Supa Team 4 (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Smart Art - full transcript

[spray paint can shaking]

[theme song playing]

♪ Okay, okay, okay ♪

♪ Mama K ♪

♪ Yeah, you already know
One, two, three, four, let's go ♪

♪ From LSK you bet it, we don't play
My sisters, my friends gonna slay ♪

♪ And you know we got the power
Anything we dreaming is ours ♪

♪ What's coming, what's running, ekse
We super don't stay in our lane ♪

♪ We're not playing, we don't play
You're gonna know our name ♪

[singing in Chinyanja]

[theme music ends]



[news intro music playing]

This is Geoffrey from Zambia News,
reporting from downtown Lusaka,

where workers have completed the upgrade
to Lusaka's solar-powered station.

With the Kafue Dam
and the Katete Wind Farm under repairs,

Lusakans are desperate

for solar power more than ever.

Huh!

More than ever, hm?
We will have to do something about that.

Speaking of solar power,

famed vlogger Sunny from the Block
accidentally electrocuted herself

while attempting to steal solar power.

As Sunny was taken off
to Lusaka Criminal Psychiatric Ward,

she screamed an important message
to the people,

"Load shedding leads to bad hair days!"



[chuckling] Too true, Sunny. Too true.

[phone ringing]

Whicka-whicka-whicka what?

[sighs]

Listen, I need you to get me solar panels.

Lots of solar panels.

♪ If it is panels that you need
I will get them with speed ♪

♪ The Chipata Solar Factory
Should be more than satisfactory ♪

Then I need you to go
to the Lusaka Psychiatric Hospital

and pick up a very special vlogger.

I think she has a sunny future.

[chuckles]

[upbeat music playing]

Ah, Komana! Mr. Mwiinga!
Welcome, eh! Welcome

I'm so glad you could come this evening.

I am honored to be invited, Mr. Magedzee.

It is your hard work
that has brought you here.

Your final version of the solar-powered
Carbon Capture device is brilliant.

Running green and producing green.

Oh, it is true. No one deserves this
more than you, mwanangu.

It's pure genius.

Which is why
I am extremely happy to make you

one of the recipients of my

-Young Geniuses Scholarship Program.
-[exclaims]

-Congratulations, Komana.
-Thank you, Mr. Magedzee.

This scholarship is sure to help you
become the next best inventor in Lusaka.

Oh, my daughter will continue
to impress you with her hard work

-and ingenuity, Mr. Magedzee.
-[watch buzzing]

[chuckles] I know she will.

I simply cannot wait
to see her next groundbreaking invention.

Next groundbreaking invention?

♪ First to grab the panels
Then the lady ♪

♪ Soon Lusaka will be super shady ♪

-[Zee] Uh...
-[gasps]

What do you think you're doing, Snap Back?

T.O.M.I., activate bad rap blockers.

[T.O.M.I.] Bad rap blockers operational.

♪ Listen up, girls
Just stop your attack ♪

♪ If I don't get these panels
It's gonna be whack ♪

♪ Sorry, Snap, we just blocked your rap ♪

♪ So we gotta take
Those stolen solar panels back ♪

Oh! T-Mlilo in the byu byu,
throwing down rhymes.

Now let's drop the beat
'cause it's battle time.

[gasps, whimpers]

[grunts]

[upbeat music playing]

[groans]

-Yo! Yo! Yo-yo!
-Yeesh!

Are you okay?

[groans]

♪ Hey, Za-Mpezi, hey, girl ♪

♪ Why don't you be my mob? ♪

♪ So I can keep stealing
And finish the job ♪ [chuckles]

Eh...

♪ Let Snap Back do his stealing ♪

-♪ And finish the job ♪
-Huh?

-Snap Back is getting away.
-Hm?

[Temwe groans] Stop!

Za-Mpezi, it's us.

She's being hypnotized
by Snap Back's bad rap.

Za-Mpezi!

[grunts]

[panting]

Ah! Is she okay?

[groaning]
[gasps]

-What's happened?
-[horn honks]

♪ Thanks for making this a breeze
My boss, he's got big plans for these ♪

[horn honking]

Mm...

[groans]

Hey, muntu wanga, there you are.

[grunts]
Working through lunch again, Komana?

-[groans]
-Hey, what's vutaling you?

Hee musa, not only did I miss a battle,

but Mr. Magedzee said
he wants to see my next invention.

-But you just got your scholarship.
-I know.

But to keep it, I think I need to create
something groundbreaking.

-What is it?
-Cheaper solar power for the people.

But I barely have time to focus because...

Your life keeps getting in the way?

[groans]

-Now?
-What? Art class?

Maybe the distraction'll be good for you.

I don't need any distractions now.

-Okay, so dodge art class.
-Dodge class?

-Do I look like Temwe? [gasps]
-[Temwe] Excuse you.

I'm actually here.

-Today.
-[both laughing]

Hm.

[sighs]

Now, I want to see passion in your art.

Mine the depths of your soul.

Let your emotional heart
bleed onto your paper.

But we're just practicing circles.

[laughing]

Ah-ah. Art is vitality. Art is life.

Drag yourself over hot coals
to burn greatness out of you,

and into the world for all to gaze upon.

[gasps] Mwiinga!

Don't panic, Ms. Tembo. I'm already done.

Did Agnes Buya Yombwe splash
some paint around and call it a day? Hey?

Then go shopping?

No!

No! She suffered for her art.
As should you.

-Believe me, I'm suffering.
-[girls giggling]

"Art Inspiration from Everyday Life."

This is our most important project
of the year. Dig deep.

Be true to yourself. I expect 100% effort.

[gasps] Dig deep?

Where? How? Tagu.

♪ Yo, Βoss, Sunny from the Block
Has joined the team ♪

♪ And I got the solar panels
For your super scheme ♪

Bring everything to me.

It's time for this vlogger
to get powered up.

[tense music playing]

In the troublemaker's line? Komana, how?

Hi, Temwe.
You're here to see Mr. Nkwashi, too?

Hm. I practically live here.

Ooh, ooh, ooh.

What did you do?
Skip class? Fall asleep in math again?

Wait! Did you put a dent in a locker
with your bare, clenched,

-angry fist?
-Pepe! Nothing like that.

Eat the teacher's lunch?
Graffiti on school property?

Speak backwards for an entire day?
[inhales]

No! No!

What are you here for, kanshi?
The people want to know, mune!

I want to drop art class!

Eh?

Eh?

Yes, sir. I've prepared a presentation.
May I use your projector?

Thank you, sir.

So, according to a UNESCO report,

only 35% of STEM students
in higher education globally are female.

And in Africa,
the data is even more appalling.

Studies show
that girls have so many challenges

which make it difficult for them
to perform well in science and technology.

This brings me to art.

It's unnecessary
and ultimately detrimental

to my already overloaded schedule.

How, you ask?

There are 24 hours in a day.
eight hours recommended sleep,

another two hours for logistical movement,
another seven hours of school,

three for homework,
45 minutes for food consumption,

20 minutes of bathroom breaks,
including showering,

which leaves me less than three hours
for extracurricular pursuits.

I simply have no time
to sacrifice for art class.

-Certainly you, a man of intellect...
-[snoring]

Sir!

[gasps] What? Ka.

Why are you disturbing
my life with this lecture?

-So, you'll let me drop art class, sir?
-No. It's required for graduation.

But, sir, I'll never get
a distinction in art class.

My continuous assessment, my scholarship,
creating groundbreaking inventions.

Everything will be
"dragged over coals and burnt" to nothing.

Do you want to ruin my life? Sir?

-So what if you don't make a distinction?
-[gasps]

If you get a merit,
the world will not end.

A mer... A merit? You mean the thing
that sits beneath a distinction?

Oh, you're too good for a merit, eh?
Perhaps art class will humble you.

Eh. This guy. Sir.

Who's next?
Better be a normal delinquent this time.

[Temwe clears throat]

-'Sup?
-The usual?

You know how I roll.

Basa, he could have made an exception.

He knows how important
this scholarship is to me.

Ah. Temwe was right,
that man is just evil.

That's your struggle?
You don't know struggle. This is struggle!

Um, it's punishment for a crime
you actually committed.

Eh! That is the real crime.

[Zee] Ah! Iwe.
Load shedding happens.

You'd think
I could get dressed in the dark.

Eh, every time I tried to iron this,
the power went out.

Ah, speaking of dark, it's dry season.
Why does it look like it's about to rain?

Is Storm Drain messing with the weather?

I'm sending a photo to Mama K.

Done! Let's get out of here, man.

Just one last tag from Temwe the Great.

Iye ka Temwe,
you just finished serving punishment.

-You want more?
-Hey!

I can find a way to repurpose this.

After I figure out
how to make art "inspired by life."

Hey, if art inspiration is what you need,
look no further.

No offense,
but I think I need help from an expert.

-What? I'm an exper...
-Shh.

I know an art expert.

Heh? Who?

[funky music playing]

Yeesh.

How can Komana
not see that Chipo loves her?

Awe. So clueless.

[clears throat]
Hi, Komana. Zee said you needed me?

Yes, Chipo. I need you...

to coach me in art.

I heard you're the best.

Oh, my heart, it beats in fits and starts.

To know of all the rest
you think Chipo the best.

I am honored, Komana.

Okay. I'm trying
to find my artistic inspiration.

How amusing
that a muse herself would seek out a muse?

What can inspire more
than inspiration herself?

Well, wherever she is, I can't find her.

Eh. Never mind.

Let me just see some of your work.

[stuttering]

I brought the wrong sketchpad.

-[Temwe yelps]
-Let's talk about art instead.

Okay, so what inspires you?

The sun, how she shines.

Oblivious, unapologetic,

radiant,
and she doesn't even know it.

What are you saying, Chipo?

I don't understand.

I'm sorry. I'm not explaining this well.

You're just so incredibly smart. So...

So what? If I'm so smart,
how come I can't get inspired to make art?

Inspired by science?
No problem. I get science.

This art stuff goes over my head.

I'm never gonna find my inspiration.

Never gonna get that distinction.
Never gonna keep my scholarship,

and never going
to create the next great invention.

Never, never, never!

[girls exclaim]

-[alarm beeping]
-[girls groan]

Ah! Ndalumba.

Thanks for trying to help, Chipo.
I have to go.

So, that was inspiring, no?

No! I'm done! Done with this art thing.
Let's get to HQ.

[girls] So clueless.

Girls, this is the photo
Komana sent me earlier.

And this is
from the current drone footage.

It is not Storm Drain doing this, eh.
It is somebody else.

-How?
-A person?

Hm. Whoever it is, you need to
fly up there and deal with her now.

Not only is the woman
blocking out our sun,

she's stopping Lusaka's
solar power station from getting energy.

[powering down]

-Right on cue.
-[T.O.M.I.] Backup generator one engaging.

Thank you, T.O.M.I. Run the crash report.

Hey, didn't you girls say
that Snap Back was stealing solar panels?

Eh! Snap Back said,
"First I grab the panels, then the lady."

-Eh! She must be a part of the plan.
-We've got to stop her. Fast!

Wait! How are Komana and I
supposed to get up there?

Our transports don't fly.

We need to think of something fast-fast.

Oh! We still have those nanolocusts
we saved from the Locust Pocus attack.

These robobugs are in for
a major-major upgrade.

Yes! Up-cycling that villain's flight tech
to the next level.

-[cheering]
-We did it!

[chuckles]
You're going down, solar blocker.

[horn honking]

Girls, approach with caution. Eh?

Eh, is she texting?

Her suit's hooked up to the disc somehow.

-Let's talk to her calmly and...
-Auntie!

Why are you blocking the sun?

Oh, hey fans!

Because I'm Sunblock. [chuckles]

But we need the sun.

So does my vlog.

Behold me in all my glory!

Eh, my sister, we can't behold anything.
It's dark.

Eh, whether you're Sunblock,

olo sunscreen, olo SPF 50,
whoever you are, please move.

Mm? Mm-mm-mm-mm.

Whoever I am? Look me up online!

All I see here
is info about sunblock lotion.

[scoffs] Stupid sunscreens,
always stealing my thunder.

Check out the next page.

-Mm... Nope.
-The next page.

Uh... I don't...

[groans] Kani. Page five.

Oh, yeah. At the bottom.

"Sunblock has the ability
to harness the power of the sun."

But why?

Because energy is...

[chittering] ...power!

Whoa!

[people screaming]

Yay! Don't underestimate my influence.

[laughing manically]

Hi-ya!

[grunts]

[tense music playing]

[yelping]

Watch out!

[yelling]

K-Bongo!

Code Red! Code Red!

K-Bongo is in free fall.

-No!
-Oh, no!

[yelling]

[Sunblock laughing manically]

Mess with me and you shall get blocked.

And not just online.

Eh, auntie, we get it.

Good!

Now, time to soak up more rays,
and finally go viral!

[electronic whirring]

[Team 4 groaning]

With the power of the sun,
she's too strong.

Oh-ho! She's sucking up
all the city's solar power for herself.

T-Mlilo's right! K-Bongo, is there a way
to suck the power

from her
and give it back to the station?

Um... Yes!

But we're going to need cables.
Lots of cables.

[both laughing]

[Monde]
♪ Completing the circuit ♪

♪ Completing the circuit ♪

[humming]

I hope this actually works.

So, what am I supposed to do?

What you do best.

Oh! Nice upgrade! Chwe, chwe, chwe!

Let Operation Suck The Power begin.

[upbeat music playing]

Back for more punishment, I see.

I bet you were all up in my mentions.
Whoop-whoop.

You don't have that many followers.

Yes, I do!

[laughing]

[grunts]

Ayewa Kani. Ayewa.

[groans]

[yelling]

[Komana] Hey, Sun-blockhead.

What do you want?

Shouldn't get so attached to things.

Remove these things from me now. Now!

Dislike. Dislike!

M-Kozo, now!

[yelps]

What are you doing to me?

[yelping] No!

This is not how I wanted to go viral.

We're taking back the power you stole.

Wow.

I've never seen Lusaka light up like this.

Would you say it's even inspiring?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

How dare you?

As soon as I get more power from the sun,
I'm going to block you from my vlog.

Oh, no, you don't.

[laughing manically]

You!

-[chuckles]
-[grunts]

You haven't seen the last of Sunblock.
Check my vlog.

[grunts] You need a reality check, sister.

No one is watching!

-Hi-ya!
-[gasps]

-[crashing]
-[car alarm ringing]

[Team 4 cheering]

-That's what's up!
-We did it!

Whoo!

[Team 4] Team 4 in the byu byu!

Chabwino Ndithu, girls! Great work!

I'm totally following her vlog.

Wena hayi! [laughing]

Thank you for coming, Mr. Magedzee.

I dare not refuse
a summons from you, Ms. Mwiinga.

I would like to present
my art piece inspired by...

Spray paint.

No!

Science.
And the beautiful city lights of Lusaka.

-[Temwe] Awesome.
-[Zee] Beautiful.

My inspiration and passion
gave me the idea to develop a solar paint,

which can beautify the community

and power it as well.

[beeping]

Well done, eh!

A marriage of science and art.

The very epitome of smart art.

Thanks, Chipo. Smart art.
I like the sound of that.

And trust me, I suffered for this art.

But, as long as I get a distinction,
I'm good.

Oh, this assignment
carries no specific grade.

No grade?

How can you grade inspiration?

All I asked is that you put in the effort,

and you did not disappoint, Komana.

No grade? No grade. No grade?

-Snap out of it, Komana.
-But hot coals. I suffered!

[clears throat]

Was this invention
groundbreaking enough, Mr. Magedzee?

Can I keep my scholarship?

Mm-mm, Komana,
I fear you misunderstood me.

Your scholarship is completely secure.

And after seeing this,
I know I gave it to a worthy recipient.

Your invention isn't just groundbreaking.
It's inspired.

-Well done, sisi!
-That's our girl.

Komana, the smartest artist.

[upbeat music playing]