01x02 - My Hero, Zero

[bunniefuu]

[male narrator]
Hey, let's start the show with...

[narrator reading]

-Zero?
-[bell dings]

[man] Yeah. Zero is a wonderful thing.

In fact, zero is my hero.

[girl] How can zero be a hero?

[man] Well, there are all kinds
of heroes, you know.

A man can get to be a hero
for a famous battle he fought.

[crowd cheering]

Or by studying very hard
and becoming a weightless astronaut.

[bleeping]

And then there are heroes of other sorts,

like the heroes we know
from watching sports.

[crowd cheering]

But a hero doesn't have to be
a grown-up person, you know.

A hero can be a very big dog
who comes to your rescue.

Or a very little boy who is smart enough
to know what to do.

But let me tell you
about my favorite hero.

♪ My hero Zero ♪

♪ Such a funny little hero ♪

♪ But 'til you came along ♪

♪ We counted on our fingers and toes ♪

♪ Now you're here to stay ♪

♪ And nobody really knows
How wonderful you are ♪

♪ Why, we could never reach a star ♪

♪ Without you, zero ♪

♪ My hero, how wonderful you are ♪

What's so wonderful about a zero?

-It's nothing, isn't it?
-Sure, it represents nothing alone.

♪ But place a zero after one ♪

♪ And you've got yourself a 10 ♪

♪ See how important that is ♪

♪ When you run out of digits
You can start all over again ♪

♪ See how convenient that is ♪

♪ That's why with only ten digits
Including zero ♪

♪ You can count as high
As you could ever go ♪

♪ Forever towards infinity ♪

♪ No one ever gets there but you can try ♪

♪ With ten billion zeros ♪

♪ From the cavemen 'til the heroes
Who invented you ♪

♪ They counted on their fingers and toes ♪

And maybe some sticks and stones.

[girl] Or rocks and bones.

[man] Or their neighbor's toes. Yeah.

♪ And nobody really knows
How wonderful you are ♪

♪ Why, we could never reach the star ♪

♪ Without you, Zero ♪

♪ My hero ♪

♪ Zero ♪

♪ How wonderful you are ♪

♪ Place one zero after any number ♪

♪ And you've multiplied
That number by 10 ♪

♪ See how easy that is ♪

♪ Place two zeros after any number ♪

♪ And you've multiplied
That number by 100 ♪

♪ See how simple that is ♪

♪ Place three zeros after any number ♪

♪ And you've multiplied
That number by 1,000 ♪

♪ Et cetera, et cetera ad infinitum ♪

♪ Ad astra forever and ever ♪

♪ With Zero, my hero ♪

♪ How wonderful you are ♪