Feathered Friends and Foes

"Feathered Friends and Foes"
Redwall TV Series
Feathered Friends and Foes
Season	2
Episode	08
Production #	121
Original U.S. Airdate	April 30, 2001
Running time	22:37
Written by	Michelle Goodeve
Directed by	Raymond Jafelice Luc Bihan
Episode chronology
← Previous	Peril in the Toplands
Next →	The Abyss

Feathered Friends and Foes is the eighth episode of Season 2 of the Nelvana Redwall TV Series.

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Official Synopsis

Matthias’ raft drifts towards the rats on shore, while Mattimeo and his friends can only watch in horror as the arrows fall and the fish nibble. In The Roof of Redwall Abbey, Baby Rollo, Mrs. Churchmouse, and Cornflower wait to be thrown down unless the abbey surrenders. Triumphant, Slagar drags the miserable slaves onwards as Warbeak desperately and unsuccessfully continues to seek Matthias. At Redwall, little Sister May comes up with a potion to put in the birds' food to drug them, and at The River it is a frightened Cheek who finally risks swimming and saves Matthias and company - by eating a vast number of nibbling fish. As Abbot Mordalfus prepares to exchange hostages at Redwall, Warbeak joins Matthias at the river to defeat Stonefleck's rats. She delivers the deciphered message, which will help locate the young ones, but is killed in battle trying to save other Sparras. Matthias heads south, deeply saddened by the death of his old Redwall ally, and vows that Slagar will pay dearly for his evil.

Differences from Mattimeo

• In the series, Stonefleck is gaining on Matthias when Cheek ties Stonefleck's towline to a rock, causing his raft to stop. In the book, Stonefleck simply forgot to untie the towline from the bank.
• Warbeak tells her Sparra that they are free to return to Redwall when they are near Matthias, but the sparrow warriors stay and prove their loyalty. This scene doesn't happen in the book.
• In the book, Warbeak is dead before Matthias finds her, but in the TV series, she talks to him before dying.

Featurettes

• Brian Jacques transcript:

"Hello, I'm Brian Jacques, and welcome to Redwall. On our last episode, Ironbeak and his troops had begun a war against Redwall. Slagar still had Mattimeo and his young pals as captives. Today, the Redwallers come up with a scheme to defeat the captors, while an unlikely hero comes to the aid of Matthias. Don't change that channel, watch Redwall with me."

This episode contains the exact same featurettes from "Cluny the Scourge - part I."

Segments include:

• "What is a hero?"
• "Character Spotlight: Matthias"
• "My favorite hero"
• "Redwall Trivia"
• "Ask the Author: Brian Jacques"

Streaming

Feathered Friends and Foes is available for streaming on Nelvana's official Treehouse Direct YouTube channel.