"Trick or Treat" is the 22nd Season 5 episode of PJ Masks. This is a 2-part special episode. | ||||||||||||||||||
Summary
Orticia learns the meaning of ‘Trick or Treat’ and gets carried away by tricking, not treating. Romeo sees this as an opportunity to have some Halloween fun. He traps Orticia, uses his blast ray to gigantify her pumpkin minions and unleashes them to cause mischief across the city! The PJ Masks hear Orticia call for help and immediately jump into action to save the day![2]
Characters
The following characters appeared in the episode "Trick or Treat":
- Catboy
- Owlette
- Gekko
- PJ Robot
- Orticia
- Baby Pumpkins
- Romeo
- Robot
- Luna Girl (brief appearance)
- Night Ninja (brief appearance)
- Ninjalinos (brief appearance)
- Wolfy Kids (brief appearance)
- Octobella (brief appearance)
- Percival (brief appearance)
- Steven
Synopsis
Part 1
Orticia is in her garden taking care of her plants and the Baby Pumpkins when Romeo sneaks up on her and startles her when he shouts "Trick or Treat!". Orticia is not happy to see him, but is interested when Romeo tells her about Halloween, which she is unfamiliar with. However, Romeo convinces Orticia that the holiday is all about playing tricks on people, and encourages her to try it herself. He also lies that it would be a perfect way to make new friends, and that the PJ Masks in particular love tricks. Orticia is convinced and heads for the city with her pumpkins.
Elswhere, Greg, Amaya and Connor are searching for a pumpkin for Halloween at the local pumpkin yard. They find a good one, but as they take it with them, a vine suddenly blocks Connors path and causes him to fall. Greg also notices bounce marks from the baby pumpkins. The friends realize something is wrong, and transform into their superhero identities to find out what.
They gather in HQ, but PJ Robot is unable to locate any villains with the PJ Picture Player. When the heroes leave HQ, however, they run into the baby pumpkins, who scare them, followed by Orticia, who attacks the heroes with flying leaves. The PJs try to capture her, but only fall victim to more of Orticia’s pranks, including a stinking plant and flowers that fly and sting like bees.
Romeo, who has been watching the whole thing, is disappointed, however, that Orticia is just toying with the PJs, and tells her to up her game with some mean tricks. When Orticia refuses, Romeo tricks her into following him and takes her captive. With a machine, he drains Orticia’s powers and transfers them to his new invention: the Plant Ray. He then leaves to wreak havoc on the city, while a severely tired Orticia calls out for the PJs to help her.
Part 2
At HQ, the PJs finally get rid of the stinging flowers. Then Catboy picks up Orticia’s call for help with his Cat Ears, and realizes Romeo is the real culprit. They find Orticia, but Gekko’s attempt to free her from the machine fails.
As the PJs try to free Orticia, Romeo uses the Plant Ray to pull pranks on Luna Girl, Night Ninja, the Wolfy Kids and Octobella. He then zaps the Baby Pumpkins, which causes them to grow into giants. With the giant pumpkins, Romeo plans to attack the PJs next.
By combining their powers, the PJs manage to free Orticia from Romeo’s machine. They tell her about the parts of Halloween that Romeo failed to mention, like getting treats for when you’re nice. Then they are alerted to the sound of the giant pumpkins wrecking cars. They follow Romeo and the pumpkins to the pumpkin yard, where Romeo plans to turn more pumpkins into giants and thus create an army. The PJs attack in an attempt to steal the ray from Romeo, but the pumpkins thwart every attempt.
Since tricks are not working, Orticia decides to try treats instead. She takes a watering can and gives the pumpkins some water while singing their favorite song. It works; the pumpkins side with Orticia again and give the PJs the Plant Ray. With the ray, Owlette restores Orticia’s powers and returns the pumpkins to their normal size. The PJs and Orticia share a group hug after which Orticia leaves with her pumpkins. Romeo also tries to leave, but then runs into the other nighttime villains who want revenge for his pranks. He tries to get the PJs to help him, but they refuse. Despite that, they help him get away with encouragement. The PJs shout their victory cry while Romeo is chased by the other villains.
Moral/Lesson
- Treats are better than tricks.
- Don't play tricks on others.
Trivia
- This is the twelfth special of the series.
- This is the first episode to air on a Sunday.
- This is the last episode where Shechinah Mpumlwana, Matthew Mucci, and Ethan Pugiotto voice the Wolfy Kids before Shazdeh Kapadia, Jackson Reid, and Logan Nicholson take over in Season 6.
- This is the second Halloween special, with the first being "Halloween Tricksters."
- This special was mentioned by the director in an exclusive meeting.
- The Baby Pumpkins meet Romeo and Robot for the first time.
- Robot also meets Orticia for the first time.
- The Baby Pumpkins return since "Orticia and the Pumpkins."
- The Wolfies also return since "Battle Of The Fangs," making this their first and only Season 5 episode.
- The Sleepy Creepers make another appearance since "The Camping Trip."
- Romeo introduces his Plant Ray in this episode.
- The PJ Masks once again use different catchphrases in this episode for Halloween:
- "PJ Masks, we're super keen. Into the night, to save Halloween."
- "PJ Masks, all shout hooray. Cause in the night, we saved Halloween."
- Orticia gets a new nickname: Little Petaly Friend.
- The golden statue of an unknown person makes its seventh appearance.
- The previous six times was in "Catboy and the Shrinker," "Determination," "Moon Madness," "Pharaoh and The Ninjalinos," "Luna Girl's Sleepover," and "The Jolly Ninjalino."
- Orticia says Romeo's name for the first time.
- Romeo mentions the time he created Orticia in "Orticia Blooms."
- Octobella sings for the second time.
- The first time was in "Octobella's Garden."
- The PJ Masks and Orticia work together for the second time.
- The first time was in "Pondweed Party."
- This is the last episode of Season 5 to focus on Orticia and the Pumpkins.