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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 ♪
Mr. Sparks: It was a normal morning
at the City Town Animal Shelter.
Very little going on,
but something big was about to go down.
- Oh, good.
The truck full of dog toys is here.
There should be enough for every dog in the shelter.
[toys squeaking] [gasps]
Oh, no, the dog toys!
[dogs barking] The dogs?
Come back, little doggies! Come back!
Oh, what do I do? Oh, no!
I need help.
I need help!
[dramatic music]
Mr. Sparks: Luckily, helping is what our students train for
at Hero Elementary.
Though sometimes,
they could use a little help of their own.
[girl whooshes]
[quirky music]
woman: Attention, Amazing Memory Kid.
You forgot your lunch bag again.
- [grunts]
- Class is starting, guys. - Let's go.
- Ooh, I can't wait.
- Huh?
- Buenos días, class.
Come in, come in.
- What's this, Mr. Sparks?
- It's a door.
- Good observation, AJ.
- But what's it doing in our classroom?
- It's for training.
As heroes, sometimes you may need to save someone
who is on the other side of a locked door--
someone like our lovable class pet, Fur Blur.
- [chitters excitedly]
- Ooh. Now, imagine.
Poor little Fur Blur is behind this locked door
and she can't get to her afternoon snack.
- [chitters sadly]
- She needs you to come to her rescue.
One of you must get through that door.
- I'm coming, Fur Blur!
[crash]
Got her. Uh...
[wood creaks]
- Well, she did get through the door.
[Sparkinator blipping] [all gasp]
Mr. Sparks: The Sparkinator.
Looks like trouble outside the Animal Shelter.
- I think they could use some heroic help.
- Well, who's the crew who knows what to do?
♪ ♪
all: Sparks' Crew to the Rescue!
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
[dogs barking]
- Oh, thank goodness you're here!
- Okay, Team. What are we dealing with?
- We've got a major traffic jam.
- And doggy squeaky toys everywhere!
- And cute little doggies too!
[dogs barking, cars honking]
- It's too loud.
[grunting]
[relieved sigh]
- Things are out of control.
Can you help?
- Fear not.
We shall get all the squeaky balls
and the cute little doggy-woggies too--
Hero Word of Honor.
- Come on, Sparks' Crew!
- Let's do this.
[whooshes]
- Come on. I got you! I got you!
Whoa! Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa.
[grunts] [groans]
- [whooshes]
[grunts] Huh?
[dog barks] [grunts]
[frustrated grunt]
- [panting]
[bell jingles] [groans]
[babbles]
- Oops.
- Come on, AJ!
- Hey, AJ! Catch!
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
[playful music]
- Gotcha!
[laughs]
[dog barking] - [whooshes, grunts]
- Oh, yeah.
AJ: Lucita, push them this way.
[dog barks]
Mr. Sparks: Yes, it was "ruff"... [laughs]
But my hero students fetched all the squeaky balls
and all the dogs too.
- Wait. There's still one ball left.
- I shall get it!
Catch! [grunts]
- Oops! [ball squeaks]
Aha!
I'll stop it with my Stop Ray.
♪ ♪
- Uh, I don't think that's a Stop Ray.
- Mm, nope.
That's my Grow Ray.
- That giant squeaky ball is getting away!
♪ ♪
[ball squeaks] - Yikes!
- Whoa, it could really damage something!
- Or someone!
People are in danger. We have to help.
Come on!
[ball squeaking]
♪ ♪
[all grunt]
[groaning]
♪ ♪
Huh?
- [panting] It's getting faster and faster!
- That's 'cause it's rolling downhill!
- Never fear.
We shall use our superpowers to catch it.
[jetpack whooshes]
- [yelps]
- Oh, no!
[cart rattling]
- [gasps] It's pushing that grocery cart!
- Then I shall push it back!
[grunts]
[tires screeching]
Oh, no! [grunting]
♪ ♪
[birds chirping] - [meows]
[purrs]
- Phew.
- Here you go, sir. - Thank you.
♪ ♪
- [gasps] We're gaining on it.
- Yeah, the ground is flatter here.
Ball is slowing down.
- Get ready. Now's our chance to stop it.
- I shall stop the ball with a wall...
[bubbles bubbling] Of bubbles!
♪ ♪
Eh, that's the way the bubbles burst.
[sheepish laugh]
- Okay, I've reversed this Grow Ray
to make it a Shrink Ray.
[Shrink Ray whooshes]
[dramatic musical sting]
Oops.
I must've reversed the reverse button. [chuckles]
- Maybe I can land on the ball to stop it.
♪ ♪
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh.
Whoa!
- What do we do now? - [groans]
- I know. We can use our...
all: Superpowers of Science!
- Let's start by investigating.
I'll fly up and see what I can find out.
[curious music]
I notice that the ball
is heading away from downtown.
I also notice that I'm getting dizzy!
[squeaks]
- I shall protect you!
Bubble up!
- [screams]
[grunts]
[victorious fanfare]
Thanks, Benny.
Let's go!
- Huh, I just thought of something I noticed today.
Thought Projecting!
The ball pushed that grocery cart, see?
But Benny stopped it by pushing it from the other side.
Maybe that's what we need to do:
push the ball from the other side.
- Okay! I'm on it!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[knuckles crack]
[ball squeaks] [grunts]
[grunting]
- That's a super push!
- It slowed the ball down, but it's still moving!
- And it's pushing Sara.
It could push her into the lake!
- Not if I can help it!
- [grunting]
- [grunts]
[both straining]
- Ball is slowing down, but they need a stronger push.
- Come on, AJ. Let's help.
♪ ♪
[all grunting]
- [grunting] Push.
- You've gotta be kidding me!
♪ ♪
[feet screeching]
[all cheering] - Yeah, we did it!
- We stopped the giant ball with a giant push!
- [meows]
[purrs]
- Great work, team.
- Yes! We have saved the day.
Our work here is done.
- Not yet.
We said we would get all the squeaky balls back.
We gave our Hero Word of Honor.
- I guess we did.
But how are we going to get this big ball back up the hill
all the way to the Animal Shelter?
- I'll just teleport it back.
It'll be a snap.
[whooshes]
Oops. Let me try again.
- [laughs] I think we've gotta come up with another plan.
[device beeps]
- How's it going, class?
- Well, we ended up with a giant squeaky ball
rolling down City Town.
- Ay. What did you do?
- We stopped it together by pushing from the other side.
- Fantástico!
- But we wanna get it moving again.
- Hmm, if pushing stopped it from moving,
maybe pushing can start it moving.
- Let's investigate!
- Yes, try it out.
Good luck!
- Come on!
Let's push!
- [grunts]
- It's moving! [gasps]
Keep going!
- [grunts] - Push, push!
- Push! - Push!
[all grunting]
[yelping]
[straining]
[bell jingles] [panting]
- We promised we would get every squeaky ball back.
- And this is the last of them.
- This is one of our squeaky balls?
It's huge!
- Oh, good. You're still open.
- Amazing Memory Kid?
What are you doing here?
- Oh, I forgot that today's my dog's birthday.
I heard you had some extra squeaky balls.
Do you have one that's the right size
for a super dog like this?
♪ ♪
I'll take it!
But, uh, how can I get it home?
- Well, Team, looks like someone else needs our help.
To Amazing Memory Kid's house!
Sparks' Crew: Push! Push! Push!
Mr. Sparks: And so our young heroes
had a ball saving the day.
And all it took was a little push.
[chuckles] Make that a lot of big pushes!
all: ♪ We all belong at Hero Elementary! ♪
Mr. Sparks: A boat out of control, a hero in action--
was this the work of an invisible boat thief?
[chuckles] No, it was my class training for water rescues.
- Yay, Lucita!
- You can do it!
- Catch that runaway boat!
- I got it, I got it, I got it, I don't got it.
[overlapping cheering]
- Oh--ooh!
Mr. Sparks: But sometimes,
it's the rescuer who needs rescuing.
- Uh-oh! Too high!
- She looked down.
Lucita always gets dizzy when she looks down.
- [groans]
- Oh, no!
- [chitters]
- Oh! [grunts]
[groans]
Huh?
- [laughs] Excelente! - Yes, you did it!
- [chitters happily] - Okay, Team.
Time to pull the boat to shore.
- Let's see if I have a gadget for that.
[objects rustling] Jet Shoes,
Arm-o-matic, Grow Ray...
- I got this.
[whooshes]
[grunts]
- Uh-oh!
[boat fizzes]
- Oops, my bad.
[Sparks' Crew grunting] - Heavy.
- Well, Team, we did bring the boat to shore,
but our water rescues could use some work.
- That's okay.
You're still heroes-in-training.
You're learning.
Now, let's pack up and head back to school.
Come on, Fur Blur. - [chittering]
[playful music]
♪ ♪
- Whoa, I do not wanna get my backpack wet
'cause my Super Gadgets are in there.
- Never fear.
I shall protect it!
Bubble up.
- Thanks, Benny!
- [grunting]
We've got to make it fit!
- Oh, it'll fit. [knuckles crack]
[grunting]
- Fur Blur!
- Aha!
Gotcha! - [chitters]
- Nice job, Lucita.
- You're safe now!
Oh, you little cutie-wootie!
- Okay, Team, nos vamos.
- Come on, Team! Let's go!
- I got the door. - Okay.
[energetic music]
[engine turning over]
[tires rustling]
[mysterious music]
Mr. Sparks: But when my crew got back
and unpacked the back,
Benny found the backpack wasn't packed!
Whew! Say that three times fast!
- Oh. Oh, boy.
[whimpers]
- Benny, what's wrong?
- Uh, I can't find AJ's backpack.
Think, think, think... [gasps]
I left it on the ground near the van.
- What? Oh, no.
He loves that backpack.
He's gonna be upset.
- Maybe he won't. Maybe he'll be totally calm.
- [screams] This is terrible!
Yuck! [whimpers]
- Okay, maybe not.
- I can't take it anymore.
I don't like how wet clothes feel.
I need to change right now.
- Okay, that's fine.
- I'll get my backpack when I'm dry.
[groans]
Yuck.
- I'm gonna go back to the lake and get it.
- Before telling him?
- I'll be back before AJ even knows it's gone.
Mr. Sparks, we left something at the lake.
Okay if I pop back and pick it up?
- Oh, I like how you want to do things yourself, Sara.
But remember to take a buddy with you
because it's always safer with a buddy.
- Lucita will go with me. Thanks, Mr. Sparks!
With the two of us looking, we can get it back faster.
- If AJ asks about his backpack?
- Just distract him. Keep him busy.
We'll be back in no time.
Let's go! Lake!
- [gulps]
♪ ♪
- [whooshes] Okay.
Where is it?
- I don't know.
It was right here last time we saw it.
We'll just have to figure out how to find it.
- Maybe we should use our...
both: Superpowers of Science!
- Let's observe to see what we notice.
♪ ♪
- I notice something.
The beach slopes downhill to the water.
- Right.
And the backpack was in a round bubble.
[gasps]
Maybe it rolled down into the lake.
- Nah, Benny's bubbles float.
If it went in the lake, it would be right there,
floating on top of the water.
- Wait, I just noticed something else.
See that?
Those leaves are moving!
- How? It's not even windy.
- Then it must be the water that's moving the leaves.
- And if water can move leaves,
then it can move a backpack in a bubble!
- We've got to find where AJ's backpack went.
Come on! The water's going this way!
- AJ? - Oh, come on.
I-- aww.
I don't have any dry clothes to change into.
Maybe there's something in my backpack.
- No!
I mean, why get changed
when we have the perfect way to get dry,
uh, right here in the school?
Come on!
- Is it here? No.
Here? No.
Maybe it's here. No.
[whooshing]
Look!
The land is closer together here.
Lucita: And the water's moving faster.
This is definitely different from the lake.
[gasps]
I think it's a river!
- So the water from that lake flows into this river?
- Yup, so we have to keep following the flow of the water
if we want to find the backpack.
Let's go! - [whooshes]
[adventurous music]
- I see it! There's AJ's backpack!
- Can you get it?
- Oh. Whoa!
Whoa, it's too wet and slippery!
I can't get a grip!
- [gasps]
[angelic tone]
Maybe we can block it!
[whooshes]
[grunting]
- Yes, we did it! - We did it!
- Yeah! Whoo-hoo! - Yes, yes, yes!
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. - Oh, whoo-hoo!
- Yeah! [laughs]
[both cheering] - All right!
[laughter]
[both gasp]
- I can't believe we lost it--
again!
Mr. Sparks: Back at our school,
Benny was doing his best to keep AJ busy
with an idea he hoped would really fly.
- See?
This is a great way to dry off!
- But the wind tunnel is supposed to be
for flying lessons.
[button beeps] [machine powers down]
[grunts]
Well, I'm dry now. [chuckles]
I want to go get my backpack.
I don't feel right without it.
- Sure, AJ, uh, right after
you help Mr. Sparks fix the boat!
[laughing] I mean, when it comes to fixing things,
you're the man.
- I'm not a man. I'm only seven.
♪ ♪
- I can't see the backpack anywhere.
- I can't believe we lost it again.
- Sara, it's time to tell AJ.
- [sighs] He'll be so upset.
- Yup, but he's our friend, and he deserves to know.
- [sighs] I guess you're right.
- Mr. Sparks, uh, AJ can help you fix the boat!
[slowly] So take your time.
- Oh, gracias, but I just patched it.
Good as new.
Now, as soon as Lucita and Sara get back
from the lake, we can--
- The lake?
Why did they go back to the lake?
- Oh, to, uh--
- We went to find your backpack, AJ.
- What do you mean?
- Uh, well, I accidentally
left it behind.
- No.
- It rolled down a hill into the lake--
- What?
My Super Gadgets are in there!
- Your backpack's dry. It's in the bubble, but...
[quickly] The lake led into a river
and the water carried it away.
- [groaning]
- And we don't know where it is right now.
- It's lost? No.
This cannot be happening.
- Try taking some deep breaths.
In... - [inhales]
- And out. [both exhale]
- [inhales, exhales] Okay.
- I'd feel the way you do if something of mine was lost.
We're sorry, AJ.
- We didn't want you to worry.
- But we should've told you sooner.
Sorry.
- Well, now you can work as a team together
to solve this problem.
- Right.
And we need your help, AJ.
You are great at solving problems.
If anyone can do this, it's you.
- [exhales] Okay.
We have to get further down the river
before my backpack gets there.
Come on!
all: Sparks' Crew to the Rescue!
♪ ♪
- I hope we aren't too late.
- Huh?
The river looks like it just ends.
- It doesn't just end. It falls.
- It's a waterfall!
- Come on, Team!
- There's lots of hard, pointy rocks down there.
- Look! My backpack!
- It's too slippery to pick up,
but if we don't stop it,
it'll go over the falls with all of AJ's gadgets.
- Uh, did I mention that
there are hard, pointy rocks down there?
- What do we do?
- Hm, we let it go over the falls.
[together] Huh? - What?
No, no, no, no, no. Your backpack will be ruined!
- Thought Projecting!
Not if you fly out and catch it from below
like how you caught Fur Blur this morning.
- Huh?
Oh...
- Lucita, I know you get dizzy when you look down,
but if anyone can do this, it's you.
- Okay, let's go with your plan.
- [gasps] Here comes the backpack.
It's now or never!
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
[whimpering]
- Come on, Lucita. I know you can do it.
- I can do this.
I can do it for AJ!
♪ ♪
- You did it!
- [chitters happily]
[all cheering] - You did it, Lucita!
- Thanks to your plan, we did it together!
Benny?
Here you go, AJ.
- [relieved sigh]
Feels good to have this on me again.
- Yay! - We did it!
Mr. Sparks: So my students tracked that pack
from a lake to a river to a waterfall
and got that backpack back.
And that is how they learned to do a real water rescue.
- AJ, you are the man.
- I'm seven.
all: ♪ We all belong at Hero Elementary! ♪
male narrator: Time to learn how to hero!
[upbeat music]
Hey, you.
Yes, that means you!
Let's go hero,
using your Superpowers of Science!
♪ ♪
Today's superpower is...
the power to observe.
woman: ♪ Your power to observe ♪
[cat meows] ♪ Can help you save the day ♪
♪ And heroes can observe the world in different ways ♪
♪ Just use your senses to find things out ♪
[cat meows]
♪ 'Cause finding out is what it's all about ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ What do you see? ♪
♪ What do you hear? ♪
♪ How does it feel? ♪
♪ What do you taste and smell? ♪
♪ You're make-makin' an observation ♪
♪ What do you see? Observation ♪
♪ What do you hear? Observation ♪
♪ How does it feel? Observation ♪
♪ What do you taste and smell? ♪
♪ You're make-makin' an observation ♪
♪ Finding out is what it's all about ♪
♪ Observation ♪
♪ Make an observation ♪
♪ Have a celebration ♪
♪ You made a new observation ♪
♪ What do you see? Observation ♪
♪ What do you hear? Observation ♪
♪ How does it feel? Observation ♪
♪ What do you taste and smell? ♪
♪ You're make-makin' an observation ♪
♪ What do you see? Observation ♪
♪ What do you hear? Observation ♪
♪ How does it feel? Observation ♪
♪ What do you taste and smell? ♪
♪ Go on and make an observation ♪
♪ Finding out is what it's all about ♪
[exciting music]
♪ ♪