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January 20th, 2010 |
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"Trouble at Turtle Pond" is episode 12 of The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog.
Premise[]
Alfred, Camille and Milo help Lugu figure out why his lake has been completely drained suddenly.
Summary[]
As Alfred and Camille play basketball Milo is nearby trying to test out a hearing device he got. He complains that Camille is being too loud, and explains that he brought it there because he heard a strange gurgling sound earlier.
Following the sound the trio is led to a large muddy, dirty turtle pond that Lugu usually inhabits. Wondering where he is, they notice a large rock in the middle, and after falling into the hole it begins to make sound. Alfred manages to pull it free, revealing it to be the turtle in question when Cynthia Payne walks by and teases them. They check on Lugu, and he recalls that he was practicing his backstroke. He went to get into the lake after taking a break and was suddenly sucked into the mud; somehow his lake was completely drained.
The trio look through the hole he was stuck in when Alfred asks Milo to grab a nearby stone. He drops it inside to see if the water was drained, then they try to determine where the water would have went before they notice Rudy nearby, tangled up in a hose laying on the ground. They help him get loose and explain what happened, wondering if he has any ideas. Rudy expresses that it would be impossible for all of the water to escape if the lake overflowed, and it wouldn't have drained as quickly as it did naturally.
They thank him for his help and head back to Hedgequarters to look over what they know thus far. But they have little to go with. Milo theorizes a monster is involved, but neither Alfred or Camille do, and the trio return to the lake to keep investigating. While walking along a path trying to find an entrance to the caves, Milo suddenly picks up a sound and runs right into a big rock. This leads Alfred to some bushes and he discovers the cave entrance nearby. Milo asks if they really have to go exploring -which gets ignored- as Alfred points out the cobwebs being worn out and tattered; as if someone was there recently. He takes a picture and they continue inside.
It's then he hears dripping water and they find a tiny puddle, followed by something rumbling. They rush further inside and find an underground spring and note how much higher the water is than it should be, meaning it will overflow soon. They continue on to find a weird machine, along with two small containers and a conveyor belt and trace it back to the cause of the sounds they kept hearing. Alfred looks through the bags and tastes the material inside with Milo to realize one is filled with salt, and the other sugar.
The trio decide to find out where the conveyor belt leads and hop onto it, and they find Cynthia on the other side. She reveals that she is producing an energy drink to sell to others, and she has a line formed of customers who want to purchase it. Alfred quickly reveals that these drinks consist only of salt and sugar and brings up how it's been effecting Lugu and his home. The customers return the drinks and angrily storm off while Tina and Gabby express remorse, because they didn't know any of this. They were the ones forced to do Cynthia's hard labor.
With all of the water returned, Lugu happily enjoys his pond again as everyone watches him swim; except for Cynthia, who is serving her cousins drinks.
Quotes[]
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- Cynthia: Yes, step right up, folks and get your Gnarly Rockin' Extreme Energy Drink! Guaranteed to put a spring in your takeoff, or some swing in your tail!
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Trivia[]
- The bottle label Cynthia used is the same one on the water bottle she was drinking from in "Stranger Among Us".
- Realistically, Cynthia could have gotten into a lot of trouble for breaking multiple offenses.
- The acronyms of Cynthia's drink "Gnarly Rockin' Extreme Energy Drink" spell out GREED.
- This is the only episode where Cynthia does something purely for her own gain.
Goofs[]
- Milo's helmet goes missing after Cynthia appears and sees them in the mud.
- When Milo bumps into Alfred and Camille, Alfred's eyebrows are facing the same way, making him have an odd expression.
- Milo has his hearing device on again after Cynthia leaves but was not seen putting it on.
- Tina was shown with normal lemonade at the end, but when the view pulls back it looks like pink lemonade.
- Cynthia was shown standing with the group at the end, but a second later she's shown walking into the scene with the drinks. But she was not shown leaving to get them.
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