The Hey Ho Whoa Car

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## **Guide**

"**The Hey Ho Whoa Car**" is the 8th episode of Season 3 of *Infinity Train* and the 28th episode overall. It aired on August 20, 2020.

## Synopsis

In the seemingly innocent Hey Ho Whoa car, a shocking revelation rocks Grace and Simon's world. Will they be able to fix it before The Apex find out?

## Plot

Grace and Hazel wake up only to face one of the flying snakes trying to attack them. Amelia saves their lives by knocking out the snake before offering them eggs for breakfast. While having a conversation, Grace notices Amelia's number go down, which Amelia brushes off as the changes no longer matter to her. She then serves eggs to Hazel while remarking she is not good at making food, only for Hazel to claim she makes the best pancakes. Amelia questions this, as there is no way for Hazel to know that, although she remarks that her late partner Alrick said the same thing to her. Hazel declares she likes Amelia and gives her a hug, which Amelia brushes off.

They exit the car and meet Simon, who says Grace was right not to trust Amelia and she is dangerous. However, his attempt to attack Amelia is blocked by Amelia's sound shield, which he notices has the same oscillating sine wave as the Apex's symbol. When Amelia notices the connection between this and the symbols on their face, Grace and Simon tell their story about how One-One is a false conductor and the real conductor was a man who had the highest number and wore a black helmet with a red wave on it. Realizing what is going on, Amelia bursts into laughter and pulls out the voice changer she used as the Conductor, revealing her identity to them as the Conductor that Grace encountered as a child in the Pumpkin Car (although Amelia does not remember her). Amelia moves on, and Simon claims they need to get away from her, per the Cat's advice. Grace tells Simon to trust her for the moment before they follow Amelia into the next car.

The car, which is a massive canyon that can only be crossed once it fills with rocks that say "Hey," "Ho," and "Whoa" as they fall, has reset since Amelia passed through it, forcing the group to wait. Grace questions Amelia about her past as the Conductor, where she relates her story as a passenger who usurped One-One and created the cars that she has been ejecting, which she is now trying to quarantine instead as a way of making amends so she can one day get off the train. When Grace and Simon claim the point of the train is to have the highest number, Amelia explains the real purpose is to work through your problems so the number can go down to zero, and that the worse you do the higher the number goes. Simon accuses her of lying, saying the train is their right and she is trying to brainwash them as an agent of the False Conductor. Even when Grace points out Amelia *was* the False Conductor, Simon continues to claim Amelia has lost her way. Amelia laughs at this and chides Simon for not even considering the possibility that he is wrong, calling him a child.

Simon angrily tries to attack her, but all his efforts are rendered futile by Amelia's sound shield, prompting the older woman to threaten to "put him down" at the count of three. Hazel panics from the fight and transforms into her turtle form in front of everyone, before Amelia finishes counting. Grace quickly feigns ignorance.

Amelia realizes Hazel was one of her creations, and that the number on Hazel's palm (337) is the same number Amelia had when she got on the train. She explains to Grace and Simon that Hazel is part of a failed attempt at making Alrick, although she is unsure what exactly. She declares that any car with Hazel inside it is at risk of being ejected so she needs to be quarantined. Simon tells Grace they should leave Hazel behind with Amelia. Grace tries to save face with Simon by calling Hazel a "null," but then insists that they camp out in the car for the night, arousing Simon's suspicion.

During the night, Simon uses the device the Cat gave him to extract Grace's memories, and sees the memory of Grace promising Hazel they won't tell him about her status as a denizen, causing him to break out in tears.

## Features

### Characters

* Grace Monroe
* Simon Laurent
* Hazel
* Amelia Hughes
* Flying Snake
* One-One (mentioned)
* Alrick Timmens (mentioned)
* The Cat (mentioned)
* Turtle People (mentioned)
* The Apex (mentioned)
* Cubey Denizens (debut)

### Locations

* Wasteland
* Infinity Train
	+ Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car
	+ Hey Ho Whoa Car
	+ Pumpkin Car (debut; mentioned)

## Trivia

* **End tag:** Simon, Hazel, Amelia, and Grace's hands, against a backdrop of the Hey Ho Whoa Car, with the white screen of Grace's memory projection visible in the background.
* This episode shows that Hazel is able to retreat into her shell when she sleeps.

### Storyline analysis

* Grace and Hazel's friendship has deepened in their time spent together, largely due to the fact that they are keeping Hazel's denizen status from Simon. When the time comes for the reveal, Grace tries to preserve both her friendship with Simon and her friendship with Hazel – failing to recognize that she cannot do both.

### Continuity

* Amelia explains she has been on the train for 33 years. This was first implied by One-One in "The Snow Car."
* The Hey Ho Whoa Car was first alluded to in "The Lucky Cat Car": in the background of one of the scenes was a stand labeled "Hey Ho Whoa Toss."
* Simon says Grace was right not to trust Amelia, referring to *The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car* where Grace told him not to trust Amelia because she was adult.
* The confirmation that Hazel is one of Amelia's creations provides some explanation to her stray comments and memories and how they related to Amelia's memories of Alrick from "The Past Car":
	+ Hazel has used British slang in much of her dialogue, saying "Don't be daft" in "The Jungle Car," "He's barking mad" in "The Debutante Ball Car," and "I'll be mother" in "Le Chat Chalet Car."
	+ In "The Debutante Ball Car," Hazel recalls taking dance classes. One of Amelia's memories in "The Past Car" is her and Alrick taking ballroom dance classes.
	+ Hazel knows that Amelia makes the best pancakes, which Amelia recalls was an opinion Alrick had. Amelia and Alrick were very briefly seen making pancakes together in one of her memories in "The Past Car."
	+ Hazel hugs Amelia and tells her "we're all here for you." In "The Past Car," one of Amelia's friends says this exact phrase to her while she is mourning Alrick.
* Grace realizes Amelia is the same conductor that saved her seven years ago in the Pumpkin Car (as partially relayed in "The Debutante Ball Car").
* Simon interrupts Amelia's explanation of the train by calling her words "pod propaganda." This is a reference to the instructional videos One-One makes to be shown in the Passenger Transportation Pods, among which are "The Train Documentaries."
* Amelia sets off Simon by calling him a child. Tuba previously called Simon a child in "The Color Clock Car," shortly before he killed her, and Simon insisted to the cat in "The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car" that he was not a child.
* Amelia bemoans the fact her penchant for creating turtles is purely because of her handkerchief with the turtles on it, which she was seen using in "The Ball Pit Car" and "The Past Car."
* Hazel's number, 337, is the same number that Amelia had when she boarded the Infinity Train.
* Hazel is one of Amelia's prior attempts to recreate Alrick. Aloysius was also one of these attempts, to the point that he even had Alrick's voice.
* As seen in this episode, the flying snakes can only attack passengers and not denizens.

### Errors

Just like in "The Mall Car", the Apex symbol on Simon's face is missing when he finds out the truth about Hazel.

### Deleted scenes

* Marie Lum's storyboards reveal an alternate version of the scene where Simon and Grace learn Amelia is the conductor. When Grace tells Amelia she saved her when she first boarded the train, Amelia replies, "If I did, I didn't mean to." Simon then tries to one-up Amelia by calling her by her first name, as though it is a big secret. Amelia simply stares at him for a moment before pointing at the name tag on her jumpsuit, which has been visible the whole time, and sarcastically declares, "Secret's out!" Hazel then points out that Amelia introduced herself to her and Grace previously. The scene appears to have been shortened for time reasons.

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## References

Infinity Train (pilot)

**Book One**
The Grid Car • The Beach Car • The Corgi Car • The Crystal Car • The Cat's Car • The Unfinished Car • The Chrome Car • The Ball Pit Car • The Past Car • The Engine

**Minisodes**
The Green Car • The Tiny Wizard Car • The Kaiju Car • The Tech Support Car • The Snow Car • The Hill Car • The Movie Theater Car • The Cross-Eyed Ducks Car • The Minecart Car • The Wedding Cake Car

**Book Two**
The Black Market Car • The Family Tree Car • The Map Car • The Toad Car • The Parasite Car • The Lucky Cat Car • The Mall Car • The Wasteland • The Tape Car • The Number Car

**Book Three**
The Musical Car • The Jungle Car • The Debutante Ball Car • Le Chat Chalet Car • The Color Clock Car • The Campfire Car • The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car • **The Hey Ho Whoa Car** • The Origami Car • The New Apex

**Book Four**
The Twin Tapes • The Iceberg Car • The Old West Car • The Pig Baby Car • The Astro Queue Car • The Party Car • The Art Gallery Car • The Mega Maze Car • The Castle Car • The Train to Nowhere

1. ↑ Marie Lum's *Infinity Train* Storyboards.