Great Ker-Splash Race

**Great Ker-Splash Race** is the 2nd half of episode 49 of Top Wing.

## Summary

Baddy cheats to try to win the Ker-Splash Canyon Race and the Cadets have to rescue the other racers.

## Characters

* Swift
* Rod Rooster
* Brody
* Penny Penguin
* Baddy McBat
* Commodore Smurkturkski
* Shirley Squirrely
* David Hasselhawg
* Wally Beaver
* Timmy Turtle
* Della Dodo

## Synopsis

The episode starts with Commodore Smurkturkski announcing the Great Ker-Splash Canyon Race where teams of 2 will race to the top of the canyon on foot and ride down to the finish line. The winners will get their own dodo-glo inner tubes. The cadets pick each other as teammates, but the commodore says he'll pick the teams by drawing names from his hat. He partners Penny with David Hasselhawg, Rod with Shirley Squirrely, Brody with Wally Beaver, and Swift with Baddy McBat. While everyone was warming up for the race, Baddy secretly plans to cheat with a bottle of oil. Just as the race is about to start, Timmy Turtle arrives last minute, asking if he can join, so the commodore partners him with Della Dodo. Timmy wonders how they can win since every team has a Top Wing cadet, but Della assured him that they will try their "Dodo" best. The race starts, and Shirley and Rod climb up the 1st wall and spot a ledge to use as a shortcut. Rod quickly got tired, so Shirley suggested that they take a break and offered him an acorn butter and jelly sandwich she brought, to which he happily accepts. Penny and Davey come across a stream, and Davey makes sure it's safe by looking both ways. He tries to show Penny how to cross it using a life preserver, but slips and ends up floating down it, to which Penny had to use a dodo's rod to help him out. Swift and Baddy climb up the wall, but Baddy hates climbing and playing fair, wanting to fly to the top instead. Swift refuses to cheat, but Baddy still plans to use the bottle of oil. At the bottom of the wall, Della takes Timmy through a cave to use as a shortcut. Although Timmy was scared at first, he eventually got over it when he saw the cave was filled with dodo-glo. Swift and Baddy are in the lead, but Rod and Shirley are catching up, as they were "acorn powered" from their snack. Swift runs ahead, but Baddy pours the oil on the ledge to make Rod and Shirley slip, thus giving them a harder time to catch up. Swift and Baddy make it to the top, but Rod and Shirley arrived right behind them, tired out from the slippery oil. Swift wonders why the ledge was slippery when all the other teams make it to the top. Desperate to win, Baddy drags Swift into the log to slide down to the finish line with the other teams following them. Swift and Baddy are in the lead when the come to the split with the arrow pointing left. Baddy turns the arrow to the cave with the waterfall, making the other teams (except Timmy and Della) go down to it. The cadets call a triple code wing, and Swift stops the log to help them, much to Baddy's disappointment. The cadets in trouble boomerang their vehicles when Swift arrives to stop the logs with his physical strength. Penny uses the Aqua Runner to save the logs with Davey, Wally and Brody, but Shirley and Rod's log is still heading for the falls. Swift tries to stop it with his strength, and Brody uses the Splash Diver to tow it away from the falls. Timmy and Della arrive at the split, but Della points out about the cave with the waterfall in it, and guides Timmy to the left where they pass Baddy. He decides to fly to the finish line, but he falls in the water and gets wet preventing him from flying. All the teams pass him, and Swift arrives to join him to the finish line. The winners are Timmy and Della who have not gone the wrong way. The final standings are Timmy and Della, Penny and Davey, Brody and Wally, Rod and Shirley, and Swift and Baddy. Everyone celebrates by floating through the dodo tunnels, but Baddy charges through everyone and lands in the water. They continue to float down as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* When Commodore Smurkturkski is seen at the finish line, he's in Salty Seawalrus's boat, the *Salty Kelper*.
* This is the 5th episode that doesn't have Bea in it after Rooster Brewster, Rhonda's Rockin' Family Reunion, Hasselhawg Swim Lesson, and The Big Swirl Balloon Race and before Dodo Egg Scramble.
	+ Additionally, the latter 4 and this episode are the only ones that don't have Speedy in it.
* This is the second episode where none of the characters found out about Baddy's tricks on partially sabotaging the race, following The Big Swirl Balloon Race.
* The cadets had minor interactions with each other.
* Out of all the teams, Brody and Wally had the least amount of screen time for about half of the episode, possibly due to the running time.
* The cadets wore their skateboarding helmets from Top Wing Big Swirl Games.
* This is the first episode where none of the cadets wore their mission helmets.
* Davey is the only adult participating in the race, which is questionable since looking at the other members, the race is implied to be for younger participants.
* This episode reveals that Swift is slightly stronger than the other cadets.