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Pucca Goes Dutch is the third segment of the twenty-sixth episode of the television show Pucca. It first aired on May 14th, 2007.
Synopsis[]
Tobe tries to take over Holland with his windmill tank.
Plot[]
In the Holland universe of Sooga Village, Ching and Pucca are riding their bikes through town, though they go over a bridge too fast and are flung into the air. The two land in the middle of Ssoso's nature appreciation group and though they've squashed his tulips, many more sprout to take its place, just as Ssoso has foretold. It's good to be Dutch. The chefs are busy in their Dutch restaurant, making Pannenkoeken (Dutch pancakes) for a long line of customers.
Across the way, Tobe watches their success jealously as his Belgian waffle cart doesn't get any business. Deciding to wipe out the competition, Tobe and his minions disguise an armored tank as Dutch windmill and drive their way towards the restaurant.
Over at the Dutch dikes, Abyo and Garu are not so content with their life of monitoring the waterways, finding their martial arts skills wasted by plugging leaks. When the canal springs several more leaks, they must plug the holes Hero-of-Haarlem style, which effectives traps them there.
Tobe and his ninjas of Belgium have arrived to Sooga-Holland and unleash a torrent of waffles, mussels, and fries (which Tobe violently insists are a Belgian food). The chefs are aghast at the attack and try to call for peace over war, though are ignored.
Pucca wanders upon Garu and Abyo still stuck in their attempts to save the dikes. As the water bursts and sweep the ninjas away on a wave, Pucca borrows the oil paints of a nearby artist to plug the holes herself, the results being much admired by the artist.
The chefs are waving a peace flag in an effort to stop the fighting, though Tobe laughs at them. One of his ninjas offer another kind of food ammunition, truffles, which Tobe shoots down as being too expensive.
Pucca, with the rescued Abyo and Garu, return to the Pannenkoeken house where the boys are eager to step into the fight. The other villagers are following the chefs in their anti-war protests and while Abyo tries to attack the windmill, they are blasted with food and taken out of the fight. Garu jumps onto the windmill but Tobe deploys the top into a helicopter and sends Garu flying. Pucca hops in her Volkswagen and manages to catch the ninja.
Tobe is ready for the final assault and prepares to run down the villagers when Pucca's van returns to cut him off. Tobe is confident he has the bigger weapon until Pucca pulls out a guitar and attacks him with the worst weapon of all: hippy music. The peaceful melody overtakes the villains and transforms them into flower children, all about peace and Pannenkoeken. The war is over, the Pannenkoeken house is saved, and Pucca steals a kiss from an annoyed Garu.
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Trivia[]
- This is the last episode of the first season.
- This is the fourth episode that Pucca and her friends go to another country, the first being "Lumberjacked", the second being "Spainful", the third was "Tokyo a Go-Go", and the fourth one is "Samba of Doom."
- In a deleted scene, the painter's ear falls off, referencing famous Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh.
- The only people who do not have Dutch outfits are Tobe and his minions and Dada.
- In Latin America, this episode is called "Amor Holandes", which means "Dutch Love". Also, the word "Amor" is blue and the word "Holandes" is red.
- Pucca drives a 1960 Volkswagen bus, a vehicle commonly associated with the hippie lifestyle.
- When Tobe and his minions become flower children, Tobe discards his mask and his ponytail wrap is green while his minions's mask have theirs turned purple and green with the 'X' symbol replaced with a peace sign symbol. All of them have their clothes removed and replaced with flowers covering their nether regions .
- Tobe eats the truffles without taking off his mask, thus staining them in the process.
- The title card jingle is the tune of the Dutch national anthem, "Het Wilhelmus".
Allusions[]
- The episode title is a reference to the term "Going Dutch", which means "a person that participates in a group activity pays for themselves".
- Abyo takes the role of "The Hero of Haarlem".
- Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands, was a popular destination for hippies during the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, due to its tolerance for soft drug usage, becoming known as the magisch centrum (meaning "magical center") of Europe and as "the hippie capital of the world". The Central Square of the city was a gathering spot for hippies, which led to clashes with law enforcement and even riots. This is why the Dutch are depicted as hippies in this episode.
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