Watch The Fixies, an educational cartoon series for kids! Follow Simka and Nolik as they secretly fix gadgets and teach lessons about science, technology, and teamwork.
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00:00The Cartoon
00:04Yeah.
00:10Like that.
00:12Yeah.
00:13Tom Thomas, aren't you done yet?
00:15Yeah! Show us your surprise and quit drawing!
00:18But this is the surprise!
00:21So, make yourselves comfortable.
00:24Quiet on the set and action!
00:31You should put a huge bump on his head.
00:33It's just like a cartoon that you drew him there.
00:35He did draw us a real cartoon there.
00:38Oh, right!
00:39Real cartoons, they only show them on television.
00:42But they make them exactly the same way!
00:47Animation is made with many-many pictures called frames.
00:52Each one of the frames has a story.
00:54And each frame has a story.
00:56And each frame has a story.
00:58And each frame has a story.
01:00And each frame has a story.
01:02And each frame has a story.
01:04And each frame has a story.
01:06And each frame has a story.
01:08And each frame has a story.
01:10And each frame has a story.
01:12And each frame has a story.
01:14And each frame has a story.
01:16And each frame has a story.
01:18And each frame has a story.
01:20And each frame has a story.
01:22And each frame has a story.
01:25Oh, wow!
01:26I'm not patient enough for that!
01:28It's no big deal that your cartoon is short.
01:31Especially since it's funny!
01:34Yeah, it's so funny!
01:36Tom Thomas, who is this kooky guy you drew here?
01:39You're just joking, Nolik.
01:41You don't recognize yourself?
01:43So this is supposed to be me on here?
01:46Did you already forget what happened to you this morning?
01:51Simka, you're it!
01:53You can't catch me!
01:57I'm too fast for you!
02:03You weren't too fast for the pole!
02:05Simka!
02:06You didn't have to tell him about that!
02:09Real sisters don't treat their brothers like that!
02:14And your cartoon's not funny at all!
02:17Nolik, don't go!
02:19It's OK, he just needs to sulk for a while.
02:22While he's gone, there's something I want to show you.
02:24Do you have a cartoon you can put on the TV?
02:26I have plenty!
02:32What should I do?
02:34Let's watch it again.
02:36But now I want to show you the same cartoon a frame at a time.
02:40Here, take a look.
02:42This is a frame,
02:44and here's another,
02:46and another.
02:48Isn't that cool?
02:50Uh-huh! So cool!
02:52And then back at regular speed,
02:54there's twenty-five frames every second!
02:56What should I do?
02:57It's magical!
02:59Simka, you know,
03:03I feel awful for Nolik.
03:05Yeah, I feel awful too.
03:11There are many different ways of making animation.
03:14Hand-drawn animation is of course drawn by hand.
03:17And stop-motion is made like this.
03:19The animators pose the model and take a picture of it.
03:22Then they move the model a little bit and take another picture.
03:25And they do it again and again and again
03:28until there are enough frames to make the characters look like they're moving very smoothly across the screen.
03:34Another popular style of animation is clay animation.
03:38In these films everything is built and rebuilt out of modeling clay.
03:44But today most of the cartoons are made on a computer.
03:47At first they make a computer model of a character,
03:50a sort of digital puppet.
03:52After the models are built, they are colored and animated to move.
03:56This is the kind of animation that's used in the Fixie cartoons.
04:05Tom Thomas, what are you doing? Are you drawing a new cartoon?
04:08Nah, I started fixing the old one.
04:11So Nolik will stop being angry.
04:13Good. Keep drawing. And I'll go and get him.
04:16Nolik!
04:18I'm not here!
04:20Nolik, forgive me!
04:22Please don't be so mad.
04:24There's a cartoon to watch.
04:26I've already seen your stupid cartoon.
04:28So what'd you do now? Put a huge bump on my head?
04:31Not a chance. I did it all over again.
04:34I'm sure you'll love it.
04:36You're sure of that?
04:38Alright, go ahead. Show me your cartoon.
04:41Quiet on the set and action!
04:50There you go! Now that cartoon I really liked.
04:54Good. Because I'm all out of paper.
04:57Well, I think the first cartoon was funnier.
05:01But this one's much better of course.
05:07Fixies have a special sign I happened to discover.
05:11They hold three fingers in the air And flash it to each other.
05:15They send their greetings to you, They sing them and they shout.
05:19But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
05:37Shh!
05:40The Alarm
05:43Hey there! I'm back!
05:49Wait! My chocolate bunny! It was standing right here!
05:52What's this? A dog?
05:53Not that one. Another one.
05:55I had two bunnies. I just got them as a present.
05:58You had two bunnies? Are you sure of that?
06:01Of course! You think I don't know my ones from my twos?
06:05Then someone stole one. Unless…
06:11You went and ate it yourself!
06:12Me? How come I don't remember anything about it?
06:15Maybe you're a sleepwalker!
06:17What is a sleepwalker?
06:19Someone who gets up from his bed at night without waking up.
06:23He crosses the room, eats one of his chocolate bunnies,
06:28and doesn't remember a thing in the morning.
06:30But in the morning the bunny was still there.
06:33Yeah?
06:35How about your mother? Could she have taken it?
06:39She doesn't like when you're eating too much candy.
06:42No, she doesn't. She says that candy is terrible for my teeth.
06:46And so, to save your teeth from these sweets,
06:49she snuck quietly into your room,
06:52snatched one of the rabbits, and ate it.
06:56But Mom's the one who gave them to me as a present.
06:59And so why would she take it?
07:02Yeah? Then I just don't know.
07:04Well, I do! I think it was your father!
07:08He wouldn't steal it. We know he's allergic to chocolate.
07:11Next he'll tell us how the fish took it.
07:14You know…
07:16I always thought there was something fishy about those fish.
07:21No doubt about it!
07:23They stole the bunny!
07:25The bunny!
07:31Uh-huh! And then they hid it in their aquarium!
07:35Nolik, that's funny!
07:38You know what, Tom Thomas? You need to protect that other chocolate hare!
07:42Exactly! It has to be eaten right away! Now, before it disappears!
07:47Just wait a little. You don't have to eat it.
07:50Let's think of something else.
07:52Of course! We need a security alarm!
07:55Need what?
08:00The alarm was invented to keep houses, cars, and other valuable things safe and secure.
08:06The simplest alarm is a siren or light bulb that is connected by wires to a door or window.
08:14When someone tries to open a door that has an alarm on it,
08:17the alarm goes off, making the siren howl and the light flash.
08:23Alarms can also be set up to call the police if they go off.
08:30Super!
08:32But where can we get ourselves a security alarm?
08:35You have an electronic construction kit, remember?
08:38You're right!
08:39Then bring it over here.
08:47Nolik, help me!
09:01Tideesh!
09:06Tideesh is the Fixies' victory call!
09:09When a job is well done and we Fixies are proud of our work,
09:14we exclaim, Tideesh!
09:16And raise up our hand with our thumb and first two fingers sticking out.
09:20You want to know what it means?
09:22It's very simple!
09:23Fixies love solving problems and fixing things that are broken.
09:28And do you know what you need to do to solve a problem?
09:31First, you need to find out what's broken.
09:34Second, understand why it broke.
09:36And third, repair what's broken so it works again.
09:40So do what the Fixies do and…
09:42First, find it!
09:43Second, understand it!
09:45And third, fix it!
09:46Tideesh!
09:48It really is a great word!
09:50And it sounds funny!
09:51But we Fixies surely like it a lot!
09:56Well, Tom Thomas, turn on the alarm!
09:59You sure the alarm will work?
10:01I'm sure! Without a doubt!
10:12Shhh!
10:29You're under arrest!
10:32Freeze!
10:38Chewsocka?!
10:40Why are you stealing my chocolate?
10:47The Scale
10:55Chewsocka! That's enough already!
10:57But what if it's something important?
10:59Come on! She's just a dog!
11:01They say that cats and dogs have a sixth sense that we don't have.
11:05What's that?
11:07Well, they feel all sorts of things that we humans don't.
11:10I better let her in.
11:19Mom and I will be home before dinner.
11:21Please remember to give Chewsocka her food.
11:24Love, Dad.
11:25Oh! How could I have forgotten this?!
11:28I just can't believe it!
11:29You believe in a sixth sense now, don't you?
11:32Uh-huh.
11:33Only it looks like for Chewsocka it's a sense of hunger.
11:40How much food should I give her?
11:42Look, it's all written on that chart.
11:44For each kilogram of the dog's weight,
11:47serve one leveled scoop at every feeding.
11:50Uh-huh. I got it.
11:52How many scoops is Chewsocka?
11:54Oops, I mean, how many kilograms?
11:56I don't know.
11:57Then what should we do?
11:59You don't know?
12:00We'll weigh Chewsocka. That's what we'll do.
12:02With what?
12:03With a scale.
12:05There's one standing in your dad's office.
12:07You're right. Let's go.
12:14I was wondering,
12:15does it bother your mom that only your dad has his own office and not hers?
12:19Nah. Mom says she's got her own office.
12:21It's called the kitchen.
12:23Hey, look! There's the scale.
12:25Did you know that humans have had scales like this for more than seven thousand years?
12:33If we want to find out how much something weighs,
12:36we need to compare it with something that we already know the weight of.
12:39Let's say you need to weigh a watermelon.
12:42You put it on the scale's pan and it drops down.
12:45Now you keep adding weights to the other side until the two sides balance.
12:49Well, this one is too heavy.
12:51But this one is just right.
12:53Since the weight is ten kilograms,
12:55it means that the watermelon weighs ten kilos.
12:59And that's just how simply a scale works.
13:05Well, should we start?
13:07Chewsocka!
13:08Right, like she's gonna come running.
13:10How are you gonna get her away from that bag?
13:13I know how to get her.
13:24Here, hold this little piece of food while I weigh her.
13:31This may be little, but it's way too heavy!
13:34Just hang on!
13:37Please, hurry up!
13:44Come on! Hurry up!
13:50Done!
13:52Done!
13:53Her weight is two kilograms.
14:14OK, now we can feed Chewsocka.
14:17Chewsocka weighs two kilograms, so two cups will be just right then.
14:25Do you think that you can feed your pets any kind of food at all?
14:29Oh no!
14:31For them to be healthy, pets just like humans need to have a nutritious diet.
14:36Today there are special pet foods for birds, fish, dogs, cats, and all sorts of other pets.
14:43These foods are made with everything your pets need to stay healthy.
14:46Like meat, fish, fruits, grains, vegetables, and vitamins.
14:51These kinds of foods give pets a well-balanced diet, and there's no need to cook them.
14:56They're ready to eat.
14:57Just pour them in a bowl and your dog will be happy.
15:00And so will your cat, and your bird, and your fish too!
15:05Just be careful not to mix them up, because what's good for a fish isn't good for a dog.
15:10Each animal needs its own special food.
15:17Stop!
15:19What's wrong?
15:20What's wrong? You have to take out a piece!
15:23She ate one already!
15:25Alright.
15:31So, that six cents, you still think it's true, right?
15:43What did you bring that for?
15:46Oh! Mama's calling!
15:48No way! How could she know it would ring?
15:51I knew that Chewsocka had it!
15:54Hello?
15:55It was a six cents, wasn't it?
16:04Fixies have a special sign I happened to discover.
16:09They hold three fingers in the air And flash it to each other.
16:13They send their greetings to you, They sing them and they shout.
16:17But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
16:34The Mirror
16:36Hi there, Tom Thomas!
16:38Why has this mirror been standing here in the hallway for a whole week already?
16:42My dad can't seem to find any time to hang it on the wall.
16:46Are you sure it won't fall?
16:47It hasn't fallen so far.
16:53So, Nolik, do I look like Spider-Man?
16:59No, you don't look like him at all!
17:01Eee!
17:03No, you don't look like him at all!
17:07You can't climb on walls like Spider-Man!
17:10Yeah, I'm sure you can do it!
17:12I can do it!
17:13Just give your chewing gum to me!
17:24See that? Like in the movie!
17:26Oh, like that's really hard!
17:28Just keep watching!
17:33That's hard!
17:35Feast your eyes and see what the only Spider-Fixie in the whole wide world can do!
17:54Catch me!
17:55I got you!
17:58The mirror!
18:00The mirror!
18:11Long ago, the only way humans could see their reflection was to look into water.
18:17The very first mirrors appeared about five thousand years ago.
18:21They were made out of silver or bronze.
18:24Legend has it that the Greek scientist Archimedes once burned down an entire enemy fleet with the help of mirrors like these.
18:32But humans only became able to see their reflections well after they started making mirrors out of glass.
18:40And we still use glass mirrors today.
18:42But of course mirrors are not only used for looking at our reflections.
18:46They are also used in telescopes to collect the light of distant stars.
18:50And humans also use mirrors inside of automobile headlights so they will shine even brighter.
18:56Just look at all the things mirrors can do for you!
19:04Looks like it didn't break.
19:06Help me lift it so we can lean it back up on the wall.
19:13Tom Thomas!
19:15I've gotten a reflection in the mirror!
19:17That's impossible, because only vampires can't see their reflections.
19:22Or ghosts.
19:23But I'm not in there!
19:24So then, I guess you've become a ghost!
19:33No, not a ghost! I don't like them!
19:36Hey, what's all the racket? Did you guys get yourself into trouble again?
19:40Simka!
19:41Me and Tom Thomas were playing Spider-Man and I turned into a ghost for some reason.
19:47Yeah, a ghost. That's silly! They don't even exist!
19:52You don't have any reflection either!
19:55Simka! You're a ghost just like I am!
20:03That's just goofy!
20:08Look! Just look! Here I am!
20:10Well, hi there!
20:11But why couldn't I see myself over here?
20:14It's probably because the mirror is scratched on the back.
20:17Tom Thomas, do you think you can rotate the mirror?
20:21It's just like I said. Some of the special coating got scraped off of the back.
20:28A mirror is not just a piece of plain glass.
20:31Plain glass lets light pass through it, but a mirror reflects light.
20:36To turn a piece of glass into a mirror,
20:38people spray a special shiny coating on one of its sides that reflects everything.
20:43And then to protect the shiny coating, an extra layer of paint is put on top of it.
20:49But even with that protection, you still have to handle mirrors carefully.
20:53Because mirrors can easily scratch or even break!
20:59And do you think that this one is possible to fix?
21:02Yeah, we can do it!
21:03It's a good thing you have a pack-o-mat with you!
21:06I thought we might need it after you started screaming over here.
21:09Don't tell me you've got paint in there for a mirror!
21:12A pack-o-mat's got everything you'll ever need!
21:26It's all ready!
21:29My dad's coming!
21:31Tom Thomas, what are you doing here?
21:33Checking if you hung it!
21:35Yeah, right. I'll definitely hang that mirror on the wall soon.
21:39Hmm, like, tomorrow!
21:43Or next week!