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Wild Kratts Theory: Zach’s Invisibility Cloak

I recently watched the episode “The Vanishing Stingray” for the first time and I found that the episode’s villain plot was very open ended, perhaps for a very specific reason.

In the episode, we learn that Zach’s invisibility cloak, which he has deemed his most genius invention, has an unfortunate glitch. The cloak works perfectly unless it gets wet, which causes the invisibility element to glitch and shut off, allowing you to be able to see the wearer.

Zach tries to remedy this problem by attempting to steal Aviva’s new stingray creature power discs, as he believes the discs house the secret to fixing the glitch due to the fact that stingrays can make themselves invisible under water. His attempt to take the discs fails and Zach is actually not seen in person by any of the crew as his plot in the episode ends, only via a hologram projection. Now here’s where it gets interesting.

After the brief hologram interaction with Zach, Martin questions why Zach went after them, saying “Hey, so what did Zach want anyway?”. I think this is the first time I’ve seen none of the crew figure out a villain plot, which definitely gives Zach an advantage. Only he knows that his invisibility cloak doesn’t work when wet and he believes Aviva’s technology is the secret to fixing the problem.

Now, we know that Zach’s invisibility cloak is his most clever invention, seeing as it was revealed in “Back In Creature Time” alongside Aviva’s very important time trampoline. Unlike most of his other inventions, the cloak allows Zach to get away with his evil plans each time he uses it, like how he used it in “Back In Creature Time” to capture Koki and Jimmy and cut off their communication with the others, as well as in “Creepy Creatures” when he was able to successfully steal the miniaturizer while wearing it. We can see the prominence of this invention well over his others, so the fact that they left this plot in “The Vanishing Stingray” very open ended was quite odd to me… Or so I thought.

After some thinking, I came to the idea that this was done deliberately as a prelude to a larger plot, namely for the Wild Kratts movie. The movie would most likely revolve around some big plot about Aviva’s inventions, such as the time trampoline or maybe even a new one, so it would make sense that Zach would be using his invisibility cloak opposite her creation.

In my opinion, I believe there’s going to be a larger plot to further Zach’s quest to fix his invisibility cloak by using Aviva’s technology. I also think that within that continued plot, the crew will eventually find out about the cloak’s weakness and use that to their advantage. I can just picture Koki casually using a spray bottle around the Tortuga to check if Zach is around! Haha!

Anyways, just some thoughts from me! I haven’t seen all of season 6 yet, so I’m not sure if they’ve done anything else around Zach’s invisibility cloak, but I really hope they use this open ended plot in some way! Let me know what you guys think!

Happy 10th Anniversary Back In Creature Time!

Thank you to both @kaythefloppa and @jokerislandgirl32 for bringing to my attention that the pivotal Wild Kratts episode Back In Creature Time is 10 years old today!

I remember watching this special with my brother for the first time like it was yesterday! The fact that they had made a two part episode and added the time travel element to the show blew our minds back then! I remember every feeling I had when I first watched this episode, from the awe of the reveal of Aviva’s time trampoline and Zach’s invisibility cloak to the absolute chills I felt when that Zachbot almost incinerated the return pad. And the Kratt brothers were really able to get their message about animal extinction across in a deep and powerful way that has stuck with me since.

I could fan girl so much more about how much I love this episode, but I think I’ll leave it off here! Thank you to the amazing episode Back In Creature Time for giving us such a fun adventure and adding so much more to the plot for us to geek about! Both me and my brother eagerly await the return of the time trampoline in all its glory in a future episode! I for one would love to see them travel back in time once more in another Back In Creature Time!

Wild Kratts Theory: Ancestors In Adapto The Coyote

So I was watching the Wild Kratts episode “Adapto The Coyote” today and I paid a little extra attention to this scene where Chris and Martin are explaining how European settlers drove off wildlife when they first arrived in North America. Now, let’s take a closer look at these settlers, shall we?

From the looks of their silhouettes, I think the animators used existing character models for this scene, specifically Aviva, Zach, and Dabio.

Now, this could simply be to save them from designing new characters for background silhouettes, but of course I like to add some depth to what I see.

What if these settlers are ancestors of Aviva, Zach, and Dabio!

We already know from “Back In Creature Time” that the villains had ancestors who looked quite a bit like them (the Dabio looking silhouette even has a hat like Shabio), so it stands to reason that the ancestors of the other characters would also be look-alikes.

It would certainly be interesting if this was true because that would mean that one of Aviva’s ancestors was considered a villain in their time.

Anyways, those are just my thoughts on this part of the episode! Let me know what you guys think!