
Wild Kratts
Polar Bears Don't Dance
Season 1 Episode 7 | 26m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Martin and Chris set out to rescue a walrus calf and a polar bear cub from Zach Varmitech.
While in the Arctic, Martin and Chris are on a mission to discover how animals move around in different environments. Their new knowledge comes in handy when they discover that Zach Varmitech has kidnapped a Walrus calf and a Polar bear cub. The Wild Kratts team must do what it takes to return the baby animals to their mothers.
Wild Kratts
Polar Bears Don't Dance
Season 1 Episode 7 | 26m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
While in the Arctic, Martin and Chris are on a mission to discover how animals move around in different environments. Their new knowledge comes in handy when they discover that Zach Varmitech has kidnapped a Walrus calf and a Polar bear cub. The Wild Kratts team must do what it takes to return the baby animals to their mothers.
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Wild Kratts!
MARTIN: That a boy, Smoke!
Hey, it's us, the Kratt brothers.
Out here in the Arctic, where temperatures fall lower than 40°° below zero, there are two very different creatures who rule: the walrus, with tusks longer than baseball bats... MARTIN: And the polar bear, standing at over 10 feet, the tallest in the world.
What happens when these two natural enemies meet?
When each is powerful enough to turn the other into mush.
(Barking) Ahh!
CHRIS: Did you say "mush"?
Yeah, mush.
Uh-oh.
I didn't mean that kind of mush!
Argh!
I said it again!
CHRIS: Hang on!
(Screaming) (Groaning) (Groaning) MARTIN: I shouldn't have said "mush."
My face feels like mush.
(Groaning) How do Arctic animals do it?
Move so easily through ice and snow.
What if we could move like a polar bear and a walrus?
Then maybe we'd find out how these two natural enemies face off.
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Did you catch that trick or what?
Nice move!
Just keep your eye out for hungry polar bears.
They're ready to munch on anything after eight months of hibernation.
I'm not worried.
You will be if you come face-to-face with the most carnivorous bear on the planet.
Nothing personal, bro, but you are boarding like a total newbie.
(Roaring) Okay, maybe I'm a little worried.
(Roaring) Kick it, bro!
A polar bear can hit a charge of 30 mph.
MARTIN: Yeah, I see that.
And they've got the longest legs in the bear world.
And gaining!
CHRIS: Whoa, we've got a monster drop coming up, bro.
Check out this big air!
MARTIN: Right behind you, Chris!
♫ That's no newbie move.
(Laughing) Nice face plant, bro!
(Screaming) (Laughing) Nice dance moves.
Don't worry, I'll get you back.
What, me worry?
Whoa, she's hunting.
She knows her prey needs to surface to breathe so she lies in wait, ambush-style, for what's swimming below to pop up.
Could be a beluga whale or a seal.
Or maybe...
I think the crew might want to see this.
Deploy fly cam.
Hm.
A walrus!
Ahh!
Ugh!
(Aviva laughing) Martin usually wears blue, but he looks pretty good in green.
If the Kratt bros had a comedy show, I'd totally watch it.
I think we just did.
(Laughing) Oh, do we have a lock on their coordinates, Koki?
Yeah, 66°° north, 65°° west.
Now, it looks like there's a hectic blizzard to the west, but the bros are all clear.
Ready for liftoff, Jimmy Z.?
Not yet.
The joystick is stuck!
So that's where it went.
(Chomping) Teleportation delivery is out of here.
Polar bears need to be patient and focused.
Unlike you, Martin.
But they could wait for hours for their prey to pop up.
What do you think?
Wait's over.
What's that?
Hey, guys, did you get the package?
MARTIN: Yeah, but your delivery was a little off.
Whoa!
Nice reaction time, dude!
Are we quick or what?
Oh, yeah!
(Groaning) AVIVA: Okay.
Whenever you're ready, I've modified your Creature Power Suits for Arctic survival.
You know the drill.
Touch the animal, hit the button, and listo, you've got Creature Power!
What?
I was almost chewed by a polar bear.
Now I have to touch one to activate my suit?
(Laughing) Ciao.
MARTIN: Ah, she's parking her cub, telling him to stay behind while she hunts.
Better listen, Poby.
Poby?
Yeah, Poby.
Polar bear, Poby.
VOICE: They don't see me.
My iceberg disguise is working.
Somebody pinch me.
Ow, I didn't mean literally!
Well, it looks like the brainless brothers have a dancing bear.
(Laughing) Not for long.
Look at that.
She blends right into the ice and snow.
CHRIS: With that Arctic camouflage, the walrus don't even see her.
MAN: It just gets better.
The more dancing varmints, the merrier.
The crowd's gonna love it and I, Zach Varmitech, will be so rich it'll make your head spin.
Hey, I didn't mean literally.
Now, go catch those puppies.
MARTIN: Whoa, she's attacking!
The walrus can hardly move up here.
They're like big, blubbery caterpillars.
Made it!
MARTIN: Barely!
The bear is in control on land and the walrus rules the water.
Two natural enemies.
But what would happen if one caught the other on its own turf?
(Babies crying) (Sniffing) (Laughing) Well, say bye-bye to your mommies!
A Zach attack.
He snatched them right from under our noses.
You don't steal baby animals from their moms.
What's he gonna do to them?
Goodbye.
Never gonna see you again!
Zach's nastier than an arctic blizzard.
How are we supposed to catch that turbo-boosted speedboat?
A-ha!
By moving the way the creatures move.
Yes.
Running like a polar bear.
Swimming like a walrus.
We've got to activate our Creature Power Suits!
That's one way to do it.
Sweet.
Walrus power.
What a rip!
How am I supposed to touch a bear who wants to eat me?
Your problem not mine, bro.
Got to go.
Hang on, bear.
I'm on my way!
Okay, it's a double cubnapping.
This will put our inventions to the test.
Keep your eyes on those animals and get ready to invent.
This is walrus world.
Guys, I could use a little help figuring out how to move down here.
Whoa!
Ugh!
Now I get it.
Power comes from the back flippers.
The back flipper action propels the walrus.
Whoa!
(Groaning) Note to self: learn to steer.
(Groaning) AVIVA: That's face plant numero dos, MK.
I know.
For this crazy terrain, I need some long legs and claws like she's got.
Hm?
Ugh!
Of course, side flippers steer.
Flippers are fingers with webbing between them.
That's the inside scoop on flipper power.
Have flippers, will travel.
Okay, walrus, let's go save your calf.
If I could just touch her, it would activate my suit, and I'd have polar bear power too.
(Sniffing) Great idea.
With that nose your cub could be 3 km away and you'd still be able to smell her.
ZACH: Smell your cub?
Oh no, you don't, Sasquatch.
My cologne will do the trick.
That should mess up your mommy's smeller.
Here's my chance to be the bear.
(Growling) Just kidding.
Just kidding.
(Gasping) Now, you two, let me see you dance.
Come on.
Chris, if we shortcut across the ice, we can head to Zach off at the pass.
♫ CHRIS: Flippers for water.
MARTIN: Legs for land.
To the creature rescue!
♫ Wah!
I need claws!
(Laughing) I programmed claws.
And, just like the bottom of the bear's footpads, I put in these incredible tiny traction bumps.
These features give extra grip on slippery ice.
If you'd just touch the bear, MK, you'd have no-slip soles too.
Easier said than done.
Oof!
Oh no, Zach's almost in the clear.
If he gets to the open sea, we'll never catch them.
ZACH: If you two don't start practicing your dance routines for the show tonight, I'll make a few biogenetic adjustments and force you.
Come on, shake those flippers!
Come on.
(Screaming) Put them on ice!
(Bleating) (Roaring) Got to slow him down with walrus power.
Flippers, don't fail me now.
Tusk time!
Flipper power to the max!
♫ You're not going anywhere with those cubs, Zach.
Way to go, walrus man!
(Bellowing) Oh no, they think their kids are in danger from each other.
(Growling) Whoa, it's a rarely-seen battle of Arctic titans.
Forget dancing babies, a big battle is much better.
MARTIN: All right, the polar bear has the advantage here.
Moving really well like she's dancing on ice.
But the walrus is clumsy on land like a giant blubber balloon.
With no legs, she's got to drag herself back to the water.
Can she make it before the polar bear-- Oh!
Whoa, now the tables are turned.
Even though the polar bear is a good swimmer, the walrus is built for underwater.
Down here, the walrus is pure, fluid swimming power.
With the tusks, she's pulling the bear under!
(Babies crying) I'll grab the cub!
I've got the calf.
Yeah!
Get the mothers.
I'll distract them.
It's all over, Varmitech.
Stealing little wild animals!
And you think you're the world's greatest mind?
More like the world's greatest pain in a bear's behind.
What?
No, I found these tender little ones and wanted to return them to their families.
I was looking all over for you two.
What are you talking about?
We saw you waving bye-bye with the walrus flipper.
No, no, it was holding my hand.
It must have thought I was its mommy.
Can somebody get frostbite of the brain?
ZACH: But I am so worried now.
You've got to find their mothers.
I'll just go look over there.
See you.
Hey, where are the moms?
Yeah, where are they?
Those wild rats can have your stinky kittens.
You're the bigger prize and I've got plans for you.
But first, I'm gonna trick Chris and Martin and get rid of them forever.
(Laughing) Chris, I found them!
Go on to your ma, Poby.
I'll hang with you later.
Back to where you belong, living free and in the wild.
We did it!
Yeah.
♫ Boo!
(Zach laughing) What's going on?
You're so easily fooled.
I've got the fighting mommies now.
I almost feel bad beating you like this.
Almost.
Hey, have an "ice" time.
I lured you into an arctic storm!
(Cackling) MARTIN: What?
Tell me this is a joke.
If it is, I think we're the punchline.
Prepare to get soaked!
I can't believe the storm moved in so fast.
Where are the Kratt bros?
I don't have any visuals.
What about the mother bear and walrus?
We got to save them too.
(Cackling) That's the spirit, Sasquatch, but save it for each other.
Now, I'll equip you two with titanium battle wear and tonight, you'll fight for me at the opening of my arctic ice hotel.
I'll be king of the ice world!
Take me there!
(Cackling) (Bleating) Don't worry, Poby.
We're gonna make it through this and find your mom.
I promise.
A few snowflakes can't stop me.
Poby!
Aviva, I've got contact with Chris.
I'm on my last flipper.
I can't tread water much longer.
Floating like bobbers?
How are they doing that?
Pharyngeal throat sacs.
Blow them up and you've got a built-in life preserver.
Incredible!
I need something that can inflate like a balloon in the water.
If it's full of air, it'll rise when it's underwater.
If I can just integrate this into the walrus power suit programming, it just might keep Chris afloat.
Poby.
Why do you have to be so white?
Darn camouflage!
(Poby bleating) Poby!
Got you!
Wah!
I need your polar bear power.
Now!
The strength of a polar bear with mighty claws, to boot!
For no-slip power.
It worked!
Uh-oh.
Whoa!
I can't stay afloat anymore.
Okay, it's ready to go.
Energizing.
Hurry!
Zap it!
Keep breathing, walrus.
(Straining) A built-in life preserver!
Riding out the storm walrus-style.
Uh-oh!
We just lost all communication with them.
Let's hope their Creature Powers see them through.
But Zach still has the moms.
Send the alert to the Wild Kratts kids!
Our eyes and ears around the world.
Hey, we got something from Nua.
Hey, Koki, Zach's just passing my village.
He must be heading to the big glacier.
68°° North, 65°° West.
Perfecto.
I got to get out there!
CHRIS: It worked!
Storm's over and I'm still floating.
Woohoo!
That was a wild ride!
I hope Martin's okay.
Martin, where are you, bro?
Love the polar bear fur, Poby.
Kept us warm and toasty down to 30°° below zero.
CHRIS: Martin!
Huh?
Snow camo!
Look, I got polar bear powers.
Nice!
Ow!
Hey, we've still got some creatures to rescue.
ZACH: And now, I bring you the spectacle of the century.
There will be a bloodcurdling cage battle between the scary Sasquatch and the man-eating seal thingy.
(Crowd exclaiming) Try polar bear and walrus.
Not gonna happen.
Kratt bros, Zach's got the moms and he's making them fight.
I'm sending the GPS points.
Hurry.
Let's go.
Flippers for water.
Legs for land.
Saving the planet with Creature Power!
This place is an icy maze.
Run!
I can't!
They're great for underwater, but flippers don't run.
I need to deactivate.
Oh no, it's jammed!
ROBOTS: Crush!
Smash!
Destroy!
Crush!
Smash!
Destroy!
Geez, bro, talk about pulling your weight!
CHRIS: Take a right!
I mean, a left.
Ahh!
Faster, faster!
MARTIN: I'm going as fast as I can!
Huh?
Uh-oh.
Crush!
Smash!
Destroy!
Crush!
Smash!
Destroy!
Crush!
Smash!
Destroy!
Hey, Chris.
Wanna go bowling?
It'll be a ball.
Ugh!
Strike!
They don't call me "bowler" bear for nothing.
Bowler bear, bowler bear.
Oh no!
Are you ready to battle?
We're too late.
Not if you're riding this.
All right, Aviva!
Hey!
Vamos!
I've got an idea.
And right after the fight, I'll be signing autographs at the frozen yogurt stand.
Let the fight begin!
CROWD: Ooh... Ahh...
Bite the walrus!
Tusk the bear!
Fight, fight, fight!
Why are you dancing?
You're supposed to be enemies!
(Crowd laughing) MARTIN: Hey, Zach, didn't you know?
Polar bears don't dance.
And walrus don't rock 'n roll.
But we do.
(Crowd cheering) Ha ha, the switcheroo worked.
The real polar bear and walrus should be living free and in the wild.
(Grumbling) So you want to be part of my show?
(Roaring) (Laughing) Huh?
(Gasping) AVIVA: Guys, heads up!
Ha!
Going up.
(Roaring) See ya!
You animal-loving losers!
Get back here!
Whoa-- Oh!
Sit, doggie.
Sit.
Nice sealy.
Oh...oh... (Cackling) Now!
Oh... Hi.
Ruined my chance to be king of the ice world!
You'll pay for this, you wild rats!
Now, that's a show we'll never forget.
Swim back to where you belong, buddy: the walrus's water world.
I told you I'd get you back to mom, Poby.
Patrolling the land of ice and snow.
Mission accomplished.
There's one little problem.
My suit, it's still jammed.
Oh, I can fix that.
Hang on.
Allow me.
(Screaming) Cold!
Cold!
Got you again!
And the winner is... me.
Missed!
No, I didn't.
(Screaming) Told you I'd get you back.
Whoa!
(Laughing) (Laughing) Whoa!
CHRIS: We've got walrus!
(Imitating walrus) Hello.
(Laughing) CHRIS: Those flippers!
The key to swimming.
Hey, girl.
Let me see that flipper.
Oh!
I know flippers are for swimming, but for slapping me around?
Oh!
(Laughing) Hey, what was that all about?
Oh, thanks, that's nice.
Come on, please let me see your flipper?
Thanks.
Every creature has special features that help it survive where it lives.
Oh, yeah.
And flippers are the key for moving for lots of water creatures.
They help them swim smoothly through the water.
MARTIN: Manatees sometimes use their flippers more like arms, dragging themselves along the sea bottom in search of food like water plants and algae.
Fur seals use their flippers to twist and turn and help them escape from the jaws of their deadliest enemy, the great white shark.
CHRIS: But flippers aren't much good on land so creatures like the cheetah have developed a different way of getting around.
With a lean body and long legs, they're perfectly adapted for life in the wide-open African savannah.
Their amazing legs help make them the fastest running animal in the world.
MARTIN: So, legs are for land, flippers are for water.
And you're made to live in the water, right, boy?
(Laughing) (Laughing) Okay, I'm soaked.
♫