1 00:00:01,424 --> 00:00:04,493 physicist Jean Foucault hung a pendulum 2 00:00:04,528 --> 00:00:07,696 from a 200 foot wire-- much as I've done here-- 3 00:00:07,731 --> 00:00:10,231 and proved the Earth revolves. 4 00:00:10,266 --> 00:00:11,432 Um, excuse me, Miss Fowl 5 00:00:11,468 --> 00:00:13,502 might I suggest that in the future 6 00:00:13,537 --> 00:00:15,403 oral reports should be shorter 7 00:00:15,438 --> 00:00:17,806 than the life of the person they're about? 8 00:00:17,841 --> 00:00:19,741 Speed it, speed it up, Jimmy. 9 00:00:19,776 --> 00:00:22,276 Because the Earth's rotating beneath the pendulum 10 00:00:22,312 --> 00:00:25,547 any moment now the first domino will move in front of it 11 00:00:25,582 --> 00:00:26,948 and be knocked over. 12 00:00:28,685 --> 00:00:31,119 Cool. When's it going to knock over another one? 13 00:00:31,154 --> 00:00:33,421 In exactly one hour. 14 00:00:33,456 --> 00:00:35,123 ( groaning ) 15 00:00:35,158 --> 00:00:36,391 15 seconds, Jimmy. 16 00:00:36,426 --> 00:00:37,492 Uh, okay. 17 00:00:37,528 --> 00:00:38,459 He was born poor... 18 00:00:38,495 --> 00:00:40,128 Five, four, three, two, one. 19 00:00:40,163 --> 00:00:40,996 Time's up. 20 00:00:41,031 --> 00:00:42,263 ( gonging ) 21 00:00:42,298 --> 00:00:44,132 Nick... 22 00:00:44,167 --> 00:00:46,535 your report, please? 23 00:00:46,570 --> 00:00:48,003 Yeah, Nick. 24 00:00:48,038 --> 00:00:49,437 All right, Nick. 25 00:00:49,472 --> 00:00:50,772 Yeah, Nick. 26 00:00:50,807 --> 00:00:54,275 Can I, uh, get some atmospheric lighting here? 27 00:00:56,580 --> 00:00:59,814 In July '97, three normal kids from our town 28 00:00:59,850 --> 00:01:03,084 heading home from an all-night swim meet 29 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:06,421 decided to take a shortcut through the theme park. 30 00:01:06,456 --> 00:01:07,923 So they hopped the fence. 31 00:01:07,958 --> 00:01:11,693 They may have heard the rumors, but they were all too smart 32 00:01:11,728 --> 00:01:15,363 to believe in... the Phantom of Retroland. 33 00:01:15,398 --> 00:01:17,699 ( kids whimpering ) 34 00:01:17,734 --> 00:01:20,168 Everybody knows about the Phantom. 35 00:01:20,203 --> 00:01:22,037 He wears a long, black cape. 36 00:01:22,072 --> 00:01:25,273 He has a Genoa salami for a right leg 37 00:01:25,308 --> 00:01:27,909 and he stalks the park after dark 38 00:01:27,945 --> 00:01:30,344 looking for victims to eat. 39 00:01:30,380 --> 00:01:31,446 ( all gasping ) 40 00:01:31,481 --> 00:01:33,181 Here's an artist's drawing 41 00:01:33,216 --> 00:01:34,549 of what he looks like. 42 00:01:34,585 --> 00:01:36,551 None of them were ever seen again. 43 00:01:36,587 --> 00:01:38,319 ( whimpering ) 44 00:01:38,354 --> 00:01:41,289 That's my history report. 45 00:01:41,324 --> 00:01:43,058 Okay, in the first place 46 00:01:43,093 --> 00:01:46,260 who ever heard of an all-night swim meet? 47 00:01:46,296 --> 00:01:47,696 Secondly 48 00:01:47,731 --> 00:01:49,464 how do we know Billy's alleged last words 49 00:01:49,499 --> 00:01:50,799 if no one ever saw him again? 50 00:01:50,834 --> 00:01:52,601 And if Mr. Phantom's so hungry 51 00:01:52,636 --> 00:01:54,435 why doesn't he just eat his salami leg? 52 00:01:54,471 --> 00:01:56,037 The whole thing's a myth. 53 00:01:56,073 --> 00:01:57,205 An urban legend. 54 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,540 How small-minded can you be 55 00:01:59,576 --> 00:02:01,175 to try to ruin someone else's 56 00:02:01,211 --> 00:02:03,578 well-researched and fascinating report? 57 00:02:03,614 --> 00:02:05,146 Yeah, there you go. 58 00:02:05,181 --> 00:02:06,247 Excuse me? 59 00:02:06,282 --> 00:02:08,717 Isn't a basic rule of history supposed to be 60 00:02:08,752 --> 00:02:11,385 that it's about stuff that, oh, I don't know... 61 00:02:11,421 --> 00:02:13,054 actually happened? 62 00:02:13,090 --> 00:02:15,556 Jimmy, um, your rambling was really cool and everything 63 00:02:15,592 --> 00:02:17,358 but are you sure you're not, I don't know 64 00:02:17,393 --> 00:02:18,860 maybe a little jealous 65 00:02:18,895 --> 00:02:23,564 'cause Mr. Fouc-Fouc... Forpa never ate nobody? 66 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,500 ( ringing ) 67 00:02:25,535 --> 00:02:26,768 Every thinking person 68 00:02:26,803 --> 00:02:28,737 knows the Phantom's just a fable. 69 00:02:28,772 --> 00:02:30,505 Oh, obsess, why don't ya? 70 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:32,473 You're only putting down Nick because 71 00:02:32,509 --> 00:02:33,842 despite all your logic 72 00:02:33,877 --> 00:02:35,744 you're just as scared of the Phantom 73 00:02:35,779 --> 00:02:37,679 as everyone else. 74 00:02:37,714 --> 00:02:41,282 No kid who goes to Retroland after midnight 75 00:02:41,317 --> 00:02:43,151 has ever been seen again. 76 00:02:43,186 --> 00:02:45,787 Tha... that-that is so patently ridiculous 77 00:02:45,822 --> 00:02:47,388 it doesn't even deserve... 78 00:02:47,423 --> 00:02:49,423 A what? A 600-page report 79 00:02:49,459 --> 00:02:51,793 on how ridiculous it is in French? 80 00:02:51,828 --> 00:02:55,329 So, Neutron, I guess you wouldn't be afraid 81 00:02:55,365 --> 00:02:57,431 to go to the park at midnight. 82 00:02:57,467 --> 00:03:01,469 You know, say, if I was to, uh, triple-dog dare you? 83 00:03:01,504 --> 00:03:02,837 Don't do it, Jimmy. 84 00:03:02,873 --> 00:03:06,407 With you dead, I'll be picked last in volleyball. 85 00:03:06,442 --> 00:03:07,942 Fine. I'll go tonight. 86 00:03:07,978 --> 00:03:10,378 And I'll be in class tomorrow 87 00:03:10,413 --> 00:03:11,880 completely unharmed. 88 00:03:11,915 --> 00:03:13,782 How will we know you were really there? 89 00:03:13,817 --> 00:03:16,818 Because I'll take Sheen and Carl as witnesses. 90 00:03:16,853 --> 00:03:18,987 Sheen, the Phantom of Retroland's 91 00:03:19,022 --> 00:03:22,157 going to rip us limb from limb and eat us. 92 00:03:22,192 --> 00:03:23,424 Say something! 93 00:03:23,459 --> 00:03:24,893 You ever notice how Jimmy's hair 94 00:03:24,928 --> 00:03:27,295 is like one of those gum massager things? 95 00:03:27,330 --> 00:03:28,296 It's all swirly and... 96 00:03:28,331 --> 00:03:29,831 What?! 97 00:03:31,568 --> 00:03:34,402 Would you like some more milk to help you get to sleep? 98 00:03:34,437 --> 00:03:35,937 ( yawns ): No, thanks, Mom. 99 00:03:35,972 --> 00:03:38,940 I find it more soothing to mentally calculate 100 00:03:38,975 --> 00:03:42,177 the Martin's function for all integers through ten 101 00:03:42,212 --> 00:03:43,244 to the 30th power. 102 00:03:43,279 --> 00:03:46,614 I list all the types of pie, in alphabetical order 103 00:03:46,649 --> 00:03:48,750 starting, of course, with cherry. 104 00:03:48,785 --> 00:03:50,651 Uh, what about apple, dear? 105 00:03:50,687 --> 00:03:51,720 Oh, I forgot apple! 106 00:03:51,755 --> 00:03:53,521 Oh, and blueberry. Blueberry, yes! 107 00:03:53,556 --> 00:03:54,989 And boysenberry, banana cream 108 00:03:55,025 --> 00:03:57,491 banana coconut cream, Boston cream. Right. 109 00:03:57,527 --> 00:04:00,561 Um, black forest, marmalade, um 110 00:04:00,597 --> 00:04:01,896 bing cherry 111 00:04:01,932 --> 00:04:03,431 black cherry... 112 00:04:03,466 --> 00:04:06,000 Activate hologram projector. 113 00:04:06,636 --> 00:04:08,837 ( whirring ) 114 00:04:08,872 --> 00:04:12,506 Image select. 115 00:04:13,443 --> 00:04:15,543 Skip to Jimmy asleep. 116 00:04:21,084 --> 00:04:23,551 ( electrical zapping ) 117 00:04:23,586 --> 00:04:27,122 ( electrical screeching ) 118 00:04:27,157 --> 00:04:29,224 ( metal clattering in distance ) 119 00:04:29,259 --> 00:04:33,027 ( dog barking ) 120 00:04:33,063 --> 00:04:35,864 ( shoes squeaking ) 121 00:04:36,833 --> 00:04:38,266 "Dear Jimmy. 122 00:04:38,301 --> 00:04:40,969 "I can't come with you tonight, as I have decided to join 123 00:04:41,004 --> 00:04:43,004 "the French Foreign Legion. ( door creaking ) 124 00:04:43,039 --> 00:04:45,506 This is a decision I do not make lightly, as I h..." 125 00:04:45,541 --> 00:04:47,108 H-Hi, Jimmy. 126 00:04:47,144 --> 00:04:49,844 I thought you said 11:30. ( door closing ) 127 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,646 Well, you'd have surely been 128 00:04:51,681 --> 00:04:54,215 on a plane to Algeria by then, Carl. 129 00:05:03,293 --> 00:05:05,493 Glad you could make it, Sheen. 130 00:05:05,528 --> 00:05:06,527 How'd you sneak out? 131 00:05:06,562 --> 00:05:07,762 Oh, I just told my grandma 132 00:05:07,798 --> 00:05:09,530 that I had to go to a deserted theme park 133 00:05:09,565 --> 00:05:10,698 to be eaten by a maniac. 134 00:05:10,733 --> 00:05:12,300 She told me to wear clean underwear. 135 00:05:12,335 --> 00:05:13,935 Let's hop the fence. 136 00:05:13,970 --> 00:05:16,704 Hop the...? Uh, gee, sorry, I can't, Jim. 137 00:05:16,739 --> 00:05:19,207 You know, some people can't whistle 138 00:05:19,242 --> 00:05:21,876 some people can't snap their fingers. 139 00:05:21,912 --> 00:05:24,212 Well, I can't hop. 140 00:05:24,247 --> 00:05:27,248 So, darn it, I guess I'll have to go home. 141 00:05:27,284 --> 00:05:29,150 Bye... It's an expression, Carl. 142 00:05:29,186 --> 00:05:30,985 We're going through the fence 143 00:05:31,021 --> 00:05:33,254 thanks to my oxidation accelerator. 144 00:05:33,290 --> 00:05:34,655 Voila. 145 00:05:34,691 --> 00:05:37,292 The equivalent of 200 years of rust. 146 00:05:37,327 --> 00:05:39,127 ( can rattling ) 147 00:05:46,602 --> 00:05:49,670 JIMMY: Oh, Mr. Phantom! 148 00:05:49,706 --> 00:05:50,738 Yoo-hoo! 149 00:05:50,773 --> 00:05:53,341 Tasty children, right here. 150 00:05:53,376 --> 00:05:54,408 ( sputtering ) 151 00:05:54,444 --> 00:05:55,243 Don't Jimmy. 152 00:05:55,278 --> 00:05:57,312 It's one minute to midnight! 153 00:05:57,347 --> 00:05:59,647 ( singsong ): Where are you? 154 00:05:59,682 --> 00:06:02,884 Maybe he's on daylight mania time. 155 00:06:02,919 --> 00:06:03,885 What's that? 156 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,386 My autograph book. 157 00:06:05,421 --> 00:06:06,587 The Phantom's going 158 00:06:06,622 --> 00:06:08,422 right here next to my dad. 159 00:06:08,458 --> 00:06:10,124 And Santa Claus. 160 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,393 Hey, wait a minute. 161 00:06:14,430 --> 00:06:16,397 Strangest thing. 162 00:06:16,432 --> 00:06:19,267 The Jimster's in his room, but, uh, so is his playground. 163 00:06:19,302 --> 00:06:21,535 Ooh, I keep telling him to empty his socks 164 00:06:21,571 --> 00:06:22,636 before he comes home. 165 00:06:22,672 --> 00:06:24,538 Uh, no, no, no, monkey pants. 166 00:06:24,574 --> 00:06:25,406 I'm talking about 167 00:06:25,441 --> 00:06:28,109 his entire playground's in his room. 168 00:06:31,982 --> 00:06:35,016 SHEEN: I wonder what order he'll eat us in. 169 00:06:35,051 --> 00:06:36,150 He's kidding, Carl. 170 00:06:36,186 --> 00:06:38,319 No one's going to eat us. 171 00:06:39,522 --> 00:06:43,524 Three, two, one, midnight. 172 00:06:43,559 --> 00:06:44,525 Hah! We did it! 173 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:45,860 We took a hypothesis 174 00:06:45,896 --> 00:06:48,196 constructed a scientific protocol 175 00:06:48,231 --> 00:06:50,398 and conclusively proved it false. 176 00:06:50,433 --> 00:06:53,034 Take that, Nick and all of your ilk. 177 00:06:53,069 --> 00:06:55,103 You know what I smell, Jimmy? 178 00:06:55,138 --> 00:06:56,304 Victorious truth 179 00:06:56,339 --> 00:06:58,873 rising above the ashes of superstition? 180 00:06:58,909 --> 00:07:00,308 No. 181 00:07:00,343 --> 00:07:03,177 Salami. 182 00:07:04,047 --> 00:07:05,380 ( screaming ) 183 00:07:05,415 --> 00:07:06,180 Stand your ground. 184 00:07:06,216 --> 00:07:07,648 It's obviously a trick. 185 00:07:07,683 --> 00:07:09,317 Could you sign this, "To Sheen. 186 00:07:09,352 --> 00:07:11,085 With admiration and affection," please? 187 00:07:11,121 --> 00:07:13,521 ( growling ) 188 00:07:14,490 --> 00:07:15,589 ( growling ) 189 00:07:15,625 --> 00:07:16,824 ( growls ) 190 00:07:16,859 --> 00:07:19,527 ( whimpering ) 191 00:07:19,562 --> 00:07:20,861 JIMMY: He's not real. 192 00:07:20,897 --> 00:07:22,330 He's a mythical construct. 193 00:07:22,365 --> 00:07:25,333 CARL: Hey, better safe than swallowed, Jimmy. 194 00:07:28,939 --> 00:07:31,406 CARL: Oh, he'll just climb in. 195 00:07:31,441 --> 00:07:32,706 Not if we're moving. 196 00:07:33,509 --> 00:07:35,276 ( ticking ) 197 00:07:35,312 --> 00:07:37,211 ( diesel engine rumbling ) 198 00:07:40,483 --> 00:07:41,816 Ha, ha! 199 00:07:41,851 --> 00:07:44,919 Try and get us now, Mr. Deli-Item Leg. 200 00:07:44,955 --> 00:07:46,254 Uh, Sheen? 201 00:07:46,289 --> 00:07:47,221 What? 202 00:07:47,257 --> 00:07:49,023 It's only a three-minute ride. 203 00:07:49,059 --> 00:07:50,758 ( ticking ) 204 00:07:50,793 --> 00:07:52,660 ( raspy laughing ) 205 00:07:52,695 --> 00:07:56,530 Wow, usually when I get on these kind of rides 206 00:07:56,566 --> 00:07:59,100 I get real s... 207 00:07:59,135 --> 00:08:01,369 ( retching ) 208 00:08:01,404 --> 00:08:02,403 Never mind. 209 00:08:02,439 --> 00:08:03,838 ( groans in frustration ) 210 00:08:03,873 --> 00:08:05,539 Looks like I have to show you 211 00:08:05,575 --> 00:08:08,309 how a myth fares when it faces the withering light of science. 212 00:08:08,345 --> 00:08:09,277 How? 213 00:08:09,312 --> 00:08:10,311 I'm going to repeat 214 00:08:10,347 --> 00:08:12,280 Foucault's classic experiment. 215 00:08:12,315 --> 00:08:14,115 And what, bore him to death? 216 00:08:14,150 --> 00:08:15,316 Goddard, laser beams. 217 00:08:15,352 --> 00:08:16,917 Cut the guardrails off the ride's axis. 218 00:08:16,953 --> 00:08:18,152 ( barks ) 219 00:08:26,429 --> 00:08:29,630 What is this ride if not a giant pendulum? 220 00:08:29,665 --> 00:08:31,499 Now that it's swinging freely 221 00:08:31,534 --> 00:08:34,535 the Earth will slowly rotate beneath it. 222 00:08:34,570 --> 00:08:35,903 Ah-ha! 223 00:08:35,938 --> 00:08:37,138 So? 224 00:08:37,173 --> 00:08:40,308 So, imagine Mr. Phantom's a domino. 225 00:08:41,277 --> 00:08:43,878 ( metal scraping ) 226 00:08:45,015 --> 00:08:45,946 Huh? 227 00:08:45,982 --> 00:08:47,681 ( grunting ) 228 00:08:48,318 --> 00:08:49,583 ( Jimmy laughing ) 229 00:08:49,619 --> 00:08:52,086 Let's see how scary the Phantom is now. 230 00:08:52,122 --> 00:08:53,221 ( groaning ) 231 00:08:53,256 --> 00:08:55,156 Ew, what's that smell? 232 00:08:55,191 --> 00:08:56,824 Shoe barf. Sorry. 233 00:08:56,859 --> 00:09:00,094 Hey, hey, I know that voice. 234 00:09:00,130 --> 00:09:01,295 Nick! 235 00:09:01,331 --> 00:09:03,531 I should've known. 236 00:09:03,566 --> 00:09:05,366 Boy, you really showed him. Wham! 237 00:09:05,402 --> 00:09:08,202 Now let's beat it before the real Phantom shows up. 238 00:09:08,238 --> 00:09:10,871 Sheen, there is no real Phantom. 239 00:09:10,907 --> 00:09:14,108 ( raspy voice ): I beg to differ. 240 00:09:14,144 --> 00:09:15,476 ( screams ) 241 00:09:15,512 --> 00:09:17,345 ( sniffing ): What's that smell? 242 00:09:17,380 --> 00:09:19,180 You mean your salami leg 243 00:09:19,215 --> 00:09:21,182 his salami leg, or Carl's shoes? 244 00:09:21,217 --> 00:09:23,184 ( growling ) 245 00:09:23,219 --> 00:09:25,253 ( screaming ) 246 00:09:25,288 --> 00:09:26,987 ( growling ) 247 00:09:27,023 --> 00:09:30,691 JIMMY: It's only Cindy and Libby. 248 00:09:30,726 --> 00:09:31,859 But why? 249 00:09:31,894 --> 00:09:33,327 Why? 250 00:09:33,363 --> 00:09:36,297 'Cause nobody likes a smug, smart-alecky, badly coifed 251 00:09:36,332 --> 00:09:39,200 other-person's-class- report-ruining know-it-all! 252 00:09:39,235 --> 00:09:41,502 Everybody knows the stupid Phantom's a myth. 253 00:09:41,538 --> 00:09:43,404 Only you would ruin everyone's fun 254 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,173 by being so pedantic about it. 255 00:09:45,208 --> 00:09:48,042 ( raspy voice ): Ah, leaving so soon, huh? 256 00:09:48,078 --> 00:09:49,343 ( screams ) 257 00:09:49,379 --> 00:09:51,245 ( sniffs ): What's that smell? 258 00:09:51,281 --> 00:09:53,647 You mean your salami leg, their salami leg 259 00:09:53,683 --> 00:09:55,283 his salami leg, or Carl's shoes? 260 00:09:55,318 --> 00:09:59,587 All right, whoever you are, the joke's over. 261 00:10:00,256 --> 00:10:02,523 ( screaming ) 262 00:10:03,726 --> 00:10:07,728 ( panting ): Jimmy, what about science? 263 00:10:07,763 --> 00:10:09,230 Science, shmience. 264 00:10:09,265 --> 00:10:11,031 Run for your life! 265 00:10:11,067 --> 00:10:12,233 ( giggling ) 266 00:10:12,268 --> 00:10:13,901 Ooh, that'll teach that little dickens 267 00:10:13,936 --> 00:10:16,604 to use his hologram projector to sneak out after bedtime. 268 00:10:16,639 --> 00:10:17,638 Let's go, Hugh. 269 00:10:17,673 --> 00:10:18,639 Coming. 270 00:10:18,674 --> 00:10:21,075 Hey, booger of my eye, I think I got 'em all-- 271 00:10:21,111 --> 00:10:23,211 every single pie between apple and cherry. 272 00:10:23,246 --> 00:10:24,312 Look at my list. 273 00:10:24,347 --> 00:10:25,846 What about blackberry? 274 00:10:25,881 --> 00:10:27,047 Oh, blackberry, sure. 275 00:10:27,083 --> 00:10:30,918 Tip of the cap, there, Mr. Phantom-Face Terrifying Guy. 276 00:10:30,953 --> 00:10:32,620 ( both screaming ) 277 00:10:46,102 --> 00:10:47,067 Uh... 278 00:10:47,103 --> 00:10:49,837 Hey, Jimmy, are you in there? 279 00:10:49,872 --> 00:10:53,040 I brought my new hamster, Mr. Wuggles, over. 280 00:10:53,075 --> 00:10:54,308 Want to see him? 281 00:10:54,344 --> 00:10:56,377 ( chuckles ): He's so cute. 282 00:10:57,313 --> 00:10:58,579 ( buzzing ) 283 00:10:59,415 --> 00:11:00,615 ( screams ) 284 00:11:07,257 --> 00:11:08,489 Kinda busy, Carl. 285 00:11:08,525 --> 00:11:10,525 I'm working on my new teleportation pods. 286 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:12,627 When they're finished, I'll be able to transmit my atoms 287 00:11:12,662 --> 00:11:14,462 between any two points in an instant. 288 00:11:14,497 --> 00:11:18,266 Ooh... pretty lights. 289 00:11:18,301 --> 00:11:20,301 I can explore a volcano in Hawaii 290 00:11:20,336 --> 00:11:21,669 build a snowman in Iceland 291 00:11:21,704 --> 00:11:23,704 and be back in time for lunch. 292 00:11:23,739 --> 00:11:26,240 Hand me that plasma wrench, will you, Carl? 293 00:11:26,276 --> 00:11:27,475 Huh? 294 00:11:27,510 --> 00:11:28,842 Oh, sure thing, Jim. 295 00:11:32,915 --> 00:11:34,882 ( nibbling noises ) 296 00:11:35,585 --> 00:11:37,885 ( laser buzzing ) 297 00:11:38,621 --> 00:11:40,087 ( excited panting ) 298 00:11:40,122 --> 00:11:41,589 ( squeals ) 299 00:11:41,624 --> 00:11:44,625 ( barking ) ( squeaking ) 300 00:11:44,661 --> 00:11:45,893 Carl! 301 00:11:45,928 --> 00:11:48,028 Carl, could you please control your hamster? 302 00:11:48,064 --> 00:11:50,130 Mr. Wuggles, no! 303 00:11:50,166 --> 00:11:51,765 Wuggle, wuggle, wug. 304 00:11:51,801 --> 00:11:52,900 Uh... aah! 305 00:11:54,970 --> 00:11:57,071 Whoa! Ow! Whoa! 306 00:11:59,375 --> 00:12:01,008 ( humming ) 307 00:12:01,043 --> 00:12:03,377 Don't tell the others, but you're my favorite. 308 00:12:03,413 --> 00:12:04,445 ( chuckles ) 309 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,146 Hugh... Oh! Hi, honey. 310 00:12:06,182 --> 00:12:08,482 Are you going to spend the entire day 311 00:12:08,518 --> 00:12:10,384 with your duck collection? 312 00:12:10,420 --> 00:12:11,752 Um, just a minute, doe-dumpling. 313 00:12:11,787 --> 00:12:14,288 I'm finishing up the flock's monthly fluff and buff. 314 00:12:14,324 --> 00:12:15,623 Well, I'm going shopping. 315 00:12:15,658 --> 00:12:18,158 Why don't you spend some quality time with Jimmy? 316 00:12:18,194 --> 00:12:21,028 It could be a special father-son day. 317 00:12:21,063 --> 00:12:23,431 That's a great idea. 318 00:12:23,466 --> 00:12:25,833 I used to have those with my aunty all the time. 319 00:12:25,868 --> 00:12:28,369 Only... we called them "aunty-nephew days" 320 00:12:28,404 --> 00:12:31,071 but it's probably the same basic idea. 321 00:12:31,107 --> 00:12:32,306 We could go to the park. 322 00:12:32,342 --> 00:12:33,541 We could, uh... eat cheese! 323 00:12:33,576 --> 00:12:35,409 We could even go to Retroland. 324 00:12:35,445 --> 00:12:37,511 I love those zig-zaggy lines. 325 00:12:37,547 --> 00:12:39,247 They're so... not straight. 326 00:12:39,282 --> 00:12:40,615 ( sighs ): Oh, Hugh. 327 00:12:40,650 --> 00:12:43,417 ( terrified squeaking ) 328 00:12:43,453 --> 00:12:46,220 Okay, nice hamster. 329 00:12:46,256 --> 00:12:48,422 ( barking ) 330 00:12:48,458 --> 00:12:49,823 Now, one last adjustment 331 00:12:49,859 --> 00:12:52,092 on the Gulanic transducer, and... 332 00:12:52,128 --> 00:12:53,661 ( barking ) 333 00:12:55,030 --> 00:12:56,564 ( buzzer ) 334 00:12:56,599 --> 00:12:58,866 ( alarm sounds ) 335 00:12:58,901 --> 00:12:59,967 Oh, boy. 336 00:13:00,002 --> 00:13:03,704 ( no audio ) 337 00:13:03,740 --> 00:13:06,039 ( whirring and beeping ) 338 00:13:07,810 --> 00:13:09,977 ( electrical buzzing ) 339 00:13:16,185 --> 00:13:17,385 ( screams ) 340 00:13:17,420 --> 00:13:19,620 ( screaming ) 341 00:13:21,056 --> 00:13:22,055 ( screams ) 342 00:13:23,125 --> 00:13:24,091 ( screams ) 343 00:13:25,127 --> 00:13:26,727 ( screams ) 344 00:13:28,130 --> 00:13:29,330 Jimmy. 345 00:13:29,365 --> 00:13:30,398 Jimbo. 346 00:13:30,433 --> 00:13:32,900 Are you in there, scout? 347 00:13:34,637 --> 00:13:36,537 Jimmy! ( squeaks ) 348 00:13:36,572 --> 00:13:39,039 Your head's-- furry and animal-like! 349 00:13:39,074 --> 00:13:40,708 Looks soft, though, eh? 350 00:13:40,743 --> 00:13:43,311 I was going to take you to Retroland 351 00:13:43,346 --> 00:13:45,379 but maybe we should call your mother. 352 00:13:45,415 --> 00:13:46,880 ( squeaking ) 353 00:13:46,916 --> 00:13:49,750 ( chuckles ): Oh, I get it, I get it. 354 00:13:49,786 --> 00:13:53,053 It's just another one of your crazy experiments, isn't it? 355 00:13:53,088 --> 00:13:54,622 It'll wear off, right? 356 00:13:54,657 --> 00:13:55,923 ( squeaking ) 357 00:13:55,958 --> 00:13:58,025 One twitch for yes, two twitches for no. 358 00:13:58,060 --> 00:13:59,393 ( squeaks ) 359 00:13:59,429 --> 00:14:01,261 Be careful, now, don't gnaw on the shirt. 360 00:14:01,297 --> 00:14:03,030 ( squeaking ) 361 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:06,400 ( grunts ) 362 00:14:06,436 --> 00:14:07,668 ( barking ) 363 00:14:07,704 --> 00:14:10,771 ( transporter hissing ) 364 00:14:13,142 --> 00:14:14,241 Man. 365 00:14:14,276 --> 00:14:15,676 Ugh! I'm putting on weight. 366 00:14:15,712 --> 00:14:18,011 I got to lay off the snickerdoodles. 367 00:14:18,047 --> 00:14:19,279 ( gasps ) 368 00:14:19,315 --> 00:14:21,215 Leaping leptons! 369 00:14:21,250 --> 00:14:23,317 What have I done to myself?! 370 00:14:23,353 --> 00:14:25,319 Oh, this is awful! Horrible! 371 00:14:25,355 --> 00:14:26,854 ( gasping ) 372 00:14:26,889 --> 00:14:29,824 Hey... I could never reach that spot before. 373 00:14:29,859 --> 00:14:31,925 Aw, nice. 374 00:14:31,961 --> 00:14:33,494 Aw, yeah... 375 00:14:33,529 --> 00:14:35,363 ( growling ) 376 00:14:35,398 --> 00:14:37,130 Easy there, boy. 377 00:14:37,166 --> 00:14:38,065 It's me, Jimmy. 378 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:40,368 When I teleported with Carl's hamster 379 00:14:40,403 --> 00:14:41,869 we must have gotten our atoms mixed. 380 00:14:41,904 --> 00:14:44,372 All we have to do is find Mr. Wuggles and... 381 00:14:44,407 --> 00:14:45,373 ( growling ) 382 00:14:45,408 --> 00:14:46,640 Uh-oh. 383 00:14:46,676 --> 00:14:49,910 Hey, no! No... ( barking ) 384 00:14:49,945 --> 00:14:52,513 ( barking ) 385 00:14:52,548 --> 00:14:54,348 ( snorting and panting ) 386 00:14:54,384 --> 00:14:56,283 Oh! 387 00:14:56,318 --> 00:14:58,352 My own dog thinks I'm a hamster. 388 00:14:58,388 --> 00:15:01,255 It's a good thing the human part of me is completely in control. 389 00:15:01,290 --> 00:15:04,191 It's going to take every ounce of brainpower I have to... 390 00:15:04,226 --> 00:15:05,325 ( sniffs ) 391 00:15:05,361 --> 00:15:07,094 Are those nuts I smell? 392 00:15:08,431 --> 00:15:10,798 ( squeaks ) 393 00:15:10,833 --> 00:15:12,700 ( nibbling noises ) 394 00:15:12,735 --> 00:15:14,635 ( cane snaps ) ( screams ) 395 00:15:14,670 --> 00:15:15,903 ( bystanders screaming ) 396 00:15:15,938 --> 00:15:17,438 Listen to everybody scream. 397 00:15:17,473 --> 00:15:19,874 These rides must be scarier than I thought. 398 00:15:19,909 --> 00:15:20,941 What the... ?! 399 00:15:20,976 --> 00:15:22,810 Let me out! Let me out of here! 400 00:15:22,845 --> 00:15:24,311 ( screaming hysterically ) 401 00:15:24,346 --> 00:15:25,646 What a bunch of scaredy-pants. 402 00:15:25,681 --> 00:15:26,614 I dib the front car. 403 00:15:26,649 --> 00:15:28,649 ( squeaks ) 404 00:15:28,684 --> 00:15:31,886 Uh, don't eat before you get on the ride. 405 00:15:33,222 --> 00:15:36,424 Uh... hamster sense tingling. 406 00:15:36,459 --> 00:15:37,425 So close. 407 00:15:37,460 --> 00:15:39,827 Ah-ha! 408 00:15:40,996 --> 00:15:42,763 ( gobbling ) 409 00:15:42,799 --> 00:15:44,698 Mom? 410 00:15:45,635 --> 00:15:47,401 ( grunts ) 411 00:15:47,437 --> 00:15:48,969 That was close. 412 00:15:51,006 --> 00:15:52,473 Carl, Sheen! 413 00:15:52,508 --> 00:15:55,175 Oh, man, am I glad to see you guys. 414 00:15:55,210 --> 00:15:56,644 I don't believe it. 415 00:15:56,679 --> 00:15:58,913 Jimmy! You're like a hamster... 416 00:15:58,948 --> 00:16:01,482 or gerbil... or dolphin, or something. 417 00:16:01,517 --> 00:16:03,050 Isn't he adorable? 418 00:16:03,085 --> 00:16:06,286 Aw... who's a cute little hamster? 419 00:16:06,322 --> 00:16:07,721 Oh, he's a fat one. 420 00:16:07,757 --> 00:16:10,324 I've got his belly, yes I do. 421 00:16:10,359 --> 00:16:12,292 Come on, Carl, let me hold Jimmy. 422 00:16:12,328 --> 00:16:13,527 Okay, just be careful. 423 00:16:13,563 --> 00:16:15,863 Oh, it's just like Episode 346 424 00:16:15,898 --> 00:16:18,566 "Attack of the Mighty Bird People." 425 00:16:18,601 --> 00:16:19,834 Check it out. 426 00:16:19,869 --> 00:16:22,703 ( deep voice ): "I am Hamster Lord. 427 00:16:22,738 --> 00:16:25,473 "I must gnaw on your planet's energy to survive. 428 00:16:25,508 --> 00:16:26,707 Resistance is futile." 429 00:16:26,742 --> 00:16:27,708 Stop it, Sheen. 430 00:16:27,743 --> 00:16:29,844 Jimmy's not some kind of plaything! 431 00:16:29,879 --> 00:16:32,346 Aw, who's got little pawsies? 432 00:16:32,381 --> 00:16:34,181 Who's got widdle pawsies? 433 00:16:34,216 --> 00:16:36,450 That's right, Jimmy's got some, yes, he does. 434 00:16:36,486 --> 00:16:37,485 You got problems, Carl. 435 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:38,619 All right, that's it! 436 00:16:38,654 --> 00:16:39,653 Cut it out! 437 00:16:39,689 --> 00:16:41,555 I'm not a hamster! 438 00:16:41,591 --> 00:16:43,190 I'm a human being! 439 00:16:43,225 --> 00:16:46,460 Uh, could you scratch under my chin again? Right there? 440 00:16:46,496 --> 00:16:49,062 Oh, yeah... that's the ticket. 441 00:16:49,098 --> 00:16:52,633 Now, listen, you two have got to help me find Mr. Wuggles. 442 00:16:52,668 --> 00:16:55,335 It's the only way I can return to normal. 443 00:16:55,371 --> 00:16:56,537 Return to normal? 444 00:16:56,572 --> 00:16:58,572 But, Jimmy, you're so soft and cuddly. 445 00:16:58,608 --> 00:17:00,107 Yeah! 446 00:17:00,142 --> 00:17:02,610 And as Hamster Lord you could easily defeat 447 00:17:02,645 --> 00:17:05,112 the Lettuce People of Nebula Seven! 448 00:17:05,147 --> 00:17:06,413 Guys, focus! 449 00:17:06,448 --> 00:17:09,650 Listen, sending Wuggles and me back through the teleporter 450 00:17:09,685 --> 00:17:12,352 is the only way to de-scramble our atoms. 451 00:17:12,388 --> 00:17:13,487 Now, can I count on you? 452 00:17:14,757 --> 00:17:16,289 Yeah, I guess, sure. All right, sure. 453 00:17:16,325 --> 00:17:17,391 Okay, here's the plan. 454 00:17:17,426 --> 00:17:19,793 ( screeching ) 455 00:17:20,462 --> 00:17:22,863 Great plan, Jimmy! 456 00:17:22,899 --> 00:17:25,766 ( screaming ) 457 00:17:27,537 --> 00:17:30,704 ( squeaking ) 458 00:17:30,740 --> 00:17:31,972 All right, stop your squeaking. 459 00:17:32,008 --> 00:17:33,440 All right now, glove up. 460 00:17:33,475 --> 00:17:34,675 Eyes on the ball. 461 00:17:34,710 --> 00:17:36,176 Gaylord Perry taught me this one. 462 00:17:36,211 --> 00:17:37,144 It's a knuckleball. 463 00:17:37,179 --> 00:17:38,546 Ready? 464 00:17:39,582 --> 00:17:40,447 ( squeals ) 465 00:17:40,482 --> 00:17:41,682 Oh, whoops-a-daisy. 466 00:17:41,717 --> 00:17:43,216 That's why they call it the knuckleball. 467 00:17:43,252 --> 00:17:45,553 You got to keep the glove up, Jimmy. 468 00:17:45,588 --> 00:17:47,220 This one's a split-seam fastball. 469 00:17:47,256 --> 00:17:49,189 ( squeals ) 470 00:17:49,224 --> 00:17:52,159 ( groans ) Oh! Rub some dirt in that, son. 471 00:17:52,194 --> 00:17:54,728 ( shrieking ) 472 00:17:54,764 --> 00:17:56,196 ( stammers ): Uh, um... 473 00:17:56,231 --> 00:17:59,533 Y-you know, I'm really high in HDL cholesterol-- 474 00:17:59,569 --> 00:18:00,500 that's the bad kind. 475 00:18:00,536 --> 00:18:02,335 ( squawks ) 476 00:18:02,371 --> 00:18:03,637 ( gasps ) 477 00:18:03,673 --> 00:18:05,039 A satellite dish! 478 00:18:05,908 --> 00:18:07,240 Hey, what's that? 479 00:18:11,981 --> 00:18:13,013 Yes! 480 00:18:13,049 --> 00:18:17,250 If I could just punch in Goddard's homing code... 481 00:18:17,286 --> 00:18:18,318 ( beeping ) 482 00:18:20,189 --> 00:18:21,488 ( sniffing ) 483 00:18:21,523 --> 00:18:22,690 ( whirring ) 484 00:18:22,725 --> 00:18:23,757 Mmm.... 485 00:18:23,793 --> 00:18:24,758 ( barks ) 486 00:18:24,794 --> 00:18:26,159 ( screams ) 487 00:18:26,195 --> 00:18:27,160 ( shrieks ) 488 00:18:27,196 --> 00:18:29,396 Oh, it's no good... ( screeching ) 489 00:18:29,431 --> 00:18:30,330 I'm done for! 490 00:18:30,365 --> 00:18:31,732 ( sobs ) 491 00:18:31,767 --> 00:18:34,001 Goddard! 492 00:18:35,605 --> 00:18:36,536 ( growls ) 493 00:18:36,572 --> 00:18:38,806 Goddard, it's me. Huh? 494 00:18:38,841 --> 00:18:41,675 Jimmy! Remember, I feed you, walk you 495 00:18:41,711 --> 00:18:43,376 recharge your battery, huh? 496 00:18:43,412 --> 00:18:44,645 ( cooing ) 497 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,814 ( giggles ): Good boy. 498 00:18:46,849 --> 00:18:49,249 I knew you wouldn't eat me. 499 00:18:50,019 --> 00:18:51,085 Hey! Hey! ( growls ) 500 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:52,152 Huh? 501 00:18:55,524 --> 00:18:57,891 It's Mr. Wuggles! 502 00:18:57,927 --> 00:18:59,259 He was with my Dad the whole time. 503 00:18:59,294 --> 00:19:02,896 Quick, Goddard, let's get back to the lab. 504 00:19:02,932 --> 00:19:06,366 You know, maybe instead of eating Jimmy 505 00:19:06,401 --> 00:19:09,336 the hawk will raise him like his own son. 506 00:19:09,371 --> 00:19:10,237 Yeah! 507 00:19:10,272 --> 00:19:11,772 Then Jimmy will be half hamster 508 00:19:11,807 --> 00:19:13,473 half human, and half hawk! 509 00:19:14,409 --> 00:19:15,509 Hi guys! 510 00:19:15,544 --> 00:19:16,677 Oh, look, it's Jimmy. 511 00:19:17,713 --> 00:19:19,379 Jimmy, we're coming! 512 00:19:19,414 --> 00:19:21,081 Keep hope alive! 513 00:19:21,117 --> 00:19:21,882 Jimmy! 514 00:19:21,917 --> 00:19:24,284 ♪ Here, vicious little rodent. ♪ 515 00:19:24,319 --> 00:19:27,087 ♪ Come get some tasty seeds. ♪ 516 00:19:27,123 --> 00:19:29,723 Howdy, butter biscuit. Your menfolk are home. 517 00:19:29,759 --> 00:19:30,691 ( squeaking ) 518 00:19:30,726 --> 00:19:31,959 ( screams ): Eww! 519 00:19:31,994 --> 00:19:33,694 Eww! You get it out of here! Eww! 520 00:19:33,729 --> 00:19:35,729 ( squeals ) 521 00:19:35,765 --> 00:19:37,197 I am getting more traps. 522 00:19:37,232 --> 00:19:39,599 Hang on, Jimbo, I'll get a pliers. 523 00:19:39,635 --> 00:19:40,701 ( squeaking ) 524 00:19:40,736 --> 00:19:41,969 Do something, Jimmy 525 00:19:42,004 --> 00:19:44,805 'cause your Mom might hurt Mr. Wuggles. 526 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,006 Come on, think. 527 00:19:46,042 --> 00:19:47,407 Think, think... 528 00:19:52,514 --> 00:19:54,381 Hiya, Jimmy. 529 00:19:54,416 --> 00:19:55,149 Brain blast! 530 00:19:55,184 --> 00:19:57,885 Carl, hand me that hamster trail. 531 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,054 Sheen, get my magnifying ray. 532 00:20:00,089 --> 00:20:02,322 I'm going to lure Mr. Wuggles back to the lab 533 00:20:02,357 --> 00:20:04,692 with the one thing no hamster can resist. 534 00:20:08,064 --> 00:20:10,330 ( whirring ) 535 00:20:13,769 --> 00:20:16,036 Wugga, wugga, wugga, wug. 536 00:20:16,638 --> 00:20:18,072 ( squeaks ) 537 00:20:19,942 --> 00:20:22,509 ( squeaking ) 538 00:20:22,544 --> 00:20:24,011 It's working. 539 00:20:24,046 --> 00:20:25,179 Get ready, Carl. 540 00:20:25,214 --> 00:20:28,816 Wugga, wugga, wugga, wug. 541 00:20:28,851 --> 00:20:30,550 Now, Sheen! Initialize! 542 00:20:30,586 --> 00:20:31,785 ( buzzer ) 543 00:20:31,821 --> 00:20:32,886 ( alarm sounds ) 544 00:20:32,922 --> 00:20:34,722 ( machinery whirring ) 545 00:20:36,826 --> 00:20:38,258 Jimbo, you out here? 546 00:20:38,293 --> 00:20:41,795 Come on, now. Mom didn't mean to scare you. 547 00:20:41,831 --> 00:20:43,530 Hugh, that was not our son. 548 00:20:43,565 --> 00:20:47,300 That thing had fur and big teeth and whiskers. 549 00:20:47,336 --> 00:20:50,270 I've been calling him "Furry Jimmy." 550 00:20:53,475 --> 00:20:54,407 Hi, guys. 551 00:20:54,443 --> 00:20:55,209 Hey, Jimbo! 552 00:20:55,244 --> 00:20:57,477 You got your old head back. 553 00:20:57,512 --> 00:21:00,180 I tried to tell your mother we had everything under control 554 00:21:00,216 --> 00:21:01,548 but she never listens to me. 555 00:21:01,583 --> 00:21:02,515 ( sighs ) 556 00:21:02,551 --> 00:21:03,817 But I-I-I... 557 00:21:03,853 --> 00:21:05,485 I am never leaving you two alone again. 558 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:06,854 Hmmph! 559 00:21:06,889 --> 00:21:09,823 Well, I guess our little father-son day 560 00:21:09,859 --> 00:21:12,726 was just what you needed, eh, son? 561 00:21:12,762 --> 00:21:15,129 Uh, sure, Dad, if you say so. 562 00:21:15,164 --> 00:21:17,597 ( squeaking ) 563 00:21:17,633 --> 00:21:19,900 I love you, Mr. Wuggles. 564 00:21:19,935 --> 00:21:22,136 All right! A lizard! 565 00:21:22,171 --> 00:21:25,705 If I use Jimmy's pods to switch bodies with it 566 00:21:25,741 --> 00:21:27,107 I can be Lizard Lord! 567 00:21:27,143 --> 00:21:29,910 Behold, my tongue of doom and tremble. 568 00:21:29,945 --> 00:21:30,778 Tremble! 569 00:21:30,813 --> 00:21:32,579 ( screams ) 570 00:21:32,614 --> 00:21:34,447 ( screaming ) 571 00:21:35,684 --> 00:21:36,850 ( screams ) 572 00:21:41,390 --> 00:21:43,723 Captioning sponsored by THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 573 00:21:43,759 --> 00:21:46,526 and MTV TELEVISION NETWORKS 574 00:21:46,561 --> 00:21:50,264 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 575 00:21:58,674 --> 00:22:00,240 ( barking )