The Goat Cheese Prophecy

"**The Goat Cheese Prophecy**" is the 2nd episode of season 2 of *Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts* and the 12th episode overall. It premiered on Netflix with the rest of the season on June 12, 2020.

## Synopsis

Hoping to tap her inner strength, Kipo hitches a ride in search of the wise Chevre Sisters. Scarlemagne turns to Lio for help. The cheese sees all. After her father tells her to go to the Chèvre sisters the Brunch Bunch arrive where the sisters help Kipo harness the mega jaguar.

## Plot

The episode begins with a flashback, where a younger Lio is walking in Deathstalker territory while holding a baby Kipo in his arms. He removes Hugo's star blanket from her face and asks if she is hungry. As she coos her response, he answers that he will find somewhere safe to eat, when suddenly a Deathstalker emerges from a destroyed parking garage. The creature's sudden appearance startles Lio and causes his heartbeat to skyrocket, alerting the blind predator to his presence. The giant scorpion starts to chase Lio and manages to corner him. As it moves in for the kill, however, baby Kipo grows angry—which causes her arm to turn into a purple jaguar paw—and she scratches the Deathstalker's claw, allowing Lio to escape with her in his arms. He finds refuge inside a small alley that is too narrow for the Deathstalker to follow him and eventually arrives at a wrecked building with an eye symbol over it. Lio takes a few moments to relax and comforts baby Kipo, taking notice of her jaguar arm and its incredible strength. Soon after, he is caught off guard by a loud noise and is swallowed by a giant, tusked blue boar.

In the present, Kipo, Benson, Wolf, Mandu and Dave find themselves looking out over the wreckage that was once the vibrant Ratland Amusement Park. Benson sprays the cheese on the ground as a testament to Ratland. Soon after, Brad and Amy arrive in their van, which they are now calling "Vanland". Kipo is glad that the two mutes are alright and asks them if they can take her and her friends to the Chevre Sisters. Amy and Brad agree to get them close and bring the group to the edge of Eyeball Woods, home of the sisterhood. Before leaving, Amy and Brad warn the group that they will not find the sisterhood, instead, the sisterhood will find them. A few moments later after Brad and Amy leave, two mute boars arrive out of nowhere and snatch up Kipo and her friends in their mouths, except for Mandu who unsuccessfully tries to rescue them and ends up following the mute boars.

At Scarlemagne's Palace, Scarlemagne finished painting a self-portrait of himself and asks for Lemieux's opinion on it. Lemiuex stumbles through compliments until Scarlemagne breaks down, calling his painting 'terrible' and ripping it to shreds. Soon after, Gerard brings in Lio, now dressed as a noble, to Scarlemagne. Scarlemagne takes Lio outside to show him the construction project for his new vision of the city "Aurum", which is being built by the people from the Clover Burrow, along with the others he enslaved. Scarlemagne explains to Lio that he is running low on pheromones, and he leers while saying that's why he's so glad they're reunited.

Back in Eyeball Woods, the mute pigs are still tramping through the forest, while Mandu scrambles around, still attempting to stop them. The pigs stop in a clearing and drop Kipo, Benson, Wolf and Dave in a puddle of pink drool. Wolf rises and threatens the pigs with Stalky, but Kipo stops her and points at the Chevre Sisters. The Sisters have stuck their hooves into a cheese pan over a fire, and are chanting the names of cheeses over and over again, until Florabel breaks off the chant and walks toward the group, poking her cheese-encrusted hooves into Kipo's face and gleefully announcing they have a visitor. The other Sisters say the cheese told everyone that, and Kipo also brought visitors. Wolf tells Kipo her surface lesson 93: Don't trust anyone who talks to cheese. Kipo ignores the warning and asks the Sisters about training to control her shifting, explaining that her parents made her part Mega Jaguar. Since the Sisters still appear confused, she decides to start at the beginning and takes a huge breath, presumably to begin the story.

In Scarlemagne's Palace, he [Scarlemagne] escorts Lio to a small lab, where he reveals he wants Lio to reproduce his pheromones. Lio refuses, calling Scarlemagne insane. Scarlemagne laughs instead, saying Lio is quite right, whooping and climbing on the walls before stopping and pondering who made him this way. Lio says it doesn't have to be like that, and starts explaining about a different path they could take. However, Scarlemagne cuts him off by spraying his pheromones in Lio's face. Lio's irises dilate and his face stretches into a grotesque smile. Scarlemagne orders him to begin working, and to praise him while he's at it. Lio slips, saying, 'My daughter doesn't stand a chance against you, even with her powers!". Scarlemagne stops pacing and turns around, taking the opportunity to see what exactly these powers are.

Back at Eyeballs Woods, Kipo was finishing up her entire story to the Chevre Sisters and why she needed to learn to control her powers. The sisterhood asks if Kipo believes she is ready, to which she eagerly says yes to. Benson asks the sisters if they can really help Kipo and the mutes claim they can. But first, they announce that they will make cheese. Kipo becomes confused by this and Wolf cuts in, stating that people are counting on Kipo and that there is no time for cheese. However, Kipo accepts this and agrees to make cheese with the sisterhood. The Chevre Sisters then take Kipo to their kitchen and though Wolf wants to come with them, the sisters state the Kipo must do this alone because of "Sacred Wisdom". Bromak and Webber block the entrance to the cave after Kipo and the sisterhood go in and Kipo tells Wolf not to worry.

Inside the kitchen, the Chevre Sisters give Kipo the task of putting in and evenly distributing herbs in a large cauldron while the curd inside cooks. The sisters then begin to overwhelm Kipo by explaining how properly make the cheese and by almost hurting her on several occasions. They also remind her to continue saying "Herbs in, Herbs out" as she administers the herbs, since they can't see her do it, due to being blind. Things start to get out of control for Kipo, as her mute powers activate in response to all the stress. Even so, Kipo continues to obey the Chevre Sisters instructions, as her level of mutation increases.

Wolf gets nervous outside and puts the guards to sleep so that he can sneak in and make sure Kipo is okay. Wolf and Benson walk in and see that Kipo has partially transformed into more of her mutation.

The Chevre Sisters tell Kipo that it was all part of the plan. They tell the story of when they met Kipo's father, when Kipo was just a baby in a flashback. They instructed Lio that if he wants Kipo to be human, he needs to nurture her as a human in a burrow. Then, if she wants to be a jaguar, she just needs to come back to the sisters.

Then, they demonstrate how she can control both sides. Stress and instinct make the jaguar come out and calm and relaxation helps the human come out. "Herbs in, herbs out."

“When you do herbs out, remember how it felt to be safe with your dad.”
— Chevre sisters
Meanwhile, Scarlemagne uncovers that the part human part jaguar is actually Lio Oak's daughter. Lio is under his spell and accidentally reveals information to Scarlemagne, as he builds his plan to destroy Kipo.

“All I'm missing...is Kipo”
— Scarlemagne
The Chevre sisters tell Kipo that if she wants to save her people, she must be the mega mute- however, she might lose herself if she completely becomes a mega. However, she may be able to protect herself by finding something like an anchor to help guide her back to her core.

They advise her to start from her beginning. Kipo decides to go back to her first burrow where she was born.

## Credits

* **Written by**
	+ Bill Wolkoff

* **Directed by**
	+ Bridget Underwood

* **Storyboards by**
	+ Steve Barr,
	+ Florent Lagrange
	+ Perin McLean

* **Cast**
	+ Karen Fukuhara as Kipo Oak
	+ Sydney Mikayla as Wolf
	+ Deon Cole as Dave
	+ Coy Stewart as Benson
	+ Dee Bradley Baker as Mandu
	+ Kay Bees as Ida
	+ Chris Anthony Lansdowne as Florabel
	+ Mindy Sterling as Bev
	+ Sterling K. Brown as Lio Oak
	+ Avrielle Corti as Amy
	+ Ace Gibson as Brad
	+ Grey Griffin as Lemieux
	+ Dan Stevens as Scarlemagne

## Transcript

The transcript can be found here: The Goat Cheese Prophecy/Transcript

## Episode notes

### Featured songs

* "Chevre Sisters" by Mindy Sterling, Kay Bess & Chris Anthony Lansdowne
* "Feelin" by Atomic Drum Assembly

### Trivia

* According to Rad Sechrist, the mold in the cheese is "intelligent" and can communicate "with other mold spores," meaning that it is "super wise."

## References

1. ↑ Rad Sechrist, "No, the mold in the cheese is intelligent and can communicate with other mold spores making it super wise.," Twitter, Sept. 6, 2020