A Fresh Feast

"A Fresh Feast" is the twenty-seventh episode of Butterfly Valley (1998 series) and the first episode of the second season.
It commemorated Thanksgiving, a holiday where people can feel thankful to their relatives, their pets, and everything else. Additionally, this episode premiered in Canada on the day it was celebrated in America.
==Synopsis==
Today is Thanksgiving and everyone, including the butterfly fairies, gather along for this special occasion, while the trolls try to find the perfect fish for their meal. Also, Rose and Petunia discover how the butterfly fairies celebrate Thanksgiving.
==Plot==
The butterfly fairies are preparing their meals for Thanksgiving. We see Bluebell and her family preparing their meal. Bluebell helps Aldith cook the salmon, then she helps her family set up the table.
Meanwhile in the Great Troll Palace, the trolls are also preparing their meal for thanksgiving, but they don't have any fish to eat, so the monarchs send the troll guards to Butterfly Valley to find some fishes.
Meanwhile in Rose and Petunia's house, Rose is checking on her calendar and notices that today is November 24! She realizes today is Thanksgiving and runs to Petunia, who is still sleeping. Rose tries to wake Petunia up, but she turns over.
Rose, not willing to wait for her to wake up, sets the alarm clock to the current time and this wakes up Petunia, who freaks out and jumps off from her bed. Petunia blames Rose for scaring her and Rose apologized to her.
Rose reminded Petunia that today is Thanksgiving and went to the kitchen to help their family prepare the meal. Carmen cooks the turkey and Rose fills it with stuffing, while Petunia sets up the table with Evan and Bill.
Petunia went to find any drinks in the fridge. She found apple juice and brought it to the kitchen. As she pours some juice to the glass, Petunia notices that the turkey is missing (the turkey was on the table earlier, before Carmen took it to the kitchen), so she tries to find it, then Rose and Carmen came back with the turkey and Petunia noticed it, thinking that she found it.
The telephone suddenly rings and Rose went to answer it and Petunia followed her. Celia is calling them, stating that she felt thankful to the twins for their friendship.
Moving over to Celia's house, she helps her family prepare the meal. Her mother checks if the turkey is ready and she notices that it becomes golden brown and turns off the oven. She takes the turkey out of the oven and Celia's brother Morty came with the stuffing. The telephone next to the shelf rings and Celia answers it. Brad calls her from his house, stating that he is thankful to her.
We moved on to Brad, who is making the stuffing for the turkey, then he saw his little sister Connie pouring some juice. Brad supports her for this. Their mother calls them to carry the turkey to the table. The telephone next to the table rings and Brad answers it. Jessa is calling him, as she felt thankful to him.
In Jessa's house, her sister Minerva puts some stuffing into the turkey, while her brother Horace is polishing the dishes. Jessa, on the other hand, paints some artworks of a turkey she saw at the Pensacola Zoo. The telephone hanging on the wall rings and Jessa answers it.
Ernie calls Jessa from his house and he felt thankful to her. He went to finish up the garnishing on the turkey with his mother, then the telephone rings and he answers it. His little sister Nessa came and wondered who is on the telephone.
Calling Ernie on the telephone is Mackenzie and her older brother Sid, who felt thankful to them. Mackenzie went to the kitchen, making her favorite drink. Sid came and checks if the meal is ready and Mackenzie responded that there is one thing missing, the garnishing for the turkey! Sid thought the turkey didn't look good if there's not any garnishing.
The telephone rings and Mackenzie and Sid answer it. Sam is on the telephone and he felt thankful to the two, then he went to his chair with his family, but the telephone rings, so he went to the desk and answers it.
Sam realized that Chip is calling him on the telephone. Chip said he's feeling very thankful to him and, when he's finished calling him, puts down the telephone. He went to his chair and his family pray to god for a very good meal.
Back in Rose and Petunia's house, the twins and their family are almost finished with their meal and the twins had already finished theirs. Rose thought she and Petunia can be thankful to the butterfly fairies, so she grabbed her magic flower and entered Butterfly Valley with her.
The twins went to Bluebell's house and greet Bluebell and her family. They look around the house and notice a slice of salmon instead of a turkey. Petunia wondered why butterfly fairies do not have turkeys for Thanksgiving and Spike explained that there were turkey fairies in the animal world and the only kind of meat in the animal world is fish.
The twins realize this and try the salmon. They like it and Bluebell asks if they want to join them for their Thanksgiving meal, but they decided to return home.
Meanwhile in somewhere outside Butterfly Valley, the troll guards are looking for the perfect meal, then they found a school of cods swimming in the pond. They tried to catch it, but the fishes just swim off from them. The trolls seemingly gave up, but soon found a fancy restaurant nearby. They sneak into the kitchen and steal the fishes hung at the back.
After stealing the fish meats, the troll guards try to find their way back to the Great Troll Palace, but they soon got lost in the woods. They try to find a map that leads them back, but they only found a food wrapping.
Rose and Petunia are thankful to Bluebell and her family and Spike and Trent brought out the family's gifts to them.
The twins bid farewell to the family and are about to leave home, but then they heard somebody at the restaurant calling for help. The twins went to the restaurant manager and he requests them to retrieve the stolen meats. The twins accept this and went to the Great Troll Palace.
The troll guards have finally returned to the Troll Kingdom with the fish meat. One of the troll guards is about to knock the gate, only to be stopped by Rose and Petunia, who interfere with them, but instead of fighting against them, they decide to offer them some fish they brought from their neighborhood grocery store.
The troll guards accept this and thank the twins for giving them the meat. As a response, they apologize the twins for stealing the fish meat and return them back. The twins thank them for being such kind gentlemen and return the meat back to the restaurant. The restaurant manager thanked them for returning the meat and the twins bid farewell to the butterfly fairies.
Rose grabs her magic flower form the pocket and uses it to return home with Petunia.
Meanwhile in the Great Troll Palace, King Boogieman and Queen Peregia came in to check on the troll guards, who are cooking the fish meat. Boogieman wondered why did the troll guards took so long to return with the meat, then one of the guards responded that they got the meat from those "friendly outsiders," which befuddled the monarchs.
The twins went back to their house and greet their family, including their grandparents and cousins. They had waited a long time for them to come back. They all went to the dining table and began the feast.
During the feast, Rose explains about the butterfly fairies, their homeland and their traits. Their grandparents are impressed by this and their grandmother stated that she used to watch the Butterfly Valley show on TV with their grandfather. They never knew that they actually exist, then Rose told them that they can only visit a country in the animal world by using the magic flower found in their human world counterpart.
Rose picks up her magic flower and shows it to her relatives. Rose explained that she and Petunia found it on a bush when they were trying to find the red ball that got caught in there. It was a magnolia that can transport her and Petunia to the Butterfly Kingdom.
The family were impressed with the story and Petunia requests a few slices of chocolate cake, which made the grandparents shocked, as they never knew that Petunia loves chocolate cake so much. Petunia reminded them that chocolate cakes mean so much to her.
The twins' grandparents thank the twins, Evan, Bill, and Carmen for making such good food. Bill declares this Thanksgiving to be one of the best days ever and the family touch their glasses to each other's as the episode ends with a photo shot of the family.
==Trivia==
*This episode is included in the VHS compilation video The Best of Butterfly Valley, Vol. 8 and Butterfly Valley: Making Friends.
*This is the second episode to commemorate a holiday, after "Tinka's Wishes," which centered on Cinco de Mayo.
*This episode reinforced the fact that fishes are not animal fairies, which has already been revealed in "Light Showers."
*This is considered to be one of the best episodes of the 1998 series, mainly due to the fact that the trolls show their kind side, since they had learned from their mistakes.
*This episode reveals the fact that the 1969 series existed as a show-within-a-show, making this an easter egg.
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