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| “ | This alphabet isn't big enough for the two of /k/'s! | ” |
— K |
Key is the fifth episode of the first series of Alphablocks.
Synopsis[]
C thinks her brother K is copying her when she hears him making her sound, but it turns out that they both make the same sound. They decide to hold a contest.
Plot[]
At first, C is seen cracking cracks to her sound, then she meets her brother K, who is kicking the ball to his sound while R counts the keep-ups. C thought K is copying her. C's cracks ruin K's keep-ups. C and K decide a contest. K does it on E and Y.
k-ey, KEY!
This causes a golden key to appear.
C says her sound is the best. She does it on A, G, and E.
c-a-g-e, CAGE!
A large cage falls onto everyone except E, G, and Y. As K takes the key to the locked door, there is no keyhole. So, C and K join together to make the CK sound.
How can they get out?[]
Words marked with an asterisk (*) are game-exclusive.
__CK
- LICK* - L, I, and CK lick an ice-cream.
- ROCK - The cage starts to tilt in place.
- SACK* - S jumps in a sack race.
- SICK* - S, I, and CK are temporarily infected by an unknown disease before they are recovered a few seconds later.
- SOCK - A stinky sock appears.
- LOCK (star word) - A keyhole appears on the door. K frees himself, C, and the other Alphablocks.
Characters (in their order of appearance)[]
Digraphs[]
- EY
- CK
- IR (game only)
- OR (game only)
- OA (game only)
- AI (game only)
- OI (game only)
- AR (game only)
Split Digraphs[]
- A_E
Words[]
- Key
- Cage
- Sock
- Sack (game only)
- Sick (game only)
- Lack (game only, unusual word)
- Rack (game only, unusual word)
- Rock
- Rick (game only, unusual word)
- Lick (game only)
- Lock (star word)
- Grey (stealth word)
Total words: 5 (TV version), 8 (game version)
Unusual Words[]
- RICK
- LACK
- RACK
Trivia[]
- When R counts, she starts at 80. A, E, G, I, L, O, S, and Y join in at 97.
- This is the first appearance in series order of digraph CK (who only says the sound in this episode; 3 times in the TV version; 6 times in the game version) and Magic E.
- This is the only appearance of digraph EY.
- Neither E or Y talk solo in this episode.
- A and G only say their sound in this episode.
- G stays saying her soft sound (sounding like "/dʒ/") in this episode.
- When E, G, and Y are left behind, they spell out the Hungarian word EGY, meaning "one".
- U is the only vowel who did not appear in this episode.
- The game version reveals that when Alphablocks are sick, their domes turn red and their bodies turn green. It does not seem to be consistent, however, as in two later episodes, Hill and Fair.
- This is the second time Y was a vowel, after the previous episode. Although, this is the first time he's part of a digraph.
- The "Sick" scene is the only game scene to be found for this episode. It can be viewed here.
Errors[]
Slio Agrey
- The holes in the cage are actually big enough for the Alphablocks to escape.
- When K kicks his ball the 97th time, L and S swap their places.
- R's hat is missing while the cage is rocking.
- When K opens the cage, everyone but L escapes. It's unknown why this happens.
- Y in the EY digraph should be striped, because it's working as a vowel.
- In the scene when K notice there's no keyhole, I disappears.
- If one looks closely, when the cage almost fell, L, R, and S swap places.
- When S says "you two got us into this mess!" her mouth turns yellow.
- For unknown reasons, this episode is not on BBC iPlayer.
Video[]
Alphablocks S01E05 - HD - Full Episode - Series 1 Episode 5