01x03 - Cake Twist/Garden Party

[bunniefuu]

- [meows]
- [triumphant music]

[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]

- [Ada] Hi, Mama!
- Morning, hon. Ready for pancakes?

Mm-hmm! Can you make
them perfectly round?

- I guess we'll see.
- Shh!

- [laughs]
- [gasps]

- [both] Mwah!
- Yuck!

Why do people kiss?

- That's what I'm saying!
- [laughs] Ask your mom. Gotta go to work.

Can't wait to see what you got planned
for tonight. It's gonna be good.

What I planned for tonight? Hmm.

Ada, Arthur, cereal,
eggs, please.

- [Ada] Mm-hm.
- I'll get the eggs.

I'll get the cereal.

Hey.

The cereal has
heart-shaped candy in it!

Huh? The eggs have
lovey eyes on them.

[groans]

- Huh?
- [meows]

And the cat gave me peonies,
my favorite flowers.

Thanks, Mooshu!

Lovey eyes? Heart-shaped cereal?

[gasps] Peonies! Oh, no!

I forgot our anniversary!

- [meows]
- Mom, the pancakes!

- Oops!
- [sizzling]

That is not a perfect
circle. [sighs]

[gasps] Mom, do you
know what you just made?

A mess?

A unicorn! In science, this
is called a happy accident.

When you try to make one thing, but
accidentally make something better.

Lovely. Forgetting our anniversary,
though, that's not a happy accident.

Anniversaries are for
showing love. And I forgot!

[gasps] I can't plan something now.
I have a big project due for work!

Don't worry, Mom. I'll
find a way to help.

Hmm. So what do you think?

I think I love this
unicorn pancake!

[laughs] About my
parents' anniversary?

Oh, right. 'Fraid I got nothin'.

Me too. We'll help you with anything,
Ada. But my parents don't live together.

Oh! Whoa!

- So anniversaries aren't my specialty.
- Know what we need? 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 ♪

I have an idea!

We could make the house
and everything in it red.

The color of love!

Yeah, sure.

But also the color of
Mars. My dad loves Mars!

But then everything will be
red forever! The furniture.

And Mom, Dad, Arthur, and me.

And I like being Black.

I have an idea! Your mom could fly up
to your dad's bookstore on a dragon,

carrying a sweet new harp
and sing a love song!

My dad loves all
kinds of instruments,

but where'd we get a dragon
with a harp on short notice?

- Excellent point.
- Oh! What if we made a house

out of chocolate for your dad? It
would be chocolatey amazingness! Wow.

- That's it!
- Really? We'll build a chocolate house?

No! That would take way too much
time and way too much chocolate.

- Can there be too much chocolate?
- Nope!

[laughs] What I meant
was Dad always bake us

his Chocolate Surprise
Cake on special occasions,

so we'll bake it for him.

- Sweet!
- Fabulous idea!

Oh! I love the idea of making
his Chocolate Surprise Cake.

There's only one problem.

It's an old family recipe
that only Dad knows.

No one ever wrote it down.

- Really?
- Ah, man. Good try.

Wait, we can figure out
the recipe in the lab.

- Baking is science.
- My mom says that cooking is an art,

but baking is a science.
She'd know. She's a chef.

Okay, while you three
figure out the recipe,

I'll try and find a
backup gift just in case.

Don't worry, Mom.
We've got this.

What would I do without
my little scientist?

You wouldn't have an anniversary
gift and that would be bad.

[Mom laughs]

- [upbeat music plays]
- Loading the lab.

[thrilling music playing]

When I bake with my dad,

he says his Chocolate Surprise Cake
has to be sweet, soft, and tall.

Sugar and chocolate make it
sweet. To make it soft, we need...

- Pillows!
- [laughter]

Nope. Butter.

And for tallness...

- Building blocks!
- [Ada laughs]

- Baking powder.
- Oh!

- That'll work too.
- And it'll taste better.

And finally, sprinkles on top.

Now what's missing are eggs and
flour to hold it all together.

- [cracking]
- [stirring]

I think I found a gift!

[both] Huh?

Oh, Mom.

[both] A tie?

- I think he already has that tie.
- I think that is his tie.

Okay, I'll dig around again
after I get some work done.

- Hmm.
- [sighs]

We'd better make this work.

[whimsical music plays]

- [clock ticks, dings]
- [Ada] It's done.

- [meows]
- [both] Whoa!

[Iggy] It's a tower of cake!

Whoa! Dad's cake
is never this tall!

Don't drop it!

It's wobbling! Oh, I can't look!

Whoa!

- [all sigh]
- Let's see if it's done!

- [Iggy] Duck!
- [Ada] Look out!

Oh, man, I got caked!

We need to rethink this recipe.

[squelching]

If baking powder makes the cake
tall, maybe there was way too much.

I'd guesstimate that we need
exactly a lot less this time.

- [beeping]
- [clock ticks, dings]

- It's looking good.
- [Rosie] Really good.

Perfect!

- [squelching]
- [all sigh]

It's not perfect.

It sunk! Just like our
hopes and dreams. [groans]

And if a tie my dad already owns is
all Mom can come up with, [sighs]

we should just give up.

I wanted to help Mom show Dad how
much she loves him, but I failed.

And we can't fix it.

Ada Twist, I may not know
a lot about anniversaries,

but I know about not
giving up, and so do you.

Yeah. We just need
to keep trying.

You're right! We're
scientists. We don't give up.

This is too important.

I just wish we knew what we
were doing wrong! [groans]

Oops. Sorry.

Rosie, what you just
did… I know what to do!

Watch this.

That's what I did. Is that good?

Yep. It shows the chemical
reaction. Watch this.

- It didn't overflow that time.
- Exactly.

I forgot the other thing
my dad always says.

"Measure twice, bake once."

Baking is science, right?

We need the right chemical
reaction to make the cake perfect.

We had the right ingredients,
but not the right amounts.

Come on, let's try again.
Fast. Dad's coming home soon!

[clock ticks]

[upbeat music plays]

Okay, all the
ingredients are in.

Plus love.

Dad says that makes
it extra sweet.

I hope it works.

[bell dings]

- It actually looks like a real cake.
- It's tall, but not too tall.

Soft, but not sunken!

- Yummy.
- Tasty!

And it's chocolatey and sweet.

[all] Yay! Woo-hoo! [laugh]

[crunching]

Wait, listen.

[crunching]

Why is it crunchy?

Sprinkles? Dad's Chocolate Surprise
Cake doesn't have sprinkles inside.

It's supposed to have sprinkles
outside. This is a disaster!

Sprinkles are never a disaster.

But it's not Dad's cake. It's not
perfect. We have to remake it.

We can't! Dad's coming home
soon. Maybe Mom got a good gift?

How about this? I
painted the Milky Way.

Here's Orion's Belt,
the Big Dipper, Polaris.

- [meows]
- Oh, you're right.

It's like a star exploded.

It's a mess and a half.
How's the cake coming?

We accidentally got sprinkles inside so
it's not Dad's Chocolate Surprise Cake.

No, but it's your surprise cake.

You made the cake
plus a surprise.

Sounds like a happy
accident to me.

- I love when that happens.
- Yeah! Like my unicorn pancake.

- Come on, let's get it on the table.
- [sighs] Okay.

- [Rosie] We'll help.
- Then we have go home.

You got this, Ada.

Thanks, you guys.

Oh! What do we have here?

Please be seated, Mr. Dad.

I mean, Mr. Twist.

- Happy anniversary!
- [both] Mwah!

Tonight, we have for
you, drumroll, please.

- [clinking]
- Dad's Chocolate Surprise Cake!

Really? But the recipe
isn't even written down.

[crunching]

Huh? This isn't my
Chocolate Surprise Cake.

Knew it.

It's better!

- [gasps] Really?
- Yeah! Sprinkles inside the cake? Genius.

Your daughter outdid
herself. As usual.

It was a happy accident. Plus
I added a special ingredient.

Love.

Mm, I can taste the love!

This is the most delicious anniversary
present I've ever gotten. Thank you!

[both] Mwah!

[groans] I'll allow
the kiss. This time.

[all laugh]

[meows]

Wow! An exploding star.

Well, it was supposed to be... Never
mind. Yep. That's exactly what it is.

[laughter]

[upbeat music plays]

Hmm.

[gasps] I have an idea. Let's
meet another scientist. Come on!

Hi, I'm Lasheeda Perry
and I am a pastry chef.

Today, we are going to talk
about how baking soda plays

a very scientific role in baked
goods, specifically cookies.

[Ada] Yum!

As a pastry chef, we are
always thinking about,

"If I put this ingredient
with that ingredient,

what reaction am
I going to get?"

I want to show you today what
baking soda does to baked goods.

- Shall we make our chocolate chip cookies?
- [Ada] Let's go!

[Lasheeda] Baking soda has
been used for many years,

because it helps
leaven your baked good.

Leavening means to
help your product rise.

[Ada] Cool.

I've played with different recipes
where I use a little bit of baking soda,

and then I used a lot, and I had
a completely different product.

- [chiming]
- There goes our timer.

[drumroll]

On the right, here,

are chocolate-chip
cookies with baking soda.

And over here is
without baking soda.

And the most obvious
difference is the color.

These are nice and golden.

Here, the centers are
still pretty pale.

The spreading is
different as well.

With the baking soda, it
has a nice. thick edge.

And more uniform compared
to the rustic edges

where they're just doing their
own little thing. [laughs]

Now this is the fun part.

This is really why I love being a
pastry chef, because I get to taste it!

It is so good. [laughs]

Fun fact!

Baking soda is not only used
in baked goods such as cookies,

but it's also used in
fire extinguishers.

[spraying]

Wasn't that cool?
Science is the best!

[Ada speaking]

[laughter]

[doorbell rings]

Rosie Rule number seven. Always
ring three times for good luck.

- Hey, Iggy!
- Hi!

Hi, Ada. Hi, Rosie.

Let's get this
garden party started!

Yeah, about that...

- [Rosie] I love gardens and parties.
- [Ada] I don't think…

I'm so excited to spend all
afternoon in your beautiful…

- Yikes!
- Sweet zucchini!

I've been trying to tell you.

I invited you for a
garden party, but look!

- [Ada] Uh…
- [Rosie] Okay.

Are these plants sad?

- Or sleepy?
- No, they're just not healthy right now.

My dad used to take care of them, but
since he moved, he hasn't been able to.

Maybe they need to laugh.

My mom always says laughter
is the best medicine.

Why are potatoes
good detectives?

- Because they keep their eyes peeled!
- [all laugh]

Good one, Rosie!

Really? Not even a little
leaf wiggled! Tough crowd.

- Hey there, team! Who's hungry?
- [Rosie] Deviled eggs!

Yum! Thanks!

So, what are you kids up to
today? Tell me all the fun plans.

We were gonna have a
garden party, but...

I know, this garden doesn't exactly
give off a party vibe, does it?

Not really.

But these deviled
eggs are egg-cellent!

- [all laugh]
- Get it? 'Cause they're eggs.

Glad you like them, 'cause
they're going on the café menu.

This rosemary would've
made them more delish,

but I don't have a green thumb.

That's 'cause only ogres
do. And some elves.

[laughs] No, Rosie. Having a green
thumb means you're good at gardening.

- Oh! That makes more sense.
- I wish I was better at gardening.

But with running the café and
being the classroom mom at school,

I don't have time.

If only there was a button I could
press to take care of my plants.

- [bell]
- That's the quiche! Gotta run.

My mom might not have a green
thumb, but she loves this garden.

- I wish I could make it nice for her.
- Iggy, we're scientists.

- And your best friends. We'll help!
- We've got your back.

Really? Thanks! So
what do we do now?

Well,

first we've gotta examine
this garden really close.

I've got an observation. The
leaves are droopy and yellowy.

The plants over here are
even droopier and yellowier!

Huh. The plants in the shade are droopier
than the ones in the sun. Fascinating.

[sneezes]

Excuse me. Dry dirt
makes me sneeze.

Great observation, Iggy.

If the soil's dry, it could mean the
plants haven't been watered lately.

I think we have a hypothesis.

I love a hymoposethis!

Hypothestimiza? [groans]

Why is that word so hard to say?

I'll help you out!

♪ I've got a hypothesis
I've got a hypothesis ♪

- .♪ Does that ♪
- ♪ Observation ♪

- ♪ Mean this? ♪
- ♪ Explanation ♪

♪ Right or wrong Let's find
out what the answer is ♪

♪ It might not be right
But we're gonna find out ♪

♪ What this theory
is all about ♪

♪ An educated guess But will
it stand up to our test? ♪

♪ Yes, that's what
a hypothesis is ♪

♪ I've got a hypothesis
I've got a hypothesis ♪

♪ Let's find out
how right it is ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

So our hypothesis is

plants need sunlight
and water to be healthy.

We should test it
out. Loading the lab.

[thrilling music plays]

[Ada] Test subject is ready.

Cue the sun, Rosie!

Or if you want to be
scientifically accurate,

a special gardening bulb
whose light is like the sun's.

Wow! It's getting less yellowy!

And more green-y!

- I mean, greener.
- All because of the sun?

Whoa. I have so much power.

We just proved the first part of
our hypothesis. Plants need sun!

Ada, the sun's really heavy!

I wonder how heavy
the real sun is.

Ada!

Oh, right. You can put
the light down now, Rosie.

[sighs]

Now on to test number two.

Iggy, release the rain! Or if you wanna
get scientifically specific, a bucket of...

- [Iggy] Yikes!
- [both laugh]

Water.

Whoops. Sorry!

It's okay. I love the rain.
And puddles! Woo-hoo! Yeah!

[laughs]

[gasps] The droopiness
is all gone.

Which means we proved part
two of our hypothesis.

Plants need water.

Now let's take our findings
back to the garden.

First, we gotta move the umbrella
so the plants get more sun.

Oh! And give them water!

[straining]

[all] Whoa!

Nice landing!

- [all gasp]
- It worked. Go, sun!

Now all they need
is a little of this.

[sniffs] Hey, I'm not sneezing. Must
mean the soil isn't dry anymore.

Come on, little
plantipoos. You can do it.

Huh. We gave them sunlight and
water, so why are they still droopy?

- What are we missing?
- Maybe more jokes! I got one.

Which vegetable loves
hanging out with animals?

A zucchini!

- Get it? Zoo-cchini?
- [all laugh]

Another good one.

The plants don't think so.
I'll keep working on my jokes.

What we really need is a plant
expert. I wish we knew one.

- Wait! I know a plant expert.
- You do?

Huh?

[dialing]

[Iggy] Oh, hi, Dad!

Iggster. What's up, bud?

Oh, look, the three
musketeers are all here!

- Hi, Mr. Peck!
- Hello!

We're trying to help Mom's garden and
you're the best plant expert I know.

We gave them water and sun,
but they still look sick. Help!

Okay, calm down. I'm gonna help
ya. Oh, did you do the plant dance?

The plant dance?

- You know. The silly wiggle.
- [all cheering, laughing]

- Yeah!
- Huh?

- [sighs] It didn't work.
- Yeah, I just wanted to loosen you up.

You looked kinda serious.

- Oh!
- [laughter]

What you actually
need is fertilizer.

- [Ada] Huh?
- Ferti-whater?

Fertilizer. It's like vitamins for plants.
You take them to stay strong and healthy.

- Uh-huh.
- Sure do!

Plants need vitamins too, but
they get theirs from the soil.

Adding fertilizer helps
keep them healthy.

- Cool.
- Of course!

And you can make your own.

You just need natural stuff that has lots
of nutrients. Want me to tell you how?

- Please!
- Yes!

Absolutely!

Great! Once the
natural ingredients

are all smooshed up into something
that looks like gooey dirt,

you've got fertilizer.

Now all you gotta do is
sprinkle it on the soil.

- Thanks, Mr. Peck.
- You rock, Mr. P.

Anytime, kiddos.

Thanks, Dad.

Whoa! Fertilizer's
squishy and kind of gross.

I love it!

Time to take your
vitamins, plants!

Wow, we did it!

Awesome possum.

Possums? Where?

- Don't worry. No possums.
- [laughs]

- The garden's just awesome.
- 'Cause it's healthy.

Now my mom will finally have
a pretty garden all the time.

Yep. All she needs to do
is water and feed it a lot.

There's more to do?

Plants are like people. They need
to be watered and fed regularly.

I get it. I need to be
watered and fed regularly too.

Uh, that sounded
better in my head.

My mom doesn't have time for
that. Remember what she said?

Oh, yeah. Okay. Well, now that we
know how to keep a garden healthy,

we need to find a way to help
her take care of it that's easy.

Let's brainstorm.

What if we create a new type of plant
that never needs food, water, or sunshine?

She wouldn't have
to do anything.

But what if we accidentally
make zombie plants?

[Ada] Whoa! I'd love that,
but Iggy's mom might not.

Neither would Iggy's
mom's son, me!

- Is there maybe a less zombie-ish idea?
- Got one. We could ask garden gnomes

to take care of the plants.
They eat a lot though.

And my mom has enough cooking
to do for the café and me

without having to feed gnomes too.
She needs something really easy.

- Oh! Like a magic word?
- Or a button?

Wait! Iggy's mom said she wishes she could
press a button to take care of her garden.

So maybe we could build something
that waters and fertilizes the plants

with a button that controls it!

Okay, it's ready!

Iggy, that's a plant-astic
design! I'll build it!

[upbeat music plays]

And done!

Wow, what is that thingamajig?

It's called The
Green Thumbinator!

It waters and fertilizes
the plants for you.

And to turn it on, you just
have to press this button.

Oh!

- [clicks]
- [whirring]

[Mrs. Peck] Wow! Now
that I have time for.

Thanks to you three, I finally have
a green thumb and a green garden.

- [all] Oh!
- [Rosie] Fantastic!

[sighs] This is the best
garden party I've ever been to.

And this is the best strawberry
smoothie I've ever had.

Made with fresh strawberries from
my beautiful, healthy garden.

And I'm working on a new dessert
menu. Maybe strawberry shortcake?

- Yes!
- Yum!

- Hey, kiddo!
- Dad!

Dropping off your sketchbook.
He's always forgettin' it.

Don't I know it! Come have a
smoothie and enjoy the garden.

Looks great. Maybe I need
gardening tips from you three.

I've got the best tip. You've
gotta make the plants laugh.

What do you get when Bigfoot
walks through your garden?

- Uh, stumped? Get it? Like "stomped"?
- [laughs]

Good guess.

Squash!

You know, 'cause Bigfoot's big
feet would squash everything!

[laughter]

Hmm. [gasps]

I have an idea. Let's meet
another scientist. Come on.

Hey, my name is Rory Aronson,

I'm a robotics engineer,
and today I'm gonna show you

how I take care of my garden
with my farming robot.

[crunching]

[upbeat music plays]

This is the Farmbot.

Farmbot plants seeds, waters,
takes photos, and removes weeds,

to take care of your
garden and grow plants,

so you can have fresh veggies
right in your backyard.

- [Ada] Oh!
- [Rory] One of our Farmbots is at NASA.

They use it to do research to figure
out how are we gonna grow food in space?

What they want to do is be
able to send astronauts to Mars

and then grow food for them, so
that they can eat and survive

without having to take up too
much of the astronauts' time.

In here is the brain
of the Farmbot.

That's a little computer
that tells the muscles,

which are the motors,
to move around

and go to the right spot in the
garden and take care of everything.

You use your phone to tell it
where to go, how much to water.

Then you can set it on a
schedule and forget it.

Once the tomatoes are ripe,

Farmbot sends you a message,
"Tomatoes are ready."

- "Time to make a salad."
- [Ada] Yum!

- Fun fact!
- [Ada] Fun fact!

Seeds are really picky about the
temperature they'll start to grow in.

In fact, spinach seeds
will only start growing

if the soil is between 60
and 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

Wasn't that cool?
Science is the best!

[closing theme music playing]