by SpiderBraids
It's raining outside as Ms. Fairgood (the woman with the bell from earlier) is getting Eliza to put Darwin into the horse stable with a horse named Thunder. Fairgood says that Cordi will be very disappointed when she hears about this. After they leave, the horse sez there'll be someone delivering the hay any minute, and sometimes, there'll be some crunchy oats. Thunder farts (seriously!) and Dar sez, "I see why they called you Thunder..." and sprays Snooty's French perfume (don't you think she would have noticed her missing perfume by now???) Dar: "Never mind. Where's the bathroom?" Horse: "You're standing on it" Dar: "AAAH!" Meanwhile, I wonder about the logistics of using Brenda Blethlyn for (looking at watch) about 2 minutes. Heck, many characters appear for just 2 minutes in this film. Phaedra, anyone?
Back at the room, Eliza and Sarah's friends continue talking about animals, more specifically, the poacher incident from earlier. She adds: "You know, I think that Tally's still alive..." A random friend proposes writing a letter of complaint, another a bake sale. Anyways, Sarah is back from filing out a report with Ms. Fairgood. After getting her friends out, she finds peas in her bed. Sleepy time, and you get to see Eliza without her specs, as she puts out the lamp. Snooty has a cloth over her eyes.
The shot of school here looks Harry Potter-esque, as Eliza starts to dream. She is swimming underwater, and comes across Tally. The cub is then whisked into a whirlpool of some sort, while Eliza surfaces above the water and comes across the voice of Shaman Mnyambo. Who appears in this dream as a tree. And another tree, later on. Anyways, he basically says that she was given the gift for a reason, and Tally is still alive. As she falls with a bunch of rocks, she suddenly wakes up, turns on the lamp, and starts packing.
Snooty is up and wondering what the commotion is all about. After Eliza's explanation, she picks up the room phone to report to Ms. Fairgood. Eliza isn't letting her, and asks if she has a credit card so she can get two plane tickets to Africa. She's even promising to mention her when it's all done. Sarah's not really interested. Eliza sez "Just think, you'll have the room to yourself again ;)" Snooty picks up the phone and says... "Would you prefer aisle or window?" And with that, Snooty's character arc screeches to an abrupt halt.
Stables. As Eliza gets Darwin out, chimp sez he's been trying to count the days and they seem to have been stretching into months. "Dar, it's only been 4 hours..." (Rolls eyes.) Lots of cool music as they're running through London via the underground (cue Dar freaking at a punk). Eliza's passport checks out well, and Dar passes himself off as Snooty. Yikes!
They're on the plane, and Braceface has a quiet talk with the chimp (who, BTW, thinks it's much better than the luggage hold, and has hay in his skirt). Some African dude sits next to them, and Eliza explains that Darwin's getting a doctor in Nairobi. Dar puts on Snooty's eyecloth.
Nairobi market. Dar's back in his old outfit, More hip music as we follow Eliza walking through the market, and I'm reminded of The Amazing Race. But she ain't looking for a route marker, no sirree. She's looking for the railroad station. They get on a train, and it's nighttime, so we're treated to a few good night shots of wildlife, before Eliza solemnly promises to find Tally. See, it's easier to refer to something when it has a name.
Morning. Monkeys eating Cheese Munchies. Which is abruptly interrupted by... Donnie and his wedgie dance, and he puts the snack in his pants. Yikes again! Meanwhile at the Commvee, the parents are telling a moping Spazz to take care of Donnie while they're gone to Tembo Valley for the upcoming eclipse (given how little of the good teen life she's had in the show, I'm not surprised if babysitting Wild Thing *is* the highlight of her life), and Spazz talks with Britdad about sarcasm: "Have you completely lost your sense to detect sarcasm?" "I'm not sure I ever had it." As for her convo with CameraMom: "Just how long is this sulking gonna go on?" "About 35-40 more minutes and then I'll start up again tomorrow." Anyways, they're leaving in a golf cart thingy (this is the "Mini-Comm", from what I'm told), and Spazz runs over to the motorbike from earlier, and mentions its name: "I'll take the Congo-Comm out for a spin." "Absolutely not!" "But do have fun." Deb has a close encounter with Donnie dancing with baboons: "That is so wrong." The song here is called "Accident", and it describes Donnie quite well. It's no accident that he's considered one of the worst parts of the show...
Back to the train. Braceface wakes up to the sound of a rhino who's just been shot. E&D are running to the front car of the train, trying to get the conductor to let them off. That's no good, so Eliza's jumping. And the conductor hilariously knocks the chimp off with the door :D Not exactly "You jump, I jump" there... Anyways, the gist is that he was shot at the river. Why a river? Why not a grassy knoll? At least one kids' movie has gotten away with a sly reference to the JFK assassination... Anyways, there's that eagle knife again.