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.
The Talking Doll
Mama
Well then, now you know what you need to do to fix it.
Professor!
Our lesson is over.
I’m sorry to be a bother.
No problem, Professor Eugenius, our lesson is over.
I've got an urgent matter. You see?
Mama, konichiwa!
- You've got yourself a talking doll! - Yes, only she speaks Japanese.
The problem is I've been asked to get her to talk in English.
- We’ll teach her. - It’s a new technology.
I'm puzzled.
Don't you worry. We'll figure it out, Professor.
Thank you, my colleague.
You're always there when I need it.
What would I do without you?
Professor! Can you tell us how toys talk?
Not now, children. We'll learn about the doll tomorrow.
Now it's time to go home.
I already know everything about that doll.
You do?
Changing her voice is so easy that anyone can do it.
How?
Here, come. I’ll show you.
Early talking dolls used to work with a noise maker inside.
When the doll was turned over,
air inside the noise maker got pushed through a squeaker at the end of it,
making a noise that sounded like the word "mama".
Funny.
Today the noises are recorded onto an electronic chip that's part of a little player inside of the doll.
Just press a button, and the sounds start playing.
So now dolls can say much more than just “mommy” or "daddy".
They can say anything at all!
Well, here's the chip. This is where the recording of the doll's voice is.
That's awesome! Can you rerecord the voice on there?
Well, yeah.
OK, I gotta go.
See you.
Wait, Nolik! I thought of a really funny joke to pull!
What if we...
Uh-huh!
Well now, as I promised yesterday, I'm going to tell you all about talking dolls.
Some start talking when you rock them while others react to noise.
And for this little lady you need to press a button to get her to talk.
Who wants to?
- Toola! - Me?
Well, OK. I can do it.
Go ahead!
And you'll hear her say, "Hi there, Mama."
But in Japanese for now.
Toola!
Toola? Is that Japanese for, "Hi there"?
Toola, why are you hiding a picture of Digit in the pack-o-mat?
How could she ever know that?
Maybe you're in love?
That doll is alive!
They call that joking!
I just thought of a better joke that we can play!
Yeah!
What?
Toola, don’t cry.
She’s not alive.
She is alive!
I'll tell you who did this horrible thing. It was Fire and Nolik.
It's true. But now the joke will be on them.
How?
The smartest fixie in our class is Digit!
Sometimes I think that he knows everything about everything.
Professor Grandpus has a lot of respect for him.
Digit is always in thought whenever you see him
and he doesn’t like when anyone distracts him.
He just has no time for fooling around with the other boys.
Digit prefers to solve problems using his brains and not his muscles.
That’s why he can have a tough time at gym class.
But he's so sweet that it makes you wanna help him.
To tell you the truth, Digit isn't always great fixing things with his own hands,
but no one understands technology better than he does.
If something breaks, Digit can always figure out exactly what's wrong with it
and the very best way to fix it.
- We are going to make it even funnier this time! - Uh-huh!
- You came back?! You trouble makers! - Masiya!
Now I’ll show you what happens to bad boys who hurt girls' feelings!
Oh, you got scared!
Who's crying now, huh?
They probably thought that the doll came to life!
You know what, Digit?
I just started thinking that it might be better if she WERE alive.
You know, Toola, you sure are hard to please!
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they’re magnified It’s hard to see their features.
They’re tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don’t let their secret out!
Chess
How about that?
Then I'll play... my pawn.
And I'll play my pawn.
Grandpus, we need our spool and it's missing.
Oh! Congratulations.
Professor, have you seen it anywhere?
The spool?
I haven’t seen it.
We’re playing chess, can't you see?
Do you like board games?
Like Dominoes, for instance.
Just about everybody has played it, but do you know where it came from?
Dominoes was invented by the ancient Chinese.
They made tiles and decorated them with dots like on a pair of dice.
And this a game that looks a lot like checkers,
but it's a lot more challenging.
It’s called backgammon.
Backgammon originated in Persia and from there it spread all over the world.
But the most challenging game of them all is the game of chess.
Chess was invented in India,
and today the game of chess is loved in every country.
It's played by adults, by children, and even by computers!
Chess is a real sport,
but the most important thing for playing chess is not the power in your arms,
but the power in your brain.
Hey, look! I found it!
Hey, what's going on?!
That's our spool!
Please let us take it back! There's something we have to do with it.
But we're using it!
Can't you wait?
It's a replacement for the missing pawn.
Oh! Nolik can work for a while as the pawn's replacement.
Yeah!
I could do it!
Alright, you can take it.
And you stand right over here.
One, two, three, up we go!
Class!
So how do we play?
You’re going to play for the whites.
And now I'm going to capture your knight!
And we...
We’re going to knock over yours!
Take that!
Woah-woah-woah, young man! Slow down!
It goes back here.
Nolik, get back to your square!
What for?
Pawns don’t move like that.
Then how do they move?
Only one square per move and only forward.
Of all of the pieces, the little pawn is the weakest.
What a mess!
So which one's strongest?
This! It's the queen! She's the most dangerous threat to the other king.
How come I couldn't be queen?!
Then that black king would have to deal with me.
Oh, yes!
In chess each player has a black or white army with eight pawns,
two knights, two bishops, two castles and a queen.
All of them work together for their king,
trying to protect him while attacking the enemy's king.
If the king finds himself in a position where he can be captured,
the attacking player says “check”.
And if the king finds himself with nowhere to run from the attack, it's called "checkmate".
Whoever checkmates the other player’s king first is the winner!
I'll move my queen.
Yeah!
And me…
my queen!
Then I'll just capture your queen!
Really? Then I'll just capture yours!
Granpus, should I go now?
Not yet.
So, do you feel like surrendering?
You're kidding. Do you?
Nolik, forward!
Hurrah!
We’ll step aside.
Forward!
Uh-huh! Next I'll go and capture the knight!
He got away!
Alright, Pawn, and once more - go forward!
Grand… Grandpus!
Where do I go now?
Don't you see the edge?
Don't go anywhere! Now you’re the queen!
What?!
The rules of chess say that if a pawn makes it all the way to the other side,
he can become anything that was captured earlier.
Hurrah!
Then I'll be the queen! And I'll be the strongest piece in the whole game!
Hey, queen! Get back here!
In case you don't know, this isn't over yet!
We capture the pawn with the queen.
Queen, this is your new place.
Check.
Huh! Yeah?
Now come to here.
Check mate, my colleague!
Of course it is!
Oh! It is... mate.
Yeah.
I lost.
Hurrah! Tideesh! Tideesh! Tideesh!
Professor, we found the missing pawn for you.
So that means Nolik can leave with us.
I’m not going anywhere with you!
Chess is the greatest game you'll ever play in your life!
You should have seen how I put Professor Eugenius into check mate!
Really?
Well… Grandpus helped me a little.
Actually, it was Grandpus telling me where to move.
But I'm the queen now!