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Season 2, Episode 1, Aired Apr 22, 2005

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Koi Fish: Yumi takes advice from the All-Knowing Koi Fish. Arbor Day: The girls must save a tree from the clutches of Eldwin Blair. Ami Ami: Yumi gets in an accident with the microwave, and she believes that she is Ami.moreless

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Yumi Yoshimura

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Keone Young

Kaz
Ami Onuki

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Grey DeLisle

Yumi
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Janice Kawaye

Ami

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Ami and Yumi finding a magic koi fish which puts Ami in havoc, a squirrel\'s tree being torn down to become stupid tooth picks and Yumi becoming Ami after the microwave blew up? Sounds like a lot of adventures for Puffy AmiYumi in one episode.moreless

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By NiceGuy5000, Apr 09, 2012

After finding a koi fish in the dumpster, Ami puts havoc on herself and when Ami, Yumi and Kaz were on a picnic, Ami is upset that the koi fish is Yumi's decider. Ami wants Yumi to start making her own decisions so she jumps into a raging river and almost gets herself killed, but Yumi leaped into action and saved Ami's life, without listening to the koi fish!

When Kaz almost ran into a squirrel,they go outside and ask the squirrel why it's so sad. So the squirrel tells them, and obviously no one understanded it except Yumi. Yumi understanded the squirrel and the squirrel said that its tree is under demolition, going to be torn down, and the squirrel had to move out, but that didn't stop Ami and Yumi so they went to the woods. When Yumi bumps into the squirrel's tree, Blair arrives and tells the gang that he's going to use the tree for toothpicks. TOOTHPICKS!?! He uses a squirrel's home for toothpicks!?! Man, he more than a b**** than I thought he was. When the gang get surronded by bulldozers, Ami says a sad reason why not to tear down the tree and Blair doesn't want to tear down the tree. Instead, in the end, Blair decides to tear down the rest of the forest.

In an explosion that occured at lunchtime, Yumi got so stressed with Ami that she actually became Ami. Now, Ami will stop at nothing to get Yumi back because if Yumi stays like this forever, Yumi will become the NEW Ami.

Overall, this was a very good episode, but it was kind of unclear to me. What will they think of next?

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An extremely excellent episode!

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By Rowieboy, Mar 24, 2012

This episode was soooooo hilarious!

Koi Fish: Ami, Yumi and Kaz find a koi fish that knows everything in a dumpster. The most hilarious thing about this ep was the voice the koi fish talked in! I couldn't stop laughing!

Arbour Day: At the beginning, Yumi thought her room was coloured pink(Ami's favourite colour) and later, they try to save a squirrel's home from the evil Eldwin Blair!

Ami Ami: Yumi had an accident with a microwave explosion and thought she was Ami. Yumi sounded like Lizzie(Codename Kids Next Door) in this one.

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In the episodes the girls and thier manager get into funny situations where they have to be smart and funny to get themselves out of them.

5.2

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By kero42, Jun 26, 2006

I liked Arbor Day, how Ami wound up \\\"recruiting\\\" kaz and yumi to help her save a tree. But my favorite part was the whole \\\"who gets the last luagh?\\\" thing whenever i think about it, i grin. I like how the guy and ami try to get the last luagh, but ami always gets it.
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A masterpiece of fine work. Truely, this is a antastic way to start out Season 2.

9.4

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By dewsid, Mar 06, 2006

The way Season 2 began was incredible. The live-action segment in this episode was not as lame as those in Season 1. And, the title cards held in Japan is quite unique and nice, but hard to read, so that probably why they say the episode name.

Koi Fish was a superb and a truely original episode. I don't think any other cartoon had someone who couldnt make decisions for themselves. SO, this episode gets 4 thumbs up! I just felt that AMi was being rushed to just force herself to commit suicide but it did teach us a important moral.

Arbor Day is similar to Save the Farm in the sense that Eldwin Blair is up to his same old tricks again. But sadly, he succeeds. The squirrel was funny being dressed up as Yogi Bear and the "language". The only thing that kinda ruined the segment for me was that Yumi could talk squirrel even though in "Dis-Harmony" she was afraid of squirrels so that didn't make much sense to me.

Ami Ami was a great episode but I felt that Yumi was a little mean. Ami dressing up like Kaz and Kaz using the cats to get liposuction was funny.

So overall, a great season opener that HHPAY fans would be satisfied by.moreless
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New writing team makes for three excellent cartoons.

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By jboice0, Nov 25, 2005

Season 2 saw a new writing team led by Adam Beechen, and their first effort hit the bullseye.
First the group finds a talking fish who is used as a decision-making charm. Soon Yumi is letting the fish make all her decisions for her, so Ami tries to snap Yumi out of her dependency by deliberately going against the fish's advice. The results are a homage to the Tex Avery classic "Bad Luck Blackie". Highlights include Ami's bizarre test-question for the koi fish, and some of the mishaps that befall her when she defies him- for example what happens after she eats the bad sushi.
Next is "Arbor Day" which has Ami and Yumi chain themselves to a tree in an effort to save a forest from being bulldozed. I ended up liking this episode because the ending was different from what I had expected.
Finally, in "Ami Ami" Yumi is involved in an accident using the microwave and wakes up thinking she's Ami. Again the writers avoid the predictable (Ami doesn't retaliate by imitating Yumi, she dresses up as KAZ, then later decides she has to out-Ami Yumi), and as a result the episode is very entertaining. And Kaz's efforts to resusitate the stricken Yumi rank among the funniest moments of the entire series.
From start the finish, the best single episode of the series.moreless
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- When Ami chained everyone to the tree in "Arbor Day", Ami and Yumi's feet are visible. But towards the end of this episode, their feet are missing.
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- In "Ami Ami" who is driving the bus while Kaz and Ami are sitting talking to each other? You can clearly see trees moving past the bus.
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- In "Dis-Harmony," Harmony said that after the "pine nut incident,"squirrels made Yumi very nervous. Yet, Yumi took two years of Squirrel in school, and was the Squirrel Club VP. (Also, she didn't seem very nervous when they first met this squirrel.)
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QUOTES (20)
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- Yumi: Catsicles! (She walks away and she's licking the cats)
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- Ami: Yumi? Yumi: What are you talking about? I'm Ami! Ami: But... but...
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- (The squirrel is chattering angrily at Blair) Yumi: Whoa! Language!
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- Koi Fish: You are out of tune. Yumi: My sources say wrong, fish face! (smashes the Koi Fish)
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- Ami: I have to be more myself than ever before, and OUT-AMI YUMI! Kaz: I didn't quite get all that, but it sure sounded good.
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- Ami: (disguised as Kaz) Yumi! Sign these autographs! Make me lunch! It's in your contract! (Kaz is behind the chair) Kaz: AAAAAAHHHHH!!! (Faints) Yumi: (writing in Ami's diary) Dear diary, little Marlin looks so cute in her new purple bows. (Looks at Ami disguised as Kaz) Wow, Kaz. Have you gained weight? Ami: Okay, that really hurt.
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- Kaz: I've read somewhere that a good shock can bring someone back to normal. Ami: That's just something somebody made up. Yumi: (singing) I'M AMI! I'M PRATICING MY DRUM! LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! Ami: Where did you read that, again?
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- Yumi: Ami, in contests between pint-sized rock stars and humungo bulldozers, pint-sized rock stars hardly ever win...
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- Ami: Yumi, would you pass the chocolate bok choi? (Yumi pauses) Koi Fish: Not on your life.
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- Ami: (to Koi Fish) Is it safe to breathe? Koi Fish: I wouldn't. Ami: Ha! Obviously wrong. I have to keep breathing to live. (Ami opens her mouth; swarm of bees go in her mouth)
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- Ami: Will happy things make people happy? Koi Fish: Yes.
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- Yumi: All right, mister squirrel, where's your tr - (bumps into tree) Ow!
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- Ami: Even if we could move, we wouldn't. Yumi: I would!
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- Ami: And I had no idea I was always so perky and annoying... Kaz: Not always - sometimes you're just annoying...
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- (After Yumi explodes back to normal) Yumi: I CAN NEVER TALK WHEN YOU START TALKING LIKE THAT! IT ALWAYS MAKES ME CRAZY AND YOU KNOW IT! And WHY are all these animals dressed like you? Ami: Oh, Yumi! (Hugs her) You're back! Yumi: Back? Back from where? Ami: Let's just say you went away for a while, and I'm gonna listen to you from now on, when you say I'm getting on your nerves.
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- Yumi: I can't believe it! I can't believe I was wrong!
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- Yumi: Am I making something else make all my decisions for me? Koi Fish: No. Yumi: Ha! So there.
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- Ami: There, if Blair wants to tear down this tree, he'll have to tear down us with it. (Chains herself, Yumi, Kaz, and the squirrel to the tree) Yumi: Ami, you could've asked if we wanted to be chained down to this tree.
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- Yumi: (After seeing her room in pink) AMI!!! Ami: Good morning, Yumi. Are you yelling to wish me a Happy Arbor Day? Yumi: No. I'm yelling because you painted my room your favorite color.
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- Kaz: Stand back! I know what to do! (Grabs Jeng Kang and Tekirai) I've seen this on TV! CLEAR! (Uses the cats as defribulators, but ends up attacked)
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- Main Villain(s): Eldwin Blair
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- The song Metal Breath played in the episode Metal Mental was used at the beginning of this episode.
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- This episode can be found on the Volume 2 DVD "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Rock Forever!"
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- Eldwin Blair wears an orange and red suit in "Arbor Day", rather than the brown one he wore in the episode Save the Farm.
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- Ami dressed up like Kaz in "Ami Ami".
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- Starting with this episode, a new writing team headed by Adam Beechen takes over. Other changes include the use of live action title cards, and filming the live action segments outside the studio. This is also the first episode of season 2.
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- First episode to not feature a closing live action segment.
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- Apparently, Eldwin Blair from Save The Farm is still looking for a site to build his parking lot after losing the right to build on the site of the Happy Acres Farm. Also, in Save The Farm, his name was never mentioned until "Arbor Day".
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- Featured Songs: Boogie Woogie No. 5 (Readymade All That Jazz 2003 Mix) Aoi Namida-Boogaloo 2003 Mix Tokusuru Karada
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- Live action title cards are seen for the first time for the series.
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- Eldwin Blair from "Save The Farm" makes his second appearance in the series.
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- Live Puffy Theme: Ami and Yumi sing and play instruments.
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- We learn that Yumi can speak "squirrel".
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- The squirrel in "Arbor Day" wears the same style hat and tie as Yogi Bear.
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- The episode premiered on Cartoon Network on Arbor Day (or Earth Day, as it is more popularly known).
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- Credits: Ami taking chances against the Koi Fish.
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- Squirrel: Clothes The look of how the squirrel dressed is similar to Yogi Bear.
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- Yumi: Squirrel-Speak In "Arbor Day", Yumi reveals that she can speak the language of squirrels. This talent is shared by another Cartoon Network star - Bubbles of The Powerpuff Girls. (Note the similarities in names: Puffy - Powerpuff)
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- Arbor Day: Situation A very similar situation to the one in "Arbor Day" happened in an episode of The Simpsons titled "Homer to the Max." (Ami and Yumi's version was tamer, naturally.)
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