Brain's Brain Arthur

# Every day when you're walkin' down the street

# Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view... #

SHE GIGGLES

-# And I say, hey! #

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day If you can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street

# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!

# Get together and make things better by working together

# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart

# Oh, believe in yourself For that's the place to start

-# And I say, hey! #

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day

# If you can learn to work and play

-# And get along with each other... #

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #

Hey, DW!

-HEY!

-Whoa-oa!

CRASHING

Today's episode is all about the brain.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to my show.

Hey!

Not that Brain. This brain.

Did you know that our brain is one of the most complex things

in the entire known universe?

Each brain is made up of lots of teeny tiny cells called neurons.

I wonder how many neurons are in a human brain?

Over 80 billion.

Can I come out now?

Wow! 80 billion.

One of the most amazing things about the brain

is how much it can remember.

Hey, speaking of memory,

you owe me 50 cents for that vanilla yoghurt I bought you yesterday.

It was 25 cents

and it was a blueberry yoghurt.

It was 50 cents and I distinctly remember it was vanilla.

HE SIGHS We'll talk about it later.

Did you happen to notice the strange things

that just appeared in Buster's room?

There were five of them.

How many can you remember?

We'll check back with you at the end of the show.

I'll tell you what's strange,

the amount of dirty socks in here.

Eurgh!

PING!

Oh, Brain, you've really outdone yourself this time.

Mwah-ha!

What are you doing up?

-It's past midnight.

-It is?

I was so busy preparing for our spring egg hunt

I lost track of time. I'd better get a flashlight.

You can hide the eggs tomorrow morning.

But the kids are coming at ten.

I need time to find super challenging hiding spots.

Tomorrow, Alan.

Ah!

It's the toughest egg hunt in all of Elwood City.

Once he hid an egg inside an orange

and the peel wasn't even broken.

I only found it because I got hungry.

Well, this Mr Brain has finally met his match.

-I'm the best finder in the whole wide world.

-Oh, really?

It's true. Mum says I have a gift.

I can even find things before they're lost.

That doesn't make any sense.

Well, I pinkie bet you...

..two paperclips and a marker that smells like strawberries

that I find more eggs than you.

I'll see your two paperclips and a marker that smells like strawberries

and raise you a giraffe sticker and a bendy straw.

Deal.

I can smell those strawberries now.

The theme of this year's egg hunt is...

great men and women of science.

Every egg has the name of a scientist on it.

Whoever finds the most scientist

wins a most EGGCELLENT price.

HE GIGGLES

Huh.

Give me a break. I woke up late and only had five minutes for puns.

OK, ready, set,

go!

GRUNTING

Sweet sassafras, it's a unicorn.

Where?

Gr-rr!

-Oof!

-Thanks!

Gr-rr!

Kepler, Niels Bohr and Marie Curie.

Vicita has three.

Those are rocks, not eggs.

-HE SIGHS

-Tommy and Timmy, zero.

-BOTH:

-Ow!

-I got seven.

-I got seven, too.

Well, I guess we have a tie for the win...

Wait! Who got Pierre Paul Broca?

The 19th-century French doctor instrumental in discovering

that different areas of the brain have different functions?

-Nice try.

-So, you mean there's still one more egg out there?

He's probably buried it.

-I bet it's under his sweater. Fork it over.

-Hey!

Cut it out. It's not in either of those places.

It's... Um. It's...

Now, where did I put Broca?

Was it in that black hole?

No, that's where I put Stephen Hawking.

For the life of me I can't remember where I put Broca.

Think, Mr Brain, think!

There's a marker that smells like strawberries at stake here.

I'll remember, I just need a little peace and quiet.

It's in here somewhere, Brain. I just have to find it.

Broca, Broca. A pioneer in the study of the brain.

Hm, where should I...

Oh!

Ah!

Huh? I don't remember there being any hole here.

Argh!

Where am I?

"You are here."

Huh.

I guess I'm inside my own head.

And I must be standing on my brain.

It's got to be around here somewhere.

-Let's just start digging.

-No, stop! No digging in my brain.

THEY STRAIN

Let go of my pickaxe!

That was pretty sneaky of you, hiding the egg in your own head.

It's not in my head. It's in the yard somewhere.

THEY SCREAM

Great. Now we're stuck inside my brain.

Let's ask that hippo if she knows where the egg is.

Hello!

Welcome to Brain's brain. How may I help you?

I must confess, I'm a little disappointed.

I thought the inside of my brain would be bigger.

Oh, it is!

You're just in the tiny area here called the hippocampus

within the temporal lobe.

See.

The brain is made up of tonnes of sections which all do

separate things but also work together to produce movement,

thoughts, feelings. It's a wonderful place to work.

Although I haven't had a vacation in nine years.

This is really interesting but we're kind of in a rush.

We're in the middle of an egg hunt and he can't remember where

he put the last one.

Well, memory is a very tricky thing.

We do store a lot of memories here.

But in order to retrieve the memories you'll have to visit

other parts of the brain.

Oh, I better get you a guide.

Pavel! Report to the hippocampus, please.

You have a tour waiting.

Hello, I am Pavel.

Tour guide bat from Czech Republic.

What on Earth is a Czech bat doing in my brain?

Just means you're getting batty.

OK, now we go.

Please keep hands at sides while moving through the blood vessels.

THEY SCREAM

We are now in brain stem.

Very important part of brain which controls body functions

like heartbeat and breathing.

And movements in eyes and face.

So what would happen if I pressed these?

THEY GIGGLE

Hey, cut it out! Quit making my face move.

OK. Now we go to frontal lobe.

Very advanced part of brain.

This is part of brain where thinking is happening

and decisions are made.

I'm getting a message from the pleasure centre.

Brain wants to go downstairs and eat a cookie.

Issuing command.

Wait, I just got a signal that Brain thinks maybe

-he should wait till after dinner.

-But he also wants that cookie.

-I'm issuing the command.

-No, don't!

-It's just empty calories.

-Let go. He needs that cookie now.

Look at them.

They're like the Tibbles. Stop fighting and look for the egg.

Can we go straight to the place for memories?

I got to get home soon.

THEY STRUGGLE

He wins. Give Brain the cookie.

Now we're back in temporal lobe.

But different area from hippocampus.

This area of brain has many long-term memories.

I remember that.

That was when I hit the winning run against Mighty Mountain last year.

Oh, yeah. And that was from my superstitious phase. Let's move on.

-Huh? When did that happen?

-Hey, I think I found something.

-The egg.

Quick, paint the next panel. We have to see where he put them.

-I'll help.

-No! This is memory from today. The paint is still wet.

-It is very dangerous to tamper with it.

-Stop!

You're going to damage something.

THEY SCREAM

CRASHING

-Um... We were just looking for the bathroom.

-Kitchen.

I'm sorry but I still don't remember where I put Pierre Paul Broca.

All I remember is this crazy dream with a Czech bat and...

Wait a minute. My brain was trying to tell me, check the bat house.

-That's amazing.

-Great. So, it's still a tie.

You two can share the prize.

It's a two-volume set of Sir Isaac Newton's Arithmetica Universalis.

It's a great read.

Huh. Now, where did I put it?

Hey, welcome back.

Did you remember the five strange objects? They were...

A flying banana.

A sombrero.

A chicken.

A rake.

And an umbrella.

How many did you get right?

Aren't brains amazing?

Both kinds.