Fright at the Museum

Fright at the museum is First segment of the first episode of the first season of Action Pack

## Synopsis

Watts, Wren, Clay, and Treena search for sneaky dinosaur bone burglars.

## Plot

We start out with an activity that all superheroes do, putting together a large llama made out of sticks. Okay not really, but it's pretty cool to see everyone put it together under a time limit to break an academy record. It's here where we get to see the powers in actions. Treena uses her vines from her Awesomer Blossomer Wand to give Watts a stick so he can get to the llama lightning fast while Clay uses his stretching plasma powers to throw some to Wren, who uses butterfly wings to get there faster. It's good to see that both Treena and Clay are on the ground when helping out. Even with Treena being the leader, she doesn't mind if others do more of the action while she shows support, showing a humble side. As for Clay, he's shown to stretch really wide yet throws his stick to Wren instead of putting it himself. It shows how he has great power, but doesn't flaunt it since he puts more faith in others to do what's right.

Things then start to fall apart though, no pun intended. Watts takes the stick that Treena and Clay threw to Wren, and he causes the llama to fall since he was too forceful with his super charge. So he shows a more hot headed, stubborn, and impulsive side here. However, we do get to like his character right away. For one, he immediately apologizes and doesn't try to pin the blame on anyone. It shows how he's willing to own up to his mistakes and not take things out on anyone. Everyone accepts this, and Mr. Ernesto says how working together as a team will help them out. It's good advice, and this continues what was established at the start where he gives good advice yet also gives the students enough independence to learn on their own. They then get a transmission involving the Hope Springs History Natural Museum, where they have all sorts of dinosaurs, and the mission is to track the burglar and return what's stolen. This particularly gets to Watts because of how much he likes dinosaurs and can spew facts about them light and right. He's basically showing a nerd side, and it's pretty endearing to watch. We then get treated to a pretty stellar transformation sequence where they all put their hoodies up and really get into superhero mode. It's awesome. Mr. Ernesto then gives them a motto from his Uncle Action, who founded the academy: "Be smart, be safe, be superheroes.". Now that's a good moment.

When we get to the museum, we see Watts being really excited to see the dinosaurs, particularly the one named Jeff, due to how he's the oldest. Treena finds out that the backdoor is open and the security system is disabled. After checking around with their powers, Mr. Ernesto gives information from Plunky the robot dog about there being some sort of movement in the storage room. It's here where get to see how teamwork works, but on the opposite end. Watts rushes into the storage room even though they have to be stealthy. Granted, he doesn't cause trouble this time since he just bursts in, but keep this in mind. Clay uses his plasma vision to see that there are dinosaur footprints, which is a bit strange. We see three baby dinosaurs in the drawers, and they're messing around with them. This is a sense of teamwork where it works, but it's against the Action Pack since they're all pretending to be one dinosaur by popping in and out of drawers to make it look like just one of them is messing with the team.

We then get a scene where Wren tries to talk to the dinosaurs to find out what's happening, but she doesn't know how to speak dino. She then goes ahead and attempts to speak chicken since they're related to dinosaurs even though she's still learning. It's as strange as it sounds, but it's fitting. She's an animal lover who's also a bit on the eccentric side, so it's no surprise she would try this strange idea out. The dinosaurs then come at them, but while everyone else dodges, Watts charges after them. While he gets one bone back, he accidentally causes Jeff to fall apart when trying to stop the dinosaur trio from taking more bones. Yeah this is pretty reckless on his end, just charging in without a real plan. It's at least believable since he did at least try to be stealthy, and couldn't think straight due to getting caught up in the situation. I do like how he apologizes to everyone for his rash behavior, showing that he's willing to admit responsibility, especially for when he indirectly did something bad. I also like the way everyone forgives him, saying that he made a mistake but should also learn to be able to do things as a team. It's a pretty nice moment, and I like how he relates the situation to say how dinosaurs worked together to overcome tough times.

Now, how will everyone work together to save the day? They give up. More specifically, everyone pretends to give up so that they can lure the dinosaurs out. Talk about a good use of the old bait and switch. Watts uses his electricity and Wren uses her polar bear powers to corner them while Clay uses his plasma bubble and Treena uses her petal power shield to get them back to off. You'd think that was purely defensive, but then the dinosaurs follow them to the top of a statue, where they get caught due to getting stuck. Now this is pretty smart. They used the one advantage they have, numbers, to trap them in a corner thanks to coordinating their attacks well. It's pretty awesome. We also see that they're robot dinosaurs. That's interesting. Clay thinks that robots can be good or bad depending on how they're programmed, and Treena calls Mr. Ernesto about reprogramming them. You know it's pretty nice that they have some animal friends to help them out. Then things take an interesting turn.When looking at the dinosaurs, we see someone looking at them from a lair and scanning their powers. That someone is named Dinah Rex. I wonder what she's up to. We'll have to wait and see.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Watts (debut)
* Treena (debut)
* Wren (debut)
* Clay (debut)

### Supporting Characters

* Mr. Ernesto (debut)
* Plunky (debut)

### Minor Characters

* Robo dinos (debut)
* Dinah (hands only, debut)
* Terrance (cameo, debut)

## Trivia

* This marks the first episode to be released.
* It's revealed that Dinah could be seen but only the hands were visible.

## Goofs/Errors

* At the end of the episode Terrance looked like a robot.

## Transcript

* Fright at the Museum/Transcript