After I have done with the testing of characters' screen time in this episode, I decided to write an article for this episode. This is the episode where Maya, Willy and Flip met an elderly female grasshopper (actually a locust since she is brown comparing to Flip who is green) and is the the thirteenth episode of the European version. The episode starts when Maya woke up in the morning and was buzzing around the flowers and she went to see what her friend Willy was doing, and saw him still sleeping on a blade of grass. She burst out laughing and shook the blade of grass to wake him up, but with too much shaking it caused Willy to fall into another blade of grass sliding around the plant and Maya decided to do the same as a "slide". After that, Willy woke up and Maya said "good morning" to him and he said the same to her as he was still sleepy. Maya told him that he had become a "lazy bones" lately and Willy told her that he is not a "lazy bones" and that he has nothing to do all day and that is why he is sleeping and he asked her what else he can do besides flying but she didn't answer him because she saw something conscious from far away. Willy asked her again where she was going and this time, she answered him and told him to come near her to see what is happening from far away. What was happening was that a swarm of locusts had come and had eaten almost all the plants before they left at the end. As soon as they saw this, Willy asked Maya what those creatures were from far away but she didn't know either and was wondering if they were insects or birds before they went to that place where the locusts went and saw many plants that had been eaten by them. Willy was wondering what happened and how they got all the plants to be eaten but he leaned on a branch that was cut at the same time and became agitated. Maya answered him that she didn't know either and called them "terrible". Willy told Maya that they should leave because he has a bad feeling about that situation but Maya didn't answer him because out of her curiosity, she went to see if anyone was there and Willy followed her to see where she was going. Suddenly, Maya heard a crunching sound coming from next to a tree trunk, but Willy was afraid and told her to leave now, but Maya made a "Shhhh!" sound to shut Willy up and continued to hear the crunching in the distance. But Willy who was still afraid begged Maya to leave but Maya told him not to be so cowardly and go see who is eating who is next to the tree trunk but Willy was afraid to go at first when Maya went alone to see who was there. As Maya climbed the trunk, she saw that the creature who was eating was an elderly female locust (I will call her "Grandma Locust" as she was called that in the Saban English dub since she didn't have a name in the original Japanese and European versions) and Maya asked her what she was doing and Grandma Locust replied that she was eating (at the same time Willy decided to see what she was doing too). Willy asked Grandma Locust if she had been here for a while and told her that a while ago, he saw the swarm of what he thought were insects or birds, but she didn't understand what he meant at first and he continued to explain what happened and then Maya asked her if those creatures didn't bother her which again she didn't understand what they meant until Willy spoke more clearly about that situation that she burst out laughing as she told him they were her family. Maya and Willy were surprised to learn that the swarm of locusts were her family and she explained more about them and they finally understood. Then Maya told her that her family is very greedy and Willy asked her why they left her behind alone and she answered them that it is not like that and simple the young ones leave a lot of food for the older ones so that the plants don't go to waste as she was still eating. Maya asked her why she is not worried that her family left and she replied that she should not worry about it and that she will reach them even though she is very old but Willy who was a little skeptical told her that at her age she cannot reach the others and out of her anger, she told him to shut up. But Maya again asked Grandma Locust why she and her family move from place to place with such things and she replied that this is how it should be done and she explained to the little bees more about her family and that in order to find more food, they will have to fly from place to place and asked them if they understood, but they weren't too sure about it before she went to leave. Before leaving, she told the little bees that they shouldn't spend their time traveling like this and that they should work hard just like what other bees do before saying "goodbye" to them as she left. But the little bees were so curious that they decided to follow Grandma Locust by flying to ask her more questions but they saw that she did not jump very well as she thought due to her old age. Then Willy asked her whether she was in a hurry or not and he told her that he had seen that she did not go very fast and she asked him why he should care about it and she told him that she could do anything as her kind did and she also said to the little bees how she will prove this by making a bigger jump but as she jumped in her haste, in the end she didn't do very well that she got tired and stumbled from her fatigue. The little bees were worried that they decided to come close to her and Maya asked her if she was okay or if she was in pain but she didn't answer her and said to herself that it is better to walk and immediately started walking. As she walked, Willy told her she was easy minded and she explained to him why walking was better for her age and health and also asked him if he understood, but as she kept talking as she walked, she stumbled again and Maya got worried and went to her and explained that it is better to walk with her but Grandma Locust told her that she is not that old to need help. But Willy wasn't sure about that and told her that her legs don't go as fast as her mouth that with all the things he said to her got on her nerves and she told him that his own mouth said more when she stood up and Maya helped her walk along with her and Willy thought at the same time to go with them, and helped Grandma Locust too. When the little bees walked with Grandma Locust, she told them that they were not used to walking so much and she was thinking that they were tired and that they should take a break as she walked to rest. But as Willy saw her go to rest, he whispered to Maya that she was probably the one who needs the break, but she heard his whisper and angrily asked him if he said anything and he answered her "no" out of shock when she heard him whispering to Maya about her. Then Maya whispered to Willy not to say anything because she thought that she could hear better than them. But at the same time, Flip appeared who was not happy when he suddenly saw all the plants that were eaten by Grandma Locust's family and he said bad things about this situation which Grandma Locust got angry and asked him what he wanted to say and explained that her family did all this. Then Flip told her to be careful not to make such a large family that by what he said to her made her very angry that she scolded him very hard at the end when she was walking in that time. Then Maya spoke more clearly to Flip that Grandma Locust had been left behind by her family and that she and Willy were trying to help her find them and he replied that he understood that and said that she would get back to them while facepalming in disbelief. Then Grandma Locust heard what Flip said and told him that she didn't stay behind and let them go ahead as she was still walking at the same time until she stumbled again at the end. When Willy saw her stumble again, he said that she probably should have seen where she was going and at the same time, Maya called out to him to come and help her up again. Grandma Locust thanked the little bees for helping her get back up but she was still scolding Flip for saying bad things about her family and suspecting that he happened to be a grasshopper like her, but Flip didn't care what she said about him. In the next scene, Maya, Willy and Flip are carrying Grandma Locust in a carriage made of a leaf and wooden handles as they carried her and she was talking so much and she even told them to go faster that it pissed off Flip in the end as he was still carrying her. As they continued to carry Grandma Locust's carriage as they had been walking for so long, Flip felt tired and Grandma Locust asked him what was wrong with him and told him that she suspected that he never exercised and that life is not so easy for anyone. Then Flip told her that he can usually be calm but that doesn't mean he doesn't lose his temper sometimes from his nerves, but Maya told him not to talk about her like that because she's old and she thought that soon they will arrive at the place to help Grandma Locust find her family. Grandma Locust agreed with what Maya told Flip and that she was being very nice to her but she continued to scold Flip for not being nice to her and Flip told her that if she kept talking he would throw her down and leave her from his nerves that he still had for her, but he didn't and they continued their walk at the end. Meanwhile, a spider thought it was a very nice day to make his cobweb and tried to throw the web on a tree branch as a "rope" to make it but he made many attempts and failed to make it himself. As the little bees and Flip carrying Grandma Locust's carriage were going, suddenly the spider's web had fallen on Grandma Locust and it tied her which she got upset and asked who tied her up. Then the spider told her "sorry" and that he didn't see her coming at the time and explained that he was trying to make a cobweb. Then Grandma Locust managed to pull out the web by herself and scolded the spider for what he had done to her earlier. Then the spider explained to her more why he wanted to make the cobweb which Grandma Locust decided to help him how to make the cobweb by taking the web in her hand and placing it on a tree branch which the spider was delighted and began to make his cobweb. Maya, Willy, and Flip watched Grandma Locust help the spider make the cobweb until finally, the spider made his cobweb. After the spider finished the cobweb, Grandma Locust told him that it didn't look too bad the way he made it and explained to him how to make the cobwebs by himself, but as she continued to talk to the spider, the branch broke and fell into the cobweb. Maya, Willy and Flip were surprised to see her falling into the spider's cobweb and she was trying to free herself from the cobweb, but she couldn't. As for the spider, he didn't care because he was drooling when he saw Grandma Locust caught in his cobweb (This was censored in the Saban English dub by cutting every scene where the spider was drooling by making him more "harmless" than he was in the original Japanese and European versions). Then Grandma Locust asked the spider for help, but the spider was still looking at his cobweb and drooled over her and explained that she taught him to make cobwebs and not catching preys. Then the spider told her that he had learned this from his parents to catch preys and Grandma Locust scolded him and told him that he should help her while she cried for help (In the Saban English dub, the spider told her that he can't help and reminded her that he is a spider and even said "sorry" to her at this moment). Then the little bees felt sorry for her and went to help her together to free her from the cobweb, but Flip wasn't sure to help her at first until he saw the spider trying to catch all three of them together and immediately went to help them to free her together. In the end, they managed together to free Grandma Locust with so much force that the spider's cobweb was cut and they fell to the ground. The spider was not happy to see his cobweb cut and Grandma Locust scolded him and explained that he would need more practice making cobwebs and catching preys before she, the little bees and Flip decided to leave which in the end, spider made his cobweb again. Then the little bees and Flip continued to carry Grandma Locust's carriage until they stopped to rest for a while after walking so much for her. As they stopped to rest, Grandma Locust was curious to know when she saw before a black wasp that had buried something in her nest and was looking at her hidden by grasses so that she could not see her. Then Flip saw her looking at the black wasp and asked her what she was looking at again and she replied that she was watching a wasp and she needn't take them all in stride at all. Then Flip gave his opinion on how weird this old locust is and told Maya to never become like her. Then Grandma Locust came a little closer and saw that the black wasp had finished burying in her nest before she flew away and out of Grandma Locust's curiosity, she wanted to know what she had buried in her nest and began to dig until she found out that it was a larva that surprised her with that and she wondered if wasps eat larvas, but at the same time, the black wasp saw Grandma Locust and was coming to attack her and immediately she jumped away to save herself from the black wasp. But just as she was running to save herself from the wasp, suddenly the wasp noticed the little bees and Flip and started chasing them to attack them and immediately they ran away together to save themselves and Grandma Locust found a way to trick the wasp into chasing her and escaping her to save her friends from danger. Then the little bees and Flip stopped and sat by a tree while they sighed from their vexation when the wasp was chasing them and Flip was saying bad things about Grandma Locust that Willy agreed with Flip and called her "troublemaker", but Maya told them that she at least drove the wasp away while she still sighed in panic. But at the same time, a male mantis suddenly came and was coming to eat them, and immediately the little bees and Flip ducked into the hole in the tree to save themselves from him. However, they were scared when the mantis stuck his head in the hole to catch and eat them and they cried for help, but the mantis did not believe that anyone would save them as he laughed wickedly. Then, Grandma Locust went to find where they had gone and she saw that they were in danger from the male mantis and she thought that she could save them and she got an idea where she went to find another insect and she found a female mantis that drooled her raptorial claws (this scene was censored in the Saban English dub again just like the ones with the spider and they censored all the scenes where the female one was drooling and replaced with a different scene by making the mantis species as "harmless" as the spiders in that dubbed version though). Then Grandma Locust slyly told the female mantis to come with her to show her something waiting nearby to eat and immediately the mantis followed Grandma Locust who wanted to eat her too. Then the male mantis was forcing Flip to come to him and eat him, but Flip refuses and does not want himself to be eaten by him. At the same time, the female mantis came next to the male and asked him if he saw a "delicious" locust roaming around, but the male said that he did not see any and the female got so angry with him and they fought about it and in the end, the female hunted the male down to eat him as a "punishment" for him to learn (This was censored and changed in the Saban English dub by taking out the reference where the female mantis eats the male during mating and instead have them argue with each other at the end though). After the mantises left, the little bees and Flip came out of the hole in the tree and found out that they left and that they were saved where at the same time, Grandma Locust burst out laughing which scared them until they found out that she was the one who saved them after all. Then Grandma Locust asked Flip if he could be glad he was saved by her and he replied that he was and she also explained that even an old locust could be useful as she was trying to leave but Maya asked her where she was going and that they didn't thank her and she replied that it doesn't matter and that she simply reciprocated them, that they carried her and that she saved their lives, which she considers worth more as she left. Then Flip said "goodbye" to her and realized that she wasn't so mean to him after all and decided to leave too by jumping at the end. The episode ended with Willy telling Maya that Grandma Locust saved their lives after all and Maya said "goodbye" to her before deciding to fly off to find something to eat from flower to flower and Willy followed her going as always. Here are the ranking results that I have gotten for each character who have appeared in the episode:
5. The Clumsy Spider (2 minutes, 15 seconds)
Yes, the spider is the one who have gotten the least screen time out of all characters 'cause he was only there to make his cobweb and of course if Grandma Locust didn't help him to make one, he would always fail to make one which is why I called him "clumsy", lol!
4. Flip (4 minutes, 2 seconds)
Unfortunately, poor Flip didn't got enough of screen time due to him appearing in the middle of the episode, but at least, he managed to beat out the spider in terms of screen time which is why he is not in the last place, but he will be ranked higher in the future episodes like the ones that focused on him.
3. Willy (8 minutes, 19 seconds)
Now this is something that will surprise you a bit, but yes, Willy is still in the Top 3, but he have fallen into the third place for once again and earned his seventh bronze medal, but he is still upset and tired of getting so many bronze medals and wishes for more silver and gold medals despite he got so many screen time for this episode though.
2. Grandma Locust (8 minutes, 42 seconds)
Now this is something that will surprise you even more is that Grandma Locust have managed to get so much screen time that she managed to beat out almost everyone by getting into second place and earned her silver medal based on the amount of screen time she got for this episode overall.
1. Maya (9 minutes)
Once again, Maya have managed to get the most screen time by being the only one who beat out Grandma Locust by making it to 9 minutes to get into first place and earned her fifteenth gold medal for the amount of screen time she got overall as she is the 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 twenty-second episode which is the one where Maya met the ant soldiers and is the fourth episode of the European version which I will explain more about that episode in the article that I will make soon.
5. The Clumsy Spider (2 minutes, 15 seconds)
Yes, the spider is the one who have gotten the least screen time out of all characters 'cause he was only there to make his cobweb and of course if Grandma Locust didn't help him to make one, he would always fail to make one which is why I called him "clumsy", lol!
4. Flip (4 minutes, 2 seconds)
Unfortunately, poor Flip didn't got enough of screen time due to him appearing in the middle of the episode, but at least, he managed to beat out the spider in terms of screen time which is why he is not in the last place, but he will be ranked higher in the future episodes like the ones that focused on him.
3. Willy (8 minutes, 19 seconds)
Now this is something that will surprise you a bit, but yes, Willy is still in the Top 3, but he have fallen into the third place for once again and earned his seventh bronze medal, but he is still upset and tired of getting so many bronze medals and wishes for more silver and gold medals despite he got so many screen time for this episode though.
2. Grandma Locust (8 minutes, 42 seconds)
Now this is something that will surprise you even more is that Grandma Locust have managed to get so much screen time that she managed to beat out almost everyone by getting into second place and earned her silver medal based on the amount of screen time she got for this episode overall.
1. Maya (9 minutes)
Once again, Maya have managed to get the most screen time by being the only one who beat out Grandma Locust by making it to 9 minutes to get into first place and earned her fifteenth gold medal for the amount of screen time she got overall as she is the 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 twenty-second episode which is the one where Maya met the ant soldiers and is the fourth episode of the European version which I will explain more about that episode in the article that I will make soon.