The Fixies | Season 1 | Complete Collection

the drain [Music] I know like the fan in the computer needs stuff right now me and Tom Thomas are painting a card for his parents anniversary oh look oh look who are you you must be so tired hi Simca it's really great you're here I have a question 12th anniversary this is spelled with an F or is it with a V uh you know what first put down the number 12 and then put a dash on there and then a th oh right but first I'll change the water I'll be right back oh mama left her in here [Music] whoa oh no what have I done I spoiled my mom and dad's special day where in the bathroom my mom's ring was lying there and and I dropped it into the sink and now it's washed away uh there goes the day it didn't wash anywhere don't you know anything about how a drain trap Works about a what a drain traps a special curved pipe under the sink basin water flows out of the faucet and flows down into the drain trap and after that it goes down to the Sewer but when you turn off the water not all of it washes away some of it stays down in the drain trap it's made that way so the smell from the sewer won't get back into the house a ring is much heavier than water so if you happen to drop it down the drain it won't wash away it will stay at the bottom of the drain trap and that means we still got a chance yeah but how in the world can we get it out of that trap who knows I don't know how to swim don't worry it's all under control do you have any thread plenty of it go get it and I'll be back in a Flash [Music] I can't fix it like this I need my welder I need to borrow your pack a mat for a little while now that's a coincidence I need to use it too what I'll bring it right back hey where are you going just watch what you're doing dear [Music] just like the name says fixies live to help machines and appliances but machines are very big and fixies are very small so they can't get by without tools long ago fixie's work with just about anything they could find Little Feathers threads fins but now they have backpacks called hackamats inside of hackamat are all sorts of tools just push the button and the packamat spins around quickly shooting at a hook or a magnet or even a parachute every adult fixie has their own pac-a-mat but before children can get them they have to go to school and study hard and then pass an exam before they have the rights of a full-fledged fixie and it's only after all of that that young fixies get their own pack of mats foreign not just like this yeah like that huh she was just saying when I tug on the thread you need to pull me up I got it he just said I got it she said she doesn't need me to repeat what you say [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] Simca nolik thank you you really saved the day before I said that's what fixies are for Tom Thomas who are you talking with in there oh your mom came back no one hey can you turn back into fixies I gotta ask you a question for God should I write 12th anniversary with an F or do I write with a V just write the number you're right thank you the DVD [Music] [Music] get away from here so where did it go oh here it is hey there Tom Thomas so what's on the disc hi there now look hi there Simka it's a cartoon about Gulliver in the land of Lily poo my friend Genie let me borrow it I have it till tomorrow and what's the story about well it's about this guy who gets Shipwrecked where people are just so teeny teeny tiny fixies you mean no not fixies liliputians uh-huh know what Simca I think that you fix these might have come from those little abusions no way our grandpa told us a completely different story of the Pixies when something is very well made then the saying goes that it was made with just a little bit of salt in Old Times Craftsman made things to last and in each Appliance they would leave just a little piece of their soul those little pieces of their soul would turn into tiny Craftsmen called fixies who would then make the appliance their home and take care of it every day and that's how the very first fixies came about but as the years have passed fewer things are being made by hand and more and more things are getting made by machines and factories that means there are less and less new fixies coming from Human Souls luckily fixies can fall in love with each other and have their own family raising their children and teaching them well so they'll grow up to become skillful and honest Master fixie repairman so you're mistaken we're not little potions at all we're fixies yeah fixies listen Tom Thomas why don't you show us the movie yeah yeah I want to learn about Lily pictures too really I do sure I'll show you [Music] oh no what's going on I broke it uh I can't give her back a disc that's messed up Don't Panic we'll take a look at it come lay it down over here [Music] Tom Thomas why is this disco covered in jelly because I was touching it with my fingers I mean what else it's obvious you don't know how a disc works at all and you know how it works yeah I know yeah if we take a look at a digital disc through a powerful microscope we can see rows of tiny valleys of different lengths these valleys are actually a code for the cartoons games or music recorded onto the disc inside a disc player a laser beam reads the code and helps turn it back into pictures and sounds but if you scratch the disc or smudge the disc with 30 fingers the laser can't read it and the disc won't play that's why you need to keep discs clean and stored in cases so that's why you should only hold discs along the edges and when you're done watching them you have to put them back inside their boxes and what about this one do we have to get rid of it not so fast no look this calls for a major cleaning let's get the brooms [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] there you go now you're holding it right [Music] hooray the disc works fine hooray now we can watch the movie about the little potions hey Gulliver why are you sitting there you've seen this movie already I'm knowing what what what look at that pile of discs where do you need to put them huh in their boxes [Music] the alarm clock didn't ring again No Lick let's go fix the alarm clock Simca wake Tom Thomas up [Music] Tom Thomas hey you'll be late for school Tom Thomas get up already oh foreign and where's the battery in here no this is an old mechanical alarm clock it doesn't work with a battery it uses a spring how's that work people wind up the spring tightly and then as it's slowly unwinds it turns the gears which turn the hands of the clock what the alarm clock broke let's hurry and get you washed up [Music] Tom Thomas are you just getting up Dad the alarm clock didn't go off it's broken here's the problem it won't turn cause the feather's stuck in the gears no look help me [Music] like it's an earthquake huh it really is broken bad time to throw out this old piece of junk [Music] Tom Thomas I'm off to work don't be late for school I won't where are we in the trash can and what's gonna happen to us well you see no lick people throw out broken things without a second thought even appliances that can still be fixed end up in the trash all the time and the trash is taken to a horrible deadly place called The Dump if a fixie happens to be inside a broken appliance he will come face to face with great danger once my uncle got thrown into the dump buried inside an old TV he barely managed to jump out of the bulldozer's path and it was a miracle he didn't end up in the incinerator after that he just roamed around the huge dump trying to fix anything he became totally crazed good thing the fixie Rescue Squad managed to find him and bring him back home [Music] I don't want to scare you but we might be taken to the dump my boy Papa's I'm scared huh where is the alarm clock maybe my dad took it to get fixed yeah but no like and Papoose are in there now just a little bit further ah I don't want to go to the dump no tears there's only one way out of here we need to fix the clock and make it ring but how foreign there is the mainspring and there's also a second spring the second spring is held still by a break and so it waits when the little hand reaches the time the alarm was set to go off the spring jumps off the brake and the gears are free to start turning that makes a little Hammer beat the cup of a bell very very quickly and that's how an alarm clock rings foreign so this feather is stopping the gears and not only the hammer strike the Bell exactly I'll start rocking the gear back and forth and you tug it [Music] Simca I think I can hear my alarm ringing quickly [Music] quickly uh huh someone turned the alarm off whoa and here comes that earthquake again [Music] no like no like I'm here no leg we fixed the alarm clock so what was wrong with it a feather got jammed in the gears and how could a feather get in a clock oh it's probably from when I put the alarm clock under my pillow so it wouldn't wake me up huh so you mean because somebody doesn't like to get up in the morning we almost ended up at the dump by the way if that somebody doesn't hurry off to his school soon he'll be late oh you're right huh the lever [Music] [Music] yeah it's a new way of living record hey you're so strong that's so light I could lift it up with my finger oh my but do you think you could lift up your nightstand don't know never tried it so then go on [Music] no ways and you are so much bigger than that nightstand but watch I can lift this big pencil and just look how much smaller I am so who's stronger you or me hmm well I guess it's not me the fixies may be very small but they are actually much stronger than humans yes it's true what you don't believe me well who's stronger an elephant or an ant you think it's the elephant well of course it's so much bigger but did you know that one ant can lift up 50 ants its own size and an elephant it can't even hold up one so it turns out that for its size an ant is much stronger than an elephant and the same goes for fixies are incredibly strong for their size they can lift things that are a hundred times heavier than they are and fixies can jump 50 times higher than their own height if humans were as strong as fixies are they'd be able to lift an automobile all by themselves yeah Tom Thomas it's time you built up your strength well how start lifting dumbbells or if you want to you can use my barbell no thanks I'll use the dumbbells my dad has they're in his office I think [Music] there's one and where's the other one aha there you are I'll get you out of there come on come on [Music] all right move aside I'll get it right out ah what is this glued to the floor or something hey what's all the Ratchet hi there Simka we can't get the dumbbell out from under there well of course you can't the sofa is pressing down on it so that's what it is and I was worried that I lost all my strength well that means we have to lift up this sofa we can't do that it's too heavy for us we can do it Tom Thomas get me your hockey stick from your room we can't move a sofa with a hockey stick don't worry you'll see here I brought it what is it for we're gonna use it as a lever a lever well yeah a lever works the same way that a seesaw does with a board resting on top of a piece called the fulcrum but with a lever one side is longer than the other and that's the secret to its power when a lever's help it's possible to lift any weight all you need to do is get the short arm of the lever under the load and push down on the long arm and the longer the arm the more weight you can lift and that's how a lever makes people stronger well can we find a fulcrum in here maybe this dumbbell can that be our fulcrum great idea now you're thinking the right way you're ready to go let's go lean on it Tom Thomas foreign [Applause] [Music] did you see now watch how it looks dad's heavy weights for you look I can do it it's just like I told you you'd be better off training with my weights didn't you just see me lift up the sofa you didn't lift the sofa the lever did did you ever hear the saying knowledge is power I've heard it although some physical power won't hurt you either so pick up your lever and go out and play some hockey you know how built those hockey players are [Music] the remote hey Simca the button got stuck on the remote how can we get it back out of there look and learn no like please help oh come on come on come on come on come on oh should I let it go foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] hide somewhere [Music] [Music] no look she stole the remote no look where are you hiding No Lick hello there fixies hey where are you hey Tom Thomas you got here just in time to Saka ran off with the TV remote and so what I can turn it on without it and my favorite cartoon is just about to start forget about the cartoons will ya no like it's missing I'm afraid no lick hid inside of the remote and you sucker took it oh no no it's in Big Time trouble Tom Thomas [Music] pictures come here [Music] where is that dog hiding I'm gonna go look in the other rooms [Music] here I am I'm over here [Applause] for now I'll wait here shusaka's not out there where are you hey Simca I ran to get a pack of Matt what are you gonna do with it I'm gonna search for the infrared Ray that comes out of the remote that's so great but what is it I'll explain it to you inside of most remote controls there's a special type of light bulb called the light emitting diode or LED for short when we press a button the LED sends an invisible infrared Ray and in the TV there is a receiver for these invisible rays he understands the command that comes from the remote control and carries it out like changing the channel or the volume [Music] if the rays are invisible then how is it possible to see him in the packomat I've got these special goggles that can help me [Music] and now what yell to know look get him to close the contact on any one of the buttons no lick you gotta push one of the buttons down on the remote a button but how am I gonna do that wait one second two soccer shoes last with the Rainbow Rocks [Music] [Music] nothing for you here but here's something there he is he's over there [Music] come here do you want a hot dog so you want to play tough all right then hooray you're in one piece how did you find me by looking out for the remotes race it's just a shame it's impossible for me to see him what are you saying you can if you want to see infrared Rays all you have to do is look through a digital camera try it for yourself turn on the camera on a mobile telephone now go ahead and press any button on the remote control and point the camera towards the front of it you'll see a bright dot on the screen of the camera that the light emitting diode working it's letting off a special light that can't be seen by The Naked Eyes it's also possible to point the remote control at a mirror and then through the camera you can see how the light emitting diode turns itself on so what that means is that invisible Rays bounce off of a mirror in the same way that regular light does so you can control the TV by bouncing the light from a remote control off of a mirror you don't believe me then go ahead and try it yourself by the way if your toys weren't all stuffed under the bed we would have found the remote without the goggles don't worry about it when the cartoons are over I'll put them away [Music] so you done watching time to clean up the combination lock [Music] ah he's home [Music] No Lick are you here stop your hiding I'll still find you No Lick is that you hey come on that's not fair you saw let me go again I don't want to you want me to play hide and seek when I got a brand new game to play with where is it I don't see it anywhere in the room I took it to school with me for what reason to show it off [Music] wow awesome game Tom Thomas can I play your game cause I'm not done playing with it yet now just try asking me to do some favor for you hmm wait was it a three or a four hmm it could have been five I forgot what about I forgot the combination and now I can't even do my homework everything I need to finish is inside of there I'm not climbing in to find out your homework don't even ask me Tom Thomas why do you look so upset the code for the lock I don't remember it don't you worry we'll open it I know all about a code lock a simple code lock is built with a few discs that have numbers on them in the center of each disc is a hole with a notch when all of the discs are turned so their notches line up in a straight Row the locks pin can slide out freely foreign it's that simple it looks like we gotta take a look inside the lock ah I see you know like where are you there's work to do I won't do it I'm not gonna help such a Greedy Boy no look won't you help me out here and I won't be so greedy anymore all right you broke me down only as soon as we're done you're gonna let me play with the game right [Music] there's no room in here hang in there we'll start turning the discs one at a time and you yell stop when they're lined up turn the next one now stop stop now try yes hooray and your code was really simple way too simple the secret numbers and letters that you use to lock something up are called the code or the password and to make sure your password's a really good one here are some things you should know never choose a password that's really simple for someone else to guess like one with numbers or letters that are all the same or are all in order it's also a bad idea to make a password out of your birthdate or name it's better to think of a password that's a bit more complicated and don't forget your password once you come up with it write down your password on a piece of paper and keep it in a safe place but don't show it to anybody else and then if you happen to forget your code or password you'll be able to remember it with the help of that piece of paper [Music] and why did you ever put a lock on your backpack I was hiding the game from the other kids then why did you take it to school today I wanted to show it off to my class and did you show it no way if they would have seen it they'd be like I want to use it I want to play and so you hit it and didn't show it to anybody not to anyone then why take it to school silly to show it off there you're just some show-off you're just some greedy sorry once Greedy Boy will you let us play now play away hello [Music] we're not bothering you are we can you jump a little easier you're shaking the whole desk [Music] the refrigerator [Music] good job my homework is all done okay [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] oh it's a piece of gum it's my bubble gum oh thanks a lot Tom Thomas now what's the plan to get me unstuck from here here's what we do it's Gotta Be Frozen Once I sat on gum too and my mom put my pants in the freezer the gum froze up and it came right off don't want to go into the freezer don't worry no like I'll stay right here with you just hold on it won't take long at all why do I need to hold on the gun's already holding on to me Simca do you know why it's so cold in the freezer when outside it's warm I'll explain it to you a refrigerator has a pump that pushes a special liquid through a long tube inside the refrigerator the liquid in the tube wants to turn into a gas to do that it takes the heat from everything inside and that makes the refrigerator cool then the pump sucks in the gas and pushes it out as a hot liquid into the tubes on the back of the refrigerator that lets all of the heat collected from the inside Escape into the air outside I wish I was somewhere warm hold on I'll go get us some warm clothes to wear I don't want to hold on I want to go with you just hang in there I'm hanging Tom Thomas open up [Music] [Music] do we have any warm clothing to wear why in the world do you need it I just do well I need to know what is happening [Music] hooray Tom Thomas Simca open up the door it looks like I'm gonna freeze up in here for good [Music] a fixie is constantly surrounded by all sorts of danger inside a dark freezer a freaks he can lose his way and freeze to death if he's not paying attention he can drown inside of a washing machine or inside of a dishwasher and a careless fixie is always at risk of getting an electric shock or suppose there's a short circuit inside of an appliance that starts a fire if this happens you need to run away if you want to survive and what about humans well they don't even believe that we fix these exist at all so they can accidentally drop something on top of a fixie or step on one or kick us across the room so if we don't get out of the way in time ah so what I'm saying fixies you need to be careful out there and pay attention so be smart and stay safe fellow fixies I don't understand this at all he was right here poor nolik I wonder where he went look at this footprints [Music] No Lick we're alive you scared me off to death how did you get out of there well you told me about how a refrigerator works and so I found that cold tube and started crawling on it until it got hot and then I was here hey there's smoke coming out of you we need to cool you down right away huh here I don't want to go into the refrigerator I was joking look how it froze I could break my teeth on it you aren't gonna chew it anymore I'd never do that not after nolik sat on it well you didn't need to stick it where it doesn't belong hey I apologize I'll go and throw it away maybe you'll try the trash can the electric kettle [Music] that's four come on sometimes just one more [Music] come on now Tom Thomas I know you can do it hmm five that doesn't count that doesn't count no your chin was below the bar that's all I can't do anymore yo weakline you're the weakling I'm not I just haven't eaten in a while and that's why I lost my strength you're a slave to food Tom and you see that's the difference between us fixies and you humans many people wrongly assume that the only way fixies could live is by stealing food off of humans tables or worse yet by stealing it from their refrigerators that's just a lie it's not true at all fixies don't eat any kind of human food so then where in the world do the fixies get their energy you're wondering it's very simple a fixie's entire life is connected with devices fixies not only live inside of devices but they take care of them and help them live longer and in return for their help these devices share part of their energy with the fixies so there you go the fixies help devices and devices help the fixies yes we fix these and machines have a symbiotic relationship so we don't eat leftovers like cockroaches cause we are fixies [Music] one two three low how is it possible that a big boy like you doesn't know how to make any food for himself I'm able to cook but I'm not allowed to turn on the stove what can you make without it oh yes we have instant oatmeal look do you like oatmeal you're joking only my folks say oats are healthy and make you stronger great well then how do you cook it it's not hard all you gotta do is add hot water and I'm allowed to turn on the kettle stop and check if there's water in there if there's none you can burn out the kettle it's got enough then you can turn it on [Music] hey tell me how does the kettle turn off I mean how does it know when the water's hot enough [Music] inside of an electric kettle there's a heater hidden underneath this bottom when you turn on the kettle the heater warms up the water until it boils and the boiling water gives off steam that heats up a special metal plate at the top of the kettle the heat causes the metal plate to bend and that turns off the switch so you could say that an electric kettle feels when the water is boiling [Music] okay now I understand hey why do you need three bowls you don't need to make any oatmeal for us it's not for you guys it's for my mom and dad start out here no he's pouring into this one and I say pour it here and I say first you should pour it into mine oh nolik where are you I'll find him hang on I'm going in [Music] she was right over here [Music] no like over here here No Lick there [Music] hey where is your is your lost up there in the oatmeal that must be your parents let's get out of here hey and what about your shoe oh don't worry I got another one hi Tom Thomas we're back you must be hungry we'll make you something to eat but I already prepared us some food and the water is already hot wash your hands Tom Thomas don't touch that kettle if it's hot I don't want you to burn yourself foreign [Music] So today we're eating oatmeal for dinner delicious uh maybe you have something else why something else you're the ones that say that oatmeal is great for you and that it makes us stronger well yeah that's what we say I'm glad that our son pays such careful attention a bit delicious really huh what's that oh look you found the boot Dad what uh it's nothing just eat your food and don't get distracted I'd like to see that oatmeal all gone okay and whoever doesn't finish won't get any candy SMS hey all clear oh take a look a mobile phone you think they bought Tom Thomas a new one oh wow no legs up awesome turn around Tom Thomas help us please we're trying to save your telephone that's not mine oh Katy left it behind Katya Katya she's gone it's too late oh and SMS just came in you won't read it will ya of course not but what if it's something important Tom Thomas don't you even dare go and read her letters uh-huh pretty interesting looky there's just a ton of these messages now Nolan you go and distract him from the telephone uh-huh hey it's me your buddy [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] stop it that's enough for the Barking out of this room right now [Music] done well power's off now huh what's up it stopped working all of a sudden oh it looks like you've broken it what no way you did too well Tom Thomas now you have to give Katy your phone back like this I just don't get it it happened because you were reading someone else's mail it was just an SMS an SMS is no different from a letter it's only shorter people send sms's through their mobile phones and that's why looking inside someone else's phone and reading their sms's is just as rude as reading someone else's mail and that's why when we fix these work inside of a phone we always put our headphones on when a call comes in so we won't overhear people's private conversations by accident just the polite thing to do I promise I won't read anyone else's messages but that's not gonna make the mobile work again now what tell them the truth don't you worry Tom Thomas cause we turned the phone off and now we'll turn it back on [Music] see that the contact's barely attached we just need to write a note to the fixies who work over at conscious I'm sure they'll fix it there are fixies living in every home and the work they have to do can seem endless the TV starts acting up then the doorbell breaks the washing machine stops running and then the phone won't ring and besides all of that there is cleaning and there's oiling like the appliances in the kitchen are kids toys and all those other things modern houses are literally stuffed with all sorts of devices and that is why the fixies keep working day in and day out unfortunately this can make fixies get carried away by their jobs and they can forget about their fixie relatives and close friends that live in the neighboring houses and apartments and that's not right just like humans fixies have to remember to go and visit each other more often and write each other letters or at least send their regards foreign [Music] tell her she left her phone over here [Music] yeah and two Katya and her phone is where Tom Thomas good catch boy you're fast just like a like a like a fixie [Music] the balloon no way you'll miss for sure no problem [Music] anybody can do that but I bet you can't do it if you tried bouncing the ball off the floor first just look [Music] oh what are my parents gonna do to me maybe we should call Simca Simca and what's Simca gonna do to us when she sees this foreign huh you shouldn't be playing with a ball inside and now we have your lamp to fix but how only my dad can reach all the way up there why just your dad you have a hot air balloon over there that doesn't fly it's just a toy see well it might be just a toy to you but for us fixies it's absolutely real if an object is lighter than water it floats up to the circle and in the same way if something is lighter than air it floats upward did you know that hot hair is lighter than cold air well it is and that means if you warm up the air in a balloon it will float up hot air balloons use special gas burners to heat up the air inside of them so they will get lighter and the bigger the balloon the more people it can take up into the air I know what you're saying but where do we get a burner you think fixies don't have their own burners huh sure we've got them bring it down here and I'll go talk to our parents no no and no the human child must never see us listen now Simka we already don't approve of him seeing you and nolik he won't look Papa's please you're the one who told us how you dreamed of flying since you trained to go into space yeah for two years I waited on standby but I never went up and you've never flown in a hot air balloon either honey so let's call it a deal I talked him into it there's just one condition you can't watch okay [Music] you can come in now [Music] now prepare the burner coming right up permission for takeoff permission is granted and off we go hooray it's flying don't you peek turn around oh it was an accident [Music] I'm going to evaluate the damage maintaining proper altitude [Music] so they've reached the spot air balloons are really awesome I wonder who figured out how to do that it was the montalciers the hot air balloon was invented in the 18th century by the montgolfier brothers from France in those days there were no gas burners so they heated the air inside the Balloon by burning straw at first there were no passengers on their balloon not counting the fixies of course I mean how else could a balloon get up in the air without them unfortunately the names of the first fixies who took that flight were not recorded in the annals of History following the fixie's flight the next passengers were animals a ram a rooster and a duck and it was not until those three safely landed after flying a full four kilometers that humans dared to fly in hot air balloons themselves ever since their invention hot air balloons have also gone by another name Montgomery [Music] all right foreign [Music] please let your parents know that I'm so very thankful okay by the way now you can turn around let's fly the balloon just like them there's no way nolik we would need to use the burner and kids aren't allowed to play with fire I'll give you a ride look I still need to put it back up on the Shelf so climb in and let's do it foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] the microwave [Music] good morning okay children for today's lesson we're going to learn about the microwave oven it's a very special appliance that people use to heat all sorts of different foods up oh wow is there any chance that we could get heated up here you'll find out about that too if you'll pay attention of course whoa got it now listen carefully I'm listening I'm listening of course young fixies go to school just like human kids but their parents teach them a lot of important lessons too fixie parents take their kids on tours of all sorts of different devices and teach them what fixies can do to keep them working properly he'd like to show them how the computers or televisions or gaming systems work or any one of the many appliances they take care of inside of the kitchen like the stove every once in a while a new device appears in the house something that the fixies have never dealt with before to learn how this new thing works the fixies gather together and read the instructions that the humans keep printing up but almost never seem to take the time to read for themselves [Music] and so now it's time to look at the magnetron that's what emits the microwaves oh and so the food absorbs the microwaves and that's what heats it up that's right and now look carefully to your left hooray freedom oh Tom Thomas what do you say want to watch cartoons I can't I need to do my homework whenever I start doing homework I always get hungry for some food then just eat faster no the faster I eat the sooner I'll have to start doing my homework you're already got cold I need to go warm it up [Applause] [Music] one minute should be enough [Music] these aren't just ordinary wires these are four [Music] Marcia what's going on it looks like it might be an overload the microwave might burn out then we better here what do you mean run we need we need to save this microwave [Music] I need your help [Music] tiddish oh what's wrong with the microwave it looks like it just broke who cares if it broke what matters is that Simka and Mafia are broken look there's no one here not we were thank you behind the wall you wouldn't believe what happened in there oh there you go Tom Thomas why did you put that fork into the microwave why not you mean I'm not allowed remember never put any metal objects into a microwave if you put Forks or spoons in a microwave you can burn it out and then not even a fixie will be able to fix it even a thin metal border on a plate can cause serious problems also never warm up food in sealed packages or bottles inside a microwave and one last thing don't even think of cooking eggs in their shells in there they'll just explode [Music] sorry I didn't know any of that no like and what were you thinking why didn't you warn Tom Thomas about this [Music] oh today you skipped school and now you don't know it either like where are you going to you huh where else I gotta go study all about microwaves and I'll go do my homework now but first you'll sit down and eat for a while right no I'm not gonna eat food first I'll go and play some games for an hour or so [Music] once I finish you my top secret growth potion I will create my own giant canine crew and then I'll rule them whoa wow this is super you're better than a TV show oh yeah it's fun but it's gonna end badly Tom Thomas get ready for bed I'm going dead but first my secret recipe we start with a bit of carbonitorous and now a little bit of bread and butteris and finally Marissa [Music] Don't Be Afraid drink my baby and you'll grow ten times your size what it doesn't taste good oh right I forgot it needed stirring this Hypersonic mixer will do the trick Tom Thomas you shouldn't use what doesn't belong to you that's your father's toothbrush ah hey cut it out you're acting crazy [Music] [Applause] oh you said it uh-oh you Tom Thomas are a big boy but your brain is smaller than nolas why thank you just go put the toothbrush back in its place some like you never touched it nah that's not right at all Tom Thomas what's up I'm almost done dad simple like please I really need your help no panicking first we need to understand what could have broken inside of there an electric toothbrush is really simple as long as you know these three parts the battery the motor and a very clever mechanism that connects the motor with the bristles the whole secret to the toothbrush is Ryanair that mechanism uses the spinning of the motor to make the bristles move very fast back and forth from left to right from right to left and that's how it brushes your teeth so what can we do about it here's what we do First We Take out the motor then we take the gears out and then the mechanism how much time do we need to do that one or two hours what no just listen here Tom Thomas you need to open up the battery compartment wait for me right here foreign nowadays we use a toothbrush to clean our teeth but it wasn't always that way the ancient Egyptians used a chewed stick to scrape their teeth while the ancient Greeks rub their teeth with a rag and the Vikings will who knows what they use and then only 200 years ago an Englishman named William Addis came up with something better he drilled holes into a meat bone inserted Bunches of bristles into them and there you go the toothbrush and here's what I need to tell you all as a fixie that is as a master repairman you need to make sure to brush your teeth often especially after eating or you'll be getting them repaired often at the dentist well is something wrong with the mechanism no it's fine is the motor burned out whoa then what's wrong with it you're not gonna believe it but the battery died that's all I know what to do I'll put in new ones your dad turned the toothbrush on looks like everything's fine it's working way to go excellent your dad will never find out what kind of slop you're mixed up with this brush [Music] how dare you know it how dare you refer to my mighty potion like this Tom Thomas somehow soap got all over my toothbrush can you explain that yeah [Music] what do you say now the screws [Music] okay Tom Thomas what you thinking about huh for school I have to write an essay my very best friend I don't know who should I write about what do you mean who aren't I your Closest Friend Of course how could I forget to write about you and you can keep forgetting that's our secret right don't you remember the promise you made when we met sure how could I forget [Music] what's wrong with two sockets today [Music] why are these screws bothering you so badly [Music] what's with you leave them alone already will you just calm down you're gonna destroy my plane foreign [Music] what's going on [Music] what's going on hey if you don't turn back again I'm not letting you go oh please don't be afraid I'm not gonna hurt you too I'll just ask you one question and let you go no look we can't don't worry about it but you're staring ask your question boy no way you can talk just just just tell me who are you fixies that's all we answered now you let us out I'll wait but what's it mean that you're fixies that's already question number two you promised to let us out didn't you I'm sorry you can leave now Simca it's fine I can see from his look that we can trust him oh all right we'll tell him you gotta swear that you don't tell anyone else I swear it fixies we're the little people that live inside of machines and appliances and take care of them fixing them cleaning them and oiling them humans never suspect us they think that if something breaks and then suddenly starts working again that it happened all by itself well nothing happens by itself it happens because we the fixies are living inside yes without the fixies humans would have so many more problems with their machines that's awesome and so what are your names that's already question number three you can call me Nolan and her name is Simka and my name is Tom Thomas will you come back over oh well I was this close to becoming the first kid in the whole world to make friends with the fixies I thought you guys would never come back over and we didn't plan on coming back but then we thought it'd be really great to be the only fixes in the whole world who are friends with the only kid in the whole world who is friends with the Pixies and who has told no one about us the fixies do everything they can do to hide from humans they are afraid that if humans discovered fixies they would hunt them down and capture them and start keeping them in cages just like pets and worse than that they would take them into their Laboratories and start examining them under microscopes even conducting scientific experiments on them or suppose that humans thought we'd do all their work for them and so they decided that they didn't have to take care of their appliances any longer well then let me tell you this if humans decided that they didn't have to clean or fix their own appliances then not even the fixies will be able to stop them from breaking no matter what they do that's why the fixies are very smart to hide from humans [Music] okay then I'll write about someone else [Music] I have the very best friends ever period when something's broken he repairs it he's the one and only no the one and only Nolan the state alert [Music] Tom Thomas gets the ball he makes an incredible move he's wide open [Music] goalie season and he screams in part he shoots them score did Tom Thomas stop kicking that ball your school concert starts in 30 minutes and I don't want to iron your pants again all right Mom [Music] no I'm sorry Mom said I have to quit kicking the ball said nothing about dribbling the ball oh [Music] Tom Thomas your pants this can't be these are my special concert pants uh yeah how will you go now well your mom does have enough time to sew them to even tell her about it she said that I had to stop playing hey I've got it here do you think we should fix the rip in his pants with a stapler yeah isn't it a good idea I gotta try it out you do like this stop why what's wrong uh final stitches that's all let's go you're right no look it works that is super yeah the stapler is really great do you guys know how it works just keep stapling and I'll tell you people's for a stapler are lightly glued together that way you can load many Staples at once instead of one at a time and a spring pushes the Staples to the front when you push down on the arm a metal tooth pushes the front staple down through a thin space and the staple punches holes in the paper next the pointy ends of the staple push down onto a plate and that makes the staple Bend behind the paper and there you go the papers are fastened so you could say that we're sewing but using a stapler instead of a needle yeah and it works even faster huh what's going on could it have run out of Staples [Music] there's still a lot more Staples but one of them got jammed here in the slot [Music] Tom Thomas we're leaving in five minutes okay mom so did you get it no why don't we get Papas to help us because he's really strong and he's gotta pack a mat we can do this ourselves Tom Thomas find something we can use to push that staple out foreign ER is not a very new invention it's been said that the French King King Louis XV had a stapler made out of gold and precious gems unfortunately it could only hold one staple at a time modern staplers are much more convenient and people have come up with so many kinds for paper for Plywood And even for skin yes surgeons often use them during operations then there's the staple gun that's used to upholster furniture and its older brother the nail gun can even be used to hold together the walls of a building and here's an invention almost as important as a stapler it's the staple remover with its help it's possible to remove the Staples put in by a stapler [Music] how about the screwdriver that'll work look the screwdriver fits perfectly into the slot Ah that's great now push that staple through only keep your fingers out of the way or you won't finish sewing Tanish it's still not tadish you haven't fixed your pants yet that's it they're done [Music] now we can say Tom Thomas are you ready of course my idea with a stapler was smart wasn't it and Tom Thomas's mother won't notice that thing will too just wait till she washes them the electric train [Music] [Music] and suddenly the Earth is attacked by an alien spaceship YouTube [Music] it help arrives here on time we'll be saved move faster faster come on get off the train move it move it Tom Thomas we came here to play ah finally you're here I need some aliens for this game what kind of aliens are you talking about just plain old aliens you know the ones they come destroy the Earth in just about everything want to destroy anything at all why can't we be the train Engineers huh train Engineers you don't know anything about driving a train oh we know plenty about trains humans invented the railroad long ago but back then the rails were made out of wood people didn't start making metal rails until the end of the 18th century but the first railroad cars had no engines to give them their power instead they used horses to pull them along later horses were replaced by the steam engine wooden coal would burn in their furnaces to boil the water in the boilers making the steam that turned their wheels and the fixies were there to help those trains go making sure all of the parts could work together smoothly but now steam engines have long gone away the railroad uses electricity now for its power these electric trains race along the railway at almost the speed of an airplane so you might know trains but you'll still be the aliens this railroad is mine so you're gonna play the way I want the train is unloaded and leaving the station you can play two two by yourself and I will [Music] hey why did you stop [Music] this doesn't help either it's not going at all Simca [Music] No Lick where are you did I hurt your feelings or something mom is Dad gonna be home soon no it's something to matter we've been attacked by evil aliens the train has to be fixed right away or we'll never Escape them uh-huh you want some tea ah I've got to think of something Simca No Lick I know you're in there please forgive me if I hurt your feelings I'm really sorry there's nobody but you that can save the world from the evil aliens [Music] talk this back to it well let's go and check the rails no look follow me I'm faster whoa well so much for being faster it looks like I found a break Tom Thomas the rails are broken I know and so you know but that's why your Train's not running real train model trains run on electricity but there aren't any batteries inside the locomotive to pull the other car the engine gets its electricity from the rails the rail has a wire in it if the rails come apart the electricity can't flow through the track and get to the train and without electricity the Train's engine just stops going so reconnect the rails and your train will run again put them together ah yes hooray the Train's running way to go so will you play with me now and which way are we playing this time whatever you want I'm with you the train rushes down the track with no Legacy engineered one suddenly from out of the sky comes an alien spaceship [Music] [Applause] greetings to you o people of planet Earth I come from far away from another galaxy have you come to destroy everything no I've come to fix it all oh [Applause] [Music] the pen not here either Tom Thomas are you looking for me huh no for a red pen I need it right now what do you need it for here look what my teacher wrote in my assignment book bad behavior during the lesson fidgeting and talking what are you gonna do with the red pen your teacher left something out I thought maybe you know I could fix it a bit I hope I find that pen foreign [Music] oh wow good catch [Music] so what do you want to fix on it I'll just add a couple of no's and then it will say that I had no bad behavior during the lesson no fidgeting and no talking see no problem cool and then add this to the end Tom Thomas is a perfect student nah then they would guess I did it what is it clogged up a little scribble will do it that's not a pen it's more like a pen knife oh look the ball's missing what ball it's a pen it's a pen but it's a ballpoint pen old-fashioned pens work by dipping the pen into a jar of ink but with the ballpoint pen the ink is stored inside of a tube that has a metal tip on the end with a small steel ball well small for humans that is but of course for fixies it's quite large when you drag the pen across the paper the ball spins around and gets ink on it from inside the tube then it turns over and the ink rolls out onto the paper so without the ball a ballpoint pen won't write at all so what am I going to do that's my only red pen [Music] hi everybody why do you look so sad uh we lost the ball from the tip of this pen where it's here somewhere then you're in luck boys in the pack a mat there's a metal detector you can use it to find different kinds of metal objects foreign [Music] that's not it I can see that myself it's not on the table no look until not that long ago humans use pens that had to be dipped over and over again into an Inkwell this was quite inconvenient and so to make writing easier the fountain pen was invented a fountain pen could be filled up with ink so it could write for a much longer time but fountain pens were often leak leaving blocks of Ink on the paper this problem was solved with the invention of the ballpoint pen ballpoint pens are simple handy and reliable except that you can't write with them on a wall or upside down for a long time that's because the ball uses up the ink on it and the ink can't flow up to the tip but even this problem has been solved there are now special ballpoint pins that can be used by astronauts floating in space oh is this the one you're right that's it don't you just see how awesome my metal detector is is that what you're calling me now [Music] Tom Thomas help us and now cool by the way why do you need the red pen for well Tom Thomas and I needed to fix something in his assignment book what if I knew that I wouldn't have helped you out so no fidgeting and no talking hmm and your teacher she writes in your assignment book when you behave well uh-huh whenever we behave well she writes a note in our books right away ah did you see Simka how Tom Thomas managed to outsmart everybody since I see nothing else hear from your teacher does that mean you behave badly the other day uh-huh what well uh did you see no look how Tom Thomas just managed to outsmart himself [Music] the spare part [Music] hey what's going on it was just working hi there Tom Thomas look I've got a problem no time to play we're busy busy with what we got put in charge here for the day we even get to use one of the Pokemon went out to visit our fixie friends happens just to be with them at the Space Center years ago ever since he was a boy pop was dreamed of going into space then why not fixie's work on Rockets too he even got a job at The Astronaut training center he was put in charge of the centrifuge and he made sure it worked perfectly the centrifuge is a sort of very fast Carousel for training astronauts and pop was trained inside of it too unfortunately pop was never knew the rocket was scheduled to fly on his day off and when he found out it was too late and the rocket blasted off without him since then Papoose hates his days off but he still longs to fix something like that centrifuge you know something turning around like a washing machine too bad for purpose that the one in his house seems to keep working perfectly fine [Music] so that means today you fix everything uh-huh well then it's your lucky day because my car just broke down how do we got work to do no like what [Music] well what broke down here wait a sec here this part burned out it's all covered in Black I wonder where we can get the same part but a clean one a clean one hmm no like genius there's the same exact part inside the dishwasher we can take it from there come on come on do you have any idea how all these parts are connected to one another with this thing right under you it's a special part called a circuit board a circuit board is made like this first the board gets covered with a thin layer of metal then pads are laid onto the board where the electricity is going to flow that all of the extra metal is washed off of it with a special cleaning liquid leaving the metal paths that were drawn on the board these pads work just like wires to connect the parts on the board to each other and then all that's left to do is attach those parts to their places on the path today [Music] Tom Thomas kiddish hooray it works again Tom Thomas I'm about to start the dishwasher are there any dirty dishes in your room nah Slow Down slow what down slow down your mom we took the new part out of the dishwasher see mom wait don't start it you need to put put yeah putting this one uh dirty cup no look follow me inside the TV is the same part [Music] now back to the dishwasher [Music] we barely made it we grabbed the part from the TV in the living room not the TV uh my mom's favorite program is about to start [Music] foreign [Music] hi everybody I'm home hi hun are you ready for dinner in a bit I've got to finish a little work on the computer stop that's enough running here take it back from the car and then we put the part back into the computer and it started working again oh that was really silly remember you little experts never repair any device at the cost of another one I understand now and I understand if you were smart you could have taken the part out of the old radio in the closet purpose but you know the radio wouldn't work then that old thing hasn't been working for years Marcia and I have pulled out of those parts already [Music] the keyboard five four three two one right here we come [Applause] foreign [Music] Tom Thomas you didn't forget about your grandma's birthday did you no Oops I Did we found you this time hey that's not fair it was my mom that found me not you and go and hide again not now I have to draw a birthday card for oh my grandmother so we need one clean sheet of paper when's your grandma's birthday tomorrow but your card won't get there on time oh then what can I do come on and use your Noggin pick up the phone give her a ring your grandmother will be really happy to hear your voice no we've got a tradition we send each other birthday cards and what the internet's for why don't you send off an electronic card to her Simca that's genius oh this one's cool now go ahead and type your message [Music] the letter D isn't working how can I write Dear Grandma without D just let her be a Play-Doh Grandma without the deer but the letter G isn't working either it looks like we could use a pack of Matt here a pack a map what for to clean off the keyboard's contacts that got all dirty what contacts a t on a computer keyboard works pretty much the same way as a doorbell does when we press on the button of a doorbell the contact's inside touch which lets the electricity flow that makes the bells ring and when we press a letter on a computer keyboard an electrical current runs from the keyboard to the computer and that letter appears on the screen but if there's dirt between the contacts that stops them from touching then the current can't flow [Music] foreign [Music] Thomas what did you drop in here that is so sticky it's probably the soda I was drinking and so you shared it with a keyboard here's the reason why it's not working [Music] and where did so many crumbs come from uh they fell off my sandwich thank you [Music] what in the world is this red stuff down here that must be the sauce for my mushroom pizza oh no like well now it looks like we're gonna be out picking mushrooms the fixies are always ready to help people out but there are some people we really don't feel like helping I remember when I was working as a fishy back in one house it was a disaster one day the owner spilled coffee on the remote for the TV as I was running to clean the remote he starts pounding the TV with his fish because the channels won't change so now the TV is broken too well with no TV he decides to listen to some music and he carelessly pulled the Music Center onto the floor so he tries to fix that himself and manages to break it for good and then he sits down on top of his telephone and breaks that to bits meanwhile I'm still busy trying to clean the coffee off of the remote there wasn't a minute of rest with this guy around in the end I couldn't take it any longer so I got out of there and now I'm here teaching kids [Music] thank you Tom Thomas why are you eating food at your computer yeah they don't feed you in the kitchen or something now I know it it's not allowed you said you said now write your message and write the address on there too uh-huh Mom do you know what the email address for Grandma is grandma doesn't have an email address we went ahead and fixed that keyboard for nothing I still need it and my grandma I'll give her a ring on the phone you said you had a tradition of writing each other cards and what Grandma will be happy to hear my voice that's some original idea huh [Music] the aquarium [Music] the coast is clear the humans have left come on let's go [Music] Marcia why are the fish looking so tired because they're not getting enough air in there the water in the aquarium is dirty and it needs air but the filter isn't working the filter yes that device over there these fish need our help and if we don't do something right now they could die right first I'll fix that light while you and Masia go over there and see what is wrong with the filter I want to go and look at the filter too you're too small for this oh whoa whoa whoa and you're a giant I mean you're like six feet tall huh that's enough arguing no lick let's go [Music] foreign not working nolik where are you I'm up here what are you doing up there nothing holding on we don't have time for that get down we have to get this switch working what's the matter with the filter well probably something's caught inside and it's stopping the motor from turning a filter is used to keep the aquarium water clean a motor in a filter turns the pedals and pumps water through a fine net or a sponge the dirt in the water gets trapped in there and the cleaned water is put back into the aquarium many filters not only clean the water but also add air to it so there will be more oxygen in the water you see even though fish live their lives in water they need oxygen just like all of us thank you [Music] today way to go there [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] there are lots of ways for people to breathe underwater as an experiment try putting an empty glass upside down in water and you'll see that some of the air stays in there that's the idea behind the ancient diving belt an empty Bell was lowered under the water and some of the air remained in there for the diver to breathe and about 200 years ago the first diving suits were invented the diver got air from a hose that started above the water let the diver spend a long time under the water and even walk around on the bottom but just not too far later on people learned to squeeze a lot of air inside of metal tanks and that's when scuba diving started scuba divers breathe the air stored in these tanks so they can swim freely and even dive deep down below the water our work is done the light is on and the filter is working and the fish looks so exciting as if they're not fish but monsters thank goodness they're behind glass just hang on we'll be right there to save you but I don't even have my packomat they must be so hungry you're right they're hungry no look come on [Music] let's go [Music] I can't believe those fish they're so ungrateful we went ahead and fixed their filter and all they wanted to do was gobble us up and I'm the one who saved you from them I was the one watching what was going on oh [Music] gee hold it do you think giving her some food will help as long as you're not thinking that food is made the fan pass him on the left step on it now pass him on the right look out for the wall pick the brakes why didn't you hit the brakes he was just too scared what do you mean too scared something got into my eyes those were your hands my turn let me show you how it's really done oh what's wrong with the computer oh it's been really acting up for a while it turns off by itself it's no big deal I just turn it back on I don't like this at all come on no let's let's go inside and take a look just like people machines can get sick too they can get a very high temperature and even start coughing and sneezing and if a machine or an appliance gets seriously sick sometimes it can be too late to fix them at all so wouldn't it be better if we could keep them from getting sick in the first place everybody knows that people who look after their health get sick less often and live longer and the same goes for machines machines break less often and live longer if they're properly taken care of that's why machines need to be checked from time to time and cleaned and oiled and that's what's called preventive maintenance and preventive maintenance is something that always should be kept in Mind by humans and by fixies [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] ER didn't you know that inside of some appliances there live horrible monsters they love to attack fixies and eat them up and the smaller the fixies are the more the fixie-eater likes to eat them and how come you never told me anything about big seeders before I didn't want you to get all right scaredy cat let's keep going [Music] Simka where are you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] not just no like it needs our help let's see how sick that fan is let's go and get it working right now a computer can only run when all of its parts are working and even though a fan looks like nothing more than a simple little engine with a propeller the computer couldn't work without it it has the very important job of keeping all of those other parts cool when they start heating up it cools down the inside of a computer by blowing a stream of air but if the fan gets dirty and starts working poorly the computer might get overheated and turn off or it can simply break [Music] you have to turn off your computer how come I'll tell you later [Music] [Music] that part's done now we oil it let me try all right it's oiled up just like your nose fish [Music] and then suddenly I hear this terrible Roar of affixiator but I wasn't scared one little bit and I just ran right into the battle and Simka oh she was hiding somewhere you know she's a girl and they're all cowards so I had to fight the monster all by myself oh I guess that was an example of how girls hide like cowards when they're too scared well um yeah the washing machine look at that Simca television hey nolik that's not a television that's a machine for washing laundry no way yeah it's just a plain old washing machine Nola don't you know uh-uh tell me about it you're such a great explainer out of a washing machine is a big drum people put their dirty laundry in there and add a special kind of soap called detergent when they turn the washing machine on the drum fills with water and then the motor starts to spin the drum that makes the laundry rub together forcing the soapy water in and the dirt out to make your clothes clean after that all that's left is to get out the Water by spinning the drum really fast and sending the water down the drain oh thanks a lot Simka oh wondered why would you want to put laundry inside a television are you joking with me uh-huh oh I'll show you a funny joke get over here it's time Thomas's mother she's got headphones on we'll see she doesn't hear anything except the music [Music] now she'll come back add the soap turn on her television and watch the second part of the movie again with the jokes this time I'm really gonna let you have it [Music] no like just do what I say I came up with a plan what's your plan to run away [Music] who's here hello [Music] [Music] oh yeah [Music] there are a lot of things to keep in mind with a washing machine to use it right for example do you know what can happen if you wash red and white shirts together well the white one might just turn pink pink no it's not because it's embarrassed but because some of the color from the red shirt happened to get onto the white one another important thing to remember is to empty your pockets before you wash your clothes things like Keys nails and chewing gum might not only ruin your clothes but they can destroy the washer too and this isn't only about little stuff big things like music players and mobile phones have managed to find their way into the washing machine oh sure these things look nice and clean after a good washing but they certainly don't seem to want to work anymore and never ever put a pet inside of a washing machine that's just no place for a living thing [Music] oh yeah you know what Simka I've never been laundered in my entire life we better get out of here no lick right now and the faster the better ah come on let's get going and what about you Saka what about you Saka let her get washed up a little in there maybe it'll make her nicer but she could drown the poor thing [Music] I don't think we can do this alone we should get help from Tom Thomas's mother one two stop one she moved out of the way [Music] foreign oh my [Music] sweet little baby how did you how did you get in there you wait right here in the tub and I'll go get you a towel [Music] so your wild little beast looks like we saved your life we're friends now no like sure doesn't look like she wants to be our friend so what do we do now same old plan [Music] the thermometer I can't believe the new thermometer isn't working Tom Thomas stay in bed and I'll try and look for that old mercury thermometer hey so you don't want to go to school well yeah so if you pull a sticky then you can trick your mom no that's not true I'm just pretending a little bit you think so well you won't trick the thermometer Simca what's a mercury thermometer foreign is a type of liquid metal that's silver in color there's no Mercury inside of new thermometers now they're electronic old thermometers were made with a glass tube with markings and a bit of mercury inside them when the end of the tube warms up the Mercury inside of it expands and creeps up the tubes and that's how those old thermometers measure temperature the longer the column of mercury the higher the person's temperature is foreign that means I need to warm up the end of the thermometer Tom Thomas you're a genius but how will you warm it up finally I found it well let's see Mom can I eat something hang in there sweetie I'll make you something [Music] that is hot now there's just no way it won't have the temperature hey what are you doing in here well how high did you get it 108 is what it's showing oh no but the temperature that High they'll send you straight to the hospital and you don't need that you'd better shake that thermometer yeah that's what I'll do that'll get the temperature down a little [Music] ah well so much for that cheers never Prosper Tom Thomas see this no look don't touch the Mercury it's poisonous stop it right now and you Tom Thomas you don't touch that mercury either it's dangerous then how can we throw it out call your mom and she can help you I can't how could I call her then she'd find out that I wanted to trick her maybe it's better to tell the truth I can't I can't do it all right then it looks like there's no other choice no lick call Papoose and Mafia I'll get him and you go back to your room and wait foreign [Music] looks like this whole job is done not yet we still need to neutralize this Mercury [Music] in everybody's home there's all sorts of chemicals around they are used for cleaning dishes clothes the bathroom and dealing with pests and all of these substances can be very harmful to human health but some people don't seem to understand this they might use a dangerous spray or a poisonous liquid and then forget to wash their hands afterwards and then they go and eat or rub their eyes with their hands that can cause serious damage to their Vision or stomachs and never put anything into your mouth that looks like medicine unless your parents or a doctor gave it to you and if you ever happen to find something on the ground that looks like a piece of candy you must never put it in your mouth you can get poisoned that way oh humans if they'd only remember this simple advice they'd stay safer and what do we do with this that's broken that job's not for fixies [Music] Tom Thomas we cleaned up all the mercury in the glass too no not the broken glass but will you Papa said that it's not our job he told us you had to get your parents to come and help you that part's your responsibility some food for you what's the matter mom I I broke the thermometer broke it did you cut yourself no the Mercury did you touch it I didn't Simka you think he'll tell her the truth and where did you break it the bathroom why did you go in there I wanted I wanted to trick you I have a test and I didn't study for it and now it's too late for school hmm the music box [Music] and when the Pied Piper began to play his magical flute the rats came out of their holes and followed him and they never would be seen in Hamlin ever again huh and then what huh I can't read anymore my legs got tired Nola something's rustling in there and where it dad's office on his desk it's inside the wooden container hmm decided Tom Thomas sit right here while Noah and I go and check and if there's a mouse in there for real then how are we gonna get it out those rodents are really so big and why was I reading that book to you huh just grab a flute give it a toot and the mice will Scoot and where are the flutes gonna come from we'll make them got it sure I did wait a second let's get a little closer [Music] see it's just like I told you no more mice in there so let's shoot a little more so they won't go back in all right so you're the ones messing around out here grandpas it's you here oh today I can't work on what I need to do right from the start someone's opening up the top and then it's hooting hat it was Simco who came up with the shooting just because you're afraid of mice wow what kind of machine is this well what do you think um a coffee grinder no a hole puncher is it a foot scratcher but what well a machine for scratching your feet you're joking all the time you it's a music box and it's just wonderful [Music] music boxes were invented more than 200 years ago inside there is usually a cylinder with short pins sticking up from it in front of the cylinder there is a comb with metal teeth of different lengths it one of the teeth it will make a pleasant sound short tooth makes a higher sound and a long one lower when the cylinder spins around the pins pluck the different key and music plays awesome so what's broken in here the spring slipped off it has to be pushed back into the right place will you help [Music] there we go that's better how come the music's not playing you have to wind up the spring with the key tittiesh I know who can wind up the spring well Tom Thomas can you guess what kind of machine this is a paper cutter uh-uh how about a hole puncher a joker and don't go and tell me it's a foot scratcher then I don't know then wind it up with the key and you'll find out [Music] do you want to know how the higher and lower sounds come out put a regular ruler over the edge of a table hold down one end of the ruler and pluck on the other the shorter you make the end hanging off the table the higher the sound will be the teeth inside of a music box work the same way and bells work the same way too the smaller the belt the higher it rings the sound of a violin or a guitar depends on how thick the strings are fat strings make a lower sound and thin strings A Higher One how tight the string is also makes a difference take a piece of string or a rubber band tie one end to a doorknob and pull on the other end with your free hand pluck the string the tighter the string gets stretched out the higher the sound if you want you can even play a tune I think I got it now it's an old player for music that's close but not it a music box is what they call it I just said that so what was it in there just a broken spring it's not the thing I'm dying to know who was moving around there all I'll say is we Tom Thomas won't let that secret out laughs the magnet well it looks like we need a pack of that where did this screw come from [Music] ouch foreign [Music] [Music] isn't in there either it's awful he's probably disappeared forever it's already been five days don't worry about it we're gonna find him for sure yeah we'll find him for sure let's go take another look in the kitchen but we already looked in there we'll look better this time foreign [Music] what do you keep searching for in here it's not a what it's a who our purpose is missing we've been looking for him everywhere oh no he's probably already turned into a screw because he doesn't have enough energy maybe I could help surely let's start with you picking us up we're just exhausted from running [Music] foreign [Music] situation a fixie can choose to turn into a screw but sometimes it happens all by itself for example when a fixie doesn't have enough energy when this happens the fixie grows weak get sluggish and then goes into hibernation turning into a screw this bad luck happens when a fixie doesn't get charged up from being inside of a device that's why fixies always work inside of machines so they can stay charged up with energy sometimes a fixie that has grown weak and turned into a screw can get lucky if a human happens to find him and screws him into an appliance then the fixie will be able to get energized and come back to life then he'll unscrew himself and run away leaving the human wondering where did that screw go I know I screwed it in so where should we look first what are you looking for in here Tom Thomas well um and what do you have there in your hand well uh just some screws of mine ah I just found a screw not too long ago maybe it's one of yours probably where is it now here take it and don't leave them lying around [Music] should I turn myself around now so your purpose can turn back into himself he's been lying in there for a week already he doesn't have the energy to turn back into himself then what's next we have to screw him into some device you know so he will get his energy back okay but which one's Papoose all of these screws in here look like Papoose how come all the screws will just get lifted up together first of all not every not every kind of metal is attracted by a magnet it's an easy thing to see for yourself just get a magnet you probably have one in your house on the refrigerator try moving it close to different metal objects you have around the house like a spoon or nails or coins you'll notice that some of the metal objects are pulled very strongly by the magnet while some of the metals are pulled a bit less and then there will be some metal things that aren't attracted to the magnet at all got it and the second thing well the second thing we faces aren't attracted that magnet one bit when we turn into screws let's give it a try here I found him and now we'll screw him in [Music] I wonder are there any other fixies in here we're not enough for you or something not at all I just wonder nothing oh and the screw went away how about that he already got charged up and unscrewed himself [Music] why don't you take a little rest after such a big adventure no thanks I've had plenty of rest anyway it's something I wanted to do for a very long time already [Music] flashlight where is that thing hi Tom Thomas what are you looking for the flashlight ah here it is why do you need it Katya I want to talk with her why not use the phone this thing's a flashlight it's not a telephone no you don't understand me and Katya came up with a secret code if I flash just once then it means hello there [Music] Katie has also said hello there to you and two flashes what's that Katy is asking if everything's all right now I'll tell her that everything's good oh what's wrong with this I think it's not working right I see nolik but what's wrong [Music] more than a battery and a light bulb connected by some wires that are used to make a switch in between them to turn on a flashlight you flip on a switch that lets the electricity flow through the wires from the battery to the bulb so it lights up and if it won't light up that means that the battery is dead the light bulb is burned out or the switch is broken foreign and now let's put all this Theory into practice I'm sorry but I don't have time right now don't you get it if I don't signal back she'll think that I don't want to talk to her and that would just be terrible just don't get all worked out we'll help you first we need to get them back up the pack the pack and come right back did you hear that Masha what a weird sound aha that's new and now we know what the noise was [Music] really did you did you do you know the story about when Granddad had to travel for miles on top of a dog it's true he was sent on a very important Mission a huge flashlight repair what kind was it a special kind called a lighthouse [Music] a lighthouse is a tall structure with a huge flashlight on top of it that is used to help ships and planes find their way people have been using lighthouses since ancient times the most famous of them all is the Lighthouse of Alexandria it was built in Egypt more than 2 000 years ago and it was more than a hundred meters tall the ancient Greeks considered this Lighthouse one of the Seven Wonders of the World in ancient times people would burn big fires on top of lighthouses today the light comes from powerful electric bulbs many of today's lighthouses not only give off light but they send radio signals too yes thanks to lighthouse's ships and planes for miles around learn where they need to sail or where they've got to fly in order to stay safe and thanks to that heroic deed of your grandfather that big old Lighthouse started working since then not a single ship has ever gone astray Simca and what if we don't just fix the flashlight but we do something heroic my grandpas did uh-huh all right what do you say let's jump on the back of this dog and get moving [Music] grab hold of my hand [Music] [Applause] s [Music] [Applause] oh yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] two soccer no get out right now [Music] that was really some heroic D now it's time to go get that Lighthouse fixed Tom Thomas hand the lighthouse over what kind of Lighthouse the one that's your flashlight uh I have no use for it what do you mean no use for it but then how are you gonna tell Katya what she needs to know I already told her watch this [Music] no that wasn't the deal yeah you want to tell us our heroic deed was in vain well if you need some heroic deed then sure fix it [Applause] [Music] the short circuit are you sure we're allowed to play in your dad's office We're Not Gonna Play in here we came here on a tour I think this place is like a real Museum just take a look at that I have no idea what it is and this thing is a complete mystery keep it down this is a museum you know what a great museum guide you are you know absolutely nothing how can you say you don't know I know [Music] I'd like to run a test here on the capacitor on this one don't touch why can't I it's not a museum because it's dangerous if you touch it the shop could be deadly but you two are touching it all the time I've seen it the only time is when the device is turned off and right now the device is running [Music] for many centuries the fixies only had to work on mechanical devices but after the discovery of electricity the fixies had to master electrical devices as well at first fixies were getting terrible shocks and they really really hurt over time the fixies figured out that you can't fix appliances when they are turned on and bare wires should never ever be touched fixies also learned that electricity can travel not just through wires but through plain old water so that's why if a broken wire ever ends up in a bottle of water you must never get close to it or you could get a terrible shock fixies learn all these important rules and they hope humans understand that they need to learn them as well [Music] look now here's one I know about it's an old radio my dad got for my grandpa more than 60 years old can you believe it your grandpa the old radio that was a joke is it still working I don't know let's check [Music] what was that it looks like the electricity got turned off maybe it was a short circuit I'll go find out oh so it was you who caused the short circuit I was in here showing all these things to nolik and we wanted to turn on on the radio we flipped the switch on and then suddenly Kaboom the lights go off they're off every wear in the apartment so then how can I even warm up my pizza now soon it will warm up all by itself now that the refrigerator isn't working Simca oh what is that thing you said a short circuit electricity goes back and forth from an appliance with two separate wires for example an iron uses the electricity it needs to get hot but if those two wires start touching each other without the iron in the middle then the wires will get hot instead and this can cause the wires to burn out when this happens it's called a short circuit short circuits can happen when the coating around a wire is worn out or when an appliance is broken on the inside of it so when you tried turning on that old broken radio the wires in the apartment started burning does that mean all the wires got destroyed don't worry in our apartment there's an automatic switch to stop that it turns off the electricity when the wires start getting too hot and what about that uh automatic switch is that something you need your mom and dad to turn on no question you definitely would but you have us yeah and we have papous and Mafia I'll go tell them what happened here and you guys you turn off the radio but we'll get electrocuted mean electrocuted thanks to you there's no electricity [Music] are you ready pull it up [Music] hooray [Music] so Tom Thomas what are we doing next hmm why don't we continue with our tour [Music] nament television with papoose and mafia they asked me to come here and stay with you on your awesome Museum tour that way there'll be less for them to fix in here later [Music] the compass [Music] pipe ball hands on the deck aye aye Marty's shiver me timbers what you doing here we are not simcanolic we're courageous Pirates yeah Pirates and today we leave home for the sea are you with us yes I am hey you mean no no hooray oh yeah you can't join us without a test go and find a special thing something no sailor should ever sail to see without I can do it but how with a map and it's over there I've never seen a map that's this puny what are you what are you talking about Pew me that took us a half hour to make from where you're standing now uh-huh from here you mean it gets it right first head to the north until you will find hold on but where's the north it's where the North Pole ice and polar bears are but how do I know which direction the North Pole is my compass of course a compass is a special tool that helps sailors and Pilots know in which direction they're traveling whether in the air or on the sea how our planet is like a big magnet that has two poles the North Pole and the South Pole these magnetic poles help the needle in the compass find its way the needle is magnetized so one of its ends will be attracted to the north magnetic pole and point at it while the other end will always Point towards the South [Music] that I know but there's no Compass around here then let's make one by ourselves out of what we can use a needle we just have to magnetize it and how's it supposed to turn around in a saucer of water [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] well there you go now one end is pointing in the direction of North and the other to the South but which points where well there's the window so that can't be the right way the north is there I'm really liking this sharp little fella we've got here you calling me a little fella no it's just the way as pirates talk all right then North we go first head to the north until you see a sleeping monster ladies Ahoy monster on the horizon let him do it himself he hmm now turn to the left and go 300 Paces more 300 exactly I counted on myself uh-huh okay then that means I'll go one two three now Straight Ahead until you get right up to the giant tree you call that a tree wow amazing I can't believe my eyes it's a real ship Compass it's also called a marine compass [Music] the first Compass was invented more than a thousand years ago in ancient China with its help the Chinese were able to travel across the desert and about 200 years later the compass appeared in Europe whether the Europeans came up with the idea for the compass themselves or took it from the Chinese isn't clear but one thing's for sure we fixies remember how those early compasses were built the first compasses were made with a magnetized needle on top of a floater inside a bowl of water later the needle was put on top of a pin that let it spin freely and it started to look like the ones we used today since the needle of a compass always points to the north a sailor can easily figure out which direction he needs to turn his ship if he wants to go north he follows the needle North if he wants to go south he goes in the opposite direction your dad brought it home with him late last night from his work you were asleep hold on I want to check something what's up yeah they line up together they line up if not how else would you have gotten here we're done with the needle it has to go back first Head South 600 600 Paces six for you matey [Music] the hair dryer nolik are you here yep I'm here I got a cool trick to show you what [Music] that was real magic dude took long to learn it no that's not the trick it's a trick with helium oh what is helium well helium is a very light gas they fill Balloons with so they float in the air that's not magic at all you silly who's never watched a flying balloon the chick's not about the balloon of flying I need to get it's good how can I get it down from there get a hair dryer that's the way to do it yeah what for so I can show you a trick all right Mom can I use a hair dryer for a minute yeah [Music] a hair dryer is a great simple invention inside a hair dryer is a fan that sucks in the air from behind it and pushes it out the front to blow your hair around and make it dry to heat up the air there's an electric coil inside of there when the coil heats up it warms up the passing air and the hot air helps your hair dry faster of course you don't have to turn on the heat setting but then you better like that cold wind I'm right here here's the dryer I want to see your trick all right put it the switch now you low right into the air the Airstream oh great the ball's flying and now it's my turn to fly really whoa yeah I'll shoot right up to the ceiling so I can grab the string and pull the balloon down so turn off the heat and away I go awesome [Applause] [Music] switch it on time [Music] got it give it to me I can't get it down it's probably because you're little and weigh like nothing and what do I have to wait till I'm heavier and older to get down I don't know then you'd better get my sister she'll tell us what to do Simca come on out well what's going on look [Music] hi there how'd you end up on the ceiling I was just showing off the funny hairdryer trick I'm laughing out loud I can try flipping on the hairdryer and lifting you up to no look so both of us can get caught hanging up there well thanks but I don't need it then what do you need just a broom or a mop you know how to do a trick with a mop uh-huh just make it fast they can be quite ingenious creatures those humans sometimes they figure out clever ways to use ordinary devices like a hair dryer of course it can be used to dry hair but it can also be used to dry a wet spot on clothes and a hair dryer can even be used to remove a sticky price label now suppose you buy yourself a new cup that has a terribly sticky sticker that just seems impossible to peel off well try warming it up with a hair dryer the glue will dry up a bit and the label will come off easier there's no doubt that a hair dryer can be very useful in any household but you need to be extremely careful with it especially in the bathroom if water gets inside a hair dryer there's a real risk of getting a horrible electrical shock that can seriously hurt you and destroy the hair dryer as well foreign [Music] Thomas I can't tell you how great it was to fly inside a stream of air good for you now I'll sound like a fixie really uh-huh watch me hey hey what are you doing just look I'll breathe in one breath of helium isn't it bad for you you can only breathe a little sweetie hi there John Thomas became a fixie and that's my trick for you funny huh oh that's too funny what a squeaky little voice you got there see I'm already not a fixie the helium stops working after just a couple seconds that's good because such a humongous fixie couldn't fit inside any machine the robot did I already tell you what I'm hoping you'll get me for my birthday present yes honey only a thousand times or so a robotic are 300 would just be the greatest with mega Vision I want it I really do I do well tomorrow you'll find out but now it's time to sleep Tom Thomas oh wow that is one great present and we got Tom Thomas absolutely zero for his birthday ah we're just terrible friends so how does this robot work okay so let's give this a try shall we first we'll take a walk and how does he have any idea where the robot's going I can tell you one of the robot's eyes is a video camera the robot sends the picture to the screen on the controller so the player can see where the robot is going yeah and that's just one thing they know how to do a robot is a smart machine that can do very difficult or dangerous work for humans with its strong metal arms a robot can move heavy objects or put together parts to build cars and other machines robots are often sent into outer space or to the bottom of the ocean to help scientists there are also robots that can understand what people are saying and robots that can talk and even make jokes just like people I've got it now let's turn you around [Music] ah what was that uh look you know he destroyed him no let's stop you were playing with that right you think Tom will notice oh I know what you're doing all night I'm off to bed I'll get him to work I'll stay up until I do Simca let's try it no we're gonna need some help when your TV has broken when your cell phone has croaked your laptop [Music] [Music] our work will never end appliances [Music] we fix things right one two three things [Music] one two three days [Music] [Music] wow you got it [Music] 300 I can't believe it [Music] well happy birthday to you Tom Thomas I'm sorry Tom Thomas last night your robot you know I broke it then it's perfectly [Music] so proud of you you fixed it I couldn't fix it at all I tried everything oh you want to tell me that the robot fixed itself what a joker [Music] Mom Dad thanks so much I love it [Music] yes [Music] I should have known it was you who fixed the robot happy birthday hey happy birthday yay the solar battery let's see three times 648 he won't get it himself nope well I bet he will Tom Thomas is so smart yeah smart but lazy I'll bet you a flick in the head then get ready huh we promised we can't bother him during homework time I really wish I didn't have to write this out why write everything on paper when you got a calculator I knew we'd say that without a calculator he can't get it seems like the batteries are dead did you see that the calculator won't turn on so he's gonna have to solve it by himself what's the problem come on where are the batteries here gonna look just come out already I can hear that you're here Thomas well you can't figure out where the batteries need to go I don't get what's so funny because there are no batteries inside of this thing what do you mean no then where does the calculator you know get a where does it get electricity uh-huh there's a solar battery in there the sun turns it on a long time ago it was discovered by scientists that some materials produce electricity when light hits them sheets that are made out of these materials are called photoelectric cells by connecting a few of these photoelectric cells together you can build a solar battery a solar battery and a calculator sits behind a small clear window and when light hits the solar battery it produces the electricity that powers the calculator [Music] I don't see a little window anywhere on here that's because you covered out the window with a sticker for some reason the reason is that it looks great good job it looks really great but it can't work now well farewell sticker [Music] I can't get it off then just leave it alone go ahead and solve the problems without the calculator then I'll be the one flicking you flicking who did you forget we're the fixies and we have to fix everything awesome because that's a sneaky plan it's not sneaky at all you better find something to tear off the sticker with okay how about them laughs [Music] [Applause] it'll take forever doing it this way yeah I got an idea let's use this paper clip [Music] and what's next I'll just stick the end to the paper clip and then wrap it around fish with the help of solar batteries we can produce electricity without burning any oil or coal unfortunately these batteries aren't very powerful a calculator can get enough energy from a small little battery but in order to power a whole city with solar energy you need to have power plants with huge Fields full of solar batteries and of course it's best to build these plants where the sun shines bright and long like out in the desert by the way in outer space The Sun Shines very brightly and it's never blocked by clouds that's why all of the vehicles and satellites in space use solar energy for power including the International Space Station where astronauts from different countries work together Tom Thomas what you guys all done uh-huh now you can go solve your problems on the calculator but I already solved them on paper before you peeled off the sticker hey I'm the winner wow that's totally unfair if it wasn't for the sticker you would have lost what's going on nothing never mind that's nothing to you well done Tom Thomas you got them all right now it's working look a picture of our nolik where right there on the calculator oh I got it zero means no no lick hahaha [Music] hey good one the magic wand [Music] oh Tom Thomas how did you get here it was a piece of cake I just got this cool magic wand it's a gift see wow there's no such thing as a magic wand I don't believe you you just wait and you wish is the one's command check it out today I want my school to be closed golden wish to Dish Tom Thomas your teacher from school just gave me a call she said your school has totally disappeared how odd so I'm not going to school well how instead of school we'll go to the park hooray real magic oh it's so great no there's no magic there are only Illusions I don't know what Illusions are it's when what we think we're seeing is not what is actually happening have you ever seen a magician pull a rabbit out of an empty hat do you think it's magic no it is only an illusion in reality the rabbits hidden inside the tables that the magician puts his hat on the lid of the hat is made with a secret hatch and when the magician puts his arm inside the Hat he grabs the rabbit from the table below and ta-da how every magic trick works may be a secret but every illusion does have an explanation [Music] I'm telling you this one's totally magical right now I can make a rabbit appear out of this trash can for you golden wish to Dish [Music] oh that wasn't the idea looks like a dog to me wait one more time golden wish golden wish to Dish Thomas will you cut it out one two Saka was already enough for us and now there's three [Music] hey Tom Thomas please tell your rabbits that they can stop barking so loudly shame on you for attacking helpless little kids wait I'll make you bigger now golden wish foreign [Applause] [Music] so you're only brave enough to chase little kids around wow I'm huge I'm his hugees Tom Thomas I'm huge oh be careful [Music] how can you live being this tall it's so inconvenient and I thought it was tough when you were so tiny Tom Thomas are you ready hey why do we have three dogs all of a sudden oh my word no [Applause] why are you screaming I was dreaming that someone had given me a magic wand and then I had to make a Big C and and my mom saw you that's awful that would have made me scream I wish I had a magic wand of my very own [Music] these aren't ones to believe in magic but we do believe in what humans can do because humans often work wonders for ages flying in the sky seem to be an Impossible Dream but today anyone can take off to the sky in an airplane it used to be that humans thought that only magic could take them to the moon but now astronauts have already walked on its surface in fairy tales people were able to see and talk to each other through a magic mirror but today we have the internet and telephones we can use refrigerators televisions automobiles computers there are so many things that humans have created wondrous things that they used to only be able to dream about like a miracle from a fairy tale [Music] a magic wand why do you need it first I'd skip school today Tom Thomas are you ready I told you we're going to the park and what about school I'll skip it hmm good joke could this be a dream too no it's just that today is Sunday and that's the magic of it the ship in a bottle Simca no look here take a look at this oh wow awesome where did you get this from from one of the shelves in dad's office he's got lots of cool stuff in there that's cool I'll be the captain [Music] this is like a totally real sailing ship with mass cordage and everything and how can it all get in there there's such a little hole a ship in a bottle is a real miracle [Music] I'm going to tell you the secret of how it gets inside it's like so all of the ship's masts are collapsible before the boat is put into the bottle the masts are folded down and pressed against the ship's body so it's small enough to fit through the bottle's neck and once the ship is inside the bottle the masks and Sails are opened back up by pulling on a thread [Music] hands on deck there's a giant octopus starbird I'm an octopus huh oh look out Brave Sailors like this we're not afraid of storms okay [Music] no it's all Trish it's not close to tadish take a look how this mask broke whoa uh what have I done don't worry we can fix it get some glue okay [Music] here's some super glue I found this is the kind that'll keep things stuck forever [Music] let go stinky that's better thank you guys we Sailors never let our friend down no like you gotta get out you'll get sick from that stinky air I Can't Get Loose I I got stuck hello there Tom Thomas uh what are you doing with the ship from my collection in here I just to give it some air Tom Thomas you know that taking things out of my office is just not allowed hey look what an interesting Cabin Boy I never noticed him before I'll take it Dad and put it back on the Shelf okay who just sneezed uh I did that's you well all right then do your homework and please don't set foot in my office again Simca where are you going I'll come with you you're not allowed inside that office your father said no sweetheart your soup's getting cold I'm coming no look where are you what is everything turning because you inhaled the fumes from that stinky glue [Music] everybody knows how strong the smell of paints cleaning fluids and glues can be but the nasty smell is not where the real danger lies breathing in the fumes from paint or glue can give you a terrible headache or even worse it can make you faint [Music] and that's why when the fixies need to paint or glue something they're supposed to put on a safety mask called a respirator and humans need to remember to wear masks just like fixies when they're working with fumes and never forget that the fumes from glue and paint can be flammable it only takes one spark and come boom there can be an explosion so always remember to have plenty of Clean Air moving through any room where you are gluing or painting anything [Music] hurry up in there no look I'll get you out of there [Music] oh no is he okay [Music] oh whatever he's gonna be fine no lick do you know who I am a giant octopus [Music] the string lights we're almost all done yeah now Santa Claus Is Gonna Come Over he'll say one two three lights light up the tree then we'll get our presents the real Santa Claus yeah for sure the real Santa Claus will come to you you'll see for yourself he comes to me every year okay so let's practice one two three lights right up the tree huh uh the string lights burned out and we don't have another one Tom Thomas Santa Claus is almost here is the tree ready no not quite yet oh no oh no what are we gonna do I'll be right back Tom Thomas what do you think will Santa Claus give you any presents if there aren't any lights on the tree no way it's not right without the light it just wouldn't be magical purpose Marcia Santa Claus is about to come to Tom Thomas but the string lights on the tree they all burned out they all burned out really [Music] the bulbs in a string light are connected together like a chain with a piece of wire between each bulb when you turn on a string light electricity flows through the wire lighting up each of the bulbs along its way but if any of the bulbs gets burned out the circuit will be broken and the electricity will stop flowing that means one bad bulb will make all of the lights go out so if you want to fix a string light with a bad bulb the answer is really simple just find the bad one and put a new one in so do we have a spare bulb around here I'll get it for you I know where it is [Music] for a while to find and replace that bad light for you I'll try to Tom Thomas Santa Claus is already here [Music] I got one thing to do so let's find the bad bulb okay papers let's go hmm this one's working maybe this one burned out nope and that it slides fine Santa Claus is getting very hot out here hold on what's up we checked all the bulbs but couldn't find a bad one huh I guess this year won't be magical okay Mom just come on in ho ho ho ho hello there Tom Thomas so tell me now have you been good all year huh why aren't the lights on the tree burning so then let's say it together one two three I found [Music] one here's the one that's not working now we need to replace this bulb with a new one so where's Mafia show your light oh tree [Music] [Applause] that was really hard I see you already got it shining but where did you manage to find a new ball we got Papoose to act as the bulb titties uh what a hero pull me up so we can put this bulb in Christmas Eve on Christmas Eve nice box a place [Music] someplace that no one could see yeah [Music] whipped cream [Music] Nola please stop your jumping your head's gonna fall off don't worry before that sounds good okay I'll see you in a bit are you going somewhere Tom Thomas knee nowhere katya's coming over so we can do our homework I need some strawberries you got it and my job is to supply the whipped cream they're so good together whipped cream do you have any I'll go and check oh what do they make cream from it's made from milk and the milk you can get from a cow whipped cream the cow jumps up and down like you so the cream can get whipped up really not joking nolik I looked everywhere we've got regular cream but there isn't whipped cream no problem we can whip some up right now cream is thick milk with a lot of fat if you want to make whipped cream you need to cool down the cream add some sugar and then beat this mixture very well this adds tiny air bubbles that turn the cream into a delicious white fluffy phone but it's important not to overdo it or instead of getting fluffy the cream will start getting thicker and thicker until it turns into Rich creamy butter [Music] how are we gonna Whip It Up look there's a whisk [Music] [Music] no hold on how's that it's not working maybe we need to use a different bowl or something do you think that a bottle would work that's a really good idea now I don't have to worry about spilling this cream anymore shake it with both hands come on come on come on come on harder Tom Thomas that's all I'm just too tired looks exactly the same as when you started it hard enough oh really then try whipping it yourself I got it that's who's gonna help us yeah awesome [Music] and a little more perfect open it up [Music] oh [Applause] telephone [Music] yeah but why can't you what a shame it's fine come on over anyway [Music] I'm so tired I'm sure that at least we got the cream whipped up just some yellow stuff it's butter I'm sure [Music] we over did it people make so many different things out of milk like cream or butter or frosting for cakes and cupcakes with dry milk sugar and boiling water you can make condensed milk and if you make it cold brew you get ice cream and if the milk gets sour no problem humans make all sorts of foods out of sour milk like yogurt sour cream kefir and buttermilk if you drain off the extra liquid from sour milk you'll have cottage cheese and by boiling milk a special way you can make all sorts of different cheeses there are so many kinds of cheeses made throughout the world and it's hard to even count them all and even certain kinds of chocolate can't be made without milk you must agree that plain old ordinary milk is just one super magical extraordinary thing it's just awful guys what kashya's not coming over she's coming over just without the strawberries she didn't know that her grandmother had already used up all of them to make some Jam so you're telling us that we don't need new whipped cream right katsy is bringing a cake and she said that we'll need butter she wants to make frosting out of it butter I don't know if we have any we got plenty yeah the vacuum foreign what's the point of cleaning up toys you're just gonna go take them out again later you said it [Music] Tom Thomas if you're done cleaning up go and eat your lunch okay be there soon no look you wait for me uh-huh [Music] [Applause] oh he calls this cleaning up [Music] as we say bon appetit thank you you're not gonna eat me up are you oh fixies I don't eat them well it's my mom she started vacuuming [Music] help me help help [Music] please it really is weird how's it possible a vacuum cleaner can take all that dust in oh and none of it gets back out oh come on it's simple they taught us about it way back in third grade of Dixie School you can think of a vacuum cleaner as nothing more than a fan with a net the fan spins backwards so it sucks in air with dust and dirt if you put a net in front of the fan the net will catch everything that is in the air and let the air pass through then all you need to do is add a pipe and you've got yourself a vacuum cleaner but instead of a net vacuum cleaners use special bags to collect the dust and dirt it's as simple as that oh whoa Simca I know like could he get sucked into the vacuum oh no did he stay back there Tom Thomas what's the matter mom I get I can I can finish vacuuming you I'm I mean for you all right I'll go clean the dishes [Music] No Lick No Lick no No Lick we better go and get help right away Nola got sucked up inside the vacuum it's impossible he can't sit in here no not in this vacuum vacuum one the human it's just terrible no like I know like he could suffocate in there come on quickly foreign [Music] ly bad for you too dust is a tiny enemy it's so small and unnoticeable but if dust gets inside machines and appliances it's a disaster just waiting to happen it can keep gears from turning properly dust can make appliances overheat and if dust gets onto electric contacts it can create a short circuit that can even cause a fire that's why we fixies have to constantly clean the insides of appliances from dust even though a lot of us are allergic to it if only people would just dust a little more often than they do right now at least people could dust more on the outside that would make our work so much easier and their equipment would break a whole lot less often [Music] thank you well did you find him no it's all my fault my mom asked me to clean up my toys and I didn't just do it like she asked now it sucked him in because of me no nick no lick you so what do you say Tom Thomas yeah what I already apologize and I already promised to clean up my toys that and why are you sneezing to keep you company so you'd feel a little better the cartoon [Music] like that yeah Thomas aren't you done yet yeah show us your surprise and quit drawing but this is the surprise so make yourselves comfortable quiet on the set and action [Music] put a huge bump on his head it's just like a cartoon that you drew in there he draws a real cartoon there all right real cartoons they only show them on television but they make them exactly the same way animation is made with many many pictures called frames each one of the frames is a little bit different from the one that comes right before it for example a character can lift his arm up a little bit at a time and then if you watch the frames very quickly one right after the other it looks like the character is really moving and that's how cartoons are made and you know what to make one minute of a cartoon you might have to draw more than a thousand frames oh wow I'm not patient enough for that it's no big deal that your cartoon is short especially since it's funny it's so so funny Don Thomas who's this cookie guy you drew here you're just joking nolik you don't recognize yourself so this is supposed to be me on here did you already forget what happened to you this morning you're it you can't catch me huh I'm too fast for you you weren't too fast for the poll ah Suka you didn't have to tell him about that real sisters don't treat their brothers like that and your cartoon's not funny at all No Lick don't go it's okay he just needs to soak for a while while he's gone there's something I want to show you do you have a cartoon you can put on the TV I have plenty [Music] should I do let's watch it again but now I want to show you the same cartoon a frame at a time here take a look this is a frame and here's another and another Isn't that cool uh-huh so cool and then back at regular speed there's 25 frames every second what should I do it's magical simply you know I feel awful for nolik yeah I feel awful too there are many different ways of making animation hand-drawn animation is of course drawn by hand and stop motion is made like this the animators pose the model and take a picture of it then they move the model a little bit and take another picture and they do it again and again and again until there are enough frames to make the characters look like they're moving very smoothly across the screen another popular style of Animation is Clay animation in these films everything is built and rebuilt out of modeling clay but today most of the cartoons are made on a computer at first they make a computer model of a character a sort of digital puppet after the models are built they are colored and animated to move this is the kind of Animation that's used in the fixie cartoons [Music] foreign Thomas what are you doing are you drawing a new cartoon nah I started fixing the old one so no one will stop being angry good keep drawing and I'll go and get him I'm not here no like for me please don't be so mad there's a cartoon to watch I've already seen your stupid cartoon so what'd you do now put a huge bump on my head not a chance I did it all over again I'm sure you'll love it you sure of that all right go ahead show me your cartoon quiet on the set and action [Music] there you go now that cartoon I really liked good cause I'm all out of paper well I think the first cartoon was funnier whoa but this one's much better of course yeah [Music] yeah the cell phone hmm [Music] he's not allowed he was punished can you tell me what you did I grabbed a Pac-Man and I forgot to ask how long do you have to sit there until Massey and Papoose come home from their business what did you say business a work trip they're inside of your father's cell phone right now they were busy doing repairs in there when he left the house for work do you know the reason why a mobile phone is also called a cell phone mobile phones are connected to other mobile phones with the help of special radio stations that are put on top of towers and building routes each one of these stations sends signals to its own area below and each area is called a cell a mobile phone works anywhere it can find a nearby station that it can connect to so as long as there is a station nearby you can talk as much as you want you can even move from one cell to another and without you ever knowing it your mobile phone will switch from one station to another one so your conversation can keep on going even if you're running after a bus or riding on it [Music] Tom Thomas hello there you go my dad came back home already hi Dad how are you can you believe it it looks like I lost my phone [Music] what do you mean you lost it where I have no idea so what I'm gonna have to sit in here forever now you our parents are missing the phone stopped shaking a while now we're probably already at home not home to me how can we ever get home to our children [Music] where's my Mafia don't whine we'll work something out don't worry I got a phone let's give him a ring they can't answer your call but what if they answer us call them Tom Thomas [Music] I don't even think it we're not allowed to talk to humans We're not gonna talk to them we're just gonna listen we need to close the contacts [Music] it's no use oh they answered the phone let me talk Papoose my Maya it's me it's Mika Simca yeah Mafia where are you in the telephone the phone part is not what she's asking you oh it smells a lot like gasoline in here ask your father was he anywhere around gasoline dad dead did you go anywhere today where it smells like gasoline gasoline uh I had to go to the gas station that's the place where your telephone disappeared are you sure yeah well I've got intuition intuition intuition huh you know what I'll go check [Music] come and check out our fixie tone telephone is your telephone is your telephone is [Music] ring me [Music] thank you [Music] it's just incredible you see I found it son you're one Clairvoyant I didn't notice when it fell out of my pocket back at the gas station my children oh my sweeties [Music] so uh just by any chance you think you might happen to know where I can find that nice watch I lost no don't worry there's no rush just use that intuition you've got the zipper [Music] hey Nolan look why did Tom Thomas go to sleep like that maybe it was some kind of homework for one of his classes uh-huh gym class homework [Music] good morning hi there you're looking good my parents just bought it for me isn't it a cool jacket and what you slept in it all night yeah once I tried it on I didn't want to take it off and I fell asleep in it yeah life's never boring with you around oh I think the zipper got stuck and so what you can leave your coat on no problem you're about to go to school right and do you think I could sit in my class like this how could I have broken the zipper don't worry you haven't broken it not yet here is a simple zipper it is made with two rows of small teeth that pass through a slider the slider has two holes on the top and only one hole on the bottom when we pull the slider up along the zipper the teeth grab onto each other and the two rows join together into one and this the zipper is closed to open it all you need to do is pull the slider in the opposite direction then the teeth will come apart but on mine they're stuck together and now what what do people do in the morning do what they do exercise and I'll have time to think it over [Music] one two three and four one two three and then what about me go exercise two one two three four and one two three four one two three four two one three four come on think of something I'm sweating already soon okay go get washed up in the meantime do you think I could help you think I think not I think you'd be better off washing yet what didn't she think of anything yet ah I gotcha nope she hasn't thought of anything so far it's so hot just for just put on your polar scientist they always work in their parkas and you know what I'll be the penguin hey where are you going ah I can't take it anymore all right just sit right here and I'll try to find the problem [Laughter] [Music] you see that polar scientist game's funny huh that's not it it's simple she's tickling so hard stop squirming and you stop tickling me uh-huh so that's why it won't open all the way it's only a way up in there pull the slider up [Music] titties you can unzip it now thanks so much here it is a thread that's what the whole problem was you're kidding so I've been sweating because of some peace and nothing in technology every little thing matters I remember when scientists built one of the first computers around 60 years ago it was a giant machine it filled up several rooms and had more than a million Parts it was a technological Wonder but all of a sudden this technological wonder when Kaboom and broke and no one understood why the computer just stopped working and that was that the scientists were going crazy they couldn't find a problem turns out that this huge computer broke because a little butterfly had flown inside the computer and got stuck in between some contacts yes it's true this huge machine went crazy because of a little butterfly and that's how it goes so you see every little thing really does matter [Music] Tom Thomas breakfast is ready what are you doing in your jacket it's cause I was playing polar scientists Simca what took you so long to figure it out I just just thought it would be funny to see Tom Thomas do his exercises and brush his teeth in his coat that's all that was your plan well yeah can I joke around a bit the magnifying glass case number one let's begin well well I see evidence of the criminal the criminal's fingerprints to be exact he won't get away with it [Music] why do you think she's just looking at us instead of chasing us oh maybe she can't see us and we're invisible then how come I see you Simca no look be careful don't destroy the tracks what kind of tracks whose tracks are they I have to solve a crime a crime what kind someone stole a wing from this plane but I'm on the trail take a look at that fingerprint I'm looking well and so each fingerprint is unique so if you can find fingerprints that means you have a good chance to find out who left them class it's been known for quite a long time that all humans have their own unique fingerprints it's true no two people have the exact same fingerprints and this fact helps the police catch criminals it starts by finding fingerprints at the scene of the crime then the police compare those fingerprints with the Fingerprints of someone who may have committed the crime if they match they found the criminal this method is called dataloscopy besides catching criminals fingerprints can also be used to replace ordinary Keys when you press your finger against a special electronic lock the lock recognizes your fingerprint and then it's please come on in by the way unlike humans we fix these don't leave fingerprints anywhere and that's why even the police can't find us now we'll put a dog on the scent of the Criminal sniff pick of the trail now go find hey what's wrong chusaka's broken we've got to fix her then how she's not a vacuum cleaner she's a real live dog fixies know how to fix it all not true almost all the first thing we have to do is a thorough inspection let's see now her eyes are looking quite healthy good tails in one piece ears are clean yeah tongue Rosy pink Tom Thomas stand her up on all four feet no pause I mean uh-huh chusaka go on you're fine now I understand here's what's out of order it's her right paw but I can't see what's wrong I wonder if something's broken on the inside wait maybe something really small is stuck in her paw there Tom Thomas we need your lens here in order to examine a small object you need a lens a magnifying lens is a special piece of glass that is thicker in the middle than on the sides it bends the light that passes through it and that is why if you put this kind of lens between your eyes and something small it looks like the thing got bigger if you put two lenses in a frame you get a pair of glasses and if you add a handle to the lens you get a magnifying glass foreign [Applause] there it is a splinter it's glass I think looks like it you're right it's possible it's from the lamp in the hallway it broke yesterday and I guess not every little piece got swept up hey there you're all better now looks like we fixed her Tanish she's all repaired and working [Music] ah maybe we shouldn't have cured ungrateful dog [Music] Simca no look here it is the wing that was lost yeah that's great only you still have to figure out who hid it underneath the bed there yeah you still need to match the fingerprints [Music] the fingerprints on the wing are the same as on the plane but whose are they and did you check your fingerprints out foreign all the fingerprints are mine so I guess it was really my own fault I just lost it somehow that you were the criminal [Music] hooray the crime's been solved and you dumb Thomas saw the criminal [Laughter] the night light you're very close I can feel them help me help me help me [Applause] that's all you've had enough monsters it's not good to watch these kinds of movies before bed mom mom really I'm not scared let me watch the end would you I told you that's all [Music] well good night honey [Music] laughs [Music] who's there huh they're very close I feel them [Music] he's sleeping and he didn't turn the light off yeah and so and so if every human went to sleep with a light on there wouldn't be enough electricity to go around everyone can probably remember walking into an empty room with the lights turned on or finding a TV on that nobody's watching one little lighter TV might not seem like much but just imagine how many people are living on this Earth well if everybody forgot to turn off the lights or TV when they weren't being used the amount of wasted electricity would equal the amount of energy produced by a hundred power plants and each of these power plants needs Freight cars of coal or rivers of oil to keep running and all that fuel has to be extracted and burned constantly now do you see how expensive burning a light bulb is for the Earth so don't forget to turn off electrical appliances when you're not using them it's so easy who'd you not the light [Music] oh [Music] they're very close I feel them I feel them I feel them I look what's up with him I think he's playing sleep hockey looks like his position is left out ha ha anyway he should get a penalty for wasting electricity monsters [Music] forgive me who did you think we were monsters well I see how you could mistake Simca for one but obviously not me Tom Thomas what are you doing why are you sleeping with the light on I was so dumb I watched this monster movie on TV before bed now I'm scared to sleep without the light on and that dumbled monster flick why were you watching it I felt like getting scared ah you're great at getting scared keep quiet or we'll wake up your mom and dad how am I gonna fall asleep now here's a good idea you can use a nightlight a nightlight is a little light that humans who don't like to sleep in the dark use in their rooms the night light has a dim glow that's because it works with the special kind of light bulb that uses very little electricity these kinds of light bulbs are called energy efficient that's hard to say and you can find night lights that use such low energy bulbs that they can work off of a battery but you know there isn't a night light here how would you get by without us tonight I'm here to help you I'm gonna be your night light look right there there's our lampshade [Music] thanks so much you really are a friend indeed no look it was easy just go to sleep no look do you know any good stories I know one about a big meat grinder no no way you'd better tell me a story about a nice kind fixie ah I know a good one here's how it goes grampus was working inside of a very big clock actually the clock wasn't that big I'm not sure if it was Grandpa's but it was a clock I think paper hey Tom Thomas you're watering plants not only I'm writing an essay for school I don't get it I have to write an essay that's called how I take care of nature only I have to write what's true so I'm writing what's true water ring my plants oh [Music] chusaka [Music] shusaka come here girl stop don't be scared [Music] why did you pick her up I want a pet her little so I can write about how well I take care of animals Tom Thomas I want to take care of nature too that sounds good and what should we be doing we could try saving air by not breathing as often awesome idea way to go saving air let's go for it and ready [Music] poop [Music] humans invade nature and Destroy more and more of her riches with each passing gear they extract her minerals and oil down her trees and pollute her air in water they do all of this to produce food and all sorts of other things it's a shame that people don't really need all these things that they produce they often buy something and then just toss it away when it's still almost new and then there's all the food that humans buy and just throw away so if you want to help nature try not to buy anything that you really don't need and take good care of the things that you do Buy and you can be sure that we fix these will do everything we can to make your things last as long as possible [Music] that's it now we can write it uh-huh write this I also do my duty by Saving air a whole 20 seconds worth you got it what's that noise [Music] huh I must have left it running when I needed some water for my plants Tom Thomas I think you should write that you're saving water too it really matters because there's not enough of it nolik that's a good idea let's add that [Music] hi there what are you guys up to we're writing about how Tom Thomas protects nature it's a homework assignment for school uh-huh I've already written how I'm watering the plants I'm good to live in creatures how I'm saving air and water and how I'm conserving carrots too I never want to eat them especially in soup not eating your vegetables no way doesn't count you sure that um foreign [Music] why did you rip your paper out you won't let me say how I'm conserving carrots right so I'll have to rewrite it ah you're not taking care of nature what where'd you get that idea from that's all I'm doing no when you keep on throwing your paper out it means you're not taking care of trees out there what trees are you talking about didn't you know humans make paper out of trees humans make paper by cutting down trees and shredding the pieces into chips the chips are then placed in water chemicals are added to the solution and then it is all mixed together into a mushy watery substance called pulp next the water is drained from the pulp and with the help of huge rotating drums is flattened Into Thin sheets of paper so you see to make new paper humans have to keep cutting down trees and you should know this if every person on the planet would use one less sheet of paper you know they'd say the million trees all together you sure I'm sure and now that you know about trees and paper what are you gonna do next hey you know I've decided not to write any essay for school you what I want to help save more trees by using less paper that's all oh Tom Thomas you're my hero ah the alarm hey there I'm back you wait my chocolate bunny it was standing right here what's this a dog not that one another one I had two bunnies I just got them as a present you had two bunnies are you sure of that of course you think I don't know my ones from my twos huh then someone stole one unless uh unless you wouldn't eat it yourself me how come I don't remember anything about it maybe you're a sleepwalker what is a sleepwalker someone who gets up from his bed at night without waking up he crosses the room eats one of his chocolate bunnies and doesn't remember a thing in the morning but in the morning the bunny was still there yeah huh how about your mother could she have taken it she doesn't like when you're eating too much candy no she doesn't she says that candy is terrible for my teeth and so to save your teeth from these Sweets she snuck quietly into your room snatched one of the rabbits and ate it but Mom's the one who gave them to me as a present and so why would she take it yeah then I just don't know well I do I think it was your father he wouldn't steal it we know he's allergic to chocolate next he'll tell us how the fish took it you know I always thought there was something fishy about those fish no doubt about it they stole the bunny oh uh-huh and then they hit it in their Aquarium oh no like that's funny you know what Tom Thomas you need to protect that other Chocolate Hair exactly it has to be eaten right away now before it disappears just wait a little you don't have to eat it let's think of something else of course we need a security alarm need what the alarm was invented to keep houses cars and other valuable things safe and secure the simplest alarm is a siren or light bulb that is connected by wires to a door or window when someone tries to open the door that has an alarm on it the alarm goes off making the siren howl and the light flash alarms can also be set up to call the police if they go off super but where can we get ourselves a security alarm you have an electronic construction kit remember you're right then bring it over here Nolan help me [Music] is the fixies Victory call when a job is well done and we fixies are proud of our work we exclaim to Dish and raise up our hand with our thumb and first two fingers sticking out you want to know what it means it's very simple fixies love solving problems and fixing things that are broken and you know what you need to do to solve a problem first you need to find out what's broken second understand why it broke and third repair what's broken so it works again so do what the fixies do and first find it second understand it and third fix it it really is a great word and it sounds funny but we fixies surely like it a lot well Tom Thomas turn on the alarm you sure the alarm will work I'm sure without a doubt [Music] [Music] you're under arrest [Applause] [Music] shoe Saka why are you stealing my chocolate [Music] the mixer washer again we have a busy day ahead of us and we all need to be charged up with energy I don't like charging myself up in the dishwasher then how about the microwave nolik or the cattle no thanks I don't like it when we go inside anything at all in that kitchen there's not one interesting thing in there and where's it interesting huh in the computer Masia will you let me get charged up in the computer the energy there is sweeter our diet has to be nutritious not just delicious people don't eat just candy do they get energy from food while the fixies get their energy from Appliance humans eat all sorts of foods and so do fixies they need the energy that comes from different devices getting charged up in a car makes a fixie faster in a computer smarter and then a clock more accurate to get a balanced Energy diet fixies must and stay inside of one place all the time like a television it's healthier for us to move from one device to another wash them [Music] good morning Tom Thomas what's the matter for breakfast I got cereal with milk mom says that milk is so healthy but I think it's just awful aha no like there you are go get charged right now I'm not going look at Tom he doesn't want to have breakfast either why don't you milk tastes awful to him tastes awful he just doesn't know how to drink it right [Music] here what I'm I'm sad [Music] a mixer is a kitchen appliance that's used to mix together different foods with a mixer you can make things like frosting sauces or an omelette but the most delicious thing you can make with a mixer is a milkshake it's easy just put some fruit syrup juice ice cream or anything else you'd like into a container and then add milk now use the mixer to stir it all up until it's smooth and creamy and that's it you've got yourself a milkshake [Music] guys what do we have for a milkshake we've got a jar of jelly will it work that'll work and strawberry jam that'll be great here's a banana I found some chocolate too and I found strawberry ice cream start up the mixer when you get up from your bed [Music] ahead [Music] [Music] delicious indeed [Music] thank you a little miss all that you need indeed a little milk [Music] Shake [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign wow this mixer's cool isn't it you think we can make one more Shake just one they were good sure if you want to oh where did all the milk go way to go looks like you drank all of it and I remember when you said how milk is awful I didn't know how to drink it right [Music] Simca what in the world were you up to and what happened to knowledge just come I'll show you [Music] no like here you are didn't you say that charging up in the kitchen is boring for you the mixer's not boring it gives you energy that's yummy delicious and nutritious [Music] the thermos [Music] where should I put it put what Tom Thomas oh it's you oh my ice cream are you choking eat it I can't Tom Thomas are you all right I'm fine it's just that it's a present for my mom today is Mother's Day then you need to go give it to her I can't dad and I are going to congratulate her together what's your dad gonna give her I don't know but when he gets back home the ice cream will have melted then put it in the freezer and what if mom looks in there and finds it the surprise will be ruined so where won't she find it I I'll tell you where inside of your dad's office I don't see any place to hide it here there's no freeze or anything why don't you take a look inside the Box here's a thermos but what good is it to me thermoses are for keeping things hot the ice cream will melt in there it will not thank you a thermos is made by putting one bottle inside of another between the bottles is an empty space and that's the secret of a thermos that space stops heat from getting out or in so if there's hot tea inside the empty space doesn't let the heat from the tea get out and if there's ice cream in the thermos the space stops the heat that's outside from getting in and that's how a thermos keeps hot things hot and cold things cold [Music] foreign [Music] talked about just don't touch anything and don't even think of licking the foil the ice cream's so cold your tongue will stick to the metal it's always stuff what did you say already stuck try to unstick it well is it working yes and what if you breathe onto the foil hang on nolik I'll go and get Tom Thomas [Music] winter is a wonderful time of year holidays presents snowballs skates sleds but the cold is also something serious that you shouldn't fool around with the most important thing is to dress warmly cover your head with a hat and your throat with a scarf then there's less chance you'll catch a cold or get a sore throat and to keep your hands from getting trapped don't forget to wear gloves and never walk around in wet shoes in the winter that's a sure way to get yourself sick and there's one more thing I want to tell you it's great to have fun in the cold but use your head don't eat snow or stick your tongue on metal fences poles or doorknobs your tongue can get stuck so strongly to the metal that it will be very hard to get off I wish you all a glorious winter thank you Tom Thomas knowledge tongue got stuck where in the thermos hurry I'll explain everything later dad you're already home dad why are you taking my present what do you mean you're present I mean this one since when did it become yours oh hi there what's the fuss all about oh it's nothing at all I uh have a surprise for you I want to wish you a happy Mother's Day a thermos how wonderful thanks so much is there something in here I don't think so inside there's a president from me [Music] vanilla ice cream my favorite and how did that end up in there [Music] thank you so much my sweeties [Music] no look you got me so scared thank goodness you thought of turning into a screw inside of there uh-huh does your tongue hurt do you think you can talk again you can talk oh that's good we better hurry we still need to go and wish our mother a Happy Mother's Day and you should too [Music] the scale [Music] chew Saka that's enough already but what if it's something important come on she's just a dog they say that cats and dogs have a sixth sense that we don't have what's that well they feel all sorts of things that we humans don't I better let her in [Music] mom and I will be home before dinner please remember to give to Saka her food love Dad oh how could I have forgotten this I just can't believe it you believe in it sixth sense now don't you uh-huh only it looks like for tusaka it's a sense of hunger how much food should I give her look it's all written on that chart for each kilogram of the dog's weight serve one level scoop at every feeding uh-huh I got it how many scoops is true Saka oops I mean how many kilograms I don't know then what should we do you don't know we'll wait to Saka that's what we'll do with what with a scale there's one standing in your dad's office you're right let's go [Music] I was wondering does it bother your mom that only your dad has his own office and not her nah mom says she's got her own office it's called the kitchen hey look there's the scale did you know that humans have had scales like this for more than 7 000 years if we want to find out how much something weighs we need to compare it with something that we already know the way to let's say you need to weigh a watermelon you put it on the scales pan and it drops down now you keep adding weights to the other side until the two sides balance well this one is too heavy but this one is just right since the weight is 10 kilograms it means that the watermelon weighs 10 kilos and that's just how simply a scale works well should we start shusaka right like she's gonna come running how are you gonna get her away from that bag huh I know how to get her foreign [Music] [Music] come on hurry up [Music] done her weight is two kilograms [Music] okay now we can feed you Saka shusaka weighs two kilograms so two cups will be just right then do you think that you can feed your pets any kind of food at all oh no for them to be healthy pets just like humans need to have a nutritious diet today there are special pet foods for Birds fish dogs cats and all sorts of other pets these foods are made with everything your pets need to stay healthy like meat fish for oats grains vegetables and vitamins these kinds of foods give pets a well-balanced diet and there's no need to cook them they're ready to eat just pour them in a bowl and your dog will be happy and so will your cat and your bird and your fish too just be careful not to mix them up because what's good for a fish isn't good for a dog each animal needs its own special food stop what's wrong what's wrong you have to take out a piece she ate one already all right [Music] so that's six cents you still think it's true right [Music] what did you bring that for oh Mom is calling no how'd she know it would rain I knew that you sucka had it hello [Music] the internet well maybe it's uh don't think so it's probably uh you call for me children what's the matter take a look I've never seen anything like it [Music] huh what in the world could it be hit maybe it's a bathroom scale or a clock with a digital display wait a sec are there instructions around here for this thing I couldn't find them anywhere that's a problem well then let's try to figure it out what are you trying to find it there what a huge hockey puck it's big enough for a monster and the name is so silly t robot why don't they just call it the troll butt or I got it the troll boat please stop the racket so what could this thing do huh I have no idea we could try finding it on the internet where just run along you two we don't need any internets we can handle this go on go don't interrupt us sure whatever you say come nolik find it out by ourselves yeah uh how so you remember what it was called uh-huh uh a troll boat nah a troll you're right hop to it [Music] that's not it okay robot you're right here it is a robotic vacuum cleaner you mean it vacuums by itself it's a robot so yeah class there's just so much cool stuff in this computer no look this information is not on this computer it's on the internet from your computer you can send a letter to another computer you can also download a song or a photo from another computer it's all possible because most of the computers in the world are connected to one another as part of a huge web and this world wide web is what we call the Internet thanks to the internet we can take a peek at just about anywhere in the world and find information we need about anything [Music] foreign [Music] Vegetable Slicer no it's a printer for round sheets of paper there's no way grandpuss we went with it you're back again you mustn't interrupt the adult no look turn it on uh turn one on don't you turn on anything Ready Set foreign [Music] [Music] and where did you find the instructions for it on the internet just ask and it tells you you can really just ask and it tells you uh-huh if you want we can show you we'd love to see it sure why not [Music] on the internet hey hey hey wait for me [Music] together [Applause] [Music] the piggy bank [Music] Tom Thomas why are you throwing away your money that's not what I'm doing I'm storing it this is a piggy bank oh here's another coin I don't like its snout that's one very suspicious looking Pig are you positive your money's safe with her don't worry whatever I put into my bank here is not getting back out this piggy bank won't give up a cent you greedy piggy come on nolik Simka must have taught you about how Banks work humans came up with the idea of piggy banks because they wanted a good place to save their coins for storing lots of money people use a safe a large metal box with a very strong lock now that kind of piggy bank's almost impossible to break open the biggest safes are in Banks Banks use them to store their customers money and other valuables there are even safes and banks that are whole rooms you'd need an awful lot of change to fill up one of these piggy banks so why are you saving up all this money for roller skates how much more do you need to save I don't know I can't see if there's enough in there then just go and open it but there's no way to do that the only way is to smash it real hard so smash it yeah forget it I have nothing to put my money into but what if there's already enough for roller skates and what if there's not all right then I guess I'll count your money for you [Music] oh whoa Tom Thomas you've got a fortune in here there are many different kinds of money and they're not just coins either long ago people paid each other with shells and squirrel skins and even parrot feathers and of course metal coins are more convenient than any of those things and paper money is even more convenient than coins one piece of paper can be worth as much as a hundred coins or even a thousand all that needs to be done is to print more zeros on it and that's all today humans can pay for almost anything without paper money or coins whatsoever if you have enough money in the bank you can just walk into a store give the cashier your bank card and take your purchase home with you without handing over any money the bank knows how much money you spend and they pay the store for you later it's so convenient [Music] foreign [Music] here we go one coin and two wait no lick what 1.2 coins what are you counting you have to add together all of the different numbers huh you should have told me that before uh I never learned how to yeah that's what I figured come on out what hit what can I do what if you try stacking the coins so they're like stairs [Music] why don't you try tilting the piggy bank over hang on I'm getting buried just put the pig down no like hang in there please I'll get some thread and lower it down to you foreign I can't get a hold of it it's too far away hey Tom Thomas smash the piggy bank what just smash your piggy bank but I like it and what you don't like me of course I like you well who do you like more [Music] you're my friend aren't you of course thank the bank will you will you okay no look I'm gonna do it [Music] thank you Nolan are you okay I'm okay thank you Tom Thomas thank you my friend no problem at least now you can count up how much money you have nah there's no reason to do it there's no way it's enough for roller skates you sure what a shame but now you've got all of this money here to buy a piggy bank that's totally brand new the tin can [Music] well what else goes a flashlight it's good to have when you're camping listen Tom Thomas just leave a little room for me in there I'm good to have when you're camping too I'll leave you some room just hide in there so Dad won't see you and you can't tell Simca anything about me going with you all right and last on the list a few cans of meat hi Tom Thomas [Music] have you seen Nolan no then who did I just hear you talking with I uh [Music] I was just reading the label ha where did nolic run off to sh do you know how come these cans have no way to open them so you can taste what's inside what do you mean don't you know what makes canned food special it comes in a can [Music] the thing that's special about canned food is that it can get stored a long time without spoiling you see meat and vegetables spoil when harmful bacteria start multiplying inside of them so if you can get rid of the bad bacteria or stop them from getting into the food the food will last a long time that's why jars and cans are sealed very tightly this stops harmful bacteria and air from getting inside and spoiling the food foreign 's not here right [Music] huh [Music] so it looks like he's really not here who is that where ah all right now I remember there's another can I should take with me [Music] There's Something Happening Here hey guys my mom threw this can out a long time ago but I hit it for later I knew I'd use it someday and who are you talking to when you said guys mwah uh you're here and I'm here and that's two of us look at this grade can I got there's nothing great about it put it down on the floor you see what oh it's crooked and so what so what it's all swollen and when it's like that you know that inside the can bad bacteria is growing and spoiling the food that's in there it went bad there's a way to check on every single can you can find the date it's good until or later even canned food will go bad and of course dairy foods like yogurt or milk can spoil in just a few days when you buy food in the store it's very important to always check the expiration date the expiration date's the last day that it's safe to eat that food without worrying that it may have gone bad you can find the expiration date on each box jar or can of food so pay attention and be very careful not to buy or eat any food after its expiration date has passed and if you see their can is swollen throw it away immediately if you eat it your belly can swell up too unfortunately when food spoils it's impossible to unspoil it and then even the fixies won't be able to help [Music] oh my mom probably saw that this can went bad over a year ago that's why she threw it into the trash right shame on you for picking it out of there you could have poisoned yourself and poisoned your dad as well yeah [Music] and the other cans are they swollen too they're fine goodbye then [Music] if I know look around here Papa's wants to give him a brand new pack of that as a present me aha I gotcha I had a feeling you would try to sneak away in Tom Thomas's bag you lied that's not fair and hiding that's fair right Tom Thomas are you ready I'm ready great and let's get going we're going camping I wanted to go camping too don't worry I'll go camping with you really really really really to that house outside our window see how huge it is [Music] the microphone and what do you think should we go and see a movie [Music] hey you didn't type everything that I said you should listen more carefully and you should try using less words no look hey what are you arguing about uh well I was writing a letter to Johnny I was not you I messed up my finger and nolik offered to help me I had no idea that you're such a yapper oh now I see Tom Thomas didn't you know that you can call Johnny straight from your computer you sure you see that picture of the phone just click on it hi so what movie do you want to go see hey there I don't care just not Pirates and those robots hey Tom Thomas why aren't you answering me I am answering you hello hello talking to the microphone uh I don't have a microphone there you go end of cross station all right so listen it's a joke it's no joke we talk into microphones and listen through headphones but both of these devices use a special membrane to do their job the membrane inside of a microphone is used to capture sound that is then sent through wires as an electrical signal and inside a pair of headphones a membrane helps turn that electrical signal back into sound so it turns out that a microphone and headphones are built in a very similar way even though they are used quite differently and so I talk right into here Johnny hello just wait a second first we need to plug your headphones into the hole where the microphone gets plugged in ah I get it go ahead now it's a microphone Johnny I'm here can you hear yeah he can hear but you can't no look switch it over to the headphone jack I already saw a robot and I already saw it no lick I don't think there's anyone who didn't see it you didn't see it then let's go see it no I don't wanna I think the robots will be even more boring than the Pirates do you want to see the Pirates make up your mind do you want to see the Pirates or the robots I don't want to see either one nolik what are you doing what am I doing it's cause you and Johnny don't listen to each other I've got a good idea you need to talk like police on their walkie-talkies when they're done talking and they're ready for an answer they say over great idea yeah when we talk to someone using the telephone there are two channels for the sound we talked through the first channel and listen to the other person talking through the second one but sometimes two people need to talk to each other using only one channel for instance Sailors and taxi drivers use one Channel radio sets when a radio set's turned on you can hear the other person talking but they can't hear you talk unless you push a special button down then they'll hear you but you won't hear them so that means you have to take turns talking because if everybody tries talking at once nobody will understand anything so then to let people know that you're done talking and you're ready to listen to what they have to say say over Johnny hello why don't we try talking like police on their walkie-talkies whenever you're done talking say to me over over are we going to the movies over nah I don't feel like it why don't we go play ball instead over sounds good who are you talking to before over uh [Music] uh uh I can't tell you that it's classified and we policemen we follow the rules [Music] wow that worked out great you two are the best over oops we try our best over we do especially me I'm completely over [Music] candy [Music] nice black eye Tom Thomas did you fall how did you hurt your eye I had a big fight with Johnny oh wow of you what was the first effect we argued over who's cooler eraser or a boxer a race driver's cooler of course that's what I said to him but Johnny had to prove it's a boxer well he proved it all right can't you see you don't prove anything at all by fighting what a profession a boxer yeah now you're dead he's got an amazing profession a journalist he gets to travel to different countries and brings back all sorts of funny stuff they even show him on TV no what do you mean boxers are cooler everyone's really afraid of them don't be gloomy Tom Thomas have a candy foreign [Music] how about a taste tester that's the best job and what is he testing a taste tester is someone who tests the tastes of drinks and food yeah how come they want to find out if the food is delicious and what all the flavors are in it super what a great profession but a taste tester is not a job just anyone can do I can do it then let's check so open your mouth and then close your eyes [Music] try to figure out what the flavor is inside of this piece of candy [Music] mmm strawberry that's right good job Tom Thomas and this [Music] that tastes like orange you missed that one it was lime yeah Tom Thomas if you want to be a food taster you're gonna need to do some serious practicing let's do it raspberry you got it Simca how do they get the candy to be hard on the outside and filled with liquid on the inside don't get distracted you're training yeah hard candy is made like this first a sweet syrup is cooked until it is thick and stretchy then the mixture is pulled into long hollow tubes that are like noodles as the tubes cool down they start getting harder and it's right then that the tubes are filled with the soft fruity Center and then cut into pieces it all has to be done quickly before the tubes have a chance to get totally hard and that's how candy is made that is hard on the outside and soft on the inside [Music] [Applause] it could be strawberry only I just can't tell anymore ouch what's wrong my tooth was I hearing things or did someone yell [Music] um oh I got it come on let's take a look at your tooth [Music] tester has to be the most delicious profession in the world they taste all sorts of things like cheeses and chocolates and decide which ones taste better everything is tested for Taste even water because different Waters taste differently there are also testers who don't test food and drinks but rather they test the smells of things like deodorants or perfumes not everybody can become a really great tester first you have to be able to tell apart all the different tastes and smells you also need to know when it's time to stop or you can make yourself sick and lose your ability to tell things apart that that's the reason why taste testers only take very small bites of food and very very little sips [Music] if you're gonna have a bad tooth it's good to have a mom who's a dentist that's true she's a good dentist she'll fix it in no time right out [Music] so did she pull it out nah she just gave me some medicine to gargle your tooth does it hurt yeah it hurts a little [Music] no I definitely know who's cooler than a boxer who was a dentist boxers are afraid of going to the dentist the mirrors [Music] hi there Tom Thomas why is this mirror been standing here in the hallway for a whole week already my dad can't seem to find any time to hang it on the wall are you sure it won't fall it hasn't fallen so far [Music] so nolik do I look like Spider-Man no you don't look like him at all you can't climb on walls like Spider-Man yeah I'm sure you can do it I can do it your chewing gum to me [Music] like in the movie oh like that's really hard just keep watching [Music] that's hard your eyes and see what the only spider fixing in the whole wide world can do [Music] foreign [Music] ago the only way humans could see their reflection was to look into water the very first mirrors appeared about 5 000 years ago they were made out of silver or bronze Legend has it that the Greek scientist Archimedes once burned down an entire enemy Fleet with the help of mirrors like these but humans only became able to see their Reflections well after they started making mirrors out of glass and we still use glass mirrors today but of course mirrors are not only used for looking at our Reflections they are also used in telescopes to collect the light of distant stars and humans also use mirrors inside of automobile headlights so they will shine even brighter just look at all the things mirrors can do for you laughs oh looks like it didn't break help me lift it so we can lean it back up on the wall [Music] Miss I've gotten a reflection in the mirror that's impossible cause only vampires can't see their Reflections or ghosts but I'm not in there so then I guess you've become a ghost [Music] no not a ghost I don't like them hey what's all the racket did you guys get yourself into trouble again John Thomas for playing Spider-Man and I I turned into a ghost for some reason yeah it goes that's silly they don't even exist you don't have any reflection either sink you're a ghost just like I am [Music] that's just goofy [Music] look just look here I am well hi there but why couldn't I see myself over here it's probably because the mirror is scratched on the back Tom Thomas do you think you can rotate the mirror it's just like I said some of the special coating got scraped off of the back a mirror is not just a piece of plain glass plain glass lets light pass through it but a mirror reflects light to turn a piece of glass into a mirror people spray a special shiny coating on one of its size that reflects everything and then to protect the shiny coating an extra layer of paint is put on top of it but even with that protection you still have to handle mirrors carefully because mirrors can easily scratch or even break and do you think that this one is possible to fix yeah we can do it it's a thing you have a pack a mat with you I thought we might need it after you started screaming over here don't tell me you've got paint in there for a mirror a pack of Matt's got everything You'll Ever Need [Music] it's all ready oh my dad's coming [Music] Tom Thomas what are you doing here checking if you hung it yeah right I'll definitely hang that mirror on the wall soon hmm like tomorrow or next week [Music] the lie detector quiet I'm on a stake out here who are you staking out huh Tom Thomas we've got a bet that he won't be able to survive three days without any TV really can I be on the Stakeout with you foreign [Music] [Music] Thomas just tell me you didn't I didn't why didn't you it's because I um I'm not Tom Thomas what I'm Tom's brother that's totally not true we know Tom Thomas doesn't have a brother I meant his first cousin then how come you two look so much alike it's cause our mothers are twins so what should we call you who me uh John Johnson and who are you by the way as if you don't know who we are this room is beautiful sure is bigger than mine I don't believe you you're telling a lie and what is your proof maybe he's not lying there's a way to check it how yeah how with a lie detector you'll see a lie detector is a device that is used to help figure out if someone is telling the truth or if they are lying you see when someone is lying they always get a little bit nervous even though we might not see it we know that a liar's heart beats a little faster his breathing changes and he sweats a lie detector can pick up on all of these little things and that's how a lie detector can be used to help find the truth but you don't have a lie detector but we know how a lie detector Works don't we or are you scared Tom Thomas what's that for to listen to your pulse how come so I'll be able to check how fast your heart is beating and nolic [Music] he's gonna keep an eye on how often you blink and what are you doing with the egg the egg is an old African method if you're not telling the truth your handle automatically squeeze the egg and so the egg will crack well my egg won't crack we'll see about that kids have tried to come up with all all sorts of ways to find out the truth for instance in ancient China they would put some dry rice in a person's mouth when they told him the crime they believed he committed then they checked the rice if the rice stayed dry they believed he had committed the crime in Ancient India a person had to bang on a Gong while answering a judge's questions if he started banging the gong louder then it was believed that he was trying to hide the truth and in Europe if one Knight accused another of lying then they would just take part in a duel whoever won that one was said to be on the side of Truth No it's not easy to hide the truth but sometimes it can be even harder to find it answer yes or no you got that do you have two ears don't you have eyes just yes or no yes [Music] answer are you a girl hey come on yes or no no where do you find such dumb questions we just have to check what happens to your heart when you tell the truth to us all right now answer this do you know the fixies yes or no yes uh no I forgot his pulse is speeding up are you Tom Thomas no uh his pulse is racing and have started blinking and the fixies tell us where you learned about them from Tom Thomas he couldn't have told you about us it's a secret he could not true it's true it's not true yes it is [Music] hey look the egg cracked just give up John Johnson all right I'm Tom Thomas guys is it really possible to know if you lied just by measuring your pulse with pulse you really can but you probably couldn't with the egg you tricked me then that wasn't nice perfect John Johnson was huh you know what I think you've got to get checked out on the slide detector I don't think so you need to get ready to give me my wish cause you're the one that lost the bet

Channel: The Fixies

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Length: 268min 48sec (16128 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 23 2022