02x01 - Mindy Turns Five

[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!

- ♪ Oh! ♪

♪ Remember the Mindy I was before ♪

♪ Way back when I was only four ♪

♪ It wasn't easy but I survived ♪

♪ Counting each day till I turned five ♪

♪ It took forever Forever and ever ♪

♪ I thought this day Would never arrive ♪

♪ Hey, it's my birthday Yes, it's today ♪

♪ I get to play and play and play ♪

♪ Now that I'm five I'm out of this place ♪

♪ Farther than Jet's yard Way out into space ♪

♪ I'm flying there with Stuffy Bear ♪

♪ Sydney, Sean, and Jet♪

♪ All my pals and Sunspot too My favorite alien pet ♪

♪ 'Cause my name is Mindy and oh by the way ♪

♪ I'm finally five years old today ♪

- Mindy sure seems excited about her birthday.

- Yeah, so excited she's bouncing up and down.

How does she jump so high?

Hasn't she heard of Earth's gravity?

- It's not her, it's the bounce house, remember?

Her mom always gets one for her birthday.

- Oh, right. The house that bounces. Let's go there now.

- First let's talk about Mindy's present for a sec.

- Oh, right. A present for Mindy.

I've got it! Here we are.

The perfect Earth Day birthday present!

- Great. What is it?

- Ta da! - A spoon?

- Well, it can be from all of us, even though it was my idea.

And now, to the house of bounciness!

- Uh, Jet, Mindy might not want a spoon for her birthday.

- What? Not want a spoon?

What if someone gives her a bowl of soup?

- Hold on. Mindy is five,

so she probably wants a toy or a book.

- [chuckles] Good one, Sean.

How can she eat soup with a book?

- Guys, I have the perfect present

for us to give to Mindy.

- Ooh, goody. I love opening presents.

- Wait, it's Mindy's birthday,

so let's save this for her to open.

- So what did we get Mindy?

- I promise it's something she'll want more than anything.

- Don't be so sure. That's what I thought about the spoon.

- It's a space helmet.

- That is the perfect present!

- But why would Mindy need a space helmet

to jump in a bouncy house?

- It's not for the bounce house,

although that is a good safety idea.

This is for real outer space.

- Mindy? Isn't she still too little?

- Remember, Mindy's mom said that when Mindy turns five,

she can go past your yard?

- Yeah.

- And today is her fifth birthday, so that means...

- Mindy is going to space!

- Wow! My very own space helmet!

I'm so excited. Thanks, guys!

Look, Stuffy, we can be space twins!

- And check out the back. Here's a place where

you can put stickers for every planet you visit.

- Wow, this is the best present ever.

- Here, start with Planet Earth.

- I guess I can count that, because I'm here now.

- So where do you want to go next, Mindy?

Pluto? The rings of Saturn?

- Well, I've always wanted to go to the moon.

- The moon? But that's so close.

- And not a planet.

But that's okay, I guess.

- I know the Moon is a moon, not a planet, Sean.

But it's so amazing.

- You mean because we always see the same side of the Moon

here from Earth?

And you want to see the other side?

- That is cool, but not exactly why.

- Because you want to see the Apollo astronauts'

moon footprints up close?

- I know I do.

- That is also really neat.

But, no. That's not why I want to go.

- Then why? Why do you want to go to the moon, Mindy?

- I want to go there because I look at it every night

from my bedroom window.

I want to go up there and wave

down to Earth.

- If Mindy wants to go to the Moon,

let's take her to the Moon!

- Yes!

- Yay! I'm so excited,

and I know all about the Moon craters.

They're big holes! And you know what?

Sunspot made me my own moon crater in the sandbox.

- [squeaking]

- See?

- Oh, good job, Sunspot.

- Uh, so, can we go to the Moon now?

- Sure. Do you want to pack anything?

- Oh yeah. Be right back.

Okay, ready to go.

- That was fast. Are you sure you've got everything?

- Yep--nightgown, toothbrush, a spoon,

battery-powered nightlight,

Stuffy Bear, of course.

Yep, that's everything I could need on the Moon.

- I guess we're all set then.

- Wait. Sunspot still needs to pack.

Now we're all set.

- I will never understand that pet.

- Okay. Let's go!

- Oh boy, oh boy! I finally get to see the Moon!

I waited five long years for this,

and nothing's gonna stop me now!

- Wait, is that your friend Lillian coming up the driveway?

- It is.

Looks like she brought me a birthday present.

- Remember, don't say anything about going to the Moon.

- Right.

Hi, Lillian, I wasn't going to the Moon just now.

How was that?

- Happy birthday, Mindy.

I'm not going to tell you what your present is.

- Great, I love surprises.

- It's a tea set! Oops. Uh, I mean surprise!

- Wow. I've always wanted a tea set like this.

- I know! Now we can finally have a grown-up tea party.

- Yeah, I'll get Stuffy Bear ready.

- And I'll get Fluffy Bear.

- Uh, Mindy, can we talk to you for a second?

- We're just gonna have this tea party, then we can go.

- But you've waited all this time to go to space.

- That's true, but Lillian's waited all this time

to have a tea party with me.

- I'm so proud of you for being a good friend, Mindy.

Let's all join in.

- [clears throat]

- Uh, I don't know how you guys do tea parties around here,

Sean, but where I come from,

manners are of the utmost importance.

[sipping]

[gasps] Pass the cookies, please.

- This is going to be one strange tea party.

- More tea, anyone?

- [giggling] This is the most funnest tea party ever.

- I'll say! Oh, pass me another delicious Earth cookie!

- Uh, Jet, they're just cookies here, remember?

- Oh. [chuckles]

- Lillian, time for gymnastics.

- Uh-oh. My mom's calling me.

I forgot all about gymnastics practice!

- Bye, Lillian!

- Save me a cookie! Bye!

- [chitters]

- Ooh. Now can we go to the Moon?

- Sure, but you should just ask your mom first, right?

- Oh, yeah. Boy there sure are a lot of things you have to do

before you can go to the Moon around here.

Hey Mom, now that I'm five, can I go past Jet's yard,

or to the Moon with my friends?

- Have fun, as long as you're not crossing the street.

- Okay, thanks!

She said it's fine as long as I'm not crossing the street.

- But she's fine with you crossing the solar system?

Earth moms are sure funny.

- Yep! To the Moon!

- Oof!

- Did you just say, "To the Moon?"

- That's right, Mitchell. I'm five now,

so I'm going to the Moon.

- [chuckles] You know how it is.

Five-year-olds have such interesting imaginations.

- Yeah, have fun pretending, Mindy.

Come on, Cody,

I think I'd know if someone around here

was going to the Moon for real.

- Or would you?

[car honks]

- Did someone say, "Go to the Moon for real?"

Here I am! Hop in.

- Okay, Mindy, getting into the wagon is kind of a big deal,

but don't worry, just pretend it's like a regular car.

- Are you kidding? I've been waiting forever for this.

- There goes one bold five-year-old.

Just to let you know, Mindy,

it's perfectly normal to be nervous.

- I know! And it's okay if you're nervous, Sean.

- Me, nervous? Not at all.

I'm just trying to help.

I remember the very first time I flew.

I was a little nervous, but now--

- Five, four, - Three, two, one!

- Wow! You know the takeoff chant.

- Sure, I've heard these guys do it.

- Oh, then let's do it together.

Ready? - You bet!

- But, wait, I was--

all: ♪ Five, four, three, two, one ♪

♪ Doors are shut Engines on ♪

♪ Everybody in their place ♪

♪ Let's go into outer space ♪

[tires squeal]

all: Ready, jet, go!

- [screaming]

- Excelsior!

Say it with me, Sean.

- Uh... excelsior.

- Whee!

We're actually in outer space!

Look out the window, Stuffy!

- What does Stuffy Bear think of all this?

- Uh, he wants to know more about the Moon.

- Well, he's come to the right place.

- What does Stuffy want to know about the Moon?

- He, uh, kind of heard it was made out of green cheese.

But that's not true, right?

- [laughs] Definitely not.

It's made out of rock. Really old rock.

- Like from before I was born?

- Way before then.

- Well here we are, the Moon!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- We're on the Moon! We're on the Moon!

[door rumbling]

- What do you think, Mindy?

Ready to go where no five-year-old has gone before?

- I was born ready, Mrs. Propulsion.

This is one small step for Mindy,

and one giant leap for Stuffy Bear.

- And now, here's my friend astronomer,

Amy Mainzer!

- Thanks, Jet.

Earth's night sky is full of amazing things.

There's always something fun to see,

even if you live in the middle of a big city

with bright lights, like I do.

For one thing, you can see the Moon!

When it's up, the Moon is usually the brightest thing

in the night sky.

The Moon's covered with craters

and dark splotches.

Even though the Moon looks

like it's changing shape every night, it's really not.

Moonlight is just reflected sunlight,

and we see different amounts of that lit-up surface

as the Moon goes around the Earth.

It's fun to draw the Moon from night to night

and see how different it looks from our point of view.

Another thing you can see in the night sky are the stars.

You can see some twinkling

even if you're in a big city.

If you wait a couple of hours,

you can see that they appear to move across the night sky,

just like the sun does during the daytime.

And sometimes you can see other planets

in our solar system,

like Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn.

They look like bright stars,

but they don't really twinkle.

That's Saturn.

If you can get to a place that has a darker night sky,

you might be able to see a glowing band

that stretches across the sky.

That's our Milky Way galaxy,

and that band is actually an enormous collection of stars.

So the next time it's a clear night,

make sure you go outside and look up.

There's always something to see in the night sky.

- Thanks, Amy.

You can make your own science discoveries

with "Ready Jet Go!" games

on the PBS Kids games app.

Start playing today!

- This is one small step for Mindy,

and one giant leap for Stuffy Bear.

[dramatic music]

[giggling]

[cheering]

Wow, I'm bouncing so high.

Higher than my bounce house!

[laughter]

This must be that low gravity thing

you always talk about, Sean.

- Yep, pretty cool, right?

- But, huh. No air.

Guess that's why I need a helmet.

I have to bring my own air to breathe here.

both: Right. - See, Stuffy?

You're lucky you don't have to breathe,

so you don't need a helmet like I do.

[gasps]

Whoa. Is that the Earth?

- Yup. We're on the side of the Moon

that always faces the Earth.

- So it's always up there. - Oh my gosh. Hi, Earth!

It's just like I dreamed it would be.

Wow, but it looks so small!

- Weird, huh? I get a little nervous if I think about it

being this far from home.

- Yeah. It's really different

to see Earth from somewhere else.

- Now you know how every astronaut feels.

From the Moon, the Earth looks small too.

- Mm-hmm. It's all about perspective.

- [squeaks]

- I guess perspective means when you're far away,

Earth looks like a little blue marble.

But you know what I really want?

To have a tea party on the Moon.

- What a perfect way to celebrate your birthday.

- [squeaking]

- Whoa!

- And here's your Earth day birthday tea set, Mindy.

- Goodie! Thanks, you guys. Wow, Stuffy Bear.

Everything on the Moon is so strange and different.

No air to breathe, but at least

we're having my birthday tea party.

That's the one thing that would be the same as on Earth.

- Or will it?

- [squeaking]

- Why thank you, Sunspot. I would like some tea.

[gasps] My teacup!

[gasps]

Huh?

It fell kind of slowly.

And just bounced, and didn't break.

What's going on, Sean?

- Remember how low gravity means

you can bounce really high?

- It also means if something falls, it falls really slow.

- Wow, we're really not on Earth anymore.

[hissing]

- [gasps] Huh? What happened to the tea?

- [squeaks]

- Huh. It looks like on the Moon,

liquid water--

- Or liquid tea--

- Becomes something else entirely.

- Hmm. Ooh! Makes a kind of...

icy steam.

- Wow. Why does it do that?

- Well, on Earth, water can stay liquid.

But on the Moon, where it's super cold,

and there's not enough air, this happens.

all: Wow!

- [squeaks]

- So I guess we're having iced tea?

And yeah, there's no air on the Moon, so I need this helmet.

- Yeah, even if we could get the tea to stay liquid

in the cups, we couldn't hold them up to our mouths

and drink.

- We need helmets to breathe.

- Even Bortronians do.

- Wow, back on Earth, if I wanted to go outside,

I wouldn't need a spacesuit, or a helmet, or anything.

Space is just completely different from Earth.

- I totally agree, Mindy.

Earth sweet Earth, I always say.

- You're right, Sean. Our planet is the sweetest.

- So I guess you want to go back

and we'll finish your birthday at home?

- Are you kidding? We just got here.

Let's explore. - Yes!

That's the spirit, Mindy.

- I want to be a space explorer like you, and Jet, and Sean,

and Sunspot.

A kid's place is exploring space!

So let's explore the Moon!

Whee!

[shouting and cheering]

- It's kind of like digging in our own sandbox, huh, Sunspot?

Except much, much bigger. Plus, we're on the Moon!

Whee!

- [squeaking] - Wow, a real Moon rock.

Thanks, Sunspot.

- Hey, Mindy. How about a little game of Moon basketball?

- Okay. Where's the ball?

- Um...

- [giggling] But where's the hoop?

- [laughs] One Moon basketball hoop coming up.

all: Whoa.

- [squeaking]

all: Whoo-hoo! Go, Sunspot!

- [clears throat] - Oh, no thanks, Jet.

I may be five years old,

but I'm still the smallest kid.

I can't jump high enough to play basketball.

- [laughs] Did you forget where you are?

It's way lower gravity here.

You can jump really high. Go ahead, take a shot.

- That's one small step on Earth,

one giant leap...

Whee!

On the Moon!

[cheering]

- Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

- Yeah! Whoo!

- [laughing]

- Hoo-hoo!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[cheering]

- I'm five, I can dunk. Who knew?

Wow, what a birthday. I dunked a basketball

and had a nice tea party.

[together] On the Moon!

- Think of how different everything was

because you were in space.

- Yeah, and did I mention that space is big?

It's huge! Way different from Earth!

Space is so cool.

- So, I guess you've seen enough space for now, right?

Time to head back to, uh, Earth sweet Earth?

- Are you kidding? We've barely gone past the Earth!

I want to go check out some planets.

- Wait, what?

- I've only got the Moon sticker on my helmet, Sean.

What about those outer planets? The gas giants?

- But I don't--

- Like Jupiter or Saturn with all those rings.

And who could forget dear little frozen Pluto?

- [sighs] Oh, sure. Pluto.

It's only billion miles away!

It took a spacecraft nine years to get there.

- [laughs] Oh, Sean. With interstellar overdrive,

we'll be there in nine minutes.

- [laughs] Oh, what a space trooper you are, Mindy!

Just a wonderful Earth child.

Little frozen Pluto, here we come!

- Breathe, Sean. Breathe.

[exciting music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ Jupiter's enormous, Saturn's got a lot of rings ♪

♪ Uranus spins on its side and blue is Neptune's thing ♪

♪ The one dwarf planet spins way out apart ♪

♪ Away from all the others ♪

♪ Little Pluto with the frozen heart ♪

- Yay! Dear little frozen Pluto.

I can see its big ol' frozen heart.

- Yep, that's the Tombaugh Reggio.

- The tomboy radio?

[together] Tombaugh Reggio.

- Right. Celery, can we please land on Pluto's surface

on the Tom-bog whatever it is?

And maybe skate around a little?

- Oh, h*! Ice skating on the Tombaugh Reggio! Here we go!

all: Excelsior!

all: Pluto!

[cheering]

- Wow, I can't believe how dark,

and cold, and I don't know,

freezing it is here.

[horns blaring]

all: Whoa!

[horns blaring]

I ♪ Dear little frozen Pluto, I really think you're cute-o ♪

all: ♪ And though you're no longer planet nine ♪

♪ You orbit all around this heart of mine ♪

♪ You're really, really freezing but divine ♪

♪ Please be my valentine ♪

[cheering]

- See, Jet? Now I've got the Earth, the Moon,

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and Pluto.

- Wow, and on your very first day in space.

- Ooh, Planet Earth coming up!

- Aww. I've already got that sticker.

- Look, Mindy, that's where home is.

Once you see Earth from up here, you never forget it.

Trust me.

- Yep! You should know, Sean-zo!

He's an old veteran space traveler now!

- What was that?

- Hey, Mitchell! I'm back from the Moon!

- Come on, Mindy. You didn't go to the Moon.

- Sure I did. Here's a Moon rock to prove it.

- It's just a regular rock, like all these other rocks.

- Or is it?

- Ah! Would you quit doing that?

Anyways, this is just a perfectly ordinary Earth rock.

- [sighs] Poor Earthy Mitchell, he doesn't believe.

Well, thanks so much, you guys.

That was the best birthday ever.

Bye!

♪ 'Cause my name is Mindy ♪

♪ And oh by the way ♪

♪ I'm finally five years old today ♪

- Hmm, just in case.

- Good night, Sunspot. Good night, you guys.

Good night, space. Good night, Moon.

- 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 gotta put on some very special protective gear,

and 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 it 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 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,

it can shatter like glass.

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

- Jet Propulsion!

- Jet Propulsion!

- Jet Propulsion!

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!