04x03 - What You Don’t See/Super Purple Pop-Up Plants
Posted: 10/02/22 09:37
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 ♪
[upbeat music]
Sparks: At Hero Elementary,
my students
are always ready
for hero training.
♪ ♪
And sometimes their lessons
are more than meets the eye.
- So what are we
gonna be learning today?
- I don't know, but Mr. Sparks
said to meet him here.
- Where is Mr. Sparks anyway?
- I'm right here.
- Uh, where?
- Can you see me?
- No.
[gasps]
Mr. Sparks must be invisible!
- So that's
what we're learning today?
How to be invisible?
- Well, not quite.
- Whoa.
Were you standing there
the whole time?
- [chuckles] Yes.
But you didn't see me
because I was camouflaged.
- Huh, camel what?
- Camouflaged.
It means I blend in with
what's around me like this.
- Whoa, it is really hard
to see you there.
- [chuckles]
Yeah.
Camouflage makes you
almost invisible.
- Sí, lots of animals
use camouflage too.
Do you notice any around here?
- Hm, nope.
- I don't see
any animals at all.
- Then their camouflage
is working.
Look closer.
♪ ♪
- Huh.
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
[squeaking]
- Hm.
- Huh.
[device clicks]
♪ ♪
AJ: [gasps]
That twig is walking!
- Wait, it isn't a twig.
It's an insect.
- It looks
just like the twigs around it.
- Isn't that
amazing camouflage?
- Hey, look at this.
That grasshopper
blends right in
with the leaves on this bush.
- You're right.
It's very hard to see it
because it's camouflaged.
- [squeaking]
[squeaks]
♪ ♪
- Wait a minute.
Fur Blur's camouflaged too!
- [squeaks]
- [chuckles]
We didn't even see you there,
you little cutie patootie.
- [squeaks]
- Aw.
- Not all heroes
can be invisible,
but camouflage can make you
very hard to see.
[Sparkinator beeping]
- The Sparkinator!
- There must be trouble.
[Sparkinator hums]
Sara: It looks like a horse
is on the loose in the city.
Benny: Oh, the poor horsey--
it could be in danger.
Lucita:
We have to do something.
- Well, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
♪ ♪
[together]
Sparks' Crew to the Rescue!
♪ ♪
Sparks: So my students rushed
to the scene quickly.
They were not horsing around.
- Oh, oh.
Chestnut, come back!
Oh.
♪ ♪
- Fear not, sir.
Sparks' Crew is here to help.
- What happened?
- Well, we were at my farm
just outside the city
when Chestnut got loose.
She ran all the way here.
Poor girl's scared.
Can you catch her?
- We'll do our best.
- Thank you.
Here, these might help.
- Huh?
What are these thingies?
- I know.
Thought projecting.
I've seen them in a comic book.
They go next
to the horse's eyes.
- Yes, they're called blinders.
When you put them on her,
Chestnut can't see things
off to the side
that might scare her.
[Chestnut neighs]
- Oh no,
Chestnut is heading downtown.
- Oh!
[dramatic music]
- Oh no.
Oh, please hurry.
- Come on, team, let's go.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[Chestnut neighs]
There she is.
- [screams]
- We're coming for you,
Chestnut!
♪ ♪
- No, don't be scared.
Don't worry.
- [neighs]
♪ ♪
- Shh, shh, it's okay, girl.
- [neighs]
- [whooshes]
We only wanna help.
- [neighs]
[dramatic music]
[neighs]
♪ ♪
- That horse
gets scared easily.
♪ ♪
- [neighs]
[whooshes]
- Poor thing.
♪ ♪
- She's going that way!
Come on!
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
- Oh no, look!
[car horn honks]
- [neighs]
[soft dramatic music]
- Phew, we need
to get Chestnut
away from the street
to someplace safe.
- The park is safe.
There's the entrance.
♪ ♪
- How do we get her
to turn into the park?
- Don't worry, I got this.
[whooshes]
[upbeat music]
[whooshes]
- [neighs]
[whooshes]
[neighs]
♪ ♪
- Great job, Sara.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
- Looks like Chestnut stopped
to snack on those flowers.
- So how do we catch her?
- Maybe we can use
our Superpowers of Science.
[dramatic music]
Yeah, let's start
by brainstorming.
You know, thinking up ideas
to solve this problem.
- Well, we know Chestnut
gets scared
when she sees us,
so it would help
if we can put
these blinders on her.
- Hey, yeah, they block
how much she can see.
- And if she
can't see us coming,
she won't get scared
and run away.
♪ ♪
Benny: Yeah, then we can
catch the sweetie
and bring her back safe.
- But how are we gonna
get the blinders on her?
She'll definitely
see us coming.
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[sighs]
Not if we put them on
from the back.
Don't worry, I got this.
Saddle.
[whooshes]
[upbeat music]
[whooshes]
- [neighs]
- Oh, whoa!
Chestnut!
[screams]
[whooshes]
Okay, I did not think
that through.
- Chestnut
didn't see you coming,
but she felt you.
- I think we need another plan.
- How about this?
Thought projecting.
I put the blinders on
from above.
If I use my jet pack
to fly high,
she won't see me
or feel me,
and I can swoop down
and put them on.
- That sounds like a good plan.
- There's just one problem.
She might hear
your jet pack coming.
- True.
[jet pack whooshes loudly]
- [neighs]
- It does make a sound.
- But I can fly quietly.
I'll try your plan.
- Good idea.
- Here you go.
Good luck.
♪ ♪
[communicator beeps]
- Lucita,
be careful not to scare her
or she'll run away again.
- Don't worry,
I'll stay nice and high
where she can't see me.
AJ: Not too high, Lucita.
We don't want you
to get dizzy.
- Ooh, too late.
[screams]
[sighs]
- Oh no!
Bubble up!
[suspenseful music]
- Oh, oh.
- [neighs]
[dramatic music]
- Oh.
♪ ♪
Thanks, Benny.
- [sighs]
Well, that's another plan
that didn't work.
- But remember
what Mr. Sparks says.
"Now we know what not to do,
so we're getting closer
to finding a solution."
- Right, we can't give up.
- Yes, we shall come up
with yet another plan
to put the blinders
on Chestnut.
- Where is Chestnut anyway?
- I don't know.
- I don't see her.
- Oh no, we lost her?
Oh, poor Chestnut
lost in the big city.
She could be anywhere!
- There she is.
- Huh?
♪ ♪
- Where?
- Right there near that hill.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
[chuckles]
I didn't see her there.
- She blended right in
with the things around her.
- She was camouflaged.
- Hey, that gives me an idea.
Ooh, maybe we can get close
to Chestnut
if we're camouflaged.
- Hey, yeah,
then she won't see us.
- And we could get close enough
to put the blinders on.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
how can we be camouflaged?
We don't look anything like
the things around us.
- Not yet, but I have a plan.
Come on!
♪ ♪
[playful music]
- So am I camouflaged?
- Oh, yep.
You look just like a bush.
How do I look?
- You blend right in, Lucita.
♪ ♪
- I noticed Chestnut
likes flowers, so...
- [chuckles]
That's great camouflage, Benny.
- I've got the blinders.
- If we can get close enough,
I should be able
to put them on Chestnut
using my arm-o-matic.
- I think we're ready.
- Let's do this!
[dramatic music]
- Shh.
- [whispering]
Let's do this.
[playful music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- Oh.
[giggling]
[giggling continues]
- [chuckles]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[device whirs]
♪ ♪
- We did it.
- I've got her.
- She can't see us,
so she's not running away.
- Oh, I can't believe
it worked.
- Yahoo, we did it.
We did it.
[soft dramatic music]
- Oh, I'm so happy
that you're back, Chestnut.
Come here.
I was so worried
about you, girl.
Thank you, Sparks' Crew.
- Happy to help, sir.
- Oh, by the way,
I don't think
you're gonna have to feed her
for a while.
[laughs]
Chestnut!
You're eating
all my camouflage!
[laughs]
Sparks: So, with
a little camouflage,
my hero students
saved the day.
Yes, the Sparks' Crew
is the best team
you'll ever see.
Or not see!
- [neighs]
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
[upbeat music]
Sparks:
It was a quiet morning
for Mr. Quivers
and his itty-bitty dog, Bitsy.
- Oh, good girl.
That's a good girl.
Oh, now, fetch.
- [barks]
Sparks: But trouble
was about to pop up.
- [barks]
- What kind of crazy plant
is that?
- [grumbles]
[soft dramatic music]
- [screams]
Forget the ball, Bitsy!
Come on.
Let's go.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Sparks: Meanwhile
at Hero Elementary,
my students were having a ball
with their hero training.
- Follow that fur ball!
[dramatic music]
- Remember, heroes need
to be able to track
even the smallest
of things.
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
♪ ♪
- But this small thing
is super fast!
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
[whooshes]
Gotcha.
- [squeaks]
- Huh?
[playful music]
- [squeaks]
- Good try, students.
And good work, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks]
[Sparkinator beeping]
- The Sparkinator.
- There must be trouble.
[Sparkinator beeps and hums]
- Oh--oh me, oh my.
Oh, this is scary.
- It's Mr. Quivers.
He looks scared.
- Aw, so does Bitsy.
We must help them!
- Well, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
[dramatic music]
[together]
Sparks' Crew to the Rescue.
♪ ♪
- Have no fear.
Sparks' Crew is here.
- Oh, thank goodness.
- What's wrong, Mr. Quivers?
What's scaring you?
- In the backyard!
- [laughs]
It's just a cute, little bunny.
- Behind the bunny.
♪ ♪
- All I see
are a couple of plants.
- Yes, those!
[whooshes]
- What's so scary
about plants? Huh?
[ground rumbles]
[screams]
- You see?
Those crazy plants keep
popping up out of nowhere.
They scare my little Bitsy.
- [barks]
- Okay, they scare me too.
- Don't worry, Mr. Quivers.
We'll figure out
what's going on.
- Yes!
Wait, how?
- Maybe we can use our...
[together]
Superpowers of Science!
- Let's start by asking
some questions.
Like, why do these plants
pop up so fast?
That's not how plants
usually grow.
- They must be super plants.
Only super plants
can grow this fast.
- [gasps]
I've seen something
like these before
in one of my comic books.
"Branch Man Versus the Super,
Purple Pop-Up Plants."
- The super, popple, what?
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
They look
just like these plants.
- Mr. Quivers, did you
plant these in your backyard?
- No, I wouldn't plant those
super, purple whatevers.
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- Then where do they come from?
- That's another good question.
[communicators beep]
- Come in, Sparks' Crew.
- Hola, Mr. Sparks.
- More problems reported
at the soccer field.
[alarms blaring]
[plants springing]
- Do the problems have to do
with the super, purple
pop-up plants?
- Yes.
How did you know?
- 'Cause that's
what we've got here too.
Thanks, Mr. S.
- Maybe we can find out more
at the soccer field.
We'll be back Mr. Quivers.
Quivers: Okay!
♪ ♪
Sparks: So they headed
to the soccer field
where those purple plants
kept popping up,
making a pesky problem.
♪ ♪
- [blows whistle]
Time out.
♪ ♪
- Don't worry.
Sparks' Crew is here to help.
- Oh, good, these plants
keep popping up on our field.
They're ruining our practice.
- [gasps]
Look, more surple, purple--
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- What he said.
- Coach, did you
plant these here?
- No, this is a soccer field.
We don't want anything
growing here except grass.
- Then the question is--
why are they growing here?
- [gasps]
Look, more bunnies!
Aw.
- Can you do anything
about these plants?
- We'll try our best.
- Thanks.
Come on, team,
let's take a break.
- We have to figure out
what's going on here.
Huh?
♪ ♪
- Uh-oh.
[all scream]
Did you see that?
Thought projecting.
Something fell of the plant
and made another plant grow.
- Hm.
- Uh, Lucita, don't panic,
but one of those things
is on you right now.
- Oh, oh, it's a bur.
When I hike in the woods
with my abuelita,
I always get burs
stuck on my clothes.
- I can see why.
It's kind of pointy
with little hooks on the ends.
- Yeah, they
really stick to things,
and burs have
a surprise inside.
- Really?
Let's see.
[device clicking]
Hm, those look like seeds.
- Yep, burs have seeds in them.
When a plant drops a bur,
it falls to the ground
and the seeds grow
into more plants.
- And because these
are super plants,
the super seeds
grow super fast.
- So that's why we keep
seeing more zupper--zurple--
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- Yeah, that.
- These plants drop burs,
which makes more plants,
which makes more burs,
which makes more plants,
which makes more burs--
- But wait.
That doesn't explain
how the first plant got here.
- Oh, yeah.
Where did the seeds
that made that plant
come from
in the first place?
- [gasps]
Maybe this will
give us a clue.
Inside here are different
kinds of seeds.
[soft dramatic music]
- You're right,
but where did these come from?
- Hm.
From over there!
[dramatic music]
Come on, let's investigate.
[upbeat music]
See?
These come from maple trees.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
how did seeds
from this tree
get all the way over there?
- By flying!
- Whoa!
[chuckles]
Cool.
- Whoa.
♪ ♪
- And if the wind is blowing,
these seeds
can fly really far.
- So is that how
the purple burs get around?
They fly in the wind?
- Oh, let's test it
with my expand-o-fan.
- Here comes the bur.
[dramatic music]
- [gaps]
I got it!
♪ ♪
Uh, I don't think
this bur flies.
- So then how did the plants
grow on the soccer field
and in Mr. Quivers' backyard?
- And why are we seeing
so many bunnies today?
Oh, not that I mind,
you little cutie-wootie.
[bur pops]
Hey, what's--
[screams]
- [gasps]
Another sipple, pipple--
plant thing!
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
But how did it grow here
away from all the other plants?
- It came from the bunny.
One of the burs
was stuck to its fur.
Look, there's another!
See?
When they scratch it off,
another plant pops up!
- So that's how the burs
get around.
They hitch a ride
on an animal or a person.
- So now the question is--
where are the bunnies
getting these super burs?
- Let's investigate.
Follow those bunnies!
♪ ♪
- Huh?
♪ ♪
[laughs]
♪ ♪
[twig snaps]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
♪ ♪
[grunts]
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
- Looks like the bunnies
are heading there.
- [gasps]
The City Town greenhouse!
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
Aw!
- Oh, they're coming here
to eat the supersized
vegetables.
Mmm.
- Wow, there are lots
of super, purple pop-up plants
growing here.
[upbeat music]
- Super, purple
pop-up plants!
- Super, purple pop-up plants--
oh, wait,
you got it right this time!
- Yes!
- Look, that's how the bunnies
are getting in there.
- The burs stick to their fur,
and the bunnies
carry them away.
- Then the burs drop off
somewhere else and pop--
the seeds make more plants.
- No wonder these plants
are all over town.
- Okay, team, here's the plan.
We should get the bunnies
away from those plants
and fix the fence
so they can't get back in.
- Let's do this.
♪ ♪
- That way, little cuties.
- [sniffs]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
[sighs]
Problem solved.
- Yeah, now the bunnies
won't be spreading
those super burs
all over City Town.
- But there are still
super, purple pop-up plants
out in the city
dropping super burs
and making more plants.
- Then we'll
just have to move them.
Come on!
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
Phew.
- Don't worry,
we know the perfect place
for these plants.
♪ ♪
- Greenhouse.
[whooshes]
- [sighs]
Thank you, Sparks' Crew.
Okay, team.
[blows whistle]
Back to practice!
♪ ♪
- Well,
that's the last of them.
- Oh, thank you.
You've made me so happy.
- [barks]
- And Bitsy too.
♪ ♪
- [barks]
- Aw, I think she wants
to play fetch, Lucita.
- [barks]
[laughter]
- Come on, team,
follow that dog.
Sparks: And that's
how my super students
solved the problem
of the super popple--
uh, super urple--
super, purple pop-up plants.
Whew.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
- It's 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? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
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 ♪
[upbeat music]
Sparks: At Hero Elementary,
my students
are always ready
for hero training.
♪ ♪
And sometimes their lessons
are more than meets the eye.
- So what are we
gonna be learning today?
- I don't know, but Mr. Sparks
said to meet him here.
- Where is Mr. Sparks anyway?
- I'm right here.
- Uh, where?
- Can you see me?
- No.
[gasps]
Mr. Sparks must be invisible!
- So that's
what we're learning today?
How to be invisible?
- Well, not quite.
- Whoa.
Were you standing there
the whole time?
- [chuckles] Yes.
But you didn't see me
because I was camouflaged.
- Huh, camel what?
- Camouflaged.
It means I blend in with
what's around me like this.
- Whoa, it is really hard
to see you there.
- [chuckles]
Yeah.
Camouflage makes you
almost invisible.
- Sí, lots of animals
use camouflage too.
Do you notice any around here?
- Hm, nope.
- I don't see
any animals at all.
- Then their camouflage
is working.
Look closer.
♪ ♪
- Huh.
♪ ♪
- [squeaks]
[squeaking]
- Hm.
- Huh.
[device clicks]
♪ ♪
AJ: [gasps]
That twig is walking!
- Wait, it isn't a twig.
It's an insect.
- It looks
just like the twigs around it.
- Isn't that
amazing camouflage?
- Hey, look at this.
That grasshopper
blends right in
with the leaves on this bush.
- You're right.
It's very hard to see it
because it's camouflaged.
- [squeaking]
[squeaks]
♪ ♪
- Wait a minute.
Fur Blur's camouflaged too!
- [squeaks]
- [chuckles]
We didn't even see you there,
you little cutie patootie.
- [squeaks]
- Aw.
- Not all heroes
can be invisible,
but camouflage can make you
very hard to see.
[Sparkinator beeping]
- The Sparkinator!
- There must be trouble.
[Sparkinator hums]
Sara: It looks like a horse
is on the loose in the city.
Benny: Oh, the poor horsey--
it could be in danger.
Lucita:
We have to do something.
- Well, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
♪ ♪
[together]
Sparks' Crew to the Rescue!
♪ ♪
Sparks: So my students rushed
to the scene quickly.
They were not horsing around.
- Oh, oh.
Chestnut, come back!
Oh.
♪ ♪
- Fear not, sir.
Sparks' Crew is here to help.
- What happened?
- Well, we were at my farm
just outside the city
when Chestnut got loose.
She ran all the way here.
Poor girl's scared.
Can you catch her?
- We'll do our best.
- Thank you.
Here, these might help.
- Huh?
What are these thingies?
- I know.
Thought projecting.
I've seen them in a comic book.
They go next
to the horse's eyes.
- Yes, they're called blinders.
When you put them on her,
Chestnut can't see things
off to the side
that might scare her.
[Chestnut neighs]
- Oh no,
Chestnut is heading downtown.
- Oh!
[dramatic music]
- Oh no.
Oh, please hurry.
- Come on, team, let's go.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[Chestnut neighs]
There she is.
- [screams]
- We're coming for you,
Chestnut!
♪ ♪
- No, don't be scared.
Don't worry.
- [neighs]
♪ ♪
- Shh, shh, it's okay, girl.
- [neighs]
- [whooshes]
We only wanna help.
- [neighs]
[dramatic music]
[neighs]
♪ ♪
- That horse
gets scared easily.
♪ ♪
- [neighs]
[whooshes]
- Poor thing.
♪ ♪
- She's going that way!
Come on!
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
- Oh no, look!
[car horn honks]
- [neighs]
[soft dramatic music]
- Phew, we need
to get Chestnut
away from the street
to someplace safe.
- The park is safe.
There's the entrance.
♪ ♪
- How do we get her
to turn into the park?
- Don't worry, I got this.
[whooshes]
[upbeat music]
[whooshes]
- [neighs]
[whooshes]
[neighs]
♪ ♪
- Great job, Sara.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
- Looks like Chestnut stopped
to snack on those flowers.
- So how do we catch her?
- Maybe we can use
our Superpowers of Science.
[dramatic music]
Yeah, let's start
by brainstorming.
You know, thinking up ideas
to solve this problem.
- Well, we know Chestnut
gets scared
when she sees us,
so it would help
if we can put
these blinders on her.
- Hey, yeah, they block
how much she can see.
- And if she
can't see us coming,
she won't get scared
and run away.
♪ ♪
Benny: Yeah, then we can
catch the sweetie
and bring her back safe.
- But how are we gonna
get the blinders on her?
She'll definitely
see us coming.
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[sighs]
Not if we put them on
from the back.
Don't worry, I got this.
Saddle.
[whooshes]
[upbeat music]
[whooshes]
- [neighs]
- Oh, whoa!
Chestnut!
[screams]
[whooshes]
Okay, I did not think
that through.
- Chestnut
didn't see you coming,
but she felt you.
- I think we need another plan.
- How about this?
Thought projecting.
I put the blinders on
from above.
If I use my jet pack
to fly high,
she won't see me
or feel me,
and I can swoop down
and put them on.
- That sounds like a good plan.
- There's just one problem.
She might hear
your jet pack coming.
- True.
[jet pack whooshes loudly]
- [neighs]
- It does make a sound.
- But I can fly quietly.
I'll try your plan.
- Good idea.
- Here you go.
Good luck.
♪ ♪
[communicator beeps]
- Lucita,
be careful not to scare her
or she'll run away again.
- Don't worry,
I'll stay nice and high
where she can't see me.
AJ: Not too high, Lucita.
We don't want you
to get dizzy.
- Ooh, too late.
[screams]
[sighs]
- Oh no!
Bubble up!
[suspenseful music]
- Oh, oh.
- [neighs]
[dramatic music]
- Oh.
♪ ♪
Thanks, Benny.
- [sighs]
Well, that's another plan
that didn't work.
- But remember
what Mr. Sparks says.
"Now we know what not to do,
so we're getting closer
to finding a solution."
- Right, we can't give up.
- Yes, we shall come up
with yet another plan
to put the blinders
on Chestnut.
- Where is Chestnut anyway?
- I don't know.
- I don't see her.
- Oh no, we lost her?
Oh, poor Chestnut
lost in the big city.
She could be anywhere!
- There she is.
- Huh?
♪ ♪
- Where?
- Right there near that hill.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
[chuckles]
I didn't see her there.
- She blended right in
with the things around her.
- She was camouflaged.
- Hey, that gives me an idea.
Ooh, maybe we can get close
to Chestnut
if we're camouflaged.
- Hey, yeah,
then she won't see us.
- And we could get close enough
to put the blinders on.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
how can we be camouflaged?
We don't look anything like
the things around us.
- Not yet, but I have a plan.
Come on!
♪ ♪
[playful music]
- So am I camouflaged?
- Oh, yep.
You look just like a bush.
How do I look?
- You blend right in, Lucita.
♪ ♪
- I noticed Chestnut
likes flowers, so...
- [chuckles]
That's great camouflage, Benny.
- I've got the blinders.
- If we can get close enough,
I should be able
to put them on Chestnut
using my arm-o-matic.
- I think we're ready.
- Let's do this!
[dramatic music]
- Shh.
- [whispering]
Let's do this.
[playful music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- Oh.
[giggling]
[giggling continues]
- [chuckles]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[device whirs]
♪ ♪
- We did it.
- I've got her.
- She can't see us,
so she's not running away.
- Oh, I can't believe
it worked.
- Yahoo, we did it.
We did it.
[soft dramatic music]
- Oh, I'm so happy
that you're back, Chestnut.
Come here.
I was so worried
about you, girl.
Thank you, Sparks' Crew.
- Happy to help, sir.
- Oh, by the way,
I don't think
you're gonna have to feed her
for a while.
[laughs]
Chestnut!
You're eating
all my camouflage!
[laughs]
Sparks: So, with
a little camouflage,
my hero students
saved the day.
Yes, the Sparks' Crew
is the best team
you'll ever see.
Or not see!
- [neighs]
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
[upbeat music]
Sparks:
It was a quiet morning
for Mr. Quivers
and his itty-bitty dog, Bitsy.
- Oh, good girl.
That's a good girl.
Oh, now, fetch.
- [barks]
Sparks: But trouble
was about to pop up.
- [barks]
- What kind of crazy plant
is that?
- [grumbles]
[soft dramatic music]
- [screams]
Forget the ball, Bitsy!
Come on.
Let's go.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Sparks: Meanwhile
at Hero Elementary,
my students were having a ball
with their hero training.
- Follow that fur ball!
[dramatic music]
- Remember, heroes need
to be able to track
even the smallest
of things.
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
♪ ♪
- But this small thing
is super fast!
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
[whooshes]
Gotcha.
- [squeaks]
- Huh?
[playful music]
- [squeaks]
- Good try, students.
And good work, Fur Blur.
- [squeaks]
[Sparkinator beeping]
- The Sparkinator.
- There must be trouble.
[Sparkinator beeps and hums]
- Oh--oh me, oh my.
Oh, this is scary.
- It's Mr. Quivers.
He looks scared.
- Aw, so does Bitsy.
We must help them!
- Well, who's the crew
who knows what to do?
[dramatic music]
[together]
Sparks' Crew to the Rescue.
♪ ♪
- Have no fear.
Sparks' Crew is here.
- Oh, thank goodness.
- What's wrong, Mr. Quivers?
What's scaring you?
- In the backyard!
- [laughs]
It's just a cute, little bunny.
- Behind the bunny.
♪ ♪
- All I see
are a couple of plants.
- Yes, those!
[whooshes]
- What's so scary
about plants? Huh?
[ground rumbles]
[screams]
- You see?
Those crazy plants keep
popping up out of nowhere.
They scare my little Bitsy.
- [barks]
- Okay, they scare me too.
- Don't worry, Mr. Quivers.
We'll figure out
what's going on.
- Yes!
Wait, how?
- Maybe we can use our...
[together]
Superpowers of Science!
- Let's start by asking
some questions.
Like, why do these plants
pop up so fast?
That's not how plants
usually grow.
- They must be super plants.
Only super plants
can grow this fast.
- [gasps]
I've seen something
like these before
in one of my comic books.
"Branch Man Versus the Super,
Purple Pop-Up Plants."
- The super, popple, what?
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
They look
just like these plants.
- Mr. Quivers, did you
plant these in your backyard?
- No, I wouldn't plant those
super, purple whatevers.
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- Then where do they come from?
- That's another good question.
[communicators beep]
- Come in, Sparks' Crew.
- Hola, Mr. Sparks.
- More problems reported
at the soccer field.
[alarms blaring]
[plants springing]
- Do the problems have to do
with the super, purple
pop-up plants?
- Yes.
How did you know?
- 'Cause that's
what we've got here too.
Thanks, Mr. S.
- Maybe we can find out more
at the soccer field.
We'll be back Mr. Quivers.
Quivers: Okay!
♪ ♪
Sparks: So they headed
to the soccer field
where those purple plants
kept popping up,
making a pesky problem.
♪ ♪
- [blows whistle]
Time out.
♪ ♪
- Don't worry.
Sparks' Crew is here to help.
- Oh, good, these plants
keep popping up on our field.
They're ruining our practice.
- [gasps]
Look, more surple, purple--
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- What he said.
- Coach, did you
plant these here?
- No, this is a soccer field.
We don't want anything
growing here except grass.
- Then the question is--
why are they growing here?
- [gasps]
Look, more bunnies!
Aw.
- Can you do anything
about these plants?
- We'll try our best.
- Thanks.
Come on, team,
let's take a break.
- We have to figure out
what's going on here.
Huh?
♪ ♪
- Uh-oh.
[all scream]
Did you see that?
Thought projecting.
Something fell of the plant
and made another plant grow.
- Hm.
- Uh, Lucita, don't panic,
but one of those things
is on you right now.
- Oh, oh, it's a bur.
When I hike in the woods
with my abuelita,
I always get burs
stuck on my clothes.
- I can see why.
It's kind of pointy
with little hooks on the ends.
- Yeah, they
really stick to things,
and burs have
a surprise inside.
- Really?
Let's see.
[device clicking]
Hm, those look like seeds.
- Yep, burs have seeds in them.
When a plant drops a bur,
it falls to the ground
and the seeds grow
into more plants.
- And because these
are super plants,
the super seeds
grow super fast.
- So that's why we keep
seeing more zupper--zurple--
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
- Yeah, that.
- These plants drop burs,
which makes more plants,
which makes more burs,
which makes more plants,
which makes more burs--
- But wait.
That doesn't explain
how the first plant got here.
- Oh, yeah.
Where did the seeds
that made that plant
come from
in the first place?
- [gasps]
Maybe this will
give us a clue.
Inside here are different
kinds of seeds.
[soft dramatic music]
- You're right,
but where did these come from?
- Hm.
From over there!
[dramatic music]
Come on, let's investigate.
[upbeat music]
See?
These come from maple trees.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
how did seeds
from this tree
get all the way over there?
- By flying!
- Whoa!
[chuckles]
Cool.
- Whoa.
♪ ♪
- And if the wind is blowing,
these seeds
can fly really far.
- So is that how
the purple burs get around?
They fly in the wind?
- Oh, let's test it
with my expand-o-fan.
- Here comes the bur.
[dramatic music]
- [gaps]
I got it!
♪ ♪
Uh, I don't think
this bur flies.
- So then how did the plants
grow on the soccer field
and in Mr. Quivers' backyard?
- And why are we seeing
so many bunnies today?
Oh, not that I mind,
you little cutie-wootie.
[bur pops]
Hey, what's--
[screams]
- [gasps]
Another sipple, pipple--
plant thing!
- Super, purple pop-up plants.
But how did it grow here
away from all the other plants?
- It came from the bunny.
One of the burs
was stuck to its fur.
Look, there's another!
See?
When they scratch it off,
another plant pops up!
- So that's how the burs
get around.
They hitch a ride
on an animal or a person.
- So now the question is--
where are the bunnies
getting these super burs?
- Let's investigate.
Follow those bunnies!
♪ ♪
- Huh?
♪ ♪
[laughs]
♪ ♪
[twig snaps]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
♪ ♪
[grunts]
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
- Looks like the bunnies
are heading there.
- [gasps]
The City Town greenhouse!
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
Aw!
- Oh, they're coming here
to eat the supersized
vegetables.
Mmm.
- Wow, there are lots
of super, purple pop-up plants
growing here.
[upbeat music]
- Super, purple
pop-up plants!
- Super, purple pop-up plants--
oh, wait,
you got it right this time!
- Yes!
- Look, that's how the bunnies
are getting in there.
- The burs stick to their fur,
and the bunnies
carry them away.
- Then the burs drop off
somewhere else and pop--
the seeds make more plants.
- No wonder these plants
are all over town.
- Okay, team, here's the plan.
We should get the bunnies
away from those plants
and fix the fence
so they can't get back in.
- Let's do this.
♪ ♪
- That way, little cuties.
- [sniffs]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[whooshes]
♪ ♪
[sighs]
Problem solved.
- Yeah, now the bunnies
won't be spreading
those super burs
all over City Town.
- But there are still
super, purple pop-up plants
out in the city
dropping super burs
and making more plants.
- Then we'll
just have to move them.
Come on!
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
Phew.
- Don't worry,
we know the perfect place
for these plants.
♪ ♪
- Greenhouse.
[whooshes]
- [sighs]
Thank you, Sparks' Crew.
Okay, team.
[blows whistle]
Back to practice!
♪ ♪
- Well,
that's the last of them.
- Oh, thank you.
You've made me so happy.
- [barks]
- And Bitsy too.
♪ ♪
- [barks]
- Aw, I think she wants
to play fetch, Lucita.
- [barks]
[laughter]
- Come on, team,
follow that dog.
Sparks: And that's
how my super students
solved the problem
of the super popple--
uh, super urple--
super, purple pop-up plants.
Whew.
all: ♪ We all belong
at Hero Elementary ♪
- It's 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? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪