Bird Song
Noisy birds keep Elinor's dad awake.
This episode includes examples of:
- Exhausted Eye Bags: Elinor's father has these after being woken up early by a bird loudly singing outside the window.
- Reverse Telescopic Vision: This happens when Elinor goes bird-watching but has the binoculars turned the wrong way.
- Shaped Like Itself: When Olive is looking for Ari, he tells her he’s standing next to a tree that’s “tall with a bunch of leaves”.
- Sleep Deprivation: Elinor’s dad isn’t able to sleep in because of the bird singing outside his window and becomes very tired as a result.
- Sleepless Alarm Clock: Elinor’s able to draw the singing bird away from her dad’s window and he’s finally able to sleep in…for a few seconds before his alarm clock goes off.
- Stock Animal Diet: Elinor and her parents have carrots for breakfast.
- Talking in Your Sleep: Elinor's father tweets in his sleep after falling asleep at the table during breakfast.
No Need to Shout
Elinor loses her voice just before she and her friends are supposed to sing for the class.
This trope includes examples of:
- Body Language: The kids learn that they can express themselves without their voices by using body language.
- Borrowed Catchphrase: Appropriately, since Elinor lost her voice, Olive is the one who says “That’s so interesting!” after they learn about body language.
- Expressive Ears: Elinor’s ears droop when she opens the door to Olive and Ari and has to let them know she lost her voice.
- Mr. Dog’s ears also droop when he finds out that Elinor lost her voice and he explains to the kids that it happened due to him feeling empathy for Elinor.
- Group Hug: Ari and Olive pull Elinor in for one at the end of the episode when they easily can tell that, even though Elinor has a sore throat, she's happy.
- Hand Signals: Elinor uses these to communicate with her friends after she loses her voice.
- Lost Voice Plot: Elinor loses her voice after practicing her song for school too many times and has to learn another way to communicate.
- Song of Many Emotions: The song Elinor, Olive, and Ari perform for their class lists different emotions and how it’s good to express them.
- Tattle Tail: The kids first start learning about nonverbal communication when they can tell that Mr. Dog is happy before he even speaks because his tail is wagging.
