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"Archerfish School" is the 19th episode of Season 4 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 111th episode of the series overall. It premiered on April 10, 2017.
Synopsis[]
One day, while the Wild Kratts are in an Asian mangrove swamp, Chris is practicing archery. However, since his aim isn't very good, he and Martin decide to check out the greatest archer in the creature world: the archerfish. The Kratt brothers learn about the archerfish's creature powers that allow it to hit small prey with jets of water. Aviva programs Archerfish Powers for Chris, and just in time too – Donita Donata is capturing animals for her new line of fashion, and the Kratt brothers will need to use the Creature Powers of the archerfish to stop the fashion designer.
Plot[]
The episode begins with the Kratt brothers visiting the National Aquarium in Baltimore and checking the archerfish exhibit. At first glimpse, archerfish look like basic but cool looking fish. But then, the bros demonstrate their incredible ability: spitting globs of water like archers shoot arrows. The brothers then wonder what it would be like to have the powers of the archerfish and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.
In the jungles of Borneo, Chris Kratt swings through the trees with a bow in his hand and a quiver of suction arrows as he tries to perfect his archery skills. But so far, his arrows only hit his friends instead of the intended target. One arrow even gets stuck to Jimmy Z's forehead. All Chris wants is to get better at archery. But his friends state that even though the younger Kratt brother isn't so good at archery, there are other things that he excels at like creature adventuring, climbing, and solving mysteries to name a few. Sure it sounds easy to throw in the towel, but Chris doesn't work like that. He knows the only way to get better at anything is with practice. And he plans to practice a lot. But just as he's about to shoot another arrow, the younger Kratt brother is squirted in the face by some water from below. Chris is soon excited to find a baneded archerfish in the pool under his feet and proclaims that this creature is the prefect archery teacher for him.
Meanwhile not too far in the Indian Ocean, Donita Donata and Dabio have gathered every jewel from the villainous designer's inventory which she plans to use in her new fashion line called Precious where she takes pose beamed baby animals and aline them with gemstones. Now she just needs to send her mannequin collectors to gather all the baby animals in the jungle.
Animals[]
Animation[]
Note: Featured animals are in bold.
- Banded Archerfish (called archerfish): Arrow
- Giant Mudskipper
- Dusky Darkling Beetle (called beetle)
- Fall Field Cricket (called cricket)
- Bornean Orangutan (called orangutan)
- Swift Peacock Swallowtail
- Clouded Leopard
- Draco Lizard (called lizard)
- Horsfield's Tarsier (called tarsier)
- Chinese Pangolin (called pangolin)
Computer Images[]
- Borneo Python
Mentioned[]
Note: Mentioned animals are linked to Wikipedia.
Live Action[]
Note: Featured animals are in bold, live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.
- Common archerfish (called archerfish)
- Longnose seahorse (called seahorse)
- Smooth trunkfish (called boxfish)
- Flounder
- House cricket (called insect)
- Masked lapwing
Trivia[]
- In the live action scene, the clips with the seahorse and the boxfish were reused from "Blowfish Blowout".
- Donita's statement about the draco lizard looking familiar is a reference to "Flight of the Draco", the first episode she appeared in.
- When Donita won't return Martin unless Chris returns the baby animals, the way Dabio holds and lifts Martin is similar to how Rafiki lifted Simba at the beginning of The Lion King.
- This is the second time Donita captured Martin.
Key Facts and Creature Moments[]
- An archerfish isn't born with a perfect aim. That only comes with practice and observation.
- An archerfish can shoot its target from as far as nine feet away.