Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Warning ! This clause contains spoilers for Percy Jackson and the Olympians episode 1 and 2 .
Summary
Percy Jackson and the Olympiansepisode 1 include a pregnant character import from the reference material , though without explain its import : Sally Jackson ’s blue candy . One of the chief reasons behind the overwhelmingly positivereviews forPercy Jackson and the Olympiansis its fidelity to the original Word . Percy Jacksonseason 1 is conform thefirst book in Percy Jackson ’s release order , The Lightning Thief , and let in much more of the book ’s story than the 2010 movie starring Logan Lerman did .
From the teaser ofPercy Jackson ’s main villain Kronosto the translation of the show ’s various locations , characters , and Greek mythological creature , Percy Jackson and the Olympiansepisode 1 proves to be the adaptation book fans have wished for . However , aside from the more consequential link to Rick Riordan ’s original volume , Percy Jackson and the Olympiansepisodes 1 and 2 admit some smaller links that only those familiar with the reference material will realise . One of these involves Percy ’s ma , Sally , handing him a base of blue candy which holds a deeper import than it seems base on the characters and their book report .
Percy Jackson and the Olympians ’ episodes 1 and 2 adequately set up the wider season through a plethora of major story and character reveals .
Percy Jackson’s Blue Candy From Sally Is A Major Character Element From The Books
In the original story ofPercy Jackson and the Lightning Thief , the place life of Percy and Sally is fleshed out slightly more than inPercy Jackson and the Olympiansepisode 1 . One of the elements bring out about Sally in the books is that she works at a confect memory in Grand Central Station . When Percy was a tyke , his step - father Gabe once goaded him and Sally by stating that food could not be blue . As a final result , it became an privileged joke between Percy and Sally that they would use food coloring to turn quotidian nutrient item blue , as well as search for blue solid food to eat whenever potential .
reach that Sally work out at a confect store with several multicolored sweets , she often bring Percy blue candy home plate as a dainty . This explain the scene inPercy Jackson and the Olympiansepisode 1 in which Sally presents Percy with a welcome nursing home gift , a bag of grim candy . give that Percy is a 12 - yr - onetime child , it works that Sally was simply bringing him a bag of confect as a giving . That said , the blue color of the candy will be apparent to those familiar with Riordan ’s books as a flash to the unexplained elements ofPercy Jackson and the Olympians’characters .
Percy Jackson’s Blue Candy Subtly Foreshadows Episode 2’s Ending
More so than referencing an element of the original books , Percy Jackson and the Olympians ' blue candy also foreshadows episode 2 ’s termination . In the books , the bluish candy is give an summate stratum of deepness when it is revealed that both Percy and Sally ’s favorite color is blue . The intellect for this stems from their connections to Poseidon , the idol of the sea . While Sally likely piece blue as her favourite colour as it reminded her of Poseidon , Percy ’s choice was more subconscious as he is not cognizant that his sire is Poseidonuntil the end ofPercy Jacksonepisode 2 .
At the remnant ofPercy Jacksonepisode 2 , the titulary character is exact by his father . Poseidon reveal to everyone at Camp Half - Blood , let in Percy himself , that the latter is the boy of the sea god . This was pose up in multiple ways , from Percy ’s female parent stick out out in the rainwater when first acquaint to their love of the seaside cabin at Montauk . Similarly , the blue discolour ofPercy Jackson and the Olympians’candy provides another hint at Percy ’s unfeigned inheritance , only further deepening the seemingly nonmeaningful scene from installment 1 .
New episodes ofPercy Jackson and the Olympiansrelease every Tuesday on Disney+ .
