Raise the Curtains!

"Raise the Curtains!" is the sixty-seventh episode of Butterfly Valley (1998 series) and the fifteenth episode of the third season.
==Synopsis==
In order to surprise Rose and Petunia for their 14th birthday, their friends decide to setup a show about their first adventure in Butterfly Valley. It will be one of the greatest surprises for the twins, or could be…
==Plot== 
At the community park in Sideview Beach, the kids felt rather bored, having nothing to do so far, then Rose and Petunia came and ask if they can play with them, but Sam told them that today is nothing special. Petunia whispered to Sam's ear that today is Rose's and her birthday, which shocked the other kids.
Rose reminded the other kids to prepare for the big day and once she and Petunia left, the kids began to think about a great surprise for the twins. Celia though of putting on a show about butterfly fairies, whom the twins were very proud of.
The kids agreed and they went to the Floral Showgrounds to set everything up while Celia directs them. Ernie and Timmy are building the stage base while following the measurements, and whilst Jessa is painting backgrounds, Sam and Mackenzie are creating the props and Tammi is tailoring costumes. Brad checks if the everything is ready for the show.
Chip, on the other hand, have nothing to do, until Celia told him to set up the backgrounds, which he did incorrectly at first, then Brad shows him the correct layout.
Rhonda wondered who should play Rose and Petunia for the show, so she calls Asmyra and Cally, who are in their houses, to play the role of Rose and Petunia and they agree.
Meanwhile in the twins' house, Rose tries to peacefully read a book about how birthdays are celebrated across the world when Petunia and Evan are playing a fighting game on TV, disturbing her in the process.
Rose told them to be quiet and Evan turns down the volume. Petunia and Evan apologize to Rose and they resume playing, only for Rose to ask if she wants to join them playing the game, but Petunia reminded her that only two people can play the game at the same time. Once Petunia beats Evan, Rose took his place as he went to get some snacks.
Meanwhile at the Floral Showgrounds, the kids are almost finished setting up the stage and they now test out the costumes. Celia calls up the other kids for a casting call, Celia wanted to be Princess Butterfly, since she was her favorite character from the show.
Evan came and wondered what are the kids doing, then Celia told him that it was nothing, causing Evan to become confused, before he walks back home.
The kids have finished setting up the set for the show. Celia directs Ernie and Timmy to orient the lights towards the center of the stage, then the other kids came, already in their costumes, came on stage to rehearse for the show, with the help of master choreographer Rhonda.
After a week, today is January 19, which is Rose and Petunia's birthday, and the kids put on their costumes. Rose, Petunia and Evan walk to the Floral Showgrounds and get in their seats with their neighbors.
Rhonda whispered to Celia, in her Princess Butterfly costume, to walk out of the curtains, so introduces the show and Cally raises the curtains. The show begins with a segment featuring stick puppets.
It all started when "Rose" and "Petunia" are going to the school playground, playing hopscotch, until the "bullies" came and attack them. The "twins" managed to stop them, but they heard some strange sound. They find out that the sound came from a Monarch butterfly. They went to the butterfly and it was revealed to be "Princess Butterfly" in her butterfly form.
Petunia pointed out that Princess Butterfly as a butterfly is actually made off construction paper, glued back-to-back, strapped in a plastic straw by pipe cleaners, with atennae made from excess pipe cleaners and googly eyes. Rose tells her to be quiet afterwards.
"Princess Butterfly" gives the "twins" a "magical flower," which is actually made off several pieces of printer paper glued atop of each other from the ends, and a yellow pom-pom to top it all off. "Rose" and "Petunia" use the "magic flower" to visit "Butterfly Valley," which leads to a scenery change.
Ernie and Sam try to bring the background onstage, causing Jessa to help them. "Rose" and "Petunia," now played by Asmyra and Cally, are astonished by the atmosphere and began to run across the place, until they meet a blue caterpillar named "Bluebell," who is actually made off a row of blue pom-poms glue tp each other and two googly eyes on one end.
"Bluebell” turns into a fairy and informs the "twins" that she is a young butterfly fairy who has yet to grow her wings. The"sky turns dark and the "butterfly fairies" fly to their hoses as shelter. The "twins" also hide and "Princess Butterfly" explained that this was a result of "troll magic," used by the "trolls."
A "butterfly fairy mother" began to worry about her missing "son," so "Princess Butterfly," "Bluebell" and the "twins" went to the "Troll Kingdom," but Brad forgot about the Troll Kingdom model, so he improvises with a drawing of his interpreptation. The "group" encounter "King Boogieman" and "Queen Peregia," who claimed that they are unwelcomed to the "Troll Kingdom."
The "boy," who is accidentally represented by a Marc Summers doll, until Brad corrected Chip and brought up a paper doll, was caged in the "insect collection room." The "group" went to the "room" and noticed the "boy" in a cage and the "troll guards" came to attack them. 
"Princess Butterfly" and "Bluebell" fought against the "troll guards," while the "twins" rescue the "boy" from the cage. " Princess Butterfly" asks the "twins" to escape while she and "Bluebell" are finishing off the "troll guards". Chip begins to play music and he, Ernie and Sam start to dance, but Brad turns the player off.
The audience laugh, while the twins cheer for their stage doppelgängers as they "run from the "Troll Kingdom."
Rhonda peeks out from the curtains and tells the audience that the heroes have escaped from the trolls. The audience, including Rose and Petunia, applaud to the cast.
Now switching to stick puppets, the group has safely returned to Butterfly Valley and the missing son returned to his mother, who thanked the "twins" for rescuing him.
"Rose" and "Petunia" bid farewell to the "butterfly fairies" and use the "magic flower" to reurn home. Asmyra and Cally return onstage as they notice Chip getting "bullied," so they attack the "bullies" and rescue Chip, who thanks them for saving him.
Once the show reaches to the end, the cast came onstage to take a big bow and the audience, including Rose and Petunia, applaud. The kids yell "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" to Rose and Petunia as confetti falls over them.
The kids soon sing "Happy Birthday" to Rose and Petunia, who then proceed to blow the candles, Chip brings two presents for the twins and they open it up. Rose is happy about her present, but not Petunia, who is dissapointed over her present. Chip apologizes to Petunia and reminds her that he'll bring a better present next time.
The kids get startled by Mackenzie, who suddenly blows a party blower. Mackenzie asks the twins if they're having fun and they did. The kids resume celebrating Rose and Petunia's birthday by playing games.
During Pin the Wings on the Butterfly, Rose managed to place the paper wings on a poster of a wingless butterfly, then Petunia goes next, but she ended up placing the wings on the head of the butterfly. Jessa commented that it looks like it's wearing a big bow. The kids laugh as the episode ends.
==Trivia==
*This episode is included in the VHS compilation video Butterfly Valley: Step Up and Show!.
*Like the other six episodes premiering in early 2000, this episode was produced in late-1999.
*All of the trolls do not appear in this episode, since the headliner of the story is the show played at the Floral Showgrounds.
*The production code for this episode is BV-069, which might be a reference to the year 1969, when the 1969 series premiered on TV.
*This is also the first episode where the butterfly fairies themselves do not appear at all.
**This means Rose does not use her magic flower at all in this episode, meaning this is the second time she and Petunia remain in the human world throughout the story.
**This is also the very first time the Butterfly Kingdom, nor its cities, including the capital city Butterfly Valley, is not seen in the entire story.
*The show played at the Floral Showgrounds is actually a combination of the first episodes of the 1969 and 1998 series and would later be replayed in "Love, Camera, Action," this time with Rose and Petunia as parts of the cast.
*The game Petunia and Evan (and later, Rose) are playing bears similarity to many fighting games, including Street Fighter, The King of Fighters and Dead or Alive.
**The character Petunia has chosen resembles Chun-li from Street Fighter II, while Evan's character resembles Terry Bogard from The King of Fighters '94 and Rose's character resembles Cammy from Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold.
*Marc Summers, despite not making a guest appearance himself, appeared in a cameo as a doll until Brad replaced it with a paper doll representing "Finn".
*"Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind and Fire was briefly played when the "troll guards" are dancing at the "courtyard".
*"Boogie Wonderland" would later appear in the album The New Adventures in Butterfly Valley: Songs from the Show, as part of a medley with "Fall in Love with Me".
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