"Born to be Beavers" is the first half of the first episode of Season 1 of the Angry Beavers. In this episode, the Beaver brothers Norb and Dag have to find their own home, but this becomes a little bit difficult due to their constant disagreements.
Episode Summary[]
Rose with the second litter
This episode first introduces Norbert and Daggett Beaver, who live with their parents in a dam. But when Mrs. Beaver gives birth to a second litter, by beaver law Norb and Dag are forced to leave the dam and build their own.
Unfortunately, Dag doesn't want to leave. Norb convinces him that life on their own isn't so bad, and Dag starts building the dam. It doesn't go so well and Dag has to ask his older brother for help, but Norb would rather find a place to live in that had already been built for them. Dag doesn't like the idea because it goes against beaver nature.
Norb finally convinces Dag to relax and let things take care of themselves, and they hide in an abandoned truck to get out of the rain and spend the night. Dag accidentally releases the emergency break, causing the truck to roll down a hill. The truck hits several trees and other stuff, then falls of a cliff and into a pond, taking everything they hit with them. The trees and other items fall perfectly into place, forming a completely furnished dam, and the two brothers move into their "bachelor pad".
Transcript[]
Read the transcript of Born to be Beavers.
Production Information[]
- According to Mitch Schauer, the idea for this episode was developed from the fact that when beavers have a second litter, their first litter is forced to leave their dam and build a new one.
- However in reality, the first litter only leaves when the mother is pregnant.[1] Meaning if this episode had been more biologically accurate, Norb and Dag would've left as soon as Rose got pregnant, not after Stacy and Chelsea had been born.
- This episode, along with "Up All Night", aired on TeenNick October 7, 2011 during U Pick with Stick.
Trivia[]
- Leonard Beaver, Rose Beaver, Stacy Beaver, Chelsea Beaver, and Bill Licking's debut episode.
- At the beginning of the episode, Norb and Dag walked by a mileage sign with the locations of Pawhuska (birth place of the series' creator Mitchell Schauer), Burbank (home of the Nickelodeon Animation Studio since 1998), and Fairfax on it.
- This episode is one of the rare occasions where Dag acts more responsible than Norb.
- This episode is the first for many things:
- The first episode where Norbert has his current character design after having a different design in "Snowbound."
- The first episode where a female character gets pregnant on screen.
- The first episode where Norbert and Daggett's dam is built.
- The first time Norbert does "Big hug!" to Daggett.
- The first time Norbert and Daggett argue.
- This episode re-aired on November 22, 2007, which was the final rerun of the series on the main Nickelodeon network.
- Meaning, this episode and "Up All Night" were both technically the first and last episodes to air on the main channel.[2]
- According to the Timeline, this episode and "Up All Night" aired exactly ten years before Norbert get married to his girlfriend Treeflower.
- The scene of Norbert hugging Daggett at the beginning of the episode was redrawn as stock art for the series.
Allusions[]
Gallery[]
| The image gallery for Born to be Beavers may be viewed here. |
References[]
- ↑ Beaver | Smithsonian's National Zoo
- ↑ November 22, 2007. Nickstory Wiki.
Cast[]
- Richard Horvitz as Daggett
- Nick Bakay as Norbert
- Mitchell Schauer as Farmer
- Susanne Blakeslee as Hen
- Gregg Berger as Bill Licking (Uncredited)