Mamma Mina

Mamma Mina is the third episode of Jelly Jamm. This episode first premiered worldwide on September 6, 2011 on Cartoonito.

Official Synopsis
"A little baby dodo is lost and Mina and Rita are its only hope to find its family."

Characters
In this episode, the following characters appear in chronological order: Numerous Dodos also appear.
 * 1) Mina
 * 2) Bello
 * 3) Goomo
 * 4) King
 * 5) Mariachi cardboard cutout
 * 6) Queen
 * 7) Rita

Plot
Mina is busy in her lab working on an experiment. However, she is interrupted by the doorbell ringing - it's Bello and Goomo, who want to go dirt-smashing with her. Because Mina is so focused on her experiment, she declines. Once they leave, she thinks she'll be able to work in peace - but her doorbell keeps ringing several times, as numerous uninvited guests show up. After shooing all the guests away, Mina closes the door to her lab once again - but once it's time for her to get back to work on her experiment, she notices that a baby Dodo has wandered in. The Dodo is very clingy, and she doesn't enjoy its presence. So, Mina gives the Dodo to Rita, who is playing outside. Rita hugs the Dodo, but it runs away once more to be with Mina. Rita follows the Dodo to Mina's lab and explains to her that it thinks she is its mother. Mina disapproves of this, because she needs to work on her experiment. Rita suggests that the girls should find the Dodo's real parents so that Mina can return to working on her experiment undisturbed, assuring Mina that her knowledge of Dodos can make it go quicker. She tells Mina that the green Dodo is a forest Dodo. Hesitantly, Mina agrees to the plan.

Mina and Rita set off towards a forest filled with Dodos, with the baby Dodo tied to Mina's wrist via a makeshift rope leash. After Rita's attempts to communicate with the Dodos in Pig Latin, which she insists is the Dodos' language, fails, Mina uses her Pocket Dodo Dictionary to communicate with them. However, she also fails, as she says things that anger the Dodos. While trying to find the right words to say, Mina notices that the baby Dodo has climbed up to a tree. It picks a fruit from the treetop and drags Mina with it, making her hurt her head on a tree branch. The Dodo changes color to violet, confusing Mina. Rita explains that baby Dodos change color, so what looks like a forest Dodo at first might not actually be a forest Dodo at all. As Rita and Mina set off on a quest to find the Dodo's family via montage, the Dodo changes colors so many times that it aggravates Mina. She gives up, calling the entire quest a waste of time, and almost goes home. Rita convinces her to stay and not give up, but Mina refuses. She prioritizes the experiment over helping the Dodo find its family.

On the way home, a fog of pink clouds leaves Mina and Rita almost lost - but thankfully, the Dodo followed them and takes them back to Mina's lab through the fog. When Mina returns home to her lab, she notices her experiment exploded all over the floor. Mina is upset but the Dodo is glad because of what Mina used for her experiment - after Mina tells Rita that sap from the Oofaloo Tree is part of its ingredients, Rita explains that Oofaloo Tree sap is a favorite food of Sky Dodos. Since the Dodo happily eats some of the experiment, Mina finds out that it is really a Sky Dodo, and uses the failed experiment to attract the Dodo's parents. It returns home to the sky safely with its parents, but showers Mina with affection before its departure.

Songs

 * Dodo's Theme - used as the instrumental montage song
 * Jump! - used as the vocal ending song

Foreign Dub Titles
Most foreign titles are direct translations of the original English title.
 * Flag of Spain.pngFlag of Mexico.png Mamá Mina
 * Flag of Brazil.svgFlag of Portugal.svgFlag_of_Germany.svgFlag of Romania.pngFlag of Poland.svg Mama Mina
 * Flag_of_Japan.svg ミナはお母さん (Romaji: Mina wa okaasan English: "Mina is a Mother")
 * Flag_of_France.svg Maman Mina
 * Flag_of_China.svg 米娜妈妈 (Pinyin: Mǐnà māmā)
 * Flag_of_Lebanon.svg ماما مينا (Transliteration and title identical to English)
 * Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg الصغير التائه (Transliteration: Alsghyr alttayih English: "The Wandering Little One")

Trivia

 * The title of this episode is a pun on the Italian phrase "mamma mia" and Mina's name, relating to the plot of the episode in which Mina takes on a motherly role to the baby Dodo.
 * The King and the Queen do not have spoken lines in this episode.
 * Rita's voice is significantly at its highest in this episode. There is a possibility that the recording of this episode was done prior to other episodes, when Isabella Blake-Thomas was younger, which explains why Rita sounds so high-pitched and more childlike than usual.
 * In the Japanese dub, Rita's failed attempt at speaking the Dodo language is represented by adding "ドー" (dō) to the end of every sentence, instead of using Pig Latin.

Errors

 * When Mina first hands Rita the baby Dodo and Rita comments on how she loves Dodos, there is a slight animation error as Rita’s knee can be seen clipping through her dress.


 * During the ending, when the flying Dodo surprises Mina by showing up in front of her house, Mina's hands clip right through her door.

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