- Jump, jump! [both grunt]
- Hup, hup! - Jump, jump!
[both grunt]
- What the heck are you doing?
- Trying to do a jump jump kick.
- You know, from video games.
When your second jump is in the air,
then you do a cool kick.
- Jump, jump! - Hup, hup!
- Somehow you two are dumber together.
- Or we're smarter together.
- Got him!
[smack]
[knock on door]
- Hi, I'm Pencil.
I live down the hall.
I accidentally got some of your mail.
You read "Big Brain Magazine"?
- Yes, I'm an inventor. [chuckles]
A lot of smart stuff happening in this brain.
- Jump, jump!
Ow!
- No way!
I'm an inventor too.
I work at CyberTech.
- CyberTech, the most impressive technology company
in the world?
That must mean--
- You're super smart.
- ♪ Ooh, smart girl ♪
- ♪ Smart girl ♪
- ♪ Smart girl, she's so smart ♪
- I love you.
- What? - Uh, I said, um,
I also work at a big tech company.
- What? No, you don't!
You work at a junky store that
- Cool!
I love seeing other tech companies.
Could I come visit?
- Say no!
She'll find out you're lying!
What are you going to do, turn your store
into a tech company?
- Absolutely.
Uh, you can come by, um,
two years from now?
- [chuckles]
How about today at noon?
- [chuckles] How about today at 10:00?
- What are you doing?
- Relax, Paper. This is going to work.
Just practice your intro.
Hey, Pencil. [clears throat]
Hi, Pencil.
Pencil, I lied to you about my workplace to impress you!
I'm a fraud!
No, the first two were way better.
- You work at a place called "Best Tech Company"?
- And I run the whole thing.
[bell jingles] - Hey!
I don't pay you to talk to girls!
I pay you to untangle the big box
of wires we keep in the back!
[door slams]
- [chuckles]
That's, uh, tech talk.
I have a very big brain.
- Can I come inside? - No!
You can't, because we're working
on a top-secret device that will, uh,
solve world hunger.
Makes food.
Unlimited food.
- So you work at a place called "Best Tech Company,"
and I can't come inside because you're working
on a secret device that makes food.
Unlimited food.
- It's top secret, but yes.
- Paper, it seems like you're lying.
I mean, there's no evidence to support
anything you just--[gasps]
Is that the president of the United States?
- Good, you're here, because we have an emergency.
A race of vicious aliens is threatening the planet,
and I need a brilliant mind to solve this problem.
- So you came to me?
- Of course.
The smartest people work at tech companies.
So I searched online for "best tech company."
And your business was the first result,
which means you must be the smartest person alive.
- The sign is hammered on, right?
[hammer clatters]
- The fate of the world is in your hands.
Are you the man for the job?
- No!
- Absolutely.
[sign clatters]
- Our peace talks with the aliens have failed.
So we'll connect you now to the Hipponoid commander.
- Sorry, uh, Hipponoid?
- I am the Hipponoid commander.
Our planet is low on food,
so we demand Earth's resources.
And I suggest you comply,
because we are the most dangerous species
in the galaxy.
Give us all of your planet's food,
or we will have no choice but to invade
and take it ourselves!
- [gesturing hums]
- Uh--uh, well, um, first of all,
I hear you, and I see you.
So--
- Paper's working on a device that
can produce unlimited food!
Maybe he could give it to you!
- I could, but it's gone.
And I can't say why, uh,
because top secret.
- But you could build another one?
- Sure?
- [screams]
- You have three hours to complete it,
or the invasion begins.
[screen beeps]
[phone ringing] - Wait.
We're getting another call.
- Paper, look!
We got better at the jump jump kick!
Look, Paper! Paper, look!
- You're not looking. - Paper, look, look!
Look, paper! - Yo, look!
- Paper, look! - Paper, right here!
- Paper, look at us! - You're not looking!
- OK, I need you to explain the mechanics
of the world hunger device in very specific detail.
- Uh--uh, well, uh, there are some, uh--
some--some cords, obviously.
And, uh--uh, some screws.
And then, um, the food comes out of it.
- Ooh!
I think I know where you're going!
- How? I mean, you do?
- Yeah, but let's say it at the same time
to see if I'm right.
Using principles of biochemistry--
- The "principl-emistry" "cul-stuff."
- With an eye toward cellular culture,
we can focus on germination-- - "Farkus," Germany.
- And replication-- - "Eller," sauce.
- In a power source that takes into account
stoichiometric coefficients-- - Store turkey.
- To form a charge. - Collective arch.
And the food comes out of it.
- Great, I got it!
Just one question-- how do you subvert the law
of conservation of mass?
- I guess I think of that law as more of a guideline.
- [laughs, snorts]
Good one, Paper!
- [dreamy sigh]
- ♪ Ooh, smart girl ♪
- ♪ Smart girl ♪
- ♪ Smart girl, she's so smart ♪
♪ Smart girl ♪ - ♪ Smart girl ♪
♪ Wipe those sweaty pits ♪
[device beeping]
- It works!
Paper, do you have anything you want to add?
- You're my everything.
- What?
- Oh, uh, I said, I also work at a big tech company.
[chuckles]
- I built it! With Pencil.
Uh, she mostly-- [stammers]
We built it! - Excellent.
Show me how it works.
- Oh. Uh, well,
there's only one button.
so clearly you just--
[whirring, beeping]
Dang it!
I, um--
- I got to go, Mom.
He just broke the machine.
- [gasping]
- Is everything OK?
- Do I need to invade?
- No, no, no, no, no!
It's just the device is so, uh, complicated.
Maybe I better go up to the Hipponoid spaceship
and show them how to use it in person.
- Do you want me to come?
- No, you can't, uh, because then
you'll see, uh, how dangerous they are.
Besides, I already have a team of skilled engineers
I want to bring.
I need you to jump jump kick these Hipponoids
and knock them out before they invade the planet.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, there you are.
I was just ripping up this piece of paper.
[blows]
- OK, that felt targeted.
- Now, show me the device.
- Don't worry. We got this.
[yelling] - Jump, jump!
[both grunt]
- So close.
- So you came to betray us.
Well, if violence is what you want,
violence is what you'll get.
Hipponoids, prepare to invade Earth!
[alarms blaring]
[dramatic music]
[blasters click]
- Wait!
This was all a lie that got way out of hand.
I'm not smart,
I don't know how to invent anything,
and I broke the food device.
I'm sorry.
I--I was just trying to impress someone I like.
- You listen to me, and you listen good.
I--
totally get it.
- What?
- I'm in the same situation.
Back on my planet, I was just a cubicle worker.
But I lied that I was a fierce warrior to impress a crush.
He's so cute, right?
He's clearly the best-looking Hipponoid.
- Uh--
- Anyway, before I knew it,
I was commander of the Hipponoids.
I've had to keep up this lie for over 50 years,
and the stress is eating me alive.
I mean, look at me.
I'm 371 years old, but I look like I'm 542.
Honestly, the last thing I want to do
is invade Earth because then my crush will know
I'm not a fierce soldier,
and he'll never talk to me again.
I don't know what to do!
- Look at us, lying and lying
and just digging ourselves into a deeper hole.
But if you dig deep enough,
don't you come out the other side?
- That logic works for me.
- Then I have an idea.
both: Paper and the commander present the fight scene!
- [whispering] Guys, we said no on the sign.
- So it has come to this--
a battle between the smartest person, you,
and the toughest, me.
- [stiffly] I will not let you invade Earth.
Prepare to feel the wrath of my high-tech science gun!
Pew, pew-pew!
Invisible lasers!
Smart stuff, smart stuff!
- Uh, ping, ping. Bounce.
Sorry, Paper.
My huge muscles blocked your lasers 'cause I'm so tough.
Tough guy punch!
- Whoa! [clatter]
Oh, no.
We broke the food, uh, device that
was working perfectly up until this point in the battle.
And again, you are so tough.
And I am so--
Smart.
- Now, that's a scientist.
- Enough of this fighting.
I refuse to risk the lives of my crew
against your massively big brain.
So I will make the tough choice
to look for food elsewhere.
Anything else that needs wrapping up?
- Paper, I fixed the food device.
I'm sure I did the same thing you and Pencil did.
But just to make sure,
want to say it at the same time?
- Get me off of this ship.
[triumphant music]
[applause]
So were you impressed by how I saved
the planet with my intellect?
- Honestly, Paper, this whole day has
felt like one big lie.
Did you really defeat the Hipponoids?
- Listen to me!
If you don't come clean now,
you'll have to keep up this lie forever
and probably end up as anxious as that Hipponoid commander.
You'll dig yourself so deep, you'll never be able
to have a real relationship with Pencil.
And one day the truth will come out,
and she'll never forgive you.
But you can avoid that nightmare
by just telling her the truth.
Now, for once, Paper,
listen to your brain!
- Pencil, I'll be honest.
I did so much more.
Don't look at her face, Paper.
Just maintain the cool moment. - Jump, jump!
Kick! - Ahh!
[upbeat action music]
[gasp] - We did it!
- ♪ They did the jump jump kick ♪
[upbeat music] ♪ Do the jump jump kick ♪
♪ Give it all you got ♪
♪ The future's in your hands ♪
♪ You got to take your shot ♪
♪ First you double jump ♪
♪ Then you do the kick ♪
♪ Love is the answer ♪
♪ Study hard in school ♪
♪ Jump jump kick! ♪
♪ ♪