[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 it for you ♪
♪ It's StoryBots: Answer Time ♪
♪ Answer Time! ♪
[clock ticking]
[beeps and rings]
-[all speaking] -[Bing] Hey! How's it going?
Team 341B. How can I help?
Hi, Bing. How long is a marathon?
Ooh! Great question. Let's find out.
[air whistling]
A marathon is 26.2 miles long.
-[sloshing] -Thanks!
[retracting]
-[groans] -[crashes]
Ow!
Hi, Boop. Have you seen my pet frog?
Boop. Boop boop, boop boop boop. Boop?
It's on your head.
Boop?
[both] On your head!
Boop boop boop, boop?
Right there.
-[slide whistle plays] -[croaks]
[keyboard clacks]
-Whoa! -Yes!
I have finally captured
the elusive blue-bearded Bigfoot.
Bigfoot? Dude, I don't even have feet.
-[eyebrow squeak] -Oh!
I guess I should be wearing my glasses. [chuckles]
[alarm blaring]
[whirring]
Hey, look! We got a Level Three coming in.
[grunting]
-[all yelp] -Hyah!
Hyah! Hyah!
-Hyah! -[cracking]
[groans] Oh, that hurt.
-[cracks] -Oh, oh! I'll be back.
Boop?
Hey, StoryBots. Sorry about that. [chuckles]
Didn't mean to scare you. I was just, uh… practicing some moves!
Oh, I wasn't scared.
Well, you looked kind of scared to me.
So how can we help you, Mr. Karate Guy?
Look, uh, the International World Karate Championship of the World is next week,
and, uh… [inhales] I can't do my signature move.
Oh, no!
What move is that, dude?
Glad you asked.
Well, it's a couple of choku zukis, which is, uh…
[grunting]
Followed by an empi uchi.
[grunts]
And then I'd like to finish off my opponent with a spinning heel kick.
I'd like to.
Boop, boop.
Boop?
Well, the problem, Boop, is that every time I wanna spin around,
I get dizzy.
Bad. Like, hit the floor.
You can't be the International World Karate Champion
of the World if you can't stand up straight.
Exactly! You know, I can do these all day.
I could do these.
[grunts]
But I just can't spin.
[crashing]
Ow!
Uh, I think you may have a few more obstacles to victory
than just getting dizzy.
Yeah, man. Karate is, like, a seriously graceful art form.
And it takes years of practice to get good at it.
All right, look, StoryBots, I know I got a lot of work to do, but come on.
I've been watching karate films since I was a kid!
Since I was a kid!
I know that if I could just land that one spinning heel kick,
I could win the competition.
Oh, dear.
Um… Okay, gang.
Uh, who do we know that might be able to help our karate friend here?
Ooh! Ballet dancers spin.
Hey, that's right! Madame FuFu spins around all the time.
Oh, yeah. Totally, dude.
Great idea, Bing.
Please hurry, Bing.
Look, man. I'm running out of time, and I need all the help I can get.
Oh, you can say that again.
Don't worry. Mr. Karate Guy. We are on the job.
[whirring and suctioning]
♪ Answer Time! ♪
[cranking and whirring]
Hey, StoryBots. What's your favorite animal?
[whirring]
-[spooky music plays] -[lightning crashes]
Prepare yourself, Egad.
You are about to witness my most bizarre creation.
An unnatural creature that is half beaver and half duck.
Behold…
-[lightning crashes] -Beavarius Duckus!
-[splats] -Hello.
Oh, it's a platypus.
A what?
A platypus.
It's an amazing mammal that has webbed feet and a bill like a duck,
and a furry body and flat tail like a beaver.
You mean such an abomination already exists?
It also lays eggs.
Drat! Every time I think I've made something weird,
nature has already beat me to it!
-Curse you, nature! -[lightning crashes]
[spooky music plays]
[screaming]
[automated voice] Next stop, Madame FuFu's Repertory Theater.
-[Bing screams] -[crashing]
-[woman screams] -[clattering]
[groans]
[gasps happily]
-Ballerinas? Awesome! -["Nutcracker" music playing]
Uh, excuse me, do any of you know where I can find Madame FuFu?
Try the dressing room, honey.
Oh, okay. Thank you.
[groans miserably]
Oh, Madame FuFu. I have an important question for you.
[whimpers and groans]
Me? Madame FuFu? No.
I am the great… [grunts]
Eduardo-oh-oh!
Eduardo feels wobbly. [groans]
Oh, are you okay?
Hey, you look really familiar.
[echoing] Have I seen you someplace before?
[groans] Eduardo doesn't feel good.
[gags] Eduardo is going to be sick.
-[muffled yelp] -Wait, Eduardo!
You dropped your, um… crown.
Huh.
Hmm.
[stately music plays]
Eduardo! There you are!
Huh? Oh, hi, Madame FuFu.
Eduardo, what are you doing back here? The ballet is about to begin.
What? Oh, no, no.
I'm not Eduardo, my name is--
Why isn't the star of the show dressed yet? We must hurry.
Uh, what? Me? A star?
[twinkling]
Whoa!
[orchestra warming up]
[audience applauds]
[slide whistle plays rising note]
-[sprightly classical music plays] -Hyah!
-[crashes] -[audience gasps]
-Heyo! -[crashes]
[gasps]
-[groans] -[gasps]
Eduardo!
But if you're here, now who's that?
Whoo-hoo!
[crashing continues]
[Bing hums melodically]
-[crashing] -[audience winces]
[grunts and groans]
[exclaiming happily]
Oh, I'm ruined!
[groans]
[Eduardo] I'm okay.
[classical music continues]
[creaking]
-[gasps] -[creaking]
Ahhh, my eyes! [screams]
Ta-da!
[technician screams]
-[thuds] -[crashing]
[crickets chirping]
[both chuckle]
Ballet.
[both continue chuckling]
Well, that went well.
[vocalizing cheerfully]
Oh, Eduardo!
How could you let this happen?
I am sorry, Madame FuFu.
Eduardo has been too dizzy to dance.
Dizzy? I thought ballet dancers could spin without getting dizzy?
Normally, I can, but ever since I got this earache,
I can't stand up straight.
Whoa!
Earache, huh? Hmm, maybe dizziness has something to do with the ears.
[gasps] That's it! I know where I can find the answer! Oh, I gotta go.
Bye, Madame FuFu. See you, Eduardo! Hope you feel better. Bye!
So long, little dancing boy.
[groans] Eduardo needs another bucket.
[gags]
-[whirring] -[girl giggles]
Why do I lose my baby teeth?
[whirring]
[woman] ♪ Oh, magic, la la Unicorns, la la ♪
♪ Bo's world ♪
♪ Bo's world! ♪
[woman laughs]
[all singing merrily]
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la ♪
[teeth shatter]
[music stops dramatically]
Baby Piglet's teeth fell out!
[all gasp]
[all screaming]
-[sobbing] -[anxious music plays]
Why?! Why, why?!
[screams] Wait! I've got it.
[all] Huh?
Let's go to Dr. Professor Owl. She'll know what to do.
-[all] Yay! -[cheering and chattering]
[merry music playing]
[Bo] Hello! Dr. Professor Owl!
[angrily] What?
Baby Piglet's teeth fell out. Can you fix her?
No, I can't fix her.
[door slams]
[modem pinging and chirping]
[all] No!
-[Bo] Baby Piglet! -[all scream]
-Wait! -[all] Huh?
What I mean is that those are baby teeth. They're supposed to fall out.
Now go away before you start singing
or doing something else annoying.
-Uh… -Hmm…
What are baby teeth?
[groans] If I explain it to you, will you go away?
-Uh-huh. -Yeah.
[groans] Pay attention.
Most mammals, like humans, are born without teeth.
And then they grow baby teeth.
[eyebrows chime]
Baby teeth just act as placeholders for the permanent teeth that come later.
You see, as you grow, your jaw gets bigger
and you need bigger teeth to fill that jaw.
How do I get bigger teeth?
Well, they're already there from the time you are born,
hiding underneath your gums.
Your baby teeth have to fall out
to make room for your permanent teeth
to peek through.
There.
-[crashes] -Get it? Capisce? Comprende?
Did you hear that, Baby Piglet? You're gonna get brand new teeth!
Didn't you hear me? They're not new!
They've been there since she was born.
This is the happiest day of my life!
Oh, let's sing a song about it.
-[all] Yeah! -Wait, what?
-[all singing] -No! You said you would leave.
Scram! Vamoose! Go!
Why are you all so happy?
-[chomps] -[noisemakers blow]
♪ Oh, baby I'm a baby tooth, yeah ♪
♪ Tooth, yeah ♪
♪ A baby tooth that's in Your small, small mouth, yeah ♪
-♪ I grow and grow along with you, yeah ♪ -♪ You, yeah ♪
♪ Then I get loose And one day I fall out ♪
♪ Like, oh! ♪
♪ Oh, no ♪
♪ Now you got a big ol' hole ♪
♪ Why did I need to go? ♪
-♪ Why? ♪ - ♪ Well, you really wanna know? ♪
♪ See, that's where I used to be ♪
♪ A new tooth replaces me ♪
♪ It's there with you ♪
♪ Permanently How does it work? ♪
♪ Let's break it down I'll break it down for you, yeah ♪
♪ Before you're born You start to grow all of your teeth ♪
♪ Brand new Not just one set ♪
♪ Right away you're growing two Ah, yeah ♪
♪ Your baby teeth ♪
-♪ And your permanent teeth too ♪ -♪ Ah, yeah ♪
♪ Before you're one years old Teeth are popping through ♪
♪ They're popping ♪
♪ They're helping you to speak And helping you to chew ♪
♪ They're helping ♪
♪ And your baby teeth ♪
-♪ Have got a job to do ♪ -♪ They've gotta do it ♪
♪ They're making space For all your permanent teeth too ♪
♪ You'll probably lose your first tooth When you're six or seven ♪
-♪ Lose all of your baby teeth around 11 ♪ -♪ Or 12 ♪
♪ You're growing up ♪
♪ Yes, you are, child ♪
♪ But you still have a beautiful smile ♪
♪ Beautiful smile ♪
♪Yeah, see me, I'm a baby I'm a baby tooth ♪
♪ Falling out your mouth Yeah, making room ♪
♪ See me, I'm a baby I'm a baby tooth ♪
♪ Getting out the way, yeah Making room ♪
-[whooshing] -[screaming]
[automated voice] Next stop, the Department of Bodily Functions.
-[air whistling] -[screams]
-[clangs] -[groans]
-[woman] Ooh! Hello there, Bing. Huh?
What brings you to the department today?
Well, hello, Dr. Poppy Van Poobert.
I'm trying to find out why people get dizzy.
I think it has something to do with the ears?
The inner ear, to be precise.
And fortunate for you, I have the perfect way to show it.
[Bing] Wow! Cool.
[Dr. Poppy] Operator, onward ho!
[steam whistle blows]
[Bing] Awesome!
You might wanna hold on there, Bing. Things are about to get a little wild.
Huh? W-What do you mean?
Whoa!
Whee!
[dramatic music plays]
[laughs]
-All right! -[switch clicks]
Behold… [echoing]
…the inner ear.
Wow. You can see out the eyes from the inner ear?
[laughs] Not in a real ear, no.
But this model is set up to show you the difference between what the eyes see
and what's happening in the inner ear.
So, what exactly does happen in the inner ear?
Well, in addition to helping hear, it also controls balance.
Take a peek outside those eyes. Does it look like we're moving?
[cheerful music playing]
All still, captain.
-[radio chirps] -Operator, commence the spinning.
-[radio chirps] -Huh? Oh! Right away. [mutters]
[hydraulics whirring]
Whoa. The water's moving.
Now look through those eyes there. What do you see?
-[classical an-can music plays] -I can't tell. Everything's spinning.
Exactly.
The head is spinning, making the fluid in the inner ear move around.
And you see those hair-like threads below?
They represent special cells that move with the fluid,
sending a signal to the brain, telling it which way we're going.
Hmm. What would happen if we went faster?
Faster? [chuckles] Oh, well--
Operator! Let's go faster.
-[radio chirps] -Hup!
-[Bing] Faster. Faster! -[grunts]
-[Bing] Faster, faster, faster! -[grunts and yells]
[grunting]
-Stop it. Stop, Operator! -[Bing] Whoa! Yeah!
[Dr. Poppy] Stop it! Stop! Stop, stop, stop!
It's gonna blow!
[all scream]
-[grunting] -[Poppy] Operator, why aren't we stopping?
[dramatic music plays]
[audio distorts] No!
Yeah!
Yes! [laughs] Oh, that was awesome!
Oh! Oh, but I still don't understand
what the inner ear has to do with being dizzy.
[Dr. Poppy groans]
Look through the eyes. Does it seem like we're moving?
Uh, no. We stopped.
Correct. And what about those hairs?
They're still swaying, because the fluid is still moving.
[breathlessly] You got it.
Your eyes are telling your brain that you are standing still,
but the little hairs are still swaying,
sending a signal to the brain that you are still… moving. [gags]
So the brain's getting confused by two different messages being sent to it?
Correct again.
And it's not until the fluid stops moving
that your eyes and ears tell your brain to do the same thing.
[gags and groans]
That's amazing. Wow.
Well, thanks for the help, Captain. This was super helpful. See ya.
-[springs] [splashes]
Always happy to help ya, Bing.
You go on ahead. I'm just gonna… lay down here for a minute.
[groans]
[whirring]
♪ When your inner ears Say you're spinning ♪
♪ But your eyes say, “No, you're not” ♪
♪ They send your brain into a tizzy ♪
-♪ It's what makes you dizzy ♪ -♪ Dizzy, dizzy ♪
♪ Inside your ears are tubes Containing cells with microscopic hair ♪
♪ There's also a lot of fluid around Just sitting like soup in there ♪
♪ Now when you spin The hairs are swayed around ♪
♪ By all that sloshing soup ♪
♪ And that sends a signal to your brain That you're spinning like a hula-hoop ♪
♪ The trouble starts When the spinning stops ♪
♪ And your eyes tell you you're still ♪
♪ ‘Cause the fluid in your ear Hasn't settled down ♪
♪ So the hair's still swaying Like you're spinning around ♪
♪ So your eyes And your inner ear conflict ♪
♪ I think I'm gonna be sick ♪
♪ When your inner ears Say you're spinning ♪
♪ But your eyes say, “No, you're not” ♪
♪ They send your brain into a tizzy ♪
♪ And that's the feeling of being dizzy ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
[whooshing]
[keyboard clacking]
Hello? Mr. Karate Guy? Are you there?
Thank goodness you're back, Bing. It's almost time for the championship,
and I've been practicing. [grunting] A lot. Look at that.
Uh, he doesn't look very ready to me.
So have you figured out why people get dizzy?
‘Cause I really need to deliver this 360 degree heel kick.
I sure did. You see, inside your ear are a bunch of tiny hairs
surrounded by fluid. When you move, that fluid sloshes around
and the hairs send signals to your brain that you're moving.
Super tiny hairs? Inside my ears?
When you stop, your eyes tell your brain that you're standing still
but the hairs are still swaying, telling your brain that you're moving.
So basically there's nothing you can do to help me with my dizziness?
I just have to wait it out?
I have to wait for the fluids in my ear to stop moving so I can be balanced?
Yeah, that's kinda the only way to make it stop.
[sighs] Well, maybe--
maybe that's not such a bad thing after all.
What do you mean, dude?
Look, I know you all think I'm a master of the art of karate,
but… [sighs] …the truth is, I'm-- I'm not really very good at it.
Oh? You don't say.
I'm not. I know, it's hard to believe ‘cause I've got some legit moves,
but I-- yeah, I'm not very good. It took me an hour to put on the belt.
So then, what are you gonna do?
I have another plan.
[chuckles]
Oh yeah? What's that?
I've decided I'm gonna make a name for myself as a… brain surgeon.
Oh, wow. You know, you might wanna spend
a little more time thinking about that.
Whatever I decide, StoryBots, it's nice to know I have friends like you
that I can call when I've got a problem.
Any time you got a question, give us a call.
Yeah, man.
Thanks for your help, StoryBots. Talk to you soon.
[laughs] Don't you forget it. [grunts]
-[static crackles] -[theme song plays]