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Knock on Wood is the twenty-fourth episode of Season 1 of the series Little Einsteins.
However, in production order, it's the twenty-sixth (and in storyline order, it's also the real final) episode of Season 1.
Summary[]
The team sees the other animals living and playing together with their friends in the forest of Arkansas from the Southern United States. Leo finds an ivory-billed woodpecker pecking on the wood on the tree, leading to the team naming him "Tapper". Tapper tries to peck the wood to call another ivory-billed woodpecker, but it is so far away. So the team goes on top of the Ozark Mountains so that Tapper can peck his beak on the wood to make a loud sound so that his friend can go to him.
Information[]
In order to help Tapper call his friend, First: You must enter the art of Pool in the Woods by George Inness and avoid all branches that are broken! Unfortunately, Tapper is being trapped by all broken branches and a rattlesnake is coming! Help Quincy use his snare drum to help Tapper peck to the beat and break all branches! Fortunately, Rattlesnake is coming to see her friend, because they are now reunited! Second: You must enter the Ozark Wetland as Rocket transforms into a swamp boat! When Tapper loves tapping on logs, he accidentally lands into an alligator! When an alligator is swimming, help June and Tapper do a Fan Dance by making Rocket spin faster and faster. Unfortunately, the river road is blocked by a log jam! Help Quincy use his snare drum once again to help Tapper peck to the beat and break all the logs to break through the log jam! Luckily, Alligator is coming to see his friend, because they are now also reunited! And Third: Prepare a Blast Off to the Ozark Mountains and help the Little Einsteins, Tapper, Rattlesnakes and Alligators sing the friendship song as loud as they can to call his friend! When Tapper's friend has returned, she can reunite with Tapper and they play all day and all night! Now, the Friendship mission is complete! And the team will see you on Season 2.
Plot[]
The episode starts with the little einsteins marching in the big woods of Arkansas as Leo still had his baton and Quincy playing with his snare drums. Then, they heard a tapping that sounds the same beat as Quincy playing his snare drums. It reveals to be a woodpecker; an ivory-billed woodpecker and his name is Tapper. Leo introduces Tapper to the team. Tapper is going to make a friendship song 2 times. But sadly, no one answered it. June thought Tapper doesn't have friends, but correction: Tapper does have a friend; an another ivory-billed woodpecker. So Leo tells Tapper that he can be higher enough to play his friendship song. And the answer of someplace higher is at the top of the Ozark Mountains. Leo promises that Tapper's friend will hear him. June now knows that Tapper has never had another ivory-billed woodpecker to play with before, until now. So when Leo still has his baton, it jingles and tells them that they've got a mission of going to the top of the Ozark mountains so Tapper can call his friend. Tapper is going to lead the way, so the heroes better hurry and enter Rocket, buckle their seatbelts, do the pat sequence and BLAST OFF FOR AMERICA!!!
After the blast off, Rocket is going to follow Tapper as Annie sings Tapper's friendship song. The team feels amazed and Leo tells Annie that she made up words for Tapper's friendship song. Annie knows that singing is what she does best. And while the team is singing the friendship song, they have enter the forest, which is the art of Pool in the Woods by George Inness as they have to find Tapper. Meanwhile, tapper warns Rocket about all those fallen branches and soon, some of the branches trapped all around tapper and a rattlesnake who's coming to make a friend with another rattlesnake; thinking she's going to get Tapper! So tapper uses his beak to break up the branches and Quincy uses his snare drum to drum the rhythm to the beat with tapper and as the rattlesnake comes closer to tapper, Quincy drums his snare drum louder and louder until all of the branches are knock down once tapper is free. Then, rattlesnake made a friend with another rattle snake as Rocket deploy his bird stand for tapper to tell the little Einsteins about finding his friends. Then, tapper flies out of the bird stand as Rocket retracts his bird stand before heading towards the Ozark mountains.
After flying out of the rattlesnake forest, Annie sings about finding tapper's friend once again and soon, they made it to the Ozark wetlands, which is the swamp. And Rocket transforms into a swamp boat and tapper uses his beak to break up some branches and lands on top of the alligator who is trying to find alligator's friend as Annie warns tapper about the alligator as tapper lands on top of Rocket's bird stand so June uses her hands in a circle to do the fan dance for Rocket's swamp boat fanning faster and as the alligator gets closer and closer, Tapper uses his wings to fan Rocket's swamp boat faster while June uses her hands to spin faster and faster until they get away from the alligator and reach the log jam. As they reach the log jam, Tapper uses his beak to break up some log while Quincy uses his snare drum to help tapper break up some logs in the log jam and as the alligator gets closer and closer, Quincy drums his snare drum louder to help tapper break some log in the log jam and soon, the path is clear for Rocket to go through the log jam as the alligator made friend with another alligator, and afterward, Annie waves goodbye to the alligators as Rocket transforms back to it's normal shape while he rolls back onto the land.
While Rocket rolls onto the land to the Ozark mountains, Annie sings about finding a friend for tapper again and soon, Tapper saw the Ozark mountains! It's a miracle! So they all rebuckle their seatbelts, redo the pat sequence and BLAST OFF!!!
Finally, they arrived at the Ozark mountains and they all head out of Rocket and Leo got out his baton and conduct with tapper to call to tapper's friend, but tapper isn't loud enough, so the whole team sing about finding his friend for tapper along with the rattlesnakes at the rattlesnake forest and the alligators at the Ozark wetlands and tapper and all of the other friends help little Einsteins sing louder about finding a friend for tapper and soon, tapper's friend arrives at the Ozark mountains and tapper finally got his friend and pecks the beak to the music of orchestral suite number 2 in b minor! Then, tapper and his friends land on Leo's baton and greet Leo and told about finding his friends for him and hover in front of screen to say thank you. Mission completion! The team will see you on Season 2 for their new powers!
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Minor Characters[]
- Tapper's Friend (Only Appearance)
- Rattlesnake (Only Appearance)
- Alligators (Only Appearance)
Art[]
- Pool in the Woods by George Inness
Music[]
Music Put Together[]
- Orchestral Suite Number 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Music Breakdown[]
- Orchestral Suite Number 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 Movement 1: Overture by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Orchestral Suite Number 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 Movement 2: Rondeau by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Orchestral Suite Number 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 Movement 4: Bourrée by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Orchestral Suite Number 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 Movement 5: Polonaise by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Orchestral Suite Number 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 Movement 6: Minuet by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Orchestral Suite Number 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 Movement 7: Badinerie by Johann Sebastian Bach
Song[]
Locations[]
- Big Woods of Arkansas in Arkansas
- Rattlesnake Forest (Pool in the Woods)
- Ozark Wetland
- Ozark Mountains
Running Gag[]
- TBA
Rocket's Transformation[]
- Swamp Boat (Only Appearance)
Rocket's Tool[]
Objects Used[]
Outfit Used[]
Post-Curtain Call Sequence[]
- Tapper and his friend are playing from the whole stage.
Who is in the center of the episode[]
- Little Einsteins (mainly Leo)
- Tapper
Quotes[]
- Leo: Oh, yeah. It come from that... RATTLE SNAKE!!
- TBA
Notes[]
- TBA
Trivia[]
- This is the third episode to use Bach Music and the final episode to use Minuet and Badinerie. However, in production order, it is the last episode to use Bach music.
- Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers were thought to be extinct due to habitat loss. However, reported sightings claim that there are surviving populations, mostly in the Southwestern States and Cuba.
- The ominous music of the team having a plan to get to the Ozark Mountains is the same as The Legend of the Golden Pyramid.
Errors/Goofs/Static[]
- When Quincy is saying the title card after the intro, he has Annie's dress and shoes, but when she says "And" after June announces the art, he has his own clothes, just like before.
