Going by production order, this is the fourteenth episode of the first season.
Despite this episode aired in 2015, it was produced in 2014 according to the end credits.
Crusher seems to be afraid of Gasquatch until later in the episode.
Also, it is revealed that he detests and despises mud, which implies that he would have Mysophobia, that is, he would have fear or extreme phobia of dirt (mud, dust, skunk stink, among others).
As the title implies, this marks the debut of Gasquatch himself.
This is the first episode to have closed-captioning no longer in ALL CAPS; instead, it is now in Sentence case.
There is a deleted scene showing an alternate version of Gasquatch’s entrance. In the storyboard when Blaze gets the ball, he gets stuck in vines in a tree and Gasquatch sneezes Blaze out of the tree due to a bush of truckberries present, then Crusher runs away and the two meet each other. In the finished episode, Blaze lands in a mud puddle after getting the ball and Gasquatch rises out of the mud below him and Crusher leaves before the two interact as before.
Zeg speaks to Crusher for the first time.
In this episode, when Blaze is asking the viewer to activate Blazing Speed, the line "Let's Blaze!" is the same exact recording used every time it is activated.
This is also the first episode to show a scene where all the main characters are together in the same shot.
The captions list “Mud Fest” as “Mudfest”, “Mud Mountain” as “mud mountain”, and “truckberries” as “truck berries”.
This is the third episode whose title ends with an exclamation mark.
This is the final episode to use the original version of that song.
Running Gags[]
Gasquatch sneezing whenever a bush of truckberries is present.
Crusher complaining about the mud.
Allusions[]
Mud Fest is based on a real-life event of the same name held in Louisiana. It is possible that the show's version could take place in that same location.
The STEM song mentions Issac Newton, inventor of the laws of motion.
Coincidentally, in the scene where Blaze and Gasquatch have apples fall on their hood, it's the same that happened to Issac Newton.
The music played at Mud Fest sounds similar to the theme song for PAW Patrol, another Nick Jr. show.
Goofs[]
When the scene shifts to Mud Fest after the STEM song, a Truck Ranger can be seen near the lower left, but they aren't actually officially introduced until the next episode. Though it's completely possible that this episode takes place after that.
When Blaze is describing inertia, his expression loosely resembles his Season 2-3 facemold.
When Blaze is about to use Blazing Speed, his spoiler raises to let the boosters pop out, but when we see him from the front, his spoiler is down.
When Zeg hits the ball, he says “Zeg!”, but the captions read “Save!”.
In one scene after Blaze activates Blazing Speed, his flame isn’t glowing.
When AJ says “Good news, Gasquatch”, the captions list Gasquatch’s name as the proper version “Sasquatch”, which is actually the pun of his name.
When Pickle says “That doesn’t sound so bad”, the captions list “bad” as “mad”.
