Badge-a-fire Explosion

## **Episode Guide**

**"Badge-a-fire Explosion"** is the 38th episode of the first season of *Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart*.

## Synopsis

When Badgerclops comes out of a rare state of hyper-focused creativity, he may have made something that could destroy all of Pure Heart Valley.

## Plot

The episode starts at HQ, When Mao Mao and Adorabat wake up and see Badgerclops in the Garage

telling them that he provided no snacks. They look at the security camera and see Badgerclops walking in the night and grabbing the Aerocycle. Until the cam sees the Sky pirates were taking the bike away. The two argue at each other about Badgerclops' fault for the group stealing their bike.

When Adorabat brings the buzzer, it says 28:05, an explosive device. He was disappointed, But Mao Mao reminded him that a hero never abandons there friends. At the Kingdom, there was a giant pair of robot legs named "Big Legs" whom Chester Nutz doesn’t know how to control. Mao Mao thought it was funny, and the trio saves the citizens. After a Large Raptor Monster comes while Mao Mao goes on top of his head, and it shakes his head while Mao Mao can’t hold on. The Monster starts to eat TP from Badgerclops’ inventions, and Adorabat accidentally pushes a button which turns

her peg leg metal. Mao Mao gets surrounded by a pack that makes him dance from Badgerclops’ inventions too.

While they find Badgerclops, he was sad that his inventions didn’t work at all, when they get caught in a net, a Sky pirate mech came and knocked them out and put them on a boat right at the lake. When the trio goes into

the cave, He tells them a backstory where he first invented crazy things, but his parents never liked it, so it breaks his heart. Then, Mao Mao sees a cannon and they ride down a waterfall.

At the bottom, a stage appears and the Sky pirates (who appear to be animatronics) play music for the gang. Mao Mao wonders why they aren’t attacking us, because

they're just robots. As they see a picture of them hugging each other, they began to dance with the invention on Mao Mao. But nearly, the Sky pirates are trapped inside the animatronics who need to get out, but the heroes can’t hear them, as the episode ends with Mao Mao and his deputies dancing.

## Features

### Characters

* Adorabat
* Badgerclops
* Big Legs (debut)
* Boss Hosstrich
* Chester Nutz
* Kevin
* Large Raptor Monster
* Mao Mao
* Muffins
* Orangusnake
* Penny
* Pinky (pictured)
* Pizza Bot (debut)
* Ramaraffe (recorded footage and audio)
* Ratarang

### Locations

* Pure Heart Valley
* Sheriff Headquarters
* Lake

## Trivia

* It's revealed that Badgerclops wanted to create inventions that were crazy and funny, but his parents never liked it, which made him heartbroken.

### Continuity

* When Ratarang said "we got two more shows after this" near the end of the episode, this foreshadows that there are two episodes left to complete season 1. The Sky Pirates would appear the last two episodes: "Zing Your Heart Out" and "Strange Bedfellows".
* Adorabat's Mega-Mech returns as the Mega-Mech Version 1.1.

### Cultural References

* The episode's title is a reference to an animatronic band called The Rock-afire Explosion from Showbiz Pizza Place, a now-defunct chain of restaurants.
* This could also reference Five Nights At Freddy's by Scott Cawthon.
* Badgerclops' boat ride is a reference to Pirates Of The Caribbean for the first half and likely Splash Mountain for the second.

## References

* With this being the shortest episode, this might be a reference to Mickey Mouse (2013 Series).

## International premieres

* August 8, 2020 (Southeast Asia)
* October 28, 2020 (Poland)