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"Blue Tater" is the second segment of the second episode of Big City Greens.

Synopsis[]

Cricket convinces Bill to turn his pick up truck into a French fry food truck but their day is marred by bad luck after Cricket harvests an unlucky blue potato.

Plot[]

While playing outside with a penny that always seems to land on heads, Cricket and Tilly get an unexpected surprise from a food truck. Hit with inspiration, Cricket pitches to his father that they have a food truck of their own. Bill agrees as they can produce natural food and decides on making natural french fries with their potatoes. While plucking them out, Cricket pulls up a "blue tater" which he thinks is stupid until Gramma Alice reveals that since he has touched it that means that he is cursed with bad luck as has many a farmer before him. Alice cannot complete a ritual to remove the curse and they cannot destroy it as it will be permanent so Cricket tries to toss it away only for it to spontaneously bounce back into their yard.

Bill soon picks up the blue tater and adds it to the pile despite Cricket trying to warn him. He is further put off by Bill's haphazard way of setting up the truck, but he pays no heed and they leave for the truck roundup. Almost immediately, Bill accidentally leaves the truck in reverse, Cricket causes Bill to swerve and crash into a telephone pole and then they get into a fight resulting in Bill getting covered in sauce, attacked by pigeons and ticketed by Officer Keys. Bill suddenly begins believing the curse and Cricket sulks. However, Tilly points out that many of the incidents were in fact Cricket's own fault and that luck has nothing to do with it, further revealing that her lucky penny is just a ruse as well.

Cricket comes to his senses and gets Bill and Tilly to help push the truck over an uphill road. The truck ends up rolling down the hill and the family hop into a shopping cart to chase it. The truck goes through a deep fryers store, a novelty sign store, and a car wash as it perfectly lands at the truck roundup with the Greens safely landing in the bed of the truck. A customer then asks for fries and Cricket pauses over the blue tater. After a slight stand off with Alice and Tilly, Cricket slices the blue tater for the customer who thinks the fry is good luck. More customers arrive wanting to try the "lucky blue fry" much to the Green Family's relief.

Cast[]

Trivia[]

  • This episode marks the first reference to Green family history.
  • Tilly seems to not actually be affected by the "curse" of the blue tater and despite Gramma Alice warning of it, she also seemed unaffected.
  • Blue taters are actually real. Adirondack Blue is a special breed of potato that have a strong bluish-purple tint to them. Contrary to the episode, they are not considered bad luck and are actually a popular breed that have a distinct flavor when cooked with a meal. Gramma Alice adds that it has been around for generations, but in reality they came about as late as 2003.
  • On Disney+, this episode is paired with "Parade Day".
  • This is the only episode where the Greens sell something other than fruits or vegetables (French fries) and the only episode where they do not sell things under the Green Family Farms name, before they officially opened their stand in "Supermarket Scandal".
  • The scene where Cricket drives the Kludge into a lamppost is used in the flashback to Cricket's bad deeds in "Green Christmas".
  • When Cricket keeps losing bets to Tilly in the beginning, it refers to the line "Lost a bet" in the ending theme, Do It All Again.
  • Moral: Don't believe everything you hear.

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1920px-Big City Greens logo
Media
Big City GreensBig City Greens the Movie: Spacecation

Shorts: Chibi Tiny TalesRandom RingsMiss Tilly's Fun Time TV MinuteBig City Greens: ShortsgivingBroken KaraokeTheme Song Takeover
Video games: Disney All-Star RacersDisney All-Star Party

Characters
Cricket GreenTilly GreenBill GreenAlice GreenGloria SatoRemy RemingtonNancy GreenNick MulliganPhoenixOfficer KeysBennyKiki KitashimaWeezieBrett EzeAndromedaChip WhistlerRussell RemingtonRashida RemingtonVasquezAlexander and TerryMiriam ChoJuan PabloCommunity SueMaria MediaAlucard GrigorianGwendolyn ZappGabriella EspinosaGreglyGood Ol' JoeDon and DawnBash and BellaThe KaitlinsJade
Locations
Big CitySmaltonGreens' HouseGloria + Green Café • Remingtons' Mansion • Nancy's Trailer • Wholesome Foods
Episodes
Season One: Space Chicken / Steak NightCricket Versus / Blue TaterSwimming Fool / Tilly's GoatCricketsitter / Backflip BillGramma's License / Bear TrappedPhoto Op / Remy RescueGridlocked / Mama BirdWelcome Home / RaccoonedFill Bill / Critterball CrisisParade Day / DIY GuysGargoyle Gals / Supermarket ScandalBarry Cuda / Suite RetreatFamily Legacy / Paint Misbehavin'Rated Cricket / Homeshare HoedownCricket's Shoes / Feud FightBreaking News / CyberbulliesTilly Tour / Dinner PartyCoffee Quest / Phoenix RisesBlood MoonBig Deal / Forbidden FelineUncagedHarvest Dinner / Winner WinnerNight Bill / Cheap SnakeHiya Henry / People WatchingValentine's Dance / Green StreetsHurty Tooth / Sleepover SistersTrailer Trouble / Mansion MadnessPark Pandemonium / Cricket's BiscuitsSkunked / Axin' SaxonCricket's Place / Volunteer Tilly

Season Two: Cricket's Kapowie / Car TroubleUrban Legend / Wishing WellElevator Action / Bad InfluencerGreen ChristmasReckoning Ball / ClubbedImpopstar / Football CampHeat Beaters / Bill-ieverShark Objects / Dream WeaverLevel Up / Wild SideGarage Tales / Animal FarmDesserted / The GiftedTime Crisis / Gramma DriverTilly Style / I, FarmbotFriend Con / FlimflammedGreen Acres / Dolled UpGabriella's Fella / Cheap ShowGreen Mirror / Cricket's TicketsTimes Circle / Super Gramma!Present Tense / Hurt BikeQuiet Please / ChipwreckedChipocalypse Now'Rent Control / Pool's GoldBig Resolution / Winter GreensMages & Mazes / Okay KaraokeDate Night / The RoomBleeped / SelloutsFast Foodie / Spaghetti TheoryDing Dongers / Animation AbominationThe Van / Bat GirlCousin Jilly / Gloria's Café
Season Three: Squashed!Boss Life / PapagandaLittle Buddy / Zen GardenNo Service / TakenedGreen Greens / Truce BombTrivia Night / Big TroubleDependaBill / The DelivernatorListen Up! / Big PictureRembo / Dirt JarThe MoveCountry Side / Junk MountainFarmer Remy / Homeward HoundPie Hard / Rat TailFrilly Tilly / MontagedPizza Deliverance / Horse GirlVirtually ChristmasPen Pals / Study AbroadHoney Heist / Dog MayorChill Bill / Bunny FarmLong Goodbye
Season Four: Truck Stopped / JingledStand-Up Bill / Green TrialBad Dad / Junk JunkieHandshaken / Coffee Mates Iced / Chipped OffInternetted / Guiding GreglyFamily Tree / UnguardedConcrete Jungle / Starter PackDollar Sense / True Cawling
Cancelled: Hands-On History

Songs
Big City Greens Main Title ThemeDo It All Again • Fun, Fun, Fun • Tilly's Bird Song • This Day Is A-OK • Barry Cuda • Funtopia • The Best Part of ChristmasGood Deeds Are Good IndeedIf I Can't Have ChristmasChristmas is BustedNo Christmas At All • Miss Tilly's Fun Time TV Hour • Crispy's Sundae Challenge • Can't Never Give Up (My Pickup Truck)Back Off!Ask My KazooThinking Is HardSing My SongMonstermanAngelina See-Saw McFeatherhatWhen I Get HomeAnything Can Be FunMy UsualTilly, A Filly, And MeGather Round, Ye FamilyThat's What Best Friends Do
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