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The Ants Dance is the ninth episode of the second season of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, and the show's twenty-seventh overall episode. The Ants are putting on a show, but Bubu ends up making all the choices and causes the other ants to quit the show. Kai-Lan will now have to get Bubu to let his friends make a choice so they can put on the show.
Plot[]
Kai-Lan is visiting the ants' place, where she watches the ants dance when they play their boombox. Kai-Lan then comes up with an idea to create a dance show for the ants, where they would use the stage to perform. Kai-Lan then runs to her animal friends, Hoho, Rintoo, and Tolee, telling them about the ants' dance show. Hoho does his turntables, Rintoo plays the xylophone, and Tolee does his singing. They then invite their friends to get ready for the show. Kai-Lan states that the ants need to choose their costumes, paint the stage, and something to wear on their hats before they are ready.
Kai-Lan then pulls a wagon of costumes toward the ants. Bubu picks the polka-dot costume and decides that everyone should wear them, however the other ants aren't satisfied with Bubu's choice, stating that they like the different costumes. Heading towards the paints, Bubu chooses yellow, despite everyone else deciding different colors, where he tend paints it himself. Stompy, Mr, Fluffy and Mei-Mei, the Hula Ducks and the snails arrive, Kai-Lan then closes the curtains so they can practice. When Kai-Lan gets the hats, Bubu chooses the feather hat, which upsets the other ants, to the point where they decide to quit the show.
Kai-Lan recaps that Bubu was being bossy towards the ants, forcing them to wear the costumes everytime he picks. Kai-Lan then returns to her animal friends, who are still making their costumes. Hoho chooses firsts, where he picks stars, Rintoo chooses race cars, Tolee chooses pandas, and Kai-Lan chooses hearts. After observing their choices, Kai-Lan finds a solution; "everyone feels happy when they a get a choice.".
Kai-Lan then tells Bubu that he needs to give the other ants a choice. Bubu then apologizes to the other ants, and tells them to come back, stating that he won't make the choices anymore. The other three ants gets the costumes they wanted, the paint colors they wanted, and the hats they wanted. They then start the dance show, where Tolee raps about having choices. The ants do their performance with Hoho playing the turntables and Rintoo playing the xylophone. Bubu then thanks Kai-Lan for helping him give choices to everyone.
Words in Mandarin Chinese[]
- 跳舞tiào wǔ - Dance
Quotes[]
Kai-Lan: Wow. Bubu is being really bossy.
Hoho: Bossy? What's bossy?
Kai-Lan: Being bossy means that Bubu is making all the choices and telling his friends what to do.
Hoho: Oh. Bubu's being bossy alright.
Trivia[]
- This is the first main episode where the ants cause the main problem. In this episode, Bubu is the one that causes the main problem.
- This is the first time that Ye Ye's face isn't seen, but the back of it is shown.
- During the ants' performance, the band was playing the theme song.
- the last time the solution song is in D major
- Bubu is the only ant to sing I got it in the series
Remarks[]
- If you notice when the stage is repainted, the yellow background disappears, due to Bubu painting over it. Though given how fast it was painting, it would've been unlikely he would've painted it perfectly in only a minute.
- When Kai-Lan goes over to her friends, Tolee can be heard singing the tune to the show’s theme song.
- The theme song melody is also heard towards the end during the big music show when the ants are dancing.
- The ants wear the second costumes underneath the polka-dot costumes they were already wearing.
- Kai-Lan is wearing her dance costume on top of her normal outfit, except for her jade necklace.
- Much of the costumes for the show consist of a complementary (opposite) color scheme, according to the color wheel. For instance, the blue stars complement Hoho’s orange costume, one of the ant’s costumes is red-violet with yellow-green swirls, etc.
Goofs[]
- After the wall is finished being painted yellow, it goes back to being unpainted during the closeup of Kai-Lan's checklist.