Jude befriends a chicken with a bad attitude from a petting zoo, which follows them back to school. The kid protects his new friend, named Nugget, from Courtney, Harold, Owen, Izzy, and Bridgette until he can defend it no longer. Meanwhile, Cody begins to feel ill after sucking his dirty thumb without washing it first, until his condition worsens to the point where he is more beast than boy.
Plot[]
The petting zoo pays a visit to the daycare, with MacArthur being the zookeeper in charge. She allows the kids to play with the various animals she brought, but warns them about the chicken. The kids have the time of their lives with the animals; Beth entering an alligator's mouth, Harold being cocooned by spiders, Cody petting a wolverine, and Owen and Izzy with a pig. Jude, however, manages to make friends with the chicken, as it sees him as a giant chicken. Chef then announces that it's lunchtime, and MacArthur orders the animals to return to the truck. Jude bids the chicken farewell, but the chicken is saddened that its new friend will be leaving. Chef orders the kids to wash their hands and scolds Cody for sucking his thumb after petting the wolverine. The result of sucking his dirty thumb turns him feral, though Chef doesn't seem concerned about it.
The chicken falls in love with Jude.
While the kids eat their lunch, Jude discovers the chicken has stowed away in his lunch. Afraid that Chef might find out, Jude gives the chicken his clothes while he wears his spare. Never having had a pet of his own, Jude decides to keep the chicken and names it Nugget. For the rest of the day, he and Nugget spend their time together. The two of them also play tricks on Chef, as every time Chef sees Nugget in Jude's clothing, Jude will switch with Nugget and appear in its place. After several times of this happening, Chef believes this is a sign that he is afraid of commitment. Choosing not to be afraid anymore, Chef calls a person named Beverly and declares he is going to buy a tuba that he always wanted. Meanwhile, Cody doesn't feel well and suddenly coughs out a hairball, much to his confusion. Izzy takes the hairball and explains to Cody that he is turning into a werewolf. Cody attempts to brush it off but suddenly begins to act like a dog, scratching with his legs while on all fours.
Nugget's presence begins to cause havoc in class: it steals Courtney's lunch before squirting juice at her, destroys Harold's block city, and attacks Harold, Izzy, and Owen. The children complain to Jude about how naughty his chicken is, but Jude defends Nugget, explaining that it is not a bad chicken but simply misunderstood. It is not until Nugget attacks Bridgette for no reason with a pair of nunchucks before shooting eggs at her (with Jude himself caught in the crossfire), that Jude realizes that his friends are right about his chicken. While all this is happening, Cody's condition becomes worse, with fur growing all over his body while he is asleep. Just as Izzy had warned him, Cody is indeed turning into a werewolf.
Nugget tries to fly.
Jude decides to take responsibility for Nugget's actions and sets his friend free on the roof. However, as chickens can't fly, Nugget only lands on a lower section of the roof. Terrified, Nugget jumps into Jude's arms, but Jude believes that Nugget is reluctant to leave him and throws it off the roof again. Because his eyes were closed, Jude believes that Nugget had already flown away, but in reality, it fell to the ground. Owen attempts to tell him what really happened, but Harold silences him. As the boys are about to leave the roof, Nugget bounces on a car and reaches the roof again. Seeing Jude's actions as a sense of betrayal, Nugget attempts to attack its former friend. However, a fully-turned werewolf Cody shows up and mauls the aggressive chicken off-screen. Back in class, Jude admits that his experience with Nugget has taught him a valuable lesson: egg salad gives him gas. Courtney corrects him that the true lesson is not to bring a dangerous animal into a daycare. At the other end of the room, Beth overhears this and quickly tells the alligator from the petting zoo to jump out of the room. The alligator (named Suzanne) does so, but ends up in Chef's office where it attacks him, breaking his tuba off-screen just as the episode ends.
Exclusive clips[]
Harold performs a magic trick by pulling several of the kids out of a hat. First comes out Izzy, then comes Bridgette, and last, as he struggles hard, comes out Owen, who was eating, as Harold storms off.
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Deven Mack | Chef Hatchet |
| Sarah Gadon | Beth |
| Kristin Fairlie | Bridgette |
| Wyatt White | Cody |
| Emilie-Claire Barlow | Courtney |
| Darren Frost | Harold |
| Katie Crown | Izzy |
| Christian Potenza | Jude |
| Evany Rosen | MacArthur |
| Cory Doran | Noah |
| Scott McCord | Owen |
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode marks the first time in the franchise that Cody isn't voiced by Peter Oldring. Instead, he is voiced by Wyatt White.
- Cody's situation of turning into an uncontrollable beast is similar to Ezekiel who turned into a feral creature in Total Drama World Tour.
- Coincidentally, both of them share the same voice actor as teenagers.
- Harold enjoying playing with the spiders is rather ironic as his older self is frightened by Scruffy, Duncan's pet tarantula.
- If one counts the end credit scenes, then this is the only episode of the season not to feature Duncan.
Continuity[]
- Beth having tea with an alligator is a callback to her spending time with sharks in Haute Camp-ture and the intro of Total Drama Action.
- Izzy mentioning that she can communicate with chickens is a callback to Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 2 in which she claimed that she can speak with camels.
- Cody sucking his thumb is a trait carried over from his older counterpart, who was occasionally seen doing it in episodes like Slap Slap Revolution.
References[]
- The name of the episode is a reference to the novel and film A Clockwork Orange.
- Harold calls Nugget "Chickzilla" which is a reference to the Japanese movie-monster, Godzilla.
Goofs[]
- When Jude is using the Confessional, for a split second, his hands disconnect from his arms.
- When Nugget attacks Izzy, its right wing is behind her left eye in one frame.
- When Nugget attacks Harold, his glasses come off, yet in the next frame they come back.
- Disregarding that its bite can turn people into werewolves, wolverines are not from the same family as wolves.
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