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"Aquafrog", sometimes styled as "Aqua Frog", is the eleventh episode of Season 2 of Wild Kratts, originally airing on PBS Kids on February 15, 2013. Overall, it is the 51st episode of the series. The episode was written and directed by Martin Kratt.
In this episode, the Kratt brothers and Aviva jump into a pond containing bullfrogs to find out more about them and to help Aviva design a Frog Creature Power Suit. Zach Varmitech, however, is desperate to clean his plane, and has been dumping the cleaning waste into a stream that leads to the pond, which could harm young frogs, developing tadpoles, and other animals that live in the pond.
Synopsis[]
While the Wild Kratts explore the life cycle of the Bull Frog, they uncover a plot by Zach Varmitech to destroy the frogs' habitat. With the help of some Wild Kratts kids, the team moves quickly to stop Zach.
Plot[]
The episode begins with a live action segment, which shows the Kratt Brothers finding bullfrogs in a pond. Afterwards, they ask their "What if?" question and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.
The Kratt Brothers and Aviva jump into a pond to gather information about bullfrogs, so that the latter can make a Bullfrog Creature Power Suit. Not far away, four Wild Kratts kids are racing paper boats in the pond, when Zach Varmitech's plane flies above them. Inside, Zach is forcing his Zachbots to clean his plane, when the canister holding the waste bursts causing an even bigger mess. Zach then demands that his Zachbots continue cleaning up the waste and to remove it from his plane.
Aviva returns to the Tortuga to make the Creature Power Suit. The Kratt Brothers then find a large bullfrog, which Martin names Tuba. When Martin mentions the frog's life cycle, Aviva, realizing she forgot to consider it in her Creature Power Suit design, returns to the pond and panics, saying, "This might be my most difficult Creature Power Suit programming yet!" The Kratt Brothers kindly reassure her that she "can totally do this". They miniaturize and jump into the pond, where they find a collection of frog eggs near some aquatic vegetation. The frog eggs hatch, revealing tadpoles. After the Kratt Brothers show Aviva the various stages, she returns to normal size and heads back to the Tortuga to continue her work on the Power Suit.
Meanwhile, Zach has finished cleaning up his plane and collected the waste in barrels. Knowing that no one is going to find out and complain, he orders his Zachbots to roll out the barrels and dump the waste into the stream. Eventually, the Wild Kratts kids see the waste traveling downstream to the pond and they report the problem to the Kratt Brothers, just as they have returned to normal size. They explain the predicament, and the Kratt Brothers immediately start investigating. Aviva brings the "completed" Frog Powe Discs to the Kratt Brothers and they activate their Creature Power Suits. Martin successfully transforms into the adult stage, but Chris transforms into a tadpole. After several failed attempts, Chris successfully transforms into the adult stage after letting passerby frogs kick his Creature Power Suit button as he swims by them. Martin and Chris then get out of the river and realize that Zach was the one who caused the pollution and convince him to get rid of the pollution, but Zach refuses to do so and tries to fight the Kratt brothers. Meanwhile, Aviva, Koki, and the Wild Kratts kids finish setting up and turning on a filter to filter out the waste. Aviva then heads to the source of the waste (Zach's jet) and throws down the Miniaturizer. The Kratt Brothers return to normal size and fight and successfully destroy the Zachbots, after he sends them to attack them, and while Zach is not looking, they lift a rock and drop it on the pipe, clogging it and causing the canister holding the waste to explode and release. Most of it gets on Zach's clothes. Zach complains that his plane is a mess again and he berates the Kratt brothers for messing up his plane again because he worked so hard getting his plane cleaned and it was the shiniest he ever had it, to which they just simply retort him. Afterwards, Aviva develops a chemical that can neutralize the waste and inserts it into a port in the filter, causing the waste in the stream to dissolve, thus saving the pond and all its wildlife.
Zach then orders his Zachbots to land his plane directly into the pond to get his plane washed, but is stopped by the Kratt Brothers, who tell him that if he lands there, he will ruin the frog habitat. And then, Zach tells the Kratt Brothers that his own clean plane is the only habitat he cares about and tries to force them out of the way. The Kratt brothers explain to Zach that he shouldn't dump his mess in a pond because frogs love clean water just as much as he does and they need clean water to live in. Zach then gets freaked out when Tuba, who accidentally stepped on the Miniaturizer, enlarges to the size of his plane. Zach decides to give up and leave. And then, he hands his items to the Wild Kratts to prove that he's actually going to leave, and retreats. After the Kratt Brothers exit Zach's plane, they immediately find something suspicious about the abnormally enlarged Tuba and realize that it's impossible for them to be that large, and they remember that bullfrogs can eat anything that fits into their mouths, including other frogs, as Tuba sticks his tongue out to catch to try to gobble the Kratt Brothers. While taking evasive maneuvers to avoid the giant bullfrog's tongue, Chris returns the enlarged Tuba to normal size and the Wild Kratts summarize their adventure. In the end, the Wild Kratts kids take a ride on Martin and Chris's backs, who are still in frog suits.
The show transitions into the concluding live-action segment. The Kratt Brothers and some kids catch frogs in the pond with nets. Afterwards, the Kratt Brothers conclude the episode by saying, "Keep on creature adventuring. We'll see you on the creature trail!", as they head out into a river by a rowboat.
Characters[]
Animals[]
Animation[]
Note: Featured animals are in bold.
- American Bullfrog: Tuba
- Largemouth Bass
- Spiny Softshell Turtle
- North American Beaver
- Redbreast Sunfish
- Northern House Mosquito
Live-Action[]
Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.
- Lowland leopard frog
- Agile frog
- Dragonfly
- Minnow
- Raccoon
- North American river otter
- Hognose snake (called snake)
- Smallmouth bass (called fish)
- Harris's hawk (called bird of prey)
Trivia[]
- This is their first frog and amphibian episode.
- This is the second episode, after Voyage of the Butterflier XT, where a Creature Power Suit is activated to an incorrect stage of the life cycle. In this case, this happened with Frog Powers. However, this only affected Chris.
- Throughout the episode, none of the characters are shown to be wet after emerging from the pond. This happens to Martin, Chris, Aviva, and Gavin.
- This is the first time a Wild Kratts crew member makes only a small cameo. In this case, it's Jimmy.
- In addition, Jimmy doesn't even speak at all in this episode. The only other time where he doesn't speak, despite appearing in an episode, is Let the Rhinos Roll!
Key Facts and Creature Moments[]
- A frog's hind legs are twice as long as its entire body.
- A frog jumps into the water for safety, but they can't go deep because big fish will eat them. So they cut back and head for the shallows. That's how they stay away from land predators and fish predators at the same time.
- Bullfrogs need clean water to live in. In addition, their eggs should also be laid in clean water. If their eggs are surrounded by pollution in any way, then as the tadpoles develop, they will have strange and sad defects and deformities such as five legs, three eyes, etc...
- A bullfrog can live for 25 years.
- A bullfrog can eat anything that fits in their mouths, including other frogs, since even amphibians, such as frogs, are cannibals.