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“ | Are we nearly there yet? | ” |
— N |
Train is the fourteenth episode of the third series of Alphablocks. It is the 66th episode overall.
Synopsis[]
When the Alphablocks go on holiday, a trip on a train is the only way to travel - if only the train would travel somewhere!
Plot[]
The Alphablocks are getting ready to take a holiday, but T has forgotten to arrange transport.
R
AI
L
, rail!
A railroad appears, and so does the time table reading the arrival of the train is 9:00. The train isn't coming until another two hours, 12 minutes, and 22 seconds. They cannot wait that long.
R
AI
N
, rain!
It starts to rain and the Alphablocks are still standing.
T
R
AI
N
, train!
A train appears. W wants to come along for the ride.
W
AI
T
, wait!
The train comes to a stop. T lets N take his seat as CH comes by. They sit on the front seat, but only the front of the train goes, leaving the passenger cars behind. L tells them to come back and reminds them that something is missing.
CH
AI
N
, chain!
F flies in and takes the front seat while CH goes in the passenger car.
F
AI
L
, fail!
The engine has failed! The trip is about to be ended in tragedy, but S comes in to help.
S
AI
L
, sail!
The Alphablocks hop aboard a sail boat. They can finally travel, and the episode ends with N asking "Are we nearly there yet?"
Learning Objective[]
This episode introduces the '-ai-' digraph and the words rail, rain, train, wait, chain, fail and sail.
Characters (in their order of appearance)[]
Digraphs[]
- AI
- CH
Blend[]
- TR
Words[]
- Trail (stealth word)
- Rail
- Rain
- Train
- Wait
- Chain
- Fail
- Sail
Total words: 7
Trivia[]
- A as a single Alphablock, only says her sound in this episode.
- Running gag: N asks "Are we nearly there yet?"
- C, F, H, S, and W are the only Alphablocks who do not say "No!" after N asks.
- Both letters in digraph CH have proper speaking lines together. But when unstuck, C doesn't speak and H only has one solo line. This makes C the only Alphablock who has no solo lines in this episode.
- This episode has the earliest airdate possible during the year, being January 7th.
Errors[]
- When T forgot to arrange transport, N's eyes glitched.
- After when T, R, AI, and L make the rail, A's eyes start to glitch; like N. L's eyes glitch for a short moment too when the train arrives and they get on it.