All Herd All the Terd

**"All Herd All the Terd"** is the second episode of the second season of *Centaurworld* and the 12th episode overall.

## Official Synopsis

*Up in their cloud condo complex, the Birdtaurs have been obsessively watching the herd: Horse and friends are their favorite reality stars!*

## Plot

The herd had traveled to the arctic in hopes of recruiting the centaurs living there. However, their meeting is interrupted when they're picked up by several birdtaurs, save for Ched who has to fly after them. They're taken to a landmass in the sky called a "cloud condo complex", which is inhabited entirely by birdtaurs. The birdtaurs have been closely following the herd's journey and have formed a fandom broken down into sub-fandoms for each character (except Wammawink, who is an unpopular character).

Since they watch the herd's "story" unfold through a "sky door" (a large opening in their floating land), most of the birdtaurs did not see what happened inside the Rift. The birdtaurs grabbed the herd to explain what happened before the "story" could progress any further.

After some disagreements among the birdtaurs, the herd is asked to reenact the missing scenes for them. Everyone is perturbed by the birdtaurs and wants to leave, but Horse determines that having birdtaurs in their army could give them a tactical advantage in the upcoming war, as the minotaurs do not fly. They agree to perform the reenactment if the birdtaurs promise to help them. The birdtaurs are thrilled and Mouthpiece takes the herd to meet Crandy, a social media influencer who is also the chief organizer for Herd Con (the birdtaurs' version of a fandom convention). It is decided that the reenactment will be held at the event.

Back in the Humanworld, Waterbaby uses a series of disguises to infiltrate the Nowhere King's fortress. Meanwhile the herd attends herdcon as guests, though Horse questions why they need to do autograph sessions in addition to the reenactment, and Wammawink is annoyed by her status as the least favourite. Soon after, everyone is preparing for the show with Horse as herself, Wammawink as Rider, and the others in one costume as the Nowhere King, save for Zulius who is the stage manager and trying to create an impressive show with limited resources.

After the show Horse is surprised to learn it is followed by a Q & A session, during which the birdtaurs complain about the ending and ignore her call to action in favour of petitioning for the ending to be changed. Horse grows frustrated and leaves, while the birdtaurs are angry that the ending will be left as is. Seeing everything falling apart, Zulius gets everyone's attention by announcing that the story is not over yet and uses his talent for theatrics to convince the birdtaurs to join the cause and become part of the narrative.

Though Horse is glad that they've successfully recruited the birdtaurs, she begins to question her decision to leave Rider as she stayed to recruit an army, but Zulius was the one who won them over, however Wammawink assures her that she made the right choice. Meanwhile, Waterbaby has successfully entered the fortress, where she discovers that the key is being used as part of a machine that fuses animals and minotaurs into even larger, more ferocious creatures, and is captured.

## Cut scenes

During production, scenes were cut from the episode due to time constraints.

### Splendib trains the birdtaurs

According to the series creator, a scene cut from this episode would have featured Splendib coaching the birdtaurs in their stage productions. This may explain why Splendib is later seen commanding the birdtaur army with Zulius in The Last Lullaby. This may also explain why Fred Armisen, the voice actor for Splendib, is credited in this episode.

## Cast

*Toby Chu, Randy Crenshaw, Allie Feder, Baraka May, and Fletcher Sheridan provide background singing.*

## Features

### Locations

* Centaurworld
	+ Coldtaur region (episode's cold open scene)
	+ Cloud condo complex
* Human world
	+ The Nowhere King's castle

### Songs

* We've Been Watching You
* Crandy's Been Watching You (Reprise)
* Reenactment Chorus

## Trivia

* Whether it's a coincidence or intentional, this episode's cold open (a scene that starts off the story at the beginning before the title sequence plays) literally takes place in the Coldtaur region.
* According to series creator Megan Nicole Dong during an interview Q&A, the birdtaurs and their Herd fandom represent how fandoms in general can be chaotic and unpredictable. This is especially noticeable in their unexpected dislike of Wammawink, who as it turns out, is the series creator's favorite.
	+ The birdtaurs are also partially intended to be a self parody of the series production crew and their love for pop culture.
	+ Similarly the "Shipper's Cove" banner featuring Horse & Ched as a couple mirrors the tendency of fandoms to romantically pair characters that often argue with each other.
* Many references to the real-life annual *San Diego Comic-Con* event can be seen during Herd Con, including the infamous Expo floor showcasing fandom merchandise and artists, Hall H (referred to as "Nest H" by the birdtaurs), and even the Herd Con logo itself resembling the iconic SDCC eye logo.
* During the herd's autograph signing, Wammawink commends Old Man on her taste in literature: an issue of Mansplash. Her line "I see you too are a centaur of taste" may be a reference to a popular meme that has very similar wording and context.
* Among the various pieces of merchandise seen in the episode are two "Funko Pop" style figures of Glendale & Durpleton, as well as a Horse mask similar to the popular realistic horse head mask.
* In an animation error, shortly before the first song you can see the face on one birdtaur's shirt change from Ched to Durpleton.
* The birdtaurs' fan club *Shipper's Cove* has a sign that depicts Horse and Ched kissing. While this is clearly meant as a joke since the two are often at odds with each other, it ironically becomes true: first when Horse is later seen giving Ched a kiss out of empathy in *Bunch O' Scrunch*, and then with Ched giving Horse a kiss towards the end of *The Last Lullaby* before she and the herd board their new houseboat.
* **Items stolen by Glendale:** three birdtaur Herd fans

## Gallery

### Screenshots

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