[all] Ta-da!
[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 for you ♪
♪ It's StoryBots: Answer Time ♪
♪ Answer Time! ♪
[ticking]
[beeps and rings]
-[all speaking] -Hey, there! What's shakin'?
Hi! Beep here. What can I help you with?
What is the world's biggest rubber band ball?
-Let's see. -[keyboard clacks]
The world's biggest rubber band ball weighs 9,000 pounds
and is made up from over 700,000 rubber bands!
-[rumbling] -Hey, what's that rumbling?
Huh?
[screams]
Hi, Bing! It's August. Come spin with me!
I love spinning! Whee!
Whee!
Whee! Whoa… Ow!
[groans]
[grunts, groans] I'm okay.
Boop.
Bo, dear, have you seen my kitty? I've looked everywhere.
Um, not everywhere.
[meows]
[alarm beeping]
Whoa! Looks like we got a Level Three coming in.
[mysterious jazzy music plays]
Oh, StoryBots, how nice to see you.
I'm so happy I got in touch. I'm in a little bit of a situation.
Hey, Secret Agent Lady. How can we help?
[grunts] Well, you see, I was hoping you might be able to tell me how,
uh, lasers work.
Lasers? Oh, man, I love lasers!
Remember that time we all played laser tag and I was like, pew-pew! [laughs]
-Ah, lasers are fun. -Oh, yes, Bing, I know.
Lasers can be so much fun. However, this particular laser is, um, not.
[dramatic music plays]
[crackling]
[all gasp]
That laser is, like, totally splitting that table in half.
That's right, Bang, and if I can't disable it in the next…
[watch ticking]
[straining] …17 minutes and… 13 seconds, I'm going to…
split too.
I mean, I'm not-- I'm not gonna split, like leave.
I just mean that I'm actually going to split, 'cause there's a laser.
Oh, my! You-- You have to get out of there!
Yeah. That's kinda why I called.
Okay, team! We gotta find out how lasers work.
Hey! My buddy Kester runs the laser show at Burning Bot.
I bet she could tell us how lasers work.
Oh, Bang, that would be great.
And if you don't mind, um, hurrying,
I just don't want anything to happen to my tuxedo.
Especially not while I'm in it.
Don't worry, Secret Agent Lady. We are on the job.
[whirring and suctioning]
♪ Answer Time! ♪
[gears cranking]
[both] Hi, StoryBots. Can you help us count by twos?
-Hey, Sally Sue. What's that, Bessie Lou?
Know what I like doing more than anything?
You know I know what you like doing.
You know what I like doing more--
You know I know what you like doing more than anything!
[both] Counting by twos!
-Let's go! -Whoo-hoo!
-Two! Two-two-two! -Two-oo! Two-oo!
-Two! Two-two-two! -Two, two, two!
-Ooh, ooh! Four! -Four!
-Four! Oh, four! Four, four, four! -Yep, yep, yep! Four!
I see a six!
-Six! Six-six-six-six! -Si-i-ix! Si-i-ix!
-Yeehaw! -Whoo!
-Six! -Ooh! Here comes a big old number eight!
-Whoo, yeah! Eight! -Eight-eight-eight-eight!
-Eight-eight-eight! -Eight! [laughs]
-Oh, wait, wait, wait! Wait on that eight. -What's that?
It's the number…
[both] Ten!
-Whoo-hoo! Ten, then! -Ten-ten-ten-ten!
-Two, four, six, eight, ten! -Ten, ten!
-Two, four, six, eight, ten! -Pew-pew! [laughs]
-Whew. -Ten.
Whoo-ee!
Oh, I love countin' by twos.
Oh, me too.
-Hey. -[sighs]
You wanna go get a sarsaparilla?
[sighs] You know I wanna go get a sarsaparilla.
[both] Sarsaparilla!
-Yee-haw! Sarsaparilla! -Yee-hoo! Pew-pew! Yeah! Pew-pew!
-Pew-pew! Pew-pew! -[laughs]
[whirring]
Hey, StoryBots, what's the dinosaur with wings?
[whirring]
[intriguing music plays]
♪ Come fly with me ♪
♪ Over the sea ♪
♪ And it will be a wonderful adventure ♪
♪ Hey, what's happening? I'm a Pterodactylus ♪
♪ What's fly about me? ♪
♪ Well, check out the wings on my back They're not lacking in size ♪
♪ I have these large Pterodactylus eyes Any time of day, I attack and surprise ♪
♪ Dive down to the ground Then I'm back in the skies ♪
♪ Here's the thing, man, my wingspan's Three feet long, wings are strong ♪
♪ And I'm light, can fly many miles Fly up, fly down, check my flying style ♪
♪ Fly down to the sea To eat fish, delicious ♪
♪ Bugs, small creatures, I keeps it nutritious ♪
♪ 90 teeth in my beak And my legs are weak ♪
♪ But I'm fly in the sky Check my skinny physique ♪
♪ I'm not a bird Let me help you understand ♪
♪ Not a dinosaur, man I don't dwell on land ♪
♪ I'm a pterosaur, yeah, a flying reptile
♪ Come fly with me Let's fly for a while ♪
-♪ Come fly with me ♪ -[screaming]
♪ Over the sea ♪
♪ And it will be a wonderful adventure ♪
[screaming]
[automated voice] Next stop, Burning Bot.
[people laugh and cheer]
[yells and groans]
[Bang] Whoa.
Welcome home to Burning Bot, friend.
Oh, thanks, Mr. Dreamcatcher, dude.
I'm looking for my buddy Kester to help me with some laser stuff.
Any of you know where I could find her?
You may not find the friend you want--
But you'll find the friend you need.
[laughing]
[exclaims and laughs]
Uh, I think I'm just gonna start looking… over there.
Hey, Kester. You in here?
-Excuse me. sorry. -[turkey warbles]
-[cat yowls] -Coming through. Pardon me.
-[crashing] -[cow moos]
-[bell rings] -Whoa. Guess she's not in there.
Hey, drum circle dudes. Have any of you seen my buddy--
-[drumming] -[groaning] Ow! Ooh! Ow!
Excuse me, Mr. Fish Man. Have you seen my friend Kester?
[mumbling and bubbling]
Uh… Say that again?
[mumbling and bubbling]
Still kinda fuzzy, dude.
[mumbling and bubbling]
Uh, you may wanna see a doctor about that.
Hey, Kester. You in here, buddy?
Shh! Keep your voice down. We are trying to transcend.
Oh! Uh, sorry.
-[meditation bowls ringing] -Kester!
Kester!
Oh, man. She's gotta be around here somewhere.
Hmm?
[screams]
Whoa! Ahh! Whoa!
[yells and groans]
[groans]
[voice] Hey, careful down there.
Oh, sorry, Kester.
[gasps] Kester!
Oh, hey, Bang. How's it going?
Oh, not too good, dude.
I need to find an answer to a question about lasers.
And I could really use your help.
Sure thing, man. You know how much I love lasers.
-Check this out. -[beeps]
-[lasers pulsing] -[crowd cheers wildly]
Whoa.
So, what's the question, Bang?
Well, I need to know how lasers work, and fast!
-That's easy. You just push this button. -[beeps]
-[lasers pulsing] -[crowd cheers wildly]
Uh, not sure that's gonna help much, dude.
And I really gotta find an answer for this Secret Agent Lady-- Whoa!
[groans]
Bang, are you okay?
Oh… What happened?
Huh? What's this?
Oh, that?
It's the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Laboratory.
They make all the lasers I use.
Did you say they make lasers? I bet they could tell me how lasers work!
Well, thanks for the help, Kester. See ya! Bye!
Oh, yeah. Sure thing, Bang. Glad that was helpful. For you.
-[button beeps] -[crowd cheers wildly]
[whirring]
Hey, StoryBots. Why do bears hibernate?
[uplifting music plays]
StoryScouts, fall in!
[scouts] Yes, Ranger Dot!
Today, we're gonna learn about--
Hey, who turned out the light?
[scout 1] One campfire, coming up.
-[bag unzipping] -[match striking]
[all gasp]
[bear snorts]
[sighs]
As I was saying,
today, we're gonna learn about why bears hibernate.
All we gotta do is wake this sleeping bear and ask him.
Uh, wait, Ranger Dot.
I don't think it's a good idea to wake a sleeping bear.
Yeah, I don't even think we should be in this cave.
Nonsense, StoryScouts!
How else are we supposed to find out why bears hibernate?
But we already know why bears hibernate, Ranger Dot.
Bears hibernate to escape the cold.
They eat a whole lot before hibernation to store extra fat on their bodies.
And use it as energy.
Huh. That makes a lot of sense.
Great work, StoryScouts. I'm proud of you.
[bear snorts]
Um, thank you, Ranger Dot.
[nervously] Can we go now, please?
Yes.
That was quite an adventure, StoryScouts.
I'm just gonna thank this bear for lettin' us use their home.
-Uh, wait-- -[in sing-song] Oh, sleeping bear?
[bear roars]
[screams]
[crow cawing]
♪ When fall comes around ♪
♪ And the leaves fall down And the chill is in the air ♪
♪ There's a critter you'll see Who's soon gonna be ♪
♪ A hibernatin' bear ♪
♪ In a hungry mood, she scarfs down food Till she has a lot of fat to spare ♪
♪ Which her body will use In the long, long snooze ♪
♪ Of a hibernatin' bear ♪
♪ A hibernatin' bear Takes a few weeks to prepare ♪
♪ She finds a den and settles in She's a hibernatin' bear ♪
[harmonica solo plays]
♪ Her temperature's low And her heart rate's slow ♪
♪ She's snug in a winter lair ♪
♪ She doesn't even wake For a bathroom break ♪
♪ She's a hibernatin' bear ♪
♪ A hibernatin' bear Just a slumberin' ball of hair ♪
♪ Instead of a roar She lets out a snore ♪
♪ She's a hibernatin' bear ♪
♪ A hibernatin' bear ♪
[snoring]
[screaming]
[automated voice] Next stop,
the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation Department.
[screams, groans]
Whoa, man. This place is huge.
Whoa.
Oh, hello there!
Oh! Hey there, Mr. Laser Dude.
I'm trying to find out how lasers work for a secret agent friend of mine.
Do you think you can help?
Ah!
I know just who to talk to.
[whirring]
-[whirring] -Huh?
Excuse me, have any of you seen Franz?
Uh, who you talking to? I don't see anything.
Just because you cannot see anything doesn't mean it is not there.
Take a closer look.
[magnifying glasses whirring]
[Bang] Whoa! What are those?
Those are atoms.
They are the building blocks for everything in the universe,
and when they get hit with extra energy, they release photons.
What's a photon?
Photons are the teeny-weeny particles that make up light.
-[crashing] -[whirs]
Hey, who you calling a weenie?
Ah, Franz. There you are!
Who were you expecting, Sully Sullenberger?
[groans] Hey, watch it, buddy!
You see, photons make up the light in everything,
from stars in the sky to flashlights, lamps, candles, even lasers.
The thing that makes lasers different from other lights
is how focused the photons are.
[groans] Hey, watch where you're going, will ya?
Yeah, my bad.
Uh, they don't look very focused to me, dude.
That's 'cause they're not… yet!
[whirring]
Now, when a flashlight or lamp emits light,
the photons scatter everywhere.
-[photons laughing] -[Franz groans repeatedly]
A laser, on the other hand, is a photon focusing machine.
It contains a light source…
[powers on]
-[squeaks] -[whirring]
…this ruby crystal…
[glisten]
…and two mirrors, one on each end.
[ringing softly]
As the photons from this light source pass other atoms inside the ruby crystal,
even more photons are released!
Duh, hey! Wait for me!
These photons all like to travel in the same direction,
so, as they bounce off the mirrors back and forth,
they excite more and more atoms,
and get more and more photons to follow along.
Whoa. All this bouncing is making my head hurt.
With all of the photons moving together through a teeny-tiny hole…
-[drill whirring] -[photons cheering]
you get a highly-focused beam of light, known as a laser.
[debris clatters]
Whoa! That is one strong laser, Doc.
The strength of the laser
depends on the amount of energy being used to generate its photons.
More energy equals more photons, more photons equals more strength.
Hmm. So, if you were able to give a laser less energy,
would that reduce its strength?
Precisely, Bang!
Whoa! That's it!
Thanks for the lesson in light, Professor dude.
I gotta go tell my secret agent friend how to stop that laser.
Thanks! See ya! Bye, dude!
No problem, Bang. Hope I was able to help.
[whirring]
Hey, Doc, me and some of the other photons
were thinking about heading down to the break room for a light snack.
Ooh! Last one there is an electromagnetic wave!
[laughs]
[devices whirring]
[pulsing music plays]
-♪ Lasers ♪ -♪ All around the club ♪
♪ Lasers ♪
♪ Shining from above ♪
-♪ Lasers ♪ -♪ How'd they get so bright? ♪
♪ Let's go in a laser Show 'em what it's like ♪
♪ I'm an atom I'm super, super small ♪
♪ We're the building blocks of the universe, y'all ♪
♪ When I feel energy, I emit light In the form of a photon ♪
-♪ Photon? ♪ -♪ Right ♪
♪ When it comes to lasers Imagine a dance hall ♪
♪ Atoms all around, mirrors on the wall ♪
♪ The energy is big, photons movin' ♪
♪ Back and forth As they're dancin', groovin' ♪
♪ Bouncin' off the mirror, side to side ♪
♪ Move the same way, do the Photon Slide ♪
♪ Pass by an atom, now make a friend ♪
♪ Another photon, now they're joinin' in ♪
♪ Workin' together for a common goal ♪
♪ Shoot a bright light out a tiny hole ♪
♪ A focused light, it's a photon stream ♪
♪ It's a super-duper, super-sweet laser beam ♪
♪ Photons, get in line ♪
♪ Now everybody step to the right ♪
-♪ Spin around and make it all bright ♪ Pew-pew.
♪ You know how we make that light Photons, get in line ♪
-♪ Everybody step to the right ♪ -♪ Okay ♪
-♪ Spin around, make it all bright ♪ -Pew-pew.
♪ You know how we make that light ♪
[powering down]
[whooshing]
[keyboard clacking]
Hello? Secret Agent Lady? Come in. Are you there?
Oh, Bang, thank goodness you're back.
Have you been able to find out anything useful?
I'm getting a little uncomfortable.
Oh, yeah. I learned all about how lasers work. Check it out.
You see, all light is made up of these little things called photons.
-Bang-- -They're these little particles of light.
They, like, bounce back and forth and stuff.
Bang? Excuse me.
And then there's this really cool ruby crystal
that gives off lots of photons--
[yells] Bang!
Just-- I don't think we have time right now
to go into a full technical discussion, so…
Oh, yeah. Sorry, dude.
No, no. You know what? I'm-- I'm sorry I raised my voice.
I'm just-- [sighs] I'm sorry, this laser is stressing me out.
Oh, no. I-- I totally get it, dude.
Okay, good. I'm so glad.
But were you able to find out anything, you know, helpful
in shutting this thing down?
Well, I did learn that lasers need energy to make light.
Energy. That's it! You figured it out, Bang.
[grunts]
I did?
You sure did.
[jazzy music playing]
[powering down]
[inhales deeply] That was a close one.
Thanks, Bang. You StoryBots sure do know your stuff.
Ah, don't mention it, Miss Secret Agent Lady.
And now I'm off for another super-secret mission.
[grunts and groans]
Ow.
Oh, man.
Hey.
You wouldn't happen to know how locks work, do you?
That, my friend, is a problem for another episode.
-[music stops abruptly] -Episode?
What, is-- Is this a TV show?
[theme music plays]