Episode #108A "A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words"

Written By: Not Known

Guest Item: Giggle Flowers

Guest Cast: Doodle Fairy

Overview: [courtesy of South Dakota PBS]

Challenge: Interpreting the meaning of picture symbols

Soon it will be time for Ord's mom's birthday celebration. In anticipation, Ord sets off on an adventure with his friends to find some "giggle flowers," his mom's favorite. While searching high and low, the gang encounters a tiny "doodle fairy" who holds the secret to where the flowers are located. However, she doesn't speak! To communicate, she draws pictures.

What I saw:

Emmy and Max are called over to Dragonland, where Ord asks for their help in finding some giggle flowers for his mother. They help him look, but the situation looked bleak, until they recieve some clues from a doodle fairy. The go through a knuckerhole, and wind up in Quetzal's flower garden to get the flowers.

Comments: Doodle Fairies seem to be a dwarf butterfairy that can communicate... it seems like that they don't have any vocal chords so they draw glyphs and pictures. It seems like this one is pretty patient. Those knuckerholes probably have some magical zones that propel anyone that crosses them, like hard to find ones in the Sonic the Hedgehog series which propels the blue speed demon through a ton of rings. Ord's mom is huge...

Goofs/Missing Items: Ord picks some flowers, then Quetzal pick some flowers, which leaves hime with one bunch. In the bible for this and the second season we don't see any of the parent's heads or faces, so that is normal, it's not a goof. Kinda like a Wilson thing from Home Improvement. I think this will change in the third season.