| Close Encounters of the Bird Kind | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 (Canada, United States), Episode 3 (Canada) 14 (United States) | |
| Air date | January 23, 2003 (United States; independently-aired episode) |
| Written by | Richard Elliott and Simon Racioppa |
| Directed by | Doug Thoms |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Can We Keep Him? (Canada, Memory Quest) Journey to the Centre of the Garden (United States) |
Next Ants in the Pantry (Canada, Memory Quest) Dog Sitting Miss Daisy (United States) |
Close Encounters of the Bird Kind (known in the United States as Close Encounters of The Bird Kind and dubbed in Quebec as Les aventuriers de l'espace) is the third episode of the first season in Canada and the fourteenth episode of the same season in the United States.
Summary[]
George meets a new kid on the block named Becky, and helps a little bird get back to its home.
Trivia[]
- This is the first appearance of Becky and the first of only a few appearances of George and Junior's favourite TV show, Dash Smasher.
- This is the first episode where George doesn't wear his regular clothes throughout the entire episode.
- The French title of this episode is called, "Les aventuriers de l'espace".
- The episode title is a pun on the 1977 film titled, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
- Two pictures of this episode appear in the online game, "Memory Quest".
- The only second season episode to go with this episode in Memory Quest, along with If It Ain't Broke, Can We Keep Him?, Ants in the Pantry, Round Up the Usual Insects, From Bad to Worse, Sunken Treasures, Snowman's Land, Zoopercar Caper, Down the Drain, and A Day at the Beach is Hound of the Bath-ervilles.
- In this episode, Junior imitates Zootalor in a deep English accent.
- When Dash Smasher says something, George overlaps it by joining in.
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