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"Amazin' Amazon Adventure" is the 10th episode of Season 6 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 144th episode of the series overall. It premiered on April 20, 2020. It is a two-parter episode, originally premiering as a one-hour special as part of PBS Kids' "Explore the Outdoors" event.
Summary[]
When Aviva experiences an invention slump, the Wild Kratts team is determined to help. They take her down the mysterious Amazon River in search of inspiration from amazing creatures that live there. But Aviva must reclaim her invention prowess fast, because Zach, Donita, Gourmand, Paisley, and Rex seek to mine the area's biodiversity for their own nefarious schemes.
Plot[]
The show begins with the Kratt brothers canoeing on the Amazon River and exploring giant otters. As discuss the biodiversity of the Amazon, they wonder what it would be like to have the Creature Powers of those creatures, and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.
Chris and Martin are preparing to go on a canoe ride to find some endangered pink river dolphins and after a close call with a caiman, the brothers are on their way. But then, Koki and Jimmy call them to inform of a problem. Aviva is suffering from "inventor's block" and can't come up with any new ideas for a groundbreaking invention. Even though her friends remind her of the amazing inventions she made in the past, Aviva says that she may never invent anything new ever again. Realizing that the inventor was in desperate need of help, Chris suggests that Aviva needs some bio-inspiration and coming into the Amazon is great way to find it.
Meanwhile, Zach Varmitech had secretly attached a Spy-bot on the bros canoe so that the evil genius could spy from the comfort of his building. He becomes intrigued by the the large biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest and sees an opportunity to hatch a diabolical scheme with the help of his villain friends.
Back on the Amazon River; Martin, Chris, Aviva, and Koki float along the water as they spot rainforest creatures that inspired many inventions that humans still use today. While Aviva finds that interesting, what's she's looking for is something more "cutting-edge". So Chris activates Hummingbird Power and zips through the rainforest undergrowth to look for creature inspiration. Unfortunately, his energy levels deplete fast and is now in danger of being chomped by a school of piranhas. That's when he finds his salvation on the back of a capybara which Martin later names Blockhead. And capybaras are just one of a handful of Amazon creatures that are amphibious, being able to roam on land and move through the water just as well. Perhaps Aviva could invent an amphibious vehicle, one that would be able to traverse land and aquatic environments. It seems like bio-inspiration has found her.
Meanwhile, Zach's jet descends into the Amazon while Jimmy is asleep on duty, of course. So the evil inventor sends out a conference call to Donita Donata, Gaston Gourmand, and Paisley Paver. He tells his friends about how the Amazon Rainforest is a goldmine in biodiversity and how the foursome can exploit the animals based on their particular interests and then build on the land afterwards. And with that, all the villains are on board.
Back with the Wild Kratts, the foursome are enjoying making observations with Blockhead, but this capybara cruise is cut short when a green anaconda wraps his coils around Blockhead and Chris; trapping them both. Martin, Aviva, Koki spring into action to pry their friends out of the snake's grip, but their efforts prove to be futile. The heavyweight constrictor just won't let go. Just then, Martin pulls aways and activates Electric Eel Power thanks to his friend Voltage to shock the anaconda allowing Chris and Blockhead to escape from his loosening grip. And the younger Kratt brother deactivates Hummingbird Power the moment they reach the shore. Aviva is completely blown away by how strong an anaconda is and considers incorporating that into her invention. Not to mention that she can use food waste and other biodegradable garbage as a renewable energy source and store that electricity in fuel cells the same way electric eels store it in their electric organs. Creatures are such great teachers in a way and the Wild Kratts can then take those teachings to develop inventions to help better their mission to learn more and protect animals from evil forces.
Speaking of evil forces, the villains have set up camp in a clearing where they're collecting the video feed from the spy-bot. And despite some arguments, they are more than enough animals to go around in this ecosystem. The sooner the bad guys collect every last creature in the rainforest, the sooner Paisley can start paving it over to build a megamall. And with that, Zachbots and mannequins start flying far and wide to collect animals.
It isn't too long before the Wild Kratts discover the spy-bot on their canoe and discover the villains' plan. The team immediately panics about how this scheme could jeopardize the animals, plants, trees, freshwater system, and undiscovered species. The girls had back to the Tortuga so that Aviva can start build her invention and Koki can decipher the villain camp coordinates out of the spy-bot. In the meantime, Chris and Martin will continue on canoe to search for any trace of the bad guys. But no sooner so the brothers slip away so Zach, Donita, and Gourmand pop up and capture the capybara and anaconda they were just hanging out with. The evil trio take the animals and make their back to the camp of which the Wild Kratts still have no knowledge of.
Characters[]
- Chris Kratt
- Martin Kratt
- Aviva Corcovado
- Koki
- Jimmy Z
- Zach Varmitech
- Zachbots
- Donita Donata
- Mannequin Robots
- Gaston Gourmand
- Paisley Paver
- Rex
Animals[]
Animation[]
Note: Featured animals are in bold.
- Capybara: Blockhead
- Giant Otter: Snorty
- Green Anaconda
- Amazon River Dolphin
- Electric Eel: Voltage
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw
- Emperor Tamarin
- Brown-throated Sloth (called sloth)
- Saddleback Tamarin
- Ocelot
- Achilles Morpho
- Green-breasted Mango (called hummingbird)
- Jaguar
- Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
- Spectacled Caiman (called caiman)
- Red-bellied Piranha
- Military Macaw
- Scarlet Macaw
- Golden-tailed Sapphire (called hummingbird)
- Colombian Red Howler (called howler monkey)
- Kinkajou
- American Golden Silk Orbweaver (called orb weaver)
- Kratt's Lichen Mantis (called Liturgusa krattorum)
- Bull Shark
- Pygmy Marmoset
- Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey
Live Action[]
Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.
- Hoatzin
- Southern tamandua
- Red-tailed catfish (called catfish)
- Three-striped poison frog (called poison frog)
- Monk saki
- South American tapir
- Brown woolly monkey
Trivia[]
- This is the fifth episode in the Amazon Rainforest.
- This is the sixth hour-long special.
- This is the first one-hour special of Season 6, as well as the 2020s decade.
- This is the first episode to officially show an adult black jaguar (an adult only appeared as images in "Shadow: The Black Jaguar").
- This is the second time they use Jaguar Power. Despite appearing in Creature Power Suit sequences, it hasn't been officially shown since the episode, "Shadow: The Black Jaguar". They also used Golden Orb Weaver Spider Power and Electric Eel Power for the second time as well.
Key Facts and Creature Moments[]
- Biodiversity is the amount of different plants and animals within an ecosystem.
- The Amazon has more biodiversity than any other forest or land habitat on earth. The biodiversity is so high here, it's home to 10% of all the planet's creatures.
- The Amazon is sometimes called "The Lungs of the Earth" because there's so much plant life giving off oxygen that we breathe. In fact, almost 20% of the world's oxygen comes from the Amazon.
- The Amazon is one of the largest sources of fresh water on Earth.
- New species are being discovered all the time in the Amazon.
- Giant river otters are one of the largest members of the mustelid family.
- Giant otters fighting off a bull shark.
- Giant otters are tough, they can live with caimans, jaguars, and other predators because they always stick together as a pack.
- Capybaras are the world's largest rodents.
- Capybaras have eyes and noses on top of their heads for breathing when surfacing, and webbed feet that make them excellent swimmers.
- Capybara herd escaping into water to avoid a jaguar.
- Animals that live on land and in water are amphibious.
- Howler monkeys have a large hyoid bone in their throats to amplify their calls like a megaphone.
- Green anacondas are the largest and heaviest snakes in the world.
- Anacondas are great swimmers that will ambush prey from the water.
- Green anaconda hunting a capybara.
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