MSB S6E11: Waste Not, Want Not

Here's a little grossness in the series. But we soon learn that this kind of grossness is important for growing plants. Something Dorothy Ann will learn the easy way. Blog, do your stuff!

76. Waste Not, Want Not.
Topic: Nutrients.
Written by: Evan Thaler Hickey.
Guest star: Nathan Fillion as Axle McValvestuck.
Released: 13 April 2018.

Every person and animal poops, but the class isn't convinced that this so-called "brown gold" is as valuable as Dorothy Ann's famous inventor uncle says it is.

We've got something we've never seen before. An argument between Arnold and Dorothy Ann, debating between Rock Opera and Flour Power. 

The winner is......

Flour Power!

This topic will involve Dorothy Ann's favourite flower, Singaporean Orchid. Her dad has heaps of those in his greenhouse.

Why explain it when you can sing it?

And that's what the class are doing. Singing.

"Now who's up for a Rock Operaaaaa?"
"Not so fast, Arnold! We can't give up on the theme, or my flowers... yet! 

Anyone know that Ralphie's holding a Jyoti?

And this here, is Dorothy Ann's uncle Axle McValvestuck.

He has a machine that can make brown gold.

Dorothy Ann doesn't like what her uncle whispered to her. What brown gold is.

And how sheepish Dorothy Ann was when she tried singing what it's made of.

"No! No buts! That's where it comes from!"
It's funny because it's true.

Here's a little something to encourage the class.

A disco! Ooh, ooh, Pooh-ka-dump-a-doody.

Liz is pretty groovy dancing.

"At my house, we call it...."

Ralphie's sandwich is made of 50 percent wheat, 30 percent pig, 13 percent tomato, 7 percent mayo, and 100 percent yum. 

Ralphie couldn't help but feed Liz some of his sandwich.

 And they're in pachyderm dump. Butterflies eat it.

Another song describing that animals use it too.

Dung beetles use it to lay eggs in.

"According to my reesearch, there are tons of microscopic detritivores in this soil breaking down the Pooh-ka-dump-a-doody even more.

Come on! Ride on The Magic Cell Bus!

And there is a large cycle going on with these organisms in the waste.

 This elephant really was surprised, seeing The Magic School Bus appearing out of nowhere.

This is the cycle. Plants grow, pachyderms poop, butterflies eat it and dung beetles use it, and grass grow again.

The Magic School Bus doesn't like the sound of the Pooh-ka-dump-a-doody being piled on it.

Let's follow the waste through the sewers!

A whirlpool that helps with the waste.

And they've arrived in the pile of waste at a biotreatment plant.

Come on! Ride on The Magic Dung Beetle Bus!

There's a problem here. Dorothy Ann's uncle's machine is busted.

But Axle and Fiona can break into song about another way.

Excuse the Bus for farting!

And it turns out these nutrients have no germs.

The cycle of life is to be sung! Dorothy Ann's orchids are going to be growing again!

 

It's funny that Dorothy Ann dragged Arnold back onto The Magic School Bus. Sounds a bit familiar, doesn't it?

And they're in the musical, describing this waste and why it's important.

Luckily, there are biotreatment plants around the world to deal with the waste.

It's Frizzle and the Beanstalk!


This episode really is a musical! Even more so than Meets Molly Cule. More songs were sung.

The Nutrient Cycle of Life song reminds me of The Circle of Life from The Lion King. 

That mini disco Dorothy Ann, Fiona, and Liz were in was pretty catchy. And Keesha's reaction to hearing what Wanda calls faeces was pretty funny.

The song the class were singing while in the sewers kind of reminds me of that music from the Thomas the Tank Engine episode, The Diseasel, where Bill and Ben annoyed Boco.

The way Dorothy Ann dragged Arnold back onto the bus was pretty funny. As was their heated argument at the beginning.

Not sure how Axle McValvestuck is related to Dorothy Ann. Could he be related to her paternally? Though I doubt Dorothy Ann's surname is McValvestuck.

This episode was brown gold! Literally! A well sung musical! It gave me a better appreciation of excrement, and why it's important. And it shows that dung beetles lay their eggs in balls of dung they make. Dorothy Ann's role was very interesting, and as Carlos said, this was real flower power!

My rating: 10/10.

Season 6 scorecard:

1. The Land Before Tim: 9.5/10.

2. Claw and Order: 8.5/10.

3. Ghost Farm: 9/10.

4. Nothin' But Net: 9/10.

5. I Spy with my Animal Eyes: 9/10.

6. Ready, Set, Fail!: 9/10.

7. The Good, The Bad, and the Gnocchi: 10/10.

8. Send in the Clouds: 8/10.

9. Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis: 9.5/10.

10. Tim and the Talking Trees: 9/10.

11. Waste Not, Want Not: 10/10.

Season 6 so far: 9.1/10.