After I have done with the testing of characters' screen time in this episode, I decided to write an article for this episode. This episode is adapted from two different chapters that featured Kurt in them which are the fourth and the seventh chapters in the original book, but in this animated adaptation, it first shows Maya getting trapped in Thekla's cobweb before Kurt came to save her from Thekla (which it was taken from the seventh chapter) and then, it shows Kurt falling on his back and can't get himself up before Maya helped him to get up (which it was taken from the fourth chapter) and is the nineteenth episode of the European version. The episode starts where Willy was looking to find Maya and he ended up sitting on a coiled vine that made him found it so amusing and even laughed as he discovered it as a new game to play like a "trampoline" and he jumped from one to another one and had so much fun and then, Maya showed up and noticed him playing around with the coiled vines which it made Maya to try it out of her curiosity, but she failed on her first try and Willy laughed mockingly at her failing on her first try and that upsets Maya by telling him that he shouldn't be "mean" to her while she tries to play that new game, but Willy doubted that she would succeed, and flew away laughing at the end. Maya decided to continue to play with the coiled vines and she succeeded at it which it made her having so much fun until she ended up getting trapped in Thekla's cobweb that scared her so much which it made her remembering about the events from the eighth episode where she met Thekla and she started crying for help, but then, she saw a butterfly flying around her and she asked her if she could save her, but the butterfly told her that she couldn't 'cause she stated herself that she isn't strong enough to save someone who was trapped in a cobweb and that she would ended up getting trapped in the cobweb too before she left her and flew away at the end (which this scene has also happened in the original book) which that of course made poor Maya so upset that the butterfly can't save her. Just like in the previous episode, the butterfly's design was altered again in the European version of this episode for the same reason as in the other earlier episodes that they have appeared in and that they found them as "offensive" and "racist" 'cause of their dark skins, but let's go back to the plot. As Maya keep crying for someone to save her, then Thekla shows up and was happy that she caught another "prey" to eat, which it made Maya more upset, but fortunately, she managed to break half of the cobweb as she tried to save herself which of course it made Thekla becoming so furious and she asked her if she could free her from her cobweb, and Thekla tricked her by saying that she could really free her and she took her to a branch to tie her there which she realized that Thekla fooled her by doing this trick to her and she even called her "gullible" for believing her which it made poor Maya feeling ashamed for believing in Thekla's lie by calling herself "dumb" as she doubted about her intelligence and continued to cry for help by calling Flip's and Miss Cassandra's names (in the European version, she only cried for Flip to save her as people at Apollo Film knew that Miss Cassandra never came to save her, but she only noticed her being in danger when she noticed a cobweb near her in the third episode), but nothing happened until Kurt showed up and he noticed Maya being in danger that he have managed to save her by cutting the whole half piece of cobweb with his horn and she thanked him for saving her life. Thekla was very frustasted when she saw him saving Maya that she seeks revenge against him, but then, Kurt punished her by destroying her whole cobweb in order to learn her lesson from the thing she have done to Maya and she ended up running away out her frustration. After that, Kurt promised Maya that she could save him one day when he was in danger and Maya answered him that she would remember it before she flew around to find something to eat and then, she met the mother snail and her children again (who would have been different snail children and are probably younger than the ones from the tenth episode as they have left their mother at the end of the episode and were three, but in this episode they are two of them instead) who were eating leaves which she decided to taste the taste of a leaf out of her curiosity and she ended up not liking it and the mother snail laughed when she noticed Maya trying it and then, Maya laughed at it too that she even said that each insect has its own diet and taste which the mother snail reminded her that there are insects who prey on other insects like spiders as an example which it upsets Maya when she mentioning that to her. Before she leaves to look for her husband, the mother snail told Maya to take care of her children which Maya agreed to take care of them by playing various games such as "hide and seek". In the next scene, Kurt was flying around a honey tree which he tasted and ate a lot of honey to make his voice sweeter to please his wife Iffi, but he slipped out of the honey tree and he fell on his back on the ground and can't get himself up, but then, Thekla showed up by telling him that she is preparing something to eat him which causing him crying for help and then, Willy was awakened and heard Kurt's cry which he decided to go to help him, but he can't help him to get up as he was too heavy for him and Kurt told him to call for Maya to help him before Willy flew away to find her and then, he found her where she was still playing with the snail children and he told her that Kurt is in danger, but Maya told him that she can't left the snail children to be alone and after that, both Maya and Willy went to Kurt by carrying the snail children with their hands (despite they were already tired while carrying them and they were too "heavy" for them too) to help him to get up and saving his life. Maya had thought so deeply until she figured out how to help Kurt get up by holding a cattail (in the original book, it was a blade of grass instead) to help him get up together with Willy who came to help her to save Kurt, but they had a hard time helping him when the cattail was swinging around where Thekla was about to catch them and eat them until Flip showed up and noticed that Kurt, Maya and Willy were in danger that he pushed the cattail down to help Maya and Willy to save Kurt's life, which fortunately, they succeeded in saving him at the end. Thekla became so furious that she gave up and ran away again at the end and Kurt thanked Maya for saving his life which it made her so proud of that as he also saved her in the same episode. The episode ends when Maya and Willy decided to carry the snail children to take them back to their mother 'cause they missed her so much, but of course, our bee heroes were still too tired while carrying them, but I do believe, that they were able to get them back to their mother at the end of the episode. Here are the ranking results that I have gotten for each character who have appeared in the episode:
7. Flip (28 seconds)
Unfortunately, poor Flip didn't got enough of screen time in this episode as he appeared in the last part of the episode where he helped Maya and Willy to save Kurt and was seen again after Maya and Willy decided to take the snail children back to their mother just for 28 seconds, but don't worry, he will be ranked higher in the next episode that it focus on him.
6. Mother Snail (1 minute, 2 seconds)
Yes, the mother snail got more screen time than poor Flip did and made it to 1 minute as she was there to eat leaves and she stayed for a while until she told Maya to take care of her children and left to look for her husband at the end.
5. Mother Snail's children (2 minutes, 48 seconds)
Well yes, the snail children got more screen time than their mother which that makes it the second time where child characters beat their parents in terms of screen time with the first ones being the earwig children from the fourteenth episode. They got more screen time when Maya and Willy started carrying them while they were going to save Kurt to not leave them alone. After they arrived to save Kurt, the snail children were crying 'cause they missed their mother and wanted to go back to her, but Willy cheer them up by playing a "trampoline" on a blade of grass which it made them laugh at the end, but Kurt told Willy that it's not time for games and he needs help which Willy decided to stop and went to help him together with Maya to save him. When they went to help him, the snail children were too young to understand what was going on and laughed at it when they noticed the cattail keep swinging around until Flip came to help Maya and Willy to save Kurt together at the end.
4. Thekla (3 minutes, 29 seconds)
This might surprise you a bit, but yes, Thekla got a lot of screen time in this episode, but she is still stuck at 3 minutes, just like the other previous episodes that she appeared in, but this is the one where she got the most screen time out of all of them. She is very happy that she have managed to beat out one of the main characters for once (Flip), but she is very furious and disappointed that she didn't manage to enter the Top 3 by beating out Kurt, Maya or Willy to earn a medal as she wanted to enter the top to "steal" more screen time from the other characters which is why she never made it in more than 3 minutes of screen time.
3. Kurt (5 minutes, 20 seconds)
Just like the other previous episodes he appeared in, he managed to enter the Top 3 and got into the third place this time and earned his bronze medal which it makes him the first major/supporting character to earn all medals by entering the top and the amount of screen time he got overall in this episode.
2. Willy (6 minutes, 14 seconds)
Once again, Willy have managed to enter the Top 3 and got into the second place and earned his second silver medal (just like in the twelfth episode where he got his first one) by the amount of screen time he got for this episode by helping Maya to save Kurt together which he deserves to get another medal for doing a "heroic" thing just like what his best friend (Maya) did as well.
1. Maya (11 minutes, 26 seconds)
After losing to the earwig children in the previous episode, she have managed to get the most screen time out of all characters and got into the first place again and earned her eleventh gold medal which I think she deserves that medal 'cause she was the one who saved Kurt's life with some help from Willy and Flip which it made Kurt so proud of her being in the first place and he didn't mind losing to her for two times as he only beat her in his debut episode (the fifth episode) as you know, she is the main protagonist after all.
And that's all of the results that I got from this episode and I'm planning to test the screen time of characters in the sixteenth episode which is the one where Flip got trapped in a venus flytrap before he was saved at the end and is the eighteenth episode of the European version which I will explain more about that episode in the article that I will make soon.
7. Flip (28 seconds)
Unfortunately, poor Flip didn't got enough of screen time in this episode as he appeared in the last part of the episode where he helped Maya and Willy to save Kurt and was seen again after Maya and Willy decided to take the snail children back to their mother just for 28 seconds, but don't worry, he will be ranked higher in the next episode that it focus on him.
6. Mother Snail (1 minute, 2 seconds)
Yes, the mother snail got more screen time than poor Flip did and made it to 1 minute as she was there to eat leaves and she stayed for a while until she told Maya to take care of her children and left to look for her husband at the end.
5. Mother Snail's children (2 minutes, 48 seconds)
Well yes, the snail children got more screen time than their mother which that makes it the second time where child characters beat their parents in terms of screen time with the first ones being the earwig children from the fourteenth episode. They got more screen time when Maya and Willy started carrying them while they were going to save Kurt to not leave them alone. After they arrived to save Kurt, the snail children were crying 'cause they missed their mother and wanted to go back to her, but Willy cheer them up by playing a "trampoline" on a blade of grass which it made them laugh at the end, but Kurt told Willy that it's not time for games and he needs help which Willy decided to stop and went to help him together with Maya to save him. When they went to help him, the snail children were too young to understand what was going on and laughed at it when they noticed the cattail keep swinging around until Flip came to help Maya and Willy to save Kurt together at the end.
4. Thekla (3 minutes, 29 seconds)
This might surprise you a bit, but yes, Thekla got a lot of screen time in this episode, but she is still stuck at 3 minutes, just like the other previous episodes that she appeared in, but this is the one where she got the most screen time out of all of them. She is very happy that she have managed to beat out one of the main characters for once (Flip), but she is very furious and disappointed that she didn't manage to enter the Top 3 by beating out Kurt, Maya or Willy to earn a medal as she wanted to enter the top to "steal" more screen time from the other characters which is why she never made it in more than 3 minutes of screen time.
3. Kurt (5 minutes, 20 seconds)
Just like the other previous episodes he appeared in, he managed to enter the Top 3 and got into the third place this time and earned his bronze medal which it makes him the first major/supporting character to earn all medals by entering the top and the amount of screen time he got overall in this episode.
2. Willy (6 minutes, 14 seconds)
Once again, Willy have managed to enter the Top 3 and got into the second place and earned his second silver medal (just like in the twelfth episode where he got his first one) by the amount of screen time he got for this episode by helping Maya to save Kurt together which he deserves to get another medal for doing a "heroic" thing just like what his best friend (Maya) did as well.
1. Maya (11 minutes, 26 seconds)
After losing to the earwig children in the previous episode, she have managed to get the most screen time out of all characters and got into the first place again and earned her eleventh gold medal which I think she deserves that medal 'cause she was the one who saved Kurt's life with some help from Willy and Flip which it made Kurt so proud of her being in the first place and he didn't mind losing to her for two times as he only beat her in his debut episode (the fifth episode) as you know, she is the main protagonist after all.
And that's all of the results that I got from this episode and I'm planning to test the screen time of characters in the sixteenth episode which is the one where Flip got trapped in a venus flytrap before he was saved at the end and is the eighteenth episode of the European version which I will explain more about that episode in the article that I will make soon.