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"Flight of the Draco" is the 4th episode of Season 1 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 4th episode of the series overall. It premiered on January 6, 2011. On April 5, 2011, “Flight of the Draco” was first released on DVD as part of Wild Kratts: Creature Adventures.


Overview[]

"While studying the mysterious Draco lizards of Borneo – one of the few gliding lizards in the world – Chris falls out of a tree and develops a severe fear of heights, forcing Martin to continue the search alone. But while Chris tries to conquer his fear, fashion designer Donita Donata and her minion Dabio kidnap all the Draco lizards of the rain forest – and Martin – in a plot to create a new fall line of living lizard jewelry, with Martin as their new top male model. To save his captive brother, and all the Draco lizards in the forest, Chris is forced to overcome his fear and don the powers of the gliding lizard."

Plot[]

The episode begins with a live-action segment. The Kratt brothers get a close look at some lizards like the Draco lizard. Afterward, they ask their “What if?” question, and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.

The Kratt brothers travel across the canopy of the Indonesian rain forest in search of the Draco lizard. One lands onto Chris’ shoulder, which Martin names Zippy. Chris then shows off his climbing skills to Martin. He goes after Zippy, but at one point he fails to make it to another tree and falls into a mud puddle. Meanwhile, while traveling in her jet, Donita Donata tells her henchman, Dabio, her plan to collect Draco lizards to make a line of Draco-themed fashions.

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Chris is showing off his climbing skills to Martin.

After the incident of Chris falling into the mud puddle, Martin wants Chris to start climbing up the trees with him again, but Chris is reluctant to because he has developed a fear of climbing and heights. Chris returns to the Tortuga, so Martin decides to climb alone. He finds Zippy and watches him glide to a faraway tree, when Donita’s jet, which has its vacuum activated, sucks up both of them. This results in a clog in the vacuum’s machinery. Dabio unclogs the clog, which causes Martin to fall out. Donita notices and is further inspired to integrate Martin into her Draco-themed fashion line. She places Martin in a suspended state using her Pose Beam in order to put a costume on him. She also puts Zippy in suspended animation and uses him as a headband as part of Martin’s costume. She then tells Martin to strike a pose to which he refuses. Predicting this outcome, she gleefully presses her pose beam's button and forces Martin to pose. She then has him walk on her catwalk before spinning, posing, and flashing between puckering his lips and flashing a goofy smile. When she finishes, she snickers and tells Martin that she plans to make him her new top model, bragging how she'll make millions. She then tells Martin he'll learn to love his new career and walks away. Martin, lips still frozen in a pucker, dreadfully moans in response.

While Chris ponders around the rain forest floor, he finds several eggs underneath a tree. The eggs start hatching, revealing Draco lizards. They immediately start climbing up the tree, and knowing that climbing is instinctive in Draco lizards, Chris regains his confidence and climbs up the tree with them. He records one of the Draco lizards gliding from the tree he is on to the next tree while the other Wild Kratts members watch. They find out that Draco lizards use wing-like appendages under their bellies to reduce their fall rate yet still allowing them to glide downwards. After Aviva finishes a Draco Lizard Disc, Jimmy teleports it to Chris, and Chris activates his Creature Power Suit.

Back at her plane, Donita and Dabio are making Martin dance on a catwalk using the suspended animation controls, when Martin suddenly proclaims to Donita that he's begining to enjoy the modeling, and demands her to let him loose. Donita truly believes this and commands Dabio to turn off the suspended animation controls. While Donita and Dabio are not looking, Martin uses Donita's phone to call the Tortuga crew for help, explaining Donita’s plan to show off her Draco lizard fashions and his current predicament. He is able to send the coordinates of his location just before Donita and Dabio notice and capture him. The Tortuga crew then sends Martin’s coordinates to Chris, who glides to Donita’s jet, where she is presenting her fall collection to an audience with Martin presenting the men’s collection under a pose beam, and with Zach Varmitech’s Zachbots acting as guards. As Martin walks on the runway, Zach notices Chris and orders his Zachbots to capture him. Chris takes advantage of the Zachbots by using one to take him to the stage. He directs the pose beam to Dabio, who unintentionally throws the suspended animation controller to Martin. Martin unfreezes all the Draco lizards, the crowd screams and runs away, Donita admits defeat, and Zach freaks out and runs away after a Draco lizard lands on his face. The Tortuga arrives, and the Kratt brothers enter in and the Draco lizards climb on. As the Tortuga flies, the Draco lizards glide away, and both brothers hang glide in their Draco Lizard Creature Power Suits.

The show transitions into the concluding live action segment. The Kratt brothers try to get a flying squirrel to glide. Afterward, they conclude the episode by saying “Keep on creature adventuring; we’ll see you on the creature trail!”

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Animals[]

Animation[]

Note: Featured animals are in bold.

Live Action Images[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Live Action[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Trivia[]

  • Jimmy Z designed one of his video games after Chris's amazing climbing ability
  • This is the debut episode of Donita Donata and Dabio.
  • In this episode, Chris temporarily gains a fear of heights. This is a common real-world fear, known as acrophobia. However, Chris's fear of heights is diminished after he learns that the baby Draco lizards have a climbing instinct, which means that the baby Draco lizards are born with the ability.
  • This is the first time Zach Varmitech calls the Wild Kratts "Wild Rats".
  • This is the first time a villain captures a Wild Kratts member. In this case, Donita captures Martin.
  • Martin reveals that he has been called a lot of things, "animal lover", "tree hugger", and has now been called a "clog" by Dabio in this episode.
  • Martin reveals that nobody has picked out clothes for him since he was five.
  • When Chis projects live-action images of Draco lizard predators, he incorrectly labels a Sunda clouded leopard as a clouded leopard despite the two being classified as a different species.

Key Facts and Creature Moments[]

  • Draco lizards are one of the few lizards and reptiles that can glide. They mainly glide to cover large distances more easily between trees and to escape from predators like snakes.
  • A draco lizard glides using its "wings", which are actually flaps of skin between their ribs, the wings act like parachute allowing the lizard to glide by falling forward on the wind.
  • A draco lizard's gliding and climbing behavior is instinctive.
  • Despite living in trees, draco lizards lay their eggs on the ground beneath soil.
  • Baby draco lizards hatching from their eggs.
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Season 1

"Mom of a Croc" • "Whale of a Squid" • "Aardvark Town" • "Flight of the Draco" • "Mystery of the Squirmy Wormy" • "Platypus Cafe" • "Polar Bears Don't Dance" • "Build It Beaver" • "Voyage of the Butterflier XT" • "Honey Seekers" • "Bass Class" • "Fireflies" • "Mystery of the Weird Looking Walrus" • "Tazzy Chris" • "Octopus Wildkratticus" • "Walk on the Wetside" • "Elephant in the Room" • "Let the Rhinos Roll!" • "Kickin' It With the Roos" • "The Blue and the Gray" • "Falcon City" • "Koala Balloon" • "Cheetah Racer" • "Kerhonk" • "Mimic" • "Caracal-Minton" • "Zig-Zagged" • "A Huge Orange Problem" • "Seasquatch" • "The Food Chain Game" • "Masked Bandits" • "Flight of the Pollinators" • "The Gecko Effect" • "Little Howler" • "Quillber's Birthday Present" • "A Bat in the Brownies" • "Stuck on Sharks" • "Birds of a Feather" • "Googly Eye: The Night Guru" • "Raptor Round Up"

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"Outfoxed" • "Clever the Raven" • "Race to Goat Mountain" • "Owl Odyssey" • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA

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