Welcome to Butterfly Valley

"Welcome to Butterfly Valley" is the first episode of Butterfly Valley (1998 series). It is a remake of "Arrival," the first episode of the 1969 series.
==Synopsis==
Twin sisters Rose and Petunia are playing in their backyard when they accidentally throw a big ball to a nearby bush. While finding the ball, they noticed a mysterious glowing flower that sends them to a magical place called Butterfly Valley, where they meet the butterfly fairy Princess Butterfly and protect the abode of her species from the evil Troll Kingdom, led by King Boogieman.
==Plot==
The episode starts with a view over Sideview Beach as the camera zooms into Rose and Petunia's house. The twins ran down the stairs from their room and ask their mom if they can play outside, to which she responded yes and they ran onto their backyard to play catch with their big red ball. Rose accidentally throws the ball too hard and it flies into a nearby bush. She quickly apologizes to her sister and the twins look for the ball.
When they found it, the twins noticed a strange light in another bush. They found out that the light came from a white magnolia. Rose picks the flower up and the light from it transports the twins into some busy place, but the twins are shrunk and a bypassing butterfly noticed them, transforming itself into a fairy and pulling them straight up. The fairy was revealed to be the incumbent ruler of the very place, Princess Butterfly, bewildering the twins. She then notes the twins that they had been shrunk and were transported into the capital city of the Butterfly Kingdom called Butterfly Valley.
Princess Butterfly tells the twins that she is in charge of ruling the kingdom due to her parents making peace negotiations with the Bee Kingdom. She soon guides Rose and Petunia around Butterfly Valley, meeting several butterfly fairies before they stop when a blue caterpillar approaches them. The caterpillar then transforms into another fairy. The fairy initially freaks out as there are humans in the valley (the twins are humans, anyway), but soon shyly introduces herself as Bluebell, who has yet to grow her wings due to her young age. She then joins the trio during their tour of the valley.
The tour was soon interrupted by storms and murky clouds as the butterfly fairies transform to butterflies to flee into their homes. Princess Butterfly notes the twins that the trolls are making storms using their magic; Petunia thinks that trolls are lame and fuzzy creatures. A butterfly fairy soon felt worried about her missing son, so she asks Princess Butterfly to find him and the group bravely went to the Great Troll Palace.
They encounter the ruler of the Troll Kingdom, King Boogieman in the court. He claims that they are not welcomed to the palace, then Queen Peregia enters the court and was shocked to see two butterfly fairies and two humans in the palace. She tells her husband that they can put the butterfly fairies in their insect collection and he agreed. The group was disgruntled upon hearing the statement. Princess Butterfly tells her friends to find the lost boy before the trolls might put them into cages.
The group sneaks into the insect collection room and tries to find the boy, not before the troll guards appear to stop them. The butterfly fairies saw the missing boy caged among insects, then Princess Butterfly freed the boy and asks the twins to escape with him while she and Bluebell fight against the troll guards.
Rose, Petunia and the missing boy run off from the Great Troll Palace as the troll guards chase them, but Petunia complains about taking a long time returning to Butterfly Valley, so Rose asks the boy to transport the trio to Butterfly Valley and they returned to the place where the boy lives in. The boy, whose name is revealed to be Finn, reunited with his mother, who thanks the twins for returning him. They all later wonder where Princess Butterfly and Bluebell are…
Still in the insect collection room, Princess Butterfly and Bluebell finished off the remaining troll guards and ran from the Great Troll Palace while King Boogieman peeks out from the gate, stating that he will get "those fluttering beans" someday. Princess Butterfly and Bluebell transported back to Butterfly Valley and the former asks if they are okay from the trolls. They all responded yes and Finn's mother thanks the group for saving him.
Finn and his mother waved farewell to the group as they resumed their tour of Butterfly Valley. Petunia asks her sister how did she feel about Butterfly Valley, to which she answered, "Butterfly Valley is a really, I mean, REALLY marvelous place. There's a lot of shops, restaurants and even playgrounds everywhere." Rose soon asks Princess Butterfly to return her and Petunia back home, so she reverts the twins to their normal size and transport them back on their backyard.
Suddenly, one of their neighbors named Celia walks by, noticing the twins on their backsides. She claims that she has not seen them for so long, then Petunia tells her that "Butterfly Valley is a fun place to visit, so maybe someday, you can come there too." The twins get up and offer her another magic flower to visit Butterfly Valley whenever she wants to. The episode ends with Rose, Petunia and Celia discussing about the twins' adventures in Butterfly Valley.
==Differences from "Arrival"==
*In the original version, Rose and Petunia are playing on the school playground, but in the remake, they instead play catch with their ball on their backyard.
*Originally, Princess Butterfly (while in her butterfly form) gives Rose and Petunia the magic flower to visit Butterfly Valley, but in this version, the twins found the flower by themselves.
*After using the magic flower, whenever they enter their destination, Rose and Petunia tend to clumsily fall over, rather than standing still as in the original version.
*The twins met Princess Butterfly and Bluebell much later than in the original version.
*Background butterfly fairies do not transform into fairies as they are already in their fairy forms upon meeting the twins.
*Rose hummed to the theme song of the series, instead of whistling to Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Te Deum, the theme music of the Eurovision network and its related events.
*Princess Butterfly, Bluebell, Rose and Petunia enter the Troll Kingdom by themselves in this version, instead of being taken to it by the troll guards.
*Petunia calls King Boogieman a "creep" instead of "scary-man" as in the original version.
*The missing boy, who is named Finn in this version, was found caged in the insect collection room, instead of wandering away from Butterfly Valley.
*The twins only help the missing boy (Finn) escape from the Troll Kingdom, due to Princess Butterfly and Bluebell fighting against the troll guards, rather than also helping them escape as in the original version.
*Rose and Petunia return to their backyard when Princess Butterfly uses her transportation spell on them, whereas in the original version, they came back into school by using the magic flower.
==Trivia==
*This episode was included in VHS compilation video The Best of Butterfly Valley, Vol. 1.
*The story would later be adapted to the video game Butterfly Valley: Welcome to the Valley.
*Clips from this episode would later be used for Princess Butterfly's flashback in "Trust in Butterflies" from the fifth season.
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