02x08 - Refrigerator

[bunniefuu]

[all] Ta-da!

[eyebrows squeak]

[hydraulics whirring]

-[beeping]
-[rock music plays]

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[beeps and rings]

-[all speaking]
-[Bing] Hey, how's it going?

Hey, Boop. How do you take out a screw?

Boop.

Boop. Boop, Boop, Boop, Boop.

-[screw clinks]
-Boop.

[clanging]

-[thud]
-[Boop] Boop!

[objects clattering]

[Boop, muffled] Boop.

Hey, Bang. Can you tap your head
and rub your belly at the same time?

Whoa, I don't know.

I thought that was, like,
physically impossible and stuff.

Um, is this it?

No.

How about now? This is it, right?

Not like that. It's like this.

Whoa.

You're good.

-Hello. Beep speaking.
-[loud whirring]

[shouting] I… I'm sorry,
I can't hear you. Hold on a minute.

[shouting] Excuse me! What are you doing?

[shouting] Cleaning up the leaves.

[shouting] What?!
But there's no leaves here!

[shouting] Yeah. Not anymore.

[groans]

[alarm beeping]

Hey, look! We got a Level Three coming in.

StoryBots! Oh, I got through.

I was starting to panic.
I didn't know where else to turn.

What's the problem,
Ms. Cafeteria Worker lady?

[takes a deep breath, exhales] Okay.[/i]

The problem, Bing, is
I have to cook lunch for students,

and my taco supplies arrived, but--

Tacos? All right, man!

Oh, there's nothing like a tasty,
hard-shell Mexican treat

with a little guacamole, a little lime,
maybe a little jalapeño…

Bang, I think Ms. Cafeteria Lady
has a question for us.

Oh, yeah. Uh, sorry about that.

Oh, no problem, Bang.

I get pretty excited
about tacos too. [chuckles][/i]

So what seems to be the problem today?

Well, the problem, Beep,
is that my taco supplies arrived,

but today is only Monday.

Yeah, and?

And the problem is
no self-respecting elementary school chef

would serve tacos on Monday. [chuckles][/i]

Tacos are for Tuesday.

It's an alliteration thing.

So why don't you just put the supplies
in that big refrigerator until Tuesday?

That's the first thing I thought of too.

But when I opened
the backup refrigerator here, it…

It wasn't cold.

Why don't you just call
someone with tools to come fix it?

[snickers] Have you ever tried[/i]
to make something happen quickly[/i]

in a resource-constrained
public school system, Bang?

Mm, can't say I have, dude.

Let's just say it'd be faster
if I fixed it myself,

which is why I'm calling you[/i].

You want us to fix your refrigerator?
That's not exactly what we do here.

Yeah. You've reached
the Answer Department.

Yes, Bo, I understand.

I'm hoping you can tell me how
refrigerators work so I can fix it myself.

Oh, well, that makes a lot more sense,

because I'm not
very mechanically inclined.

Okay, g*ng. Who do we know who might be
able to tell us how refrigerators work?

Hey, my friend Tundra Tara
runs the StoryBots Refrigadome.

-[all agreeing]
-[Beep] Yes, great idea, Bing.

-That place is freezing cold.
-Boop.

Oh, Bing, thank you.

But hurry. I need
to refrigerate these ingredients quickly,

otherwise there may be
no tacos on Tuesday…

[inhales]

… and we cannot have a Tuesday[/i]
without tacos![/i]

Don't worry, Ms. Cafeteria Worker lady.
We are on the job.

[whirring and suctioning]

-♪ Answer Time! ♪[/i]
-[whirring][/i]

Hi, StoryBots. What's in the news today?

[announcer] You're watching StoryBots News[/i]
on channel and /, WBOT,[/i]

with your hosts
Story Storyberg and Bot Botson.

And now, a special report.

When dolphins sleep,
only half their brain rests at a time,

while the other half stays awake.

[snoring]

[snoring]

[off-key] ♪ Row, row, row your boat[/i]
Gently down the stream ♪[/i]

-♪ Merrily, merrily-- ♪
-Ugh! Would you keep it down over there?[/i]

Half of us are trying to sleep!

Oh, sorry, left brain.

[groans]

[snoring]

-[off-key] ♪ Mary had a little lamb-- ♪[/i]
-Oh, for crying out loud, would you shut--

[breaking news music playing]

[whirring]

Hi, StoryBots.

-Can you tell me about a dinosaur?
-[whirring][/i]

[dinosaur] ♪ Uh, yeah[/i]
Here I go, here I go ♪[/i]

♪ No other dinos rock this crest
That I got ♪

♪ See, it looks like a helmet ♪

♪ And some scientists thought
It could've made a sound like… ♪

[squawks]

-♪ Might've made a sound like… ♪
-[honks][/i]

-♪ I could've made a sound like… ♪
-[blares][/i]

-♪ But I probably made a sound like… ♪
-[trumpeting][/i]

♪ Corythosaurus in the forest
Feeling so proud ♪

♪ Crest like a crown and it made a sound
You can bet it's loud ♪

[trumpeting]

{\an}♪ I'm feet high
feet wide, to tons ♪

♪ Front leg's short, back leg's long
But I can still run ♪

♪ Huh, and when I find food
I chop it up with my duck-like beak ♪

[both] Wha…?

[dinosaur] ♪ In the back of my jaw[/i]
It's plants I gnaw ♪[/i]

♪ With my hundreds of teeth, yo ♪

♪ I'm bent down, low to the ground
All fours when I roam ♪

[screaming]

[dinosaur] ♪ The thing I like best[/i]
Better than the rest ♪[/i]

♪ Is the crest on my dome, see? ♪

{\an}♪ No other dinos rock this crest
That I got ♪

{\an}♪ See, it looks like a helmet
And some scientists thought ♪

-♪ It could've made a sound like… ♪
{\an}-[clucks][/i]

-♪ It might've made a sound like… ♪
-[whistles][/i]

-♪ I could've made a sound like… ♪
-[blare][/i]

-♪ But I probably made a sound like… ♪
-[roars][/i]

[song ends]

[screaming]

[announcer] Next stop, Refrigadome.[/i]

-[carol music playing]
-[Bing screaming]

[grunts]

Ah, the Refrigadome.

[wearily] Ah. Oh. Gosh.

[breathily] Sure is a lot hotter
than I remember it.

[groans]

[muffled voice screaming] Help! Help!

Get me outta here!
Is anyone out there? Help!

Tundra Tara? Hold tight.

[grunting]

-[crashes]
-[goat bleats]

[sighs]

Bing! It's so good to see you.

-Oh, it's been a long time.
-[Bing grunts]

[straining] It's good to see you too,
Tundra Tara.

[grunts]

[sighs] Ah, guess it's too dang hot
for hugs right now.

[sighs] So what brings you
to the Refrigadome anyway?

I need to answer a question about how
refrigerators work. Maybe you could help?

Oh, I'd love to show you, Bing.

But as you can see, our refrigeration
system is broken right now.

[system rattling and sputtering]

I put in a repair request,

but was told it'd be six weeks
before they can send a technician.

I'd fix it myself,
but I can't fit through the airlock door.

You mean this door here?
I can fit through that.

[gasps] You're right!

If you go in, I can talk you through
how to fix it, step-by-step.

Let's get you suited up.

[upbeat music playing]

Refrigeration system,
prepare to meet your match.

All right, Bing. Let's go over the plan.

Plan? Who needs a plan?

-[thuds]
-[alarm blaring]

Wait! If we don't follow the plan,
it could be very…

[slams]

…dangerous.

Nothing to worry about, Tara.
I'm great at stuff like this.

See? I solved your problem already.
The refrigerator system is flooding.

[Tara, over radio]
That liquid's supposed to be there, Bing.[/i]

It's called refrigerant, and it's the key
to cooling off the Refrigadome.

Swim through that door in front of you,
and I'll show you how it works.

You should be coming up
on a large chamber straight ahead.

Whoa, what is this place?

Now you're inside the compressor.

It pushes refrigerant
through the tubes in a big loop.

Hey, looks like there's a soda bottle
jamming things up.

A soda bottle?

Oh, for crying out loud!

[slurping]

What? I thought it was a garbage chute.
It's not my fault the door isn't labeled.

[groans]

Okay, Bing.
We need to remove that soda bottle.

-But be careful. Make sure--
-[grunts] Got it!

-Soda bottle removed.
-[rumbling]

[Tara] Bing,[/i]
you gotta get outta there, fast![/i]

[Bing screams]

-[screaming]
-[Tara] Bing, can you hear me?[/i]

[shouting] Bing!

[whirring]

Hey, StoryBots.
Why do moths always go to light?

[whirring]

[narrator reads]

[Beep] Captain's log.[/i]

We're on a routine mission
to scan the mysterious region of space

known as the Cocoon Belt.

[Bub and Hub giggling]

[Beep] Huh?

Ensign Hub, Ensign Bub!

How many times do I have to ask you
to stop playing with those lights?

[slamming]

-[Checkmark] The ship! The ship!
-Red alert! Stations, everyone!

Checkmark, report.

Something very large
is slamming into the ship.

-[slamming]
-Ah!

Sensor readings--

-[slamming]
-[clangs]

Sensor readings indicate
that the thr*at is a giant moth.

[dramatic music plays]

[moth screeching and slamming]

Checkmark, take evasive action.

-[slams]
-It is still following us, Captain!

Captain! There's a hull breach on deck !

The fusion reactor is close to a meltdown!

[weakly] Captain,
I've fallen and I can't get up.

Potty, engineering report!

I'm doing the best I can,
but the ship can't take much more of this.

More moths approaching.
Thirty seconds to impact!

[moths screeching]

Ensigns Hub and Bub, scan the… [gasps]

-[both giggling]
-Lights.

[both giggling]

I told you to…

Wait a minute. Spork!

-Yes, Captain?
-Aren't moths attracted to light?

Yes, Captain. According to records,

many insects, including moths,

use a light source
to help them fly in a straight line.

One common theory says that
before humans or StoryBots,

the only consistent light sources on Earth
were the sun and the moon.

By keeping them
at a constant angle when flying,

moths and other insects could be sure
they were moving in a straight line.

When other lights are introduced,

moths become confused
and are attracted to those lights.

Spork, that's it! Prepare a glow rocket
set to full brightness.

Ten seconds to impact.

Immediately after the glow rocket is
launched, turn off all power to the ship.

But with no power, we'll be sitting ducks!

Checkmark, fire the glow rocket
on my signal.

-[computer beeping]
-Five, four, three, two…

-Fire!
-[button beeps]

-[moths chitter]
-[glow rocket fizzes]

[blasts]

[chittering]

-[all cheer]
-Yeah!

We did it!

But how did you know?

Well, if moths use light
as a way to navigate,

I figured they might be using
the light of the ship as their guide.

Much like how moths and other insects
huddle around streetlamps on Earth.

[both giggling]

Lights.

[Beep] Ugh! Hub, Bub, please stop!

[whooshes]

[narrator reads, echoing]

-Hey, what's that light over there?
-[/i]Let's follow it.

[singer] ♪ The scientists say that[/i]
Before electric lights ♪[/i]

♪ When moths took flight
In the dark of night ♪

♪ The moon would guide them
With its glow ♪

♪ That's how they'd know which way to go ♪

♪ But electric lights are now everywhere ♪

♪ So when moths fly through the air
And come near a lamp that's brightly lit ♪

♪ They get confused and follow it ♪

-Come on! Over here!
-This way!

[singer]
♪ Maybe the streetlight attracts them ♪[/i]

♪ Because it's brighter ♪

[moths] ♪ So much brighter ♪[/i]

[singer] ♪ Maybe it looks[/i]
Like another moon they've found ♪[/i]

[moths] ♪ That's not a moon ♪[/i]

[singer]
♪ But this light gives them no direction ♪[/i]

♪ They can't make a course correction ♪

♪ So there's no place to go
But round and round ♪

[moths] ♪ Round and round and round ♪[/i]

[singer] ♪ They flit and flutter endlessly[/i]
Around the nearest light they see ♪[/i]

♪ Until the light goes off, and then ♪

♪ The moon's bright glow
Can show the way again ♪

-[moth ] Come on! Let's go!
-[moth ] This way!

[song ends]

[announcer] Next stop,[/i]
still the Refrigadome.[/i]

Bing? Bing! Come in, Bing.

Are you there?

[Bing] I'm here.

[grunting] But I don't know[/i]
where "here" is.[/i]

You're in the refrigeration system,
or more specifically,

the coils that run
inside and outside of the Refrigadome.

What do coils have to do
with making the Refrigadome cold?

[grunts]

Everything!

The refrigerant moving through the coil
in the Refrigadome captures heat,

and when it moves through
to the coil outside, it releases heat.

How does it do that? [grunts]

Through a cycle of evaporation inside
and condensation outside.

[Bing yelling]

Uh, Tara, uh,
I think I might be kind of stuck.

Fantastic! That means
you've reached the expansion valve.

You're about to re-enter the Refrigadome
and experience evaporation first-hand.

[rumbling]

I don't think I like evaporation!

-[screaming, thuds]
-[gas hissing]

Whoa. Where am I now?
And where did all the refrigerant go?

Oh, it's still there, Bing.

It just turned from a liquid into a gas.

That's evaporation.

What does evaporation have to do
with making the Refrigadome cold?

[Tara] When the liquid refrigerant
turns into a gas,

it captures heat from the air around it.

Yeah, it is getting kinda warm in here.

Ah! And windy!

[yells]

-[grunting]
-[Tara] Hang on, Bing.[/i]

You're about to be pushed
to the outside coil again.

[screaming]

[piston clanging]

[grunts]

-[piston clanging]
-[screaming]

Whoa, the refrigerant
turned back into liquid.

[yells]

Exactly. When a gas turns into a liquid,
that's called condensation.

Condensation releases heat.

Huh. So evaporation on the inside coil
captures heat? [grunts]

Uh-huh.

And condensation
on the outside coil releases it?

You got it.

[Bing] Wait, so refrigerators[/i]
don't add cold air inside?[/i]

They just take heat away? [grunts][/i]

Precisely, Bing!

Evaporation and condensation.

Capturing and releasing heat over and over
and over and over and over again.

Whoa. That's awesome!

Yeah, sure is. And now you have everything
you need to deliver your answer.

Uh, not exactly, Tara.

What are you talking about?
What else could you possibly need to know?

[shouting] How do I get out of here?

[whirring]

[StoryBots]
♪ Re, re, re, re, refrigerator ♪[/i]

[singer] ♪ A refrigerator's got[/i]
A big job to do ♪[/i]

♪ Gotta chill those foods
And drinks for you ♪

♪ And the way it works is cool as can be ♪

♪ A fluid called refrigerant is the key ♪

♪ When it's pumped inside
That fluid will pass ♪

♪ Through evaporator coils
Where it turns to gas ♪

♪ When the liquid evaporates
Here's the rule ♪

♪ It absorbs heat around it
So the air gets cool ♪

[StoryBots]
♪ Re, re, re, re, refrigerator ♪[/i]

[singer] ♪ Now, as a gas[/i]
The refrigerant goes ♪[/i]

♪ Into the outside coils
And as it flows through those ♪

♪ It condenses back into a liquid there ♪

♪ Releasing heat from inside
Which escapes through the air ♪

♪ Evaporation inside
Removes heat through the day ♪

♪ Condensation outside
Makes it flow away ♪

♪ The cycle repeats
Getting rid of the heat ♪

♪ So the food stays cool and good to eat ♪

[StoryBots] ♪ So cool, so cool ♪[/i]

[all] ♪ Yeah[/i]
That's how to make things cool ♪[/i]

[StoryBots]
♪ Re, re, re, re, refrigerator ♪[/i]

[song ends]

[keyboards clacks]

Hello, uh, Ms. Cafeteria Worker lady?
You there? Come in.

Thank goodness you're back.

If I don't get this taco meat
refrigerated, I'll have to throw it away.

- Did you find out how refrigerators work?[/i]
-I sure did.

Refrigerators work thanks to repeating
cycles of evaporation and condensation.

Okay. Bing, I work in the culinary arts,
not the science department,

so I need a slightly better explanation.

Well, evaporation is
when liquid turns into gas.

That process captures heat
in the refrigerator.

Okay.

And then condensation,
which is when gas turns into liquid,

releases the heat
outside the refrigerator.

Okay. Okay, Bing, I'm so confused,
because I don't see any evaporation

or condensation happening
inside or outside this refrigerator.

That's because it's taking place
in the coils that hold the refrigerant.

Refrigerant?

[gasps] Hold on a second.[/i]

[clattering and clanging]

-[beep]
-[refrigerator humming]

Bing, you're a genius. I can see here
that we're out of refrigerant.

Well, looks like your problem's solved.

Not only did you just save Taco Tuesday…

[sniffs]

…which deserves a medal of honor
in my book,

you might've just saved me
from a mob of angry kids.

Really?

Oh yeah.

Those kids really like their tacos.

-[static crackles]
-[theme music playing]