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"Cricket's Kapowie" is the first segment of the thirty-first episode of Big City Greens.

Synopsis[]

Cricket earns a role in Big Coffee’s new TV commercial but loses his confidence.

Plot[]

Cricket and Gloria are working at Big Coffee when the latter mentions that Ms. Cho has a big announcement for them. It turns out that Ms. Cho is friends with, and possibly infatuated with, former filmmaker Donny Tinselton, who now directs commercials. He wants to direct a new ad for Big Coffee and is looking for a star. He offers both Cricket and Gloria lines for his commercial, but decides to give both lines to Cricket after taking a liking to his appearance and enthusiasm which he calls "Kapowie!". As Cricket leaves to get ready, Tilly asks for a role and Donny gives her the role of "girl eating donut" which she takes seriously by becoming a method actor and purchasing numerous donuts for her to try in preparation.

Cricket accredits his Kapowie to his hair after having positive encounters on the street. When he notices a strand of hair sticking out, he takes a shaver and accidentally shaves a bald spot down the middle. He panics and confronts his family with Bill trying to adjust to it while Gramma Alice laughs at him. He is further horrified when he begins to have negative encounters and rushes to the salon to get his hair fixed. However, an over enthusiastic stylist just shaves off all of it. Cricket tries a wig, but it gets destroyed. He shows up to shoot the commercial, but his nervousness causes Donny to fire him and replace him with Gloria.

As Cricket sits solemnly, Tilly, who has gotten sick from eating too much donuts, gives him encouraging advice by comparing him to a donut in that he is the donut and the jelly filling is his Kapowie. Realizing that he does not need his hair to be confidant, Cricket steals the role back from Gloria by happily announcing his epiphany and Donny rehires him and puts Gloria back as his towel girl, much to her annoyance. The shoot goes well, with Tilly and Gloria secured with small roles as well. At the end of the ad however, Cricket wonders if he is getting paid for it.

Cast[]

Trivia[]

  • Donny's last name, Tinselton, sounds like Tinsel Town, which is a nickname for Hollywood.
  • Ms. Cho's first name is revealed to be Miriam.
  • Tilly's need to invent pathos for a background character is similar to the Community episode "Critical Film Studies" where the character Abed Nadir tells Jeff Winger how he invented a whole backstory for a bit part in an episode of Cougar Town.
  • Beginning with this and its sister episode, there is an ad break right after the theme song and the end credits are "marginalized" and show up at the bottom of the screen during the last 30 seconds of an episode, similar to animated and live-action shows that previously occurred on Nickelodeon since 2014.
  • Thomas Middleditch who voiced Penn Zero, the main title character and Part time Hero in Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero guest stars as Donny Tinselton.
  • Cable descriptions list the episode as "Cricket's Kapowie!", but the in-episode title removes the exclamation mark.
  • Cricket accidentally shaving his hair off is similar to what happened to Luke in Jessie.
  • Moral: It's what's inside that counts.

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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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