
Intergalactic Goodspeed
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A family blasts off to save the galaxy—and find Grandpa—on an eco-adventure through space!
When their grandfather vanishes and a distress call leads them to a red button in the basement, GG, Dash, and their quirky crew launch their house into space and uncover an intergalactic crisis. On the polluted planet Flurn 78, they team up with aliens to fight Grandpa’s nemesis, Salazar, and his plastic empire. Can these kids save the galaxy—and find Grandpa—before it’s too late?
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Intergalactic Goodspeed is a local public television program presented by WHRO Public Media

Intergalactic Goodspeed
Special | 23m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
When their grandfather vanishes and a distress call leads them to a red button in the basement, GG, Dash, and their quirky crew launch their house into space and uncover an intergalactic crisis. On the polluted planet Flurn 78, they team up with aliens to fight Grandpa’s nemesis, Salazar, and his plastic empire. Can these kids save the galaxy—and find Grandpa—before it’s too late?
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(laid back music) ♪ I will search for you ♪ - [Professor] Ah ha.
Ow!
♪ To the end of the galaxy ♪ - End of the galaxy.
(Professor chuckles) ♪ Nothing I won't do ♪ - Nothing I won't do.
(rocket whirs) (pensive music) To the end of the galaxy.
(pensive music) (turn signal clicking) (engine whirring) (suspenseful music) Salazar.
Hmm hmm hmm.
(suspenseful music) (fire roars) (brakes squeaks) (suspenseful music) (rocks crunch) (suspenseful music) (mysterious music) (curious music) (light beams) (adventurous music) (engine whirs) (adventurous music) (adventurous music continues) (wings flapping) (Professor panting) Whoa.
(pensive music) What?
Hmm.
Ah!
(groovy music) (machine fizzing) (doors whirs) (adventurous music) Waa!
(rhythmic music) (electronic whirring) (metal clanks) (knuckles crack) All right, Salazar.
Let's teach you a lesson about taking endangered creatures from their natural habitats.
(button beeps) (upbeat music) (animal squeaks) How do you like that, Salazar?
- I like that very much.
(chuckles) You fell right into my trap.
Goodspeed.
(button clicks) (pensive music) You're trespassing.
So now by an intergalactic law enacted by me, you're under arrest.
I'm taking you to my super duper space jail.
(chuckles) (suspenseful music) - Seize him!
(robots whooshing) (swanky electronic music) (laser beams) - Ugh!
- I shot one 'em!
(suspenseful music) - Whoever sees this message, I'm in danger!
You need to push the red button.
The fate of the entire universe depends on you!
- Grandpa?
Grandpa?
Grandpa!
- So my parents are away on vacation.
My little sister will be away at camp.
I'm thinking movie- - Chad.
- Dinner.
- Chad?
- Sky rockets in flight.
The whole ench- - Chad!
- What is it, Gloria?
- The name is GG.
- Aren't you supposed to be camping with your fellow nerds?
- Grandpa's supposed to take us, but I can't find him anywhere.
Everyone's going to be here soon.
Are you listening to me or thinking about babes?
- Uh.
(chuckles) The second one.
- Agh!
- Now, where was I?
(swanky music) Hello?
- [Mom?]
Inhaler?
- [Dash] Yes, mom!
- [Platinum] Insect repellent?
- [Dash] Yes, mom.
- [Platinum] Hand sanitizer?
- [Dash] Yes, mom.
- [Platinum] Good boy.
Write me every single day.
(sobs) (objects clank) (Dash knocks) - Dash, here.
(rock music) - Soojin, on deck.
- All present and accounted for.
- [Both] All amped for summer camp.
- All accounted for, except for grandpa.
(gentle music) - So close, but so far.
- How can you all look so sad when I made cookies?
- Aren't you worried about grandpa?
- Your granddaddy has a way of taking care of himself.
If your grandpa needs us, he'll call, baby.
(phone ringing) - Whoever sees this message, I'm in danger.
You need to push the red button.
The fate of the entire universe depends on you.
(suspenseful music) - Red button?
- It's in the basement.
(electronic beep) (suspenseful music) - Does that happen often?
(ominous music) (sanitizer squirts) (hands squeaking) (ominous music) - [GG] There it is!
- Uh, wait a second.
Should we consider that red buttons are never good?
- My grandpa is literally a genius.
If he says press the red button, we're pressing the red button.
(button clicks) (doors whirring) - [All] Wow!
(magical music) - I didn't know about this room.
(magical music) (computers beeping) Launch program.
- [Computer] 10, nine, eight.
- How about I pick up around?
- [Computer] Seven.
(Chad exclaims) - [Computer] Six, five, four, three.
(house rumbling) - Nope, not today!
- Whoa!
I don't feel too good.
- [Computer] Gravity not detected.
(suspenseful music) Gravity not detected.
(cat purring) Gravity not detected.
(suspenseful music) Gravity not detected.
(metal clanks) (Soojin groans) Gravity not detected (suspenseful music) Oh, there's the gravity again.
- Oop!
- [Dash] Oh!
- GG!
Mom and dad leave me in charge for the summer and you pull this?
(electronic beeping) - First of all, if anyone's in charge, it's grandma.
- What, baby?
(phone ringing) - You're here!
Uh, Professor Goodspeed?
- Who are you?
- I'll ask the questions.
Who are you?
- I am Quirkiz, the mayor of the Flurn 78.
May I converse with an elder, please?
- Look, my grandparents' house just shot up into space.
So yeah, kind of dealing with a lot right now.
On top of that, my grandpa is, wait, you know my grandpa?
Our records show that this is the headquarters of Professor Goodspeed.
Please, we need his help.
- We don't know where my grandpa is, but we think he's in trouble.
- Trouble?
Our planet is on the verge of destruction.
(electronic whirring) - What if we make a deal?
We help you.
You help us.
- Hold up.
I'm not making a deal with an alien from a planet called Fart 78.
- We need all the help we can get to find grandpa.
- [Chad] There are babes waiting for me back on earth right now!
- I'm with Chad on this one.
Well, minus the babes part.
- What do you guys think?
- I've always wanted to try a zero G Airwalk.
- I always set y'all kids to need to get out more.
- Dash, do you think you'll be able to get us there?
- I have a feeling you won't take no for an answer.
I suppose if you send me the coordinates, I should be able to figure out this navigation system.
- I am uploading the coordinates right this second.
Just hurry!
- [Chad] No, don't do it!
No!
GG!
(upbeat music) (ethereal music) (ethereal music continues) (balloons whoosh) (water splashes) (magical music) (magical music continues) (magical music continues) (pen scribbling) - Why is this planet on the verge of destruction?
- It started when Salazar got here.
- Sala, what?
- Salazar is the richest, meanest, greediest businessman in the universe.
He is your grandpa's arch nemesis.
- Grandpa has a nemesis?
- When Salazar showed up on Flurn 78, everything seemed great.
(Salazar slurps) - Good.
Right?
- Good doesn't describe it.
It's amazing!
This is the best water I've ever tasted.
And trust me, I've tasted a ton of water.
I want to open a plant here.
Then we can share it with the rest of the universe.
The whole galaxy will know your name.
(laughs) - [GG] So what happened?
- That happened.
(tense eerie music) (dramatic music) (tense eerie music) (tense eerie music continues) (sanitizer squirts) (tense eerie music) (engine whirs) - But bottles are everywhere.
Anyone who lives near the factory is getting sick.
If we don't do something soon, all of Phlegm will be like this.
(electronic clicking) - Who is this?
- Um.
- Cousins.
We're distant relatives of Quick-as.
- Quirkiz.
- Whatever.
- You don't look related.
- No offense, but you're a robot.
- Good point.
Carry on.
I've got my eye on you.
(both sighs) (water rippling) - [Chad] Please, tell me you're getting us out of here?
- We're trying to see if grandpa has any information that can help the Flurnians with their problem.
- Ah, you are literally killing me.
- I don't think you know what literally means.
- Why don't you go flex your imaginary muscles in front of the mirror and get out of our hair?
- I think you mean legendary muscles.
(air whooshes) And if anybody wants to learn the secret to these pythons, you can come with me.
- [Soojin] Oh, maybe your grandpa has a scientist friend that could help us.
- Let me find a contact list.
Oh, I'm not finding anything.
Might be some sort of encryption.
- How about this?
(Rolodex paper shuffles) (grandma humming) (gentle music) - So, can we not tell mom and dad about all of this?
- You mean how your grandfather turned the house into a rocket ship to save the universe from ecological destruction?
(gentle music) (grandma humming) I'm thinking tuna casserole for dinner.
(Rolodex paper shuffling) (curious music) - Got it!
(electronic fizzing) (phone ringing) - Hey, there.
Professor G?
- I'm his granddaughter.
I have some questions about plastic pollution.
Specifically, how water bottles affect the environment.
- It's for a school project.
(nervously laughs) - Isn't it summer?
- Summer school.
- Sure.
Think about this.
Every day people around the world throw out four million tons of trash.
- By world, you mean, Earth, right?
- 12% of that is plastic.
There are a million plastic bottles sold every minute and that takes a lot of energy, 17 million barrels of crude oil every year just in the US.
- [Dash] That plastic finds its way into lakes and oceans, right?
- [Dr. Kato] Yep if you like seafood, you probably eat 11,000 pieces of plastic every year.
- [Dash] Gross.
- [Dr. Kato] Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of seabirds and other animals killed by plastic annually.
- So how would you fix an entire planet made of water?
- With a super sketch water bottle problem?
- Hypothetically.
- A few years ago, scientists in Japan discovered a bacteria that naturally evolved to eat through plastics.
I happen to know that your grandpa took that bacteria and made a few experimental alterations.
(machine whirs) - That was convenient.
(machine thudding) - 77, 78, 79!
- What are you doing?
- I figured if my planet is doomed, I may as well beat my personal record!
I guess that's ruined now, too.
- No, we are going to stop making bottled water and clean up this mess.
(suspenseful music) - I would love to come to the family reunion, but I need to check my calendar.
(robot whirs) - What on Flurn 78 are you talking about?
We can't just stop making bottled water.
We are under contract!
And if you haven't been able to pick up on it, our lawyers are terrible!
(lawyers growls) (camera thuds) - Hit the lights.
(upbeat music) - People need to stop buying bottled water in general, unless it's completely necessary like in emergencies.
(80's electronic music) - Instead, they can use sustainable, reusable water bottles!
In most places, the water from the tap is just as good.
If not, you can get a water filter and keep it in your refrigerator, or add a filter to the tap.
- Okay, but what about the bottles already here?
- Well, on Earth, plastic bottles take hundreds of years to break down, so- - Lucky for us, we have a secret weapon to defeat plastic pollution, courtesy of my grandpa.
Allow us to demonstrate.
(bacteria crunching) It works!
- If it's so great, why hasn't he used it on your planet?
(suspenseful music) - That's a good point.
(bacteria growls) (suspenseful music) (bacteria crunching) (mysterious music) - What the?
(bacteria crunching) (mysterious music) Uh, I thought that was only supposed to eat plastic.
- What's going on, here?
(bacteria growls) (bacteria pounding) (electronic chittering) - Run!
(adventurous music) (everyone yelling, exclaiming) (bacteria belches) (bacteria roars) (suspenseful music) (scissors snipping) (jazz music) - Hello, gorgeous.
(laughing) It should be illegal to look this good.
- Literally, everything you do is illegal.
- There's a problem on Flurn 78, boss.
- What's that?
- A water bottle plant.
- I don't know what that is, but someone should probably take care of it.
- On it, boss!
(suspenseful music) (iron clanks) (suspenseful music) (spacecrafts whir) (laid back music) ♪ To the end of the galaxy ♪ (machines beeping) (machine zaps) (suspenseful music) - Gimme a heads up next time when you come around early!
(suspenseful music) (concerning music) (fishing reel whirs) (concerning music) (everyone yells) (dramatic music) - [Sludge] Stop where you are!
(dramatic music) (Sludge laughing) (Sludge gasps) (suspenseful music) (citizens yelling) (metal pounding) (bacteria growls) (citizens yelling) (Sludge farts) (suspenseful music) (bacteria groaning) (bacteria crunches, gulps) (suspenseful music) (bacteria crunches, gulps) (suspenseful music) (bacteria growls) - Stop him!
(suspenseful music) (bacteria groans) (aircraft whirring) (swanky music) - I'm gonna have to disagree there, girl.
There's no such thing as too small.
(swanky music) (citizens yelling) (suspenseful music) (laser beaming) (Sludge screams) (suspenseful music) (Sludge screams) - This is bad.
(Dash screams) (adventurous music) (glass breaks) - Dash, I got you.
(Dash exclaims) - It's headed for our homes.
- [Citizen 1] Ah, get away from me!
- [Citizen 2] Oh, my God!
(ominous music) (bacteria crunches, growls) (ominous music) - How can we stop it?
- It's in my nose.
(sobs) It's in my nose.
(cries) (sanitizer squirts) (sanitizer fizzes) (curious music) (Dash groaning) - Dash, do you think you can fly this thing?
(curious music) - Based on what I can assess, well, it should be pretty simple to (yells).
(air whooshes) (adventurous music) (bacteria crunches) (adventurous music continues) (bacteria growls) - Try to get as close as you can.
- GG, I think we're close enough.
- This is our only chance to stop it, with this.
- Where did you get that?
I need that!
(bacteria growls) - Hungry?
It's plastic!
(upbeat music) (bacteria gulps) (bacteria burps) Quick, I need the rest!
- That was my last bottle.
- Dash!
(suspenseful music) - All right.
(suspenseful music) (bottles clattering) (suspenseful music continues) - Bon appetit!
(bacteria growls) (suspenseful music) (bacteria growling) (suspenseful music) (GG exclaims) (suspenseful music continues) (bacteria squishing) (triumphant music) (bacteria squishing) (triumphant music) (bacteria squishing) (triumphant music) (bacteria rumbles) (bacteria swooshes) (triumphant music) (water rippling) (pensive music) (bacteria squeaks) (water rippling) - Back to the lab for you.
(gentle music) - This is all my fault.
I was blinded by the idea of progress, convenience, and a cool office.
Now look.
- There's still hope, Quirkiz.
Maybe the easy way didn't work, but look what we do have.
(gentle music) We all just have to work together and get our hands dirty!
(dramatic music) (door whirs) - We have a problem, Your Awesomeness.
Sludge has gone missing and the water bottle plant on Flurn 78 has stopped producing.
- And I should care, why?
That means we lose this much money.
- This isn't fair!
(sobbing) I need a drink.
(curious music) (machine whirs) Find out who did this.
We need to stop them before they ruin any more of my investments.
- One of our security bots messaged us this photo.
(whimsical music) - Bring me that little monster.
(Salazar gulps) Hmm?
(Salazar yells) (bacteria splatters) - It was the only way I could escape.
(window squeaks) (Professor laughs) (water rippling) (camara clicks) (bright music) - It won't be easy, but if you keep organizing and recycling, hard work will pay off.
- The water already looks better!
Your grandpa would be very proud.
(camera clicks) - I just wish we could find him.
- That reminds me.
I want to give you this to help you on your search.
(machines beeps) - Stellar.
- Sick.
- It's a star map.
Your grandpa has helped a lot of people out there and you never know who might have some helpful information.
- Thank you, Quirkiz.
(phone ringing) - [Grandma] GG!
You're getting a call on the microwave again.
- What if it's another planet in danger?
- Should we help them?
- That's what grandpa would want us to do.
Maybe they'll know where he is?
(adventurous music) (house rumbles) (whimsical music) (house whirring) (whimsical music continues) ♪ This is for you ♪ ♪ To the end of the galaxy ♪ ♪ Nothing I won't do ♪ ♪ To the end of the galaxy ♪ (ethereal music) - Grandpa, grandpa.
Come in, grandpa.
Hello?
(machine beeps) Are you okay?
I'm worried about you, grandpa.
- Yeah, uh, are you done talking to the microwave yet?
I kind of wanna heat up my chimichanga.
♪ Moving, grooving, spotlight in the darkness ♪ ♪ Reaching, seeking, yeah ♪ ♪ Lightning striking ♪ ♪ Goodbye to the old days ♪ ♪ We'll make our mark on the moon ♪ ♪ Everyday is a new adventure ♪ ♪ People and planets to save ♪ ♪ I got a house that turns into a rocket ♪ ♪ Tell evil we're on the way ♪ ♪ Intergalactic, we're taking off ♪ ♪ Intergalactic, Goodspeed ♪ ♪ Intergalactic, we're talking off ♪ ♪ Intergalactic, Goodspeed ♪ ♪ I will search for you ♪ ♪ To the end of the galaxy ♪ ♪ Nothing I won't do ♪ ♪ To the end of the galaxy ♪ ♪ Surfing in the blue ♪ ♪ To the end of the galaxy ♪ ♪ I will search for you ♪ ♪ To the end of the galaxy ♪
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