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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.
Story[]
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.
Unusual Words[]
- RICK
- LACK
- RACK
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)
Trivia[]
- When R counts, she starts at 80. A, E, G, I, L, O, S, and Y join in at 97.
- B, D, F, H, J, M, N, P, Q, T, U, V, W, X, and Z are absent in this episode.
- This is the first appearances 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 glass caps turn red. 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.
- 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.
- For unknown reasons, this episode is not on BBC iPlayer.
Quotes[]
- K: Looks like I'm the king of the /k/'s!... /k/, no keyhole?!
- C: Copycat!
- R: Rrrr, what's that rotten smell?
- I: I don't feel well. (game only)
Gallery[]
Has its own page.
Videos[]
Alphablocks Key - Series 1