Iceworld (episode)

"Iceworld" is the 6th Season 1 episode of PJ Masks: Power Heroes. This is a 2-part special episode. It was directed by Christian De Vita and was written by Simon Nicholson. It was premiered on May 27, 2023 in the United States and May 14, 2023 in France. It was viewed by 0.12 million viewers. 
== Summaries ==
=== Part 1 ===
Ice Cub wants to prove himself by going on a quest in the Ice World.
=== Part 2 ===
Ice Cub faces incredible dangers in the icy world to discover the source of new cool powers.
== Characters ==
The following characters appeared in the episode "Iceworld (episode)":
* Catboy
* Owlette
* Gekko
* PJ Robot
* Ice Cub
* Newton Star
* An Yu
* Romeo (mentioned)
* Robot (brief appearance)
* Robette (mentioned)
* Luna Girl (brief appearance)
* Motsuki (brief appearance)
* Night Ninja
* Ninjalinos
* Pirate Robot (mentioned)
* Reindeer (first appearance)
* Mrs. Taylor
* Growly Gertrude (pictured)
* Fuzzily the Fierce (pictured)
== Synopsis ==
=== Part 1 ===
Connor, Amaya and Ivan are in the library, where Ivan reads a comic about his favorite polar bear heroes. When Connor and Amaya recall some of their own heroics, Ivan feels sad since he hasn't been a hero that long yet and thus not many stories to tell. After Connor and Amaya leave, the librarian, having noticed Ivan's interest in polar bears, gives him another book to read. The book is about a place called Ice World. To his surprise, Ivan finds a key and a map hidden in the book. The map points out a location in the city where the key can unlock the gate to Ice World. Ivan decides to keep this information to himself and pay this Ice World a visit on his own so he too will have a story to tell.
That night, after the Power Heroes have all gone on patrol to look for villain activity, Ice Cub heads for the portal, which is hidden in a wall in the park. He is followed by PJ Robot, who was suspicious about Ice Cub's behavior in HQ. Ice Cub doesn't want to tell the others anything until he's had an adventure and hopefully got some new ice powers, so PJ Robot agrees to come with him.
As the portal is about to close, Night Ninja arrives and forces it back open. He plans to take over this new world, but first he has his Ninjalinos fetch some snow so they can have some fun pelting Luna Girl, Robot and Motsuki with snowballs. Elsewhere in the city, Owlette, Gekko, and Catboy feel the cold draft coming from the portal, and use the new Cat Racer and Owl-Glider to find out where this cold is coming from. They follow the trail to the portal. They enter Ice World and find tracks left by Ice Cub's Snowboard. Catboy fetches the Cat Racer to go after Ice Cub, but quickly finds out the car is not prepared to handle a snowy environment. They go back to HQ for better preparation.
Meanwhile, Ice Cub and PJ Robot are navigating Ice World, with PJ Robot taking pictures for Ice Cub's story. They come across a set of ice stairs, which Ice Cub is barely able to climb. In HQ, Catboy, Owlette and Gekko find out that PJ Robot has gone to Ice World with Ice Cub. They equip themselves with their Riding Armor and head back for Ice World.
=== Part 2 ===
As Gekko, Catboy and Owlette enter Ice World again, Ice Cub and PJ Robot are having a great time snowboarding through this new world. They come to the entrance of a tunnel called the Tunnel of Winds, which they manage to get through. On the side, they find and befriend a reindeer stuck under ice blocks, and free him, which earns them the animals’ trust.
Finally, Ice Cub spots what he came for; the cave of Ice Powers, and heads inside. In the cave he finds a polar bear statue holding a Crystal Icicle, but it is guarded by two other statues that begin to shoot freeze rays at Ice Cub as he approaches. Ice Cub attempts to snowboard past them, dodging the freeze rays, but one ray hits him and freezes him to the ground. PJ Robot tries to help, but gets frozen, too.
Elsewhere, Gekko, Owlette and Catboy navigate the ice stairway and the cave of winds, though it takes them more effort than Ice Cub. On the other side of the tunnel they run into the same reindeer Ice Cub encountered earlier, and take some time to cuddle with the animal. Then Catboy hears Ice Cub calling for help from within the cave. The PJ’s also head into the cave and find Ice Cub and PJ Robot. They try to rescue their friends, but get frozen by the guards, too.
Ice Cub, disappointed at how things went, admits he just wanted to have a great adventure of his own since his friends already did so many great things. The PJ’s however bring up the great things Ice Cub already did so far, and realize that they should have reminded Ice Cub about this earlier instead of just focusing on their own stories. Owlette fires a feather at the ice that Ice Cub is trapped in, cracking it .This weakens the ice enough for Ice Cub to break free. He manages to make his way to the crystal icicle and touches it, which causes his suit to glow for a moment. With his powers now given a boost, Ice Cub easily makes his way back to the PJ’s and frees them from their ice blocks.
After saying goodbye to their Reindeer friend, the five heroes leave Ice World. The portal closes and Ice Cub takes the key for future use. The PJ’s are surprised that this adventure didn’t feature any villains. Then Owlette gets hit by a snowball from the Ninjalinos. Unfortunately for Night Ninja, it was the last one, and he angrily chases his Ninjalinos for wasting it. The heroes then proceed to shout their victory cry.
== Moral/Lesson ==
* Everyone has their own stories to tell, even if they do so little.
== Trivia ==
* This episode marks the debut of Ice World and the Reindeer.
* This is the sixteenth special of the series.
** This is also the second special of PJ Masks: Power Heroes.
* The PJ Masks, PJ Robot, Ice Cub and the Ninjalinos enter the Ice World for the first time.
* Ivan does the fist bump by himself before the Power Heroes transformation sequence.
** The first time this was done was by Connor in "Catboy VS. Robo-Cat."
* Catboy's Cat Racer makes it's first appearance.
* The Space HQ is shown to have a button to change the PJ suits and equipment.
** The ones shown in this episode are diving suits, hawaiian clothing and the PJ Riders suits.
* Ice Cub says the PJ Masks' motto, "Time to be a hero!", for the first time.
* The PJ Masks mention the time of how Ice Cub saved the day in "Heroes Everywhere," snowballed Romeo's Lab in "I Scream for Wolfies," and how he stopped Pirate Robot in "Pirate Ice Storm."
* This is the first time the PJ Masks put on their Riding Armor without also summoning the PJ Riders in the process.
** But for some reason they refer to the armor as Mega Suits.
** Gekko also claims the armor is rather warm; something that was never an issue before.
* It is revealed that Gekko's Super Lizard Grip doesn't work on ice.
** Although, in "Gekko's Nice Ice Plan" Gekko can use his Lizard Grip on ice. It could be useless due to how thick and slippery the ice is in Ice World.
* This is the third time the PJ Masks say "By my cat's-fluttering-geckos!"
** The first time was in "Captain Pirate Robot."
** The second time was in "Heroes of the Road."