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"Race for the Hippo Disc" is the 42nd episode of Season 1 of Wild Kratts, originally airing on PBS Kids on October 16, 2012. Overall, it is the 42nd episode of the series. The episode was written and directed by Chris Kratt.

In this episode, while the Kratt brothers are trading Creature Power Discs, one of the discs — the Hippo Disc — falls out of the Tortuga and into a river with hippos. Zach Varmitech finds out and plots to retrieve the disc before the Wild Kratts can so that he can learn the secrets of the Creature Power Suit.

Plot[]

The episode begins with a live action segment, in which the Kratt brothers talk about the territoriality and aggressiveness of African animals. One of these is the hippo, which actively protect their territorial waters. Afterwards, they ask their "What if?" question and the show transitions into the animated segment.

The Kratt brothers are trading Creature Power Discs as the Tortuga flies over the African savannah. At first, no trades are made, until Chris trades a Hippo Disc for Martin's Platypus Disc. But Martin thinks that Chris stole one of his other discs, and they begin fighting over his disc holder. This causes the Hippo Disc to roll and eventually fall out the Tortuga. To get the disc, Chris activates his Peregrine Falcon Power Suit. He grabs the disc with his talons, but crashes into a ledge, and the disc falls towards a river with hippos in it, and into Zach Varmitech's hands. A hippo then bites Zach's boat, splitting it in half, and the disc drops into the river. Chris saves Zach before he gets bitten in half by the hippo. He leaves Zach alone after he thanked them for the rescue, but Zach then plots to get his hands on the Hippo Disc before the Wild Kratts do so that he can lean the secrets of the Creature Power Suit.

The Wild Kratts begin their search for the disc. While Chris watches the bull hippo guarding the boundaries of its river, Aviva and Martin search for the disc in the water in the Hippo Sub. As they continue through the water, Martin names one of the young hippos Hipster Opotamus, who finds the Hippo Disc. Martin tries grabbing the disc, but the bull hippo has entered the water and is taking on another hippo. The fight damages the Hippo Sub, so Aviva and Martin retreat. Zach, knowing the location of the disc, takes the disc with the help of one of his Zachbots.

Nightfall approaches, and the hippos exit the river. As Zach attempts to bypass the Hippo Disc's security, a hippo chases him and flips him up a tree. Hipster takes the disc and drops it in front of the Kratt brothers and Aviva. Before that, however, lions chase the hippos back to the river. They pass Zach and fling him up into the sky, and he lands on Martin. Martin is able to hold onto the Hippo Disc, but he loses his disc holder (containing several Creature Power Discs) to Zach, who heads back to his jet on a Zachbot. To retrieve the discs, Martin activates his Hippo Power Suit. He and Chris knock Zach off his Zachbot and grab the disc holder. Zach sends his Zachbots to take the disc holder away from the Kratt brothers, but Martin is able to break past the charging Zachbots and make it back to the Tortuga. To convince the Wild Kratts to give up the disc holder, one of Zach's Zachbots holds Hipster hostage. Aviva says that she will not give him her discs. Chris tells Zach that he can have his collection if he lets Hipster go. Aviva tells him not to do it because Zach shouldn't be able to find out the secret to the technology. If he gets access to the discs, he'll jump into his ship, fly off, and he will never be caught. Chris tells Aviva that if they don't, he'll take Hipster away and tells her that's the only option. Chris willingly trades him his disc holder. Zach grabs it, drops Hipster, and leaves in his jet. Aviva berates Chris for giving Zach the disc holder. Chris reveals that, while he did give the holder to Zach, it didn't contain any discs. Back in the plane, Zach proceeds to open the disc holder, only to be tricked into finding Jimmy Z's cookies and gets upset. Afterwards, Jimmy hands everybody cookies, and the Wild Kratts summarize their adventure and Martin and Chris continue trading discs.

The show transitions into the ending live action segment, which shows the Kratt brothers getting a little closer to the hippos. Afterwards, they conclude the episode by saying "Keep on creature adventuring; we'll see you on the creature trail!"

Characters[]

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[]

  • At the start of the episode, a bunch of Creature Power Discs can be seen from past adventures.
  • "Race for the Hippo Disc" is the third appearance of the Hippo Sub.
  • It's revealed that the Creature Power Discs use a Gyrotonic chip to control transformation data.
  • The scene where the Kratt brothers trade their Creature Power Discs is similar to the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
  • Chris was right when he said that Martin's Little Brown Bat Power Disc was in the pile.
  • The bullfrog that jumps into the river when Zach passes by in his boat was an American bullfrog. Although it could represent an African bullfrog.
  • While Tusker was fighting the other hippo, the Hippo Disc in the water was erroneously shown as a Rhino Disc.
  • Jimmy Z bakes "chocolate chiparoos" using his Grandma Z's recipe.
    • The cookies are a running gag throughout the episode.

Key Facts and Creature Moments[]

  • Hippos are very territorial about their river home because it's a place to keep cool during the day and a safety zone from predators like lions.
  • Hippos are herbivores that come out at night to eat grass, as it is cooler at night.
  • Hippos secrete a natural sunscreen from their skin to keep it moist and protect it from drying out in the hot sun.
  • Hippos don't really swim, however they can walk and run along the river bed to move quickly underwater.
  • Hippos have huge mouths with powerful jaws and sharp tusk-like teeth they use as weapons in battle.
  • Two bull hippos battling each other.
  • A hippo escaping into the river to get away from lions.

Gallery[]

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" • "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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