Sophie illustrates the six basic simple machines that exist and explains how they are useful in our everyday lives. She defines force and work and mentions that simple machines reduce the amount of work required for a task.

A series of simple machines help collect mushrooms and crush them to produce a drink for Dr. Robotnik.

Beakman defines machines and acts like Archimedes to explain why a screw is a machine. He illustrates how he used a screw mechanism to remove water from a container to reduce the amount of work required to complete the task. Beakman then explains more about mechanical advantage and simple machines like the inclined plane.

Cro and Pakka have to make a pulley system to rescue Og, after he falls off a cliff into a tar pit.

Jerry on his way to buy the latest edition of the newspaper, accidentally rolls his coin into a construction site. The coin causes a chain reaction that traps Tom into a stack of bricks.