Ep. 316 - "Noche Buena Buds" (Seq. 15)

DRAMA

When Fire Marshall Bill gets snowbound during a blizzard up in the mountains above Gearbox Grove, it's the Firebuds to the rescue!  But they're going to need help from the town's grumpy bulldozer Wrex, an acerbic character who could easily be at home on more adult shows like The Simpsons or Family Guy.

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Ep. 323 - "Big Brother BBQ" (Seq. 01)

COMEDY

Jayden's family throws their Grandma Jones a birthday party cookout, and the Firebuds are invited.  Now if only Jayden's dad Jamal can manage to not mess up Grandma's secret BBQ recipe.  Teaching children to appreciate the value of generational family though fun storylines is Firebuds' secret recipe.

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Ep. 321 - "Father's Day Hoedown" (Seq. 14)

ACTION

The hallmark of a kids action show like Firebuds is typically a big dramatic rescue sequence at the end of each episode, followed by a life lesson learned.  Here, father & son vehicles work together to extinguish a raging fire whirl, healing family rifts in the process.  Helicopters have feelings too, you know.

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"Father's Day Hoedown" Script Page

This fire fighting montage has a lot of adrenaline packed into its half page of script, which at first glance reads as deceptively simple but logistically required a lot of strategic planning to execute effectively.  It's these types of dynamic action sequences that made storyboarding on Firebuds so much fun.