Tinka's Wishes

"Tinka's Wishes" is the ninth episode of Butterfly Valley (1998 series). It is an original episode, which means the story is not lifted from any episode of the 1969 series. It also commemorates Cinco de Mayo, the traditional Mexican holiday.
==Synopsis==
The butterfly fairies host a very special gala for Cinco de Mayo, a special occasion celebrated by the moth fairies, which commemorates the Moth Kingdom's victory over the Rooster Empire, but the trolls want to kidnap a young moth fairy named Tinka.
==Plot==
The episode starts with Rose and Petunia playing fetch with their pet dog Amadeus at their backyard. When Petunia is about to throw the tennis ball, she and Rose hear a ringing sound, making her disappointed.
The twins head to the living room and find out that their Mexican friends Javier and Camilla Rodriguez are coming to visit them for Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican celebration which happens tomorrow, with their parents. Rose opens the door and Petunia tells them that she and Rose are playing fetch with their pet dog, then Amadeus appears from the backyard and the twins allow them to come in.
The Rodriguez siblings are surprised about the neat and tidy house, as Rose introduces them to her and Petunia's parents, while Petunia and Evan are decorating the rooms with ribbons colored after the Mexican flag and Aztec-themed decals. 
Meanwhile at the Butterfly Valley Convention Center, a butterfly fairy polishes an Aztec statue as the others are setting up tables, food, drinks and the stage for the Cinco de Mayo gala. Bluebell and her family observe many Aztec-themed decorations and she asks her mother about what is happening here, to which she responded that everybody is preparing for Cinco de Mayo, which is celebrated by the moth fairies.
Meanwhile in the Great Troll Palace, a troll guard is sleeping in his chair, while one of the computers displays the butterfly fairies in a convention center, then King Boogieman and another troll guard came in and see him, just as the latter wakes him up. King Boogieman tells the troll guards that tomorrow will be Cinco de Mayo, which the troll guards think that he wants a simple mayonnaises, due to mishearing, which angers him.
The next day at the Floral Showgrounds, the kids gather up at their own Cinco de Mayo gala, with Rose and Petunia sitting with Celia and Brad. The host of the evening gives out her speech on the history of Cinco de Mayo, which started out with the victory of the Mexican army, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza, against the second incarnation of the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
Meanwhile at the Butterfly Valley Convention Center, famous moth fairy celebrities arrive at the red carpet adjacent for the Cinco de Mayo gala. They went into the Plenary Hall as the host of the evening, a butterfly fairy caricature of Marc Summers, gives out his speech.
Princess Butterfly and her brother Prince Breadfly are among one of the attendants of the gala. The host then selects Princess Butterfly to give out her speech on her experience in the Moth Kingdom.
Arriving at Butterfly Valley, the trolls disguise themselves as butterfly fairies and sneak into the basement of the Butterfly Valley Convention Center, but they are stopped by the janitor, who attacks them with his broom. The trolls soon head into another room, this time in the dressing room.
A pair of troll guards spy on the butterfly fairies, only for a butterfly fairy camera operator faces the camera towards the trolls, causing them to skedaddle from the venue. They soon find another way to sneak into the event, so they try to dig down the ground, but a butterfly fairy security guard noticed them and caught the trolls.
The host announces that grupero band Bronco will now perform with their hit single "Amigo Bronco," just when the two troll guards hide in a box and sneak past the ticket counter. They successfully enter the Plenary Hall, where they notice a young moth fairy named Tinka drinking water for a glass. One of the troll guards looks through his binoculars and notices that Tinka is out of her seat because she went up to the stage to give her speech.
After Bronco finished their performance, the troll guards crawl around the tables and they end up behind the stage. One of the troll guards pulls out his hand grabber and tries to reach Tinka's ankle as she gives out her speech, but the attendants notice the device and began to point out the box that the trolls had hidden.
Meanwhile at the Floral Showgrounds, just after the real-world Bronco had finished their performance, the magic flower in Rose's pocket suddenly glows, signaling her and Petunia that Butterfly Valley is in danger. The twins have to leave the event as Petunia falsely tells the other kids that she and Rose had to go into the restroom.
The twins are standing next to the restrooms and Rose picks up the magic flower to enter the valley with Petunia. They went into the Butterfly Valley Convention Center, but they must enter using tickets, but they don't have them, so Rose asks the ticket receptionist if she and Petunia can enter the convention center, to which he responded that they can enter the venue, but only for five minutes, so they quickly head into the Plenary Hall to stop the trolls from ruining the Cinco de Mayo gala. They use the freezing spell to put the trolls in place, then the butterfly fairy security guards take the trolls back to the Troll Kingdom.
The attendants thank Rose and Petunia for stopping the trolls, but Petunia tells them to also thank the two butterfly fairy security guards. As Tinka is about resume her speech, she meets the twins for the first time, she allows them to give out their speech about how the Moth Kingdom relates to the Butterfly Kingdom as Mexico is to the United States. The attendants applaud to the twins and they leave the stage.
Meanwhile in the Great Troll Palace, the troll guards, all beaten up, reports King Boogieman and Queen Peregia that they failed to capture Tinka, which anger the monarchs and the troll guards are sent to clean the palace as a punishment, but two more troll guards show up to offer a piñata party, to which they accept it and they went outside.
Rose and Petunia bid farewell to the butterfly fairies and the moth fairies and return to the Floral Showgrounds with the magic flower, then Brad suddenly covers their eyes with blindfolds and brings them to a butterfly-shaped piñata. Rose and Petunia are given baseball bats and they both hit the piñata, causing candies to rain down. The twins remove their blindfolds and find candies all over the ground and notice Javier and Camilla, as Javier ask if they like their big surprise for them and the twins responded that they do. The episode ends with the kids enjoying candies and sweets.
==Trivia==
*This episode was included in the VHS compilation video The Best of Butterfly Valley, Vol. 2.
*The plot of the episode was conceived by one of the directors, Dana Dorough, who wanted to create an episode centered on Cinco de Mayo, as she is of Mexican descent. Jordyn Long, a friend of Dorough, helped her realize the story.
*This episode was set to be broadcast on March 17, 1998, but the WAM! network executives feared that it will air ahead of Cinco de Mayo, so WAM! instead broadcast "Welcome to Butterfly Valley" again in its place.
**This means this episode is the first one to change airdates.
*While this is actually a Cinco de Mayo episode, it is also considered to be an International Women's Day episode due to the episode primarily focusing on the series' female characters.
*This is the the first guest appearance of Marc Summers, who will later appear in twenty-two more episodes throughout the show.
*Among many of the moth fairy caricatures of Mexican celebrities include:
**Ana Bárbara (singer)
**Bronco (grupero band)
**Los Bukis (grupero band)
**Chespirito (actor)
**Lucero (singer)
**Los Temerarios (grupero band)
**Guillermo del Toro (filmmaker)
**María Elena Velasco (actress)
*Princess Butterfly's brother Prince Breadfly appeared in a cameo, sitting with his sister at the Cinco de Mayo gala.
*This episode marks the first instance where Rose's magic flower glows when the denizens of the Butterfly Kingdom are in grave danger.
*This episode took the longest time for Rose and Petunia to enter Butterfly Valley; they only do so at the fifteenth minute mark of the episode.
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