All language subtitles for Gortimer.Gibbons S02E03_English

Gortimer, narrating:
I've lived my whole life
on Normal Street.

There's a lake at one end,

and a forest of shady trees
at the other.

But what lies in between
is anything but normal.

Sometimes in life,
we want things to go
a certain way.

We worry about
finding the best look.

[camera shutter clicks]

Or having the perfect smile.

[camera shutter clicks]

But can we ever
achieve perfection?

And, uh, what is this
supposed to be?

Self portrait.

This is a photo of a foot.

Oh, you know what they say.

Feet are the new faces.

[chuckles]
I'll be in touch.

Bad day?

[sighs] Stanley was
the ninth photographer
I've interviewed,

and this is the best photo
I've seen all day.

A foot?

A foot.

No one gets it.

I want the Spyglass to be
the perfect year book.

Well, you're the editor.
How could it not be?

I can't do everything.

Well, did you ask Abigail?
She's got a great eye.

She's really talented,
but...

I don't even know
if she likes me.

- What?
- I don't know.

She's just so quiet,

and sometimes I feel like
she's just...

judging me.

Come on.
Not everyone has to
talk all the time.

I know for a fact that
she likes you.

[sighs] She does?

Who knows?
Maybe you guys could
become better friends.

Okay, fine.
I'll give her a shot.

How did you do this?

On the computer.

Yeah, but how?

I don't want to get
too technical.

I live for technical.

It's called
Image Bender Pro.

I've read about that.
Seems really awesome.

It is, but I just got
something better.

What is it?

The answer key
to the math final.

Excuse me?

[chuckles] Kidding.

It's Image Bender Pro 2.0.

My aunt is an editor
at a fashion magazine.

She gave me this beta version
to play around with.

Whoa.

But it expires
in a couple days.

Talent plus
cutting-edge technology.

Where have you been
all my life?

[chuckles]
In the art room.

I'm not sure about
this look.

I want to be remembered.

Says the guy with
grandma glasses.

Grandma glasses now,

but in 20 years when you
look at the picture,

you'll say that guy
was ahead of his time.

[chuckling]

[camera shutter clicking]

Keep it real.

Where are your eyebrows?

Chemistry lab
gone wrong.

Look, I don't want to
talk about it.

Good timing
for picture day.

Totally. My mom is
going to kill me.

You guys can fix this,
right?

I don't see why not.

Sure.

[camera shutter clicking]

- Wow.
- Amazing, right?

This software
can do anything.

Ooh. That looks painful.

We can probably
even it out.

I don't know.

The ethics of
trying to improve
someone's appearance by--

Oh, that looks
so much better.

Jane would want us to.
Right?

Definitely.

You're welcome, Stanley.

[chuckles]

Abigail: Why does Gortimer
look like he's about to cry?

That's his "smile for
the camera" smile.

Right. Not to be
confused with his

"I don't get that joke
but I'll pretend to" smile.

Do it.

Mm, maybe a little more?

Perfect.

- Good first day.
- Good first day.

So, for the Normal
spirit section,

we could create a collage

combining
all the sports teams.

And maybe line
the perimeter

with all the
different trophies.

Exactly what
I was thinking.

Um, can sunburns
disappear over night?

Well, they can fade,
but--

Ladies.

His skin
really cleared up fast.

Did we do this?

It's just software.

Hey, guys.

What's wrong
with your face?

I don't know.
I've been like this
since yesterday.

I just can't
stop smiling.

Are you just in
a really good mood?

[laughs] I wish.
In five minutes I have to

introduce this guy
at assembly.

I can't go like this.

It's probably
just nerves.

Sometimes I smile
when I'm nervous.

Why am I still smiling?

You're going to be fine.
Just take deep breaths.

[breathing heavily]

You don't really smile
when you're nervous, do you?

Not like that.

Mel: Do you think
by altering his smile,

we've somehow affected
Gortimer's emotions?

Or what if it's just
a physical response?

What are the implications?

What does this mean
for his future?

I-- I'm gonna need you to
take it down a notch.

[sighs] Can't you just undo
the changes we've made?

You don't think that was
the first thing I tried?

This is a beta version.
Undo is limited.

In that case,
can you please work faster?

He'll be on stage
any minute.

Do you want speed
or quality?

Both.

[sighs] I'm sorry.
You just do your thing.

[applause]

[clears throat]

As we all know,
the plight of the
Panamanian hermit crab

is no laughing matter.

[laughter]

I think you're just,
uh, making is worse.

It's not me.
This program is
really glitchy.

It's hard to control.

I'm sorry, I just--

[laughter]

[laughter]

This boy has no respect

for the gravity
of the situation.

I really think his smile
is more like this.

With all due respect,
I've know Gortimer
since pre-school.

I think I know
what his smile looks like.

And I know how to draw it,
since I've drawn it.

- But you need to--
- Don't!

[sighs] Now he's
not smiling at all.

Better than smiling
all the time.

So, without further ado,

let me introduce a man
who lacks so little,

Professor Yanic Laakso.

[applause]

Ladies and gentlemen,

crabs are my life.

[sighs] I'm gonna
go find him.

I'll come, too.

It's okay.
You really don't have to.

I'm coming.

That was the saddest thing
I've ever seen.

Gortimer,
quick question.

Why are you acting
so weird?

Didn't know I was.

So, just to get you guys
caught up,

we were fixing Gortimer's
year book photo, and...

We sort of
erased his smile
in the photo,

and it erased his smile
in real life.

You did what?

But we can fix it.

Gortimer,
you're gonna be okay.

- Don't worry.
- I'm not worried.

Why are you
still standing here?
Go fix it.

Stay with him.
Keep his spirits up.

Come on, buddy.

I have a box of
fake moustaches
with your name on it.

Why would my name
be on a box of
fake moustaches?

[sighs]

What is this?

Electronica Club.
My worst nightmare.

Why are you here,
Mel Fuller?

Haven't you already done
enough damage?

Haven't you already
destroyed enough dreams?

Yoshi, I don't want a fight.

Good.

Because you can't
kill this party,

Mel Fuller.

[amplified]
Neither can your
mysterious friend.

Um, I don't know
what this is,

but I'm just gonna go
use that computer over--

Mm-mm-mm.

Reserved.

[sighs]

What was that?

Yoshi's just mad
because I gave their album

a bad review
in the school newspaper.

Why would you give
someone a bad review

in a middle school
newspaper?

Because they're bad.

Look, if everyone
got a good review,

readers would
begin to question
our integrity.

[chuckles]
I don't even know how to
respond to that statement.

Stand back.
I'll handle this.

[scoffs]
This is pointless.

There's gotta be
another way.

Like, what if we pull
the fire alarm?

No. Let's just go talk to
Principal Jiminez.

She'll get us in.

If they reserved the lab,

she's just gonna tell us to
wait until they're done.

I have a way with teachers.
Watch and learn.

They reserved the lab.

Well,
you'll just have to wait
until they're done.

[whispering] See?
You should have let me
do it my way.

What was that,
Miss Arroyo?

Your way?

This is the Fall Fling
all over again.

You need to
respect the rules.

You need to
respect your peers.

Good afternoon,
ladies.

- The Fall Fling?
- It's not a big deal.

I was on the
decorations committee,

but I snuck in
the night before,

and did them all myself.

Let me guess.
You prefer to work alone?

And the dance looked great.

So now what?

Let's head back to
the lab and wait.

They've gotta be done soon.

[humming]

[growling]

Those look
uncomfortable.

[door closes]

How's it going?

Nothing's working.

We need to be
way funnier.

No problem.
I've been holding back.

[sighs] Hopefully,
Mel and Abigail are
having more luck.

[sighs]
He locked it.

[sighs]

"Review this,
Mel Fuller."

[sighs]

Just curious,

but do all your ideas
involve criminal activity?

Oh, I'm sorry.

It's just that when you said
that you cared about Gortimer,

I sort of thought
you meant it.

I always mean what I say.

Like, if I say
I know how to use
a certain software,

it means I know how to use it.

Oh, well,
you do know everything,

so I wouldn't expect
anything less from you.

[gasps]

Sorry.
Muscle spasm.

Okay...

now!

Don't worry,
Gortimer.
Mel and Abigail

are gonna
walk through that door

any second now.

Any second now.

Any second now.

Abigail: There. Done.

Is there a problem?

No, no. It's fine.
Let's just go.

But the picture's
back to normal.

Well, obviously,
Gortimer isn't.

None of this makes sense.

We fixed the photo.

Come on, Gortimer.

There's not much time
until the software expires.

- Help us out.
- I don't understand
the problem.

Really? You're just
gonna sit there,

and act like a robot?

We're your friends
and we're trying. Okay?

Why are you
yelling at Gortimer?

It's not his fault.

I'm just trying to
clean up the mess
that you made.

I never should have
let you talk me into
using that software.

Talked you into it?

You were excited about it.

You wanted to
make the year book
"cutting-edge."

I wanted it to be
the best. So what?

You're obsessed with
being the best, Mel.
It's weird.

It's why you write
a bad review in the
school newspaper,

just so everyone
can see for themselves

that Mel Fuller
is perfect.

I know.

She's amazing.

Well, that's
awfully judgmental

coming from the girl
who wouldn't even let
her classmates

help decorate
a school dance.

You just think
you're so much better
than everyone else.

No, that's not it, I--

You just work better alone?

That doesn't make you cool.
It makes you antisocial.

And what could be worse
than being antisocial?

In a society?
Nothing.

You can finish
the year book yourself.

I'm glad we finally
agree on something!

Where are you going?

To my room.

Why?

Why not?

As we saw in
yesterday's lecture,

the destruction of the
Panamanian hermit crab's
habitat

has made this already
solitary creature

even more endangered.

We have tried relocation,
tide pool farms and more.

No matter how authentic
the habitat seemed,

the crabs knew
it had been altered.

I can't believe he
won't even sit with us.

I can't believe
he's actually eating
that meatloaf.

I mean, look at it.
It's neither meat nor loaf.

Guys, I think
I figured it out.

I might know how to get
Gortimer's smile back.

Hmm. Just as I suspected.

I don't understand
any of this.

[sighs] But I do.

When we tried to fix
Gortimer's smile,

we shifted
the original pixels,

and changed the algorithm.

You kept adding new pixels and
moving the old ones around.

The result looked the same,
but it wasn't.

Stanley: I still don't
understand.

Mel: Picture a sand castle
that got washed away.

You could build a new one
that looks identical,

but all the grains of sand

would be in
completely different places.

Catherine: Exactly.

We can't re-create
the original,

but if we dig deep enough,

we could find that
it still exists.

Ranger: How?

Mel: Some programs have
a secret folder.

A recovery cache,

but we'll have to go
deep into the program

through thousands of
lines of code

to find the
original photograph we took.

But we won't have
much time.

- I'm in.
- I'm in.

Both: We're in.

[sighs]
Get Gortimer to the lab
as soon as you can.

We won't be able to tell
if it's working

unless he's there.

I'll try.

Type this.

1S-A/IBB2/cache.

It's working.

[typing]

Great.

Where's Gortimer?

We need to keep
an eye on him.

Gortimer, Mel and Abigail
really need you.

Come on, please.

Come on,
Gortimer.

Let me handle this.

They have candy.

Gortimer,
at least respond to me.

Say something.
Just say something.

Don't make me poke you.

You're really
not gonna go?

Like the gentle
Panamanian hermit crab,

I would like to be alone.

Catherine: Um,
it's going up.

You did hundreds of versions?

[sighs] We might not
have enough time.

Don't look at me.
She's the perfectionist.

Someone has to
have standards.

Good. Where's Gortimer?

I couldn't bring him.

Look, I've been
thinking about it,

and if Gortimer can't smile,
then neither should I.

Can you just
erase my smile, too?

I feel terrible.

Me, too.

We really messed up.

I didn't mean
what I said yesterday.

Yes, you did.
And you're right.

I am a perfectionist,

which means I can be
kind of a control freak
sometimes.

And I guess it's true
that I can be a little...

judgmental.

Maybe I'm just jealous
because you actually do
seem perfect.

Not even close.

I'm sorry.

Me, too.

Friends?

Friends.

I got it.

It's speeding up.

We're burning out
the cooling fans.

Mel: Oh, no.
It's slowing down.

It's frozen.

He's going to
look like this forever.

- [electricity crackling]
- [gasping]

Just lost the fans.
We're gonna overheat.

Mel: Just one picture left.
Come on, come on, come on.

11, 10, 9, 8,

- 7--
- 6, 5, 4--

- Come on, come on.
- Three--

[electricity crackling]

Mel: Two--

[screaming]

Gortimer.
You're smiling.

Well, how could I not?
You guys are friends now.

Gortimer: Everyone
sees the world differently.

And everyone has
a different idea

of what makes
something good.

What makes
something beautiful.

What makes something right.

But when we can accept
each other's differences,

and learn to work together,

then the result can be...

Perfect.

**