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🥁 Boom! Bang! It's getting too loud in this episode of The Fixies! When a noisy drum causes chaos, the Fixies jump into action to teach kids about sound, vibrations, and volume control. It's a fun-filled, educational adventure where children learn science in a playful way!
Perfect for preschoolers and young learners, this episode is part of the WildBrain Learn at Home series—designed to mix fun and learning anytime, anywhere!
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Perfect for preschoolers and young learners, this episode is part of the WildBrain Learn at Home series—designed to mix fun and learning anytime, anywhere!
👉 Don't forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and tap the 🔔 for more smart cartoons with The Fixies!
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00:00Fixie's Go To Fixie Schools And Study To Be Masters
00:09There's so much they need to learn To save us from disasters.
00:13There isn't one appliance That they don't know about.
00:17But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
00:33The Drum
00:39Now let's turn it on!
00:41It's buzzing! You hear it?
00:43I would love to!
00:46But the only thing I can hear is Nolik banging!
00:50Nolik, what are you doing?
00:52I'm rehearsing my solo!
00:54Nolik's the drummer in our rock band. Didn't you know that?
00:57Why don't you go and rehearse somewhere else if you wouldn't mind?
01:00Yeah, alright.
01:06I just can't work like this!
01:08Nolik, stop it! Please! My head is just splitting!
01:13Professor Eugenius, will you come to the laboratory?
01:20There's something very strange in there.
01:22What?
01:23I'm hearing some kind of awful sound.
01:27You are?
01:28I think it's a ghost.
01:29Back from the dead.
01:31Don't you worry about ghosts, Lisa. I'll check what it is.
01:37Hmm, so it's you making the racket.
01:40What?
01:41What?
01:42I'm just rehearsing.
01:43Well, what is it?
01:44Don't worry, it's just a piece of equipment rattling.
01:47You know what you should do?
01:49You should go and practice back at home, my young friend.
01:56It's not very hard to make a drum.
01:58One way to make it is to take an empty barrel and replace its bottom with a skin made of leather or plastic.
02:05If the skin is stretched tightly, the sound can get very bright and loud.
02:10Really big drums are usually played with percussion mallets or beaters, while smaller drums can be played with sticks or with bare hands.
02:19Instruments that make sounds by being shaken, scraped, or beaten are all called percussion instruments.
02:25There are lots of different percussion instruments.
02:28Like the small hand drums that are called bongos.
02:31Big shakers with handles called maracas.
02:34Cymbals made out of metal.
02:36Now those really make a lot of noise.
02:38And there's tambourines, ratchets, and even spoons.
02:41That's right!
02:42People can make music using spoons as a percussion instrument.
02:51Tom Thomas, do you think I could practice my drumming here?
02:54Yeah, go ahead.
02:56I've just got some homework to do.
03:01I can do that and better than you can too.
03:05And what if I play like this, huh?
03:08Then I'll go like that or like that.
03:14Ever since I had decided that a drummer is what I want to be,
03:20there is nothing that I won't bang on,
03:23cause the world's a drum to me.
03:25So I bang on radiators,
03:28with the spoon the puck goes boom, bam, bam.
03:31Maybe someone will take pity,
03:34and they'll buy me my own drum.
03:36Bang it!
03:37Bang it!
03:38Bang it!
03:39Bang it!
03:40Bang it!
03:41Boom!
03:43Bang it!
03:44Boom!
03:45Bang it!
03:46Bang it!
03:48Bang a drum!
03:51Bang the drum!
03:54Both my father and my mother
03:56Wish I'd play a violin instead
03:59I don't want to, I'm a drummer
04:01But I can drum that in their heads
04:04So I bang on radiators
04:07With a spoon the clock goes boom, bam, bam
04:11Maybe someday they will get it
04:13And they'll buy me my own drum
04:16Bang it, bang it, bang it, boom
04:17Bang it, boom, bang it, boom
04:19Bang it, bang it, bang it, bam, bang it, bam
04:21Bang it, bang it, bang it, bum
04:23Bang it, bum, bang it, bum
04:24Bang it, bang it, boom, boom
04:26Bang it, bang it, boom
04:29Bang it, bang it, boom
04:30Bang it, bang it, bam, bang it, bam
04:32Bang it, bam, bang it, bang it, boom
04:34Bang it, bang it, boom
04:36Bang it, bang it, boom, boom
04:37Bang it, boom
04:39Tom Thomas, let's take a break!
04:41But I'm not done!
04:42Keep going, Nolik!
04:44This is fun!
04:45Maybe it's fun for you!
04:47Bang the drum!
04:48Stop, that's enough!
04:50Bang the drum!
04:54And now, let's turn it off!
04:57Can you hear that? It stopped buzzing!
05:00It did!
05:02Hey everybody, it's Nolik!
05:03Yo! What's up?
05:05So, our noisy ghost is back!
05:08I thought you were practicing at home now.
05:11Tom Thomas is drumming there. I had to run away.
05:15Well, our excursion is over.
05:17And now I would just be so happy to listen to your rock group.
05:23Hooray!
05:27Beg the drum!
05:30Beg the drum!
05:31Come on! Not so loud!
05:33Beg the drum!
05:33Did you say something?
05:36Beg the drum!
05:37I beg you!
05:38Not that loud, please!
05:40Ready, set, go!
05:49Yay!
05:50Oh, again I couldn't do it!
05:52I told you!
05:54There's just no way to hold on when the globe is turning that fast!
05:58But I know I can do it!
06:01Give me that piece of rope there, would you?
06:06Now you can't throw me off!
06:07Spin it!
06:10Go on!
06:13Whoa!
06:20What are you doing?
06:30Trying to learn a bit about the Earth's gravity?
06:32That's a globe, not the Earth.
06:34Well, a globe is a model of the Earth, isn't it?
06:36Hey, come on, Simka!
06:38The globe looks like a ball, but the Earth is flat, we walk on it.
06:42The Earth also looks like a ball, it's just a very, very big one.
06:46It's not true.
06:47If the Earth is really round like you say, then it would throw people right off of it,
06:51like the globe does to me.
06:52No!
06:53It's just that the Earth pulls everyone towards it.
06:56Are you sure?
07:00The planet that we live on, the Earth, is a huge sphere.
07:05The Earth revolves around the Sun, and the Moon revolves around the Earth.
07:09Do you know why they don't fly away from each other?
07:12It's because of a force called gravity that pulls all objects towards each other.
07:16The heavier the object, the stronger it's pulled.
07:19That's why people, rocks, air, and water get pulled towards the Earth
07:23instead of floating up into space.
07:25Thanks to gravity we are able to walk on the Earth.
07:31Why doesn't the globe pull on me like the Earth does?
07:34Because this globe is very light.
07:37Compared to the Earth this globe is like millions of billions of times lighter.
07:42Compared to the Earth we're specks of dust.
07:45He's right.
07:45Look, a speck of dust.
07:47It sticks to the globe like we stick to the Earth.
07:50Come on!
07:50It's just because no one is turning it.
07:52But the Earth is spinning and we stick to it.
07:55What?
07:55I just don't believe you!
07:56There's just no way the Earth is spinning.
07:59You've really got no idea how the days all turn into the nights, do you?
08:02Do too!
08:03It's because the sun goes up and then sets!
08:11Watch this!
08:12Our sun's here and you're over there!
08:15On Earth!
08:16Is it dark, Nolik?
08:17It's dark!
08:18Then it's night time on your side.
08:20And here it's day!
08:22Alright, now we'll turn the Earth.
08:24Hooray!
08:25Now it's day time for me!
08:27And night for me over here!
08:30Oh!
08:31My side got dark again!
08:33And for me, it's a new day!
08:35Alright, fine!
08:36You guys were right!
08:37I believe you!
08:39The Earth is spinning!
08:43The Earth goes round and round like a tilted spinning top.
08:47And as it spins, the sun shines its light on whichever half of the Earth is facing it.
08:52And as the Earth makes one full turn, we watch how the night becomes day and the day becomes night again.
08:59It takes 24 hours for the Earth to make one full turn.
09:03But that's not all.
09:05The Earth is also traveling in space around the sun.
09:08It takes the Earth for one year to make a full circle.
09:12As it goes along its way, the top and bottom of the Earth take turns being closer to the sun.
09:17That's because the Earth is tilted.
09:19When the top half is closer to the sun, it's summer there.
09:22While at the very same time on the bottom half, it is winter.
09:27And when it is winter on the top half, it is summer on the bottom.
09:31Toad!
09:38Nolik!
09:39Nolik, where are you?
09:40I'm not sure.
09:41Somewhere in Kazakhstan.
09:43The force of gravity is super strong around here.
09:46So go on! Spin it!
09:47You're gonna fall off, Nolik.
09:49Don't worry, just do it!
09:53Go ahead and tilt it if you feel like it!
09:57Toad!
09:58And you were sure I was going to fall off this globe.
10:04That's strange.
10:05Nolik, come on over here.
10:07What for?
10:09You'll see in a second.
10:10I don't want to.
10:11You really don't want or you can't?
10:13Tom Thomas, take a look!
10:15I get it.
10:17He stuck himself to the globe, didn't he?
10:18Yeah, with the chewing gum.
10:20Isn't it time to go?
10:21Uh-huh.
10:23And me!
10:24What about me?
10:26Hey!
10:27Ah!
10:28You've got to help me!
10:29Don't leave me!
10:31Should we help him?
10:40I never would have thunk it!
10:42But the pull of chewing gum is even stronger than the Earth's gravity!
10:48Tom Thomas, you'll be late for school if you don't stop.
10:51School?
10:53Don't you worry.
10:55What's he breaking this time?
10:56This time nothing.
10:57He's solving a Rubik's Cube, Nolik.
11:00Whose cube is it?
11:05The Rubik's Cube is the most popular puzzle game in the whole world.
11:09It was invented by Professor Rubik from Hungary.
11:12A cube has six sides on it, and on a Rubik's Cube, each of these sides has nine squares that are all the same color.
11:20You start by mixing up the colors.
11:23To solve a Rubik's Cube, you have to turn the pieces, and you keep turning and turning them until each side is one solid color again.
11:30For instance, red, or yellow, or light blue.
11:36That's nothing!
11:38Hey, Tom Thomas!
11:39How long have you been messing around with this cube already?
11:41It's been three whole days of turning.
11:43Three whole days?
11:44We could solve that puzzle in five minutes, now couldn't we, Simka?
11:48Oh, really?
11:49Then go right ahead.
11:51I'm off to school.
11:53Well, you ready to show Tom Thomas who's boss?
11:55Just count me out!
11:57Hey, I thought you said Rubik's Cubes are easy to solve.
12:00I never said anything like that.
12:02This problem is all yours, Mr. Bragger.
12:05Alright, I'll figure it out myself.
12:18Hey, Nolik!
12:19Looks like you've got a problem.
12:21Oh, hi, Fire!
12:23No, I'm good.
12:24Just solving this Rubik's Cube.
12:25Yeah?
12:26Can I do it with you?
12:28What, you can do it?
12:29Of course I can!
12:30How hard can it be?
12:31You'll see for yourself.
12:32Try getting all the red squares on one side.
12:35Piece of cake!
12:36Now hold it tight!
12:38Great, I'm with you!
12:55You mean like that?
13:06Class!
13:08And what about this side?
13:11What?
13:11This side's got to be all blue.
13:14Okay, let's go fix it.
13:15There, like you wanted.
13:24Now what happened to the red side?
13:26Huh?
13:27Simka was telling me that on each side there has to be one color.
13:32Oh, like Simka'd be able to do this?
13:34Simka can do it all.
13:36Well, if Simka can, then I can too.
13:38Let's go fix it.
13:39Let's go fix it.
13:40Let's go fix it.
13:41Let's go fix it.
13:42Let's go fix it.
13:43Let's go fix it.
13:44Let's go fix it.
13:45Let's go fix it.
13:46Fire!
13:47You busted the cube!
13:50I didn't bust it, I took it apart.
13:52Now let's put it together.
13:53And not just any way, but the right way.
14:00Puzzles are toys, games, or problems that force you to use your mind in a clever and creative way.
14:07Take a labyrinth for example.
14:09In a labyrinth the challenge is to find the one way to get through a series of tangled corridors.
14:15Another fun puzzle is a jigsaw puzzle.
14:18Here you need to put together a picture out of many little pieces.
14:22For this you need to not only pay attention, but be patient.
14:27And there are all sorts of puzzles for the computer.
14:30One popular computer puzzle is Tetris.
14:33In Tetris different shapes fall down the screen,
14:36and you have to think quickly to get them to line up into rows.
14:39And solving puzzles isn't only a great activity for people, it's good for fixies too.
14:45That's right!
14:46Puzzles are like exercises for our brain.
14:52There, all done!
14:54Nolik!
14:55You better hurry!
14:56Because Tom Thomas is on his way home!
14:58Hi there, Simka!
14:59Just take a look at this!
15:00We did it!
15:01I can't believe it!
15:02How?
15:03Oh, it was a piece of cake!
15:05Simka!
15:06Nolik!
15:07I'm back!
15:08Well, I'm out of here!
15:09Ciao!
15:10Woo-hoo!
15:12Wow!
15:13You really solved it!
15:15It was Nolik!
15:17Nolik!
15:18You are cool!
15:19So how?
15:20You see, first you break it apart into all of the pieces and then you put it all back together!
15:25Huh?
15:26No!
15:27That's cheating!
15:28You've got to turn the cube, not take it apart.
15:31Now I'll solve this cube, honestly.
15:33I don't think you can.
15:34Why are you so sure?
15:36I glued it together!
15:38How come?
15:40So you'll stop straining your brain with it!
15:42Now the cube will always be the right way!
15:44But if it doesn't turn, it's not a Rubik's cube!
15:48Well, yeah!
15:49Now it's a Nolik's cube, right?
15:57Oh, Tom Thomas!
15:58That door of yours squeaks terribly!
16:01Yeah, and it's not easy to open either.
16:03Well, that's because the hinges are rubbing.
16:05That's why your door is not working right.
16:08How can I fix it?
16:10Just reduce the amount of friction.
16:12How?
16:13With some oil on the hinges.
16:14I can do it for you because I've got a pack-o-mat.
16:17Alright!
16:22Simka, can I help you?
16:24Sure you can!
16:25Wear the pack-o-mat, alright?
16:26Friction is the force that tries to stop something from sliding or rubbing smoothly against something else.
16:37Rubbing can make things wear out quickly if there's a lot of friction.
16:41If you want less friction, you need to put something on the parts that rub against each other.
16:46Like oil!
16:47There are special kinds of grease used to keep clocks and wheels turning smoothly.
16:51And for skis, a special kind of wax can be used to make them go even faster!
16:56Faster!
16:59That's it!
17:00Now the top hinge!
17:04It's all done!
17:05Go ahead and check how it's working!
17:07It's not squeaking!
17:08I told you!
17:09You guys are the best!
17:11I gotta go!
17:12Go where?
17:13I'm gonna go sledding!
17:14Maybe you'll take me with you?
17:15Sorry, Nolik.
17:16You don't have a sled to ride on.
17:18I'll see you later!
17:22Simka, should I grease the saucer?
17:24What for?
17:25It'll slide down the hill just the way it is!
17:28Ah!
17:29OK then!
17:32Wait here for me, Nolik!
17:33I'll be back real soon with a surprise for you!
17:36Here!
17:39Yeah!
17:40Oil's slippery!
17:41I know what I'll do!
17:42Hmm!
17:54Wow!
17:55Talk about no friction!
17:57Whoa!
18:04Whoa!
18:06Hey!
18:07Anyone?
18:08Help!
18:09Simka!
18:10Nolik?
18:11Are you alright?
18:13Just stay where you are!
18:14I'll be right there!
18:26Papus!
18:27Papus!
18:28Help us!
18:29Please!
18:30Who called for me?
18:31Help is on the way!
18:33Hey!
18:36Hey!
18:37What are you up to?
18:38Grandpa, stay away from here!
18:40You'll fall over!
18:41Huh?
18:42What did you say?
18:43Stay where you are!
18:49What happened here?
18:51I poured some oil on the table.
18:53Why'd you do that?
18:54To reduce friction!
18:56That's brilliant!
18:57That's brilliant!
19:00Nobody move!
19:01I know exactly what to do!
19:04Michael!
19:13And what was the problem you had with the friction?
19:18I want to see all of this oil gone in five minutes!
19:22Huh.
19:25Engineers are in a constant battle with the force of friction.
19:29They want less friction so that cars will run faster and their parts will wear out less quickly.
19:36But just imagine what the world would be like if all of a sudden there was simply no friction at all!
19:43Everything would start slipping out of our hands and falling off the table!
19:47Knots would untie themselves and that's not the half of it!
19:51Cars wouldn't be able to run without friction either!
19:54Wheels would spin around and around in one place unable to grab onto the road!
19:59We wouldn't even be able to walk!
20:01Because when we walk we move forward by pushing off the ground with our feet!
20:06And how can we do that without friction?
20:08We can't!
20:09So now I think you can see why it's not so bad to have a little bit of friction in our lives!
20:19We cleaned it!
20:20But it's still so stinky!
20:22Nolik, I completely forgot!
20:24I promised you a surprise!
20:26Look!
20:27What is it?
20:28I made you your very own saucer for sledding!
20:31Oh!
20:32That's great!
20:33Only, what good is this thing without snow?
20:37Nolik, hey!
20:38Look what I've got for you!
20:40Snow?
20:41Yeah.
20:42Is it real snow?
20:44Really?
20:45Yep!
20:46Now you've got your very own hill to sled on!
20:49This is great!
20:50What an awesome surprise!
20:52And you don't need oil to make it go quickly!
20:56Hit!
20:57Yee-haw!
21:04Hey Nolik!
21:05Come help me!
21:06The fan in the computer needs dusting!
21:07Not right now!
21:08Me and Tom Thomas are painting a card for his parents' anniversary!
21:12Oh look!
21:13Poor you!
21:14You must be so tired!
21:15Hey Vimka!
21:16It's really great you're here!
21:17I have a question!
21:1812th anniversary!
21:19Is it spelled with an F or is it with a V?
21:22Uh, you know what?
21:23First put down the number 12 and then put a dash on there and then a TH!
21:28Oh, right!
21:29But first I'll change the water!
21:31I'll be right back!
21:36Oh!
21:37Mama left her ring here!
21:41Whoa!
21:42No!
21:43No!
21:46Oh no!
21:47What have I done?
21:50I spoiled my mom and dad's special day!
21:53Where?
21:54In the bathroom?
21:55My mom's ring was lying there and I dropped it into the sink and now it's washed away!
22:02Uh, there goes the day!
22:04It didn't wash anywhere!
22:06Don't you know anything about how a drain trap works?
22:09About a what?
22:10A drain trap's a special curved pipe under the sink basin.
22:17Water flows out of the faucet and flows down into the drain trap and after that it goes down to the sewer.
22:22But when you turn off the water, not all of it washes away.
22:26Some of it stays down in the drain trap.
22:29It's made that way so the smell from the sewer won't get back into the house.
22:34A ring is much heavier than water, so if you happen to drop it down the drain, it won't wash away.
22:39It will stay at the bottom of the drain trap.
22:42Well, that means we still got a chance!
22:48Yeah, but how in the world can we get it out of that trap?
22:51Who knows?
22:52I don't know how to swim!
22:53Don't worry, it's all under control!
22:56Do you have any thread?
22:57Plenty of it!
22:58Go get it and I'll be back in a flash!
23:04Hmm, I can't fix it like this!
23:06I need my welder!
23:08Papus!
23:09I need to borrow your pack-o-mat for a little while!
23:12Now that's a coincidence!
23:13I need to use it too!
23:17Masiya!
23:18Then I need to use your pack-o-mat!
23:20What?
23:21I'll bring it right back!
23:22Hey!
23:23Where are you going?
23:24Just watch what you're doing, dear!
23:31Just like the name says, Fixies live to help machines and appliances.
23:36But machines are very big and Fixies are very small, so they can't get by without tools.
23:42Long ago, Fixies worked with just about anything they could find.
23:46Little feathers, threads, fins, but now they have backpacks called pack-o-mats.
23:52Inside a pack-o-mat are all sorts of tools.
23:55Just push the button and the pack-o-mat spins around quickly shooting out a hook,
23:59or a magnet, or even a parachute.
24:02Every adult Fixie has their own pack-o-mat.
24:05But before children can get them, they have to go to school and study hard,
24:09and then pass an exam before they have the rights of a full-fledged Fixie.
24:12And it's only after all of that that young Fixies get their own pack-o-mats.
24:16And what? You're going down there with just that on?
24:23Not just like this!
24:29Yeah, like that!
24:30When I tug the thread, pull me up!
24:34Huh?
24:35Well, she was just saying, when I tug on the thread, you need to pull me up!
24:39I got it!
24:40He just said, I got it!
24:42I don't need to repeat what he says!
24:44She said, she doesn't need me to repeat what you say!
24:47You can do it!
24:48You can do it!
24:49It's just like the way you do it!
24:50See you later!
24:51And get it ready!
24:52Hey!
24:53I'm sorry that I'm sorry!
24:54I'm sorry, but we're so sorry!
24:55And get it done!
24:56There you go!
24:58You can do it!
24:59Anyway, please!
25:00This is one of the things we can do!
25:01I love you.
25:02It's just like we need to fail!
25:03I know!
25:04I know!
25:05I can do it!
25:07Simka, Nolik, thank you.
25:26You really saved the day.
25:29That's what you think is for.
25:31I said that's what Fixies are for.
25:34Tom Thomas, who are you talking with in there?
25:36Oh, your mom came back.
25:41No one.
25:43Hey, Simka, the button got stuck on the remote.
25:46How can we get it back out of there?
25:48Look and learn, Nolik.
25:50Please help!
25:52Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
25:55Should I let it go now?
25:58Well, oops!
26:06Nolik, hide somewhere!
26:11Nolik!
26:12She stole the remote!
26:27Nolik?
26:29Where are you hiding?
26:30Nolik!
26:30Hello there, Fixies!
26:34Hey, where are you?
26:36Hey, Tom Thomas, you got here just in time.
26:39Chewsocka ran off with the TV remote.
26:41And so what?
26:42I can turn it on without it.
26:44And my favorite cartoon is just about to start.
26:46Forget about the cartoons, will you?
26:48Nolik is missing!
26:49I'm afraid Nolik hid inside of the remote.
26:52And Chewsocka took it!
26:54Oh no, Nolik's in big time trouble.
26:56Tom Thomas, there must be something you can do!
27:00Chewsocka!
27:01Chewsocka!
27:02Come here!
27:07Where is that dog hiding?
27:09I'm going to go look in the other rooms.
27:14Simka!
27:15Tom Thomas!
27:16Here I am!
27:17I'm over here!
27:19For now, I'll wait here.
27:23Chewsocka's not out there.
27:24Where are you?
27:25Hey, Simka!
27:27I ran to get a pack-o-mat!
27:30What are you going to do with it?
27:31I'm going to search for the infrared ray that comes out of the remote.
27:34That's so great!
27:36But what is it?
27:37I'll explain it to you.
27:41Inside of most remote controls,
27:43there's a special type of light bulb called a light emitting diode,
27:46or LED for short.
27:47When we press a button,
27:49the LED sends an invisible infrared ray.
27:53And in the TV, there is a receiver for these invisible rays.
27:57The TV understands the command that comes from the remote control and carries it out,
28:02like changing the channel or the volume.
28:04If the rays aren't visible, then how is it possible to see them?
28:15In the pack-o-mat, I've got these special goggles that can help me.
28:19And now what?
28:22Yell to Nolik!
28:24Get him to close the contact on any one of the buttons!
28:27Nolik!
28:28You've got to push one of the buttons down on the remote!
28:31A button?
28:32But how am I going to do that?
28:34Wait, one second!
28:35Chewsocka chewsocks with a brain full of rocks!
28:37Batul amongst others!
28:39Meow!
28:41Meow!
28:42Oh, Mama Mia.
28:43Now she'll even together with the remote.
28:49Nothing for you here.
28:51But here's something.
28:57There he is.
28:58He's over there.
29:00Chewsocka come here. Do you want a hot dog? So you want to play tough? Alright then.
29:11Hooray! You're in one piece. How did you find me?
29:28By looking out for the remote's rays. It's just a shame it's impossible for me to see them.
29:33What are you saying? You can!
29:37If you want to see infrared rays, all you have to do is look through a digital camera.
29:42Try it for yourself. Turn on the camera on a mobile telephone.
29:46Now go ahead and press any button on the remote control and point the camera toward the front of it.
29:52You'll see a bright dot on the screen of the camera.
29:55Once the light-emitting diode working, it's letting off a special light that can't be seen by the naked eye.
30:02It's also possible to point the remote control at a mirror.
30:05And then through the camera, you can see how the light-emitting diode turns itself on.
30:10So what that means is that invisible rays bounce off of a mirror in the same way that regular light does.
30:17So you can control the TV by bouncing the light from a remote control off of a mirror.
30:22You don't believe me? Then go ahead and try it yourself!
30:25By the way, if your toys weren't all stuffed under the bed, we would have found the remote without the goggles!
30:34Don't worry about it! When the cartoons are over, I'll put them away!
30:41So, you done watching? Time to clean up!
30:44OK, children, for today's lesson we're going to learn about the microwave oven.
30:59It's a very special appliance that people use to heat all sorts of different foods up.
31:04Oh, wow! Is there any chance that we could get heated up here?
31:09You'll find out about that too, if you'll pay attention, of course.
31:14Whoa!
31:15Got it? Now listen carefully!
31:17I'm listening, I'm listening.
31:22Of course, young Fixies go to school just like human kids.
31:26But their parents teach them a lot of important lessons too.
31:30Fixie parents take their kids on tours of all sorts of different devices
31:35and teach them what Fixies can do to keep them working properly.
31:40They like to show them how the computers or televisions or gaming systems work,
31:46or any one of the many appliances they take care of inside of the kitchen, like the stove!
31:52Every once in a while a new device appears in the house,
31:55something that the Fixies have never dealt with before.
31:59To learn how this new thing works, the Fixies gather together
32:03and read the instructions that the humans keep printing up,
32:06but almost never seem to take the time to read for themselves!
32:13And so now it's time to look at the magnetron.
32:16That's what emits the microwaves.
32:18Oh, and so the food absorbs the microwaves.
32:21And that's what heats it up.
32:23That's right!
32:24And now look carefully to your left.
32:28Hooray!
32:30Freedom!
32:32Oh, Tom Thomas!
32:34What do you say?
32:35Wanna watch cartoons?
32:36I can't.
32:37I need to do my homework.
32:41Then just do it quickly!
32:44For some reason whenever I start doing homework,
32:46I always get hungry for some food.
32:48Then just eat faster!
32:50No.
32:52The faster I eat,
32:53the sooner I'll have to start doing my homework.
32:59Mmm, you already got cold.
33:01I need to go warm it up.
33:07One minute should be enough.
33:11These aren't just ordinary wires, these are for-
33:13Oh!
33:14Oh!
33:28Marcia!
33:29What's going on?
33:30It looks like it might be an overload!
33:31The microwave might burn out!
33:33Then we better run out of here!
33:35What do you mean run?
33:36We need...
33:37We need to save this microwave!
33:38Oh!
33:39Simka and Marcia are inside!
33:40Oh!
33:41Simka!
33:42I need your help!
33:43Oh!
33:44Oh!
33:45Oh!
33:46Oh!
33:47Oh!
33:48Oh!
33:49Oh!
33:50Oh!
33:51Oh!
33:52Oh!
33:53Oh!
33:54Oh!
33:55Oh!
33:56Oh!
33:57Oh!
33:58Oh!
33:59Oh!
34:00Oh!
34:01Oh!
34:02Oh!
34:03Oh!
34:04Oh!
34:05Oh!
34:07Oh!
34:10Oh!
34:11What's wrong with the microwave?
34:12It looks like it just broke!
34:14Who cares if it broke?
34:15What matters is that Simka and Marcia aren't broken!
34:20Look, there's no one here!
34:23Of course not!
34:25We were...
34:27Behind the wall!
34:29You wouldn't believe what happened in there!
34:33Oh, there you go!
34:34Tom Thomas, why did you put that fork into the microwave?
34:38Why not? You mean I'm not allowed?
34:42Remember, never put any metal objects into a microwave.
34:47If you put forks or spoons in a microwave, you can burn it out.
34:51And then not even a fixie will be able to fix it.
34:54Even a thin metal border on a plate can cause serious problems.
34:59Also, never warm up food in sealed packages or bottles inside a microwave.
35:04And one last thing, don't even think of cooking eggs in their shells in there.
35:09They'll just explode!
35:13Sorry, I didn't know any of that.
35:16Nolik, and what were you thinking?
35:18Why didn't you warn Tom Thomas about this?
35:21Oh, I…
35:24Today you skipped school!
35:26And now you don't know it either!
35:29Nolik, where are you going?
35:31I'm talking to you!
35:33Huh, where else?
35:35I gotta go study all about microwaves.
35:38And I'll go do my homework now.
35:40But first you'll sit down and eat for a while, right?
35:43No, I'm not gonna eat food.
35:46First I'll go and play some games for an hour or so.
35:48I'll go do my homework.
35:53That's four…
35:56Come on, Tom Thomas, just one more!
36:01Come on now, Tom Thomas!
36:02I know you can do it!
36:05Five…
36:07That doesn't count! That doesn't count!
36:09No, your chin was below the bar.
36:13That's all. I can't do anymore.
36:16You're weakling.
36:17You're the weakling, I'm not.
36:19I just haven't eaten in a while and that's why I lost my strength.
36:22You're a slave to food, Tom.
36:25And you see, that's the difference between us Fixies and you humans.
36:31Many people wrongly assume that the only way Fixies could live
36:35is by stealing food off of humans' tables.
36:38Or worse yet, by stealing it from their refrigerators.
36:41That's just a lie. It's not true at all.
36:44Fixies don't eat any kind of human food.
36:46So then where in the world do the Fixies get their energy, you're wondering?
36:50It's very simple.
36:51A Fixie's entire life is connected with devices.
36:55Fixies not only live inside of devices,
36:58but they take care of them and help them live longer.
37:01And in return for their help,
37:03these devices share part of their energy with the Fixies.
37:06So there you go!
37:07The Fixies help devices and devices help the Fixies.
37:11Yes, we Fixies and machines have a symbiotic relationship.
37:15So we don't eat leftovers like cockroaches,
37:18because we're Fixies!
37:22One, two, three, whoa!
37:25How is it possible that a big boy like you doesn't know how to make any food for himself?
37:34I'm able to cook, but I'm not allowed to turn on the stove.
37:38What can you make without it?
37:40Oh, yes! We have instant oatmeal!
37:43Look!
37:45Do you like oatmeal?
37:47You're joking!
37:48Only my folks say oats are healthy and make you stronger.
37:52Great!
37:53Well, then how do you cook it?
37:54It's not hard.
37:56All you gotta do is add hot water.
37:57And I'm allowed to turn on the kettle.
38:00Stop and check if there's water in there.
38:02If there's none, you can burn out the kettle.
38:05It's got enough.
38:06Then you can turn it on!
38:10Hey, tell me, how does the kettle turn off?
38:13I mean, how does it know when the water is hot enough?
38:16It's hot enough.
38:19Inside of an electric kettle, there's a heater hidden underneath its bottom.
38:24When you turn on the kettle, the heater warms up the water until it boils.
38:29And the boiling water gives off steam that heats up a special metal plate at the top of the kettle.
38:35The heat causes the metal plate to bend and that turns off the switch.
38:40So you could say that an electric kettle feels when the water is boiling.
38:46It's hot enough.
38:50Okay, now I understand.
38:52Hey, why do you need three bowls?
38:54You don't need to make any oatmeal for us.
38:57It's not for you guys.
38:58It's for my mom and dad.
39:00Start out here.
39:02No!
39:03Keep pouring into this one.
39:05And I say pour it here.
39:07And I say first you should pour it into mine.
39:10Oh, Nolik!
39:13Where are you?
39:14I'll find him!
39:15Hang on, I'm going in!
39:19Simka!
39:20She was right over here.
39:24Nolik!
39:25Over here.
39:28Simka!
39:29Here!
39:30Nolik!
39:32There!
39:34Ow!
39:40Hey, where is your other boot?
39:42It got lost.
39:43Up there in the oatmeal.
39:48That must be your parents.
39:50Let's get out of here.
39:51Hey, and what about your shoe?
39:53Don't worry, I got another one.
39:55Hi, Tom Thomas, we're back.
39:57You must be hungry.
39:58We'll make you something to eat.
39:59But I already prepared us some food.
40:01And the water is already hot.
40:03Wash your hands.
40:04Tom Thomas, don't touch that kettle if it's hot.
40:07I don't want you to burn yourself.
40:14So, today we're eating oatmeal for dinner.
40:16Delicious!
40:17Uh, maybe you have something else?
40:19Why something else?
40:20You're the ones that say that oatmeal is great for you
40:23and that it makes us stronger.
40:25Well, yeah, that's what we say.
40:28I'm glad that our son pays such careful attention.
40:34Isn't it delicious?
40:36Really?
40:38Huh, what's that?
40:40Oh, look!
40:41You found the boot, Dad!
40:42What?
40:45It's nothing.
40:46Just eat your food and don't get distracted.
40:49I'd like to see that oatmeal all gone, okay?
40:51And whoever doesn't finish, won't get any candy.
40:56Look, he shoots!
40:58Class!
41:00And can you do it backwards?
41:01Yeah, sure!
41:04Uh-huh, no way!
41:08What a shot!
41:10Oh, I wish Simka could see this.
41:12Why don't we make a movie for Simka about fire?
41:15We can use my fixie tab.
41:16It's got a camera.
41:17How come it's only for Simka?
41:19We'll make it for all of us.
41:20That's a great idea.
41:22I'll shoot the ball at the basket and Nolak will do the filming.
41:24And what do we do?
41:25You can be whatever you want, like cheerleaders or the coaches.
41:29Yeah, a cheerleader.
41:30Help me in.
41:31I'll do it again.
41:35Motion pictures, or movies, appeared more than 100 years ago after the invention of celluloid film.
41:41A movie is made up of a series of still photographs called frames.
41:45When you look at the frames quickly, one after another, the picture on the screen appears to move.
41:50It's hard to believe, but the first viewers got very scared when they saw a moving train on the screen.
41:57At first, films were silent.
41:59Only later did people learn to make them with sound.
42:03And soon after that, people learned to make movies in full beautiful color.
42:08Movies aren't shot on film anymore.
42:11They're made with digital cameras.
42:13Today, almost all phones and tablets come with digital cameras inside of them.
42:17This makes it easy for just about anybody to make their own movie and share it with their friends.
42:23And where's the ball?
42:33Get ready.
42:33Here we go.
42:34Here we go.
42:34Here we go.
42:36Fire is the best.
42:38Oh, cut.
42:39I got it.
42:40Show me.
42:41Here we go.
42:42Fire is the best.
42:45And where's the ball?
42:46It flew over there.
42:48That's not right.
42:49You have to see the ball flying in the picture.
42:52I got it.
42:53Get ready.
42:57How was that?
42:58It worked.
42:59I got it.
43:02And where am I?
43:03You're somewhere over there.
43:05And we aren't there.
43:06Why did you have us cheering?
43:08Nolik, you need to make sure we're all in the shot.
43:11Okay, I'll try.
43:22How about I shoot the ball and fire films it?
43:50No, Nolik.
43:51It's better if fire takes the shots and you do the filming.
43:54Fire can't even hit the basket.
43:55You try to hit the basket when everybody's bothering you.
43:58Oh, so it's our fault, hmm?
44:00Why don't you learn how to play?
44:02Are you fighting again?
44:04We're shooting a film.
44:06Whoa, can I see it?
44:08There's nothing for you to see.
44:09All I have is pieces.
44:10And not one is right.
44:12Don't worry.
44:13It's no problem.
44:14All it needs is editing.
44:16What does it need?
44:21Movies are not usually shot all at once.
44:24Just a piece at a time.
44:25And each of these pieces can be shot several times
44:28with the camera in different places.
44:31Then there's plenty to choose from.
44:34After you're done shooting,
44:35you can take all of the best shots
44:37and put them one after another to make your movie.
44:40This process is called editing.
44:43Editing allows us to make movies that show things
44:46that could be impossible to shoot all at once.
44:51Well, let's see.
44:52For this first shot, we've got this cake over here.
44:56For the ball going in, we've got this one.
44:58And I like this one of me shooting.
45:00And don't forget to put in me and Tula.
45:02Of course not.
45:03So here's what we've got.
45:09Fire is the best!
45:11Tideesh!
45:12The film is super!
45:14Can I try to edit it?
45:15Yeah!
45:16Go ahead!
45:19Now we have something to show to our teacher!
45:21And teacher too!
45:22And Papus and Masiya!
45:24Look!
45:25I did my own editing in the movie!
45:36What was that?
45:37That's not true!
45:39It is so.
45:40With editing, it's just not fair, Nolik.
45:43Fire was able to put it in a hundred times
45:45without any editing.
45:47You sure didn't!
45:48Hey guys, don't fight!
45:50Do you want me to teach you all the right way to shoot hoops?
45:52Yeah!
45:54All right, here we go!
45:56And shoot!
45:58Fire is the best!
45:59Oh, we can shoot the best!
46:01Woohoo!
46:02Woohoo!
46:03Okay, come on!
46:19Wow!
46:20You're such a show-off, Erda!
46:23And one!
46:26Check that out!
46:29What's going on?
46:31It's a shame Fire didn't see that!
46:33I'm just, uh, training for school!
46:35You're the one that's doing all these twists and turns for fire!
46:38Hm, me?
46:39It never even crossed my mind!
46:44Nolik, slow down!
46:47Tua, why don't we go and play some chess?
46:50Don't you think that figure skating's beautiful?
46:53Turn me!
46:53How cool!
47:00Why did you yell like that?
47:02I just got a pair of tickets to see the one and only Vector!
47:07Splendid!
47:07And who's going with you?
47:09Actually, I don't know!
47:10I haven't thought about it yet!
47:12What's there to think about?
47:13Just invite the most beautiful girl in our school, right?
47:17Yeah, not a bad idea, my friend!
47:23Did you hear that?
47:24The most beautiful one will get invited!
47:27Well, I'm not even interested!
47:28And you know what?
47:29Neither am I!
47:30Our world is full of beauty!
47:39There seems to be no end to the beautiful plants and animals,
47:42and the gorgeous mountains, forests, and lakes!
47:45But even that's not enough for people!
47:48They create their own handmade beauty, too!
47:52Artists paint beautiful pictures!
47:54Composers write beautiful music!
47:57Architects create beautiful buildings,
47:59and fashion designers make beautiful clothes!
48:02Not even scientists stay out of it!
48:05They create beautiful ideas!
48:07These ideas can be the basis for the creation of new technologies
48:11that make people's lives better!
48:14Everyone has their own idea of what's beautiful!
48:17There are as many opinions as there are people,
48:20but everyone tries in their own way to be beautiful!
48:23Both people and Fixies!
48:25Please help me, Tula!
48:29How can I become beautiful?
48:31Huh?
48:32I don't know!
48:33Go and ask Verda!
48:34Look at her!
48:34She's got it!
48:35What has she got?
48:37What's the most beautiful thing about her?
48:39Oh!
48:39Well, her hairpin, her hairstyle!
48:42The green looks great on her!
48:43Green looks great!
48:45Aha!
48:46Okay, see you later!
48:48Hmm?
48:49Tula!
48:50Huh?
48:51What's your opinion?
48:53Fire!
48:54Do you think he likes Simka?
48:55Looks like he does!
48:56Is it because she's a redhead?
48:58Orange?
48:59Hmm!
49:00Now I get it!
49:02Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, well is that close to her color?
49:10Not really!
49:11It needs more green!
49:16What makes a person really beautiful?
49:19Fancy clothing?
49:20Bright nail polish?
49:21Died hair?
49:23Those don't make you look your best!
49:25Here's a much more reliable recipe!
49:27First wash up and comb your hair!
49:29See?
49:30You're looking more beautiful already!
49:32Now, change those dirty and wrinkly clothes for clean ones.
49:36Huh?
49:36That's even more beautiful.
49:38And finally, if you eat less sweets and get plenty of exercise,
49:42then you'll surely become a handsome boy.
49:45Or a gorgeous girl.
49:52Fire?
49:53What's up?
49:54Do you think you could get an autograph from Vector for me?
49:57You got it.
49:58I love his song so much.
50:00So do I.
50:01Especially that one that goes.
50:04Computer, computer, computer, you are super.
50:07I play my computer and turn it up real loud.
50:10I play it all morning, all day and through the night time.
50:13But no, no, no, no, no, that's not allowed.
50:17I had no idea you were such a fanatic.
50:20You know, I'm not going to get you his autograph.
50:22Why won't you?
50:24Because you'll get it yourself.
50:25You know what I got?
50:26An extra ticket.
50:27I thought you were going to take the most beautiful girl.
50:31All of you are beautiful.
50:33And you're the most fun to be around.
50:35Let's go.
50:36Stop.
50:38Hang on.
50:39Oh, Simka?
50:41Or is it Verda?
50:42Where are you going?
50:43What do you mean where?
50:44To the concert.
50:45Verda?
50:49No, Simka.
50:51Or vice versa.
50:52I'm so confused.
50:54Come on, Tula.
50:55Can't you recognize them?
50:56This one's Simka.
50:57That one's Verda.
50:58Let's go or we'll be late.
51:03Blondes are always the lucky ones.
51:05Yeah.
51:06I guess we should have made our hair blonde like Tula's.
51:10Now watch carefully.
51:13First I put some of the yellow.
51:16Then I add some of the blue.
51:20Mix them together.
51:22And now we've got the color green.
51:25Isn't that great?
51:27Class!
51:28And it's not just paint either.
51:30Your television works by mixing colors too.
51:33Really?
51:34No way.
51:35That's embarrassing.
51:36Nolik, you should know that by now.
51:38We live inside of that television together with Papas and Masiya.
51:42Come on.
51:45The picture on a TV screen is made up of tiny glowing dots that are either red, green, or blue.
51:51When blue and green dots are glowing together, we see the color light blue, like in a clear blue sky.
51:57When green and red mix, we see a yellow sun.
51:59And when all three colors shine brightly together, then we see white on the screen.
52:05It may be hard to believe, but it's true.
52:07All of the colors on the screen are made up of only three colors.
52:11Red, green, and blue.
52:13So everything that's on the TV screen all comes from three colors.
52:20Red, green, and blue.
52:23Isn't that great?
52:24Where do you learn all this stuff, huh?
52:27Actually, don't you think it's about time we got you a new TV?
52:30What do you say?
52:31Sure.
52:34Great.
52:35And then I'll take this one with me to work.
52:39We just started shooting a new show about old things.
52:43Hooray!
52:44I'm gonna get an awesome new TV.
52:46Simka Nolik, did you hear that?
52:49Are you here?
52:50They must have gone home for something.
52:53Wait a sec.
52:54Their home is...
52:55Their home is in the television.
52:56This was such a nice home for us.
53:05It's okay.
53:06We'll move into one of the other TVs here.
53:08The one in the living room?
53:10Why not?
53:11It's a nice new one with a huge flat screen.
53:19We're gonna have to leave the sofa behind.
53:21What?
53:22There's just not enough room in that TV.
53:24Then I'm not going to move there.
53:26Then where?
53:27Into the fridge?
53:28No, thank you.
53:29My nose is running.
53:31How about the stove?
53:32And what about us?
53:33You're the one that says that a stove is off-limits for kids.
53:36Maybe the microwave will do.
53:39No, it's dangerous there.
53:40Then, in the piano.
53:42What piano?
53:43There's no piano in Tom Thomas' apartment.
53:46What a shame.
53:46A piano's the best place of all to call home.
53:49It looks like he already put us into a box.
53:52We're trapped.
53:53Good.
54:00Dad!
54:01Hey, Dad!
54:02I changed my mind.
54:03I really don't want to get a new TV.
54:06Hmm.
54:06Why don't you want a new one?
54:08I'm just used to this one.
54:10You're a junk collector.
54:12Uh-huh.
54:13Just like you, Dad.
54:14People have always dreamt of seeing things that are far, far away.
54:23All of us have heard fairy tales about crystal balls and magic mirrors.
54:27But the magic of television began only a hundred years ago.
54:31The screens on the first TVs were so small that people had to attach magnifying glasses
54:36to them to make the picture big enough for watching.
54:39Ever since those first TVs, both the outside and the inside of this amazing device continue
54:45to change.
54:46Bulky picture tubes have been replaced by electronic chips.
54:50Screens have grown wider and wider as TV sets have changed from big heavy boxes to flat
54:55light screens that can hang on the wall like a picture.
54:58And someday, real soon, it's quite possible that TVs will be made to roll up like a rug and
55:04people will be able to carry them anywhere.
55:06All right, I'll put it back.
55:11But under one condition, if it breaks, we'll buy you a new one right away.
55:14Yeah, sure.
55:16We'll never let it break, right?
55:18Never ever!
55:29Well, that's that.
55:31The color is completely wrong, see?
55:33I guess we're going to have to throw it out after all.
55:40Wait, wait, wait.
55:41I know how to make it work perfectly.
55:43Watch this.
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55:52How did you do it?
56:02I just mixed the three colors together.
56:04Like I told you, red with green and blue.
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