War and Trees

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**War and Trees** is the first segment of the 1st episode in season 1 of *Harvey Street Kids*. The title of this episode is a reference to the 1869 novel, *"War and Peace"*.

## Synopsis

The Harvey Girls help Tiny when the Bloogey Boys refuse him access to their treehouse for being too short.

## Plot

The episode begins in cul-de-sac of Harvey Street, where an ice cream truck with a flat wheel is being surrounded by raccoons Near the place, a group of girls who are already isolated near the event complain about it, and one of them asks Harvey girls for help to intervene. Suddenly Dot, Audrey and Lotta got on a bicycle, where the work is divided on how to deal with the situation. Lotta is lifting the ice cream truck, Dot exchanges the tire for the bicycle wheel she was using and Audrey drives away the maps using a jump rope as a shield.
Then, from such a movement, a group of boys comes to buy ice cream, including girls who did not buy previously. When the Harvey girls were about to buy too, Audrey says it smells like injustice. So they go to Lotta's room and find Tiny, who was hiding crying. When the girls ask him what happens, he explains that the Bloogey boys don't let him into the treehouse because of his short stature. Audrey is upset by the rivalry she has with them, by a nickname given by one of his members named Melvin, when she was little and that is the motivation to help him. Dot tells the group that she has the three boys' record files and reads them as a way to come up with a plan. With a basket of cupcakes, they try to make Melvin receive it in the tree house, in order to receive Tiny who was hiding in them.

But Melvin throws him out of the tree exclaiming "Very small!". When Audrey was about to use brute force, Lotta uses the rope of the bucket to bend the tree that holds the house near the ground and after a monologue in which she explains that everyone has flaws, the boys still refuse to admit it. So Lotta releases the rope and makes the treehouse to shake. After Tiny surrendered, Audrey sends Billy the Skunk, a skunk known in the neighborhood for always having a balloon tied to his tail. Fredo from the Bloogey boys, manages to react and cuts the rope, but they haven't expected that the balloon exploded like a glow bomb, leaving his whole group disgusted. Then the girls take advantage of admitting Tiny is a great cleaner.

Audrey also takes advantage of being asked for an apology for her nickname, which Melvin refuses while threaten her as he approaches her. The two take advantage of insulting themselves and Melvin ends up saying his forbidden nickname, "Butt Sandwich." This causes both sides to enter into a dispute, with the bloogey boys prepares blowguns with ensalivated papers and mucus buckets to defend the treehouse. After agreeing that actions will not be carried out as a war treaty, the boys will starts using the blowguns and the girls answer with throwing them water balloons. The boys fight back with a sprinkler and the girls go out to hide, while Tiny is in a bush with doubts whether to throw a water balloon.

When he was about to throw it, the boys burst it in the face with a blowgun, getting knocked out and Audrey rescues him. For a moment of doubt, Audrey comes up with the Harvey girls' strategies and not follow what the Bloogey boys wants. Therefore, Lotta distracts them using Crush 4 You dance steps, Dot takes care of the snot buckets with her Dotcopter and Audrey is responsible for climbing and putting Tiny inside the house, winning the conflict. When Audrey was about to ask Melvin about the nickname, he replies that it was because she sat down on his sandwich. Suddenly the ice cream truck arrives and both agree to a truce about it. When they asked for an ice cream the rainbow bazooka, it seemed that their rivalry was going to end, but again, they argue when they found out they were asking for the last ice cream cone.

## Characters

* Audrey (debut)
* Lotta (debut)
* Dot (debut)
* Tiny (debut)
* Melvin (debut)
* Fredo (debut)
* Pinkeye (debut)
* Lucretia (debut)
* The Bow (debut)

## Broadcast

*"War and Trees"* was released to Netflix on June 29, 2018.

## Trivia

* This is Audrey's first animated appearance since 1958's *Dawg Gawn*.
	+ This is also Tiny's first animated appearance since 1996's *Richie Rich* cartoon.
	+ This also marks the animated debuts of Lotta, Dot, Melvin, and Lucretia, who had only appeared in the Harvey Comics.

## References

1. ↑ "harvey street kids on netflix". *The Futon Critic*. Retrieved on 2018 September 10.