04x01 - Bugging Out/Eager Beavers
Posted: 10/02/22 09:35
both: ♪ If you're a kid
with powers ♪
♪ Then where's
the place to be? ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
♪ If you have super strength ♪
♪ And can lift
a ton or three ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
man: ♪ If your power
lets you fly ♪
- ♪ You're like me,
Lucita Sky ♪
woman: ♪ Like to help out
when there's trouble? ♪
- ♪ Oh, you bet,
I'm Benny Bubbles! ♪
man:
♪ Teleport in no time flat? ♪
- ♪ Sara Snap can,
just like that! ♪
woman: ♪ Use super tools
to save the day? ♪
- ♪ Like AJ Gadgets,
I'm on my way! ♪
both:
♪ How do they save the day? ♪
all: ♪ Well,
the scientific fact is ♪
♪ They use
all kinds of powers ♪
♪ They just need
a little more ♪
man: Practice!
both: ♪ If you're a future
hero, come and you will see ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
[bell rings]
Mr. Sparks:
Hero Elementary,
the perfect place
for freeze training...
[ice crackles]
♪ ♪
[both laughing]
Stretching routines...
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
Mr. Sparks:
And of course, gadget testing.
- Stand back, everyone.
I will now test
my latest gadget,
the size changer.
- Wow!
- Ooh-ooh-ooh!
- Whoa.
- Watch as I make
this apple bigger.
[heroic music]
[machine beeps and whirrs]
[zaps]
- Wh--w-wow!
- Whoa!
- That's amazing, AJ!
- [squeaking]
[squeaking happily]
- Wow, that's one big snack.
- Too big.
I'll make it smaller.
[zaps]
- [squeaks]
AJ: Oops!
I made it too small.
- It's adorable!
- [squeaks]
[chomping]
- I guess I need
a little more practice.
- All great heroes
need practice.
I'll get more apples.
- Hmm, what else
can I make big?
[pondering music]
- How 'bout something
really small?
[gasps]
Like a spider!
- [screams]
- [gasps]
- Oh, no!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
- Whoa, what just happened?
Oof!
- Oh, no.
My size changer made us small.
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
- Students!
Students?
Wh--where are they?
- [squeaks]
[squeaking explanatorily]
- Ah, maybe they went back
to the classroom.
- [squeaking groan]
♪ ♪
- What are we gonna do?
- We can fix this.
Right, AJ?
- Yes.
We just need to find
the size changer
so we can get back
to normal size.
[all gasping]
[dramatic musical sting]
Uh, finding it could be harder
than I thought.
- Hey, maybe we can use our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
- Let's start by observing.
Look around and see
if there's anything
that can help us.
Come on!
- Hmm.
All I see are tall weeds,
big rocks.
♪ ♪
And a giant ladybug!
[shudders]
- It's okay, AJ.
Ladybugs are super cool.
Look.
It has hidden wings!
- Ah!
- I bet it can see a lot
from up there.
- Hey, if I fly up there
like the ladybug,
maybe I can see
where the size changer is.
- Great idea!
- But you don't like
to fly high.
- Um, it's not too high.
It's just above the grass.
[adventurous music]
Whoa!
♪ ♪
I see it!
Right next to some flowers!
[gulps]
Just above the grass
is a lot higher than I thought.
Whoa!
- Oh, no!
- I got her, I got her!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Oof!
- Gotcha!
- Thanks, Sara.
- Now let's go get
my size changer
so we can make ourselves
big again.
- It's over that way,
but there's a lot of things
between here and there.
- We got this.
After all, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
♪ ♪
all: Sparks' Crew
to the rescue!
♪ ♪
- To our own rescue!
- [laughs]
Let's go.
- [squeaks]
- Students!
Where are you?
- [squeaks]
- Oh, maybe they're playing
hide and seek with me.
[laughs]
Okay, class.
Come out,
come out, wherever you are!
[squeaks exasperatedly]
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
This way, team.
[all grunting]
- Whoa!
[cricket chirping]
- Hey, what's that sound?
- It's coming from...
[gasps]
In there.
[chirping gets louder]
It's getting louder.
[chirping continues]
- Ah!
Another kind of insect!
- [laughs]
A cricket!
They're so cool.
Check it out!
They rub their wings together
to make noise.
[cricket chirping]
- Ugh, it's too loud
when we're this small.
Ah.
- At least you can always
tell where they are.
[laughs]
Wow!
Crickets have
powerful legs too.
- [shouting] Whoa!
They can jump really high.
Like you, Benny!
- Oh, hey.
Yeah.
Hup!
Look at me.
Aw, yeah!
I'm a cricket.
[imitates chirping]
[laughs]
Cricket, cricket!
- [squeaks]
[cricket chirps]
- [laughing]
- [squeaks]
[squeaks]
[curious music]
[squeaks questioningly]
[all laughing]
- Hoppity hop!
♪ ♪
Benny: I can see the flowers
and the size changer.
We're getting closer!
Sara: Look out!
- Ah!
[thump]
- Oh, no!
Benny!
- I'm okay.
- Uh, what is that?
- Ooh, it's an ant.
- That makes one, two, three
different kinds of insects
that live here.
- Wow!
- How can it lift
something so big?
- Ants are super strong.
- Wow.
Just like you, Sara.
♪ ♪
Lucita: Ooh, where's it going?
We'll need to get across.
- Well, insects have all
different ways of moving
and so do we.
- Yes!
I shall jump across
like a cricket.
- And I will fly across
like a ladybug.
- Me too!
[heroic music]
♪ ♪
- And I'll use my strength
like an ant.
[grunts]
Whoa-oa-oa-ah!
♪ ♪
- Come on, Sparks' Crew!
♪ ♪
- We're almost there.
♪ ♪
Or not.
- Now that is one big puddle.
Benny: Huh.
Looks like a lake to me.
all: Ah!
- What are those?
- Water skippers.
They have special feet
that let them glide on water.
- Wow, Sara.
You really know
a lot about insects.
- Yeah!
That's one,
two, three, four
different kinds of insects
that live here!
[zapping]
- Come on!
[lighthearted music]
- Wha--oh.
Uh, wait!
It's too big
for me to bounce over.
- Uh, thought projecting!
Hmm, maybe you can
use your bubbles
to glide like
the water skippers.
- Yeah! Good idea.
[adventurous music]
Whee!
[laughs]
Ah-ah-ah-ah!
[screaming]
all: [shouting]
Benny: Oof!
all: Whoa!
- [grunts]
I'm okay.
- The size changer has
to be around here somewhere.
all: Hmm...
- Huh?
Oh, wow!
[awestruck music]
Sara: A spider web!
And there's the spider.
See it swinging?
Spiders are great builders.
- Kind of like...
me.
So many insects that live here.
Some that fly...
[wings fluttering]
Some that crawl...
some that make sounds...
[cricket chirping]
And even some
that glide on water!
And they're all so amazing.
[heavy thudding]
[all shout]
- Uh...
[thud]
What's that?
[suspenseful music]
[thudding continues]
♪ ♪
- [squeaks happily]
all: Fur Blur!
- You're huge!
- Yeah, but still adorable.
- Hmm.
[gasps]
Look!
My size changer!
- We found it!
- Let's go!
[groovy music]
♪ ♪
- What's this?
AJ's size changer.
Oh, no!
Students?
Did you shrink?
Where are you?
- Oh.
He's going the wrong way.
- Uh, how do we stop him?
A- Uh, thought projecting!
[thought zapping]
What if we do what crickets do
and make a lot of noise?
They can be really loud.
- Yeah,
and if we're loud enough,
maybe Mr. Sparks
will hear us.
- Let's do this.
[determined music]
[noisy banging]
- ¿Qué?
- He heard us!
Now we just have to get him
to see us.
- [gasps]
[dramatic music]
[heroic music]
♪ ♪
[device beeps]
- Ah!
♪ ♪
Mr. Sparks!
Mr. Sparks!
- Ah!
[dramatic music]
- No!
- [gasps]
Oh, no!
- [squeaks]
♪ ♪
- Whew.
Thanks, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks happily]
- There you all are.
I was beginning to get worried.
I--oh, hold on.
I'll get you
back to normal size.
Let's see.
Uh...
oh, how does this thing work?
[adventurous music]
[machine beeps]
[zaps]
- Whoo-hoo!
Yay!
- Whoo!
- Oh, thank you!
- What a relief!
- [squeaks happily]
- Oh, I'm so glad
you're all okay. [chuckles]
What was it like down there?
- Amazing.
There were ladybugs
and crickets
and ants and water skippers
and spiders!
And they could all do
incredible things.
- And by acting like them,
we found our way back to you.
- Fantástico!
- I wonder what else
we could learn down there.
Maybe we should go back?
all: No!
[all laughing]
Mr. Sparks:
So remember, heroes,
the next time you see
a little critter,
don't bug out.
It may just give you
a big idea.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary! ♪
Mr. Sparks: The school day
was just about to start,
and my students were ready
to sharpen up
on their hero skills.
- [squeaks happily]
AJ: Ah!
Just eat the carrot,
not my fingers.
Okay, Fur Blur?
- [squeaks agreeably]
- [laughs]
- Ooh, cool pictures.
Did you take these?
- My abuelita did.
See?
That's my grandmother.
She's a great photographer.
- What a beautiful place.
Lucita:
It's our favorite spot.
Mr. Sparks: Your abuelita
is such a good photographer,
I can almost hear the water
in this stream.
- [laughs]
[alarm dinging]
- The Sparkinator!
Benny: Oh, no!
That woman's bag is in the wate!
- [gasps]
That's Abuelita!
She needs help!
- All right.
Who's the crew
who knows what to do?
[heroic music]
all: Sparks' Crew
to the rescue!
♪ ♪
[zaps]
♪ ♪
[zaps]
- There she is.
Abuelita!
♪ ♪
- Lucita!
My camera bag!
- Don't worry, Abuelita.
We'll get it.
Come on, team!
♪ ♪
- Got it!
Whoa-oh-oh-oh!
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
[grunts with effort]
Oof!
Ooh!
- Bubble up!
♪ ♪
- Awesome.
- Thanks, Sara!
Here you go.
- Gracias mi amor.
[smooching]
Oh, I am so glad you came.
Ay, and brought friends.
[zaps]
- The Sparks' Crew is always
willing to help, ma'am.
- If I was younger, I would
have gone after it myself.
[sighs]
I used to fly,
but I'm a bit
out of practice now.
- [gasps]
Wait.
Is this our favorite spot?
- Sí.
- But it's all covered
in water!
What happened?
- Last time we were here,
this was a fast-moving stream,
remember?
[curious music]
AJ: Now it's more like a pond.
- At least we still have
our favorite bench.
- Ah, yes.
Our bench with a view...
both: And room for two.
- We always sit here together.
- But, if the water
keeps getting higher,
we might not be able
to sit here anymore.
- Team,
we have to save the stream
and get it back
to the way it was.
- Yes!
Wait.
How?
- I'm not sure,
but maybe we
can figure it out using our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
Let's start by investigating.
We need to find out
what's making the water
come up so high.
- And what turned a narrow
stream into this wide pond.
- Hmm.
I know!
Why don't we look around
and observe?
You know,
see what we can notice?
- Good idea.
- And I will take some photos
of the great stream rescue.
- Great.
Let's go team!
[heroic music]
[camera shutter clicking]
♪ ♪
[zaps]
♪ ♪
- Huh?
Sara, I noticed something!
[zaps]
- Oh.
- There are lots of trees
on the ground here.
- I wonder how
they all fell down.
[curious music]
- Hmm.
They were chewed.
- Chewed?
How do you know?
- Thought projecting.
When Fur Blur eats a carrot,
she chews it
until it kind of looks kind of
like the shape of these trees.
- Oh, yeah.
I can see the bite marks.
So something chewed
on these trees
until they fell down?
- And chewed
the branches off too.
- So where did
all the branches go?
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
Hey, look what I noticed!
♪ ♪
- The stream is blocked.
- You're right!
The water can't get through.
[device beeps]
Team, we found
a bunch of branches
piled up in the water.
- Branches?
We're on our way!
[zaps]
[zaps]
- See?
Those branches
are blocking the stream,
and the water
has nowhere to go.
So it spreads out
and gets higher and higher.
- [gasps]
Oh, no!
I see a fuzzy animal
in trouble.
It's surrounded by water!
- Hmm.
Ay!
It's a beaver!
[camera shutter clicks]
- It must be stuck out there
on that pile of branches!
[zaps]
- More branches?
- We must rescue it!
- Okay, new plan.
First we'll save the beaver.
Then we save the stream.
- Fear not, my furry friend.
Help is on the way!
- I got this.
[zaps]
I'll just make a bridge
with this log.
[grunting]
- Whoa!
- Wah!
- Whoa!
- Wah-ah!
Ah!
Oof!
[dramatic music]
[quirky music]
Oops.
- [gasps]
Look, it's swimming!
Benny: Huh, I guess it didn't
need rescuing after all.
[camera shutter clicks]
- It's a good little swimmer.
[slow music]
Sara: It's not too speedy
on land though.
Benny: Hey, are you observing
what I'm observing?
- That beaver
is chewing a tree.
So it must've been beavers that
chewed down all those trees.
- But why?
- Look!
More beavers!
They're using the branches
to block up the stream.
- And look!
That beaver's adding
a branch to that pile.
- That one's got
a funny-looking branch.
Abuelita: That's not a branch.
[gasps]
That's my camera stand!
- Oh!
New plan!
First we save the camera stand.
Then we save the stream.
- I'll get it.
[heroic music]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
♪ ♪
Ah!
Ooh!
[grunts, sighs]
Here you go.
- Ay, gracias.
- So why do beavers pile up
the branches like that?
- We need more information.
- Oh, I have a book
about wildlife.
It's back on the bench.
Vámonos.
♪ ♪
Okay.
Hmm.
Ba, ba, ba.
Ay!
This says beavers
chew down trees
and use the branches
to block the water.
Lucita: Then they use other
branches to build their homes.
Benny:
So that's a beaver's home?
- Maybe my Scope-a-Tron
can help me see inside.
[curious music]
[device beeps]
[machine beeps]
It is a home!
There are beavers
living in there.
♪ ♪
Sara: And they have
secret underwater tunnels.
AJ: Beavers are
incredible engineers.
- But why would
they build their home
in the middle of the water?
- Maybe it's to keep them safe.
- From what?
- [gasps]
From things like that!
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
A fox!
New plan!
- Save the beaver?
- Right.
Let's go!
[zaps]
Get outta here, fox!
- Shoo!
- Get out! Go!
- Shoo, fox!
- Shoo!
- Bubble up!
Aw, I guess one bubble
wasn't enough!
- Go, go!
- Shoo, fox!
- Outta here!
- Shoo!
- Let's try more!
[heroic music]
[laughs]
Yeah!
[awkward music]
[groans]
[zaps]
- Shoo, shoo!
Leave that beaver alone!
Aw.
[zaps]
[camera shutter clicks]
[water sloshes]
- Oh?
Oh, no.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- [groans]
- Oh, no!
- No, no, no, no.
♪ ♪
Benny: Oh, phew!
That beaver
warned the other one
by slapping its tail
on the water.
[curious music]
♪ ♪
[machine beeps]
- Now they're safe
inside their home.
Abuelita: Lucita!
Help me!
- Abuelita!
- Oh, dear.
[suspenseful music]
- Come on.
Let's get you out of here.
- How?
- Do you think you could fly?
- Oh, I haven't used
those powers in a long time.
I'm not sure I can fly.
- We'll do it together.
- Okay, okay.
- Here we go!
- [gasps] Ooh.
Ooh, I--oh!
[grunting]
Oh, uh...
oh, dear.
[triumphant music]
Oh! [laughs]
I'm doing it!
[laughs]
I'm doing it!
I've still got it!
[laughs]
Wow!
- Hey, she's flying!
- Oh! Ay!
This is wonderful.
[laughing]
- Nice!
- Whoo-hoo!
- [laughs]
Way to go!
- [laughs triumphantly]
Gracias, mi amor.
Ay.
Those beavers made
some big changes to this place.
Lucita: Yes.
The beavers need this pond
to live in and to stay safe.
I guess sometimes being a hero
means...
[chuckles]
Doing nothing.
- Sometimes, but you didn't
exactly do nothing.
You saved my camera bag
and my camera stand,
and you helped me fly again.
[zaps]
- That was pretty awesome.
- You know,
there is one small change
we could make to this place.
- Oh?
What's that?
- [whispers unintelligibly]
- I'm on it.
[zaps]
[zaps]
- Oh, very good!
- See?
We can still have
our bench with a view...
both: And room for two.
- Or maybe even more?
- Sí.
Everyone squeeze in!
I'll show you the pictures
I took of my little heroes.
Benny: Ooh!
[fun music]
Sara: Aw.
AJ: [laughs]
Mr. Sparks: So even though
the beavers changed
a lot about the area,
what will never change is how
proud I am of my students.
And that's
a picture-perfect ending.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
- Time to learn
How to Hero!
Hey, you!
Yes, that means you.
Let's go hero,
using your Superpowers
of Science.
Today's superpower is...
The power to explain.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You found a mystery ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ What clues do you see? ♪
♪ Can you figure out a way ♪
♪ To use your evidence
to explain? ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ Use what you know ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ Why do you think so? ♪
♪ Yeah, you could
save the day ♪
♪ Save the day
when you explain ♪
♪ When you explain ♪
♪ Tell others what you found ♪
♪ So you can figure out ♪
♪ How to save the day ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You found my evidence ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You can try again ♪
♪ You're a hero
when you say ♪
♪ You can really explain ♪
♪ When you explain ♪
♪ Tell others what you found
so you can figure out ♪
♪ How to save the day ♪
♪ Can you explain? ♪
- ♪ Can you explain? ♪
- ♪ Can you explain? ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
with powers ♪
♪ Then where's
the place to be? ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
♪ If you have super strength ♪
♪ And can lift
a ton or three ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
man: ♪ If your power
lets you fly ♪
- ♪ You're like me,
Lucita Sky ♪
woman: ♪ Like to help out
when there's trouble? ♪
- ♪ Oh, you bet,
I'm Benny Bubbles! ♪
man:
♪ Teleport in no time flat? ♪
- ♪ Sara Snap can,
just like that! ♪
woman: ♪ Use super tools
to save the day? ♪
- ♪ Like AJ Gadgets,
I'm on my way! ♪
both:
♪ How do they save the day? ♪
all: ♪ Well,
the scientific fact is ♪
♪ They use
all kinds of powers ♪
♪ They just need
a little more ♪
man: Practice!
both: ♪ If you're a future
hero, come and you will see ♪
♪ You belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
[bell rings]
Mr. Sparks:
Hero Elementary,
the perfect place
for freeze training...
[ice crackles]
♪ ♪
[both laughing]
Stretching routines...
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
Mr. Sparks:
And of course, gadget testing.
- Stand back, everyone.
I will now test
my latest gadget,
the size changer.
- Wow!
- Ooh-ooh-ooh!
- Whoa.
- Watch as I make
this apple bigger.
[heroic music]
[machine beeps and whirrs]
[zaps]
- Wh--w-wow!
- Whoa!
- That's amazing, AJ!
- [squeaking]
[squeaking happily]
- Wow, that's one big snack.
- Too big.
I'll make it smaller.
[zaps]
- [squeaks]
AJ: Oops!
I made it too small.
- It's adorable!
- [squeaks]
[chomping]
- I guess I need
a little more practice.
- All great heroes
need practice.
I'll get more apples.
- Hmm, what else
can I make big?
[pondering music]
- How 'bout something
really small?
[gasps]
Like a spider!
- [screams]
- [gasps]
- Oh, no!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
- Whoa, what just happened?
Oof!
- Oh, no.
My size changer made us small.
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
- Students!
Students?
Wh--where are they?
- [squeaks]
[squeaking explanatorily]
- Ah, maybe they went back
to the classroom.
- [squeaking groan]
♪ ♪
- What are we gonna do?
- We can fix this.
Right, AJ?
- Yes.
We just need to find
the size changer
so we can get back
to normal size.
[all gasping]
[dramatic musical sting]
Uh, finding it could be harder
than I thought.
- Hey, maybe we can use our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
- Let's start by observing.
Look around and see
if there's anything
that can help us.
Come on!
- Hmm.
All I see are tall weeds,
big rocks.
♪ ♪
And a giant ladybug!
[shudders]
- It's okay, AJ.
Ladybugs are super cool.
Look.
It has hidden wings!
- Ah!
- I bet it can see a lot
from up there.
- Hey, if I fly up there
like the ladybug,
maybe I can see
where the size changer is.
- Great idea!
- But you don't like
to fly high.
- Um, it's not too high.
It's just above the grass.
[adventurous music]
Whoa!
♪ ♪
I see it!
Right next to some flowers!
[gulps]
Just above the grass
is a lot higher than I thought.
Whoa!
- Oh, no!
- I got her, I got her!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Oof!
- Gotcha!
- Thanks, Sara.
- Now let's go get
my size changer
so we can make ourselves
big again.
- It's over that way,
but there's a lot of things
between here and there.
- We got this.
After all, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
♪ ♪
all: Sparks' Crew
to the rescue!
♪ ♪
- To our own rescue!
- [laughs]
Let's go.
- [squeaks]
- Students!
Where are you?
- [squeaks]
- Oh, maybe they're playing
hide and seek with me.
[laughs]
Okay, class.
Come out,
come out, wherever you are!
[squeaks exasperatedly]
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
This way, team.
[all grunting]
- Whoa!
[cricket chirping]
- Hey, what's that sound?
- It's coming from...
[gasps]
In there.
[chirping gets louder]
It's getting louder.
[chirping continues]
- Ah!
Another kind of insect!
- [laughs]
A cricket!
They're so cool.
Check it out!
They rub their wings together
to make noise.
[cricket chirping]
- Ugh, it's too loud
when we're this small.
Ah.
- At least you can always
tell where they are.
[laughs]
Wow!
Crickets have
powerful legs too.
- [shouting] Whoa!
They can jump really high.
Like you, Benny!
- Oh, hey.
Yeah.
Hup!
Look at me.
Aw, yeah!
I'm a cricket.
[imitates chirping]
[laughs]
Cricket, cricket!
- [squeaks]
[cricket chirps]
- [laughing]
- [squeaks]
[squeaks]
[curious music]
[squeaks questioningly]
[all laughing]
- Hoppity hop!
♪ ♪
Benny: I can see the flowers
and the size changer.
We're getting closer!
Sara: Look out!
- Ah!
[thump]
- Oh, no!
Benny!
- I'm okay.
- Uh, what is that?
- Ooh, it's an ant.
- That makes one, two, three
different kinds of insects
that live here.
- Wow!
- How can it lift
something so big?
- Ants are super strong.
- Wow.
Just like you, Sara.
♪ ♪
Lucita: Ooh, where's it going?
We'll need to get across.
- Well, insects have all
different ways of moving
and so do we.
- Yes!
I shall jump across
like a cricket.
- And I will fly across
like a ladybug.
- Me too!
[heroic music]
♪ ♪
- And I'll use my strength
like an ant.
[grunts]
Whoa-oa-oa-ah!
♪ ♪
- Come on, Sparks' Crew!
♪ ♪
- We're almost there.
♪ ♪
Or not.
- Now that is one big puddle.
Benny: Huh.
Looks like a lake to me.
all: Ah!
- What are those?
- Water skippers.
They have special feet
that let them glide on water.
- Wow, Sara.
You really know
a lot about insects.
- Yeah!
That's one,
two, three, four
different kinds of insects
that live here!
[zapping]
- Come on!
[lighthearted music]
- Wha--oh.
Uh, wait!
It's too big
for me to bounce over.
- Uh, thought projecting!
Hmm, maybe you can
use your bubbles
to glide like
the water skippers.
- Yeah! Good idea.
[adventurous music]
Whee!
[laughs]
Ah-ah-ah-ah!
[screaming]
all: [shouting]
Benny: Oof!
all: Whoa!
- [grunts]
I'm okay.
- The size changer has
to be around here somewhere.
all: Hmm...
- Huh?
Oh, wow!
[awestruck music]
Sara: A spider web!
And there's the spider.
See it swinging?
Spiders are great builders.
- Kind of like...
me.
So many insects that live here.
Some that fly...
[wings fluttering]
Some that crawl...
some that make sounds...
[cricket chirping]
And even some
that glide on water!
And they're all so amazing.
[heavy thudding]
[all shout]
- Uh...
[thud]
What's that?
[suspenseful music]
[thudding continues]
♪ ♪
- [squeaks happily]
all: Fur Blur!
- You're huge!
- Yeah, but still adorable.
- Hmm.
[gasps]
Look!
My size changer!
- We found it!
- Let's go!
[groovy music]
♪ ♪
- What's this?
AJ's size changer.
Oh, no!
Students?
Did you shrink?
Where are you?
- Oh.
He's going the wrong way.
- Uh, how do we stop him?
A- Uh, thought projecting!
[thought zapping]
What if we do what crickets do
and make a lot of noise?
They can be really loud.
- Yeah,
and if we're loud enough,
maybe Mr. Sparks
will hear us.
- Let's do this.
[determined music]
[noisy banging]
- ¿Qué?
- He heard us!
Now we just have to get him
to see us.
- [gasps]
[dramatic music]
[heroic music]
♪ ♪
[device beeps]
- Ah!
♪ ♪
Mr. Sparks!
Mr. Sparks!
- Ah!
[dramatic music]
- No!
- [gasps]
Oh, no!
- [squeaks]
♪ ♪
- Whew.
Thanks, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks happily]
- There you all are.
I was beginning to get worried.
I--oh, hold on.
I'll get you
back to normal size.
Let's see.
Uh...
oh, how does this thing work?
[adventurous music]
[machine beeps]
[zaps]
- Whoo-hoo!
Yay!
- Whoo!
- Oh, thank you!
- What a relief!
- [squeaks happily]
- Oh, I'm so glad
you're all okay. [chuckles]
What was it like down there?
- Amazing.
There were ladybugs
and crickets
and ants and water skippers
and spiders!
And they could all do
incredible things.
- And by acting like them,
we found our way back to you.
- Fantástico!
- I wonder what else
we could learn down there.
Maybe we should go back?
all: No!
[all laughing]
Mr. Sparks:
So remember, heroes,
the next time you see
a little critter,
don't bug out.
It may just give you
a big idea.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary! ♪
Mr. Sparks: The school day
was just about to start,
and my students were ready
to sharpen up
on their hero skills.
- [squeaks happily]
AJ: Ah!
Just eat the carrot,
not my fingers.
Okay, Fur Blur?
- [squeaks agreeably]
- [laughs]
- Ooh, cool pictures.
Did you take these?
- My abuelita did.
See?
That's my grandmother.
She's a great photographer.
- What a beautiful place.
Lucita:
It's our favorite spot.
Mr. Sparks: Your abuelita
is such a good photographer,
I can almost hear the water
in this stream.
- [laughs]
[alarm dinging]
- The Sparkinator!
Benny: Oh, no!
That woman's bag is in the wate!
- [gasps]
That's Abuelita!
She needs help!
- All right.
Who's the crew
who knows what to do?
[heroic music]
all: Sparks' Crew
to the rescue!
♪ ♪
[zaps]
♪ ♪
[zaps]
- There she is.
Abuelita!
♪ ♪
- Lucita!
My camera bag!
- Don't worry, Abuelita.
We'll get it.
Come on, team!
♪ ♪
- Got it!
Whoa-oh-oh-oh!
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
[grunts with effort]
Oof!
Ooh!
- Bubble up!
♪ ♪
- Awesome.
- Thanks, Sara!
Here you go.
- Gracias mi amor.
[smooching]
Oh, I am so glad you came.
Ay, and brought friends.
[zaps]
- The Sparks' Crew is always
willing to help, ma'am.
- If I was younger, I would
have gone after it myself.
[sighs]
I used to fly,
but I'm a bit
out of practice now.
- [gasps]
Wait.
Is this our favorite spot?
- Sí.
- But it's all covered
in water!
What happened?
- Last time we were here,
this was a fast-moving stream,
remember?
[curious music]
AJ: Now it's more like a pond.
- At least we still have
our favorite bench.
- Ah, yes.
Our bench with a view...
both: And room for two.
- We always sit here together.
- But, if the water
keeps getting higher,
we might not be able
to sit here anymore.
- Team,
we have to save the stream
and get it back
to the way it was.
- Yes!
Wait.
How?
- I'm not sure,
but maybe we
can figure it out using our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
Let's start by investigating.
We need to find out
what's making the water
come up so high.
- And what turned a narrow
stream into this wide pond.
- Hmm.
I know!
Why don't we look around
and observe?
You know,
see what we can notice?
- Good idea.
- And I will take some photos
of the great stream rescue.
- Great.
Let's go team!
[heroic music]
[camera shutter clicking]
♪ ♪
[zaps]
♪ ♪
- Huh?
Sara, I noticed something!
[zaps]
- Oh.
- There are lots of trees
on the ground here.
- I wonder how
they all fell down.
[curious music]
- Hmm.
They were chewed.
- Chewed?
How do you know?
- Thought projecting.
When Fur Blur eats a carrot,
she chews it
until it kind of looks kind of
like the shape of these trees.
- Oh, yeah.
I can see the bite marks.
So something chewed
on these trees
until they fell down?
- And chewed
the branches off too.
- So where did
all the branches go?
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
Hey, look what I noticed!
♪ ♪
- The stream is blocked.
- You're right!
The water can't get through.
[device beeps]
Team, we found
a bunch of branches
piled up in the water.
- Branches?
We're on our way!
[zaps]
[zaps]
- See?
Those branches
are blocking the stream,
and the water
has nowhere to go.
So it spreads out
and gets higher and higher.
- [gasps]
Oh, no!
I see a fuzzy animal
in trouble.
It's surrounded by water!
- Hmm.
Ay!
It's a beaver!
[camera shutter clicks]
- It must be stuck out there
on that pile of branches!
[zaps]
- More branches?
- We must rescue it!
- Okay, new plan.
First we'll save the beaver.
Then we save the stream.
- Fear not, my furry friend.
Help is on the way!
- I got this.
[zaps]
I'll just make a bridge
with this log.
[grunting]
- Whoa!
- Wah!
- Whoa!
- Wah-ah!
Ah!
Oof!
[dramatic music]
[quirky music]
Oops.
- [gasps]
Look, it's swimming!
Benny: Huh, I guess it didn't
need rescuing after all.
[camera shutter clicks]
- It's a good little swimmer.
[slow music]
Sara: It's not too speedy
on land though.
Benny: Hey, are you observing
what I'm observing?
- That beaver
is chewing a tree.
So it must've been beavers that
chewed down all those trees.
- But why?
- Look!
More beavers!
They're using the branches
to block up the stream.
- And look!
That beaver's adding
a branch to that pile.
- That one's got
a funny-looking branch.
Abuelita: That's not a branch.
[gasps]
That's my camera stand!
- Oh!
New plan!
First we save the camera stand.
Then we save the stream.
- I'll get it.
[heroic music]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
♪ ♪
Ah!
Ooh!
[grunts, sighs]
Here you go.
- Ay, gracias.
- So why do beavers pile up
the branches like that?
- We need more information.
- Oh, I have a book
about wildlife.
It's back on the bench.
Vámonos.
♪ ♪
Okay.
Hmm.
Ba, ba, ba.
Ay!
This says beavers
chew down trees
and use the branches
to block the water.
Lucita: Then they use other
branches to build their homes.
Benny:
So that's a beaver's home?
- Maybe my Scope-a-Tron
can help me see inside.
[curious music]
[device beeps]
[machine beeps]
It is a home!
There are beavers
living in there.
♪ ♪
Sara: And they have
secret underwater tunnels.
AJ: Beavers are
incredible engineers.
- But why would
they build their home
in the middle of the water?
- Maybe it's to keep them safe.
- From what?
- [gasps]
From things like that!
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
A fox!
New plan!
- Save the beaver?
- Right.
Let's go!
[zaps]
Get outta here, fox!
- Shoo!
- Get out! Go!
- Shoo, fox!
- Shoo!
- Bubble up!
Aw, I guess one bubble
wasn't enough!
- Go, go!
- Shoo, fox!
- Outta here!
- Shoo!
- Let's try more!
[heroic music]
[laughs]
Yeah!
[awkward music]
[groans]
[zaps]
- Shoo, shoo!
Leave that beaver alone!
Aw.
[zaps]
[camera shutter clicks]
[water sloshes]
- Oh?
Oh, no.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- [groans]
- Oh, no!
- No, no, no, no.
♪ ♪
Benny: Oh, phew!
That beaver
warned the other one
by slapping its tail
on the water.
[curious music]
♪ ♪
[machine beeps]
- Now they're safe
inside their home.
Abuelita: Lucita!
Help me!
- Abuelita!
- Oh, dear.
[suspenseful music]
- Come on.
Let's get you out of here.
- How?
- Do you think you could fly?
- Oh, I haven't used
those powers in a long time.
I'm not sure I can fly.
- We'll do it together.
- Okay, okay.
- Here we go!
- [gasps] Ooh.
Ooh, I--oh!
[grunting]
Oh, uh...
oh, dear.
[triumphant music]
Oh! [laughs]
I'm doing it!
[laughs]
I'm doing it!
I've still got it!
[laughs]
Wow!
- Hey, she's flying!
- Oh! Ay!
This is wonderful.
[laughing]
- Nice!
- Whoo-hoo!
- [laughs]
Way to go!
- [laughs triumphantly]
Gracias, mi amor.
Ay.
Those beavers made
some big changes to this place.
Lucita: Yes.
The beavers need this pond
to live in and to stay safe.
I guess sometimes being a hero
means...
[chuckles]
Doing nothing.
- Sometimes, but you didn't
exactly do nothing.
You saved my camera bag
and my camera stand,
and you helped me fly again.
[zaps]
- That was pretty awesome.
- You know,
there is one small change
we could make to this place.
- Oh?
What's that?
- [whispers unintelligibly]
- I'm on it.
[zaps]
[zaps]
- Oh, very good!
- See?
We can still have
our bench with a view...
both: And room for two.
- Or maybe even more?
- Sí.
Everyone squeeze in!
I'll show you the pictures
I took of my little heroes.
Benny: Ooh!
[fun music]
Sara: Aw.
AJ: [laughs]
Mr. Sparks: So even though
the beavers changed
a lot about the area,
what will never change is how
proud I am of my students.
And that's
a picture-perfect ending.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
- Time to learn
How to Hero!
Hey, you!
Yes, that means you.
Let's go hero,
using your Superpowers
of Science.
Today's superpower is...
The power to explain.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You found a mystery ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ What clues do you see? ♪
♪ Can you figure out a way ♪
♪ To use your evidence
to explain? ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ Use what you know ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ Why do you think so? ♪
♪ Yeah, you could
save the day ♪
♪ Save the day
when you explain ♪
♪ When you explain ♪
♪ Tell others what you found ♪
♪ So you can figure out ♪
♪ How to save the day ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You found my evidence ♪
♪ What happened? ♪
♪ You can try again ♪
♪ You're a hero
when you say ♪
♪ You can really explain ♪
♪ When you explain ♪
♪ Tell others what you found
so you can figure out ♪
♪ How to save the day ♪
♪ Can you explain? ♪
- ♪ Can you explain? ♪
- ♪ Can you explain? ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪