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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 over what to have for lunch. Cavendish decides on corn dogs and walks across the road to the nearby cart, only to get crushed by an air conditioning unit. 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 his friends are going to see Hamosaur 2, since the original was lost in the Colorado River. Milo cannot find his usual shoes, so Zack finds a pair of sneakers in his closet. Milo expresses concern about the laces, but nonetheless accepts them after ordering a new pair of shoes on his iPhone for $49.99. Then 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 time, and each time it happens Dakota must exile his past self to a remote 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 2, Melissa inquires Milo about his apprehension with shoelaces. In a flashback, it is revealed that Milo's first attempt to tie his shoelaces - under the supervision of Sara - ended up tangling himself, 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 to the museum while losing his sneakers in the process. When they arrive, The Hamosaur replaces the T-Rex fighting the antique fire truck.

Upon reaching the island, Past Dakota ends up at the gates of a tribal village, and is accosted by its tanned 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 explains 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 can't make aglets It's 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; the Dakotas have hacked into surveillance cameras across time to watch the footage later. After getting into an argument when Cavendish accuses him of being selfish, Present Dakota relents by giving his corn dog to Cavendish, ending the disagreement. As the past Dakotas collectively fawn over this display of affection, the newest 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?".

Transcript

For a full transcript of "The Island of Lost Dakotas", click here.

Songs

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Notes

International Airings

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Trivia

  • Joshua Pruett was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Broadcast Production for this episode. [2]
  • This episode reveals that Cavendish has died multiple times in the past and Dakota has been using their time vehicle to prevent the deaths.
  • Zack wears two t-shirts.
  • 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 his new shoes from a dealer on the island.
  • The song of the same name Vinnie Dakota sung in We're Going to the Zoo is sung again by the other versions of him.
  • This is the first episode with any 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 the old fire engine crashed through a street. Hamosaur 2 ends up replacing the Tyrannosaurus Rex display in front of the fire engine museum.
  • Aside from getting crushed by an air conditioning unit in this episode, others known ways Cavendish has died include:
    • Going down the expert path at a ski resort and breaking every bone in his body.
    • Falling into a vase of lava.
    • Head exploding on the moon after forgetting to put his helmet on before going outside.
    • Getting dragged out of a plane by opening his parachute to soon.
    • Falling of a faulty hang glider.
    • Eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
    • Falling of a cliff.
    • Hit by a moving train while playing with a dog.
    • Fell into a manhole.
    • Crushed by a mammoth's foot.
    • Drowned in quicksand.
  • Since this episode, some fans compare Dakota to the character Homura Akemi from the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica for his selflessness and dedication on trying to keep Cavendish alive.
  • This episode is hinted at in Backward to School Night when Dakota keeps Cavendish from being hit by a passing car and flatly states he almost died when Cavendish is surprised by it.

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Love Toboggan
Episodes Next:
Fungus Among Us

References

v - e - dEpisodes
Season 1
"Going the Extra Milo" | "Sunny Side Up" | "Rooting for the Enemy" | "The Undergrounders" | "The Doctor Zone Files"
"The Note" | "Party of Peril" | "Smooth Opera-tor" | "Worked Day" | "The Wilder West" | "Family Vacation"
"Murphy's Lard" | "Secrets and Pies" | "Athledecamathalon" | "The Substitute" | "Time Out" | "We're Going to the Zoo"
"School Dance" | "Battle of the Bands" | "The Math Book" | "The Little Engine That Couldn't" | "The Llama Incident"
"Missing Milo" | "Star Struck" | "Disaster of My Dreams" | "A Clockwork Origin" | "Perchance to Sleepwalk"
"Some Like it Yacht" | "Backward to School Night" | "World Without Milo" | "The Race" | "Love Toboggan"
"The Island of Lost Dakotas" | "Fungus Among Us" | "Milo Murphy's Halloween Scream-A-Torium!" | "A Christmas Peril"
Season 2
"The Phineas and Ferb Effect" | "Snow Way Out" | "Teacher Feature" | "Picture Day" | "Agee Ientee Diogee"
"Game Night" | "Pace Makes Waste" | "Cake 'Splosion!" | "Lady Krillers" | "Doof's Day Out" | "Disco Do-Over"
"The Ticking Clock" | "Managing Murphy's Law" | "Field of Screams" | "Spy Little Sister!" | "Milo's Shadow" | "Sick Day"
"Freefall" | "Milo's World" | "Dog Walker, Runner, Screamer" | "Now I Am a Murphy" | "Abducting Murphy's Law"
"The Goulash Legacy" | "The Dog Who Knew Too Much" | "Adventure Buddies" | "Ride Along Little Doggie"
"Look At This Ship" | "Cast Party" | "Safety First" | "Cavendish Unleashed" | "First Impressions"
"The Speech and Debate League of Death and Destruction Cross Town Explosion Event‎"
"The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club" | "Parks and Wreck" | "Escape" | "Milo in Space" | "Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space"
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