Little Pop of Horrors

**"Little Pop of Horrors"** is the twenty-first episode of the third season of *Popples*. It first premiered on July 24, 2016 on Netflix and August 19, 2019 on Discovery Family.

## Synopsis

### Netflix

Lulu and her friends must save the town from a rapidly growing Popple-eating plant.

### Discovery Family

Mrs. Snooply's prized "popple-eating plant" grows to giant size and threatens to consume the whole towwn.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Lulu
* Yikes
* Bubbles
* Izzy
* Sunny
* Mrs. Snooply
* Melina (antagonist)

### Minor characters

* Babapop
* Mike Mine
* Popple Postman
* Coach Loudly (background)
* Balthazar (background)

## Trivia

* In the French version, the episode is called "La pop-tite boutique des horreurs", meaning "The pop-tite shop of horrors". "Pop-tite" is a play on the French word "petite", meaning "little".
* Both this episode and "The Popple Who Knew Too Much" were originally going to air on August 20, 2019 on Discovery Family, but they were pushed forward and aired in place of "Pop Up" and "Pop-Art".
	+ Because of it, "Little Pop of Horror" is the forty-ninth episode to aired on that channel instead of being the fifty-first.
* The episode is a homage to the 1960 film *The Little Shop of Horrors* right down from both the English and French episode title. Melina is also a parody to Audrey II, the main antagonist of the film, since they both consumed many innocent civilians after they grew into a giant. It's also noted that Melina had also swallowed Mrs. Snooply's radio which lead to many Popples calling her a "giant singing plant", again is a parallel to Audrey II being able to talk and sing.
* As seen in the animatic video of the episode, there're several things that didn't make it to the final version.
	+ When Mrs. Snooply asked Melina to spit out everyone she have swallowed, Yikes was originally going to start dancing to the music from the radio Melina swallowed and he would stop when Mrs. Snooply got swallowed by Melina. Later, Yikes can be seen dancing in the background after his friends distracted Melina.
	+ When Sunny and her friends all have to distract Melina from eating the Popple kids, Izzy was originally going to throw a trash can instead of a barrel, and Bubbles was originally going to throw a table instead of a stool.
	+ When Melina roars at Lulu and causes her to drop the Miniaturization Machine, the remote got dropped to the ground before Melina ate it, instead of Melina eating it in at mid-air.
	+ After Melina swallowed Izzy, Sunny and Bubbles were both originally going to be get swallowed too.

### Errors

* Both the Netflix and Discovery Family synopsis are incorrect in a different way. For Netflix's, it said that Melina is a "rapidly growing Popple-eating plant" despite she only grew into a giant after Mrs. Snooply poured too much super-pop fertilizer on her. For Discovery Family's, it said that Melina is Mrs. Snooply's "prized popple-eating plant" despite Melina never actually have an appetite for Popples until she grew into a giant.

## References

1. ↑ https://instantwatcher.com/title/80075962?content\_type=1%202&source=1%202%203&q=Popples
2. ↑ https://cf-media.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2019/08/09/104025/DFC\_Highlights\_-\_August\_2019\_-\_Final.pdf
3. ↑ https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/tiji/20-05-2016/
4. ↑ https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/gulli/29-12-2016/
5. ↑ https://cf-media.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2019/07/15/105637/DFC\_Highlights\_-\_August\_2019\_-\_Final.pdf
6. ↑ File:POPVIMEO02