"Family Tree" is the 13th episode of Season 4 and the 165th episode of Big City Greens overall.
Synopsis
When Bill wakes the family up early to get to Big City early, Tilly stays in a tree and soon the others want to join her and discover a secret about it.
Plot
At an incredibly early time in the morning, Bill excitedly wakes his family so that they can beat the traffic back to Big City. Cricket is still groggy, Gramma Alice reluctantly cooperates, and Nancy does not have enough time to say anything as she has to get to work on the farm. As Bill is preparing to leave, he suddenly realizes that Tilly is not with them. He finds her sitting up in a tree and ask that she come down, but she refuses, instead insisting on staying up and enjoying the view. Bill becomes agitated as he wants to get back to the city before the traffic gets worse, as it progressively does so throughout the episode.
Bill asks Cricket to go up into the tree to get Tilly down, something that he finds bizarre. As Cricket climbs the tree, Tilly convinces him to relax in it and he finds himself enjoying the sturdiness of the branches. Cricket refuses to come down now and Bill gets angry. He begs Nancy to go up there and get them, voicing her stress about the work she needs to complete, but Tilly hands her an apple, quenching her hunger and she relaxes with them. Bill finally calls upon Alice to go and get them, forcing her to use her anger, but when Alice climbs the tree she is reminded of the smell of her youth and decides to also relax in the tree, leaving Bill furious; he soon discovers the GPS now shows fat chance of making it back before traffic.
His plans ruined, Bill, finally having had enough of the procrastination, declares that he will cut the tree down using his car keys, but Tilly stops him and tells him that he needs to stop and listen because he is too stressed out and ask that he simply climb the tree. Bill reluctantly does so, noticing all the things that Cricket, Nancy, and Alice picked up on upon climbing and reaches the very top with Tilly. He sees the sun rising in the distance and finally understands why the tree is so important: it is the same tree he grew up with in his youth. All the Greens climb to the very top of the tree and witness the sun rise as they sing together, basking in the warm glow.
Cast
Main article: Family Tree and Unguarded/Credits |
- Bob Joles as Bill Green
- Marieve Herington as Tilly Green
- Chris Houghton as Cricket Green
- Artemis Pebdani as Alice Green
- Wendi McLendon-Covey as Nancy Green
Non-speaking characters
- Ernest Green (flashback)
Songs
Title in other languages
Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
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Der Familien-Stammbaum | The family tree | |
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Árbol de familia | Tree of Family | |
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עץ משפחתי | Family Tree | |
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家族の木 | Family Tree |