16x04 - Get Smart/Baby Steps

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♪ Every day when you're
walking down the street ♪

♪ Everybody that you meet
has an original point of view ♪

(laughing)

♪ And I say hey ♪

Hey!

♪ What a wonderful
kind of day ♪

♪ If we could learn
to work and play ♪

♪ And get along
with each other ♪

♪ You've got to listen to your
heart, listen to the b*at ♪

♪ Listen to the rhythm,
the rhythm of the street ♪

♪ Open up your eyes,
open up your ears ♪

♪ Get together
and make things better ♪

♪ By working together ♪

♪ It's a simple message,
and it comes from the heart ♪

♪ Believe in yourself,
for that's the place to start ♪

♪ And I say hey ♪

Hey!

♪ What a wonderful
kind of day ♪

♪ If we could learn
to work and play ♪

♪ And get along
with each other ♪

Hey!

♪ What a wonderful
kind of day ♪

Hey!

♪ What a wonderful
kind of day ♪

Hey!

Hey, DW!

Hey!

Whoa...

(bell ringing)

(microphone feedback)

ARTHUR:
Welcome to the World Wide
Teaching Championships!

In this corner,
defending his title,

The Sultan of Schooling,
The Homework Hammer,

Nigel Ratburn!

(crowd cheering)

Mr. Ratburn's looking good,

but he's going to have to bring
his A+ game tonight.

He hasn't faced
this tough an opponent

since Lenny "Long Division"
Spitz in last year's Math Melee.

Capital of Benin?

Porto-Novo.

The moons of Mars?

Phobos and Deimos.

And in the other corner,
the Dynamo of Data,

the Number-Crunching Crusher
from Cupertino, California,

the challenger!

(squeaking)

I've never seen anything
like it!

Oh, poor Mr. Ratburn!

I can't look!

(gulps)

I want a good clean match.

Okay, shake hands.

(screen whirring)

The Pseudometa Corporation
has chosen your class

to test out its new
smartboard for two weeks.

"The HUGO .
is the latest advancement

"in user-based technology,
with a tera...

terabyte ergonium CPU and..."

Well, I'll let you all
figure it out.

You have fun!

FRANCINE:
Turn it on, Mr. Ratburn!

I'm trying to, Francine.

May I?

Be my guest.

(beeping)

(beeping)
Ahh!

Ahh!

Hello.

My name is Hugo.

Good morning, Nigel.

How did you know my name?

I am equipped

with both face- and
voice-recognition technology.

Does that sufficiently answer
your question?

Uh, yes.

Hugo, do you know what we're
having for lunch today?

Can we watch movies?

Do you have Dark Bunny
vs. Dr. Origami in -D?

(kids talking excitedly)

MR. RATBURN:
Class.

Before we start using
the smartboard,

I must read
the instruction manual.

Which, um, might take
some time.

If you like,
I can stay after class

and help you go through it.

Thank you, Alan,
but I think I can manage.

See you after class.

(beeping)

(whirring)

(beeping)

BRAIN:
Well, that's it, we've gone
through the whole manual.

It says here,

"Pseudometa Corp. guarantees
that Hugo is % accurate."

How is that possible?

I mean, nothing
is % accurate.

Normally I'd agree
with you, Alan.

But I've never seen
anything like Hugo.

He really is amazing.

Thank you, Nigel.

You're welcome, Hugo.

Today we'll learn

about the early history
of our very own Elwood City.

Does anybody know what it used
to be in prehistoric times?

Oh!

A landing pad for aliens?

(Hugo buzzes)

I'm sorry,
that is incorrect.

Elwood City was a swamp.

MR. RATBURN:
Now it's a bustling town.

But what was it that spurred
it's growth?

Anyone?

(beeping)

Hugo?

The growth of the logging
industry

was what drove the development
of Elwood City.

That's right.

When the first steam-powered
sawmill was built here,

Elwood City was catapulted
into the industrial age.

And the man who had
this sawmill built

was none other than our founder,
Jacob Katzenellenbogan.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

(students gasp)

I beg your pardon?

You said that the man
responsible

for building the first steam-
powered sawmill in Elwood City

was Jacob Katzenellenbogan.

(buzzing)

That iincorrect.

No, it isn't.

I'm quite sure, Hugo.

Perhaps you do not know what
the word "incorrect" means.

(students muttering)

Synonyms are "mistaken,"
"faulty," "wrong."

Yes, yes, I know what the word
"incorrect" means.

The man who had
the first steam-powered sawmill

built in Elwood City
was named Francis Wheaton,

known as "Wheaty"
to his friends.

Was born in ...

That's enough, Hugo.

I guess I'll just have to take
your word for it.

That is an excellent
choice, Nigel,

given the fact that I'm
% accurate.

Mr. Ratburn wrong?

I can't believe it!

Neither can I.

How's the testing
on the Hugo . coming?

Here's the latest
error report.

Hmm, missed a few dates,
some facts...

% accurate is good enough.

We'll call it %.

(beeping)

But that would be a lie, Dave.

Who's going to care
about a little two percent?

People who go to libraries?

If our marketing strategy
is right,

Hugo will replace
libraries.

(laughing)

(gasps)

BRAIN:
I tried researching

early Elwood City history
on the Internet,

but there wasn't
a lot of information.

Some things can still
only be found in books.

Here.

Elwood City:
Past, Present and Future.

BRAIN:
"The opening of the first
steam-powered sawmill

was reported
by the Elwood City Gazette."

Aha!

Elwood City Gazette.

Spring .

The equilateral triangle
is a triangle

in which all
three sides are...?

Arthur?

Of equal length?

Correct.

And just for fun,

can anyone tell me
what Asian country

has an equilateral triangle
on its flag?

Yes, well, it is a toughie.

How about you, Hugo?

Are you stumped as well?

The equilateral triangle
is featured

in the flag of the Philippines.

Hmm.

That's correct.

A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Ability.

MR. RATBURN:
Excellent, Francine.

You might consider entering
this year's spelling bee.

Speaking of which...

Hugo, what was the winning word

in last year's
National Spelling Bee?

Cymotrichous.

C-Y-M-O-T-R-I-C-H-O-U-S.

It means "having wavy hair."

Shall I put it in a sentence?

No, no, that won't be necessary.

Let's move on.

What is the largest painting
in the world?

Mother Earth by Swedish
artist David Aberg.

What is the smallest?

Fish, by J Sha.

Oldest!

The cave paintings
in Chauvet, France.

All right, all right!

What about...
ah, here we go.

What is the traditional stringed
instrument of Mauritania?

The tidnit.

(tidnit playing)

(sighs)

Very good, Hugo.

Thank you, Nigel.

Hugo's amazing!

I can't believe it!

Whoa, he's the best!

Yes, here it is.

Elwood City Gazette,

.

You should find what you're
looking for in here.

Thanks.

It's just wonderful
to see someone researching

the old-fashioned way.

Aha!

I'll bet you didn't know that,
did you, Hugo?

I've got him where I want him!

(crazed laughter)

Good morning, everyone.

Today we will start
with a pop quiz.

(students groaning)

Not to worry,

it's just for Hugo.

There's only one question, and
it concerns the subject of...

puppetry.

In the traditional Turkish
shadow puppet plays

of the Ottoman period,
there were two main puppets.

One was named Karagoz.

What was the name
of the other one?

(beeping)

Hugo doesn't know!

Mr. Ratburn finally stumped him.

Hacivat.

The name of the other puppet
was Hacivat.

(cheering)

(chair moves)

Well, Hugo, I guess...
you win.

BRAIN:
Wait!

You were right!

The man responsible
for building

the first steam-powered sawmill
in Elwood City

was Jacob Katzenellenbogan!

But Hugo said...

I found a copy
of the Elwood City Gazette

from the day
the sawmill opened.

Here it clearly states
that Jacob Katzenellenbogan

was the owner and man
behind the project.

But in the caption, it
misidentifies Francis Wheaton,

the architect, as the owner.

That's probably why Hugo
made the mistake.

(Hugo beeps)

That is incorrect, Alan.

I am not capable
of making mistakes.

I thought you might
say that.

That's why I looked for Jacob's
last living descendant.

Hugo, meet Alfred
Katzenellenbogan.

Here's a document

that proves my great-uncle
was the man

who had that mill built.

That man must not be

Alfred
Katzenellenbogan.

What?!

Take it back, Flat-Face!

It's all right.

I can handle this.

Hugo, I'm afraid
it's time to admit

that you are not % accurate.

Let's discuss this
calmly, Nigel,

but I can give you my complete
assurance that I'm...

(rapid beeping)

Hands on User Gringle
on-Schmoopy.

I seem to be getting slow...er.

♪ Daisy, Daisy,
give me your answer... ♪

Oh...

Good-bye, Nigel.

(expl*si*n)

(students cheering)

Mr. Ratburn won!

MR. RATBURN:
Class, class,

it's not as if
it were a competition.

Mr. Katzenellenbogan,
would you share

some of your memories
of early Elwood City with us?

I'd be delighted.

Once, my great-uncle took me
on a tour of that sawmill.

The noise was so loud
I stuck cotton in my ears...

And now...

My name is Jaden, and this is
my third-grade class.

And that's our teacher,
Miss Jones,

and this is our interactive
whiteboard.

It's connected to the computer.

I don't like when the
whiteboard's smarter than I am.

Miss Jones kind of knows how to
use the interactive whiteboard.

We're all set.

(class cheering)

JADEN:
We're studying pioneers,

so we were doing
a big trivia game

on our interactive whiteboard.

What do they call cowboys
in Spanish?

A. Vaqueros, B. Adobe,
C. Farmer, or D. Spaniards.

TEAM:
We think it's A.

MISS JONES:
Yes, that is correct.

(cheering)

The pioneers were people
from a long time ago

who went from the eastern part
of America

down to the western part
of America.

This group of kids

came up with the questions
for the trivia game.

Why do people choose
to settle in the West?

Then we return them
to Miss Jones

and she'll type them
onto the computer

and the computer will tell them
to the interactive whiteboard.

And then there was two teams.

We'd read the question

and then we'd tap the right
answer that we thought it was.

MISS JONES:
Awesome, you are right.

The first picture round was
the pioneer school room.

We had to take out the things
that did not belong.

If you want to drag something,
you use your finger

and you slide it
wherever you want.

JADEN:
It's bigger than a computer,

so you can do more on it

with more people
than you can do with a computer.

So you have your wagon, and
you're packing up to move west.

They need tools.

JADEN:
We had to put the right stuff
in the wagon to go west.

I think they would take

the rocking chair.

Fantastic.

We're going to do the violin.

MISS JONES:
Yes, correct.

(cheering)

JADEN:
Using the interactive whiteboard

made learning about pioneers
more fun.

And now...

DW is not the most patient
person in the world.

To see what I mean,

all you have to do is bake
cookies with her.

DW:
Are they ready?

Are they ready?

Are they ready?

Are they ready?

Are they ready?

(sizzling)

Careful,
they're still hot!

(blowing rapidly)

And to see how really
impatient she is,

all you have to do is go
on a car ride with her.

DW:
Are we there yet?

ARTHUR:
No.

DW:
How about now?

No.

Now?

DW!

And holidays are the worst.

Presents, presents, presents!

ARTHUR:
DW!

You have to wait till
Mom and Dad get up.

Another time DW gets really
impatient is when...

DW:
Is the show starting?

Not yet.

Why not?

This opening
is going on forever.

Make it start now!

Just a few more
grains of...

Now, now, now!

(kids laughing)

Alfred, I said wear a "tie,"
not a pie!

(laughing)

I can never figure out

why they find that picture box
so amusing.

Neither can I.

It's a completely meaningless
display of sounds and images.

It can't be good for you.

I know!

Let's distract them
with the noise box!

(laughing)

Okay, it's my TV time.

No, it isn't!

Is too!

And you're too old
to watch Alfred!

(both groaning)

ARTHUR:
Dark Bunny was a rerun!

Hey, this is better
than the show.

(piano playing)

Mei Lin can play
the piano?

Just a few notes.

But that's not all...

Say hello.

Heh-whoa!

And watch this.

Push the lever, Mei Lin.

(burps)

(giggles)

See?

She's a genius,
just like her older brother.

Wow, that's amazing!

I wonder if Kate
can do those things.

Say "hello," Kate.

Come on, say "hello."

(speaking gibberish)

What on Earth is she doing?

I don't know.

She seems to be having
some sort of fit.

Ahh!

There.

That snapped her out of it.

Good thinking, Kate.

DW:
Come on, Kate.

Just one wave.

Like this.

(sighs)

(sheep bleating)

Arthur, we have
a problem.

I think Kate's broken.

What?

I spent half an hour
doing this to her...

And you know what she did?

Nothing!

She didn't even burp.

She'll do all that stuff
when she's ready.

Kate's just fine.

But what if she isn't?

What if she turns out like you?

What's that
supposed to mean?

Oh, you wouldn't understand.

ARTHUR:
I turned out pretty well.

DW:
"Pretty well" isn't good enough.

It's only good enough
for people like you.

Kate, something's definitely
the matter with DW.

I was thinking the same thing.

She stood over me
going like this...

For what seemed
like forever.

What do you think
is wrong with her?

Let's see,

it all started when Mei Lin
played the noise box...

(piano notes)

(eerie music)

(electricity flowing)

(speaking gibberish)

Hmm...

(pop)

Curious.

If that's the case,

then perhaps a different set
of sounds can make her better.

Capital idea.

Let's try it out.

Thanks for coming, Brain.

I just need to know
if Kate's

above average,
below average, or...

just average-average.

I'm happy to.

Child development
is fascinating!

I've always wondered
what stopped my peers' brains

from developing as mine did.

This simple peg board is
for measuring intelligence.

All you have to do is put
the peg into the right hole.

Like so.

Kate...

(speaking gibberish)

I think she wants me
to put this thing in the hole.

What on Earth for?

I don't know.

She must be having
one of her fits.

Now's the time
to try out our theory!

See if a series
of sounds cures her.

(banging)

No.

No, that's all wrong!

You want to...

Here, try this triangle one.

(banging)

(gasps)

Huh?

(louder banging)

She failed, didn't she?

Oh no!

My poor little sister!

Oh dear.

That didn't work, did it?

I'll say.

It's only one test, DW.

Hardly conclusive.

Let's do some Object
Permanence experiments.

What's that?

Most babies think that
if they can't see an object,

it doesn't exist.

Advanced children tend
to know it's still there.

(speaking gibberish)

Why'd he put the ball
behind his back?

But are you sure
it's behind his back?

Could it be...

Right here!

Oh, Pal!

(laughing)

Too true!

How can anyone say for sure
where a thing really is?

(speaking gibberish)

Ahh!

Poor child!

Don't worry, Kate.

We will get
to the bottom of this!

We'll give her lessons:
blocks, peek-a-boo, easy words.

I want that girl talking
one week from today!

It might be hard.

She is only one year old.

So?

What do you think I was doing
when I was one?

Beats me.

You didn't invent me
until you were three.

I'll tell you what I was doing:

studying, working,
and studying some more!

At least, I think
that's what I was doing.

I don't really remember.

But I turned out
like this somehow.

And now Kate needs me!

DW needs me!

But it could be ages

until we find the right
combination of sounds.

There must be something else
that can cure her!

But what?

I don't know, Pal.

But I'll find it.

She's my sister.

I can't see her suffer
like this.

(whining)

(doorbell rings)

Very good, Mei Lin!

And how does a lion roar?

(roars)

(roars back)

(roars)

Come on, Kate!

Roar with me!

(roars)

No?

How about the pig?

(oinking)

(meowing)

(roaring)

(crowing like a rooster)

KATE:
It gets worse
every day.

Can you help us, Mei Lin?

Whenever Binky behaves oddly,
I tend to copy him

and for some reason
that seems to calm him down.

(still making noises)

I wouldn't know
where to begin.

Oh, let's give the cat
the pig legs!

Cats are very piggy,
after all.

MEI LIN:
I like it!

(laughing)

Oh that's rich!

DW:
No, Kate,
the pig bottom

goes with the pig top.

Here, let me show you.

Would you just
leave her alone already?

Don't listen to Arthur, Kate.

You know I'm just trying
to help you, don't you?

Actually, Arthur's right.

Sometimes babies do
the most amazing things

when you just ignore them.

(beeping)

(laughing)

Kate, I'm just going
to ignore you now,

but it's not because
I don't care, okay?

(sighs)

Oh, how old is your baby?

Seventeen.

And she's my sister.

Ahh!

(giggling in a deep voice)

Oh!

(speaking gibberish)

(making animal calls)

(crowing)

Woof! Oink! Roar!

KATE:
She's my older sister.

Down, DW!

Heel!

I just want you to know...

I'll always love you, Kate.

Ee joon winto gobbo...

(sniffles)

ah bobbays loop noo,

Dee Dubba Wu.

(gasps)

You just said my name!

You said DW!

Dee Dubba Wu.

You are a genius!

(kissing)

Hey, everyone,
Kate just said my name!

She said my name!

What just happened?

I think I just cured DW.

How?

Did you bang the spoon
against the high chair?

Or hypnotize her?

No.

I just copied the way
her mouth moved.

You know, Kate,
don't take this personally

but people are the most
illogical, strange

and frustrating creatures
on the planet.

Still, they do know how to make
a top-notch ham-bone.

(chewing)

♪ ♪

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