EpidemiK

EpidemiK (***It's Katching* in the CA/AU dub, *Kontagion* in the original french dub**) is the 9th episode of season 2 and 22nd episode overall.

## Synopsis

The Verigreens catch a virus that stops all of them from flying. The Kruds capitalize on this and take over the Flowered City, but they become infected as well.

## Plot

The episode starts with Alex and the Verigreens collecting pollen from the flowers as Flynn flies around playing his guitar. Suddenly, Flynn's wings stop moving and he falls to the ground. Alex laughs at him, thinking it's part of the act, only for her wings to stop working as well, sending her crashing down to the ground with him. All around them, the other Verigreens also start falling out of the air one by one. Peg watches curiously, but is completely unaffected, still able to hover in place.

In the Great Flower, Godfrey attempts to conjure a spell to restore their flight, but it fails (much to Bentley's dismay). His suspicion confirmed, Godfrey explains to the group that they've caught Acute Spasmodic dropsy-aviaticus, a viral disease that affects their wings and makes them too weak to fly. He asked Alex if she knows of the 'Samovar Lily', which she is familiar with. Godfrey tells them the lily contains a "very powerful anti viral agent", the cure. Flynn and Alex prepare to venture off to the Ameni Desert, the flower's natural environment. It will be quite a trek, because the desert is two days away from Flowered City.

Shortly after, Fugg and Wasabi arrive riding Kreatur. Wasabi fires at several of the fleeing Verigreens with his koal gun. Fugg rambles about the Verigreens' apparent flightlessness, but Wasabi cuts him off and tells him to shoot. Fugg disregards this and keeps rambling, talking about how easy it would be to "cut all this down and start a nice, homely, black swamp". Wasabi tells Fugg he thinks too small; Wasabi would prefer if they took the opportunity to invade Flowered City and expand the Kruds' territory there.

Outside The Great Flower, a sad Bentley watches from one of the flower's balconies as Flynn and Alex fly off on Peg's back. Close to the edge, Bentley nearly slips off the platform but Godfrey grabs him by the hand just in time. He pulls him back to safety and offers for him to come back inside. After the both of them enter the flower, several Krud hovercrafts approach. Drumsturdy and Greeb fly ahead on their Krudmobiles, followed by Synapse and Wasabi, with Draffsack and Fugg riding the flagship at the back of the group. They've also brought a whole army of Fightermites with them.

Approaching the entrance, Drumsturdy and Greeb bash through the door, Greeb announcing that The Great Flower is now under siege, as the duo explore the hallways. Wasabi sends out Fightermites, instructing them to watch out for traps. Drumsturdy follows the sound of organ music coming from Godfrey's lab. The pilots storm in, shoot Godfrey and Bentley with their koal guns, and take them hostage.

With the two tied up; Fugg, Draffsack, and Wasabi march into the room, Fugg still carrying the Krud flag. Fugg was about to sing the national anthem but Draffsack cuts him off to make a speech. He gets through a few sentences of explaining to the Verigreens that he plans on making them work for him, but his voice suddenly goes all high pitched! Fugg asked him if he wants a glass of water, Wasabi tries to finish Draffsack's speech but his voice ALSO increases in pitch mid-sentence. Godfrey tells them that they caught their virus. As it turns out, because Kruds don't fly, the disease has little affect on their wings but rather, targets their vocal chords. Draffsack is incredibly angry and humiliated by this, but Fugg doesn't see what all the fuss is about.

After an (implied?) timeskip to two days later, Alex and Flynn have finally arrived in the Ameni Desert and begin to gather flowers.

Another (implied) two day timeskip later, the Kruds are now all outfitted with Vokalizers: voice modification devices attached to their chests. Peg's distinctive squeaks can be heard as she, Flynn, and Alex return to Flowered City. The bees are excited to see them again, and ask them if they have the cure. Flynn says they're working on it. They attempt to land on the Great Flower's balcony, but discover it's been overrun by Kruds! They are chased across the balcony by Drumsturdy and Greeb, but Peg is blocked by the Methane Brothers and accidentally sends Alex and Flynn flying! Flynn lands in a very bad spot, precariously hanging off the edge of the balcony. Drumsturdy approaches him from the opposite side and aims his koal gun, monologuing for a moment. Alex jumps between him and Flynn right before he's able to shoot him. The two struggle for a moment, but Alex is pushed off the ledge along with Flynn! Although, she was also able to detach Drumsturdy's Vokalizer and held onto it herself. Peg dives down to save them, picking them up just in time.

Fugg rummages through the laboratory, carelessly tossing around and breaking the equipment. While distracted by conversation with Godfrey, he accidentally spills pollen on his left foot. While handling a flower, some of its pollen is sprinkled onto his head as well, causing a seedling to quickly grow from his scalp.

On the ground, Alex and Flynn try to come up with a plan to take back the Great Flower from the Kruds. Frustrated, Alex kicks the Vokalizer. This causes it to suddenly power on, allowing Flynn and Alex to eavesdrop on a conversation between Draffsack and Fugg, the former yelling at the latter for not paying attention\*. This gives Flynn an idea.

The Kruds continue to invade the flower, now modifying its interior by painting the place black and adding their insignia. Synapse enters the fountain room with Wasabi marching closely behind him. Synapse criticizes the architecture of the flower, Wasabi agrees. Suddenly an announcement is broadcast across all the Kruds' Vokalizers: "Draffsack" orders the troops to retreat under the pretense of a new, more severe virus spreading. Just at that moment, Fugg walks into the fountain room, with a big flower growing from his head. Synapse and Wasabi panic, believing Fugg to be infected! Fugg stands there sheepishly for a moment. In reality, none of this is Draffsack's doing; it's just Flynn doing his best Draffsack impression! It's good enough to fool all the Kruds, as they all flee the flower immediately! Fugg lags behind the group on a krudmobile, not quite sure why everyone's avoiding him.

Godfrey and Bentley are finally freed, and wash all the koal juice off themselves in the fountain. Peg's shell opens up, revealing tons of lillies Alex and Flynn picked while out in the desert. It's enough to cure all the Verigreens and save some for later!

## Characters

#### Verigreens

* Flynn
* Alex
* Godfrey
* Bentley
* Peg
* Bees
* Dragonflies Squadron

#### Kruds

* Lord Draffsack
* Lord Synapse
* Corporal Fugg
* General Wasabi
* Captain Drumsturdy
* Corporal Greeb
* The Methane Brothers
* Fightermites
* Beetles

## Inventions/Technology

### Verigreens

* The Prism
* The Colour Organ
* Flynn's Guitar

### Kruds

* Kreatur
* Krudmobile
* Koal Gun
* Vokalizer

## Transcript

EpidemiK/Transcript

It’s Katching/Transcript

## Goofs

* As Drumsturdy lands his Krudmobile, his Vokalizer is missing on his chest.
	+ Also when The Kruds fled The Great Flower, Synapse's and Wasabi's Vokalizers are missing on their abdomen.

## Trivia

* \*Draffsack's outburst heard over the Vokalizers is UK dub exclusive; In the original French version and the NA dub, it's actually Lukanus who can be heard speaking through the Vokalizer instead.
	+ The later scene where Fulgor imitates Krabo is the same though, and is in fact, MORE convincing in the NA dub because Fulgor's impression sounds identical to Krabo's voice!
* This is second two-episode arc, after The Eskape and The BlaKk Planet.
* This is the only episode where Krud City is not shown on-screen at all.
* The Virus has two different names in the dubs.
	+ In The UK dub, it is called "Acute Spasmodic dropsy-aviaticus".
	+ In The NA Dub, it is called "Allodocrosis".
* The flowers used for the cure are also referred to by different names across the dubs:
	+ They're called "Samovar Lillies" in the UK dub.
	+ In the NA dub, they have a genus name and a common name: "Volocelia" and "Golden Orange Cactus Flower", respectively.

* The episode introduces the Vokalizer, a voice changing device that's only featured in one other episode (The Kure).
	+ The Vokalizers' effects are slightly different between the dubs; they are rather ineffective and merely distort the characters' voices in the UK dub, but are actually functional in the NA dub (albeit only after a lot of messing with the dials), actually altering the wearer's voice.
* It's revealed The Kruds have their own national anthem. Fugg nearly sang it before he was cut off by Draffsack. It is unknown if the song is the same ones from The DiplomatiK Bridge and Ruling Klasses.
* In the UK dub, Wasabi and Godfrey reference the Disney character, Donald Duck.
* Fugg's quote "Just because we sound a little different, doesn't mean we can't still be masters of the universe." may be a reference to He-Man.
* Peg is immune to the virus since she's mechanical, making her the only character present in the episode who remains uninfected.
* The only major characters in this episode and next that weren't shown infected were Elmo and Queen Katheter, who were both absent for the whole arc.
	+ However, Queen Katheter was mentioned a few times.
	+ It's unclear if Elmo would have been affected by the virus.
* In the NA dub, Krabo declares that Yuks can't be affected by the disease because they "have no wings!"
	+ It's unlikely that this statement is true for Yuks/Kruds in general since Prince Acylius has wings, and he's a Krud.
	+ This may imply that Krabo himself does not have wings, and simply believes that the other Yuks are the same as him.
	+ It's also possible that this was an oversight or continuity error on the writers' part.