Into The Mines

Into The Mines is the first episode of the Hatville series. It deals with the topic of teamwork.

Synopsis
Mat, Mary, and Spatz go on a treasure hunt, only to find a rare gem and each of them fight for it.

Plot
Mat is sleeping when his alarm goes off. He then goes out and finds Mary and Spatz on a treasure hunt. Apparently, Mary invited Oldie to come but he didn't come as he was busy cleaning his yard. The three start digging using shovels and Spatz ends up falling into a minecart in the ground and Mary and Mat follow him. The minecart loses control and they bust into an unknown cave. A mysterious gem, known as The Emerald of Eleanor is found by the three. The three are shocked because they thought the gem was just a myth and make a bet that if one of them get the gem out of a crater, they will be able to keep the gem.

Spatz first uses a firethrower to burn through the dirt, only for the fire to reflect off the gem and sets him on fire. Spatz then uses a dirty minecart to pull the gem out. However, the minecart falls off into a pit, leaving the gem untouched. Mary first tries by mining the crater, only for the pickaxe to break. Mary then tries to use her teeth, only for them to break. The three then begin to fight for the emerald until he finds a message on the crater. The message is Proverbs 27:17. Mat then realizes that the only way to put the gem out is with teamwork. The three put the gem out and, thanks to Carl, climb out the hole.

Characters

 * Mat (debut)
 * Mary (debut)
 * Spatz (debut)
 * Carl (debut)
 * Oldie (debut; cameo)

Songs

 * Hatville Theme Song
 * Digging A Hole
 * Singing with Spatz: The Sky Is Blue
 * AHHH!
 * Teamwork

Home media
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Other Languages

 * في المناجم (Arabic) (In the mines)
 * Во рудниците (Macedonian) (Same translation as Arabic)
 * Problemen in de mijnen (Dutch) (Problems in the mines)
 * Το Κυνήγι του Θησαυρού (Greek) (The treasure hunt)
 * A bányákba (Hungarian) (To the mines)
 * Levar a queda (Portuguese) (Portugal) (Take the fall)
 * Cavando um buraco (Portuguese) (Brazil) (Digging a hole)

Moral(s)

 * Working effectively as a team creates momentum, improves morale, wins contests, and can even save lives.

Trivia

 * About a total of 5 characters in the show were around by the time the show debuted with this episode.
 * This is one of the only two episodes to have Carl's lower dopey voice, the other is Carl's New Job.
 * The lines the Mary says while taunting Spatz were improvised.
 * In an ad for the episode in a magazine, a character lineup is visible with a early version of Oldie who was changed allegedly because he was too difficult to animate.

Episode Transcript

 * Transcript