Phoenix Rises

"Phoenix Rises"
Big City Greens episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 18b
Directed by	Monica Ray Chris Houghton (supervising director)
Written by	Rebecca Schauer Katie Aldworth
Story by	Shane Houghton
Featured music	Joachim Horsley
Original release dates	August 8, 2018 (Disney Channel) September 27, 2018 (Disney XD)
Running time	11 minutes
Guest appearances
James Adomian as Biker Bouncer, Blue Biker, Green Biker

"Phoenix Rises" is the 36th episode and the mid-season finale of Season 1, as well as the 36th episode overall of Big City Greens. However, it is the 39th episode in chronological order.

In this episode, When the Greens' dog, Phoenix, runs away from home, the family (and Remy) sets out to find her.

The episode premiered on Disney Channel on August 8, 2018, then aired on Disney XD on September 27, 2018.

Plot

Cricket is playing with Remy out in the front yard when Bill comes out and asks Cricket to brush Phoenix. Cricket attempts to but gets distracted by Remy playing with his slingshot. Phoenix suddenly gets up and sniffs something, causing her to wander away from the house and out into Big City. Later, Cricket is filling Phoenix's dog bowl and calls for her, but she does not answer. Growing concerned, he, Remy and Tilly search the house for Phoenix and cannot find her. They then decide that she wandered into the city and go searching for her by asking everyone. Remy asks Cricket how long has he had Phoenix and Cricket explains that when he was just a toddler their barn got struck by lightning and burned to the ground. In the morning they found Phoenix and Cricket has had her since then.

The kids spot Phoenix and proceed to chase after her, but she outruns them. Cricket becomes concerned and wonders if they have lost their "psychic link" and recruit Bill and Gramma Alice to help look for her. As they drive around trying to look for Phoenix, Cricket recalls how last summer he tried to dig a hole and accidentally got himself stuck. Phoenix jumped in with him to keep him company and Bill explained that they just followed Phoenix's fur trail. Recalling this, they manage to trace Phoenix's fur to the Ruff Customers bar. Cricket barges in looking for Phoenix and is surrounded by intimidating bikers. After telling his story, the bikers help out Cricket by telling him that they saw a dog outside, but that she was picked up by someone.

Everyone steps outside and Alice concludes that they cannot follow Phoenix's trail anymore. Cricket breaks down crying as he sorrowfully admits that he took Phoenix for granted and that he should have just brushed her like before. Everyone heads back home, but then, Cricket faintly hears Phoenix in the distance and calls out to her; promising to take better care of her. Phoenix runs back and is happily embraced by Cricket. Bill wonders why Phoenix actually ran away in the first place and in flashback it is shown that Phoenix caught a scent that led her all the way to the bar where she was picked up by a mysterious biker and taken back home. The biker arrives and reveals herself to be Bill's ex-wife and Cricket and Tilly's mom, Nancy Green, who had just gotten out of jail.

Cast

• Chris Houghton as Cricket Green
• Bob Joles as Bill Green, Orange Biker
• Artemis Pebdani as Alice Green, Female Biker
• Marieve Herington as Tilly Green
• Zeno Robinson as Remy Remington, Purple Biker
• Wendi Mclendon-Covey as Nancy Green
• Dee Bradley Baker as Phoenix

Additional voices

• James Adomian as Biker Bouncer, Blue Biker, Green Biker
• Shane Houghton as Randy

Reception

The episode gained 630,000 viewers, during its premiere. IMDb gave the episode a 8.5/10 from over 100 people.

External links

• "Phoenix Rises" at IMDb