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A Flash Of Silver
Ruined

Episode #

10

Air Date

January 19th, 2010

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Premise[]

Something or someone has destroyed part of Oakley Beaver's home, and his mother was going to stop by for a visit. He asks Alfred to figure what happened while he tries to fix things or risk being forced to move.

Summary[]

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Alfred is soundly asleep when someone knocks on his door. He opens it and someone rushes inside, hiding beneath his bed and startling him until he recognizes the figure as Oakley Beaver. He asks what brought him there so late tonight, and Oakley nervously explains that his home was completely wrecked and that his mother is coming tomorrow. He has little time to fix it and he doesn't know what caused his home to break apart the way it did. Alfred offers to help him figure it out, but because it's so late he asks to wait until the next morning. Oakley agrees, but he asks to share the bed with him as he no longer has a place to sleep; something Alfred regrets after he falls to the floor.

The next morning Oakley explains everything to Camille and Milo, who notice how tired Alfred is. Oakley recalls how he went to bed early last night, when the ground began to shake and a bunch of water rushed through the logs and wood making up his home, causing it to fall apart. He ran to Alfred's house afterwards. By now, his story put Alfred to sleep, and they wake him up before heading to the remnants of Oakley's home to investigate. Camille assures Oakley that everything will work out, and she begins to help Oakley gather logs to rebuild his home.

Alfred and Milo notice a weird scent in the air when he realizes that Oakley lives next to Mr. Remy, his son and Alfred's classmate, Edgar. Alfred pays them a visit to ask Edgar what he witnessed, and he returns to the others once he finishes. He then realizes that there aren't any tracks on the ground, when suddenly Milo slips and falls into the river. After helping him out he spots a few scales on his clothing and picks them off, deciding they might be a clue. Milo and Camille get into a debate over whether or not the scales came from a giant snake and Alfred ignores them, until Camille picks up the scent he and Milo noticed earlier. She remarks that it stinks as Alfred starts hearing a sound similar to snoring. But this isn't a clue, it's just Withers sleeping and he recently ate some fish, which explains the stench. The trio are forced to run away after accidentally waking him up.

At Hedgequarters they overlook the clues and some books for info when Milo suggests that maybe their idea of the river being involved was right, but maybe something went up it. This inspires Alfred and they head back to the river, with him having required the answer. He points them out to the water and they notice a silver shimmer coming from it: Salmon. They return every spring in order to lay their eggs, and at times they leap from the water. They sent the water flying up with them and it must have been colliding with Oakley's home until it started breaking apart.

The trio return to Oakley's to give him an update and help him fix up his place, along with some additional features to ensure this won't happen again. But there's still a problem- Oakley forgot all about his mother. He runs off to meet with her and as evening approaches, the trio remain there to admire the silver light coming from the salmon. But as this is going on, Camille and Milo notice that Alfred has fallen asleep, causing them to quietly laugh.

Quotes[]

  • Alfred (Upon being woken up by Oakley): "I have a black belt in Hedgehog Kung-Fu!"

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  • Edgar: "I tell you, there's nothing wrong with MY eyes."

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Trivia[]

  • Topic of the Episode: Salmon
  • This is Edgar's second major appearance in the series.
  • This is the first episode to show that Alfred can be a heavy sleeper.
  • Edgar's "eye remark" is based around the fact that moles are essentially blind.
  • Camille's voice is higher pitched then normal in this episode.
    • Also note the style of the art in this episode is slightly different than usual.
  • This episode features one of the few times Milo comes up with a plausible theory.
  • This is the second episode featuring Oakley's house. In his first major appearance, he had to move its location due to being too noisy and flooding other characters homes.
  • Alfred implies he knows kung-fu.
  • This episode has a lot of similarity with the episode before it:
  1. It features a strange occurrence during evening.
  2. Alfred and Milo both appear first in pajamas.
  3. Someone breaking out kung-fu as a means of defense.
  4. Edgar plays a large role.
  5. Edgar provides picture evidence.

Goofs[]

  • When the group yell and run away, none of their mouths are shown moving.
  • When Camille says her first line the lower half of Alfred's shirt is white like his sleeves, when it should be blue.
  • The log pile never stays consistent between shots. One moment it was a small size with many colored logs, then the wood Camille was holding is dark brown when on the pile, then a second after Camille throws her wood onto it the pile is suddenly very big and gold and brown colored. 
  • At the start of the flashback, Oakley is missing the line on his nose.
  • The fish scale color look different between clue image and in person.
  • Alfred only had one pillow on his bed but when Oakley sleeps in it, he has two all of the sudden.
  • When morning comes, Alfred has his mouth closed but a second later it's opened.
  • The tracks Alfred finds are too far spread out for someone of Oakley's size.
  • As Camille says: "Snores" her inner-mouth features are missing.
  • On the Gaumont website, they spell Dam (water related) as the curse word variant.
  • Camille makes Alfred get Milo from the water after he falls in, but she should have been capable of helping him.

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