01x01 - Multiplication

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Hey, g*ng?
We've got a Level Three coming in.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

StoryBots! I'm so glad
I got through to ya.

Oh, hey, Mr. Pizza Dude. What's your name?

My name is Giuseppe,
and I got a huge problem!

I need your help.

Well, what's your problem, Giuseppe?

Giuseppe doesn't know how many pizza pies
to make for the birthday party.

Well, this doesn't exactly sound
like an emergency, Giuseppe,

but since you're here,
how many kids are gonna be there?

Kids? It's not for kids, Beep!

It's for grizzly bears!

Whoa! Are you telling us
that you're making pizza

for a grizzly bear birthday party?

And you don't know how many to make?

You-- You're right. And if Giuseppe
doesn't make enough pizzas,

the bears may decide to eat Giuseppe!

What am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do? I don't--

-[phone ringing]
-Just a second, please.

Hello, Giuseppe's.

[bear roars]

Oh! Yeah, yeah.

Of course, no, Giuseppe will definitely
bring enough pizza for all the bears.

-[bear roars]
-Thank you. Thank you very much.

Okay. Bye-bye.

You see, StoryBots?
What am I gonna do? You gotta help me.

All right. Let's think. How many bears
are gonna be at this birthday party?

There's gonna be nine bears
at the birthday party!

And how much pizza will each bear eat?

How should I know?

Does Giuseppe
look like a grizzly bear to you?

Okay, g*ng. We've gotta start
by finding a grizzly bear.

Yeah, and asking
how many pizza pies it can eat.

Oh! I bet there's a grizzly bear
in the Archive Department.

Great idea, Bo!

Please hurry, StoryBots!
I don't have a lot of time!

Don't worry, Giuseppe. We are on the job.

[whirring and suctioning]

♪ Answer time! ♪

Hi, StoryBots. How does a fan work?

[whirring]

[stately music plays]

How does a fan work?
It's quite an ingenious invention.

A fan has blades shaped in a specific way

so that when they move,
they scoop up air and push it forward,

creating a breeze.

Observe.

-[clicks and whirs]
-A fan does not cool the air itself.

But when the breeze hits your skin,
it causes your sweat to evaporate,

and that cools you down.

The faster the blades spin…

-[whirs]
-[paper rustles]

[gasps]

[yells] …the faster the air moves,
and the cooler you feel!

Let's just turn that down
a smidge, shall we?

-[whirring louder]
-Oh, dear!

[exclaims]

Well!

It appears that the blades
are moving faster--

-[cat meows]
-…instead of…

-[horse neighing]
-…slower!

-[horse neighs]
-[chair thuds]

-[cat snarls]
-[crashing]

-[horse neighs]
-[duck quacks]

[goat bleats]

-[whirring]
-Hey.

Why do you have to wear shoes every day?

[TV whirring]

[both speaking gibberish]

[exclaims] Oochy-ouch! Ouchy! Ooch!

Stick.

Hmm!

[both speak gibberish]

[yells] Oochy-ouch! Ouch! Ooch-ooch, ow!

Rock.

[grumbles]

Ah!

[clattering]

Shoes.

Ah!

Me like shoes. Yeah! [laughs]

Ah, shoes.

[laughing]

Boulder.

[groans weakly]

-[whooshing]
-[screams]

[automated voice] Next stop,
the Archive Department.

[elevator music plays]

You got any s, Goob?

Uh, go fish.

[screaming approaches]

[exclaims]

-[groans]
-You got any s?

Go fish.

Gob? Goob?
Shouldn't at least one of you be working?

Uh, we're workin'.

Yeah. We're workin' hard.

Got any sevens?

Goob, I'm in a really big rush.

Can you just tell me
where I can find a grizzly bear?

Grizzly bear? Never heard of it.

Is that like some kind of dog?

Uh, no.

A grizzly bear is just a kind of bear.

A bear?

Here. Go to Things That Are Hairy.

Great, thanks! Bye, Gob. Bye, Goob.

Hey, Fred, hurry up!

Yeah. It's your turn.

Yuck! [spitting]

Ugh! This must be
the Things That Are Hairy section.

But I don't see any bears.

[voice] Bears got moved.

Go to Things We Think Are a Dog.

-[all barking]
-Sit! Roll over! Lie down! [yelps]

I'm just looking for a bear!

No bears here.

Check Things We Thought Were a Dog,
But Weren't.

[screams]

"For bears, go to…
Things That Like Honey"?

Ow!

Finally, a bear!

Could you please tell me
how many pizza pies a bear eats?

Well, there's eight
different kinds of bears.

What kind are you looking for?

Oh, right. A grizzly bear.

Ugh!

Grizzly, grizzly, grizzly!

Everyone wants
to talk to the grizzly bears.

Us sun bears are interesting too,
you know. Look.

Blech.

We have the longest tongues of any bear.

Wow. That is very impressive.

But I really need
to talk to a grizzly bear.

[groans] Here.

"For grizzly bears,
go to Things With Claws."

"For grizzly bears,
go to Things That Live In a Cave!"

"For grizzly bears,
go to Things That Roar"?

[roars]

"For grizzly bears,
go to Things That Are Large"?

[angrily] "For grizzly bears,
go to Things That Are Hairy"?

[yells] That's where I started!

[crashing]

[Beep] Ow.

[clock ticks]

[elevator music plays]

-Hey, Gob.
-Yeah?

You got a eight?

Go fish.

What kind of organizational system
are you two using there?

I checked Things That Were Hairy,
Things That Look Like a Dog,

Things That We Thought
Were a Dog But Weren't,

Things That Like Honey,

Things With Claws,
Things That Live In a Cave,

Things That Roar, Things That Are Large,
and on and on and on,

and I still haven't found a--

Huh?

A grizzly bear?

[both] Where?

Right there!

Fred, you're a grizzly bear?

Yep.

I thought you were a dog.

And I thought you were a really big mouse.

Mr. Grizzly Bear,

my friend Giuseppe needs to know
how many pizza pies a grizzly bear eats.

Can you help?

Hmm. How many pizza pies
a grizzly bear eats?

Uh, I love that cheese. Uh…

Uh… five.

[bell rings]

[whirring]

Hey, StoryBots. Why does fruit rot?

[whirring]

[narrator reads]

Onward, Prancey!

Whatever.

We must stay vigilant.

-Evil may be lurking around every--
-[clangs]

Huh? Look, Prancey.

An apple. A gift from the heavens.

I'm pretty sure that fell
from the apple tree above you.

[thuds]

And what a heroic apple--

Tainted Tolkien!

This apple has been defiled!

Uh, it's just rotten.

And I know the only rotten fiend
who would commit such an act!

-Walda the Witch!
-[dramatic music plays]

-I don't think that--
-We must stop her!

[sighs] Fine.

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

[Sir Foolhardy] Charge!

-[cat yowls]
-Ha! Take that! And that! And this.

Oh, and a little bit of this.
Spread it around.

Oh! [laughs]

-A-ha!
-Huh?

Ugh, again? What do you want?

To stop you!

A rotten apple?

A-ha! You know what it is

because you have cast
one of your dastardly spells

on all the produce in the kingdom!

[laughs]

Hmm! I fail to see
the humor in sullied fruit.

Rotting is a normal process of nature!

Bite your tongue, swamp crone!

Nature would never besmirch
its most delicious resource.

Listen, buddy.

Rotting and decomposition
are caused by microorganisms.

Ha! I laugh at your lies.

Actually, she's right, sir.

She is? What-- What are these
microorganisms you speak of?

Molds. Bacteria. Fungi.

There's all sorts of things
that are so small,

you can't see 'em with the naked eye.

There are invisible evil monsters
destroying our fruit?

I will stop them!

[groans] They aren't evil!

Decomposition is just
nature's way of recycling itself.

Silence! I must root out
these wretched rotters!

Uh, here.
This potion will let you see them.

And get him out of my hair.

[chuckles]

Brilliant! Microorganisms,
prepare to meet your match!

Sir, I don't think you should dri-- Okay.

[gulping]

Great R.R. Martin!

-[chittering]
-Walda speaks true!

Back to where you came from, devils!

-[heroic music plays]
-Charge!

Back! You beasts, take that!

Ooh, and that! Stand and deliver!

You wanna go get banana splits?

That would be a yes.

-To the ice cream shop!
-[snaps fingers]

[Foolhardy] …from whence you came!

[noisemakers blow]

♪ Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum ♪

♪ There are tiny microorganisms
Everywhere ♪

♪ On every apple, every apricot
Banana and pear ♪

♪ They're bacteria and fungi
Too tiny to see ♪

♪ But they've gotta have their dinner
Just like you and me ♪

-♪ Those itty-bitty creatures just ♪
-♪ Eat, eat, eat ♪

-♪ Through a cherry or a berry ♪
-♪ And it's totally sweet ♪

♪ It's a natural process
It happens a lot ♪

♪ It's called decomposition
In other words, rot ♪

♪ Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum ♪

♪ When a ripe and juicy melon
Looks delicious to you ♪

♪ A zillion tiny creatures
Want a piece of it too ♪

♪ So if you put it out and leave it
Sitting day after day ♪

♪ They'll just keep snacking
Till it's rotting away ♪

-♪ Because the teeny tiny creatures just ♪
-♪ Eat, eat, eat ♪

-♪ Through a peach or papaya ♪
-♪ It's really a treat ♪

♪ When the fruit goes soft
Or has a mushy spot ♪

♪ That's decomposition
In other words, rot ♪

♪ Decomposition ♪

Yum yum!

♪ In other words, rot ♪

-[all sigh happily]
-[fireworks pop and crackle]

[screaming]

[automated voice] Next stop,
the Math Department.

[panting]

Faster, Pythagoras.
We need to keep this machine moving.

[breathlessly] You think it's so easy?

Why don't you take the wheel for a minute?

[screams and groans]

Oh. Salutations, Beep.

Hey, Ada.

What brings you
to the Math Department today?

My friend Giuseppe needs to make pizza
for a grizzly bear birthday party,

but he doesn't know how many pies to make.

Well, you've come to the right place.

Our Mathamatron
is the most precise piece of technology

in the entire department.

[cannon fires]

[glass shattering]

[cow moos]

Uh, anyway…

-[whirs]
-[exclaims]

Just sign this release form,

wash your hands…

[exclaims]

-[Ada] …put on a helmet…
-[groans]

…and some gloves,

and we'll be ready for multiplication.

[yelps]

Multipli-what-tion?

-Multiplication!
-[switch clanks]

[Beep] Whoa!

-[gears whirring]
-Think of it as repeated addition.

[Beep yelps]

Where you just add
the same number over and over again

a given number of times.

[clangs]

Uh, I don't get it, Ada.

-Okay, look. Imagine you have four boxes.
-[computer beeping]

[whirs and slams]

[beeping harmonically]

And inside each box are three balls.

[whirring]

To find out how many balls
there are in total,

you can just add the number three
four times.

-So three…
-[chimes]

-…plus three…
-[chimes]

-…plus three…
-[chimes]

-…plus three…
-[chimes]

-…equals !
-[chimes repeatedly]

That's the same thing as saying
four times three equals .

That little X means multiplication!

Huh. I think I'm starting to get it.

Okay, then. Let's answer your question.

[computer processing]

How many grizzly bears
will be at this party?

Nine grizzly bears.

[whirs and slams]

-[beeping]
-[bear roars]

And how many pizza pies
will each bear eat?

Five pizza pies.

[whirs and slams]

[beeping]

Perfect!

Now all the Mathamatron
needs to do is the multiplication,

and we'll have our answer.

Let's see here,

nine bears multiplied
by five pizza pies equals--

[powering down]

Pythagoras! Why did you stop?

Union-mandated coffee break. Sorry!

[slurps]

Ah!

I'm not sorry.

[eyebrows squeak]

That's okay, Ada.

You said before that multiplication
is just a shortcut for repeated addition.

If the Mathamatron can't multiply,

we can just add the number five
nine times to get the answer.

That's right, Beep. We can! Let's see.

[softly] Five plus five equals ten,
plus five equals ,

plus five, , , , , …

Forty-five pizza pies!

-Break's over!
-[shattering]

[powering up]

[automated voice] Multiplication complete.

-[chimes]
-Nine multiplied by five equals…

[chimes]

…forty-five.

Wow, that's amazing!
Forty-five pizza pies!

I gotta go tell my friend Giuseppe.
He'll be so happy to get this answer.

Thanks so much for your help, Ada!
Thank you, thank you! Bye!

Bye-bye, Beep! See you next time--

[powering down]

Pythagoras!

[Pythagoras] My bad!

[whirring]

♪ When you see five happy apes
And each one has four yummy grapes ♪

♪ How can you tell
how many grapes there are in all? ♪

[ape] Hmm.

♪ You can add up four plus four
plus four plus four plus four, like so ♪

♪ The sum is grapes
But there's another way to go ♪

♪ You can use multiplication
It's a different way to add ♪

♪ What a handy calculation
When you learn it, you'll be glad ♪

♪ And so it's five times four
You still get  ♪

♪ My, oh, my ♪

♪ Instead of adding repeatedly
You multiply ♪

♪ There are six eggs in each carton
And suppose you're buying three ♪

♪ Well, three times six is eggs
Just count 'em and you'll see ♪

♪ And four times three makes big pigs
Inside a farmer's pen ♪

♪ You've got five fingers on each hand
And two times five makes ten ♪

♪ Yes, it's multiplication ♪

♪ That little X means times ♪

♪ Three times five
makes ice cream cones ♪

♪ Or basketballs or limes ♪

♪ You could add up
five plus five plus five ♪

♪ But here's a thing to try ♪

♪ Instead of adding repeatedly
You multiply ♪

♪ It's an awesome thing to learn
How you can multiply ♪

[whooshing]

[keyboard clacking]

-[crackles]
-Hello? Giuseppe? Are you there?

Beep! I'm so glad you're back!

It's almost time for the birthday party.

Did you find out how many pizza pies
Giuseppe has to make?

Yes!

Each of the nine grizzly bears
at the party will eat five pizza pies,

so to figure out
how many pizza pies you need in total,

you can use multiplication.

Nine bears times five pies each
equals pizza pies!

Forty-five pizza pies?

That's a huge amount of pizza!
I don't know if I got enough dough!

-[phone rings]
-Ooh, just a second.

-Hello, Giuseppe's Pizza--
-[bear roars]

[sighs] Ahh! I know.

Don't worry, I promise.
Giuseppe's gonna make all the pizzas.

-Forty-five pies.
-[roaring]

No bear will leave hungry. [gasps]

Oh!

Thank you, StoryBots.

[sighs] Thank you, multiplication.

Now the bears won't eat Giuseppe.

Good luck, Giuseppe!

Thanks, StoryBots. Thank you very much.

I'm gonna make some pizza,
now the bears are not gonna eat me!

Oh, multiplication, thank you!

StoryBots, thank you. Bye!

-[static crackles]
-[theme music plays]