Menagerie

Menagerie (Russian: Зверинец) is the 73rd episode of the New Season, released on 24 February 2022 on KinoPoisk

Plot

Turuleca is working on another experiment. He tries to pour the liquid from one test tube into another, but accidentally sneezes and breaks it... Calling his friends together, the scientist explains that he broke the test tube with the virus, which makes Little Chickies uncivilized and rude. Little Chickies decide to take action. Prinplup creates a Dicometer, a device built into The Iron Bird that measures Little Chickies level and if it's savage enough, quarantines it. Pinto protests their being put in a cage and quarrels with Prinplup, causing the bird to think they are feral and both of them being the first to be quarantined. The bird begins to walk around the valley, putting the rest of Little Chickies in quarantine: Turuleca and Woodpecker because they ate fruit like wild animals, Bataraza Pollito and Hoothoot became Bataraza refused to wear a gas mask, and Bartolito for that he was angry at the sign that fell on him. Soon, Pepe joins them, who called names and beat the bird in the hope of getting to his friends. Hoothoot decided to distribute drying to friends until they ate each other. They, having fun, leave the quarantine and Pinto asks Turuleca why they were released, because the virus is incurable? As it turned out, in this test tube there was only a scientist's lotion ...

Characters

Turuleca - while working in his laboratory, he accidentally broke a test tube with one of the reagents. Thinking that a dangerous wildness virus was in the test tube. A little later, after overeating Fruit with The Woodpecker in the gardener's yard, he was quarantined by the Iron Bird in a glass cube.

Woodpecker - was one of the first to learn about the new virus, and soon, together with Turuleca, he was quarantined by a robot bird who considered the excessive eating fruit like a Woodpecker

Prinplup - having learned about a dangerous disease, he designed a glass cube to quarantine those infected and programmed the Iron Bird a Dicometer, Despite this, the penguin became the first of the valley to be quarantined by the robot due to a quarrel with Pinto

Pinto - not approving the security methods that Prinplup decided to take, started a dispute with the inventor about their need, and served as a pretext for concluding both friends for isolation in a glass cube.

Hoothoot - trying hard to force Bataraza to put on a gas mask to protect herself from the virus, began to argue with the hen and was eventually caught and quarantined by the Iron Bird

Bataraza - not wanting to put on a mask against the virus at the request of Hoothoot, started a fierce argument with her and as a result was taken to a glass cube along with the rest of the inhabitants of the valley.

Pollito Chick- zealously supported Bataraza during a quarrel and accused Hoothoot, which also served as the reason for quarantining the chick along with the rest of the participants in the dispute.

Bartolito - frightened by the new virus, decided to hide at home and barricade the space around his home with various furniture and signs. Angry after falling on his head with one of the fences, the rooster was captured and taken by the Iron Bird to the rest of the inhabitants of the valley.

Pepe - is the only one who did not succumb to numerous disputes between Little Chickies, however, wishing to stay with his friends, he was quarantined of his own free will. Joining the rest, Pepe managed to free them, thanks to which all the inhabitants of the valley were released from the glass cube.

The Iron Bird - being equipped with a special device - a dicometer - walked around the Valley and determined the level of savagery in its inhabitants, quarantined them if necessary.

Interesting Facts

Menagerie is the first series of the main animated series directed by Andrey Bakhurin, who previously worked on episodes of Prin-Code and New Adventures A pandemic-themed episode was revealed in August 2021 in November, the title was released. The Menagerie was scheduled to be released in December 2021 but was later pushed back to Winter 2022

In one of the cabinets that Bartolito places near his house, you can see a speed meter from the How To Gather Friends Quickly series

The scene with the capture of Bartolito angry because of the sign that fell on him, The Iron Bird is first shown away from home, appearing from the left side of the frame and disappearing to the left. This scene and the behavior of the robot in it is a reference to the first appearance of the Iron Bird in the series of the same name

The glass cube used by Prinplup to quarantine those who fell ill with the virus was previously present in the episode The Hero Of Pluto where for most of the series it contained Turuleca isolated from all Little Chickies, enclosed in a cube at will.

At 4:35 in you can see a frame from the animatic of the series.