Popular Mechanics for Kids: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Popular Mechanics for Kids Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
North Pole
Sep 26, 1998
Elisha puts on her parka and heads way up North on a lone journey into the fascinating world of the Inuit people.
Whodunnit!?
Oct 3, 1998
Tyler and Elisha want nothing but the truth as they help detectives survey a crime scene.
Gross Out
Oct 10, 1998
Elisha and Tyler discover our wonderfully disgusting world when they visit a recycling plant that turns rotten leftovers into animal food.
Ocean Adventures
Oct 17, 1998
Tyler goes solo and embarks on a wild adventure in the ocean.
Police Force
Oct 24, 1998
Tyler joins the L.A.P.D to learn how to handle a car safely in a high-speed chase and learns how to fire a gun in a reflex-test.
Sports: Riding, Gliding and Sliding
Oct 30, 1998
Tyler and Elisha set out to conquer the elements.
FX!
Nov 7, 1998
Enter the wonderful world of make-believe as Tyler and Elisha explain the secrets of moviemaking.
Earth Power
Nov 14, 1998
Elisha hovers above the Kilauea volcano, Tyler gets blown away by a tornado and Charlie shows us how to make a fake hurricane.
Talk To the Animals
Nov 21, 1998
Check out the world of animal training as Elisha and Tyler meet a biologist.
After Dark
Nov 28, 1998
Elisha learns how to make neon lights and Tyler is wired up in a sleep lab to learn how active our brains are during sleep.
Emergency Rescues!
Dec 5, 1998
The co-hosts race against time to make some daring rescues including a person who is buried in an avalanche!
Under the Big Top
Dec 12, 1998
Elisha goes to circus school and discovers just how much effort it takes to walk a tightrope.
Zero Gravity
Dec 19, 1998
Elisha operates one of the world's largest optic infrared telescopes and experiences negative gravity and weightlessness.
Swamps and Gators
Dec 26, 1998
Our thrill-seeking co-hosts take us on a journey inside swamplands, one of nature's most eerie universes.
Boom!
Jan 9, 1999
Elisha learns to set up and design a fireworks show and Tyler helps blast rocks at a quarry and learns what these materials are used to make
The Fastest...
Jan 16, 1999
In an episode that goes by faster than a speeding bullet, Tyler rides in a RamJet and races against Olympic champion Donovan Bailey.
Our Greatest Hits II
Jan 23, 1999
A collection of Tyler and Elisha's best and most exciting adventures from Season 2 of Popular Mechanics for Kids.
Creepy Crawlers
Jan 30, 1999
Tyler and Elisha discover what makes bugs both gross and fascinating.
Monster Trucks
Feb 6, 1999
Tyler and Elisha explore the world of monumental machines.
How Do They Do That?
Feb 13, 1999
The crew searches for answers to kid's most frequently asked questions and goes on adventures that have been suggested by young viewers.