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For the Book, See: The Firebird (Book).
Rocket's Firebird Rescue is the fortieth and last episode of Season 2 and the sixty-eighth and last episode overall and the series finale of Little Einsteins.
However, in production order, it's the fourteenth episode of Season 2 and the forty-second episode overall.
Summary[]
Rocket shares his favorite story with the quartet: "The Firebird." The storybook contains animated illustrations showing the Firebird's spreading of music in Russia wherever it goes. However, a wicked ogre named Katschai becomes fed up and traps the Firebird and locks her inside the cage on top of his secret palace which silence all music in the nation and to the entire Kingdom. Now, it’s up to the team to rescue the Firebird from the Katschai’s clutches and bring music back to Russia before Katschai strikes up!
Information[]
To find the Firebird, First: you have to go through the Instrument Forest, Second: you have to go through snowy Siberia, Third: you have to go through the village of dancing shapes (The Art of Improvisation), Fourth: you’ll fly Super Fast as you reach to the Enchanted Garden to defeat the Music Dragon, get the Rainbow Key and finally, go to Katschai’s secret palace where the Firebird is still locked in the cage.
Plot[]
Once upon a time of the final adventure, Leo introduces himself and says that they are reading their favorite stories. Then Rocket shows his favorite story, "The Firebird". Then Leo narrates the story as the firebird lives in Russia and sprinkles her magic from her feathers with magic wherever she goes. They see that her magic makes the flowers sing and the fountains dance as it brings out the music when her magic touches. However, there was 1 person who didn't like the firebird's magic known as Katschai the music-hating ogre! He had magic power and always wanted to catch the firebird! However, the firebird's magic is way too strong for Katschai.
Like when he tried to catch her with a net, but failed. Then he tried to catch her with a giant mousetrap, but failed again. Followed by Quincy saying that Firebird is his type of a bird. Before Rocket turns the page AGAIN revealing that the story IS NOT OVER YET. Today, he's trying his best trickiest trap to catch the firebird: a pretend butterfly, and get captured in a cage! When the firebird came down to cheer it up, but got caught in the cage! Then Katschai puts the cage on top of his secret palace as he locks the cage with a special rainbow key! The whole world is going to miss Firebird's music and everything is so quiet with her music power to make everything sing and dance. But 1 part of the firebird was a feather from her as it flew off in the gust of wind. But Rocket wants to help the firebird! Then they heard the music from a feather of the firebird! So they are going to save the firebird and fulfill their destiny! The team runs to Rocket as Leo pulls out his baton. They all run to Rocket buckle their seatbelts do the last pat sequence and... BLAST OFF!!!
The crew flies high in the sky as they're in Russia while they fly past St. Basil's Cathedral, saying that "Russia's a big and beautiful place" for Big Jet living there as his home if he would appear in this episode to help them! But alas, they can't hear any singing, dancing or music, (It was almost like a ghost town) and they landed into the forest, which had lots of different kinds of instruments! As Rocket landed, the team got out and came upon a group of instruments: a flute, a trumpet, a xylophone, and a violin. And they need the firebird's music to help them playing loud. Then Rocket sprinkled the firebird's feather magic onto the instruments and they can play loudly again. However, they saw Katschai creating some scary animals with his magic as he started with 3 dark yellow bats! Quincy told the team that he can play the flute as he used it to make the bats exploding! But Katschai made 5 red mosquitoes! Then Quincy played the violin as the mosquitoes exploding, 1 by 1!
But Katschai made 5 purple spiders! Then Quincy played the xylophone as the spiders explode! Then suddenly, Katschai made a huge scary brown bear! However, Quincy is going to play the trumpet to make the bear exploding as he played as loud as he did and the bear explode to dust! However, Katschai is using his magic to make lots and lots of bats, mosquitoes, spiders, and bears! Then Rocket and the others use the feather's magic as he sprinkled onto Quincy as he uses the instruments super fast as all the animals exploding together! Then they see the animals, who are now redeemed, chasing him away! Then they continue the rescue until Rocket heard the firebird's music. Then they ran to Rocket as they blast off and see the feather is pointing to the snowy Siberia. So Rocket headed that way until Annie heard singing and sees a baby little nerpa seal in Lake Baikal and the only freshwater seal in the world! But the seal's singing quietly because without the firebird's missing music power! But Rocket uses the feather onto the seal, so he can sing loudly again.
However, they saw Katschai using his magic by creating a snowstorm onto Rocket and get stuck in the snow! Then Annie had an idea that she can sing a special song that will help and the nerpa seal is going to help too! So they sang as the sun rises up and made the snow melt! But makes another snowstorm which became bigger! Then Rocket and the others use the feather's magic onto Annie, so she can sing even louder! So she and the seal sang even louder as the sun starts to melt the mountain of snow off Rocket. As for Katschai, he got himself stuck in a pile of snow! (Katschai will be stuck in the snow for a while) Then they continue the rescue until Rocket heard the firebird's music and see the feather is pointing to the village of Dancing Shapes. So Rocket headed that way until Quincy spotted a circle, a triangle, and a square. They just can't seem to dance without the firebird's magic. But Rocket uses the feather onto the shapes, so they can dance again.
However, they saw Katschai using his magic by creating soldiers to stop them! But June had an idea to stop them by doing a sleeping dance to put them to sleep and the shapes are going to help her. To do this, you must rock side to side, then sauté up and down, then do arabesque! After the dance is done, the soldier fell like a stone, asleep. However, the mean ogre made 5 of them, that turn into 10 soldiers, then 50, then 100! Rocket and the others then use the feather's magic on June as she made the dance go faster to put all the soldiers to sleep, as they go through progressively bigger waves, she had to dance faster. After 3 waves, all 100 soldiers fell asleep, and as for Katschai, he also fell asleep, too! (Katschai will be asleep for a while) June thanks the color shapes and hugs them of dancing faster with the music power for helping. So, the team enters Rocket in tip-toe and sit down their seats quietly as Rocket tiptoes without waking the soldiers. However, Rocket found the firebird at Katschai's secret palace and her singing keeps getting quieter. But they have to save her or her magic power will be gone forever! Leo then proceeds to fly Rocket super fast 1 last time, before the last of the Firebird's voice trails off and Katschai will strike, for the last time!
And when they're ready, the team is using thumbs up while Rocket activates his Backup Booster, the speedy meter activates with music gas. First, they have to start at adagio as they have to pat the beat on their lap slowly. Then, they're going to moderato as they have to pat the beat on their tummies a little faster. Then, they're going to allegro as they have to pat the beat on their shoulders even faster! And finally, the music speed has finally made it to Presto, which means they are ready to reach their arms to the sky and shake their whole bodies! Now, they did it for the final time!! And so, they made it to the entrance of Katschai's palace, they got out of Rocket as they went to find the key in Katschai's enchanted garden! Then they see it in a nest next to an Fabergé Egg. However, the Fabergé Egg started to move and out popped a small dragon. Then they noticed that Katschai must have put the dragon there to guard the key, much to Annie's fury! But this dragon is using a baton like Leo's by making loud music to make himself large! Then the team ran and ran to escape the dragon and tried to hide from it, too! But Leo had an idea to make the dragon smaller by using his own baton! Then, Rocket and the others used the feather's last magic onto Leo to prepare the conducting battle! First, Leo is going to use his super conducting music power to raise his arms really high and slowly move them down lower to make the dragon get way smaller and Leo wins! But when the next round begins, the dragon is conducting another crescendo and he's getting bigger again! Leo has to make the dragon's music get even quieter. So Leo is going to use his super conducting music power to raise his arms as high as he can and slowly lower them to the very lower ground and the dragon gets even smaller and Rocket puts him back into the Fabergé Egg! The team cheer for Leo and Quincy knows now that's what he call great conducting! Then, Rocket grabs the rainbow key and they went off to the tower of the secret palace and Katschai spotted them as for Rocket, he unfortunately used up all the firebird's feather's music power! Then Katschai casts a spell onto Rocket that kills him so that he can never fly to rescue the firebird!
But Rocket is trying to break the spell! So the Firebird gave Rocket some of her power to help! Then Quincy played his violin to help Rocket go even higher and along came the instruments from the forest came to help, too! Then Annie started singing and the nerpa seal came to help, too! Then June started to dance and the shapes came to help, too! Finally, Leo started to conduct the music. The spell is almost broken! Then, finally, with Rocket's might, and the team's encouragement, the spell is finally broken, and he finally freed the firebird! Then she spread the magic everywhere and even sprinkled onto Katschai and made him good again, once and for all. Rocket thanks everybody and the firebird for saving the day! And they all live happily ever after! Mission Completion!!!
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
- Little Einsteins (Last Appearance)
- Firebird (Only Appearance)
Supporting Characters[]
- Flower (Only Appearance)
- Little Nerpa (Only Appearance)
- Forest Instruments (Only Appearance)
- Color Shapes (Only Appearance)
- Green Circle (Only Appearance)
- Blue Square (Only Appearance)
- Red Triangle (Only Appearance)
Villain Characters[]
- Katschai (Only Appearance)
- Pretend Butterfly (Only Appearance)
- Music Dragon (AKA Crescendo Dragon) (Only Appearance)
- Forest Animals (Only Appearance)
- Katschai's Soldiers (Only Appearance)
Super Fast Sequence[]
- When Rocket hears the Firebird sing very quietly at the secret palace, it means that her music power will be lost soon!! So the team are ready to fly Super Fast before the last of the Firebird's voice trails off and Katschai will strike, for the last time!
Post-Curtain Call Sequence[]
- In the first and only post-curtain call segment since Season 1 after the curtain closes, the Firebird comes and sprinkles the viewers with her magic while flying past the stage.
Arts[]
Featured Art[]
Other Featured Art[]
Music[]
Music Put Together[]
- The Firebird Suite (1919) by Igor Stravinsky
Music Breakdown[]
- The Firebird Suite Movement 1 Introduction by Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird Suite Movement 2 De L'Oiseau De Feu Et Sa Danse (The Firebird and it Dance) by Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird Suite Movement 3 Variation De l'Oiseau De Feu (The Firebird's Variation) by Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird Suite Movement 4 Rondes Des Princesses (The Princesses' Khorovod) by Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird Suite Movement 5 Danse Infernale De Roi de Kashchei (Infernal Dance Of King Kashchei) by Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird Suite Movement 6 Berceuse (Lullaby) by Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird Suite Movement 7 Finale by Igor Stravinsky
Songs[]
- Annie's Hello Song
- We Have the Firebird Feather
- Come Out Sun
- June's Dancing Song
- The Sleeping Dance Song
- I Sing My Song To Rocket
- Music is Magical (Plays during the end credits)
Locations[]
- The Rocket Room
- Russia
- Cathedral of the Annunciation and St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow
- Winter Palace and Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg
- Forest in Russia (AKA The Instrument Forest)
- Lake Baikal in Siberia
- Village of Dancing Shapes (Improvisation)
- Buyan
- Enchanted Garden
- Nest
- Katschai's Castle
Running Gag[]
- Every time Rocket shakes his feather, the team sings We Have the Firebird Feather to give them and their allies super music power.
Rocket's Tools[]
Objects Used[]
- Leo's Baton
- Annie's Microphone
- Quincy's Trumpet (Cameo)
- Quincy's Violin
- June's Ballet Slippers
- Music Power (Power)
Who is the center of the episode[]
Quotes[]
- All: Bats! Mosquitoes! Spiders! And bears! Oh, my!
- All: 5 soldiers! 10 soldiers! 50 soldiers! 100 soldiers!
- June:♪Rocking side-to-side, Sauté up and down, arabesque, arabesque♪.
- All: ♪We have the feather, the Firebird feather right here!♪" (In tune of The Firebird Suite)
- Leo: Thanks for helping me! You're a really good conductor.
Notes[]
- TBA
Trivia[]
- The film was aired on Television two years after its initial DVD release.
- This special has higher animation than the episodes that precede it due to it having a larger budget.
- In the Chase scene against the Music Dragon from the enchanted garden, this is the reference of the Scooby Doo's Door Chase.
- This is the last episode/film that has used recorded music by Igor Stravinsky (The Firebird Suite 1919 version).
- This is the last time Annie makes an angry face. She looks angry when she knew that Katschai put the dragon’s egg to guard the key.
- This is the last episode to use music from Fantasia 2000.
- The Little Einsteins did a saying that was similar to a saying from the Wizard of Oz (which was "Bats!" "Mosquitos!" "Spiders!" "And bears!" "Oh my!", and similar to "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!").
- This episode, along with Our HUGE Adventure are the only double-length episodes not to be available on iTunes and Disney+.
Errors/Goofs/Statics[]
- The trailer for the episode/special on Disney DVD uses only the season 1 footage, yet this was released around season 2.
- June has Pat Clifton Worried face when she says here come the most Soldiers yet.
- When Leo asks the viewer if they hear Katschai, Leo has his wider Season 1 look.
- In the Enchanted Garden scene where Rocket plans an idea to give Leo music power, his baton is on his left hand. But when the rest of the team are giving Leo music power, his baton is now on his right hand and Annie's arms are disappearing. And when he now has the music power, his baton is now on his left hand.
- When June is saying the art, Quincy is still looking at the audience.
- When Annie gives Leo, Quincy and June a stern look after saying that Katschai had been mean after putting the dragon's egg to guard the key, they smile a little.
- The logo said "Disney's" like in Season 1 episodes.
