♪ Wild kratts ♪
- [Chris] in parts
of europe and asia,
Amongst the grassy flatlands,
Lives a relative of a familiar
little creature, this guy!
- [Martin] hey, it's us,
the kratt brothers.
I'm martin.
- I'm chris.
And here in regular
neighborhoods
All over the world,
Like this one in north america,
You can easily
find that familiar
Little creature living as a pet.
- We're talking
about the hamster.
Did you realize that hamsters
Actually live in the wild
in some parts of the world?
Well, they do.
[Martin] for example, there
are syrian hamsters,
Dwarf hamsters, and
european hamsters.
These european hamsters live
in underground burrow systems
And spend lots of
their time foraging
For berries, seeds,
grains, and grasses.
- [Chris] about years ago,
People took some syrian
hamsters from the wild
And kept them as pets.
The hamsters were friendly
and easy to take care of.
So soon, hamsters became
common, well-loved pets.
- But what is the creature power
Of this cute little creature?
Is it the little hand-like paws?
- That soft, soft fur?
- The sharp gnawing teeth, which
I don't want to feel?
- Those cute little ears?
- [Martin] or the
round, black eyes?
- Those are all
amazing features,
But one incredible
talent of the hamster
Is actually in his cheeks.
- It's the hamsters
awesome ability to collect,
Gather, and store
things in cheek pouches.
- Imagine if we could
collect and gather
Like a cheeky little hamster.
- Imagine if we
had hamster power.
- [Both] what if?
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- [Chris] cheeks the hamster.
- [Aviva] smooth and steady over
germany please, jimmy.
And there, where all
the magic happens.
My self-designed microxt
power processing chip.
- [Chris] wow, without these,
There'd be no running like
cheetahs,
Digging like aardvarks,
or leaping like lemurs.
- That's why we have to be
super careful with them.
Besides the small fact
that they use beryllium ,
A natural element
that is really rare,
These chips are irreplaceable.
- I'm not letting these
babies out of my sight.
- Good.
It'll just take me a second
to clean and calibrate them.
I'll be right back
with the tools.
- This won't hurt a bit,
my creature power pals.
- [Martin] (sighs)
I'm bored.
- [Koki] martin,
if you're so bored,
You could help me overhaul
the turbo engine boosters.
- Okay.
- (Giggles) too
late, it's done now.
- Really?
Can we test them?
- [Jimmy z] no can do, aviva
said smooth and steady.
- Okay then, so just do
some smooth and steady
Turbo turns and loop de loops.
You're a smooth high
speed driver, right?
- The smoothest.
- Well, I could use a
quick test on my overhaul.
- Great, hit it jimmy!
- Turbo-rama!
(Cheering)
- [Martin] blast off!
- [Aviva] wait!
- [Chris] whoa, what's going on?
(Yelling)
- No!
(Cheering)
- Yeah!
(Yelling)
- [Chris] this is fun!
- [Aviva] whoa!
(Grunting)
- Watch this smooth turbo turn!
- (Grunts) stop this thing!
(Depressing guitar music)
- [Leoni] huh?
- (Groans) that was a disaster.
- The chips, where are they?
You were watching them, right?
- Yeah, I watched them
fly right out the door!
- Jimmy!
- There, how'd you like that?
- [Both] woo hoo!
- That was awesome!
- I know, pretty fun, huh?
- Yeah, should we do it again?
- [Aviva] no!
- Huh?
- Don't do it again!
Stop the tortuga, head down!
We have to find those chips.
- [Martin] chips?
What chips?
- [Jimmy] potato chips, I hope.
- I can't find any!
- It's like looking for
a needle in a haystack.
- Worse.
- Way worse.
- But we can't
stop, we just can't!
- [Martin] look what I found.
- A chip?
- No, this little guy,
a european hamster!
- Oh, cool.
He looks like he's on a
search and collect mission.
- [Aviva] is he helping us?
- I wish.
Hamsters have incredible
collecting powers.
Check it out.
He's collecting those peas and
stuffing them in his cheeks.
- [Aviva] whoa, easy cutie.
That's too many to
eat at one time.
- He's not eating
'em, not yet anyway.
He's just storing
them in his cheeks.
Little pockets in his
cheeks that hold food,
So he can carry it
back to his den.
- [Aviva] okay, he can't
possibly fit any more.
(Laughs) silly hamster,
that's impossible.
- Don't tell him that.
- [Aviva] I don't believe it.
- That's the power
of the cheek pouch.
- I like it bro,
And they don't call them
hamsters for nothing.
The name comes from the
german word hamstern,
Which means hoarder,
Someone who collects
huge amounts of stuff.
- [Martin] (laughs)
that's cheeks all right!
- Guys, the chips, remember?
Back to the search.
- Ugh, if only we had the
search and collect power
Of our little hamster buddy.
- I know, but we'll never have
another creature power again
If we don't find those chips.
Or if these guys
find them first.
- Hey!
Well maybe we can
learn from some
Of best collectors in the world.
Let's split up and follow
some wild hamsters.
Time to get small.
- Great idea bro!
If you can't be them, join them.
(Exciting guitar music)
- I'll head back to the tortuga
And send a wild kratts
kids alert to get help.
- [Aviva] thanks jimmy.
- Koki and I will be team
hamstern and we'll head north.
- And we'll stick with
cheeks, team cheeks.
- Let's find those chips.
- [All] miniaturize!
- Whoa, wait up cheeks!
- Let's head that way,
there's a hamster.
- Now if we can just
find at least three
Of those lost
microxt power chips,
I can get one of these
creature power suits to work.
- I know cheeky boy can
find one, I just know it.
Wow, unbelievable,
It's like there's always
room for one more thing.
- Didn't your
parents teach you not
To stuff too much
food in your mouth?
You could choke.
- Yeah, for a human it's
dangerous to do that.
But those hamster cheek pouches
Are specially adapted
to hold a lot.
- Ah!
(Gasping)
- A chip!
- [Aviva] cheeks found one!
- Wait, no, don't eat it.
Cheeks, give us that chip!
- Please!
(Grunting)
- Let go of it.
(Grunting)
(Yelling)
- (Gasps) no!
- Ah-hah, oh sorry buddy,
But I gotta squeeze
those chubby cheeks!
(Yelling)
- The chip, I've got the chip.
(Groaning)
- Yes, we did it!
Team cheeks found a chip!
Aw, thanks buddy,
you're the best.
I'll help you pick
up all the peas.
Here's one, and
another, and... (Laughs)
- [Jimmy z] tortuga to wild
kratts kids.
This is a global alert.
We have a creature
power suit emergency.
(Electronic beeping)
Anybody with information
on hamster behavior,
We can use your help.
- I know hamsters.
- [Nolan] we know
hamsters.
- [Aidan] ours likes to put its
food all in one place.
- [Nolan] sometimes even
her toys too.
Silly hamster.
- Great, that helps.
I'll fill you in
on what's going on.
- C'mon koki, we gotta keep up!
She went down there.
- Well, I'm not
going down there.
- But we have to.
Who knows, she might have
a chip in those cheeks.
Come on.
- This is weird.
- Hmm, nice entrance tunnel.
Levels off a few feet
down, with rooms.
- Awesome!
- Is this your pantry?
Where you store your food?
- Wow, it looks like she already
Has a lot stored up for winter.
- Hey, you are a healthy eater.
Barley seeds, wheat.
Oh, alfalfa, hmm.
- [Koki] martin, she's
emptying her cheeks!
- [Martin] I need
a little help here.
(Grunting)
- Ta-da!
- A chip, woo hoo!
- Team hamstern to team
cheeks,
We have a chip.
- Way to go team hamstern.
Oh, if we get one more chip,
Just one more, we get
our creature powers back.
- And if we do, I'll have
a hamster power disc ready
So it will be easier
to find the rest.
Adding hamster fur now.
(Digital whirring)
- Yeah, but that's a big if.
Look, the sun's going down.
I'm starting to think we were
really lucky to find two.
(Yelling)
- There you are, I was
looking all over for you.
Jimmy said you needed help.
- Oh, we sure do.
- Hop on.
This is my family's
field, I'm leoni.
- Hi leoni.
We're looking for
microxt power chips
For our creature power suits.
- Do they look like this?
- [Chris and aviva] the chip!
- Yes, thank you, thank you!
- We now have three chips,
Enough to activate
one of the suits!
- Oh yeah!
- Way to go!
- Aviva, I'll need to
get this one to you.
- Not a problem,
teleporting now.
- Thanks.
(Electronic zapping)
- [Jimmy]
teleportation complete!
- Okay jimmy, keep it safe.
I'll be right there
to install them all.
- And we'll keep
searching for more.
- [Both] to the tortuga!
- To the tortuga!
(Exciting guitar music)
- Okay, so which way
is out of this burrow?
- I don't know,
let's keep following.
- Ooh, more rooms.
(Sniffs) oh this is
the bathroom, pee-yew!
- Hmm, gotta give 'em credit
For good burrow organization
and excellent hygiene.
Ugh.
- (Gasping) moving on.
- Ah! (Laughs)
- Where's she going now?
- Ah, the bedroom.
Looks comfy.
- Sure does.
Hey, no time for
grooming your fur.
You gotta show us
the way out of here.
(Laughs) I guess
we're on our own.
Come on, let's go this way.
(Exciting guitar music)
- Okay, the chips
are installed and
The hamster power disc
is ready for action!
- [Chris] wow, nice work aviva.
Hey, let's test it, cheeks.
Insert creature power
disc, touch hamster,
And activate european
hamster power!
(Electronic zapping)
(Groans)
- [Aviva] (giggles)
you're hamster sized!
- Awesome, time to find the
other chips for martin's suit.
To the microxt
power chip rescue!
Oof, ouch, whoa!
Hamster's eyesight
is not very good.
- [Jimmy z] they have bad
eyesight?
Well that's a problem
because it's nighttime.
It's dark!
How will hamster
powers help us now?
(Ringing)
Tortuga hq here.
- [Aidan] hey jimmy,
Don't worry about nighttime.
Hamsters like nighttime,
they're nocturnal.
- [Nolan] yeah, it's still
daytime here where we live
And our hamster is
taking a nap, see?
- [Aidan] but at night,
she's a lot more awake.
- [Nolan] sometimes she's a
little loud while we sleep,
But we don't mind.
- Nocturnal!
Okay, thanks, that's a relief.
But wait, their
eyesight isn't good.
- [Chris] true, but boy
can we smell and hear.
Great senses for
searching into the night.
- Chris, I polished the
microxt power chips with this.
It has their scent.
- (Sniffing) oh yeah,
I got it, got the smell.
Time to get out and search!
(Exciting guitar music)
- [Leoni] try heading west,
nobody has searched there yet.
My family leaves part of the
land there completely wild
Just so the wild
hamsters have more places
To live after the harvest.
- I'm on it, I'll be
back with those chips.
Oof, ooh, got to get used
to this hamster vision.
(Sniffs) to the microxt
power chip rescue!
- [Aviva and leoni] good luck!
- Cool, these burrows sometimes
have a secret exit too.
That's handy.
Might as well when you're
an expert digger like that.
Hey, and nice technique pal.
- (Gasps) martin, look!
- Uh-oh, is he looking at us?
- I think he's looking at
you, 'cause I'm out of here.
- Okay, well the hamster
predators are out.
Foxes, owls,
And polecats.
It just got a little
more dangerous out here.
- Uh-huh, especially if you're
in a hamster power suit.
- [Both] chris!
- (Sniffing) oh yeah,
I feel so awake!
Follow the nose!
(Sniffing) wait.
Ah-ha, a chip!
These hamster search and
collect powers work really well.
Woo hoo, only two more to go!
Oof! (Groans)
Hey, I found that!
So it was on your
territory, but it's mine!
(Yelling)
Oh, you hamsters
are so territorial!
Uh-oh, whoa!
(Water splashing)
Uh-oh, can hamsters swim?
- [Aviva] so far cheeks has been
a huge help finding my chips.
- I know, he just might
find another one before--
[Both] (gasping)
- [Aviva] watch out cheeks!
No, we gotta save cheeks!
- Come on!
- [Aviva] cheeks, we're coming!
(Grunting)
- Swimming is not a
great hamster power.
Of course!
Hamsters use their cheek
pouches to swim too.
Ah, they don't love to
swim, but when they have to,
Their cheeks are like
inflatable floaties.
Made it.
Oh no!
[Chris] cheeks, buddy!
Wild kratts team come in.
I just saw cheeks.
A fox has him.
- [Aviva] we know and
we're on it.
Leoni knows where
the fox den is,
But you've got to find
those last two chips.
- [Chris] okay, I'll keep
looking, just save cheeks.
You gotta save him!
- We're on it bro.
- [Both] stop!
- [Aviva] glad you made it guys!
- [Martin] all right, now let's
get to that fox den.
(Sneaky music)
(Cheeks hissing)
- [All] oh no!
- [Martin] she brought
cheeks to the den
So her kits could
practice hunting.
- We need to rescue him fast.
- Well that's going
to be much harder now,
They're taking him
inside their den.
- If only I could
dig like a hamster.
- (Sniffing) ah, is that
you my little chippy?
Ha, one more!
(Sniffing)
Woo hoo, that's
all of the chips!
Now back to the tortuga.
[Chris] jimmy!
I found them, the
last three chips!
- [All] yay!
- (Laughs) yahoo!
- [Chris] let's teleport
them to the g*ng, fast!
- Ready to teleport.
- [Chris] don't forget this one!
- [Jimmy] and zap it.
(Electronic zapping)
- One!
- Two!
- Three!
- Let's get that suit
working and save cheeks!
(Dramatic music)
- Ah, another hamster! (Laughs)
- [Girls] ugh!
- Well, they are
excellent diggers.
(Laughing)
[Martin] activate european
hamster power!
(Electronic zapping)
To the hamster
rescue, digging power!
- [Both] hurry martin!
(Grunting)
- I'm coming cheeks!
- [Aidan] hey chris,
We know another hamster
behavior that might help.
- [Chris] what is it?
- [Nolan] we never told you,
our hamster has babies!
And every now and then,
She wants to move
them to a new nest.
- [Aidan] and she uses her
cheek pouches to do it.
- [Jimmy] that's freaky.
- [Chris] it's amazing!
Those cheek pouches can
carry baby hamsters too?
We gotta tell martin.
(Dramatic music)
(Cheeks hissing)
- [Martin] sorry kits,
playtime's over.
We owe our friend a favor.
Don't worry cheeks,
I'll keep you safe.
(Grunting)
In my check pouch!
This is weird.
Whoa!
(Groaning)
Let's get out of here!
- [Chris] well, that's
mission accomplished.
We found all the microchips
for the power suits,
Thanks to our little
buddy, cheeks the hamster.
- And some help from a few
really smart wild kratts kids.
- We sure learned a
lot about hamsters too.
- And even got a really cool
new hamster creature power suit
Out of the deal.
- Hey martin, those
cheek pouches look full.
- Oh, these cheek
pouches are awesome!
I can keep all of my
adventure gear in one place,
So I don't lose it. (Laughs)
Whoa!
(Laughing)
- [Jimmy] guess what?
Now something else is lost.
- You're kidding, what?
- My candy bar.
I was saving it for a
post-adventure treat,
But now I can't
find it anywhere.
- I didn't see it, jimmy.
- Me neither.
- Mmm.
- You don't know where it
could be, do you martin?
(Laughs)
[Aviva] found it.
- Uh-huh.
- Oh, how'd that get in
my cheek pouch? (Laughs)
(Laughing)
- That's cheek power! (Laughs)
- [Chris] these wild kratts kids
just got a new pet hamster.
Okay guys, which cage
do you wanna use?
- [Kids] this one.
- [Chris] that one?
- [Martin] me too!
- [Chris] okay.
- [Martin] look at all the
blue on that one, yeah!
- [Chris] yeah, and that's
the perfect cage
Because it's a lot like the
natural homes of a hamster.
See, it's got the tubes
that are just like
The tunnels that they live in.
- [Martin] and they've got
the chambers.
Look, this is a chamber that
the hamster can take a nap in.
- [Boy] is that the potty spot?
- [Chris] it could be because
hamsters have a potty spot too,
A latrine, so every little
chamber in a hamster's burrow
Is for something different.
Okay, so let's see how
she likes her new home.
- [Martin] she's
jumping right in!
- [Chris] yeah. (Laughs)
- [Martin] look at how she
explores using her nose
To sniff and smell everything.
- [Chris] oh, she's gonna check
out the tunnel, look!
That's the exercise wheel
she's going in right now.
- [Martin] hamsters are very
active,
So they have to get exercise.
That's why it's really important
To have an exercise wheel
in a hamster's habitat.
- [Chris] what do you guys like
to do after you exercise?
- Drink water.
- Yeah, so it's
really important that
Your hamster always has
fresh water to drink.
That we can have a water bottle.
- [Chris] oh, check it
out!
She's using her
cheek pouch power.
See those bulges?
She's not eating the food now,
She's going to carry it
to her storage chamber.
- [Boy] what're those for?
- [Martin] oh, those are chew
toys.
See?
They're made out of wood.
Hamster's teeth always keep
growing, they never stop,
So they have to chew on things
to wear their teeth down.
You want to put 'em in?
- [Boy] mm-hmm.
- [Martin] great!
If you see your hamster
sleeping during the day,
Remember, because
she's nocturnal,
She might've been up all night,
So you might want to
just let her sleep,
Wait for her to wake up,
and then play with her.
- [Chris] but when you do
handle a hamster,
You have to treat
her really gently.
You wanna try?
- [Martin] and remember, the
most important thing
Is to really learn
about your pet,
Get to know your pet.
- That way you can give your
new pal the best possible home.
We'll see you guys later!
- [Martin] yeah, bye.
- [Kids] bye!
- [Chris] we'll see you on
the creature trail.
- [Martin] keep on creature
adventuring!
(Playful guitar music)
- To find out more about
cool animals
- [Both] we'll see you there!
05x07 - Cheeks the Hamster
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Live action/Flash-animated educational children's television series created by the Kratt brothers, Chris and Martin.
Live action/Flash-animated educational children's television series created by the Kratt brothers, Chris and Martin.