
SUPER WHY!
Momotaro The Peach Boy
Season 1 Episode 33 | 25m 10sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
The Super Readers meet a little boy whose friends argue so loudly, it angers an ogre!
Pig and his brothers want to build a treehouse but they're so busy squabbling, they'll never get the job done. The Super Readers head into a Japanese Folktale and meet a little boy whose friends are arguing so loudly, it actually angers an ogre! Will they be able to show their new pals that arguing is the pits?
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SUPER WHY!
Momotaro The Peach Boy
Season 1 Episode 33 | 25m 10sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Pig and his brothers want to build a treehouse but they're so busy squabbling, they'll never get the job done. The Super Readers head into a Japanese Folktale and meet a little boy whose friends are arguing so loudly, it actually angers an ogre! Will they be able to show their new pals that arguing is the pits?
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♪ WHO'S GOT THE POWER THE POWER TO READ?
♪ ♪ WHO ANSWERS THE CALL FOR FRIENDS IN NEED?
♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ HE'S THE GUY HE'S SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ WHO'S GOT THE POWER THE POWER TO READ?
♪ ♪ WHO LOOKS INTO BOOKS FOR THE ANSWERS WE NEED?
♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ AND THE SUPER READERS WE'RE GONNA FLY ♪ ♪ COME ALONG ♪ ♪ WITH THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ ADVENTURE WAITS WHEN YOU'RE WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY AND THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY AND THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ ADVENTURE WAITS WHEN YOU'RE WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ YEAH!
SUPER WHY ♪ [ ♪music♪ ] [♪ music ♪] HI!
SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
IT'S ME, WHYATT.
WELCOME TO STORYBROOK VILLAGE, WHERE ALL OUR FAIRY-TALE FRIENDS LIVE.
[ Cellphone ♪♪♪ ] HEY...
THE THREE PIGS ARE BUILDING SOMETHING COOL.
COME ON!
[ ♪♪♪ ] COME ON!
[ ♪♪♪ ] HI, PETER PIPER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] Three pigs: HEY!
MOVE OVER!
GET OUT OF THE WAY!
MOVE OVER!
COMING THROUGH.
EXCUSE ME!
GOT TO PUT UP... WATCH OUT!
PIGS, WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING?
WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A BACKYARD FORT.
BUT IT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE WE KEEP ARGUING!
MEDIUM PIG!
I CAN'T PUT UP THIS WALL IF YOU'RE STANDING THERE.
YOU'RE IN MY WAY!
YOU'RE IN MY WAY, BIGGEST PIG!
I NEED TO PUT UP THIS DOOR!
YOU'RE BOTH IN MY WAY.
I NEED TO PUT UP THIS ROOF!
[ Groan ] HEY!
GET OUT OF THE WAY!
NO, MEDIUM PIG!
MY WALL GOES FIRST!
NO BIGGEST PIG, MY DOOR GOES FIRST!
MY DOOR!
DOES NOT!
MOVE OVER!
YOU'RE BOTH WRONG.
MY ROOF GOES FIRST!
[ Grunt ] THERE!
WHOA... WHOA... [ Yelp ] MY ROOF!
MY DOOR!
MY WALL!
IT'S NO USE!
IF WE KEEP ARGUING, WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO BUILD OUR FORT!
NEVER!
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SUPER BIG PROBLEM.
AND A SUPER BIG PROBLEM NEEDS US, THE SUPER READERS!
WE NEED TO CALL THE REST OF THE SUPER READERS.
CALL THEM WITH ME.
[ Cellphone ♪♪♪ ] SAY, "CALLING ALL SUPER READERS."
Children: [ In audience ] CALLING ALL SUPER READERS.
[ Remote phone ringing ] TO THE BOOK CLUB!
TO THE BOOK CLUB!
Children: TO THE BOOK CLUB!
COME ON, TO THE BOOK CLUB!
[ ♪♪♪ ] WHYATT HERE.
[ ♪♪♪ ] "P" IS FOR PIG!
[ ♪♪♪ ] RED RIDING HOOD ROLLIN' IN!
[ ♪♪♪ ] PRINCESS PEA AT YOUR SERVICE!
AND YOU, SAY YOUR NAME.
GREAT.
WE'RE ALL HERE.
TOGETHER, WE'LL SOLVE PIG'S PROBLEM.
LET'S GO!
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ Electronic beeps ] OKAY, PIG, STATE YOUR PROBLEM.
MY BROTHERS AND I ARE TRYING TO BUILD A FORT, BUT WE KEEP ARGUING!
OH NO, PIG.
OH NO!
THAT'S NOT GOOD.
WHAT CAN WE DO SO WE CAN FINISH BUILDING OUR FORT?
GOOD QUESTION!
WHEN WE HAVE A QUESTION, WE LOOK... All: IN A BOOK!
WHICH BOOK SHOULD WE LOOK IN?
PEAS AND CARROTS, CARROTS AND PEAS... BOOK COME OUT, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!
LET'S READ THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK.
WE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WE NEED TO JUMP INTO THIS BOOK... AND FIND THE ANSWER TO PIG'S QUESTION.
FIRST, WE LOOK FOR SUPER LETTERS.
AND THEN, PUT THEM IN... OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
SUPER DUPER COMPUTER, HOW MANY SUPER LETTERS DO WE NEED?
[ Beeping ] WOW!
IN THIS STORY, WE NEED 12 SUPER LETTERS, AND THEN WE'LL GET... OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
IT'S TIME TO TRANSFORM.
READY?
All: READY!
ARMS IN!
PUT YOUR ARM IN.
[ ♪♪♪ ] Whyatt: SUPER READERS... All: TO THE RESCUE!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ALPHA PIG WITH ALPHABET POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] WONDER RED WITH WORD POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] PRINCESS PRESTO WITH SPELLING POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] SUPER WHY, WITH THE POWER TO READ!
[ ♪♪♪ ] AND SUPER YOU WITH THE POWER TO HELP!
[ ♪♪♪ ] TOGETHER WE ARE... All: THE SUPER READERS!
WHY-FLYERS!
WE'RE READY TO FLY INTO THIS BOOK!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ TO THE RESCUE!
♪ ♪ IT'S TIME TO FLY WITH THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM TO SOLVE ♪ ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ TO THE RESCUE!
♪ ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ WORKING TOGETHER WITH POWERS TO READ ♪ ♪ INTO BOOKS WE FLY ♪ ♪ TO FIND THE SUPER STORY ANSWER ♪ ♪ WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER READERS TO THE RESCUE!
♪ PRESTO!
WE'RE IN THE BOOK: "MOMOTARO THE PEACH BOY."
[ ♪♪♪ ] LET'S READ!
WHY WRITER, HIGHLIGHT!
READ WITH ME.
[ Roaring ] [ Screams ] WE NEED TO STOP THAT OGRE FROM SCARING EVERYONE!
I'LL LEAD THE WAY TO THE OGRE!
NO, I WILL!
I WILL LEAD THE WAY!
[ Gasp ] HEY!
THEY KEEP ARGUING.
JUST LIKE MY BROTHERS AND I KEEP ARGUING!
AND THAT, SUPER READERS, IS WHY WE ARE IN THIS BOOK.
MOMOTARO'S FRIENDS KEEP ARGUING JUST LIKE PIG AND HIS BROTHERS!
IF THEY KEEP ARGUING, THEY'LL NEVER GET TO THE OGRE JUST LIKE WE'LL NEVER FINISH OUR FORT.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO ABOUT ALL THAT ARGUING.
LET'S ROLL!
[ Squawking/ barking ] HELLO, MOMOTARO, WE'RE THE SUPER READERS, AND WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
HI, SUPER READERS.
MOMOTARO, ARE YOU CALLED PEACH BOY?
[ Chuckle ] YES!
I WAS BORN IN A PEACH.
A PEACH FELL FROM A TREE, OPENED UP AND OUT I CAME!
SO THAT'S WHAT MOMOTARO MEANS, "PEACH BOY".
Monkey: AH-AH-HEM!
OH!
THESE ARE MY FRIENDS.
I'M MONKEY!
I'M DOG.
HEH-HEH, I'M PHEASANT!
[ Roaring ] FRIENDS!
WE NEED TO GET TO THAT OGRE!
SEE MY MAP?
THE OGRE IS RIGHT THERE AT OGRE CASTLE!
OH, OH!
I WANT TO HOLD THE MAP!
NO-NO, I WANT...
I WANT TO HOLD THE MAP!
I WANT TO HOLD THE MAP!
[ Ripping ] WHOA!
Friends: UH-OH!
THE MAP IS TORN!
NOW HOW WILL WE GET TO THE OGRE CASTLE?
ALPHA PIG TO THE RESCUE!
WITH MY AMAZING ALPHABET MAP, I CAN HELP US FIND THE WAY TO THE OGRE'S CASTLE.
FIRST WE HAVE TO FIND THE LETTER "H", THEN THE "F", AND THEN THE "C" TO GET TO THE OGRE'S CASTLE.
HMMM...
OKAY.
WHERE IS THE LETTER "H"?
Children: THERE!
THERE'S THE "H"!
ON THE HILL!
LET'S GO TOWARDS THE HILL!
[ ♪♪♪ ] NEXT WE NEED THE LETTER "F".
HMMM, WHERE IS THE LETTER "F"?
Children: THERE IT IS!
THERE'S THE "F"!
"F" IS FOR FLOWERS!
LET'S FOLLOW THOSE FLOWERS!
COME ON!
[ ♪♪♪ ] NOW WE NEED TO FIND THE LETTER "C".
WHERE IS THE LETTER "C"?
Children: THERE!
THERE'S THE "C"!
FOR CASTLE!
LICKETY LETTERS!
WE FOLLOWED THE ALPHABET MAP AND FOUND THE OGRE'S CASTLE!
LET'S GIVE OURSELVES A BIG THUMBS UP!
[ Giggle ] OVER THE BRIDGE AND TO THE OGRE!
Various: I'LL LEAD THE WAY!
NO, I WILL, I WILL!
Ogre: [ Roaring ] All: [ Gasping ] THAT'S THE OGRE.
LET'S ROLL.
DON'T FORGET TO LOOK FOR SUPER LETTERS!
[ Splashing ] [ ♪♪♪ ] DO YOU SEE SUPER LETTERS?
WHICH LETTERS DID YOU FIND?
Children: "R"!
"R"!
"T"!
"T"!
TWO "R"s AND TWO "T"s?
OUR FIRST SUPER LETTERS.
WE NEED TO PUT THEM IN OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
EIGHT MORE SUPER LETTERS AND THEN WE'LL GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
Monkey: OH, I'LL LEAD THE WAY!
Dog: OH NO, I WILL!
[ Barking ] Pheasant: I-I...
I WILL LEAD THE WAY!
[ Mixed arguing ] Ogre: [ Roaring ] All: WHOA-A-A-A!
[ Barking ] THAT WAS YOUR FAULT, MONKEY!
YOU WERE WALKING TOO FAST.
NO!
YOU WERE WALKING TOO FAST!
YOU WERE BOTH WALKING TOO FAST!
[ Mixed shouts ] Momotaro: MONKEY, PHEASANT, DOG!
FRIENDS, IF YOU KEEP ARGUING, WE'LL NEVER GET TO THE OGRE.
[ ♪♪♪ ] THE OGRE MUST BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS GATE!
[ ♪♪♪ ] OH NO!
IT'S LOCKED!
OH, OH!
LET ME TRY!
OH NO-NO-NO, LET ME!
LET ME TRY!
NO!
LET GO, LET GO!
[ Mixed shouts ] ARGH!
OH-H-H... NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!
ALL THAT ARGUING MADE THE KNOBS COME OFF!
HOW WILL WE EVER GET PAST THIS GATE?
CUE THE SPARKLES!
CUE THE MUSIC!
PRINCESS PRESTO TO THE RESCUE!
WITH MY MAGIC SPELLING WAND, I CAN SPELL THE WORD "JUMP" AND WE CAN JUMP OVER THE GATE!
WILL YOU SPELL "JUMP" WITH ME?
SPLENDID!
[ Giggle ] WANDS UP!
SPELL WITH ME!
READY?
WHAT LETTER MAKES THE SOUND "JUH-JUH-JUH"?
Children: "J"!
"J"!
WRITE A LOWERCASE "J" WITH ME.
[ Laughter ] NOW, WHAT LETTER MAKES THE SOUND "UHH"?
Children: "U"!
"U"!
LET'S WRITE A LOWERCASE "U"!
[ Excited laughter ] WHAT LETTER MAKES THE SOUND "M-M-M"?
Children: "M"!
"M"!
LET'S WRITE A LOWERCASE "M" TOGETHER.
"M"!
[ Laughing ] WHAT LETTER MAKES THE SOUND "PUH-PUH-PUH"?
Children: "P"!
"P"!
LET'S WRITE A LOWERCASE "P".
J-U-M-P. JUMP!
PRESTO!
Momotaro & friends: JUMP!
JUMP!
JUMP!...
NOW WE CAN JUMP OVER THE GATE AND GET TO THE OGRE!
JUMP!
JUMP!
JU-U-UMP!
JUMP!
JUMP!
JUMP WITH US!
All: JUMP, JUMP, JU-U-U-U-UMP!
Pheasant: [ Clucking ] [ ♪♪♪ ] Various: YAY!
HOORAY!
SPECTACULAR SPELLING!
LET'S TAKE A BOW.
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ ♪♪♪ ] YOU SEE MORE SUPER LETTERS?
WHICH ONES?
Children: "E"!
"G"!
"H"!
"W"!
"E", "G", "H" AND "W"?
WAY TO GO, SUPER READERS!
NOW WE NEED TO PUT THEM IN OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
FOUR MORE SUPER LETTERS AND THEN WE'LL GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
RIGHT ON, READERS!
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ Heavy footsteps ] All: [ Gasping ] UH-OH.
I THINK...
I HEAR... [ Roaring ] All: THE OGRE!
[ Roar ] WHO ARE YOU?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
M-M-MR. OGRE, YOU'VE BEEN SCARING EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE, AND WE WANT YOU TO STOP!
OH YEAH?
I WON'T STOP BECAUSE I'M...
I'M SO...
ANGRY!
[ Panicked shouts ] HELP!
PUT ME DOWN!
AH!
WE HAVE TO SAVE MOMOTARO!
I'LL SAVE HIM!
[ Roaring ] I'LL SAVE HIM.
[ Barking ] [ Roar ] NO, I'LL SAVE HIM!
[ Mixed cries ] [ Roar ] Dog & Pheasant: I'LL SAVE HIM!
Momotaro: STO-O-O-OP!
ALL OF YOUR ARGUING IS MAKING THE OGRE EVEN MORE ANGRY.
HE'S ROARING EVEN MORE!
[ Roaring ] Monkey: BUT, THAT'S OUR STORY.
Dog: SEE?
OH NO!
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO CHANGE OUR STORY!
SUPER WHY TO THE RESCUE!
WITH THE POWER TO READ, I CAN CHANGE THIS STORY AND SAVE THE DAY!
LET'S CHANGE THE WORD "ROAR" IN THIS SENTENCE.
LET'S ZAP IT.
Z-Z-ZAP!
WHY WRITER, WRITE!
THE OGRE IS ROARING BECAUSE HE'S SO ANGRY.
WHICH WORD WILL HELP THE OGRE SO HE'S NOT ANGRY?
LET'S TRY "LAUGH"!
WHICH IS THE WORD "LAUGH"?
IT BEGINS WITH "L".
Children: THERE!
THERE'S THE WORD "LAUGH"!
LET'S ZAP IT.
READY, SET... Z-Z-ZAP!
[ Bark ] [ Chattering ] LET'S READ THE NEW SENTENCE.
[ Roar ] [ ♪♪♪ ] [ Gasps ] WE CAN USE THIS FEATHER TO TICKLE HIM!
IF HE LAUGHS HE WON'T BE ANGRY ANYMORE!
AND HE WON'T ROAR!
Ogre: [ Roar ] GREAT IDEA!
BUT IT'S A BIG FEATHER.
WE'LL HAVE TO LIFT IT ALL TOGETHER.
OKAY!
All: ONE... [ Effort yell ] TWO... [ Straining ] THREE!
[ Grunt ] [ Laughing ] TICKLE, TICKLE, TICKLE.
Ogre: [ Laughing ] I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!
[ Laughter ] Momotaro: WHOA!
All: [ Gasping ] YOU SAVED ME!
THANKS, SUPER WHY!
Friends: HOORAY!
DID THE WORD "LAUGH" GET THE OGRE TO STOP BEING ANGRY?
Children: YES!
YES!
SUPER JOB, SUPER READERS!
WE MADE THE OGRE STOP ROARING AND START LAUGHING.
AND NOW, HE'S NOT ANGRY ANYMORE.
OGRE?
WHY WERE YOU SO ANGRY?
EVERY TIME I HEAR ARGUING, IT MAKES ME ANGRY, SO I ROAR!
I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE ARGUE.
IT MAKES ME UPSET!
[ Blowing ] SO WHEN WE STOPPED ARGUING, YOU STOPPED ROARING?
THAT'S RIGHT!
NOW WILL YOU PROMISE TO STOP ROARING?
IT SCARES EVERYBODY.
I PROMISE...
IF YOU PROMISE TO STOP ARGUING!
Friends: PROMISE!
[ ♪♪♪ ] OUR LAST SUPER LETTERS?
WHICH LETTERS DID YOU FIND?
Children: "K"!
"E"!
"O"!
"O"!
"K", "E" AND TWO "O"s?
OKAY!
LET'S PUT THEM IN OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
WE FOUND ALL OF OUR SUPER LETTERS!
NOW WE CAN GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
THANKS, SUPER READERS!
BYE!
GOODBYE, SUPER READERS!
[ Mixed goodbyes ] Wonder Red: BYE, OGRE.
WHY-FLYERS!
BACK TO THE BOOK CLUB!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ WE FOUND THE SUPER STORY ANSWER ♪ ♪ WITH SUPER WHY ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ] [ Electronic beeps ] SUPER DUPER COMPUTER, GIVE US OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] READ THE LETTERS WITH ME.
OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER IS... [ Triumphant ♪♪♪ ] BUT... WHY?
Red: I KNOW!
BECAUSE WHEN MOMOTARO'S FRIENDS WORKED TOGETHER INSTEAD OF ARGUING, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE OGRE LAUGH INSTEAD OF ROAR.
AND THEN HE STOPPED SCARING EVERYONE.
SO MY QUESTION IS: WHAT CAN MY BROTHERS AND I DO SO WE CAN FINISH BUILDING OUR FORT?
AND THE ANSWER IS... All: WORK TOGETHER!
YES!
I KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW.
THANKS, SUPER READERS.
COME WITH ME!
[ ♪♪♪ ] BIGGEST PIG, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY SO I CAN PUT MY DOOR BACK UP.
NO.
BEFORE YOU PUT UP YOUR DOOR, I NEED TO PUT UP MY WALL!
PIGS!
WE'LL NEVER FINISH OUR FORT IF WE KEEP ARGUING.
WHY DON'T WE WORK TOGETHER?
WE'LL GET A LOT MORE DONE THAT WAY.
I GUESS WE CAN TRY IT.
OKAY.
OKAY, SO FIRST WE SHOULD BUILD THE WALLS, TOGETHER.
ONE, TWO... THREE!
[ Hammering ] WHEW!
[ Straining ] Both: [ Straining ] [ Hammering ] ONE, TWO... THREE!
[ Hammering ] NOW, TOGETHER WE SHOULD LIFT THE DOOR.
[ Hammering ] AND FINALLY, TOGETHER LET'S BUILD THE ROOF!
[ ♪♪♪ ] All: ONE, TWO... THREE!
AHH!
All: WE DID IT!
TOGETHER!
WE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE FINISHED OUR FORT!
All: HOORAY!
[ ♪♪♪ ] HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY ♪ ♪ WE CHANGED THE STORY ♪ ♪ WE SOLVED THE PROBLEM ♪ ♪ WE WORKED TOGETHER SO HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
♪ ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY ♪ ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY!
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