04x22 - Archerfish School

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♪ Wild Kratts ♪

MARTIN:
Out there in Australia
and southern Asia,

in the waters of the
thick mangrove forests,

lives an unusual creature that
you can also check out here

at the National Aquarium
in Baltimore.

Hey, it's us,
the Kratt Brothers!

I'm Martin.
I'm Chris.

There are some pretty strange
fish in the rivers,

oceans, lakes and swamps
of planet Earth.

Like the seahorse,
and the boxfish,

and how about
the flounder?

But there is one kind of fish
that's not as well known.

This fish has a very unusual
creature power.

Come on.

These are archerfish.

Wow!

Now I know what
you're thinking.

They look pretty much like
your average fish, right?

They're swimming around
like normal fish.

They have the usual
fish features

like fins, gills
and a tail.

Definitely a cool fish,
right?

But where's that
amazing creature power

we're talking about?

Nothing really strange
hits you, unless...

You're an insect
on a branch above the water.

Then watch what happens.

BOTH:
Whoa!

He spits a glob of water.

And knocks the insect
right into the water.

Perfect aim!

And that makes a perfect meal
for the archerfish.

Whoa, nice sh*t. buddy.

We don't call him
an archerfish for nothing.

He's a master sh**t
of water arrows.

Now that's a fun and
amazing creature power.

Imagine if we had the amazing
water sh**ting powers

of the archerfish.

BOTH:
What if?

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Hmm...

(Humming)

Ha!

Yah!

(Humming)

Ow!

CHRIS:
Oops!

A little off target.

A little?

Let me try that again.

(Gasping)

All showered and
ready for the day.

(Grunting)

Ah!

(Splashing)

(Spitting)

That just missed me!

Yeah, well it hit me.

CHRIS:
Sorry!

I just can't seem to get
these arrows on target.

Well, you're good at lots of
things bro,

like creature adventuring,
climbing, kayaking...

Rescuing creatures, doing
experiments, solving mysteries.

So what if archery
isn't one of them?

Aw, but I've always wanted
to be able to do archery.

And no matter how hard I try,

the arrows just won't
go straight.

I need to keep practicing.

(Gasping)

Whoa!

Hey!

Who squirted me?

I don't believe it!

An archerfish!

MARTIN:
An archerfish?

Really?

Now this is a creature
I can learn archery from!

AVIVA:
What?

A fish teaching you
archery?

(Chuckling)
How does that work?

Well, we'll just
have to show you

by getting down into his world.

BOTH:
To the Miniaturizer!

DONITA:
Keep them coming, Dabio!

Ooh la la, so many jewels!

(Laughing)

That's all of them, Donita.

Excellent Dabio.

They will provide the sparkle
for my new spring line

of fashion accessories,
exclusively for the ultra rich.

No animals this time?

Ugh, of course
animals, Dabio.

You see, spring is
a time for baby animals,

so I will combine
those jewels...

with these little jewels.

Oh, I can see it now.

Exotic belts, scarves, hats.

The line will be
called "Precious"!

Because exotic baby animals
and expensive jewels

are both so very precious.

Yeah, ooh!

That is precious, Donita!

Whoa, oh!

Ow, too many jewels.

Ugh, yes, we have the jewels.

Now I need the baby animals.

Ready the mannequins, Dabio!

Right away!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Ugh!

BOTH:
Miniaturize!

Let's go to
the archerfish pool!

Yeah!
Woo-hoo!

Now, where is that
little archerfish?

There!

I think he's looking
at something.

A beetle!

o'clock high!

BOTH:
Whoa!

CHRIS:
Incredible.

A fish that sh**t water arrows
to catch his food!

MARTIN:
Water arrow!

Ah, that's what
I'm gonna name this guy.

Arrow!

Oh wow, now that's
my kind of archery!

Creature archery!

(Dinging)

Martin, that's what
I need to learn.

I need to learn
the art of archer fishery!

From an archerfish!

Oof!

(Yelling)
Chris!

(Yelling)

Um, okay.

Lesson one: Anything bug-sized
is a potential target

for a hungry archerfish.

Yeah, maybe shrinking down
into the archerfish world,

heh, wasn't the best idea.

Whoa, hoo, hey!

Ha!

Oof!

He got me!
(Groaning)

(Yelling)

The leaf, it's wet!

And slippery!

Hang on!

You gotta hang on,
or we'll be his next meal!

BOTH:
Aah!

DABIO:
Mannequins ready, Donita.

Good.

Now, my dear mannequin
collectors, I need you

to go off into the forest and
collect some baby animals.

I want colorful ones,
luxurious fur is nice.

Look for rare patterns,
anything that screams expensive.

Got it?

Wonderful, and don't let
anything stand in your way.

Now go!

Ahh!

Uh, I think you were
standing in their way.

CHRIS:
We've gotta make
a break for it.

Okay, he's not looking.

Now!

(Grunting)

Uh-oh.

(Yelling)

(Yelling)

Nice catch, Aviva.
Thanks.

No problemo.

I thought you went back
to the Tortuga?

I did, to get the Amphi-Sub.

I had to see that
water spitting fish.

Aviva, have I got
a challenge for you!

I know.

You want me to make you
an archerfish suit, right?

I gotta have one!

Arrow may not know it yet,

but he's going to
teach me archer fishery.

AVIVA:
If it'll get you to stop
with those suction arrows,

I'll do it.

Drop me off at the Miniaturizer.

Done!

Ah!

I'll be in the lab.

Send me some info on these guys.

Now this is more like it.

Fish sized and underwater.

And at least he can't eat us.

Hey, Arrow.

Teach me your craft,
o great archery master.

Check it out, that little guy
wants to learn too.

CHRIS:
Sure, young archerfish
become better at archery

just by watching
the bigger fish.

MARTIN:
Well, there you go.

It's not all instinct,
not all natural born skills.

Animals have to learn how to
use their creature powers.

Even some fish.

CHRIS:
And they have to practice!

MARTIN:
Cricket!

That's the next target.

Quick, quick, quick,
the slow motion camera.

Yeah!

Camera ready.

Aim, and...

Launch!

MARTIN:
Oh yeah!
Right on, Arrow!

Uploading slow-motion
instant replay.

Okay, first things first.

An archerfish can
spit water arrows

with accuracy
from almost any angle.

MARTIN:
When he's ready,
he locks down his gills

and sucks in the water.

CHRIS:
Next, he aims
and shapes his mouth

for the perfect
water glob shape.

MARTIN:
And then, he lets it rip!

CHRIS:
Check it out, it starts as a
short stream of water,

and then, the back end
of the water catches up

to the front end to form
a powerful glob

by the time it reaches
the target!

MARTIN:
Then pow!

It hits with
max power and force,

knocking the bug
into the water.

Wow.

The shape of the mouth.

That's one of the keys!

That controls
how the water moves

to make it form
a glob in mid-air.

And check it out.

He has to figure in the force
of gravity and the distance

to achieve perfect accuracy.

Oh boy, this is
gonna take practice.

Lots of practice.

I really need that suit!

Well, Chris, look.

We're right in the middle
of an archerfish school.

CHRIS:
Archerfish school?

Count me in!

(Zapping)

AVIVA:
Hold still, Koki.
I gotta see if this works.

Uh, I thought
this was Jimmy's job?

Well, he's kinda busy.

Can't... get it... off...

(Sighing)

What's it gonna do to me?

Nothing.

Except amaze you, of course.

See, I analyzed the video and
scans that the guys sent,

and I think I've got
a mechanism that'll control

the mouth movements on the suit.

Open your mouth.

Ahh!

(Gasping)
It works!

Your mouth is
controlling the helmet.

That's pretty cool.

Ooh!
Aah!

Okay, ready to test.

So when I say go, just
make your mouth into an O,

and flick your tongue
to the roof of your mouth.

And... now!

(Spitting)

Ah!

(Moaning)

Can't I catch a break today?

Well, it works.

CHRIS:
I can't believe
these guys are accurate

from about ten feet away.

A hit!

Oh, snagged it!

I think I get it.

An archerfish have to predict
where the bug is gonna land

and get there right away!

Otherwise, another archerfish
is going to snag it first.

(Blabbering)

Uh, what are you doing?

I'm practicing my archerfish
mouth shapes.

It's the key to getting
the water glob working right.

(Blabbering)

Oh, okay, I'll check on how
Aviva's doing with the suit.

She should be back
with it by now.

(Blabbering)

(Zapping)
(Yelling)

What was that?
I don't know.

MARTIN:
Aviva, is that you?

(Zapping)

Hmm, was that
a pink flash?

Well, it wasn't
green or blue.

Hmm, pink flashes
remind me of you know who.

I'll go scope it out.

Okay, I'm on Creature Pod
if there's any trouble.

Right.

(Grunting)

Back to normal size.

(Beeping)

AVIVA:
Come in, Amphi-Sub.
Tortuga here!

Wah!
Oof!

Go for Amphi-Sub.

The archerfish power disc
is done, Chris.

You need it?

Ha, does an archerfish
need water?

Ready to teleport, Jimmy!

(Grunting)
Huh?

Ow!

AVIVA:
Oops, sorry, Jimmy.

(Sighing)
It's just one of those days.

Energize and zap it.

Okay, Arrow.

One more archerfish
is joining this school.

Aah!

Okay, you got me!
I'm coming in!

Oof!

Activate archerfish power!

♪

Woo-hoo!

An awesome creature power!

So, Arrow,
let's give this a sh*t.

See that berry?

Watch me knock it
into the water.

Here goes.

(Grunting)

Hmm.

Aw, missed, but way closer
than my arrows were.

Can you show me again, Arrow?

Okay, got it.
I'll keep practicing.

And practicing.

And practicing.

And practicing!

And practicing some more.

Wow, that's a hard berry to hit.

(Hissing)

(Gasping)
Donita Donata's mannequin!

What is going on?

(Zapping)

(Gasping)
Those unfeeling mannequins.

Hold it!

Give me that baby
clouded leopard.

I know he's behind you.

Well, on your behind actually.

(Zapping)

Oh, I just didn't know
you were behind me!

(Whimpering)

Okay, ready, Jimmy.

I hope this works.

(Yelling)

That is the stickiest
suction arrow ever.

I know!
(Groaning)

(Alarm blaring)
Hang on, Jimmy.

(Moaning)

I cat chured.

Your cat what?

Cat chured!
Cat chured!

Hose bean!

Cat chured?

Hose bean?

Don't talk like your lips
are pose beamed shut.

What's a hose bean?

(Gasping)

Are your lips pose beamed?

You're cap-tured?

Pose beamed?

Uh-huh.

Uh-oh, Donita!

We've gotta
track his location.

Keep your Creature Pod on.

We're coming.

Wah!

KOKI:
Scanning for Martin's location.

There, he's further out to sea.

AVIVA:
On our way!

DABIO:
The baby animals
are here, Donita!

Good!

What baby animal jewels
do you have for me?

(Giggling)

A cat of some kind.

Oh, I like the fur.

With some rubies
around the edge,

that'll make an exquisite shawl.

Little baby monkeys.

I can work with those.

A baby lizard.

Looks familiar.

A baby orangutan.

Yes, very nice.

Yes... yes...

Oh!
That's not a baby!

I don't wanna baby.

Aww!

He sounds like
a baby, Donita.

Meddling Martin Kratt.

Again?

Put him over there
and out of the way.

I've got some fashion
accessories to make.

Yes, Donita!

Ooh.

MARTIN:
I don't wanna be a baby...

Now, who will I start with?

♪

Oh-ho, much better to be
a human-sized archerfish

out here in this ocean.

I'll go ahead.

Hey, I think we've arrived.

I'll check out the scene.

AVIVA:
Okay.

CHRIS:
Whoa.

It's blurry when you look
through water and air.

(Beeping)

Ah, that's better!

Archerfish eyes are amazing.

They can adjust to clearly see
underwater and above water.

That's important for aim.

Oh yeah, it's Donita all right.

Oh, there!

Adorable, and very
high-end expensive!

Okay, Chris,
it's now or never.

Remember what Arrow taught you.

(Inhaling)

What do you think, Martino?

Beautiful, aren't they?

MARTIN:
Nod egacthly.

Ah, they're gone!
Where are my earrings?

Gotcha, little tarsiers!

What did you do?
Where are my earrings?

MARTIN:
I dunno.

What?
What is he saying?

Un-pose him, Dabio.

Aye-aye, Donita.

(Beeping)

I don't know where they went.

It happens, you know?

I mean, I misplace things
all the time.

I have it one minute,
then I do something else,

and boom, it's gone.

I usually find it again in my
backpack, or maybe my sock,

or my boot,
or my flipper, but--

Enough!

If anymore of my precious
fashions disappear,

it's your fault.

Aah!

Where's my baby leopard shawl?

You know, my brother,
now he's pretty organized.

He might be able to help you
keep track of stuff.

Just sayin'.

Que lindo.

Tell me where my animals are.

We'll need that baby pangolin
back too, Donita.

Aah, my hat!

You!

If you don't give me
back my animals,

I'm not giving back
your brother.

(Snapping)

Uh-oh.

Back off, Dabio!

BOTH:
Oof!

I'm getting the pose beam
deactivation ball!

(Grunting)

Get him!

CHRIS:
Got you covered, bro.

MARTIN:
Ha, got it!

CHRIS:
Martin, behind you!
Look out!

(Grunting)

Aah!
Oof!

MARTIN:
Thanks, bro!

(Groaning)

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Wah, heads up!

Whoa!

(Splashing)

CHRIS:
Gotta deactivate
that pose beam!

(Zapping)

Oh yeah, the baby animals
are free!

Now let's get you back
to where you belong.

Living free
and in the wild.

DONITA:
Ugh...

You can keep your
little animal jewels.

They weren't that
precious anyway.

Let's go, Dabio.

There you go, buddy.
Back to momma.

Well, that's all of them.

It's a creature mission
accomplished.

And we learned all about
an amazing fish

with a very unique
creature power.

And I became a master
at archer fishery.

(Grunting)

And I finally got
the suction arrow off!

(Laughing)

So the archerfish is
an ordinary little fish

with an extraordinary
creature power.

And now, it's time for
a detailed breakdown

of the archerfish
power in action.

An archerfish swims close
to the water's surface.

Scanning above,
looking for prey.

They look at the branches
hanging over the water.

Like that one,
where insects might be.

And they're really good
at spotting movement.

MARTIN:
An archerfish takes time
to aim... fire!

And the glob of water
goes flying!

Right to the target,
and hits in a powerful glob.

An archerfish is
really good at predicting

where that insect he hits
is going to land.

So he can get there
and gobble it up

before any other archerfish can.

An archerfish isn't
born with perfect aim.

That only comes with practice.

And observation, because
young archerfish watch

experienced archerfish spitting
the globs of water at insects.

Whoa!

That happened so fast.
We gotta slow it down.

We gotta see it in slow motion.

He sh**t, and bam!

The insect is knocked
into the water below.

What a creature power!

Whoa!

Two of them.

Perfect aim for the archerfish.

All right, it's time for
a Wild Kratts Experiment.

All right, we're trying to
find out from how far away

can an archerfish sh**t and
hit a target with accuracy.

All right, let's
try it way up here.

MARTIN:
Okay, let's see, this one's
getting ready to go.

Ah, ready to sh**t.

CHRIS:
Eyeing it...

BOTH:
Oh yeah!

That was great.

That was a good
four or five feet.

CHRIS:
An archerfish can hit
his target

from as far as
nine feet away.

All right, feeding time,
and archery practice

look like they're over.

Till next time they're hungry,
and then the amazing archerfish

will once again let those
water arrows fly.

Keep on creature
adventuring.

We'll see you on
the creature trail.

♪

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