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
Fly At Your Own Risk
Sep 20, 1998 · 23 min
Elisha literally flies in a vertical wind tunnel.
North Pole
Sep 26, 1998 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
Tyler and Elisha want nothing but the truth as they help detectives survey a crime scene.
Gross Out
Oct 10, 1998 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
Tyler goes solo and embarks on a wild adventure in the ocean.
Police Force
Oct 24, 1998 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
Tyler and Elisha set out to conquer the elements.
FX!
Nov 7, 1998 · 23 min
Enter the wonderful world of make-believe as Tyler and Elisha explain the secrets of moviemaking.
Earth Power
Nov 14, 1998 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
Check out the world of animal training as Elisha and Tyler meet a biologist.
After Dark
Nov 28, 1998 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
Elisha goes to circus school and discovers just how much effort it takes to walk a tightrope.
Zero Gravity
Dec 19, 1998 · 23 min
Elisha operates one of the world's largest optic infrared telescopes and experiences negative gravity and weightlessness.
Swamps and Gators
Dec 26, 1998 · 23 min
Our thrill-seeking co-hosts take us on a journey inside swamplands, one of nature's most eerie universes.
Boom!
Jan 9, 1999 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
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 · 23 min
Tyler and Elisha discover what makes bugs both gross and fascinating.
Monster Trucks
Feb 6, 1999 · 23 min
Tyler and Elisha explore the world of monumental machines.
How Do They Do That?
Feb 13, 1999 · 23 min
The crew searches for answers to kid's most frequently asked questions and goes on adventures that have been suggested by young viewers.