The Ladybug

The Ladybug is the first episode of Season 1, serving as the series' premiere. In this episode, a ladybug goes to disturb the dumpster flies.

Characters

 * Ladybug
 * Fly
 * Daddy long legs spider

Plot
A ladybug is seen flying through a field. She later flies down to a flower, where she sees a red spider moving down slowly with his web. After seeing the ladybug, he then proceeds to create a cobweb and gets on it, probably ready to catch her. We then get a point of view of how the spider looks through his vision, seeing six times the same thing with a bright purple tint. We can also hear dripping sounds in the background too. The ladybug then prepares to take off with a large amount of speed and acceleration. She then flies off with a huge burst of speed. So much speed, it flies straight through the cobweb the red spider did in an attempt to catch her, leaving a hole.

Later, the ladybug is still flying at high speeds through a field with fences bedsides her. She then suddenly stops after the ladybug saw a trash can with flies doing their own normal thing. She then proceeds to annoy the flies by being noisy to them. During that, we see another point of view with the flies. What they see in their vision is a purple scrambled mess, as they also hear a lot of echoing. The flies start their engines like motorcycles and a chase sequence with her happens.

At one point during the chase, two flies accidently hit two flowers, making them unable to continue flight. Later on, the red spider from earlier is still there, with it's cobweb being somewhat fixed. The swarm flies towards the cobweb, causing it to be broken again, with five holes instead of one. Two other flies then hit onto the logs, only remaining the others. After flying through the grass, they all come to a road. The ladybug passes bedsides the sign pole, making the flies fly through the sign, with one of them losing their wings and sliding on the ground. The ladybug mocks this fly and sees another trash can (now rectangular with wheels underneath). She calls the flies to catch her, which they do so. We see once more the spider with the web being fixed all over. Unfortunately, the swarm flies straight into the cobweb, breaking it entirely. Finally, the group are then seen flying towards the road.

Reception
The episode currently has a 7.2 star rating on IMDb.

Production

 * This episode was based on the test pitch animation from 2003, which was made three years before the series' first airing.

Cultural References

 * The chase sequence is reminiscent of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

Goof

 * When the fixed part of the cobweb is broken by the gang, it can be seen with the normal pattern that was seen at the beginning of the episode, however, at one point in the episode, the pattern was different.