The Bucket in the Show

Do you guys remember the bucket of tar or black putty or whatever it was that Podo used to patch a crack in the ceiling in Season 1, episode 2? The kids and Nugget run past him (stuck in the house for two weeks, poor things!) while he's patching the ceiling, bump into him, and the bucket flips upside-down and lands on his head. Well... that's not the only time that bucket appears!

You may have noticed that bucket (easily identified because of the black stuff dripping down the side!) appears multiple times, but these are all the times I've found it:

• Podo uses the contents of the bucket to patch a crack in the ceiling, and then gets the bucket stuck on his head. – Season 1, episode 2

• Tink uses the same bucket (with tar on the side) to haul water from the pump. Season 1, episode 3. (Opening scene) This one has ALWAYS bothered me because he's carrying that water in a dirty bucket!  

• Nia uses the tar bucket to feed the hogpigs. Season 1, episode 3.

• So far it makes sense that the same bucket keeps appearing, since it's all been at the Igiby farm. They just keep using the same bucket and can't get it clean. But now it's appearing in Dugtown! Janner drops the bucket on the hags and ragmen when he’s trying to escape up the to the roof of the building on Tilling Court in Season 2, episode 5.

• Janner knocked the tar bucket off a table in the Fork! Factory! to create a disturbance. Season 2, episode 7.

• How far can this bucket travel? It also appears at Janner's and Maraly's camp during their journey to the Ice Prairies! Pause the Season 3 teaser trailer at 0:04!

• By this point, my boys were convinced that it's the only bucket in Aerwiar (or at least the only one the animators designed! 😂). But it's not! If you go back to Season 1, episode 3, when Podo and Nia leave for town to attempt to offer a bribe in exchange for Sara (right after Nia feeds the hogpigs with a dirty bucket), Janner kicks a clean bucket!

And now we're just having fun watching for the tar bucket whenever we watch the show! 😂 Has anyone found it anywhere else?