Mao Mao's Bike Adventure

## **Episode Guide**

**"Mao Mao's Bike Adventure"** is the 5th episode of the first season of *Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart*.

## Synopsis

When Mao Mao underestimates enemy and friend alike, it almost costs him the entire kingdom.

## Plot

The heroic trio battles off the Sky Pirates, who want to steal Mao Mao's Aero-cycle to get the gem cell it's powered by
so they can enable their pirate ship. Mao Mao intimidates Orangusnake, stating he's simply useless. Mao Mao is nearly cut in half by Orangusnake's blade, but Badgerclops' shoves him out of the way, causing his robotic arm to get cut off. Mao Mao finishes Orangusnake off, raveling in his victory egotistically, saying that he is never wrong when it comes to his heroic instincts.

Mao Mao refuses to lock his bike, saying that his gut feelings is telling him that they're in the clear on this one, after the beating Mao Mao gave the pirates. When he wakes up the next morning to find that his aerocycle has been stolen, he believes one of the Sweetypies of Pure Heart Valley had robbed the bike. Mao Mao takes his case to the public, pointing the crime on two dogs Penny and Benny, as well as Marion.

His next suspect is Pinky, who was stealing stale bagels from the dumpster that day. Adorabat insists none of her friends are the culprits, which leads Mao Mao to question his two amigos, despite the fact that the Sky Pirates took the bike. He asks Adorabat if she knows anyone who stole his bike, and she only responds with "Yes", not understanding what the point of the conversation was. He then asks Badgerclops if he knows anybody, to which he states that the Sky Pirates took the bike so they could fix their ship, as he takes a piece of food stuck in Mao Mao's teeth, and eats it. Mao Mao goes outside to see a powered up Sky Pirate ship, seeing they stole their bike. He realizes he was wrong the entire time, After he turns into stone. But Bagderclops motivates him to stop the Sky Pirates.

With the assistance of the Pure Heart Valley citizens, Mao Mao and his friends get aboard the pirate ship. The trio takes down the pirates and gets their aerocycle back, leaving the pirates on their ship to crash in the forest outside Pure Heart Valley. He apologizes to the citizens of Pure Heart Valley, but Badgerclops flips the instrument as the episode ends.

## Features

### Characters

* Adorabat
* Badgerclops
* Benny (debut)
* Boss Hosstrich
* Mao Mao
* Marion (debut)
* Orangusnake
* Penny (debut)
* Pinky
* Ramaraffe
* Ratarang
* Todd

### Locations

* Pure Heart Valley
* Sky Pirates' Airship
* Sheriff Headquarters

## Videos

Mao Mao and His Bike - Mao Mao - Cartoon Network
## Trivia

* Pinky states that this episodes takes place on "Windsday", which is the day he typically steals stale bagels out of dumpsters.
	+ In the universe of the show, the days of the week have different names than (but still correspond to) ones in reality:
		- Sunsday, named for the sun (Sunday)
		- Moonday, named for the moon (Monday)
		- Klirnsday (Tuesday). The origin of its name is unknown, and Parker Simmons has claimed it is classified deep lore, though it may be an inside adult joke among the crew, as the only word it corresponds to is a vulgar term in the Armenian language.
		- Windsday, named for the wind (Wednesday)
		- Thornsday, named for thorns (Thursday)
		- Fireday, named for fire (Friday)
		- Waterday, named for water (Saturday). It is pronounced similarly to Saturday despite "water" having a different pronunciation, similar to Thursday having a different pronunciation than "Thor" for which it is named.

### Cultural References

* The episode's title is a reference to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
* The toy Badgerclops was playing with is a Groan Tube.

### Errors

* When Badgerclops takes the instrument, it makes a noise whenever he flips it over. During one scene, it's heard making a noise when flipped; but when he flips it immediately after that, it doesn't make a noise.

## International premieres

* October 18, 2019 (Latin America)
* March 9, 2020 (Poland)

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/parkerrsimmons/status/1187187969448239104 (see this image)
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/parkerrsimmons/status/1187197906656223233
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/parkerrsimmons/status/1187193977285431296