Butterflies in Space

"Butterflies in Space" is the thirty-third episode of Butterfly Valley (1998 series) and the seventh episode of the second season.
==Synopsis==
Space has always been part of the society since the creation of the universe and visited by many astronauts around the world, even butterfly fairies, but the trolls think the astronauts are invaders from another planet, so they try their best to defend their kingdom from them.
==Plot==
The episode starts with a view over the community park in Sideview Beach, as Rose, Petunia and Celia are walking together when Petunia notices Sam, who is playing with a toy Space Shuttle. She went to the sand pit and watches him putting astronaut action figure into the rocket and placing it onto the launch pad. Rose and Celia came and notice Petunia and Sam playing with the Space Shuttle toy.
Meanwhile in the Great Troll Palace, two troll guards are watching the stars, while another one is playing Space Invaders, as King Boogieman came and ask if they are looking for any butterfly fairies, then one of the troll guards responded that they are just looking at the stars, then King Boogieman looks through the telescope and notices a constellation shaped just like Princess Butterfly.
At the BASA (Butterfly Aeronautics and Space Administration) Space Center in Butterfly Trails, two butterfly fairy astronauts are discussing about the new mission as they walk into the Space Shuttle.
The gas are filled in, the astronauts are inside, the Space Shuttle is now ready for launching. One of the astronauts presses the launch button to lift off the spacecraft, as the thrusters began to fire and the Space Shuttle flies into outer space.
Bluebell and her brother Spike are watching the Space Shuttle on TV while their baby brother Trent comes across and notices the spacecraft. Spike soon imagined himself and Bluebell as astronauts flying to the Moon as he places the flag of the Butterfly Kingdom on the surface.
Their mother Aldith came and told them that they will be astronauts someday, them Trent grabs Spike's toy rocket (with three astronaut action figures inside) and plays with it, but Spike tells him to play with his own squeaky toy rocket.
The Space Shuttle separates into several compartments from time to time, leaving only the Orbital Vehicle to fly into the International Space Station alone. The spacecraft then docks into the station as the astronauts from other countries welcome them.
The troll guards watch the astronauts enter the ISS and think that they are going to fire a laser beam at the Great Troll Palace, so they head into the court and alerts King Boogieman and Queen Peregia that the Troll Kingdom will be destroyed.
Queen Peregia ordered the troll guards to erect the barrier, which one of them presses the purple button to do so, while King Boogieman calls for the Troll Air Force to attack the invaders, which are really the astronauts. A moth fairy astronaut and a bee fairy astronaut notice the trolls and a dove fairy astronauts presses the alarm button to alert the other astronauts aboard that the trolls are coming to attack them.
The butterfly fairy guards look through the telescope and notice one of the Rapier 3-69 jets flying into outer space, ready to destroy the ISS. Princess Butterfly came and also notice the jet, so she order the guards to stop the trolls from attacking the astronauts and save the station from them.
Meanwhile at the community park, the magic flower in Rose's pocket glows, signalling her and Petunia that the trolls are going to outer space and attack the astronauts. Rose told her friends that she and her sister must go to Butterfly Valley, then the twins use the magic flower to enter the BASA Space Center. Rose asks one of the commanders named Lawrence for one of their spacecraft, but he declined that they are too young to go into outer space, so he joins them for their mission.
Rose, Petunia and Lawrence wear their space suits, hop into the land speeder and fly into space after bidding farewell to their friends. The butterfly fairy guards watch the crew through the telescope, then one of them told Princess Butterfly that something is also flying to space and she looked through the telescope, noticing the twins and Lawrence in the land speeder.
As the trolls almost reach the International Space Station, The twins and Lawrence approach them. The trolls fire laser beams at the land speeder, but the crew counter them when Lawrence presses the purple button to fire missiles towards the Rapier 3-69 jet's left wing, then another one at its nose, causing the destroyed aircraft and the troll pilots to fall back down to the Great Troll Palace.
The trolls fall through the roof and several rooms before landing into the court, with King Boogieman and Queen Peregia watching them in bewilderment. The monarchs also notice several holes through the palace.
Rose, Petunia and Lawrence went into the ISS and the astronauts inside it thank them for rescuing them from the trolls. They land back in Butterfly Valley and everyone welcomes them back home, including Bluebell and her family. Princess Butterfly and the butterfly fairy guards came and were glad that they return home.
Meanwhile at the Great Troll Palace, the troll guards hammer down some wood planks to patch the broken roof as King Boogieman watches them. One of the troll guards ask if this is good, to which King Boogieman responded that it should be good for now, but he tells the troll guards that they should continue their work, making them exhausted in the process.
Rose and Petunia bid farewell to the butterfly fairies and the other astronauts, then they return to the community park with the magic flower. The twins notice their friends looking at the sky with the telescope and they join them. The kids imagine the constellations as different things due to their shapes, then they decide to return home and bid farewell to each other as the episode ends.
==Trivia==
*This episode is included in the VHS compilation video The Best of Butterfly Valley Vol, 8.
*This is the first episode to be broadcasted in 1999, but like all eight episodes aired in early-1999, it was produced in late-1998.
*BASA is a parody of the real-life NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
**There are even animal fairy caricatures of real-life astronauts.
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