[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] -What's shaking?
Hi, Boop. Can you tell me where wool comes from?
Boop. Boop.
-Boop. -[bleats]
Wool comes from sheep?
-Boop. -[bleats]
Thanks, Boop. Thanks, sheep.
-Boop. -You're welcome.
Boop?
Hey, Bang. Can you teach me how to tie a knot?
Totally, dude.
You just make a loop like so,
and pull one end through the loop and tighten.
Thanks.
[grunts] No problem.
Uh, you wouldn't happen to know how to untie a knot, would you?
You got it. Glad we could help.
[air leaking like flatulence]
-Huh? -[air leaks]
Really, Hub and Bub? A whoopee cushion?
[both giggling]
-Whoopee cushion. -[both giggling]
[groans]
[alarm beeping]
Hey, look. Got a Level Three question coming in hot.
Oh, StoryBots! Thank goodness. I'm so glad I got through to you.
Whoa. Are those Giuseppe's pizzas?
They sure are, Bing, and they're piping hot.
Oh, I love Giuseppe's pizza!
Yeah. That dude makes some sweet za. [smooches]
Boop. Boop.
Anchovies? [scoffs] Boop, nobody likes anchovies.
I like anchovies.
Uh, StoryBots?
Hey, sorry to interrupt you, but, uh, I need to deliver these pizzas.
Giuseppe's has a 30-minute delivery guarantee or the pizzas are free.
Oh man, the only thing better than pizza is free pizza.
Well, Bang, that's the problem, because they're not actually free.
If I don't deliver 'em on time, I have to pay for them.
Oh no, that doesn't sound very fair.
You're telling me Bo.
Last week, I bought dinner for 12 people, and I don't even know them.
Okay. How can we help you deliver these pizzas on time?
Well, Beep, there's two ways I can go,
and I need to know which will get me there sooner.
Oh, well, do you know which one is shorter?
Well, one route is two miles and the other route is five miles.
That's easy. Go the short way. Problem solved.
But Bing, I can drive faster if I take the longer route.
How fast can you go?
I can drive 20 miles an hour on the longer route,
but only 10 miles an hour on the shorter route.
-Then go the fast way. -It's more complicated than that.
It is more complicated than that, and I'm running out of time!
Okay, team. Who do we know that can help us get an answer?
Oh, Speedy Lightning is the fastest StoryBot around.
He's racing today in the secret race… I mean, I know where to find the answer.
-[chuckles awkwardly] -Oh, thank you, Bing.
But please hurry. I only got 27 minutes to deliver all these pies.
Don't worry, Pizza Delivery Lady. We are on the job.
[whirring and suctioning]
♪ Answer Time! ♪
[whirring]
Hi, StoryBots. Can you tell me a fun fact?
[whirring]
[fun fact machine] Fun fact number 210,309.
Did you know frogs don't drink the same way people do?
They absorb water through their skin.
[romantic French music playing]
[French accent] Oh, here are the drinks for the lovely couple. [chuckles]
-[glasses clink] -[slurps]
-[gasps] -Ah.
[sighs] I can't take you anywhere.
What?
[whirring]
Hi! How hot is the desert?
[whirring]
-[whimsical music playing] -[both sighing]
-Hey, Dink? -[sighs]
What, Doink?
Well, how hot do you think it is out here in the desert?
[groans] Well, obviously it's gotta be a thousand degrees.
A thousand degrees? Are you bonkers?
It's gotta be a million degrees out here!
[laughs]
Wait, wait, wait. A million degrees?
Doink, if it was a million degrees, we'd both be on fire.
-[laughing] -[chuckles sarcastically] Oh yeah?
Well, if it were only 1,000 degrees hot, I'd barely be breaking a sweat.
It's too hot to argue, Mr. Million Degrees.
[bird screeches]
-I'm not arguing, you are. -[laughs] We're now arguing about arguing.
-It's too hot for that. -That's what I'm saying. You're arguing.
-No, you are, Doink. You are. -You are, Dink. You are.
-Doink, you are… Doink. Doink. Doink. -Dink. Dink. Dink. Dink. Dink.
-[both scream] -[vulture screeches]
Oh. I'm terribly sorry to have frightened you,
but I overheard your disagreement and thought I could help.
The average daytime temperature in this desert is 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
But there are some days when it reaches 130 degrees or more.
[both crackling]
What do you think, we were born yesterday? [laughs]
If it were 130 degrees, I'd be freezing. [laughs]
Yeah! Yeah, yeah.
Hey, Dink. It's 130 degrees. Let's go build a snowman!
[both crackling]
Can you believe that vulture?
What would a vulture know about the desert?
[both laughing]
[sighs]
[screaming]
[announcer] Next stop, the Archives Department.
[Bing screaming, crashes]
[grunting]
Huh?
[mischievous music playing]
-[door viewer scraping] -[Gob] What's the password?
[discreetly] Pickle sandwich.
[Goob] Hey, Gob, is that right?
[Gob] I don't know. I forgot.
[Goob] Huh. Me too.
Ah, Goob, just open the door! It's me! Bing!
[Gob] Oh. Hey, Bing.
-When does the super-secret race start? -Uh…
I think, like, now.
-[triumphant music playing] -[crowd cheering]
Oh, great.
Have you two seen Speedy Lightning? I need to ask him a question.
[zooming]
Uh, I think he went thataway.
[announcer] Our first racer is the unbeaten champion
of the super-secret racing club,
Speedy Lightning!
[laughs]
I am the greatest! I am the greatest!
[crowd cheers]
[announcer] He doesn't always take the conventional route, but he's quick.
[fans cheering]
[announcer] And the challenger, a newcomer to the racing club,
Ada from the Math Department!
Hello!
-[crickets chirping] -[pink StoryBot] Mmm?
Ada's racing against Speedy? Yeesh.
[announcer] Racers, to your starting line.
Remember, there are no set paths to the finish line and no rules.
Anything goes!
On your mark, get set…
[zooming]
[announcer] Go!
Oh, I dropped my hat.
Just gonna pick that up.
-[exciting music playing] -[zooming]
Boy, that Speedy sure is fast!
[zooming]
-[ambient music playing] -[laughs]
[zooming]
[ambient music continues]
[zooming]
[ambient music continues]
Whoa, she's fast.
[zooming]
But I'm faster!
-[zooming] -You got this, Speedy!
[exciting music playing]
[zooming]
-[Ada humming] -[ambient music playing]
Pardon me.
Madam. Oops.
-[mummy mumbles] -[gasps]
[muffled] The legend is true!
Ada looks like she's ahead. What's going on?
[zooming] What? She's at the world's biggest hedge maze already?
[zooming]
Final stretch.
Can't let this race get any closer. See ya! [zooming]
-[chuckles] Oh. -[rattling]
[rattling]
[Ada] Right down the middle. Woo!
-Finish line, here I-- -[announcer] We've got a winner!
-Winner? -[announcer] What a race time!
There's no way!
Ada, that was amazing! How'd you finish in less time than Speedy?
Well, being the fastest
doesn't always mean you get to the finish line first, Bing.
Distance plays a role too.
A friend's trying to figure out the fastest way to get deliveries done.
Think you could help?
Of course, Bing.
Let's head back to the Math Department and see what we can do.
[whirring]
Hey, StoryBots. Why do my fingers get wrinkly in the bath?
[whirring]
-[fanfare] -[narrator reads]
-[metal swishing] -Ha, ha! Take that, filth.
And that, grime.
Ha! Thought you could hide between my… [gasps] My fingers!
What fiendish work is this?
[smacks lips] They're just wrinkled, sir. It happens--
There's only one would cast a spell to wrinkle all the people of the land
and turn them into puckered prunes.
Walda the Witch!
-Uh… -We must break this spell!
Fine. But shouldn't you put on some clothes first?
What? Oh, indeed. Pardon me.
Onward, Prancey!
All right.
[narrator] And so the heroic duo traveled across the kingdom.
-[Prancey galloping] -[bell rings]
Rise, my child.
Rise from the dark depths of the world!
[laughs maliciously]
-[Sir Foolhardy] Halt! -Huh? Ugh.
Can't you just leave me alone?
Nay. I will not allow you to turn the proud people of this province into prunes.
You think I'm turning people into prunes?
-[laughing] -Oh, do not attempt to deceive me, witch.
I caught you in the act of casting the wrinkling spell.
Uh, nope.
I summoned this giant cyclops
to help me reach the high shelves in my kitchen. See?
Hello.
-Then how do you explain this? -[screech]
Were you taking a bath?
[gasps] Were you watching me in your crystal ball?
Because that is a serious invasion of privacy!
No! Fingers just get wrinkly in the bathtub!
-Lies! -She's right, sir.
How… What… But how?
Cyclops, would you please show this guy your hand?
[chuckles]
[gasps] This beast's fingers are wrinkled as well.
Many scientists think that's because when your skin is tight and wet,
it becomes slippery, making it hard to pick things up.
When the skin wrinkles, it makes it easier to grab things.
But how do your fingers know that they are in water?
-Watch and learn! -[chiming]
[Walda] When you're in the water long enough,
the water seeps under your skin
and nerve endings tell the brain you're wet.
Your brain sends a message to your blood vessels to shrink.
When blood vessels shrink,
it makes room for the skin to collapse over them.
That's how the wrinkles appear.
Uh, and the wrinkles make it easier for wet fingers to pick things up.
Unhand me, you…
Wait, you picked me up so easily with your wrinkled fingers.
Oh, wonderful brain.
You are quite…
[distant] Ingenious!
[crashes]
Looks like I have the rest of the day off.
Hot tub time!
-[easy music playing] -[relaxed] Ah.
♪ If you're wet long enough Water seeps through your skin ♪
♪ Making its way to nerve endings within ♪
♪ And once they sense the wetness ♪
♪ What do they do? ♪
♪ Get this ♪
♪ They tell your brain you're wet So your brain answers back ♪
♪ By sending a message out quick ♪
♪ To your arteries, veins Capillaries as well ♪
-♪ To make 'em skinny ♪ -♪ Also known as "constrict" ♪
♪ And once they're smaller ♪
♪ They make some room That your skin crumples into ♪
♪ Those are the wrinkles you see It's extraordinary ♪
♪ What water makes your skin do Verse two ♪
♪ Some scientists guess That the reason for this ♪
♪ Is that wrinkles might help With your grip ♪
♪ And some even suppose It's the same with our toes ♪
-♪ That wrinkles can help you not slip ♪ -♪ Yep! ♪
♪ There's a lot going on Whenever you go for a dip ♪
[splashes]
[both screaming]
[announcer] Next stop, the Department of Number-y Stuff.
-[both screaming] -[Bing grunts]
I still don't understand how you beat Speedy.
I told you, Bing, it's not just about time and speed.
It's also about distance.
How does someone running slower beat someone running faster?
Well, Speedy was so confident in his ability to go at a fast speed,
he didn't bother to think about the distance e was going.
I'm still confused.
Look, Bing.
The blue string represents the distance that I took in the race.
And the red string represents the distance that Speedy traveled.
Whoa! Even though he was running faster, he had to travel more distance,
so you got to the finish line in less time?
Precisely, Bing!
That's why even though my speed was way slower
and his was way, way, way faster,
I made it to the finish line first.
I needed less time to travel my distance.
-It's math! -[string snaps]
-[cow moos] -Whoa! Math is cool!
Can it help me figure out my friend's delivery route?
I'm certain of it.
Here, put this on.
Huh?
Time, distance, and speed are all related, Bing.
[clang]
If you know any two of them, you can figure out the third.
So if you know the distance and speed,
you can figure out how much time a trip will take.
How do you do that?
Let's say you have to travel four miles in total.
-[keyboard clacks] -[beeping]
[Ada] If you can go two miles in one hour,
it will take you one, two hours to get where you're going.
Oh, I think I'm starting to get it.
Fantastic. Now, let's figure out this problem for your friend.
[keyboard clacks]
[whirring]
How far do they have to travel?
Well, one route is two miles.
-[keyboard clacks] -[beeping]
And the other is five miles.
-[keyboard clacks] -[beeping]
[Ada] Okay.
What's their speed on each route?
Well, for the two-mile route, ten miles per hour.
-[keyboard clacks] -[beeping]
And for the five-mile route, 20 miles per hour.
-[keyboard clacks] -[beeping]
Perfect. That's all we need to run the simulation.
Are you ready, Bing?
Ready, Ada.
[suspenseful music playing]
[machine blares]
[beeping]
Whoa! So the slower car won because it took less time to go its distance
than the other car did.
Exactly.
Wow! Math is awesome.
It sure is, Bing.
And math can do even more.
If you know speed and time, you can figure out distance.
And if you know time and distance, you can figure out speed.
Uh, that's great and all, Ada, but I really gotta go.
-Gotta get this answer back to my friend. -Oh. Okay, Bing. You got it.
Thanks for the help, Ada. Gotta go. See ya! Bye! Woo-hoo!
Good luck, Bing!
Send my best to the gang!
[whirring]
[ticking]
♪ When you ride on a train, fly in a plane Or take a boat to cross the sea ♪
♪ It's always gonna take some time To get from point A to B ♪
♪ If you know the distance you'll go ♪
♪ And you know your speed Whether fast or slow ♪
♪ You can tell how much time it'll take For you to complete any trip you make ♪
♪ Time, distance, and speed They're all connected, that's agreed ♪
♪ It's a cool thing to know So let's proceed ♪
♪ With time, distance, and speed ♪
[ticking]
♪ If it takes ten minutes To walk to the park ♪
♪ At a speed that's easy and slow ♪
♪ It'll take less time If you ride your bike ♪
-♪ As fast as you can go ♪ -[bicycle bells ring]
♪ Even at the speed of a rocket ship ♪
♪ It'd take more time To go to Mars on a trip ♪
♪ Than to drive two blocks Which is not so far ♪
-♪ At a turtle speed in an old car ♪ -[horn honks]
♪ Time, distance, and speed They all go together, that's guaranteed ♪
♪ A bit of math is all you need ♪
♪ To know your time, distance, and speed ♪
[ding]
Hello, Pizza Delivery Lady, can you hear me? Come in.
Bing, thank goodness you're back. I was getting worried.
Did you figure out the quickest route for my delivery?
I sure did.
Time, distance, and speed are all related.
If you know any two, you can figure out the third.
Uh, Bing, that's all well and good,
but I just need the answer so I can get moving.
Oh, yeah. Sorry. You should take the two-mile route.
The two-mile route? Really?
But I can go twice as fast on the five-mile route.
But you have to drive more than twice the distance.
Oh, so what you're saying is,
even if I'm going slower, I can get there sooner because the distance is shorter.
Exactly!
Oh, thank you. You are the best!
Now I better get going so I can deliver these pizzas on time.
Glad I could help. Good luck with the delivery!
All right, catch you later!
-[static crackles] -[theme music playing]