After I have done with the testing of characters' screen time in this episode, I decided to write an article for this episode. This is the episode where Maya met a family of earwigs who used to live in a distant place and visited the meadow where she lived there as they were guests and is the sixteenth episode of the European version. The episode starts where she slept together with Willy, Flip and other insects in the meadow, but Willy decided to go for another place to relax 'cause he found it "boring" and had nothing to do than just sleeping around as you know, he is a very lazy bee after all and after he left, Maya was awakened by the noise of the earwig children who came together with their parents to live there, but most insects (including Flip himself) were not that pleased when they first met the earwig family 'cause they didn't expect them to come here and were annoyed by their children who were very lively, mischievous and playful and they couldn't even stand their pranks at all and wanted them to leave, but Maya explained to them not to be so rude to the earwig family and told them that they would stay for one day, but the earwig family told them that they would stay for a few more days that caused other insects to get more upset and Maya laughed a bit at their disappointment and the earwig family thanked her for being so kind to them that they decided to bring a snack as a reward for her to eat, but she didn't want to eat it and she decided to show them a different place to live that was full of flowers instead, but she didn't knew that they would destroy the flowers in that place by using their pincers to cut them down to build a house to live which it made her becoming so upset when she saw all of that in a sudden and that she was about to cry 'cause she didn't want to see any flower getting destroyed as she believes that flowers beautify the place and starting scolding them for the bad thing they have done which Flip and the other insects agreed with her that they should leave and never come back again which that upsets the earwig family and they were about to leave, but they stopped when they heard a butterfly cry for help as she was trapped in a male spider's cobweb and fortunately, the earwig children attacked the spider by throwing acorns at his head, cutting his cobweb by using their pincers that they made the spider being scared of them and ran away at the end and they ended up saving the butterfly's life which it made Maya realized that the earwig children and their parents were not that bad after all and was happy that they did a good thing that was also "heroic" to her despite they were children, but after that, the earwig children continue destroying the flowers in the meadow, but their parents told Maya and the other insects that they did that because they wanted to build a house of wilted flowers to live, but as they left, they told Maya that they will go to live in another place without destroying any flower as they promised to her and left her in shock at the end of the episode. Before I'm going to rank the characters by their amount of screen time, I'm going to tell you something about the butterfly in this episode is that just like other butterflies who appeared in the earlier episodes of the original Japanese version was altered in the European version by reanimating every scene of her in the same redesigned form as Jane had in one scene from the link that was made for that particular episode 'cause all those butterflies had very dark skins that they probably found their original designs as "offensive" and "racist", but in the later episodes of the first season, the butterflies have more pale skins, so the people at Apollo Film didn't have problem with that and left them as they are in the original Japanese version before dubbing those episodes for their version that we all know and love. Here are the ranking results that I have gotten for each character who have appeared in the episode:
6. Willy (1 minute, 14 seconds)
Despite he got into the first place in the previous episode, unfortunately, he fell out of the Top 3 and got into the last place again just like the ninth episode where he spent his time sleeping through the whole episode until at the end where he decided to go back to Maya 'cause he had nothing to do 'cause of his lazy behavior, but don't worry, he will be ranked higher in the next episode though.
5. Flip (1 minute, 49 seconds)
Just like Willy, poor Flip didn't got that much screen time either, but he managed to beat him for once again by actually doing something in this episode, but don't worry, he will also be ranked higher in the future episodes like the ones that focused on him.
4. Ludwig (4 minutes, 6 seconds)
Ludwig is the father of the earwig family and yes, they have gotten a lot of screen time in this episode as they were the ones who played a major role which is why I included them in 'cause they are important to the plot which I also found it very surprising when I tested their screen time for that episode, but he also turned out to be the one who got the least screen time out of all earwig family members, so yes, he did beat out both Flip and Willy in terms of screen time in this episode, but not Maya though.
3. Helga (5 minutes, 11 seconds)
Helga is the mother of the earwig family and yes, she have gotten more screen time than her husband did and have managed to enter the Top 3 and got into the third place and earned her bronze medal by the amount of screen time she got overall, but yes, even other insect parents have a chance of entering the Top 3 just like what Helga did in this episode.
2. Maya (8 minutes, 17 seconds)
Now this is something that will surprise you a lot is that she have fallen out of the first place for once again and earning her third silver medal which is something that I didn't expect this to happen despite she got a lot of screen time for this episode, but at least, she is still in the top though.
1. The Earwig Children (8 minutes, 46 seconds)
Yes, the earwig children were the ones who beat Maya by a few more seconds despite they also made it to 8 minutes like her which it also makes them the first child character(s) who beat their parents in terms of screen time and got into the top, but yes, that was both unexpected and surprising to see some minor character(s) beating out the main protagonist by getting into the first place and earning their gold medal, but I bet they did that on purpose to get that gold medal 'cause they were very mischievous and wanted to win by "knocking" poor Maya out of the first place which is how I imagined it, lol, but of course, Maya still didn't mind about losing to other insect characters as she is still very kind and friendly to them.
And that's all of the results that I got from this episode and I'm planning to test the screen time of characters in the fifteenth episode which is the one where Maya was trapped in Thekla's cobweb and was saved by Kurt which it was actually adapted from two different chapters of the original book which are the fourth and seventh ones and is the nineteenth episode of the European version which I will explain more about that episode in the article that I will make soon.
6. Willy (1 minute, 14 seconds)
Despite he got into the first place in the previous episode, unfortunately, he fell out of the Top 3 and got into the last place again just like the ninth episode where he spent his time sleeping through the whole episode until at the end where he decided to go back to Maya 'cause he had nothing to do 'cause of his lazy behavior, but don't worry, he will be ranked higher in the next episode though.
5. Flip (1 minute, 49 seconds)
Just like Willy, poor Flip didn't got that much screen time either, but he managed to beat him for once again by actually doing something in this episode, but don't worry, he will also be ranked higher in the future episodes like the ones that focused on him.
4. Ludwig (4 minutes, 6 seconds)
Ludwig is the father of the earwig family and yes, they have gotten a lot of screen time in this episode as they were the ones who played a major role which is why I included them in 'cause they are important to the plot which I also found it very surprising when I tested their screen time for that episode, but he also turned out to be the one who got the least screen time out of all earwig family members, so yes, he did beat out both Flip and Willy in terms of screen time in this episode, but not Maya though.
3. Helga (5 minutes, 11 seconds)
Helga is the mother of the earwig family and yes, she have gotten more screen time than her husband did and have managed to enter the Top 3 and got into the third place and earned her bronze medal by the amount of screen time she got overall, but yes, even other insect parents have a chance of entering the Top 3 just like what Helga did in this episode.
2. Maya (8 minutes, 17 seconds)
Now this is something that will surprise you a lot is that she have fallen out of the first place for once again and earning her third silver medal which is something that I didn't expect this to happen despite she got a lot of screen time for this episode, but at least, she is still in the top though.
1. The Earwig Children (8 minutes, 46 seconds)
Yes, the earwig children were the ones who beat Maya by a few more seconds despite they also made it to 8 minutes like her which it also makes them the first child character(s) who beat their parents in terms of screen time and got into the top, but yes, that was both unexpected and surprising to see some minor character(s) beating out the main protagonist by getting into the first place and earning their gold medal, but I bet they did that on purpose to get that gold medal 'cause they were very mischievous and wanted to win by "knocking" poor Maya out of the first place which is how I imagined it, lol, but of course, Maya still didn't mind about losing to other insect characters as she is still very kind and friendly to them.
And that's all of the results that I got from this episode and I'm planning to test the screen time of characters in the fifteenth episode which is the one where Maya was trapped in Thekla's cobweb and was saved by Kurt which it was actually adapted from two different chapters of the original book which are the fourth and seventh ones and is the nineteenth episode of the European version which I will explain more about that episode in the article that I will make soon.