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"Polar Bears Don't Dance" is the 7th episode of Season 1 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 7th episode of the series overall. It premiered on January 12, 2011.

In this episode, the Kratt brothers are watching a polar bear hunt walruses, when Zach Varmitech kidnaps the polar bear's cub and a walrus calf, in which he plans to get them to dance for a show he is planning for an audience. To save them, Chris activates his Walrus Creature Power Suit and Martin follows the polar bear mother as it runs off to save its cub. They manage to save the cub and the calf, but Zach believes that a fight would be more entertaining than a dance, so he kidnaps the mothers. The Kratt brothers eventually find out and rush to rescue the mothers and reunite them with their young.

Plot[]

The episode begins with a live action segment. The Kratt brothers are dog-sledding across the Arctic. When Martin says "mush", the dogs abandon them and they fall into the hard snow. Afterwards, they ask their "What if?" question and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.

After the Kratt brothers show off their snowboarding skills in the Arctic (and a very close encounter with a polar bear, in which the bear almost cuts Martin's face), they watch said polar bear as she hunts walruses. While the two are not looking, Zach Varmitech's Zachbots grab the polar bear's cub and a walrus calf. The polar bear, the mother of the walrus cub, and the Kratt brothers hear the cries of the young animals aboard Zach's yacht. To save the cub and calf, Chris activates his Walrus Creature Power Suit by accidentally tripping over a walrus. He follows the walrus mother as it swims off to save its calf. Martin is unable to safely activate Polar Bear Powers. Instead he follows the polar bear as it runs after its cub. Chris reaches Zach's yacht and stops it from moving forward. When the mothers arrive and start fighting each other, Zach, who originally planned for the polar bear cub and walrus calf to dance for an audience, now believes that a fight would be more entertaining. He mentions to the Kratt brothers that he has no need for the animals and lets them go. While he was telling the Kratt brothers this, his Zachbots get a hold of the mothers and place them in cages in his yacht.

The Kratt brothers eventually find out that Zach tricked them and that he has the mothers. Subsequently, a storm strikes and separates them. Martin tries to keep the polar bear cub safe under the blizzard while Chris attempts to hold onto the walrus cub while treading turbulent water. They survive the ordeal and eventually reunite on land. The only thing that has changed is that Martin had activated his Polar Bear Power Suit. Koki finds out where Zach is headed when she receives his coordinates from a kid named Nua. With this information, Aviva leaves the Tortuga and heads toward Zach's arctic ice hotel, where he is announcing to an audience about the fight between the walrus and the polar bear. The Kratt brothers arrive and Aviva tells them her plan. When the fight between the polar bear and the walrus is about to start, instead of fighting sounds, Chris and Martin appear and perform dance moves. Zach is not amused and releases the real polar bear and walrus. The Kratt brothers use grappling devices to leave the area. Zach tells them to "get back here!" but falls onto the arena floor. He is about to get mauled by the polar bear and walrus, when he activates his jetpack and uncontrollably propels himself out of the arena. The Kratt brothers return the polar bear cub and the walrus calf to their respective mothers.

The show transitions into the concluding live action segment. Walruses play around with the Kratt brothers in a water park all the way to the end of the episode.

Characters[]

Animals[]

Animation[]

Note: Featured animals are in bold.

Mentioned[]

Note: Mentioned animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Live Action Images[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Live Action[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Trivia[]

  • This episode was the original pilot episode of the series, which explains why the animation style is different from the rest of the series and how the Creature Power Suits were introduced. This is also the first episode to be produced, and the only episode with Luc Chamberland as the director. However, PBS aired the episodes out of order and "Mom of a Croc" became the first episode as a result.
  • The title of the episode "Polar Bears Don't Dance" is a reference to the 1997 Warner Bros. film Cats Don't Dance.
  • The Tortuga has a drastically different appearance in this episode.
  • This marks the first time a Creature Power Suit malfunction has occurred.
  • This is the first shown instance where Zachbots are shown to talk.
  • This is the only episode where the live action segments are in 4:3.
  • This is currently the only episode where Aviva wears earrings.
  • During the episode, Jimmy and Koki kind of break the fourth wall when the former says that if there was a TV show of the Kratts, he would watch it, and Koki replies that she thinks they just did (referencing the titular show itself).
  • This is their first bear episode.

Key Facts and Creature Moments[]

  • A face-off between a polar bear and walrus.
  • The polar bear is the largest and most carnivorous bear on the planet, as well as the largest land carnivore.
  • Polar bears primarily eat seals but will also eat walruses and beluga whales as well.
  • Polar bears hunt seals by patiently waiting for a seal at its breathing hole, and quickly grab it with its jaws and claws when it surfaces.
  • Polar bears have huge paws with non-slip pads that spread their weight across the ice without sinking or slipping, with sharp claws for traction.
  • Polar bears have whitish-translucent fur that acts as camouflage in the Arctic.
  • Walruses have inflatable neck pouches to stay afloat in harsh sea conditions like storms.
Wild Kratts episodes
Seasons: 1234567
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"

Season 7

"Outfoxed" • "Clever the Raven" • "Owl Odyssey" • "Race to Goat Mountain" • "Backpack the Camel" • "No Name Dream" • "A Fish Out of Water" • "Our Blue and Green World" • "Bumblezzzz" • TBA • "Salamander Streaming" • "Chimpanzee And Me" • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA • TBA

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