Fixies go to Fixie schools And study to be masters.
There's so much they need to learn To save us from disasters!
There isn't one appliance That they don't know about.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
Batteries
Oh, my little lemon, just you wait!
One day you'll be a strong and splendid tree!
She’s talking with a flowerpot!
You scared me!
Do you like it?
Like what?
My seedling, don't you see?
It will grow into a huge tree!
And there, amongst the green leaves...
will be beautiful yellow lemons.
Class!
From that thing? Lemons?
Oh yeah! It will grow into a tree!
All it needs for that is to gather energy.
Get energy? From where?
From our Sun!
The Sun? It'll be so slow.
Batteries would be faster than the sun!
Batteries?
I really don’t think so.
Toola!
Do you know how much energy they have?!
Let’s just bury a bunch of those batteries in here
and you'll be watching your lemon plant shoot up into a tree!
Are you... positive?
Absolutely!
And where can we get the batteries?
Over there!
Professor Eugenius has a whole box full of them!
Batteries, batteries!
We use them every day and need them by the ton.
Batteries, batteries!
They give power to appliances so they can run.
That does it!
We'll be seeing the first lemons before the week's over!
The first battery in the world was made in Italy
more than two hundred years ago.
When two different kinds of metal were placed in salty water,
electricity started flowing through a wire from one piece of metal to the other.
Many years have passed since then, but batteries still work in pretty much the same way.
Today you can find batteries being used for electricity just about everywhere.
Tiny batteries are used inside of wristwatches.
While big batteries can power cars and even ships.
With new batteries being produced by the millions, we have to think, how should we get rid of the old ones?
You can’t just throw away batteries because they'll poison our soil and water.
The best way to dispose of batteries is to take them to a special collection station
that sends them to factories for recycling.
Yes-yes! It's a terrible idea to bury batteries!
You can kill any plants that are growing there.
And this is the very reason why Professor Eugenius puts all of his used batteries in that box over there
so he can dispose of them properly.
Hey, where are they?
Oh, my seedling! We harmed you!
What? Where are the batteries?
They're in... the flowerpot.
How come?
So the lemons would grow faster.
From the batteries?
Who came up with that idea? It will die!
Hurry, we've got to go save it!
The soil is contaminated! We've got to find a new home for this seedling.
But where?
Over there! There’s a pot with healthy soil.
Let's do it!
Batteries, batteries!
They come in different sizes, shapes and colors too.
Batteries, batteries
Could be yellow, might be green, or maybe red and blue
Don’t cry, Toola!
The seedling will be perfectly fine.
It will grow big and strong
with branches full of beautiful lemons!
And oranges!
And watermelons!
It's a lemon tree, Fire.
Will you ever stop going too far, like with the batteries?
Well, anyhow, batteries are cool, right?
Look how many appliances can't work without them!
You're right! APPLIANCES can't work!
Look! The seedling is coming back to life!
It really is!
Toola, tell us. Isn’t it splendid?
Splendid!