I'm Proto

I'm Proto, nice to meet you I'm a Subatomix, great to greet you! I'm POSITIVE and I'm PROUD Say my name — say it LOUD!

PROTO! (PROTO!) PROTO! (PROTO!) I've got a PLUS on my chest and I'm the BEST!

Left left left-right-left! March with me now — stomp your feet! Left left left-right-left! I'm the one who can't be beat!

You wanna know who you are? You wanna know your ELEMENT NAME? Count my Protos — that's my NAME! Count my Protos — that's my NAME!

ONE Proto? That's HYDRO! Littlest one — say hi! SIX Protos? That's CARBO! In your pencil — that's no lie! EIGHT Protos? That's OXYA! Breathe her in — ahhhhh!

Count my Protos — that's my NAME! Count my Protos — that's my NAME!

I live down deep in the middle in the NUCLEUS — my home! Me and my buddy Neutro in our tiny tiny dome!

Strongy holds us close together — SQUEEEEEZE! — so tight we never roam! Without Strongy? We'd go FLYING! But he hugs us — we stay home!

Left left left-right-left! Here we go — count with me! Left left left-right-left! Every number is a NAME you see!

TWENTY-SIX Protos? That's FERRO! Strong and red! SEVENTY-NINE? That's AURI! Shiny gold head!

Count my Protos — that's my NAME! Count my Protos — that's my NAME!

I'm POSITIVE! (PLUS!) I'm PROUD! (YEAH!) I decide who you are and I say it LOUD!

Electromago makes me push push push away from other Protos — shove shove shove! But Strongy pulls me back — it's a tug-of-love!

So who are YOU? Count the Protos and you'll know! One? Six? Eight? Twenty-six? That's how elements GROW!

Count my Protos — that's my NAME! Count my Protos — that's my NAME! COUNT MY PROTOS — THAT'S MY NAME!

Left left left-right-left! PROTO OUT!

[trumpet fanfare]

Key Concepts: Protons have a +1 positive charge | Live in the nucleus with neutrons | The number of protons defines which element an atom is | Held together by the strong force (Strongy) | Protons repel each other via electromagnetic force (Electromago)

Character: Bright red-orange with a white plus sign | Proud, chest-thumping, identity-obsessed | "Count my Protos — that's my NAME!"