03x16 - I'll Ruff and I'll Ruff and I'll Blow Your House Down

[bunniefuu]

Hi, I'm Ruff Ruffman and...

[hammer pounding]Oh, for the love of Schnauzers.

Yo, Chet! I'm trying to do

a commercial. What are you up to in there?

Oh, hey, Blossom.

Nice fur.

It's a little windy?

Oh, these, yeah.

They're from before your time.

Oh, season one.

Such genius.

I'll combine the robust flavor of liver

with the tropical zing of pineapple.

Mm-hmm.

And delicious.

Throw them out?

I'll do you one better.

I'll sell them all by enticing the customer.

A free wacky straw with each can.

Like this one.

Chet!

Look.

You're my assistant, so you need to learn

how to order stuff online, okay?

Just look up "wacky straw"

on the insta-delivery catalog site and presto!

Get all that, Chet?

I'm thinking

maybe Chet needs a new home-- outside!

Yeah, it's hurricane season,

but with the right materials, he'll be fine.

[doorbell chimes]

Ooh, that must be the wacky straws!

"Your donkey will sleep more soundly

with Farmer Wackle's Grade A straw."

Aah-- must've hit the wrong button.

I know! Get rid of the straw.

[pounding continues]

Ah.

RUFF: ♪ Life was missing its mystique ♪

♪ My squeaky toys had lost their squeak ♪

And then, out of the blue, I saw the phone and bam!

My destiny was calling me.

[instrumental jazz playing]

♪ Pitched my vision for a show

♪ They loved it, thought I was a pro ♪

♪ They got my contract back to find ♪

♪ To their alarm, a dog had signed ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪Oh, I like that name.

♪ With Ruff Ruffman ♪

♪ I didn't wait to renovate

♪ Found six contestants, all were great ♪

♪ And now I'm on the road to fame ♪

♪ I've got a game show and its name is ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪

It's very catchy.

♪ With Ruff Ruffman ♪

It rolls off the tongue.

Wait, stop.♪ With Ruff Ruffman. ♪

Somebody want to tell me why we got cats singing?

Funding for FERUFF: And here come the contestants now!

The country he'd most like to visit... Australia.

She has a very long tongue.

But can she catch flies with it?

She thinks her spelling could use a little help.

That's H, E, double-L, P. No?

If she were a superhero, she'd call herself Flexi-Glass,

'cause she's so flexible.

He enjoys having people do chores for him.

Hey, he should get his own game show and call it FETCH!

He knows how to tap dance

Too bad Studio G's got carpeting.

Let's get an update on the scores.

DJ in sixth place with , points.

Noel in fifth place with , points.

Sammy has dropped to fourth place with , points.

Jay has slipped to third place with , points.

Harsha has leapfrogged to second place with , points.

And Sam's still our leader with , points.

Hi-de-ho, Fetcherinos,

and welcome to another exciting episode!

Hi, Ruff. Hi. Hello.

What's up?

Having a little trouble

with my assistant Chet.

KIDS: Oh!

Dude, Chet is

the best! SAMMY: Yes!

That's right, that's right.

Pledge your love to Chet. I get it.

I blame myself.

Maybe I could've trained him better.

But he needs help

and I need help helping him.

In addition to Chet, there's another animal

who might need just

a little bit more training.

Yesterday, Murray got some secret footage

and it's-- Well, it isn't pretty.

Roll the tape, Murray.

SAMMY: Onyx! Meet Onyx.

Isn't that my dog?

Come on, boy, roll over.

Onyx.

That's your dog?

Now, roll over.

All right, jump.

Jump, Onyx.That's my dog.

SAM: That's your dog?

Yes, that is your dog, DJ.

DJ, if you can teach Onyx a thing or two,

then there's still hope for Chet.

Your instructions are in the mailbox.

Go FETCH!

JAY: Yeah, DJ!

Bye, guys.

ALL: Bye, DJ.

[lively jazz playing, hammer pounding]

Can you guys hear that?

ALL: Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know what Chet is doing

down in that mouse hole

but it's driving me crazy.

So I've got a building project

in mind for you guys.

Now, I have the materials, but...

Blossom says they won't work,

and we're gonna prove her wrong

in challenge number two!Yeah, we will.

Whoo! Yeah!

Jay, Noel, Sammy-- everything you

need to know is in that mailbox, so go FETCH!

All right, guys!

All right, see you later, Ruff.

Bye.

Bye, guys. That's it.

Huddle up in the center.

Excellent.

As determined by the FETCH ,

Sam and Harsha are

staying behind in the studio this time.

But they'll be eligible to win points during the...

And of course, The Quiz Show.

FETCH! operates on the FETCH Fairness Guarantee.

All the contestantsYes!

will have competed for the same number of points

by the grand finale.

So, for the four kids out on the challenges,

up to points are at stake in the Triumph Tally,

so let's get the latest from Jay, Noel and Sammy.

Want to open it?

[all scream, gasp]

What? What was that?

SAMMY: Oh, my God!

Oh, Gunther, hey. [girls screaming]

[phone ringing]

Shh.

Hey, Jay.

Hey, Ruff, what's up?

Um, Ruff, I got to say, before you put

a live thing in a box

please send me earmuffs.

Okay, good thinking.

Next time, earmuffs.

Hold on, I'm going to put you on speakerphone.

What were you thinking?

RUFF: I was thinking you might be able

to build my friend Gunther a new house.

Uh, one that might work for Chet here, too.

Look like he's having a little trouble

Yeah,building it himself.

even though he's living in a toolbox,

he's not much of a builder.

Now, I don't have any money to give you guys, as usual...

All right.

...but I do conveniently have

this load of straw you can make

a house out of.Wait, out of straw?

How's it going to stand up?It's not going to-- no, no.

Come on, you guys read "The Three Little Pigs."

They built a house out of straw.

That was the, uh, sturdiest one, I believe.

No, wait, maybe it was the brick.

Well, anyway,

the straw house needs to sustain winds

up to miles per hour.

HARSHA: That's like a hurricane.

Don't worry, my friend Jeff Jeff can help you.

Jeff Dowdy.

I'm Director of Laboratories and Mechanical Engineering.

I understand you guys have a problem.

JAY: We need to build our friend Gunther here

a little house.Yeah, out of straw.

One of the things that engineers do is

we create things that don't exist.

We solve problems,

that people in general haven't solved before.

Well, I don't think anyone's had to create

a hurricane-proof mouse house before.

After the wind is over, what do you want to have happen?

For the house, like, to still hold up.

Yeah. Ah, to still be there.

There's two different ways we could look at this.

One is, it stands up to the wind.

It takes the full force of it; it doesn't fall over.

The other thing it could mean is

that the walls stay there during the wind.

They let some of the wind pass through,

but they're there at the end.

So what characteristics is the house going to have to have?

Good structure.

It can't be wobbly.Mm-hmm. Yeah.

It has to hold up against, like,

different things, like, wind and the weather.

RUFF: And don't forget that it needs to look good.

We are all about style on this program.

The weight of the mouse, all the mouse's friends,

family, the furniture that's inside the house.

All of these things are different kinds of loads

that the house has to be able to withstand.

Okay, so loads are forces that act on a house.

Like weight and wind.

Got it.

And we're making it out of straw.

Which is going to be tough.

How are we going to test that?

Well, I've got some ideas about that.

Which is why I think Ruff called me.

Come on, let's go take a look.

All right. Okay.

Hi, I'm DJ.

Hi, I'm Vera.And this is Onyx.

RUFF: This is my friend Vera.

Yup, she's my personal trainer.

And look at me now!

The perfect dog.

I, uh...

Ruff sent me to help you guys

with some obedience and agility.

We'll have a whole day of fun with Onyx.

Have you done any games with him?

Um... Do you play ball or anything like that?

he plays with the Frisbee.

RUFF: Wouldn't want to be his Frisbee.

Tell me what he knows.He could sit.

Sit. Sit. Good.

Will he do a down?

RUFF: Okay, down, down.

Hello? Down.

Aw...!

Why don't we take a walk around

and check out what he can do with agility.

VERA: Agility's a timed event.

You go over the course in proper sequence

and whoever has the best time is the winner of the event.

Want to go over and see if we can do a tunnel?

RUFF: Come on, the tunnel's easy.

Oops! He went back out.

Onyx, come back! All right.

Come back, Onyx.

Through there.

Onyx, hey!

Come on, Onyx, all you got to do is go through a tunnel.

You don't need training for that.

What we want to do is teach Onyx what to do

without having to hold the leash.

Have you used any treats in training?

Yeah.

So I'm going to give you

a training pouch that has hotdogs in it.

He gets hotdogs?

So we're going to use a clicker. [click]

When he hears that sound...[click]

...it means a treat is coming.

We want him to be able

to sit when you say sit.

Sit... Sit, boy.

Sit. Oh, please, sit.

You can't get the hotdog if you don't sit.

Excellent.

There you go, buddy.

Right there, call him through.

Click, click just as he comes through.

Excellent. Good boy.

We've got him comfortable going through the tunnel.

We want to-- Onyx, tunnel.

Good tunnel-- and have him come right up to your side

and you get the treat right there.

All you've got to do is do what these people say

and you get meat!

Go on.

Yeah, good boy. Okay.

Uh, back. You'll not get a hot dog that way, pal.

He's losing his attention.

Onyx, pay attention.

[claps]Onyx!

Onyx! Good boy.

Good boy. Act a little, uh, animated.

Strut your stuff, son.

Bounce in your step.

Good boy. Lots of praise.

Hey, I could show Onyx how to be animated.

Just look at me.

I'm animated.

Whoa. Here it is.

Here what is? Yeah?

I'm going to open up the door and take a look.

Oh, mice? No?

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

It's a wind tunnel. Whoa!

What we have here is a recirculating wind tunnel.

There's a fan down below which generates wind.

We recirculate it.

The clear section up top is where we put

the thing that we want to test.

Right now, we're testing a car in here to look

at the load created by the wind

as it flows over it.

We can watch it while we test, which is the cool part.

'Cause we're going to see if it falls apart

when we actually do the testing.

What's on the display there is the speed of the air

flowing through the wind tunnel.

And that's what we're going to be

monitoring for our test.

So should we build...?

Well, I think the first thing that we have to do

is to start to work with the straw.

That's going to be tough.

Let's try that first.

See what we can come up with.

Then we're going to test it.

That's some good thinking there, Jeff.

It is time for these FETCHers to get their hands

on some straw and start designing this house.

Let's make sure we hit the contact zone, going right up.

Come on, boy. You can do it.Good boy!

Here you go. Looking good, buddy. You can do it. Come on, boy.

All right, let me give DJ a call.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hey, DJ!

Hey, Ruff.

So listen, I've entered you and Onyx

in a competition against other

trained dogs this afternoon.

What? How are we supposed to compete with trained dogs?

Well, don't worry about that. Piece of cake.

We'll try our best.

All right, buddy. Take care.Bye.

Let's get to work.

All right, let's work it out, Onyx.

This is how you get the hot dogs, buddy.

Ah... Excellent form.

Through here, come on.

Good.

Excellent.

Hey, boy.

Good job, Onyx. Good job!

Excellent! Great!

He can feed out of the dog pouch later.

Onyx, show some self-control please. You're on television.

I know a few dogs who would like to eat all day long.

Uh... uh...

I know you're not talking about me.

There are two aspects that a house has.

One is it has the structure

that supports the load, the weight.

And the other, are membranes, surfaces which keep out the wind

So what I did, is I put together

a structure which can serve

as the basis around which we're going to both test

and build the house for the mouse.

Okay, so Jeff built them a frame

and they're going to build a wall.

This is RJ Andrews. He's going to workHello.

with you guys to see what you can come up with

with designs for the membrane of the house.

I am an engineering student.

So I'm here to help you with your building.

You'll be just fine, Gunther.

We need to look at straw and try to figure out

what we can do with it.

They're all different sizes.

Yeah, it's very irregular.Yeah.

Yeah. So if we look at the different pieces

and we start to play with it, we can notice that

if we stretch it like this, it's very strong.

But if you push on it,

like this, it's very weak

because it just collapses.

[grunts]Pretty strong when you pull it.

Pretty weak when you push it.

We're going to have to combine a lot

of different strands into one piece for our wall.

When we select our material, we consider the pros and cons.

Can you tell me some of the pros of the straw that we have here?

Uh, you can make a scarecrow with it?

If it's, like, bundled together,

it's, like, really strong.

Like, it can't be Yeah.

broken easily when there's a lot of them put together.

The straw bends a little bit

because it's an elastic material.

And that means that it can bend

and then return to its original shape.

So if the straw is on the house

and it bends in a little bit,

then you still have a wall there,

and it's still protected from the elements.

There's another pro.

It's bendy.

What different ways do you think

you can build a wall of the house?

Well, we can line up the bundles this way

on the wall and then we could

weave the bundles together.

Then it'll give more strength vertically and horizontally.

Great ideas, guys!

We've got some future engineers in the making here.

So are we just going to build one wall

and then test it there just so we don't have to build

the whole house, and then it might ruin?That's right.

Well, let's get to it. This is probably about how thick we want our bundles.

Nice looking beard there, Sammy.

About that big?Uh, yeah.

All right, they're making their bundles.

Are they pretty good?

I think they look pretty strong, Noel.

But they double as excellent moustaches.

You're going to have to wait a few years

for the real one, buddy.

Hi! Ruff Ruffman here back in Studio G

with Sam and Harsha.

Getting ready to earn points of their own

during the Half-Time Quiz Show.

Whoo! Yeah!

There are points available.

You have seconds to answer as many questions as you can.

Ten questions available at five points a piece.

If you're not sure, pass.

We'll come back to it if there's time. Got it?

Yes.Then let the quiz begin.

miles per hour. miles per hour.

Yes!

He's an engineer.He's an engineer.

Excellent.

Like the weight of hay...Furniture!

Yes! Yes!

Pass. No!

No, no! Flexibility, flexibility!

Nice!

Overturn the pass.

Hot dog! Hot dog!

Delicious and true.

True or false.

False. False. That's right.

I am an engineering student.

Uh, the clicking thing.The clicker. Yes!

Weaving and... bundling.Bundling.

Yes!

In the wind tunnel.In the wind tunnel. Correct!

FETCH!Incorrect.

Oh, and that's the end of the quiz. Ooh!

That was a close one.

Onyx plays with his Frisbee at home.

Yeah, he's not really playing fetch;

kind of plays att*ck the Frisbee.

But, hey! Nine out of ten is an outstanding score.

That is.

points for you guys. Great job.

Have Sammy, Noel and Jay recovered

from seeing Gunther the mouse?

Or was that the last straw?

Let's find out.

I think we have enough bundles

that we can start weaving them together.

Start out with one and then put an over-under,

over-under pattern.RJ: That's a good idea.

And over, right? But then you need an under, right?

An under. Oh, I get it.So you put it like this, an under.

Okay, I'm going to try this, too.

Uh, over and under...

This one's over, right? Over and under...

You want to do opposite of what the last one was.

Wait, what was this one? That looks pretty good.

That wall should keep the wind out of Gunther's house.

It looks pretty messy.

I think the sturdy factor's

going to be good on this one. Just hope they don't

run into any big, bad wolves. [chuckles]

Maybe you want to tighten it more.

Cut right on the walls, right along.

Just like that.

Okay, it's time to go test it.

All right, let's do this.

Okay, they're off to test their wall.

And now, it's time to send a little surprise to DJ.

Hey! What's up, boy?

Ta-da! It's DJ's dad.

This is crazy. You send my dad?

I sure did.

My boy's ready.

Wow.

Ready, dog?

[laughing]

DJ's getting a kick out of this.

All right, now it's time...

to put the wall through the wind tunnel test.

What do you think is going to happen?

Uh, I'd give it a percent chance of working.

Oh, that's a pretty good percentage.

I don't think it's going to work.

I don't think it's going to work, either.

I think that the straw will, like, come lose in the middle,

and it will just, like, go through right in the middle.

Like, it'll just break.

Well, we're going to find out.

Do these things get FM radio?

I can't hear a thing you're saying. Wow!

I look like a rapper.

MC Sammy.

RJ: All right, let's crank it up and go.

[siren blares, hums]

Either the wind's starting, or we need to evacuate the city.

Look at it. See the flagpole?

The house seems to be holding up so far.

Ooh.

Where are we at miles per hour?

... ...

It's tipping.

The wall's intact, but the house is tipping over.

This is a success or a failure. I don't know.

So you did it in that the wall stayed intact.

Right? But what did the structure do?

It tipped over."It tipped over,"

and it tipped over at about miles per hour.

How fast do we want...?

. . .

Oh, they got so close!

Now, let's look at the... how the wind's coming

through like this, and it hits the wall here.

Yeah.And the wall's acting like a giant sail of a ship,

because all this is solid, right?

[FETCHers agreeing]So there's a force on this surface area here,

and it's creating a lift

and pushing the house up.

A solid wall acts like a sail. That is not good.

We want to build a good, sturdy house for Chet,

so we can get him out of my doghouse.

Okay, so maybe we should cut out, um, like,

some of the straw to make windows?That's a good idea.

So they're redesigning the house to let more wind through.

Less strain on the membrane.

So, um, where should we cut?

RUFF: That's a little rhyme there.

Yeah, I think if you cut one strand

from the horizontal section...

There we go.RUFF: Jay should be good at this.

Now can you pull it out?

He can give a good haircut.

Started making windows?

Yup, a bunch of windows for the air to pass through.

Cutting windows-- good idea.

See, that'll let some wind into the house.

It won't be very comfortable during a hurricane, of course.

[laughing]: But at least the walls won't fall down,

and that's the goal here.

Now let's check back with DJ,

his dad and Onyx.

They're about to meet the competition.

Whoa! That one got a...

DJ's DAD: Look at all these dogs.

Professionally trained dogs.

What do you think? How do you think you're gonna do?

DJ'S DAD: Easy win. Easy win.VERA: I don't know.

Welcome to the first annual...

Let the best dog win.[applause and cheering]

All right, good luck to all the dogs, good luck.

WOMAN: All righty, timer ready.

All right, here's our first competitor. Go!

VERA: Oh, my...

Wow! This guy's good.

DJ and his dad are... a little nervous.

Okay, Chet, let's test your speed and agility.

All right. He's off.

Looks at the bridge, and....

he's eating it.

Okay, Chet, do not eat the agility course, please!

And they're off!

[barking]

Come on, weave, like the other team did with the straw.

[barking]

[barking]

[barking]

[spectators cheering]

Lot of barking.

Lot of excellent competition.

See, you can't do this with cats.

Ruff, why did you put us against so many highly-trained dogs?

Come on, DJ-- you and Onyx are competitors.

I know you can do this.

Come on. DJ, Onyx.

Now it's time for DJ and Onyx.

Remember, they've only had a half a day of training.

Come on. Come on.

Up here, up here, boy, up, up...Come on, come on.

Up over the Wickety Bridge.

Come on, come on, boy.

Come on. Straight... Come on.

Jump through the... through the...

Good job! Oh, come back!

Come on...

Oh, come on. Listen!

You're sure you're not part cat?

You can do it. Come on, come on.

Go ahead, go ahead, come on, come on.

Come on, around the poles, around.

[clicks tongue] Around that. Come on.

That's it, through the tunnel.

Out the other end.

Out the... Come back with the thing and...

Come on...

Jump! Jump, Onyx.

Walk over it. I don't care. Just get over it.

Through the tunnel. Yes!

Yes! Where are you going?

Come back!

Onyx, through the tunnel!

Come through! Onyx!

Bad... dog!

Oh, that sounded really weird coming out of my mouth.

Come on, buddy.

Come on!

Good boy.

See? Piece of cake.

All right... jump... and we're done.

You sit down.

There it is, man. We did it.

Now, Chet, you see that?

They did it!

Now you can probably do it, too.

[wind whipping]

Oh, wow. Oh, okay.

And now we're here to present the awards.

[applause and cheering]

The award for third place goes to...

Dylan and Stuart.

[applause and cheers]

Second place goes to...

Simkin and Bridget.

[applause and cheering]

And the first place award goes to...

RUFF: Onyx! Thank you.

...Tuffy and Lolly.

RUFF: Oh. Tuffy.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Yay! All right.

So DJ didn't win.

Last but not least,

for the most-improved dog here today...

RUFF [gasps]: Could it be?

...DJ and Onyx!

Yes! DJ and Onyx won Most Improved.

Here you go. Thank you.

Ruff, look-- Dog Most Improved.

RUFF: Wow!

I guess I'll see you back at Studio G.

Come on back to Studio G.

Okay, now that we've created a window,

let's see how the house stands up.

[high-pitched whirring]

It's getting windier, windier!

We are at, like, Wizard of Oz conditions here.

.!

And she tipped at .

Great job, guys.

Cutting those windows really helped

reduce the wind load on a house.

We're up at, like, .

Awesome. We b*at .

So now that we've tested one wall,

I think we should go back to the lab bench

and finish building the house.

Let's do it!

Okay, Gunther.

Oh, Chet, your days in my house are numbered.

JAY: All right, let's get Gunther into his new house.

Whoa! Gunther, easy there.

I know you're excited. Man.

JAY: We, like, just surrounded him by an edible house.

NOEL: Yeah.

Gunther, stop eating that straw!

We couldn't have done it without you.

Well, thank you so much. You're very welcome.

We'll see you back at Studio G, Ruff.

Bye! Taking Gunther with us.

See you, Ruff.

All right, Gunther is hooked up!

Brand-new house for you, my friend.

Chet, aren't you psyched about your new house? Oh!

Chet, I'm over here.

Yeah. A little eye contact.

Welcome back to Studio G.

Yes. With Sam and Harsha.

Time to fill some seats, shall we?

BOTH: Let's.

He unleashed the power of Onyx

while keeping him leashed.

DJ!

All right. SAM: DJ!

HARSHA: Oh, you brought Onyx.

Welcome, Onyx,

my award-winning

canine brother.You'd rather sit there.

Okay. They went against fairy tale wisdom

to prove that you can build a house out of straw.

Noel, Jay and Sammy.

Hey, guys. Hey, guys.

What's up?

Whoa!Look at this.

My goodness, it's a veritable zoo in here.

I know.

Okay.

We got our little friend Gunther in here.

Gunther's excited about his house,

and you should be, too, Chet.

Hey, where are you going?

Chet, we built this for you.

Aah!

All right, anyway, let's dish out some points.

[cheering and whooping]

Noel, Jay, Sammy--

Well, even though you didn't build the plasma screen,

I give you a big fat points!

[cheering]

DJ, Onyx, what can I say?

You weren't top dog today, but you came into the contest

the underdog, and you came out Most Improved,

so you're getting points.

[cheering]

Pound one out, dog.

Hey, Onyx,

is that all the points a dog can give?

DJ [imitating bark]: No.

What time is it?

ALL: Bonus points!

Today's five bonus points

go to the FETCHer who kept cool and stayed focused

when his dog didn't.

Keep, keep, keep...

[clicker clicks]Aw, come on, boy.

RUFF: DJ, with points--

you're today's daily winner.

Now, DJ, I have here

two bales of straw.

Under one bale is a pretty good prize.

Under the other bale-- uh... more straw.

So, which is it going to be?

I think I'll let Onyx decide.

What do you think?

RUFF: What do you think, Onyx, A or B?A!

Excellent.

Then DJ and Onyx

please step up to the mailbox

and retrieve your prize.

Yeah, DJ!

Come on, Onyx. What is it?

Is that a leather jacket?

Whoa!Oh, no way.

That's sick, dude.

Matching leather jackets for you and Onyx.

Oh, that's awesome. Put it on! Put it on!

Now you guys can go to the best dog show events in style.

Put 'em on! Put 'em on!

Man, that is cool.

Yes. All right, g*ng,

that's the end of another awesome, exciting episode

of FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman.

Onyx, Gunther,

thanks for coming on, guys.

He's bad to the bone.

[sings guitar riff]

We are bad to the bone.

Now let's rock. Whoo-hoo!

Oh! [panting]

I found the perfect place

for Chet's new straw house, and I...

Okay, where did that large pile of cash come from?

All that noise from the mouse hole

was Chet building an airplane engine

that can run solely

on expired liver and pineapple biscuit shakes?!

And an airline company has bought the technology?

[gasps] And all the shakes?!

Oh, man, that's great!

[squeaking]

Yes, okay, Chet doesn't have to sleep outside.

Providing I get my cut.



[Ruff scatting]

♪ FETCH! ♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

[Ruff scatting]

Oh, blur. Yikes.

♪ FETCH! ♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪