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Fred is the twelfth episode of the second series of Alphablocks. It is the 38th episode overall.
Synopsis[]
When a flying saucer crash-lands, F makes a new friend: Fred, who misses his mummy and wants to go home. Can her friends give F the boost she needs to fly Fred to the final frontier?
Story[]
F is in lowercase and notices a crash-landed flying saucer. Curious, he walks over and meets an alien, who introduces himself as Fred.
F introduces Fred to E and T, who both return to lowercase. T brings a cup of tea for Fred. F then asks where Fred is from. Fred points up toward his home planet—it's far, far away from Alphaland.
Fred wants to go home. F wants to fly him there, but Fred is too heavy. F sighs and says he's failed.
F
O
G
, fog!
A thick fog rolls in. In the mist, F mistakes N for Fred. N is confused and refuses to take Fred home. But then—Fred transforms into N.
To solve the mystery and help Fred get home, T calls for the vowels.
Help Fred get back Home! (Fred is N)[]
F_N
- FEN - Fred, F, T, and the vowels are in a fen.
- FIN - F has a shark's fin on her head. They try to swim to Fred's home, but they can't reach.
- FUN - F, U, and Fred bounce so high they can almost touch Fred's planet, but they don't make it.
- FAN (star word) - F has a fan on her back. After counting down from 5 to 1, they blast off and fly to Fred's home. Fred is happy to meet his mum again.
Characters (in their order of appearance)[]
Words[]
- E.T. (stealth word, reference)
- Fog
- Eat (stealth word)
- Fun
- Fin
- Fen (game only)
- Fan
- Fon (game only, nonsense word)
- Ftn (game only, nonsense word)
Total words: 4 (TV version), 5 (game version)
Nonsense Words[]
FON[]
FTN[]
Trivia[]
- B, C, D, H, J, K, L, M, P, Q, R, S, V, W, X, Y, and Z are absent in this episode.
- This is the first episode in Series 2 where the episode title isn't a word spelled within the episode.
- The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are also used on the Number Aliens in UFO.
- Everyone, including O, speaks properly, except for A who only says her sound in this episode.
- The only English words Fred knows are "Fred", "up", "Fun", "Fin", "Fan", and "Mummy". It is unclear whether Fred joined other characters in the 5-1 countdown before flying home with F.
- In the game version, T is the only moveable consonant. When the player places T between F and N, they sound out the nonsense word FTN.
- F clearly kissed Fred when they first met. If she didn’t, it means the only kiss shown in the franchise was during K’s episode of the Word Magic spinoff.
- E and T being in uppercase refer to a movie from the '80s called "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" somewhere in the episode.
- The Numberblocks episode Building Blocks has a similar plot to this episode. Interestingly, both episodes have the same writer.
- When the word 'fin' is spelt, music plays which resembles the theme used in the film 'Jaws'.
Video[]
Alphablocks Series 2 - Fred