07x17 - Shapes of the Armadillo

[bunniefuu]

♪ Wild Kratts ♪

Martin: A giant sphere floating in space,

Earth is a planet with so many

incredible shapes.

We're here, walking in the woods.

Chris: It's us, the Kratt Brothers.

I'm Chris.

Martin: I'm Martin.

♪♪

Chris: When you're out in the woods,

you can see so many shapes in nature.

Martin: Yeah, look around.

♪♪

Look at this heart-shaped leaf.

The heart-shaped leaf of a basswood tree.

Chris: See, the circle?

Nest holes for birds and other animals.

[baby birds hungry sound]

Martin: And here's a creature with a lot of shapes.

Chris: The three-banded armadillo.

Martin: Yeah, check it out. There's like circles here

all over, and rectangles in the back.

Chris: And look at this side.

The head and tail are triangles.

Martin: All of these shapes together

give this three-banded armadillo,

the ability to close up into a complete ball.

Chris: And check this out.

Let's see if we can get him

to put them together. See?

They fit together perfectly.

The two triangles.

Martin: Make a rectangle.

What an incredible defence of shapes.

Aw, wow.

Alright, let's see this armadillo in action.

He's running on the tips of his claws.

Chris: The armadillo's claws are so big,

because they dig for their food.

They dig for ants, termites, beetles

and digging is an armadillo's creature power.

Martin: Armadillos are such amazing and bizarre creatures.

Chris: Imagine if we had armadillo powers.

Martin/Chris: What if?

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Martin: Shapes of the Armadillo.

♪ [gaming sound effects] ♪

Martin: I love shapes.

Chris: That's cool.

Martin: Aren't you gonna ask me why?

Chris: Uh, okay. Why?

Why do you love shapes?

Martin: Because you can use shapes to draw anything.

Look, a circle makes the head.

I draw two triangles for ears.

Two ovals for eyes,

two more circles for the muzzle.

A rectangle,

two short sides and two long sides

for the jaw...

Chris: ...and how about a square for the nose?

Martin: Yes! And a square,

where all sides are equal for the nose.

Chris: Nice!

You've just got to add some circle spots

to make it an ocelot.

Now, I've gotta get back to my circles.

Aviva: Hey, whatcha drawing?

Ooh... an ocelot!

Pretty good, Martin.

There are a lot of amazing shapes in nature.

I found a rock that's a triangle.

Three points and three sides.

Koki: And I've got a stone that's a square.

Jimmy Z: And my rock is a circle, round.

Aviva: Yeah, a three-dimensional circle,

also known as a sphere.

Jimmy Z: A sphere?

Chris: Yeah right, except for one thing.

The sphere is not a rock.

It's an animal!

Jimmy Z: What?!

[sniff-sniff]

Aahhh!!!

Chris: Whoaa!!

[whistling through the air]

Gotcha!

Martin: Nice catch, Chris!

And hello, armadillo.

Chris: Oh, the skin feels hard.

It must be all these bony plates - all different shapes,

rectangles...

Martin: ...circles, oval,

both curved with no corners.

Martin: [chuckles] Chris: And look,

on top of his head and his tail

are both triangles!

Martin: And those two triangles come together

to make a rectangle!

Which protects the armadillo's soft belly.

The armadillo armor is made of

so many different shapes,

and that's what we'll call you: Shapes.

Shapes, the armadillo.

♪♪

[robot whirring]

♪♪

[plane whooshing]

Zach: Big deal!

My Zachbots have shapes,

like circles and triangles.

My shapes are better than their shapes.

[bonk!] Owww!

All: [laughter]

Zach: Can they hear me?

My Zachbot shapes are better

than their weird creature shapes.

And I'll prove it!

[evil laughter]

Their shapes against my shapes,

and my shapes will win!

Aviva: Uh... we can hear you, Zach.

Zach: Ooooohhhhhh!

Well, my shapes are so...

Koki: We don't even have to listen to that.

Zach: So precise... [zap]

Aviva: Yeah, because nature's shapes

are so inspiring!

Koki: You can study the science of shapes, geometry,

just by being in nature.

Martin/Chris: Animals can take you anywhere in science!

Aviva: There's so much we can learn from them.

Koki: Like how does rolling into a circle,

a ball, help an armadillo?

Chris: That's a great question,

and here comes the answer.

♪ [tense dramatic music] ♪

Martin/Chris: Ocelot!

♪ [tense dramatic music] ♪

Aviva: No! Stop!

♪♪♪

Jimmy Z: Ah! I can't watch!

♪♪

Koki: Let it go!

Chris: He's okay!

Martin: Nothing to worry about.

With that bony skin, rolling into a ball

gives the armadillo complete protection.

Even from the jaws and claws of an ocelot.

Chris: Exactly.

The hard surface and the circle shape

gives the ocelot no edges to bite on.

Rolling up into a ball is the armadillo's protection.

All those bony plates

keep it from harm.

Martin: It's natural armor.

Aviva: Of course!

The word 'armadillo' comes from

the Spanish word, armadura,

which means "armored".

Shapes, you are amazing!

[whiny voice] Zach: Shapes are amazing,

you're so cute...

Blah, blah, blah!

I'll show that pretender inventor

how my Zachbot shapes

are better than her animal shapes!

[evil chuckle]

And I think I know a way to do it...

[evil laughter]

Martin: Shapes the armadillo is incredible!

Chris: Oh, imagine

what an Armadillo Power Suit would be like?

Aviva: Well, we've already learned a lot about

armadillo armor - I can get started on that!

Koki: And the way they use shapes.

Oh, geometry is my favorite subject.

I want to help build this one.

Aviva: Great! And you, bro's,

keep getting more information to add.

Koki: Oh lucky me,

shapes are my favorite. Chris: Hey...

Aviva: There are so many shapes on an armadillo's armor.

♪♪

Koki: It is like a puzzle of shapes.

Here's a circle, round, no corners.

Aviva: A square, four points,

four equal sides.

Koki: Oval, no corners, but more egg-shaped.

Aviva: Rectangle, four points, four sides,

but two longer sides

and two shorter sides.

Koki: Even a hexagon, six points, six sides.

Aviva: Each of these hundreds of shapes is a bony plate,

connected by soft skin underneath,

which keeps the shell pliable.

Koki: An engineering marvel!

Chris: Uh, can we have the armadillo back?

Aviva: [giggles] Aw...

we hoped you wouldn't notice.

Martin: Uh, we kind of need Shapes to show us

more abilities, skills and powers.

Right, Shapes?

Zach: Zachbots, soon we will go to the Wild Kratts

and prove that our shapes

are better than nature's shapes.

Now, we practice.

Present shapes!

Triangle!

[beep beep] [cha-chick]

Square!

[beep beep] [cha-chock]

Circle! [beep beep]

[cha-chock, cha-chock]

Sphere!

[beep beep] [cha-chick]

Oh yes, we will definitely show them

that our shapes are better!

[evil laughter]

Let's roll out!

[loud rumbling]

I didn't mean literally!

I mean let's roll out, as in

let's go to where the Wild Kratts are!

Whoaa! [rumbling clatter]

Martin: All right Shapes, let's see some more

of your creature powers.

Jimmy Z: Yeah, what else can an armadillo do?

Chris: That!

Claws dig for food in the dirt.

Armadillos are great diggers.

Martin: One of the best diggers in the creature world.

Chris: Right up there with aardvarks...

Martin: Ooh... and sloth bears.

Chris: What do they all have in common?

Jimmy Z: Long curved claws?

Chris: Yes!

Jimmy Z: Those claws can really move dirt.

Chris: Shapes found some ants.

Martin: Oooh, that must be yummy for Shapesy.

Jimmy Z: Blahhhh!

Chris: Those very long curved claws for digging,

are most important.

But they also present a problem.

How do you walk with claws like that?

Jimmy Z: How?

Martin: The three-banded armadillo

has a very unique running style.

When a three-banded armadillo runs,

it runs on the tips of its claws.

Like tippy toes.

Literally running on the tips of the toenails.

Jimmy Z: Ohh...

Martin: Look at that, tippy toeing.

Martin/Aviva: [laughing]

Aviva: Oh, that's so funny.

I can definitely use that for the running power

of the armadillo suit.

You are so fun!

Koki: And cute!

Chris: Hey... there she goes again!

With our armadillo!

Martin: Don't sweat it, bro.

Aviva is programming

Armadillo Power suits.

That's what we want, right?

So, we can just find another armadillo.

Chris: Ah, that's not so easy.

Nocturnal, skittish, live in burrows...

Armadillos are not easy to find.

Especially three-banded armadillos like Shapes.

They're endangered.

Do you know how lucky we got to find just one

three-banded armadillo?!

Jimmy Z: Uh guys,

I think we just got luckier!

Chris: [gasps] Armadillo babies!

Martin/Chris: [chanting] ♪ Armadillo babies! ♪

♪ Armadillo babies! ♪

Chris: Uh... wait,

I think they're called pups.

Martin: ♪ Armadillo puppies! ♪

Martin/Chris: ♪ Armadillo puppies! ♪

All: ♪ Armadillo puppies! ♪

Chris: Ah, they are so cute!

We better learn about them fast

before Aviva "borrows" them again.

Martin: Yeah and I'd better name 'em fast too.

Chris: Yeah, okay,

so their skin is leathery when they're born.

Martin: I'll call you... Leather Jacket!

Chris: Which has certain protection,

but the harder bony shapes quickly develop,

like the ones on the armadillo mom.

Martin: Yeah, ooh, got one.

I'll name you... Mommadillo!

An armadillo mom usually has one pup,

but our Mommadillo has two pups.

Boy, that's rare, so I need a name for the second.

Hmm...

Chris: The pups already have long claws

and run along on the tips of their claws.

Look at them tippy-toeing along.

Martin: Tippy toeing. Oh, that's it!

Your name is, Tippy Toes!

[chuckles]

Aviva: Hey, guys!

[long surprised gasp]

What?!?

Baby...armadillos?!

Jimmy Z: Oh, they're called pups.

Koki: What? You found armadillo pups

and you didn't tell us?!?

Chris: Surprise!

Martin: That's Tippy Toes,

and that's Leather Jacket.

And Mommadillo, of course.

Koki: Aww, you're so cute!

Aviva: You're such a sweetie!

Oooohhh.

Martin: Told ya. They're playing with armadillo puppies now.

Chris: Ohhhh,

we're never going to get our Armadillo Power Suits.

We were so close...

yet so far.

Koki: Relax. Aviva: We're done.

Koki: And this is our reward.

Playing with armadillo puppies!

Aviva: Because the Armadillo Power Suit programming

is complete, and ready for action.

C'mon!

Chris: Amazing! Martin: Thanks, Aviva.

[videocall ringing]

Zach: Oh hello, Wild Rats.

Chris: That's Wild Kratts!

What do you want Zach?

Martin: Uh..he's right here.

Zach: What do I want, you ask?

I want to show you that my Zachbot's shapes

are better than your animal shapes.

We triangle-ate, encircle

and are squarely better than you,

and I'll prove it!

[evil laughter]

Your shapes against my shapes,

and my shapes will win!

Aviva: Oh come on, Zach, not right now.

Koki: We're right in the middle of something.

Zach: Well, if you're not convinced... behold!

My head is the shape of...

A perfect triangle!!

Chris: [gasps] His head is a perfect triangle!

Martin: [gasps] I never noticed that before!

Koki: Three points.

Jimmy Z: Three sides.

Zach: A perfect tri-angle !

Martin: Wait, who cares if his head is a triangle?

Armadillo powers are better than

anything he can come up with.

He just always copies from nature anyways.

Zach: Since my head is a perfect triangle,

I already won the head-shape competition.

Zach Varmitech - one,

Wild Kratts - zero!

Next up will be a contest between my Zachbots

and your armadilly-o powers.

In the form of Genius Inventor Bowling.

Koki: I think he's still mad at you, Aviva.

Aviva: What? What did I do?

Koki: Well, there was that time

you beat him in the cheetah race.

Zach: Wah-haaaa!!!

Koki: And the fencing duel in the swordfish adventure.

Zach: Uh...oh!

Aoouh!

Aviva: Oh yeah... so bowling?

Zach: Yes, bowling!

Jimmy Z: But, there's no bowling alley.

Zach: Oh yeah?

Come see.

Now there is...

but, this isn't just regular bowling,

it's Genius Inventor Bowling!

You bowl with your armadilly-o animal thingies.

Chris: No way!

We're not going to use

innocent creatures that way.

That would hurt them!

Zach: They're ba*ls!

What else are they good for?

Martin: They are living animals,

who roll into ba*ls for protection,

but we will activate Armadillo Powers

and be the bowling ba*ls!

Chris: We will?

Uh, crashing into pins? That's gonna hurt.

Martin: Chris, c'mon, you've got to believe in armadillo power.

Chris: Okay, okay, yes.

Trust the armadillo power.

Martin/Chris: You're on, Zach!

Insert Armadillo Power Discs!

Touch armadillo. Chris: And...

Martin/Chris: Activate Armadillo Powers!

♪♪♪

Zach: I'm ready...

♪♪♪

Ah, I'm waiting...

♪♪♪

Aghhh, she's a slow inventor!

♪♪♪

How long is this gonna take?

Martin/Chris: Armadillo Powers!

Martin: [chuckles]

Armadillo-sized and ready to bowl.

Zach: Oh, finally!

Chris: Look at what the shapes of the armadillo can do.

Zach: Ok fine, you're bowling ba*ls,

so who's gonna bowl you?

Aviva: I will!

Tri Village bowling champion -

three years in a row.

Zach: Oh, good!

My arch nemesis and I meet in a contest.

Oh Aviva, did you know that in bowling,

the pins are arranged in my favorite shape?

A triangle!

Aviva: Not after I knock 'em all down, they won't be.

Zach: Wha-! Uh... I go first!

[slow roll]

[buzzing]

Aviva/Koki: [gasp]

[buttons beeping]

[crashing pins]

[whirring/beeping]

Koki: Wait. What just happened?

Zach: You think you're the best? I am!

Martin: [gasps] He got a strike?!

Chris: That sounds like it would really hurt.

Aviva: Our turn.

Who's first?

Martin: Ummm...

Chris: Uh... you- you're up, bro.

Martin: Oh! [chuckles] Okay.

Aviva: Okay Martin, you just maintain the shape of a ball,

and I'll do the rest.

Martin: Alright, let's go. Let's knock 'em all down!

Aviva: Hey! You can't seal the ball up yet.

I need some holes for my fingers.

When I throw you, then roll tight.

Martin: Yeah, yeah, got it. Let's...

Hey... [chuckles]

♪♪

[whirring]

[loud crash]

Chris/Koki: Strike!!

Martin: Yeah!

Aviva: Yes!

Zach: [whistling]

[click/beep/whirring]

What're you so happy about?

Aviva: I'm happy because

I knocked all the pins down.

Zach: You missed three!

Martin: Hey... what?

Jimmy Z: I saw that!

Three stood up on their own. That's not normal!

Koki: And I saw this.

Zach is controlling the pins!

Aviva: C'mon, Chris !

Chris: Okay, this won't hurt.

I've got armadillo powers.

Yeah, trust the armor,

the bony plates,

keratinized scales will protect me.

♪♪

Oh no. This is gonna hurt!

[beep/whirring]

[crashing pins]

Zach: [evil laughter]

Chris: Hey, that didn't hurt!

The armor did it!

What?

But a pin moved out of the way!

Huh? [beep/whirring]

Whoaa!

Zach: Nice try, Aviva, but I'm winning!

My turn!

So I can finish you off,

perhaps I need a little more inspiration.

[beeping/whirring]

♪♪♪

Oh yes, this will motivate me!

Aviva: Ugh! Zach is

soooo cheating!!

Jimmy Z: He has remote control of the pins.

Koki: We've gotta stop him!

Jimmy Z: Let's hack into his controller and disable it.

[buttons beeping]

[buttons beeping] ♪ [playful music] ♪

[beeping]

[pins crashing]

Martin/Chris Pins: Yeah! Alright! Woohoo!!

Zach: Ooh, Wild Rats!

Martin/Chris Pins: That's Wild Kratts!

Zach: Oooh, I'm gonna knock you down now!

[evil laughter]

Jimmy Z: Yes, got it!

His controller's deactivated!

He can't control the pins or ba*ls anymore.

Zach: Go down, go down!

Koki: Don't bother, Zach.

We know you were controlling the pins and bowling ball.

Zach: Ah, ah, no I wasn't!

Jimmy Z: We disabled your controller.

You have to bowl for real now.

Zach: Agh! Fine!

[ka-thunk]

Martin/Chris: Whoo! Chris: Yeah!

Zach: Ooohh!!

Aviva: My turn!

Martin: Oo-oo, pick me!

Chris: I have to do this, bro.

I flinched last time.

I have to prove, to myself, that I believe

in Armadillo Power - completely.

Martin: Oh yeah. Go for it, bro!

Chris: C'mon, Aviva.

A strike wins it!

♪♪

Aviva: Gonna... knock 'em...

all... down!

[whoosh] [pins crashing]

Strike!

Take that, Zach!

Martin/Koki/Jimmy Z: Yeah! Whooohoo!

Chris: Ha ha! I have achieved complete trust

in armadillo power!

Zach: Big deal! You think you won,

but I fooled you!

[beeping/whirring]

Koki: [gasps] They were Zachbots the whole time!

[whirring]

Zach: I wasn't even trying to win.

Aviva: Huh! Yeah, right.

Zach: I was distracting you.

While you were trying to beat me...

Aviva: I did beat you.

Zach: I took your armadilly-ohs!

Aviva: What?

Oh no!

Koki: Tippy Toes! Jimmy Z: Mommadillo !

Martin: Shapes! Chris: Leather Jacket!

Koki: Bro's, you've got big Zachbots

to knock down this time.

Jimmy Z: Big size those armadillo powers!

[clicking/whirring/buzzing]

Aviva: Jump on!

Martin/Chris: [jumping grunts]

♪♪♪

To the Creature Rescue!

Martin: You ready, Chris?Chris: Oh yeah, I've got armadillo armor!

Martin: Oh, got get 'em!

♪♪♪

[beeping]

[crashing bots]

♪♪♪

Chris: I did it!

Martin/Chris: Strike!

Uh-oh!

Chris: Catch em, Martin!

Martin: Leather Jacket! Shapes!

Chris: Tippy-Toes! Mommadillo!

Zach: This is not a bowling match!

You wrecked my Zachbots!

Martin: I think it's time to take care of him

with another armadillo power.

You thinking what I'm thinking, bro?

Chris: I think I'm thinking the same thing.

Zach: Ah...

[coughs]

Stop that!...Ugh ooh aah!

You think you won?

But one thing you can never take away from me,

my head is a perfect triangle!

Ewww, oh it's so cute.

But...yee-uck!

Chris: C'mon, Tippy Toes.

Let's skitter back to your natural habitat.

Zach: Well, don't just stand there,

make your hands into the shape of shovels,

and dig me out of here!

[whirring/clicking]

[crying scream]

Aviva: We did it! Koki: Yes! Jimmy Z: Wahoo!

All: [cheering] Love it!

Martin: Woohoo!

We love armadillo powers. Chris: Yeah!

Living free, and in the wild!

♪♪

Martin: Oh yeah, armadillos

are such amazing creatures!

Chris: They've got a lot of great shapes

that make up that defensive armor of theirs.

Protecting them from predators in the wild.

Martin: And out in the creature world,

there are a lot of animals with

great shapes and great defences.

Like the triangular horn of the rhinoceros.

Chris: Or the star-shaped body of the starfish.

Martin: Oh yeah, now turtles,

they have great shapes

and a great defence,

and it's all in that shell.

See that shell, now this shell shape is an oval.

Chris: An oval shell, but this turtle

is called a diamondback terrapin.

So where are the diamonds?

Martin: I mean, each of these plates is a cool shape.

Chris: Yeah. Martin: Like five sides,

but I don't see any diamonds there.

Chris: Oh, look at the spots on the skin.

Lots of different shapes in those spots.

Martin: Oh yeah. On the cheeks, on the legs.

Hey, look at the top of the head!

Right there.

Yeah, that dark shape, that's kind of like a diamond shape.

Diamond on the back of its head. Diamondback terrapin.

[chuckles] I don't know. Chris: Well, no doubt about it,

diamondback terrapins are cool.

Martin: And this family has a lot more

great shapes and shells.

What about the tortoises?

Like this young gopher tortoise,

who's shapes are still growing.

Chris: And check out this little guy.

This kind of turtle

is called a box turtle.

You can find them all around the world,

but it's not shaped like a box.

Martin: No, look, that shell is a circle.

Chris: So why is it called a box turtle?

Well, check it out.

You see this hinge

on the plastron of the shell?

That closes up when the turtle

tucks in its head and legs.

So it can close up completely,

kind of like a box.

Martin: Now that's a great defence.

Chris: Yeah. [chuckles]

Martin: So, whether you're looking at shapes,

Chris: Or checking out animal defences,

Martin: There are so many cool things to learn about in nature.

Chris: Keep on creature adventuring.

Martin: We'll see you on the creature trail!

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♪ [show theme music] ♪

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