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Buggy Summer
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Episode #

11

Air Date

January 20th, 2010

Previous Episode

A Flash of Silver

Next Episode

Trouble at Turtle Pond

Premise[]

There is an abundance of bugs in Gnarly Woods and nobody knows why, so when it begins to become a nuisance they turn to Alfred to try to figure out the cause.

Summary[]

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The hedgehog family, Camille and Milo are setting up their picnic spot as a large swarm of bugs flies overhead. Milo struggles to find the cups he was in charge of bringing when Camille is startled, being stung by a mosquito. Before she can say anything else the bugs swarm them, forcing everyone to run for shelter.

Noticing how upset his mother is, Alfred asks if she is okay. She shows them her infested berries, which are covered in tiny bugs and are beginning to die. All of these strange oddities cause Alfred to decide an investigation is in order. He starts by asking his mom when she noticed this beginning to occur, and she mentions that recently the garden was fine. He asks if something happened recently, and she recalls last night that she saw Mr. Russard outside of their home taking pictures of the scenery.

It's then they hear an unfamiliar sound nearby. Alfred deems it to be clue one and decides that they should interview Mr. Russard, something Milo is hesitant about out of concern the bugs will return. But with some protective gear they make their way to his home.

Along the way they hear a sound again, but they decide to ignore it. Mr. Russard is surprised to see them and mentions their odd clothing, but they are more curious over the fact he isn't wearing any sort of protective gear and the bugs aren't bothering him. He explains that he made his own bug lotion to keep him safe- but it kind of stinks. The trio agree, but they would rather wear it than their protective clothing and soon ditch them to do some looking around after he offers it to them. Alfred brings up what went on with his mother's berries and asks if he noticed anything strange, but he isn't sure. He was out gathering pictures for the essay on wild flowers he was planning for class and Alfred asks to see them. Mr. Russard agrees to hand them over and Alfred notices smoke in in one of the pictures.

The trio continue to explore but while Camille and Milo don't think the clues have anything to do with the case, Alfred is convinced they do. They start hearing the noise from before, and by now Milo thinks it's probably just some irritated squirrel when suddenly Lumus comes out. He was trying to sleep, which Alfred thinks is unusual because he isn't in his cave like normal. Lumus explains that he can't find his cave anymore. He woke up that morning to get breakfast, and he heard a loud rumbling sound. When he returned he couldn't see the cave. Milo isn't sure that this is worth investigating, but Alfred points out that caves don't vanish. Camille remarks that an unusual thing like this could make them famous and they resume looking around. Alfred is quickly able to determine that the heavy rainstorm had the previous night caused a rock slide, and his cave didn't actually vanish- it's just blocked.

After letting Lumus know this, the trio return to Alfred's and his mom suggests they reschedule the picnic. They recall what happened while they were gone, and something dons on Alfred just then. The sound they've been hearing involves that rock slide; they were screeches from a group of bats that got trapped within the cave by it. As they couldn't escape, they weren't out to eat the bugs like usual. With that, Alfred quickly grabs some shovels and runs off after suggesting they hold their picnic tomorrow.

At the cave, Alfred catches Lumus up on what happened and the trio quickly begin to dig away the rocks to free the bats and help Lumus reach his cave again. With the bats freed, the bugs will begin to lessen again and things should return to normal soon enough.

The following day, the picnic is held and Mr. Russard takes pictures of everyone enjoying themselves; including Alfred, who makes a joke that he is forced to explain when nobody understands it.

Quotes[]

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  • Lumus: "Are you calling me a liar?!"
  • Camille: "You really need to have a mint..."

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  • Lumus: "I'VE HEARD THAT!!"

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Trivia[]

  • This is the only episode where Lumus' cave is seen.

Goofs[]

  • At the beginning of the episode when Lilly first appears, her pigtails are missing.
  • As Alfred's mom asks to hear the sound again, Camille is missing one of her eyebrows. It reappears when she says: "He got his smarts from somewhere Mrs. H."
  • Alfred's mouth movement doesn't fully match his line when explaining that bats eat bugs.
  • As Milo stretches his face on the final picture, his muzzle lacks the white coloring.
  • Mrs. Hedgehog says they have "guests", but only Mr. Russard joined them.
  • The Gaumont description of this episode claims the picnic was a school picnic. But the only people there was the Hedgehog family, Mr. Russard, Milo and Camille.

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