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Roller Rintoo is the fifteenth episode of season 1 of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. In this episode, Kai-lan and her friends go roller-skating at the roller rink, but Rintoo doesn't know how to rollerskate.
In production order, it is the fourteenth episode of the first season.
Plot[]
Kai-Lan is going roller-skating at the roller rink. Ye-Ye does some rollerskating, which Kai-Lan tries for herself, but ends up losing control of the rollerskates, Ye-Ye then tells Kai-Lan to take it slow, which Kai-Lan herself adapts to the rollerskates and learns how to go fast. Her animal friends, Tolee, Hoho, and Rintoo come along as well to the roller rink. Rintoo states that he hasn't ever rollerskated before.
Lulu, Mr. Fluffy, and Mei Mei are skateboarding. Lulu however, ends up jumping off the skateboard, but then she tries again to learn how to use the skateboard. Rintoo learns how to rollerskate, but ends up falling down the first time. After trying several times, Rintoo eventually refuses help from his friends, and gets frustrated about his inability to rollerskate.
Kai-Lan recaps that Rintoo is having a hard time skating, Rintoo says that he thought it was going to be easy, but it wasn't for him, and that he wanted to be a great skater. Tolee asks what Kai-Lan does when she tries something new. Lulu skates by Kai-Lan and her friends, who had learned how to skate. Lulu says that it was hard to skateboard, but she had to take it slow before going fast. They then get a solution; "when you're trying something new and it's really hard to do; just take it slow. Two hands, then one hand, then all by yourself".
Rintoo eventually takes it slow while rollerskating, with Kai-Lan and Tolee holding his hands, which at first keeps his balance, and is able to perfectly stop. Everyone then goes inside the roller rink, but then is stopped when one of the Hula Ducks stop and fall down, which they tell them to take it slow as well. Everyone then skates in a circle, which reveals an open roof where fireflies appear, which form a light show and a disco.
Words in Mandarin Chinese[]
- 快kuài - fast
- 溜冰鞋liù bīng xié - roller skates
- 頭盔tóu kuī - helmet
- 護膝hù xī - knee pads
Quotes[]
- Rintoo: "Roller skating? Yes! I love roller skating."
- Rintoo: "I want to be a great skater, but skating is really really hard, and it's taking so long! UGH!"
- Kai-Lan:' "Let's go go go! 跟我來!" (Kai-Lan and her friends make train sounds while Rintoo does the whistle).
- Rintoo: "May I please have roller skates, a helmet, and pads?"
- Little Mouse: "溜冰鞋."
- Big Mouse: "頭盔."
- Middle Mouse: "護膝."
- Rintoo: 謝謝.
- Tolee: "Rintoo, have you ever roller skated before?"
- Rintoo: "Nope. But I'm good at running, jumping and flying through the air, so I'll be a great skater."
- Kai-Lan: "Come on, Rintoo. Let's go show Ye-Ye what a great skater you are. Ye-Ye, Ye-Ye. Look, Rintoo is roller skating."
- Ye-Ye: "Rintoo, 逆流的真好."
- Kai-Lan: "It's our friend Lulu the rhino. And there's Mei Mei and Mr. Fluffy. 你們好."
- Lulu, Mei Mei, & Mr. Fluffy: "你們好."
- Rintoo: "Check out Lulu's skateboard."
- Hoho: "It has lots of wheels."
- Kai-Lan: "Are you ready to go into the rink, Rintoo?"
- Hoho: "加油! 加油!"
- Kai-Lan: "螢火蟲肥来了."
- Rintoo: "Look out, here I come."
- Kai-Lan: "Hey, do you wanna know how I say "fast" in Chinese? 快. You try it. Say 快. 快. You sound just like me. Hey, let's make it a game. The fast game. When you say 快, I'll skate fast. Say 快."
- Ye-Ye: "加油! 加油! You're doing great. I'll meet you at the roller rink."
- Kai-Lan: "Ye-Ye, 以後見."
- Ye-Ye: "以後見."
Trivia[]
- This is the first time we see Rintoo in roller skates.
- This is the first episode when the "I Got It" part is extended.
- When the kids first enter the roller rink, it is still bright and sunny outside. However, several minutes after entering when the roof goes up, the sky suddenly changes to night.
- The scene where Kai-lan and Ye-Ye hold hands while roller-skating was used in a Noggin/Nick Jr. promo from 2008/2009-2012, they can be viewed at these links
Remarks[]
- Kai-Lan wears her roller skates over her shoes.