01x22 - Sunspot and the Great Red Spot/Uncle Zucchini Babysits

[bunniefuu]

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

♪ That's his name ♪

♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

♪ He'll rocket to fame ♪

♪ When he arrived, he created a buzz ♪

♪ 'Cause there was no house ♪

♪ And then there was, he said ♪

- ♪ People of Earth! You ain't seen nothing yet! ♪

♪ I'm from Bortron , and my name is Jet! ♪

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

♪ That's his name ♪

♪ He looks like us ♪

♪ But he isn't the same ♪

- ♪ I'm a space tripper and a galaxy crosser ♪

♪ My parents brought me here in a flying saucer ♪

- ♪ And just to prove it was a fact ♪

♪ He flew them out to space and back ♪

♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[spaceship whirring]

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

- ♪ He showed up, and now it's a blast ♪

♪ Looks like the future really got here fast ♪

- ♪ Nice to meet you, human race ♪

♪ Tell me all about the place ♪

- Jet Propulsion!

- Jet Propulsion!

- Jet Propulsion!

all: Ready! Jet! Go!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- What are all these red spots?

- Hmm.

If there are weird red spots around the neighborhood,

I bet Jet has something to do with it.

- [humming]

♪ ♪

- Uh, Jet?

What is up with the red spots?

♪ ♪

- Sunspot is up!

He wishes you a happy Great Red Spot Day.

[beeping]

- Thanks!

Happy Great Red Spot Day to you, Sunspot.

- Wait, what is Great Red Spot Day?

- [chatters, beeps]

- Slow down so I can translate, Sunspot.

Sunspot's in the Red Spot Club.

It was started a long time ago

by an old relative of his.

There she is. Her name was OldSpot.

But I'm sure you guys have heard of the Red Spot Club.

- Uh, no. Never.

I don't think we have that here on Earth.

- Really?

No Earthies have heard of Great Red Spot Day?

Or Club?

Wow.

- Okay, so what happens on Great Red Spot Day?

You put up big red spots?

- [laughs]

Way more than that!

You see, Great Red Spot Day happens once a year.

It's when the Red Spot Club all fly in from all over the galaxy

and meet up above planet Jupiter.

Not on it, though.

Jupiter's made of gas.

- Wow!

I want to be in the club.

- Uh, sorry, Mindy.

Only pets from around the galaxy are in the club.

Like my pet Sunspot...

and Moonbeam, Uncle Zucchini's pet.

- I could be a pet.

[barks]

Meow! [all giggling]

[bleating] I'm a goat.

- So Sunspot and the other "actual pets" meet

at an exact time every year

to celebrate Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

Then they take a group picture.

- So how big is this Great Red Spot?

- X plus Y times billion equals...

a spot on Jupiter

that's ginormous!

Way bigger than even two Earths!

both: Wow!

- But what is the Great Red Spot?

What's it made of?

- Uh, I'm not sure.

It's something red.

- [barking, beeping]

- What, Sunspot? - [beeps, chatters]

- It's time to go? - [chatters]

- Go? Where are we going?

- Jupiter, of course!

We have to get Sunspot there for the group picture.

- [sighs]

- Looks like you're going to Jupiter, Sean.

- Did someone say Jupiter?

Oh, happy Great Red Spot Day, Sunspot.

Hop in, kids!

♪ ♪

- Whoo-hoo! Here we go!

Come on, Sean.

We'll find out more about the Great Red Spot

on our way to Jupiter.

- Have fun on Jupiter.

Say hi to the club for me.

- Will do, Mindy. We're off!

- Imagine this--

we kids stay on Earth today.

We have fun. We eat doughnuts.

We don't go to outer space. How am I doing?

- ♪ Five, four, three, two, one, doors are shut, engines on ♪

♪ Everybody in their place, let's go into outer space ♪

- [screaming] [engine sputtering]

- Uh, Mom?

We're still on the street.

- And, uh...

I didn't really scream.

Hey, looks like we're not going into space.

Oh, well.

- Anything wrong, Mom?

- Hmm.

Maintenance is definitely required.

- Come on out, Sunspot.

- [whimpers]

- Sunspot?

- Hey, Sunspot, you know Bortronians can fix

any machine in the galaxy, right?

Especially Mom.

She's a pro.

- And meanwhile, we'll cheer you up.

- I know how.

Watch this!

[humming]

♪ ♪

You always laugh at my footie-dance, Sunspot.

♪ ♪

- [mumbling indistinctly]

I'm gonna need help fixing this wagon.

Don't worry, Sunspot. I'm on it.

[machinery beeping]

- B- Mechanics.

Spinach speaking

- Hi, Spinach.

It's your cousin, Celery.

I'm here on a remote planet called Earth,

and I need your help with my wagon.

- Okay, Celery, let's identify the problem.

Is it the engine,

the acceleration, the lift-off,

the landing, the cup holders?

♪ ♪

- Don't worry, Sunspot.

We will get you to Jupiter.

- [whimpers]

- [chattering]

- [chattering]

- [wails]

- [groans]

- So you've never missed a Great Red Spot Day?

- Mm-mm.

- Do you really think we can get him to Jupiter?

- Oh, yes!

- Absolutely. - Huh?

- Maybe we can even make something

that'll get Sunspot there faster than my parents' saucer.

- Here comes the choo-choo train.

Open up.

Good. Now take a sip.

- So what exactly is the Great Red Spot?

It's like a part of Mars got stuck on Jupiter's surface.

- Or something like in that Commander Cressida story,

"Red, Hot Jupiter."

- The Red Spot sounds pretty complicated, guys.

- I'll help explain it, Mindy.

Actually, the Great Red Spot is pretty simple.

Take a look.

- It looks like an egg.

Or an eye.

- Now let's get it going.

This is how the Red Spot swirls.

- Wow!

Now it looks like a big going-around-and-around storm.

- Bingo!

Exactly, Sydney.

The Great Red Spot is a red superstorm

that's been raging on Jupiter for over Earth years.

all: years?

- But how can a storm last years?

It only rains here for a few days.

- Jupiter is a way different world from ours.

Cloudy, right? - Exactly.

Cloudy and it has no solid surface,

so the Great Red Spot storm can spin and blow on and on.

- The Great Red Spot doesn't seem to be

going away anytime soon.

And neither is the Red Spot Club.

- [giggles]

[alarm ringing]

- Sunspot says it's only one hour

till the Red Spot Club meets!

Come on!

♪ ♪

Is the wagon almost fixed, Mom?

We don't want Sunspot to miss Great Red Spot Day.

- He won't.

Spinach and I are doing our best.

- Celery, maybe check the fernambulator,

not the oregonometer.

- Um, Mrs. Propulsion, can I help with the Wagon repairs?

- Absolutely, Sydney.

I'd love it.

First, you can hold the fernambulator.

Oh, careful. It's a little warm.

♪ ♪

- Don't worry, Sunspot.

If Jet's mom can't fix the saucer in time,

we'll try and come up with another way

to get you to Jupiter.

- Easy!

We can just use someone else's saucer.

Like your family's, Sean.

[sighs] Really?

I still can't believe that no one else around here

has a saucer that can fly to Jupiter in three minutes.

[sighs]

Fine, we can use the rocket chair.

♪ ♪

Ready, Sunspot?

- Hey, kids, I have great news!

[engine whirring loudly]

We just need one more thing to fix the wagon.

Spinach says it's a very rare, complicated Earth object.

It's a twisty metal clip-like item called a--

[grunting wackily]

- Huh.

We must search the entire planet Earth for this rare item!

- Are you saying you need a paper clip?

Be right back.

♪ ♪

[door opens, closes]

♪ ♪

- Wow!

So small, yet so powerful.

[engine sputtering]

♪ ♪

[engine turning over]

[all cheering]

- We did it, Sydney!

Thanks for your help and for the clip, Mindy.

Hey, let's roll!

- Have fun with your club friends, Sunspot.

- [chatters]

- ♪ Five, four, three, two, one, doors are shut, engines on ♪

♪ Everybody in their place, let's go into outer space ♪

all: Ready jet go!

♪ ♪

- Whoo! - Yeah! Yeah!

- Next stop, Jupiter.

Ready, Sunspot?

- [chatters]

- This is the red vest Sunspot's

great-great-great-grandmother OldSpot

wore at the very first Great Red Spot Day

over years ago.

[chuckles] Sunspot's quite proud of OldSpot.

- Aha! We're in Jupiter's space, kids.

all: Oh, Jupiter!

Now, we should rendezvous with Uncle Zucchini

and Moonbeam soon.

[button chiming]

[engine whooshing]

Ah, there he is.

- And here comes Moonbeam.

- [barks, chatters]

- [sighs] All right.

It might be very difficult to find the Red Spot.

Let's all concentrate.

- [giggles]

I'm pretty sure that that large red spot

is the Great Red Spot.

- [laughs] See?

Piece of pie!

Or is it "piece of cake"?

Or "slice of quiche"?

Oh, right-- piece of pie!

- [chatters]

[wacky music]

♪ ♪

all: Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one.

[camera shutter clicks]

- Sunspot, it's so cool that you made it to Jupiter

to celebrate with your club.

- [chatters]

- Sunspot says, thanks to all of us

for helping him get to Jupiter on time.

He says this was the best Great Red Spot Day ever!

all: [chanting] Sunspot! Sunspot!

Happy Great Red Spot Day! [all cheering]

- I really want to go into space.

Do you think it'll work if I just jump?

- You're gonna have to jump a lot harder than that, I think.

- Oh, bummer. - [laughs]

- Hi, I'm astronomer Amy Mainzer.

And I'm here with Sandy Simmons at SpaceX.

Sandy, why can't I just jump to get into space?

- The Earth is very large, and it has a lot of mass,

so we have very strong gravity

that hold us to the surface of the Earth,

so you can't just jump.

- I guess the Earth is really big,

and that does mean it has a lot of stuff...

- Exactly. - Which means a lot of gravity.

- Mm-hmm. If you want to get up into space,

I would recommend using a rocket.

- Rockets are how we get into space,

and we've been using them for a long time.

Rocket fuel is ignited, which makes it burn.

The heat and flames push down, and the rocket goes up.

How big of a rocket would I need if I wanted

to get something the size of, say, me into space?

- Even for something of very small size,

we would actually need to send out tens of thousands

of gallons of fuel

to launch someone up into orbit into space.

- The fuel's heavy, too, isn't it?

- Exactly.

- If we have to burn fuel to get stuff up into space

and the fuel's heavy, that means we have to add more fuel, right?

- Yep.

Essentially, we just bring a lot of fuel with us.

- I guess it gets a little easier as we go, right?

Because as we go up and we burn fuel,

the rocket gets lighter, right?

- Exactly, it gets a lot lighter as you go up.

Unfortunately, we have to bring all of it with us

at the beginning, because there's no

gas stations on the way to space.

- It's a lot fuel, though. Wow. - Exactly.

- So the next time you're jumping up and down

trying to launch yourself into space,

you might want to consider using a rocket.

Sandy, do you think you could help me with that?

- Sure. Why not? - Okay, let's go.

♪ ♪

[metal rattling]

- [screeches]

- [giggles]

- Hey, Sunspot. - [chatters]

- Yuck!

Where has he been?

- Oh, he's been out playing with that stray cat, Angus,

you know, the one that lives in the garbage dump.

- Sunspot's been playing around a garbage dump lately?

Hmm.

That explains a lot.

- Yeah, like the smell.

- And the garbage hanging off of him.

- Huh. I hadn't really noticed.

Okay, I did notice that.

- Hey, Jet?

Has Sunspot had a bath since you first moved here?

- [chatters]

- Now that you mention it...

let's give Sunspot his first Earth bath!

- [shrieks]

- Huh. We'll need a tub.

- Oh, here, we can use this for a tub.

- Okay, let's fill it up.

♪ ♪

- Come on, Sunspot, just get in.

It's a bath.

What's wrong?

Huh. I don't get it.

- Hi-h*, Propulsions!

Found your house this time.

[electric guitar solo playing]

♪ ♪

- Uncle Zucchini!

Moonbeam!

What a terrific surprise.

- Glad to see ya, sport,

and all you other sports.

[together] Hi, Uncle Zucchini.

- Jet, you look taller.

Been eating your Earth vegetables, I bet?

- [chuckles] You know it, Uncle Zucchini.

- Zucchini! What a lovely surprise.

- Oh, I was in the neighborhood.

Or close enough.

So what exciting Earth adventures

are on the menu today?

- We were just about to give Sunspot a bath.

- Oh, hey, sport.

Bath day, huh?

[sniffs]

Oh, just in time, I'd say!

- Definitely just in time.

- Ooh, and then we can take you on a tour of Earth.

There's so much to see.

- That would be great!

Do you think the Museum of Golf ba*ls

is open today?

I've heard great things.

- I can check. [watch beeps]

- Excuse us. Home office calling.

Yep, uh-huh.

Oh, yeah-- Oh, absolutely!

- What was that about?

- It's the assignment we've been waiting for.

We get to look into the biggest volcano on Earth.

We got to go right now, though.

- Uh, do they let you bring along family?

I'm family, is why I'm asking.

- Oh, sorry, we can't take anyone with us this time,

but as soon as we're done, we'll take you on an Earth tour.

- Oh, wait, hon.

Who's gonna stay here with Jet and Sunspot?

- No worries!

You need your pet bathed and your kid babysat.

Look no further.

I'm the alien for the job.

- Oh, oh, please can Uncle Zucchini

and Moonbeam stay here with us?

- And us too?

- Yeah, it'll be fun.

- Well, I-- - Perfect!

It's settled. See ya later.

- We really appreciate this, Zucchini.

If you need anything--

- Go ahead. We got it all under control.

- Well, all right. Thanks!

See you soon.

both: Bye!

- Okay, bath first, then neighborhood tour?

- Sounds great!

- Great! Let's get started.

Here, Sunspot.

- [chatters]

- Hey, here's the tub. What's the problem?

- I guess Sunspot doesn't want to take a bath.

- Hmm. That's strange.

He always loved baths back home.

Let's see.

[spits] What is this?

It tastes like soap!

- It is soap. - What?

- Sure, soap and water.

- You know, a bath.

- Well, I see the problem.

On Bortron , pets are always bathed

in chocolate shakes.

- Oh, yeah, I kind of forgot about that.

- Chocolate shakes?

Sounds yummy.

- And a great moisturizer.

Look at Moonbeam here.

She doesn't look a day over .

- So what do you say, Sunspot?

I know we don't have chocolate shakes,

but water can't be that bad, can it?

Uh, Sunspot?

- [barking]

- Come on down, Sunspot.

- The water's nice and warm!

- If you ask me, Jet, your pet here is afraid of water.

- Um, well, maybe he just doesn't want to get wet?

- Well, that's kind of what water does, though.

- Or maybe there's something else about water

that's bothering him.

Too hot or too cold?

- Well, he's used to chocolate shakes,

and chocolate shakes are really cold.

Maybe if we make it a colder form of water?

- Maybe that would help.

- I know just the thing.

- Whoa, whoa, what?

What kind of water is that?

- I get it. Good idea, Sean.

- I'll help! - What do they mean?

Water is water. Am I right, or am I right?

- Uncle Zucchini, look at this.

See? Water that feels cold and hard.

- What are those little hard squares?

- This is ice.

- Brr! Ice?

You just said it was water.

- Ice is what happens to water

when it gets very, very cold and freezes.

- Perhaps I can explain.

Oh, greetings Jet and friends.

- Hey, Face !

It's nice to see a familiar...face!

Get it? [laughs]

"Familiar face." That's your name.

- Oh, yes. Ha ha.

You too, Uncle Zucchini. [chuckles]

In case you were all wondering how water

is the same as ice, let me show you.

These are water molecules moving at water speed.

When you look at it and touch it,

it looks like water and feels wet.

- Well, that makes sense, right?

But what about ice?

Why is it different?

- When it gets very cold, what we call "freezing point,"

the water molecules move further apart from each other,

slow down, and become a solid, which we call "ice."

- So that's the answer, then.

We'll give Sunspot a bath in solid water.

- Good luck with that. "Ice" to see you.

[laughter]

- Easy-peasy. Come here, Sunspot.

Come take a nice bath in ice cubes.

♪ ♪

- [chatters]

- [stammers]

Oh!

Yeow!

Ugh, turns out these frozen ice cubes are cold!

- Hey, I know.

If cooling water down didn't work,

what about heating it up?

- Hmm. Sunspot might enjoy a steam bath.

- Hey, whoa, whoa, wait.

Now you're telling me water can be something else

besides these cold little squares?

- Yes, Uncle Zucchini.

Water can be steam,

which is, um...

like a-- like a hot cloud.

- Cold squares can become a hot cloud?

Get out of here!

- But I want to stay!

- Oh, don't worry, Mindy.

"Get out of here" is just a Bortronian way of saying, "Wow."

- Oh, good. - Now you're talking.

Let's add some heat to Sunspot's bath.

[kettle whistling]

- Whoa. Looks like you kids have gone

the other direction from freezing.

- Yep, we're gonna show Uncle Zucchini and Sunspot

how heating water to its boiling point

changes it into a gas called "steam."

- That's what I was going to tell you

and show you.

As water heats up, its molecules move

farther apart, like a hot cloud.

- Boy, you learn something new around here

every day, don't you?

Who would think water could disguise itself

as a hard, cold block or a warm cloud?

[chuckles] You know, this water stuff on Earth

is pretty special.

- Thanks, Uncle Zucchini. We think so.

[kettle whistles]

- Okay, everyone, on the count of three,

we grab Sunspot and walk him through the steam.

- [laughs] Genius!

He'll get clean, and he won't even feel it.

- Okay. One, two...

three!

[all grunting]

- I got him! - I got him!

- I didn't get him!

Oh, where'd Sunspot go?

- I think he's outside.

Come on!

♪ ♪

- [sniffing]

I think he went this way.

[all panting]

- Uh, Sunspot!

- Here, Sunspot!

Here, boy!

- [gasps] Look, footprints!

- They could be Sunspot's, if he wore sneakers.

- Guess I'm the next one up for a bath.

[chuckles]

- I see him! There's Sunspot!

- Let's go!

[all panting]

- Hey, guys, wait up!

- There's the lake.

Sunspot will have to stop and turn around there.

- Oh, right, he definitely won't go in the water.

[water splashing]

- He definitely went right in the water.

- I'm definitely confused.

Yeah, I thought Sunspot was afraid of water.

- Ahh.

[barking]

- Huh.

He says, "It's not the water. It's the tub."

- I guess that means he wanted a bigger tub.

- [chattering]

♪ ♪

[all slurping]

- [laughs]

- Hi, kids, we're home!

And we brought volcano pictures.

- Oh, thanks for watching the kids.

And Sunspot looks so clean.

- I hope he didn't give you any trouble with the bath.

- Ah, no trouble at all, once we found the right tub.

- And the right form of water.

Did you know that water comes in three ways--

solid, liquid, and gas?

both: Oh, wow!

[laughing]

- Sounds like you guys learned a lot from bathing Sunspot.

- Yeah, it's a crazy planet.

Oh, but I like it!

Water can be water or cold squares

or steam clouds.

And chocolate shakes are for drinking!

[laughs] Go figure.

- [slurping]

Thanks for the shakes, Uncle Zucchini.

- I think we still have time to zip off

and see some Earth sights before dinner--

mountains, beaches, maybe even a volcano.

- Ooh, I'll get the wagon.

Ready, kids? all: Yeah!

- Oh, and then the Golf Ball Museum?

Hey, hey, wait up!

♪ ♪

- On a normal warm day on Earth,

a racquetball like this just bounces.

But what if I could take this racquetball to Pluto?

Hi, I'm astronomer Amy Mainzer,

and today we're gonna have some fun with temperature.

I've got a way to change the temperature

to make it colder than any place on Earth,

even your freezer.

But first, I've got to put on some

very special protective gear.

Definitely do not try this at home.

♪ ♪

This bowl has ultra-cold liquid nitrogen in it.

Let's see what happens when we drop this racquetball in.

♪ ♪

Watch this.

♪ ♪

[laughs]

♪ ♪

Wow. What happened?

By soaking the little racquetball in liquid nitrogen,

we made it so cold that is basically shattered

like a piece of glass when I hit it with the hammer.

That wouldn't happen if the racquetball was warm.

But by lowering its temperature,

we can make it very, very brittle.

But there's one last little thing I want to try,

since we've got all this liquid nitrogen here.

♪ ♪

The flower froze because it contains a lot of water.

And liquid nitrogen is so cold

that it freezes water instantly,

making the flower brittle as an ice cube.

So the next time you see a rose, just remember,

if it's at a low-enough temperature,

you can shatter it like glass.

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Jet Propulsion! - Jet Propulsion!

- Jet Propulsion!

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!