Hokus-Pokus (rus. Фокус-покус, translation: Hocus-pocus) is the twenty-fifth episode of the first season of the Masha and the Bear series, which was released on 17 August 2012.
Summary[]
It's a horrendous night in the forest (raining cats and dogs) and nobody wants to be outside. Bear is reading a book and he's really getting into it. He even becomes horrified by this due to it's name. He feels that Masha will not leave her house because of the rain and starts to relax while reading his book. But he thought completely wrong because who should show up at his door right when he opens his book but the girl he dreads to think about, the young, the energized, the happy-go-lucky girl that is named Masha. She arrives with nothing but an umbrella over her head at Bear's door. Bear realizes that unless he gives Masha something to do, she won't stop pestering him. So he decides to give her a magician set, made of a tall cone hat with stars and a magic wand. Unfortunately, he ends up regretting the decision immediately due to Masha practicing all her magic tricks on Bear and turning him into a guinea pig. How will Bear avoid her long enough to finish reading the book?
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- This weather is bad...
- And what are we reading here?
- Ok, Ok, what is Hocus-Pocus should i tried first?
- Ok, I think i'll start with this one.
- Bear, would you see the imagine trick?
Trivia[]
- This series has references to the fairy tales "Pinocchio" (the episode where Masha enlarges her nose with a magic wand) and "Moydodyr" (the episode where the broom chases Masha).
- Masha is humming: "And I'm walking, I'm walking in the dark", in the manner of the song "Everything in the world is good" (or "And I'm walking, walking along Moscow") from the Soviet movie "I'm walking along Moscow". This is the second rendition of the song, the first time she also hummed it in episode 06. Jam Day: "And I'm going, walking on the Moon".
- Masha the Eskimo's catchphrase: "Hi there, Bear! Show ya circus, though!", is a reference to Masha's similar phrase from episode 08. Gone Fishing: "Oh, Hi there! Show me a trick!".
- Since Masha the Eskimo lives in Greenland, she should speak Greenlandic , which is an Eskimo-Aleut Language, but she speaks English, albeit with an accent (in the Russian version of series, she speaks in Russian with a similar accent).