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"Elephant in the Room" is the 17th episode of Season 1 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 17th episode of the series overall. It premiered on February 22, 2011.


In this episode, the Kratt brothers find a lone elephant calf in the African savanna, which Martin names Thornsley because of a thorn in its foot. They bring Thornsley back to the Tortuga, only to find out that elephants are powerful animals that can be hard to control.

Plot[]

The episode begins with a live-action segment. The Kratt brothers are off-roading when their truck gets stuck in the mud. However, they find what they are looking for: a female African elephant named Shiva. As the bros talk about elephants, Shiva grabs some tree branches & eats them like pretzel rods. Afterward, they ask their "What if?" question, and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.

The Kratt brothers are driving their Createrra across the African savanna to find elephants when they find a lone elephant calf with a thorn in its foot, which Martin names Thornsley. They take the thorn out and lead Thornsley to the Tortuga with an acacia branch while they plan to find a way to return him back to his mother. Aviva places a bandage on the foot that previously got splintered and gives him milk. Aviva believes that keeping the elephant in the Tortuga for a while would not be troublesome, but she is proved wrong when Thornsley steps on Jimmy's sandwich, takes his water jug and short-circuits Koki's computer station with the water. The brothers then decide to go look for Thornsley's herd before dark while Aviva lets him stay in the Tortuga until then.

Later, Chris and Martin find a herd of elephants at a mud hole. This herd is a bachelor herd of only male elephants, so it isn't Thornsley's. They watch the elephants cover themselves in mud and Martin decides to do the same. Chris gets covered in mud as well when an elephant knocks over the tree he was on. Both brothers observe the elephant as it eats branches from the tree. As it gets late, they decide to look for Thornsley's herd first thing in the morning and went back to the Tortuga with some branches for him to eat.

Once the sun starts setting, the Wild Kratts have finished preparing Thornsley and the Kratt brothers' blankets outside. During the nighttime, Thornsley tosses the Kratt brothers around and takes their blankets.

The next morning, Thornsley enters the Tortuga and starts the engines. While Koki and Jimmy try to pry Thornsley off the control-lever, Aviva starts doubting whether elephants are more mischievous than playful. Once the Tortuga crew pries Thornsley off the controls, Jimmy makes a safe but not so smooth landing. With no other way to communicate with the Kratt brothers, the rest of the crew returns to upgrading the Miniaturizer. Thornsley accidentally miniaturizes them and wrecks the Tortuga as he chases them around. The Kratt brothers arrive at the Tortuga, and they return the rest of the crew to normal size after finding them. Then Thornsley detects a distress rumble with his trunk. The Kratt brothers follow him outside, thinking that the rumble might be coming from Thornsley's mom. They end up finding his mom, but in the deep part of a mud wallow. To save her, Jimmy teleports the Kratt brothers Elephant Discs, and they activate their Elephant Creature Power Suits. Chris pushes, while Martin pulls on her nose, but they get stuck again. The Tortuga crew arrives in an off-road vehicle, and they toss hooks to the backs of their Suits. The vehicle and the Kratt brothers continue pushing and pulling, and Thornsley's mom is out of the mud wallow and reunites with Thornsley. Later, the Wild Kratts and the elephants wash in a water hole and then summarize their adventure. After, Thornsley feeds Jimmy his sandwich.

The show transitions into the ending live action segment. The Kratt brothers experience the strength of the elephant's trunk firsthand. Shiva even helps the Kratt brothers get their truck unstuck. 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.

Live Action Videos []

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Mentioned[]

Note: Mentioned animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Live Action[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Trivia[]

  • The title of the episode is a reference to the expression "elephant in the room".
  • This is the first episode where Aviva, Koki and Jimmy use the Miniaturizer.
  • Linda Kratt is mentioned in this episode
  • This episode is one of the most notable episodes because Thornsley hanging out in the Tortuga was referenced in multiple future episodes.

Key Facts and Creature Moments[]

  • An elephant's trunk has over 40,000 muscles and is used for foraging for food, bathing and for warding off predators.
  • Elephants are the largest land mammals and possess complex communication skills.
  • There are 2 kinds of elephant herds: matriarchal, which mostly consists of moms & their babies. And bachelor herds, consisting of male elephants.
  • Baby elephants need constant physical contact.
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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

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