0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Every day when you're walkin' down the street
0:00:05 > 0:00:07# Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Has an original point of view
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:12 > 0:00:17# What a wonderful kind of day If we can learn to work and play
0:00:17 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 0:00:23# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# Get together and make things better By working together
0:00:32 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:37 > 0:00:39- # Oh, believe in yourself - Believe in yourself
0:00:39 > 0:00:41# For that's the place to start
0:00:41 > 0:00:46- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:46 > 0:00:51# If we can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:51 > 0:00:57# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Hey, DW!
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Hey!
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Whoa!
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Cool movie, but how come no-one ever guesses Dark Bunny
0:01:08 > 0:01:10is really billionaire Deuce Wayne?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13You know, it is kind of unbelievable.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Gumdrop?
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Doesn't anyone find it strange that Deuce has really bulging muscles?
0:01:24 > 0:01:29Or that he ducks into a supply closet whenever danger appears.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Or that he looks exactly like Dark Bunny.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Maybe other people just don't notice these things.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38That's true, not everyone is as observant as you and me.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50One thing's for sure, if there was a superhero
0:01:50 > 0:01:54masquerading as a normal person in Elwood City, we'd figure it out.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Good morning, everyone.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Nothing starts the day off like a bracing pop quiz.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11ALL: Aww.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13PHONE VIBRATES
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Who brought a portable telephone into my classroom?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Oh, dear, it's me. How embarrassing.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Hello. Really?
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Really!?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Merciful Mikado, I must leap into action.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Forgive me class, but duty calls. I'll fetch Principal Haney
0:02:31 > 0:02:33to look after you. In the meantime,
0:02:33 > 0:02:38you may forget the quiz and instead watch this entertaining film.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42'There are over 6,000 species of the freshwater mollusc.'
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Forget the quiz?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48I didn't think I'd ever hear those words come out of his mouth.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And what did he mean by duty calls?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Maybe he's a volunteer firemen.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55I don't think so.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Well, maybe he's a volunteer chef for firemen who steps in
0:02:58 > 0:03:01when the normal chef is out cos his cat is sick.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- What? It's possible.- I've got it.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07I know what you're going to say.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Mr Ratburn has been replaced by an alien.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- I wasn't going to say that.- Oh.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I was going to say Mr Ratburn escaped from aliens and now uses
0:03:16 > 0:03:20their advanced technology to fight crime as a superhero.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- How do you figure that? - He's got a rat phone.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26When there's trouble he gets the distress call and away he goes.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Buster, Mr Ratburn is not a superhero,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32just like he wasn't a nail-eating vampire.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34A nail-eating vampire?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37When we first met Mr Ratburn we were convinced he was a vampire,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40but it turned out he was just an amateur puppeteer.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43This is different, you heard that call.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46So? It was just one call. We need more proof than that.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Always happy to step in for a teacher. Everything OK?
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Everything is splendid.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Sir Chester Wimple is coming to town.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Well, I'll be.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Eh...
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- Who's Sir Chester Wimple?- Only the world's greatest light opera singer.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06He's just agreed to guest star in our community theatre's
0:04:06 > 0:04:11production of the Pirates Of Penzance and he's coming tomorrow.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16I didn't know you were a member of an opera troupe. What do you sing?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Oh, I just do costumes and props.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Although I do know every word by heart.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23# Come one and all undaunted men in blue
0:04:23 > 0:04:28# A crisis now, affairs are coming to
0:04:28 > 0:04:31# Yet when the danger's near
0:04:31 > 0:04:33# Tarantara tarantara
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- # We manage to appear.- #
0:04:37 > 0:04:38I knew it.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Hide your homework, Martians are stealing your education!
0:04:53 > 0:04:58The Earthlings cannot defeat us if they never learn anything.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Don't be afraid.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Rocket Rat is here to make the grade.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13Look out, Mr Martian.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16And you're heading straight to detention.
0:05:16 > 0:05:23Lousy rodent, let's see how well you steer without a rudder.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Mwa-ha-ha-ha!
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Uh-ho. Waaa!
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Lucky for me, I never leave home without my ace mechanic, Sparky.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41And I never leave home without my trusty socket wrench.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Way to think on the fly, Sparky.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I should have invaded Venus.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56And then after Rocket Rat has saved the world,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00he changes back into his regular clothes and is Mr Ratburn again.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03That sounds just like something I would make up.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05But I'm telling you, I saw it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Let's see, props for the beach scene.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13Fake seaweed, check. Realistic looking boulders, check.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Are they papier-mache?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Yep, light as a feather. Whoa!
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I'll believe Mr Ratburn has superpowers
0:06:20 > 0:06:21when I see it for myself.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Now do you believe me?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33There is a legend in the bayou - a creature born of algae
0:06:33 > 0:06:35and radioactive chalk dust.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40He is lonely, misunderstood and I alone can communicate with him.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Ahhh!
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Beware what the lays in the swamp.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Swamp Rat, you saved my life!
0:06:59 > 0:07:04And I also saved you from poor grammar.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07That creature should have said,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10"Beware of what lies in the swamp."
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Come, I will show you the way
0:07:13 > 0:07:15out of this infernal swamp
0:07:15 > 0:07:21and teach you about the conjugation of irregular verbs.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23And then the Swamp Rat drinks a potion
0:07:23 > 0:07:26that turns him back into Mr Ratburn.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Although sometimes he forgets
0:07:27 > 0:07:29and leaves a little bit of algae on his shoulder.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Ladonna, that's the silliest story I've ever heard.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Yeah, if Mr Ratburn were Rocket Rat
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- and the Swamp Rat he'd never have time to teach.- That's not what I...
0:07:40 > 0:07:44OK, this has got to stop. I'm going to prove to you once and for all
0:07:44 > 0:07:49that Mr Ratburn is not a superhero.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Pirate costume complete.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Hmm, the actor does leap about the stage quite a bit.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57I'd better test them out.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- Where are we going?- To Ratburn's house.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03We're going to get to the bottom of this once and for all.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Yes, I believe these should hold up nicely.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Oh, dear. I'm locked out.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Wait, maybe we shouldn't bother him.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Yeah, what if he's training for his next mission?
0:08:34 > 0:08:39Oh, yeah, he's probably scaling the walls of his house right now.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- BOTH: Ah!- What?
0:08:48 > 0:08:53I want to watch Mary Moo Cow. Now!
0:08:53 > 0:08:58DW ate my experimental high yeast muffins and now she's expanded.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Who can we turn to?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03# Silkworm Man Silkworm Man
0:09:03 > 0:09:05# Does whatever a pupae can
0:09:05 > 0:09:07# Throws up silk when danger's close
0:09:07 > 0:09:09# From his mouth it's kind of gross
0:09:09 > 0:09:10# Look there
0:09:10 > 0:09:12# He wraps up the case with cloth
0:09:12 > 0:09:14# Someday he'll be a moth
0:09:14 > 0:09:17# He is the Silkworm Man! #
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Too much yeast, eh?
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Well, if memory serves, nothing stops yeast from expanding like...
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Anybody? It's that's teachable moment.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Nothing stops yeast likes salt, Silkworm Man.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36Excellent, Larva Lad - my trusty sidekick.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38But how will we get her to eat all that salt?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Fortuitously, there was
0:09:40 > 0:09:43also a truck full of popcorn parked around the corner.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Mmmm. Popcorn!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Urgh, it's bland.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Mmmmm.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Ah, I'm shrinking!
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Swell job, Larva Lad.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Another case sewn up tight!
0:10:12 > 0:10:16And I turned around and there he was in costume on the roof.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Apologies if I'm not in top form today,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I was up rather late attending to an urgent matter.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Mr Ratburn, I just want you to know that if your cellphone rings...
0:10:25 > 0:10:29And you have to go rescue someone, like from a swamp or whatever...
0:10:29 > 0:10:33We can cause a distraction while you fight the forces of evil.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Yes, well, I'll keep that in mind.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Let's start the day off with a make-up quiz.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Now, if someone would pass these...
0:10:41 > 0:10:42I'll do it! I'm your sidekick.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46I should do it. I'll help the Swamp Rat.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Such enthusiasm.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I'll have to give quizzes more often.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52PHONE VIBRATES. Ah! It's the rat phone.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Quick, cause a distraction.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56A toad's eating my leg!
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Would someone care to explain what's going on here?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04I really thought Mr Ratburn was a superhero.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I can't believe he's just a costume designer.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10I can't believe our punishment is to watch this opera.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14It's not a punishment, Buster, it The Pirates Of Penzance.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18And this opera is full of fascinating heroes.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Great Gilbert and Sullivan, it's Sir Chester Wimple!
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Mr Wimple, it is an honour and a privilege.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32You can't go on because you have laryngitis?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Who will sing the part of the Major General?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Me? No, I could never...
0:11:38 > 0:11:42I mean, I do know the lyrics by heart, but I haven't rehearsed.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Do it, Mr Ratburn. - Come on, you'll be great.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48You could save the day.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50# I am the very model of a modern Major-General
0:11:50 > 0:11:53# I've information vegetable animal and mineral
0:11:53 > 0:11:56# I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical.. .#
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Do you believe me now?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00# From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical. #