[all] Ta-da!
[eyebrows squeak]
[hydraulics whirring]
-[beeping] -[rock music plays]
-♪ Answer Time, Answer Time ♪ -♪ Answer Time! Answer Time! ♪
-♪ It's StoryBots: Answer Time ♪ -♪ Answer Time! ♪
♪ They live in your computer And they got a job to do ♪
♪ They're all about learning They make it fun too ♪
♪ When you have a question They answer it for you ♪
♪ It's StoryBots: Answer Time ♪
♪ Answer Time! ♪
[clock ticking]
[beeps and rings]
-[all speaking] -[Bing] Hey, how's it going?
Hi, Bo. What is a baby skunk called?
Oh. [laughs]
A baby skunk is called a kit.
[laughs]
Isn't that stinky?
[slowly] Yes, but they are still so cute!
-Oh! [thuds] -[objects clatter]
Hi, Bang. Could you whistle?
Of course, dude. Check it out.
[inhales, blows forcefully]
[inhales, blows intensely]
Oh, wait, wait. I… I got it.
[objects clattering]
[whistle blows]
See? I told you I could whistle.
[doo-wop singing] ♪ Shooby dooby dooby doo-wop, baby… ♪
-Excuse me! -[record scratch]
Could you please practice somewhere else?
Aw, we already tried everyone else's desk.
Why do you need to practice on a desk?
-[barbershop trio] I dunno. -Ugh.
You can practice on my desk.
-[barbershop trio] Yay! -[alarm beeping]
There's a Level Three coming in.
[mysterious music plays]
StoryBots! I can't believe I got through to you.
Hold on a second. I need to secure this channel.
[keyboard clacks]
Oh, okay.
Uh, what can we do for you, Mister…
You can just call me by my code name, Cosmic Caller.
But why are you called Cosmic Caller, Mr. Cosmic Caller?
It is because I am the world's foremost authority on UFOs, UAPs,
and visitors from other worlds.
For years, I have been scouring the cosmos,
looking for signs of intelligent alien life.
Whoa. Have you found anything?
[laughs]
Oh, I sure have, StoryBots.
Get a load of this!
[keyboard clacks]
Uh, what are we looking at?
[Cosmic Caller] Look, it's right there. The white dot!
[StoryBots] Uh-huh.
That's a UFO!
It is?
Uh, it kind of looks like a speck of dust to me.
Boop.
All right, StoryBots.
I see my photographic evidence hasn't convinced you.
How about some physical evidence?
Whoa. What's that, dude?
It must be some kind of alien language or code.
There is absolutely, positively no other explanation for it.
Well, I'm not so sure there's no other explanation for it.
Maybe this is a blueprint for some sort of advanced alien technology.
Who knows? It could even be the solution to world peace.
I don't know, StoryBots. That's why I called you.
I need your help in deciphering it.
Hey, I know who can help us. Alabama Smith!
Oh, that's a great idea, Bing.
Yeah, Alabama Smith's always going on adventures and decoding ancient languages
and figuring out secret codes.
Hold up the message so I can copy it.
Okay, but remember, Bing, this is super top-secret information.
-[scribbling] -[muttering] Got it.
Great. I just know this message contains information the world can benefit from.
Go, Bing!
You got it, Cosmic Caller. We are on the job.
[whirring and suctioning]
-♪ Answer Time! ♪ -[whirring]
Hey! Where does snow come from?
-[whirring] -[happy music playing]
-Hey, Dink? -Yeah, Doink?
Where do you think snow comes from?
Snow? Oh, that's easy.
Everyone knows that snow comes from the moon.
[record scratch]
The moon? That's completely absurd!
Everybody knows snow is created by snow fairies.
[laughing] What? Snow fairies?
[crackling]
And you think I'm absurd? [crackling]
Oh yes, I do. In fact…
In fact, you're the most absurd StoryBot I've ever met.
Oh, well, at least I'm not the one
that thinks little tiny snow fairies go around making snowflakes!
-[laughing] -All right. That's it!
I cannot go ice fishing with somebody
that thinks snow floats down from outer space!
Well, I can't go ice fishing with someone that believes in snow fairies. [laughing]
-Fine! I'll pack my stuff and go home. -[ominous music playing]
-Fine. Good, Doink. -Fine, Dink.
-Good. Good, Doink. Bye, Doink. -Bye-bye.
-Bye, Doink. -So long. Bye-bye.
-[growls] -[Dink and Doink scream]
Hey, guys.
You know, snow simply comes from the clouds,
like rain.
In fact, it's exactly like rain, except the water is frozen
when the temperature is zero degrees Celsius or below.
[both crackling]
Yeah, right, mister. And I'm the Statue of Liberty!
Yeah, we're not falling for that old trick.
-"Snow comes from clouds." -[both laughing]
-Come on, Dink. Let's get outta here. -Yeah. I'm with you, Doink.
Let's get a snow cone.
[both laughing]
[whirring]
Hi, StoryBots. How do you make bread?
[whirring]
[singers] ♪ Bread, bread How do you make it? ♪
♪ Gotta make the dough Before you bake it ♪
♪ Mixing up flour and water at least Plus salt and a special ingredient ♪
♪ Yeast ♪
♪ You knead it, stretch it vigorously ♪
♪ To give the bread Good structure and consistency ♪
♪ Gotta let it sit for an hour or two ♪
♪ To let the little yeast microbes do What they do ♪
♪ When they eat, eat, eat The sugars in the dough ♪
♪ They make carbon dioxide That's a gas, you know ♪
♪ It forms little bubbles They're tiny in size ♪
♪ As the yeast makes more They make the dough rise ♪
♪ When it's doubled in bulk It's ready to bake ♪
♪ Half an hour or less Is the time it'll take ♪
♪ To get puffy and crusty In the oven's heat ♪
♪ You take it out, let it cool And it's ready to eat, yeah ♪
♪ Bread, bread, cut a thick slice Fresh from the oven it's especially nice ♪
♪ With butter or jam Or another great spread ♪
♪ There's just nothing better Than fresh-baked bread ♪
[song ends]
-[whirring] -Hi, StoryBots.
What's in the news these days?
[whirring]
[announcer] You're watching StoryBots News on channel 22 and 2/3, WBOT,
with your hosts Story Storyberg and Bot Botson.
Breaking news. Science has proven tomatoes are not actually vegetables.
They're a fruit, since they contain seeds and grow from the flower of the plant.
Oh, I guess I'm on the wrong team.
[giggles]
-[party music playing] -[fruit] Yeah! We're having better times.
[chanting] Fruit! Fruit! Fruit! Fruit!
[whooping and chanting in the distance]
[gloomily] I wish we were having better times.
[sighs] Me too, potato. Me too.
[screaming]
[announcer] Next stop,
Alabama Smith's office at StoryBot University.
[jazz music playing]
[Bing screaming, grunts]
Looks like Alabama Smith's not here.
"Went looking for the lost, well-hidden, difficult-to-find Temple of Fractions."
"3/10 of a chance I'll find it, 7/10 of a chance I don't come back alive."
[record scratch]
Oh man, how am I gonna find the Temple of Fractions?
Hey, a map to the Temple of Fractions!
-[adventurous music playing] -Well, that's convenient.
Woo-hoo!
[adventurous music continues]
[rumbling]
-[laughing maliciously] -[heart thumping]
Uh, excuse me. Is this the way to the Temple of Fractions?
Yeah, down the road that way.
Yeah. If you pass a giant skull, you've gone too far.
Oh, great. Thank you.
-No problem. Bye. -Our pleasure.
[adventurous music playing]
-[birds squawking] -[insects chirping]
Finally, the Temple of Fractions!
-[mysterious music playing] -Hello?
Alabama Smith, you in here? [echoing]
[thumps, crashes]
Alabama Smith!
Hey, look, a coin.
-[rumbling] -Must be my lucky day.
Alabama Smith? Alabama Smith?
Alabama Smith?
Hmm. Alabama Smith must've filled this up to the first line.
I bet it opened that door.
Alabama Smith!
He's just gotta be around here somewhere.
Hey, look, a rope.
And there's that secret code.
Three over five?
[gasps] I bet Alabama Smith went through that hole.
I know how to get to him.
Alabama Smith, here I come!
Huh? Not the spikes!
[screaming]
[whirring]
Hello, StoryBots. My name's Winnie.
What is a verb?
[whirring]
[keyboard clacking]
[phone barking]
What the… Why's my phone barking instead of ringing?
-[air horn honks] -Verb swap!
-[air horn honking] -[laughing]
"Verb swap"?
A verb is any word used to describe an action.
I just swapped one verb with another verb.
[phone barking]
You swapped the verb "ring" with the verb "bark"?
[chuckles] Yeah. Pretty funny, huh?
-[phone barks] -How will I get anything done--
-[air horn honking] -[laughing]
[hooves tapping]
Why the heck is my horse dancing instead of galloping?
-[air horn honking] -Verb swap! [laughing]
-[hose burping] -[yelps]
Why is the hose burping instead of spraying?
-[air horn honking] -Verb swap! [laughing]
Shiver me timbers! Me boat is sinking instead of floating.
-[air horn honking] -Verb swap! [laughing]
Hey, kids. Just remember,
a verb is any word that describes an action. [laughs]
[explosion blasts]
-[birds chirping] -[groans]
Why did my horn explode instead of honk?
[all] Verb swap!
[laughing]
[Bang] ♪ If you need a word To communicate an action, that's a verb ♪
-[StoryBots] ♪ Verb, verb, verb ♪ -♪ A word like spin or bounce ♪
♪ Or jump or pounce ♪
-♪ Or skip or fly like a bird ♪ -[StoryBots] ♪ Skiddeldy dee ♪
♪ You can talk about things And people too ♪
♪ But when it comes to what they do You need a verb, verb, verb ♪
-♪ It's an action word ♪ -[StoryBots] ♪ It's an action word ♪
♪ Anytime you wanna say You're gonna ride a bike or run and play ♪
-[StoryBots] ♪ Verb, verb, verb ♪ -[Bang] ♪ Or maybe draw or cook ♪
♪ Or read a book ♪
♪ Or dance the day away ♪
♪ Or even swim at the crack of dawn ♪
♪ The word that says what's going on It's a verb, verb, verb ♪
-♪ It's an action word ♪ -[StoryBots] ♪ It's an action word ♪
♪ A word like sing or laugh or squeak ♪
♪ Or eat or drink or hide or seek ♪
♪ You may have heard that a verb ♪
[all] ♪ Is an action word ♪
[song ends]
[announcer] Next stop, a scary, spiky wall at the Temple of Fractions.
[screaming]
[grunts]
[adventurous music plays]
Alabama Smith! It's you. It's really you!
Of course it's me.
What're you doing here? This is no playground, kid.
I've been trying to find you to answer a question.
Question?
Yeah. Since you know all sorts of languages and ancient codes,
we hope you can decipher something for us.
Okay, kid, but make it quick.
What does this secret code mean?
That's not a secret code, kid.
That's math. Those are fractions.
-Like that. -[dramatic music plays]
Wow! Those numbers are fractions?
Exactly. And look at this.
One, two, three, four, five.
Why are there five equal marks on the rope?
Those marks are part of the puzzle to get to the next chamber,
and the fraction is the key.
So it is a secret code!
No, no. It's still math.
Listen, kid, numbers like 2, 5, and 47 are called whole numbers
because they talk about whole things.
So, like, one hat or three rocks?
Exactly.
And fractions are used to talk about parts of a whole thing.
Like 1/2, or 2/3,
or 3/5.
They're always written with a number on top
and a number on the bottom.
The bottom number tells you how many equal parts make up the whole thing.
Oh, like the five equal marks on the rope.
Now you're getting it, kid.
That's why the bottom number is five.
The top number tells you
how many equal parts of the whole thing you're using.
Oh. So, like, three?
Yeah, so we need to use 3/5 of the rope.
One, two, three.
Hold tight, kid.
[Bing screams]
[continues screaming]
[grunts] Ow!
Woo-hoo! That was awesome!
We're not there yet, kid. Look.
Whoa. Another deadly fraction puzzle.
-I got this, Alabama Smith. -Bing, wait! No!
[grunting]
What?
[temple rumbling]
Uh-oh. Well, that can't be good.
[grunting]
Hurry up, kid. Move!
Let's see. The bottom tells me how many equal parts for the whole,
so eight.
Pick up the pace, kid!
Top number tells me how many equal parts of the whole to fill in. Five.
Bing! Hurry!
Uh, three, uh, four, uh, five!
Phew!
Great job, kid.
[grunting]
-You did it. -[inspiring music playing]
Wow.
Yup, there it is.
The famed golden pizza cutter.
It'll cut any whole pizza into perfect 1/8 slices.
Wait, you came all this way and risked your life for a pizza cutter?
Yeah, well, I really like pizza.
Yeah, I get that. Anyway, thanks for your help, Alabama Smith.
I gotta get back with my answer. Gotta go. See ya. Bye!
-[temple rumbles] -Bing, wait! No!
-Oh, not again! -[rumbling]
-[Alabama Smith grunts] -[sheep bleats]
[Alabama Smith] Ow.
[whirring]
[singer] ♪ When you got 1/2 of a cake Or a chocolate shake ♪
-♪ That's a fraction ♪ -[backing vocals] ♪ Fraction ♪
[singer] ♪ If you toss 2/3 of a bagel To the birds ♪
-♪ That's a fraction ♪ -[backing vocals] ♪ Fraction ♪
[all] ♪ 1/6 of a pie ♪
♪ 3/4 of a fry ♪
[singer] ♪ 2/5 of a cinnamon roll ♪
♪ It's a super-cool fact A fraction is part of a whole ♪
[backing vocals] ♪ Part of a whole ♪
[singer] ♪ The number on the bottom Says how many equal parts there are ♪
[backing vocals] ♪ All the parts there are ♪
[singer] ♪ The number you're counting Out of those ♪
-♪ Goes on top of the bar ♪ -[backing vocals] ♪ On top of the bar ♪
[singer] ♪ If you take 1/4 of your blocks Out of their box ♪
-♪ That's a fraction ♪ -[backing vocals] ♪ Fraction ♪
[singer] ♪ If you just wanna play With 1/3 of your clay ♪
-♪ That's a fraction ♪ -[backing vocals] ♪ Fraction ♪
[all] ♪ 1/2 of a chain ♪
♪ 3/5 of a train ♪
[singer] ♪ 5/8 of the fishes in a bowl ♪
♪ It's the main attraction ♪
-♪ A fraction is part of a whole ♪ -[backing vocals] ♪ Part of a whole ♪
-[singer] ♪ That's math in action ♪ -[backing vocals] ♪ Math in action ♪
[singer] ♪ A fraction is a part of a whole ♪
[backing vocals] ♪ A fraction is a part of a whole ♪
[song ends]
[keyboard clacks]
Hello? Cosmic Caller, are you there? Come in.
Bing. Bing, is that you? Yes, I'm here.
Have you deciphered that advanced alien message yet?
I sure did. And guess what?
It's the blueprint for advanced light-speed travel.
I knew it! I knew it. I totally knew it.
Uh, no. It's actually just--
It's the design for a super powerful force field.
-Uh… -I know!
It's detailed instructions on how to build a giant space robot.
[mimics robot whirring]
No, Cosmic Caller. It's not a secret code or alien language.
It's just fractions.
Fractions?
Yeah. Numbers that represent smaller parts of a whole thing.
Come on, that's impossible, Bing.
I mean, this is so obviously an alien message that…
Wait a minute.
[gasps]
What is it?
It's… a recipe.
From aliens?
Oh, no, no, not aliens.
This is from my grandma.
Your grandma's recipe?
Yeah. And look, those are fractions.
They specify the amount of ingredients for Grandma's super-secret apple pie recipe.
It's 1/2 a spoonful of sugar, and… And look, 2/3 a stick of butter.
Wow. So the message was just a recipe for apple pie all along?
Not just any apple pie, Bing.
This is my grandma's super-secret apple pie.
I'm sure those aliens will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.
Uh, if you say so.
Hey, I gotta secure this recipe, stat.
Thanks for all your help, StoryBots. This is Cosmic Caller, over and out.
[keyboard clacking]
-[static crackles] -[theme music playing]