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- The Burton J Zuckerman Academic Olympics

is the Super Bowl of applied science.

We will win.

We have to win.

- Yes, general.

- First off, I'm not a general.

I'm the captain of this team.

Tomorrow, we'll be testing our knowledge of the equations

against the smartest kids from the best schools.

Just because you don't take this competition seriously

doesn't mean I shouldn't.

- (clears throat) As your academic advisor,

may I suggest that we focus on our practice equations.

Vaughn, what are you working on?

- Momentum.

The relationship between how heavy an object is

and how fast it's moving.

- Okay, here's a question on momentum

that was asked in competition in 1994.

Which part of the momentum equation

would you have to change to make a running back

10 times harder to tackle

if he weighed half as much as M

and M is the constant for mass?

- That's easy.

You can either increase A or decrease M by a factor of--

- Corrine, it's Vaughn's equation.

- Yeah, captain.

- But during the competition

the team can solve problems together

and I know this answer.

- Vaughn, while you're working on that,

Lucas, what is your equation?

- Luminosity.

Brightness.

- Ah, one of my favorites.

Okay, here's an oldie but a goodie from 1959.

Which part of the brightness equation

would you have to change

in order to make a fireflies backside

(Marshall chuckles)

100 times brighter

if said backside was decreased in size by one third?

Lucas.

- I'm sorry, you lost me on fireflies backside.

- Lucas, if F equals flex and A equals area, then--

- Okay, I was just kidding.

Give me a chance to look at it, all right?

- Okay, okay, how about we take a break

and pick this up later?

- The Zuckerman competition's tomorrow.

How are we gonna win if we don't review together?

We're a team.

- Could have fooled me.

- Vaughn. - Corrine,

everyone's working hard.

Why don't you, I don't know, back off a bit.

Your equation on lunar gravity isn't right

and I didn't say anything, did I?

- Vaughn, wait up.

- I'm going to.

- We're a team.

(door bangs)

Do you know what Vaughn meant by that last crack of his?

- I think the real question is, do you?

- Thanks for the backup.

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A running back 10 times harder to tackle.

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A firefly glowing 100 times brighter.

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(air whooshing)

The force of gravity on the moon.

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I don't need anyone else to win this thing.

I can do it myself.

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(electric sizzling)

Okay, so my mom drops me at this boring school.

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And I'm thinking it's like all the other places I've gone.

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Students,

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teachers, principal, like normal schools,

(electric sizzling)

but it's not, weird stuff happens here.

Really weird stuff.

And what's this guy doing here?

Something's going on and someone's behind it.

And we're gonna get to the bottom of it.

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- There's nothing wrong at Black Hole High.

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- What's with Corrine

in this whole equation competition thing?

- Oh well, she is the captain.

- [Lucas] She's acting like if we lose

we're gonna be banished to Siberia.

- She's probably just nervous.

(electric sizzling)

Lucas, shut off that light.

- Marshall, even you're not gonna believe this.

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Go get, Z.

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(door bangs)

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- What's the matter, Trent,

short girls can't jump?

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(electric sizzling)

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- Harrison, I hope you are prepared to impress me today.

- I'll do my best coach.

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(coach whistles)

(Harrison grunts)

- Okay, Vaughn. - I can't stop.

- You have to stop.

- I can't.

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- Stop.

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Harrison, stop.

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- Marshall, what is so important that it couldn't wait?

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- Professor Z, please tell me you've seen this before.

- Actually, no.

Except in bioluminescent species like fireflies

and certain types of plank and fish.

- Did you say fireflies?

- Fireflies backside.

Lucas, your equation.

We gotta get you to the science room.

- Hold it.

I can't walk around looking like this.

(door bangs)

- Right.

(footsteps approaching)

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Stairs. - Oh, oh.

- Stairs.

- Professor Zachary? - Here we go.

- Is that-- - Lucas?

- But he's dressed like the invisible man.

- I'm doing a lesson on the science

and the HG welds stories.

- He's some kind of teacher, Principal Durst.

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- Just wish I knew what kind.

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- Looks like this short girl can jump.

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- I think I just found the Lady Owl's

new starting center, yes.

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- Oh, yeah.

- It's as I suspected, Lucas.

Apparently by changing your brightness equation

you've become the manifestation of your equation.

- [Lucas] I didn't change it.

- Someone changed my equation.

- Vaughn's equations also changed,

but my latent heat still the same.

- That's because I didn't ask Marshall any questions.

Did I, Corrine?

- Well, you guys didn't know the answers.

- Thanks a lot, captain.

I'm glowing like a fireflies rear end.

Josie's jumping like she's on a space mission

and Vaughn is, where's Vaughn?

- Look, I'll just change the equations

and everything well be back to normal.

(Corrine rubbing)

There.

- Not there, look.

(electric sizzling)

- Don't tell me I'm stuck like this.

- Oh, come on, Lucas, look at the bright side.

(laughs) Bright side

- Guys, I'm sure we'll figure this out.

But in the meantime

we still need to prepare for the competition tomorrow.

- We can't go anywhere like this.

- Sure we can.

I can hold Josie down so she doesn't moon bounce.

You can wear a disguise, this is good.

- Corrine, are you listening to yourself?

None of us can compete like this.

- If you all took winning the Zuckerman medal

as seriously as I do,

I wouldn't have to change your equations

and none of this would've happened.

- Oh, so this is our fault now?

I don't know what it is

about this competition that's changed you

but compete on your own, I'm out.

- Me too.

I'm taking my equation and going home.

- No, Lucas, wait.

If changing your equation affected you

what will erasing it do?

(chalk screeching)

(air whooshing)

- Hey, I'm not glowing anymore.

- Perhaps only the person who wrote the original equation

can change it back to normal.

That would explain why it didn't work

when Corrine changed yours.

- Try jumping.

(footsteps thuds)

(chuckles) All right (chuckles).

- Now all we have to do is find Vaughn.

(door slams)

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- Woo, guys, you gotta help me.

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I can't stop moving.

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- Vaughn's become momentum times 10.

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We have to hold him still

so he can change his equation back.

- Woo. - Go cut him.

- [All] Woo!

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- Woo! - Woo!

- Vaughn, you have to...

(all grunts)

Vaughn, on a count of three,

you gonna grab the chalk and change your equation

like to the way it was.

- Do it.

- One, two, three.

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(all breathes heavily)

Okay, now can we please not tamper with these equations

until we understand them better.

What's wrong, Marshall?

- My latent heat equation, it's wrong.

That's supposed to be a Q not an O.

- I must have brushed up against it.

- Okay, amount of energy now equals zero, which means...

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Shut the door.

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(air whooshing)

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- What happened to Marshall?

- Oh, no, Marshall's equation latent heat.

It shows how much energy is needed

to make a solid turn into a liquid

and a liquid turn into a gas.

See that over there?

That used to be a Q.

When I brushed up against it, it turned into a zero

which means that it took zero energy from Marshall

to get from a solid to a liquid to a gas.

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- What are you saying?

- Marshall vaporized.

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Professor Z, what are we gonna do about Marshall?

- This room is an airtight,

so seal as many vents and cracks as you can.

- What are you gonna do?

See if we have a Marshall's worth of extra vapor in here.

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- [Vaughn] Go, go.

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- We're here guys.

- Gradual tape, great.

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- Okay, we're done.

- Professor Z, what is that?

- It's an infrared gas analyzer.

Last term I did an analysis

of the gas density of this room.

Luckily here, hold these, stand apart.

Now, by checking the density now

and comparing it to my figures then

we should be able to determine

if Marshall is present in the room as a vapor.

(gas analyser whizzing)

Okay,

(analyser beeps)

got it.

Okay, the gas density is heavier now

than my last measurement

by exactly the amount of moisture

one could expect to find in the human body.

Marshall is here.

- Hang in there, buddy.

- However, since Marshall is a vapor

we need a way to condense him.

- Come on, we can't quit now.

Lucas and Vaughn use a classroom's computer

to go on the net and research condensing techniques.

Josie and I can go through all the cabinets with Professor Z

see if there's equipment we can use to rig something.

If we pull together, we can do this.

- I'll start over there.

- Now that was some good captaining.

- Better late than never.

- When it comes to friends, absolutely.

No matter how hard they've been pushed away.

- I really mess this up, didn't I?

My friends are mad at me, Marshall's in trouble.

It's just the Zuckerman medal

has part of my family's history.

My grandma was the first woman ever to win it

and my mom won it when she went here.

And now my parents are coming to watch me,

be the first Baxter woman in three generations to lose it.

- Well, did you ever think

of letting your teammates know how important it was to you?

- I guess I thought they wouldn't understand.

- Maybe they'd push themselves even harder

if they knew how important it was to you.

- No luck.

- Nothing, unless, would a dehumidifier work?

- In theory, a dehumidifier would first condense

then collect the warmest, most humid air.

- AKA Marshall Wheeler.

- But we don't have one.

- I have a dehumidifier in my room, allergies.

- Only, how do we get out of this room to get it

without dispersing Marshall into the school?

- My equation on velocity.

Velocity.

How much distance you move

divided by how much time it takes.

If I move 10 feet in 10 seconds,

my velocity is one foot every second.

However, if I change the variable T to zero,

I now move 10 feet in zero seconds, no time at all.

It's a theoretical force called instantaneous velocity.

- And kind of like teleporting yourself

from one place to another.

- Exactly.

I can move from this classroom to our room

without having to open any windows or doors.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You could go smashing

into every solid object between here and your room.

I'll go.

- No you can't, it's my equation.

Look, I'm responsible for this.

If I've acted like a real captain

and let you all figure out your own equations,

none of this would've happened.

- Good luck, Corrine.

- Be right back.

(air whooshing)

Oh, how cool is this?

Oh.

(footsteps approaching)

Okay, going down.

(air whooshing)

- (laughs) What took you so long?

- I zigged when I should have zagged.

- Okay, Marshall, come on home.

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- How will we know when we've got him?

- It's not working.

(water bubbling)

- Oh, stand back everyone.

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(water bubbling)

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(water bubbling)

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(water bubbling)

- Change the equation.

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(water bubbling)

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(water bubbling)

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- Marshall, it's good to see you.

- How do you feel?

- Surprisingly a little thirsty.

(Corrine chuckles)

- How about, will you hit me a hand

cleaning up over here, now, now, over here.

- I am so sorry about all of this.

- It wasn't your fault I vaporized,

but you figured out how to get me back

in time for the competition.

- One thing that takes as a team

and I don't have one anymore, do I?

- Sure you do, I'm reenlisting.

- Sign me up.

- Me too, captain.

- Okay

- Thanks, guys.

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- Corrine, I have a surprise for you.

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- Hey, mom and dad.

- Hey, Button.

- Guys, these are my parents.

- Hi. - Hi, there.(laughs)

Oh, we don't wanna take time away

from your studying for the competition.

- No, no, no, we just drop by to wish you all good luck.

- Actually, I think we've learned

just about all we can about scientific equations

and action, don't you?

- You're the captain, captain.

- Well, in that case.

And if it's alright with you, Principal Durst,

we'd like to take the whole team out for a good luck dinner.

- That would be lovely.

- Thanks, dad.

(all laughs)

- All right. - Oh.

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- I give you your Burton J Zuckerman Academic Olympics

silver medal winning team.

(crowd applauding)

(camera shutters)

(crowd applauding)

- Hey, Button,

are you sure you're okay with taking second place?

- We know how important winning this was to you.

- I was worried about how important it was to you, mom.

I mean, you and grandma both won it, I came second.

- Our teams won it, honey.

And your team stellar.

I'm sure you'll get 'em next year.

- You think so?

- Oh yeah.

- Thanks, mom.

- Go on now, celebrate with your friends.

- Okay.

(phone rings)

- Nine o'clock, thank you.

Vaughn, you didn't embarrass me, well done.

- Thanks, dad.

(car engine starts)

- Well, glad that's over.

- I agree.

- Me too.

- Okay, I know it's early,

but I wanna start talking about next year.

See, I've been thinking

about our strategies and we need a new approach.

I'm kidding.

- Not a chance.

- Guys, joke, joke. - Next year, guys.

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