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"Caracal-Minton" is the 26th episode of Season 1 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 26th episode of the series overall. It premiered on April 2, 2012.

Plot[]

The episode begins with a live action segment, which shows the Kratt brothers showing off the high jump-heights of two African wildcats: the caracal and the serval. Afterwards, they ask their "What if?" question and the show transitions into the animated segment.

The Wild Kratts are playing badminton in the African savannah. Aviva is playing against Jimmy. Jimmy is unable to return any of Aviva's serves, and therefore loses the round. It is Chris and Martin's turn and they're about to play but not before Chris finds out that, due to her rough serving, Aviva destroyed another birdie. Koki tries to get another one, but she finds out that they're out of birdies. At first, everyone is disappointed because now the badminton tournament is over and Martin and Chris lost their chance to play badminton, especially Martin, who calls Aviva a "bad birdie basher". Aviva sheepishly laughs and then apologizes for what she has done but she then remembers that there is one more birdie, and after digging through the Tortuga, she shows off a family heirloom: the Corcovado Birdie, which started off from her great-great-grandmother Evita Corcovado, who was world badminton champion over a hundred years ago. It has been handed down for several generations before she finally got it. Everybody is amazed. And she also tells them that it is over 100 years old. Chris tells her that it should be in a museum and thinks that they can't play with that. Aviva tells them that it's indestructible, so they can play with it. The tournament continues when Aviva hits the birdie onto the court to see who serves first. It lands and points on Chris's side, meaning that Chris serves first. The Kratt brothers tie after two rallies, but on the third, a caracal leaps into the air and snatches the birdie (thinking it is a guineafowl). After seeing that, Aviva then breaks down into tears because she lost her heirloom birdie which her family had for over 100 years, but the Kratt brothers tell her not to worry and assure her that they will retrieve it.

The Kratt brothers head off to find it, but they end up near a gaggle of guineafowl. Eventually, the guineafowls screech, and the caracal leaps up into the air and catches one. Chris spots a caracal who caught a guineafowl but he loses it in no time, but he realizes that the caracal probably has kittens, so she may have brought it back to the den to feed her kittens.

Meanwhile, back at the Tortuga, Jimmy and Koki are lacking luck cheering Aviva up and Koki asks the brothers how they are doing. Chris tells Koki that they spotted the caracal once and then it disappeared again. Martin then tells Koki that they need Creature Powers. Koki tells the brothers that that may help cheer Aviva up. Chris then spots a caracal, which drinks from the river, and afterwards leap away from the jaws of a Nile crocodile. After analyzing the moves, the caracal disappears yet again. Chris then gets the idea to let the caracal catch them. Martin thinks of a bird-mobile. They then call Aviva and tell her to make a "Guineafowl Flapper". She agrees to do it and tells them to come back quickly. Soon after, the Kratt brothers find the caracal and watch it catch two guineafowls. However, the caracal had to leave its prey behind after a cheetah arrived to snack on the prey. They lose the caracal once again, but thankfully they have cheetah powers to use to get back to the Tortuga. The Kratt brothers head back to the Tortuga after activating their Cheetah Creature Power Suits. While running, they crash into Koki, who was taking the broken birdies back to the Tortuga. They deactivate after crashing into the Tortuga. Aviva comes in and asks if they've had any luck finding her birdie. The brothers tell her that they haven't had any luck which is why they need a bird-mobile for that. Aviva has it ready for them just in time.

The Kratt brothers miniaturize and hop into the recently completed Guineafowl Flapper and fly off. Not long after, the caracal jumps and catches their transport. Martin names the caracal Hang Time. Hang Time takes them to her den. Just when they see the birdie, Hang Time's two kittens wreck the Guineafowl Flapper. To save themselves, the Kratt brothers call and tell Aviva that her Guineafowl Flapper worked too well. Aviva asks them if they saw her birdie. They ask her to make Caracal Discs. Aviva says that she is unable to make the discs in time because she is worried about her birdie. Martin and Chris tell Aviva that they found her birdie, but they will have a really hard time giving it back to her if they're cat food.

Later, Aviva says that she can do it and needs to focus on the caracal's amazing power and decides to do it. Meanwhile, Hang Time's kittens open up the Guineafowl Flapper and start playing with the "mouse brothers" (the miniaturized Kratt brothers). Martin calls Aviva and tells her that if the Caracal Discs are ready, now they would need them. Aviva quickly finishes the discs, and throws them to Jimmy, who teleports them. The Kratt brothers then activate Caracal Powers and escape the Guineafowl Flapper. Martin grabs the birdie and the Kratt brothers exit the den with the caracal kittens chasing them. Then a spotted eagle-owl snatches one of the caracal kittens, which Martin names Pounce More, and the Kratt brothers, but due their combined weight, the eagle drops all three into the savannah grass. Even though the grass is tall, Martin spots the den, and they head back.

Meanwhile, Aviva is trying to call the Kratt brothers to find them, but she is unable to because their coms are down. She is upset once again, because first she lost her birdie and now she lost the Kratt brothers. Koki then asks her whether she installed GPS trackers in the caracal Creature Power Suits. Aviva replies that she did but they're not working. Koki says it's okay, maybe they can't find out where they are now, but Koki says that if they use the data from when they called them earlier and combine it with Jimmy's last teleporter coordinates, Aviva then points out that they can triangulate their last known position. They start working on it and it is successful and Aviva hugs Koki by saying she's a genius.

Afterwards, the Kratt brothers reunite Pounce More with Hang Time, grab the birdie, head back to the Tortuga, and hand Aviva her birdie. Aviva thanks them for bringing it back and hugs them so hard. At the end, they are brought back to real size and continue their badminton tournament, but this time, they're still in their Caracal Creature Power Suits, thereby playing caracal-minton. While they play, Aviva says "Even caracal powers aren't going to save you when I get winner." implying that she will always be a winner.

The show transitions into the ending live action segment, which shows the Kratt brothers playing badminton with the serval. After the serval snatches three birdies, the Kratt brothers call it the champion of "caracal-minton" despite the fact that the caracal did not participate. Afterwards, the Kratt brothers 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.

Mentioned[]

Note: Mentioned animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Live Action[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first appearance of the Guineafowl Flapper.
  • "Caracal-Minton" is the second Wild Kratts episode featuring a wildcat.
  • This is the first episode where Aviva cries.

Key Facts and Creature Moments[]

  • Caracals can vertical jump around eight feet in the air to catch fleeing birds.
  • Caracals aren't one of the purring cats.
  • A caracal defending itself against a crocodile.
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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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