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♪ Born on the wrong end
Of the leash ♪

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-♪ He was a dreamer ♪
-♪ And a little schemer ♪

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♪ A nutty mutt living a dog's life ♪

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♪ But when he'd hear the bell for school ♪

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♪ He'd start to drool ♪

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-♪ One day he says ♪
-♪ I'll take a chance ♪

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♪ Trades his leash
For a pair of pants ♪

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♪ In a glance, school becomes
His favorite pastime ♪

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♪ I have buried a bone
For the last time ♪

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-♪ He says ♪
-♪ I want to be a boy ♪

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♪ Ooh, he's bad ♪

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♪ He's so over just being rover ♪

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♪ I gotta be a boy ♪

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♪ He says he's just gonna be a boy ♪

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♪ Turns out he's a regular Einstein ♪

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♪ And Leonard is treading a fine line ♪

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Why can't I be a normal kid
like any other?

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Now, doodle bug, listen to mother.

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♪ I want to be a boy ♪

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I hate dogs.

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♪ I gotta be a boy ♪

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♪ This power pup's gonna be a boy ♪

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I do not wish to be a dog.

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♪ Now this bowser's ready for trousers ♪

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♪ I got to be a boy ♪

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♪ His nose is wet but you can bet ♪

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♪ This teacher's pet is gonna be a boy ♪

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Yes!

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[dogs barking]

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Pbht!

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[barking]

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[buzz]

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[howls]

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[buzz, howls]

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[buzz, howls]

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[buzz, howls]

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[dogs howling]

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[growling]

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Aaaaah!

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[barking]

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[panting]

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Ooh-hoo, can you believe the
science fair

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is only 24 hours away?

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Just one more spin of the
earth's axis and, boom,

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we join the ranks of Einstein,
Darwin,

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and my personal favorite, Pavlov.

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[gasps]

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[gasps]

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[tinkles]

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-[blows]
-[buzz]

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Aaah! Aaah!

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Ooh, sorry.
That actually hurts?

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This close to my ears?
Of course a dog whistle hurts!

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Anything with a species in its name

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is made to hurt that species.

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Fly swatter...

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Elephant gun...

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Bug spray.
[hisses]

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Why do you even have that?

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It's for my science-fair
project.

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I'm gonna show how dogs hear
different than people.

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"Dog whistle... hurts... ears."

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That's it?
That's your project?

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Ooh, it's good.

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See, what happened was I found a
whistle in my closet,

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and when I blew it, no sound
came out,

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but then some dogs outside
started to howl.

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Because it hurts.

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Right, but I didn't know that before.

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Anyway, I thought, "how come
this whistle makes dogs howl

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and other whistles don't?"

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Because that one hurts.

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Then I wondered,

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"are there whistles that people
can hear but dogs can't?"

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So I got a bunch of different whistles.

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[toot]

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[kazoo plays]

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[whistle whirs]

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[slide whistle plays]

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How big are your pockets?

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[warbling]

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This is all very fascinating,
Leonard,

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and I'm sure the judges at the
whistle fair are gonna go nuts.

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Unfortunately, tomorrow's fair
is about science.

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This is science.

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I observed something,

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and now I'm doing research to
discover why.

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[wolf whistle]

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[smack]

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Poor Leonard.

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In cave-man times, yes, the guy
who'd go around eating plants

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to see which ones killed him was
a scientist,

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but times have changed.

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That's not science anymore.

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It's not?

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No, nowadays, science is about more

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than just scribbling down a few notes.

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You have to overwhelm your
audience with copious boatloads

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of detailed research from
independent sources,

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which you then restate using
overly academic words

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and fancy typefaces.

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So you're saying my project's no good?

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All I'm saying is, Lenny,

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is the science crown is not
gonna be won by,

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"dogs can hear
a lot of stuff."

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Great name!
Can I use that?

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Have you been listening at all?!

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Make your project sound
scholarly.

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At least have the sign say
"canis pro bene audiamus."

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That sounds scholarly.

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It means "dogs hear very well"
in Latin.

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Let me show you what a real
science-fair project looks like.

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Now remember,
you're sworn to secrecy

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under an irrevocable permanent
code of absolute silence.

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Swear!

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I'm not allowed to swear, but I promise.

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Promise promise?

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Cross my heart and hope to die,
stick a truck in my eye,

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I'll never, ever, ever tell this secret

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to anybody anytime ever.

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I guess that's good enough.

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♪ Ooh ♪

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My, my, that certainly is impressive.

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What is it?

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Pfft! Cats.
Anybody can see it's a--

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Well, uh...
dog boy, you explain.

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It's my science project
on photosynthesis,

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the process whereby sunlight is
converted into chemical energy.

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Right--
photo-idiosyncrasies.

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Keep talking.
You're doing fine.

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Hmm.

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As this chart shows,

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chlorophyll is activated by
absorbing light,

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creating the compound adenosine
triphosphate.

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Wow, you were right.
Your project really is better.

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And well it should be,
Leonard.

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This is an exact reproduction

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of work by some of the greatest
scientists in the world.

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Well, better put it away.

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Don't want any spies stealing my idea.

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Spies! Those sneaky, silent,
stealthy snoops.

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You know what we cats call spies?

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Cat wannabes.
[chuckles]

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I wouldn't hide it in there.

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Mom cleans tomorrow.
Under the bed's probably safer.

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Hmm.

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Maybe the closet was the best place.

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I know.

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I'll take out all my stuff, and
you can hide it in the back.

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Hey, Lenny Benny bean-bom.

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Mom!

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Spot!

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Ha ha hee hee!
Calm down!

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It's only mommy!
Hee hee hee hee!

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I must have showered with liver
instead of soap this morning.

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I'm...
K-Kinda busy right now.

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I just came in to make the
bed.

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The bed?
I can make it.

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See?

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It's so tight, you can bounce a
quarter off it.

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What?

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What to my wondering eyes doth appear?

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Is this a science-fair project
on photosynthesis,

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the process whereby sunlight is
converted into energy

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by way of adenosine
triphosphate?

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Uh, looks like that, doesn't it,

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but it's just a bunch of stuff
under a bed.

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You know how sometimes you look
at clouds

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and see things that aren't
really there?

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-This is like that.
-Leonard Amadeus Helperman,

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I had no idea you've been such a
busy beaver worker bee.

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Looky what you've done!

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I'll bet dollars to donuts you
win first prize tomorrow.

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Oh, ooh, I am so proud of you,
my big secret scientist!

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You'll be the first Helperman

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to go to an Ivy-league university

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with a science scholarship.

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♪ My baby's gonna be a scientist ♪

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♪ My baby's gonna be a scientist ♪

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Poke me.

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All right, you asked for it.

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Thank you.

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Leonard, tell me I was having a bad dream

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but now I've been poked awake

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and this science-fair project is
still mine!

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I'll go talk to her.

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You know, Spot got me thinking.

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Here we go.

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All that talk about photosynthesis

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made me realize that life is a
good thing.

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It's a beautiful thing,
a thing to cherish.

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So why are you making me want to
kill you?

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I'm gonna grow me a garden.

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A what? Where?!
You don't even go outside!

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I don't have to plant it
outside.

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There's dirt right here,
in a manner of speaking.

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Not that box with the little
Clay clumps!

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Exactamundo!

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We have sunlight, water...

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A cat head filled with macaroons!

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You can't grow veggies in that!

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As I understand it,

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there are many plant species
that thrive in sandy soil.

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But it's your little box!
It's unsanitary!

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Oh-ho!
I see your confusion.

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This box is brand-new.

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My regular litter box is over there.

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Yech!

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This one will only be used for
growing things

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and is filled with fresh and
sanitary soil

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right out of the sealed bag.
There.

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Will you help me sow the seeds?

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Yeah, right.

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I can't wait to call the boys at
Al's Pet World with this.

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[humming]

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Oh, darn.

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I'm just not good at this.

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Mom, can I talk to you?

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00:10:05,333 --> 00:10:08,463
Well, you have a mouth, lips,
tongue, and a larynx,

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so of course you can.

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If you want permission to talk...

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May I talk to you?

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That's my boy, scientist and an
expert in grammar.

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I now present our magna cum
laude president

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of the graduating class of 2011!

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It's about the science fair.

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I'm not gonna do
photosynthis-- uh...

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Okay, say "photo" then add
"synthesis" to the end of it.

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"Photosynthesis."

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Photosynthesis.

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So I was thinking--

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say it again by yourself.

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Do I have to?

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Say it.

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Photosynthesis.

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Good!

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Anyway, I'm gonna pick something
else for the science fair.

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Hold on! You are gonna take that
project to the fair tomorrow!

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But--

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no but-er-oonies, young man.

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Ivy Leaguers don't change their
projects at the last minute.

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Okay, I'm gonna tell you the
truth, okay?

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Okay, here it is.

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The experiment isn't mine.
I didn't make it.

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00:11:03,458 --> 00:11:06,878
Oh, honey, if you didn't make
it, who did?

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The dog?

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00:11:09,041 --> 00:11:10,711
Uh... yeah.

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Leonard.

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I know you're saying all this

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because your project turned out
super special

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so you might actually win for once.

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You're scared to be in the spotlight,

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but you're gonna feel
differently

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when the judges announce, "hey, everybody,

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Leonard Helperman is the big
deserving winner!"

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Trust me!

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Oh, here's some gristle for Spot.
Now you two go play.

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[door opens]

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00:11:36,917 --> 00:11:38,957
So, did you clear every--

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[sniffs]

261
00:11:40,709 --> 00:11:42,079
Is that...

262
00:11:42,166 --> 00:11:43,286
Gristle!!

263
00:11:43,375 --> 00:11:44,915
She didn't believe me.

264
00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,540
I have to take your project to
the fair as if it were mine.

265
00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:50,455
You just ruined gristle.

266
00:11:50,542 --> 00:11:53,002
That's never happened before.

267
00:11:58,125 --> 00:11:59,375
You know what?

268
00:11:59,458 --> 00:12:02,748
Whether the world learns about
photosynthesis from me

269
00:12:02,834 --> 00:12:06,504
or a guy who couldn't hide stuff
under a bed correctly

270
00:12:06,583 --> 00:12:07,963
doesn't really matter.

271
00:12:08,041 --> 00:12:11,211
No! What does matter is that
I've been selfish.

272
00:12:11,291 --> 00:12:13,711
I've been stealing all the glory.

273
00:12:13,792 --> 00:12:16,832
It's time that you felt what
it's like to win

274
00:12:16,917 --> 00:12:18,497
and be big man on campus.

275
00:12:18,583 --> 00:12:22,173
Leonard, my award-winning
project is yours!

276
00:12:22,250 --> 00:12:24,920
I don't want your project.
I like mine.

277
00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,080
Don't worry, I'm not mad you
took it from me.

278
00:12:28,166 --> 00:12:30,666
I give it willingly and with
love.

279
00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,710
I ask for nothing in return.

280
00:12:34,208 --> 00:12:35,788
-[clears throat]
-What?

281
00:12:35,875 --> 00:12:36,745
I'm waiting.

282
00:12:36,834 --> 00:12:38,084
For what?

283
00:12:38,166 --> 00:12:40,706
You're not gonna thank me for
all I've done?

284
00:12:40,792 --> 00:12:41,792
Kids these days!

285
00:12:41,875 --> 00:12:43,325
If I take your project,

286
00:12:43,458 --> 00:12:46,208
I'd be putting my name on work
that isn't mine.

287
00:12:46,291 --> 00:12:49,171
That's wrong, and besides, who's
gonna present my project?

288
00:12:49,250 --> 00:12:52,290
If it makes you feel better,
I will present

289
00:12:52,375 --> 00:12:54,745
your "honorable-mention"-at-best project.

290
00:12:54,834 --> 00:12:57,884
There, everything is settled.
"Thank you, Spot."

291
00:12:57,959 --> 00:12:59,209
Thank you, Spot?

292
00:12:59,291 --> 00:13:01,251
But I don't know anything about
photosynthesis.

293
00:13:01,333 --> 00:13:04,253
I'll teach you, and then you
wouldn't be putting your name

294
00:13:04,333 --> 00:13:06,753
on something you couldn't have
done yourself.

295
00:13:06,834 --> 00:13:08,964
Yeah, this way, you won't have
to feel bad, right?

296
00:13:09,041 --> 00:13:11,881
Well, if you put it that way...

297
00:13:11,959 --> 00:13:13,079
All right, I'll do it.

298
00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:14,786
Great!
Let's get started.

299
00:13:14,875 --> 00:13:17,875
What do you know about
photosynthesis already?

300
00:13:17,959 --> 00:13:18,789
Nothing.

301
00:13:18,875 --> 00:13:20,785
Biology? Plant structure?
Chemistry?

302
00:13:22,750 --> 00:13:26,250
Ah, a clean slate, the tutor's dream.

303
00:13:28,333 --> 00:13:29,883
Ouch!
My eye!

304
00:13:29,959 --> 00:13:33,039
What are you looking up for?
Plants don't have eyes.

305
00:13:33,125 --> 00:13:35,785
People! People!
Please!

306
00:13:35,875 --> 00:13:37,075
Work with me!

307
00:13:37,166 --> 00:13:38,706
Do I look stupid?

308
00:13:38,792 --> 00:13:41,582
Yes, but that sunburst collar's
a nice diversion.

309
00:13:41,667 --> 00:13:42,917
Leonard needs our help.

310
00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,500
He has to learn this stuff by
tonight.

311
00:13:45,583 --> 00:13:47,963
Now, again, thespians, from the top!

312
00:13:48,041 --> 00:13:50,921
Why does he call us that?
We are not from thesp.

313
00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,920
And... action!

314
00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,080
The plant gets up
in the morning

315
00:13:55,166 --> 00:13:58,376
and waits for the rays of the
sun to bathe him in sunlight.

316
00:13:58,417 --> 00:13:59,747
Cue the sun!

317
00:13:59,834 --> 00:14:02,884
Soon, the sun comes out and
drops its light

318
00:14:02,959 --> 00:14:05,789
onto all the plants of the field.

319
00:14:05,875 --> 00:14:10,125
"Yum. That sunlight sure feels
nice against my plant skin."

320
00:14:10,208 --> 00:14:11,918
-I have a question.
-Cut!

321
00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,210
Questions are good.

322
00:14:13,291 --> 00:14:15,711
They show you're attempting to
absorb the information.

323
00:14:15,792 --> 00:14:19,632
How come one chart's in blue
marker and the other's in green?

324
00:14:19,709 --> 00:14:20,999
What does that have to do with anything?

325
00:14:21,083 --> 00:14:22,173
Suppose they ask.

326
00:14:22,250 --> 00:14:23,710
They're not gonna ask that.

327
00:14:23,792 --> 00:14:26,252
But suppose they do and I don't
know the answer!

328
00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:27,923
I might freeze up!

329
00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,500
Then they'll know I didn't
actually make the charts!

330
00:14:30,583 --> 00:14:32,793
They're only gonna ask questions
about science.

331
00:14:32,875 --> 00:14:34,705
What are the names
of the cells

332
00:14:34,792 --> 00:14:36,922
located below a plant's upper
epidermis?

333
00:14:37,959 --> 00:14:39,999
Palisade cells!
Palisade cells!

334
00:14:40,083 --> 00:14:42,293
Haven't you been paying
attention?!

335
00:14:42,375 --> 00:14:44,705
It's hard!

336
00:14:44,792 --> 00:14:48,422
If we're finished, I'm gonna eat
the leftover sunlight.

337
00:14:49,834 --> 00:14:52,174
I'm never gonna learn all this
by tonight.

338
00:14:52,250 --> 00:14:53,790
I stink at memorizing.

339
00:14:53,875 --> 00:14:55,995
Yeah, memorizing is hard.

340
00:14:56,083 --> 00:14:58,633
Maybe we've been coming at this
the wrong way.

341
00:14:58,709 --> 00:14:59,919
Maybe what you need is to see

342
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,630
all this photosynthetic stuff
in context.

343
00:15:03,709 --> 00:15:05,379
Let's go for a walk.

344
00:15:05,834 --> 00:15:09,334
[upbeat music playing]

345
00:15:09,417 --> 00:15:11,127
[clears throat]

346
00:15:11,208 --> 00:15:13,128
♪ All this green comes into being ♪

347
00:15:13,208 --> 00:15:14,918
♪ By the power of the sun's attraction ♪

348
00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,580
♪ These flowers of the field
Will not yield ♪

349
00:15:16,667 --> 00:15:17,917
♪ To the photosynthetic reaction ♪

350
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,750
♪ Without chlorophyll from the sun still ♪

351
00:15:19,834 --> 00:15:21,634
♪ They'd be headed for the
Plant cemetery ♪

352
00:15:21,709 --> 00:15:23,379
♪ And all this scrub
Vegans use for grub ♪

353
00:15:23,458 --> 00:15:25,828
♪ Will be riding on the
"I'm dead" ferry ♪

354
00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:31,330
♪ I can't overemphasize that all
These plants of every size ♪

355
00:15:31,417 --> 00:15:32,877
♪ They are smart, they're very wise ♪

356
00:15:32,959 --> 00:15:34,579
♪ They photosynthesize ♪

357
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:35,827
♪ Photosynthesize ♪

358
00:15:35,917 --> 00:15:37,957
But how does it actually work?

359
00:15:38,041 --> 00:15:39,381
Glad you asked.

360
00:15:39,458 --> 00:15:40,958
♪ When the sun and plants meet,
The reactions meet ♪

361
00:15:41,041 --> 00:15:42,711
♪ With a complicated chemical fate ♪

362
00:15:42,792 --> 00:15:44,582
♪ The carbons made organic,
Their molecules erratic ♪

363
00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:46,457
♪ From adenosine triphosphate ♪

364
00:15:46,542 --> 00:15:51,252
♪ And the by-product photosynthate ♪

365
00:15:51,333 --> 00:15:54,833
♪ Six parts co2 make up the brew
Mixed with 12 parts h2o ♪

366
00:15:54,917 --> 00:15:56,707
♪ It's converted to all this ♪

367
00:15:56,792 --> 00:16:00,042
♪ Which is this plus this plus thi-i-s ♪

368
00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:02,575
And, well, there you go.

369
00:16:02,667 --> 00:16:03,877
Got it?

370
00:16:03,959 --> 00:16:05,829
So what you're saying is...

371
00:16:05,917 --> 00:16:07,917
♪ There's a lot of energy
Stored in the ATP ♪

372
00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,710
♪ That chemical starts the race ♪

373
00:16:09,792 --> 00:16:11,922
♪ When carbon dioxide's taken for a ride ♪

374
00:16:11,917 --> 00:16:15,037
♪ Organic...is left in its place ♪

375
00:16:15,125 --> 00:16:17,535
By George, he's got it!

376
00:16:17,625 --> 00:16:20,535
♪ We can't overemphasize that
All these plants of every size ♪

377
00:16:20,625 --> 00:16:21,955
♪ They are smart, they're very wise ♪

378
00:16:22,041 --> 00:16:23,831
♪ They photosynthesize ♪

379
00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:26,667
♪ We can't overemphasize that
Every plant of every size ♪

380
00:16:26,750 --> 00:16:27,880
♪ They're so smart, they're very wise ♪

381
00:16:27,959 --> 00:16:33,959
♪ They photosynthesi-i-i-ze ♪

382
00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,330
One more time!

383
00:16:37,417 --> 00:16:40,287
♪ We can't overemphasize that
Every plant of every size ♪

384
00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:41,745
♪ They're so smart, they're very wise ♪

385
00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:47,584
♪ They photosynthesi-i-i-ze ♪

386
00:16:52,959 --> 00:16:54,959
[snoring]

387
00:16:55,041 --> 00:16:55,961
Yahh!

388
00:16:56,041 --> 00:16:57,751
Will you help me hoe
the garden?

389
00:16:57,834 --> 00:16:59,004
Fat chance.

390
00:16:59,083 --> 00:17:00,883
Will you help me mulch the plants?

391
00:17:00,959 --> 00:17:03,289
This is sick!
I want nothing to do with it!

392
00:17:03,375 --> 00:17:06,285
Perhaps you'll help grab a pail
or help me water the seeds.

393
00:17:06,375 --> 00:17:09,495
Will will let me go to sleep?
Will you please get off my back?

394
00:17:09,583 --> 00:17:10,753
Sigh.

395
00:17:10,834 --> 00:17:13,834
The life of a gardener is a lonely one.

396
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,880
Careful with everything.
You're gonna do just fine.

397
00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:24,749
The research speaks for itself.

398
00:17:24,834 --> 00:17:26,964
Ooh! Don't forget to point out that chart.

399
00:17:27,041 --> 00:17:29,541
I still feel guilty my name is
on this stuff

400
00:17:29,625 --> 00:17:31,075
when it's really your project.

401
00:17:31,166 --> 00:17:35,036
[fanfare plays]

402
00:17:35,041 --> 00:17:36,581
Ooh, Leonard!

403
00:17:36,667 --> 00:17:38,327
Your project looks great!

404
00:17:38,417 --> 00:17:40,997
Oh, thanks, Leslie, I did it all myself.

405
00:17:42,250 --> 00:17:43,790
So what's your project on?

406
00:17:43,875 --> 00:17:45,825
Photosynthesis, same as you.

407
00:17:45,917 --> 00:17:46,747
What?!

408
00:17:46,834 --> 00:17:49,174
You're doing photosynthesis?!

409
00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:51,080
Uh-huh, everybody did.

410
00:18:01,583 --> 00:18:03,463
Photosynthesis is the process...

411
00:18:03,542 --> 00:18:05,462
In green plants and certain other...

412
00:18:05,542 --> 00:18:07,542
Organisms by which carbohydrates...

413
00:18:07,625 --> 00:18:09,375
Are synthesized from carbon dioxide...

414
00:18:09,417 --> 00:18:10,417
And water.

415
00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:11,960
[cries]

416
00:18:12,041 --> 00:18:14,501
Using light as the energy source...

417
00:18:14,583 --> 00:18:17,133
And releasing oxygen as a by-product.

418
00:18:17,208 --> 00:18:20,458
Oh, if there's no water,
you can also use spit.

419
00:18:20,542 --> 00:18:23,462
Well, well, everyone certainly
did a nice job researching

420
00:18:23,542 --> 00:18:25,882
and printing everything neatly
on poster board.

421
00:18:25,959 --> 00:18:27,579
Especially Mr. Helperman.

422
00:18:27,667 --> 00:18:30,417
I ran out of blue marker,
so I used green for this chart.

423
00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:32,750
We have one more booth to look at

424
00:18:32,834 --> 00:18:36,794
before awarding the science
crown, but between you and me,

425
00:18:36,875 --> 00:18:38,375
I wouldn't leave early.

426
00:18:41,125 --> 00:18:43,785
"Dogs can hear a lot."

427
00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:45,165
I hate dogs.

428
00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:46,460
[yowls]

429
00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:47,582
Me too.

430
00:18:47,667 --> 00:18:49,957
Leonard helperman's booth was by
far the best,

431
00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:51,421
don't you agree?

432
00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:54,750
Did you see that fabulous chart
he forgot to point out?

433
00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:56,504
He's obviously the winner,

434
00:18:56,583 --> 00:18:59,673
but we must give the appearance
of fairness.

435
00:18:59,750 --> 00:19:01,830
Now, go ahead.
Present your research.

436
00:19:01,917 --> 00:19:03,417
See this whistle?

437
00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:06,250
[whistle blows]

438
00:19:06,333 --> 00:19:09,083
Now see this whistle?

439
00:19:09,166 --> 00:19:10,786
[buzz]

440
00:19:10,875 --> 00:19:12,415
That's it?

441
00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:14,880
[dogs howling]

442
00:19:14,959 --> 00:19:16,039
Undisciplined savages.

443
00:19:16,125 --> 00:19:17,415
We're not savages!

444
00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:19,210
I-I mean,
they're not savages.

445
00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:22,211
They can hear a higher frequency
range than you can,

446
00:19:22,291 --> 00:19:24,251
so the whistle hurts
their ears.

447
00:19:24,333 --> 00:19:25,713
See?

448
00:19:25,792 --> 00:19:28,132
Say, did you see Leonard's
formula for oxygen expulsion

449
00:19:28,208 --> 00:19:29,878
from the plant's epidermal
layer?

450
00:19:29,959 --> 00:19:30,919
Hurts ears.

451
00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,380
Why does it hurt their ears?

452
00:19:33,458 --> 00:19:34,578
Uh...

453
00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:35,917
The vibration of an object

454
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,790
stimulates an ear's tympanic
membrane-- say it!

455
00:19:38,875 --> 00:19:39,875
Oh, wait, I remember.

456
00:19:39,959 --> 00:19:41,709
The vibration of an object

457
00:19:41,792 --> 00:19:44,132
stimulates an ear's tympanic membrane.

458
00:19:44,208 --> 00:19:47,708
The nerve endings in a dog's
ears cochlea are more sensitive.

459
00:19:47,792 --> 00:19:48,832
And this difference

460
00:19:48,917 --> 00:19:51,707
helps the preservation of the
canine species.

461
00:19:51,792 --> 00:19:55,042
So, partly because of their
ears, we still have dogs today.

462
00:19:56,458 --> 00:19:57,958
[muttering]

463
00:19:58,041 --> 00:19:59,921
I think we have a winner.

464
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,790
I knew it!
Leonard did a great project!

465
00:20:02,875 --> 00:20:03,785
What?!

466
00:20:03,875 --> 00:20:05,125
Me?! No!

467
00:20:05,208 --> 00:20:08,788
What about Leonard?
He's the one who should win.

468
00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:13,455
A dog's ears aren't nearly as
important as photosynthesis!

469
00:20:13,542 --> 00:20:16,332
You were the only student who
took his own hypothesis

470
00:20:16,417 --> 00:20:19,667
and then, using a notebook, did
actual research in the flied.

471
00:20:19,750 --> 00:20:21,880
You didn't just copy out of
books, oh, no.

472
00:20:21,959 --> 00:20:23,789
You did what we do, like a true scientist.

473
00:20:23,875 --> 00:20:24,875
Bravo.

474
00:20:24,959 --> 00:20:26,329
Hear hear!

475
00:20:26,417 --> 00:20:27,917
Good job, young man.

476
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,250
A true scientist.

477
00:20:29,333 --> 00:20:31,753
Why are you smiling?
You lost.

478
00:20:31,834 --> 00:20:33,924
Your mother couldn't help you.

479
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,380
A true scientist.

480
00:20:41,083 --> 00:20:42,503
Like it?

481
00:20:42,583 --> 00:20:43,923
Oh, mama!

482
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,920
Want a taste?

483
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,210
You better believe I do!

484
00:20:48,291 --> 00:20:50,961
I don't think so.

485
00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:52,831
You didn't help me hoe the soil.

486
00:20:52,917 --> 00:20:54,577
You didn't help me plant the seeds.

487
00:20:54,667 --> 00:20:55,917
You didn't help me mulch the earth.

488
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,920
You didn't help me water.
You didn't help me at all!

489
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,710
So now you don't get to help me
eat it.

490
00:21:01,792 --> 00:21:03,922
I'm gonna eat it all by myself.

491
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,500
[crunching]

492
00:21:05,583 --> 00:21:06,753
Eech!

493
00:21:06,834 --> 00:21:08,924
You hate birdseed!
Who are you kidding?

494
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,080
That was before I tasted them fresh,

495
00:21:11,166 --> 00:21:13,166
off a plant I grew all by myself.

496
00:21:13,250 --> 00:21:16,250
Mmm! Like nothing else in the universe.

497
00:21:16,333 --> 00:21:17,503
[spits]

498
00:21:17,583 --> 00:21:18,673
Eech!

499
00:21:18,750 --> 00:21:20,750
I cannot tell a lie.
I do hate them.

500
00:21:20,834 --> 00:21:23,714
Oh, wait, now I've got one stuck
in my teeth.

501
00:21:23,792 --> 00:21:25,582
Eech!
Help me get it out!

502
00:21:25,667 --> 00:21:29,377
If I help you pick your teeth,
will you let me eat the seed?

503
00:21:29,458 --> 00:21:30,918
Okay, open wide.

504
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,670
No breath mints stuck in here,
that's for sure.

505
00:21:34,750 --> 00:21:37,040
Aren't science fairs great?

506
00:21:37,125 --> 00:21:38,075
Whatever.

507
00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:39,376
Everybody thinks you won,

508
00:21:39,458 --> 00:21:41,288
but it was actually my work that won!

509
00:21:41,375 --> 00:21:43,375
How many times are we gonna
relive this?

510
00:21:43,458 --> 00:21:44,748
So now you're depressed

511
00:21:44,875 --> 00:21:47,245
because even though you're a big
man on campus

512
00:21:47,333 --> 00:21:49,293
you know you didn't really earn it.

513
00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:51,125
You're not gonna stop, are you?

514
00:21:51,208 --> 00:21:53,078
Really winning is the satisfaction

515
00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:55,956
that comes from doing your own
good work, like I did,

516
00:21:56,041 --> 00:21:57,751
and since you technically won,

517
00:21:57,834 --> 00:21:59,964
nobody's making a big to-do over me,

518
00:22:00,041 --> 00:22:01,831
which is just the way
I like it.

519
00:22:01,917 --> 00:22:03,667
[buzz]

520
00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:04,960
I thought that hurts.

521
00:22:05,041 --> 00:22:07,831
It does, but it blocks out the
sound of your voice.

522
00:22:07,917 --> 00:22:10,167
You know why?
'Cause the tympanic membrane...

523
00:22:10,250 --> 00:22:12,420
[buzzing]