mouse needs
to be slipperier.

Let's try again.

[music builds]

- [springing]
- [meows]

- [slide whistle]
- [all gasp] Yay!

[whooshing]

[gasps]

- [squeaks]
- [meows]

- What?
- Did not see that coming.

No, no, no! Mooshu!
Come back! [sighs]

That's it. We failed.

Well, my Great Aunt Rose says,
"The only way to fail is to quit."

We don't quit, we've got grit!

Okay, you're right.
We don't quit.

So, let's try something else.

Something less mouse-y.

The mouse is gone, so we
don't need the mousetrap.

Yeah, I see it.

[springing]

I replaced the whole section!

- [squeaking]
- You did it!

- [springing]
- [gasps]

- [all gasp]
- It's gonna make it! It's gonna make it!

[meows]

- Yeah!
- Yay!

- It worked!
- Yeah, I always knew it would.

That was awesome! Like magic.

Or like science.

Hey, maybe we can
create a chain reaction

that will let me unlock
the door from upstairs.

Oh, yeah. We can
totally do that.

Cool. That way when you guys
come over, I can let you in.

- Amazing!
- So cool!

Arthur, I brought this super-sticky
goo as a fort-warming present.

Sweet! Make yourself at home.

Thanks, Arthur.

- Got any questions?
- Yeah.

If this fort was filled with
owls and they all flew at once,

would it make the fort fly?

- I don't know.
- If this was a space fort,

- how much would we weigh?
- A space fort?

- [Mom] Kids, it's time for lunch.
- [straining]

Coming! [sighs]

- And, do you have a unicorn barn out back?
- [all laugh]

Hmm, I have an idea.

Let's meet another scientist.

Come on!

[gentle music playing]

Hi, my name is Keji Sojobi
and I'm an aerospace engineer,

which means I get to
design spacecraft.

I'm gonna talk about the chain reactions
on the James Webb Space Telescope,

- which I got to work on.
- [Ada] Cool!

[Keji] When it gets out to where
it's going to be orbiting in space,

the telescope will take pictures
of planets, stars, galaxies,

and the pictures will help us
learn more about our universe.

Hundreds of chain reactions have to
happen for all of it to go smoothly.

A chain reaction is
a series of events

that happen because something
else happened before them.

[Ada] Oh!

I'm gonna use these models
that I made to show you.

When the James Webb Space Telescope
is on Earth, it'll be folded up,

looking something like this.

We had to be able to get
from a folded-up position

to a very open
position in space.

So after the rocket launches,
the telescope will separate

and start to make its way
to its final destination.

At that point, the chain reactions
start that will trigger the opening

of this sun shield.

And on and on and on, little triggers
fully open up the sun shield.

And then the telescope
will fully unfold.

Our chain reactions are complete
and the telescope can do its job.

[Ada] Yay!

[gentle music playing]

Chain reactions can happen really
fast, but can also last a long time.

The chain reaction of
James Webb opening up

is gonna be about 30 days.

Fun fact.

There are lots of human-made
spacecraft you can see from Earth

when you look up
at the night sky.

If you see something that looks like
a star, but it's moving pretty fast,

it's probably one
of our satellites.

Wasn't that cool?
Science is the best!

[Ada speaking]

[birds chirping]

Is it me or does it always take
longer to fill a pool on a hot day?

Oh, good question!

And, does that mean a pool would
fill up faster on a cool day?

Or if it were in the shade? Or
if we filled it with lemonade?

[chirps, gasps]

Why do you sound like a bird?

Hey, that wasn't me. Birds
freak me out a little.

Even when they look
happy. Like these ones do.

- [chirping]
- Hmm.

That doesn't sound like happiness
to me. More like the opposite.

Great observation, Rosie.

Looks like these birds
aren't happy at all.

They seem angry!

[chirping, squawking]

Angry birds? Whoa! Mind
blown. [mimics expl*si*n]

That's way freakier
than happy birds.

Why would birds be angry?

Excellent question.

And I know someone who
can help us answer it.

- Mom!
- [gasps]

No need to holler.
I'm right here.

Sorry. Did you know our backyard
is filled with angry birds?

Huh. I don't think I've ever
seen this many bickering birdies.

There must be one, two…
twelve angry birds here!

We're trying to figure out
what's making them so mad.

Hmm. Here's a clue. Their
water feeder is empty.

Ah-ha!

They must be angry because they
don't have any water to drink.

- So they're thirsty!
- Guess that answers our question

about why they're angry, but
that doesn't answer the question

of why there wasn't water in the
feeder! You always keep it full, Mom.

I do. But yesterday, I had to run
an errand, so I asked your bro...

Arthur!

Yes, Mom? 76, 77, 78, 79…

- What'd I do?
- It's what you didn't do. The bird feeder?

Weren't you supposed
to fill it last night?

I did! I promise!

[cat meows]

Mooshu Kitty! Someone has a bad habit of
drinking water from the birdie feeder.

That's probably what happened.
Sorry, boo. My mistake.

Mooshu!

As for you, you know
what I said would happen

if you drank from the
feeder one more time.

- [ringing]
- Ooh, that's the call I'm expecting.

What would happen?

Oh, no! I think Mom's
gonna give Mooshu away.

She already warned her
about the bird feeder.

Plus, she wasn't a cat
person before Dad got her.

- [meows]
- Mooshu!

Mom! Mom! Mooshu's
innocent. She has to be.

We'll find a way to prove
it and clear her name.

[laughs] What? You
mean like in a trial?

Yep. Just like in a real courtroom.
You can be the judge, Mrs. Twist.

Meet us in the living room, I
mean courtroom, in 30 minutes.

- [laughs] Okay, okay.
- Don't do anything to Mooshu 'til then!

- Do anything? What am I gonna do?
- [meows]

[Ada] Hmm.

We're going to need the
scientific method for this.

♪ Scientific method ♪

♪ We have an observation ♪

♪ So we'll start
with a question ♪

♪ Do research ♪

♪ Form a hypothesis And
test with experiments ♪

♪ What do we find out? ♪

♪ Let's draw a conclusion ♪

♪ Write it all down And
pass around the results ♪

♪ That's the scientific method ♪

Okay, so we have our question.
"What happened to the birds' water?"

- Unicorns drank it!
- [neighing]

Maybe a unicorn,

thirsty from chasing
rainbows, drank the water.

But I'm disproving my own theory.
Unicorns like sparkling water.

I think I've got it. Ants!

Maybe a gazillion of them
built a tiny aqueduct.

Yes! Now remind me how an aqua duck
is different from a regular duck?

Aqueduct, not duck. It's a
bridge or canal that moves water.

It'd be the itty-bittiest
architectural feat of all time!

Hmm. Okay, so our hypothesis is if
Mooshu didn't drink the birdie water,

then someone else must have.

Hmm, I still say ants.

So, like, what do we do now?

We test our hypothesis
by looking for evidence.

That's what scientists call facts that
prove or disprove their hypotheses.

[upbeat music playing]

- [squeaking]
- [clicks]

Loading the lab!

[thrilling music plays]

Here's our first piece of evidence. A
paw print from the scene of the crime.

Exactly the size of
Mooshu's. [sighs]

Are you sure there aren't
any ant prints there?

Nope. Just cat prints.

Okay, so maybe Mooshu was there,
but let's see what else we've got.

- Here's Mooshu's water bowl.
- [meows]

Empty. Which means she
was probably thirsty.

Which would explain why
she'd want the water.

[meows]

Boy, this is not
looking good for Mooshu.

We still have this fur we found.
Let's look under the microscope.

[gasps] It looks just like
the fur from Mooshu's paw.

Wait a minute.

- It is Mooshu's paw!
- [meows]

[all laugh]

Guys, looks like the evidence is
all pointing to one conclusion.

Mooshu's in cahoots
with the ants!

No. Mooshu drank
the birdie water.

[all sigh]

- Come on.
- [groans]

Stay strong, Mooshu.

We'll send love notes to
wherever Mrs. Twist sends you.

But we're not giving up on you.

Eighty, eighty-one, eighty-two.
Mom's ready! Eighty-three!

What are we gonna do? If we
don't prove Mooshu's innocent,

your mom's going
to give her away.

- Come here, Mooshu. Good girl!
- [meows]

[gasps] I've got it!

If we can't prove that
Mooshu's innocent,

maybe we can at least
prove that she can behave.

- Yes!
- Great plan!

Ninety-eight, ninety-nine,
one hundred! Yes!

[gasps] All rise!

Honorable Judge
Mom now presiding.

Honorable? Oh! A mom
could get used to this.

We'll now hear arguments in the case of
Mooshu v. the Disappearing Birdie Water.

[meows]

Your Honor, we call
Mooshu Kitty to the stand!

Your witness is a cat?

This is highly unusual,
A... I mean, counselor.

- We promise it's important.
- Okay.

Arthur, I mean, bailiff,
let's put Mooshu on the stand.

And by stand, I mean cat bed.

Mooshu, isn't it true that even though
you've never been professionally trained,

you can be very well-behaved?

[meows]

[curious music plays]

[laughs] Back to the stand!

And since you're such
a well-behaved kitty,

will you promise to never
drink from the bird feeder?

- [meows]
- Counselor, can you control your client?

I'm beginning to doubt
she can behave at all.

This is going horribly!

Mooshu is being the
opposite of well-behaved.

No, she's just…

[Mooshu meows]

- Trying to cool off!
- Of course. It's hot today.

Yes. Hot. Very hot. And dry!

Mooshu may not be
able to behave,

but maybe we can prove that
something else happened to the water.

- [whispering]
- [gasps]

Your Honor, may
we have a recess?

You want to stop
the trial to play?

No. I mean we need a break

so we can go collect one
last piece of evidence.

Go ahead, Ada. I
mean, counselor.

Be right back!

[Mom sighs, laughs]

- [Ada] Quick, read the thermometer.
- Uh, temperature, 90 degrees.

And the air is dry.

I think we've got our evidence.

Your Honor, we
have new evidence.

Yes, it may be true Mooshu Kitty
was at the scene of the crime,

and, yes, she was thirsty,

and, yes, she might not be the
most well-behaved cat ever…

- [meows]
- …but maybe Mooshu

didn't drink the birdie
water, because it disappeared!

[all gasp

Order! Order in the court. Could
you explain yourself, counselor?

I propose that the
water disappeared

in a scientific process
called "evaporation."

- [all gasp]
- Evaporation!

- Wait, what's evaporation again?
- That's when water turns into gas.

Then that gas mixes with the air,
making the water seem to disappear.

This process can happen
fast on a hot, dry day,

and when there's only
a teeny bit of water.

Which brings me to
our final witness.

Arthur!

Me?

Now Arthur, wouldn't
you say you were busy

trying to paddle your ball
100 times in a row yesterday?

Well, sure.

So, it must have been really
important to fill the feeder fast.

Fast? Well, I guess, but...

The fastest way
to fill the feeder

would be to only put a teeny-weenie
bit of water in it, wouldn't you say?

- Yeah!
- [both gasp]

[muffled laugh]

I only put a teeny bit
of water in the feeder!

This proves our hypothesis.

Something else could have
happened to the birdie water.

Mooshu Kitty could be
innocent. I rest my case!

- Yeah!
- Yes!

Now you won't have
to give Mooshu away!

Give Mooshu away? What?

You told Mooshu that she
knew what would happen

if she drank from the
bird feeder again.

Yes, I'd give her a second
bowl of water. Outside!

Oh, whoopsies.

[laughter]

No evaporation is
gonna get this water!

I think these birds
are 12 happy birds now.

- [Ada] And one happy kitty.
- [meows]

[laughter]

[upbeat music plays]

Hmm. I have an idea!

Let's meet another scientist.

Come on!

[woman] Oh boy. It's
really hot out here.

Does anybody know where
I can find some water?

Hi, my name is Naomi Fraga
and I'm a desert botanist,

and today we're gonna talk
about evaporation in plants.

- Let's check out some plants.
- [Ada] Let's go!

We're here in the Mojave Desert
where it gets well over 100 degrees,

and it also doesn't
rain very much.

These are actually two plants that live
in the same exact kind of environment,

but they have different strategies
to hold on to their water.

- [Ada] Whoa!
- This is the creosote bush.

See, the leaves
here are very small.

That means there's fewer pores
on the leaf to lose water from.

Just like we have pores in our
skin where we really sweat,

plants have pores on their
leaves where water escapes,

and when that water escapes,
it evaporates into the air.

Then we have its very good
friend, the burro bush.

- Hello!
- Hello!

You might think it was
dead, but it's taking a nap.

What we call a dormant phase. It's
lost its leaves for the summertime.

Once it sees rain again,
it'll make new leaves.

So these plants have all
these really cool adaptations

for dealing with dry conditions.

- [Ada] Fun fact!
- Fun fact!

Did you know that when
your houseplant is wilting,

it's because too much water
evaporated from the leaves?

So if you see your
plant wilting,

give it a helping hand
and give it more water.

Yay! Woo-hoo!

[sighs]

Wasn't that cool?
Science is the best!

[closing theme music playing]