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"Blue Heron" is the 11th episode of Season 5 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 127th episode of the series overall. It premiered on June 15, 2018.

Synopsis[]

While exploring marshes, the Kratt brothers find a heron, and the Wild Kratts team begins studying herons in order to make the creation of Heron Creature Power Discs as soon as possible. However, unbeknownst to them, Zach Varmitech, hoping for an opportunity to steal the Wild Kratts' technology, plans to miniaturize the Tortuga HQ.

Plot[]

The episode begins with live-action Chris and Martin talking about blue herons before switching to the cartoon.

The story begins with the team joy riding in the Tortuga, which is driving on land with monster truck wheels. Suddenly, Martin happily spots a blue heron. Chris, on the other hand, desperately hopes this won't be "another blue adventure." Martin, Aviva, and Chris get out and look at the blue heron, and Chris tries to spot a green heron. Martin names the blue heron Blue Beaky. "Any particular reason?," Chris asks slightly teasingly, uncertain of the name. Martin stutters a little, but insists it's a good name. Aviva, more polite than Chris, says,"Good one Martin." Aviva decides to make a blue heron power suit, and she heads back inside the Tortuga.

This is when Zach is seen behind some tall marsh grass. He decides he wants to steal the miniaturizer and use it to shrink the Tortuga. That way, he could easily steal it and everything in it.

Meanwhile, Aviva talks to Martin and Chris on the big screen and watches Blue Beaky, observing the blue heron creature powers as she works on the suit. She works on programming long legs (for wading in water), excellent muscle control (to move slowly to not scare the fish), and eyes with great depth perception (to spot fish deep in the water.) These features are all meant to help blue herons be great at catching fish to eat! And then there's extreme patience. Chris, Martin, Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy keep their eyes glued to Blue Beaky, who, like all blue herons do, stands motionless, waiting for the fish to come close enough to rapidly grab with his beak.

Meanwhile, Zach's tiny Zachbots sneak in and steal the miniaturizer. Underneath the Tortuga, Zach sets up the miniaturizer. "Once upon a time, there was a turtle ship. Then one day, the greatest inventor in the world..." Zach says with a grand sweep of his arms, and he clarifys to his little Zachbots, "...that's me...made it a tiny turtle ship."

The Wild Kratts crew was so absorbed in watching Blue Beaky's hunt, they didn't notice anything that happened. The three of them soon decide to join the Kratt brothers and bring them the new creature power disks, only to realize they have been miniaturized. They see huge, real-sized Zach and run back inside, screaming. So Zach can't steal anything, they put the Tortuga in lockdown mode.

Aviva has Jimmy Z teleport the now-ready disks to Martin and Chris, telling the brothers that they need help. However, they can't use them because they are tiny. Aviva hadn't been thinking.

Meanwhile, Zach takes the Tortuga to his plane and tries to cut it open! Jimmy Z takes the Tortuga off of lockdown mode and escapes from Zach, flying away. Zach sends his Zachbots after the Tortuga. Koki has an idea for her and Aviva to make a huge disk to send. When it is finished, Aviva asks Jimmy Z to teleport it. "I can't teleport while I'm driving.," he replies. "And I can't stop driving, because we're being chased by Zachbots." So Koki has an idea to attach rocket boosters to the disk and fly off on it.

"Whoa!," she yells, navigating it through the air.

Chris spots her with binoculars. "Is that a mini Koki riding on a creature power disk?"

"A creature power disk is not easy to ride.," Koki says when she lands on Chris.

Martin, being the blue brother, touches the blue heron and activates blue heron powers. He uses his lightning fast neck to jab the Zachbots with his beak and throw them away. One almost hit Zach at one point, and he yells, "Watch it blue boy!"

Aviva made Chris a blue heron power suit so he could help, too. Unable to spot a green heron, Chris touches a blue heron to activate his power suit, saying, "Please come out green." Chris is extremely disappointed when his heron suit comes out "really, really blue." He helped Martin defeat the Zachbots, and he plucked the miniaturizer from Zach's pocket.

With all the Zachbots broken and the Tortuga back to normal size, Zach admits defeat. "I'll get you next time Wild Rats!," he yells as he goes back to his plane.

"That's Wild Kratts!," the Kratt brothers call after him.

In the live-action closing segment, Chris and Martin sum up the blue heron's creature powers, and they also take a look at two other herons: the tri-colored heron and the snowy egret.

Characters[]

Animals[]

Animation[]

Note: Featured animals are in bold.

Live Action[]

Note: Featured animals are in bold, live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Trivia[]

  • This is the fourth time Zach has tried to steal the Miniaturizer. His previous attempts were shown in "The Gecko Effect", "Praying Mantis", and "Liturgusa Krattorum".
  • This is the first time the Tortuga wheels are featured.
  • This is the second time the Tortuga has been miniaturized.
  • Martin reveals that he and Chris were born in New Jersey, which is also the birthplace of their live action counterparts. This was hinted at in the episode "Speaking Dolphinese".
  • This episode marks the returning appearance of the Disrupt-o-bots, however, they are now referred to as the Spy-bots.

Key Facts and Creatures Moments[]

  • Great blue herons hunt their prey patiently to get their meal.
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