06-15-2013, 07:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2013, 07:12 AM by Gretel Hanselsister.)
Great episode, and remarkably close to the Grimm fairytale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
(Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin)
There are several hints in this direction when you take a closer look. The school's name is "Von Hamelin Music Institute" (you can read it on the cloth Woo pulls out of the boy's car). The Reinigen first catch rats, later children as revenge for being cheated. It's really rare that they work so close along the original, and I like the way they adapted it. The illegal rave scene, it fits so well in the spirit of the fairytale.
My favourite part of the episode is Bud being introduced. When I saw the episode the first time, I was really feeling sorry for him. He's so sweet!
The Reinigen family's name is "Geiger", the german word for "Violinist", I like that. But "Reinigen", hm. In german it's a verb and means "to clean". Poor choice. OK, they catch rats, so they clean buildings of vermin. But "to clean" just doesn't work as a name.
I think it was said that the teacher had some heart desease, the kids just wanted to scare him but his heart couldn't cope the stress.
(Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin)
There are several hints in this direction when you take a closer look. The school's name is "Von Hamelin Music Institute" (you can read it on the cloth Woo pulls out of the boy's car). The Reinigen first catch rats, later children as revenge for being cheated. It's really rare that they work so close along the original, and I like the way they adapted it. The illegal rave scene, it fits so well in the spirit of the fairytale.
My favourite part of the episode is Bud being introduced. When I saw the episode the first time, I was really feeling sorry for him. He's so sweet!
The Reinigen family's name is "Geiger", the german word for "Violinist", I like that. But "Reinigen", hm. In german it's a verb and means "to clean". Poor choice. OK, they catch rats, so they clean buildings of vermin. But "to clean" just doesn't work as a name.
(06-14-2013, 08:44 PM)GrimmForum Wrote: However, I have a question. When the music teacher got killed by the rats, it was the three kids that put them in the car. So, were they just normal rats that killed the music teacher?
I think it was said that the teacher had some heart desease, the kids just wanted to scare him but his heart couldn't cope the stress.