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The Island of Lost Dakotas is the 33rd episode in the first season of Milo Murphy's Law. It aired on September 29, 2017.[1]
Episode Synopsis
Dakota travels back in time to save Cavendish.
Plot
The episode starts with Cavendish and Dakota arguing on what to have for lunch. Cavendish decides on corn dogs and walks across the road to the nearby cart, only to get crushed by a large metal object. While everyone else is horrified at the sight, Dakota nonchalantly buys two corn dogs from the cart, then goes back in time by three minutes. Dakota signals to the past version of himself, who distracts Cavendish by asking him to fold up the car's tarp. Dakota hands his past self a ticket and a picture of an island, who reluctantly accepts and leaves. Dakota then presents Cavendish the corn dogs he purchased, just as the metal object falls from the crane it's suspended from. Cavendish remarks on this, claiming that Dakota could have been killed, and Dakota sardonically remarks on this.
Meanwhile, Milo and company are going to see hamosaur II, since the original was lost in the Colorado River. Milo can not find his usual shoes, so Zack finds a spare pair of sneakers in his closet. Milo expresses concern about the laces, but nonetheless accepts them after ordering a new pair of shoes online, and the group leaves on their bicycles.
As he makes his way to the docks on a bus, Past Dakota explains to a fellow passenger that he's saved Cavendish from certain death multiple times over the course of their missions by traveling back in time to undo the encounters. However, the drawback is that each time he does so, it causes two Dakotas to exist in the same timeline, and each time it happens Dakota must exile his past self to a remote faraway island. At the docks, Past Dakota approaches the captain of the ship he has to board, accidentally offending him as he points out his non-stereotypical naval appearance.
En route to see Hamosaur II, Melissa inquires Milo about his apprehension with shoelaces. In a flashback, it is revealed that Milo's first attempt to tie his shoelaces ended up tangling him, Diogee and a couch together. Inexplicably after the flashback, the group finds themselves tangled up in Milo's shoelaces. As they pass by a truck driving the new Hamosaur, they latch onto its tail, along with all the other objects that were tangled in the shoelaces. Before they can crash into heavy traffic, Milo manages to use his shoelaces to snag onto some overhanging wires, catapulting them away from the traffic while losing his shoes in the process.
Upon reaching the desert island, Past Dakota ends up at a tribal village, and is accosted by tan-skinned natives wearing masks who appear ready to eat him. However, it turns out to be an initiation carried out by other past versions of himself, who have been playing similar pranks out of boredom. The leader of the Dakotas explain that over time, the Dakotas have built a functioning community and industry, including a factory that produces slip-on shoes without laces since the Dakotas forgot how to make them - the same factory which Milo ordered his shoes from.
As evening falls, the Dakotas congregate to watch a surveillance video of Present Dakota and Cavendish; in order to ensure Cavendish's safety, the Dakotas have set up cameras across space-time to monitor him. After getting into an argument when Cavendish accuses him of being selfish, Present Dakota relents by giving up his corn dog to Cavendish, ending the disagreement. As the past Dakotas collectively fawn over this display of affection, the latest Dakota wonders what Cavendish did to deserve such sacrifice from the Dakotas, but the Dakotas shrug it off saying, "It's Cavendish. What are you gonna do?", thus leaving the question unanswered.
Transcript
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Songs
Gallery
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Notes
International Airings
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Trivia
- This episode reveals that Cavendish has died multiple times in the past and Dakota had to stop him from doing so, at the cost of himself from the revived time-line going to an island.
- This is the first time we see Sara, and Diogee when they were younger; Milo previously appeared in younger form in Secrets and Pies.
- Danville has a new mayor.
- Milo ordered new shoes from a dealer on the island.
- The song Dakota sung in We're Going to the Zoo is sung again by the other versions of him.
- This is the first episode to feature an on-screen death.
- Footage from Family Vacation is played as a flashback to explain what happened to the original Hamosaur. When asked about the story behind it, Milo remarks that the story is "about eleven minutes", alluding to the length of an episode.
- Events from The Little Engine That Couldn't are referenced, namely the incident where an old fire engine crashed through a street. Hamosaur II ends up replacing the Tyrannosaurus Rex display at the firefighting museum.
- Since this episode, some fans compared Dakota to the character Homura Akemi from the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica, for its selflessness and dedication on trying to keep Cavendish safe.
Allusions
- Tip of the Day - Near the end, Milo states that the tip of a shoelace is an aglet.
Errors
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Characters
- Milo Murphy
- Zack Underwood
- Melissa Chase
- Vinnie Dakota
- Balthazar Cavendish
- Diogee (flashback)
- Sara Murphy (flashback)
- Charlene Brulee (flashback)
- Sharon Brulee (flashback)
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