Mayfly is a mini series, and being the 33th and 34th episodes of Season 2.
Plot[]
Mayfly 1[]
There is a pot containing three eggs, one of the egg hatches and something comes out. Red is picking tomatoes but he gets distracted and sees a beautiful Mayfly. and soon the Mayfly looked at Red and approached him. Red was nervous when he close with the first Mayfly, but as time went on, the Mayfly and Red got closer. They eat together on a plate and Red even kisses a mayfly (accidentally).
The next day, Red finds a dying Mayfly and soon she is dead. Red bury the mayfly and get very sad to see his first love die. Back to the egg pot, the remaining two eggs in the pot and one of the eggs hatches. Red is crying at the first mayfly’s funeral but then a second Mayfly approach Red and give him a tissue. Red was surprised and happy, then hugged her.
The second Mayfly and Red sat together, Red looks still crying, then the second Mayfly gave Red a tissue to make him feel better. They both had fun again, like swinging in the laddle, eat together until the end they both sitting on a tall leaf and sleeping there. The next day, Red wakes up and sees a dead Mayfly again, Red returns to be very sad because of this. He then bury her saddens. Back to the pot eggs, the eggs have hatched 2 and the last one left and it has hatched.
Red also cried at the graves of his two girlfriends. Then there's a third Mayfly flying past and Red is shocked and confused. He immediately hugged the third Mayfly.
Mayfly 2[]
Previously on the last scene, Red can't believe that the Mayfly came “back” and immediately hugs her. Red is overjoyed but the third Mayfly makes him remember the previous sad incident which was the death of two mayflies. When the mayfly was about to give flowers to red, turns out, he became sad because he remembered the previous incident of the two mayflies died, so he left the third mayfly alone and went to sleep.
(Time flies) Red wakes up feeling restless and then he sees the flowers laid out, then he remembers the mayfly and rushes to meet her. he finds the third mayfly that looks motionless, red is very sad and approaches her. It turns out that the third mayfly is still alive and is surprised to see Red. Red is relieve mixed sad and hugs the third mayfly, but she persuades him to be happy again. then the weather sky was seen in the afternoon. The third mayfly is happy to see that.
Red, who knows that the Mayfly's life span will not be long, immediately take the mayfly to make happy memories before she dies like a magic show. And it flies around the house until they sit in a tree bench. While sitting in a tree with the third mayfly, suddenly, the last mayfly dies again.
Red was shocked and cried down, he sang continuously from winter to spring (much to yellow’s dismally). Because Red isn’t eating properly and only singing until the four season times, he attempted a suicide by forcing himself to get eaten by Prism. Red gave up, but it turned out that there was a light shining and three Mayfly spirits that Red had once dated appeared. The 3 Mayfly spirits took Red and gave them a final kiss and then disappeared forever. Red is also sad, but he is sincere and patient with the loss of his first love.
Epilogue[]
The epilogue of both episodes was summarized in 2D with color, following the flow of the main story:
Mayfly 1[]
- Red saw a mayfly singing
- Red dancing with the first mayfly
- Red and the first mayfly kissing
- Red found the first mayfly’s death
- Red hugged the second mayfly
- Red buried the second mayfly.
Mayfly 2[]
- Red gets happy to see the third mayfly
- Red giving the third mayfly the magic shows
- Red crying in a bench with a dead mayfly
- Red saved by three Mayfly spirits
- Red smiles to see all the mayfly spirits gone.
Characters[]
Part 1[]
- Red
- Yellow
- Brown (Cameo)
- Ephemera and Her Sisters (debut/only appearance)
Part 2[]
- Red
- Yellow
- Ephemera and Her Sisters (debut/only appearance)
- Prism (Cameo)
Production[]
Music[]
Mayfly 1[]
- Bed-E-Bye - Craig Riley [Red and Ephemera meet]
- Little Lullaby - John Nuhn [Red and Ephemera spend time together; Ephemera dies]
- Thanks Be - John Nuhn [2nd mayfly]
- Shadows - James Oliver [2nd mayfly dies; 3rd mayfly appears]
- Ending Title - Great Park [Epilogue]
Mayfly 2[]
- Shadows - James Oliver [Red remembers the previous deaths]
- Thanks Be reprise - John Nuhn [Red and the mayfly spend time together]
- Agnus Dei - Georges Bizet [Red sings]
- Thanks Be reprise - John Nuhn [Ending]
- Ending Title - Great Park [Epilogue]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- This and Wild Wild Wild World are only season 2 episodes with a miniseries.
- This is the first episode where Red gained a love interest, though it was short-lived as all three of the mayfly sisters died.
- He initially had a crush on Pink in season 1 and most of season 2, though this relationship was one-sided. After this episode, he continued to crush on Pink until Larva Island, where he met Mango.
- The oldest Mayfly video was uploaded on Youtube (So far) during the airing of a crossover with The beet Party and Larva. it's in this link: https://youtu.be/npTY_D7CJRA?si=XPqNXSfLT6Qxto_w.
- This is the only canon appearance of Ephemera and her mayflies sisters.
- The Mayflies' graveyards is following how the Korean graveyards is with a big pile of dirt on top to know which is the grave instead of normal tombstones.
Injuries[]
- Ephemera and her sisters rest peacefully once Red accept their death and stop grieving.
- Red attempted a suicide by making himself almost getting eaten by Prism.
- Prism's eyes hurt cause they were dazzled by a shining light of the mayfly spirits.