The Talking Doll

**Fire and Nolik decide to play a mean trick on Toola with a talking doll that Professor Eugenius brought to the laboratory. When Simka discovers what the boys did, she and Digit play a trick on them.**

## Plot

The episode starts off at Professor Eugenius's laboratory, at Fixie School.Professor Grandpus is teaching the students about fixing something. When Professor Eugenius calls out for Grandpus, he announces that the lesson is over.Then Professor Eugenius shows Grandpus a talking doll, which speaks Japanese, and he has been told to get her to talk in English, which is a new technology. Grandpus tells him that they can figure out how to do so, and Eugenius thanks him for that.

All this time, the kids had been listening to their conversation. Toola asks Grandpus how toys talk. He tells her that they shall learn about the doll tomorrow, and now it's time to go home.Toola, Simka and Verda leave, while Fire, Nolik and Digit stay behind.

Digit says he already knows everything about the talking doll, and changing her voice is so easy anyone can do it. He offers to show Fire and Nolik how and then explains how talking dolls work (see below).Digit finds the chip, and goes to re record the voice in it. Nolik starts to follow him, but is stopped by Fire who said that he has a funny joke to play.

The next day at Fixie School, Grandpus say that they'll be learning about talking dolls, like he promised. He asks for a volunteer to press the doll's button, and Fire says Toola to do it. She happily agrees and presses the button. But to her horror and surprise, the doll says,

"Toola! Toola, why are you hiding a picture of Digit in the pack-o-mat? Maybe you're in love?!"

Toola, who gets horrified by it, thinks that the doll is alive and runs away in embarrassment as the rest of the class laughs. Digit was most astounded by the scene, as he had recorded a different voice. Grandpus says that it's joking, and at the back bench, Fire and Nolik are talking about a new trick, which Simka overhears.

Simka goes to console a crying Toola, and tells her that Fire and Nolik did it on purpose, and Digit, who just entered the scene, says that they can play a joke on them. Toola then tells the viewers about Digit. (see below).

It's nighttime now, and Fire and Nolik are here to get the doll ready for the next prank. To their horror, the doll starts to move and says,

"YOU CAME BACK! YOU TROUBLEMAKERS! Now I'll show you what happens to bad boys who hurt girls' feelings! "

The two run away in fear, and it is seen that Digit, Toola and Simka were behind it. Digit said that they thought that the doll came to life, to which Toola says that it would've been better of she WERE alive. Simka says that Toola is hard to please, to which they all laugh as the episode ends.

## How do talking Dolls Work?

This is explained by Digit.

"Early Talking dolls used to work with a noise maker inside. When the doll was turned over, air inside the noise maker got pushed through a squeaker at the end of it, making a noise that sounded like the word 'mama'. Heh, funny. Today he noises are recorded onto an electronic chip, that's part of a little player inside of the doll. Just press a button, and the sound starts playing. So now dolls can say much more than just 'mommy' or 'daddy'. They can say anything at all!"

## Meet Digit!

Digit was introduced by Toola in the clip.

"The smartest Fixie in our class is Digit. Sometimes, I think he knows everything about everything. Professor Grandpus has a lot of respect for him.Digit's always in thought whenever you see him, and he doesn't like when anyone distracts him. He just has no time for fooling around with the other boys. And that's why he can have a tough time at gym class. But he's so sweet that it makes you wanna help him. To tell you the truth, Digit isn't always great fixing things with his own hands, but no one understands technology better than he does. If something breaks, Digit can figure out exactly what's wrong with it and the very best way to fix it."

## Characters Appearing

* Professor Grandpus
* Professor Eugenius
* Toola
* Simka
* Verda
* Digit
* Fire
* Nolik
* Papus (clip only, non-speaking cameo)

## Trivia

* Nolik says that Toola has a picture of Digit in her Pack-o-mat, implying she has feelings for him
	+ However, it's also possible that what Nolik said was just to intensify the joke.