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| “ | Bring back the band?! Brilliant! | ” |
— B |
Band Together is the first special episode of Alphablocks. It is the third Blocks Universe special overall.
Synopsis[]
The Alphablocks are back on the road in a special alphabetical adventure from A to Z. Can they get the band back together in time for the big concert?
Plot[]
Act 1[]
The episode starts at A, B, and C's houses. A makes her sound; an apple falls onto her head. After that, B wakes up and sings with her bass guitar. Then C comes, puts ice into her beverage; she cracks a larger cube into 27 pieces by making her sound. B reminds her friends about the Big Bop; C brings up the song contest in Capital City, remembering the old times before D left the B-A-N-D. A flashback depicts D telling news reporters that his destiny is rock now. Back in the present, A suggests that B and C should reunite with N and D to re-form the band.
/k/-/æ/-/b/, CAB!
They create a cab and sit inside, singing a song about bringing back the band. They arrive at D's house, where he is practicing the drums in his garden. His sister tells about her plan; but D rejects it, citing a "disaster" the last time they were together. He has decided to do his own song, a "daring duet" for didgeridoo and drums, and explains his plans. while asking for the drumsticks from A and B.
/b/-/æ/-/d/, BAD!
D plays a "really bad" piece of music, which disappoints C, B and A. C calls the other blocks into their car.
Act 2[]
The day turns into night, and D is sleeping in the front seat. A complains about needing a place to rest, but soon spots a neon sign advertising E's hotel. E calls everyone inside, despite D's objections. B asks for a "bed and a bite to eat" from E. F comes into the lobby, bringing two plates of shashliks and carrots.
/f/-/ɛ/-/d/, FED!
The food disappears, since everyone has eaten their meals.
/b/-/ɛ/-/d/, BED!
A bed appears, and C and D sleeps in it. A asks about an alternative place to sleep, so F sends them to G and H, who have built a bonfire in the backyard. They are singing. G then plants grass by pouring water from her guitar. A and B arrive, and B asks: "What could be better on a beautiful night then sleeping under the stars?" With G's help, the two create a sleeping bag.
/b/-/æ/-/ɡ/, BAG!
They yawn and soon fall asleep. B and A sleep on the bag, G on the grass and H on the sand. In the morning, G and H are gone; A and B wake to E's megaphone. They depart, leaving H behind. D to G complain about the car being too small for the new passengers. The scene pans to I, where she sings a boastful song about her intelligence, importance, and interest to others. J interrupts the song by dropping from a tree nearby.
A sign under the tree marks a bus stop; shortly after J's appearance, a bus rolls by. D asks I about the capital city, and she explains to him. H catches up with the two letters and joins them.
/h/-/ɪ/-/d/, HID!
H, I and D hide behind a bush which suddenly appears; and the bus passes them by. A and B manage to find them. I asks about the band, and B says that they will reunite when they are onboard. I boasts about herself.
/dʒ/-/ɪ/-/ɡ/, JIG!
They start dancing together. B replaces J.
/b/-/ɪ/-/ɡ/, BIG!
The car turns into a limousine, F invites all of them inside. They pass through the fuel station, and their tank is empty at the football ground. B complains about the fuel station, only to hear K kicking his ball and playing keepie-uppy. He passes through 100 kicks, and passes the ball to C, but she cracks the field.
/b/-/æ/-/k/, BACK!
They turn their time back to the fuel station, with H, F and I outside. L is seen roaming in the forest. She duplicates herself.
/f/-/ɪ/-/l/, FILL!
The birds fill the tank.
/h/-/ɪ/-/l/, HILL!
The terrain slopes downward now; H, I, L and F chase the car to the bottom. K and the other Alphablocks enter the limousine. They arrive at M's Marvelous Milkshakes. He boasts about his shop. A and J order one milkshake each. They join hands and make jam.
/dʒ/-/æ/-/m/, JAM!
M is astonished when he sees the traffic jam instead of the fruit jam. D complains about the disaster. B, A, and D reach N's house by foot; several prohibition signs are posted in the yard. B shows an advertisement for the Big Bop, but N rejects the invitation. A tries (but fails) to motivate him; N starts walking back inside. I announces that she knows what to do and intercepts N at the door.
/ɪ/-/n/, IN!
N changes his mind, deciding that he wants to be in the band again. When N asks where his guitar went, it appears. They arrive close to O's car. F, G, and L appear. O complains about the mud, which he got stuck in. F tries to take him out, duplicating herself in the process.
/ɒ/-/f/, OFF!
The front tyre disappears. N complains, while O gives a solution.
/l/-/ɛ/-/m/-/ɒ/-/n/, LEMON!
A lemon appears in place of the missing tyre. Back in the limo, P pops inside to guide them in the right direction by joining hands with M and A.
/m/-/æ/-/p/, MAP!
A map appears, guiding them. D exclaims about the right way. When evening falls, the others encounter R to U in a pirate ship. R tells her crew to raise the anchor, and S exclaims about the Seven Seas and the sunset. T serves tea with U on the top, and Q jokes about packing his "clean underwear", which he finds "utterly embarrassing". The sea rocks the boat.
/ɹ/-/ʌ/-/s/-/t/, RUST!
The car rusts into junk; the tyres fall off. C, F, and the BAND complain about this incident, while RUST sail away.
/b/-/ʌ/-/s/, BUS!
A bus appears, and the blocks praise it. E and J invite everyone on board; however, Q nearly misses it.
Act 3[]
Q finds U and makes the digraph QU.
/kw/-/ɪ/-/k/, QUICK!
The bus quickens, and B and D practice their band, but N complains that the instruments are too noisy. They soften their playing. A sings, but D and B complain about the lack of driving bass. T comes with QU and I while CK sits in a front seat.
/kw/-/ɪ/-/t/, QUIT!
This causes N to quit, and leave. The rest of the band feels sad about this. A and N come outside, to be joined by V, with his steering van.
/v/-/æ/-/n/, VAN!
A van forms, and they join inside. W reaches the van, and join E and T.
/w/-/ɛ/-/t/, WET!
The rain falls from the hole, and G is happy to see about the water coming to grow her grass hair. She fills her gardening can, before both the cars arrive at the Big Bop. I complains that the BAND were extremely silly, which prompts X to appear. X thinks of a solution to the BAND's problem.
/m/-/ɪ/-/ks/, MIX!
The BAND forms again, joined by Y, asking about the tickets.
/j/-/ɛ/-/s/, YES!
The tickets form in D's hand, and Y lets them in. They see Z sleeping, in which A complains about.
/j/-/ɛ/-/l/, YELL!
They shout, which wakes Z up. All Alphablocks appear. O exclaims about the reunion. W is happy about all the Alphablocks appear, and exclaims that they can make anything. A splits into four copies of herself. Also, they say that when letters go together they go:
/æ/-/l/-/æ/-/k/-/æ/-/z/-/æ/-/m/, ALAKAZAM!
The concert begins, the crowd appears, and the BAND sings. B and N play their guitars, D plays his drums, and A is the lead singer. The song continues with the crowd, and the episode ends.
Characters[]
Digraphs[]
- QU
- CK
- LL
- FF
Words[]
- band (stealth word)
- ban (stealth word)
- cab
- bad
- fed
- bed
- bag
- hid
- jig
- big
- back
- fill
- hill
- jam
- in
- off
- on (stealth word)
- lemon
- map
- no (stealth word)
- rad (stealth word)
- rust
- bus
- quick
- quit
- van
- wet
- mix
- yes
- yell
- alakazam
- rock (stealth word)
- pop (stealth word)
- bop (stealth word)
- socks (stealth word)
Trivia[]
- The episode is 20 minutes long, unlike the other episodes.[1]
- This is the first full Alphablocks episode since Cowboy.
- This is the first special episode of Alphablocks, airing exactly 8 years, 3 months, and 2 weeks after Cowboy first aired.
- This is also the first episode of Alphablocks to be released after Numberblocks, as well as being the first to release in the 2020s decade.
- This episode has the most words out of every Alphablocks episode at 28. However, it does not break the record for the most stealth words.
- From this episode, the Alphablocks look directly at the screen when making words.
- This is the third and latest episode to have four of the same Alphablock in one episode, with the first was Fox and the second being Cowboy.
- It is also the only episode with that same rule but it does not involve O.
- If the four identical Alphablocks were in one word, then this would’ve been the only episode to have four identical letters in one word.
- This is the 3rd episode where all of the Alphablocks speak, following Fox and ABC.
- All the letters of the alphabet are used at least once when doing Word Magic.
- This is the fifth episode where all the Alphablocks appeared in an episode. The first being Alphablocks A-Z, second being Alphalympics, third being On, and fourth being ABC.
- When B, A, N and D say "back again, nicely done" the first letter of each word makes the word "band".
- It's arguable that O made a schwa because it didn't sound like his short vowel.
- This is, in production order, the second and third time this has happened. The first was with "alphabet" in Alphabet.
- The dice hanging from the car resembles the appearance of Numberblock Six; the dice is indigo with light indigo spots.
- This is Q's first speaking appearance (in the 2020s decade) since Quick (or Quiet in chronological order).
- However in ABC, Q says her name, saying "cue".
- The show’s opening theme was remixed at the end this episode.
Errors[]
- At a certain point in the episode, the GPS shows that the limo is already at K's location, but in the next scene, the limo is still at the gas station.
- In one scene, Q's lips disappear.
