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Friends of the Forest/Chicken Hero
Lucita Sky, AJ Gadgets, Sara Snap, and Benny Bubbles, led by their quirky and enthusiastic teacher, Mr. Sparks, work together to help people, solve problems, and try to make the world a better place. When their imperfect powers aren’t up to the task, they look to their other powers – the superpowers of science – to help them investigate, observe, make predictions, and figure out a solution.
Friends of the Forest/Chicken Hero
Season 1 Episode 38 | 24m 55s | CC
Our heroes learn that lots of paper is being wasted, so they embark on a mission with Branchman (an adult superhero), to understand the problem and plan a solution to use less paper, while encouraging others to do so as well. / When Jetman Jones gets a super sidekick, he's surprised when he's sent a chicken. It runs away and Sparks’ Crew uses their Superpowers of Science to track it down.
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