[all] Ta-da!
[eyebrows squeak]
[hydraulics whirring]
[beeping]
[rock music plays]
-♪ 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! ♪
[ticking]
[beeps and rings]
-[all speaking] -Boop, boop!
Hi, Beep. How many muscles are there in my body?
-[keyboard clacking] -Wow.
There are over 600 muscles in the human body.
In fact, it takes over 40 of them just to smile.
Like this.
Ah.
Hi, Bo. Wanna play hide and go seek?
Oh, I love hide and seek!
One, two, three…
Oh! We're starting! [exclaims]
-…four, five… -[crashing]
Wait! No, no, no!
-…six, seven… -Oh, over here.
-All right. No, no. Over here! -…eight, nine, ten.
Oh, goodness!
Where are you hiding? [laughs]
Hi there!
-[Boop's eyebrows squeak] -I found you.
Oh, yep!
Ya got me.
Well, that was fun!
But also stressful.
Boop.
Linguine, pepperoncini, zucchini,
ham, Spam, clams…
Whoa, Bang, you're on a roll with those answers.
Ha! Nah, I wasn't answering questions.
-I was just ordering a burrito. -[whirring]
You put all that on a burrito?
Yeah, man. Variety is the spice of life.
-[sloshing] -Want a bite?
[gags]
[alarm blares]
Looks like we got a Level Three coming in.
Oh, hey, StoryBots. It's great to meet all of you.
Ho… ly… bananas!
Are you seeing what I'm seeing?
Boop!
Uh, my name's Mr. Wonderful,
and I have a little TV show called Mr. Wonderful's Land of Imagination.
Oh, we know who you are, Mr. Wonderful.
You're, like, totally our idol and stuff.
Yeah. We all grew up watching your show!
I've seen all 905 episodes! Twice!
StoryBots, you all are so kind.
I wish I could sit and chat and get to know each of you,
but I have a little problem on my hands.
Oh, we would do anything to help you, Mr. Wonderful.
Yeah, what can we do for you?
Well, it seems that the magical door knocker
to the Land of Imagination
has fallen off.
[record scratches]
[all] What?
If you can't use the magical door knocker--
Then you can't get into the Land of Imagination!
And millions of kids will be, like, totally disappointed and stuff!
Yeah, we are in a little bit of a bind, StoryBots.
What? Did someone just say the door knocker
to the Land of Imagination has fallen off?
The show starts in 17 minutes! What are we gonna do?! [screams]
As you can see, everyone around here is a little upset.
Little.
You actually don't look that upset, Mr. Wonderful.
Yeah, you know, it's-- it's kinda my thing.
Have you tried to glue the magic door knocker back on?
Actually, Bing, I-- I did, but the glue didn't work.
Boop boop, boop, boop boop!
Exactly, Boop. If you can show me how glue works,
then I can reattach the door knocker and get back into the Land of Imagination,
and we'll have our show.
Hey, my friend Emmett is, like, super into making models,
and he uses glue all the time.
Maybe he can help us figure out how glue works.
-Of course! -Awesome idea. Emmett could totally help!
That's a really good idea, Bang.
I love it. And I sure would appreciate if you could help.
There's only 15 minutes to showtime! [screams]
And so would he.
Don't worry, Mr. Wonderful. We are on the job.
[whirring and suctioning]
♪ Answer time! ♪
[whirring]
Hey, StoryBots.
How will I know what direction I'm going in?
[whirring]
[announcer] Do you feel lost?
Hmm.
[announcer] Directionless?
[sadly] Mmm…
Are you worried that you or a loved one are unable to navigate?
I'm telling you, honey, I know where I'm going.
[sighs]
[announcer] Well, now there's hope.
Now, there's cardinal directions.
With four primary directions, north,
south, east, and west,
you'll be able to find your way to just about anything.
There are countless ways of guiding your direction, such as a compass,
the sun, or even the stars in the sky.
Full speed ahead, crew! Follow the North Star!
[rowers grunting]
But once you've found your orientation,
it's just a matter of knowing that north is opposite south,
that east is 90 degrees clockwise from north,
and that west is opposite east.
[bot] Every time I wanted to watch the sunrise,
I'd end up looking the wrong way.
[grumbles]
[bot] And watching the sunset was even worse!
[groaning]
But now that I know the sun rises in the east and sets in the west,
I haven't missed a single one. Thanks, cardinal directions!
[announcer] Side effects include arriving on time, better directions,
a stronger grasp of geography, and understanding maps.
Ask your cartographer if cardinal directions are right for you.
For those in search of even more clarity, try intercardinal directions.
Use only as directed.
We know the search can be long,
but with cardinal directions, there's a way.
[screeching]
Maybe we should ask someone for directions.
[chuckles sheepishly]
[whirring]
Hey, StoryBots. Can you please tell me a fun fact?
[whirring]
[automated voice] Fun fact number 101.
-[dings] -[printing]
Did you know that snails can take super long naps?
Some have even slept for up to three years!
-[snoring] -[mother] Okay, sleepy head.
It's been three years, time to wake up.
Huh?
What time is it?
-November. -[sighs]
Just five more months, please.
-Okay, dear. -[sighs happily]
Such a little angel.
[snoring continues]
[lullaby plays]
-[whooshing] -[screaming]
[automated voice] Next stop, Emmett's mom's house.
-[whistling] -[approaching screaming]
-[crashing] -[Bang groans]
[Bang] Whoa.
Uh, Emmett? You, like, in here?
[gentle music plays]
Wow.
-This place is wild. [exclaims] -[toy train whistles]
-[chugging] -[whistles]
[chuckles] And a "choo choo" to you too.
[laughs]
Whoa! -Hey, Bang!
Oh, hey, Emmett. How ya doin', man?
[chuckles] Great, Bang. I just glued on the last piece of my biggest model yet!
[fantastical music plays]
Whoa-ho. Awesome.
But, uh, speaking of glue, I was hoping you could help me
answer a question for my friend, Mr. Wonder-- Huh?
Emmett, honey, come upstairs for lunch. Bang, you're welcome too, dear.
Oh, uh, thanks, Mrs. Emmett's Mom,
but I, like, totally ate a burrito before I got here.
Be right there, Mom.
-[whirs] -Sorry, Bang.
But Build Your Own Sandwich Day waits for no man.
Feel free to take a look around the shop while I'm gone.
♪ Build Your Own Sandwich Day Gotta build that sandwich, yeah ♪
Don't worry, Emmett. Your stuff is safe with me, man.
Huh? No way!
A perfect scale replica of the Space Blower-Upper 9000
from SpaceBots in Outer Space?
Man, this is, like, the most totally rare, one-of-a-kind model I've ever seen.
Better be super careful around this one--
Whoa! [groans]
Huh?
[dramatic rock music plays]
Oh!
[exclaims nervously]
[yells]
[groans]
[sighs]
-Huh? -[rumbling]
Uh… [grunting]
[train whistle blows]
Whoa!
[clattering]
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
And one more slice of bread oughta do it.
Hurry and eat, Emmett, dear. You don't want to leave Bang waiting.
Oh, Bang's the chillest guy I know.
What could possibly go wrong?
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
[clattering]
[rumbling]
[exclaims]
[grunting]
Ahhh!
[grunts and chuckles] Hey, what's up?
[sighs]
-[train whistle blows] -Huh?
[screams]
[gulps]
Phew. That wasn't so bad.
[screams]
-[cloth springing] -[groans]
-[rousing march music plays] -[whimpering]
-[cannons firing] -[crashing]
-[smashing and shattering] -[coughing]
[coughs]
Hey, Bang, are you--
-[dramatic music plays] -[gasps]
[whirring]
Hi, StoryBots, my name is Finley.
How deep is the ocean?
[whirring]
-Hey, uh, Dink? Yeah, Doink?
How deep do you think the ocean is?
Oh… what, 100 feet?
-[record scratches] -A hundred feet?
It's gotta be way more than that, like-- like, uh, 103 feet!
Wait, wait, wait. You think it's three whole feet more than 100?
At least!
Oh, yeah? Who-who-who told you that?
-A zebra? [laughs] -Oh, a zebra? That's really funny, Dink.
-You're a real comedian, aren't ya? -Yeah, and I got a joke for you.
I know a guy who thinks the ocean is 103 feet deep!
-[laughs] -[menacing music plays]
Okay, that's it. That's it! I cannot be friends with somebody
who thinks the ocean is less than 103 feet deep.
Oh, yeah? Fine, I won't be friends with you either then, okay?
-Fine. Okay, fine. -Fine.
[both] Fine.
-Fine! Fine. Fine! -Fine! Fine, fine!
[both scream]
Pardon me, but I couldn't help but overhear your argument
and thought I could settle matters.
The deepest part of the ocean is 36,200 feet,
or almost seven miles.
[chimes]
[both laugh wildly]
Yeah, right, buddy, and I'm the King of England!
[both laugh and chortle]
Thirty-six thousand feet?
[both laugh]
Can you believe that shark thinks he knows how deep the ocean is?
-[both laugh] -What would a shark know about the ocean?
[light comic music plays]
[groans]
[slide whistle plays]
♪ We're diving down, down, down, down And then we'll dive some more ♪
♪ In the big deep ocean That we love to explore ♪
♪ We're dropping low, low, low, low Because we're going to go ♪
♪ To the deepest known point On the ocean floor ♪
♪ Under the waves, there are valleys And hills all around ♪
♪ On the average It's about 12,000 feet down ♪
♪ That's over 1,000 school buses All in a stack ♪
♪ Or 800 T. rexes ♪
♪ What a fun fact! ♪
♪ But there's a way, way, way, way Deeper place we know ♪
♪ The Mariana Trench Is where we've gotta go ♪
♪ Where the lowest known point Is called Challenger Deep ♪
♪ As low as 36,200 feet ♪
♪ That's 20 tall skyscrapers Under the sea ♪
♪ Or 118 Statues of Liberty ♪
♪ If you could sink Mount Everest Down that deep ♪
♪ There'd be a whole mile of water Up over its peak ♪
♪ We're dropping down, down, down, down Then we'll drop some more ♪
♪ Where hardly anyone Has ever gone before ♪
♪ We've gotta dive, dive, dive Till finally we arrive ♪
♪ At the lowest known point On the ocean floor ♪
♪ Nearly seven miles down On the ocean floor ♪
[whooshing]
[automated voice] Next stop, Emmett's mom's house.
[whimpering]
Emmett, dude, I am so sorry.
I am totally gonna fix all these models, starting with this ship.
[rumbling]
Uh, at least I saved the Space Blower-Upper 9000?
[cracks]
[shatters]
They're-- They're-- They're all broken.
[gasps softly] This… is…
amazing!
[eyebrow squeaks] Uh, come again?
[laughs] Think of how much fun it'll be putting all these models back together!
Oh, man, that is such a relief.
I thought you were gonna totally, like, freak out.
So, uh, while we're fixing stuff, do you think you could tell me
how glue works for my buddy Mr. Wonderful?
[chuckles] Well, you've come to the right place, Bang.
I know all sorts of ways glue works.
In fact, I can show you two main ways that glue works.
The first is called mechanical locking.
Mechanical locking, huh? How does that work?
[laughs] Just listen.
♪ When you use a gob of glue Just what exactly does it do ♪
♪ To get things sticking? ♪
♪ It can fix a flower pot Or any broken toy you've got ♪
♪ But how? ♪
-Uh-oh! -[crashes]
♪ If you magnify the smoothest stuff ♪
-♪ It's coarse and rough, you'll see ♪ -[Bang groans]
♪ Cracks and dents are many Yes, there are plenty ♪
♪ Here and there, everywhere Roughness is the key ♪
♪ Glue goes into tiny cracks It oozes into all the gaps ♪
-♪ And there it hardens ♪ -Oh! [grunts]
♪ Everywhere that it can drip It gets a firm and hearty grip ♪
♪ And so ♪
♪ When it dries completely Then its grip is good and strong ♪
♪ There you go, good as new ♪
♪ Through and through 'Cause the glue won't let go ♪
-[whistles] That's mechanical locking.
But glue also works on a molecular level.
♪ Atoms make up everything That's the rule ♪
♪ Though they're tiny, not very large ♪
♪ And they combine into clusters Called molecules ♪
♪ Which often can have An electric charge ♪
♪ Those have a couple of different ends ♪
♪ Positive and negative too ♪
♪ And when opposing ends line up They stick to each other ♪
♪ Like pairs of magnets do It's true! ♪
There's a name for that. Van der Waals forces.
♪ Now the molecules of glue Are clinging by the millions ♪
♪ To the things you're joining ♪
♪ So it helps them stick together ♪
♪ That's the coolest thing I've ever seen ♪
♪ Glue can work in many ways ♪
♪ I've shown you only two ♪
Glue!
♪ But when you build a model truck Or fix a handle on a cup ♪
♪ Just think of all the great things ♪
♪ Glue can do ♪
[snaps fingers]
Whoa-ho-ho-ho!
Man, Emmett, you sure know your glue.
Well, better give Mr. Wonderful his answer. Thanks a lot, man!
No problem, Bang. Any time.
Take care, brother. See ya. Bye!
See ya later! Take care! Goodbye!
-[door closes] -[whistling melody]
[shattering]
Oh, darn, it's broken. Guess I gotta fix it again.
[laughs]
[whirring]
[school bell ringing]
Welcome, class.
There are two primary theories
that explain how glue sticks things together,
which my assistant, Gopher, will help me demonstrate.
Mm-hmm.
The first theory is called mechanical locking.
Even the smoothest-looking surfaces
are rough when you put them under a microscope.
Mechanical locking happens
when wet glue pours into all of the small crevices
and dries.
[Gopher exclaims]
It grips the microscopic rough surfaces and holds them together.
[Gopher exclaims]
[yelps]
The second theory is called van der Waals forces.
It claims that things stick together at the molecular level.
[yelps]
-[gasps] -Molecules are groups of atoms.
[yells]
[objects shattering]
Some of them have positive charges, and some of them have negative charges.
[Gopher grunts weakly]
When molecules with positive charges
and molecules with negative charges line up, they stick together.
-[crackling] -[yells]
[glass shatters]
Similar to the way opposite ends of a magnet stick together.
-[screams] -[crashing]
While van der Waals forces and mechanical locking
are the primary ways that glue makes things stick together,
people are still learning about how glue works--
[Gopher yelps]
…and inventing new ways to make better glues.
-Isn't that right, Gopher? -[groans weakly]
[yells] A monster!
[panting] Class dismissed!
Run for your life!
And that's how glue works.
[sighs]
[whooshing]
-[keyboard clacks] -Uh, hello?
Mr. Wonderful? Are you there?
Oh, Bang, I'm so glad you're back.
Did you figure out how glue works so I can get the knocker on the door?
My friends are getting a little antsy here.
It's only one minute to showtime! We're doomed!
I sure did, Mr. Wonderful.
But first, can you tell me what the surface of your door feels like?
Oh. Why, Bang, it's incredibly smooth.
Like my bald head.
Therein lies the problem, dude. It's too smooth.
Do you happen to have any sandpaper nearby?
You know what? I do have some sandpaper.
Right here.
Sweet! Now all you gotta do is sand down the part of the door
that the knocker sticks to.
[grunts]
[sanding]
So, Bang, why are we using sandpaper to make the smooth door rough?
It creates grooves and crevices that the glue can sink into.
Then when it dries, it'll, like, totally hold the knocker in place.
That's called mechanical locking.
Wow. Sounds very complicated.
That's nothing, man. You should hear about van der Waals forces.
Done!
All right. Now try re-gluing that knocker back on.
[squirting]
[squishing]
Look at that. With the rougher surface,
the glue stuck the knocker to the door.
Mechanical locking for the win.
Bang, thank you so much for all your help. I wish I could stay and chat, but--
There's only ten seconds to showtime! [screams]
…but it looks like my show is about to start.
Oh, it's our pleasure, Mr. Wonderful, dude.
-Really glad we could help! -Good luck with the show!
Thank you all, StoryBots.
I love you, and I'll see you in the Land of Imagination.
-[static crackles] -[theme song plays]