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* BoundAndGagged: Not gagged, but Koki, Jimmy, and Martin are all bound up, courtesy of the Zachbots. Koki and Jimmy are placed into cells while Martin is freed by Aviva, and not long after, Gavin is able to free Koki and Jimmy.
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* BoundAndGagged: Not gagged, but Koki, Jimmy, and Martin are all bound up, courtesy of the Zachbots. Koki and Jimmy are placed into cells a cell while Martin is freed by Aviva, and not long after, Gavin is able to free Koki and Jimmy.
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* TemptingFate: Koki sits out of being miniaturized and rescuing the baby praying mantises, citing that she wants to guard the Miniaturizer as "you never know if Zach may be lurking around somewhere." [[ExactEavesdropping She doesn't know how right she is.]]
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* TemptingFate: Koki sits out of being miniaturized and rescuing the baby praying mantises, citing that she wants to guard the Miniaturizer as "you never know if Zach may be lurking around somewhere." ". [[ExactEavesdropping She doesn't know how right she is.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: Just when [[NearVillainVictory Zach is about to win]] after capturing Martin in Martin's attempt to save Koki and Jimmy, Aviva activates a praying mantis Creature Power Suit to not only free Martin, Koki, and Jimmy, but also to let Chris change himself, Gavin, and Aidan back to normal size, effectively foiling Zach's plan as a result.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Just when [[NearVillainVictory Zach is about to win]] after capturing Martin in Martin's attempt to save Koki and Jimmy, Aviva activates a praying mantis Creature Power Suit to not only free Martin, Koki, and Jimmy, but also to let Chris change himself, Gavin, and Aidan Ronan back to normal size, effectively foiling Zach's plan as a result.
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* GoodMorningCrono: Gavin wakes Ronan up to inform him that the praying mantis cocoon they unwittingly brought home has hatched. Ronan's first reaction is to ask his brother if it's time for school already, to which Gavin replies, "No, it's still summer."
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* GoodMorningCrono: Gavin wakes Ronan up to inform him that the praying mantis cocoon they unwittingly brought home has hatched. Ronan's first reaction is to ask his brother if it's time for school already, to which Gavin replies, "No, it's still summer."".
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* DefiantCaptive: In contrast to Jimmy, Koki is much more defiant when she's captured by Zach and his Zachbots.
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* DefiantCaptive: In contrast to Jimmy, who's just terrified, Koki is much more defiant when she's captured by Zach and his Zachbots.
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Two Wild Kratts kids wake up to find the praying mantis cocoons they've been keeping in their room have hatched - they now have 200 babies. Sending out a Wild Kratts Alarm, the Tortuga rushes to help them.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Martin overpowers Zach's normal-sized Zachbots, so Zach makes two more Zachbots even bigger to capture him. They do so successfully...just before they are trounced by a ginormous transformed Aviva with praying mantis powers.
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: Subverted. Martin asks this of Chris, but Chris catches on instantly.
--> '''Martin:''' You thinking what I'm thinking, bro?\\
'''Chris:''' I ''know'' I'm thinking what you're thinking!\\
'''Martin:''' ''[takes out two gecko Power Discs]'' A little electrical Lizard Power?\\
'''Chris:''' It's time to get back to...\\
'''Chris and Martin:''' [[ContinuityNod The Gecko Effect!]]
* ArtificialLimbs:
** Zach builds a pair of robotic arms mirrored after those of the praying mantis, with a female praying mantis as a power source.
** Aviva also makes another pair of robotic arms mirrored after those of the praying mantis, but in this case, this is to test out its function as she makes a praying mantis Creature Power Suit.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever:
** Invoked by Zach, who keeps sending out bigger and bigger Zachbots to deal with the transformed and much smaller Martin. While Martin wins the first round against Zachbots that are just his size, he can't deal with the even bigger Zachbots that go after him, which are absolutely monstrous.
** Due to being female, Aviva, when her Creature Power Suit is activated with praying mantis powers, grows huge and towers over everyone but the Tortuga and Zach's plane. This allows her to deliver an easy CurbStompBattle against Zach and his Zachbots.
* BadImpressionists: Martin puts his life on the line to save Chris, Aviva, Gavin, and Ronan by making a mouse impression to ward off a threatening snake. Said impression leaves a lot to be desired.
--> '''Chris:''' How was that a mouse, bro? That's just you squeaking.\\
'''Martin:''' So? This milk snake is believing it.
* BatmanInMyBasement: Gavin and Ronan call upon the Kratt brothers to help them get out of bed and save the baby praying mantises without crushing any. When they arrive, Ronan asks his mother if they can have a Wild Kratts adventure in their room, and she says yes.
* BigDamnHeroes: Just when [[NearVillainVictory Zach is about to win]] after capturing Martin in Martin's attempt to save Koki and Jimmy, Aviva activates a praying mantis Creature Power Suit to not only free Martin, Koki, and Jimmy, but also to let Chris change himself, Gavin, and Aidan back to normal size, effectively foiling Zach's plan as a result.
* BlackCloak: Zach wears one to disguise his praying mantis-designed ArtificialLimbs from Koki and Jimmy.
* BoundAndGagged: Not gagged, but Koki, Jimmy, and Martin are all bound up, courtesy of the Zachbots. Koki and Jimmy are placed into cells while Martin is freed by Aviva, and not long after, Gavin is able to free Koki and Jimmy.
* ChekhovsGun: The guessing game Chris and Martin play at the beginning of the episode, where they each try to guess the animal based on face expressions and behaviors, comes in handy later when they, along with Aviva, Gavin and Ronan, are threatened by a snake. Martin doesn't change his face to look like a mouse's, but he ''does'' act like one.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Maybe not ''so'' strange considering they're allies of the Wild Kratts, but Gavin and Ronan have a ''lot'' of Wild Kratts memorabilia in their room that looks just a tad out of place -- a few posters that are completely identical to posters for the ''show'' and not for the eponymous group, a picture of a jaguar, and a picture of Poby the polar bear, among other things.
* ComicallyCrossEyed:
** Martin briefly goes cross-eyed when he shakes his head to undo his facial and hair changes during a guessing game with Chris.
** Directly after that, Chris's own eyes not only bulge out, but he goes cross-eyed as he makes the face of a gecko.
* CrazyPrepared: No one would really expect the Tortuga to have an alarm system specifically designed to alert people to a Wow Fact...but it ''does.''
* CurbStompBattle:
** Martin delivers one to the first round of Zachbots, largely due to their sheer stupidity in finding him while he's camouflaged.
** Aviva later delivers an easy one to the bigger Zachbots, and to Zach himself as well.
* CymbalBangingMonkey: Martin goes under Gavin's bed to look for more mantis babies and ends up tripping over a marble, falling in front of a toy monkey with cymbals. It turns on and bangs away, which manages to scare the absolute ''hell'' out of Martin to the point where he [[CowerPower cowers behind Aviva for protection.]]
--> '''Gavin:''' So that's where my toy monkey was.
* DamselInDistress: Koki spends the second half kidnapped by Zach along with [[DistressedDude Jimmy]] following an attempt to protect the Miniaturizer. She is rescued along with Jimmy and Martin by Aviva in her praying mantis Creature Power Suit.
* DefiantCaptive: In contrast to Jimmy, Koki is much more defiant when she's captured by Zach and his Zachbots.
* DescriptionCut: As Ronan calls the Wild Kratts Crew, he expresses his hopes that they aren't off on a creature mission. Transition to Martin in the Tortuga, fixing up his face to make an imitation of a golden snub-nosed monkey as he plays a guessing game with Chris.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Zach really didn't predict Aviva transforming into a praying mantis and growing large enough to outclass his Zachbots.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Zach's motive for going after the Wild Kratts Crew is Ronan stealing his question of "Why is a praying mantis called that?" He believes that if they stole a question from him, they'll go on to steal ''everything else'' from him.
* DistressedDude:
** Jimmy spends the second half kidnapped by Zach along with [[DamselInDistress Koki]] following an attempt to protect the Miniaturizer. He is rescued along with Koki and Martin by Aviva in her praying mantis Creature Power Suit.
** Martin also becomes one after trying to save Jimmy and Koki. The Zachbots become large enough to be able to grab his arms and wind up restraining him. Like Jimmy and Koki, he is rescued by Aviva not long after.
--->'''Martin:''' Oh yeah?\\
''[a Zachbot catches Martin's arm]''\\
'''Martin:''' Uh oh! ''[he gets pulled by the same Zachbot]'' Aaaaah!\\
''[the other giant Zachbot holds his other arm as well]''\\
'''Jimmy and Koki:''' Oh no!
* DivingSave: When observing the baby praying mantises, Aviva tackles Chris and Martin, sending them flying out of the way of a female praying mantis's arms.
* DynamicEntry: Chris and Martin arrive in Gavin and Ronan's bedroom by [[SuperWindowJump leaping in through their window]] and landing on the ceiling.
--> '''Martin:''' How's ''that'' for an entrance?
* EarAche: After Martin activates the alarm for giving a Wow Fact, Aviva is shown cleaning out her ear with a finger.
* EpicFail: Martin riding the male praying mantis ends up with him launching himself into the air and landing perfectly on his own two feet...seconds before he ''trips on absolutely nothing'' and falls down.
* EthnicGod: Played for laughs when Martin brings up "Ugbuh, the bug god" as he and Chris explain why praying mantises look like they're praying.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Martin is an avid creature namer, but even he has his limits -- specifically, naming over 200 babies.
** Chris, who has gone on several creature adventures, shudders when he sees a female praying mantis eating a butterfly head-first.
* FailedASpotCheck: Zach's Zachbots don't notice Martin peeking out of the tree, even though Zach himself can see him fine.
--> '''Zach:''' ''HE'S RIGHT THERE!'' He's ''camouflaged,'' you metalhead! ''HE'S RIGHT THERE!!''
* HeroicSacrifice: He doesn't end up dying, but Martin imitates a mouse to lure the snake away from everyone so that they can make a break for it. It works.
* GoodMorningCrono: Gavin wakes Ronan up to inform him that the praying mantis cocoon they unwittingly brought home has hatched. Ronan's first reaction is to ask his brother if it's time for school already, to which Gavin replies, "No, it's still summer."
* HumiliationConga: Zach goes from having the upper hand in the battle to getting his enlarged Zachbots utterly destroyed, getting the Miniaturizer taken back from him by a regular-sized Chris, Gavin and Ronan, getting captured by a ''very'' large and transformed Aviva, having to give up the praying mantis he stole for a PowerSource after being ''threatened'' by Aviva, then being unable to escape by Aviva holding his plane back by the wing.
* ImAHumanitarian:
** Upon seeing the gigantic transformed Aviva, Martin begins to have an OhCrap moment as he realizes that female praying mantises eat male praying mantises. Luckily, Aviva very much averts MyInstinctsAreShowing and doesn't eat him at all.
** The same goes for Zach, who gets scared that Aviva is going to eat him [[AvertedTrope only for her to say that she isn't since doing so would be gross.]]
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: In order to rescue the baby praying mantises without killing any of them, Chris, Martin, Gavin, Ronan, and Aviva shrink themselves with the Miniaturizer. This ends up being to the detriment of Gavin, Ronan, and Chris, however, when Koki and Jimmy end up captured along with the Miniaturizer.
* InevitablyBrokenRule: Aviva makes Zach promise not to bother harmless animals ever again, even though she knows it's a promise he will never keep and she knows he is BeyondRedemption by this point. As such, she lets him go.
* IronicEchoCut: We're shown numerous cuts between Aviva and Martin making a praying mantis Creature Power Suit and Zach making his own robotic praying mantis arms for use in stealing things, in a sort of "good vs. evil" comparison.
* ItAmusedMe: As one final dig against Zach, Aviva prevents him from pulling a VillainExitStageLeft by holding back his plane for a few seconds, then letting it rip. She has no qualms about stating how fun being a giant praying mantis who has the complete upper hand against a credible threat is for her.
--> '''Aviva:''' ''[laughs]'' Oh, this ''is'' fun. I could so catch him if I wanted to.
* KidsDrivingCars: Subverted. A baby praying mantis is shown seemingly driving the Createrra, but in reality, Aviva is simply pushing it to make it move -- not only that, but it's a ''toy'' version of the vehicle.
* LampshadeHanging: Aviva lampshades how Martin can't resist any chance to ride a creature, as he is riding on a male praying mantis.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Zach's karma comes solely in the form of a gigantic Aviva, who delivers him a CurbStompBattle and later toys with him by stopping him from escaping.
* MurphysBed: When Martin activates the alarm for giving a Wow Fact, Jimmy is suddenly awoken and gets tangled in his hammock briefly before collapsing to the ground.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Gavin encourages Ronan to kick the soccer ball that is now giant to both of them. Ronan does so...unaware that there are still baby praying mantises in the room that the ball could easily kill. Not only that, but Chris is ''right in the pathway'' of the ball with mantises in hand and nearly gets bowled over.
** Chris, Martin, Aviva, Gavin, and Ronan all end up being cornered by a snake once they rescue all the baby praying mantises. Gavin and Ronan explain that they caught the snake to look at him, but he escaped and they haven't been able to find him.
* OverlyLongTongue: Chris briefly gains one when playing a guessing game with Martin.
* PaperThinDisguise: Zach tries to disguise himself as a weary traveler who just wants a glass of water. Koki and Jimmy don't buy it for a minute.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Martin wears a blue Creature Power Suit and transforms into a blue praying mantis, while Aviva transforms into a pink one.
* PowerEchoes: When transformed into a female praying mantis, Aviva speaks with a noticeable echo due to her large size.
* PsychoPink: Aviva transforms into a pink praying mantis and unleashes a ''load'' of karma on Zach, starting with a CurbStompBattle and ending with her [[ItAmusedMe toying with him by preventing his escape.]]
* PunchCatch: Martin attempts to attack a giant Zachbot with praying mantis powers, but unfortunately for him, the same Zachbot grabs him by his arm, [[DistressedDude subsequently capturing him]].
* RodAndReelRepurposed:
** Not wanting to get out of bed and accidentally crush some baby praying mantises, Gavin uses his fishing rod situated by his bed to get his Creature Pod sitting on the other side of his bedroom.
** Chris later uses Gavin's fishing rod as a climbing aid so that he and the others can reach the bedroom window and rescue the mantises.
* SeriesContinuityError: This episode has Aviva donning a pink Creature Power Suit and turning into a pink praying mantis. Earlier episodes, as well as future episodes, pin her theme color as purple, not pink.
* SillyPrayer: Typical of Zach to give his own ridiculous answer to why the praying mantis is called such.
--> '''Zach:''' What does a ''bug'' pray for? ''[thinks and then realizes]'' To be more like me?
* SmellyFeetGag: Martin rescues a praying mantis baby from inside a sneaker, and holds his breath at how smelly it is. Aviva does as well when she walks away with the baby in hand.
* SnakesAreSinister: A snake lurking in Ronan and Gavin's room ends up slithering out from under a cabinet and becoming a major threat for them, as well as Chris, Martin, and Aviva, since they're all miniaturized.
* SuperWindowJump: Martin and Chris arrive in Gavin and Ronan's bedroom by leaping and swinging in through the window using gecko powers.
* SurprisinglyFunctionalToys: Gavin and Ronan's wind-up Createrra toy doesn't need to be wound up, as Chris drives it like it's the real deal.
* TemptingFate: Koki sits out of being miniaturized and rescuing the baby praying mantises, citing that she wants to guard the Miniaturizer as "you never know if Zach may be lurking around somewhere." [[ExactEavesdropping She doesn't know how right she is.]]
* TooManyBabies: The episode opens up with over two hundred praying mantis babies in Gavin's and Ronan's room hatching and crawling out of the cocoon and around the bedroom. The main plot revolves around the Wild Kratts Crew, along with Gavin and Ronan, rescuing the mantises.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Double subverted. Just as Zach is about to leave, Aviva decides to toy with him and hold his plane back so he can't leave. Then she ends up letting him go, and he soars away with an out-of-control plane.
* VillainousValor: Zach is sorely on the losing end of the battle and gets swiftly defeated by Aviva, but he still continues to antagonize Chris and goes off on him when he orders him to remove the praying mantis he stole for usage as a PowerSource. Only after that, when Aviva taps him on the shoulder to remind him of who is the bigger threat and then decides to toy with him, does he swiftly [[VillainExitStageLeft take his leave (or tries to, anyway)]].
* WilliamTelling: Aviva and Martin perform a variant of this. Instead of shooting the apple off of Martin's head, Aviva uses her robotic praying mantis arm to grab the apple.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Chris has this reaction to Martin naming the mantis babies in his arms, stating that there are over two hundred babies he'll have to name.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Martin overpowers Zach's normal-sized Zachbots, so Zach makes two more Zachbots even bigger to capture him. They do so successfully...just before they are trounced by a ginormous transformed Aviva with praying mantis powers.
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: Subverted. Martin asks this of Chris, but Chris catches on instantly.
--> '''Martin:''' You thinking what I'm thinking, bro?\\
'''Chris:''' I ''know'' I'm thinking what you're thinking!\\
'''Martin:''' ''[takes out two gecko Power Discs]'' A little electrical Lizard Power?\\
'''Chris:''' It's time to get back to...\\
'''Chris and Martin:''' [[ContinuityNod The Gecko Effect!]]
* ArtificialLimbs:
** Zach builds a pair of robotic arms mirrored after those of the praying mantis, with a female praying mantis as a power source.
** Aviva also makes another pair of robotic arms mirrored after those of the praying mantis, but in this case, this is to test out its function as she makes a praying mantis Creature Power Suit.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever:
** Invoked by Zach, who keeps sending out bigger and bigger Zachbots to deal with the transformed and much smaller Martin. While Martin wins the first round against Zachbots that are just his size, he can't deal with the even bigger Zachbots that go after him, which are absolutely monstrous.
** Due to being female, Aviva, when her Creature Power Suit is activated with praying mantis powers, grows huge and towers over everyone but the Tortuga and Zach's plane. This allows her to deliver an easy CurbStompBattle against Zach and his Zachbots.
* BadImpressionists: Martin puts his life on the line to save Chris, Aviva, Gavin, and Ronan by making a mouse impression to ward off a threatening snake. Said impression leaves a lot to be desired.
--> '''Chris:''' How was that a mouse, bro? That's just you squeaking.\\
'''Martin:''' So? This milk snake is believing it.
* BatmanInMyBasement: Gavin and Ronan call upon the Kratt brothers to help them get out of bed and save the baby praying mantises without crushing any. When they arrive, Ronan asks his mother if they can have a Wild Kratts adventure in their room, and she says yes.
* BigDamnHeroes: Just when [[NearVillainVictory Zach is about to win]] after capturing Martin in Martin's attempt to save Koki and Jimmy, Aviva activates a praying mantis Creature Power Suit to not only free Martin, Koki, and Jimmy, but also to let Chris change himself, Gavin, and Aidan back to normal size, effectively foiling Zach's plan as a result.
* BlackCloak: Zach wears one to disguise his praying mantis-designed ArtificialLimbs from Koki and Jimmy.
* BoundAndGagged: Not gagged, but Koki, Jimmy, and Martin are all bound up, courtesy of the Zachbots. Koki and Jimmy are placed into cells while Martin is freed by Aviva, and not long after, Gavin is able to free Koki and Jimmy.
* ChekhovsGun: The guessing game Chris and Martin play at the beginning of the episode, where they each try to guess the animal based on face expressions and behaviors, comes in handy later when they, along with Aviva, Gavin and Ronan, are threatened by a snake. Martin doesn't change his face to look like a mouse's, but he ''does'' act like one.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Maybe not ''so'' strange considering they're allies of the Wild Kratts, but Gavin and Ronan have a ''lot'' of Wild Kratts memorabilia in their room that looks just a tad out of place -- a few posters that are completely identical to posters for the ''show'' and not for the eponymous group, a picture of a jaguar, and a picture of Poby the polar bear, among other things.
* ComicallyCrossEyed:
** Martin briefly goes cross-eyed when he shakes his head to undo his facial and hair changes during a guessing game with Chris.
** Directly after that, Chris's own eyes not only bulge out, but he goes cross-eyed as he makes the face of a gecko.
* CrazyPrepared: No one would really expect the Tortuga to have an alarm system specifically designed to alert people to a Wow Fact...but it ''does.''
* CurbStompBattle:
** Martin delivers one to the first round of Zachbots, largely due to their sheer stupidity in finding him while he's camouflaged.
** Aviva later delivers an easy one to the bigger Zachbots, and to Zach himself as well.
* CymbalBangingMonkey: Martin goes under Gavin's bed to look for more mantis babies and ends up tripping over a marble, falling in front of a toy monkey with cymbals. It turns on and bangs away, which manages to scare the absolute ''hell'' out of Martin to the point where he [[CowerPower cowers behind Aviva for protection.]]
--> '''Gavin:''' So that's where my toy monkey was.
* DamselInDistress: Koki spends the second half kidnapped by Zach along with [[DistressedDude Jimmy]] following an attempt to protect the Miniaturizer. She is rescued along with Jimmy and Martin by Aviva in her praying mantis Creature Power Suit.
* DefiantCaptive: In contrast to Jimmy, Koki is much more defiant when she's captured by Zach and his Zachbots.
* DescriptionCut: As Ronan calls the Wild Kratts Crew, he expresses his hopes that they aren't off on a creature mission. Transition to Martin in the Tortuga, fixing up his face to make an imitation of a golden snub-nosed monkey as he plays a guessing game with Chris.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Zach really didn't predict Aviva transforming into a praying mantis and growing large enough to outclass his Zachbots.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Zach's motive for going after the Wild Kratts Crew is Ronan stealing his question of "Why is a praying mantis called that?" He believes that if they stole a question from him, they'll go on to steal ''everything else'' from him.
* DistressedDude:
** Jimmy spends the second half kidnapped by Zach along with [[DamselInDistress Koki]] following an attempt to protect the Miniaturizer. He is rescued along with Koki and Martin by Aviva in her praying mantis Creature Power Suit.
** Martin also becomes one after trying to save Jimmy and Koki. The Zachbots become large enough to be able to grab his arms and wind up restraining him. Like Jimmy and Koki, he is rescued by Aviva not long after.
--->'''Martin:''' Oh yeah?\\
''[a Zachbot catches Martin's arm]''\\
'''Martin:''' Uh oh! ''[he gets pulled by the same Zachbot]'' Aaaaah!\\
''[the other giant Zachbot holds his other arm as well]''\\
'''Jimmy and Koki:''' Oh no!
* DivingSave: When observing the baby praying mantises, Aviva tackles Chris and Martin, sending them flying out of the way of a female praying mantis's arms.
* DynamicEntry: Chris and Martin arrive in Gavin and Ronan's bedroom by [[SuperWindowJump leaping in through their window]] and landing on the ceiling.
--> '''Martin:''' How's ''that'' for an entrance?
* EarAche: After Martin activates the alarm for giving a Wow Fact, Aviva is shown cleaning out her ear with a finger.
* EpicFail: Martin riding the male praying mantis ends up with him launching himself into the air and landing perfectly on his own two feet...seconds before he ''trips on absolutely nothing'' and falls down.
* EthnicGod: Played for laughs when Martin brings up "Ugbuh, the bug god" as he and Chris explain why praying mantises look like they're praying.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Martin is an avid creature namer, but even he has his limits -- specifically, naming over 200 babies.
** Chris, who has gone on several creature adventures, shudders when he sees a female praying mantis eating a butterfly head-first.
* FailedASpotCheck: Zach's Zachbots don't notice Martin peeking out of the tree, even though Zach himself can see him fine.
--> '''Zach:''' ''HE'S RIGHT THERE!'' He's ''camouflaged,'' you metalhead! ''HE'S RIGHT THERE!!''
* HeroicSacrifice: He doesn't end up dying, but Martin imitates a mouse to lure the snake away from everyone so that they can make a break for it. It works.
* GoodMorningCrono: Gavin wakes Ronan up to inform him that the praying mantis cocoon they unwittingly brought home has hatched. Ronan's first reaction is to ask his brother if it's time for school already, to which Gavin replies, "No, it's still summer."
* HumiliationConga: Zach goes from having the upper hand in the battle to getting his enlarged Zachbots utterly destroyed, getting the Miniaturizer taken back from him by a regular-sized Chris, Gavin and Ronan, getting captured by a ''very'' large and transformed Aviva, having to give up the praying mantis he stole for a PowerSource after being ''threatened'' by Aviva, then being unable to escape by Aviva holding his plane back by the wing.
* ImAHumanitarian:
** Upon seeing the gigantic transformed Aviva, Martin begins to have an OhCrap moment as he realizes that female praying mantises eat male praying mantises. Luckily, Aviva very much averts MyInstinctsAreShowing and doesn't eat him at all.
** The same goes for Zach, who gets scared that Aviva is going to eat him [[AvertedTrope only for her to say that she isn't since doing so would be gross.]]
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: In order to rescue the baby praying mantises without killing any of them, Chris, Martin, Gavin, Ronan, and Aviva shrink themselves with the Miniaturizer. This ends up being to the detriment of Gavin, Ronan, and Chris, however, when Koki and Jimmy end up captured along with the Miniaturizer.
* InevitablyBrokenRule: Aviva makes Zach promise not to bother harmless animals ever again, even though she knows it's a promise he will never keep and she knows he is BeyondRedemption by this point. As such, she lets him go.
* IronicEchoCut: We're shown numerous cuts between Aviva and Martin making a praying mantis Creature Power Suit and Zach making his own robotic praying mantis arms for use in stealing things, in a sort of "good vs. evil" comparison.
* ItAmusedMe: As one final dig against Zach, Aviva prevents him from pulling a VillainExitStageLeft by holding back his plane for a few seconds, then letting it rip. She has no qualms about stating how fun being a giant praying mantis who has the complete upper hand against a credible threat is for her.
--> '''Aviva:''' ''[laughs]'' Oh, this ''is'' fun. I could so catch him if I wanted to.
* KidsDrivingCars: Subverted. A baby praying mantis is shown seemingly driving the Createrra, but in reality, Aviva is simply pushing it to make it move -- not only that, but it's a ''toy'' version of the vehicle.
* LampshadeHanging: Aviva lampshades how Martin can't resist any chance to ride a creature, as he is riding on a male praying mantis.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Zach's karma comes solely in the form of a gigantic Aviva, who delivers him a CurbStompBattle and later toys with him by stopping him from escaping.
* MurphysBed: When Martin activates the alarm for giving a Wow Fact, Jimmy is suddenly awoken and gets tangled in his hammock briefly before collapsing to the ground.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Gavin encourages Ronan to kick the soccer ball that is now giant to both of them. Ronan does so...unaware that there are still baby praying mantises in the room that the ball could easily kill. Not only that, but Chris is ''right in the pathway'' of the ball with mantises in hand and nearly gets bowled over.
** Chris, Martin, Aviva, Gavin, and Ronan all end up being cornered by a snake once they rescue all the baby praying mantises. Gavin and Ronan explain that they caught the snake to look at him, but he escaped and they haven't been able to find him.
* OverlyLongTongue: Chris briefly gains one when playing a guessing game with Martin.
* PaperThinDisguise: Zach tries to disguise himself as a weary traveler who just wants a glass of water. Koki and Jimmy don't buy it for a minute.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Martin wears a blue Creature Power Suit and transforms into a blue praying mantis, while Aviva transforms into a pink one.
* PowerEchoes: When transformed into a female praying mantis, Aviva speaks with a noticeable echo due to her large size.
* PsychoPink: Aviva transforms into a pink praying mantis and unleashes a ''load'' of karma on Zach, starting with a CurbStompBattle and ending with her [[ItAmusedMe toying with him by preventing his escape.]]
* PunchCatch: Martin attempts to attack a giant Zachbot with praying mantis powers, but unfortunately for him, the same Zachbot grabs him by his arm, [[DistressedDude subsequently capturing him]].
* RodAndReelRepurposed:
** Not wanting to get out of bed and accidentally crush some baby praying mantises, Gavin uses his fishing rod situated by his bed to get his Creature Pod sitting on the other side of his bedroom.
** Chris later uses Gavin's fishing rod as a climbing aid so that he and the others can reach the bedroom window and rescue the mantises.
* SeriesContinuityError: This episode has Aviva donning a pink Creature Power Suit and turning into a pink praying mantis. Earlier episodes, as well as future episodes, pin her theme color as purple, not pink.
* SillyPrayer: Typical of Zach to give his own ridiculous answer to why the praying mantis is called such.
--> '''Zach:''' What does a ''bug'' pray for? ''[thinks and then realizes]'' To be more like me?
* SmellyFeetGag: Martin rescues a praying mantis baby from inside a sneaker, and holds his breath at how smelly it is. Aviva does as well when she walks away with the baby in hand.
* SnakesAreSinister: A snake lurking in Ronan and Gavin's room ends up slithering out from under a cabinet and becoming a major threat for them, as well as Chris, Martin, and Aviva, since they're all miniaturized.
* SuperWindowJump: Martin and Chris arrive in Gavin and Ronan's bedroom by leaping and swinging in through the window using gecko powers.
* SurprisinglyFunctionalToys: Gavin and Ronan's wind-up Createrra toy doesn't need to be wound up, as Chris drives it like it's the real deal.
* TemptingFate: Koki sits out of being miniaturized and rescuing the baby praying mantises, citing that she wants to guard the Miniaturizer as "you never know if Zach may be lurking around somewhere." [[ExactEavesdropping She doesn't know how right she is.]]
* TooManyBabies: The episode opens up with over two hundred praying mantis babies in Gavin's and Ronan's room hatching and crawling out of the cocoon and around the bedroom. The main plot revolves around the Wild Kratts Crew, along with Gavin and Ronan, rescuing the mantises.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Double subverted. Just as Zach is about to leave, Aviva decides to toy with him and hold his plane back so he can't leave. Then she ends up letting him go, and he soars away with an out-of-control plane.
* VillainousValor: Zach is sorely on the losing end of the battle and gets swiftly defeated by Aviva, but he still continues to antagonize Chris and goes off on him when he orders him to remove the praying mantis he stole for usage as a PowerSource. Only after that, when Aviva taps him on the shoulder to remind him of who is the bigger threat and then decides to toy with him, does he swiftly [[VillainExitStageLeft take his leave (or tries to, anyway)]].
* WilliamTelling: Aviva and Martin perform a variant of this. Instead of shooting the apple off of Martin's head, Aviva uses her robotic praying mantis arm to grab the apple.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Chris has this reaction to Martin naming the mantis babies in his arms, stating that there are over two hundred babies he'll have to name.
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