"Big Bug Valley" is the first segment of the thirty-fifth episode of Jake and the Never Land Pirates. It premiered on July 27, 2012 alongside "The Queen of Never Land", and is the first segment of the tenth episode in the second season.
Plot[]
While sailing toward Never Land, Captain Hook overhears Bones reading to his pet and demanded to know who Bones is speaking to. Bones introduces his pet spider Harry to the captain, much to Hook's horror. Mr. Smee arrives on deck and reminds Bones about Hook's fear of spiders, and asks Bones to put Harry away. When Hook recovers his cool, Bones reveals the site of the hidden golden treasure in Big Bug Valley on Never Land. While Hook and his crew make their way to Big Bug Valley, they stumble upon Jake and his crew who are hiking through Never Land. Jake and his mates are very curious to see Hook on the island today, and Hook is furious that he ran into the young pirates yet again on his quest for treasure. Bones is about to reveal the reason for their visit today but is quickly silenced by his captain, who informs the young pirates that he and his crew are on a nature walk through Big Bug Valley. Jake thinks that sounds like fun and asks if he and his crew can join them. Hook is reluctant to have the puny pirates join him at first, but decides to let them join. However, Cubby is a bit scared venturing into the valley, so Jake calms him and encourages him to be brave when they find the legendary Golden Caterpillar.
As the pirates travel through the valley, Cubby gets separated from the other pirates when he encounters the Golden Caterpillar. At first the young pirate is frightened, but he later learns that the massive insect means him no harm and even enjoys his company. The Golden Caterpillar helps Cubby reunite with the rest of his crew. Later the Golden Caterpillar, accompanied by Jake and the others, make their way to a less active section of the valley when the Golden Caterpillar climbs up a tree, conceals himself within a golden chrysalis and emerges as a golden butterfly. Captain Hook isn't impressed and is furious that he'd gone through the whole ordeal for no treasure, revealing his true colors to Jake and his crew. Bones tries to convince his captain that witnessing the Golden Caterpillar's metamorphosis was the true treasure. Hook refuses to leave this to be true and decides to capture the golden butterfly for himself, equipped with his butterfly net-hook. But the butterfly proves to be too swift for the greedy captain, leaving Hook and his crew to sulk as it returns Jake, Izzy, Cubby, and Skully back to Pirate Island to put their gold doubloons into the Team Treasure Chest.
Back on the Jolly Roger after being bested yet again by Jake and his pirate crew and losing the treasure of the golden caterpillar, Hook is feeling low. In an attempt to cheer his captain up, Bones brings Harry out again, scaring Hook so much he leaps overboard into the Never Sea.
Cast[]
- Colin Ford as Jake
- Madison Pettis as Izzy
- Jonathan Morgan Heit as Cubby
- David Arquette as Skully
- Corey Burton as Captain Hook
- Jeff Bennett as Mr. Smee
- Loren Hoskins as Sharky
- Jeff Bennett (speaking)/Kevin Hendrickson (singing) as Bones
- Dee Bradley Baker as Harry and The Golden Caterpillar/Buttterfly
Trivia[]
- Jake and his crew collect nine gold doubloons.
- The episode marks the first appearance of Bones' pet spider Harry.
- The episode reveals Captain Hook suffers from arachnophobia (fear of spiders).
