04x02 - Don't Like Fencing? Try Fencing!

[bunniefuu]

Now, how many cat grooming shows

can the public put up with?

I mean, just look at what FETCH! is up against this season.

This Old Fur, The Fur is Flying,

The Meow Meow Shampoo Hour?

[phone barking]Ooh, the Henry hotline!

Henry, hi!

Yes, I know I've got a lot of competition this season.

But I've got a plan!

The lost helmet of victory!

Legend has it that the possessor

of this magical helmet will be invincible!

So, I'm gonna find the lost helmet,

b*at the cat grooming shows and the ratings!

Hello? Henry?

What is this? [gasps]

My person is building a fence to keep me in!

How am I gonna find the helmet if I'm stuck in the yard?

Ooh, reality show magazine!

I hear there's a big article

on yours truly this week!

What?! They wrote about Nate instead?

"The host of Design Squad, Nate,

"is funny and handy with a ratchet

"unlike certain orange dogs." [chuckles]

Can't be talking about me, I got a yellow spot.

Wait a minute, Blossom!

Are you watching Design Squad?

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.

You know, I bet Arthur♪ With Ruff Ruffman. ♪

doesn't have to deal with stuff like this.

Funding for FETCH! And now, for the first time in Studio G,

here come the season four contestants!

He enjoys sculpture-- Brian!

Her friends describe her as funny.

She'll have you in stitches-- Bethany!

She has a highly developed sense of smell.

Talia!

He's good a memorizing.

Sterling!

She goes bananas for bananas!

Liza!

His dog, Lola, can spin around like a ballerina!

Isaac!

Welcome to FETCH!

[all cheering]

Six new FETCHers!

Hey, Ruff!Hi, Ruff.

What season is this?

ALL: Four!

Man, how the time flies.

I feel like it was only yesterday

I was telling Khalil, "Paddle, paddle."

Well, you guys know

how the show works, right?ALL: Yeah.

I send you out on awesome challenges,

then I give you points.

And then, on the final episode, one of you six FETCHers

will become the FETCH! grand champion

and receive an amazing prize

and will be immortalized on the Wall of Fame.

ALL: ♪ Ah...

♪ Ah, ah.

Actually, I don't have a theme song

for the Wall of Fame yet.

Oh, I'm sure you guys know Blossom.

ALL: Hi, Blossom.

Blossom's been with us for a few years now.

She started out as my intern

and look at her climbing the corporate ladder.

She has been promoted, and is now my boss.

Still stings.[laughing]

Hey, you guys want to hear something really cool?

Blossom has a crush on someone.

[all gasping]

Yes, you do, Blossom, yes, you do.

Nate from Design Squad.

It's a PBS Kids show about engineering.Nice.

Nate couldn't even dream of the exciting show we've got today.

Yes!

Here is the deal, FETCHers.

ALL: Hi, Chet.

Chet, my faithful assistant, has uncovered a master plan

by my person

to install a new security system

to keep me yard-bound,

by building a fence around my doghouse.

That brings me to challenge number one.

Bethany and Talia--

I need you to learn everything you can about fencing.

Because I'm not going to be fenced in.

Your instructions are in the mailbox.

Go... fetch!

See you guys.

There they go, nicely fetched.

Challenge number two.

Isaac, Liza, the way through the new fence is over it.

So today you're learning about pole-vaulting.

Yes. Oh, yeah.

Everything you need to know is in that mailbox.

Go... fetch!

Bye, guys.Bye.

As determined by the FETCH ,

Brian and Sterling

are staying behind in the studio today,

but you guys are going to be eligible to win points

of your own during the Half-Time Quiz Show.

And in this ultra-secure box labeled "Nate Keep Out,"

I keep the FETCH! fairness guarantee.

All the contestants compete for the same number of points

by the Grand Finale.

Outstanding, Brian.

For the four kids out on the challenges,

up to points are at stake in the Triumph Tally.

So, let's get up to date with Talia and Bethany.

Yep, they're going to help me get past that fence,

and the way to do that is to learn about fencing.

I think we need to find someone who knows how to build a fence.

Excuse me, our friend Ruff wants us to build a fence.

And we don't know where the supplies are or how to build a fence.

Sure, follow me. I'll show you where the supplies are.

You're going to need a post digger.

Think it's going to fit in here?

Let's go find some posts

and the rest of the fencing material.

Now we need a post to hold the fence up.

This one here.

That comes to a grand total of...

What?!How are we going to pay for that?

You didn't give us money, Ruff.

This was a bad idea.

What are we going to do now?

This is a disaster!

Wait, what are you doing?

You're texting the kids?

"Fencing Academy"?

There's a school that teaches about building fences?

Awesome. [phone ringing]

What is that?It's a text.

"Head on over to the Rhode Island Fencing Academy.

It's just a few blocks away. Blossom."

Well, thanks anyway.

Bye. Yeah, thank you.

What?!

Yeah, I, uh...

we had a whole last-minute change there.

Sorry about that one.

Maybe we'd better check in with the pole-vaulters.

There's a man with a very long pole and a helmet.

And he's going-- whoa, look at that!

Oh, man!

Oh thank goodness that cushion was there.

He's very lucky.

Hey, are you Nate?Hi.

I'm Nate. That's Nate?

So I'm the host of Design Squad. I'm also a pole vault coach

and third of all, I'm an engineer.

So wait a minute, he can pole-vault and design stuff?

Oh, man, he's cooler than me.

NATE: How high do you think I was?

ISAAC: feet, maybe.

NATE: I wish it were feet.

It's a little closer to feet.

The pole vault's all about energy conversion.

We want to convert

kinetic energy into potential energy.

Kinetic energy is the energy of motion.

So if we have an object that's going at a speed,

it's got kinetic energy.

Okay, so kinetic energy is energy that's in motion.

NATE: Potential energy means stored energy.

And there's lots of different ways to store energy.

You can use chemicals, heat, electricity.

And in the case that we're interested in,

gravity can also store energy.

Potential energy is energy that's stored for later.

Got it.

I got a lot of stored energy right here.

Also a lot of stored moo shu.

So this demonstration will show

how kinetic energy can be transferred

into potential energy in the form of height.

Don't you mean the other way around?

That potential energy can go into kinetic energy?

Here's kinetic energy going into potential energy.

RUFF: Wait, hold up.

I don't get it.

ISAAC: If you throw the ball up,

then once it's up there,

it has a lot of potential energy

so that it can come back down.

RUFF: With a lot of kinetic energy.

Nicely done, Isaac.

Tell me what's going on when I roll the marble down the track.

RUFF: It's rolling.

And then it rolled back.

When you move your hand over

and then it starts moving,

then that's kinetic energy.

LIZA: And then when it reaches the top,

it's potential energy 'cause it kind of has the tendency to stop, pause

and then come back creating kinetic energy.

So if we wanted this to go as high as possible,

what would we want to do?

We want to put a lot more kinetic energy into it.

Yes. And how would we do that.

We'd push our arm a lot faster. Uh-huh.

Aha. The faster you go,

the more kinetic energy you'll have.

Which you can convert into potential energy.

Which means you can vault higher.

Is that all?

I can clear that fence.

Blossom, watch this.

Just need to run fast enough.

[panting]

Whoop-de-dee!

Ow, that hurts.

Wow, cool. Fencing.

Oh, yeah, fencing.

I told you fencing would make a good challenge.

Hey, how you doing?

My name is Alex. Good to see you.

I'm the owner here and the head coach.

This is Maddie.

Maddie's one of our competitive fencers.

Hello.She fences actually all over the country.

This is James right here.

And James is one of our competitive fencers as well.

Are you guys familiar with, uh, the word "fencing"?

Sword-fighting.Yeah, it's kind of like sword-fighting.

It's not only like sword-fighting,

it is sword-fighting.

If I hit you with my w*apon,

I got a touch.

You've heard people say "touché"?

Yes. All right.

That's what it means: I've been touched.

You guys are gonna be fencing what's called the épée.

This is the dueling sword.

We have this wire; it's called a body cord.

And the-the body cord plugs into the épée here.

There's some wires that run down the groove of the épée,

right to the point.

When you press this point,

a circuit gets completed.

The body cord goes through his glove right here.

It's actually up his sleeve.

So the body cord comes out of the back of his jacket

and actually plugs into the reel right here.

So anytime James hits someone, the light comes on.

Let's take a look at some of these weapons.

RUFF: Let's be careful, ladies.

Do you know what the weapons in fencing are called?

EÉpée.ALEX: "EÉpée" is correct.

That's the one you guys are gonna use today.

We saw James and Maddie fencing that.

The one that's really skinny and fast.

That's the sabre.

Mm, I don't know what the third one...

The foil.

All that remains for us to do now

is teach you guys how to move, stand, walk, talk

and act like a fencer.

These are beginner poles.

We're not gonna worry about bending them yet.

RUFF: Okay, looks like the beginners poles

are a little shorter.

What we're gonna do is run through some drills.

We hold the pole like so.

And we run square to the pole.

All right, let's just walk down and back.

This feels kind of weird.

It does feel a little bit weird.

You got to get used to it.

RUFF: Looks like you're

charging the gates of Mordor.

And next, we're gonna learn how to plant.

And this is a really critical part of the vault.

RUFF: Oh, they're gonna learn how to plant their poles

in the ground, so they can swing up.

We're gonna start with our right foot.

Right foot, okay.

And...

And...

Two...

Two...

And...

And...

One.

One.

[groans, grunts]

Little stiff. This could be dangerous.

Ready? And go.

And two and jump.

Nice.

I'm sure once I start doing the runway,

I'll get a little tense.

Oh, don't be tense.

You've got Nate there.

He can do anything.

He's perfect.

Isn't that right, Blossom?

Anyway, we're back here in Studio G

with Brian and Sterling.Yeah.

Who are about to earn

points of their own in the first

Half-Time Quiz Show,

season four!Yeah.

All right, gentlemen, let's break down the rules here.

points are available.

I'm going to ask you ten questions.

Each question is worth five points.

You have seconds to answer as many questions as possible.

If you don't know the answer to a question, you can skip,

and if we have time, we'll come

back to it. You work together as a team.

Put those brains

and meld them into one brain.

Are you ready? Yes. Okay, let's go.

Then let the Half-Time Quiz begin!

It means "touch."

Excellent.

Over... feet! Yes!

Stored. Yes!

Mount.

[buzzer sounds]Oh, sorry.

True or false...

True. True. Excellent.

EÉpée, foil and saber. Yeah.

Nice!

It was bigger. It was taller.

It was taller and, like, longer.

Yes! Good, good! True or false...

True! False! False, false, false!

False, yes! Oh, we're out of time![bell ringing]

[groans]: Oh.

Man.

I'm exhausted.

All right, gentlemen, keep those chins up.

Let's go over the one you got wrong.

I was looking for "plant."

"Plant."Ah.

But, hey, you got seven out of ten.

That is points.

Pretty good for a first quiz.

These are crucial points

that'll make the difference

in the grand finale.

Now let's see if Talia and Bethany

are ready to take a s*ab at fencing.

[chuckles] Get it.

s*ab.

The first position we have to learn

is called the ready position.

So your heels actually touch one another.

The front foot points straight ahead.

It's like the letter L.

Take your w*apon hand right like this, elbow bent.

Take your non-w*apon hand, put it up over your head like so.

RUFF: Looks like ballet positioning.

Not-not that I would know

anything about that.

This is called the en garde position.

When you're en garde, do you notice that your body is sort of

turned away from me?

All right,

that's good. Oh.

If you face me straight on like this, how easy...

More surface.There's more surface to hit, right?

Now, also, when I'm standing like this,

look where my w*apon is, right?

In front of you.It's right in front.

So anytime you want to get to me,

you got to deal with the w*apon, right?

I'm gonna tap the foil on the ground.

When I tap it once, you'll make an advance.

[taps]

Good. When I tap it twice, you'll retreat.

[taps twice]

[chuckles] Oops.

Back foot first, all right?Right.

It's kind of like Simon Says...

but with ginormous swords.

[tapping foil]

RUFF: That's retreat.

Retreat. Retreat.

Ah, att*ck. att*ck.

Retreat. Retreat.

att*ck.

Forwards.

Backwards. Forward. Ah!

Oh! Ah!

Talia went backwards when she should've gone forward.

ALEX: You guys are natural fencers.

Wow, did you hear that?

Natural fencers.

And their first challenge.

It is time for you to choose your w*apon, ladies.

There you are. Very nice.

[sighs]

This is so exciting, Ruff.

We're gonna get to use the swords.

One, two, three, presto.

[chuckles]

Ah, the magic of television.

So you two ready to start practicing against real people?

Yes. Yes.

RUFF: Okay, easy. Oh, man, here we go.

So advance.

And advance again.

Good.

Let's see, reach out. Can you touch them?

If not, take another advance.

Good.

Extend and touch.

Pow. There you go.

Recover.

Hey, Blossom, want to fence with me?

Wait, why do you look so enthusiastic?

All right, what we're gonna do is

put up the soft part. It's a bungee.

It's just stretchy, so if you

crash into it, there's no problem.

The most important thing

we're worried about right now is speed,

so we're gonna use a stopwatch to try and estimate

how fast we're actually going on the runway.

So you ready to clear some heights?

Yeah. Definitely.

Okay, uh, that looks dangerous.

RUFF: Get up there, Isaac!

[Ruff screams]

Oh, almost!

See, you lost a little bit of speed as you came in.

Yeah, yeah, slowed down right at the last second.

So keep that speed up all the way through,

and you'll get the peak out you need.

RUFF: All right, you can do it,

you can do it, you can do it. Go, baby, go!

Over, baby!

Oh, nice work!

RUFF: Come on, come on, come on.

You can do it, you can do it!

[grunts]

Oh! Ooh! Easy. Ah.

You slowed down a little bit on the way in.

RUFF: Yeah, you see her slowing down right at the end there.

Come on, Liza, speed!

Nicely done.

Yes, you did go over.

Yay. Nice work.

RUFF: Oh, well, Nate's gonna try.

Yippee.

Not so good.

What am I doing wrong? You guys tell me. Coach me.

Um, you're chopping your steps at the end.

That gave you less kinetic energy,

so you had less potential energy going into the air.

Who knew there was so much science

involved in pole vaulting?

And there goes Nate, up and over.

Show-off.

Yeah, you made it that time. Whoo!

Let's take this information and compare it with

the speeds that we recorded for the runways,

actually graph it out and see if we can see a relationship

between kinetic energy on the runway

to potential energy in the height. LIZA: All right.

RUFF: Cool.

LIZA: Um, we could do a line graph.

On the X axis, we have...

Kinetic energy....kinetic energy

for the speed.

And on the Y axis, we have

potential energy for the height you want.

Okay, so our speed is the number of feet we went

divided by how many seconds it took to get there.

So you can figure out your speed,

if you know the distance you've traveled and how long it took.

ISAAC: For the first one, I ran feet

in . seconds.

So that gives me . feet per second.

And I rose five feet.

Now, my second point, I did feet,

and I ran that in . seconds...

NATE: Mm-hmm.

ISAAC: ...which would give us

about ..

NATE: And then what was the height you cleared?

ISAAC: Um, I cleared six feet.

So it seems the more speed that I have, my kinetic energy

directly corresponded to

the potential energy I had or how much height that I made.

The more speed, the more height.

Okay, so I had

feet divided by

. seconds.

NATE: Mm-hmm.

LIZA: So that's about

. feet per second.

And I rose ..

ISAAC: Four-and-a-half.

LIZA: And then I had feet

divided by . seconds,

which is about...

You did, uh........

NATE: . feet per second.

And that time, you jumped about five-six.

It seems like her correlation was, like, exactly like mine.

Think you can still see that correlation

of more speed corresponding to more height.

All right, let me call these guys.

[clears throat]

What's happening?!

Hey, Ruff!Hey, Ruff!

What's up?

Hello, Nate.Hello, Ruff.

Guys think you're done?

Yeah, pretty much.

Yeah, we graphed all our points.

Well, you're not done yet.

You think you guys could clear, let's say, a fence?

What do you think?Sure.

All right, well, we're gonna find out.

I'm gonna send you guys a fence.

t*nk's bringing it.

Good job, t*nk.

[laughs]: Oh...!

Think you can clear it?

Yes.

Thank you, puppy.

High five.

That's why we have t*nk-- he's a bruiser,

and looks good in a FETCH! shirt.

When you're en garde right here, when Maddie sticks out her arm

to hit you, you're gonna push her blade away.

After you've pushed her blade away,

guess what you're gonna do?Lunge?

Yeah, you're gonna hit her. Go for it.

That's right, after a parry, you lunge.

I blocked your sh*t,

now taste some of my thunder!

Well, they may not be able to jump over my fence,

but I think I've found myself a couple of bodyguards.

[clears throat]

Hey, guys, come on over here.

Now, look, you guys are doing really well so far,

but you're not done yet.

I am making you the two FETCH-keteers!

What?

There will be a battle!

One will stand, one will fall!

Oh, gosh. [laughs]: Okay.

One of you will be on Team Ruff.

The other will be on Team Blossom.

[gasps]

Your gear is around the corner,

so let's do it!

[laughing]

Oh, my gosh.Oh, my gosh!

I apologize for the Rick James hairdo.

Sorry, Ruff, but... I'm on Blossom's team.

And I am on... your team.

That's right, Bethany.

Now, Blossom, I know I look scary in this outfit,

and you're not very experienced with this,

so I'll go easy on you.

Okay, where are you?

Ow!

[buzzer sounds]

Take this! Hah!

Ow!

Hah! Hi-yah!

Ow!

ISAAC: You want to go first?

No, you can.

That's it.

Whoa!

Oh, man! Is he okay?

I don't think it worked.

Oh, he's all right. Okay.

You slowed down a little bit in here.

Remember our kinetic energy?Yeah.

Got to get that stuff up, so you can get the max potential energy.

Liza, you're up. You ready?

Come on, Liza.

Hello!

Who's over the fence!

You did it! Whoo!

She went totally airborne.

That was awesome, Ruff!

Thanks for the fence.

Hey, my pleasure.

Isaac, I think you have it. Are you ready?

Be the pole, be the pole.

Over that fence, buddy!

Yes! Awesome!

Yeah! Yeah, Ruff!

Ruff, that was wicked fun-- I'm gonna do it again.

That's the way to get this show going!

That's right, Liza, Yay!

I'm gonna be just like you.

I'm gonna pole-vault over that fence.

I'm gonna find a helmet!

Great job, guys. That was incredible.

Thank you so much, Nate.

You're very welcome.Thanks a lot.

BOTH: See you back at Studio G, Ruff.

Thank you, Nate, for helping them.

You're very cool.

What are you smiling at, Blossom?

[applause, whooping]

Everybody, this is Bethany.

She's gonna be representing Team Ruff.

[applause, cheering]Yeah!

Team Ruff!

All right, and over here, we've got Talia,

who's gonna represent Team Blossom.

Yay, Talia! Boo, Blossom!

Oh, Blossom, I'm kidding.

[deep, dramatic voice]: And now... the battle will begin.

En garde. En garde.

Go... fence!

Fence.

[audience clapping, whooping]

Oh, make some contact.

Very good.

Oh! There's a lunge.

Lunge and a parry.

Nice parry. Good lunge.

Oh, we have a touch! Touch!

Oh, Team Blossom has drawn first blood!

♪

NATE: Halt!

All right, touch!

Halt!

All right, touch!

One for the Team Ruff!

♪

Halt!

Touch!

Halt!

Two for Team Ruff!

Two!

Fence.

Oh, we got a quick touch.

Three for Team Ruff! Awesome!

We are tied at three.

Halt!

Sorry, Ruff, that's the way the game goes.

Oh! Team Blossom is one point away from victory!

Come on, Team Ruff.

And we have a point, and it's Team Blossom!

Whoo!

Yeah, Blossom!

Yay!

You both did awesome!

It was great to have you here, guys.Thank you.

I hope we get a chance to see you again. You're welcome.

Let's head back to Studio G, and we'll see you there, Ruff.

All right, Talia, okay, Bethany,

we'll see you back at Studio G.

Great job on your first challenge.

And now let's bring back our FETCHers.

No fence could stop this duo--

Isaac and Liza!

Welcome back, guys, welcome back.

Hey, where are your poles?

We didn't bring 'em.We kind of left them there.

Aw, man, I wanted you guys to pole-vault in.

Yeah, like we could pole-vault through that thing?

Eh... good point.

They turned a little old

game show into a swashbuckling adventure--

Bethany and Talia!

Lunge, ladies, lunge!

So, the first show-- are you ready

to dish out some points?

ALL: Yeah!

Isaac and Liza, we'll start with you.

For being good sports and learning from a host...

who's much cooler than me... Oh!

[bell clangs]

[cheering]

And for trying and trying again until you converted

enough kinetic energy into potential energy

to vault over that fence...

[bell clangs]

[cheering]

That gives you a total of...

[bell clangs]

[cheers]

Bethany and Talia,

for daring to have weapons swished in your direction...

[bell clangs]

Nice!Yeah!

And...

in the final duel,

Talia came out on top, five to three.

I am awarding ten points for each touch,

so that means Bethany gets... [bell clangs]

and, Talia, I knight thee with...

[bell clangs]

[kids cheer]

That brings your totals to...

[bell clangs]

[bell clangs]

Good job!

What time is it?

ALL: Bonus time!

Today's five bonus points

go to the contestant who managed to exhibit grace and panache,

even while crashing into a fence.

Whoa! [groans]

Isaac, with points, you're today's daily winner!

Now, then, Isaac,[cheers, whooping]

I have here two photographs of Nate.

Under one Nate, a fabulous prize.

Under the other, the worst prize ever. Ever!

Ever, ever, ever.

Which Nate is it gonna be, Isaac?

I'll go with "B."

Then step on up to the mailbox

and retrieve your prize.Ruff, there's nothing in there.

Oh! Oh, man!

Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot.

Ooh, perfect!

Heh-heh-heh! All right, there you go, try it.

Okay.

Whoa, what is it?

Oh...!

Bummer!Worst prize!

A signed poster-- well, I guess you didn't get

the good prize.That is so cool!

It... What? It's cool? You-you like that?

Yeah, that's awesome.

Oh, well... to each his own.

Good for you. Enjoy the... poster

of... him.

All right, folks, well, that's the end

of an exciting episode of FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman.

Great job in the challenges.

We will see you next time from Studio G.

I'm Ruff Ruffman. We're out of here.

ALL: Bye, Ruff!

Bye! See ya! Bye!

Well, I didn't learn about fences,

but I did learn how to pole-vault over them.

What's this? An inscribed pole-vaulting pole?

Wow! We should bring him back

for every episode!

Wait a minute, what am I thinking?

Blossom, I'm kidding.

Nephew, I've gotten a new clue

on the whereabouts of the Helmet of Victory.

But we have to act fast-- nefarious forces are...

Are what? Uncle!

Blossom, Chet, we have to go... What?

It's the end of the show?

Aw, man! All right, another time.



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[Ruff scatting]

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♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

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