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Transcript: The Case of the Failure Fiasco
A child says, WEE!
T.V.O. Kids and Sinking Ship Entertainment Original.
[Child giggles, upbeat music plays, pop]
Sly stands in front of his desk. He has short, curly black hair and wears an olive green jacket. Bright orange letters spell his name down the left side of his jacket.
[Upbeat music plays]
Sly says, DID A WORD THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GO MISSING?
Gabby stands beside her desk. Her long black hair is braided. She wears a black bowler hat, a blue-green cardigan, and a white blouse. On the left side of her cardigan, Gabby wears a name tag with her name in green.
Gabby says, AND NOW ALL YOU CAN FEEL, DO, OR THINK IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT WORD?
Sly says, THEN CALL US! I'M SLY.
Gabby says, AND I'M GABBY. WE'RE WORD DETECTIVES, AND WE SOLVE...
Both say, WORD MYSTERIES!
Sly sits at his desk, a lime green laptop computer in front of him. On the top of the computer, a drawing of Sly holding a magnifying glass is displayed.
Sly says, TOGETHER, WE RUN THE WORDSVILLE ONLINE DETECTIVE AGENCY.
Gabby says, WE'LL FIND YOUR MISSING WORD, FAST.
Gabby sits at her desk behind a laptop computer. The top of Gabby’s computer has a drawing of a cat looking through a magnifying glass.
Sly says, NOT TO MENTION, BRISKLY.
Gabby says, AND SWIFTLY.
Sly says, YEAH, WE'RE REALLY GOOD WITH WORDS.
Children shout, WORDSVILLE!
Colourful letters spell Wordsville. A black magnifying glass lies over the letter 'W'. Text reads, Created by Christin Simms.
Gabby and Sly are on a video call.
Gabby asks, YOU READY?
Sly replies, I HOPE SO.
Sly and Gabby blow on tablespoons and put the spoons against their noses. They both move their hands away, and the spoons hang on their noses.
[Both blowing, upbeat music plays quietly]
Sly says, WHOA! THIS SPOON TRICK HAS NEVER WORKED FOR US BEFORE.
Gabby says, TODAY, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS WORKING. WAIT, DO YOU THINK IT'S A...WORD MYSTERY?
Sly says, MAYBE.
Scientist Cosmo’s photograph appears. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Scientist Cosmo calling.”
[Ringing]
SCIENTIST COSMO'S CALLING.
In the Science Lab, Scientist Cosmo says, WORD DETECTIVES, SOMETHING HORRID, HORRIFIC, AND HORRENDOUS HAS HAPPENED, AND I-- WHY ARE THERE SPOONS ON YOUR NOSES?
Sly says, BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST DAY EVER.
Gabby says, THIS "STICK A SPOON ON YOUR NOSE" TRICK NEVER WORKED FOR US BEFORE.
Sly says, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE TODAY HAS BEEN A NON-STOP SUCCESS.
Gabby and Sly take the spoons off their noses.
Scientist Cosmo says, THAT'S THE PROBLEM! LOOK.
A photograph shows Scientist Cosmo holding a clipboard. Text on a piece of paper on the clipboard reads, “Scientist Cosmo’s Notes. Testing. Speed. Accuracy. Direction. Steam. Overall performance.” At the bottom of the piece of paper, two squares are labelled “Success” and “Failure.”
[Clicking]
Gabby says, HMM, "SUCCESS" AND "FAILURE."
A dictionary definition appears beside Sly. Above the definition are a lowercase and uppercase letter “F,” a speaker icon, and text that reads, “Failure. Noun.” Photographs beside the definition show a grumpy girl giving a thumbs down and a boy gasping at the screen on a laptop computer.
Sly says, "FAILURE MEANS LACK OF SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING A GOAL.”
Scientist Cosmo says, EXACTLY. I RECORD ALL OUTCOMES OF MY EXPERIMENTS IN MY NOTES SO I KNOW WHAT DID OR DIDN'T WORK. BUT I CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE, SEE? SOMEONE TOOK THE WORD "FAILURE."
Antonyms for failure appear beneath the definition. Text reads, “Success, win, improvement.”
Sly says, AND BECAUSE SUCCESS IS THE OPPOSITE OF FAILURE....
Gabby says, THAT MUST BE WHY WE'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL TODAY. THIS IS A WORD MYSTERY.
Scientist Cosmo says, ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO SOLVE, FAST.
Sly says, DO WE, THOUGH? I REALLY LIKE THAT WE HAVEN'T FAILED AT ANYTHING TODAY.
Scientist Cosmo says, BUT LEARNING FROM FAILURE IS IMPORTANT. IT CAN HELP YOU FIGURE OUT WHY SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING SO YOU CAN DO BETTER
THE NEXT TIME.
Gabby says, SLY, WE DO NEED TO SOLVE THIS CASE.
Sly says, WE DO. SCIENTIST COSMO, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED, AND I'LL ANIMATE IT. RECAP TIME!
Sly makes a computer animation of Scientist Cosmo in the Science Lab working on a robot. Steam shoots out of one tube on the robot. Computer animations of Firefighter Ember and Baker Graham enter the room. The computer-animated people have cut-out photographs of their heads on top of their animated bodies.
[Clicking, steam hissing]
Scientist Cosmo narrates, I WAS WORKING ON A NEW STEAM-CLEANING ROBOT-- IT USES A LITTLE STEAM TO CLEAN UP DIRT-- WHEN FIREFIGHTER EMBER AND BAKER GRAHAM CAME BY. THEY BOTH WANTED ME TO INVENT SOMETHING FOR THEM, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR OR SEE THEM. MY ROBOT WAS FAILING. IT WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND TOO MUCH STEAM.
ONCE THEY LEFT, THE STEAM CLEARED, AND THE ROBOT SUDDENLY WORKED PERFECTLY WITHOUT ME FIXING IT. THAT'S WHEN I SAW THE WORD "FAILURE" HAD BEEN TORN OFF MY NOTES!
The word “Failure” has been torn off the corner of Scientist Cosmo’s notes.
[Beeping]
Sly’s animation ends.
Gabby says, INTERESTING. CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW US THE SCENE OF THE MYSTERY?
Scientist Cosmo says, OF COURSE. THIS IS WHERE I LEFT MY NOTES.
The top of a table has a pink smudge beside a red bucket.
Sly says, I'LL TAKE A SCREENSHOT FOR OUR CASE NOTES.
[Camera shutter snapping]
Scientist Cosmo says, PLEASE HURRY.
Gabby says, WE'LL SOLVE THIS CASE AS FAST AS WE CAN AND CALL YOU BACK.
The call ends. Gabby and Sly stay on their video call.
[Beeping, upbeat music plays quietly]
A heading reads, “Case Notes.” A subheading reads, “The Case of the Failure Fiasco.”
A paintbrush, a camera and a text icon are under the headings.
[Typing]
Gabby says, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
Sly says, SOMEONE TOOK THE WORD "FAILURE" FROM SCIENTIST COSMO'S LAB NOTES.
Gabby says, AND NOW WE'RE ACHIEVING ALL OF OUR GOALS, WHICH FEELS GREAT, BUT...
Sly says, WE CAN'T FAIL, SO WE CAN'T LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES.
Text on the case notes reads, “What: Someone took failure from the notes. Where: The Science Lab. When: The Lab was filling up with steam.”
Gabby says, YEP. WE KNOW WHERE IT HAPPENED: THE LAB, WHEN IT WAS FILLING UP WITH STEAM.
Photographs of Firefighter Ember and Baker Graham appear. Text reads, “Who, how, why.”
[Clicking]
Sly says, OUR SUSPECTS ARE FIREFIGHTER EMBER AND BAKER GRAHAM. NOW TO FIND OUT WHO DID IT, HOW, AND WHY.
Gabby says, WE ALSO FOUND A PINK SMUDGE AND A BUCKET AS CLUES.
The photograph of the bucket and smudge appears.
[Beeping]
Sly asks, DO YOU THINK THAT BUCKET LOOKS FAMILIAR? KIND OF LIKE THE ONE…
Gabby says, FIREFIGHTER EMBER HAS AT THE FIRE STATION! YES! LET'S CALL HER.
Firefighter Ember’s photograph appears. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Calling Firefighter Ember.”
[Ringing]
In the fire station, Firefighter Ember says, JUST ONE... SECOND.
Firefighter Ember carries two large red buckets across the fire station.
[Firefighter Ember grunting, clunking]
Firefighter Ember cheers, YES!
[Panting]
Firefighter Ember says, I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REACH MY GOAL OF GETTING ACROSS THE ROOM WITHOUT SPILLING ANY WATER BEFORE, BUT I JUST DID IT!
Firefighter Ember cheers, WHOO-HOO!
Sly says, YOU SEEM PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
Firefighter Ember says, I AM! I GET REALLY UPSET WHEN I FAIL.
Gabby says, HMM. IS THAT WHY YOU LEFT A RED BUCKET AT THE LAB?
Firefighter Ember says, YES, I WANTED SCIENTIST COSMO TO INVENT ME A SPILL-PROOF BUCKET. I BROUGHT THAT RED ONE TO SHOW HOW I ALWAYS SPILL, BUT HE COULDN'T SEE ME THROUGH THE STEAM. ANYWAY, I WANT TO FIND OUT IF I CAN GO EVEN FURTHER WITHOUT SPILLING.
Sly doodles a drawing of Firefighter Ember carrying two pails over her photograph in the case notes. Text reads, “She gets really upset when she fails. Wanted Scientist Cosmo to invent a spill-proof bucket. Brought a bucket to show how she always spills. He couldn’t see her through the steam.”
[Pencil scratching]
Firefighter Ember says, GOTTA GO.
Firefighter Ember ends the call. Sly and Gabby stay on their video call.
[Beeping]
Sly says, HMM, DO YOU THINK FIREFIGHTER EMBER TOOK THE WORD "FAILURE"?
Gabby says, IT'S POSSIBLE SHE DID WANT TO SUCCESSFULLY CARRY HER WATER BUCKETS WITHOUT SPILLING.
Sly says, LET'S CALL OUR NEXT SUSPECT TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN LEARN.
Baker Graham’s photograph appears. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Calling Baker Graham.”
[Ringing, upbeat music plays quietly]
In the bakery, Baker Graham holds a tray of yellow macarons.
Baker Graham says, WORD DETECTIVES, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Sly says, OOH, THEY LOOK SCRUMPTIOUS. CAN WE STOP BY AND HAVE ONE, OR TWO, OR THREE--
Gabby says, SLY, LET'S FOCUS. BAKER GRAHAM, COULD YOU PUT AWAY THE COOKIES?
Baker Graham says, THEY'RE NOT JUST COOKIES, THEY'RE LEMON MACARONS. I FINALLY REACHED MY GOAL OF MAKING A PERFECT BATCH. I MADE SOME STRAWBERRY ONES THIS MORNING THAT WERE TOTAL FAILURES.
Sly asks, IS THAT WHY YOU WENT TO SEE SCIENTIST COSMO TODAY?
Baker Graham says, I WENT TO ASK HIM TO INVENT ME A BETTER OVEN.
Gabby asks, YOU THINK YOUR BAD BATCH WAS THE OVEN'S FAULT?
Sly asks, ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAYBE MADE A MISTAKE WITH THE RECIPE?
Text in the case notes reads. “Finally reached his goal of a perfect batch of macarons. His strawberry batch was a total failure. Asked Scientist Cosmo to invent him a better oven. He doesn’t like thinking about his failures.”
[Typing]
Baker Graham says, I DON'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT MY FAILURES. WHY DWELL IN THE PAST, AM I RIGHT?
Gabby asks, WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HAND?
On Baker Graham’s photograph, Sly sketches Baker Graham with icing on his hand.
Baker Graham says, OH, STRAWBERRY ICING, FROM EARLIER. I'M ALWAYS COVERED IN ICING. I SHOULD GET BACK TO BAKING. BYE!
Baker Graham ends the call. Sly and Gabby stay on their video call.
[Beeping]
Gabby says, LET'S GO OVER WHAT WE LEARNED.
[Clicing]
The case notes appear. The phrases “she gets really upset when she fails” and “He doesn’t like thinking about his failures” change to red text.
Sly says, FIREFIGHTER EMBER GETS UPSET WHEN SHE FAILS.
Gabby says, AND BAKER GRAHAM DOESN'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT HIS FAILURES.
Sly says, LET'S LOOK AT THE CLUES.
The photograph of the pink smudge and red bucket appears.
Gabby says, WE'VE GOT THE BUCKET FIREFIGHTER EMBER LEFT FOR SCIENTIST COSMO, AND A PINK SMUDGE.
Sly says, HMM, WHAT IS THAT SMUDGE FROM?
Gabby says, IT'S PINK, JUST LIKE THE STRAWBERRY ICING BAKER GRAHAM HAD ON HIS HAND FROM HIS MACARONS.
[Upbeat music plays quietly]
Sly says, THE FAILED ONES HE DIDN'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT, OR LEARN FROM.
Gabby says, WAIT. FIREFIGHTER EMBER DID TRY TO SHOW SCIENTIST COSMO HOW SHE SPILLS WATER.
Sly says, IN CASE HE COULD LEARN FROM HER FAILURE.
Gabby says, SLY, WE JUST CRACKED THIS CASE! LET'S SHOW EVERYONE WHAT HAPPENED.
Photographs of Gabby, Scientist Cosmo, Sly, Firefighter Ember, and Baker Graham appear. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Multiple people connecting to call.”
[Ringing]
Sly announces, NOW PRESENTING, THE ANIMATED WORD MYSTERY REENACTMENT OF..."THE CASE OF THE FAILURE FIASCO."
[Dramatic music plays]
Sly makes a computer animation of Scientist Cosmo in the laboratory working on a robot. Steam shoots out of one tube on the robot. The computer-animated people in the animation have cut-out photographs of their heads on top of their animated bodies.
Gabby, as Scientist Cosmo, says, STEAM CLEANING ROBOT, TEST TWO. MY FIRST TEST WAS A FAILURE, BUT I CHANGED THE SETTINGS. HERE WE GO.
[Sly imitating robot beeping, whirring]
Computer animations of Firefighter Ember and Baker Graham enter the laboratory.
Sly, as Firefighter Ember, asks, CAN YOU INVENT ME A SPILL-PROOF BUCKET?
[Steam hissing]
Sly, as Firefighter Ember, says, I'LL SHOW YOU HOW WATER SPILLS
FROM THIS ONE.
[Sly imitating robot beeping, whirring]
Sly, as Baker Graham, says, FIRST, CAN YOU INVENT ME A BETTER OVEN? MY MACARONS ARE FAILURES.
Gabby, as Scientist Cosmo, says, SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU! MY ROBOT IS FAILING.
[Steam hissing, Sly imitating robot beeping, whirring]
Sly, as Baker Graham, says, FAILURE? I CAN'T STAND FAILURE! I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL MISS IT.
Baker Graham rips “Failure” off the page.
[Tearing]
Gabby, as Scientist Cosmo, says, WHAT IS HAPPENING? SO MUCH STEAM!
Sly’s animation ends.
[Dramatic music plays]
In her office, Gabby says, IT WAS BAKER GRAHAM WHO DID IT!
[Scientist Cosmo gasping]
In the fire station, Firefighter Ember says, IT WAS YOU?
In his office, Sly says, HE TORE THE WORD "FAILURE" OFF OF SCIENTIST COSMO'S NOTES.
Gabby says, WHEN EVERYONE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE STEAM AND NOISY ROBOT. THAT'S HOW.
In the Science Lab, Scientist Cosmo asks, WHY, BAKER GRAHAM, WHY?
[Sad music plays quietly]
In the bakery, Baker Graham says, OH, FINE, YOU'RE RIGHT. MY MACARON FAILURE WAS SO UPSETTING, I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO FEEL LIKE THAT.
Scientist Cosmo says, BUT FAILURES CAN LEAD TO NEW DISCOVERIES. IF WE NEVER DO SOMETHING WRONG, HOW DO WE LEARN TO DO IT RIGHT?
Baker Graham says, DO WE NEED TO LEARN THAT? THESE LEMON MACARONS ARE ALREADY PERFECT.
Everyone else asks, BUT WHY ARE THEY PERFECT?
Baker Graham says, I DON'T KNOW. WELL, IF YOU ALL MISS FAILURE SO MUCH, I'LL RETURN THE WORD. AND WE'LL SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING I CAN LEARN FROM.
Photographs of Gabby, Scientist Cosmo, Sly, Firefighter Ember, and Baker Graham appear. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Multiple people connecting to call.”
[Ringing, upbeat music plays quietly]
In the Science Lab, Scientist Cosmo says, YES! NOW THAT THE WORD "FAILURE" IS BACK, MY ROBOT IS OVER-STEAMING AGAIN, AND I CAN FIGURE OUT WHY!
In the bakery, Baker Graham asks, DID EVERYONE GET MY OTHER DELIVERY?
In her office, Gabby says, I GOT A FLAT MACARON, BUT WHY?
Baker Graham says, THEY'RE FROM MY FIRST FAILED BATCH. IF I HAVE TO LEARN FROM FAILURE, I WANT TO DO IT TOGETHER. ONE, TWO, THREE, BITE.
Everyone takes a bite out of their macaron.
Everyone says, MMM!
Sly says, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A REALLY FLAT COOKIE.
Baker Graham says, THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA. THE MACOOKIE. HALF MACARON, HALF COOKIE. I BETTER START BAKING! HUH. FAILURE IS IMPORTANT.
Scientist Cosmo nods.
Baker Graham says, WITHOUT IT, I NEVER WOULD'VE INVENTED THIS.
Baker Graham, Scientist Cosmo, and Firefighter Ember say, THANKS, WORD DETECTIVES!
They end the call. Sly and Gabby stay on their video call.
[Beeping, upbeat music plays]
Gabby says, ANOTHER WORD MYSTERY SOLVED. SO, SPOON ON NOSE ROUND TWO?
Sly says, YOU'RE ON!
[Both blowing]
The spoons fall off their noses.
Gabby asks, WHY DO WE KEEP FAILING?
[Gabby laughing]
Sly says, LET'S FIGURE IT OUT. TOGETHER.
Gabby breathes heavily on her spoon.
[Panting]
Gabby says, THAT MIGHT'VE WORKED. LET'S SEE! OH! OHH!
The spoon falls off her nose.
[Gabby chuckling]
[Upbeat music plays]
Voices sing, IT'S WORDSVILLE. YEAH. WOO. WITH GABBY. SLY. IT'S WORDSVILLE.
End Credits: Directed by: Mars Horodyski.,Tiffany Hsiung, J.J. Johnson, Faran Moradi, Christin Simms. Written by Ophira Calof. Featuring: Word Detective Sly: Baeyen Hoffman. Word Detective Gabby: Mia Swaminathan. Scientist Cosmo: Rizal Candido. Firefighter Ember: Ana Victoria Dinapo. Baker Graham: Mason McLoughlin. Executive Producers: J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Christin Simms. Produced in association with The W NET Group. Wordsville is made possible in part by Let’s Learn, funding by the J.P.B. Foundation. Produced in association with Knowledge:kids. Produced in association with T.V.O. Kids. Logo: Sinking Ship Entertainment.
T.V.O. Kids and Sinking Ship Entertainment Original.
[Child giggles, upbeat music plays, pop]
Sly stands in front of his desk. He has short, curly black hair and wears an olive green jacket. Bright orange letters spell his name down the left side of his jacket.
[Upbeat music plays]
Sly says, DID A WORD THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GO MISSING?
Gabby stands beside her desk. Her long black hair is braided. She wears a black bowler hat, a blue-green cardigan, and a white blouse. On the left side of her cardigan, Gabby wears a name tag with her name in green.
Gabby says, AND NOW ALL YOU CAN FEEL, DO, OR THINK IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT WORD?
Sly says, THEN CALL US! I'M SLY.
Gabby says, AND I'M GABBY. WE'RE WORD DETECTIVES, AND WE SOLVE...
Both say, WORD MYSTERIES!
Sly sits at his desk, a lime green laptop computer in front of him. On the top of the computer, a drawing of Sly holding a magnifying glass is displayed.
Sly says, TOGETHER, WE RUN THE WORDSVILLE ONLINE DETECTIVE AGENCY.
Gabby says, WE'LL FIND YOUR MISSING WORD, FAST.
Gabby sits at her desk behind a laptop computer. The top of Gabby’s computer has a drawing of a cat looking through a magnifying glass.
Sly says, NOT TO MENTION, BRISKLY.
Gabby says, AND SWIFTLY.
Sly says, YEAH, WE'RE REALLY GOOD WITH WORDS.
Children shout, WORDSVILLE!
Colourful letters spell Wordsville. A black magnifying glass lies over the letter 'W'. Text reads, Created by Christin Simms.
Gabby and Sly are on a video call.
Gabby asks, YOU READY?
Sly replies, I HOPE SO.
Sly and Gabby blow on tablespoons and put the spoons against their noses. They both move their hands away, and the spoons hang on their noses.
[Both blowing, upbeat music plays quietly]
Sly says, WHOA! THIS SPOON TRICK HAS NEVER WORKED FOR US BEFORE.
Gabby says, TODAY, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS WORKING. WAIT, DO YOU THINK IT'S A...WORD MYSTERY?
Sly says, MAYBE.
Scientist Cosmo’s photograph appears. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Scientist Cosmo calling.”
[Ringing]
SCIENTIST COSMO'S CALLING.
In the Science Lab, Scientist Cosmo says, WORD DETECTIVES, SOMETHING HORRID, HORRIFIC, AND HORRENDOUS HAS HAPPENED, AND I-- WHY ARE THERE SPOONS ON YOUR NOSES?
Sly says, BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST DAY EVER.
Gabby says, THIS "STICK A SPOON ON YOUR NOSE" TRICK NEVER WORKED FOR US BEFORE.
Sly says, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE TODAY HAS BEEN A NON-STOP SUCCESS.
Gabby and Sly take the spoons off their noses.
Scientist Cosmo says, THAT'S THE PROBLEM! LOOK.
A photograph shows Scientist Cosmo holding a clipboard. Text on a piece of paper on the clipboard reads, “Scientist Cosmo’s Notes. Testing. Speed. Accuracy. Direction. Steam. Overall performance.” At the bottom of the piece of paper, two squares are labelled “Success” and “Failure.”
[Clicking]
Gabby says, HMM, "SUCCESS" AND "FAILURE."
A dictionary definition appears beside Sly. Above the definition are a lowercase and uppercase letter “F,” a speaker icon, and text that reads, “Failure. Noun.” Photographs beside the definition show a grumpy girl giving a thumbs down and a boy gasping at the screen on a laptop computer.
Sly says, "FAILURE MEANS LACK OF SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING A GOAL.”
Scientist Cosmo says, EXACTLY. I RECORD ALL OUTCOMES OF MY EXPERIMENTS IN MY NOTES SO I KNOW WHAT DID OR DIDN'T WORK. BUT I CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE, SEE? SOMEONE TOOK THE WORD "FAILURE."
Antonyms for failure appear beneath the definition. Text reads, “Success, win, improvement.”
Sly says, AND BECAUSE SUCCESS IS THE OPPOSITE OF FAILURE....
Gabby says, THAT MUST BE WHY WE'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL TODAY. THIS IS A WORD MYSTERY.
Scientist Cosmo says, ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO SOLVE, FAST.
Sly says, DO WE, THOUGH? I REALLY LIKE THAT WE HAVEN'T FAILED AT ANYTHING TODAY.
Scientist Cosmo says, BUT LEARNING FROM FAILURE IS IMPORTANT. IT CAN HELP YOU FIGURE OUT WHY SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING SO YOU CAN DO BETTER
THE NEXT TIME.
Gabby says, SLY, WE DO NEED TO SOLVE THIS CASE.
Sly says, WE DO. SCIENTIST COSMO, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED, AND I'LL ANIMATE IT. RECAP TIME!
Sly makes a computer animation of Scientist Cosmo in the Science Lab working on a robot. Steam shoots out of one tube on the robot. Computer animations of Firefighter Ember and Baker Graham enter the room. The computer-animated people have cut-out photographs of their heads on top of their animated bodies.
[Clicking, steam hissing]
Scientist Cosmo narrates, I WAS WORKING ON A NEW STEAM-CLEANING ROBOT-- IT USES A LITTLE STEAM TO CLEAN UP DIRT-- WHEN FIREFIGHTER EMBER AND BAKER GRAHAM CAME BY. THEY BOTH WANTED ME TO INVENT SOMETHING FOR THEM, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR OR SEE THEM. MY ROBOT WAS FAILING. IT WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND TOO MUCH STEAM.
ONCE THEY LEFT, THE STEAM CLEARED, AND THE ROBOT SUDDENLY WORKED PERFECTLY WITHOUT ME FIXING IT. THAT'S WHEN I SAW THE WORD "FAILURE" HAD BEEN TORN OFF MY NOTES!
The word “Failure” has been torn off the corner of Scientist Cosmo’s notes.
[Beeping]
Sly’s animation ends.
Gabby says, INTERESTING. CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW US THE SCENE OF THE MYSTERY?
Scientist Cosmo says, OF COURSE. THIS IS WHERE I LEFT MY NOTES.
The top of a table has a pink smudge beside a red bucket.
Sly says, I'LL TAKE A SCREENSHOT FOR OUR CASE NOTES.
[Camera shutter snapping]
Scientist Cosmo says, PLEASE HURRY.
Gabby says, WE'LL SOLVE THIS CASE AS FAST AS WE CAN AND CALL YOU BACK.
The call ends. Gabby and Sly stay on their video call.
[Beeping, upbeat music plays quietly]
A heading reads, “Case Notes.” A subheading reads, “The Case of the Failure Fiasco.”
A paintbrush, a camera and a text icon are under the headings.
[Typing]
Gabby says, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
Sly says, SOMEONE TOOK THE WORD "FAILURE" FROM SCIENTIST COSMO'S LAB NOTES.
Gabby says, AND NOW WE'RE ACHIEVING ALL OF OUR GOALS, WHICH FEELS GREAT, BUT...
Sly says, WE CAN'T FAIL, SO WE CAN'T LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES.
Text on the case notes reads, “What: Someone took failure from the notes. Where: The Science Lab. When: The Lab was filling up with steam.”
Gabby says, YEP. WE KNOW WHERE IT HAPPENED: THE LAB, WHEN IT WAS FILLING UP WITH STEAM.
Photographs of Firefighter Ember and Baker Graham appear. Text reads, “Who, how, why.”
[Clicking]
Sly says, OUR SUSPECTS ARE FIREFIGHTER EMBER AND BAKER GRAHAM. NOW TO FIND OUT WHO DID IT, HOW, AND WHY.
Gabby says, WE ALSO FOUND A PINK SMUDGE AND A BUCKET AS CLUES.
The photograph of the bucket and smudge appears.
[Beeping]
Sly asks, DO YOU THINK THAT BUCKET LOOKS FAMILIAR? KIND OF LIKE THE ONE…
Gabby says, FIREFIGHTER EMBER HAS AT THE FIRE STATION! YES! LET'S CALL HER.
Firefighter Ember’s photograph appears. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Calling Firefighter Ember.”
[Ringing]
In the fire station, Firefighter Ember says, JUST ONE... SECOND.
Firefighter Ember carries two large red buckets across the fire station.
[Firefighter Ember grunting, clunking]
Firefighter Ember cheers, YES!
[Panting]
Firefighter Ember says, I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REACH MY GOAL OF GETTING ACROSS THE ROOM WITHOUT SPILLING ANY WATER BEFORE, BUT I JUST DID IT!
Firefighter Ember cheers, WHOO-HOO!
Sly says, YOU SEEM PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
Firefighter Ember says, I AM! I GET REALLY UPSET WHEN I FAIL.
Gabby says, HMM. IS THAT WHY YOU LEFT A RED BUCKET AT THE LAB?
Firefighter Ember says, YES, I WANTED SCIENTIST COSMO TO INVENT ME A SPILL-PROOF BUCKET. I BROUGHT THAT RED ONE TO SHOW HOW I ALWAYS SPILL, BUT HE COULDN'T SEE ME THROUGH THE STEAM. ANYWAY, I WANT TO FIND OUT IF I CAN GO EVEN FURTHER WITHOUT SPILLING.
Sly doodles a drawing of Firefighter Ember carrying two pails over her photograph in the case notes. Text reads, “She gets really upset when she fails. Wanted Scientist Cosmo to invent a spill-proof bucket. Brought a bucket to show how she always spills. He couldn’t see her through the steam.”
[Pencil scratching]
Firefighter Ember says, GOTTA GO.
Firefighter Ember ends the call. Sly and Gabby stay on their video call.
[Beeping]
Sly says, HMM, DO YOU THINK FIREFIGHTER EMBER TOOK THE WORD "FAILURE"?
Gabby says, IT'S POSSIBLE SHE DID WANT TO SUCCESSFULLY CARRY HER WATER BUCKETS WITHOUT SPILLING.
Sly says, LET'S CALL OUR NEXT SUSPECT TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN LEARN.
Baker Graham’s photograph appears. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Calling Baker Graham.”
[Ringing, upbeat music plays quietly]
In the bakery, Baker Graham holds a tray of yellow macarons.
Baker Graham says, WORD DETECTIVES, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Sly says, OOH, THEY LOOK SCRUMPTIOUS. CAN WE STOP BY AND HAVE ONE, OR TWO, OR THREE--
Gabby says, SLY, LET'S FOCUS. BAKER GRAHAM, COULD YOU PUT AWAY THE COOKIES?
Baker Graham says, THEY'RE NOT JUST COOKIES, THEY'RE LEMON MACARONS. I FINALLY REACHED MY GOAL OF MAKING A PERFECT BATCH. I MADE SOME STRAWBERRY ONES THIS MORNING THAT WERE TOTAL FAILURES.
Sly asks, IS THAT WHY YOU WENT TO SEE SCIENTIST COSMO TODAY?
Baker Graham says, I WENT TO ASK HIM TO INVENT ME A BETTER OVEN.
Gabby asks, YOU THINK YOUR BAD BATCH WAS THE OVEN'S FAULT?
Sly asks, ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAYBE MADE A MISTAKE WITH THE RECIPE?
Text in the case notes reads. “Finally reached his goal of a perfect batch of macarons. His strawberry batch was a total failure. Asked Scientist Cosmo to invent him a better oven. He doesn’t like thinking about his failures.”
[Typing]
Baker Graham says, I DON'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT MY FAILURES. WHY DWELL IN THE PAST, AM I RIGHT?
Gabby asks, WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HAND?
On Baker Graham’s photograph, Sly sketches Baker Graham with icing on his hand.
Baker Graham says, OH, STRAWBERRY ICING, FROM EARLIER. I'M ALWAYS COVERED IN ICING. I SHOULD GET BACK TO BAKING. BYE!
Baker Graham ends the call. Sly and Gabby stay on their video call.
[Beeping]
Gabby says, LET'S GO OVER WHAT WE LEARNED.
[Clicing]
The case notes appear. The phrases “she gets really upset when she fails” and “He doesn’t like thinking about his failures” change to red text.
Sly says, FIREFIGHTER EMBER GETS UPSET WHEN SHE FAILS.
Gabby says, AND BAKER GRAHAM DOESN'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT HIS FAILURES.
Sly says, LET'S LOOK AT THE CLUES.
The photograph of the pink smudge and red bucket appears.
Gabby says, WE'VE GOT THE BUCKET FIREFIGHTER EMBER LEFT FOR SCIENTIST COSMO, AND A PINK SMUDGE.
Sly says, HMM, WHAT IS THAT SMUDGE FROM?
Gabby says, IT'S PINK, JUST LIKE THE STRAWBERRY ICING BAKER GRAHAM HAD ON HIS HAND FROM HIS MACARONS.
[Upbeat music plays quietly]
Sly says, THE FAILED ONES HE DIDN'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT, OR LEARN FROM.
Gabby says, WAIT. FIREFIGHTER EMBER DID TRY TO SHOW SCIENTIST COSMO HOW SHE SPILLS WATER.
Sly says, IN CASE HE COULD LEARN FROM HER FAILURE.
Gabby says, SLY, WE JUST CRACKED THIS CASE! LET'S SHOW EVERYONE WHAT HAPPENED.
Photographs of Gabby, Scientist Cosmo, Sly, Firefighter Ember, and Baker Graham appear. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Multiple people connecting to call.”
[Ringing]
Sly announces, NOW PRESENTING, THE ANIMATED WORD MYSTERY REENACTMENT OF..."THE CASE OF THE FAILURE FIASCO."
[Dramatic music plays]
Sly makes a computer animation of Scientist Cosmo in the laboratory working on a robot. Steam shoots out of one tube on the robot. The computer-animated people in the animation have cut-out photographs of their heads on top of their animated bodies.
Gabby, as Scientist Cosmo, says, STEAM CLEANING ROBOT, TEST TWO. MY FIRST TEST WAS A FAILURE, BUT I CHANGED THE SETTINGS. HERE WE GO.
[Sly imitating robot beeping, whirring]
Computer animations of Firefighter Ember and Baker Graham enter the laboratory.
Sly, as Firefighter Ember, asks, CAN YOU INVENT ME A SPILL-PROOF BUCKET?
[Steam hissing]
Sly, as Firefighter Ember, says, I'LL SHOW YOU HOW WATER SPILLS
FROM THIS ONE.
[Sly imitating robot beeping, whirring]
Sly, as Baker Graham, says, FIRST, CAN YOU INVENT ME A BETTER OVEN? MY MACARONS ARE FAILURES.
Gabby, as Scientist Cosmo, says, SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU! MY ROBOT IS FAILING.
[Steam hissing, Sly imitating robot beeping, whirring]
Sly, as Baker Graham, says, FAILURE? I CAN'T STAND FAILURE! I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL MISS IT.
Baker Graham rips “Failure” off the page.
[Tearing]
Gabby, as Scientist Cosmo, says, WHAT IS HAPPENING? SO MUCH STEAM!
Sly’s animation ends.
[Dramatic music plays]
In her office, Gabby says, IT WAS BAKER GRAHAM WHO DID IT!
[Scientist Cosmo gasping]
In the fire station, Firefighter Ember says, IT WAS YOU?
In his office, Sly says, HE TORE THE WORD "FAILURE" OFF OF SCIENTIST COSMO'S NOTES.
Gabby says, WHEN EVERYONE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE STEAM AND NOISY ROBOT. THAT'S HOW.
In the Science Lab, Scientist Cosmo asks, WHY, BAKER GRAHAM, WHY?
[Sad music plays quietly]
In the bakery, Baker Graham says, OH, FINE, YOU'RE RIGHT. MY MACARON FAILURE WAS SO UPSETTING, I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO FEEL LIKE THAT.
Scientist Cosmo says, BUT FAILURES CAN LEAD TO NEW DISCOVERIES. IF WE NEVER DO SOMETHING WRONG, HOW DO WE LEARN TO DO IT RIGHT?
Baker Graham says, DO WE NEED TO LEARN THAT? THESE LEMON MACARONS ARE ALREADY PERFECT.
Everyone else asks, BUT WHY ARE THEY PERFECT?
Baker Graham says, I DON'T KNOW. WELL, IF YOU ALL MISS FAILURE SO MUCH, I'LL RETURN THE WORD. AND WE'LL SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING I CAN LEARN FROM.
Photographs of Gabby, Scientist Cosmo, Sly, Firefighter Ember, and Baker Graham appear. Text above a green telephone receiver icon reads, “Multiple people connecting to call.”
[Ringing, upbeat music plays quietly]
In the Science Lab, Scientist Cosmo says, YES! NOW THAT THE WORD "FAILURE" IS BACK, MY ROBOT IS OVER-STEAMING AGAIN, AND I CAN FIGURE OUT WHY!
In the bakery, Baker Graham asks, DID EVERYONE GET MY OTHER DELIVERY?
In her office, Gabby says, I GOT A FLAT MACARON, BUT WHY?
Baker Graham says, THEY'RE FROM MY FIRST FAILED BATCH. IF I HAVE TO LEARN FROM FAILURE, I WANT TO DO IT TOGETHER. ONE, TWO, THREE, BITE.
Everyone takes a bite out of their macaron.
Everyone says, MMM!
Sly says, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A REALLY FLAT COOKIE.
Baker Graham says, THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA. THE MACOOKIE. HALF MACARON, HALF COOKIE. I BETTER START BAKING! HUH. FAILURE IS IMPORTANT.
Scientist Cosmo nods.
Baker Graham says, WITHOUT IT, I NEVER WOULD'VE INVENTED THIS.
Baker Graham, Scientist Cosmo, and Firefighter Ember say, THANKS, WORD DETECTIVES!
They end the call. Sly and Gabby stay on their video call.
[Beeping, upbeat music plays]
Gabby says, ANOTHER WORD MYSTERY SOLVED. SO, SPOON ON NOSE ROUND TWO?
Sly says, YOU'RE ON!
[Both blowing]
The spoons fall off their noses.
Gabby asks, WHY DO WE KEEP FAILING?
[Gabby laughing]
Sly says, LET'S FIGURE IT OUT. TOGETHER.
Gabby breathes heavily on her spoon.
[Panting]
Gabby says, THAT MIGHT'VE WORKED. LET'S SEE! OH! OHH!
The spoon falls off her nose.
[Gabby chuckling]
[Upbeat music plays]
Voices sing, IT'S WORDSVILLE. YEAH. WOO. WITH GABBY. SLY. IT'S WORDSVILLE.
End Credits: Directed by: Mars Horodyski.,Tiffany Hsiung, J.J. Johnson, Faran Moradi, Christin Simms. Written by Ophira Calof. Featuring: Word Detective Sly: Baeyen Hoffman. Word Detective Gabby: Mia Swaminathan. Scientist Cosmo: Rizal Candido. Firefighter Ember: Ana Victoria Dinapo. Baker Graham: Mason McLoughlin. Executive Producers: J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Christin Simms. Produced in association with The W NET Group. Wordsville is made possible in part by Let’s Learn, funding by the J.P.B. Foundation. Produced in association with Knowledge:kids. Produced in association with T.V.O. Kids. Logo: Sinking Ship Entertainment.
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